Li Wanjiang's face was extremely gloomy. Before the three of them had finished kneeling, he asked, "Have you found the murderer?"
This is not a good question to ask. Speaking of what happened just a few hours ago, no matter how capable your minister is, there is no way he can solve the case so quickly.
"Not yet." Zhu Xiaochuan said bravely, "The on-site investigation has just ended, and no very useful clues have been found so far. Only Wang Anbang left a few bloody words."
"What's the word for blood?" Li Wanjiang asked.
Shao Wenzhao hurriedly opened the copied scene pictures and asked the emperor to take a look. There was no photography technology yet, so he could only ask the painters from the Ministry of Justice to sketch out the scene, which was very detailed.
Wang Anbang died on the bed, wearing only his underwear. It cannot be said that he died with his eyes open, because his head was missing.
His body was still warm when his family found the body, so the time of death should have been around 3:30. There was a piece of sheet missing, which the murderer probably cut off to wrap his head.
Before the murderer attacked him, he must have woken up and recognized who the murderer was, so before he died, he left two gestures, but unfortunately they were not completed.
The murderer was extremely cruel. He stabbed him several times and finally cut off his head, so he could leave two handwritings before his death. As for why he didn't cry out for help, it might be because his mouth was gagged or his tongue was broken. …
The family members confessed that they had not heard any movement, which shows that the murderer must be good at martial arts and very good at light kung fu. In addition, the murderer should be familiar with the situation in the house or at least have been there. After all, there are hundreds of houses, and it is difficult to find his study. easy.
In addition, Wang Anbang would only stay in the study room when he went to the morning court, and usually lived in the inner house with his wife.
However, Mrs. Li and her family said that the inner house had not been disturbed, because the doors and windows were all in good condition and there were no signs of damage. This greatly increased the suspicion of people inside his house. After all, it was impossible for outsiders to know his work and rest habits...
So now everyone in his house is under control and ready for the next step of detailed investigation.
"What kind of word could this be?" Li Wanjiang looked at the two gestures and fell into deep thought.
"It may be the murderer's name, nickname, official position, occupation..." Shao Wenzhao said, "But it may also be that he drew it casually due to pain and conditioned reflex. There are only these two strokes, so it is difficult to deduce one. The characters are complete, because they seem to be horizontal and vertical, but it may also be written in strokes and strokes..."
"Are there any suspects?" Li Wanjiang asked.
"Your Majesty, Wang Anbang has been an official in the Ministry of Civil Affairs for many years. He has offended thousands of people, and I am afraid there are also a few who want his life. So..." Zhu Xiaochuan is not willing to harm too many innocent people. After all, the last time he was killed The lesson learned from the Xuanhui case was too profound.
If all the suspects are arrested, it will probably shock the government and the public and cause people to panic.
"Xiao Chen, why are you here?" Li Wanjiang nodded, as if he had just seen Xiao Chen.
"Replying to the emperor, I brought you General Xiao Chen. He is very experienced in handling cases." Zhu Xiaochuan said hurriedly.
"Well, since you have nothing to do now, just help Xiao Chuan handle this case with Wen Zhao." Li Wanjiang completely pulled Xiao Chen down with one sentence.
"I obey the order." Xiao Chen secretly scolded Zhu Xiaochuan for not being interesting enough. This has nothing to do with me. He finally found himself in such a big trouble after finally spending a few days at home.
Fortunately, we were assisting rather than hosting, otherwise it would have been a huge headache.
"Tell me what you think." Li Wanjiang asked.
"Master Zhu Hou, Master Shao and I also analyzed it for a moment just now." Xiao Chen said, "I think the murderer must still be in the city at this moment..."
"So what?" Li Wanjiang said, "There are hundreds of thousands of people in Fengyang City. Do we need to search every house one by one?"
"That's impossible." Xiao Chen said, "After all, this is just a murder case, and it is probably a personal grudge. It is not appropriate to conduct a city-wide search with great fanfare. At present, we can only control the murderer in the city as much as possible to prevent him from escaping. , so some manpower should be set up at the city gate to interrogate suspects leaving the city."
"There are at least tens of thousands of people leaving the city every day. How can we check this?" Li Wanjiang said.
"Master Zhu Hou, Mr. Shao and his ministers believe that a targeted investigation is necessary." Xiao Chen said.
"What kind of targeting method?" Li Wanjiang asked.
"Based on the information currently available, it can be determined that the murderer knows martial arts, and his martial arts is quite good, because it is not easy to cut off a person's head, and the scars on Mr. Wang's body show that the murderer used a short knife Or a dagger, but the wound on Mr. Wang’s neck is extremely smooth. Using a short knife and a dagger to cut off his head can be done so neatly, which most people cannot do.”
"It is also certain that the murderer knows Mr. Wang, so if he is not a person in his mansion, he is also a person who has been in and out of his mansion. There are not many outsiders who can enter and leave his mansion and have also been to his study, so the murderer is very likely He is a trusted servant or even a family member of a certain official in the court!"
"Family?" Li Wanjiang was surprised, "You mean the murderer might be a woman?"
"I can only say that this possibility cannot be ruled out." Xiao Chen said, "So Mr. Zhu, Mr. Shao and I have just discussed that we should arrange several martial arts masters at each city gate. At least they should have the eyesight to see whether the opponent is If a person who knows martial arts is also a member of an official's family, he is considered a suspect and can be interrogated or even controlled."
"Uh... I can send some internal guards, and you can arrange the rest." Li Wanjiang still agreed with Xiao Chen's analysis, "Then how will we investigate next?"
"I have a list here." Shao Wenzhao said, "Everyone who has been to Wang Anbang's house and entered his study within a month is on it. Although there are many people, I can complete the investigation within a few days. , of course, other investigations will also be carried out at the same time."
"I think it's better to investigate as secretly as possible and keep the scope of insiders to a minimum." Zhu Xiaochuan said, "I have already told everyone handling the case that no one is allowed to leak the situation at the scene! After all, Wang Anbang is the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. This matter If it spreads, it will be extremely detrimental to the stability of the DPRK, so it is currently said that Wang Anbang died of illness."
"Well, this is what Xiaochuan is saying." Li Wanjiang was very satisfied and sighed, "It's just that Anbang died young, but it really shook me up."
Several people asked the emperor to express his condolences and take care of the dragon's body...
"There is something I want to report to the emperor..." Shao Wenzhao said and glanced at Gong Shouli. It seemed that it was a very confidential matter and needed to be screened away.
Gong Shouli pretended not to see it, thinking that I am a confidant of the emperor, even more confidant than you guys, okay? Why should you hide something from me?
I won’t leave!
