Chapter 34 Who is it? She said who is it, then this sword can only belong to that person...
Just now, Jiang Hui and Yan Siqing arrived at the big vat one after another. When the latter came, others obediently gave up their seats next to Jiang Hui, but Chen Jiao avoided him.
The former is fierce and the latter is wise, both are powerful, and he is not stupid either.
As soon as Yan Siqing arrived, he took a closer look at the moist moss on the thick edge of the large vat. However, there was a section where the moss was gone, revealing the sandy bottom of the vat underneath, as if a large area had been scratched off.
She remembered that the two thieves were not covered in moss or other debris, otherwise it would be too disappointing - they did the previous tasks well without any major flaws, but when it came to hiding the jade pendant, there was such a big flaw?
They don't have many clothes to change into, and changing clothes is a hassle anyway...
Such a big scratch couldn't have been caused when the jade pendant was hidden.
Now I know.
Because, in full view of everyone, under the messy hair, the pale head just floated to the surface.
Immediately afterwards, the corpse below also floated up.
A dead person.
Or someone they all knew.
"ginger!!"
"Jiang... Young Master Jiang!"
"Jiang Lingxin!"
Everyone was shocked.
Lian Yan Siqing and Jiang Hui never expected that there was a dead person in the jar, and the dead person was Jiang Lingxin.
By the way, when the stolen jade pendant was investigated, it seemed that he was the only one who was not present. No, it was the three scholars who were not present.
The torchlight shone on Jiang Lingxin's face, and many people thought of the Jiang family's influence in Chang'an, and also thought of the great talent who had been cheerful and elegant not long ago...
This young man from an aristocratic family was keen on traveling and making friends. He was one of the few children in the family who could study and had the hope of achieving great success. However, he died inexplicably in a jar.
It seems that the Jiang family is one of the rare noble families with many scholars. There are many high-ranking officials in the court. Jiang Lingxin's elder brother Jiang Wuye was the third place winner in the last session. Now he is a favorite in front of the emperor. His future is promising and they can be said to be a family of two heroes.
result.....
Once a person dies, no matter how warm the fire is, it cannot illuminate his pale face.
Instead, it seems more lonely and miserable.
Jiang Hui was the least panicked. No matter how angry the Jiang family was, they would not dare to provoke him. But others were scared to death and in a panic.
Luo Gao was stunned for a long moment, his hands shaking as he looked around, finally locking onto Yan Siqing. "Jiu, Jiu Gongzi, are you still investigating? Can you continue?"
Liao Qing's voice was hoarse as he shouted, "Who else could have killed him? It must have been these two thieves!"
"Could there be anyone else?"
Others thought so too, could it be anyone else?
It couldn't be anyone else but the only related culprit.
The expressions of the two thieves, Chen Shuang and Zhao Li, did not seem to be fake. They were still in shock. Suddenly, they saw that these people were united in their hatred of the enemy and wanted to put the blame for the murder on them, and they immediately laughed out of anger.
"Although we are guilty of theft and must be sentenced to death, and this murder is also punishable by death, we are unwilling to take the blame."
"We only buried jade pendants down there, and never killed anyone."
"Besides, why would we kill him? What would we thieves do if it wasn't for the money?"
"Thieves also have their own code of conduct."
It's a bit funny that the world's top thief is shouting with confidence that there is a code of conduct for thieves.
Chen Jiao's eyes flickered as he jumped out, "Not necessarily. It's also possible that Young Master Jiang happened to see you two doing something bad, and you killed them in a hurry to silence them. You two are also very skilled, and you can kill them silently and hide them in the vat."
Indeed, he rarely makes a logical argument.
Luo Gao and others had no way to refute it.
Moreover, this is the most beneficial result for everyone - the murderer has been found, and the Jiang family has someone to vent their revenge on.
It's better than the Jiang family getting involved. The Dali Temple will expand its investigation into the case. Then everyone will be investigated tonight with a much greater intensity than the case of the jade pendant theft.
What's more, the suspicions of these two thieves are too great.
"There's no jade pendant underneath."
“But there are pebbles.”
Jiang Hui didn't bother wasting time while everyone was discussing this. He raised his hand quickly and said, "Where are the other two? Go find them."
When the jade pendant theft case was investigated before, the three people didn't show up. It's not that no one noticed, but no one thought they would steal the jade pendant.
