Chapter 40: Attracting the Snake

In the past few days, Lin Xiaoyou's life has been very regular, because Su Yan is not there, she has to do many things to stabilize people's hearts.

The brothers in the Yamen of Hequan County knew that the adults had been wronged, and they asked for revenge, but if the imperial doctor couldn't do it, he sued the emperor, and he didn't believe that his own adults could do that kind of thing.

Zhang Long and Zhao Hu even deduced that Zhan Ruyue must have been instructed by someone, "Her brain would never have thought of such a method, I suspect that someone is behind the scenes." ”

Lin Xiaoyou agrees with this statement.

If she had thought about it early on, why didn't she say it when she was arrested in Niutoushan, in that case, she would not have suffered from prison, but would have stayed in the cell for a few days before having a seizure.

If she has the scheming to wait for someone from above to have a seizure, it is obviously unlikely.

It was only a sudden decision to send someone to monitor the case, and she couldn't have been a prophet.

But what if she really knew?

There is only one possibility.

Someone knows, and early in the morning.

Lin Xiaoyou and Zhan Ping'an came to Niutou Mountain Cottage again to find out.

The water had receded a lot, and the terrain of the hut was not prone to water accumulation, and streams flowed around the house like a grid, revealing white flowers and sand.

The wooden house stands in it, surrounded by greenery and has a nice view.

"Madam, why are we still coming, shouldn't Du Yuanshan be reviewed and convicted immediately?" Since Zhan Ruyue has found a reason to get rid of the crime, Zhan Ping'an's attitude towards Lin Xiaoyou is somewhat strange, maybe convicting Du Yuanshan immediately is a good way to get out of the current predicament. "What's more, he's recruited them all."

Lin Xiaoyou was not happy when she heard this, and her brows furrowed tightly.

Zhan Ruyue exonerated and seemed to have been discussed at the same time, Du Yuanshan reversed his previous attitude of denying death, and pleaded guilty in front of the evidence, and it was very neat and crisp.

At first glance, the reason for this is not leaky, and it seems that there is no flaw.

According to his confession, Du Yuanshan and Qiu Mingji are Jinshi of the same level, and they have lived in the same room, and the two have an agreement with their future children to kiss each other, until Qiu Mingji married a princess, and the relationship between the two is not bad.

The accident happened after Qiu Mingji and the princess reconciled, went to the frontier to experience, at that time Du Yuanshan was unwilling, so he went to the frontier with Qiu Mingji, the two of them have a deep brotherhood, but there is no status barrier, he also knows about the princess, and helps to conceal it. Life is also like this, Du Yuanshan was drunk once, and proposed the matter of the baby's parent, but he didn't expect Qiu Mingji to refuse, saying that the child was not his own, so this agreement was invalidated, Du Yuanshan was angry and cut Qiu Mingji with a knife, and he was going to be executed, but Qiu Mingji thought of brotherhood and begged to spare his life.

Back in Shangjing, Du Yuanshan was not convinced, so he spent money to donate an official, planning to ask others rather than himself.

He was flexible and mixed well, and he slowly climbed to a high position, and later he found out that people actually thought that Princess Yong'an's daughter was Li Wanhu's, and this secret turned out to be the reason why Qiu Mingji tore up the agreement.

As if smelling gold, careerist Du Yuanshan felt that an opportunity had come.

He wanted to blackmail the princess to know her secret, and asked her to settle the matter privately, but he didn't expect that it was Li Wanhu who went at that time, and he killed Li Wanhu in the fight and fled in embarrassment.

After a few days of trembling, Li Wanhu's death actually ended in accidental drowning, which made Du Yuanshan feel that God was on his side.

He continued to live a peaceful life until Chu Mingji came to him.

He thought it was a recollection of old feelings, but when he saw the threatening letter he wrote to the princess in his hand, he was stunned, Qiu Mingji was not an old friend in his eyes, but a desperate impermanence.

Sure enough, Qiu Mingji asked him to stop harassing the princess and the county lord, saying that he had no chance in this life, and only hoped that they would have a safe life.

