The case has reached a stalemate, and all that's left is to wait for Zheng Qiu's autopsy.
If the place where Miss Feng was discovered wasn't at the Feng family's house, it would be easier to go there and take a look. But it's so far away, and going to the Feng family's house to check would probably take until midnight before we get any results.
Back and forth?
Miss Feng goes to bed after dark. Nowadays, it gets dark quite late. Last night, it got dark around 7 PM.
Cui'er said she heard noises coming from Miss Feng's room around midnight. Assuming the murderer was taking Miss Feng back to the Feng family at that time, and taking the longest possible time, around 3 AM, that time wouldn't be enough for the murderer to bring a corpse from Qiyun Temple back to the Feng family.
Moreover, if one were to travel by carriage, there would certainly be noise at night, but the monk guarding the gate said that there was no noise at all last night, only the sounds of birds and beasts.
Therefore, Miss Feng was not murdered in the woods to the west.
Then the murderers of Miss Feng the Third and Miss Feng the Fourth were not the same person.
However, her intuition told her that it was a murderer.
Gu Xin felt like her brain was about to explode.
"Third sister, Xiao Qiu wants you to come over for a moment." At this moment, Gu En called out to Gu Xin from the doorway.
Gu Xin quickly went to the room next door where Miss Feng's car was parked.
Zheng Qiu was stitching up Feng Si Guniang. Her face was covered with a veil, and her hair was also wrapped up, with only her eyes showing.
Gu En followed Gu Xin in, naturally took the tools from Zheng Qiu's hands, put them away, and then brought Zheng Qiu a basin of water.
Gu Xin was completely focused on the case and didn't notice these details. She also didn't notice that Gu En's face was a little pale, but his eyes were bright and he looked at Zheng Qiu with admiration.
“The cause of death for Miss Feng the Fourth was poisoning, not excessive blood loss. She was hit on the head before she died, but she was still alive when she was hit. Her time of death was the same as that of Miss Feng the Third, and she was poisoned by the same kind of poison. She also had undigested pastries in her stomach, just like Miss Feng the Third.” Zheng Qiu said to Gu Xin while washing her hands and rinsing them with hot water.
“How could that be? If the sisters were killed at the same time, how was Miss Feng transported back? Moreover, the time of death was not long after the time Miss Feng’s maid discovered the commotion in her room. Even if there were two murderers, one who brought Miss Feng back and the other who brought Miss Feng back, it wouldn’t make sense! There’s simply no way they could have transported the body from Qiyun Temple back to the Feng family in such a short time,” Gu Xin said subconsciously.
Zheng Qiu pursed her lips; this was beyond her consideration and she couldn't answer Gu Xin's question.
"Any other discoveries?" Gu Xin pondered for a moment, then asked.
“Miss Feng has multiple ligature marks on her body, unlike Miss Feng who has multiple bruises from beatings. Moreover, the ligature marks on her body should be from the last two days, to be precise, from last night.” Zheng Qiu pointed to the body of Miss Feng, who was still naked.
Gu Xin looked over and saw that there were indeed many marks from the straps.
“Some were from before she was alive, and some were from after she died. Just now, Headmaster Feng said that there were traces of ropes wrapped around the beams of Miss Feng's room. It cannot be ruled out that the murderer used a rope to hang Miss Feng from the roof,” Zheng Qiu said.
"No, that's not right. If the murderer had hung the person from the roof, it could have been by the neck or the body lying horizontally, but there are too many ligature marks on her body, it doesn't seem like a simple hanging from the roof," Gu Xin immediately retorted.
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