Chapter 630: Inquiring about the affair leads to the hidden truth (Part 2)
"What position did he point with the knife, and what was his posture of holding the knife?"
"How much drug did your son take, and when did he wake up?"
"After waking up, did you have any sequelae?"
"He once mentioned..."
"he……"
During Zhang Wu's second narration, Sun Shaozong kept asking questions. Zhang Wu was able to answer some of them, but she could not remember some of them clearly.
However, through these conversations, Sun Shaozong still confirmed some clues:
First of all, the drug used by Zhang Biao was very powerful, but had almost no side effects - such drugs were not easily available to ordinary people.
Secondly, Zhang Biao seemed to be too familiar with the internal structure of the human body in his words - even considering his identity as a butcher, it was still unusual.
The answer seems to be obvious!
However, Sun Shaozong did not jump to conclusions. He questioned carefully several times and confirmed that there were no omissions. Then he came out of the house and called Qiu Yunfei and Zhao Wuwei to accompany him to Zhang Biao's home.
…
Unlike Zhang An's house, Zhang Biao's house is a small courtyard with two entrances. The front is used for butcher business, and the back is where he lives.
After asking the two yamen runners to guard the gate, Sun Sahou led Qiu and Zhao inside and ordered them, "Search around to see if there are any traces that shouldn't be there."
"Traces that shouldn't be there?"
Qiu Yunfei whispered, "Are you trying to find out how he makes money? I'm afraid this has nothing to do with the case, right?"
Sun Shaozong sneered and said, "Whether they are related or not is another matter, but I'm afraid his way of making money will scare you."
"Scare me?"
Qiu Yunfei murmured a few words suspiciously, and suddenly his eyes widened: "Could it be that this guy is a human killer?!"
Zhao Wuwei, who was standing by, couldn't help but change his expression when he heard this.
"We can't confirm it right now, let's search first."
As Sun Shaozong spoke, he began to investigate carefully.
There was only a small air vent in the front yard, which made it seem quite chilly. The air was also filled with a greasy smell of blood, which made people feel extremely uncomfortable.
There are two iron hooks hanging on the middle beam, which should be where large pieces of meat are hung.
To the west was a butcher's table, on which were all the necessary tools, including ox-ear knives, boning knives, sharpening rods, weights and scale rods, as well as a shiny bench.
In the northwest corner there is a large water tank with a gourd ladle swinging back and forth in it, and it seems to be full of water.
At the foot of the east wall, there were several piles of oil paper and some lotus leaves that had long withered.
The first thing Sun Shaozong investigated was naturally the murder case.
He first glanced at the surface twice, then squatted down, lit a lighter, and took a closer look at the back of the butcher's table.
Compared with the relatively shiny front side, the back side of the butcher block was much dirtier. Not to mention the grease and other stains, Sun Shaozong even saw a few half-black wood ears.
Huh?
Some of these fungus were very deformed. Unlike other fungus, they did not have an irregular trumpet shape. Instead, they were stuck tightly to the meat counter, as if they were repeatedly squeezed by something and finally shaped like this.
After discovering this strange thing, Sun Shaozong almost put his head on the butcher's table and searched along the deformed parts, centimeter by centimeter to the left and right.
As expected, some thin hemp threads were found at the edge.
When cutting meat on the butcher block, do you need to use a special rope to secure it?
This is obviously something that shouldn’t exist!
But Sun Shaozong looked at the hemp ropes with a look of confusion on his face.
According to previous speculation, Zhang Biao should be a butcher who collaborated with others to rob and kill merchants and travelers, and then dismembered the bodies and destroyed them, or even disguised them as pork or mutton and sold them.
However……
They've already prepared to dismember and destroy the evidence, is there any need to let that person be slaughtered alive?
Wouldn't it be much more convenient to kill first and then dismember the body?
Does this guy like to cut things alive?
After pondering for a while, he still couldn't figure it out, so Sun Shaozong put these questions in his heart and continued his search.
First there were various utensils, then chairs and water tanks, and then the two hooks, but basically nothing useful was found.
However, this did not surprise Sun Shaozong.
After all, he was using his identity as a butcher as a cover, and there were no chemical instruments at the moment. Based on some old bloodstains alone, it was impossible to confirm whether it was human blood or animal blood.
It was not until I checked the oil paper and lotus leaves under the east wall that I made a new discovery.
