Chapter 1259 Looking at Mother, Retracting Her Neck Into Her Collar

Outside the Sun family dyeing workshop, people have been coming and going in the past two days, all coming quietly for a stroll. Everyone is curious about how bad the feng shui of this cloth workshop is, and why two young masters died in a row?

Compared to Huang Erbao and Gao Huai, who had little status and background, the deaths of Sun Jian and Sun Tong were widely spread in this small county!

When Liu Wei arrived with Xiao Li, she saw many people poking their heads outside the cloth shop.

Liu Wei glanced at Xiao Li, who coughed, ran over and said a few words to the gatekeeper.

After listening to what he said, the yamen officer used a yamen stick to drive away the people around him. There was some obstruction when driving people away. The county is not big, and most people looked up and looked down. It was inevitable that there would be familiar faces here. Yes, one of the yamen servants expelled even an uncle of his own family. He was unprepared when he chased people away, and even let the uncle hit him on the head.

After almost driving everyone away, Liu Wei and Xiao Li went in and said, "In two days, we can sell tickets."

But wherever there is a dead person, most people will walk around for fear of bad luck. It is indeed rare to see people rushing to see the excitement.

According to Xiao Li's description, Liu Wei walked a full circle from the front door to the back door, without stopping too much as he walked, just looking around casually.

Xiao Li was not sure whether her mother had noticed something wrong, so she could only follow her and introduce them one by one.

But when she arrived at the patio, her mother suddenly stopped. She looked at the large square hole above her head that shot straight into the sky, and slowly frowned.

Xiao Li immediately became energetic: "Mom?"

Liu Wei turned her eyes and saw that there was a well under the patio, but it looked a little dilapidated. The wooden barrels placed next to the well were all broken.

Liu Wei walked over and looked towards the bottom of the well.

Xiao Li said: "Mom, I checked this well on the first day. The well is already a little dry. It is only enough for Zhao Wu to wash up. If he really needs too much water, he has to go to the cloth shop to get it. .”

"Dry well?" Liu Wei pondered.

Xiao Li leaned over and said, "It hasn't dried up yet, but it is estimated that it will dry up within this year. There may be something blocking it underneath. I heard that the water flow has started to decrease in recent years."

The wells in the Sun Family Dyeing and Clothing Workshop existed before the construction of the cloth workshop. There were more than just this well, but this one was the only one that was blocked.

Liu Wei squatted beside the half-dry well, looking inside again and again, motionless.

Xiao Li waited for a long time and then asked cautiously: "Does mother think that the murderer brought up Sun Tong's body parts through this well?"

Liu Wei turned around and glanced at his son: "What?"

Xiao Li blinked, looked at her mother, and then at the well.

Liu Wei was helpless: "The murderer came in through the front door! I just thought it was strange when I looked at this well!"

Xiao Li ignored the second half of her mother's words and was only surprised at the first part: "You really came in through the front door? Why? Mom, what did you find? Where did you find it? Tell me quickly, tell me quickly!"

Liu Wei couldn't concentrate on thinking because of her son's constant chatter, so she had to pull her son to the front door.

This main entrance is the largest front entrance in the entire Bufang.

Because Sun Jian's body was found in the cloth workshop, the entire front yard and middle yard were sealed off. Only the back yard could be entered through the small door on the side.

Letting his son stand at the gate, Liu Wei pointed: "What do you see?"

Xiao Li stared at the copper lock surface and said carefully: "The big lock has been used for many years. The lock is very old. The area around the keyhole is very messy, and there are traces of key holes."

Liu Wei said "tsk": "Who asked you to see this? I asked you to see the door knocker."

Xiao Li was stunned for a moment, then looked at the two round door knockers.

Compared with the weather-beaten lock, the door knocker looks much cleaner. The door knocker is also made of copper. The upper semicircle shows traces of black rust, but the lower semicircle is extremely bright. This is because people often pinch the semicircle with their hands. The more wear the semicircle has, the cleaner it will be.

Xiao Li looked at the door knocker front and back, left and right, and every corner, but found nothing wrong. He looked at his mother innocently and retracted his neck into his collar.

Liu Wei sighed: "Where is your observation ability?"

Xiao Li was about to cry, and she wiped her eyes with the back of her hand in grievance.

