Chapter 14: Antique Shops (14)

The case of the murder of the shopkeeper of Baibao Zhen was promoted in the middle of the night, and I heard that Ge Cheng was not the murderer, and the newly arrested one was. At this time, it was the time for dinner, and the people were idle, so they simply ran to see, but they were not as active as the first two times, and those who did not enter did not stay outside, and they dispersed in a hurry.

Lord Qin didn't eat dinner, so he sat in the public hall a little breathlessly, looked at the six-foot man kneeling in the hall, and then looked at Bai Shui, who was standing straight on the side, and asked, "Bai Zhutou, who is in the hall?" ”

Bai Shui hugged his fists, "My lord, this person's name is Yu Youshi, he took Baibaozhen antiques to the pawnshop for money, and he was suspicious, so he was arrested and handed over to the adult for interrogation." ”

As soon as he heard that it was Bai Baozhen's case, he looked down the hall, and sure enough, he saw Su Yunkai and Mingyue, and even the Liu family was there. All eyes were focused for a while, and he suddenly felt pressure, and he put away his thoughts and knocked on the wood, "Yu Youshi, why do you have the things in Liu Peizhen's antique shop?" ”

Yu Youshi replied loudly, "The grass people don't know any antiques, they only know that this thing was picked up in the ditch when the grass people went out to come home two days ago. If you don't believe me, the grass folk can take you and the white catcher to see it. ”

Lord Qin sneered, "Since you don't know any antiques, why do you still pick them up and take them to the pawnshop instead of throwing them away?" ”

Yu Youshi said, "The grass people's family used to do business, and the high and low things were still clearly distinguished, this white jade bowl looked transparent, and the grass people guessed that it should be worth some money, so they took it to the pawnshop and gave it a try." I didn't expect it to be a dead man's thing, if the grass people knew, they would definitely not touch it. ”

"I don't know when Yu Gongzi passed by the ditch?"

Su Yunkai suddenly opened his mouth beside his master, Yu Youshi quickly looked at him, saw that it was a handsome scholar, looked at him carefully, and then said, "The night before yesterday, I went to the gambling house to gamble twice, and I saw it when I went home." ”

"Which casino did you go to?"

"Of course, it is the largest gambling house in Nanle County."

When the words fell, he saw a mocking smile on the corner of the person in front of him, and he saw that Youshi's eyes widened and he stared at this person.

"But the people who came to the gambling house said that you hadn't been there for a long time, probably ...... After the night of the 16th, that is, the night when the shopkeeper of Baibaozhen, Liu, was killed. ”

Yu Youshi's face tensed, and his voice was low, "What do you mean by this, do you want to say that I am a murderer?" ”

"Of course, I can't say yet. It's just that the night you picked up the white jade bowl was definitely not the day before yesterday. ”

Yu Youshi lowered his eyebrows and thought for a while, "That's my mistake, but I did pick it up in the ditch." ”

"When is the night?"

"Hey."

After speaking, Yu Youshi saw that the person was laughing very annoyingly, and the smile made people feel impetuous.

Su Yunkai had already walked up to him from the side and said, "But how do I remember, from the gambling house to your house, there are four ditches, but the ditches are used for drainage, mostly in remote and dark places, and the things flowing through the ditches are also very dirty." Besides, where they are, there are no lights, how did you pick up such a small bowl at night? ”

Mingyue knew that he had walked the road near Baibaozhen many times, and after knowing Yu Youshi's identity in the casino, he also went back and forth between the gambling house and Yu's house a few times, but he didn't expect him to remember every detail on the road.

Yu Youshi didn't expect that this person who suddenly appeared would be able to tell the terrain without verifying it, and suddenly thought of the fact that there was a handsome and intelligent scholar who had repeatedly made strange remarks in the public court in the past few days, so he became vigilant and serious, and no longer answered casually, "Have you forgotten that there is no light, but there is still moonlight overhead." ”

Su Yun paused slightly, this person is not good-looking, but he is extremely smart and bold, he was calm and calm so quickly, and his answer was like a stream. He asked, "You were threatened by the gambling house, why didn't you report it?" ”

"I owe them money, I should pay for it, and if I report the case, it will only make them hold a grudge even more."

"But you don't owe them any money."

Yu Youshi's eyebrows were already in the center of his eyebrows, staring at this person, I don't know if he knew too much, or if he had already found out his qiē. If it's the latter, I'm afraid it's going to be troublesome...... He rolled his eyes slightly, and said, "I smashed a few of their wine jars and chopsticks. ”

Su Yun laughed and said, "But they want you to pay a hundred taels, this kind of display is obviously a matter of being oppressed, shouldn't you come to report the case?" ”

Yu Youshi opened his mouth, only to find that he had fallen into his trap, and there were many mistakes, so he simply stopped talking to him and kowtowed to Lord Qin, "My lord, this person obviously wants to frame the grass people and kill people." How can an adult in the public court tolerate a grass person to judge the case on your behalf, and where will the majesty of the adult be placed. ”

knows how to find someone to suppress him, Su Yunkai feels that he is not stupid, and even very smart.

