The yamen servant quickly turned Zhang Qin's body upside down.
At this time, Shen Lian saw the back of Zhang Qin's head, which was bloody.
The blood dyed the hair red and solidified it together.
The wound on the back of the head is not small. Judging from the wound, it should be fatal.
Except for this wound, there were no obvious wounds elsewhere. There were even no tears in the clothes, and no obvious sword scars were seen.
Of course, this is just a simple inspection by Shen Lian. As for more specific details, we have to wait for the operation to arrive.
Shen Lian stood up and took a look at his surroundings.
The dry well stands clearly in front, with a wall in front and some bamboos on both sides. If you stand in the distance, it is not easy to see it because of the bamboos.
Therefore, this is indeed a good place to commit crimes.
He said: "Whoever discovered the body first, I have a few questions to ask."
Soon, a tall and thin government servant came over.
He bowed to Shen Lian: "Master Qin, it was the villain who first discovered Master Zhang's body."
Shen Lian looked at the yamen servant and asked, "When you came here, did you find anyone else here?"
The officer shook his head and said, "I haven't found anyone else."
"The villain is responsible for searching this area. At first, the villain was wondering if Mr. Zhang might be in the bamboo forest. We didn't notice it, so the villain first came to the bamboo forest to check, but he didn't find Mr. Zhang."
"The villain felt that Master Zhang was not here at that time, so he wanted to leave."
"When leaving, the villain passed by this dry well. At first, the villain did not expect Master Zhang to be in the dry well. The villain simply glanced into the dry well subconsciously."
"Then, the villain discovered Master Zhang's body."
Shen Lian looked at Du Chuke.
Du Chuke nodded and said: "There were three people in charge of this area at that time. Although the other two did not come here personally, they also saw his entire operation."
This was Du Chuke's way of making sure that the Yamen servant was not lying.
Shen Lian nodded slightly.
He said: "Then when you found the body, did you notice anything unusual around the dry well?"
"Or have you ever found anything bloody?"
The officer thought for a while and said, "I didn't find it."
Shen Lian kept looking at the yamen servant. Although the yamen servant was a little afraid of him, his eyes did not dodge. It seemed that he was not lying.
He nodded: "Okay, I understand."
At this time, a burst of footsteps suddenly sounded.
Then, Shen Lian saw some people wearing Dali Temple clothes walking over.
The leader is none other than the thief Wang Xiaohua.
It seems that Chu Suiliang sent Wang Xiaohua to bring people here.
"Master Shen."
Wang Xiaohua and others bowed to Shen Lian.
Shen Lian nodded slightly and said directly: "Author, autopsy."
Wuzuo didn't dare to delay and walked over quickly.
During the interval of the autopsy, Shen Lian asked Wang Xiaohua: "Is everything okay in the Yamen?"
Wang Xiaohua nodded: "Don't worry, sir, everything is fine. With Master Chu here, everything is in order."
Shen Lian nodded slightly.
After he came out to drink with Tianji at noon, he encountered Han Qian's case. Just after solving that case, he came to the Ministry of Industry and encountered another fire and murder case.
Therefore, this prevented him from ever having the chance to return to the Dali Temple Yamen.
Wang Xiaohua looked at the corpse of the deceased and asked in a low voice: "Sir, is this the purpose of coming to the Ministry of Works?"
It seems that Si She has already told Wang Xiaohua about the matter.
Wang Xiaohua came over, probably because he wanted to let Wang Xiaohua do his bidding, so as not to have a satisfactory person by his side.
Shen Lian nodded: "It was him, but he died before I could see him."
Wang Xiaohua asked: "Is Beidou going to silence you?"
Shen Lian shook his head: "I think it shouldn't be the case, but the specific details will not be clear until we investigate."
Wang Xiaohua nodded hurriedly.
…
"Do you need me to do anything?"
Shen Lian shook his head: "Let's take a look at the autopsy results first."
Wang Xiaohua said no more and followed Shen Lian step by step.
Not long after, Wu Zuo stood up.
Du Chuke hurriedly asked: "How is it?"
Everyone else also looked at Wu Zuo.
Wu Zuo looked at Shen Lian, and after seeing Shen Lian nodding, he spoke.
"The deceased did not die for a long time, it should be within half an hour."
"There were some scratches and collision wounds on the body of the deceased, but these wounds were consistent with falling into a well, so they were not caused by the murderer."