After all, the family had just reunited, and the excitement had not passed yet. Liu Wei did not want to make her son cry the next day, so she had to patiently ask him: "What is the difference between the left door knocker and the right door knocker?"

With tears in her eyes, Xiao Li looked at it again, and then said, "No, it's nothing... just..."

"There's just no difference, that's the biggest difference." Liu Wei said.

Xiao Li was stunned and opened his mouth stupidly, not knowing why.

Liu Wei began to explain to him: "The cloth workshop is a closed business environment, so the door here will be closed all year round. Do you still remember that there is a dyeing workshop in Qujiang Prefecture? What is the cloth workshop there like?" ?”

Xiao Li recalled for a while and immediately said: "The door is closed, because every cloth workshop has its own secret recipe. What kind of cloth can be dyed with what color materials? Ordinary materials are not uncommon, but the finer the cloth, the more... It is difficult to dye, and some are even complicated, and it takes dozens of days to dye a piece. Therefore, in most factory-like operating environments involving business secrets, except for the shops in the front that are open, the factories in the back are closed, and outsiders are not allowed to approach easily. .”

Seeing that her son's memory was pretty good, Liu Wei was a little relieved, and pointed at the door knocker and said: "These two doors are closed all year round, and if someone comes in, they will definitely knock on the door. Most of us are." I’m right-handed, so it stands to reason that the right knocker will be used more often.”

Xiao Li kept nodding: "Yes, yes, it's really like this. This is what other people's door knockers look like."

Liu Wei added: "You can touch it with your hands and see how the two door knockers feel."

Xiao Li went to touch it. After he finished touching it, he hesitated for a while and then said: "It's nothing... it's too, too big..."

"Yes, why is there no difference?" Liu Wei asked back, and then in his son's confused eyes, he pointed to the left door knocker and said: "Over the years, the left side has been used less and the right side has been used more. Logically speaking, the right side should be smoother. The left side is more astringent, but why do both sides feel the same?"

Xiao Li's eyes widened and he stared at the two door knockers again and again.

"Because someone else wiped it." Liu Wei frowned: "Someone used his hand that was stained with something to hold the door knocker on the left. Afterwards, he specially wiped it, and even wiped it for a long time. The astringent feeling has been smoothed out."

"That is to say..."

Liu Wei nodded: "Yes, that is to say, when the murderer entered the dyeing house through the main door, the door was not locked at all, so he knocked on the door. Assume that the murderer was holding the body in his right hand and it was inconvenient to knock on the door. He was accustomed to knocking on the door. In a sexual position, he faced the left door and knocked on the left door knocker with his left hand. Then someone opened the door for him. Then maybe it was the murderer or the person who opened the door for him. They wiped everything on the door knocker clean for fear of being People discovered that they had wiped the door knocker for a long time and made it look brand new. They thought that this way they would not leave any evidence, but on the contrary, except for the part that has been held by people's hands all year round, the right door knocker was smooth and clean, and the upper semicircle was still covered with patina. But the left door knocker, even the semicircle, looks much cleaner because it has been specially wiped."

"So...that is to say, there is not one murderer?"

Liu Wei patted his son on the head: "Not too stupid."

Xiao Li actually didn't think that his observation skills were really weak to the point of blindness, but compared with his mother, he was indeed far behind. While feeling relieved, he became energetic again: "The accomplice opened the door for the murderer. So the accomplice is someone from the dyeing workshop, but that’s not right, the cloth workshop has been sealed, and the only backdoor is only used by Zhao Wu. Could it be that the accomplice is Zhao Wu?”

Liu Wei couldn't stand it anymore, and poked his son's forehead with a finger, hating that iron could not make steel: "I just praised you, and you immediately became stupid."

Xiao Li held her head pitifully and looked at her mother.

Liu Wei had a terrible headache: "If Zhao Wu is an accomplice, why should they go through the front door? Why don't they just go to the back door? And since the murderer entered through the front door, the accomplice must be a person with the key to the front door. Do you understand?" "

Xiao Li had an idea: "Management?"

Liu Wei nodded: "Although Zhao Wu is also a small steward, he is probably not qualified enough to take care of the door keys. Go back and check and read the information of all the employees of the cloth shop again. Remember, be smart and read carefully. "

Xiao Li quickly agreed and vowed: "I will take a good look and I will definitely be able to find out the identity of the accomplice! Mom, believe me!"

Liu Wei looked confused...