The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man
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Chapter 1168: 1168 Chapter 1168: 1168 Hua Lizheng also said, “It was Dumb Wang from the village who discovered the dead body and came to me.

Seeing the wretched state of the corpse, I knew this was not death by illness; even a fool would know it was homicide.

I didn’t dare let anyone move it to avoid disturbing the crime scene, so I immediately sent someone to inform the officials.

Chief Wang then came with his men and examined the scene before instructing me to arrange for Zhu Daqi’s body to be carried into the Zhu Family’s Firewood Room.

Afterwards, we kept the firewood room locked day and night, with people standing guard in shifts to prevent anyone from approaching the dead body, until the post-mortem examiner arrived today to conduct the autopsy.”

Su Qingyue said, “Adult, I had also heard about the place where the body was found and took the time to visit the scene.

It’s down the slope.

Since there’s been a murder, no one has gone near it.

Although it had snowed, I dug away the snow and found there were still bloodstains on the ground and an impression from where Zhu Daqi had lain.

As someone studying medicine, I could tell at a glance that the blood on the ground wasn’t human blood, but chicken blood.”

“ChickenaEUR| chicken blood?” The post-mortem examiner was taken aback.

Su Qingyue continued, “Yes, how could there be chicken blood on the slope, and right where Zhu Daqi had lain?

No one goes there to kill chickens, and six days ago, when I last saw Zhu Daqi alive, he was completely clean, without a spot of chicken blood on him.

This indicates that the blood came from Zhu Daqi’s body onto the ground.

And the blood on Zhu Daqi’s corpse was deliberately smeared on by someone.”

After listening, Zheng Dejun remarked, “That makes sense.”

Chief Wang also said, “Now that Su Qingyue mentions it, I too recall feeling that the blood seemed a bit off, but at the time I didn’t think much of it, and since the bloodstains were dried, I didn’t give it much thought either.”

Su Qingyue brought up a second point of doubt, “That day, I punched Zhu Daqi in the head, knocking out four of his front teeth, and hit his forehead with a stone, causing him to roll down the hillside involuntarily.

As a medical practitioner, I naturally know his injuries were not fatal and that slope wasn’t steep enough, nor were there any large stones to get banged up on.

He wouldn’t have died from falling down there.”

Ding Er chimed in, “That’s right.

When Zhu Daqi fell, I heard him screaming.

He was loud and strong with his shouting; it was apparent he wasn’t dead at the time.”

Su Qingyue asked Ding Er, “When did this happen?”

Ding Er thought for a moment then replied, “Five days ago.”

Su Qingyue pointed out the discrepancy, “That hillside is a necessary path for the villagers to go into the mountains, and since there are no large bushes blocking the view at the bottom of the slope, even if Zhu Daqi had fallen and died thereaEUR| please note, this was five days ago.

With Zhu Daqi’s considerable size and heft, falling at that spot would have been very conspicuous.

Any person passing on the mountain path above should have seen him.

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How is it that nobody discovered him five days ago, but instead, he was found only four days ago?

I believe there must have been several people who took that route into the mountains that day.”

“EhaEUR| That’s trueaEUR|” Zhang Shun from outside the courtyard remarked, “I went up that path into the mountains five days ago and didn’t see Zhu Daqi’s corpse at all.”

“I also passed by there, and five days ago, I didn’t see the dead body.”

Several others said in succession.

Su Qingyue declared, “This clearly indicates a very important fact, five days ago, the day I hit him, he was not dead at all!”

Zhu Nengwen’s body began to tremble, a flash of fierceness crossing his eyes, as he immediately challenged, “What if by chance no one discovered it?

It’s possible for those passing by on the mountain path not to look down the slope.”

Zhang Shun replied, “On that day, I had nothing particular to do and specifically checked down the slope, indeed there was nobody.”

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