Uncle Zhong, who came after hearing the news, immediately hid himself because he was afraid that his master would see him. He didn't want to touch a dead person!
Gu Yuan also felt uncomfortable in his heart, but he had to obey the master's orders!
After the preliminary examination was completed, Su Yizhao determined the cause of death.
"It is consistent with the characteristics of death by suffocation. He was strangled. The traces of strangulation on his neck can be seen that the murder weapon was a hemp rope."
Su Yizhao lost his veil and then said to the people behind him.
"Another murder case!" Mr. Yang's expression was very solemn. They just guessed that Mr. Du was the murderer, but now Mr. Du is dead.
"Sir, please see, this Mr. Du is wearing soap boots. However, when I rushed in just now, I happened to see the figure jumping out of the window. The man's feet were wearing cloth shoes."
"You mean you just saw the murderer?" Mr. Yang immediately understood.
"It's not yet known, but the time when the first heavy object fell into the water was actually one step faster than the time when the man jumped out of the window. This means that Mr. Du was thrown in by him."
"Then who do you think the murderer will be? Wang Wei?" Mr. Yang asked, remembering that Su Yizhao asked Shopkeeper Zhou to bring Wang Wei and Nanny Wang.
"Wang Wei is highly suspicious!" Su Yizhao could only analyze it this way, but just because Mr. Du is dead, it doesn't mean that he himself is no longer suspicious.
"Perhaps they turned against each other for profit or were threatened, which led to Mr. Du's murder. But now we still have to find Wang Wei. If it is really him, I don't think he would be so fast."
Unexpectedly, just as Su Yizhao finished speaking, he saw Shopkeeper Zhou running over in panic, "Sir! It's not good, another passenger died on the ship!"
"Who died?" Su Yizhao asked quickly.
"It's Mr. Liu!" Shopkeeper Zhou said with a sad face.
That upstart? Su Yizhao was very surprised.
"Where are Wang Wei and Nanny Wang?" She thought of these two people and asked immediately.
"Wang Wei is nowhere to be seen. Nanny Wang has been taken to the main hall."
Shopkeeper Zhou's legs were a little weak at the moment. Three people died in succession. He, the shopkeeper, had reached his end.
"Someone is here to carry the body back to Master Du's room. Let's go to Master Liu's place to have a look. Shopkeeper Zhou will lead the way!"
Mr. Yang frowned, and at this moment he didn't care to be polite to Su Wenqing. He gave instructions to the people present, and then strode towards the cabin.
Su Wenqing consciously called the guards to carry the body, and he followed Mr. Yang with a solemn expression.
Needless to say, Su Yizhao had already kept up with Mr. Yang's pace.
A dagger was inserted into his chest, killing him with one blow. Mr. Liu died in his cabin.
Su Yizhao stepped forward and took a look at Mr. Liu. He was only wearing underwear and lying on the floor beside the bed. It seemed that he was attacked while sleeping, but he was not lying on the bed. This was a doubtful point.
Su Yizhao also discovered that the gold ring and jade ring he had previously worn on his hand had disappeared, and his ten fingers were bare.
"Is it true that Jiang bandits sneaked onto the ship? This is obviously seeking wealth and murder!"
The onlookers couldn't help but panic, especially the man who had just clashed with Mr. Liu, who was trembling now.
"Oops! Will we be next?" Everyone was panicking, and there was chaos.
Mr. Yang also questioned Su Yizhao's conclusion, "Maybe there are really Jiang bandits? Otherwise, how can Mr. Liu explain it?"
"Whether there are really Jiang bandits still needs to be investigated, but Mr. Du's death definitely has nothing to do with Jiang bandits." Su Yizhao affirmed.
"How do you know it's not related? Maybe it was the Jiang bandits who killed him? Mr. Liu saw that he had money, so he must have been motivated by wealth." The man who just spoke couldn't help but said.
Su Yizhao looked at the man in surprise when he heard this, "I said Mr. Du was not killed by Jiang bandits, but I did not conclude that Mr. Liu was not killed either. Shouldn't it be investigated whether it is true or not?"
This man was suddenly silenced by Su Yizhao.
"Since Mr. Du's money has been stolen by the murderer, if he really killed himself for money, he would not kill Mr. Du again. Why should he take another life? It is completely unnecessary."
Su Wenqing agreed very much, "Yes! Mr. Du's death must have nothing to do with the Jiang bandits. There were people guarding Mr. Du's cabin at that time. Could it be that the other party went to great lengths to sneak into his cabin just to kill Mr. Du?
This is a bit far-fetched."
"Mr. Zhou, have you searched every corner of the boat? The boat is still in the center of the river. Even a person who knows water would not have the energy to swim ashore." Su Yizhao suddenly asked Mr. Zou.
Shopkeeper Zhou nodded, "We have searched the bottom cabin and toilet. We are now opening the cabins and searching them one by one."
As he spoke, he bowed his hands to everyone, "Everyone, please obey the authority in an urgent matter. I can only ask for your patience."
This matter was related to everyone's lives, and everyone did not want anyone suspected to be hiding in their cabin, so they all expressed their understanding and would not blame them.
"Where's Nanny Wang's room? Have you checked it?"
The small room is also a single room, but the layout is not as good as that of the superior room. Generally, respectable servants from wealthy families will live in it because they cannot afford to live in an elegant room.
Shopkeeper Zhou was stunned, "What? When we broke in, Nanny Wang was alone, and there was no one else."
"Send someone to search immediately!" Su Yizhao's tone was urgent. Shopkeeper Zhou did not dare to delay after hearing this and went to do it immediately.
Su Yizhao believed that Wang Wei had nowhere to escape but Nanny Wang. Nanny Wang was his aunt. Seeing that the relationship between the two was not bad, it was not unusual for him to hide it for his nephew.
Squatting down, Su Yizhao carefully inspected the dagger on Master Liu's chest.
"The murderer is not the same person who killed Yao!" Su Yizhao came to the conclusion.
"How can you see it?" Mr. Yang asked doubtfully.
"You mean the daggers are of different styles?" Su Wenqing also asked in confusion.
"The different styles of daggers don't mean anything." Su Yizhao shook his head, and then said: "My son is referring to the location of his wound."
"I just looked at Yao's wounds and judged that the murderer was three inches taller than her. Let's look at the wounds on Mr. Liu's body again. Mr. Liu and Yao are about the same height.
However, the wound was on his chest, from top to bottom, and it seemed that the murderer was shorter than him."
Su Yizhao talked about Master Du's wounds, but his eyes were on the bed next to Master Liu.
"This can only be regarded as an inference, right? Everyone's habit of holding a knife is different, or did the murderer just change his posture?"
Mr. Yang, do you think it would be too hasty to judge based on this?
"Actually, adults can find two people to demonstrate this. When the murderer faces the victim, his own stature determines his posture when holding the knife."
Su Yizhao then found two boat passengers in the crowd who volunteered to cooperate. They were similar in stature to Mr. Yao and Mr. Liu respectively.
After that, they found three people who were taller and shorter than them, and were almost the same, and tested them separately. After that, Master Yang nodded in agreement.