Chapter 204: The case is solved, I'll tell you the story.
Yunfei's words surprised everyone present.
He looked at Jin Shu and asked carefully, "Where is the injury on the back of your head located? Is it near the occipital region?"
"Come closer." Jin Shu nodded, raised her hand to touch the back of her head, and turned to show Yun Fei.
"Where is the point of fracture in the skull?" he asked as he looked.
Jin Shu raised her index finger and pointed to a spot slightly below the center of the back of her head: "After being pieced together, it should be this position."
It's neither too high nor too low, about two inches from the occipital bone.
At this point, Yunfei said with certainty, "Then it couldn't have been this kind of blow." He said, "This kind of blow would have resulted in the point of impact being higher up, while the victim's point of impact was clearly lower down."
Jin Shu pondered for a moment: "Is it possible that the victim was bowing their head?"
“Impossible.” Yunfei shook his head. “Take me as an example, sir, and you’ll see.”
And so, right in front of Li Jin, Jin Shu stood in the courtyard and attempted to attack Yun Fei using the same posture as before.
The shovel drew an arc in the air, and just as it was about to fall, Jin Shu suddenly panicked.
She simply couldn't stop this momentum.
At the critical moment, a hand firmly grasped the other end of the shovel, as if time had stood still, and the shovel stopped an inch behind Yunfei.
Jin Shu turned pale with fright, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on her back.
Li Jin raised his eyebrows, looked at her appearance, and said sarcastically, "Sir, with such thin arms and legs, you really dare to use all your strength."
Knowing she was in the wrong, she gave an awkward laugh: "Luckily, Your Highness intervened..."
"Hmph." Li Jin snorted coldly, pulled the shovel out of her hand, stood behind Yun Fei, and imitated Jin Shu's earlier action, swinging his arm to bring the shovel to a steady stop.
With that one shot, Jin Shu saw it clearly.
"I see!"
The bottom of the shovel is not flat, but has a rounded curve.
If the blow is from top to bottom, when the victim lowers their head, the point of force is almost at the neck, not near the skull.
If the victim was standing upright with their head upright at the time, then the point of force should have been higher up.
Yun turned around, took the shovel from Li Jin's hand, and nodded, saying, "So, the murderer's real method of striking may have been one of these two."
He took a step back and assumed a horse stance: "First." As he spoke, he raised his hand and, as if splashing water, slapped it from his right rear to his upper left. "This is one type."
“Second.” He straightened up, raised the shovel in his hand to level, and almost swept it horizontally. “This is the second type.”
After the demonstration, Yunfei glanced at the shovel in his hand and added, "Women can do both of these methods, and the force is greater than the one Mr. Jin just used. The point of force can be placed slightly below the skull in both cases."
“Moreover…” Yunfei hesitated for a moment, “the victim will not fall to the ground immediately after being struck, but will reflexively hunch over.”
"If the killer were to strike repeatedly, the second blow would likely hit the cervical spine."
He was silent for a moment: "So the second time, that must have been the method you used, sir."
After listening to Yunfei's words, Jin Shu repeatedly considered the feasibility of this method in her mind.
Based on the condition of the body, she initially judged that two serious injuries had occurred simultaneously, meaning there were approximately two perpetrators.
But if what he said is true, then even one person could do it.
"Lord Yun," she pondered for a moment, then discussed with Yun Fei, "If that shovel had struck him and caused a depressed skull fracture, with that kind of force, could he really still stand?"
"Actually, the force required to cause a depressed fracture doesn't need to be particularly large, but it does require instantaneous explosive power," Yunfei said. "If the force is particularly large, perforation is more likely to occur."
Instantaneous explosive power.
Thus, Jin Shu realized that she had indeed overlooked this crucial point during the autopsy.
She cupped her hands in a salute to Yun Feixing and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Lord Yun!" She was quite moved, "I almost messed up something important."
Before Yunfei could respond, Li Jin took the shovel from Yunfei's hand and said casually, "Everyone has their own expertise. The subtle differences in marks are something that Lord Yun often studies, but it's different for you, sir."
He glanced at Jin Shu and gently stroked the back of her head: "You can't use the victim's corpse for experiments, can you?"
There's nothing wrong with what he said in itself, but given Li Jin's current actions, it becomes a big problem.
Previously in Shengzhou, when Bai Yu was chatting with Yun Fei at night, he mentioned that the prince treated Mr. Jin in an unusual way.
When Bai Yu said those words, he looked extremely mysterious, and Yun Fei even said that he was overthinking things.
But now that he's seen it with his own eyes, he's starting to believe it.
Seeing Jin Shu squatting among a large pile of shovels, searching carefully, Yun Fei called out to Li Jin to stop him from moving forward.
“You…” he lowered his voice, “If word gets out, I’m afraid the Crown Prince will make a big deal out of it.”
Li Jin paused, "What do you mean by making a big fuss about it?"
Yunfei looked embarrassed and raised his hand to cover the corner of his mouth: "Homosexuality."
Li Jin raised an eyebrow, looking at Yun Fei with surprise. He saw that Yun Fei was quite earnest, not at all joking, and gazed at Li Jin's face with deep melancholy: "Your subordinates think it's fine, but Your Highness..."
"My subordinates?" Li Jin interrupted him, one eyebrow raised and the other lowered. "You?"
He flung his fan open with a swish, waving it rapidly, and stared at Yunfei's face, his temples throbbing.
"Your subordinate misspoke," Yunfei quickly said, bowing.
In the courtyard, Jin Shu searched for the slightest traces, one by one.
Shen Wen and Zhou Zheng were also busy, helping Jin Shu categorize the items she had picked out.
Yunfei, who had been hunched over the whole time, waited for a long time, but did not receive the thunderous rage that was expected.
He was a little puzzled, and secretly glanced up, only to meet Li Jin's gaze.
Yunfei was stunned. In his eyes, there was hesitation, worry, and unease, but no anger.
“Mr. Jin is the only one who can solve the case from six years ago,” Li Jin said in a low voice. “But she doesn’t know martial arts, she’s slow, and she’s small and thin. You should protect her more often and make sure the Crown Prince doesn’t find any fault with her.”
After saying that, he glanced at Yunfei, then put away his fan, took a few steps forward, and joined the team searching for the murder weapon.
Yunfei was in a daze for a long time.
When Prince Jing, the current head of the Six Doors, was accused of having homosexual tendencies, he neither explained nor got angry, nor even gave a murderous look. He only gave a light and insignificant response.
He took a deep breath, gave a dry laugh, and rolled up his sleeves.
I do feel a little sorry for the Grand Tutor's infatuated second daughter.
At this moment, Yunfei wasn't the only one thinking about Su Wanying.
While comparing the back of the shovel, Jin Shu leaned close to Zhou Zheng and whispered, "Lord Zhou, we weren't finished talking about yesterday, about Miss Su at last year's palace banquet..."
"Su Wanying insists on competing with me in solving cases and deducing clues." Li Jin stood behind her, his face dark, and said, "Mr. Jin is really persistent!"
Jin Shu stiffened, gave an awkward laugh, and glanced at Zhou Zheng quickly walking to the other side, clicking her tongue slightly.
She turned around and looked at Li Jin, who was standing behind her with his arms crossed.
His voice softened a bit: "Solve this case, and I'll tell you the story."
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