Chapter 136
Solve the case
"Madam, I have been a coroner for many years, and I have been stained with the aura of murder. I am afraid I cannot stay here for long. If your family is not prepared to perform an autopsy, I will leave."
This is quite reasonable.
Not to mention officials, even ordinary people, unless they are very brave, don't like coroners to come to their homes, and they won't enter a coroner's door.
When Madam Luo heard her brother say this, the faint light in her eyes was completely extinguished.
Old Madam Luo did not say anything, but she was struggling in her heart. On the one hand, she wanted her youngest son to be buried in peace, but on the other hand, she could not bear to see her youngest son's body being damaged again.
Minister Luo's eyes were filled with sorrow, and he supported the old lady and said helplessly.
"You don't want to test it, son understands. If we want to force the burial, we must ask someone to seal all the resentment in Fourth Brother, otherwise I'm afraid it will be bad for the Luo family."
Once sealed.
Master Luo Si will never be reincarnated, and will have to endure the pain of oppression for generations to come.
The old lady couldn't stop crying as she thought about it, and she was very conflicted for a while.
Bang.
The coffin lid, which was originally cracked, suddenly broke completely and fell heavily to the ground.
The loud noise was like several hammers hitting the old lady's heart, causing her so much pain that she couldn't straighten her back.
Stunned.
She looked at the coffin, thinking of her son inside, and finally wiped away her tears and said to Shangguan Shu with hatred.
"Investigate, you must investigate thoroughly. If I can't find the murderer behind the scene, I will never rest in peace until I die."
After saying.
Old Madam Luo held Minister Luo's hand tightly.
"You must avenge your fourth brother. You must avenge him."
"yes."
Minister Luo looked at Old Madam Luo and uttered a word with determination.
There was a moment like that.
Jiang Zhaoying saw that Minister Luo's face suddenly became extremely ugly, but soon he returned to normal.
Shangguan Shujue raised his hand.
Then someone carried out the body of Master Luo Si and placed it on the small couch in the inner room.
"How about Miss Jiang helping me record it?"
"good."
Jiang Zhaoying nodded, then spread out the notebook and began to grind ink.
Then Shangguan Shujue began to check it bit by bit.
“This kind of wound…”
Frowning slightly.
"strangeness."
Jiang Zhaoying looked at Master Luo Si, who was lying on the small couch with his teeth bared and his eyeballs bulging as if they were about to burst.
That's exactly why.
This gave people the feeling that he was extremely shocked and unable to accept the scene before him.
When a person is in danger, the first thing he should protect is his head. However, judging from the wound on Mr. Luo Si's head, he not only did not protect it, but was facing the murderer.
In this way.
One has to wonder whether he is familiar with the murderer.
After writing them down one by one, Shangguan Shujue asked the person in front of the curtain again.
"Are you sure they are a group of beggars begging for alms?"
The butler stepped forward and replied.
"All the survivors were locked up together. After careful questioning countless times, it was confirmed that they were indeed beggars, and the Fourth Master did not know them. The Fourth Master always liked cleanliness, even a little too much. He would stay away from unclean things and even vomit when he saw them. I wonder if it was because of this reason that these beggars became angry and that is why what happened later happened."
Shangguan Shujue looked at Madam Luo Si, who was dressed in mourning and crying. Madam Luo Si hurriedly wiped her tears, suppressed her grief, and sobbed as she hugged her son in her arms.
"It's true that my husband loves cleanliness. Any place and any thing must be spotless on weekdays. If it gets dirty in front of him, it must be cleaned up immediately, and he won't consider it done until he is satisfied with it. He doesn't like anything dirty or messy."
"So when those dishevelled, smelly beggars rushed over, the master subconsciously rejected them and was very unhappy. He asked his servants to take some copper coins and send them away quickly. Perhaps the servants' words were a little harsh and hurt the beggars, so they were dissatisfied and rushed over with weapons in hand to commit murder."
"We didn't expect those beggars to be so angry and so strong. They almost threw the hammer at my husband alone. In just a blink of an eye, my husband was seriously injured."
Speaking of this.
Mrs. Luo Si knelt in front of Mrs. Luo Old with guilt in her eyes and kowtowed heavily.
"Mother, it's my fault. It's my fault that I failed you."
When Old Madam Luo heard this, something flashed in her eyes, but she didn't say anything. Fourth Madam Luo was disgraced and turned pale, and cried even more sadly. Seeing this, Minister Luo hurriedly stopped the old madam.
"Mother, this matter cannot be blamed on her as a woman. Besides, she has to protect You'er."
You'er is the only son of Mr. Luo Si, and he is only five years old this year. When something like that happened, the child must have been terrified. It is understandable that Mrs. Luo Si protected the young child.
“Grandma, grandma, don’t blame my mother.”
Little Youer knelt down in front of Old Madam Luo and begged her. Old Madam Luo couldn't bear to see her little grandson suffer like this, so she leaned over, picked him up, held him in her arms and cried loudly.
