Chapter 113 - 112: It’s Time to Bring Justice to the Deceased (Second Update)

Chapter 113: Chapter 112: It’s Time to Bring Justice to the Deceased (Second Update)

After the murderer killed the person, because the resentment in their heart was not fully relieved, acts of mutilating the corpse of the deceased are common in murder cases, especially in cases of revenge killings or crimes of passion.

Xu Jing didn’t say much, only remarked in a calm voice, "It’s still uncertain if the murderer is indeed the Young Master Sang of the Tongfu Inn. It’s somewhat biased for the County Magistrate to say so."

Having said that, she looked at Xiao Yi and said, "Vice Minister Xiao, I want to go inside and take another look at the crime scene. This time you don’t need to bother, feel free to call someone to assist me."

Xiao Yi was slightly stunned, kept silent for a moment, and finally said, "Alright."

He spoke, casually instructing one of the officers to assist Xu Jing.

Although he really wanted to assist her personally, earlier he helped her because the people from the county government weren’t there, and he was the only one present who could assist her.

But now, with so many people around, if he insisted on helping her, it would appear somewhat unreasonable.

Moreover, this place is not Anping County, where everything is under his control. If people here saw him insist on helping her and started spreading unpleasant rumors about her, it wouldn’t be good either.

Seeing Xu Jing entering, he followed her inside.

Xiao He noticed Zhao Jingming craning his neck, wishing his eyes could penetrate the walls, and couldn’t help but chuckle, "If you’re curious, you can go in and have a look too."

Zhao Jingming was slightly stunned and smacked his forehead, "Right! Why didn’t I think of that! It won’t hurt to go in and take a look!"

Saying that, he eagerly followed in.

Xu Jing let the officer assist her directly to the inner chamber where the deceased was, looked at the large bloodstains splattered on the wall next to the dressing table, and then at the mottled bloodstains on the floor.

Finally, her eyes fixed on the line of dotted bloodstains arranged in a zigzagging line from the dressing table to the bed.

At this point, Xiao Yi, who had followed, said, "You must have noticed earlier, the place where the deceased was killed should be around the dressing table."

Xu Jing looked up at him, nodded slightly, and said, "You can tell from the bloodstains on the wall. This kind of splatter pattern only forms when a human artery ruptures and blood spurts out suddenly.

After the murderer killed the deceased at the dressing table, they carried the deceased and transferred them to the bed.

The dotted bloodstains on the ground arranged in a straight line were left by the murderer while moving the deceased. From the shape of the bloodstains, it can be guessed that the murderer shouldered the deceased under the armpits and slowly dragged them to the bedside. Therefore, blood dripped continuously from the wound as the deceased was moved, and in this posture, neither the deceased nor the murderer would disturb the dripping blood, which is why the bloodstains are so even and almost undisturbed.

However, when I first examined the scene, I noticed a very peculiar point..."

She suddenly let the officer assist her to a position between the dressing table and the bed, and slowly squatted down to look at a small pool of blood on the ground.

Clearly, the dotted bloodstains in front of this blood pool were arranged in a straight line.

Suddenly, this line seemed to break, covered by this small pool of blood.

The dotted bloodstains before this pool of blood were also noticeably lighter than the previous ones and showed signs of being wiped.

Afterward, the line resumed and extended all the way to the bed.

Xiao Yi had also noticed this earlier, walked over to Xu Jing, looked down for a moment, and said, "You already have someone in mind you suspect, don’t you?"

Xu Jing looked up at him, the corners of her mouth suddenly curled with no emotion, "When I first checked the scene, I wasn’t clear about the relationships around the deceased. I didn’t actually have someone to suspect, just knew the murderer must be someone around the deceased.

However, at that time, I vaguely knew how to identify the murderer and where the evidence proving the murderer’s identity was."

Xiao Yi saw Xu Jing’s expression and immediately understood, "From the earlier conversation, you have identified who the murderer is?"

Xu Jing nodded slightly, "Yes."

