Indeed, there were four relatively complete footprints left there.
Of course, there are also many messy footprints, and I don’t know whether they were left before or after the incident.
The detectives admired Li Qingcha even more.
It's really amazing to be able to find useful clues among so many distractions.
However, Li Qingcha did not "discover" the clue.
When faced with so many messy footprints, modern criminal investigation has to rely on scientific and technological means to analyze the soil. Reasoning alone will definitely not work.
Li Qingcha just had a preset in mind.
It is definitely much faster to find conclusions based on assumptions.
In other words, this has nothing to do with the problem. It is not about choosing the answer from A, B, C, and D, but about thinking that the answer D is very similar, and then substituting it into the problem to verify it.
Presetting the answer is the biggest taboo of all, but the situation is urgent and we have no choice but to use it.
Li Qingcha followed the footprints all the way to the courtyard.
"Looking at the footprints, there is no obvious change in the spacing, and there is no situation where the front is deep and the back is shallow. What does this mean?"
Sun Wei couldn't answer.
Gong Lianxue on the side said: "You said before that the front is deep and the back is shallow, which means that the person is running."
"Correct."
"There's no running here... were they welcomed in?"
"It's very possible."
"..."
"..."
An eerie silence fell.
Sun Wei swallowed his saliva.
"So, these four murderers knew the Hong family?"
"No, one set of footprints is lighter than the other three, which means that one of them was already in the courtyard, probably a housekeeper or something like that."
"The murderer is three people."
"No, it's four."
Li Qingcha pointed to the wall he had just climbed.
The clue there was the reason why she guessed answer D and then substituted it into the original question to verify it.
A yamen runner ran over and climbed up the wall.
"The rubble on the courtyard wall is not very smooth, and there are indeed signs of being stepped on."
Sun Wei suddenly realized,
"So we sneaked in separately because we didn't want to leave anyone alive, so we tried to attack in both the front and back yards. Otherwise, if everyone in the front yard was killed and the people in the back yard heard it, it would be very troublesome to just run away."
"That's right. I think the first move was made in the backyard because there were women and children there. They couldn't resist and the noise wouldn't be very loud."
Sun Wei walked to the courtyard wall, lowered his head and observed carefully.
Afterwards, he sighed regretfully.
"I knew it was impossible for all the footprints to be preserved so well."
"Haha, not necessarily," Li Qingcha said, "Maybe he didn't wear shoes in order to make as little noise as possible when stepping on the rubble?"
"What's the difference? No shoes will leave no footprints."
"No footprints will be left after killing someone?"
"This... will happen if it gets blood on it!"
Sun Wei's eyes lit up, and he suddenly thought of something.
He ran to the backyard.
Soon,
"found it!"
Chapter 199: The pervert following
Sun Wei admired Li Qingcha from the bottom of his heart at this moment.
"Here! Come here! In the east wing."
Everyone dared to go immediately.
Li Qingcha quickly tried to stop the yamen runners and constables from rushing into the house.
"Don't ruin the scene! I was just observing from the door. I didn't dare touch the door frame or window frame. I just pushed it open with my elbow."
Sun Wei: ￣□￣｜｜
He withdrew.
"Mr. Li, the question now is, the murderer killed someone and left a few footprints, but why did they disappear afterwards?"
"Because he found a pair of shoes at the scene."
"Ah this..."
"You think it's unnecessary, right? I think so too, but since the murderer did it, there must be a reason."
"..."
Sun Wei was speechless.
It can't be that the murderer had chronic cold feet and couldn't stand not wearing shoes for too long, right?
He really couldn't figure out why he had to do so much unnecessary work.
Li Qingcha said, "I just checked. The murderer's footprints are very strange. The big toe and the other four toes are very far apart. This shows that the murderer wore clogs all year round."
When this was said, everyone was shocked.
Yingsang people!
There is no other explanation!
