Captain Zhao was puzzled.
On the contrary, Sirou on the side saw the clue and said, "Look at these two points, the distance is obviously very close, but why is the time taken so different? Can this be explained?"
"Well……"
Captain Zhao didn't expect there would be a time problem.
Li Qingcha said: "You have to consider that the buyer is a spy from the demon tribe, and he may not be interested in the capital...!!!"
She looked surprised.
Sirou: "What?"
Captain Zhao: "What?"
"I originally thought that when a person first arrived and was unfamiliar with the surroundings, it was inevitable that he would take the wrong route when buying things. But considering that the criminal is a spy from the demon tribe, this is not possible."
How could a spy not be familiar with his surroundings?
What they value most is the environment.
So we need to change our thinking and look for new possibilities between the two points.
Li Qingcha thought for a moment and asked, "Also, are there any clues about the kiln where the bricks were produced?"
Captain Zhao said, "We have experimented with it. The kind of punishment you are thinking of is still bearable with the first and second bricks, but when the third brick is added, the pain becomes very severe, and the fourth brick is basically the limit."
Sirou frowned and asked, "Have you experimented?"
Li Qingcha and Captain Zhao looked at each other and didn't respond.
Obviously, the target of the experiment must be death row prisoners.
Li Qingcha had previously proposed using live pigs to test the bruises left by bamboo rafts, but she was 100% sure that the people in the Ministry of Justice would not take human rights so seriously.
They have far more death row prisoners on hand than the Jingzhao Prefecture.
Captain Zhao continued, "Based on this number, we infer, apart from the size of the bricks, that this should be a batch of bricks recently fired in the large kiln."
He lowered his voice,
"Of course, it has to be real bricks, because there are so many things to stand on, such as wooden boards, books..."
"It was a brick," Li Qingcha was sure. "I checked Wang Quan's foot injury. The horizontal marks must have been left by a hard object. I can't think of anything other than a brick... It can't be metal, right?"
“That’s too expensive.”
"What is the purpose of this batch of bricks?"
"Recently, the Imperial Observatory ordered a batch of bricks, saying that they were to fill the 'gap', but what exactly is it..."
Li Qingcha: ￣□￣｜｜
It seems that the brick was not lost in the Imperial Observatory.
She marked the point of Da Wa Yao on the map, which just filled the gap between two points that were separated by a long time.
Chapter 88 Old fritters
It seems to be correct...
Li Qingcha looked at the route and fell into deep thought.
At this time, a constable ran over and stopped N meters away from the palace gate, hesitating to move forward.
Sirou waved: "Come here."
The constable still didn't dare to move, and moved towards this side in small steps.
Li Qingcha whispered: “You don’t know how much pressure the palace city puts on ordinary people.”
Sirou suddenly realized,
Then, she rolled her eyes at Li Qingcha.
"I don't think you're under pressure."
“Am I a normal person?”
"(ˉ▽￣~) Cut~~"
The beautiful princess' face was full of disdain.
Li Qingcha nodded to Captain Zhao.
Three people went to meet him.
The detective panted and said, "Boss, ever since the Wang Quan case, each department has used their own methods to contact the clerks working outside. Sure enough, some have gotten into trouble."
Captain Zhao said, "Continue."
"One of the people from the Ministry of Revenue was assigned to survey the land and draw a map, but he never came back and was finally found in the Grand Canal."
"A corpse floating in the river?"
"Yes, the body has been brought back and is currently in the morgue."
"Mr. Li and I will go over now..."
Halfway through his words, Captain Zhao glanced at Sirou.
Sirou raised her eyebrows.
"What are you looking at me for? Can I stop you?"
Captain Zhao just shut up.
did not expect,
"I want to go too." Sirou said.
"Princess, why would you go to see those unlucky things?"
"Just curious."
"This……"
Captain Zhao shifted his gaze to Li Qingcha, almost writing "it's up to you" on his face.
Li Qingcha didn't mind Rou going with him, but considering her noble status, setting up a mortuary would inevitably cause a stir, thus reducing efficiency.
