The third day of murder by evil spirits.
Snow.
In the backyard of the inn, everyone gathered.
Di Xiangling, Lei Cheng, Lin Xiaoyi, Zhu Er and Lei Jiu were traveling with Di Jin;
Fengqiu County Yamen, the county captain Ren Changyi, Yamen Zuozuo and a group of Yamen servants;
Official Xue Chao, innkeeper Wang Hou, cook Wang Ahe, waiters, waiters, Xiaowu and Xiaoqi were detained under suspicion;
The victim Dong Ba's fellow officers, six including Qiao Er, and five prisoners including Di Qing who were under escort;
Three servants of Chen Zhijian, the victim of the Chen family, were guard Wu Jing, book boy Chen Mingxin, and servant girl Wu Niangzi;
There were more guests who also wanted to watch. Since the backyard was not big enough to accommodate so many people, they could only look out from the windows on the second floor, but they could still hear what was going on below.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Di Jin said, "You guys have not had a good time these three days. Due to the snowstorm, you stayed at the inn. As a result, on the first day, there was the famous general Dong Ba in the hall asking for some wine from the kitchen. , beating up the waiter and making endless noises, but was stopped by Guard Wu. Feeling that he had lost face, he occupied someone else's room and lived alone in a single room..."
"On the second day of the inn, Dong Ba's body was found. The head was placed on a snowdrift dozens of feet away from the backyard. There were no footprints in the snow. Official Xue Chao brought the head back. The boy Xiao Qi said that evil spirits were killing people. It’s terrifying…”
"On the third day of the inn, Chen Zhijian, the young master of the Chen family, disappeared. At that time, the boy and the servant touched the quilt, which was still warm. They thought that he had been taken away for no more than a quarter of an hour. However, his head was soon found in the same snowdrift, and the surroundings were still there. There are no footprints, and the suspected evil spirit comes out to seek life again..."
A few words completely aroused the fear of the past three days. Everyone held their breath, and the timid ones even started to tremble.
But Di Jin's loud voice echoed throughout, and he made a confident judgment: "Actually, these two murder cases are not the so-called evil spirits harming people at all, but a trick carefully designed by the murderer. Now, I will tell you Show me this cruel and ingenious trick! Come on, two government servants, help me build a snowdrift..."
Ren Changyi quickly pointed to two strong people: "You! Go and help!"
Two government officials stepped forward, listened to the instructions, and then began to make snowdrifts in full view of everyone.
While they were piling snow, Di Jin asked again: "Have you ever considered a question, why are human heads placed on snow piles? Rather than placed directly on the snow?"
There was silence all around, and even those who had some thoughts in their hearts did not dare to speak for fear of getting into trouble.
At this moment, a voice came from the prisoner: "In my opinion, it's only when the snowdrift is piled up that it stands out. Otherwise, who would notice a human head so far away in the backyard?"
The person who spoke was Di Qing, so as not to leave his brother in the cold.
Di Jin knew his good intentions and nodded: "Well said! Let the head stand out and let the people in the inn discover it as soon as possible. This is one of the murderer's goals! There is another purpose, which can best be achieved with snowdrifts. This method..."
At this time, the government officials had already piled up the snow, which caused some surprised sounds.
Because of the central location of the snowdrift, a small hollow was intentionally left open, which was especially visible from the second-floor window.
Of course, this is a close observation. If the snowdrift is placed dozens of feet away, it will be just a small dot from a distance. No matter how good your eyesight is, it is impossible to see that there is a cave inside.
This strange way of piling snow certainly made everyone whisper and puzzled, but it also made someone in the crowd turn pale quickly.
"Thank you for your hard work, both of you!" Di Jin nodded to the Yamen servant, then turned to the Yamen Wuzuo: "Liang Wuzuo, please place Dong Ba's head on the snowdrift."
Wuzuo was flattered and hurriedly took out Dong Ba's head and placed it on the snowdrift.
However, due to a depression in the middle, Dong Ba's head can no longer be seen from a parallel perspective.
Di Jin said in a deep voice: "Yesterday morning, when Dong Ba's head appeared in front of everyone, it seemed to tell everyone a fact - when the murderer placed the head on the snowdrift, the snow had already stopped! Because the top of his head It is very clean, and the snow on the end of the hair is because it is placed on the snowdrift, and it will inevitably get..."
"Since the snow has stopped falling, the traces of normal people's comings and goings will not be covered up by the weather. However, there is not a single footprint left at the scene. It constitutes a crime that only ghosts can drift over. It is impossible for humans to commit crimes!"
"Then if the murderer used a method to prevent the snow from falling directly on Dong Ba's head when it was still snowing in the sky when he placed the head, would it be possible to create the above-mentioned illusion?"
"How do you avoid falling snow on your head in open spaces?"
Hearing this, a natural answer emerged in everyone's mind: "Of course it's an umbrella..."
But the problem is...
Who holds an umbrella over my head?
Di Jin gave the answer: "Liang Wuzuo, please place Chen Zhijian's head on top of Dong Ba's head!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was dumbfounded, let alone the idiots. The book boy Chen Mingxin couldn't help but said: "Master Di, please do not desecrate the body of my master!"
Di Jin did not hesitate: "If you want to know the truth, you have to do this! Liang Wuzuo, move faster, the murderer will not hesitate at all!"
Under the inexplicable majesty, Chen Mingxin retreated, and Wu Zuo complied.
On the snowdrift, Dong Ba's head disappeared, and only Chen Zhijian's head could be seen.
"Curl Dong Ba's hair back so that the ends of the hair are exposed upward. It doesn't matter if it gets stained by snow, but there must be a convenient place to hold it."
After doing all this according to his words, Wu Zuo stepped away, and Di Jin pointed to the snow that was still falling in the sky.
Snowflakes fluttered and fell on the top of Chen Zhijian's head. His hair was like an umbrella and his face was like frost. The head with his hair spread out was like an umbrella, protecting the other head underneath.
Waiting for everyone to see clearly, Di Jin took a prepared cloth in his hand, walked to the snowdrift, and covered Chen Zhijian's head.
Because his movements were deliberately slowed down, others could clearly notice that his hand intentionally grabbed the back of Chen Zhijian's head, and suddenly lifted up the tuft of Dong Ba's curled hair.
Dong Dong'er, who was hiding underneath, was pulled up and put in the cloth. On the contrary, Chen Zhijian, who was covering it, inevitably turned outwards at first. However, the person who recovered the head pushed him with his body and rolled back. , just slipped into the round hole in the snowdrift.
Quietly, the two heads changed positions, and the person who recovered the head seemed to be resentful that his brother had been killed. He kicked a few times with his feet, scattering the snowdrift that had been built up, and also beheaded Chen Zhijian, completely killing him. Covered in ice and snow, he wrapped Dong Ba's head in cloth and turned around to leave.
What finally appeared in front of him was a head with only the tail of his hair stained with snowflakes, but the top of his head was clean.
Chen Zhijian's snow-covered head was quietly hidden in place.
Yesterday morning, Dong Ba was found, leaving no trace in the snow;
Early this morning, Chen Zhijian was dug out, leaving no trace in the snow;
Now.
These two impossible crimes were cracked by a demonstration.
Not an evil spirit!
But man-made!
With the help of a cleverly designed, simple and extremely penetrating technique!
