coobybook Chapter 117 Red Rope
Chapter 117 Red Rope
"Mine." Lin Jianshan replied.
Lu Chengjing looked at him in surprise.
The blue coat is obviously new. How many new sets of clothes can the villagers make in a year?
Clothes that have been used to cover a dead person will definitely not be worn by a living person again, but Lin Jianshan was willing to cover the dead person with new clothes.
Lin Jianshan said: "The person is dead, give him some dignity."
Lu Chengjing did not comment on this, but instead suggested that Village Chief Lin report the case to the authorities as soon as possible so that they could send someone to investigate the case and perform an autopsy to catch the murderer.
Village Chief Lin said, "We have already sent someone there."
In this case, there is not much that everyone can do except protecting the scene.
After some discussion, Village Chief Lin and others sent several young men to cordon off the area and protect the crime scene to prevent the bodies from being eaten by wild beasts.
Everyone else should go back to their homes and don't stay here and cause trouble.
When Ma Jieyong and his two companions came over, all the villagers had dispersed, and they could only ask Shitou for some details.
Lu Chengjing and others were discussing sealing off the village.
Until the murderer is found, people are only allowed to enter the village but not leave, to prevent the murderer from escaping.
Although the murder happened so long ago, the murderer may have escaped, but what if the murderer took advantage of the fact that no one saw him and hoped for a lucky hapless escape?
Yuan Musheng examined the body and found that Gui had been dead for about two hours.
Lu Chengjing suggested: "We can organize people to go door to door to ask where everyone was when the murder happened, and write down those who don't have an alibi."
Village chief Lin immediately organized people to do it.
Lu Chengjing was in a wheelchair and it was inconvenient for him to move, so he did not join the questioning team.
The group returned home.
Shang Wan opened his palms, and a red rope appeared in front of everyone.
There are two small round ceramic pendants hanging on the red rope. Some parts are darker in color, and you can smell a slight smell of blood if you smell it up close.
"Sister, where did this red string come from?"
"It was hidden under the corpse's hair." Shang Wan said, "I thought it might have something to do with the murderer, so I took it back."
Xiaohuan:?
When did her sister get close to the corpse? Why didn't she see it?
Lu Chengjing took the red rope and looked at it carefully. The more he looked at the two small ceramic pendants, the more familiar they seemed to him, as if he had seen similar ones somewhere before.
He frowned in thought.
"Huh?" Gao Yan stared at the pendant on the red string. "Isn't this the red string used to pray for marriage in Yue Lao Temple?"
"Have you seen it?" Everyone looked at him.
Gao Yan nodded, "I have another one waiting for me to get it."
He ran to the shed to look through his luggage, took out his red rope and handed it to everyone to see.
"Look, even the pendants are exactly the same. One has a golden boy and the other has a jade girl."
Lu Chengjing placed the red rope in his hand next to Gao Yan's red rope. Everyone compared them from left to right. The length, thickness, and pendant were all exactly the same.
Compared to Gao Yan's one, the one Shang Wan found looked newer, as if it had just been requested.
"So, the murderer recently went to the Yue Lao Temple to pray for marriage." Shang Wan murmured, "Could it be that the murderer is a single dog?"
Everyone: Why is being single such a shame?
Lu Chengjing said: "This may be a clue. When the officials come, we can give it to them to investigate."
……
The officers arrived very quickly.
Upon learning that a murder had occurred in the village, the newly appointed county magistrate did not delay for a moment and hurriedly sent people to investigate.
The leader was still Shan Dajun, and he was accompanied by four yamen runners. The remaining one carrying the wooden box was the coroner.
After learning that the village had protected the crime scene and the body had not been damaged, Shan Dajun breathed a sigh of relief.
What I am most afraid of is that the villagers will move the body without permission, and then all the clues will become gone.
The group ran straight to the reed marsh without even drinking a sip of water.
While the coroner performed an autopsy, Shan Dajun and four other yamen runners looked around to see if there were any clues.
The condition of the body showed that he had been murdered. After the coroner's examination, it was found that the corpse had had sexual intercourse with someone before his death, so the possibility of a murder of passion was not ruled out.
Village chief Lin had been accompanying the patient the entire time. Upon hearing the coroner's conclusion, he immediately informed the patient that Gui had been having an affair with someone.
"Can you find out who the adulterer is?"
Village Chief Lin shook his head. "She refused to speak, and we wanted to arrest her and send her to the authorities, but she ran away. I never thought that she would die here just a few days later."
Shan Dajun frowned and asked, "Where are the family members of the deceased?"
"Still at home."
"You two, carry the body to the old elm tree first. Mr. Xu will have to examine it carefully." Shan Dajun began to call people and give them tasks. "You two, notify the villagers to gather under the old elm tree."
The bailiffs all obeyed the order, and Xu the coroner helped them carry the body.
Shan Dajun then looked at Village Chief Lin and said, "Lead the way to Gao's house."
The Gao family locked the door, and Village Chief Lin went up and knocked on the door.
The wooden door creaked open and was not closed.
The two looked at each other, Shan Dajun stepped forward, reached out, pushed open the wooden door and walked in.
"Cock-a-doodle-doo~" A large rooster with golden feathers flapped its wings and ran through the yard, leaving behind a pile of fresh chicken droppings.
Village Chief Lin shouted inside: "Old Lady Gao! Gao Qi! The government officials are coming! Come out quickly!"
After waiting for a few moments, there was no response and no one came out.
There was a sound of something heavy falling in a room. Shan Dajun strode over, pushed the door open and saw an old lady lying on the ground, moaning faintly, as if she had fallen off the kang.
"Ouch, why did you fall down again?" Village chief Lin stepped forward to help, but he could only use one hand and Grandma Gao couldn't exert any strength, so in the end it was Shan Dajun who helped Grandma Gao back to the kang.
Old Mrs. Gao's eyes were tightly closed, and her wrinkled face was gray and withered. She was panting heavily, and occasionally she let out a few faint moans of pain.
Shan Dajun picked up the kettle and poured water, then brought it over to feed the old lady.
Village chief Lin explained the purpose of their visit, hoping to find out through Gui's family which people in the village Gui was usually close to.
Old Lady Gao finally caught her breath, opened her eyes tiredly and stared at the two of them for a long while, then snorted heavily from her nose and said in a hoarse voice, "I have divorced her for my son. She is no longer a member of my Gao family."
Village Chief Lin thought, who would argue with you about this? He repeated the question, "Who does Gui Shi interact with most on a daily basis?"
"You." Old Mrs. Gao looked at him sideways.
Shan Dajun's suspicious eyes immediately swept over, and Village Chief Lin's face immediately turned green, and he hurried to explain.
"No, I just thought about how hard life was for them as they were an orphan and a widow, so I asked my husband to take care of them more. I definitely didn't have any other intentions."
Seeing that Old Mrs. Gao did not refute, Shan Dajun temporarily believed what Village Chief Lin said.
The old lady was in poor spirits and spoke weakly, so he chose to change the person he was questioning.
Gao Qi lay on his back on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling. He didn't respond at all even though Village Chief Lin kept chattering beside him.
It was only on the way here that Shan Dajun learned that the young man on the bed had become a eunuch because of the wild boar, and he couldn't help feeling sympathy.
He looked around the room and found that in the gray house, there was only a touch of bright color in the corner.
He walked over quickly and picked up the thing.