"You'd better not go." She advised in a low voice.
"Hmm..." Sirou tilted her head and thought for a moment, "Okay, then I won't go."
Is this over?
Isn’t the princess too obedient?
Captain Zhao was watching from the side with a confused look on his face, and in his heart he was full of admiration for Li Qingcha.
This guy is the seedling of the future prince consort...
Awesome!
Li Qingcha felt that Captain Zhao was looking at him strangely, but he didn't think much about it. He said goodbye to Sirou and went to the morgue together.
The Wang Quan case is a major case, so related cases naturally attract attention.
At this time, many people had gathered in the morgue.
Chu Zhongtian covered his nose with one hand and examined the body.
The corpse was swollen, with bulging eyeballs and protruding lips. It was impossible to tell its original appearance. Its chest and abdomen were bulging, and its limbs were as thick as the trunks of small trees.
There were a lot of red wounds on the "trunk", which seemed to be traces of torture.
Li Qingcha almost vomited and quickly took some green onions and ginger and stuffed them into his mouth.
Chu Zhongtian noticed her.
"Fourth, sir."
"Master Chu, what did you find?"
"Not yet. The body was so swollen that the coroner couldn't find anything. If he hadn't been wearing the Ministry of Revenue badge, we probably wouldn't know anything."
As he spoke, Chu Zhongtian moved closer and lowered his voice.
"Now I'm afraid the murderer has already left Beijing."
Li Qingcha understood what he meant.
Because he couldn't tell when the body was killed, Chu Zhongtian was worried that the criminal would commit Wang Quan's crime and flee the capital, committing another crime on the way.
In this case, it will be too late to check anything.
Li Qingcha shook his head and said, "The floating corpse case happened earlier."
"How to be sure?"
"This corpse has already taken on the appearance of a giant... er... it is very swollen, so..."
"Soaking in water for a day is enough."
How is it possible that it is so swollen?
But Li Qingcha was not a forensic doctor or a criminal policeman, and he did not know how to provide evidence, so he had to take a roundabout way.
She thought for a moment and said, "In fact, we don't have to start with the body when investigating. Look at the nose of the body. Those green spots are clearly moss that only grows in water."
Chu Zhongtian understood immediately.
He waved his hand to a constable and ordered, "Go to the dock and find a boat captain and ask him how many days it takes for moss like this to form."
The constable received the order and returned soon.
He said: "I have asked almost everyone at the dock, and only a few old men confirmed that it was more than seven days."
I thought the sentence "I asked almost everyone" was to take credit.
did not expect,
"Mr. Li is really amazing." The constable said admiringly, "The boatmen are afraid of bad luck, so they never fish out floating corpses. Only the old hands know these unconventional methods."
Everyone looked at Li Qingcha with awe.
Li Qingcha was embarrassed: ￣□￣｜｜
Be careful what you say and do…
Be careful what you say and do…
She warned herself repeatedly in her heart.
Chu Zhongtian breathed a sigh of relief.
"Since the criminal is still in the capital, it will be easy to deal with."
With the current level of martial law, it is indeed difficult for prisoners to escape.
Li Qingcha couldn't help but ponder.
a long time,
“Perhaps the criminal has a style of acting from far to near,” she said.
"Why do you think so?" Chu Zhongtian asked.
"We all know that the story of the map was only spread in the capital. After hearing about it, the criminal left the city first and committed the floating corpse case, and then the Wang Quan case. The purpose was to force the suspect to reveal the map... ahem..."
I wanted to talk about the legend and scale, but I held back.
The people working below are probably not very familiar with the principles of these things, so it is not appropriate to disclose them.
"Is it possible that he thought it would be more concealed to dump the body underwater?" Chu Zhongtian changed the subject, "Let's do this case first so it won't be easily discovered."
"First make it difficult to be discovered, then make it easy to be discovered, and then get trapped in the capital?"
"Ah this..."
"..."
"..."
The morgue fell into silence.
