After a preliminary examination, Jiang Yuzhu said with certainty, "That aunt said she went to visit her newly born daughter and that she was only there for two days. She was obviously lying."
The couple found a small Buddhist temple in the village and sat on cushions to communicate.
Xie Zhao looked around, his gaze fixed on the Buddha statue. After a long pause, he asked, "Madam, how did you see that?"
When it comes to professional matters, Jiang Yuzhu's answer is unequivocal: "Normally, rigor mortis sets in within half an hour to an hour and a half after death, and begins to resolve after one to two days. Complete resolution usually occurs three to seven days after death."
"Judging from the weather and the decay of the corpses, the entire village was slaughtered over at least three days, yet that aunt insisted she was only gone for two."
From the spoiled food in the room, we can make a simple judgment that Jiang Yuzhu's calculation would not be too problematic.
"Secondly, my aunt went to the official road and called for help. Why was it determined that it was a bandit who committed the crime?"
First of all, the time of death of the villagers did not match what the woman said, but what aroused Jiang Yuzhu's suspicion was the bandits mentioned by the woman.
"Yuanhe, the murderer is indeed cruel, but he is a novice."
If Jiang Yuzhu guessed correctly, the order of killing should be from outside to inside.
From the moment we entered the village, we saw that the wounds of the people who died around us were not smooth. Most of them were stabbed multiple times and eventually died from excessive bleeding, so some of them were crawling out to call for help.
As the murderer went along, he began to master the techniques and became more and more skilled in committing crimes.
"Of course, special circumstances are not ruled out, but the probability is too low."
Unsure how much to believe the woman's words, Jiang Yuzhu lowered her eyes and waited patiently for Xie Zhao's analysis.
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