Chapter 23: The Secret of the Night Pot (Part II)
"I didn't expect the Lin family to be so strong, and I would rather die than say how to splice the glass lock. A total of five of us gave up everything for this tribute, pretending to cheat and dying, abandoning our identities, and not wanting to fall short at this time. The Lin family would rather die than say it, and a few violent people among my companions wiped out the Ning family in a fit of rage. ”
"Then why don't you separate and run away? I just want to get together in Dongzi County, and I stay in Dongzi County for seven years. Now that the Lin family has been wiped out, how did the mother and son of the tiger live in the world? Yoo Young-yi voiced her suspicions.
By now, Yan Mengjiang has become a dead fish on the board, and it is unlikely that he will escape punishment.
Therefore, he also confessed to his past criminal experience: "After the incident, in order to escape punishment, we had to flee separately, and Dongzi County, which is closest to Lan County, became the best choice." Because of my poor health, I didn't want to escape too far, so I came to Dongzi County, set up a tofu shop, and learned the craft of making tofu. Several other people came to Dongzi County because of me. ”
"Back then, because I was ashamed, after the Lin family was destroyed, I went to Yizhuang to worship them. Unexpectedly, that night, I found that the second daughter-in-law of the Lin family, who was supposed to be dead, still had a breath, so I rescued people overnight. I didn't expect this matter to be known by others, so they followed me to Dongzi County, although they couldn't ask anything from my mouth over the years, they still had this suspicion. ”
"Because I have lived in Dongzi County for seven years, I haven't cracked the secret of the Qianmo glass lock in these seven years? Didn't find the mother and son of the Lin family living here? Liu Yingyi frowned and asked.
This is also what Shui Qingxiang doesn't understand the most, the murderer and the victim of the murder family have lived in the same town for seven years, and they haven't met each other, which is really rare.
Yan Mengjiang glanced at Liu Yingyi and snorted lightly, "Back then, the Lin family's craftsmanship was unprecedented, and the Qianmo glass lock made by the Lin family was his most proud work, how could it be so easy to be cracked." Unless he is talented, it is impossible to spell him into his original appearance even in his life. ”
When she rescued Lin, she was still seriously injured, and later she was treated by a doctor, and it was discovered that she was pregnant. I knew that the government and the other six people would do their best to find their mother and son, so I had to spend a lot of money to buy the doctor to send their mother and son away overnight, and after the child was born, the Lin family quietly returned to the Lin house and lived for a while. It was only recently that I built a wooden house for them in the suburbs and took them over. ”
This solved the confusion in Liu Yingyi and Shui Qingxiang's hearts, and also explained why they were able to stay in Dongzi County for so long safe and sound.
"Since you are safe, why did you avenge the Lin family until now? If I'm not mistaken, you are also one of the murderers who killed the Lin family. ”
Yan Mengjiang's face was pale, and the expression on his face was indifferent, making it impossible to guess his mood and thoughts at the moment: "I owe a lot to the Lin family, fortunately, the mother and son of the Lin family don't hate me, and the Lin family renamed his son 'Qiu Hu', just to let him remember the Lin family's hatred back then." I knew that things wouldn't end so easily back then, and if the other people knew that their mother and son were still alive, they would definitely do their best to hunt down and kill their mother and son. Rather than wait until that day comes, let's strike first. ”
Liu Yingyi listened to Yan Mengjiang talk about his criminal experience, and the classic history next to him had been immersed in making notes, and this case was also tortuous and bizarre, so the master of the classic history did not dare to be sloppy at all when he started to record.
"Meng Jiang, tell me about your killing of Butcher Zhang, Master Qian, Old Bustard, and Yun Daochang?" Yoo Young-il finally asked the most important question at the trial.
When this issue was mentioned, Meng Jiang did not feel half remorse and sadness, as if it was a matter of course to kill a few of his companions back then.
"Butcher Zhang is the least daring of the few, and he is also the best to deal with. Originally, I didn't think about being the first to kill him, but that day he accidentally found that the tiger playing in the suburbs was very similar to the head of the Lin family back then, so he came to ask me. That night, I went to Butcher Zhang's house alone and killed him while he was unprepared. ”
"As for Master Qian, it's even better. This person is a good drinker and lustful person, and the reason why he was willing to stay in Dongzi County was mostly because the woman he liked was a mother in Yichun Courtyard. That day, I lied to his old bustard and asked him to meet him in the Confucius Temple, and he went to the appointment that night. Originally, his martial arts were better than mine, but I didn't expect that I would sneak up on him, and finally died at my hands. ”
"After the death of Butcher Zhang and Master Qian, the old bustard of Yundao and Yichun Courtyard became frightened birds, and they were a little suspicious that the Lin family came to seek revenge. The old bustard originally wanted to escape with the gold and silver, she had always been in love with Yun Daochang, but she didn't expect that Yun Daochang was just trying to make her money, and she didn't think about going with him at all. ”
"On the day of the incident, he secretly asked me to test it, and I lied to him that he had found a way to put together the Qianmo glass lock, as long as he got together the piece of the old bustard, it could be done, and he could be divided equally with him when the time came. The Yundao people have been tired of this woman for a long time, but there is no suitable opportunity to leave her, I asked him to lead the woman to the suburban woods, he immediately agreed, and then we should find the woman inside and outside, and avenge the revenge of the blood sea back then. ”
"You killed the old bustard with him, didn't he watch out for you when he killed the Yundao people?" Yoo Young-yi pointed out the loopholes in the case.
Meng Jiang snorted lightly and said disapprerovitically: "The old bustard will be killed by us because of greed." The people of Yundao were also killed by me, also because of greed. The reason why we committed the crime back then was largely instigated by that woman behind the scenes, and most of the money she used to open Yichun Courtyard was also robbed of tribute and stolen from the Lin family, so we broke her body into pieces. Yundao people think that they have the best martial arts, and they have never taken me as a waste person in their eyes, he expected that I was not his opponent, so he fell into my trap, everything was providential. ”
"Meng Jiang, you used different methods to kill these people, but there is only one thing, they all left the fragments of the night pot at the scene, why is this?"
In fact, this question is also a doubt in Shui Qingxiang's heart, the reason why she was very interested in this case at the beginning was also because there were night pots sold in her own store at the scene of the crime.
"That's because when these people were forcing the Lin family to tell the secret of the Qianmo glass lock, they actually used the night pot to humiliate the Lin family, and for the shame of the bloody year, I also left the fragments of the night pot at the place where they died, which can be regarded as a person to commemorate the Lin family."
I see. Shui Qingxiang sighed in her heart, and the doubts that she couldn't solve were actually because of this reason.
However, after listening to Meng Jiang's narration, Liu Yingyi did not feel that the whole truth of the case had been revealed.
He stared at Meng Jiang who was kneeling under the hall with scrutinizing eyes, and suddenly slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "Bold thief, now that he is dying, he still dares to deceive the official!" ”
"My lord, the villain is telling the truth." Meng Jiang refused to admit it.
"Hmph, are you telling the truth? Are you really the only one who has committed these cases? You and others committed a capital crime for tribute before, and now you want to avenge the Lin family, it's really just a conscience discovery, this official thinks you have something else to hide......"
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