Moreover, the sound of wooden clogs stepping on tiles is very loud, and the footprints when landing are also very strange, forming two parallel lines. Anyone with a little bit of common sense would not wear such shoes to commit a crime.
No wonder he sneaked in barefoot...
Li Qingcha stretched his neck.
"I think we can restore the activities of this Yingsang person..."
Everyone held their breath.
Li Qingcha said: "He should have arrived near the Hong family before the three people who came in through the main gate, but he didn't dare to climb over the wall directly at the Hong family's place. Instead, he first found a house nearby and prepared to step on the walls of several courtyards to get to the Hong family."
As the story was told, a picture seemed to appear before everyone's eyes.
Night walkers, courtyard walls...
Click——
The sound of wooden clogs stepping on tiles was so crisp that the murderer had to take off his shoes and throw them into the grass.
Li Qingcha continued,
"Afterwards, he found that his three accomplices had arrived as scheduled, so he quietly sneaked into the east wing of the backyard and killed them there, marking the beginning of the Hong family's massacre."
As he spoke, Li Qingcha pointed to the jewelry box in the east wing.
The jewellery box was open and empty.
Sun Wei pondered.
"There are no bloody handprints..."
"This means that Yingsang is only responsible for killing people. Among his three accomplices, there should be one who will not dirty his hands and only take the property."
"Well……"
"But what's interesting is the footprints of the Yingsang people."
Everyone bowed their heads.
They found that the footprints were in a messy direction.
"What does this mean?" Sun Wei asked.
"After committing the crime, Yingsang was about to look for his next target, but at this moment, he saw his own footprints on the ground."
"He realized that his identity might be exposed because of his footprints?"
"Realized... No, I think it's an intuition. After all, he had already killed someone, and his blood was boiling. It's impossible for him to reason calmly like we are now, so many of his actions are out of instinct."
"..."
No one spoke.
The seventh-grade martial artist has a keen intuition and super five senses, and has a strong early warning ability for crises.
But this does not mean that only the seventh rank can provide crisis warning.
Monk, as your realm rises, your instincts about wild beasts will become clearer and clearer.
Li Qingcha said: "What happened next was that the 27 members of the Hong family were found and killed one by one. Some surrendered but did not survive, so they resisted and still died..."
There is no need to say more about what happened next.
Sun Wei pondered for a moment and gave an order: "Bozhou Prefecture's yamen runners, get closer to the people and inquire about the situation of the Yingsang people in the city. Other detectives, find evidence first."
He said in a tone of voice: "We must find the clogs. They are important evidence! As long as we find them, it will be equivalent to confirming your reasoning, and we can lock in the direction of the search."
Everyone responded loudly:
"promise!"
Leaving a few people behind to protect the scene, the others dispersed.
Now, night has fallen,
From afar, you can hear the hawkers' shouts and the citizens' laughter. Everything seems very lively.
The silence around the Hong family compound was like a protective shield, isolating all of this from outside.
Gong Lianxue pushed Li Qingcha's right arm.
"Master...cousin, what should we do now? Should we find a place to stay first?"
"I want to go to the prison in Bozhou Prefecture to see the suspects of Ming Xuetang."
Li Qingcha remained calm.
Obviously, the words just now were spoken to Sun Wei.
Sun Wei was silent for a long time.
"Mr. Li, do you know why I allowed you to enter the scene and participate in our investigation without verifying your identity?"
It’s finally time to get to the point.
Li Qingcha shook his head.
"Of course I don't know. After all, I'm unfamiliar with Bozhou, and it's even more impossible for me to meet a friend like you."
"Mr. Li, you are joking. But it is true that I did not know you before today. Furthermore, three days ago, I had not even heard of the name of the Young Phoenix Camp."
"Interesting... Is there any news from the capital? About me?"
"That's not accurate."
Inaccurate,
This answer surprised Li Qingcha.
I thought No. 1 had used some trick, but I didn't expect it was just my wishful thinking.
