She put on the gloves she had prepared earlier and lifted Li Yuan's chin up.
She pointed at the exposed flesh on his neck and said, "An ordinary sword would not have been able to make such a clean cut, so the murder weapon must have been very sharp."
As she spoke, she exerted more force and lifted Li Yuan's chin even higher.
The flesh that was already sticking together let out a soft tearing sound, and thick blood that had yet to dry seeped out.
It flowed to the edge of her clean robe.
At the same time, it revealed a small section of the throat bone that was stained with blood.
He continued, "Logically speaking, it's impossible for such a sharp knife to not even cut a small section of the laryngeal bone. It's obvious that the murderer was very close to the victim. Therefore, the sharp knife only used a third of its strength, which is not enough to cut off the entire head."
Fang Mingsan asked, "Then Teacher Ji, how do you determine the murderer?"
"Don't be hasty, Milord."
She reached her fingers into Li Yuan's throat and pressed on the joint of the laryngeal bone. "On this laryngeal bone, there are obvious marks of a knife. But what's strange is that if the murder weapon was a knife that was sharpened and had a smooth edge, it would be impossible for the laryngeal bone to have an uneven cut. It would be as if it was bitten by something small, but coincidentally, Li Yuan's laryngeal bone has such a mark."
Fang Mingsan's butt left the pear blossom chair and he leaned half his body on the table, craning his neck to look into Li Yuan's neck.
Everyone else looked curiously as well.
As expected, it was true.
If it was an ordinary knife, it would not have left such an uneven bite mark on the throat bone.
"What does this mean?" Fang Mingsan asked.
"It means that the murder weapon was not a sword, but a knife. A very sharp knife with tiny gears on the edge."
Everyone's gaze shifted to Yun Tongyang.
Everyone knew that the Rising Dragon Escort Agency's knife was shaped like this.
Yun Tongyang was annoyed and immediately retorted with a sneer, "Although my Rising Dragon Escort Agency uses this kind of knife with gears, it is not the only one in this world who uses it."
There was nothing wrong with his words.
Ji Yunshu was not in a hurry. She used her finger to pick out a few fine fibers from Li Yuan's throat.
Those fibers were dyed red with blood!
"When I was examining Li Yuan's body, I found these fibers in his mouth, throat, and fingernails. I also found traces of scratches on his pillow. You can imagine that when the murderer entered the room, he wanted to use the pillow to suffocate him, but he didn't expect Li Yuan to be so strong. The murderer was worried that he would struggle free, so in a moment of desperation, he used a knife to kill him at close range. That's why he wasn't able to decapitate him."
Yun Tongyang's eyes widened!
Then, she lifted Li Yuan's curled fingers and pulled out a few more fibers from his fingernails.
She stood up slowly and said, "Perhaps God was helping him, allowing him to keep all the evidence pointing to the murderer before he died."
Fang Mingshan asked, "Can these fibers be considered evidence?"
"Of course." She turned to Yun Tongyang. "These fibers are different from the ones in Li Yuan's mouth and on the pillow. They're not even from his clothes or anything else in the house, they're from you, Escort Head Yun."
"Mine? What nonsense are you talking about? I have never had any contact with Li Yuan. "
"You can lie, but it's impossible to lie with this evidence." She continued, "These fibers are from your clothes, Escort Head Yun. If I'm not wrong, there should be traces of scratches on the back of your clothes."
Yun Tongyang immediately took two steps back, intending to block Yun Ruoyan's way.
Constable Zhang's eyes were sharp, and he circled around to take a look.
He exclaimed, "Teacher Ji, there are traces of spilt silk on the back of his clothes. These fibers belong to him."
Yun Tongyang's face darkened, his eyes blazing with murderous intent.
"Are you saying that whoever has spilt silk on his clothes is the murderer?"
"Escort Head Yun, there's no need to quibble or hide. There are countless pieces of cloth with these fibers, and you're not the only one with them. That's why it doesn't prove that you're the murderer, but the real evidence is the smell on these fibers."
Smell?
The smell of the fibers?
Everyone was confused!
Ji Yunshu rubbed the fibers on her fingers, lifting her chin slightly. "There's a smell of flour on the fibers."
Flour?
"It's fine if it's just the smell of ordinary flour, but there's a hint of agarwood in the smell. Recently, the Longyang Escort Agency seemed to be transporting a batch of flour from Liang City to the Capital, right? It's said that the flour in Liang City is soft but not loose, and even has a unique smell of agarwood. Escort Head Yun has come into contact with that batch of flour, so his clothes have the same smell. "
Constable Zhang sniffed, "It's true."
Ji Yunshu continued, "Escort Head Yun, be it the murder weapon, the fibers, or even the secret passage in Li Mingzhou's study, all the evidence is enough to prove that you killed Li Yuan. The evidence is irrefutable, and you can't deny it."
A conclusion!
In the next moment, Yun Tongyang finally revealed his bloodthirsty eyes, and his hideous, terrifying face.
He looked like a ferocious beast crouching in the dark forest!
He sneered.
"I thought I hid it very well, but I didn't expect that you would still find out."
Ji Yunshu replied gently, "All the murderers had the same foolish thought before."
He laughed again.
Fang Mingshan immediately ordered, "Men, arrest the criminal, Yun Tongyang."
"Yes!"
The constable stepped forward.
But —
Before the constables could even get close, they were knocked back by his palms.
"How dare you, Yun Tongyang! How dare you injure someone in the court! Men, arrest him and flog him thirty times!"
No one was a match for Yun Tongyang!
Even if Constable Zhang and a few constables rushed forward, they still wouldn't be able to stop him.
Clatter!
Knives fell to the ground, and a few constables collapsed.
They were injured and unable to get up.
Yun Tongyang rebuked, "You think a mere Yuzhou yamen can put me to death? Dream on!"
He was still surrounded by a few constables.
Ji Yunshu said, "Yun Tongyang, you can't escape. From the moment you were brought in, the situation outside has already been set up. As soon as you step out of the yamen, the archers outside will pierce your heart with a thousand arrows."
He wasn't afraid at all!
"You guys are underestimating me too much."
"Are you still hoping that the Longyang Escort Agency will come and save you?" Ji Yunshu smirked. "The moment you were brought to the yamen, the entire Longyang Escort Agency was thrown into prison."
"Nonsense!"
Suddenly —
A voice came from the doorway.
"This Teacher Ji isn't speaking nonsense."
Liu Daren strode in.
Yun Tongyang was surprised, "Liu Daren?"
The official in charge of the tribute transportation in Yuzhou – Liu Daren?
Why was he here?
Liu Daren said, "Chief Yun, didn't you think that there might be something fishy about the flour incident in Liang City? The Longyang Escort Agency has been using the fact that you're an official agency of the imperial court to profit from it. You stole the tributes and changed the amount of the tributes. The imperial court has been keeping an eye on you for a long time. I didn't tell you that there was flour in the boxes because I wanted to test if your agency had tampered with it. The boxes used to transport the flour are made of high-quality camphor wood and would never have been soaked in water. Unless you opened the boxes to steal the tributes, the flour inside would be soaked and crumpled. The evidence is clear and no one from the Longyang Escort Agency will be able to escape. Everyone from your agency is now in prison and no one will come to save you. "
So …
This was a grand conspiracy!
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