Chapter 242 Put a long line and catch a big fish
After Luo Fu woke up, it was almost noon, he opened his eyes and didn't see Li Bu, and asked Su Wan, but it was Hongying who came back and said that he had gone out, and then listened to him, and didn't tell Luo Fu that Zhou Min was dead.
But she didn't say it, and there was no shortage of people to tell her that the daughter of Zhou Xun, the Chinese scholar, died so unclearly, of course he didn't want to, he couldn't find out the reason over there, so he came to Luo Fu and asked Luo Fu to give him justice.
Hongying originally wanted to stop her from entering, but Zhou Xun died and her daughter didn't want to live anymore, and he also had the courage to break in, find Luo Fu, and kneel on the ground without saying a word, and ask Luo Fu to give him justice.
Luo Fu looked dazed, asked to help the person up, asked him to sit down and asked: "Lord Zhou asked the palace to give you justice, what happened?" ”
Hong Ying couldn't hide it when she saw it, so she simply recruited herself first, and told her about Zhou Min's death.
Where can Luo Shi sit still when he hears it: "Wasn't it okay yesterday?" Why did he die suddenly? ”
Zhou Xun's face was full of tears: "General Song told General Wang that last night was the day of the great joy of His Highness and the Duke of the Kingdom and it was inconvenient to disturb it, so he concealed that he had not reported it, and the Duke of the Kingdom went to interrogate Zhou Yanshan early this morning, and brought the person to the Criminal Department, and there has been no letter until now, Your Highness, the minister knows that the little girl likes Zhou Yanshan, but this matter can never be done by Zhou Yanshan, he is the only one who has ever taken a picture with the murderer, it is a witness, and he must not die, and please ask His Royal Highness to stop the Duke of the Kingdom, otherwise the person will die, and the murderer will not be found at all!" ”
"Nonsense! Such a big thing, I should have reported it last night! Luo Shifan didn't care about eating: "Su Wan, prepare a car to go to the Criminal Department!" ”
Along the way, Zhou Xun kept telling Luo Fu, how good Zhou Yanshan was, and how he tolerated Zhou Min's nonsense, his daughter died, but he praised Zhou Yanshan every word, which made people sound strange.
Luo Fu interrupted him: "Lord Zhou, you and Zhou Yanshan are both surnamed Zhou, but are you related?" ”
"No, no." Zhou Xun said: "The minister just appreciates his talent and learning, Zhou Yanshan also lived in the minister's house for a period of time, and he is humble and polite, which is also the reason why the little girl will like him, at first the minister did not agree, but then the insider suddenly became athmatic, if he hadn't found out in time to invite a doctor, the insider was afraid ...... And the insiders don't like him the most, and they didn't make it difficult for him during that time, but he was able to repay his grievances with virtue, what a kind of magnanimity this is. ”
Luo Fu said: "Zhou Yanshan has been teaching His Majesty since he entered the Hanlin Academy as a young student, and I have almost never heard anyone say that he is not, which is great, so good, it makes the palace wonder if he is really so good, or have you all been bought by him." ”
Zhou Xun was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Your Highness, even if others are bought, it is impossible for the minister to be bought, the minister is just talking about the matter, his daughter is dead, and the minister even wanted to go with her yesterday, but the murderer is a killer with strong martial arts, Zhou Yanshan can't lift his shoulders and can't resist, how can he break people's necks with his bare hands?" ”
"Can't you make up your mind right now, since Zhou Yanshan appeared there, and he was the only one who came out alive, then he is suspicious, and this palace will not let Zhou Min die blindly."
Zhou Yanshan has already been used for a round of punishment in the Criminal Department, he was already seriously injured, and after being whipped by the whip soaked in salt water, his weak body and bones could not bear it, and he was dying, and he almost carried it in one breath several times.
Li Bu sat on the Taishi's chair, supported his head on his elbows and closed his eyes to recuperate, sighed, and raised his hand to pause the executioner: "Say it again, why were you with Zhou Min at that time?" ”
Zhou Yanshan was covered in blood, his arms were tied to two iron chains and hung up, he had just fainted and was woken up by water, and now when he heard the question, his mouth was full of blood.
He coughed up two mouthfuls of blood, cleared his throat, and said weakly: "Down...... Xiaguan ...... at the time"
Li Bu plucked out his ears: "Be louder." ”
Zhou Yanshan's loudest voice was like this, and he also knew that Li Bu was deliberately embarrassed, but he had no choice but to raise his voice obediently: "Xiaguan...... Xia Guan went back that day and happened to meet Miss Zhou, and Miss Zhou said that she wanted to talk to Xia Guan...... Let's talk, there are more than a dozen people around me, and I am afraid that it will be in the middle of the night, no...... I refused if it was inconvenient, but ...... But before he could leave, he was attacked by gangsters......"
As he spoke, he cried again: "The lower official consciously lives up to his ...... failed Miss Zhou, so he blocked two knives for her, but the person seemed to be running for Miss Zhou, and the lower official was kicked away by him and fainted, and when he woke up, he found ...... found that Miss Zhou was dead, and those family members were also dead, Xia Guan had shed a lot of blood and fainted at that time, and the man probably felt that Xia Guan was also dead, so Xia Guan picked up a life. ”
After that, he began to blame himself again, and one person muttered that it was all his fault.
