Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Damn it, he actually hid poison. ...
Speak of the devil, and here he comes. Just as he was speaking, Qu Zhoubai came in with his men, "We've brought the men back."
Zhu Song looked over and saw a man with completely white hair, ragged clothes, a hunched body, and cloudy eyes. He trembled as he entered and knelt down tremblingly, "I am here to pay my respects, Your Excellency."
Zhu Song frowned as he looked at him. How could such a person be the owner of Zhuqingyuan?
Zhu Song asked, "Is Zhuqingyuan yours?"
Li Mingsi looked up at Zhu Song in confusion, "What 'courtyard'? I've never heard of it. I only have a thatched house in the village."
Zhu Song asked again: "Have you ever known Lin Feng?"
Li Mingsi replied, "I've heard of him, but I've never seen him."
Zhu Song frowned deeply and looked at Qu Zhoubai, who quickly said, "I checked the list of permanent residents in Beijing, and indeed, there is only one person named Li Mingsi."
If you are not from Beijing, it will be even harder to find.
Zhu Song looked at Gu Huaiyu and said, "Let's go and interrogate Lin Feng."
The two walked side by side, and Qu Zhoubai quickly asked, "What about him?"
Neither Zhu Song nor Gu Huaiyu answered. Qu Zhoubai looked at the backs of the two as they walked away, then looked at Li Mingsi who was still kneeling on the ground, and sighed.
Zhu Song and Gu Huaiyu arrived at the prison. It was already dark. Lin Feng was lying in bed but had not yet fallen asleep. He looked over when he heard the voices and quickly stood up when he saw the two of them. "Sir."
Zhu Song and Gu Huaiyu entered the cell, and Zhu Song asked directly, "Who is the owner of Zhuqingyuan?"
Lin Feng's eyes flashed, and then he denied it: "I don't know what the adults are talking about."
Zhu Song could tell at once that he was lying, but he didn't expose him right away. He just asked, "Who is secretly collaborating with you to pretend to be a green monkey?"
Lin Feng said: "This is my own idea, no one cooperated with me."
Zhu Song frowned, "You mean you can disguise yourself?"
Lin Feng's eyes flickered again. Zhu Song slammed the table and raised his voice, "If you don't tell the truth, I have no choice but to petition His Majesty to drop this case. The injustice of the 31 lives of the Lin family will be buried forever."
Lin Feng was so frightened that he quickly knelt down, hesitating and not saying anything. Gu Huaiyu gently persuaded him, "There are few clues in a case thirteen years ago. Every little detail may be related to the final result. No matter what happened with him in the past thirteen years, since you came to report the case, you must still want to find out the truth. Don't worry, if he has no connection with this case, we will not disclose his information."
Lin Feng looked up at Zhu Song and Gu Huaiyu, but still didn't say anything.
Zhu Song sat down in front of him and asked, "You don't have to tell me who he is. Now tell me why you didn't seek his help after you regained your memory? Otherwise, with his ability, you wouldn't have to cause such a mess in the capital, would you?"
Lin Feng replied: "I...I just thought that he had helped me a lot and didn't want to trouble him anymore."
Zhu Song then asked, "So when you were pretending to be a green monkey, either he was helping you behind the scenes, or it was someone else?"
Lin Feng pursed his lips and nodded. "Yes, after I left Zhuqingyuan, I had nowhere to go. I accidentally walked to the mass grave outside the city. There I met a man. He thought I was dying and asked if I had any last wishes. I didn't know what to do at the time, so I told him about my family situation. He was the one who came up with the idea of pretending to be a green monkey, and he was also the one who helped me change my appearance."
Zhu Song asked, "What's your name and where do you live?"
Lin Feng shook his head. "He didn't tell me, so I don't know. He always wore a mask when he was with me. I only roughly knew that he was a man, seven feet tall, and spoke with a Beijing accent."
Zhu Song continued to ask, "Is it possible that someone from Zhuqingyuan is secretly helping you?"
Lin Feng was stunned for a moment, then he shook his head and said firmly: "No."
Zhu Song asked, "Are you sure?"
Lin Feng replied: "I'm sure."
Zhu Song stopped asking and stood up and walked out. Gu Huaiyu looked at Lin Feng deeply, then followed Zhu Song out.
After walking out of the prison, Zhu Song said, "I'm going to take a look at Zhuqing Courtyard."
Gu Huaiyu said: "I'll go with you."
"Um."
The two men then took the yamen runners to Zhuqingyuan.
When they arrived at Zhuqingyuan, there was no light at all. The yamen runners went up and knocked on the door, but no one answered. Zhu Song stepped forward and said, "Get out of the way," then kicked the door of Zhuqingyuan open. It was quiet inside, and there was no one there.
Zhu Song raised his hand and said, "Go in and take a look."
The yamen runners filed in. Zhu Song and Gu Huaiyu went straight into the hall. Everything in the hall had been moved out, leaving only some tables and cabinets. The room was tidy and there was no sign of a fight. There was a thin layer of dust on the table, which seemed to indicate that everything had been prepared long ago.
Zhu Song turned around, "Huanghuali table" and "Phoenix wood cabinet"
Gu Huaiyu said: "It seems that it is not just a wealthy businessman."
Huanghuali tables are not rare, but flamboyant wood cabinets are rare. They are rare items that cannot be bought even if you have money, and only high-ranking officials in Beijing can have them.
