The Famous Detective of the Red Mansions

Chapter 95 Asking trivia leads to the case

said that he pushed open the door of the hall, and saw a noose tied in the middle of the beam, and only a square stool was upside down, but no trace of the corpse was seen.

The thin and thin staff hurriedly explained: “Because the windows were not closed overnight, a lot of rainwater entered the room, so the big guy knotted the corpse off the rope and carried it directly to the back room.”

said, he wanted to take Sun Shaozong inside to see the corpse.

“Don’t hurry.”

Sun Shaozong waved his hand, Shi Shiran walked to the stool, squatted down and inspected carefully, while asking: “Has this stool ever been moved?”

“That’s not true. When the big guy took off the body, he stepped on the armchair.”

The thin and thin clerk said, and pointed to the grand teacher’s chair on the left that was full of mud footprints.

Sun Shaozong squatted around the square stool, fumbled carefully for a while, and then raised the stool, comparing it to the height of the chair not far away, and then got up and walked towards the back room.

But he walked halfway, but a food box in front of the window attracted him, and he looked up and said, “Where did this food box come from? Have you ever sent meals to Master Xu?”

“No, no, no!”

The thin and thin staff hurriedly said, “Master Xu brought this from home last night!”

“Oh.”

Sun Shaozong nodded noncommitantly, and finally set off to enter the room.

The corpse of Xu Mingtang lay on the soft bottom of the east wall. He was wearing a brand-new official gown. His legs were tight, his neck was strangled in a ring shape, his eyes were round, his tongue was stiff, and the skin on his face was purple. One tablet with obvious symptoms of subcutaneous hemorrhage.

After simply inspecting the corpse, Sun Shaozong had a conclusion in his mind, but he patiently asked the thin and thin staff member: “I wonder if Mr. Xu has been appointed, has he ever repaired the river embankment on a large scale?”

“Naturally, he has been repaired. Master Xu has always been diligent. When he repaired the river embankment, he did everything by himself, and he was commended by Mr. Butang for this.”

“That’s it.”

Sun Shaozong nodded noncommitantly, and then asked a few details about Mingtang’s home. The subordinates also reported truthfully, which can be said to be a good answer, without the formality of ordinary subordinates when facing Shangguan.

After I asked, Sun Shaozong couldn’t help but praised: “Mr. Xu wants to come here to be a great help, but I don’t know the name of Mr. Gao. What job does he hold on weekdays?”

The clerk hurriedly bowed and said, “Don’t dare to be an adult with the word ‘Mr.’, under Ye Xingmao, I will be added as a bookkeeper.”

“Mr. Ye is too modest.”

As Sun Shaozong said, he pulled him aside and said: “I have already seen some details about this case, but it is only related to the secrets in the family of Xu adults, but it is not easy to announce it in public. Only Mr. Lao Ye will go up again. Wang Shangshu and Master Cheng Jia from the Bifu Mansion are here to speak.”

I heard that this case involved secrets in Xu Mingtang’s family, and Ye Xingmao suddenly became stunned. No wonder he asked a lot of trivial matters about the “Xu family”.

then hurriedly said: “This is a matter for the villain, how can we talk about the word’worked’? The villain will invite two adults to come!”

Ye Xingmao hurried back to the back hall and quietly reported Sun Shaozong’s meaning. Wang Yan and Jia Yucun naturally did not dare to neglect, and hurried to Xu Mingtang courtyard.

After entering the courtyard, he saw Sun Shaozong waiting at the entrance of the hall.

Wang Yan was anxious in his heart. Before he got close, he started to ask: “I heard that Sun Tong has already solved the case? Can I tell who is the victim of Xu Mingtang?!”

Sun Shaozong waited for them to reach the door, and then he handed his hand over: “Master Qi, according to the official investigation, there is no trace of external force on the body of Master Xu, but he died by suicide.”

“Since… committed suicide and died?”

Wang Yan was taken aback, and he glanced suspiciously at Ye Xingmao, frowning and said: “But the few scholars just said that Xu Mingtang’s exhausted stool is still a foot high from his toes?”

