Chapter 65: Strangle Yourself
Ye Linghan snorted coldly after reading the note. What a waste of time! The case has already progressed to this point, why should we still worry about the kidnapping?
It was obvious that it was Xia Chengxun who instigated the matter, and the housekeeper asked Li Si to take action. Finally, when the matter was exposed, the blame was put on Chen Lin.
Chen Lin must have received some benefit to be willing to plead guilty, but later regretted it, so he went to him to inform on him, but he didn't expect that he would bring disaster upon himself.
Isn't it easy to guess? Where's that guy's brain? Suddenly failed?
Ye Linghan was too lazy to pay attention to that stupid guy Su Xing. He sat down and began to deal with the memorials sent in today.
Su Xing is now very popular in the Ministry of Justice. Even if he comes alone and Liu Yan is not there, the people in the Ministry of Justice are very polite to him.
Wang Meng received him personally. When he heard that he wanted to see the housekeeper, he not only did not refuse, but also took him to the prison personally.
Su Xing felt grateful and also had a sense of accomplishment. His abilities were recognized by everyone, and he was a valuable person here.
The two walked for a long time before they reached the secret room where the butler was. The people guarding it were all guards that Liu Yan trusted.
They had been given strict orders long ago that the door should not be opened to anyone unless Liu Yan and Wang Meng came in person.
So when they saw Wang Meng, they immediately opened the door and stepped aside.
"Mr. Su, please come in first." Wang Meng politely made a "please" gesture.
Su Xing was concerned about the case and did not refuse. He politely said, "Thank you, sir," and walked in.
But as soon as he stepped one foot in, he froze in place, then suddenly ran in as if sprinting.
Wang Meng was stunned for a moment, but soon realized that something had happened!
Su Xing didn't care that the ground was dirty, he knelt beside the housekeeper who was lying on his back, checking him against the clock.
After a while, he sat on the ground in a daze. The butler...died...
Wang Meng was also dumbfounded. How could this happen?
The secret room suddenly became silent. The guards outside the door also noticed something was wrong and hurried in. When they saw the scene in front of them, their faces turned pale...
Su Xing was the first to come back to his senses. He first said to Wang Meng in a serious tone: "Quickly send someone to notify the Regent." Then he started to perform an autopsy.
Wang Meng was shocked by Su Xing's unquestionable tone. He didn't bother to think about who was the most senior official here. He just stood up and said, "I'll go in person!"
Su Xing had already entered a state of focused work and did not respond.
Half an hour passed, and the secret room was extremely quiet, except for the noise when Su Xing turned over the corpse.
After a while, noisy footsteps were heard outside the secret room.
Su Xing knew that Ye Linghan had arrived, and the autopsy had just ended, so he quickly stood up and prepared to greet Ye Linghan.
Ye Linghan walked in with a gloomy face, first glanced at the corpse on the ground, and then his eyes fell on Su Xing.
Su Xing spoke at the right time: "Respectfully, the deceased has deep marks on his neck, but no other fatal injuries. It is currently believed that he died of suffocation. Judging from the condition of the body, he must have died last night."
Everyone inside and outside the secret room was shocked by these words. The prisoner locked in the secret room was actually dead?
How is this possible?
Apart from the two adults and the guards, not even a fly can get in here. How can someone be killed in this situation?
unless···
The two guards who had been frightened for a long time suddenly came to their senses, then both knelt on the ground and shouted in panic: "Regent, please look carefully, it was not us who did it. We have never had any contact with the prisoner except for delivering food. Please look carefully, Regent!"
But no one believed them. If it wasn't them who did it, could it be the two adults who did it?
Liu Yan was not there at the moment, and Wang Meng also realized that he was suspected, but he was not as panicked as the two guards. Instead, he explained solemnly: "Regent, I have never been to the secret room. This is the first time I came here with Master Su."
Ye Linghan did not get angry, nor did he make any immediate judgment, but looked at Su Xing again.
Su Xing and Ye Linghan glanced at each other quickly, and then said something shocking: "According to the autopsy results, the deceased should have committed suicide."
As soon as the words fell, even Ye Linghan's face turned strange: "Are you sure?"
Ye Linghan's tone was very scary, with a strong sense of oppression, which made people dare not speak easily even if they were telling the truth.
Fortunately, Su Xing's heart is very strong now. He nodded calmly: "Yes."
After that, he walked to the housekeeper and squatted down, pointing at the shocking strangulation marks and said: "This mark is similar to the shape of the deceased's fingers. The deceased suffered from joint disease, and his finger joints were deformed, which coincided with the bulge on the edge of this mark. Combined with the fact that the deceased had strangled Chen, the coroner, to death, it can be seen that the strength in his hands was amazing, enough to strangle himself to death."
After listening to Su Xing's explanation, most of them believed it, but their faces were still filled with shock because of this horrific way of suicide.
Let me ask you, who has the determination to strangle himself?
Especially at the moment of being on the verge of death, he didn't even give up?
Ye Linghan's gaze remained on Su Xing's face, and all the expressions on Su Xing's face when he spoke did not escape his eyes.
After listening for a while, he slowly retracted his gaze, then turned to Tianyi and ordered: "Lock up the three of them first, and then send someone to notify Qin Xue to lock up Liu Yan as well."
This decision shocked everyone instantly. The case had been solved, so why should they be locked up?
Su Xing could understand Ye Linghan's actions. Although it seemed like suicide at the moment, he still had to investigate it just in case in order to avoid missing anything.
On the carriage back to the palace, Ye Linghan remained silent.
Su Xing hesitated for a moment before asking in a low voice: "Prince Regent, why do you think the housekeeper committed suicide?"
He had already confessed and Xia Chengxun had been arrested, so why did he commit suicide?
Did he feel guilty towards Xia Chengxun and so committed suicide to atone for his sin?
Ye Linghan did not answer, nor did he even lift his eyelids, as if he did not hear anything.
Su Xing felt a little flustered. He had the illusion that if he hadn't had the sudden idea to look for the butler, nothing would have happened to the butler.
I wonder if Ye Linghan is blaming him?
So he withdrew his gaze, closed his mouth tightly, and dared not speak again.
But at this moment, Ye Linghan's voice suddenly came over: "What do you want to ask him?"
Su Xing was stunned and looked at Ye Linghan again. It took him a while to understand what Ye Linghan meant.
He quickly expressed his doubts. The note at the time only said that he would go to the housekeeper to ask about the kidnapping, and did not go into such details.
Ye Linghan did not show any disdain this time, but frowned and fell into deep thought.
Su Xing waited quietly, his eyes never leaving Ye Linghan's face.
After a while, he looked in the direction of the car door and ordered, "Go to Xia Mansion."
Tianyi outside the car seemed to be waiting at any time, without any delay, and immediately responded: "Yes!"
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