Chapter Twenty-Four: Strange and Difficult
Myoxiangak is one of the most popular places in Gangneung Castle, and many pleasure seekers linger here every night until the next morning. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info The deceased, Miss Qixiang's maid Lan'er, just felt that the guests who stayed overnight last night had not yet greeted her, and it was a little strange that she secretly entered the room to take a look.
I didn't want her to smell the smell of blood in the fat powder in the room as soon as she entered the room. Immediately, she was even more surprised to see a large amount of blood on the large bed in the room. Surprised, Lan'er had the courage to come in to take a look, but let her see an even more terrifying scene - the young lady she was waiting for Qixiang was sleeping in a pool of blood, her head drooping weakly, her face was full of pain, and there was a knife wound on her slender white neck......
The screams immediately resounded throughout the Myoka Pavilion, alarming the others around them. When the handyman in the pavilion arrived with the big teapot, he found that the benefactor sleeping next to Qixiang was still asleep, and seemed to be unaware of everything around him. So they stopped the people and quickly went to the yamen to report the case.
"This is the general process at the time of the crime, Brother Ling is the man sleeping next to the deceased Qixiang, and we also found that he was holding the murder weapon in his hand, a sharp knife. In a room where there are only two people, in addition to the deceased, isn't the other person the murderer, not to mention that he is still holding the murder weapon. After Xu Shaojie finished saying his opinion, he squeaked and poured another mouthful of "Dongting Chun", and then looked at Yang Zhen.
Yang Zhen seemed a little silent, judging from the scene of the crime, his brother was indeed the most suspicious. But he couldn't believe that his brother would kill someone, and he killed such a prostitute who had no grievances. Yes, prostitutes-women are also a problem, the elder brother has always behaved properly, how could he go to a place like Myoxiang Pavilion? The more he thought about it, the more Yang Zhen felt that there was something strange about this matter, just like what happened to him two or three months ago.
While he was thinking about it, Xu Shaojie had almost eaten the wine and food on the table. After he drank the last glass of wine, he put his chopsticks aside: "Yang Dutou, that's all I know, that's the case, I hope you don't do anything wrong because you care." That's it, farewell! ”
Yang Zhen saw him leave, and the suspicion in his heart became even greater, how could he, as a person in the palace, dare to tell me everything, is it really for those few taels of silver? Or is there some other reason?
But when Yang Zhen met the account and left Chu Weiju, he had put this question aside for the time being. Now he urgently needs to figure out two points, why the first brother went to the Miaoxiang Pavilion, and how the second deceased was killed. Only by figuring out these two points can he save people through formal channels.
Yang Chen went out with Lu Danian last night, and now he is suspected of killing someone in Miaoxiang Pavilion, what about Lu Danian? Is it because of his brother that he went to the Miaoxiang Pavilion that he was finally calculated? Once Yang Zhen thought of this, he had to go to Lu Danian to ask for an understanding. But he didn't take a few steps, but he stopped, he didn't even know where Lu Danian's house was, how to find someone?
In desperation, he had to go back to the county government and find someone to help. And with the help of the people in the county government, he really quickly found Lu Danian's residence, but there was no one here, Lu Danian and his wife were nowhere to be found, so he worked hard in vain. However, it is not without gains, and from this point of view, Lu Danian is very doubtful.
However, since he couldn't find anyone, Yang Zhen was just a guess no matter how suspicious he was, and the clue to find out why his brother went to Miaoxiang Pavilion last night was completely broken. Since this road is blocked, Yang Zhen has no choice but to investigate the second thing, how did Miss Qixiang get killed?
Although he had heard Xu Shaojie tell him about the scene, he always felt that this person was not very credible, and the other party did not explain the death of the deceased, no matter what, he had to look at the corpse, because he had experience in later generations, he knew very well how important the role of the corpse in a homicide case was.
At this time, it was getting late, so Yang Zhen simply turned around and walked towards Yizhuang outside the city. This village is a place to collect the poor people who died in a foreign land, and who could not even enter the earth after death, and the bodies of those who died in the murder government. However, because this place is too gloomy, Yizhuang is generally arranged outside the county seat.
When Yang Zhen entered Yizhuang, it was just dark, but this three sides were walls, and there was no light to penetrate except for the gate, and it was already dark. Although his eyesight was better than that of ordinary people, he could not see much clearly in such a dark environment, so he took out the fire fold and a candle that he had prepared earlier, and after lighting it, a halo of light shone a few feet in front of him.
Although it was a little scary in this Yizhuang full of coffins and some corpses, Yang Zhen did not feel any discomfort at all, he had not seen any winds and waves before, would he still be afraid of these things.
