Chapter 167 True and False

"There are indeed some more. I don't know if it will help my employer." Li Qiang touched his ears when he spoke and seemed to be a little hesitant. It seemed that he was not sure about what happened next.

"What kind of speculation I want, just say it." Ximen Qing replied. Li Qiang's uncertain expression gave Ximen Qing a reassurance, and it seemed that the other party was not omnipotent.

"I think the time of killing should occur at night, and the specific time should be a period of time after dinner." Li Qiang said the accurate judgment of the killing time.

"How can you be so sure that the body has been left outside for so long that you can't be sure of the time of death." Ximenqing was very puzzled. He even struggled to judge which day was the murder case. Why could Li Qiang speak so clearly? What's your reason? Ximen Qing clenched the handle of the knife in his hand, and he couldn't explain the reason for it.

"First of all, the time of the crime is in the evening, which should be easy to judge. You just saw that a lot of traces were left at the scene. From the murderer who used the murderer to dig a hole under the tree to attract the attention of the deceased, then turned around and killed people in one move. From the whole action, the murderer is not a general person, it can be said that he is both intelligent and brave. If the crime is committed during the day, he will never leave so many traces on the scene by this person's means. If it happens during the day, he will deal with the scene calmly. We may not even be able to find the body when we come here. The murderer committed the crime at night and couldn't see the things around him clearly, leaving behind a lot of handles. There was no blood on the knife just found, which showed that the knife did not hurt anyone that day. The short knife is unlikely to be brought by the murderer. If he has a short knife, he will consider a safer way to kill, rather than using a rough weapon like a branch. Assuming that there are only the murderer and the deceased at the scene, then this knife is not the murderer's and should be held in the hands of the deceased. It seems that the deceased used this dagger to resist. Li Qiang took a breath and continued: "The owner took out the scabbard just now, but the direction you just searched should not be the reasonable discarded position of the scabbard. That is to say, it is very likely that the murderer did not have the scabbard when he found the short knife of the deceased. He picked it up and played with it and felt that there was no way to carry it. He threw the knife down casually. With this thoughtless action, it can be determined that the murderer committed the crime at night and did it in a slightly panic. Otherwise, the discarding of the knife should be more reasonable. As for why the scabbard is in the opposite direction, to be honest, I don't understand. Unless the deceased had a party, the party was ambushed in the woods in advance, and then gave a knife to the deceased to kill the murderer. Unexpectedly, he was killed by taking a step. But obviously, more evidence is needed to prove that there is a third person at the scene. Li Qiang said this and touched his chin thoughtfully.

"It's reasonable." Ximen Qing nodded: "So, why after dinner for a while? This time is a little too accurate. Is it that there is something undigested in the stomach of the corpse? Can you judge it by this?

"No" Li Qiang shook his head: "To judge whether there is food in the stomach of the corpse, for the body that has been dead for some time, we can only cut open the abdomen to judge. We don't have a knife, which can't be judged. Moreover, the deceased looked at the clothes and was just an ordinary subordinate. Even if this kind of subordinate had dinner, he only ate a few hastily. The poor things in his stomach could not prove whether he ate a normal dinner or something greedy and secretly ate, so this cannot be proved by this. What I rely on is the location of the pit. Li Qiang kept looking at the ground when he was talking.

Location? What's wrong with the location of this pit? Don't sell it. Just say it directly. Ximenqing is a little anxious. If it can be proved that the time of the crime is a period after dinner, it seems that it can coincide with the fire time of Mochou Hall, which is completely in line with the time consumption of walking here from Rouge Lane and then killing people.

"I don't know if the owner has noticed that the location of the pit is on the south side of the tree. Of course, it is not due south, slightly eastward, but it does not deviate much." Li Qiang said.

"What about the south side? What does it mean to find a place to dig a hole? Ximen Qing is puzzled.

"In now, it really doesn't matter, but the owner should think that the time of the crime was in the evening. In fact, the owner should also be able to judge that the killing time should be after noon on November 14, because there was no obvious snow in the pit, and it snowed at noon on November 14. The body has been completely frozen, and it should not be the last two or three days, that is to say, the time of death should be from the night of November 14 to the night of November 16, which is more reasonable. These three nights, Yanggu is sunny. The fourteenth and sixteenth days of the moon is very round. When the moon is full every month, after nightfall, the moon will appear in the southeast. At midnight, it will hang in the middle of the southern sky. In the middle of the night, it will gradually fall to the southeast, and then there will be dawn. This is the law of the sky. We are basically sure that the so-called digging pit is only to cover for killing people, that is to say, the place to dig the pit is found at will, so if you choose to dig a pit on the south side of the tree, it will happen that the moonlight can find under the tree and be convenient to act. Li Qiang explained.

