C142 (1/2)
After Juan Niang's autopsy, Su Li looked at the child.
The only clue he had was the knife in his arm.
According to the angle, cut surface and depth it looked like a very thin crescent shaped dagger. Generally speaking, most people used a straight dagger but few people used a curved dagger. If the murderer showed up then based on this point it was very easy to identify him.
Afraid that he would miss something, Su Li re-examined the corpses of the Juan Niang's mother and son.
The clues were the same as before, so she took out a needle and thread and started to sew up Juan Niang.
After she finished stitching, she helped Juan Niang organize the corpse and covered it with a white cloth.
Su Li's heart was not as relaxed as before the autopsy. She did not get many clues from the autopsy, but once Juan Niang was buried, it was unlikely that she would be able to dig out more graves to open up the coffin. She was worried that her negligence would cause the case to fall into a deadlock.
”Fourth Miss, you have done your best.” Song Lai saw through Su Li's thoughts and comforted him.
”Let's make another deduction based on the available witness and physical evidence to see if there are any who have been left out.” Su Li pointed outside and walked out with Song Lai.
Stars Pet Chain Supermarket was sitting on the steps, and the two of them found an empty seat beside her.
”Suppose the servant girl Indigo had been knocked out in advance, the Juan Niang would wake up at night, and Wang Mingyang would have to sleep to death. She would not be able to wake Indigo up, and she did not want to wake up the mama either, so she decided to go to the latrine by herself.” Su Li was the first to speak.
Song Lai continued, ”Juan Niang went to the latrine, and when he flipped his hand to close the door, the murderer who hid there before strangled him from the back, dying, and then, the murderer …”
Su Li's originally chaotic mind suddenly became clear, ”No …”
”What's wrong with that?” Song Lai asked, even Stars Pet Chain Supermarket was looking at him in confusion.
Su Li recalled the details inside the latrine, then said, ”There is an extremely heavy sandalwood fragrance around the dead person, pregnant women normally won't use incense, that means this fragrance might be coming from the culprit, and pregnant women themselves are very sensitive to scent. If the culprit was hiding behind the shelves, when Juan Niang opened the door, he would have definitely noticed the odour and reacted …”
”Fourth Miss means to say that Juan Niang is familiar with that smell? ”You don't think it's dangerous?” Song Lai said.
Su Li nodded her head, ”On Juan Niang's corpse, there are no signs of struggle or resistance at all. She was completely unprepared when she closed the door, and was restrained by the murderer from the back.”
”So you're saying, the culprit is related to the Juan Niang?”
Su Li bit his lower lip, ”We can't rule out that possibility, this is a new direction of investigation.”
Other than this, when she left the Wang Family, what did the mama by the wife's side want to say to her?
What was the wife trying to hide?
”There must be something wrong with that mama. Fourth Miss, I'll go and tie her up tonight.” Stars Pet Chain Supermarket clenched her fists expressionlessly. Thinking about the baby in the pool of blood, her anger rose to a crescendo.
Su Li quickly waved his hands, ”Don't, this game that violates the law should not be played. Although we don't know anything about this case, you must believe that the truth will never come out late, those who have died in vain will one day obtain justice.”
The stars fell silent, no longer making a sound.
Su Li took Song Lai's record book and read through it, ”This is all the clues, stop!”
”Is Fourth Miss going to the magistrate court?”
When Su Li heard this, he subconsciously looked at the sky. Mo Lianjin's words seemed to be etched deeply into her mind, to the point that she couldn't forget them even if she wanted to.
It wasn't long until dinner time!
”Let's go to the magistrate court together. There's no need to delay the case.” It seemed to be against his will!
”Alright.”
Song Lai went to talk with the officer in charge of guarding the morgue, and then the three of them left together.
The Yi Village not far away was in the process of being repaired. From the looks of it, it would still need a month or so to be completed.
”Oh yeah, I went to see Tang Rufeng recently, and he's still like before. Does Fourth Miss have no other choice?” Song Lai suddenly asked.