Chapter 723 What is the motive?
The person who triggered the mechanism is either in the alley or in the house at the end of the alley? !
Huang Bin was shocked when he heard this, and for a moment he even forgot about the hierarchy, and blurted out doubt: "Sir, you are not mistaken?!"
It's no wonder that he reacted like that. Before Sun Shaozong and others arrived, the alley had already been blocked, and the only people who could come in and out were government servants.
Doesn't Sun Shaozong's words just now mean that among the yamen runners present at the time, there were actually accomplices of the thieves, and even intended to assassinate the fourth-rank official? !
this……
How is this possible?!
However, after questioning, Huang Bin quickly reacted - not to mention that Lord Sun had a reputation for being a wise judge, even if he was just an ordinary official who was not familiar with criminal law, how could he allow a mere yamen runner to question him in person?
Thinking of this, Huang Bin's knees suddenly weakened, and he knelt down in panic, saying in a trembling voice: "I...I was just being clumsy at the moment, I didn't mean anything else!"
As he said this, he slapped himself twice.
Sun Shaozong ignored him, but frowned as he stared at the wall of crossbows. He first carefully examined the upper and middle parts, then slowly moved his eyes down to the head, neck, waist...
In the end, he was almost completely imageless, lying at the foot of the wall - and his sight was fixed on a hole that was almost touching the ground.
This was the only hole where no crossbow was mounted, but it could never have been used for spying - unless the deceased wanted to see the dirt in the alley on the other side of the wall.
Looking at the long and thin marks on the inside of the cave wall, Sun Shaozong's brows furrowed more and more.
This small hole was most likely the fuse of the murder just now.
and……
It has also been used to recover incriminating evidence!
As mentioned before, there were traces of friction on the mechanisms of those crossbows, and the traces on each mechanism were slightly different.
The difference is the location of the friction marks.
For the crossbow on the left side of the earth wall, the friction marks are on the upper left of the mechanism; for the one on the right side, they appear on the upper right; for the one in the center, they appear right on top...
At first glance, this may seem like nonsense.
But it actually implicitly indicates where the 'fuse' that pulls the mechanism extends from - if the thief is operating from the front, the main force-bearing surface is undoubtedly the inside of the mechanism, not upward.
Now these traces fully prove that the force for pulling the lever actually comes from the foot of the earth wall, that is, this hole that is almost close to the ground!
Moreover, after triggering the crossbow, the murderer further pulled out the "fuse" tied to the mechanism and then passed through the hole.
The evidence is the linear traces in the holes, which almost cover the entire wall of the hole - these must be traces left when many threads pass through the holes at the same time.
Sun Shaozong stood up suddenly, took a few steps back under Huang Bin's puzzled gaze, took a sudden run-up, grabbed the earth wall, and nimbly climbed back to the alley.
After jumping to the ground along the south wall, Sun Shaozong immediately lowered his body and looked at the hole in the ground.
But I saw that the ground was empty and there was no trace of any thread sliding across.
What is going on here?
Logically speaking, since the 'fuse' was triggered from outside the hole, it should have left some traces.
Even if no traces were left on the ground when it was first arranged, there should have been traces left when all the threads were pulled out later.
This is really strange, could it be that the traces have disappeared without a trace...
etc!
Sun Shaozong had an idea suddenly, but he was too lazy to get up. He used his hands and feet to move five or six steps away. He stretched out his hand to grab a ball of air, as if he was holding something in his palm. He used his body to cover it and slowly pulled it.
wrong!
It shouldn't be pulled like this because it's too conspicuous.
Sun Shaozong stopped his movements, thought for a moment, and then his fingers began to move strangely again, as if he was wrapping something around his hands.
After a while, he suddenly stopped all movements, then suddenly reached his hand into his arms , and grabbed with his left hand.
Yes!
That’s right, Ying’a!
Just place the thin rope that triggers the mechanism slightly above the ground in advance, and keep it taut when pulling it later. Finally, when the "rings" are stuck in the hole, you can pull them out in one go.
In this way, the thin rope on the mechanism can be put into the bag without leaving any trace.
If that's the case, there should be more nearby...
Sun Shaozong turned around and began searching on the ground.
Soon, he pulled out a thin iron wedge from not far away.
It is true!
This should be the thing originally used to fix the 'lead'.
But if that's the case, then isn't that the only person who can do it?
But this doesn’t make sense?
Not to mention that he had no reason to attack Daoyan and his disciples. Even if there was some shameful reason, he shouldn't have harmed his own uncle, right?
He is a famous filial son in the capital!
That’s right, the person Sun Shaozong is currently suspecting is Su Xingfang, who died in grief after his uncle died.
Just now he was the only one who had the chance, taking advantage of the opportunity of stumbling towards his uncle and crying while holding the corpse, to untie the noose on the iron wedge and quietly collect the thread ends.
Now think about it, he was wearing a cloak, so not only Sun Shaozong, but even the two runners in the front right could hardly see his every move.
The situation was chaotic at the time, and the alley was dark, so the technique could be performed in full view of everyone, which was a prerequisite for its completion.
But what's his motive?!
What was Su Xingfang's motive to set up such a trap and even sacrifice his own uncle?
In fact, if it was just my uncle, it would be fine, and it could be barely explained by cutting off the tail to survive.
But if Sun Shaozong had not acted in time, he would probably have been hit by several poisonous arrows!
If all this was really designed by him, how could he not be on guard at all?
Could it be that he set up these traps just to drag me down with him?
Or did he think he would definitely save him?
But at that time, the situation was critical, even if it was Sun Shaozong himself, he might not be able to dodge it...
It doesn't make sense!
It really doesn't make sense!
All traces at the scene pointed to Su Xingfang's suspicion, but his actions did not seem like the culprit behind all this.
"grown ups."
He was crouching on the ground with a frown on his face, thinking hard. Chen Jingde, who had finally recovered, came up to him cautiously and asked, "Should we check the bloodstains in the room?"
"Check, of course I have to check!"
Sun Shaozong stood up suddenly and ordered, "Take Huang Bin with you and investigate carefully here!"
"As for me..."
"Maybe there are some things I need to discuss with Magistrate Su!"
