"Why?" Cheng Luojie asked in surprise.

Leng Yi waved her to follow him and returned to the yard. He walked to a house next to the collapsed upper house. The frame structure of this house was the same as that of the previous house. The difference between the two was the rooms and furnishings inside. Leng Yi

Pointing to the same short beam on the side of the gable wall, he said: "Imagine this as the beam of the upper house that collapsed. Take a look again. What's the problem?"

Cheng Luojie looked here and there and said, "There's no problem, they're the same."

"I mean, if we shoot an arrow from the place we just found outside the wall and hit it here, is that possible?"

Cheng Luojie looked at it several times and said, "There's no problem!"

Leng Yi observed it, asked his assistant to bring two wooden ladders, and placed them across each other at about the same distance from the gable wall of the house. Then he said to Luojie: "Go up the ladder.

It's about the same height as that wall, shoot an arrow and see."

Cheng Luojie smiled: "Are you testing me? It's a piece of cake! - Bring me the bow and arrow!"

The archer caught Wei Du and hurriedly brought her a bow and arrow. Cheng Luojie steadily climbed up the opposite ladder, opened the bow, and fired an arrow without even aiming.

The arrow was like a shooting star, hitting the short beam with a thud.

Cheng Luojie proudly said to Leng Yi, "How?"

Leng Yi glanced at it, shook his head and said: "The landing point of your arrow is several inches lower than the hole in the short beam of the upper room. What I want is to shoot to the same height!"

"What's so difficult about this!" Cheng Luojie drew her bow again, but this time, her bow kept pulling, but she didn't shoot. She paused for a while before finally loosening the string.

Whoosh!

The arrow flew out, but with a bang, it hit the eaves! It shattered a tile and the arrow shaft was stuck on the eaves.

Cheng Luojie was a little embarrassed and said, "The eaves are blocking it. You can't shoot there."

Leng Yi said: "Yes, you finally discovered the problem! - The flight of the bow and arrow is in an arc. The farther the distance, the larger the arc. At such a long distance, the bow and arrow can only fly in a relatively large arc. But

, the short beam is behind the eaves. Although the landing point of the arrow can be seen from a straight line distance, the arrow cannot hit because the eaves are blocking it in front. Therefore, the distance of the arrow cannot be so far, and the murderer did not place it outside the wall.

Arrow."

Cheng Luojie nodded: "Yes, my arm strength is already very strong. I can't do it, and the murderer can't do it either. The place where the arrow was shot is not outside the yard. Since it is not outside the yard, it means that the murderer is our inn.

The people inside! Otherwise there would be no need for him to do this."

"Yes, trying to hide the truth has revealed the truth." Leng Yi said, "We need to find a place to determine where the murderer released the arrow."

Cheng Luojie carefully searched the open space on the side of the gable wall of the collapsed house, imagining how the murderer shot the fatal arrow. Finally, she shook her head and said, "I can't figure it out. This is an open space."

, and judging from the archery route shown by the arrow shaft, it is similar to the wall and is at least two people high. Even if he jumps on the spot, it will be difficult to reach such a height and release an arrow!"

Leng Yi stroked his short beard, pondered for a moment, and said: "If you can't jump so high, can you use other methods to make yourself taller? It's like using two ladders together. Of course, he doesn't know how to hold a ladder.

, because it takes a very short time for the arrow to burn the rope, and the target of the ladder is too big, and it is placed in the woodshed, so it is easy to be seen. Therefore, he should have used some other method to reach the height before releasing the arrow.

.”

As he said that, Leng Yi lowered his head and searched on the ground. The ground of the inn was very clean, and the workers had already swept the snow aside. There was an open space from the upper room to the wall. The snow had been swept away, and the ground was

It was paved with blue bricks, so no traces were left.

Cheng Luojie said: "It doesn't matter how they shot him, just find him out and he will confess."

"Then have you figured out how to find the murderer?"

Cheng Luojie was a little embarrassed and said, "I don't have a clue right now."

