The Delicate Lady Coroner Chapter 134: Seventh Lady 04

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Chapter 134 Seventh Lady 04

While waiting for someone from the Liu family to arrive, Bo Ruoyou continued to check for clues.

She had looked inside and outside the house. The doors and windows were indeed locked from the inside. Although there was a movable hole the size of a fist at the back window of the study, cups and bowls could come in and out, but it was difficult for people to get in. The hole was not far from the window. The bolt is extremely far away, and there is no possibility that the murderer used the mechanism to close the window from the inside.

Bao Ruoyou went back to the bedroom and carefully checked the bed curtain. She searched the whole room but could not find the **** murder weapon, but found a strange blood stain on the bed curtain.

She waved her hand, "Let's see if the blood marks are from a collision."

The bed tent was indigo, and the ground soaked with blood turned into a dark color, and it was round with no fingerprints or palm prints. Bo Ruoyou used his fist to compare it to the forehead of the deceased, "From here forward, you can just hit it." On top of the bedpost."

Wu Xiang came over to check. Although there was no blood on the bedpost, the bed tent was thick and could indeed block the blood. Bo Ruoyou stood in front of him and gestured, "The deceased was about the same size as me. If he stood here, If you hit it upward, you can really hurt your forehead."

She looked at the small blood stains on the bed again. Wu Xiang frowned, "Does it mean that the deceased really committed suicide? She went crazy, then bumped herself up, bleeding, and then lay on the bed in a daze. Then he died of excessive blood loss?"

Bao Ruoyou didn't speak immediately. She checked beside the bed for a moment and then looked at the clothes of the deceased. "There was a lot of blood on the clothes of the deceased. There was blood from the collar to the right side of the chest, as well as on the shoulders and back. The blood stains may have flowed down after lying down, but the blood stains on the chest must have been stained while standing and sitting. In other words, the deceased did not lie down immediately after being injured."

Wu Xiang looked around the house and said, "This house was quite tidy when we arrived, and there were no signs of fighting. If she was murdered and the house was tightly sealed, it would be a bit unexplainable, but she has been imprisoned here. After half a year, he suddenly committed suicide because he couldn't bear it anymore, or did he commit suicide when he was unconscious?"

Wu Xiang touched his chin, "I always feel something strange."

Bo Ruoyou's eyes wandered around the room. If he were an ordinary person, he would have a low chance of success if he killed himself by hitting a pillar. Because pain and death make people afraid, they would inevitably have reservations when using force. But the master said that the deceased When she was mad, she realized that the possibility of suicide did exist. The wound on her forehead was eaten away by maggots, and it was difficult to tell the extent of the injury. Only an autopsy of the skull could reveal the details. But after waiting for a long time, the Liu family still Didn't show up.

The nun reported to the official, Wu Xiang came here, and after the inspection, he returned to the capital to look for her. This trip took a lot of time, but they all arrived, but the Liu family had not arrived yet. The sun is setting in the west, and there are dark clouds between thin and dark eyebrows.

Wu Xiang also went out and came in again. Bo said angrily, "I don't know if this Master really doesn't know or is hiding it on purpose. Just now it was extremely difficult to ask for his identity. Now he only knows how to chant sutras and says that the doors and windows of the house are locked. This The girl committed suicide."

"Is it because I'm afraid, so I don't dare to say it?"

Wu Xiang sneered, "That's right. These nunneries rely on the support of the nobles for a living. They say they are for self-cultivation, but they have also become the private property of the powerful. If it hadn't been for the loss of life this time, I'm afraid they wouldn't have dared to do so. Let outsiders know that a woman is locked up here."

Bo Ruoyou was helpless, "Should she be able to tell how many days she has been detained?"

"I said I stopped opening the door nine days ago and started to get angry, but I could still hear people talking to each other at the beginning. When I put the food on the table, I didn't eat much, but I could see that there were one or two steamed buns missing on the table by the back window. So everyone ignored her, and recently the nunnery was preparing to perform rituals. This was a money-making business, so no one paid any attention to her."

Bo Ruoyou thought of two younger nuns when he entered the door, "The teacher is too reluctant to tell, where are the two nuns?"

Wu Xiang shook his head, "He is also tight-lipped."

