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In the detective stories that Lin Sui'an has read, almost all of them have the same routine plot. At the critical moment when all the clues point to a certain suspect, the suspect dies inexplicably, and the suspect is confirmed as the real murderer, and the case is completed. Finish.
But this is just an illusion. The suspect was actually killed and silenced by the real murderer, who is still at large.
It can be described as the "worst case scenario" in a detective story.
"The mouth is closed, the eyes are slightly open, the hands are open, the belly is slightly swollen, the bun is tight, there is mud on the seams of the hands and feet, there is water foam and light blood in the mouth and nose, the left side of the face is scraped, the skin is turned, the wounds are white, and there is no blood. Stinky water." Ding Wuzuo examined Su Chengxian's body in an orderly manner, meticulously from head to toe, especially his hands.
"What was the cause of death?" Zhu Da often asked.
Ding Wuzuo stopped, lit the talisman, and said, "Dead by drowning."
Mu Zhong: "Drown before death or after death?"
Ding Wuzuo: "Before death."
Lin Sui'an: "You fell into the water by yourself or were you knocked unconscious and fell into the water?"
Ding Wuzuo: "There is no injury to the brain or body. He just slipped and fell into the water."
"Isn't there a wound on his face?" Zhu Dachang pointed at the corpse and asked, "His face has been exposed!"
Ding Wuzuo: "This is a post-mortem injury."
Mu Zhong knelt down and checked Su Chengxian's clothes. When Su Chengxian was pulled out of the waterway, his clothes were in tatters, his shoes and socks were missing, and half of his hairpin was broken, which happened to be on the same side as his broken face. .
"The skin was probably scraped off by a sharp stone while drifting in the sewer after his death," Mu Zhong gestured. "The water was moving very fast, so the wounds were horrific."
Zhu Dachang: "Ugh——"
Lin Sui'an sighed secretly. What he was most proud of in life was his status as a nobleman, and the most important thing was his face. But after he died, he even lost his face. It was really ironic.
Lin Sui'an: "When is the time of death?"
Ding Wu wrote: "Chenzheng arrives at Sichu."
"In other words, when he escaped from the square gate, he panicked and fell into the sewer, and then drowned." Mu Zhong shook his head, "The law of heaven is clear, and retribution will not be good."
"This man is left-handed." Ding Wuzuo said suddenly.
"What happened to the left-hander?" Zhu Dachang asked, pinching his nose.
Ding Wuzuo: "Luo Shichuan's body was snatched back."
Zhu Dachang: "What?! When was it taken away? Why did you say -"
"This is Luo Shichuan's autopsy grid." Ding Wuzuo handed over a form with an expressionless face.
"It turns out that the re-examination has been completed. I was shocked." Zhu Dachang took the autopsy grid and asked Mu Zhong and Lin Sui'an to look at it together.
This is the first time Lin Sui'an has seen the autopsy report of this world. It is more detailed than she imagined. The far left is divided into four columns. The first column is the number of the table. "Prehistoric" order, the second column is the responsible state and county, the third column records the name, gender and other basic information of the person being examined, the fourth column states the time of the autopsy and the autopsy work (the work is named Ding Kui), and the details of the autopsy are recorded later. As a result, the language is very obscure, which quite challenges Lin Sui'an's reading comprehension level in classical Chinese.
Fortunately, Zhu Dachang didn't have the patience to read the entire article and ask questions directly.
"What's the result of the re-examination?"
Ding Wuzuo: "The position of Luo Shichuan's heart is different from that of ordinary people, on the right side."
Zhu Dachang: "Eh?"
Ding Wuzuo: "If it were an ordinary person, if the knife penetrated deep into the chest, it would have pierced the heart and died on the spot. However, Luo Shichuan's heart was in the right chest and he was not killed by the knife."
Mu Zhong: "How did the head of the Luo family die?"
Ding Wuzuo: "Died from excessive blood loss."
Everyone: "..."
"Ding Wuzuo, why do you emphasize that Su Cheng is left-handed first?" Lin Sui'an asked.
There was no expression on Ding Wuzuo's dry face, "I carefully identified Luo Shichuan's wounds and found that they were stabbed by a left-handed person holding a murder weapon."
Zhu Dachang slapped his thigh: "It was Su Cheng who was right first!"
Mu Zhong nodded: "The Luo family, including the servants, are all right-handed."
Zhu Dachang's face turned bitter again, "Although Su Cheng was the murderer first, he was still a member of the Su clan after all, and his death was such a disgraceful death. I hope Duke Mu will give me some advice on how to deal with the aftermath."
Mu Zhong crossed his arms and was a little worried, "This matter is related to the Su family's face. If it is not handled properly, it will definitely cause trouble. When will the new county magistrate arrive?"
"I'm afraid there are still a few months left."
"Keep Su Chengxian's identity secret for now, and then make plans after the county magistrate takes office."
"Very good, very good. I will discuss it with County Lieutenant Zhang right now..."
