Chapter 444 Inn
The black shadow stood up and walked to Su Yan's side first. After making sure that she was asleep, he breathed a sigh of relief.
There was a reason for choosing to kill people in the inn. Today is a time of chaos and all the provincial governments are busy taking care of themselves. The inn is in a remote location and no one will pay attention to it.
He originally planned to cater to the rumors and bury the body randomly after killing someone, but he never expected that a coroner would come.
The young coroner was a woman, so he didn't take it seriously. Unexpectedly, she insisted on investigating.
And there is Yun Xing. Although he is a man of few words, he can feel that Yun Xing is definitely not a good person.
This was the only option he had.
The black shadow returned to his room, hurriedly packed his luggage and walked out.
He had already planned his escape route. He didn't even have to run far. As long as he left the jurisdiction of the county government, no one would be willing to spend time chasing him.
Thinking of this, his heart calmed down a little.
When passing the lobby, he looked at the three people who were still sleeping, shook his head secretly, and then walked out.
At this moment, a pleasant female voice was heard, "Sure enough, you are going to run away. I thought you would be responsible... Alas."
The shadow turned around in horror.
The three of them were still lying there, not moving.
But this voice was clearly Su Yan's, she...
The black shadow thought that he had indeed heard some of Su Yan's voices inexplicably in the past two days, but she didn't seem to speak.
He was just wondering when Su Yan stretched and sat up.
The man stumbled back, "How did you…"
Su Yan stood up and looked at Lu Songyuan, "It's really you."
Lu Songyuan carried a backpack and held a branch of appropriate height as a walking stick.
His mind went blank. He looked at Su Yan for a long while before he asked blankly, "You didn't drink tea?"
"I didn't check the tea, so I didn't drink it," Su Yan walked towards Lu Songyuan, "They both fainted, and I fainted too, just to see what you were going to do. I don't understand why you did this."
Su Yan's eyes were burning, making Lu Songyuan feel very uncomfortable.
Her eyes seemed to be able to penetrate his heart and see everything about him clearly.
Lu Songyuan turned his head and whispered, "I just don't plan to stay here any longer."
"You should know that what I'm asking is why you wanted to kill Du Yourui."
Lu Songyuan was silent.
Su Yan said, "You can't run away. With Yun Xing's speed, he would have come back a long time ago. He has already persuaded the county magistrate, and the people sent by the county magistrate will be here soon. You have a disabled leg, so even if you try to run, you can't get away."
Lu Songyuan's face turned pale, "I just don't want to be arrested because of this kind of person."
Su Yan asked: "You are related to Mr. Liu who was murdered two years ago, right?"
Lu Songyuan dropped his bag and said with a wry smile: "Master Liu is my father."
When Mr. Liu was killed in the inn, he took with him a son and a daughter in addition to his wife. According to rumors, Mr. Liu's entire family died here.
Su Yan had never seen a dead body, so Lu Songyuan's words did not surprise her.
Lu Songyuan said: "I was lucky. I was attracted by the scenery in the mountains and escaped. When I came back, my father, my mother, and my eldest sister were all dead. The culprit was Du Yourui. He was greedy for money and plundered the inn wantonly. When he saw me, he even wanted to kill me."
Su Yan murmured, "He is indeed the murderer who killed Mr. Liu's family."
"Yes, my leg was broken when I was escaping. I disfigured myself for revenge. I waited in the inn for so long just to kill him."
Su Yan still had some questions. "Qi Yu and Yuan Ping had heard about the case. I guess the government really mentioned that a family of four died, but you survived?"
"The one who died was a servant," Lu Songyuan said. "My father was a wealthy businessman and had several people around him to take care of him. I fainted after being injured and was lucky enough not to be found by Du Yourui, but I was unconscious for two days. They probably mistook the servant for me."
"After you woke up, you returned to the inn?"
"He didn't come back right away. I'm not sure of his identity, so I've been investigating secretly, but I can't find anything. The Great Zhou is not what it used to be. There are refugees everywhere. No one can stay in one place anymore. The whole town is running away. Who would pay attention to a stranger? I can't find out anything about him. I don't even understand why he must kill my whole family."
Su Yan said: "The poison was put in the well. Wasn't there anyone else killed at that time?"
"Yes, but only in our family. Even the food we brought with us was poisoned. When I woke up, my leg was injured and I couldn't walk. I only had the snacks my mother made. I just took one of them. I didn't know what happened at that time. Maybe I knew that my parents were poisoned to death, so I doubted everything. I held on until an old man rescued me and tested the poison with a silver needle."
Su Yan asked: "The snacks are also poisonous?"
Lu Songyuan looked solemn. "Du Yourui has evil intentions and is determined to put us to death. My father treated him as a confidant and thought he had met a good man. He talked with him all night long."
Su Yan was a little confused. "Chat all night?"