She stood up, took a deep look at the distant body of the beautiful woman whose eyes were still open and hadn’t closed in peace, and said calmly, "Let’s go, it’s time to seek justice for the deceased."

Zhao Jingming beside them was confused, "???"

Were they speaking in code just now?

Xu Siniang knew who the murderer was? And where the crucial evidence was?

And learned this from the previous conversation?

Did he miss something during the conversation? Why couldn’t he figure anything out?

Just then, a voice from outside reported, "Report to Vice Minister Xiao, we have brought Young Master Sang from the Tongfu Inn! Young Master Sang claims that he indeed came to the deceased’s room this morning, but at that time, the deceased was already dead!

He realized something was wrong and left immediately. The blood on his sleeve was from that time!

Moreover, he said it was the deceased who left him a note, asking him to find her, which is why he came, and he still has that note in his hand!"

Almost simultaneously, a familiar arrogant male voice sounded, "Let go of me, I can walk on my own!

I didn’t kill anyone! I just received a letter from Su Wan, wanting to have a rendezvous with the beauty, who knew she was already dead by then! I couldn’t believe it, so I leaned in to check her breath, that’s how the blood got on my sleeve!"

Xu Jing and Xiao Yi looked towards the door, one after the other walked out.

Upon seeing them, the indignant Sang Shaochen was taken aback, suddenly breaking into a cold sweat, instinctively saying, "Why... why is it you again!"

The officer beside holding him in place promptly kicked him, sternly scolding, "Dare to show disrespect to Vice Minister Xiao, you’ve got some nerve!"

Sang Shaochen trembled again, quickly gathering his wits, usually flexible, after the initial shock, he immediately pleaded to Xiao Yi, "So you’re Vice Minister Xiao! Your humble servant... apologies again for what happened last night! I beg of Vice Minister Xiao to please help your humble servant, I truly didn’t commit murder!"

Xiao Yi eyed him coldly, gesturing to the officer to release Sang Shaochen, "You say you came because you received a note from the deceased, where is the note?"

Sang Shaochen quickly dug out a folded note from a pouch at his waist and handed it over obsequiously to Xiao Yi, "Here! Here! I kept it with me fearing that the woman would deny it after I went to her!

This note appeared at your humble servant’s room door this morning. At this point, I’ll be frank, I... I always came to Xinghua Inn because I fancied Su Wan! Who knew she was so aloof, no matter what I did she wouldn’t let me kiss her, seeing this note this morning, I thought she finally came around! That’s why I came without a second thought!"

Xiao Yi ignored his filthy speech, unfolded the note to see it only contained a single sentence—come look for me later.

Just this one sentence, without even a signature.

Xiao Yi slightly frowned, Sang Shaochen seemed to know what he was thinking, quickly said, "Although Su Wan didn’t sign her name, the handwriting is clearly a lady’s, the only woman at Xinghua Inn who would invite your humble servant is Su Wan, there’s no other woman, so your humble servant immediately guessed, this note was written by Su Wan for your humble servant."

Xiao Yi handed the note to Wei Dadong and Nianxia, who were eagerly eyeing it, "Take a look, is this the deceased’s handwriting."

They took it, and upon seeing it, their faces suddenly changed dramatically.

Nianxia’s hand couldn’t help but tremble, hoarsely saying, "Impossible, impossible... there must be some misunderstanding..."

Wei Dadong’s expression was somewhat dazed, seeming completely unable to accept this matter.

From their expressions, it was evident, the writing on the note was indeed the deceased’s!

Xinghua couldn’t hold back a mocking remark, "You still dare to say your lady and Young Master Sang had no connections? If there’s no connection, why write such an ambiguous note inviting a man!"

Nianxia bit her lip fiercely, almost breaking it, yet with such solid evidence before her, she had no idea how to refute.

At this point, Xu Jing suddenly looked at Sang Shaochen, asking, "How did you find this note in the morning, please describe the circumstances in detail to us at that time."