Lin Sui'an did not join their discussion. Su Cheng being the murderer first meant that she got rid of her identity as a suspect, which was of great benefit to her. But Lin Sui'an kept thinking about a question:
[Is Mr. Su Cheng really the murderer? 】
Indeed, the leather rope used as a secret room mechanism and the murder weapon were found in his house, and the time of his death coincided with the time he escaped from the house. Su Cheng was left-handed first, and so was the murderer. The most important thing is that he had the motive to kill Luo Shichuan.
After hearing Luo Ersan's report last night, Luo Shichuan immediately asked Su Cheng to talk first. Most of the time, he wanted to show off his cards with Su Cheng first and break off his engagement with Luo Kou. Su Cheng could marry Luo Kou first, but he was After being told that everything was a delusion, he killed Luo Shichuan in anger, and happened to see her entering the house. He simply made a secret room without doing anything and blamed her for the murder. Unexpectedly, she was able to crack the secret room. Su Cheng Xian fled in panic and accidentally fell into a sewer.
There is physical evidence and a motive, it should be him.
Moreover, this guy was a scumbag and his death would not be unjust.
However, Lin Sui'an just felt uncomfortable, as if his whole body was covered with caterpillars, which made his skin itchy and painful.
What if... all this was arranged by the real murderer——
[Worst case scenario. 】
"Ding Wuzuo, can you let me see his eyes?" Lin Sui'an asked.
The thin man was startled for a moment, and glanced at Lin Sui'an in confusion, but he followed the instructions and opened Su Chengxian's eyelids. Lin Sui'an dug his nails into his palms and looked straight into Su Chengxian's eyeballs.
Naoren buzzed, and the weird picture of switching channels appeared again.
Dim light, messy long hair, sweat-stained temples, clasped hands, rapid breathing, and a vibrating voice of |love|lust|, "Su Lang... Su Lang..."
Oooh!
Lin Sui'an was startled, and the picture disappeared, while the voice he just heard echoed in his mind - the person lying under Su Cheng's body was actually a man!
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Lin Sui'an can now basically determine his golden finger - as long as he looks into the eyes of the corpse, he can see the memory of the deceased's life. However, the rules for selecting memories are becoming more and more confusing.
The original owner's memory is a diary, probably because of the original owner's hatred for Su Chengxian. Luo Shichuan's memory is a tea case and two letters. Although the actual objects have not been found, it is intuitive that they are important to Luo Shichuan. So Lin Sui'an previously speculated that the memory she saw should be the deceased's deepest obsession during his lifetime, but what was Su Chengxian's memory? !
Male|Male|Ten|Eight|Forbidden? ? ?
Is this his obsession? ? ?
His uncle!
Now whenever he thinks that this body was almost married to Su Chengxian, Lin Sui'an wants to step on Su Chengxian's body to relieve his hatred.
"He was actually a homosexual who cheated on marriage," Lin Sui'an gritted his teeth, "What a scumbag, with no bottom line. He died well, died wonderfully, and died like a croak!"
"Hmm, cough, cough!" Mu Zhong coughed, "Be careful what you say."
Lin Sui'an took a breath, suppressed his anger, and looked up at the mourning hall in front of him.
Luo Shichuan's mourning hall was placed in the main hall of the Luo family - the place where Lin Sui'an and Su Chengxian signed the divorce letter. The protagonists at that time: Luo Shichuan was lying in the coffin, and Su Chengxian was lying in the morgue of the county government office. , Luo Kou looked pale and knelt in front of the coffin like a wandering spirit, waiting in a long line to offer incense to Luo Shichuan.
In just a few days, things were turned upside down and everything changed.
There were unexpectedly many people paying their condolences to Luo Shichuan, including merchants, squires, traders, and foot soldiers. Some were caravan partners of the Luo family for many years, some were merchants who had been cared for by the Luo family for many years, and even more were common people who had received favors from Luo Shichuan. , listening to their low cries all the way: some tenants were in debt due to poor business turnover, the Luo family owner waived the rent of their shop, some medical clinics on the verge of bankruptcy were funded by Luo Men, providing free clinics for the poor, some on the street The beggars ate the porridge provided by the Luofu, and some children from poor families received funding from the Luofu and went to school...
Mu Zhong heard this with regret and sighed, "The Luo's Caravan is the best among its peers in terms of integrity. Originally, the Mu's Caravan came here to discuss cooperation, but I never thought it would turn out like this."
"I also encountered bandits on the road and was rescued by the Luo family leader -" Lin Sui'an paused, thinking of the Luo family leader's loud laughter that day in the fragrance of osmanthus, and felt sad in his heart.
The condolence procession moved forward slowly and finally arrived in front of the mourning hall.
In front of Lin Sui'an was a young couple, carrying a bamboo basket and leading a baby. The man's eyes were red and swollen from crying, "Master Luo, I came to see you, and I brought you my steamed cakes. You must try it." taste."
The woman wiped away tears: "I'm not good at my craftsmanship. Master Luo, please don't dislike it, wuwuwu——"
Their little baby, who was about four or five years old, blinked a pair of dark eyes and asked, "Didn't grandpa and grandma bring me to see Luo Aweng? Where is Luo Aweng?"
