Chapter 11: A couple quarreled and murdered each other (11) The grandmother who stabbed the paper dolls...
"Du Meizhen could hire a man to ambush in the corridor in advance, and rush in after Shen Xueyao opened the door. The two of them could work together to kill her, and then hang her on the fan to create the illusion that she hanged herself," Sang Luo analyzed convincingly. "The Du family is wealthy and dotes on their daughter. Du Meizhen should have a lot of pocket money."
Ma Shi Tu shook his head: "If it is what you said, Shen Xueyao would also struggle and resist. She should have fighting wounds on her body, but you have also read the autopsy report. She has no other wounds except the marks of strangulation. Besides, it was not long from the time of the crime to when we arrived at the family building. Does Du Mei really have time to finish all these things?"
"This..." Sang Luo was stunned. She had to admit that her master's question made sense. It takes a lot of time to subdue a person, kill her, and then hang her on the fan. In this case, the murderer obviously did not have enough time.
"Sang Luo, solving a case requires imagination, but you can't rely solely on imagination," Ma Shi Tu reminded, "Physical evidence and confessions are the most important. The most important thing right now is to interrogate Du Meizhen. The interrogation has not yet been completed, so no conclusion can be drawn."
Sang Luo nodded repeatedly, admitting that he had taken things for granted. It was lunch time and the cafeteria was open, so the two had to go eat first and then interrogate Du Meizhen after lunch.
After getting his meal, Sang Luo looked around the cafeteria with his lunch box. The cafeteria was still full, with only the seat next to forensic doctor Bai Bingxin empty. Sang Luo had a question to ask, so he took his chopsticks and sat next to Bai Bingxin.
Bai Bingxin seemed a little surprised to see someone sitting next to her. She glanced at Sang Luo calmly and found that it was a new face, so she asked:
"Are you the new female detective? The one who got first place in the exam?"
Sang Luo was not modest and admitted generously: "Yes, hello, my name is Sang Luo."
Bai Bingxin nodded: "I heard that you applied for the criminal police position? If you have this ability, you can obviously apply for the county government."
"That won't do. Solving the case is my ideal!" Sang Luo patted his chest.
Bai Bingxin smiled faintly, with admiration in her eyes: "You are exactly the same as I was when I first joined the company."
Without much pleasantries, Sang Luo quickly got straight to the point: "Sister Bingxin, I want to ask you a few questions about the murder case of a couple quarreling two days ago. I remember that you were the one who dissected those two bodies."
As soon as the proposal was raised, Bai Bingxin immediately became serious. She put down her chopsticks and looked at Sang Luo expectantly: "Ask, what's the question?"
Sang Luo repeated his hypothesis and finally asked, "What if Du Meizhen and the strange man strangled or strangled Shen Xueyao to death and then hung her body? Is this possible?"
"It's impossible," Bai Bingxin replied immediately. "Two people were strong enough to hang her up, but there is one thing you may not know - the signs of being strangled and hanging are different."
"Whether you strangle someone with a rope or with your hands, there will be a complete circle of marks on the neck," Bai Bingxin gestured with her hands, "but if you hang someone with a rope, only the front of the neck will be left with marks, and the area of the scar will be different."
"Oh," Sang Luo understood, "If someone is strangled to death, it will leave a 360-degree scar, but hanging only leaves a 180-degree scar."
"You can say that," Bai Bingxin nodded, "Anyway, I am 100% sure that Shen Xueyao committed suicide by hanging herself. The tricks you mentioned cannot be hidden from the eyes of the forensic doctor. We forensic doctors are not here for free."
Sang Luo added: "If Du Mei really gave Shen Xueyao sleeping pills and waited until she was unconscious before hanging her up, it would also create the illusion that she committed suicide by hanging."
Bai Bingxin smiled: "How is that possible? You should have read the autopsy report. No sleeping pills were found in the blood of the deceased woman."
Sang Luo lowered his head and started to think again. If Shen Xueyao committed suicide by hanging herself, then his previous hypothesis would be overturned. She was not the murderer, so why would she hang herself? Was there someone at the scene who coerced her?
Another picture emerged in Sang Luo's mind: Du Meizhen threatened Shen Xueyao with a secret, and Shen Xueyao had no choice but to commit suicide in tears...
Suddenly, the master's words rang in Sang Luo's mind. It is useless to daydream. We must combine reality and interrogate Du Meizhen as soon as possible. Perhaps after the interrogation, everything will be clear.
Thinking of this, Sang Luo hurriedly finished his meal, returned to the interrogation room, and began interrogating Du Meizhen.
The master sat next to Sang Luo, but he did not speak. It was obvious that he wanted to give Sang Luo a chance to practice, so Sang Luo said sternly:
"Du Meizhen, where did you go on the night of the incident?"
In order to frighten Du Meizhen, Sang Luo deliberately put on a fierce expression, but unexpectedly, Du Meizhen burst into tears. She cried and shouted, "I'm at Grandma Gao's place. She's a shaman and lives at No. 17 Nanfeng Street. If you don't believe me, you can go ask her!"
