The Tang Dynasty’s Female Forensic Doctor

Chapter 102 – Illusory Sky

“Wan Lu, take the money.” Ran Yan’s voice was flat, expression stiff and cold.

Sang Chen didn’t take it to heart at all and happily handed the bag of money to Wan Lu, and reluctantly said, “Then… I’ll leave now.”

Ran Yan snorted softly, rolled her sleeves, and left. Today, it was all because of this rabbit, which made her physically and mentally exhausted. Now she wanted to vent, but she felt even more depressed. It was like asking for hardships. It would be better to drink tea, enjoy the flowers, and think about the case calmly.

“Miss, what do you think the hosta flower that was left behind means?” Seeing that Ran Yan was sullen, Wan Lu deliberately changed the topic. Although the method wasn’t particularly clever, it just happened to lead to the aspect of Ran Yan’s interest.

“It may be a pair of lovers meeting in the woods, privately set for life, or it may be a mark deliberately set by the murderer.” Ran Yan could only think of these two points for the time being. From the perspective of criminal psychology, 11% of premeditated homicides would leave a mark of some special meaning, and the percentage of serial homicides that leave such a mark was even higher.

“Leave a mark on purpose? Isn’t that leaving evidence? Is there such a stupid person?” Wan Lu originally just wanted to change the subject, but instead was attracted by what Ran Yan said.

“This is to speculate on the murderer’s psychology.” Seeing that Wan Lu was interested, Ran Yan didn’t hide her secrets and analyzed them for her, one by one, “If you want to know what they were thinking, you have to treat yourself as the murderer and stand in front of the victim. Consider this from the perspective of the murderer. Let’s analyze the simplest case first.”

“If you connect all the clues at the scene, assuming that the man’s corpse on Banpo was killed by me, why did I kill him? Because I saw a man and woman cheating in the pine forest; they pluck off the flowers and cut their hair as their marriage vow, which would infuriate me. Why was I furious? Because that woman was my wife, I was so angry when I saw such a despicable scene. I found a thick branch nearby and rushed over to kill the man. The bastards! All my anger was vented on the adulterer. In a fit of rage, I beat him half to death, and then took my wife back and taught her a lesson. After a long time, he died in the middle of the mountain…”

Wan Lu was dumbfounded, stammering she asked, “Madam, you didn’t kill them, did you?”

Ran Yan smiled lightly, “Is it possible for me to have a wife?”

Wan Lu realized that she had asked a silly question; she breathed a sigh of relief, “What the lady said was true, and the servant was so frightened that she forgot for a while. Since the lady knew, why didn’t she tell Provincial Governor Liu?”

“This is just one of the guesses. The premise of this guess is that the hair and bouquet were left by the victim, and just now he1The inspector also said that the flowers may be left by the murderer. If so, all previous guesses will be overturned. Inspector Liu Cishi and the others can also think of it, they don’t need me to talk too much.” Ran Yan said.

Wan Lu and Ran Yan were talking, and they have already walked to the door of Yingmei Nunnery. Wan Lu subconsciously looked back in Sang Chen’s direction but saw that he was still standing in the same place, smirking at Ran Yan’s back. Wan Lu couldn’t help but whisper, “Miss, Mr. Sang is still here.”

Ran Yan’s excited mood suddenly fell, and said lightly, “Don’t worry about him.”

Wan Lu nodded, thinking that it was all right if the lady didn’t like Mr. Sang. Anyway, Mr. Sang “was born in a poor family”, and even if he liked her, it wouldn’t yield a good result.

The two of them had just entered the door when the bushes beside them rattled, and Wan Lu’s sharp eyes saw a piece of robe suddenly recoiled into the bushes.

Now that they were under the eaves now, Wan Lu immediately threw the umbrella and rushed forward. Ran Yan stopped in her footsteps and watched Wan Lu rush into the bushes.

The bushes were so dense that no figure could be seen, but Ran Yan could only see the leaves rattle off, descending all over the ground. Ran Yan glanced at it; the bushes led to a side door, Ran Yan walked over to block the door, lest the peeping person escaped again.

“What are you doing being sneaky?!” Wan Lu’s angry scolding came from the bushes.

Ran Yan was slightly startled, listening to her tone. It was as if she knew this person, so she looked up.

Wan Lu grabbed someone by the collar, dragged them out of the bushes, spat out a mouthful of leaves, and angrily shook the little nun who was still struggling.

Seeing that the little nun was still struggling, Wan Lu became angry and severely slapped her bare head.

“How can you beat someone! That bush is the bush in our nunnery. I like to get in there. Why did you grab me!?” The little nun raised her head and stubbornly stared at Wan Lu.

This one was completely arrogant. Wan Lu was the kind of person who was unreasonable if you were unreasonable, and would be even more unreasonable, and immediately counterattacked, “Why did you come here at this time when my mistress is passing by? What are you probing around for?

“Ah! Wuwuwu——” The little nun couldn’t retaliate against Wan Lu; she simply laid on the ground, shedding tears and snot. Sobbing, she said, “I want to tell the master, you bullied me!”

“What’s your name?” Ran Yan’s cold voice suddenly interrupted her cry. She recognized this little nun as the one who delivered meals on weekdays and was always sneaking around.

The little nun’s face was covered with dust and dirt, and her tears washed it away with furrows. Her big, tearful eyes looked like a kitten’s. The cry choked in her throat. She focused directly at her, and replied in a hoarse voice, “Huan Kong.”

“Why were you looking for me? Are you still curious?” Ran Yan looked down at her, her eyes and tone were too calm that it caused the little nun’s heart to palpitate, “Answer after thinking about it, otherwise, if you ask me for help later, I will definitely not answer. I am not joking.”

These were just conditional words from Ran Yan. If Huan Kong still didn’t talk, then there were probably other reasons.

Huan Kong blinked her eyes, uneasy. Her head drooped down, and she whispered, “I–I want to ask you for help, but seeing you with a cold face all day, it’s scary…”

Wan Lu raised her hand and slapped her bare head again, “My mistress is scary?!”

“I used to think she was scary, but now I know you’re the scary one! Master said that I have wisdom, can you afford to damage it? If I became stupid in the future, my master won’t spare you!” Huan Kong seriously charged Wan Lu.

Her description, coupled with the content of what she said, caused Wan Lu to burst into laughter and flicked her head, “I’m just messing with you!”

“Wan Lu.” Ran Yan glared at Wan Lu in anger and amusement. Wan Lu’s hair was covered with a bunch of fallen leaves, and her image wasn’t much better. Ran Yan stifled her smile and said, “Get up.”

“What is it that you want with me?” Ran Yan felt that this little nun wasn’t much of a schemer. If she really was scheming, she wouldn’t keep her tail over and over again, but if it was intentional… it would be quite terrible.

Huan Kong fiercely rubbed her head, and looked at Ran Yan in awe, “I heard from the senior sisters that as long as you touch a dead person, you will know whether it is an unjust death, and even how.”

Ran Yan frowned. These nuns were obviously bored. Unfortunately, they were still people who have broken away from the mundane world even though such irresponsible words were spread everywhere.