Chapter 897: Death of Jia Huan (Part 2)
The reason why Sun Shaozong determined that there were two attackers in this murder case was naturally because he found more evidence on the body.
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Time goes back a quarter of an hour.
While the servants of Rongguo Mansion were rushing to the ear room to pass on the message, Sun Shaozong naturally would not be idle - starting from the fatal wound on the neck, he examined the various marks on the surface of the corpse inch by inch.
First of all, there are the hands, which are the only two parts of the body that are not covered by anything except the head and neck.
The left hand was relatively dry, but there was a little frost on the palm of the right hand, probably because he had sweated before his death - but other than that, no more information was found.
The deceased was wearing a mink coat with a lapel, and the area on his back covered with dust was slightly larger than the area where the body was touching the ground. It was inferred that after he fell to the ground after being attacked, he must have struggled and twisted briefly, but the amplitude was not large and the time was not very long.
Similarly, there were traces of pushing against the ground on the heels of the deceased's deerskin boots.
After unbuttoning the lapel of the mink coat and the cotton jacket underneath, it was discovered that there were a lot of sweat stains on the body. Apparently, the temporary combination of the cotton jacket and the mink coat was a little too warm.
Why is there sweat on the palms that are exposed?
Did he keep his hands in his sleeves for a long time and refused to take them out even when he felt stuffy?
Why is there no sweat on my left hand?
Is he holding something in his sleeve?
But there were no traces of holding anything for a long time on this palm...
In addition, Sun Shaozong also found another scar on Jia Huan’s left arm.
Firstly, the scar was on the outer back of the upper arm and was only the size of a grain of rice; secondly, Jia Lian had a mild skin disease and had a lot of rashes from his shoulder to his elbow, so it was almost missed at first.
Fortunately, Sun Shaozong had the habit of repeated inspections, and he discovered something strange during the second inspection.
Through observation and comparison, Sun Shaozong quickly concluded that the wound was caused by a sharp object - which was very consistent with the gilded hairpin stuck on the fatal wound.
The murderer attacked Jia Huan twice with that golden hairpin?
Such speculation is logical, but Sun Shaozong always felt that it seemed to conflict with certain details at the scene.
for example……
The shock in Jia Huan's eyes.
Since his arm had been stabbed by the murderer and there were signs of fighting under his ribs, it stands to reason that Jia Huan's emotions before his death should have been mainly fear.
Of course, these minor flaws can be barely explained away.
But to be on the safe side, Sun Shaozong decided to re-examine the marks on the surface of the body, especially the stab wound on the left arm.
It turned out that his caution was right: new evidence was found on the back side of the left upper arm of the lapel mink coat!
It was a small piece of fallen mink hair, which was very inconspicuous because it was mixed in with the overall pressure on the back. In addition, it was stained with dust and the environment was dark, so no one noticed anything wrong before.
However, after careful comparison, it can be confirmed that the degree of this part of the body is slightly more serious than the nearby area that is also pressed by the arm.
These slight differences alone don't mean much.
What really made Sun Shaozong feel like he had found a treasure was the several parts of the fallen sable hair that were stuck together - to be precise, they were frozen together by a small amount of water.
After a simple test, it was confirmed that the frozen moisture was undoubtedly sweat.
At the same time, according to the results of the two servants' personal tasting, there was a smell of powder in the frozen sweat, exactly the same as the frosty sweat on Jia Huan's right hand.
Now we can make a reasonable inference: Jia Huan may have covered the painful area with his right hand for a long time after being stabbed in the left arm, causing the palm covered by fur to sweat, which left such a mark.
In this case, the inference that the murderer attacked the gilded hairpin and Jia Huan twice becomes even more untenable.
Since Jia Huan had a considerable period of respite between the two attacks, and there were no signs of being restrained on his body, he could have easily escaped, called for help, struggled, etc. during this period of time.
Besides, since Jia Huan had already been attacked once, he must have been very wary of the murderer. How could he give the other party another chance to kill him after a period of time?
