Chapter 518 Murderer

"Don't touch anything at the scene!" Song Tian shouted loudly, asking everyone not to act rashly. Once the scene was destroyed, it would be difficult to find out who the murderer was.

Tao Yaoye and Lanting carefully observed the layout of the study. The study was simply decorated with two rows of bookshelves, two paintings hanging on the wall, and several yellow talismans that had the function of warding off evil spirits. Apart from that, there were a desk, a wooden chair, a coffee table, and a vase on the coffee table... It was no different from an ordinary study.

The door was closed tightly, and according to the housekeeper, the windows were also closed tightly and could not be opened from the outside.

"This is……"

The window was broken, and Tao Yaoye discovered that someone had poked a hole in the corner of the window.

The housekeeper explained, "Before I broke the window, I poked a hole to see if the master was really in trouble."

"It must be you, big brother, who killed father!" The second son Song Qing grabbed the collar of the eldest son Song Tian and yelled in anger. His eyes were bloodshot, like a mad dog.

Song Tian was displeased, frowning, and pushed his second brother away, angrily shouting: "What nonsense are you talking about!"

"I'm not talking nonsense. Don't think I don't know. After you took over your father's business, you have been losing money. A while ago, your investment failed and you lost a lot of money. You didn't dare to tell your father, for fear that he would be angry and not let you manage the family business anymore!"

"Now that you killed my father, you are the first heir and all the family business belongs to you!"

Song Tian was furious: "Nonsense, if we talk about the motive for committing the crime, you are worse than me. You failed the exam for the title of scholar several times, and your father got angry and broke your legs. He also said that if you fail the exam, you will never inherit any property from our family in this life! I once heard from your friend that you bought wine for fun and said that you must kill your father!"

"You bribed my friend!"

"It's your friend who is blinded by money."

Song Lian'er pointed at Mr. Song's body and said tremblingly, "Stop arguing. Look, my father's eyes are still open. He died with his eyes open."

When everyone looked, they saw that it was true. Mr. Song tilted his head, opened his eyes, and looked straight at the coffee table.

The youngest son Song Qi followed Mr. Song's gaze and saw a blue and white porcelain vase on the coffee table.

"Blue and white porcelain vase... blue and white porcelain... blue... second brother Song Qing! This is the clue left by father before he died! Second brother, you killed father!"

The second son, Song Qing, was furious: "Nonsense, you said I killed him just based on this nonsense?"

"Father stretched out a finger with his right hand, which was clearly a hint to my eldest brother!"

"And if you want to talk about the motive for committing the crime, who among us doesn't have one? Third brother, you resented your father for cutting off your pocket money, which made you lose face among those bad friends. If you kill your father and inherit part of the family property, you will naturally have money!"

"And little sister, my father asked you to break up with the boy surnamed Zhou, but you refused to listen and kept in touch with him secretly. Now that my father is dead, no one will stop you from marrying the boy surnamed Zhou!"

Song Qing pointed out the three people's little thoughts one by one, and found out that they all had motives for committing the crime.

Tao Yaoye suddenly asked, "When was the last time you saw Mr. Song?"

"I saw my father in the yard during my morning reading, and then I went into the house to study. That was two and a half hours ago."

The third son stammered, "An hour ago, I came to the study and took some money. When I was leaving, I happened to run into my father entering the study, and he scolded me."

Song Lian'er said, "I brought a bowl of tea to my father in the study half an hour ago."

The housekeeper agreed, "I happened to be outside the door when the young lady served the tea, and I haven't seen the master since then."

Lan Ting nodded: "In that case, Mr. Song died less than half an hour ago."

"Who can prove what you were doing half an hour ago?"

The eldest son Song Tian spoke first: "I was checking the account books in the shop at that time, and the guys can prove it."

The second son Song Qing also said: "I was reading at the time. Although no one saw me, I was used to reading aloud. The maids in the house should have heard me when they passed by."

The third son, Song Qi, said, "I was drinking and watching dancing in a brothel with my friends. The second son of the Wang family, the eldest son of the Kong family, and people from the Sun family were with me. It was just that I drank too much and fell asleep. When I woke up, I was already home. I don't know who sent me back."

Song Lian'er's eyes were filled with tears. "After delivering tea to my father, I stayed in the room until my eldest brother came to find me."

"Can anyone prove it?"

Song Lian'er's voice became lower and lower as she spoke: "No."

Tao Yaoye was quick to notice something was wrong: "Wait, you said you brought tea to Mr. Song, where is the teacup?"

There is only a blue and white porcelain vase on the coffee table, but no coffee table.

It was impossible for Song Lian'er to wait until Mr. Song finished his tea before taking the cup away.

Song Lian'er stammered and couldn't utter a word.

"Little sister, please tell me quickly!" The third son Song Qi said hurriedly, with sweat on his forehead.

Song Lian'er finally made up her mind and said, "The housekeeper said that there is no conflict between father and daughter that cannot be resolved, and encouraged me to talk to my father about Zhou Lang. I served tea to my father to ask for his approval of my relationship with Zhou Lang. He got angry and threw the teacup to the ground. The housekeeper took it away, and then I went back to my room and kept crying."

Song Tian frowned and looked at the housekeeper, with a hint of questioning in his mind: "If that's the case, why don't you tell me about this? And you should know my father's attitude. He will never agree to my little sister's matter!"

The butler met Song Tian's eyes and dodged away in panic.

Please...collect 6...9...books...!

"Look into my eyes! Tell me, what do you want to do!" Song Tian shouted.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him unkindly, the housekeeper knew he couldn't hide and sighed helplessly: "In fact, the young lady's lover is my illegitimate son. I wanted to bring them together, but I didn't expect the master to be so determined."

Song Lian'er stared at the housekeeper blankly. She didn't expect that the housekeeper and Zhou Lang had this kind of relationship.

The housekeeper kept saying encouraging words to me, but wasn't he encouraging me to pursue love? Song Lian'er's eyes were dull, and something in her heart collapsed.

Tao Yaoye whispered, "So, the most likely scenario is that Song Lian'er and the housekeeper worked together. The housekeeper must have shot a poisonous ice needle through the window, poisoning Mr. Song to death, and then, under the pretext of checking, he pierced the paper window to cover up the needle hole."

Lan Ting shook his head and had his own opinion: "If that's the case, how can the butler guarantee that the eldest son will let him go to find Mr. Song? You know, the butler didn't know we were coming."

"In my opinion, it could be the second son, Song Qing. He said he was studying in his room, but as long as we buy a photo ball from the Chamber of Commerce and play his voice continuously, we can completely forge an alibi!"

The two argued in low voices, but there was no conclusion. Finally, they turned to ask Lu Yang at the same time.

"Brother Lu, who do you think is the murderer?"

Lu Yang did not answer, but walked over silently, squatted beside Mr. Song, and took out the resurrection pill.

This was what he bought from the mission hall when he went to Huangzhou because he was afraid of encountering any accidents, but he never used it.

The pill melted in Mr. Song's mouth, and he slowly woke up, looking a little confused.

Lu Yang explained: "Mr. Song is not dead, his soul was taken away by someone, and I used the Soul Resurrection Pill to pull his soul back."

Lu Yang is often possessed by other bodies and is far more experienced in dealing with souls than his two junior sisters.

"Mr. Song, the three of us came from the Immortal Gate. Who took away your soul?"

Mr. Song was still a little confused at first, but after hearing Lu Yang's words, his eyes became firm and he named the murderer:

“It’s a scroll.”

Lu Yang turned around and said to everyone, "Look, the murderer has been found."

The Song brothers and sisters: "..."

housekeeper:"……"

(End of this chapter)