Jing Mo and Nie Xiaoman agreed, and walked through the patio and a simplely furnished guest hall, and carefully entered through the side compartment. It is a south-facing shikumen house with two upper and two bottoms. Liu Han flew to live in the secondary room and side compartment downstairs.

Upstairs is the second landlord surnamed Xie, the owner is called Shunfu, who runs a pawnshop in Gaochun County, and comes back for a day or two every ten years, only his wife is at home, a woman in her forties, no children, only two servants, the male is called Ah Si, and the female is an old mother in Lishui.

The interior of the wing room is very clean and exquisite, and the firewood floor is also very clean. A large bed without a tent is covered with a silk embroidered quilt and a pillow filled with cassia seeds, and a circle chair with a blue silk cover in front of the bed is also very particular.

There was a small table, two rattan chairs, a four-headed hated chair, a desk with wooden sleeves, and a stool.

On the desk, there is a delicate bronze pressed paper, a frog-shaped celadon inkstone, a bamboo pen bottle, a white porcelain pen wash with a small lotus leaf pattern, and several books, but they are not very neatly arranged. A small bookshelf leans against the east wall, and there are all kinds of books on the shelf, most of which are novels and miscellaneous conversations, some of which are scattered. The two drawers on the left side of the desk are half-open, and the contents are cluttered. On the wall hangs a four-foot vertical rooster wisteria "Purple Qi Comes from the East".

Next to "Purple Qi Coming from the East" is a five-foot vertical animal painting of two deer to send blessings to "Fu Shou Tu". At one end of the bed there were two small boxes, the one with leather buttons for carrying medicine, the small boxes were open, and the keys were inserted in the lock hole.

Feng Zizhou began to explain: "Except for the corpses, the status quo here has not changed. There are only these two small boxes, which I have opened and looked at. ”

He pointed to the two small boxes at the foot of the bed. Nie Xiaoman's gaze followed his finger and nodded.

"Well, how's that?"

"I think it's unusual to put the small box in this place, and the leather ~ strips are fastened, as if it's about to be taken out, so I opened it."

"The box is locked?"

"Yes. The key was in the deceased's T-shirt bag, which I found out and opened. But it's full of clothes and books, and nothing particularly expensive. ”

Nie Xiaoman didn't ask any more, and approached to twist the key of the small box. There are really several sets of imported autumn and winter dragging, and a few hardcover books, which are anthologies in nature. Strangely enough, there is a satin women's skirt inside.

Feng Zizhou pointed to the floor in the wing room again and said, "Look. This is where the body fell to the ground. Here is his head, here is his feet, and I have specially marked them with lead powder. He wasn't tall. I once measured it, and it was exactly five feet two inches long. ”

Nie Xiaoman looked at the direction where the corpse fell, put his right hand on his forehead, looked at the floor, and pondered. He bent down and picked up something small on the floor, and knelt down to look at it.

Jingmo asked, "What is it?" ”

Xiao Man replied, "A few trimmed hairs." His gaze remained fixed on the floor.

Jing Mo saw a large pool of blood on the part of the head painted with lead powder on the floor. Nie Xiaoman also shook his head at the bloodstains.

Jing Mo said: "Just looking at this pool of blood, the tragic condition of the corpse can already be imagined. ”

Feng Zizhou responded: "Yes, it's really ugly." He was very thin and had a dull complexion. There was blood on his cheeks, ears, and head and neck. But he was dressed in a clean outfit. ”

Jingmo said: "Is it a set of wicker cyan trolling? ”

"Yes. His coat was still on the suitcase. Feng Zizhou pointed to the suitcase behind the bed, "His hat and bib have been removed." And voila, still on the little table in front of the bed. I saw that when he was killed, he was about to sleep. ”

Nie Xiaoman nodded and said, "Alas, it should be good, probably he was killed when he was about to sleep." Lo and behold, the bed has been uncovered, but I haven't slept yet. ”

"Yes, that's what I assume." Feng Zizhou added.

Nie Xiaoman frowned and looked at the floor, first opened the desk drawer to take a look, and then walked to an old patent leather suitcase behind the bed to inspect. The soft hat with the dark forged surface and wool was still in place. He went back to look at the hat and bib on the small table in front of the bed.

He said to himself, "There is no blood on the hat or bib. He was killed when he was about to go to bed. ”

Feng Zizhou responded: "There is no doubt about this. Lord Xu of Dali Temple also had such a view just now. ”

Nie Xiaoman didn't answer, returned to the wing, leaned over, and stroked a small stone pedal that rolled at the foot of the wall like a shaved water chestnut.

He raised his head and said, "Brother Zizhou, you said that the deceased was killed by heavy things?" This stone drum pedal is stained with a lot of blood, probably a deadly murder weapon, right? But this thing doesn't look like what you should be in a bedroom. ”

Feng Zizhou responded: "Yes." I've looked it up. This stone pedal was used for padding flower pots, and it was originally on the flower pot rack in the patio outside. The murderer used it as a murder weapon. ”

"Are there any other wounds on the body? For example, a knife wound or a gunshot wound? ”

"I didn't undress for a closer look, but I probably didn't. for his trolling was not broken, but only wrinkled. ”

"Wrinkle? Is it a trace of a feud? ”

"Yes. I saw that one of his buttons was falling off and his pants were untidy. Feng Zizhou paused and expressed his opinion again. It seems that after the murderer came in, he quickly started with the deceased. The murderer's hands and feet must have been very agile, and he immediately choked Liu Hanfei's throat. Han Fei couldn't scream, so he fainted. For the people in this room did not hear any shouting. But the murderer did not seem to be at ease, so he went to the patio and took the stone and kicked it in, and smashed his head. ”

Nie Xiaoman didn't answer, touching his lower cheek in deep thought.

Jing Mo interjected: "In this way, the murderer must have stayed in this room for a long time. ”

Nie Xiaoman nodded: "Yes." I expected that the murderer had washed his hands and searched the desk drawer for a while before going out. ”

Jing Mo asked, "How do you know that he washed and scrubbed?" ”

Nie Xiaoman pointed with his finger: "Look, aren't there a lot of traces of water droplets on the floor?" There's some thin ice. ”

Xiao Man walked to the side to the window of the patio and leaned out to take a look. "Yes. Just now I saw ice cubes under the window, something strange. Brother Zizhou, have you seen it? ”

"Well, this-" Feng Zizhou hesitated for a moment, and also stuck his head out of the window, Jing Mo also looked at the patio, and sure enough, he saw ice on the ground, black and bloodstained. Obviously, the murderer poured the water of the bloodwashed hands outside the window, and it immediately froze because of the cold, Nie Xiaoman leaned over again and took out a basin from under the small table.

Xiaoman said: "There is another proof here. There's blood-stained ice water in this basin. ”

Feng Zizhou closed his mouth tightly and did not speak. Nie Xiaoman put the basin in its place, stood up straight and looked around, and Jing Mo's eyes also looked around.

Suddenly, Jing Mo lost his voice and exclaimed, "Ouch! There's a knife behind the door! ”

Nie Xiao suddenly turned around and ran over to grab Jing Mo.

Xiaoman said, "Don't move! It's an important thing for me to pick up. ”

Xiao Man grabbed the front of Jing Mo, walked to the back of the gatehouse, bent over, and picked up the knife very carefully. Feng Zizhou approached with a surprised expression, and Jing Mo also walked over to take a look. The knife is equipped with an ivory handle, and the handle is about seven inches long, and the end of the knife is sharp and bright, and there is no rust at all.