Bao Ruoyou had a headache, then his eyes fell on the corpse of the deceased, and he remembered the old scars. The scars were of different sizes and were distributed in hidden places such as the buttocks, thighs, and vests of the corpse. Some looked like they had been beaten, and some looked like they had been beaten. It looked like she had been burned. Although it was not fatal, it looked like she had been tortured. Thinking that she was a young lady from the Liu family, Bo Ruoyou felt even more weird.

Wu Xiang saw her looking at the body of the deceased again, and remembering how she was about to speak but stopped talking, he couldn't help but ask: "What happened to Miss Liu's family?"

Bo Ruoyou pondered for a moment, "She has given birth to a child."

"There are scars on the lower abdomen and birth injuries, but they have recovered. They said she was sent here half a year ago, which means she gave birth to a child at least half a year ago. Unfortunately, the lower abdomen is severely rotten, and it is impossible to determine what the birth injuries were. left behind."

Wu Xiang couldn't help but widen her eyes, "She is a young lady from the Liu family, and she is not married. Could it be...that she was sent here because of this? But if she had given birth to a child, where was the child?"

Bo Ruoyou shook his head, "We will have to wait until the Liu family comes to find out."

Wu Xiang frowned and looked outside. A patch of dye-like clouds spread across the sky, like fire. The sun fell into the clouds and was about to fall below the horizon. It was getting late, but the Liu family Has not appeared yet.

"Not only that, she also has many small scars on her body, which look like they were left after being abused. If she is a young lady from the Liu family, how could she be abused?"

Wu Xiang hissed softly, "After the Liu family lost their title, the younger members of the family have not been able to live up to expectations. Now only the head of the family has an official job in the court, and the others have turned to business to do business. These seven The young lady still doesn’t know which father’s daughter she is, but it would be a bit strange to say she was abused.”

Bao Ruoyou sighed, got up and walked to the main hall. Among the three upper rooms, only the main hall was empty. There was nothing else except a set of tables and chairs and two empty high cabinets. Bo Ruoyou took a look. Circle, eyes fell on the door latch.

"The door latch was broken when the arrester came?"

Wu Xiang nodded, "Yes, the door latch is broken, and the handle above is also loose. It was indeed knocked open with great force."

Bao Ruoyou was a little sad, and still felt that an autopsy was needed to determine whether it was suicide. However, the body was stained with blood on the head, face, shoulders and back, and was severely decayed. No other clues were found in the hands, feet, and limbs, which made her feel a little suffocated.

Bo Ruoyou looked at the broken door latch with a sullen face. The door latch had been used for many years, and its surface was gray and black. The fractures were uneven. It had indeed been broken. Bo Ruoyou looked at it carefully for a moment. , and found nothing wrong. At this time, she closed the opened door again. Wu Xiang looked on and said: "I have tried it. It is indeed used on this door. It fits perfectly."

Bao Ruoyou closed the broken door latch, just as Wu Xiang said. She nodded, but when she turned around, her eyes fell on the door leaf.

The door leaf is also old and usually not cleaned. It is covered with a thin layer of dirt. However, on the door leaf on her left, there is a spot that is darker than the surrounding area. She raises her hand to touch it. , quickly frowned.

"When the arrester came, you could see someone scrubbing this place?"

Wu Xiang frowned, "What are you doing cleaning this place? When we came, only Teacher Tai and three nuns were there. All four of them were in a panic. One of them went to report to the official. Teacher Tai said there was another The nuns went to Ms. Liu's home to report the news. If she wanted to ask anything else, she couldn't ask anything else. They kept saying that they would wait for someone from the Liu family to come."

Bo Ruoyou narrowed his eyes, "The original paint color is showing here. Although it is dry, it is most likely that it was scrubbed today. There is dirt on the doors, windows, tables, chairs, cabinets and cabinets of this house, but this place is clean. There must be something stuck here, they scrubbed it before the government officials came."

Wu Xiang grasped the saber and walked out with a sullen face. Teacher Tai stood in the yard, followed by three people. Another nun whom Bo Ruoyou had never seen came out from nowhere. At this moment, the four of them Huddled in one place, the fear on the faces of the three young nuns was obvious.