It has nothing to do with their background, but because the three of them are talented and famous. Even if they don't pass the imperial examinations, they are still guaranteed to be Jinshi and have a promising future.
Since they have official careers, any other risks are obstacles. Even if it is a jade pendant worth three thousand taels of gold, no one thinks that the three candidates would take the huge risk of delaying the imperial examination to steal it.
So, it’s okay if they didn’t come.
Something's wrong now.
A group of people went to look for someone, but Yan Siqing didn't go. He first looked at the big vat. There were no footprints here. Even if there were, they were covered by the complicated footsteps of the crowd. There was nothing to see.
There are no other clues.
The only clue is the body itself.
There didn't seem to be any fatal injuries, not even any bleeding wounds.
That is, the roots of the water lily are entangled with the hair, faintly visible on the pale and swollen cheeks.
Lotus grows in water, and flowers grow on the face.
Perhaps only an autopsy can reveal the cause of his death.
Yan Siqing watched coldly as the entire body was fished out, and asked Ruozhao to fish out the water tank carefully.
Others thought she was looking for a jade pendant.
But the jade pendant was indeed gone.
Yan Siqing's gaze paused at Jiang Lingxin's feet in white socks. After thinking for a while, he turned around and walked towards the eaves. Chen Shuang and the other person were guarded and escorted behind him.
As soon as he stepped onto the stairs, Chen Shuang suddenly cried out for injustice and begged her to seek justice for him and his wife.
"We really only steal things, we don't kill people!"
"We really only hid the jade pendant, how could it have disappeared? The murderer must have killed people to steal the treasure! Sir, we are wronged!"
Under the eaves, Yan Siqing saw Fu Yi coming and bowed gently.
"Young Master."
Yan Siqing: "You also think they are not the murderers?"
Fu Yi shook her head, smiled bitterly, and just looked at Jiang Lingxin's body and said, "I don't know who the murderer is, but Master Jiang helped me. No matter what, I hope he can rest in peace and that the hateful murderer can be brought to justice."
"And the Ninth Young Master is a man of keen insight and talent in criminal investigation, a rarity for a common woman."
Yan Siqing's eyes swept over her subtly, and he didn't comment on the trust and praise, but he also responded gently: "It just so happened that this matter has been involved. I have no choice but to make some efforts. As for the result, I don't know."
She turned sideways and looked down at the two thieves and their husband and wife kneeling on the ground.
Asked a question in front of Fuyi.
"Did you get here by the path along the left side of the backyard?"
Chen Shuang and the other man were surprised.
How does she know?
Oh, she seems to live in Room 1A over there.
Fu Yi was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and whispered, "Actually, I know something about the situation."
"Maybe there's more than one suspect."
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Bang!
The doors of three adjacent rooms were knocked open one after another.
The smell of alcohol was overwhelming... Soon everyone saw Liu Wuzheng and Qiu Moyu lying on the bed, drunk and unconscious.
Um... I can understand why they didn't come. It's not that they don't want to get involved, but they have no idea what's going on outside.
They are all like dead pigs.
Only then did they remember that the three talented men had drunk some wine because of the toasts from everyone.
I wonder if you can handle alcohol so badly? You're so drunk.
Jiang Hui raised his eyebrows, glanced around the room, and took a step back.
"Wake him up."
"Watch the three rooms inside and outside."
With such strong military power, he doesn't need anyone's advice when doing anything.
As for the matter of verbal investigation...it finally fell on Yan Siqing's head. At least after Liu Wuzheng and the other two were forcibly awakened by Ruoqin and the others using not-so-gentle means, everyone was in the first-floor lobby again.
The body is there too.
The two men also had pale faces and bloodshot eyes as they looked at Jiang Lingxin's body.
There was no time for them to cry. Jiang Hui was impatient with this kind of thing. He had wiped the scabbard many times and seemed to be sleepy, but he was not noisy and only glanced at someone occasionally.
Chen Jiao was the most anxious. He hesitated several times to speak, but rarely did he refrain from shouting. He simply muttered, "Is there anything else to investigate? Wasn't it just these two thieves who killed the person? They were just trying to silence him."
Chen Shuangke had been unhappy with him for a long time and sneered, "Mr. Chen, please don't be impatient. If I remember correctly, when we were having dinner in the hall tonight, Mr. Jiang came to see you. His words were not very warm. You two are not even acquaintances. How dare you say that there are no conflicts or grudges between you?"
When he said this, he glanced at Fuyi.