In short, no matter from which perspective, there should not be only two scars on his body, and there should be more traces left at the crime scene.
And Jia Huan's body should not have fallen in the most secluded place in the entire bamboo forest - you have to know that this path in the forest is only about thirty steps in total, and if he dodged a few steps, he would have deviated from the center.
Not to mention the emotional issues...
The more reasonable inference now is that after the first attack, Jia Huan quickly confirmed his own safety, so instead of running away or calling for help, he continued to stay in the center of the bamboo forest.
But how could he be sure that he would not be attacked again?
The murderer's guarantee?
Jia Huan is not a naive person.
murderer……
Run away?
This is very possible!
If the owner of this gilded hairpin was really the person Sun Shaozong guessed, it would be almost impossible for her to have the intention to kill Jia Huan.
If he accidentally stabbed Jia Huan to death in panic, it might be possible, but after the first attack, he launched another fatal attack on Jia Huan some time later...
Maybe she really ran away and left the murder weapon at the scene!
This also explains why the murder weapon, which could obviously reveal the identity, was left at the scene.
When Jia Huan saw her run away, he naturally didn't think there was any danger, so he stayed where he was, covering the painful spot on his left arm, waiting for another person to arrive.
As for the reason...
"Manager Zhao."
Sun Shaozong suddenly turned to Zhao Zhongji and asked, "Now that a person's debt is forgiven after death, you might as well tell me the truth. Has Huan Ge'er owed gambling debts again recently?"
"this……"
Zhao Guoji hesitated for a moment, but still nodded and said, "He sneaked out for most of the day, and when he came back he complained about his bad luck. He must have lost a lot."
That's right!
The reason why Jia Huan appeared in the bamboo forest in the middle of the night and even continued to wait after being attacked was probably because he was anxious to fill the hole of gambling debts so as not to be discovered by Jia Zheng who suddenly returned to Beijing.
but……
Why didn't he ask his mother, Aunt Zhao, for money?
Aunt Zhao followed Jia Zheng and lived a domineering life in Jiangxi for more than two years. It is impossible for her to have no savings at all.
"Since Aunt Zhao came back this time, have they ever been alone together?"
"I only stayed there for a short while."
Zhao Guoji smiled bitterly and said, "It was probably because of my fourth brother that the mother and son had a big fight. My sister was crying just now. She said she had a lot of things to say from the bottom of her heart, but she didn't even have time to say the first half of it."
I see.
This time, Aunt Zhao gave birth to a son outside, and everyone in the house was kept in the dark, even Jia Huan's own son was no exception.
For Jia Huan, who was paranoid by nature, this was undoubtedly a betrayal, and it was normal for him to argue with his mother because of this.
That's why he didn't ask his mother for help, but raised money privately.
However, given Jia Huan's notorious reputation for being hated by everyone, no one in the mansion would be willing to lend him money except his own sister Jia Tanchun, right?
But Jia Tanchun had already given all she knew to Sun Shaozong when she repaid the loan last time - and that was why the suspect that Sun Shaozong had previously identified was Jia Tanchun.
[Although Shi Xiangyun herself was poor, her family was known for their poverty and they did not have any extra expenses, so there was no reason for her to have such a thing.
Xue and Lin both have plenty of money, and Xichun is in mourning recently, so it is impossible for her to wear such a hairpin, so Jia Tanchun is the most suspicious. 】
So, besides Jia Tanchun, who was the other person invited by Jia Huan ?
Why would that person agree to his appointment in the middle of the night?
Could it be that he had something on me, so I had to...
Just as Sun Shaozong was thinking about it, Jia Baoyu and others rushed over. Sun Shaozong didn't have time to think about it, so he followed his previous plan and confirmed the owner of Liu Jinchai's head first.
But unexpectedly, he found something strange about Xue Baochai right at the beginning.
Given the current situation of the Xue family, it is absolutely impossible for Xue Baochai to use this kind of gilded hairpin. Could it be that...
Is she the second person that Jia Huan has a hold over?
