Chapter 105: A Top-Secret Hidden for Three Years
As soon as Yin Chuan said this, Lu Changhua couldn't help but laugh. "Are you kidding? Didn't you tell us from the beginning that the murderer couldn't be Feng Shijiu? Why are you going back on your word again?"
"No, Master Lu. I'm not going back on my word. At the time, I was certain that Feng Shijiu wasn't the murderer because all the clues and signs pointed to the real culprit being a member of the Lu family. As an outsider, Feng Shijiu naturally couldn't be the murderer. However, not long ago, I discovered that the famous flying thief Feng Shijiu, who had been causing trouble in Linqing, was actually in your Lu family!"
Lu Changhua was shocked. "Feng Shijiu is in our Lu family? Who? Who is he?"
Yin Chuan raised his hand and pointed behind Lu Changhua, "That's you, right? Uncle Lu Tai!"
After Yin Chuan pointed at him, everyone's eyes were focused on Lu Tai. Lu Tai's face changed, but he kept clenching his teeth and didn't show any panic.
"You're talking nonsense! How could my father be the Flying Thief? You're talking nonsense!" Lu Enting yelled hysterically.
"Really? I have evidence!" At this moment, Yin Chuan's eyes were particularly firm, showing an attitude that could not be questioned.
"What evidence? Show it to me!"
Yin Chuan winked at Du Yunzhang, who understood his intention and leaped in front of Lü Tai. He then delivered a direct hit to Lü Tai's face with the Immortal's Guide, and simultaneously launched a sweeping kick towards Lü Tai's lower body. These two moves were so sudden that no one present could react.
Although Lu Tai was caught off guard, his first reaction was to raise his right arm to block Du Yunzhang's fist, and then jump up with his legs to lightly avoid Du Yunzhang's leg attack.
"Oh, that's great! Master Lu is quite skilled!" Du Yunzhang chuckled and attacked again. After a few rounds, he realized that although Lu Tai was very agile and nimble at first, his lower body began to lose stability and his speed gradually couldn't keep up with Du Yunzhang's moves.
As Du Yunzhang used the Black Tiger Heart-Ripping Move, Lu Tai was a little slow to dodge, and a piece of his clothes around his waist was torn off, revealing his flesh.
"It seems that this uncle of the Lu family has the same physical skills as Feng Shijiu!" Yin Chuan looked at the somewhat embarrassed Lu Tai, as if he had expected that he had this ability.
Lu Tai seemed a little annoyed, and kept shouting "Ah...ah..." If he could speak, he would have probably started cursing.
"What are you doing? How disrespectful!" Lu Enting shouted angrily. "Just because my father can fight a few times, you guys inexplicably slander him as the Flying Thief Feng Nineteen?"
"Don't be anxious, let's talk slowly." Yin Chuan said calmly, "First of all, Feng Shijiu is called 'Shijiu' because he's not missing a finger, but a little toe. Remember the nine finger marks left on the water tank when Lu Shuixian's body was found? Those weren't Feng Shijiu's fingers, but toes. Uncle Lu Tai, your lower body is unstable, perhaps because of this? Could you please take off your shoes and socks so that everyone can see whether you only have nine toes?"
Lu Tai did not move, but stared at Yin Chuan and Du Yunzhang.
"Well, whether you admit it or not, you can't deny it. Besides, it wouldn't be difficult for you to tamper with the program.
"Secondly, a friend of ours encountered Feng Shijiu outside the Lu residence the night before the Second Miss was murdered. Her flying claws caught Feng Shijiu's waist, leaving a bloody mark. Uncle, what happened to the wound on your waist?"
When everyone looked, they saw that there were indeed a few bloodstains on Lu Tai's waist that had just scabbed over.
"What does this prove?" Lu Enting disagreed. "It's not evidence that can convict my father!"
"Well, let's move on to the second case. I'm sure there weren't only five people in the training room that day. You should have been there too, right, uncle? It's just that Lu Enting concealed your whereabouts and lied to the other four people, saying they didn't find anything. Of course, you also released the fire snake, which deliberately bit the four people. Of course, you deliberately arranged for Lu Enting to be bitten in order to clear him of suspicion. When everyone left, you took advantage of the chaos of everyone trying to survive and forced Lu Shuiqing to stay, causing her to die of poison. When Lu Shuiqing was dying, she couldn't open the door without a handle, so she left her scratches on the door. But why did she touch her mouth with her other hand? We always thought she was hinting that the murderer's name had the character 'kou' in it, but if we think about it more directly, wasn't she telling us before she died that the murderer was a mute?"
"What about Lu Shuiling? Lu Tai never got close to her the whole time, so how did he poison her?" Du Yunzhang continued to ask.