"No." Ximen Qing shook his head. If you say this, the moon was right behind the murderer's buttocks, and the moonlight would cover the murderer's shadow on the pit. What else can you see? Isn't it dark? If they really don't have anything like torch lanterns in their hands, won't it add trouble to themselves? On the contrary, if the moon is on the southeast side at the beginning of night, whether you can find the pit and not project the shadow on the pit. It is obviously wrong for you to judge with this method. Ximen Qing said while squatting in front of the pit and making a demonstration. Even so, he also felt that Li Qiang was not simple. If it weren't for the planned killing, it is indeed very likely that the moon is the only light source.

"The shadow of what the boss said is exactly what I want to say next." Li Qiang said, "The owner is right. It is true that the moon will project the shadow of the murderer on the pit, which is really not very helpful for his work of digging the pit. But you forgot that the murderer dug a hole here to kill people! Judging from the position of the body, the murderer was behind him at that time, of course, it may be slightly to the left. After thinking for a little, Li Qiang continued: "In this case, the moon will also project the shadow of the dead on the ground in front of the murderer. The murderer can better judge the position of the deceased without turning back, and then he can turn around fiercely and quickly to form a blow to kill. Relying on shadow positioning, after all, it is prone to problems. In order to make this positioning accurate, the murderer will try his best to make the moon appear directly behind him. Only in this way will the certainty of killing with one blow be greater. Therefore, from the position of the pit, the position of the moon at that time can be roughly determined. A little bit east by south, that is to say, it has been night for a while, but it is not midnight yet. This time should be right after dinner." Li Qiang repeated the conclusion just said.

"Wonderful." Ximen Qing couldn't help admiring. Indeed, the basis used by Li Qiang is within the reasonable scope of speculation. He can't think so interlinked. Since your conception is so meticulous, why did you just say that it was a little uncertain? Ximenqing is curious about this issue.

Li Qiang suddenly smiled, as if Ximen Qing was telling a very funny joke. My boss, these are just my speculations, and my speculations are only based on common sense. However, this kind of scene that speculates out of the past with rare clues is unreliable. All ideas are based on the fact that all actions of the murderer and the victim are the most reasonable, but how can human behavior be so reasonable? If the murderer is talking to the deceased while digging a hole and keeps looking back, then he does not need to use a shadow to determine the location of the other party. If the murderer is a master of listening and distinguishing positions, then there is no need. Even, the murderer just turned around and poked randomly and hit the key point. Although this possibility is small, it does exist. To restore the past through clues, no matter how logical it sounds, it is likely to be a misguided detail. Li Qiang said this and sighed gently and looked at the deep pit on the ground with regretful eyes.

"Do you have any other ideas?" Ximenqing was a little obsessed. He felt that Li Qiang was a hundred times deeper than he thought. The most rare thing is that after making such an exquisite idea, he was able to calmly withdraw from this illusion and have a skeptical attitude towards the hypothesis based on exquisite logic.

"It's gone." Li Qiang spread out his hands. Home, that's all I can think of. And the branches on the body were pulled out by us, which is equivalent to destroying the scene. Now we can no longer report to the official, otherwise, we will definitely be convicted.

Ximenqing didn't want to report to the official at all. So, how do you think we should deal with this body? Ximen Qing also wants to hear Li Qiang's opinion.

"It's very simple, just leave it like this. I know the land structure of this area very well. The soil on it is very soft and can be dug with branches and fingers, but it will become hard without digging too deep. We don't have any tools, and we don't have the ability to bury bodies at all. In addition, if it snowed a few days ago and barely buried it, the new soil will be found out, which is also easy to be curious. If the body is dug out from the soil at that time, if we are found, it will be difficult to argue. It's late winter now, and the woodcutter will not come here in this season. When there are more people, it will probably be spring. At that time, all the evidence will be destroyed. Maybe the body will also be eaten by the beast. You don't have to worry at all.

is very reasonable. Li Qiang's thinking is always so reasonable, and even his behavior and what he said are reasonable, which makes people unable to refute. But...is this the guy who has been in the pharmacy? Will there be such a tall man in the Siemens pharmacy? It's incredible. In addition, I always feel that there is something wrong with Li Qiang. His subtle insights today make this feeling deeper.

"Okay, then let's leave the body like this. Let's go back. That's all for today's matter. I hope you two keep your mouth shut. After all, it will cause trouble. Li Qiang, think about it when you are free to see if you can think of something new. Let's go." After saying that, Ximen Qing made a gesture for everyone to leave.

