Chun Mo's room......

The two servants were rummaging for something, and one of the servants was carefully examining Chun Tao's body.

Prefect Zhao Tianyou looked at Chun Tao lying on the bed and walked out of the door.

He glanced at Aunt Feng who was standing in the corridor and asked, "Tell me, what's going on?" Who found the body first? ”

Aunt Feng was obviously a little nervous, "Go back to my lord, early this morning." As soon as I got up, Liuzhu, the maid who served Chun Tao, came to me in a panic and told me that she said that Chun Tao was lying on the bed motionless, as if she was dead. I hurried to see it, and when I found out that she was really dead, I immediately asked a little servant to report to the official. ”

Zhao Tianyou touched his chin, "Go and call that Liuzhu over, the official wants to question." ”

"Yes, sir." Aunt Feng scanned the surroundings with her eyes while agreeing, and found that Liuzhu was not here, so she hurriedly sent a maid to call Liuzhu.

After a while, Liuzhu came, and I saw her crying and crying as she walked.

Zhao Tianyou pretended to be amiable, and he asked Liuzhu: "Your name is Liuzhu?" Don't be afraid, how did you find the body this morning? Tell me as it is. ”

"Yes, sir."

Liuzhu bowed to Zhao Tianyou and said softly: "This morning, I went to wake up Chun Tao as usual. I came to the door and opened the door with the key......"

Zhao Tianyou interrupted Liuzhu's words, "Wait a minute, when you came, you opened the door with a key, which means that the lock of the door is intact?" ”

Liuzhu replied in the affirmative, "Yes, my lord, I came to wake up Chun Tao today with a key to open the door, and the lock of the door is intact, the same as every day." ”

Zhao Tianyou continued to ask, "How many keys are there?" ”

"Only one handful."

"Go on."

Liuzhu straightened the broken hair on her forehead with her hand, "Yes, after I opened the door, I walked over while calling Sister Chun Tao." But Chun Tao didn't react at all. I'm very strange, Chun Tao usually sleeps very lightly, and she will wake up as soon as I call her. What's going on today? When I saw her lying motionless on the bed and covering her head with the quilt, I lifted a corner of the quilt. Oh my! Scared to death, I saw that her face was blue and her eyes were half open, so I ran out screaming. ”

Zhao Tianyou nodded, "Where is the door key?" ”

"With me."

"Show me."

"Yes, sir."

Liuzhu handed over the key she was carrying.

Zhao Tianyou saw this key and asked, "This is not an ordinary key, it should be customized, what's going on?" ”

Aunt Feng hurriedly took over, "That's right, my lord." The top sisters in Fengyue Lou have their own silver and jewelry, in order to prevent their things from being stolen, I deliberately found someone to replace their doors with hidden locks, door locks and keys are customized, a door lock only has a key, you must use a key to open the door, and you don't need to lock the door. ”

Zhao Tianyou walked into the room, carefully looked at the front and back of the door lock, and returned the key to Liuzhu, and asked, "As long as this door is closed, it will be automatically locked, right?" ”

Liuzhu nodded.

Zhao Tianyou continued to ask: "Chun Tao is in the room, you locked the door and took the key, so how did she come out?" ”

Liuzhu replied: "During the day, Chun Tao usually doesn't stay alone in the room. And at night, she just sleeps, there is no need to come out? She has a night pot under her bed. ”

Zhao Tianyou nodded, and then asked, "When was the last time you saw Chun Tao?" ”

Liuzhu blinked, "It's around the beginning of last night." ”

"Tell me in detail, when did you leave her?"

Liuzhu recalled carefully, "After the store closed last night, because it was Aunt Feng's birthday, everyone wanted to have a good time. Aunt Feng took all her sisters to drink and celebrate in the front yard of Fengyue Tower, while I and a few other maids waited carefully. When it was about to be ugly, Aunt Feng saw that everyone was a little drunk, so she let it go. Before leaving, he also instructed a few of us to serve carefully. I helped Chun Tao back to the room, lit the candle on the table, and helped her to the bed. Seeing her lying down, I carefully covered her with the quilt. Just as he was about to leave, Xia He staggered in. She said to me, 'There's nothing for you here, go back to sleep, and I'll talk to Chun Tao.' I didn't think too much about it at the time, but I saw that Xia He was very drunk, so I hesitated, took the house key and left. ”

Zhao Tianyou asked: "When Xia He came in, did he have any murder weapons in his hands, such as knives and other things?" ”

Liuzhu thought about it for a moment, "I didn't take anything, I was empty-handed." ”

"Do you usually keep this key with you?" Zhao Tianyou continued to ask.

Liuzhu nodded, "Most of the time is placed here with me, Chun Tao usually trusts me very much, and treats me like a sister." ”

"Have you ever given the key to someone?"

"No, sir." Liuzhu amplified her voice, "Chun Tao is usually very good to me, she has valuable gold and silver jewelry in her room, how can I give the key to others?" ”

Zhao Tianyou nodded.