"The deceased's real fatal injury was the wound on the back of his head."
"The back of his head should have been hit by a sharp object. He was hit suddenly by someone from behind, causing him to die on the spot."
Shen Lian nodded, which was similar to his guess.
but……
The time of death was within half an hour.
He looked at Du Chuke, who understood what Shen Lian meant and said: "It started after the fire broke out, but before it was completely put out, that is, two quarters of an hour before Master Qin arrived, until now."
After the fire, until now...
This time period...
Shen Lian narrowed his eyes.
Two situations are included.
One is the chaotic state after the fire.
The other one is...he is already here!
It was because of the chaos caused by the fire that someone took the opportunity to kill Zhang Qin.
Or did he kill Zhang Qin because he came?
These two situations represent two completely different results.
If it can be said that Zhang Qin was killed because the murderer wanted to take advantage of the fire and chaos, then it means that the murderer probably had an impromptu intention to do this.
And he suddenly made up his mind to seize the opportunity of chaos to get rid of Zhang Qin, which means that he and Zhang Qin probably had some temporary conflicts, or they had deep grudges, and Zhang Qin had another conflict with him today. Some conflicts arose, which completely aroused the murderous intention in my heart.
Then, taking advantage of the chaos in the yamen, he got excited and started killing people!
And if it's another situation.
It was because of his arrival that Zhang Qin was killed.
It is very likely that these cases will overturn Shen Lian's previous inferences.
Shen Lian had previously deduced that Zhang Qin's murder had nothing to do with the Beidou Society.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But if Zhang Qin was silenced because of his arrival, then it is very likely that it is related to the Beidou Society.
After all, Beidou Club knows his own abilities best.
Zhang Qin had just set the fire, and before he could escape, he came by himself.
This is likely to lead to Zhang Qin's exposure.
Therefore, in order to prevent Zhang Qin from being caught and asked about the secrets of the Beidou Society, other people hidden by the Beidou Society simply killed people and silenced them.
This completely cut off Zhang Qin's clue.
If it is really because of yourself, then this is very possible.
Therefore, the next key point in solving the case is to determine whether Zhang Qin's murder was related to him.
If the time of Zhang Qin's death can be narrowed down again and it is determined whether Zhang Qin died before he came or after he came, then this difficulty may be solved.
When Shen Lian thought of this, he looked like Du Chuke and said: "Master Du, please ask the people at the Ministry of Works. Ask them who has seen Zhang Qin in the past half hour, and then make sure that they The last time I saw Zhang Qin."
"I want to see if I can shorten Zhang Qin's death range."
When Du Chuke heard this, he naturally did not hesitate.
Now, he couldn't wait to hope that Shen Lian would solve the case quickly.
Otherwise, if there is a fire in the Yamen and the minister is killed, once I go to see His Majesty, I will definitely be scolded bloody.
But if you go there with the results of solving the case, although you will be scolded, at least the degree will not be too serious.
"Okay, I'll go ask them right away."
With that said, Du Chuke left immediately.
At this time, Shen Lian saw Wu Zuo looking around.
Wang Xiaohua asked curiously: "What are you looking at?"
Wuzuo frowned and said, "I'm looking for the murder weapon."
"The murder weapon?"
Wang Xiaohua said: "Is that the heavy object that hit the deceased?"
Wu Zuo nodded: "The murder weapon must still be stained with blood. It shouldn't be difficult to find."
"But there is none here."
Wang Xiaohua guessed: "Could the murderer have hidden it?"
Wuzuo shook his head and said: "It's not necessary."
"There were some scattered stone chips in the wound of the deceased, so as expected, the deceased should have been stoned to death."
"And stones can be found everywhere. They must have been picked up from the ground by the murderer."
"So, this kind of murder weapon will not reveal the murderer's identity at all, and the murderer has no reason to hide it."
"If it is really hidden, once it is discovered, it will be exposed."
Wang Xiaohua suddenly realized.
At this time, Shen Lian suddenly said: "Apart from the fact that the murder weapon is not here, have you noticed that there are no obvious traces of radioactive blood on the ground?"
Wuzuo was stunned for a moment.
Immediately, he seemed to have thought of something, raised his head sharply, looked at Shen Lian, and said, "Is this what Master Shen meant?"
