Chapter 225 The real murderer in disguise
"Such a nice name, such a beautiful butterfly, has become a tool used by criminals." Qingguo couldn't help but sigh: "Even the innocent little butterfly lost his life. The criminal is really not a human being!"
Yun Xi pursed her lips, and then continued to observe the wounds on Niu Shufeng's body...
The master and servant were busy doing the autopsy for about an hour, and then Yun Xi put Niu Shufeng's internal organs back into place and sutured the wounds.
She looked at Niu Shufeng's bruised and swollen face, and after thinking for a moment, decided to help him restore his appearance.
Qingguo stirred the concoction and said angrily: "Mrs. Niu is so rude. Out of morality, the lady still wants to help Niu Shufeng restore his appearance. It's really..."
She has not forgotten how Niu Shufeng denied it in the dungeon; Mrs. Niu must also be a "loving mother but a loser" master.
"This man is a scholar who is angry and arrogant to kill people. But Mrs. Niu is just a mother who loves her son too much." Yun Xi can understand, so she doesn't want the last thing Mrs. Niu sees to be the remains of Niu Shufeng who was beaten and tortured.
After struggling for more than a quarter of an hour, Master Yun Xi and his servant came out of the widow's room and found that the child's hour was almost over.
"Has it been so long?" Yun Xi gently twisted her sore neck, her clear eyes full of exhaustion.
"Isn't that right? I don't know how Mr. Lu and the others are doing with their investigation."
Qingguo handed over the hand ointment, and Yun Xi naturally took it and started wiping it off.
The master and servant took the autopsy results and came to Lu Qingfan's study.
Lu Shangshu retired with honors in advance, and the officers of the Ministry of Punishments moved the place where Lu Qingfan did his business as usual. Finally, everyone no longer had to crowd into Ran Piao's small mission room to discuss the situation.
Yun Xi walked to the door, looked at Lu Qingfan and his entourage walking around in the house, and then looked at the empty mahogany chairs. Before his eyes, he saw Lu Shangshu leisurely enjoying tea.
People who sit in this position in the study should not only investigate unjust, false and wrongful cases, but also seek justice for the deceased.
From Lu Shangshu to Lu Qingfan...perhaps, this is the different kind of inheritance of upright people, right?
"Why don't you come in?" Lu Qingfan came over from the other side, looked at Yun Xi who was standing by the door in a daze, and couldn't help but urge him.
"Here we come," Yun Xi calmed down and walked in quickly.
"What's the result?" Lu Qingfan put the file on the table and asked calmly.
Yun Xi nodded, "As we expected, Niu Shufeng was deliberately murdered."
She put the autopsy record on the table, "Niu Shufeng died of a sword wound, which was consistent with what the policemen said. The murderer was good at using swords, but he deliberately did not stab him to death with one sword. Instead, he left several wounds on his body, and finally the sword
It enters the lower three inches of the abdomen and kills."
"Niu Shufeng hid in the woods to relieve himself on the pretext of going to the toilet, but was killed by a masked man in black. When the police arrived, they could only roughly see the man's stature," Lu Qingfan explained.
"That's too strange. Niu Shufeng was tortured and killed, and he would definitely scream. How come the guards found out so late?" Qingguo asked in confusion: "Did they wait specially for Niu Shufeng to die before going there?"
Lu Qingfan's eyes flashed, and then he looked at Ran Piao.
Ran Piao understood immediately, stood up and said, "I'm going to go investigate now and see if these two guards are receiving money from others."
After Ran Piao left, Yun Xi continued: "Niu Shufeng died at Youshi yesterday. He took a break on the road and after dinner, he excused himself to go to the toilet without walking a few steps, which gave the criminal an opportunity."
Of course, maybe the murderer had been waiting there for a long time, but Niu Shufeng just happened to show up at the door and simply killed him.
"The murderer is about five feet six inches tall and well-proportioned."
Yun Xi said, handing the picture of the death and injury from the sword to Lu Qingfan: "The angle where the murderer dropped the sword was very low, and there was a small cut diagonally above it. It can be seen that he was at least three inches taller than the five-foot-two-inch Niu Shufeng.
There is more than enough."
Lu Qingfan looked where Yun Xi was pointing, his eyes drifting over her white jade fingers that were soaked white, and he felt that those clear jade fingers were so lovely, even the pink nails were touching the heartstrings...
"My lord, my lord?" As Yun Xi was saying this, she saw Lu Qingfan lowering his head all the time. He put his face up in surprise and asked, "Don't you see?"
She placed the painting under the light and murmured: "The painting is quite clear."
Lu Qingfan coughed lightly, straightened up and said calmly: "I was fascinated by it. Then why is it confirmed that this person was deliberately murdered?"
Qingguo and Ren Danqing looked at them speechlessly as they continued to discuss the case.
If it weren't for Mr. Lu's quietly red ears, I would really believe his evil deeds!