"I still remember the way my eldest brother-in-law used mind reading to show us the first time. He used psychological suggestion to make Linlang choose the cards he had already arranged. That's what Lu Tai used."
"Psychological suggestion? Impossible! Not only has Lu Tai never touched sour plum soup or ice cubes, he's never even made eye contact with Lu Shuiling. How could he possibly be using psychological suggestion on her?"
Yin Chuan smiled and shook his head. "No, Old Du, you're wrong. He wasn't giving Lu Shuiling a psychological hint. His real target was Lu Enting."
"Me?" Lu Enting widened his eyes in disbelief, then turned to look at his father Lu Tai.
At this time, Lu Tai no longer screamed "Ah...ah...", but closed his lips and sat upright next to Lu Changhua.
"Just now, I reasoned that black plums can neutralize snake venom, but the detoxification effect will be weakened when there is too much oil. But in reality, just one or two black plums and the amount of snake venom are not enough to produce a fatal effect. However, if too many black plums are added, the snake venom will increase, and the chance of accidentally poisoning others will also increase greatly. I still remember that time, Du Yunzhang, you were so eager to drink the sour plum soup with one tilt of your head. If the toxin is enough to be fatal, who can guarantee that such an accident will not happen again?
"That's when psychological suggestion comes into play! Although mind reading isn't considered hypnosis, this kind of targeted suggestion is very effective in controlling a person to perform certain actions. For example, after planning a rich lunch for Lü Shuiling, Lü Enting used a glance to hint at her to give her several times more black plums, just to relieve her greasiness. As a result, only Lü Shuiling's cup would contain a sufficient amount of snake venom.
"What's even more deadly is that Third Uncle Yu Jintang drank a sip before the poison seeped out from under the ice. This made it even harder to dilute the poison, and caused Third Miss Lü Shuiling to become poisoned even faster after drinking the plum juice near the bottom."
"But this..." Lu Enting was speechless for a moment.
"Uncle Lu Tai, the reason why you trust and use Lu Enting so much is probably not only because he is your only son, but also because he is the only one in the Lu family who knows your true identity as the Flying Thief Feng Shijiu, right?" Yin Chuan deliberately raised his voice.
"Do you have any evidence at all? Are you just bullying my father and silencing him?" Lu Enting said angrily. "Even if my father is missing a toe and has a wound on his waist, how can you prove that he is Feng Shijiu? Or that he is the murderer of all the murders?"
Yin Chuan sneered, "Uncle, I'm afraid you're not refusing to take off your shoes for inspection because you're afraid others will see that you're missing a toe, right? You're afraid others will discover the top secret you've been hiding for three years!"
"A top secret that has been hidden for three years?" Lu Enting really couldn't guess what Yin Chuan wanted to say.
"Three years ago, after Lü Jiye was dismembered, something disappeared from the scene. Yes, it was his left calf. I've never understood where it went. Did the murderer take it? What was his motive? And when I discovered that the methods used to murder the three young ladies were completely based on elements of the Lü family's 'Yu San Long' technique, I began to suspect that the murderer most likely knew the essence of the 'Yu San Long' technique.
"Uncle Lu Tai, the fact that you're missing a little toe doesn't prove you're the murderer, but you still refuse to take off your shoes to prove it. That can only mean one thing—there must be a huge secret on your feet. I think it must be related to what's on Lu Jiye's calf, right? Master Lu," Yin Chuan turned to look at Lu Changhua, "if you believe my reasoning, please let your uncle take off his shoes and socks in front of everyone and see if there's anything hidden inside that shouldn't be seen by others. If you refuse, I won't force you, and we won't interfere in the Lu family case anymore."
Lu Changhua's face was gloomy as he carefully considered Yin Chuan's words. The room fell silent for a while, waiting for the head of the family's decision. After a long deliberation, Lu Changhua bit his lip and finally spoke: "Uncle, please cooperate."
"Master! You..." Lu Enting didn't expect Lu Changhua to compromise with outsiders, and looked at him in disbelief.
Lu Tai was initially furious, but after hearing what Lu Changhua had said, he sighed in disappointment. He then stood up, walked to the center of the room, sat down on the floor, and took off his left shoe and sock.
Sure enough, he only had four toes on his left foot, and there was a slightly raised lump of flesh where the little toe should be.
"Now you see it, don't you?" Lu Enting glared at Yin Chuan, "What does this mean?"
"Uncle, please take off your leggings." Yin Chuan ignored Lu Enting because he noticed that on the outside of Lu Tai's left ankle, which was not much exposed, there was a patch of skin with a color that was completely different from the surrounding area.
That's right! That was the decisive evidence that Lu Tai couldn't refute!
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