His words didn't sound like much at first glance, but in fact, there were many loopholes, Li Bu was about to be tried again, and someone from outside came to say that Luo Fu and Zhou Xun were here.
"You continue to interrogate, when do you ask him useful information about the killer, when will you stop."
He came out of the prison and took her hand as if no one was around: "Why did Your Highness come over?" This place is pickled, don't get your clothes dirty. ”
"Lord Zhou said that Zhou Yanshan is an important witness." Luo Shi glanced into the cell: "This palace brought Lord Zhou over to take a look, how is the trial?" Are people still alive? "E-book shop
"Alive, what about the trial, as soon as he asked about Miss Zhou, he cried, saying that he didn't protect her, but he couldn't tell me anything about Miss Zhou's murderer."
Luo Shi couldn't help choking up when he heard Zhou Min's name: "I want to see Zhou Min...... The last side. ”
"I'll go with you."
Luo Fu nodded, Zhou Xun was reluctant to go along, he was afraid that he would cry directly when he saw his daughter again.
Zhou Min lay quietly in the mortuary room, looking peaceful as if she was just sleeping, Luo Fu gently stroked her cheek, without any temperature, thinking that she was still in the palace to marry her yesterday, but today she became a cold corpse, the more she thought about it, the more sad she became.
Li Bu hugged her in his arms and caressed her back to comfort: "People can't be resurrected after death, Your Highness mourns." ”
"What do you say?"
"Zhou Min and the rest of the family members were all fatally killed by a blow to their necks, but the family members were all stabbed after death, and they were mended after death."
Worried that people are not dead, it is normal to mend the knife afterwards, but Luo Shi has a little bit to understand.
"Everyone else has mended the knife, why hasn't Zhou Min been mended?"
Li Bu said: "I have also thought about this question, and after thinking about it, there is only one answer, that is, the first person the murderer killed was Zhou Min, and he was completely sure that Zhou Min was dead, so he didn't make another move to make up for it." ”
"What were the others doing when they killed Zhou Min? Didn't one go up and save someone? Could it be Zhou Min who was killed last, and the murderer had time to wait for her to breathe slowly, so he didn't make up the knife? ”
Li Bu said impossible: "I just interrogated Zhou Yanshan, and asked him again the specific details of last night, he said that the murderer was going to Zhou Min, he helped Zhou Min block two knives but was kicked open and fainted, and the murderer ran to Zhou Min as soon as he came, which shows that Zhou Min was the first to die, and there is another point, since the murderer chose to make up the knife, it means that he is a very rigorous person, why is such a cautious person only left Zhou Yanshan and did not make up for two more knives? ”
Luo Fu has slowly described the scene of last night's incident in his mind: "Then there is only one possibility, it was Zhou Yanshan who killed the people, Zhou Min and the family members brought by Zhou Min all knew her, so they were defenseless against him, and those family members reacted after he killed Zhou Min, and he was afraid that the matter would be revealed, so he was not at ease, and he would only make up the knife one by one after killing the family members, but he couldn't kill himself, so he made up such a lie." ”
Li Bu was just as she had guessed.
But Luo Fu couldn't understand: "Why did he kill Zhou Min?" Zhou Min just likes him and doesn't do anything, even if he doesn't like Zhou Min, he ...... You don't need to kill the killer, do you? ”
"Everyone is dead, and there is no witness, why he killed Zhou Min We don't know, but Zhou Yanshan is by no means innocent, I found out before that he used to practice martial arts, but then he said that he was abandoned because of physical reasons, and now it seems that it is all a lie."
Luo Fu dismantled the mess in his mind little by little: "At first, I didn't think there was anything wrong with Zhou Yanshan, but now I'm more and more curious about what his purpose is." ”
Li Bu was afraid that she was sad when she saw Zhou Min, so he took her out, and led her thoughts to solve the case: "Although we have no evidence to directly prove that the person was killed by Zhou Yanshan, sometimes it is okay to kill people without evidence, His Royal Highness wants him to die, I can make him head in a different place now, and ensure that no one dares to say a word." ”
Luo Fu is sad and sad, but reason is still there, of course it is easy to kill Zhou Yanshan, but if you kill him, some mysteries will not be solved.
"I want him to live."
She rubbed her fingers on the ring finger of her left hand and looked at him firmly: "I want to know what his purpose is, and if there is anyone else behind him, if we want to pull it out, we will have to uproot it, I don't want to leave any hidden dangers." ”
She trusts her instincts, and instead of getting rid of one and coming again, it is better to put a long line to catch a big fish and catch them all in one net.
Li Bu took pity on the tears in the corners of her eyes, stretched out his hand to help her wipe them off, and lowered his head to kiss her eyes: "Then keep him, maybe he can really catch any big fish." ”
Zhou Yanshan was actually not sure that he would survive, he could only hold on, and he could only force himself to believe that that person would definitely save him.
He was right, and on the afternoon of the second day after Zhou Min's death, Song Dan came to report that the murderer had been caught.