Among those oil papers, only one pile was unpacked, and the rest were tied with thin linen ropes.
And on those bundles of oil paper, one could vaguely make out traces of someone having sat on them.
The bench was greasy.
But as a butcher, you shouldn't care too much, right?
Obviously this should be a trace left by someone else.
Sun Shaozong roughly measured the height of the oil paper bag. Because there were several blue bricks underneath, the average height of the oil paper bag was about three feet.
At this height, it was not too difficult for Sun Shaozong to sit up, but for an ordinary person, it would probably be a bit troublesome.
Moreover, the paper was folded in half, so the whole thing was a bit long and narrow, and it was not very stable to sit on.
Sun Shaozong tried sitting down for a while and found that this position, in addition to facing the meat counter, also allowed him to take into account the front and back doors, making it the most suitable place in the house for vigilance and observation.
As for the lotus leaf next to it, although it is more comfortable and stable than the oil paper bag to sit on, when sitting on it, the view will be blocked by the oil paper bag next to it.
Ordinary people probably don’t care about vision issues.
But if it was Zhang Biao's accomplice, it would be normal for him to choose oil paper wrapping in order to stay alert at all times.
Perhaps we can dig deeper into Zhang Biao’s social circle and see who comes in and out of Zhang’s house at night…
"grown ups!"
Just as I thought of this, I saw Zhao Wuwei coming back from the backyard, clasping his hands and reporting: "There is a back door in this yard, and after going out is a remote back alley, and it leads directly to a canal that can be navigated by boats."
Tsk~
In other words, Zhang Biao's accomplices could easily enter and exit by water.
Now it is much more difficult to investigate.
Seeing that there was nothing to check ahead, Sun Shaozong said, "Come on, accompany me to the yard to take a look."
The two of them arrived at the middle yard one after another, and saw a lot of bones piled up in a mess near the stove in the corner.
Just as Sun Shaozong was about to go forward to check, Zhao Wuwei hurriedly reported: "The judge just looked through it and found that they are all bones of animals."
Qiu Yunfei's initial basic skills were to learn autopsy from Old Xu. Although he might not have the experience and skills of Sun Shaozong or Old Xu, he should have no problem identifying a few bones.
Therefore, Sun Shaozong skipped those bones and prepared to conduct a carpet search in the corners that Qiu Yunfei had not investigated.
"My lord, my lord! Please come and take a look!"
At this moment, Qiu Yunfei's excited voice suddenly came from the west wing.
Sun Shaozong and Zhao Wuwei hurried over and entered the west wing, only to find it empty. Apart from some straw on the ground, there was not a single piece of furniture.
However, Sun Shaozong was not disappointed, because the more this happened, the more Qiu Yunfei called him over, the more special discoveries he made.
Then Qiu Yunfei pointed outside and said, "Sir, please take a look at the door first ."
Sun Shaozong looked back at the door, then reached out and shook it. He immediately found that the door was reinforced. If an ordinary person was locked inside, it would be difficult for him to break open the door and escape.
His eyes immediately lit up, and he asked hurriedly, "Have you found any signs that someone is locked up inside?"
Qiu Yunfei nodded and said, "There is more than one place!"
As he spoke, he pointed them out to Sun Shaozong one by one.
However, I saw that there were many marks of being pinched and scratched on the walls all around. In two cracks in the wall, there were even a few hairs of different textures hanging.
After looking at these traces one by one, Sun Shaozong's expression became uglier than ever before.
"Your Excellency should have noticed something strange, right?"
"good."
Sun Shaozong nodded, and then said in a deep voice: "How many cases of child kidnapping have there been in the capital in the past year?"
The reason why he asked this was because those marks, whether left by scratching with hands or rubbing the head against the wall, all seemed a bit short - among adults, there is only one in a hundred with such height, and probably only a child around ten years old would leave such marks!
If it was just murder and robbery, there is no reason why they would specifically choose a half-grown child as their target!
If it is kidnapping for extortion, no matter whether the victim is successfully redeemed or killed after getting the money, the victim will definitely report it to the authorities.
“That’s what’s so strange about it.”
However, Qiu Yunfei slowly shook his head and said, "Although I can't say that there is not a single trace, I'm afraid that I can't find so many traces - maybe not even half of them!"
In that case, it’s not kidnapping or extortion, right?
What secrets are hidden behind this Zhang Biao? !
