C53 (2/2)
Su Li frowned again, thinking back to the situation he touched just now, he looked at the crying Mrs. Hu, who was like a shrew.
”As you can see, the body of the little gongzi has been destroyed like this. If you trust me, you can send the corpse to Yi Village, I will skin it and sew it back together, so that he will have as much sense of decorum as possible.”
Mrs. Hu stopped crying and looked at Su Li hesitantly. After a while, he choked out a question, ”Can you really make my Zhuo'er walk in a more decent manner?”
”I'll do my best, but it'll be better than this.”
Mrs. Hu nodded, ”Then I'll be counting on you.”
”Fourth Miss, Lord Magistrate invited us. We discovered something over there.” Officials came to report.
Su Li nodded and instructed the Shopkeeper Hu to send the coffin to Yi Village, then he followed Song Lai and left.
Because the morning dew was heavy in the forest, the ground was wet and extremely soft, so where there were no weeds, the footprints would be very clear.
When Su Li arrived, he showed her a few footprints, ”These footprints were found on the side of the grave, and they extended all the way here before disappearing.”
Su Li squatted and carefully examined the footprints.
Medical practice and scar testing are compulsory courses.
In the modern world, it was already possible to deduce the basic physical characteristics of the murderer just by looking at the footprints. Thus, in the absence of any clues, these footprints were extremely valuable.
”The footprints are shallow and deep. This criminal is a cripple.” There were not many crippled people, so if he were to check them one by one, he was sure that there would be benefits.
However, before he could even finish getting excited, Su Li had already splashed a bucket of cold water on his face.
”Although the footprints are shallow and deep, they are not the footprints that Cripple left behind.”
”Why?” Song Lai was puzzled.
Su Li gritted his teeth as the wound on his back reopened after the collision, causing him to hurt more and more.
She forced herself to explain, ”If the footprints were made by Cripple, because of his unstable body, the lighter ones would move on the ground and become blurry, but the surface of these footprints would still be clear.”
”Then why are these footprints so deep and shallow?” This time, it was Wang Quanan who asked.
Before he sent people to invite Su Li over, he had also inferred that the person who left the footprints was Cripple, but he never thought that …
”The shallow left footprint and the deep right footprint indicate that when the culprit left, the right one carried a heavy load. It is possible that the culprit carried the tools needed to commit the crime on his right shoulder, such as the iron tools needed to open the coffin lid.”
After hearing Su Li's explanation, everyone came to a realization, that Su Li's methods were a little better.
”Do Magistrate Wang have a ruler?”
”Yes.” Wang Quanan looked at the official beside him, who immediately gave him the ruler.
Su Li took it and carefully measured the length of the footprints. They were a little more than a foot long.
”What's the use of Fourth Miss measuring the length of footprints?”
”Generally speaking, the length of a foot has a lot to do with a person's height. There is a scientific basis for this conclusion.”
”What is science?”
”…” Su Li was speechless for a few seconds, ”Science is the greatest person.”
A few of them looked at Su Li in a daze.
Su Li did not speak anymore, and only after measuring the distance between a few sets of footprints did he straighten up.
According to the scientific basis, if the length of the foot was multiplied by 8.8, the criminal's approximate height could be calculated. As for the footprint distance, it was very regular and uniform.
She felt reassured and looked at the officials. ”All of you, go and step on a footprint in the mud.”