"Luo Aweng is lying in that big box, Liu'er, kowtow." The man pulled the child to kneel down and kowtow, crying while kowtowing.
The Luo clan members kneeling on both sides returned the greeting. Meng Man placed the steamed cakes in the bamboo basket on the tribute platform and nodded in thanks. Luo Kou's eyes were blurred, and he kowtowed mechanically like a puppet in return.
Liu'er finished kowtowing, looked up at the coffin, and said again: "Luo Aweng, I've finished kowtowing, have you woken up? The master at the school taught me the Thousand-Character Classic, and I learned it, and I recited it to Luo A Is it okay to listen to Weng?"
"The sky and the earth are dark and yellow, the universe is vast, the sun and the moon are waxing and waning, the stars and constellations are arranged, the cold comes and the summer comes, the autumn harvests and the winter hides..."
The crisp children's voice resounded through the mourning hall, and the white paper flags swayed gently, making a rustling sound.
There was a sudden silence all around, followed by suppressed cries. The condolences of the people burst into tears and they could hardly bear to listen anymore.
Luo Kou looked at Liu'er quietly, tears gradually forming in his empty pupils, and suddenly let out a shrill cry, turned around and slammed into Luo Shichuan's coffin.
Soon after, Lin Sui'an rushed out and hugged Luo Kou. The huge momentum slammed her into the coffin, causing her to gasp in pain.
"Kole!"
"Lady of the Luo family!"
Meng Man and Mu Zhong ran over at the same time, Meng Man's face turned pale with fright, and Mu Zhong broke out in sweat.
"Ahhhhhh! I want to go with my grandpa!" Luo Kou lay in Lin Sui'an's arms and cried loudly. Lin Sui'an gently patted Luo Kou's bony back, his heart racing. She cried loudly. Luo Kou was only fourteen years old. If she were still a minor in modern times, her beloved lover would turn out to be a scumbag and kill her own father. This would be too cruel.
"Oh, you still have the nerve to cry?"
Suddenly, a sneer burst out from the mourning hall.
Lin Sui'an's eyelids twitched, and his eyes shot over like lightning.
But I saw a small-eyed man in the Luo clan who was over thirty years old and said with a half-smile, "You didn't lead the wolf into the house and killed my grandfather. Why are you pretending to cry here?"
Meng Man was furious: "Luo Liulang, shut up!"
"What, did I say something wrong?" Luo Liulang patted his clothes and stood up, "If Luo Kou hadn't insisted on robbing someone else's fiance, would the head of the family have died?"
"Yes, bad people will be punished if they get married." Another member of the Luo clan said.
This sentence was like a signal, and more and more Luo clan members spoke out:
"Keeping saying that you want to marry someone, forcing the husband to break off the engagement, and then regretting not marrying him in the end, is a great shame and humiliation for any man!"
"If it were me, I wouldn't be able to bear it!"
"I don't know if I dragged my grandpa into the water, which made my husband get so angry that he killed my grandpa and killed two people. Who are you pretending to be innocent and crying to death for?"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, what a shameless person!"
"What are you talking about?!" Meng Man yelled, "Shut up! Shut up!"
"Hey, have you seen it? There is a man who is totally determined." A mocking smile appeared on Luo Liulang's face, "Luo Kou is really good at it."
Meng Man grabbed Luo Liulang's collar with his right hand and punched him, but was grabbed by several servants beside Luo Liulang and pressed hard to the ground.
Luo Liulang straightened his clothes and looked at Meng Man condescendingly, "A mere adopted son who is not even qualified to join the Luo family tree dares to yell at me here. I really shame you!"
The Luo clan members snickered in a low voice.
Luo Kou stopped crying and stared blankly at everyone in the Luo family. His pale face was full of despair, and his whole body could not suppress the trembling.
Everyone who was paying condolences was shocked by what happened in front of them. They all retreated outside the mourning hall, whispering and exchanging information, looking at Luo Kou with increasingly hesitant eyes.
Lin Sui'an squinted his eyes and scanned the faces of the Luo clan members one by one. They were dressed in mourning clothes and tied with mourning belts, but there was no trace of sadness on their faces. Their eyes were shining, and the corners of their mouths were filled with pride, as if they were looking at each other To the wild wolf of tender mutton.
Mu Zhong sneered: "You can't afford to be too early if you don't have any benefits."
Luo Liulang looked around, his face glowing red: "Today, the Luo family's head is mourning. The Luo clan is extremely sad. The cause of the family head's death is complicated, but ultimately, it is all caused by the unfilial daughter Luo Kou. I, the Luo family, will never tolerate such a woman's responsibility. Since I have inherited the great responsibility of being the head of the family, I would like to ask everyone to bear witness today and re-elect the head of the Luo family!"
Lin Sui'an's nails dug into his palms.
There are so many Luo clan members, and even before the Luo family master's body is cold, they are baring their fangs and preparing to kill him!
