Chapter 41: Yinghe Waterfall
It's dawn. The sun is rising.
A fiery red sun jumped up from below the distant horizon.
Brilliant golden light burst out, filling the eastern sky with crimson morning glow, and dyeing everything in Jinghua City with a dazzling golden edge!
In an unknown corner in the distance, the rooster sang its good morning horn for the third time.
It’s already done!
"It seems that it is too late to reach the city gate anyway! Otherwise, I would really want to jump into the waterfall!"
Wu Jingmo said dejectedly, as if his whole body had fallen apart, and he sat slumped on the ground beside the muddy river.
When Lu Chengfeng heard this, he smiled secretly and said, "Brother Jingmo, don't be discouraged! How about we review it first?"
Without waiting for Wu Jingmo to reply, Lu Chengfeng analyzed it on his own.
"Previously, we have been able to conclude that the murderer committed the crime between Youchu and Youshi 2. After committing the crime, he immediately came from the culvert to the underground river, and then climbed the knife steps prepared in advance and entered
The secret passage. After entering the secret passage, the old beggar uncle who had made an appointment in advance was already waiting there. He swung the hemp rope and pulled her up together. Then, she stabbed the old uncle with her hands and threw his body into the well."
Wu Jingmo just looked at him with a blank expression, and still didn't say a word.
Lu Chengfeng continued, "I judge that the murderer can complete a series of actions such as killing and hanging the corpse within two moments. He must be a very agile person! Therefore, it should not take much to complete the previously planned actions.
time!"
"That's right!" Wu Jingmo paused vigorously and agreed.
"The only unplanned incident was that Xiao Guzi saw it! So she immediately decided to kill and silence her! She chased her all the way to the entrance of the alley, stabbed Xiao Guzi with a lancet, and then fled. Brother Jingmo, now,
It’s your turn to show off this living map of Jinghua City again! Can you help me calculate how far it is from the ruined temple to that alley?”
Lu Chengfeng continued his analysis and asked.
"Not far! According to Xiao Guzi, all the roads we run along are small roads. So, the route of the two men chasing and escaping should be within a hundred steps!" Wu Jingmo replied without thinking.
"Very good! So, how long does it take to walk from the ruined Temple of the City God to this Yinghua Street?" Lu Chengfeng asked again in a serious tone.
"If we just rely on our feet, it won't take half an hour. If we ride a horse, we should be able to get there within two seconds!" Wu Jingmo thought about it in his mind and said.
"That's right! So, she must have turned back to the dry well first, and then walked along this underground passage, right under our noses!" Lu Chengfeng said confidently.
"This is impossible! There is no way out now!" Wu Jingmo repeatedly denied.
"You think about it, she was stained with the blood of thirty-two people. Even after she dived into the water, the water could wash away some of the blood, but there were so many thirty-two people. When she hung the last body,
The blood of the first, second, third and other hanging corpses in front has long been dried by her body temperature! Even if the dried blood stains are washed away by floods, they will be indelible!"
"That's true!" Wu Jingmo nodded and said.
Lu Chengfeng paused and continued to reason:
"So, if I were her, I would definitely not walk around in a wet, dirty bloody suit! Whether riding a horse or walking, it would be the same as throwing yourself into a trap! Moreover, she definitely has no time or place.
You can change your clothes!”
"What if she was riding in a carriage? Maybe there are accomplices in this case!" Wu Jingmo thought for a while and said doubtfully.
"It's not impossible! Brother Jingmo can send someone to interrogate the carriage that appeared near the Chenghuang Temple at Youshi to see if there are any clues." Lu Chengfeng agreed with Wu Jingmo's inference.
However, after a while, he added, "If there are accomplices, it is more likely to commit the crime together and advance and retreat together. This can not only save time and complete the family murder incident faster, but also can support each other and make a good alibi.
Wouldn’t it be more sensible and everyone would be happy?”
"But what if the accomplice is a man, or a woman who is not small enough? After all, the culvert hole is too small!" Wu Jingmo insisted.
"This is also a train of thought, and I won't refute it. However, I think the most likely thing is that there is only one murderer from the beginning to the end! Otherwise, there is no need for her to find the old beggar uncle from the ruined temple as a support, and she would fall out of love immediately.
Kill! Because if one more person in the world knows about her murder, she will be in more danger! The same mentality is behind pursuing Xiao Guzi!"
Lu Chengfeng is full of poetry.
"It's just that she is not as good as God! She never expected that the little beggar was not dead! He was also saved by two of us who wanted to solve the case!"
Wu Jingmo finally had a relieved smile on his face.
"Exactly! Another mystery that we have not solved has also been solved!" Lu Chengfeng smiled proudly.
"What's the problem?" Wu Jingmo flashed his big eyes and asked.
"Why do we have to choose the You time to start?" Lu Chengfeng was just halfway through his sentence when he was interrupted by Wu Jingmo.
"Oh! I know! Because she wanted to meet the old man in the ruined temple, so she had to choose a time when there was no one in the ruined temple! Xiao Guzi said, everyone scattered around to look for food at Youshi! He couldn't do it because he had a stomachache
Those who did not stay in the temple unexpectedly happened to meet him!"
"That's right! Brother Jingmo, if you think about it again, why doesn't she do it during breakfast or lunch for three meals a day? In that case, wouldn't it give her more time to go out of the city?" Lu Chengfeng
Deliberately putting it off, he asked.
"As we all know, when the moon is dark, people kill people at night, and when the wind is high, they set fire to the sky! She chose to kill people and silence them at the time of day, because she wanted to use the dark night as a cover. She would not be so conspicuous by wearing a black night clothes when it was dark!"
This question is too simple! Wu Jingmo knows how to answer it by thinking about it with his toes.
"Brother Jingmo said it well! Dark night is the best cover for all crimes! However, this female killer may have thought more carefully!"
Lu Chengfeng suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief, as if he had finally relaxed his vigilance, and explained, "Because she couldn't escape from here in broad daylight, in full view of the public! She chose to kill at the You hour, just to...
Let the night cover her figure."
"Here? There is only one waterfall here! Could it be that she could really grow wings and fly away?" Wu Jingmo insisted.
"The answer is far away but right before our eyes!"
Chapter completed!