Chapter 182 A Variety of Tricks, Confessions That Are Completely Contradictory
Shoes, wooden sticks.
Madam Hua chuckled dryly twice: "What shoes? What wood! You mean firewood, don't you? I'm an old woman, don't I need firewood to cook and drink?"
Li Jin glanced at her, stood up, and chuckled softly.
At that moment, Jin Shu, holding a piece of wood, brushed past Madam Hua.
She handed it to Li Jin, pointing to the bloodstained part: "It's bloody, this must be the murder weapon."
Upon hearing this, Madam Hua, who had just been clutching her chest in obvious pain, suddenly exerted tremendous strength to get up from the ground and reached out to snatch the wooden stick from Jin Shu's hand.
"What murder weapon! It's just a piece of wood, not the same one that stabbed him!"
Li Jin raised an eyebrow, watching Madam Hua rush towards Jin Shu, and reached out to pull Jin Shu behind him.
He applied just the right amount of pressure, tapping Jin Shu's shoulder, and she stumbled and landed on the octagonal chair where Li Jin had just been sitting.
And that iron fan was now stuck right in the middle of Madam Hua's neck.
Li Jin glanced at her arrogant appearance and uttered only one word: "Poke?"
"It wasn't poked with this!" The woman, completely unaware that she had let something slip, was still making a desperate attempt to explain.
"I didn't say how he died." Li Jin raised his chin slightly, smiling, but the atmosphere in the room instantly became tense.
cold.
The light in his eyes was like daggers, stabbing at Madam Hua's face, stabbing at her gradually distorted features.
"How could Madam Hua know about a case that the government hasn't mentioned?" With a whoosh, the fan in Li Jin's hand, as he twirled his wrist, left a trail of afterimages.
With the fan handle tilted back, the knife hidden inside was now aimed directly at Madam Hua's neck, just an inch away.
Just moments before, Madam Hua had been arguing and cursing, but suddenly she seemed to fall silent. Staring at the knife in Li Jin's hand, she stammered and hesitated for a long time before finally blurting out a shocking statement: "That has nothing to do with me! It was Zhang Shuai who did it! Not me!"
Seeing Li Jin raise his eyebrows, looking somewhat incredulous.
Madam Hua clasped her hands in a respectful bow, addressing everyone in the room with a wronged expression, a stark contrast to her demeanor just moments before.
What came out of his mouth was even more astonishing: "I only asked him to kidnap Hua Ning to teach him a lesson, who knew he would kill him! It has nothing to do with me!"
Li Jin sneered, and only when the constable stepped forward and grabbed her arm did she put down the knife in her hand.
He turned around and glanced at Jin Shu with concern.
Seeing that she sat there obediently without moving, he reached out and took the wooden stick from her.
He weighed the charred stick in his hand a few times, then looked up. A wave of oppressive aura washed over him, causing Madam Hua's legs to buckle and she staggered two steps before kneeling down.
"Tell me," Li Jin said calmly. "Tell the truth, and don't hide anything." He glanced at Madam Hua's terrified expression and emphasized again, "Don't try any crooked methods, it's useless."
Having solved cases for six years, what kind of people hasn't Li Jin seen?
Mrs. Hua throws tantrums and tries to get away with it every year, and there are at least eight or ten such cases. This kind of method will not work on him at all.
“It really is Zhang Shuai, my cousin.” Seeing that her tricks were not working, Madam Hua was a little anxious. “It was him. He got into a fight with Hua Ning, and I tried to break it up, but I couldn’t stop them! Two men fighting can be so powerful. I’m just an old woman, I can’t separate them.”
As she spoke, she casually cursed her cousin, Zhang Shuai.
"I tried to persuade them to stop fighting, but I got pushed and fell onto the broken porcelain, cutting my arm badly!"
She sounded very aggrieved, patting her chest and swearing to the heavens, "It really wasn't me! Even that bastard Zhang Shuai couldn't stop him!"
Madam Hua's gaze swept across everyone's faces, yearning for an understanding look.
She burst into tears, looking as if she were the victim.
Li Jin didn't give her a chance to catch her breath and asked, "Where did the rope come from?"
The old woman, who was still seeking understanding and sympathy, paused for a moment, then waved her hand and said decisively, "I don't know, it has nothing to do with me."
Li Jin squinted at Yun Fei, who was standing behind her and making a hand gesture, and sneered: "Then where is the rope you use to draw water from the well?"
One sentence hit the nail on the head.
Madam Hua stood there stunned, stammering for a long while before letting out a loud sigh: "Oh dear! It must be Zhang Shuai!" she said, looking heartbroken. "I never imagined he would steal my rope!"
Upon hearing this, Li Jin felt a surge of anger. He rubbed the bridge of his nose, shook his head, and took a deep breath.
After that, his voice suddenly grew louder: "According to the laws of the Great Wei Dynasty, deceiving the royal family is a crime punishable by death."
After saying that, he laughed, leaned down and looked at the extremely ugly face in front of him, his gaze sharp as if piercing the soul.
"Madam Hua, you have truly broadened my horizons." He laughed. "If you hadn't tried to kidnap Doctor Hua, would Commander Zhang have taken your rope? Would he have been at the scene? Would such a tragedy have occurred?"
"How dare you say it has nothing to do with you?" Li Jin held the wooden stick in front of her. "You're not going to say that this thing has nothing to do with you either, are you?"
Just as Bai Yu was pushing Zhang Shuai, whom he had just captured, into the main hall, Madam Hua said very sincerely, "It really has nothing to do with me. I just happened to see it!" She rolled up her sleeves, revealing the wound on her hand, "Your Highness! I'm so old, yet I'm still desperately trying to break up the fight. That Zhang Shuai is the real villain! A murderous monster!"
Inside the main hall, Zhang Shuai, standing against the light at the door, was stunned.
His lips were dry and chapped, his skin was dark, and his eyes widened in surprise as he exclaimed, "Sister, what are you saying?"
Upon seeing Zhang Shuai being captured so quickly, Madam Hua was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly broke free from the two constables and charged at Zhang Shuai with her fists raised.
"You monster! Murderer!"
Before she could finish speaking, Li Jin delivered a swift chop to Madam Hua, who lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground.
He dusted off his hands, his face cold: "Tie him up and send him to jail."
Watching Zhou Zheng and several constables carry Madam Hua out, Li Jincai lifted his robe and sat down in the main hall.
He rubbed his temples, which were throbbing from the fuss, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.
Seeing this, Bai Yu leaned forward and whispered, "I noticed he had been lingering outside the door, so I asked him. He said he saw the constable coming and was preparing to confess his crimes."
Upon hearing this, Li Jin paused for a moment, then slightly opened his eyes and sized up the middle-aged man.
He was five and a half feet tall, with a robust build and dark skin, which perfectly matched the previous deduction.
With his hands tied behind his back, Zhang Shuai stepped forward and knelt in the middle of the main hall: "It was me, I killed my brother-in-law."
After he finished speaking, he let out a long sigh: "Alas... I never expected things to turn out this way. I originally planned to kidnap him and take him to my house to hide for a few days. I never thought of killing him."
Seeing him shake his head and sigh, Li Jin unfolded the fan in his hand, slat by slat: "How many days do you want to hide?"
Zhang Shuai nodded: "Exactly." He hesitated for a moment, "Otherwise, my sister really wants to kill him this time. She's determined to sell the entire clinic!"
He sighed and shook his head helplessly: "Although the two of them don't get along, my brother-in-law is really a good person. I... sigh..."
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