Chapter 117 Suspicion of Yang's Concubine

Gu Yishen thought it was about time, so he left Ren Ning'er's room to see where Luo Jiayin had gone.

Just as she stepped out, she bumped into Luo Jiayin, who had also just come out of Young Master Gu's study and was walking in this direction.

Because Luo Jiayin came out first, and was already almost at the door of Ren Ning'er's room, Gu Yishen didn't see where she came from.

Luo Jiayin walked to Gu Yishen's side. Just as Gu Yishen was about to ask her where she had gone, he heard someone call his name.

"Young Master Gu."

Gu Yishen and Luo Jiayin looked in the direction of the sound and saw one of the servants Gu Yishen had ordered to search Ren Ning'er's courtyard running over.

The servant looked rather disheveled; his clothes and hair were soaking wet, and he was carrying something in his arms.

The servant wiped the water droplets from his face and presented the object he was carrying to Gu Yishen and Luo Jiayin with both hands.

"Reporting to the young master, Daoist Luo Chenzi, these are the things we retrieved from the lake in the young mistress's courtyard."

Gu Yishen reached out and rummaged through the items; they contained some needles and thread for making things, and a pair of scissors.

After taking photos of the salvaged items, Gu Yishen had his servants take them away.

Luo Jiayin, however, looked thoughtfully in the direction the servants had left.

Judging from the location where Yang Yang found the handkerchief, Ren Ning'er should have been sitting at the table inside the house embroidering it. But why would these needles and threads used for embroidery end up in the lake in the courtyard?

The most suspicious item is this pair of scissors.

Although, according to Yang's concubine, Ren Ning'er died from a dagger wound, these kinds of scissors, designed for use as living objects, could probably also kill someone...

If the murderer used these scissors to stab Ren Ning'er to death, and then inserted a dagger into her chest, making it appear as if she died from a dagger wound.

Luo Jiayin suddenly remembered the testimony of the Lu family servant that she had seen in the photos taken by Yang Yang.

The First Madam had summoned the Young Madam during the banquet.

And there's the missing dagger and scabbard that Yang Yang found in Madam Lu's room...

Could it be that the eldest wife of the Lu family killed the young mistress?

wrong!

If it really was Madam Lu who killed Ren Ning'er with the dagger in her room, there's no reason for her to go through the trouble of throwing away the needles, thread, and scissors that Ren Ning'er used for needlework after killing her with the dagger.

But if Ren Ning'er was killed first with the scissors that were thrown into the lake, and then the dagger was plunged into her chest...

There is only one explanation for this behavior.

It's a frame-up!

It is possible that someone deliberately destroyed the scissors used in the crime after killing Ren Ning'er, and then plunged the First Madam's dagger into Ren Ning'er's chest, in order to create the illusion that the First Madam of the Lu family killed Ren Ning'er.

So who could it be?

The First Madam has been married into the Lu family for many years without having any children. Therefore, her situation will not affect Young Master Gu's status in the Lu family.

So, if Madam Lu commits murder and loses power, who will benefit the most...?

The answer is obvious: it was Yang's concubine.

When the matriarch of the family kills her own daughter-in-law, especially in a prominent family like the Lu family in the capital, the Lu family will certainly not tolerate having such a vicious person as their matriarch.

Regardless of how the government and the Lu family communicate in the end, and how the First Madam is dealt with, she will definitely not be able to keep her position as the principal wife and matriarch of the Lu family.

With the first wife gone and no other wives or concubines in the Lu family patriarch's harem, wouldn't the one who takes her place necessarily be Young Master Gu's birth mother, the Lu family patriarch's only concubine, Concubine Yang?

Luo Jiayin pictured Yang Yang's innocent and naive face.

If it really is Yang Yang, then this is going to be a headache...

That girl is so naive; I wonder if her script revealed whether she was the murderer.

The production team shouldn't cause any trouble this episode by letting the other guests decide for themselves whether they are the murderer. If that happens, and someone discovers any clues, Yang Yang won't be able to exonerate himself.

Wait a minute!!

Whether it's the scabbard in the room, the dagger on the deceased's body, or the testimony of the Lu family's servants, all the obvious evidence points to the Lu family's matriarch as the murderer of Ren Ning'er.

But where did this evidence come from?

It's Yang Yang...

All the clues about the First Madam were just given to them by Yang Yang.

The murderer may lie in his speech, but during the on-site evidence collection process, all the clues that can be found are absolutely true, and the guests are not allowed to lie.

It is clear that Concubine Yang's goal was always very clear; in fact, it could be said that during the on-site evidence collection, she was directly targeting Madam Lu.

Thinking this way, Luo Jiayin felt a little more at ease.

The little girl doesn't seem as stupid as she looks... She even knows how to shift blame and pin it on others, so there's no need to worry about her too much.

However, although Luo Jiayin harbored great suspicions about Concubine Yang, she did not definitively conclude in her heart that Concubine Yang was the murderer who killed Ren Ning'er and framed the eldest madam of the Lu family.

After all, they had another lead.

The information gleaned from that clue suggests that the relationship between Madam Lu and the head of the Lu family is not very good.

Moreover, in murder mystery games, every character who appears in the story must have a completely sufficient motive to kill; that's for sure.

The existence of the "Head of the Lu Family" proves that this person is definitely problematic.

The reason they still feel that the Lu family head is too simple, or even somewhat marginalized, is simply because they haven't found many clues about him yet.

Including the son of the Prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture, "Young Master Wei," as well as Yang Yang, and herself...

She has no leads on these people yet.

However, it's estimated that we can only make a judgment after the first round of group reasoning, after seeing what others have found, and then look for the necessary evidence during the second round of on-site investigation.

After making up her mind, Luo Jiayin realized that she had been "dazed" here for a long time, and Gu Yishen was still standing next to her.

However, seeing that Luo Jiayin seemed to be thinking about something, Gu Yishen did not disturb her. He simply stood quietly to the side and waited for Luo Jiayin to come back to her senses before saying to her, "We don't have enough time. Let's go back."

Luo Jiayin looked up at the large screen displaying the time, nodded and said "okay," and then the two walked towards the centralized reasoning room.