Wu Xiang looked at the master and his wife with cold eyes, "Did you kill this girl from the Liu family?"

The master recited "Amitabha" and said hurriedly: "Don't arrest the poor nun unjustly. How dare the poor nun do it? If it was us who killed him, how could we dare to report it to the official? I'm afraid we have to do our best. It’s better to hide it.”

The three people behind them all lowered their eyebrows and wrung their hands nervously, not knowing whether they were really guilty of being a thief or were afraid that they would be implicated.

Bao Ruoyou stood at the door and his eyes fell on three young nuns. All three nuns were in their twenties, with delicate appearance and fair skin. Although their robes were loose, they still outlined their slim figures. She looked at one of them carefully and discovered that the nun had drawn her eyebrows. This does not mean that nuns cannot love beauty. It is just that in a pure place of Buddhism, if they have lost their hair, they have the desire to escape into Buddhism, not to mention the purity of the six roots. , we should also cut off the desire of the mortal world...

She felt extremely weird in her heart, and Wu Xiang had already shouted: "Then tell me, did you clean the house before we came? Which one of you was scrubbing behind the door?"

The scrubbing area was only about the size of two palms, but it didn't look like they were cleaning the door. When asked like this, several people looked up at each other, and they didn't seem to think they would be discovered, thinking that the door was already dark. Color, how can you tell it at a glance?

Wu Xiang’s eyes narrowed, and the hand holding the sword was clenched very tightly, "Are you really saying not a word? I think you are all Buddhists. I had no evidence just now, so I was very polite to you, but now you have concealed it. , then I don’t need to be merciful to you. If you don’t tell me, in this case of human life, I will ask you to go to the Yamen Prison.”

Teacher Tai looked solemn, but the three young nuns behind him were a little flustered. One of them couldn't help but pull Teacher Tai's sleeve, "Master——"

The teacher turned around and glanced at her, still pressing the corners of her lips tightly.

Wu Xiang looked at it and sneered, "Sure enough, he can keep his composure. Come, bring them back together for custody -"

The government officers came forward to take the person away, but the teacher still had to distinguish between them, but a nun behind her was so frightened that she burst into tears, "I said, I said, there was blood behind the door panel. We saw it and thought it was unlucky. Then I wiped away the blood stains."

"Qingyin!" Teacher Tai scolded, with a stern look in his eyes.

The nun named Qingyin seemed to be the youngest among the three, and the most restless. She was too frightened by the teacher, and her eyes were wet, which made even Bao Ruoyou feel pity for her.

"Master, I'm scared, I'm really scared, this is a loss of life."

The teacher snorted, "She is willing to commit suicide, what does it have to do with us?"

Wu Xiang frowned deeply, "Master Tai, a monk is compassionate, but I don't think you are a Buddhist practitioner."

Teacher Taiyi put his hands together and recited Amitabha again, "The poor nun will naturally perform rituals for the female donor, but this is a murder case and has nothing to do with us, so naturally we dare not admit guilt casually."

Wu Xiang looked at Qingyin and said, "Besides the blood stains, what else did you do?"

Qingyin was so frightened that she shed tears in front of her, "We...we even cleaned up the house. Miss Liu's house was a little messy, so we...we cleaned it up."

Wu Xiang never expected that these female nuns would be so bold. He originally thought that since he was a member of the Buddhist sect, he would be diligent in cultivating himself and would not lie. Therefore, he had a trust first, but these people dared to deliberately conceal it. !

He quickly brought Qingyin into the house, "Can you tell me clearly what places you have tidied up?"

Qingyin was taken away crying, and the other two nuns were also ready to make a move. The teacher looked normal and glanced at them again, "You dare?"

The two were too scared to speak. Qingyin in the room pointed to the floor of the bedroom, "When we came in, the screen on the table fell to the ground, and a tea cup was broken. Master said We couldn't let the government office see this, lest they suspect that we had harmed her, so we packed up these things. There were obvious blood stains on the door leaf, and we also wiped it, leaving nothing else touched."

"Have you ever hidden anything?"

Qingyin quickly shook her head, "No, no, we are just afraid of being suspected by the officials, so we don't dare to do anything else."

