Chapter 71 They are all the same (Part )

This means that the pig is being washed and prepared to be chopped and put into the pot!
Coroner Chen frowned subconsciously and said, "This bamboo brush can prick people very hard. Who would use this thing to brush their body?"

Lu Lu took a deep breath and said, "The deceased was forced to do it. Whether it was taking a bath or brushing her body with a bamboo brush, she did it under the coercion of the murderer."

"Yes."

Su Liuyue nodded and said, "After the murderer had the victim wash herself, he made her kneel on the ground and kowtow to him. When she was almost done kowtow, he strangled her to death."

Coroner Chen's brows couldn't help but frown even more tightly.

Where did this murderer get this quirk from, to have to wash the person clean before killing him?

At this moment, a sharp creaking sound suddenly came from outside the door. Everyone turned their heads suddenly and saw that Sun Zhaoan had been standing outside with a terribly dark face.

The sound just now was caused by him accidentally bumping into the chair behind him.

Lu Lu was slightly stunned and said, "Sun Wukong, didn't I ask you to find out about the deceased's situation..."

"I've seen people die in this way before."

Sun Zhaoan suddenly said in a deep voice: "I have seen him twice before, just a year ago."

The router's voice suddenly paused and he looked at him in shock.

Sun Zhaoan pursed his lips and said, "You probably don't have any impression, because you haven't participated in this case before. At that time, Kang Shaoyin was in charge of the two cases, and I followed Kang Shaoyin. Because the deceased died in a very strange way, I was deeply impressed.

Just now, when I saw the deceased, I actually thought of those two cases. It was not until I saw Su Xiaolangjun find the bamboo brush in the bathtub that I was convinced that the three cases were almost exactly the same! "

This shows that in the two cases a year ago, the victims were brutally robbed from inside to outside by the murderer.

Su Liuyue couldn't tell what she felt for a moment.

This was the third case she encountered after coming to Jingzhao Prefecture. Who would have thought that it was another major serial murder case!

Lu Lu quickly walked up to Sun Zhaoan and asked a series of questions, "What was the situation of the two cases at that time? Who were the victims? How far did you investigate at that time?"

However, before Sun Zhaoan could answer, several yamen runners strode in and saluted, saying, "Captain, we have a general understanding of the deceased's situation. The deceased's surname is Ning. Her husband and eldest son were forcibly conscripted half a year ago. There has been no news since then, leaving only her and a young child to depend on.

Ning's family was poor, and she had always been weak and sickly. It was very difficult for her to support herself and a young child, so..."

The yamen runner paused and said, "Later, she began to secretly receive guests to earn some money to make a living."

He put it in a tactful way, but what he actually meant was that Ning was a secret prostitute who had been selling her body.

Lu Lu was startled when he heard this, and subconsciously glanced at Su Liuyue. Seeing that her expression did not change, he continued, "So, the person who killed her yesterday was her guest?"

"should be."

The bailiff nodded, frowned slightly and said: "However, Ning's job is not glorious. It is not easy to find out who her customers are. This kind of...secret prostitutes are usually introduced by acquaintances, and some of them take the initiative to go to the streets to solicit customers.

We tried to ask the neighbors nearby if anyone saw anyone entering or leaving Ning's house last night, but they all said they didn't see anyone. "Su Liuyue said, "The murderer obviously came here with murderous intent. It's normal for him to avoid people nearby when he came here. And I think this is definitely not the first time the murderer has come to Ning's house. He knew the situation in Ning's house in advance and knew that Ning's house had a bathtub, so he brought a bamboo brush to complete this murder."

One of the bailiffs suddenly said, "Wait, wasn't there another person in this room last night? The deceased's child might have some impression of the murderer..."

As he spoke, he seemed to realize that it was a bit cruel to ask a child this question, and his voice gradually lowered.

At this moment, the woman who had been holding the crying child beside her said reluctantly, "It's no use asking Xiao Douzi. Madam Ning...has always avoided doing this kind of thing with Xiao Douzi. Every time, she would coax Xiao Douzi to sleep early before letting those men in."

Su Liuyue couldn't help but look at the woman, remembering that she had just looked at the dead woman's mouth and didn't see any signs of her mouth being tied, or even any signs of anything being stuffed in her mouth.

This means that when the murderer committed the crime last night, the victim could have called for help, but she didn't. Is it because the murderer threatened her with her child?
Su Liuyue said, "You know what the deceased was doing, don't you have any thoughts about her?"

"Of course there are, but I have been neighbors with Madam Ning's family for more than ten years, so I know her well. If she could live a decent life, she wouldn't have to ruin herself like this!"

The woman had been covering Xiao Douzi's ears very considerately from the beginning, and shook her head and said, "Besides, the war has just ended, and there are so many women doing this kind of work around here, can I really reject them one by one?

The most important thing is that no matter what his mother did, the child is innocent."

Are there many women like this around here?

Su Liuyue couldn't help but frown.

At this time, Sun Zhaoan said with a pale face: "If this is the case, those women... may be in danger. The two women who died a year ago, one was also a secret prostitute in Xinjing, and the other was a girl in Wanhua Tower.

It was precisely because their identities were too low that Kang Shaoyin did not investigate very carefully. When he could not find anything, he simply turned it into an unsolved case! "

Wanhualou is a brothel in Xinjing, but it is not of high quality and its clients are usually common people.

Even the type of victim matches!

Su Liuyue was slightly stunned, then suddenly looked at him and asked, "Wanhua Tower is different from a brothel. In addition to the girls, there are also many servants. If he killed a girl in Wanhua Tower, there must be servants in Wanhua Tower who have an impression of him, right?"

Sun Zhaoan shook his head and said, "The girl from Wanhua Tower was not killed in Wanhua Tower, but...died in a dilapidated courtyard on the edge of the outer city. She had escaped from Wanhua Tower before, and no one thought that she would be killed.

The yard was rented by a traveling merchant. When the girl died there, the traveling merchant had just left the capital. However, as the lease of the yard had not yet expired, the landlord was not in a hurry to find the next tenant.

We found the record of the merchant leaving the city. When the victim was killed, he had already left the capital, so he couldn't be the murderer."

"Escaped?"

Lu Lu was somewhat surprised and said, "I remember that the girls in that place were strictly controlled. It was basically difficult for them to find a chance to escape. Moreover, their indentures were in the hands of the madam of Wanhua Tower. What's the point of them escaping?"

"Hard to say."

Su Liuyue shook her head and said, "The indenture contract only has a binding effect on the government. As long as she can escape successfully and not be caught by the government, she can fabricate a fake identity and continue to live when she escapes to another place.

However, this kind of thing is naturally not so easy to do. If you are really caught, the consequences will not be something that ordinary people can bear. "

Su Liuyue suddenly looked at Sun Zhaoan and said, "The girl who was murdered in Wanhua Tower had just entered Wanhua Tower not long ago?"