Chapter 380: Discovery
Zhou Heng shook his head, "It is true that all the suspicious points point to the driver. At this moment, the driver has no trace yet. Naturally, everyone thinks that the driver is more in line with the murderer. Just like this sleeve arrow, although the shooting angle is tricky, we can find the trace as long as we check the caesarean section.
Especially at the tail of the sleeve arrow, there are obvious signs of polishing. There should be engravings here, but they were deliberately erased. The murderer was not afraid of seeing him in the downtown area, which means that the murderer was hidden in the crowd. This person is skillful and meticulous, and he is definitely not something that a coachman can plan."
Zhou Heng's words deeply shocked Zhou Yi'an. The more he thought about it, the more he felt it made sense. From the carriage to the Zhang family and then to the downtown street, it was obviously the preparation stage. Turning over from the corner of the street, it was only a short distance of five meters. What a tricky angle it took to hit the ground with one shot.
"Uncle Master, why don't we go to the scene to check it out too. I think since we have found the weapon, at least we know the angle of archery."
Zhou Heng smiled with relief. Zhou Yian was very clear at a glance, which was really great.
"Okay, let's go."
As he said that, the two of them pulled off their clothes, and Boss Xue followed them out of the wing room, headed straight to the gate, and drove to Shitou Street.
This place has been banned, and there are yamen guards on both sides, and all personnel are not allowed to enter and exit.
When he saw Zhou Yi'an sitting on the shaft of the car, the guard quickly saluted.
"I've met Zhou Sizhi."
Zhou Yian quickly jumped out of the car and looked up and down, but did not find Zhang Fuling's figure.
"Where is Lord Zhang? Is he here?"
The boy nodded and quickly pointed to a shop in front of him and said:
"Mr. Zhang is waiting for the search results in the store for a while. Should he use a small report?"
Zhou Yian shook his head and turned around to look at the carriage. At this time, Zhou Heng had already gotten out of the carriage, wearing casual clothes, and looked around. This was exactly where Zhang's mansion was about to turn into Shitou Street.
"Let's go down and have a walk."
The guard seemed to want to ask something, but was stopped by Zhou Yian and stepped back instantly. Zhou Heng got out of the car, not standing in the middle of the road, but standing on the side of the road near the shop. Boss Xue followed him with a box.
The stone slabs on the ground are tightly structured and there are almost no gaps, filling the entire street, and the same is true in front of the shops facing the street. The road paved in this way seems much cleaner and tidy than ordinary dirt roads. He has never passed this street.
Zhou Heng stood still, stretched out his forearm, pointed to the middle of the road at an angle of 45 degrees, and pulled Boss Xue beside him.
"You go and see how far it takes from my location to the middle of the road."
Boss Xue nodded and threw the box to Zhou Yian. Then he took a big step over and took a total of eleven steps. Boss Xue did not deliberately change his gait, and Zhou Heng nodded slightly.
The center line of Shitou Street is eleven meters away. If it is a sleeve arrow, then the distance is very good. However, it has just turned over here, so it is still a bit difficult to go straight with the horse.
Zhou Heng moved forward again along the street. After all, this stone street is not a straight line. As for the name of the stone street, it is probably related to these bluestone strips on the ground.
After walking forward for more than 20 meters, there was an extra corridor in front of a shop at this location. It looked closer to the center of the road than other shops. In front of it was the turn, Zhou Heng stopped.
"Brother Xue rushed over and walked in the middle of the road. When you arrived at this position, you should stop. Yi An prepared nails and silk threads. He should move quickly. He also asked a few others to come and help."
With an order, everyone moved. Boss Xue rushed over, walked to Zhou Heng's side by side, and began to slowly move forward with the reins.
Zhou Yian called a few yamen runners and ran over with boxes. One of them was carrying a hammer and nails. Although he didn't know what to do, he looked like Zhou Yian obediently and quickly stood in front of Zhou Heng.
Zhang Fuling seemed to know that Zhou Heng was coming, and walked out of Bu Xing. Seeing that there were many people around him, he also walked over quickly. A person next to him raised his hand and pointed at Zhou Heng. He was about to shout, but was stopped by Zhang Fuling.
"Let's take a look, don't disturb Zhou Yuanjudg's analysis."