After hearing this, many people remembered it.
Chen Jiao's face flushed suddenly and he denied it repeatedly.
"That's absolutely not the case. The Zhou and Jiang families are acquainted. Even if I, Chen Jiao, and Young Master Jiang have never met before, we still have some ties of friendship because of our families. How could we possibly fall out or even kill someone just for a female musician? You underestimate me!"
He didn't hide his disparagement of Fuyi in his words. Everyone looked down on his behavior, but if there was any evidence, there was no evidence. Fuyi didn't seem to take his humiliation too seriously...
"Mr. Chen came to me last night and tried to force his way into the house, but he failed."
"Master Jiang arrived just in time and stopped him. There was a verbal altercation and a tug of war over clothing."
Fu Yi suddenly spoke, and Chen Jiao's face turned pale instantly. He glared at Fu Yi and was about to insult her.
Liao Qing also said embarrassedly that he seemed to have heard the quarrel as well.
"I heard Master Jiang arguing with someone, and I guessed it was Master Chen at the time, because I could see it when we were having dinner in the hall."
"It's no surprise that you had a second conflict later."
Chen Jiao: "Asshole! Is this slander?! I didn't kill him, we just had a few words and then separated! But you, who the hell are you, Liao? How dare you point fingers at me?!"
Jiang Hui watched these people pointing fingers at each other coldly, and after a while he said, "Let's do an autopsy."
The government officials haven't arrived yet, so the only people responsible for the autopsy are his people, and he doesn't plan to let Yan Siqing do it himself.
After all, it's a corpse, not very clean.
Unless she insists.
In the end, Yan Siqing didn't get it either.
"Impurities such as broken lotus leaves and other debris were found in the fish tank. The patient's abdomen was swollen, but there were no signs of struggle. There was also some vomit in the tank. The patient's face was swollen, but his clothes were neat and tidy, showing no signs of dragging or fighting..."
"Young Master Jiang drowned from drunkenness."
Liao Qing was stunned. "Did he die accidentally? Did he slip and fall into the vat in the backyard?"
Yan Siqing: "I'm afraid not."
She raised her hand and pointed at the body.
"Miss Fuyi just mentioned that Master Jiang and Master Chen had some contact and some tug-of-war, and Master Chen didn't deny it."
Chen Jiao gritted his teeth. How could he deny this?
The master and servant of Fuyi can testify.
"I did have a fight with him, but he wanted to cause trouble for me. What does it have to do with him? Why should he pretend to be a saint? And he may not be a saint, he is just pretending to be a good person. I don't believe that we are all men. Who would not touch a beautiful woman with no power and influence? Even if he doesn't touch her now, he will be unable to resist in the end, and his behavior will only be more ugly..."
After hearing this, Jiang Hui and Yan Siqing's expressions changed slightly, and they even thought of their elders...
Liu Wuzheng also quickly glanced at Yan Siqing.
Without waiting for Yan Siqing to react, Jiang Hui slapped him in the face.
Chen Jiao had several bloody teeth knocked out by a slap. He fell to the ground, covering his bleeding mouth, and was stunned.
I didn't even know how to cry out in pain.
Because I was scared.
Jiang Hui looked at him expressionlessly.
The first time Yan Siqing saw him display his battlefield prowess was when he shot Lin Chenguang and sent him flying.
The second time is this time.
The hall is quiet.
It was Yan Siqing who broke the silence.
"I changed my clothes. It's not the one in front, right?"
Fu Yi nodded, "Indeed, I have changed it. I remember it wasn't this one before. Master Jiang is from a noble family. No matter how casual he is, he still has his own respectability in clothing."
This is a habit developed since childhood.
This also shows that after Jiang Lingxin and Chen Jiao separated after the conflict, he went back to his room to change clothes.
Yan Siqing: "Maybe it's just a coincidence, maybe I'm not the only one who heard that Master Jiang had a conflict with someone - he quarreled with someone, although I don't know who the other party was or what the quarrel was about, but at that time, he had a rift with the other party, which may be the reason for his murder."
"Liao Qing, the conflict you heard wasn't between Master Jiang and Master Chen, but between him and the murderer."
"Actually, we can speculate this way: Based on the cause of Young Master Jiang's death, he was so drunk that he lost any resistance, and was then carried to the backyard by the murderer and placed in a large vat where he drowned. This would require the deceased to have drunk a lot of alcohol. Judging from the level of alcohol consumed in the hall and Young Master Jiang's state at the time - and his quarrel with Young Master Chen, he was still sober during this period, and was not at the level of drunkenness and dementia at all. This means that he drank a lot more afterwards."
