Chapter 264: Wumiao Street Murder Case (Part 1)
Because more than half a day had passed since the body was first discovered.
Naturally, everyone had seen enough of the excitement, so when Sun Shaozong arrived, there were only a few old men and women with nothing to do standing at the entrance of the alley.
Of course, this is also because the common people don't know that Sun Shaozong is going to investigate the case in person. Otherwise, with his star effect of "killing a hundred people", the place would be blocked in minutes.
Stop talking nonsense.
As soon as the carriage stopped at the entrance of the alley, Jiang Laoqi and his men came to greet it eagerly. The four words "flattery" were clearly engraved on his face.
If it weren't for Sun Shaozong's weight, which was really not something that ordinary people could withstand, Jiang Bantou would have pounced on him and personally acted as the stone that stepped down from his horse.
Of course, although it is impossible to make a stepping stone, there is plenty of ready-made flattery.
But Sun Shaozong didn't come here to listen to his flattery. After getting off the car, he took in the surrounding terrain as if no one was around. Then he asked, "Where is the body? What did you find after investigating the scene?"
Faced with an expert like Sun Shaozong, Jiang Laoqi naturally did not dare to be careless and hurriedly reminded himself to be extremely cautious.
While leading Sun Shaozong into the alley, he reported everything in detail: "Sir, after receiving the report, I rushed here immediately. At that time, there were many people coming and going in the area, so many traces have been covered up."
"But after a careful investigation, I still found that the body had been dragged before - it should have been beaten to death at the entrance of the alley and then dragged inside and dumped."
"Because we didn't find any trace of the murder weapon in this area, we can only roughly judge from the wound that it should be a blunt object such as a stick or a brick."
As they were talking, they arrived at the body. They saw that the deceased was a very handsome young man. Although he was lying on his back on the ground, his body was covered with dirt, but judging from his underwear and other clean places, he must have been a very particular person in daily life.
"Please look, sir."
Jiang Laoqi pointed at the shoulder of the corpse and said, "There are obvious signs of strong pulling here."
Indeed, the clothes had many wrinkles on the shoulders, and were slanted upwards. It was obvious that someone was pulling the shoulders hard.
"He smelled heavily of alcohol —it still stank of alcohol today. But the strange thing is, we questioned everyone in the nearby restaurants one by one, but no one had any impression of him."
"At the moment, we can only suspect that he is enjoying the food and wine at a mansion nearby."
"In addition, the deceased's pockets, which could hold things, showed signs of being rummaged through, so we suspect it was a murder for money."
"It was when I was checking these that I found the Rongguo Mansion mark on the lining of the clothes, so I sent someone to report it."
At this point, seeing Sun Shaozong squatting in front of the corpse and beginning to examine the body, Jiang Laoqi hurriedly added: "Although the corpse's hands were covered in dirt, the gaps between the fingernails were clean. It was obvious that the person had lost consciousness before he could struggle."
Sun Shaozong did not comment on his inference, but just cast his eyes on the deceased's right thumb. There were indeed traces of jewelry worn there, and there were also some very obvious scratches.
After staring at the scar carefully for a while, Sun Shaozong suddenly shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this is not as simple as murder for money."
Jiang Laoqi was stunned when he heard this, and said hesitantly: "Master... Master, did you see anything?"
Sun Shaozong nodded with his chin and said, "Look carefully at the wound on this thumb."
A cut on your thumb?
Jiang Laoqi, Zhao Wuwei and others hurried over to take a closer look.
Jiang Laoqi had actually seen it several times before, so he pretended to look at it for a while, then he was the first to say with a smile: " Master, the wound on the thumb is obviously left by the murderer when he was looting property. From my humble inference, this should be a ring."
Sun Shaozong nodded slightly and said, "You can tell it's a ring, so you have quite good eyesight - but what else?"
besides?
Jiang Laoqi blinked in confusion, totally unable to understand what Sun Shaozong meant.
"Huh?"
At this time, Qiu Yunfei seemed to have discovered something. He didn't care about pretending to be a nobleman. He went up to grab the hand and looked at it and touched it. After a while, he said with certainty: "The murderer is not after money!"
Everyone had naturally expected that Sun Shaozong could see something fishy, but they were somewhat surprised that this famous playboy in the city could be so confident.
This accidentally became the focus of everyone, and Qiu Yunfei showed off with a bit of pride: "I have been spending a lot of time with the coroner Lao Xu from the government office recently, and I have some experience in autopsies. Look at the color of the scars, it is clear that they were placed there some time after death!"
Seeing that everyone was still confused, Qiu Yunfei added: "After this person dies, the blood gradually coagulates and stops flowing, and the muscles and skin will also change. Therefore, there will always be some differences between the wounds caused before and after death."
Although his words made sense, everyone was still skeptical and turned their attention to Sun Shaozong.
"It is just as Inspector Qiu said."
Sun Shaozong nodded and said, "If you want to inflict this kind of wound, you have to wait at least one or two hours after death. If you really want to kill for money, there is no reason to wait one or two hours before taking off the ring."
Jiang Laoqi asked respectfully again: "So what you mean is... "
"Is there anything you don't understand?!"
Without waiting for Sun Shaozong to answer, Qiu Yunfei rushed to say: "The murderer must have killed him first, and then someone found the body and took away his belongings."
This speculation is quite reasonable, which shows that this guy is not completely stupid.
Sun Shaozong carefully examined the body again, then stood up and turned around to ask, "Who was the first person to discover the body? Is it possible that he was the one who took away the deceased's belongings?"
"this……"
Jiang Laoqi hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It's unlikely, because the bodies were discovered by two adults and three children. They probably wouldn't dare to do anything reckless with their families."
In this case, the first person to discover the crime is indeed not a big suspect. After all, it would not be easy to conceal the fact if someone searched for valuables in front of a child.
However, Sun Shaozong still asked Jiang Laoqi to find the whole family and prepare to interrogate them in detail.
Of course, this was just a precaution. The clue that really mattered to Sun Shaozong was actually...
"Inspector Qiu, take a few people to go to each restaurant along the street and ask again. Remember to reveal your identity and family background, and you may as well be more domineering in your tone."
Qiu Yunfei did not accept the order, but asked in confusion: "Haven't the detectives in Wanping County already inquired about this one by one? Why do they still need to..."
"Because someone is lying!"
Sun Shaozong pointed outwards and sneered, "Before I came here, I carefully questioned the deceased's relatives. He didn't have any acquaintances around here. He must have come to the nearby restaurant to get drunk just because he was depressed."
"And I looked carefully just now. There are many restaurants and brothels on this street. I think it must be very lively at night."
"Or, the murderer is a very bold person who didn't care about being seen when he committed the crime. Although this possibility is not impossible, if he was really so bold, he wouldn't have wasted his energy dragging the body into the alley. He could have just run away."
"Or, when the deceased left the restaurant, the street had already been completely deserted - which means it was at least after midnight."
"Since the deceased had been drinking until after midnight and left the restaurant drunk just before closing, how could the owner have no impression of him at all?"
"So we can basically infer that either the store owner is afraid of getting into trouble and is keeping silent about the truth; or, the store owner himself is the murderer!"
"Of course, the latter possibility is not very likely. After all, the deceased rarely left Rongguo Mansion. Apart from the possibility that he was motivated by money, the probability of him forming a deadly feud with the store owners here is extremely small."
"That's why I asked you to intimidate them one by one and find out the liar!"
After hearing this analysis, Qiu Yunfei immediately perked up and said with a chuckle, "When it comes to scaring people, I'm the best at it! Just wait and see, I'll make that nonsense shopkeeper cry and scream and tell the truth!"