Shen Lian narrowed his eyes and said, "I just checked the wound of the deceased. There was a lot of blood on the surface of the wound."
"Based on such wounds, it can be inferred that when the murderer committed the murder, blood must have burst out from the deceased."
"However, there are only a few drops of blood on the edge of the well, but there are no obvious, radiating blood stains."
"This can only mean..."
Wang Xiaoman asked: "What does it mean?"
Shen Lian's eyes were deep and his tone was calm as he said, "This is not the scene of the first crime!"
"Not the first crime scene?"
Wang Xiaohuafeng's eyes widened, she looked at Shen Lian with watery eyes, and said unexpectedly: "Since this is not the first crime scene, then where is the crime scene?"
Shen Lian pondered for a moment and said, "We need to look for it."
He found a government official and said, "I am going to inspect the place where Zhang Qin usually works."
The yamen servant hurriedly said: "Master Shen, please come here."
Soon, the yamen led Shen Lian and the others to Zhang Qin's office.
As the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Zhang Qin is the third-in-command of the Ministry of Industry.
Given his status, his office is naturally in a separate room.
Pushing open the door, the yamen servant said: "This is it."
Shen Lian nodded slightly.
He stood at the door and looked inside.
I saw that the area of the office room was not too large.
There is a table, several chairs, and a row of bookshelves next to it.
There are pens, ink, paper, inkstones and some notebooks on the table, and there are some books on the bookshelf.
Very concise and simple.
"When you checked before, was this door open or closed?"
Shen Lian asked the Yamen servant.
The officer said: "It's open."
On?
Shen Lian narrowed his eyes.
With the door open and standing outside, you can see the office room clean at a glance.
This means that there is no one inside.
I'm not afraid of anyone checking.
It seems that there is a high probability that this will not be the scene of the first crime.
Otherwise, the door would never be left open when the murderer was cleaning up the scene, wiping away the blood, and disposing of the murder weapon.
After all, any random person walking outside can spot something abnormal with just a quick glance.
Of course, this does not exclude the fact that the murderer opened the door only after he finished dealing with the scene.
Shen Lian asked the yamen officer for further confirmation and said, "Before I asked you to look for Zhang Qin, did anyone pay attention to whether his office was open or closed?"
The yamen officer thought for a while and said: "Mr. Du asked before that there is a well not far from this office. When putting out the fire, many people passed by here to draw water. They said that when they passed by here, the door opened. It's always been opened, never closed."
Shen Lian nodded slightly.
Now it's completely confirmed.
This will not be the scene of the first crime.
However, even if it is not the scene of the first crime, there may still be some important clues.
Shen Lian entered the office.
He came to the table and sat down.
Look at the things on the table.
The papers were spread out on the table in a mess, the brushes hung on the pen holders, and the inkstone was completely dry.
Shen Lian wiped his finger on the inkstone, but there was no trace of ink.
This shows that the inkstone has not been used for a while.
He looked at the booklet beside him and flipped it open, only to see some application documents from the Ministry of Industry.
This document needs Zhang Qin's approval.
Shen Lian glanced at the date and saw that these were all delivered today.
However, all the books and notebooks were piled together, but none of them had any approval results.
This shows that he has no intention of doing anything all day long.
Han Qian was found to be in trouble in the morning.
Does this prove that Zhang Qin had already noticed that something was wrong before Han Qian came to the Yamen?
Then, he set fire to the archives room and killed Han Qian's tail.
But if he doesn't do anything for a day, doesn't he worry about being suspected?
When files are burned, everyone is in danger.
At this time, Zhang Qin had not done anything all day long. Such an abnormality would definitely attract attention.
As a spy of the Beidou Society, how dare he attract so much attention?
unless……
Shen Lian narrowed his eyes.
His fingertips tapped lightly on the table.
Unless, Zhang Qin is not worried about his abnormality being discovered at all!
Because, he doesn't care.
If you find something, you will discover it. If you doubt it, you will doubt it. It will not affect him.
Because, he has left!
A sudden light flashed in Shen Lian's eyes.
"In fact, after setting the fire, Zhang Qin planned to escape directly and leave the Ministry of Works completely!"
"He knows that something happened to Han Qian, which may implicate him, so he wants to withdraw!"
"Setting fire to the files was what he did to cover up all the clues before evacuating."
"Setting fire to the files was what he did to cover up all the clues before evacuating."