Leng Yi said: "You are the head catcher from Six Gates in the capital. You should be good at solving crimes. You can't be too modest. I asked you to study this case with me just because I want to hear your opinion."

Cheng Luojie thought for a while and said: "Then let me tell you my opinion. I think that since this case is now confirmed to be done by an insider, then we should find it from an insider. This person must be able to shoot arrows, and,

His archery skills should be pretty good. Otherwise, it would be difficult for ordinary people without special archery training to use rockets to hit the ropes on the short beams or below the ropes. ——Among our six followers,

Only two men, Xu Feng and Wei Du, are archers, and the four women are not all good at archery. Of course, my sister, I, and Yin Jiu can certainly do it. The hunter must be able to do it, and those three officers and soldiers,

The two are archers and can do it."

"Well, at present, there are six people who can shoot arrows in total, not counting the people at the inn. We need to further narrow the scope."

Cheng Luojie said: "How to shrink this?"

"Think about what else is impossible, that is, what the murderer cannot have, such as the time to commit the crime. Not only the time to shoot the arrow, but also the time to saw the beams..."

Cheng Luojie said: "I know! It will take at least a meal to saw off such a thick beam. Huang Mei, Lin Ling and I will follow you to hunt in the mountains. When we return,

At the inn, they were busy cooking barbecue, so she and I didn't have time for this meal. Therefore, since she and I didn't have time to commit the crime, we can rule it out."

Leng Yi pondered: "We made a temporary decision to stay in this Yinshan Inn. Moreover, this inn has three upper rooms. Only after I confirm which one to live in will I know which one to attack. The murderer cannot be

Knowing this, he advanced the layout and sawed off the beams. Therefore, the murderer probably waited until we checked into the inn and determined which room I was staying in before he started sawing the wood. From this point of view, the time to saw the wood was when we determined which room I was staying in.

In the Yinshan Inn, confirm the period from the time I lived in that house until the collapse. Your two deputies Huang Mei and Lin Ling did not have the time to commit the crime, so they can be ruled out."

Cheng Luojie said: "Master Dong, as well as the Yi Cheng and the guys at the Yi Station, if they don't know how to shoot, they can be ruled out."

"Then we have to find evidence that they can't shoot arrows."

"This is easy to do. I will call them all out later and we will know how many arrows each person shoots. Those who can shoot can see this action at a glance."

"Okay, for the time being, it is presumed that they don't know how to shoot arrows, so we can rule them out. - Who else can be ruled out?"

"My sister Cheng Luo'an can also pass it out. She can't possibly murder you."

"Why?"

"Because she is my sister and I know her very well."

Leng Yi smiled. It is true that the twins have an inexplicable spiritual connection, but this cannot be a reason to rule out the suspicion of crime. Leng Yi smiled and said: "I believe in your feelings, but that's how it is to solve a case. You can't talk about it."

Emotions must be eliminated one by one, and the reason for elimination can only be based on evidence of alibi or impossibility of committing a crime. Therefore, your sister cannot be excluded as a suspect for the time being."

Cheng Luojie said: "Okay. After ruling out this way, the only suspects are Chief Yin Jiu and his remaining followers, Detective Wei Du, and my sister and her two followers, Detectives Zheng Yan and Li Fen.

Then there is the hunter and the two messenger officers and soldiers. I think the focus should be on the hunter. If a hunter goes up the mountain to hunt, why should he stay at a post station? This alone makes people suspicious! "

Leng Yi said: "What you said makes sense. Okay, let's split up. You go and exclude the Yi Cheng and others, and I'll ask the others to make sure they have time to commit the crime."

"Okay! But sir, you'd better ask my sister first."

"Why?"

"Because she is my sister, it is not convenient for me to participate in the questioning. After you finish asking her, I will be done here, and I can come over and help you ask."

"fair enough."

Leng Yi asked Cheng Luojie to call his sister Cheng Luo'an while he waited in his room.
Chapter completed!