Chapter 281 Sprouts and Pollen
Lin Zhiqing's idea was not groundless. She had never been able to understand why the murderer behind the scenes would attack Aunt Mu.
But Chaoyan's words just now made another picture appear in her mind.
When she was alone with Aunt Mu in the garden, Aunt Mu seemed to have mentioned the words about the neutral ministers.
However, Aunt Mu hesitated for a moment and finally did not say it clearly.
At that time, Lin Zhiqing thought that they were not in Shuqing Pavilion, and Aunt Mu had something to say but was not in a position to say it, so she did not ask in detail.
Now it seems that there is something interesting in this.
When I think about something, details related to it will keep coming to my mind.
For example, when Lin Zhiqing thought about her analyzing those neutral ministers in the main hall, Aunt Mu was a little distracted.
If someone noticed Aunt Mu's strangeness, they would follow Aunt Mu and themselves to the garden.
Then he heard what Aunt Mu was saying and was afraid that she would reveal some important information to him, so he took the initiative and killed Aunt Mu directly.
There is a high possibility that this speculation is true.
Because it is directly related to whether Lin Congrong's case can be retried.
Make a hypothesis.
If Aunt Mu saw the clues and told Lin Zhiqing the unusual fact that the neutral ministers collectively opposed the retrial of the case.
Then, Lin Zhiqing could use this as a breakthrough point to resolve or reverse the views of the neutral ministers.
If this step goes smoothly, there will definitely be more people supporting the retrial than those opposing it, and they will have greater say.
Then, Lin Zhiqing's goal of retrialing Lin Congrong for treason was achieved.
But Aunt Mu had stopped this move from the very beginning, and it was hard for Lin Zhiqing not to suspect that it was someone from the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion who was behind it.
As for Jiang Liuyun's hypocritical excuses, they were just a show.
As for Asagao in front of him, there is currently no problem.
Therefore, if a third person knows about this matter, then the third person must be the key.
Moreover, this person is most likely from the Lin family.
When Lin Zhiqing thought of this, he felt uneasy.
Previously, she had used the matter of her fourth uncle to clean up the Lin family.
But such things still happen now. Either new people have been inserted, or the old ones have not been cleaned up yet.
Suppressing these thoughts, she spoke again:
"Asagao, think carefully about what it was that tripped you that day."
"Stone?" Lin Yangyang asked.
Chao Yan shook her head: "It's not a stone, but if it's a pebble, it's possible."
"Also, it should be a relatively rounded pebble."
Lin Yangyang came forward and looked at Chao Yan's wound: "Your wound is more likely caused by slipping than tripping."
"I took a closer look and saw some bloodstains around the bruise. Was the skin scraped off?"
"That's right." Chao Yan nodded: "My aunt treated my wound for me."
Lin Zhiqing also followed Lin Yangyang's gaze and looked at the wound.
Yes, it does look like a range bruise caused by slipping and friction, rather than a concentrated bruise caused by tripping.
"Let's go to the garden first." Lin Zhiqing felt that it was meaningless to talk nonsense here.
The three of them soon arrived at the garden.
Chaoyan led the two of them to a location: "It's here, this is where I fell." Lin Yangyang began to observe the path carefully.
Lin Zhiqing walked towards the grass behind the rockery.
Lin Yangyang searched for a long time but couldn't find anything unusual, and couldn't help but feel discouraged.
Her eyes fell on Lin Zhiqing.
Seeing Lin Zhiqing squatting beside the rockery and looking at the grass, she also went over:
"Sister Qing, do you see what's wrong?"
"Come and take a look. Is there any difference between this place and other places?" Lin Zhiqing asked, pointing to a piece of grass behind the rockery.
"Different?" Lin Yangyang pinched her chin and looked carefully. "This place is quite clean."
Chao Yan didn't notice anything and nodded: "It's cleaner than other places."
The reason why they all said it was clean was because there were almost no fallen petals or leaves on the grass in front of Lin Zhiqing.
Not only that, the grass in this place is also lush and green.
When something is abnormal, there must be something wrong.
Lin Yangyang scratched his head. "Maybe the wind blew it away. Does that prove someone was here?"
Of course, this doesn't prove anything, but Lin Zhiqing carefully pointed at the grass on the ground:
"You can tell from the grass that someone has been here."
Chao Yan came closer and looked at it for a long time but couldn't see anything unusual: "Miss, I really can't see any information."
It doesn't look normal.
Lin Zhiqing pointed at the lush green grass and said, "Look, although the grass looks fresh, some of the leaves are yellowish in the middle and green at the top."
"What does this mean? Is this grass malnourished?" Lin Zhiqing still didn't understand.
Lin Zhiqing didn't play dumb anymore:
"Is it possible that the yellowish leaves in the middle are the original leaves, and the green leaves at the top are new growths?"
The grass leaves used in the garden are all seeds that are very easy to survive and grow well.
Several days had passed since their discussion in the garden.
These grass leaves at the top can grow new ones.
As for why it grows, it must be because the original leaves are broken and folded.
If the old does not go, the new will not come.
After hearing these words, Lin Yangyang immediately reacted: "You mean, someone was hiding here at the time?"
"Not bad." Lin Zhiqing looked around again and noticed some yellow powder on the grass. She gently picked up some with her hand.
"Sister Qing, let me do it." Lin Yangyang grabbed her hand and said, "If this thing is poison, then we're in trouble. If I take down the Lin family, there's still hope. If you take down the Lin family, there's no hope."
"It's okay, this is not poison, it's pollen." Lin Zhiqing smelled the fragrance of flowers in the air.
"How could pollen appear here?" Chao Yan was puzzled.
"It's very likely that someone passed by the flowers and got pollen on their clothes or feet, which brought the pollen here." Lin Zhiqing said, standing up and clapping his hands:
"Now you know why this place is so clean?"
Chao Yan was puzzled: "Didn't you just say that it was blown clean by the wind?"
Lin Yangyang slapped her head and said, "Oh, what an idiot I am! This place is surrounded by rockery. Unless the wind is extremely strong, it probably won't blow in."
"Did the murderer take advantage of us helping Aunt Mu with her funeral and come back to clean up the scene, trying to cover up his presence?"
Lin Zhiqing nodded slightly. His cousin used to be reckless, but now she has become more meticulous.
"Then what exactly was it that tripped me?" Chaoyan couldn't figure it out.
"When you tripped and fell that day, you must have been seen by the murderer. He would not leave the evidence there, so it must have been dealt with." Lin Zhiqing replied.
Chao Yan was anxious: "Without any evidence, where should we go to find the murderer?"
Lin Zhiqing had already thought of a solution:
"Go find Fourth Uncle and compile a list of the people who served us tea during the three time periods over the past few days."
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