Chapter 118 Yang Yang's Explanation
Luo Jiayin and Gu Yishen remained silent the entire way, each pondering their previous reasoning and the clues they had discovered during the on-site investigation.
When they entered the group reasoning room, the other guests were already seated, waiting for the next round of reasoning.
When Song Rui, the "guide," saw Luo Jiayin and Gu Yishen enter the room, he immediately stood up and greeted them.
"Alright, all our guests have arrived. Daoist Luo Chenzi, Young Master Gu, are you both ready to begin our next round of reasoning?"
Luo Jiayin smiled and nodded, indicating that she was ready.
Gu Yishen maintained his usual calm demeanor in front of everyone and remained silent.
Immediately afterwards, the facilitator announced the official start of the first concentrated reasoning session.
The first speaker was Yang Yang.
She projected the photos she had taken during the evidence collection process onto the big screen, carefully explaining the content and source of each photo. She also offered her own opinions on these clues and pointed the finger at Madam Lu, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Lu family, as the suspect in Ren Ning'er's murder.
Next, the other guests also listed the evidence they had found and expressed their opinions and suspicions.
During the evidence search, Lu Ziye focused his attention on Concubine Yang, so the first place he went to was Concubine Yang's room.
Through the large screen and Lu Ziye's narration, everyone learned that he had discovered a very hidden compartment in the closet of Yang's concubine's room.
Inside that compartment were a receipt for two thousand strings of cash written by the madam of "Hua Man Lou," and another receipt for five thousand strings of cash, which showed that some silk and jewelry had been pawned to a pawnshop.
In addition, there was a fishing rod in her house, but it was missing a fishing line.
Besides these, Lu Ziye also found a guarantee hidden inside Yang's concubine's pillowcase, which read:
[Having received three thousand strings of cash, I voluntarily leave the capital. Signatory: Lu Chengyin.]
Looking at the evidence that Lu Ziye found in Yang's concubine's room, Luo Jiayin couldn't help but be amazed by Lu Ziye's meticulousness.
This guy really put in a lot of effort; he even took off the pillowcase...
This shows how certain that Yang's concubine had problems.
But thinking about it, it makes sense. After all, Yang Yang is an ordinary person, and it's her first time participating in a variety show like "Hold On to the Villain's Script" with so many celebrities.
Once you're targeted, you're bound to get nervous, and people are most prone to making mistakes when they're nervous.
Lu Ziye probably didn't go through any meticulous reasoning; he probably just thought Yang Yang was easy to manipulate and wanted to find an easy target to show off his "strength."
Based on the clues provided by Lu Ziye, the group questioned Yang's concubine.
Luo Jiayin was secretly worried for Yang Yang, but Yang Yang himself remained very calm.
She first briefly mentioned that everyone in the Lu family knew about her love of fishing, and that over the years, the head of the Lu family had collected all sorts of expensive fishing gear for her.
Moreover, this fishing rod was purchased by the Lu family head for his concubine Yang at great expense, and the fishing line was made of silkworm silk, making it extremely strong and resilient.
Regarding the missing fishing line, Yang Yang said that if Lu Ziye hadn't discovered it during the evidence search today, she wouldn't have known that her fishing rod was missing a fishing line.
Before that, she would check her fishing gear every night.
Therefore, she was certain that the fishing line must have disappeared sometime after last night.
Apart from the head of the Lu family, who spent the night in Yang's concubine's courtyard last night, no one else has been able to access her fishing rod during this time.
The crowd was skeptical of Yang Yang's statement, and then asked Lu Ziye whether he had stayed in Yang's concubine's courtyard last night.
Lu Ziye couldn't deny it, so he could only nod.
A confident smile appeared on Yang Yang's lips as she continued:
"The guarantee that the Lu family head found in my pillowcase was actually written by one of the Lu family's servants."
Everyone looked at each other in surprise upon hearing Yang Yang's words, and Luo Jiayin also looked at Yang Yang in astonishment.
That girl is clever!
Yang Yang paused for a few seconds before continuing, "The Lu Chengyin mentioned in this guarantee is a servant boy in my Lu family. Three years ago, I caught him having an affair with one of my personal maids. He even tried to steal my things to sell them for travel expenses to elope with me."
“I originally intended to hand them over to the steward of the manor and deal with them according to the family rules, but at that time the two of them cried and begged me to have mercy, and repeatedly said that they were indeed in love and that they only wanted to steal things and run away because the maid was pregnant and they had no other choice.”
"I thought that if we really handed them over to the steward of the manor and dealt with them according to the family law, the two of them would definitely not escape death."
"I am a mother myself. Seeing them like that, and thinking of the child in that maid's house, I still couldn't bear it."
"So I secretly released them from the manor and gave them some money to live on."
"But as you all know, I am not the mistress of the house. I am just a concubine in the Lu family. If the Madam and the Master find out about this overstepping my bounds, it will not be good for me either."
"So I gave them more money as hush money, telling them to stay away from the capital and never mention the Lu family again."
Um……
The explanation, while not entirely thorough, was indeed plausible.
Luo Jiayin felt even more delighted with Yang Yang.
In fact, Luo Jiayin knew perfectly well where the guarantee she had taken out of Yang's concubine's pillowcase came from.
The existence of that guarantee was undoubtedly extremely detrimental evidence to Yang's concubine.
However, the production team usually hides the more important evidence quite well, and it may even be hidden directly on the suspect.
The guarantee was tucked inside the pillowcase, which was actually quite well hidden. That's why when Lu Ziye produced this evidence, Luo Jiayin was impressed that Lu Ziye had really put a lot of effort into Yang Yang.
She also had the thought that if this guarantee were discovered, a certain secret might have to be revealed.
That secret...
To be honest, this is not good for Yang's concubine, but also for certain other people, and even for Luo Jiayin herself.
However, Luo Jiayin really didn't expect that Yang Yang would come up with such an explanation to cover it up.
Luo Jiayin had not read or knew Yang Yang's script. Although the two had a good relationship, she had never asked Yang Yang about the role she had been given.
However, she was certain that the script wouldn't be so considerate as to provide ready-made answers for the guests.
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