Unexpectedly, Du Meizhen confessed immediately. Sang Luo and the master were very surprised. Sang Luo asked again: "Why did you look for her?"
Du Meizhen cried and said, "I... I went to her to stab the villain. I hated Shen Xueyao and wanted to find a way to get rid of her, but I didn't dare to commit a crime, so I thought about it and decided to use some special means."
Sang Luo: "Special means, do you mean feudal superstition?"
Du Meizhen nodded embarrassedly: "I told my friends about my troubles. My friend Fangfang told me that she lives on Nanfeng Street. There is a very effective Grandma Gao on that street. Grandma Gao came from the south and knows some folk magic. She is best at cursing others. It is said that she is very effective. Everyone who has visited her has got what they wanted. So I want to give it a try."
"What's the result?" Sang Luo asked.
Du Meizhen recalled: "The result... was actually very effective. After I found Grandma Gao, she said she had several spells. The lowest level was called "Step on the Little People" and the highest level was called "Punch the Little People". The higher the level, the more expensive the spell, and of course, the better the effect."
"I didn't want to spend too much money, so I bought the lowest-level figurine-stomping device. She gave me a piece of paper and asked me to write the name of the person I hated on it. I wrote the three words 'Shen Xueyao'. Then she cut the paper into a human shape, stepped on it, and muttered a lot. Only then did she end the spell."
"I didn't have much hope at first, but that night, my brother suddenly went out, saying he wanted to give Shen Xueyao a surprise—" Du Meizhen said, with a hint of smugness on her face, "After he came back, he seemed like a different person. He wasn't obsessed with Shen Xueyao at all, he hated her very much, and even said he wanted to break up with her."
Hearing this, Sang Luo showed a trace of confusion on his face. Is this thing actually useful?
Du Meizhen said complacently: "I was so happy at that time. I got this woman out of my house without any effort. My brother will be mine from now on. I thought the matter was over -"
Du Meizhen's expression turned from sunny to cloudy: "But after two days, my brother still didn't give up. He called that woman again and asked her to meet him!"
Sang Luo interrupted her: "Did you overhear this?"
Du Meizhen admitted: "Yes, I deliberately lay in front of his door and eavesdropped. He didn't notice. What's wrong with me? I just wanted to eavesdrop on his phone calls and read his letters. He is my brother and belongs to me alone!"
"Stop!" Sang Luo didn't want to get entangled with her on these emotional issues. "Let's get back to the point. You overheard that they were going to meet, and then what?"
Du Meizhen pinched her thigh and said, "I'm very anxious. I finally got my brother back. I don't want to lose him again. What if that woman acts like a spoiled child when they meet this time and my brother softens his heart again? What if they get back together?"
"So you killed them?" Sang Luo wanted to trick Du Meizhen.
Du Meizhen immediately retorted: "How is that possible? I just want that woman to die, not my brother! Besides, I don't have the courage to do that. I don't even dare to fight with others. I can only go to Grandma Gao."
"After hearing the call, I immediately went out to Nanfeng Street to find Grandma Gao. This time I'm going to buy a more powerful spell so that the two of them can never get back together!"
"After arriving at the place, I directly bought the most advanced ritual of making a doll. Grandma Gao made a doll for me and pasted a photo of Shen Xueyao on it, the one you found in my room. She asked me to place the doll in the east direction of the house. Of course, I couldn't do it openly, so I stuffed it inside the teddy bear. I didn't expect you to find it anyway."
"I was so sad after my brother died that I forgot to throw that thing away. What a pity! If I had thrown it away earlier, you wouldn't have been able to find it."
"You said you were on Nanfeng Street on the night of the incident. Do you have any witnesses?" Sang Luo asked.
Du Meizhen was very confident: "Of course, my two friends Ah Zhen and Fang Fang accompanied me. The three of us always go together and never separate. And Grandma Gao also said that the more people step on the villain, the more effective it is!"
Sang Luo's heart sank. It seemed that she was completely wrong. She immediately asked, "Since you have nothing to do with this case, why didn't you tell me earlier when I asked you?"
Du Meizhen looked innocent: "Of course I can't tell them. I am usually so well behaved in the eyes of my parents. Now if they know that I did this, how will they look at me? How will the neighbors look at me?"
Ma Shi Tu looked helpless: "You are doing this for your own face and delaying the police's investigation!"
"Actually, what I'm most worried about is that my parents will resent me," Du Meizhen thought of something and her face turned disappointed. "It's all my fault that I used too much magic this time. I had to stab some villain and killed my brother. Actually, I just wanted to curse that woman to death, but I didn't expect that my wish would come true in this way. My brother died, and that woman died too..."
"I was the one who killed my brother. I accidentally hurt him when I was stabbing a villain. Now it's okay. They won't get back together, but my brother won't come back either..."
"You are believing in feudal superstition!" Ma Shi Tu couldn't stand it anymore and began to criticize and educate Du Meizhen.
Sang Luo was flipping through the notes on the table alone, and suddenly a new idea came to her mind. According to Du Meizhen, every time she went to Grandma Gao to cast a spell, bad things would happen to Du Lingfeng and Shen Xueyao. Could there be any connection between them?
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