The tears on Qingyin’s face were heart-warming to watch, and she was the first to speak. Wu Xiang’s expression also softened, “You seriously haven’t noticed that anything happened to her in the past few days?”

Qingyin lowered her eyes, "No... Miss Liu has a bad temper, so we don't come to scold her, so we just bring in food every day. There were two days when a few of us were not in the nunnery, so we were even more concerned. No."

"When were you not in the nunnery?" Wu Xiang asked hurriedly.

"We are not here on the sixth and seventh days of August. There is also the eleventh day. Master, I, and two senior sisters are not in the nunnery. Only senior sister Qingshuang is here. It is impossible to be in the nunnery all the time. Guard her."

It was only August 13th now. Wu Xiang counted the time and asked, "You are not in the nunnery. Aren't you afraid that she will run away?"

Qingyin shrank her shoulders, "If we weren't in the nunnery, we would have locked the door from the outside, and Miss Liu didn't dare to run away. She just waited for people from the house to pick her up, knowing that if she ran away, she would never be seen again. Don’t let her go back.”

Wu Xiang went to see Bao Ruoyou and saw Bao Ruoyou closing the door and standing behind the door looking at the small area being scrubbed.

If Ms. Liu committed suicide and then lay on the bed, why was there blood on the back of the door? But if she was murdered by someone, how could the murderer escape if the doors and windows of the house were closed?

Just when I was suspicious, a government official suddenly ran in from outside and said, "Captain, someone from the Liu family is here!"

Wu Xiang’s expression perked up, “Finally here!”

He strode out, but Bo Ruoyou saw that Qingyin's expression changed immediately after hearing these words. Her whole body couldn't stop trembling, and she glanced outside, as if she was afraid of some savage beast. took a step back.

Bao Ruoyou stood at the door and looked out. Soon, he saw a young man in his twenties walking towards the courtyard gate. He was wearing a blue shirt and was talking to Wu Xiang as he walked. He seems to be quite polite.

When he reached the door, the visitor saw Bo Ruoyou, and seemed to have never expected that there would be a beautiful woman here.

Wu Xiang saw his expression and said: "It's the work of our yamen——"

The visitor looked surprised, "Are you... that Miss Bo?"

Bo Ruoyou raised his eyebrows, Wu Xiang was also stunned, and then said: "This is the third young master of the Liu family."

"I'm Liu Yan." Liu Yan bowed his hands to Bo Ruoyou, looking polite and courteous. Seeing her suspicion, he said: "I recognize your brother, Yixuan. Recently, something happened in your house. I also know that, I haven’t seen Yixuan in a few days."

He had a sigh on his face, as if he felt very sorry for this, while Bo Ruoyou's face remained calm, "I see."

She responded lightly, got out of the way, and motioned for him to go in to see the deceased. Liu Yan hesitated for a moment as if he was mentally preparing, and then carried him in. Bo Ruoyou was standing in the main hall, and he only saw Liu Yan just turning to the right. The man in the side room leaned forward and took a look before suddenly retreating, then quickly walked out, walked to the edge of the courtyard and started retching.

With tears welling up in his eyes, Liu Yan stood up. When he turned around, Bo Ruoyou looked at him with a faint expression. He couldn't help but look embarrassed. He took out the handkerchief and wiped the corners of his eyes, and then said gently. : "It made the girl laugh. I have never seen such a scene..."

He was disgusted and frightened, but there was no sadness on his face, as if it was not Miss Liu who died, but a servant.

Wu Xiang was also observing him, "Master Liu can tell you what happened to the deceased."

Liu Yan coughed twice before walking closer, "It's my seventh sister. She got into trouble earlier. Our family's rules are that if you make a big mistake, you won't be punished explicitly. Instead, you will be sent to the nunnery for memorial service." Passed."

"I wonder what kind of big mistake it is?" Wu Xiang asked again.

Liu Yan's eyes flashed, "It's not convenient to say this. My sister is gone, so I don't want to mention the past anymore." He said with a sigh: "She had committed suicide earlier. Thoughts, I didn’t expect to take this step.”

Bao Ruoyou couldn't help but said: "Master Liu, Miss Liu does not necessarily commit suicide."

