"Third Sister, are you saying that the murderer deliberately made us think that the two victims died together? And then created the situation where it was impossible for them to have died together, thus stagnating the case?" Gu En asked.
“No, I don’t think so,” Zheng Qiu refuted Gu En’s statement, saying, “I think the murderer did it openly, not as a smokescreen. Once we find one of the clues, all the problems will be solved.”
“What’s the key point?” Gu En asked.
“Let’s make an assumption!” Gu Xin thought for a moment and said, “Let’s assume that the murderer is the same person. He knows both Miss Feng the Third and Miss Feng the Fourth, and he has accomplices. Then, with the help of his accomplices, Miss Feng the Third and Miss Feng the Fourth were taken away. As for whether the murderer took the two away on his own with the help of his accomplices, or whether the two were taken away directly by his accomplices, we can assume two different scenarios.”
"First, there were accomplices both in the Feng residence and at Qiyun Temple. At the agreed-upon time, the accomplices brought the person out. Then the murderer waited in the grove to the west. Since poisoned pastries were found in both sisters' stomachs, it means that neither the accomplices nor the murderer would have aroused their suspicion. Under what circumstances would two sisters vying for the same man sit together eating pastries? Moreover, judging from the bodies of the two women, the Third Miss Feng was tortured to death. Could we speculate that the Fourth Miss Feng was actually more familiar with the murderer?"
"Second, with the help of an accomplice, the murderer personally led the person out. That means the murderer was busy all night. First, they went to the prefectural city to bring out Miss Feng the Fourth, and then returned to Qiyun Temple to bring out Miss Feng the Third. The city gates of the prefectural city close at midnight, and Miss Feng the Fourth rested at night. Between 5 pm and midnight, if they were quick, the murderer could have reached the Feng family and taken the person away. If they left the city at midnight and brought another person with them, then it would definitely take more than three hours to get back to the small grove west of Qiyun Temple. Therefore, the possibility that the murderer personally led Miss Feng the Fourth up the mountain is ruled out."
"Based on the hypothesis, the accomplice took Miss Feng out of the city to Qiyun Temple and then to the small woods to the west. The timing is correct. The problem lies in how to get her back in the middle of the night. According to Xiao Qiu's autopsy results, if the two were killed at the same time in the same place, then we need to find out how the murderer managed to get her back to the Feng family in such a short and impossible time."
Gu Xin pointed to the drawing she had made, noting the locations of Qiyun Temple and the Feng family.
"Third sister, unless you have the high-altitude speed skating that second sister told us before, it's absolutely impossible to do this." Gu En looked at the terrain on the map. The Gu family children all learned to draw from Gu Shouxin and Cai Xiaolian. Gu En could understand Gu Xin's map better than Zheng Qiu, so the speed skating that Gu Nian had told them about before immediately popped into her mind.
Gu Nian said she heard that there was a place where people really enjoyed playing thrilling games. They used sturdy ropes to connect different levels, and then the participants would slide down from the higher level to the lower one.
Gu En saw the high mountain of Qiyun Temple and then thought of the small mountain below.
If this method is used, the time spent descending from Qiyun Temple can be saved. The body can be slid down directly, and if someone is below to meet it, the person can be brought back in a short time.
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