"I found the 'Moonlight Butterfly' on the body of the deceased Niu Shufeng. People in the world also call it the 'Tracking Butterfly'."
Yun Xi explained the characteristics of this butterfly, and added at the end: "The powder produced under the wings of the Moonlight Butterfly is different from other powders. If it is not soaked with special potion, it will be difficult to remove in three to five days. So..."
"So if we act quickly, we might be able to use this butterfly powder to identify the suspect."
Yun Xi nodded vigorously: "Yes. It's just that there are only so many clues on Niu Shufeng, and we haven't discovered how the murderer put the 'Moonlight Butterfly' on him."
"What a coincidence," Lu Qingfan's thin lips curled up slightly, and his handsome and cold facial features softened by a third: "I guessed how the murderer acted."
Lu Qingfan left the Yamen with Master Ren and knocked on the door of Niu Mansion that night.
Mrs. Niu was crying so much that she couldn't fall asleep no matter how much she tossed and turned, but when Lu Qingfan came, she no longer needed to sleep at all.
Mr. and Mrs. Niu called all the people who had seen the vendors when they saw off Niu Shufeng the day before to the front hall. Then Master Ren drew a portrait of the person based on everyone's slightly different descriptions.
This man has a weird beard, a rugged nose, and his eyelids are a little droopy... He looks awkward no matter how he looks.
When Ren Danqing finished drawing the portrait and lifted it up, he said with difficulty: "How does it look like? When you were reincarnated, your face was facing the ground?"
"Disguised?" Lu Qingfan looked at it for a moment and asked.
Ren Danqing blew the portrait dry and folded it, "This is easy to handle, just let Yun Yatou recover."
That little girl can read bones and reconstruct faces easily.
Lu Qingfan was delighted when he heard this: "Master, this is a great move."
How could I forget that there is Yun Xi?
The two of them left in a grand manner and returned in a hurry. When everyone in the Niu Mansion watched the backs of Lu Qingfan and his entourage, they had not yet recovered from their drowsiness.
"Shilang Lu and the others are leaving now?" Mrs. Niu was still recalling what the beggar who hit her son looked like in her mind. Their errands were all finished.
"Let's go." Niu Jingyuan's eyes were full of excitement and gratitude, and he whispered: "Shilang Lu really worked hard to solve the case."
In just a few hours, there were many clues.
Mrs. Niu's eyes turned red again and she whispered: "I wrongly blamed them before."
Niu Jingyuan put his arms around his wife's shoulders and said, "That's it, that's it."
Let's say that after Lu Qingfan and his entourage left, Master Yunxi took a nap in the house.
Ran Piao, who was chasing the two guards, didn't wake them up when he came back. He just lay down on the desk next to him and squinted for a while.
After Lu Qingfan and Ren Danqing came back, they woke up.
"Look, this person is disguised?" As he said that, Lu Qingfan took the portrait from Ren Danqing and unfolded it for Yun Xi to see.
Yun Xi rubbed her eyes and looked down at the painting handed over by Lu Qingfan.
"Huh?" Yun Xi suddenly became energetic when she looked at the strange facial features. She opened her eyes wide and said, "It's true that she is disguised, but..."
"how?"
"But this person's skills are too poor. His nose is not pinched properly, and a piece of his chin is missing. His eyelids are also pinched too thick, suppressing the original eye shape, and finally making him look different."
The main character is "stained with bad records", which shows that that person is either a novice in Yi Rong, or a second-hand swordsman with a poor level.
Yun Xi no longer felt sleepy and immediately sat up straight and said, "I'll try to recover."
When Lu Qingfan heard that there was something going on, his burning eyes became even brighter.
Beside him, Ran Piao yawned: "You are so energetic, sir."
"I'm used to it." Lu Qingfan said with unclear meaning: "Master Ran, if you work more, you will get used to it.
Ran Piao sighed resignedly: "No need, I'm already used to it."
Ren Danqing couldn't help but be happy, "I'm used to talking so much nonsense!"
Ran Piao glared and retorted: "I'm not just good at talking nonsense!"
"Qingguo, prepare something." While the two old children were bickering, Yun Xi stared at the portrait and ordered.
Qingguo responded with a crisp voice and headed towards the widow's house.
Yun Xi walked to the table and used charcoal to outline the person's facial features bit by bit, eliminating those weird asymmetries and figuring out the person's true identity bit by bit.
appearance.
Her focused look made everyone who was whispering just now couldn't help but fall silent.
After analyzing the three sides and five eyes of the person in the portrait, Qingguo also brought the soft plaster and dough, not forgetting to slip on the round stone that his lady often used to infer the skull.
Yun Xi kneaded and patted the dough bit by bit with the round stone. The soft and white plaster was like an obedient little toy in her hands, quickly showing a person's true face in front of everyone.
Chapter completed!