Liu Yan looked surprised, "But the person who went to report the news said that my sister committed suicide——"

Wu Xiang also said with a stern face: "Whether it was suicide or not, we still need to check, but there is one thing at the moment. We need to find out whether Miss Liu committed suicide or was murdered. We are going to have to use a knife on the body. Can you guys?" Are you willing?"

Liu Yan was a little suspicious and didn't seem to understand how to use the knife. At this time, Bo Ruoyou said: "The main thing is to cut open the skull of the deceased to see if the injury is fatal, and to determine whether it is a fatal injury." Suicide injury."

Liu Yan felt his stomach churning. He couldn't help turning around and retching again. After vomiting for a long time, he said with red eyes: "This matter... is big or small. I have to go back and ask my family." Elders are the best."

Wu Xiang was confused, "You are the only one here today, where are her father and mother?"

Liu Yan sighed after hearing this, "Her father and mother passed away in her early years. My father and several uncles raised her together over the years. Because she had no biological parents, she was not taught well, and she later committed the crime. It was a mistake. I saw that she couldn’t be disciplined well, so I sent her here."

He thought very carefully for a moment, "The elders in the family were very sad when they heard that something happened to her. I was sent here today to take her back. The family has already started to prepare a mourning hall."

He couldn't help but ask: "Is it really possible to be harmed by others?"

Seeing that he seemed to be a scholar and able to reason, Wu Xiang explained what he had just discovered. After saying that there were blood stains behind the door, Liu Yan couldn't help but said: "My sister is indeed delirious sometimes. Could it be that she hit her head and accidentally got it there?"

Bo Ruoyou frowned, "This is indeed a possibility, but it may also have been left behind by the murderer. To determine whether he was harmed by others, a more detailed autopsy is required."

Liu Yan hesitated for a moment, "Then I really need to ask the elders at home."

Bo Ruoyou and Wu Xiang's eyes darkened. They had been waiting for a long time, but they didn't expect someone from the Liu family to finally come, but it was someone who didn't care about anything. Now they go back to ask, this coming and going. It takes a lot of work.

Wu Xiang took a deep breath and said, "Okay, then send someone back to ask."

Liu Yan looked at the sky and said, "It's getting late now. Chief, can you please send my sister's body back to Yizhuang first? Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll be delayed here all night."

Wu Xiang naturally does not want to go through the trouble of leaving the scene of the crime, but this place is several hours away from the capital. It is indeed time-consuming to wait like this. However, if he returns to the capital and enters Yizhuang, it will be convenient to come and go. many.

He nodded, "That's fine."

Liu Yan breathed a sigh of relief, "In addition to taking my sister's body back, I also need to take away all her belongings. The head catcher will allow me a moment while I let the servants clean up."

Wu Xiang frowned, "Then you have to let us watch, lest anything suspicious is taken away by you."

Liu Yan was very reasonable, "Of course, I'll do whatever it takes to arrest the head."

After Liu Yan finished speaking, he waved to the servants behind him. Two young men and two rough ladies came through the door. They went to the right wing first. When they saw the body, their expressions were stunned and they just cleaned up. He picked up some small items and clothes, but left nothing on the bed untouched. Then he went to the left wing to pack away the books and books.

Wu Xiang and Bao Ruoyou stood aside. Everything they collected was in front of their eyes. After two sticks of incense, there was no sneakiness. Liu Yan stood outside the house, unwilling to enter at all.

After watching the attendants clearing away the belongings in the deceased's study, Bo Ruoyou sighed in his heart. Although Miss Liu was sometimes a little confused, the books she read were no different from those at her daughter's home in an ordinary boudoir. The poems and songs Fu, drama scripts, many of which were books that Bo Ruoyou had read. Thinking of the injuries on her body, Bo Ruoyou was a little curious about how she lived in the Liu family.

After cleaning up, the entire left wing had been evacuated. Bo Ruoyou followed Wu Xiang out and watched the Liu family's servants carry the body of the deceased onto the carriage. Liu Yan was ready to take it with him. The body was returned to the Liu family.

He quickly packed up, but when he was about to leave, Wu Xiang didn't know what to do with the nuns. Finally, Wu Xiang decided to take his teacher Tai and two nuns, including Qingyin, back to the capital for questioning.