"I know, boss." Li Qiang replied.

The three turned around and walked to the edge of the northern woods. They were speechless all the way and quickly arrived at the place where they tied the horse. As soon as the horse's man saw Ximen Qing coming back, he walked over with a smile on his face: "Dongjia, you're back."

Ximenqing nodded: "Did you see anyone else during the period when we went in?"

"Others?" The man thought for a moment, "No, there is no one in this place."

"Oh, that's good." Ximenqing is very afraid of being caught by Wu Song. If so, it is likely that he will be killed by Wu Song before he investigates a reason.

The group turned over. Ximen Qing's mind was a little heavy. A murder was found, and the time of the crime was generally right. Although there were many reverse clues, it could still be generally confirmed that the murderer was a short man. The key to the problem is how to prove that I must find the person who writes behind Wu Da and engraves on the tree. However, the person who can have such uncertain skills must be a master. If such a master doesn't want to see me, how can I find him? Even if you find a character with such means, are you really willing to be the enemy of Wu Song? Maybe this is just a small joke in his game life.

Ximenqing has something in mind. In addition, **'s horses are relatively thinner than those rented, which slows down. Li Qiang and another man rode a strong horse, and the strong horse was unwilling to suffer behind the thin horse and always refused to walk behind. Ximen Qing waved helplessly, and the two riders stopped controlling the horses and rushed to the front of Ximen Qing in a few steps. In this way, Ximen Qing and Wang An fell behind Li Qiang and the horse watcher.

Just as Ximenqing was thinking nonsense, Wang An suddenly pulled Ximenqing's clothes with his hand. Ximen Qing's heart was stunned. On this occasion, Wang An was completely able to speak. He just pulled himself with his hand, which must be a problem. Ximenqing looked at Wang An. Wang An was speechless, but secretly pointed to the back of the horseman's saddle.

Ximenqing rubbed his eyes and looked carefully. There seemed to be something white on the back of the saddle, but he couldn't see it clearly. He was anxious and hit the horse's stomach with his knee. The horse took a few steps quickly and followed the two people in front of him. After getting closer, Ximen Qing saw clearly that the white thing was two words written in white gray - "Water Square".

Ah! Ximenqing was shocked and almost fell from the horse. Although this ghostly thing appeared in front of his eyes, he was not afraid. Yes, writing in white and gray, and the handwriting behind Wu Da must be the same. When Ximen Pharmacy put on the horse, Ximen Qing looked at the two horses carefully. If there were words on the saddle, he would definitely find them at that time. On the way to the woods, they run faster all the way. Not to mention people, even if they are really ghosts, it is difficult to write such neat words on the running horse. Besides, when riding, the surrounding wind was strong. If it had been written before, it would have been blown away long ago. That is to say, the only possibility is that the words are written when we go into the woods to check.

Who writes? Is that the guy who watches the horse? No, no, no, he has no reason to do this, and the word "waterside" is the same as the word on the dead's clothes in the woods. How can a man who looks at the horse know in advance? It's definitely not a horse watcher. In this way, there is someone else who writes.

Can you see the hell in broad daylight? There is only a small tree around the horse, and there is no other shelter. No matter who wants to get close to the horse, he will definitely be seen by the man watching the horse. Yes, ask him again.

Ximenqing thought of this and continued to let the horse speed up and ran to the side of the horse man. Ximenqing said to the man with the most serious expression and tone he could, "Think again, if anyone appears when you look at the horse. This person should have approached your horse. Don't lie."

"The owner..." The man hesitated for a moment and then said in embarrassment, "I... I just remembered it. When I was looking at the horse, a person did appear. She asked me the way.

"What kind of person?" Ximen Qing felt that he was getting closer and closer to the truth: "Where did you ask, and then where did you go?"

"It's a woman with a beautiful figure. She can't see what she looks like. She wears a big hat. She just asked me, what county is going south? I said I don't know. I haven't been out of Yanggu much in my life. I don't know what county it is. She said 'Oh' and told me that her good friend had gone to the south. She really wanted to find it, but she didn't know where it was and didn't know the way. It was not easy for a woman's family, so I persuaded her. I said that if that person really wanted to go, she would definitely come back. It's too unsafe for you to walk by yourself. After that, she returned to the same way, that's all. Dongjia, I really didn't mean not to say anything. The main reason is that this is a woman. I really don't remember it. The man explained.

A woman, a waterside, interesting. The women in the water pavilion are all prostitutes, but they are a prostitute. Can they have such good skills? I don't believe it. But whether she is the master of the world or not, it seems that I need to go to the water pavilion. Ximen Qing thought to himself.