Chapter 302: All Homicide

"Why hasn't the body been buried? Has it been left here forever?" Xu Chuchu asked.

Luosang sighed, "The seven warriors haven't left yet. We dare not bury them hastily for fear of angering the warriors."

This statement was not entirely without basis. Burial was to allow the deceased to rest in peace, and these men were the evildoers killed by the seven warriors and did not deserve to rest in peace.

Xiao Yu uncovered the white cloth covering the three bodies one by one.

All three deceased were male, and because they had died not long ago, the degree of decay of their bodies varied.

Except for Mr. Ma Jiang, the closest interval is seven days, and the longest is twenty-one days.

"Why do these three people look a bit alike?!" Xu Chuchu noticed it at first sight.

Luosang said: "Yes, they are the three brothers of the Daba family."

"The three brothers died together?" Xu Chuchu asked, "Are there any other people in their family?"

Luosang thought for a moment and said, "My parents passed away early. I think I have a distant uncle, but we don't have much contact."

"Isn't that a case of family annihilation?" Xu Chuchu came to a conclusion directly, "Do they have any enemies?"

"Enemy? They have a lot of enemies." Luosang suddenly said seriously, "The three brothers of the Daba family are usually idle, stealing and doing all kinds of evil. The Seven Warriors only target evildoers and will definitely not let them go."

Xu Chuchu heard a strong hatred in his tone, and it seemed that he also had a lot of dissatisfaction with these three brothers.

"What about Mr. Ma Jiang?" she asked. "I just heard the villagers were surprised that it was Mr. Ma Jiang who died. He wasn't a bad person, was he?"

Luosang paused. "Perhaps we just don't know. Mr. Ma Jiang often deals with outsiders, accepting their money and taking them up the snowy mountains. Perhaps he has done something shady. The Seven Warriors are very observant and can't be wrong. The person they took away must be a bad person."

Luosang believed in the Seven Warriors very much, and wondered if other people in the village felt the same way.

While the two were talking, Xiao Yu had already finished a simple examination of the body.

There was something fishy and dirty on his hands, but since he didn't have another hand, he couldn't get a handkerchief to wipe it.

Xu Chuchu silently wiped his hands clean.

Xiao Yu quietly squeezed her hand and said calmly, "The first person died from falling off a cliff, breaking his sternum and piercing his lungs, leading to suffocation."

"The second person was stabbed in the abdomen and died from excessive blood loss."

"The third person was drowned and asphyxiated."

Then he asked Luosang: "When and where were the bodies found?"

Luosang did not notice their little movements, but was surprised that Xiao Yu analyzed the cause of death in such a short time.

He could even tell that the first person died of a punctured lung, something that even the village barefoot doctor who performed the autopsy hadn't noticed.

"They all died when it was dark and windy." Luosang cleared his throat. "The first one was the eldest brother of the Daba family. Twenty-first day ago, he went to the western mountain to collect firewood and fell to his death."

"The second person was the second brother. He died in this mourning hall. He was covered in blood, with a bloody knife in his hand." He pointed to the dark red stain on the floor not far away. "That's right there."

"The remaining body was naturally the third child. He died in his own home, with his head buried in a basin of water, drowned."

"Whether it was suicide or murder, it is the punishment of the seven warriors." Luosang said with a cold look.

Xiao Yu nodded and said bluntly: "They were all murdered."

"Why do you think so?" asked Losangqi.

Xiao Yuqing looked at Boss Daba's body and said, "The first man has multiple fractures, indeed from a fall, but the left shoulder blade and left arm are the most seriously injured, which is not normal."

"If the deceased accidentally fell on the mountain, he would have fallen either face down or back down, and the most serious injuries would have been to the skull or chest."

"The left shoulder was the most seriously injured, which means the left side landed first. This posture is very likely due to being pushed."

Luosang nodded: "What about the second person?"

"The second person is a little simpler. First, the deceased's knife grip wasn't right." Xiao Yu gestured with his folding fan. "Based on the gestures he's showing, he stabbed himself with the back of the knife, which is obviously impossible."

"Also, when people stab themselves in the abdomen, the wounds are often shallow and blunt, because the pain slows them down. This has nothing to do with their willpower; it's simply a natural reaction."

"The injuries to this body were sharp and rapid, indicating that someone must have stabbed the victim multiple times with a knife, then forced the knife into the victim's hand to make it look like suicide. The person holding the knife was very strong and most likely had a deep hatred for the victim."

"As for the third person," Xiao Yu walked over to the third body, "drowning in the basin is even more impossible. As I said before, people instinctively save themselves. It has nothing to do with willpower. When a person is completely unable to breathe, they will lift their head out of the water on their own."

"To drown in a basin of water, someone must have grabbed his neck from behind and held him in the water until he drowned."

As he spoke, he turned the third body over, and sure enough, he saw obvious purple bruises on the back of his neck.

"But I still have a few questions," Xiao Yu asked the stunned Luosang. "First, three people from the Daba family died in a row. Is there any property missing from the family?"

Luosang held his chin up to his hand and recalled for a moment, then shook his head.

"Secondly, do the Daba family and Mr. Ma Jiang have any contact on a daily basis? Do they have any common enemies?" Xiao Yu asked again.

"That's hard to say," Luosang replied hesitantly. "The three Daba brothers are usually idle, and every girl has been teased by them, so they have all been in contact with them. They know that Mr. Ma Jiang has a lot of dealings with outsiders, so they often ask him for rare items. As for the rest... I'm not sure."

They seem to have nothing to do with each other, and their ways of death are different, but Xiao Yu is very sure that these people must have something in common, but it has not been discovered yet.

All victims of serial murders have something in common. Even psychologically twisted and perverted killers have their own preferences when choosing their prey.

"It seems that this is all we can find about the body," Xiao Yu said to Luosang. "Thank you very much for introducing the case to us. I wonder where you live? We'll visit you when we have more questions."

Luosang told him his home address and asked, "Don't you two need me to lead the way?"

"No need." Xiao Yu said politely, "We can just walk around the village on our own."

"Okay, then I won't bother you any more." Luosang glanced at them and slowly retreated.

Xiao Yu and Xu Chuchu also left the mourning hall and walked in the opposite direction of Luosang.

"What do you think?" Xu Chuchu asked quietly as she leaned closer.

She also had some ideas, but she knew that Xiao Yu must have considered more aspects, as he was particularly good at this.

Xiao Yu said nothing, glanced at her secretly, grabbed her hand again, put it into his sleeve, and gently stroked her palm back and forth.

"Working on a case!" Xu Chuchu grabbed him.

Xiao Yu pursed her lips: "You just wiped my hands, your movements were so gentle, I..."

"Xiao Yu!"

Is this guy really focused on the case?

"Alright, ahem." Xiao Yu said, "First of all, the murderer must have a clear understanding of the activities of the three Daba brothers."