“Well, two adults, please come with me.”

Sun Shaozong pushed open the door of the hall, pointed to the square stool on the ground, and said: “The suspicious point of this desk is this square stool-please look at the adults. The grand master chairs on both sides are not far from the place where Mr. Xu hanged. The stool was moved from a distance. It is unreasonable to be so close and to seek further distance.”

As he said, he led the two to walk near the square stool, and pointed to a wet green brick beside the square stool and said: “Look again, two adults. There are obvious traces of heavy objects on this green brick— But the fallen square stool is clearly still some distance away from here.”

He pointed to the food box in front of the window again, and said, “Plus, Mrs. Xu specially brought the food box from home, but there was no tableware.”

“Therefore, the officials inferred that Mr. Xu should have brought a piece of ice cubes as high as a foot from his home in a food box, and then placed the ice cube on the square stool. After he killed himself, the ice cube melted and created a blanket. The illusion that people are undermined.”

“The reason why he doesn’t use the chair is probably because he is worried that others think he committed suicide by stepping on the back of the chair.”

“So to speak…” Wang Yan frowned, “He really committed suicide? But since he committed suicide, why did he spend so much time and effort pretending to be murdered?”

“Well…”

Sun Shaozong suddenly raised his hand and pointed at Ye Xingmao, and said with certainty: “I’m afraid we have to ask our Mr. Ye!”

Ye Xingmao was taken aback, and then hurriedly waved his hand: “Adults don’t want to make a joke, how can the villain know why Mr. Xu wants to behave like this?”

“You do not know?”

Sun Shaozong shook his head and laughed: “I asked you about the affairs of Mr. Xu, but you were answering like a lot of questions, but now why are you evasive again?”

When Ye Xingmao heard this, he even cried out: “My lord, I know a little bit about the affairs of Mr. Xu, but why he wanted to die and why he pretended to be victimized by others, how can I Know?”

said, he knelt on the ground and pleaded with Wang Yan: “Master Butang, the villain is really wronged, let the master Butang be the master of the villain!”

When Wang Yan and Jia Yucun heard this, they were also confused by Monk Zhang Er and looked at each other. Jia Yucun urged: “Brother, what is the relationship between this book official and this case? UU Read www.uukanshu.com Just say it straight, don’t go in circles anymore!”

“I’m not in circles.”

Sun Shaozong stretched his hands helplessly and said: “Dare to ask two adults, but would you always keep the bookkeeper in the yamen, please go home as a guest? Even when you are not at home, you will let them come and go?”

“Naturally not!”

Wang Yan and Jia Yucun replied in unison, and when they looked at Ye Xingmao, they became more suspicious.

Sun Shaozong did not pay attention when they did not ask, but after this question, the two suddenly remembered that it was a big taboo in the officialdom to have secret contacts with the bookkeeper who was in charge of the accounts!

Do not say that it is an ordinary official, even the brave and corrupt official, will never act like this!

Seeing something bad, Ye Xingmao hurriedly shouted: “I’m wronged, the villain rarely goes to the mansion of Xu adults…”

Before he finished speaking, Sun Shaozong smiled again and said, “Yes, you really haven’t been to Master Xu’s mansion very much. I have asked someone to confirm this just now-but because of this, I am even more curious, you are How do you know about these many trivial things in the mansion of Mr. Xu?”

“Yes… It’s Mr. Xu and me…”

“You want to say that Master Xu told you, didn’t you?” Sun Shaozong said again: “But I just asked, Master Xu only returned home once last night for the past five or six days. After returning, he hurriedly closed. Thank you

“But you just said casually that the two days before the door of the Xu mansion, I felt the wind and cold, and others have been replacing it.”

“Mr. Ye, do you want to say that you can pinch it?” At this point, Sun Shaozong looked sharp and sneered: “I still plan to honestly explain why I put a liner on Xu’s mansion?! What’s the reason? Does he have to pretend to be killed to drag you down?!”