"Has the post station ever delivered any wine?"
The people at the post station denied it, and no one in the hall had seen Jiang Lingxin come to drink again.
That is the last possibility.
"Combined with the premise—Mr. Jiang has already changed into clean clothes."
"And there's a reserve of wine in the Tianzi Room. Once you finish it, you'll be charged the price."
"Furthermore, Jiang Lingxin had no shoes on his feet. Only socks were found on the body, and no shoes were found in the vat. The murderer forgot to put them on him when he carried him. They were drinking together in the room, and shoes were not needed on the couch. They both wore clean socks. After getting him drunk, they carried him downstairs to the backyard."
"The murderer got Mr. Jiang drunk in his room before committing the murder."
"They're familiar, trusting, and even drinking together in the room after an argument. Only two people fit this description."
Everyone looked at Liu Wuzheng and Qiu Moyu.
The former was stunned, then denied it: "Brother Jiang and I didn't quarrel, and we don't have any conflicts on weekdays. Naturally, there is no question of going to his room to drink and apologize. But because of the pressure of the scientific examination, I felt depressed and drank alone in the room."
Qiu Moyu: "I only drank in the hall, and I was already drunk at that time. I didn't touch the wine in the room. It's not what this Ninth Young Master said at all. Can you use these deductions to lock Wu Zheng and I as suspects? We have known Ling Xin for many years. We are classmates and friends, better than brothers. Why would we harm him? And if we really look at the motives and abilities, I'm afraid there is someone else here who is most likely to commit the murder and can disguise the evidence."
He was a little resentful and his tone was full of doubt, almost saying it out loud.
But actually, it’s not wrong.
Is there anyone here who is more capable of killing than Jiang Hui and his group and Luo Gao's side?
Liao Qing was afraid of angering Jiang Hui, so he smiled and tried to smooth things over. He urged Luo Gao and the people at the post station to check the two rooms. They found that Qiu Moyu hadn't lied. The wine in his room was untouched, but the one in Liu Guozheng's room was...
"Inside Liu Juzi's room, the wine bottle was also intact."
Liu Wuzheng was stunned, his face changed drastically, "How is this possible? Someone must have harmed me."
Ruo Zhao and the others had seen the two people's room before and remembered this fact.
Jiang Hui locked his gaze on him, his fingers tapping lightly on the hilt of his sword as he paced back and forth. "It seems that even a distinguished scholar, a future disciple of a sage, may not be entirely devoted to his country and the people. It's quite possible that he might be driven by selfish desires..."
He did not draw his sword, because not everyone was worthy of him drawing his sword.
But he pulled out the sword and scabbard from his waist sword sheath, and moved to behind Liu Wuzheng.
They happened to look at each other.
At that moment, the look in his eyes was extremely aggressive, even a bit targeted and malicious.
She almost thought that this person was going to attack Liu Wuzheng out of this unspeakable malice.
He did move.
She pursed her lips and almost opened her mouth to say something.
"Do you think it was Wu Zheng? Impossible! He definitely didn't kill Brother Jiang..."
Qiu Moyu, the only one shouting for Liu Wuzheng, suddenly stopped.
Jiang Hui: "I said it was him? Do you think I would go against the wishes of our Ninth Young Master?"
Jiang Hui's scabbard was on his neck. He was speaking to Qiu Moyu, but his eyes were fixed on Yan Siqing.
It is so obvious that it is difficult to avoid.
Yan Siqing could only look away from him. Qiu Moyu's throat was dry, and he lost his composure a little. His voice was sharp: "Why do you doubt me?! And is what she said the truth? Who is she?!"
Luo Gao was confused: "Ah? It's Qiu Moyu? Ninth Young Master, is it him?"
Jiang Hui: "It doesn't matter whether what she said is the truth or not. The sword will only be on the neck of whoever she said it was."
What kind of person is this? Even rebels are not so arrogant!
Everyone present was shocked once again, and Chen Jiao even felt that he might have really hit a huge wall.
Even if you don't look at the other person and your ears are not deaf, Yan Siqing's originally plain and elegant eyes will reveal her gorgeous nature because of being moved.
Under the candlelight, it is like rippling water.
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