He swept his gaze around the empty hall and settled on one of the coffins, all of which had a thick layer of ash on them, except for this one with fresh handprints. Yang Zhen stepped forward and forcefully moved the wooden board covering it, and a female corpse wearing only obscene clothes appeared in front of him.
To be honest, even with a corpse, this woman still maintains a bit of charm, so that people can't take their eyes off her. Yang Zhen's eyes were also fixed on her, but he was not attracted by her beauty, but was carefully studying the cause of her death.
Under the candlelight, Yang Zhen could clearly see that there was a deep wound on the throat of the deceased, and the knife was about three minutes wide and half an inch deep on the left side of the neck, and then it went all the way to the right, which was three inches long. After only a few glances, Yang Zhen's eyes narrowed: "This is clearly a knife that can only be cut by a veteran murderer." From left to right, this knife did not stagnate at all, and accurately cut the major arteries, ensuring that even screaming could not be done with a single knife. How could this be done by the big brother?
Also, this murderer is obviously a left-handed murderer, but the eldest brother is not left-handed. These two points alone are enough to prove that the murderer is someone else! Thinking about these two points, Yang Zhen's spirit was lifted, if he didn't believe that he would kill people because of his brother's personality before, then now he has found conclusive evidence.
But Yang Zhen was excited for a moment, and then calmed down again. He is living in an era that does not have as many criminal investigation methods and techniques as later generations, and they will only convict people based on the available evidence. And Yang Chen was held at the scene of the murder, and there were only him and the deceased in the room, no matter what Yang Zhen said, no one would believe that he was innocent.
However, Yang Zhen can be sure of one thing, this time his brother was accused of being the murderer, and he was blamed. Although he still can't guess who that person is, he knows that Lu Danian is absolutely inseparable, as long as he finds Lu Danian, he can only find Lu Danian.
But in the next few days, even if Yang Zhen and the brothers in the county government turned the entire Jiangling County upside down, they still couldn't find any trace of Lu Danian and his wife. asked the neighbors near his house, and they only said that they had seen the Lu family the night before the crime, but when they asked them when the Lu family had disappeared, they couldn't remember.
The case was dragged on, Yang Zhen was naturally anxious, he thought about breaking into the government prison several times to save people, but in the end he dispelled this unrealistic idea. Not to mention that his martial arts alone could not come and go freely in the heavily guarded prison and rescue his brother unconsciously, even if he could do it, his brother would not follow him to escape. In that way, the crime of murder and escape from prison will follow them for the rest of their lives, and it will be difficult for the two brothers to have a place in the entire Ming Dynasty.
Just when Yang Zhen was about to know what to do, Wu Zhixian, who had been ignoring this matter, suddenly called him over. Wu Zhixian saw him and said: "Dongting, this official knows that you have been running around for several days because of your brother's murder, but after all, you are the head of my county government, leading the court to Lu, so you can't neglect your duties." ”
"Humble duty understands. But my brother was indeed blamed...... I found out about the problem a few days ago, but I didn't report it because I was afraid that adults wouldn't believe me. Yang Zhen said and told the suspicions he found on Qixiang's corpse.
Wu Yuan didn't expect that he had already done enough work, and he was surprised, but then he shook his head and said: "You are just saying this, even if there is a corpse as evidence, it will not be accepted by the government." What murderer is an old man, what is left and right-handed, this official has never heard of it. ”
"But my lord, this is a ......" Yang Zhen naturally became anxious when he heard this, and wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Wu Zhixian waving his hand: "The human and physical evidence in this case are all there, and Yang Chen was also held on the spot, let you say that if you break the sky, no one will believe that he is innocent." ”
Seeing Yang Zhen's pair of sword eyebrows raised suddenly, as if he was about to be angry, Wu Zhixian said again: "But this matter is not completely without a turnaround. ”
When Yang Zhen heard this, he immediately turned his anger into joy: "My lord, is this true?" ”
"Of course, how could this official lie to you. But the turning point is not in the minutiae you are talking about, but in the other person. Saying that, Wu Zhixian lowered his voice and said: "Actually, this official doesn't believe that Yang Juren would kill such a prostitute, which is unreasonable, but this cannot be used as evidence of his innocence." If you want the government to believe this, you must have enough people to vouch for your brother, and there is such a family in my Gangneung, and they can say a word that is worthy of a hundred and thousands of words from the official. ”
"You mean the Zhang family?" Yang Zhen asked as if he had realized something.
"Exactly. And as far as this official knows, the old lady of the Zhang family is still quite fond of your brother, if you go to him for help, maybe things will take a turn for the better. Wu Xian Ling's eyes flashed with a hint of strange color as he spoke, but he quickly covered up the past.
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