lcionline Chapter 429 Room 4
Chapter 429 Room 4
The person who died in the well was a big man with a sturdy build and long limbs.
The reason why he was discovered was because he had thick bones, swollen skin and flesh, and was stuck at the mouth of the well, with his head less than two feet away from the well.
The man's throat was crushed and his shoulder was pierced by a sharp weapon, leaving a bloody hole.
The strange thing was that he had nothing on him except a simple, plain brown suit, not even a copper coin.
Xu Wei frowned and asked Hu Youhuai: "Is this person also a guest of the inn?"
Hu Youhuai looked terrified, as if he had seen a ghost, and was trembling and unable to speak.
Seeing this, Su Ci had no choice but to turn his gaze to the waiter beside him, "You go ahead and tell me."
The waiter swallowed nervously, "Reply...Reply to the Valley Master, this person is a guest of our inn. He is...living in room number 4."
Xu Wei: “What’s his name?”
The waiter thought for a moment and said, "I only know his surname is Liu, but I don't know his name. The guest doesn't want to tell me."
Li Lianhua looked at the corpse carefully. After a long while, he looked up at the Tianzi Building.
Guoguo pointed at the Tianzi Building and asked, "Mother, did this person fall from the Tianzi Building and then drown in the well?"
Su Ci shook his head. "He did fall into the well, but he didn't drown. He was strangled to death. The time of death should be yesterday morning. We have to do an autopsy at that time."
Xu Wei: "But, when the bailiffs searched the inn yesterday morning, they didn't hear any cries for help. Could it be that the man was already dead at that time, so the body was swollen?"
Su Ci spread his hands and said, "I don't know, that's fine."
Li Lianhua: "Let's go to his room and take a look. Maybe we can find something."
Hu Youhuai was startled and looked around obscurely.
Li Lianhua, who had been observing him, saw this and calmly moved a step to Hu Youhuai, blocking his way.
Li Lianhua grinned at him, "Manager Hu, lead the way."
Hu Youhuai said timidly: "Okay, okay, everyone follow me."
Seeing that the waiter was scared, Su Ci said to him, "Go to the hall and wait there first. I'll call you if anything happens."
The waiter felt as if he had been pardoned and left quickly.
The door of Room No. 4 was not locked, and Xu Wei opened it with just one push.
After everyone entered, they looked around the room carefully.
The bed was in disarray and a candle on the table had burned out, with the wax solidifying all over the table.
The wardrobe on the west side was half open, with a gray robe hanging inside and a bundle underneath.
The bundle was a long strip tied with a red string, and no one knew what it contained.
Xu Wei picked up the bag, opened it and was stunned.
It was an ebony tablet, on which were engraved the words "The Lotus Seat of the Late Wife Liu Jing'er" and the date of her birth and death.
The strokes were engraved with silver hooks and iron strokes, and they looked agile and flying, but deep in the strokes there was a layer of rich brown, like dried blood.
Li Lianhua rubbed her fingers and stared at the tablet thoughtfully.
"Lord Xu, look here." Su Ci's voice rang out, interrupting Li Lianhua and Xu Wei's thoughts.
The two looked in the direction Su Ci pointed, and saw an embroidered double-breasted gown lying under the bed. It was made of pink and purple satin, embroidered with silver thread, and was obviously a woman's dress.
Su Ci: "Could this clothing be the clothing of the first deceased? Did he run away from here?"
Li Lianhua looked around the room and touched the candle wax on the table. "This candle has been cold for a long time. It was definitely not lit last night. It must have burned out the night before."
Xu Wei walked around the room twice and slowly came to a painting.
It was a picture of plum blossoms.
He looked at it for a few seconds and then lifted up the painting.
Su Ci was stunned when he saw what was revealed behind the painting, and then his face turned ugly.
She looked at Hu Youhuai who had collapsed to the ground with cold eyes and said with disgust, "Hu Youhuai, explain yourself. When did my Wanhua Inn need to use such disgusting means to attract customers?"
What was revealed behind the plum picture was not a wall, but a translucent glass mirror.
This is the same as some unscrupulous hotels today installing hidden cameras specifically for the purpose of peeping.
Xu Wei knocked on the glass mirror, touched the texture, and said in amazement: "Manager Hu, you really have a brilliant idea. You know how to play, really know how to play."
Su Ci glared at him and said, "Shut up."
At this moment, Li Lianhua exclaimed "Eh!" and found a very thin crack next to the painting, going deep into the wall.
He reached out and touched it, then walked to Hu Youhuai, pulled out a strand of his hair, walked back to the wall leisurely, and put the hair in to try.
The crack was about two inches deep into the wall, almost going through it, and the edge was very neat.
Xu Wei: "Why does this crack look like... like... a dagger?"
As he spoke, he pulled out the dagger from his secret pocket and pointed at the crack.
Su Ci was puzzled and asked, "The buildings of Wanhua Inn are all made of blue bricks. The dagger shouldn't be able to penetrate two inches into the wall, right? Could it be a sharp sword?"
Li Lianhua shook her head. "No, if it was a long sword, two inches would not be enough to stabilize the sword and it would definitely fall. But you can see that there is no sign of warping on the crack on the wall, which means it is not a long sword."
Xu Wei added: "There are indeed such short swords and daggers in this world. These three can be called divine weapons. One is the Bodhi Wisdom Sword, which is now in the Emei Sect;
One is Xiao Taohong, in the hands of "White Horse Whip" Yang Chuihong; the last one is the Evil Binding Sword. It is the usual weapon of "King of Hell in the Northwest" Lu Yangqin. "
At this time, Li Lianhua laughed, "I understand."
Xu Wei also laughed, "I know that too."