Chapter 299 The Weapon Is Not a Weapon
"We are not running away!" Jingyao said, "Daddy just said that he wanted to leave this sad place and take me to live somewhere else. If the road hadn't been difficult to walk on after the heavy rain, we would have set off two days ago."
Lu Sicong saw the Regent's eyes on him, nodded, and said sadly:
"Your Majesty, that's exactly what happened. I just wanted to take A-Yao away from here. I have never done anything like harming anyone's life."
"Your Highness, we are not the kind of people who slander without any reason. The evidence and witnesses all point to Lu Er!" Lu Guangzu said, "Lu Hai was an old man living alone, helpless and helpless, and now he has been killed for no apparent reason. He cannot die in such an unclear way. I hope Your Highness will show mercy and give old man Lu Hai justice!"
When he said this, some villagers also whispered in agreement:
"Yes, there are witnesses and evidence. If Lu Er insists that he didn't kill anyone, he has to produce evidence."
"It is said that the Regent loves his people like his own children. We cannot allow the poor people to die in vain while letting the murderer go unpunished..."
"But Lu Er knows the prince, so the prince won't protect him..."
Nan Zheng quickly pulled out half of his sword, and these people immediately shut up and stopped making any movement.
However, Nan Zheng did not deal with these people like he did with Lu Da. After all, forcibly suppressing public opinion can only work for a while. If the problem itself is not solved, it will only cause the master to be criticized.
Seeing that the scene had calmed down, Nan Zheng sheathed his sword and waited for his master's instructions.
Xiao Changheng glanced at the people kneeling on the ground, turned to look at Yun Qingqing, and said in a gentle voice:
"You take a rest first. After I finish the case, we will set off back to Beijing."
The light in Yun Qingqing's dark eyes flickered, with a hint of coldness:
"No, let's go together."
Xiao Changheng noticed that her expression was strange, but did not stop her. The two of them, led by the villagers, came to Lu Hai's house.
The body was placed in the middle of the yard, covered with a white cloth. A group of villagers followed, but few dared to come in. They all stood outside, looking around with fear and curiosity.
Yun Qingqing stepped forward first and was about to lift the white cloth, but Lu Guangzu carefully dissuaded her:
"Princess, the death of old man Lu Hai is very strange. I'm afraid it will shock you..."
"No problem."
Yun Qingqing uncovered the white cloth without changing her expression.
The deceased was a burly old man in his fifties or sixties.
The expression on his face was hideous and terrifying, his eyeballs were almost bulging out, his forehead was scratched and bloody, and a knife was stuck in his heart, all the way to the handle.
When Lu Sicong saw the knife, his expression changed.
Lu Guangzu pointed at the hilt and said:
"This knife belongs to Lu Er. Almost everyone in our village who needs ironwork or repairs ironware comes to him. Many people have seen this knife. And you can see that there is a mark engraved on the handle that is his own!"
Yun Qingqing looked at Lu Sicong, only to see him saying with a pale face:
"The knife is mine, but I definitely didn't kill him! Uncle Hai and I have no grudges against each other, so why would I kill him?"
"That's hard to say!"
Luda covered his swollen face, and his voice was a little unclear when he spoke, but his momentum was strong:
"More than a decade ago, when you first got married, you had a big fight because Uncle Hai molested your younger brother, and you almost got into a fight!"
"Who knows if you have been holding this grudge for more than ten years, and you killed him to vent your anger because you were planning to leave soon?"
"After all, you are such an ungrateful person that you can even send your own mother who has raised you for more than thirty years to the government. What else can't you do?"
When he made such a noise, the villagers also began to whisper.
When Mrs. Zhao lost the banknotes, many people gathered at the scene and knew it was Mrs. Zhao's own fault. But within half a day after they dispersed, the news that Mrs. Zhao had been sent to the authorities spread.
Rumor has it that Lu Er is not his biological son, and that Old Lady Zhao was sent to the authorities because she killed her second son's wife. However, rumors tend to get distorted as they spread, and now there are many different opinions.
Rumors are scary, which is one of the reasons why Lu Sicong decided to take his daughter away from here.
At this moment, many people felt that what Lu Da said made sense, and Lu Sicong's face turned even paler.
At this moment, Yun Qingqing spoke in a cold voice:
"You believe that Lu Sicong is the murderer, based on the assumption that Lu Hai was indeed killed by this knife, but this is not the case."
Everyone was stunned when they heard the sound.
Lu Guangzu looked at the knife stuck in the corpse's chest, then looked at Yun Qingqing blankly:
"…What do you mean, Princess? Uncle Hai was clearly stabbed in the heart by this knife and died."
Yun Qingqing shook her head and pointed at Lu Hai's chest:
"Look carefully, is there any blood flowing out around the knife?"
Lu Guangzu looked at it for a while, his eyes gradually widened:
"...Really not...But what does this prove?"
The villagers looked at each other in bewilderment. Most people in this small place had never seen a murder case in their lives and had no idea what was going on.
"What else can it mean!" Nan Zheng suddenly understood and shouted, "When a knife pierces a living person's heart, there will be blood!"
"It was clear that this old man had been stabbed in the heart quite some time after he died!"
"That is to say, this knife is not the murder weapon at all. How can we conclude that the owner of the knife is the murderer?"
Lu Guangzu and the villagers all showed expressions of sudden enlightenment.
“It’s true!”
"There's not even a drop of blood coming out of the chest. The knife is definitely not the murder weapon!"
"But if that's the case, then how did Uncle Hai die?"
"Let's put aside other things. If it was really Lu Er who killed the person, the person would have been dead. It's impossible for him to use his own knife to stab him again and stay at the scene, right? This is clearly a frame-up!"
"That's right! Then the person who framed me must be the murderer... Hiss, this is so immoral, killing someone and putting the blame on someone else. If this case is not solved, we will have to live in fear every day in the future..."
The more they talked, the more worried they became. Lu Guangzu's face was not very good either. He bowed deeply to Xiao Changheng and said:
"Lord Regent, please find out the real culprit and punish him severely! Otherwise, the people in this village will be in panic in the future!"
Xiao Changheng's eyes had been following Yun Qingqing's every move. Hearing this, he said calmly:
"I'm afraid only the princess has the final say on this matter. Let's see what she says."
He had realized from Yun Qingqing's attitude that this was not an ordinary murder case.
Yun Qingqing nodded, looked at Lu Hai's corpse and said coldly:
"Let's put the cause of this man's death aside for now. The real murderer who stabbed him in the back to cover up his tracks and frame him is right here in this courtyard!"
The villagers held their breath and looked at each other in suspicion.
Yun Qingqing pointed at Luda:
“It’s you!”
Lu Da was so startled that he almost jumped up and exclaimed:
"Princess, please don't wrongly accuse me like this! I have always been a decent person and have never done such a thing! What good can I get from doing this!"
Yun Qingqing looked at him coldly:
"Let's not talk about what benefits you can get from doing this. You are also responsible for the murder of Lu Hai. If you have time to quibble, you might as well worry about yourself first!"
Luda, who was originally nervous, looked confused after hearing her words, but then he calmed down.
This princess was talking incoherently and didn't seem to know the truth at all. It seemed like she was just lying to me.
In this case, I must deny it till death!
Thinking of this, Luda said innocently:
"I don't know what the princess means. Even if you are the princess, if you insist on saying that I did such a bad thing, you have to provide evidence!"
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