Du Yuanshan didn't know where Qiu Mingji learned about what happened many years ago, but he knew that if he wanted to be safe, he had to get rid of the people in front of him, and the princess wouldn't say it because of her face, wasn't there no rumor over the years? It can be seen that she is very important to her reputation, but Qiu Mingji is a threat for one day if he lives.

He pretended to agree, saying that he didn't ask for any wealth at his age, but only for peace, and the two made an appointment to wash their grievances in Lotus Leaf Village, the place where they first met, and the rest of the matter was easy to explain.

Du Yuanshan tricked Qiu Mingji to a remote wooden house, poisoned him with poison, and then went down the mountain.

For the fourth sister, it was because he happened to meet him when he went down the mountain, and he pretended to ask for directions because he was afraid of being suspected, but the fourth sister didn't care, but Du Yuanshan was a very suspicious person, and he must not leave a flaw, so he devised a poisonous plan to marry the fourth sister and then find a reason to die.

So that no one knew that he had been to Niutou Mountain.

It seems seamless.

It's a pity that being smart is always mistaken by smartness, and he also wants to kill the fourth sister and expose him.

The murder of Qiu Mingji, judging from the confession, has nothing to do with Zhan Ruyue, she is just greedy for money, or for the sake of her children, which seems to be quite worthy of sympathy.

While checking the condition of the wooden house, while listening to Zhan Ping'an repeat the case, Lin Xiaoyou did not speak, undoubtedly, the party himself admitted that it was the best result, there was no need to look for the subtle loopholes, and there was no need to argue in the court, which is not good at a woman, especially in the setting of this article, this case should belong to the palace secrets and should not be made public.

If it is a big trouble, even if the case is solved, it may not be a success.

"Madam, now that the adult is in danger, Ping An is to blame, Ping An must go back and teach my niece a good lesson, so that she can tell the truth and return the adult's innocence, but this case, the subordinates think that all kinds of evidence can be closed."

Lin Xiaoyou's fingers stroked the wooden table, and his tone was serious and serious: "Ping'an, you said, if what Du Yuanshan said is the truth, then why can't I find any traces of moths near this house, whether it is a corpse or a living thing, there is no trace of it at all, but there are many such moths in Hequan County at night, and the corpses of this kind of moths can also be found during the day." ”

Therefore, this moth cannot survive around the wooden house, so there are no moths in Niutou Mountain.

According to the county annals, there is a very poisonous plant growing in Niutou Mountain, and if a moth encounters it, it will die, so in Hequan County, except for Niutou Mountain, this gray-winged moth is everywhere.

It's not surprising anywhere it appears, except for Niutou Mountain.

"What do you mean, ma'am?" Zhan Ping'an's face changed.

Lin Xiaoyou lowered his head and twisted the soil in the flower pot on the side of the window candlestick with his fingers: "This is not the first scene of Qiu Mingji's death, in other words, Qiu Mingji did not die in Niutou Mountain, he was transported by someone, and the place where he died, there were moths, moths, and they were brought here!" ”

Listening to her words, it seemed that she had seen it with her own eyes, and the air on the tip of Zhan'an's nose stopped for a moment.

"Where is that?" His face turned blue.

"Exhibitor." Lin Xiaoyou raised his head and looked at Zhan Ping'an's eyes, "It's also your home!" ”

"What do you mean, ma'am?" Zhan Ping'an squeezed out a smile, but it was even more ugly than crying.

Lin Xiaoyou walked out of the house, took a breath of fresh air, stepped on a horizontal tree trunk that was blown down by the strong wind and climbed to the top of the branch, the bright blue sky seemed to be washed and clean, she covered her eyes with her hands, and looked at the sky: "The redwood trees here are really beautiful." ”

The mountain wind blew, and the branches rustled.

The air was filled with the scent of grass and trees, Lin Xiaoyou smiled and took a deep breath.

"Ping'an, to be honest, you are really a smart person, you can hide from me for so long, I really admire you." After stopping for a long time, Lin Xiaoyou finally spoke slowly.

"Ma'am, don't play any fun, beware, the branches are very brittle." Zhan Ping'an said with a smile, but between his eyebrows was a strange feeling that Lin Xiaoyou had never seen.

The wind blew, and the leaves shook more and more.