Nie Xiaoman walked around the corpse several times, keeping his head down, silently pondering. Jing Mo was not idle on the side, and began to use his experience to analyze the case. At the moment, it seems that the case does look like murder, and his previous conclusions are indeed a bit hasty.

And his defense to Wang Chaozong just now was also a little out of shape, Jing Mo was deliberating in his mind, thinking that he must come to an iron-clad conclusion before speaking, but Nie Xiaoman spoke.

Nie Xiaoman stared at the corpse and said, "Judging from this situation, it seems that this Mao Yuhong was killed by a person called 'Youze'. I'm afraid that a 'Youze' may be the person at the window that Lu Bingzhong saw. The first thing we have to do at present is to find this one called 'Youze'. ”

Wang Chaozong hurriedly responded: "Yes, yes, yes, it is this headless mystery case that I can't investigate." I really can't help it, so I bother you two to help. ”

Nie Xiaoman said: "Isn't this hypothetical murderer called 'Youze'? It's not a clue. ”

"Yes. But it's hard to do, it's hard to do, and no one knows who this Youze is. ”

"His mother doesn't know either?"

"She didn't know either, I asked her. She said that she didn't know what Mao Yuhong had called Youze's friends. ”

"And what about the two servants?"

"They don't know either."

Nie Xiaoman frowned: "This is strange, then have you asked Lu Bingzhong, can he identify the person at the window?" ”

Lu Bingzhong didn't see it clearly in his panic, but remembered that the man's hair was a little messy and he was wearing a white collared shirt.

Nie Xiaoman leaned his back against the window frame and hesitated, "Things are really tricky. But as swift as the man's jumping was all about how he got in, someone had to know.

Wang Chaozong shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, no one knows. The trouble was that the man came and went without a trace, and no one knew. I asked the old bolt who was in charge. He said that when he went to sleep, he locked the front courtyard gate and the second garden gate with his own hands. But later, when Lu Bingzhong and the patrol came in, the door was hidden. ”

"So when did this old bolt sleep?

"He said he slept about three o'clock in the morning."

"Who came to his master before he slept?"

He said that before the hour came, his little master had just returned, and told him to lock the door and go to sleep. When he locked the door and went to sleep, no one came. I also asked the old woman and the little maid, and they went to bed earlier and did not hear anything before the crime. ”

Nie Xiaomandao; If it seems, the man and the dead must have known each other. When the man entered the house, it was likely that Mao Yuhong went down to open the door by himself. I just saw that the lock on the door of the house was not damaged, and there should be no signs of breaking it. ”

Wang Chaozong nodded in agreement: "Lord Nie, you are right. I have also inspected the door, and it is not broken. The lock on the iron door was still open, the lock was still hanging from the hole, and its key was still hanging on the wall at the foot of the staircase. The old spike always hangs there every night after locking the door. ”

Nie Xiaoman nodded and said, "Then it seems that the deceased opened the door by himself, which should be certain." ”

Wang Chaozong said: "Exactly, Lord Nie, you are right, the door must have been opened by Mao Yuhong himself." From this, we can infer that the person visited late at night, and Mao Yuhong was able to open the door to pick him up, which shows that these two people must be very familiar with each other. ”

When Jing Mo heard this, he couldn't help but interject: "In this case, even if the people in this room don't know who Youze is, it seems that it is not difficult to investigate the relationship between the deceased before his death." ”

Nie Xiaoman nodded. He asked again: "Brother Chaozong, have you found any other evidence that can help solve the case?" ”

Wang Chaozong nodded, reached into his pocket, took out a white towel folded thing, and handed it to Nie Xiaoman with both hands.

The contents of the white towel bag are really important in the case. It was a portrait of a woman and a letter. The woman in the picture is wearing a narrow-sleeved shirt with small sleeves, and she seems to be less than eighteen years old, wearing hairpin ring jewelry on her head and a long skirt tied underneath, bright and dignified. She has two beautiful eyebrows, a pair of discerning eyes, and a nose like a hanging gall, which is very beautiful. On the side of the picture are two lines of written in small letters by Dong Qichang, which read: "Brother Hong's Save - Meilan Gift".

Wang Chaozong said: "The portrait is hidden on the body of the deceased. I pulled it out of his straight breast pocket. His mother had seen it, but said she didn't know it. He pointed to the letter again and said, "This letter was picked up from the paper basket by me, and it seems to have something to do with it." ”

Nie Xiaoman unfolded the letterhead, which was a letter sent by the deceased's father from Datong, calligraphy learned by Yan Zhenqing, very strong, and the date was three days ago.

The letter was rough: "...... Recently, because of my political disagreements with others, there is a group of people who have hated me. I did not want to be willing to submit, and it was inconvenient for me to step down for the time being, so I had to raise my guard at any time and wait for the opportunity. When you study in Jinling, you should also be careful everywhere and pay more attention to your communication, so as not to be in suspense between the two places. ”

Wang Chaozong waited for Nie Xiaoman to finish reading and asked, "My lord, what do you think of these two things?" ”

Nie Xiaoman thought for a moment and replied: "As it stands, it seems that these two things may be related to the murder, but the two things themselves don't seem to have any relevance, which is really a problem." ”

Wang Chaozong nodded and said, "Yes, the little one also thinks the same way, but my lord, you look at these two things, which one is closer to the murder?" ”

"It's obvious, and the woman's portrait is certainly closer."

Wang Chaozong nodded again and smiled: "What the adults said is very true, and the little ones think the same way." Because although the words in the letter contain a warning meaning, if there is really any enemy, because the father's grudge wants to take revenge on the son, he can only assassinate him secretly, and Mao Yuhong will not personally invite the enemy in. ”

Jing Mo couldn't help but interject again: "I think it's hard to say." The murderer may first use communication as a lead and then take advantage of the opportunity to assassinate, which is certainly more appropriate than rash killing. The letter clearly said that "you should be more straightforward and pay attention to communication". ”

Wang Chaozong turned around and looked at Jing Mo, and argued: "But seeing that the deceased can still be recruited in the middle of the night, it shows that they have known each other for a long time, and they are by no means first friends." The resentment mentioned in the letter seems to be recent. Su Shangcha, your opinion seems to be a little unreasonable. ”

Jing Mo smiled smugly and replied, "Brother Chaozong, do you regard the deceased's late-night hospitality as the basis for an old friendship rather than a new one?" However, as far as I can see, the deceased's reception of that person may be due to passivity, not necessarily because of old friends. ”

"Oh? But you don't know how to be passive? ”

"For example, if the man had made some agreement with the deceased beforehand, and induced him to take advantage of it, so that the deceased would have to open the door to receive him—"

Nie Xiaoman suddenly shook his hand to the two people in the debate and persuaded: "This kind of debate out of thin air is not helpful to the facts of the case, our analysis can only start from the evidence and the facts of the case, and cannot rely on our own imagination." Okay, then Brother Chaozong, what else do you think? ”