Chapter 182: Chongwenmen Murder and Robbery Incident (Part 2)
Sun Shaozong led Jia Yucun to the corpse, pointed at the two long white legs exposed under the outer robe, and said, "Although this coat can keep you warm, if you only wear it to meet foreign guests, don't you think it's a bit too dissolute, sir?"
"Brother, you mean..."
Jia Yucun immediately realized: "The murderer has a very close relationship with this woman!"
"That's right."
Sun Shaozong walked to the bathtub again, pointed to the coffee table in the corner, and said, "Please look here again, sir. According to my measurement just now, the deceased is about 4 feet 8 inches [153.6 centimeters] tall, and his arm is about 1 foot 9 [60.8 centimeters] long."
“So when the deceased is bathing, soap beans, scented soap, etc. should not be placed more than one foot and eight inches [57.6 centimeters] away, otherwise it will be quite inconvenient to take them.”
"Especially in the early winter, it might be possible to reach out and get them, but no one would deliberately endure the cold to place these things in an inconvenient place!"
"However, the toiletries on the coffee table are all placed together in an area of about two feet [64 centimeters]."
"Considering the angle of the low table and the messy placement of the toiletries, it can be concluded that someone with an arm length of about two feet two inches [70.4 cm] was lying on the edge of the bathtub and placed the used toiletries there casually."
"From this it is clear that the last person to use the tub was not the deceased himself, but someone else who had a very close relationship with him."
"And I have just carefully observed that General Jia is slightly taller than the deceased, but the length of his arms is similar, still a long way from two feet and two inches."
"Plus, General Jia had just gotten married to the deceased yesterday, so it is unlikely that he would have bathed in the deceased's house before that."
Although it was not the first time that he had heard Sun Shaozong's reasoning, Jia Yucun still couldn't help but admire him.
Seeing that Sun Shaozong's reasoning had come to a temporary end, he immediately concluded: "In this case, could it be that this woman had already hooked up with an adulterer, and the adulterer came to meet her yesterday and happened to meet my uncle there, so he got angry and killed people and robbed their money, and then intended to put the blame on my uncle!"
Then he asked hopefully, "Besides this, do you have any other clues? After all, my uncle has a special status. If this case is delayed for a long time, I am afraid that rumors that are unfavorable to you and me will spread."
Many people in the capital know about the relationship between the Sun family and the Rongguo Mansion, and between Jia Yucun and Jia She, just by looking at their surnames, one is enough to imagine the word "favoritism and corruption"!
It was for this reason that Jia Yucun was so anxious and dragged Sun Shaozong over to solve the case.
When he asked if there were any other clues, Sun Shaozong just smiled calmly and shook his head, saying, "No other clues are needed."
"No other clues are needed?" Jia Yucun was stunned: "What does this mean?"
Sun Shaozong spread his hands and said, "Even in the north, there aren't many women who are over five feet three inches [169.6 centimeters] tall, right? Just ask the neighbors and I'm sure we'll get the result soon."
"Female...female?!"
Jia Yucun was stunned: "Isn't he an adulterer?!"
"Haha, your Excellency is really good at joking."
Sun Shaozong laughed and said, "First of all, among those toiletries, there are a few items that only women would use."
"Secondly, if the Prime Minister was this woman last night, and there was another man lying on the bed, would you have walked in with your clothes dishevelled and brought the adulterer into the room?"
"Unless she originally intended to kill people and take their money!"
"But General Jia is not an ordinary person. If we really kill him, I'm afraid there will be no place for this woman in the world!"
"So the most reasonable explanation at the moment is that a woman who was very close to him came to visit. Even if General Jia saw her, it would not cause any misunderstanding, so the deceased openly brought her into the house."
Then he pointed at the bathtub and said, "There aren't many good friends who can take a bath in the other person's house and be brought in to meet the adulterer in the middle of the night. Therefore, it's not too much to speculate that it's the same person."
Jia Yucun hesitated and asked, "Then how did you know the murderer's height?"
Sun Shaozong spread his arms and explained: "The distance between the arms of an average person is basically close to or slightly shorter than their height. One arm is 2 feet 2 inches, and two arms are 4 feet 4 inches [140.8 cm]. The shoulder width of an adult woman is about 1 foot 1 inch [35.2 cm], a total of 5 feet 5 inches [176 cm]. "
"Taking into account the possible errors, the murderer's height is approximately between 5 feet 3 inches [169.6 cm] and 5 feet 7 inches [182.4 cm] - even if we take the lowest 5 feet 3 inches, it is not common among women!"
Jia Yucun was convinced when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered Zhao Wuwei: "You have heard what Lord Sun said, right? Why don't you go check it out..."
“No need!”
Before he could finish his words, Jia She came in with the curtain drawn, gritting his teeth and saying, "I've seen that little whore a few times before. She's the daughter of a certain escort from Shunfeng Escort Agency nearby. She's very tall. I was planning to ask Hui Niang to come over to try her out, but I never thought that this little whore would do such a thing!"
As he spoke, he looked at Lu Hui Niang's face, which looked very much like his daughter-in-law, with a look of regret on his face.
Apart from being shorter than Wang Xifeng, Lu Huiniang is the best substitute. It's a pity...
Jia Yucun had also met Wang Xifeng before, so when he saw this scene, he naturally understood the situation clearly.
But he was a man of great cunning, and he acted as if nothing had happened . He ordered, "What are you still standing there for? Go to Shunfeng Escort Agency and arrest the murderer!"
Without waiting for a response, he added: "If the suspect is willing to confess on the spot, he must be brought here for the people at the entrance of the alley to see, so as to prove General Jia's innocence!"
"I will do it right away!"
Zhou Da and Zhao Wuwei hurriedly bowed in response, turned around and hurried out of the room.
Just as he ran a few steps in the yard, he heard Jia She shouting anxiously behind him: "The most important thing is the seven thousand taels of silver. If even one tael is missing, I will hold you responsible!"
"Master, rest assured, we will do our best!"
Zhou Da and the other man quickly turned around and responded in a servile manner, and only then were they able to escape.
But Jia She was still feeling sorry for Lu Huiniang just now. After he went out and shouted , he suddenly remembered that after Lu Huiniang's death, the one thousand taels of silver he promised her would be left over. Wasn't it the same as sleeping with her for a night in vain?
Thinking of this, Jia She smiled again, thinking about how to spend the saved one thousand taels of silver happily so as to live up to this "good thing" that fell from the sky!
