The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion

CH 41

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a dead man lying on his back in the middle of the yard, his eyes wide open and his face was unbelievable.
Several neighbors in the yard who were responsible for guarding the corpse heard the news and were busy kneeling on the ground to meet the Master Judge.

Sun Shaozong asked briefly, making sure they hadn't tampered with the bodies and the furnishings in the yard, he waved and ordered them to wait outside the door for a while.

After the scene was cleared, Sun Shaozong squatted next to the body and observed it carefully.

There is no doubt that the fatal injury of the deceased was caused by the pointed kitchen knife that had not been pulled out on his chest.

This knife is just an ordinary kitchen knife.
There is no blood groove on the side, so there is hardly any spattering blood on the ground, only a large area along the chest.

There were several obvious blood fingerprints on the handle of the knife, but the traces should have been printed by the deceased with the last trace of strength, not by the murderer.
If there were advanced instruments, they might be able to extract more sample fingerprints.
But now, they can only give up using fingerprints to arrest the murderer.

But…

This kitchen knife still reveals an important message!

“The murderer must have been someone else.”

Sun Shaozong wrapped a handkerchief around the handle of the knife, carefully pulled it out, held it in his palm, and explained to Ruan Rong, “According to the width, length, and stabbing posture of the knife, it should be squeezed in between the two ribs.
To do this, at least one rib should be cut or broken.
Li is soft and weak.
I'm afraid she doesn't have so much strength.”

As he spoke, he put his finger into the wound and stirred it up and down a few times.
Then he said clearly, “The fourth rib above was broken by the back of the knife.
In this way, the strength required is even greater.”

Li and Zhang Dalong were not far behind.
Hearing this, one was overjoyed and the other was dissatisfied.

Li kept shouting, “The Master Judge can discover the minutest detail in everything.” Zhang Dalong held back for a while and saw her infinite joy.
Finally, he could not help but refute, “Master, this vicious woman usually carries water and firewood.
What can't she do? How can she be weak?!”

Sun Shaozong smiled at the speech, but he was not in a hurry to argue with him.
He first examined the body carefully from top to bottom, and then looked around the room and outside twice.
He then said to Zhang Dalong, “Since you think this evidence is insufficient, let's verify your testimony first.”

“Verify…
Verify testimony?”

“Yes, let's run over what you said in your testimony earlier on.”

Sun Shaozong pointed to the next door and said, “You take off your coat and go back to your bed.
When Li runs away, you put on your clothes and go out to stop her.
Do you understand?”

Although Zhang Dalong didn't understand the significance of doing so, the Prefectural Judge ordered him to do, so he had to take orders.

He was accompanied by two yamen guards and went to his bedroom next door.
He took off his coat and climbed into the bed and laid down like a log.
Unexpectedly, he felt a little shy for no reason and hurriedly wrapped his body with the quilt.

He is just a rough man, how is there anything to look at?

When the two yamen guards were ready, they sent one of them to the next door to report.
After a while, they heard a 'bang' from the next door and were knocked open by someone!

“Get up, get up!”

The yamen guard first urged, he then remembered Sun Shaozong's instructions, and hurriedly changed his words, “Don't be too fast, just follow your speed at that time!”

After he was urged by the guard to one moment be fast and another moment to slow down, Zhang Dalong immediately panicked, which was the same as when he heard the scream.

Zhang Dalong hurriedly got up and rushed out of his yard, what he saw immediately left him standing on the spot!