Chapter 51 51 Xiyue Town
Li Chan left after saying this.
There is actually no need to say this, as Su Yan was the one who performed the autopsy.
Xiangyun brought over a few cups of tea and said, "The Second Miss asked me to entertain you all. The kitchen has also prepared some snacks. I'll bring them over later."
Su Yan called her, "Miss Xiangyun, did you see the second and third young ladies last night?"
"...No, but the Second Miss and the Third Miss would not kill anyone. The Master is their biological father, how could they kill their father?"
Lin Bo originally wanted to say that everything depends on evidence, but after Su Yan heard Xiang Yun's words, he showed an expression of "as expected".
He didn't dare to underestimate Su Yan anymore, so he swallowed his words back.
Lin Bo was very curious about what new ideas Su Yan had in his head.
The constable who had thoroughly searched the mansion walked in and said, "Miss Su, Coroner Lin, I found traces of burning in the courtyard. It's only a small area. I wonder if it can be considered a clue."
The constable led the way, and Su Yan followed closely behind.
Lin Bo also wanted to follow, but was chased back by Su Yan. He is now also one of the suspects.
The traces the constable mentioned were in an inconspicuous corner of the corridor. It seemed that something was burned, but not much, and the diameter of the traces was no more than 20 centimeters.
"Is it possible that someone is burning paper money? Is it the murderer? Burning paper for Li Ji in advance?"
Su Yan said: "The murderer wanted Li Ji to die, so why would he burn paper money for him? And the traces are too small, it doesn't look like burning paper money."
She squatted down and gently stroked the blue bricks. "It was indeed formed recently."
Yun Xingdao: "More like burning the evidence."
"What evidence needs to be burned?" Su Yan couldn't figure out what evidence could be burned.
The murder weapon and hair have been found. Both of them could have been burned, but the murderer did not burn them and instead threw them somewhere randomly.
Is there anything more important than a murder weapon?
Yun Xing said: "There seems to be no other clues in this case. How can we investigate?"
Su Yan stared at the burn mark for a moment and smiled, "The hair on your body is given by your parents. Although the Great Zhou Dynasty did not stipulate that hair cannot be cut, ordinary people would only trim it slightly and would not cut too much at one time. Where did the hair in Li Ji's room come from?"
The hair scattered in Li Ji's room was about half a foot long, and there were very few long hairs.
Yun Xing asked: "You want to find out where the hair came from?"
Su Yan shook his head. "I need to talk to them again later. Also, Brother Constable, please help me check the Li family again."
"What?"
"All the information about the Li family," Su Yan said, "how the madam left, and the eldest daughter of the Li family. Although she is married, she should know about such a major event as her father's murder."
The constable hesitated and said, "But Miss Li married far away. I'm afraid we can't go find her. The best we can do is send a pigeon to send a letter."
Su Yan said casually, "Let's check it out first, and we'll know in a moment."
*
Li Chan and Li Yuan were eating snacks together in the west wing.
The two sisters said nothing, and seemed to be afraid of each other.
After a moment, Li Chan spoke first, "Do you still want to marry Master Zhang?"
Li Yuan joked, "My father is dead, why would I marry him? If he hadn't forced me, why would I marry a playboy? My father just saw that his family was rich."
"He took the money sent by the Zhang family and remarried. Dad is really... Never mind. Let's find a way to return the betrothal gifts and cancel the engagement."
Li Yuan said: "That old man deserves it."
Just as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door.
Li Chan glared at Li Yuan, and Li Yuan stood up in panic.
Li Chan went to open the door, "Miss Su?"
Su Yan was not surprised to see Li Chan and Li Yuan together. She took out a flower-patterned earring from her waist and said, "I found this at the scene. It is very likely left by the murderer. Have you seen it?"
Li Chan looked at Li Yuan.
Li Yuan immediately shook his head, "I don't recognize him."
"It might be left by one of Dad's women," Li Chan added, "He brought women home more than once or twice."
Su Yan was surprised and said, "But I see there is no dust on these earrings. They must have been left there recently, right?"
“…Recently as well.”
Su Yan sighed, "Mr. Li is still as sharp as ever. He is clearly preparing to remarry, but he is still... really surprising."
She bowed to the two of them and said, "I'll go ask Xiangxiu again."
Xiangyun, Xiangxiu and Mutou all have their own jobs and are not in the same place.
Xiangxiu and Mutou said they had never seen the earrings, and so did Xiangyun.
Su Yan sat in front of the kitchen stove, watching Xiangyun cutting vegetables, "You don't recognize it either? No way, I took it from your place."
Xiangyun froze.
"Xiangxiu, Mu Tou, it's fine if you two ladies don't recognize it, but how could you not recognize your own jewelry?" Xiangyun looked flustered. She put down the kitchen knife, held the chopping board and said, "It's mine? I forgot, maybe I haven't worn it for a long time."
"But you only have two pairs of earrings, and they were placed in a very conspicuous place. I saw them as soon as I walked in. How could you forget them?"
Xiangyun: “…”
Su Yan's expression suddenly turned cold, and she said loudly: "Xiangyun, you clearly know the inside story. If you don't want to tell it, the constable will take Xiangxiu back to the yamen to tell it!"
When Su Yan threatened me, I tried hard to restrain myself from thinking too much.
She was afraid that while she was acting, she would say in her mind: I was just scaring you.
Fortunately, Xiangyun was completely panicked, "Don't... I did it all, don't look for Xiangxiu."
"You admit to killing Li Ji?"
"I..." Xiangyun suddenly knelt down, tears streaming down her face, "I just hate the master. It's the master who is too much. It has nothing to do with other people. I will go back to the government office with you."
Su Yan asked: "Why do you hate him?"
Xiangyun lowered her head, "He insisted that the second young lady marry Master Zhang. The second young lady was not happy about it, so she deliberately got together with Brother Yuan in order to irritate the old master."
Brother Yuan is the little carpenter that Xiangxiu mentioned.
"Do you think this is Li Ji's fault?"
"Of course it's the master's fault," Xiangyun said, "If he hadn't been greedy for money and chosen a good husband for the second young lady, how could the second young lady be like this?"
"But you and the carpenter..."
"We were not in love, but we were very close at that time. I thought I could leave the Li residence, but I didn't expect that the second lady would appear and his heart would be seduced by her." Xiangyun emphasized, "But in the final analysis, it's all the master's fault. I came to the Li residence when I was very young, and the master treated the servants very badly and treated us like animals. I hated him a long time ago."
Su Yan said: "The hair in the main room is about the amount of a person's hair. Where did all this hair come from?"
"I went to pick it up."
"Is there a place in Xiyue Town that specializes in hair care?"
In the early years, during the heyday of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there were places in towns that provided hair care services specifically for the nobility.
But after years of war and the people's miserable lives, there are very few such places left. Perhaps only the nobles in the capital are still fascinated by them.
Xiangyun was silent for a moment, then lifted up her long hair and said, "I cut my own hair, and I also cut other people's hair, and put it together. Miss Su, you should just take me away, I accept everything."
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