However, she had some doubts after discovering the curly hair. Why would Lord Qin have such doubts? Could there be other clues?
"The officials don't just suspect Wang Liu's nephews; it's just that both of her nephews came to the village during the first month of the lunar calendar, which everyone in the village knows. During the investigation, in addition to questioning the villagers, they will also question those who came to the Wang family during the first month. Everyone who has had contact with the Wang family in the past few months will be questioned." Perhaps noticing Gu Xin's confusion, Zheng Qiu explained.
"Oh, I see! I thought Lord Qin had other evidence!" Gu Xin nodded knowingly.
Zheng Qiu smiled but did not reply.
The difficulty of this case lies in the fact that the scene was extremely clean; apart from the deceased, there was nothing else suspicious.
Moreover, the neighbors did not hear any other noises on the night the victim died, which could be attributed to them being very sleepy or to the murderer being extremely cautious.
However, the scene showed that the murderer was definitely someone who knew the Wang family very well. The chicken coop, pigsty, and even the dogs were all kept clean, and there were very few signs of a struggle inside the house.
If the deaths of the Wang family women hadn't been so gruesome, a more incompetent official might have concluded that the Wang family had simply eaten something bad.
Speaking of this, Zheng Qiu also found it strange. The murderer could have simply poisoned everyone and made it seem like they had died from eating something bad. He could have just found some convincing poison. Why did he have to be so cruel to the women of the Wang family?
If you say he's Wang Liu's nephew, then regardless of what happened, shouldn't they be treated equally? At most, they should show leniency towards their aunt, Wang Liu.
However, the men of the Wang family died the most peacefully among all the deceased. They died in their sleep after being poisoned, and judging from their deaths, they did not suffer any pain.
Zheng Qiu was completely baffled by this.
"By the way, Xiao Qiu, did you find anything out about that kid from the Wang family?" Gu Xin suddenly asked again.
"A child?" Zheng Qiu was taken aback. Something flashed through her mind, but she couldn't grasp it. "The child showed no abnormalities. Like the adult men in the Wang family, he died of poisoning."
"How old is this child?" Gu Xin asked again.
"A little over a year old, it's pitiful." Zheng Qiu sighed inwardly.
The murderer was truly vicious; he could do such a thing to a child so young.
"Oh." Gu Xin nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
The two went to check Wang Siyun's room. In fact, the fabric under Wang Siyun's fingernails had already been confirmed to be from Wang Zhangshi's clothes, but in order to find more evidence, the two still came to the room to check.
As expected, it was so clean that nothing was found.
"Third Young Master, you just said that the curly hair was found in the corners of everyone else's rooms, but it was found in the wardrobe in Wang Siyun's room?" Zheng Qiu suddenly asked as they were leaving Wang Siyun's room.
"That's right! Actually, Wang Siyun wasn't just hiding in the closet! I wonder how the murderer... wait a minute?" As she spoke, Gu Xin suddenly felt something was off.
Zheng Qiu clearly had also thought of that, otherwise she wouldn't have asked her that question.
"Xiao Qiu, Xiao Qiu, let's reconstruct how the murderer entered this place. Tell me if I did anything wrong!" Gu Xin suddenly remembered the new case in the detective book she had seen at Gu Ren Bookstore a few days ago, and she wanted to give it a try.
“Okay.” Zheng Qiu nodded. She had also read the books in Gu Ren Bookstore and knew what Gu Xin was going to do.
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