"Fourth Madam, are you saying that Fourth Master Luo didn't have time to resist from beginning to end, and his servants didn't protect him, but he was beaten to death by beggars with a few sticks?"
"Not really." Madam Luo wiped her tears and recalled carefully, "There was a fight. Some of the servants protected us, and some protected the master, but those beggars almost beat us to death without caring about their lives."
Hear this.
Jiang Zhaoying glanced vaguely at Madam Luo Si. Madam Luo Si's body trembled slightly and looked at Jiang Zhaoying with tears in her eyes. Jiang Zhaoying was slightly surprised and thought that Madam Luo Si was very alert, so she bowed.
"It is a blessing that the Fourth Madam and the Young Master are safe. I guess it is because Fourth Master Luo tried his best to protect you that he was so thorough just now."
"yes."
Madam Luo's eyebrows trembled violently, she nodded heavily, then tears fell and she choked.
"In my heart, I hope my husband can be buried in peace as soon as possible, but since he is so aggrieved and unwilling to be buried, I still ask Mr. Shangguan and Miss Jiang for help. On the way back, I have already reported to the authorities. I think Shuntian Prefecture should be here soon."
"The fourth lady is very thoughtful."
After Jiang Zhaoying finished speaking, she turned around and looked outside the mourning hall. As the sky gradually darkened, there was suddenly a lot of fog in the yard, which surged in layer by layer. In the end, it was so thick that even people could hardly see clearly.
Lord Wang of Shuntian Prefecture ran into the mourning hall holding a lantern. The servants hurriedly lowered the curtain. Lord Wang then said in surprise with lingering fear.
"Strange, there was no fog outside when we came here, why is it so foggy once we enter Luo Mansion?"
As Lord Wang said this, Madam Luo became even more confused and astonished. Even Minister Luo stopped talking and silently made way for them to continue their inspection.
Lord Wang lifted the curtain and walked inside. When he saw that it was Shangguan Shujue, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mr. Shangguan, can you see any problem?"
"some."
Shangguan Shujue motioned for Lord Wang to come forward, and then handed the recorded things to Lord Wang. After reading them, Lord Wang looked surprised and doubtful.
Just about to speak.
A thick fog suddenly rushed into the mourning hall and tried to get into the coffin. Shangguan Shujue's face changed drastically and he said anxiously.
"Don't let them get close."
Jiang Zhaoying's eyes changed slightly, and her hostility surged. She then waved her hand at the mist and spoke coldly.
"Get out."
The dragon's energy was so overbearing and fierce that it burned them so hard that they retreated desperately.
Jiang Zhaoying turned around and pressed forward, and the mists retreated from the mourning hall in fear.
But they were tossing and turning in the yard and were unwilling to leave.
Although the people in the Luo Mansion did not say anything, when they saw this scene, they knew that Jiang Zhaoying was really capable, so they looked at her with caution.
Minister Luo looked at Jiang Zhaoying, his eyes full of deep sorrow.
"Ms. Jiang, thank you so much."
Hearing Shangguan Shujue's words, Jiang Zhaoying took off the hairpin on her head, stabbed it into the door frame with a bang, and looked outside with murderous eyes.
"If you dare to take one step closer, I will kill you."
After saying that.
Jiang Zhaoying returned to the inner room, took the pen handed to her by Shangguan Shujue, and added a few words on it. Then Shangguan Shujue and Lord Wang both showed shock on their faces.
They noticed these details.
but.
They didn't dare to think about it and always felt it was impossible.
"May I have a look, sir?"
Shangshu Luo spoke to them in a very polite tone, thinking that they would carefully hand over the records, but who knew that Shangguan Shujue would put the records in his arms and shake his head.
"I'm sorry, some of the things here have not been confirmed yet. It will not be beneficial to the Luo family to read them."
There was a sinister glint in Minister Luo's eyes, but he didn't say anything, just nodded.
Jiang Zhaoying walked up to Mrs. Luo Si who was crying non-stop and said to her.
"You have come all the way back home, and I'm afraid you haven't washed up properly yet. Madam, why don't you go wash up, change clothes, and take a rest first."
Mrs. Luo Si listened and cried and shook her head.
"No, I won't go. I want to stay with my husband. If he leaves, what will happen to us mother and son in the future?"
"Why are you worried? Even if Huai'er is gone, I, an old lady, will never let you go unjustly."
Old Madam Luo also knew that they must be very tired on the journey, and with something like this happening, she must be mentally and physically exhausted. She had to get better and educate her son well, and she couldn't collapse.
"Thank you, mother."
Madam Luo bowed deeply.
Jiang Zhaoying turned to look at Shangguan Shujue and Lord Wang. Everything was as they had guessed. It was probably true.
"Bring out all those beggars."
While Lord Wang was talking to the housekeeper, within half a quarter of an hour, seven or eight shivering beggars, emitting a strange odor, were brought in and made to kneel in the yard.
"Is there one missing?"
Lord Wang asked the butler, who was slightly stunned.
"Your Excellency, we only caught these eight people and interrogated them strictly. They were always begging and robbing together. There are no more."
