Seeing that Lin Tingzhen's expression softened, Chu Nanzhi continued: "No matter how small the movement at the courtyard gate is, it will never be smaller than the sound of footsteps. Everyone was watching carefully just now. Even if it is slight, it will make a loud sound.
Ping'er could still hear footsteps in the fourth watch, which means she was not sleeping deeply. Even if the door was blown open, how could she not notice it? "
Ping'er thought and nodded: "On weekdays, as soon as Sanniang goes out, the servants will notice it."
"So you heard the sound of the door being blown open by the wind. That was the murderer who deliberately opened the door after committing the crime, leaving you with the illusion."
Chu Nanzhi's eyes were full of determination: "This courtyard is located in the middle of the backyard. It is blocked by rockeries and corridors on the left and right. It is not a wind outlet. It is probably difficult for the ordinary wind to blow the door open."
After saying that, she ordered Li Sanmu to close the door, and sent someone to pick a few banana leaves from the yard and blow them towards the door without locking the door bolt. After a long time, the door still didn't move at all.
Chu Nanzhi motioned for everyone to stop what they were doing, and said with a smile: "Although the wind fanned by this manpower is not as strong as the strong wind, I think the recent weather and astronomical phenomena are not abnormal, and the wind direction has been stable. There will be nothing worse than this."
The wind is getting stronger,
Moreover, the temperature on the ground is higher during the day, so the wind blows from the water to the house. The wind is also the strongest during the day, so we can feel the breeze blowing. But at night, the ground dissipates heat faster than the water.
The wind direction only blows from the land to the water, and the wind force is relatively weak. I wonder how the door that cannot be blown open during the day can be blown open by the wind at night."
When it comes to this kind of common sense in physics, I'm afraid not many people can understand it.
She deliberately found a piece of white paper and raised it into the air with her hands, and it was immediately clear to her.
The breeze blew from the distant pond, rolling up her hair that was scattered around her earlobes, and moving it along with the paper toward the courtyard.
Lin Tingzhen understood immediately, and his eyes were full of solemnity: "It seems that the murderer did not enter through the front door."
"good."
Chu Nanzhi led Lin Tingzhen and Li Sanmu into the room, pointed at the closed lancet window and said, "So the murderer could only have entered through the lancet window to commit the crime and then escaped."
Lin Tingzhen frowned and went over to open the willow window. He immediately shook his head and said: "It's not easy to enter through the willow window. There is a lotus pond under the window, which is connected to the garden opposite. The rockery and arch bridge next to it are far away from here.
, if you don’t enter through the main entrance, you can only swim out the window.”
"So what I want to ask is, does Mrs. Zhou know the nature of water?"
Seeing that he had made speculations in this area, Chu Nanzhi took advantage of the situation and asked quickly.
"She was raised in a boudoir since she was a child, so she doesn't know anything about water."
Lin Tingzhen said with a look of disdain: "When she first married into the mansion, she couldn't get used to the layout of mountains and rivers in the mansion. Once she almost fell into the pool in the backyard. If it weren't for your uncle and me, she would have almost drowned.
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"And I heard that Jin Hui is also a landlubber and lives in an attic, so naturally they can't kill Sanniang."
Chu Nanzhi smiled in relief.
"Is it possible that there is someone else in this yard who wants to murder that girl Jinlan?"
Lin Tingzhen became extremely melancholy and confused.
There are only a few people living in the backyard, and the rest of the handymen live in the front and middle courtyards. Apart from the Zhou mother and daughter who hate Jinlan, who else would have murderous intentions towards her?
Chu Nanzhi looked at the deep look on his face, and then reminded him: "Uncle, think about it carefully, is there anyone in this backyard who knows the nature of water?"
"Even if not."
Lin Tingzhen answered without thinking.
This made Chu Nanzhi smile slyly.
It seems that he doesn't know much about his concubine.
I'm afraid Jiang Xiaoniang is hiding more than one thing from him.
Lin Tingzhen still believed that Zhou killed Lin Sanniang and said firmly:
"Even if your analysis just now is quite reasonable, nephew-in-law, the boning knife that killed Jinlan was found in that evil woman's courtyard. I'm afraid no one can frame her. Could it be that the girls in her courtyard
Maybe it's because Ping'er, a damn girl, is so lazy that she didn't notice the door being pushed open."
Chu Nanzhi sighed helplessly. She didn't know how much he hated Zhou and wanted her to kill someone so much.
After thinking about it, he had no choice but to discuss with Li Sanmu: "Master Gongcao, send some people to investigate carefully through the willow window. I will accompany the clan leader to Madam Zhou's courtyard again."
Now that we have found the clues, we can always find out how the murderer framed the Zhou family.
After hearing this, Li Sanmu immediately took action and assigned a few more officers to follow Chu Nanzhi and Lin Tingzhen to the main courtyard.
Along the way, Chu Nanzhi paid careful attention to several buildings in the backyard and the structure of the main courtyard.
The entire Chongrenfang is actually separated from the former Binh Ninh Prince's Palace. Although each house has undergone minor repairs and renovations over the years, the overall structure still maintains its original state.
Lin Tingzhen's home should be the main location of Prince Binning's palace at that time. The overall appearance looks like a very unique garden.
From the main hall to the backyard, there are two corridors connecting the two sides, with a stone arch bridge in the middle, and rockeries everywhere. Whether you go from the corridor or the stone arch bridge to the courtyard where Zhou lives, the final point is to reach the main entrance.
As long as the courtyard door is closed, there is no way to enter.
If you want to hide the boning knife in her yard, you may have to find other ways.
Chu Nanzhi stood on the stone arch bridge and looked around. He saw green willows everywhere. It was the season when lotus flowers were in bloom. The lotus leaves and green willows set off each other. The water in the pool was reflected so green that it was impossible to see the color of the bottom of the water.
, only the rugged and strange rocks beside the pool are unevenly exposed on the water, all the way to the west corner of Zhou's courtyard.
Arriving at the Zhou family's courtyard, Chu Nanzhi was startled at first. He stared at the pool in the courtyard with wide eyes, and lost his voice: "I remember that Li Langjun sent someone to drain the water in it. How could it be so?"
In just one or two days, the pool is almost full again?"
The government officials who followed were also confused when they saw this.
Lin Tingzhen looked even more puzzled. He had lived here for half his life, and this was the first time he saw someone draining the pond. If it hadn't been for a murder case, he would have almost scolded these unscrupulous officers.
If only the bare rockery is left, it will affect the view.
Chu Nanzhi's mind was running rapidly, calculating the distance from the pool outside the courtyard to here, and finally understood the reason. She happily ordered the guards around her: "Drain the pool again and find the source of the water inflow.
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Lin Tingzhen glanced at her with deep eyebrows.
I only have such concerns, but this stinky girl wants to ruin the feng shui of the courtyard. It's really annoying.
Just as he was about to stop him, Chu Nanzhi hurriedly explained with a smirk on his face: "Today I will definitely give my uncle a satisfactory explanation as to how the murderer put the boning knife into the pool. We will find out in a moment.