si-mexico Chapter 607 Fingerprint Overlap
Chapter 607 Fingerprint Overlap
It's not like modern times, where technology is far more advanced. As long as you have a person's fingerprint, you can find him or her.
In ancient times, fingerprints were not archived, so trying to find a person was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Just when she thought there were not enough clues, a photo suddenly popped up on the computer.
It was also a five-fingerprint with the eight characters "The Case of Doctor Zhu from the Dali Temple" written below.
Ji Yuntang recalled instantly that when Imperial Physician Zhu died, Ji Huaiche suspected that she had secretly gone to the prison at night and killed Imperial Physician Zhu.
At that time, in order to prove his innocence, Ji Yuntang followed Xu Shaoqing and went to the Tianlao to collect some clues.
Among them is this five-finger print.
She still remembered that the fingerprint was found on the windowsill in the sky prison, and the windowsill was at least five meters above the ground.
Moreover, the window was very small. An ordinary person could only stretch one leg out at most, but the murderer crawled in through the window.
At that time, the accompanying coroner told Ji Yuntang that a very strange bone-shrinking skill had been circulating in the martial arts world a few years ago.
People who practice qigong can soften the bones throughout the body by taking a bath in a specially made poison, thus achieving the purpose of shrinking the bones.
Ji Yuntang found it unbelievable after hearing this. After she came back from Dali Temple, she uploaded the murderer's five fingerprints to the computer, and made further optimization and clarity adjustments before she could see the other party's fingerprints clearly.
But as far as she knew, up to now, the Dali Temple still had not been able to find out who killed Doctor Zhu.
This case has become an unsolved cold case.
At this moment, two fingerprints popped up on the computer at the same time.
When Ji Yuntang compared them, she found that the fingerprints were exactly the same.
While Ji Yuntang felt happy, he also found it incredible.
The good news is that there has been new progress in this case, and they have gained something this time.
Incredibly, the other party was actually related to the murderer of Doctor Zhu.
Ji Yuntang couldn't understand how the two could be connected.
She had previously suspected that the person who killed Doctor Zhu was related to Concubine Li.
She also sent people to the palace to keep an eye on Concubine Li for a while, but they did not find the suspicious person, and later the matter was left unresolved.
And now, with the smuggling salt case coming out, Ji Yuntang felt that things were becoming confusing again.
She admitted that Concubine Li did have some tricks up her sleeve after so many years of palace fighting, but how could she have collected so much contraband salt with her abilities alone?
In ancient times, salt was directly controlled by the imperial court. On the one hand, they could collect very high taxes from it, and on the other hand, they could control the hearts of the people and make them obey.
It is much more difficult to find thousands of kilograms of private salt than to buy it.
But even so, with the savings of Concubine Li alone, she probably couldn't afford to buy so much contraband salt.
Not to mention, this batch of salt was finally confiscated by Emperor Jingyang.
That means this person had already spent a lot of money when he reported to the authorities to frame Luo Junhe.
Not only that, he was also mentally prepared for all the salt to be confiscated, just to make Emperor Jingyang convict Luo Junhe and kill him.
But at the same time, it also shows one thing, that is, the mastermind behind this is not only rich, but also powerful.
Otherwise, how could he have concealed the truth and obtained so much illegal salt?
Ji Yuntang analyzed her speculations to Luo Junhe, and Luo Junhe felt that what she said made sense.
He thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "The murderer was able to kill Doctor Zhu, which means that the master behind him knew Doctor Zhu, and Doctor Zhu was very close to Concubine Li in the palace and often helped her with things."
"Atang, do you think that Concubine Li and the master behind the murderer know each other?"
Ji Yuntang: "!!!"
She was shocked all over. Apart from anything else, she felt that Concubine Li and this person might really know each other.
The first person Ji Yuntang thought of was Crown Prince Luo Jingshen.
But soon, she overturned her idea.
The person behind this cannot be Luo Jingshen.
Not to mention, as a prince, there was no need for him to risk his life by smuggling salt.
Furthermore, three years ago, Concubine Li was not favored, and Luo Jingshen looked down on her. There was no need for him to collude with Concubine Li and do such a thing that would kill eight hundred enemies and lose three thousand of his own.
Luo Jingshen is not mentally ill.
The clues were cut off here. Ji Yuntang and Luo Junhe analyzed the matter and found that they could not find a convincing mastermind.
The only clue is the murderer's five fingerprints.
Luo Junhe looked at Ji Yuntang and grabbed her hand again.
"Atang, don't we have a hanging lock here? Maybe it can help us find some useful clues."
Ji Yuntang was a little worried, but he also knew that apart from fingerprints and padlocks, nothing useful could be found in the villa.
They left the villa in a carriage, and Luo Junhe gave instructions to Chen Hu.
"Go to the largest locksmith shop in the capital."
Chen Hu responded and quickly took them to the largest locksmith shop in the capital.
Luo Junhe wanted to go down, but Ji Yuntang grabbed his hand.
"Ahe, just wait for me in the carriage. I'll go in and ask."
Even though the mask covered his face, Luo Junhe's figure was still very eye-catching.
She was afraid that it would cause unnecessary trouble later.
Luo Junhe listened to her. He went back into the carriage and sat down again.
"Okay, I'll wait for you here."
Ji Yuntang got off the carriage and went into the locksmith shop with the padlock.
A middle-aged steward came up to greet her. Seeing that she was well dressed, a bright smile appeared on his face.
"I wonder what kind of lock this lady wants to make? We have Luban locks, heart-to-heart locks, key locks, Bagua locks... everything."
Ji Yuntang took out the lock, put it on the table, and took out ten taels of silver.
"I'm not here to open the lock. I'm here to ask the shopkeeper if he recognizes this kind of lock."
The shopkeeper picked up the lock and recognized the origin of the lock almost at a glance.
His face changed slightly, Ji Yuntang keenly caught his expression and immediately asked: "Boss, what's wrong?"
The shopkeeper shuddered, swallowed his saliva, and then said, "To be honest, young lady, I really recognize this lock."
"This is a lock made by Zhang Laojiu's family in Xingzhuang. They are a family of locksmiths who have been passed down from generation to generation. They only make this kind of hanging lock. They are famous in our lock industry."
Ji Yuntang was delighted when she heard this, and she hurriedly asked: "Please tell me where Zhang Laojiu lives, I want to ask him to make two more locks like this."
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, the shopkeeper sighed.
He looked at Ji Yuntang and shook his head. "Miss, if you want to go find Zhang Laojiu, I'm afraid you'll have made a wasted trip."