Gu Xin's eyes lit up: "Is it the Liu brothers? Is Wang Changfu trying to silence them?"
Lord Qin did not answer, but continued, "Yesterday, the princess was able to detect Wang Changfu's suspicious behavior based solely on their first meeting, and even deliberately said that regardless of whether the Liu brothers were dead or alive, they must be brought to justice. Has the princess considered whether Wang Changfu will take the bait? If he does not take the bait, what does the princess intend to do?"
Gu Xin was taken aback, then said, "Lord Qin, I spoke in the heat of the moment, and I only said those words based on Wang Changfu's behavior. If Wang Changfu's behavior had been normal, I wouldn't have said so much to him. Of course, if he is cautious and doesn't take the bait, then I will continue to look for clues today."
Lord Qin nodded and asked, "How does the princess plan to find clues?"
Gu Xin said, "Go ask Xiao Qiu about the examination results of all the bodies, and then go to Wangjia Village to ask Wang Shunzi's neighbors, as well as Wang Liushi and the families of Wang's daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law."
Lord Qin continued, "Does the princess have a clear understanding of what happened in this case? In other words, what was the murderer's motive, and what was the whole story?"
Gu Xin thought for a moment, pondered for a while, and then truthfully said, "I do have an idea. First of all, judging from yesterday's situation, the deaths of the men and women in the Wang family were different, and among the women, Wang Siyun and Wang Zhangshi's deaths were the most gruesome. I can conclude that the murderer's primary target was either Wang Siyun or Wang Zhangshi. The fabric from Wang Zhangshi's clothing was found in Wang Siyun's broken fingernail, which confirms that Wang Zhangshi's clothes were indeed damaged. That means that Wang Siyun died before Wang Zhangshi. There was no bloodstain along the route from Wang Siyun's room to Wang Zhangshi's room, which suggests that Wang Zhangshi was not harmed in Wang Siyun's room, and that she was attacked after returning to her own room."
"Therefore, it can be said that Wang Zhangshi knew the murderer. There was curly hair in the corner of all the victims' rooms, but not in Wang Zhangshi's room. It can be inferred that the murderer hid in the other rooms for a while, but did not hide in Wang Zhangshi's room. When the murderer cleaned up the scene, he forgot about the corners, so the murderer, who was not hiding in Wang Zhangshi's room, could clean up the hair he had fallen in the room. But because he hid in the other rooms, or because he didn't have much time and didn't think of it, his curly hair was left behind."
"From this, we can conclude that both Wang Zhangshi and Wang Siyun knew the murderer and had a close relationship with him. It can also be said that the murderer hated Wang Siyun. As for why all the women of the Wang family died so tragically, we can make a hypothesis: for example, when Wang Siyun was with the murderer, the women of the Wang family unintentionally said things that hurt the murderer."
"From what we know, Wang Liu's brother originally planned to marry Wang Siyun to his youngest son, but Wang Liu refused, and the two families even quarreled. This year, the Liu brothers came to pay their respects for the New Year, and it's possible that the Liu brother really has taken a liking to Wang Siyun. However, Wang Siyun grew up on the outskirts of the capital and was spoiled by her family. She might look down on this poor cousin from afar, and her words might hurt her. The women of the Wang family also felt that their sister-in-law shouldn't have married such a person, so the Liu brother killed all those who looked down on him."
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