Lord Qin, who had long wanted to shake the pot, said, "Since you know that he is handling the case on behalf of the official, then you don't hurry up and answer him." ”

Yu Youshi's face changed, and his eyebrows were almost twisted out of two Sichuan characters.

Su Yunkai then asked, "According to the people in the gambling house, you left the gambling house when it was almost dawn on the 16th, after leaving there, where did you go?" ”

"It rained heavily that night, so I went straight home."

"Then when you got home, did you wash your shoes?"

Yu Youshi felt deceitful, hesitated for a moment, and felt that his answer was okay, before he said, "No." ”

Su Yun smiled lightly, motioned for the official to come over, brought the things he was holding in his hand, and placed them in front of Yu Youshi, "Are these your shoes?" ”

Yu Youshi's family is poor, and if he has a little money, he will take it to gamble, and the shoes are only three pairs, and they are still worn, and they can be recognized at a glance, "Yes." ”

"It rained heavily on the day of the Lantern Festival, and it didn't stop until the second half of the night on the 16th, and the yellow mud outside the gambling house was watered for a day, and it was already rotten. You will inevitably get yellow mud when you go in and out, and you said that you didn't clean your shoes when you got home, but why don't you have a pair of these shoes that are stained with yellow mud? The yellow mud on the sole of the shoe is easy to rinse, but when it gets on the upper, it will leave some marks. It only goes to show that these shoes are not what you were wearing that night at all. ”

Yu Youshi's face was indifferent, and he said, "Even if it was worn that night, so what?" ”

"Because you found out that those shoes might reveal yourself, you threw away the shoes you used on the night of the murder."

Yu Youshi finally raised his eyes to look at him, met his burning gaze, and said, "What do you mean?" What's wrong with me throwing my own shoes? ”

Mingyue, who had been waiting for a long time, spread out the two pieces of white paper in front of him, pointed and said, "This is the paper that copied the yellow mud footprints, the left foot is a normal shoe print, but in the middle of the shoe print on the right foot, there is something exposed, we thought about it for a long time to figure it out, that is the appearance of the second toe." Only broken shoes can have those kind of footprints. And the murderer was aware of this, so he simply threw away his shoes. ”

Yu Youshi was stunned, stared at the footprints that were copied, and then looked at his three pairs of clean shoes, which were actually digging their own graves again, and were led into it by him, seeing that they were about to enter the death hole, and there was no possibility of turning around and escaping.

"Also, on the night Liu was killed, someone saw you leave with a lot of things."

Yu Youshi closed his lips tightly and did not reply.

Su Yunkai said slowly, "When you left the gambling house that night and went home, you passed by Baibaozhen and found that the door was not closed, so you went in to steal something. Who knew that when the Liu family, who sent Ge out, came back, you hid. After she enters, you smash an inkstone from behind her. But the Liu family is not dead, and they are still fighting you. In the end, I was killed by you, Yu Youshi...... Do you plead guilty or not? ”

Yu Youshi clenched his fists, and the green tendons on the back of his hands were exposed.

Su Yunkai saw that he was angry, and stepped forward to pull Mingyue to his side, lest he go crazy and accidentally hurt her.

Mingyue followed him backwards, and was blocked by him sideways, firmly opening the distance between her and Yu Youshi, quite relieved.

"You're right." Yu Youshi's words shocked the people watching the play, and the Liu family scolded excitedly, until Lord Qin knocked on the shocking wood, and the hall was quiet. He added, "After I left the gambling house, I did go in and steal things when I was passing by Baibaozhen. But......" he said seriously, "when I went in, Liu Peizhen was not there. After I stole something, I found out the next day that she was dead. Didn't you say that someone saw me walking away with a lot of things? Yes, those are the things I stole from, but ...... The grass people really didn't kill anyone. ”

Su Yunkai's eyes were full of light, this Yu Youshi was far more cunning than he imagined.

He knew that he couldn't hide from the world, and every piece of evidence proved that he had been to Baibaozhen, and even the lost treasures were in his hands, which was irrefutable, so he simply admitted that he had been to Baibaozhen, but did not admit that he had killed someone.

-- The current evidence is sufficient for Yu Youshi to go to Baibaozhen, but Yu Youshi is also sure that the people in the government cannot prove that he killed someone.

The crime of stealing is nothing compared to the charge of murder.

Thinking of this, Yu Youshi only waited for Lord Qin's trial - convicting him of theft, it could only be theft.

He raised his head and looked at the white-faced scholar with some smugness, seeing how he dared to say that he had killed someone!