Lord Wang nodded, and then spoke to the butler.
"If there are people from Shuntian Prefecture outside, please let them in."
The steward then gave orders, and soon a bailiff in official uniform ran in and saluted.
"Sir, your subordinates have investigated and questioned more. Although only a few people saw this scene from afar, we have at least pieced together the scene at that time."
As the bailiff spoke, he took out a stack of drawn papers from his bosom and presented them to Lord Wang. Lord Wang took them and looked at them slowly one by one.
Although Minister Luo and Madam Luo Si's eyebrows did not move, their bodies trembled slightly. Both of them felt their bodies unconsciously tense and a little suffocated.
"Nine people in total?"
Lord Wang asked his subordinate, and he nodded.
"There should be nine people. The Luo Mansion has captured eight of them. I have already sent people out to look for the remaining one."
Lord Wang frowned slightly.
"Madam Luo, this matter may take me some time."
"kindness."
Old Madam Luo nodded heavily. Since the investigation has begun, it must be investigated to the end and no one should be let off.
Then.
Lord Wang walked towards the group of beggars, asking and recording their questions one by one. Finally, two people said that they did see a strange face when they were looting, but because they were all beggars, they did not care.
Now think about it.
It should be that person who killed Master Luo Si.
"Fourth Madam, you said that Fourth Master Luo was trying his best to protect you at that time. It is very likely that he was killed because of this, right?"
Mrs. Luo nodded hurriedly.
"That's right."
Lord Wang glanced at Madam Luo Si's clean and luxurious clothes, and pointed at the servants behind her who were involved in the fight.
"They were both fighting and dodging, so why are there scratches, injuries, and stains on their clothes, while the Fourth Lady Luo's young master's clothes are clean?"
Mrs. Luo Si shuddered violently and then answered.
"We were hiding in the carriage, so it was so clean."
Lord Wang nodded.
He turned around and spoke coldly to the servant from the fourth room who was kneeling on the ground with a sad face.
"I have never been afraid of power and I always seek truth from facts, so you don't have to worry or be afraid. Just tell me the truth. After the matter is settled, I can make the decision to let you leave the capital with your indentures."
The servants kneeling on the ground listened and said, "You look at me, I look at you," and then kowtowed heavily. Then Lord Wang asked them.
"You saw the scene most clearly. Even if you were panicked, you still have some impression. Tell me, was Fourth Master Luo protecting Fourth Madam and Young Master, or was he fighting back?"
“Neither.”
A servant was lying on the ground answering.
"The fourth lady and the young master hid in the carriage and never came out. My master did not protect them. At that time, when these beggars rushed over, the stench was overwhelming. My master liked cleanliness, so he immediately had people throw some copper coins to drive them away."
This is in line with the temperament of Master Luo Si. Lord Wang nodded and had no doubt about it.
"I was close at the time, and I heard a beggar say that such a rich family was really stingy to give a few copper coins, and it also humiliated them. Even though they were beggars, they were beggars with backbone. He encouraged everyone to come forward to beg again, so the beggars came forward and wanted to give money. The beggar squeezed to the front and when he looked up, my master happened to lift the carriage curtain. The moment he saw that man, I clearly saw the shock flash across the fourth master's face."
"It looked like the fourth master knew the beggar. The beggar seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then suddenly picked up a stick and hit the fourth master on the head. My master fell down just like that."
At that time, I thought he was just hit by a stick, but later I found out that there were nails on the stick, which pierced deeply into his head, causing Master Luo Si to die on the spot.
"That's right."
The autopsy results were the same. The cause of death of Mr. Luo Si was due to a nail piercing his forehead.
"Sir, we took the copper coins and were about to leave. We had no intention of causing any trouble. It was that man who suddenly rushed in, shouting and making a fuss, that caused the trouble."
They didn't dare to cause trouble alone, but they liked it when everyone did it together, so they took advantage of the situation and started to make a fuss. They didn't expect that this would result in a death, and that the death was the Shangshu's younger brother. Now thinking about it, they were probably doomed to fail.
When I think of this.
The beggars kowtowed and admitted their mistakes.
"Sir, we really didn't do anything. Even when we were beaten, we didn't fight back. Really, I didn't do anything. Please forgive us, sir."
"Drag it away."
Minister Luo raised his hand coldly, and then the beggars were dragged out, and soon there was no sound.
"At the moment, it seems that finding the beggar is the key."
Old Madam Luo gradually understood the situation and knew that something might really be going on. So she turned around and asked someone to bring in a chair. After she sat down, she spoke to Lord Wang in a cold voice.
Lord Wang said yes.
At this moment, a servant came in and said something to Minister Luo. Minister Luo frowned and nodded, and the servant was about to leave.
"Wait a moment."
Jiang Zhaoying spoke up to stop him, and the servant's body shook violently, sweat broke out on his forehead, and he stood stiffly in place.
Just as he was about to speak, he saw a figure falling to the ground beside him. He turned around and looked.
It turned out that Mrs. Luo couldn't hold on any longer, her face turned pale, and she fainted on the ground...
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