Everyone around him calmed down and followed Zhang Fuling to Zhou Heng, while Zhou Heng's eyes were staring at Boss Xue's carriage, but he didn't notice it. He narrowed one eye, stared at the horse's butt, and suddenly raised his hand.
"stop!"
Boss Xue quickly tied the reins, turned around and looked at Zhou Heng, and Zhou Heng waved his hand.
"Go back!"
Boss Xue did as he did, and Zhou Heng grabbed Zhou Yian's hand.
"Come on nails, nail one here, and then connect it with a thread and a ponytail."
Zhou Yian saw the boy holding a hammer standing stupidly, and kicked him on the butt.
"Can you do it? Get out of here? Didn't you hear my uncle's order?"
The boy quickly walked closer with the hammer, and Zhou Heng pointed to the edge of the corridor. The man was not too stupid, so he quickly nailed the nail.
Zhou Yian had no one else, so he threw down the silk thread at the end, pulled it toward Boss Xue's carriage.
After tying the silk thread, Zhou Heng narrowed his eyes and looked at it. He seemed not satisfied. He asked someone to tie another one. Soon, he just connected it with the silk thread and stood at the last one. Zhou Heng fell into deep thought.
Zhang Fuling has already approached now, "What did you find when you judge Zhou Yuan?"
Zhou Heng then looked up and saw Zhang Fuling, and quickly bowed to show his respect. The boys around him tactfully avoided it.
"Mr. Zhang, we just went to see the horse's corpse and found a sleeve arrow inside the horse's body."
Speaking of this, Zhou Yian had already come over, called the box, raised it and looked at the things inside. Although it had been cleaned up here, there were many people and eyes, Zhou Yian was very cautious.
After seeing it, Zhang Fuling took a breath of cold air and looked at Zhou Heng nervously.
"Inside the body? Are you saying that the horse is not frightened, but is rushing around because of the pain of injury?"
Zhou Heng nodded, lowered his voice and said the position and angle of the horse being stabbed.
"So, I think it's someone who deliberately confuses the public, making us think it's the coachman's doing it, so they can escape as soon as possible."
Zhang Fuling nodded, very much agreeing with Zhou Heng's judgment. After all, the doctor's perspective is very observant.
"You pulled these lines to determine where this person stood and shot him?"
Zhou Heng nodded, knowing that it is easy for people to do things, but he didn't expect that Zhang Fuling was so smart, and he could analyze it at a glance.
"Yes, I've found this person, and he's standing here."
Zhang Fuling looked at it and found that there was a corridor blocking it here, which was indeed an extremely secret location. If the sleeve arrow was fired, it would be even less likely to be discovered.
"Since you know that people are here, how did the coachman disappear?"
Zhou Heng paused, "This is also something I can't figure out. The carriage will rush forward almost instantly when the horse is shot. Even if someone responds, it is too difficult to do if everyone doesn't notice it, unless the coachman doesn't make a sound at the first time, or has lost consciousness before the horse is shot."
At the end, Zhou Heng's eyes lit up and he ran quickly to the opposite side of the road.
This is in front of the cloth shop door. Zhou Heng looked up at the second floor. There was a balcony-like location here. There was a plaque below. There was a bucket above. It seemed that it could pass through the window. This location was more protruding than the roof.
Zhang Fuling and the others followed him and ran to the opposite side of the road. Seeing Zhou Heng stopping and looking up, none of them made a sound. Zhou Heng searched and saw a hook on the window on the second floor, and his eyes widened in an instant.
"I understand, let's go up to the second floor."
As he said that, he was the first to enter the cloth shop. Zhang Fuling threw away the person who was supporting him, followed Zhou Heng to the cloth shop. A bunch of people inside were squatting in the corner. Zhou Heng was also a little confused when he came in. After all, he couldn't find the stairs. Zhang Fuling quickly pulled his sleeves and walked towards a corner.
Sure enough, this is the stairwell upstairs. After a quick step upstairs, Zhou Heng realized that the second floor was actually a warehouse. It seems that this cloth shop is a business on the first floor and is used as a warehouse on the second floor, which is quite reasonable.
After searching for a long time, Zhou Heng quickly pushed open the doors toward the roadside. The second one went in and saw a window. Zhang Fuling walked closer to him and wanted to open the window, but was stopped by Zhou Heng.
Zhou Heng wore gloves and took off a piece of cloth hanging from the window.
Zhang Fuling quickly got closer.
Chapter completed!