He instructed Aunt Feng, who was standing next to him, "Go and find that Xia He for questioning." ”

"My lord, I'm Xia He."

Xia He took a few steps forward from behind Aunt Feng. Her eyes were red, and she looked like she had just cried.

Zhao Tianyou looked her up and down, and asked, "What did you do with Chun Tao last night?" Let's talk about it. ”

"Yes, sir."

Xia He sobbed softly, "I drank too much last night. After returning to the room, he sent the maid away. I was lying on the bed and thought, 'Chun Tao and Zhang Gongzi looked at each other when they were drinking just now. I was very angry, so I got up and went to find the Spring Peach Theory. ”

Zhao Tianyou interrupted her and asked, "Who is Gongzi Zhang?" ”

Xia He replied a little shyly, "It's the son of the boss of the jewelry store on Chengnan South Street." ”

"You go on."

Xia He wiped his tears, "Originally, Gongzi Zhang was my guest, but he was snatched away by Chun Tao by despicable means. I went to her last night to theorize, and who knew that she actually quarreled with me with the strength of alcohol. I was so angry that I pushed her hard, but I didn't expect her head to hit the corner of the table and she fell. I quickly squatted down to help her, and I was a little scared when I saw her bleeding from her forehead, so I lifted her up from the ground and let her lie on the bed. I wiped the blood from her forehead again, she probably hurt, and she didn't quarrel with me, just told me to hurry up. I was also angry at the time, so I left her alone and left. My lord, but when I left, she was still alive! ”

Zhao Tianyou asked, "Did you help her lock the door when you left?" ”

Xia He thought for a while, "No, I also drank too much, and the door should have been open when I left." ”

"And then?"

Then I went back to my room and went to sleep. This morning, I was awakened by the noise outside. I woke up and found out that something had happened to Chun Tao. After Xia He finished speaking, he wiped his tears again.

Zhao Tianyou glanced at Chun Tao's corpse on the bed, and instructed the official standing in the corridor: "Come on, go to Xia He's room and search it." ”

"Yes, sir."

Immediately, two officials came to Xia He's door under the guidance of Aunt Feng, and Xia He reluctantly took out the key to open the door and let the two officials in.

Zhao Tianyou walked over and continued to ask Xia He: "Chun Tao robbed your guest, and you went to her to theorize with the strength of wine." Then you got into an argument and got into a fight. In the midst of your fight, you pushed Chun Tao, causing her to hit her head on the corner of the table and faint. You get scared and drag her to the bed. You see her bleeding wounds and getting fainter and weaker breathing, and you decide to kill her. So you covered Chun Tao's head with a quilt and covered her to death, right? ”

When Xia He heard this, he immediately knelt down and cried and retorted, "No, my lord. I didn't kill her, she was still alive when I left! ”

Zhao Tianyou asked, "Do you have evidence that you didn't kill her?" You must know that you have the motive to kill and the time to commit the crime, and you also have the conditions to commit the crime. Who else killed it if you didn't kill it? ”

Xia He panicked all of a sudden, "I didn't kill anyone, I didn't kill Chun Tao, Liuzhu can prove that I didn't kill anyone." ”

Zhao Tianyou smiled, "How can Liuzhu prove it?" She went first, and you went later. You and Chun Tao hadn't quarreled when she left! ”

Xia He explained: "That's not what I meant. Liuzhu just said that I staggered into Chuntao's room, and Liuzhu also saw that I was indeed drunk. I want to ask my lord, I can't walk steadily, how can I have the strength to kill? ”

Zhao Tianyou said: "You pushed Chun Tao, and you made her fall to the ground, and you dragged her to the bed again, does this mean that you have no strength?" I think you've drunk too much and you're so strong! ”

Xia He calmed down, "If I really want to kill Chun Tao, I will choose to be in my sober state, rather than drinking too much wine." Also, before I go to kill her, I must prepare a knife, I can't kill her empty-handed, what if I can't kill her? ”

Zhao Tianyou guessed and said, "Perhaps, you have a lot of wine. You were drunk last night just for Liuzhu to see, and you secretly prepared a knife to hide on your body before you went, and Liuzhu didn't see it. ”

Xia He tried his best to defend himself, "As the adults said just now, Chun Tao was covered by the quilt. If I had brought a knife with me before I went, why didn't I kill her with a knife? ”

Zhao Tianyou thought for a moment, "Perhaps, you originally wanted to kill her with a knife." After you saw Chun Tao injured and fell to the ground, you dragged her to the bed, and when you saw that she was about to fall asleep in a daze, you secretly took out the knife hidden on your body. But at this time, Chun Tao opened her eyes, she saw the knife in your hand, and knew that you wanted to kill her. So, she grabbed your wrist tightly and tried to snatch the knife from your hand. So, the two of you start tearing. Eventually, the knife fell to the ground. You didn't have time to pick it up, so you picked up Chun Tao's quilt and put it on her head. ”