Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

Not only Magistrate Jin came, but also Jin Zhiyuan.

After the two men placed the wooden box on the table, Jin Zhiyuan bowed to Chen Shao and Gu Feiyan respectively, then stepped aside politely without saying a word.

Magistrate Jin took two steps forward to flatter him, bowed and said, "All the evidence for the cases is here. Your Excellency, please have a look. If there is anything missing, I will go and prepare it right away."

Chen Shao stood up, opened the wooden boxes one by one and looked through them, then said, "You can go back first. I'll have someone let you know tomorrow if you need anything."

Magistrate Jin said yes, and he and Jin Zhiyuan bowed to each other before turning around and leaving.

Gu Feiyan's eyes fell on Jin Zhiyuan without fail. After he walked out of the courtyard they had booked, she said with interest, "He is between five feet one and five feet three, with feet between seven inches nine and eight inches long, between twenty and thirty years old, good at martial arts, from a good family, with outstanding looks, and polite and considerate in dealing with people... Isn't this definitely Mr. Jin?"

"I think he looks like him." Chan Yi nodded in agreement, then denied, "But I think this Mr. Jin looks decent, and his eyes are clear and bright. He doesn't look like the kind of cruel person who abuses animals."

Gu Feiyan tapped the table twice. "Needless to say, the murderer must be him."

Chan Yi asked: "Why?"

Gu Feiyan pulled the paper written by Chen Shao over, flicked it twice, and handed it to her, saying, "Do you know what the halo effect is? To put it simply, you can't judge a person by his appearance. Even you can be deceived by his appearance, not to mention the dead people. Your master also wrote this very clearly. The murderer is not only polite and considerate in dealing with others, but also modest and polite in public."

Chan Yi glanced at the inferences written by Chen Shao, raised her eyes and asked: "If the murderer is him, then..."

"Then what are you waiting for?" Gu Feiyan said without waiting for her to speak, "Hurry up and send someone to follow him. If we catch him destroying the evidence, we won't have to bother investigating further!"

Chan Yi looked at Chen Shao.

Chen Shao was checking the evidence of Sun Shouyi's case. When he heard her words, he asked casually, "Do you have anyone?"

"Don't you know whether I have someone or not?" After giving her a meaningful look, Gu Feiyan snapped her fingers, "Laifu, keep an eye on that Mr. Jin!"

No one came out, and no one responded. It seemed as if someone outside the house disturbed the night for a while, and then everything returned to peace.

Chan Yi saw it and praised sincerely: "What a fast light body technique!"

"You want to learn?" Gu Feiyan tempted, "If you want to learn, I can ask him to teach you."

Chen Shao said: "The condition is that she has to follow you in the future?"

"A useful person should be in a useful position." Gu Feiyan said bluntly, "She has learned such a good medical skill, it is a complete waste for her to stay with you, it is better for her to come with me to the military camp and make a difference."

Chan Yi said subconsciously: "Even if I want to go to the military camp to shine, I will definitely go to the military camp of Duke Chen's Mansion."

"You are short-sighted, aren't you?" Gu Feiyan continued to persuade him, "Your young master also knows medicine, and is better than you. It's enough to have her in the military camp of the Duke of Chen's Mansion. It would be redundant for you to go there. In addition, the Duke of Chen's Mansion has already formed an alliance with our General Fuguo. If you go to the military camp of the General Fuguo to make contributions, it is equivalent to making contributions for the Duke of Chen's Mansion."

Chan Yi was not fooled. "The Duke of Chen's Mansion and the General of the State formed an alliance to deal with the prince's party of the previous dynasty. Now the prince's party of the previous dynasty is still hiding in the dark, and we don't know who they are. There is definitely no way to deal with them for a while. When our young master catches them all in the future, when the General of the State needs them again, I will naturally go to lend a hand without your asking."

Gu Feiyan was not so easy to dismiss. "Since we have to go anyway, why not go now? Don't you think so?"

Chen Shao ignored the two of them.

There was a lot of evidence in the Sun Shouyi case. In addition to the piece of paper with the word "Quan" written on it and the clothes inside and outside, there were also white jade sachets, jade pendants, rings, purses, belts inlaid with various gems and other personal belongings.

Chen Shao carefully laid out all the evidence.

While Gu Feiyan was tempting Chan Yi, she looked at the two tables filled with evidence and couldn't help but say, "This Sun family seems to be very wealthy. The gemstones on this belt alone must have cost at least several hundred taels of silver. And these jade pieces are smooth and shiny, and they don't look cheap. The murderer didn't take any of these good things, so it seems like he really has a lot of money."

She did not refute Chen Shao's judgment that the murderer had a good family background and outstanding appearance, and even sent Lai Fu to keep an eye on Jin Zhiyuan, but she still remained skeptical. Now that she saw these objects, she was slightly convinced.

Chen Shao still didn't say anything. He took out the case file and compared the items on the table with the records in the case file one by one. After making sure that there was no damage, he began to check Sun Shouyi's clothes.

Sun Shouyi's clothes were made of excellent materials from inside to outside. Except for the outer clothes that were torn to make ropes for hanging, the rest of the clothes were intact and even rarely stained with blood. This shows that after the murderer cut Sun Shouyi's throat and killed him, he stripped off all his clothes inside and out before dismembering him.

This also shows that the murderer has politeness and modesty ingrained into his bones, even when killing people.

Chen Shao's expression gradually became solemn.

Since the murderer has such strong self-control, it proves that he is not stupid.

Such a person...is he really Jin Zhiyuan?

After checking the clothes, Chen Shao skipped the accessories and picked up the piece of paper with the word "all" written on it.

The moment she saw the word 'Quan', perhaps because Jin Zhiyuan basically met all her speculations about the murderer, the word 'Jin' instantly flashed through Chen Shao's mind.

Two more dots in the whole character makes it a gold character.

If the murderer is really Jin Zhiyuan, leaving only the character Jin is too obvious, so it is better to just reduce the number of strokes...

Chen Shao quickly shook his head and suppressed the thought.

The purpose of investigating a case is to identify the murderer based on evidence, rather than using the murderer to infer the evidence.

After putting aside the inappropriate thoughts, Chen Shao looked at the word "Quan" on the paper again and soon found another problem.

The word "Quan" on the paper was written in blood, which was not surprising, but the fact that it was written on the left side of the paper, even on the edge of the left side of the paper, was problematic.

This word can be written anywhere on a piece of paper that is about seventy inches long and fifty inches wide, so why write it on the left edge?

Turning the paper over, Chen Shao saw the bloodstains on the back of the paper. He was moved and immediately turned the paper back.

There was no other blood stain on the front except for the word "全". Doesn't that mean the murderer wrote the word "全" before...

Chen Shao slapped her forehead. The case file only said that the paper was on the table, but it did not say where it was, and she actually forgot to ask!

I'll have to ask clearly tomorrow.

In addition, I have to go to the Sun family again!