When Chu Ran arrived at the cell in Dali Temple, he found that Zhou Huai had already finished what he said.
After Di Xue's retelling, I learned what happened last night.
The previous description at Jinyuan Restaurant was no different from Li Heng's, until the boy came to report the news.
Zhou Huaizheng was troubled by Xu Lai's case, so he was filled with anger and followed the boy to the yard. Unexpectedly, when he entered the yard and opened the door, he fainted in the kitchen.
When I woke up, I became a murderer!
Di Xue asked some more questions about people in Zhou Huai who liked to hang out.
Then he drew the appearance of the young man based on Ju Zhouhuai's description, and after handing the portrait to Han Shu to look for him, Di Xue followed Chu Ran out.
"Where do you plan to go next?"
After Chu Ran asked Di Xue, he returned: "Let's go to the small courtyard where the crime occurred and let the Wang family girl recuperate first!"
So the two of them changed into their regular clothes and rode to the courtyard of the Wang family where the accident occurred.
The guard at the gate of the courtyard has been replaced by a patrolman from Dali Temple. Di Xue walked to the wall of the small courtyard to check. There was a part of the brick wall with hollow patterns. The people watching outside at that time should have passed through Here you can see the scene inside the house.
Then Di Xue pushed open the wooden door and entered the courtyard. A small house with green bricks and blue tiles stood in the courtyard. Although there were no obvious signs of dilapidation inside and outside the courtyard, the wells covered with leaves and the eaves covered with spider webs all showed signs of decay. No one has been taking care of it for a long time.
According to the information obtained by Di Xue, this small courtyard was purchased under Zhou Huai's name three and a half months ago, and General Zhou went out to conquer Oara not long after. This is too much of a coincidence!
"Chu Ran, do you know that Mr. Zhou bought this yard?" Di Xue asked
Chu Ran shook his head: "Zhou Huai doesn't like these external things. Besides, if he buys real estate, I won't know about it!"
Di Xue agreed with Chu Ran's words in her heart, but with a rigorous attitude, she still asked: "Ahem, does Mr. Zhou have a confidante or an extramarital affair that you don't know about?"
"Why don't you blush when you say this? Zhou Huai's family is very strict, and this kind of thing will never happen!" Chu Ran held his forehead, he had gradually become accustomed to Di Xue breaking the rules.
After hearing this, Di Xue made a decision in her heart and said seriously: "If not, it is very likely that Mr. Zhou did not buy the yard. The person who bought the yard for Zhou Huai may have deliberately planned it to induce him to commit murder!"
Stepping on the gravel paved on the soil, I opened the main door of the house and entered the kitchen.
There was a stove set up in the kitchen near the back wall, and the greasy walls and iron pots showed that someone had lived here a long time ago.
There were a lot of chopped firewood piled in the area divided by wooden fences, and the dirt floor had been trampled flat and smooth.
There are no windows between the kitchen and the inner room, but the roof is connected without any obstruction.
After opening the small door in the house, I entered the crime scene. There were blood stains on the floor of the house, and they were rubbed everywhere!
There is no door out of the house, which means that the cabin has only one exit: the front door.
The place where the Wang family fell was circled with plant ash. Suddenly Di Xue felt the wind blowing through the house. She looked at the doors and windows, which were all closed. Di Xue raised her head and squinted her eyes to feel the direction of the wind. Suddenly she looked at the roof. One place is here!
Di Xue jumped up to the beam lightly and passed through the beam to the roof of the kitchen.
Then I saw some traces of friction on the beams here, as well as slight knife marks.
There seemed to be scraps of hemp rope left on it. Di Xue took out a white cloth bag and a small brush from her arms and lightly swept some of it.
Then I moved in the direction of the wind. Sure enough, there was a hole behind the roof, and the wind came in through this small hole.
Looking closer, there were two dismantled small wooden boards lying next to them. They smelled like traces of smoke.
These two small wooden boards should have been used as ventilation openings for this family after the chimney was blocked.
But this house has not been inhabited for a long time, let alone used for cooking.
So why was this wooden board dismantled? Was it just for escape?
Di Xue thought while trying to squeeze it out, but the attempt failed.
Assume that Zhou Huai is not the murderer, but escaped from the vent after killing.
But with such a small stature, how did he pretend to be Zhou Hai, who was seven feet tall and facing upward, and still hide it from the eyes of the Wang family girl!
Di Xue thought and jumped down, came out of the house and came to the backyard of the small courtyard.
Chu Ran walked to the backyard and looked at the dry toilet with a wooden roof and a straw roof.
"Do you think it's possible to hide here?"
After listening to Chu Ran's words, Di Xue looked at the small house with a dry toilet.
The house is not big, but it can accommodate two people, and it is indeed possible to hide people.
Di Xue nodded at Chu Ran, then opened the toilet door with his sword.
The strange thing is that there is no stench here as expected, but a faint fragrance!
Di Xue hurriedly pulled Chu Ran in, but then she saw Chu Ran standing at the door.
Looking down, it turned out that Chu Ran's clothes were caught on the barbs on the wood at the door, but the silk was extremely strong and there was not even a small scratch.
After taking off Chu Ran's clothes, he saw a rag remaining on it. The rag was bright in color, but upon closer inspection, the stitches were sparse and rough.
Di Xue used small tweezers made of bamboo to pick up the rags: "Chu Ran, would Mr. Zhou wear clothes of this quality?"
Chu Ran looked at it and then shook his head: "Zhou Huai's mother is very particular. She carefully selects Zhou Huai's clothes. There is no way there will be such low-quality materials!"
Although this material looks somewhat similar in color to the silk worn by some wealthy children, the quality is not any better. It seems that it is very possible to hide from people here.
In order to test his conjecture, Di Xue removed the wooden board covering the opening of the toilet.
Sure enough, there was no filth inside, and the dirt looked like it had been newly dug out. This dry toilet had never been used!
"Could this material be left by the workers who built the dry toilets?" Chu Ran asked.
Di Xue shook her head and rejected the idea. Ordinary people would never wear such bright clothes to work.
After putting the materials into a white cloth bag, Di Xue got out of the toilet and jumped onto the roof of the backyard.
Chu Ran could only watch from below. This was the first time he felt sorry for being a martial arts idiot!
From the roof, you can see many merchants outside the courtyard, but because people have died in the small courtyard, the stalls are set far away. If the murderer really came out of that small vent, how did he get out of the yard? Climb the wall?
No, there were businesses all around. It was impossible for someone to escape over the wall without being discovered. So they hid in the toilet because they were afraid of being discovered? But I still can’t get out of the yard!
Suddenly Di Xue noticed a dog hole in the fence of the backyard. Is this how he got out?