"My father met him after he moved into the inn. At that time, he was not like he is now. He was dressed well and looked like a scholar. My father was a businessman. Although he made a lot of money, he was always looked down upon and respected scholars. He said that he got along well with Du Yourui. The two of them drank and ate meat and talked all night. My sister seemed to admire Du Yourui very much."
Lu Songyuan became more and more indignant as he spoke. "But they don't know that it was the devil Du Yourui who killed them! In my opinion, Du Yourui was targeting us. He was deliberately murdering us."
Su Yan was surprised and said, "According to what you said, it is true, but you didn't recognize Du Yourui before, and you also said that your father and Du Yourui met for the first time. Why did Du Yourui want to kill you? It's really weird."
Lu Songyuan hesitated and said, "This... I haven't found out either."
Several detectives pushed open the door and walked into the yard.
Yun Xing followed behind with his sword in hand. Captain Wang timidly looked at Yun Xing's face, and when he saw that he didn't say anything, he asked, "What happened here?"
Su Yan bowed and saluted, "Captain, someone was murdered last night. The victim had scratches on his mouth. He may have swallowed something before he died. I think this is related to catching the murderer. If the government office doesn't have a coroner, I can do an autopsy on his behalf."
It was a time of chaos and it was a small place, so there might not be a coroner in the government office.
Captain Wang was horrified when he saw Su Yan jumping out, "Are you the coroner this brother was talking about?!"
Su Yan said respectfully, "It's me."
"It's really strange that there are women who are coroners."
Lu Songyuan stood up and said, "No need to test it. I plead guilty. I was the one who poisoned her."
Su Yan asked: "Do you know what he swallowed?"
Lu Songyuan shook his head. “I gave him some hangover soup, watched him drink it, and then left.”
"Did he recognize you?"
Lu Songyuan said: "I don't know. When I gave him the hangover soup, he didn't suspect me."
"Wait a minute, you guys have confused me," Captain Wang interrupted and asked, "You two, what is going on now?"
Su Yan told Captain Wang everything that had happened in the past two days.
Captain Wang didn't understand. "You mean, the two people who have collapsed over there, one had poison in his wine, and the other had poison in his sour apricots... What? They've been poisoned to death?"
"I don't quite understand this," Lu Songyuan said, "I really didn't put poison in these two things. My target was only Du Yourui." The two men were not wary of Lu Songyuan. They drank a lot of tea and are still in a coma.
The two studied in the same private school and were close friends, but it is really sad to see them end up like this.
Su Yan said: "They will stay at the inn. I'm afraid they came here because of the rumors about the inn."
"Rumors? Could it be that you are referring to..."
"You all mentioned yesterday that people who stayed at the inn would die miserably. I don't know if this is true or not, but based on your description, the cause of the tragic death is probably inseparable from the poison. Perhaps Du Yourui poisoned more than just the well two years ago, or perhaps they ate something by mistake. In short, you were definitely not the only one who poisoned them yesterday."
Lu Songyuan was horrified when he heard this, "They also... poisoned?"
Su Yan took out two porcelain bottles and said, "I found these near the inn. Someone poisoned them and then threw away the porcelain bottles. If there was only one person who poisoned them, why would they prepare two bottles of arsenic and throw them in different places? When I found the porcelain bottles, I knew that there was definitely more than one person who poisoned them."
Lu Songyuan said: "Yuan Ping's wine, Qi Yu's sour apricots, could it be that they poisoned each other?"
"You and I can see that there is a conflict between the two of them. Whether it's the wine or the sour apricots, the only ones who know this best are the two of them. Qi Yu didn't take out the sour apricots last night, and we didn't even know that Qi Yu brought them. I think maybe their conflict is irreconcilable, so they chose to stay overnight in the inn where the rumor spread, so that the other party would die naturally."
After hearing this, Lu Songyuan felt only sadness in his heart.
The two were clearly close friends, and now they were doing business together, but they turned against each other and were determined to kill each other.
Before his father died, did he know that the person who harmed him was also someone he considered a close friend?
Captain Wang understood and said, "In that case, all three of you must come back with me."
Lu Songyuan sighed and said, "My life was gone when my parents and sister passed away."
Su Yan stopped Captain Wang and asked, "Don't you want to take out the food Du Yourui ate before he died?"
"An autopsy is too scary... The murderer has already confessed, so it doesn't matter, right?"
Three years ago, there was still a coroner in the county government office. He was an old coroner. He did whatever the county magistrate asked him to do without any complaints.
A submissive coroner would naturally not forcefully demand an autopsy, and the county magistrate did not want such a thing to happen.
Our bodies and hair are given by our parents, and no one wants to lose the intact body of their loved ones after death. Few people can accept an autopsy.
Captain Wang became frightened at the mere thought of disemboweling the corpse.
Is this little girl really not afraid?
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