Zhu Song and Gu Huaiyu walked around Zhuqingyuan and found nothing else.
When they returned to the Dali Temple, Qu Zhoubai had already left. Zhu Song and Gu Huaiyu said, "I want to go see Lin Feng again."
Gu Huaiyu said, "I'll go look for Lao Qu again."
The owner of Zhuqingyuan is so extraordinary. There is no reason for Lin Feng to ignore the ready-made door and instead walk on a tightrope. This is too abnormal.
It was already midnight when Zhu Song arrived at the prison again. As soon as he reached the door, he heard someone inside shout, "There's an assassin."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Song hurried in. The yamen runners were blocking a woman in coarse linen clothes. She was carrying a basket commonly used for visiting prisoners. The woman looked at the yamen runners warily. In the cell next to the woman, Lin Feng had already fallen to the ground, but there was no blood.
Zhu Song frowned, "Catch her."
The woman took out an exquisite dagger from the basket and rushed towards the yamen runners. The woman looked thin, but she was very skilled. The two yamen runners were no match for her. Zhu Song retreated in fear. Seeing this, the woman raised the dagger and rushed towards him.
"My lord." "My lord."
The fallen yamen runner shouted in panic. The woman became even more excited when she heard their shouts, but the situation changed the moment she got close to him. Zhu Song grabbed the woman's hand and twisted it hard. The woman let out a low cry, and her wrist broke and hung down weakly. At the same time, the dagger in her hand fell to the ground with a clanging sound.
Zhu Song kicked the woman hard, and she fell to her knees. Zhu Song ordered the yamen runner, "Go and see how Lin Feng is doing."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Feng sat up on the ground and took out a heart-protecting mirror from his chest, but the heart-protecting mirror was already broken.
Zhu Song breathed a sigh of relief. The woman naturally noticed it and stared at Zhu Song fiercely, "You lied to me."
After so long, there was finally some movement. Zhu Song felt a little better. "How can catching an assassin be called cheating?" He changed the subject and said, "Tell me, who sent you here?"
The woman snorted coldly, "Dream on."
Zhu Song was in a good mood now, and even smiled a little, "It's not too late to say this now that you've seen what the Dali Temple is capable of."
The woman gritted her teeth, and the next second, blood flowed from the corner of her mouth. She said again, "Dream on."
Damn it, she actually hid poison. Zhu Song was so angry that he threw the woman to the ground and ordered the yamen runners, "Go call Xu Lizhu and the others over."
"yes"
While waiting, Zhu Song spoke to Lin Feng, "You are prepared."
Lin Feng replied ambiguously: "Since you don't want to die, you must be prepared."
Zhu Song followed up on his words and asked, "Did you know someone would come to kill you?"
Lin Feng shook his head.
Zhu Song's attention was now on the female assassin, so he didn't say much to him and asked the yamen runner, "How did she get in?"
The bailiff knelt down immediately and said, "Sir, she said she came to see Zhou Laosan. I... I felt sorry for her, so I let her in."
There is a fixed number of visits for prisoners, especially death row prisoners. If they want extra visits, they will give the yamen runners something to give them. Everyone knows these things, and Zhu Song turned a blind eye and never said anything.
Zhu Song stretched out his hand towards him, "What did she give you?"
The bailiff quickly took out a white jade ring from his bosom and handed it to Zhu Song. Zhu Song took it and looked at it. It was very valuable but the style was very ordinary. He didn't see anything special about it.
Zhu Song put the ring away and said, "This matter is not over yet."
The bailiff quickly pleaded, "Sir, I know I was wrong. Please give me another chance. I won't dare to do it again."
Zhu Song said: "I will suspend my duties temporarily. We will talk about it after this matter is over."
It was just a temporary suspension, which was already a very light punishment, and the yamen runners didn't dare to say anything more.
At this moment, Xu Lizhu and Xu Songlan hurried over, their clothes untied. "What happened?"
Zhu Song pointed at the assassin lying on the ground and said, "Autopsy."
Originally, this should have been done by the coroner, but the coroner was very busy in the past few days. He had nothing to do these days and went home early every day. If we call him over now, it would delay things.
Xu Lizhu and Xu Songlan started the autopsy without saying a word. They moved very quickly and came to the conclusion after a few breaths that the person died of poisoning by arbutus fumarate, and the poison was hidden in the second big tooth.
"She has scars on her body, especially on her chest and back, but judging by the scars, the injuries aren't serious. Combined with the calluses on her hands, they're probably injuries from training."
Zhu Song nodded and then asked, "What do you think her identity is?"
This wasn't something a doctor should answer. Xu Songlan and Xu Lizhu exchanged a glance, and Xu Lizhu replied, "I'd venture to guess it was a death squad."
Zhu Song noticed that Lin Feng's eyes changed, but he didn't seem surprised.
Zhu Song said, "Death warriors. Liang State law clearly stipulates that only officials of the third rank and above in the imperial court can maintain death warriors, and the number cannot exceed ten."
As soon as these words came out, Xu Lizhu and Xu Songlan's expressions changed immediately. On the way here, they already knew that this person was here to assassinate Lin Feng, "Sir, this..."
Zhu Song said: "You guys go back first, there are some things I want to talk to Lin Feng alone."
"yes."
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