Chapter 481: Have you heard of the locked room murder case?
"Four years ago, he was transferred back to Shangjing."
"At that time, suicides were rampant across the country, with the highest number occurring in Beijing. More and more people were committing suicide, and each one was shouting eight words as they committed suicide."
"When the ruler loses his virtue, divine punishment will come."
"Before dying, the suicide was in a trance, as if possessed. Everyone shouted this sentence, which directly pointed out the emperor's immorality."
"The number of suicides is increasing, the case remains unsolved, people are in panic, the imperial power is being questioned, and the people's doubts are growing louder."
"At this critical juncture, Ji Yunzhang was transferred back to the capital and appointed as the Dali Temple Assistant Secretary (Sixth Rank), responsible for investigating this case."
"Two years ago, he successfully solved this strange case and was promoted from Dali Temple Secretary to Dali Temple Shaoqing (fourth rank)."
"Coincidentally, the place where Ji Yunzhang was exiled is also a place with a high incidence of suicides."
Xie Yingmian: "You mean, Ji Yunzhang has been investigating the suicide case from the very beginning, from the local area to the capital?"
Yu Lingye didn't shy away from saying, "He's the emperor's man."
"His exile was also authorized by the emperor."
"When the imperial examination was being selected as the top scholar, Ji Yunzhang's essay ranked third. His performance in the palace examination wasn't as good as the other two, but he was exceptionally skilled in reasoning, able to deduce the truth from minute details. His deductive ability was superior to that of the then Supreme Court Justice and Shen Tingsi."
"His background is more innocent than that of the Dali Temple Minister and Shen Tingsi. He is obsessed with solving cases and is a rare pure minister."
"The emperor was impressed by his reasoning ability and appointed him as the top scholar."
"From the very beginning, the emperor wanted to use Ji Yunzhang to find the real culprit of the suicide case."
"Over the years, Ji Yunzhang's exile was fake, and the real reason was that he secretly worked for the emperor."
Tu Bufan covered his ears, a look of resentment on his face: "Hey you two, how can an ordinary person like me listen to these words?"
"After I heard this, you won't kill me to silence me, right?"
"At least you guys send me away. I haven't lived long enough."
Yu Lingye said to Fu Mo, "Go and invite Ji Yunzhang."
Fu Mo went to the Dali Temple with Yu Lingye's token. Not long after, Ji Yunzhang arrived.
Ji Yunzhang is not tall, only about 1.7 meters.
He was very thin, even thinner than a slender woman, and his official uniform looked loose on him.
He has delicate features and looks cold and aloof.
Only his eyes were as narrow and long as knives, with the corners slightly raised, as if he could see through everything.
Lean and sharp, with a cold glint in his eyes that can see through people's hearts.
Xie Yingmian looked at Ji Yunzhang for a while without leaving any trace, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
Ji Yunzhang is an interesting person.
Yu Lingye got straight to the point: "Have you brought Madam Liu's files?"
In cases like Liu Niangzi's sudden death, if the family reports the case, after the government office receives the case, a special person will write a file, and the local government office will submit the case to the Dali Temple after closing it.
After the Dali Temple has reviewed it and found no errors, it will be sealed and filed.
There was no suspense in the case of Lady Liu, as it was concluded that she died suddenly. The case was closed quickly and the case file had already arrived at the Dali Temple.
Yu Lingye took a look at it and handed it to Xie Yingmian.
The file is very detailed.
The deceased's time of death, age, autopsy process and results, testimony from people in the mansion, etc. are all recorded in the book.
Xie Yingmian finished reading it quickly.
After reading the file, Xie Yingmian finally knew what was wrong.
The news about Tu Bufan was just hearsay, without any details.
The details are written in the file.
The details of Liu Niangzi's death are very interesting.
It is said above that Madam Liu did not die in her sleep, but died suddenly after getting up from the toilet.
The coroner concluded that Mrs. Liu was overworked and exerted too much force when going to the toilet, which led to a reverse flow of qi and blood and death from cardiac arrest.
To put it in simple terms, Mrs. Liu had just given birth to twins. She was deficient in qi and blood and weak. She was also overworked and exerted too much force when going to the toilet, which led to sudden cardiac death.
On the surface, the cause of death seemed logical.
but.
Xie Yingmian pointed his finger at a line in the file.
That line contains the details of the coroner's autopsy.
One of the details was that there was a fist-sized watermark on the back of Liu Niangzi's clothes. The watermark was not a milk stain, but salty water. The coroner did not write the specific reason, but only put a question mark.
Xie Yingmian probably understood.
She is not a god of reasoning, she just watched too many detective anime.
During the entertainment boom of the 21st century, a globally popular detective anime featured countless locked-room murders.
In comparison, the methods used by the murderer who killed Lady Liu were not good enough.
Xie Yingmian said to Ji Yunzhang, "Master Ji also believes that Madam Liu died suddenly?"
Ji Yunzhang: "There are some doubts, but overall it fits the description of a sudden death."
"Did Princess Ling discover anything?"
Xie Yingmian didn't beat around the bush with Ji Yunzhang.
She said, "Yes."
"The file states that the first scene of Lady Liu's death was the toilet, which was next to the bedroom. Lady Liu had bolted the wooden door from the inside while using the restroom. The only window for ventilation was high up, tightly closed, with the lattices intact. The gaps between the lattices were only wide enough for small animals like sparrows to slip through."
"This creates a secret room."
Ji Yunzhang nodded.
Xie Yingmian: "This is a very typical closed-room murder case."
Ji Yunzhang: "Princess Ling believes that Madam Liu was murdered?"
Xie Yingmian: "Yes, it was murder, and the killing method was not very sophisticated."
Ji Yunzhang also thought about this.
But he investigated all the evidence and found not enough to prove it was homicide.
"Could Princess Ling please explain in detail?"
Xie Yingmian: "Master Ji, have you heard of ice needles?"
Ji Yunzhang raised his eyebrows.
Of course he had heard of ice needles.
"Princess Ling, do you want to tell me that Madam Liu was stabbed to death by an ice needle?"
Ji Yunzhang immediately denied this possibility.
"Madam Liu is in a narrow, secret room. There's not enough room for the ice needles to be used. Furthermore, the ice needles are small and not sharp enough. They melt quickly in this high temperature. Their hardness and speed are completely inadequate for killing."
Xie Yingmian: ...
"Master Ji, have you heard of the Ice Shuttle?"
"Ice shuttles are also called ice spikes and ice cones."
"To make it more vivid, let's just call them ice cones."
Ji Yunzhang: Ice cones and ice needles cannot be said to be exactly the same, we can only say that they have nothing to do with each other.
Always a strict judge, he immediately objected: "Ice picks and ice needles are completely different concepts."
"I still believe that there is no space or speed to use an ice cone to kill in the clean room."
Xie Yingmian: "The ice cone I'm talking about isn't a large one. It's just for your convenience. The size of an ice cone is no larger than the thickness of two fingers. I think it's more appropriate to call it an ice needle."
Ji Yunzhang: "Judging from the space of the clean room, a two-finger-wide ice spike, no matter how sharp, cannot kill a person."
Xie Yingmian: "Master Ji, please don't be prejudiced. I never said that Madam Liu was stabbed to death by an ice needle."
She pointed to a line on the file.
"Master Ji, please look here."
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