Chapter 118: Behind the Murder
"Zhuang Jinse, what are you doing again?" Lie Yurou saw Zhuang Jinse's scalp tingling.
Two people may be born incompatible, and when they encounter it, they either quarrel or fight.
After fighting so many times, she couldn't get the upper hand.
"I have something to ask you, I hope you can cooperate." Jin Se went straight in, "Is there a dead body in a tavern that has anything to do with you?" ”
Lieyu was soft: "Guan...... What's my business. You don't want to spew blood! ”
When she heard the word corpse, her face changed. With that panicked look, Zhou Zimu didn't need to make a move. Jin Se himself can see it.
Lie Yurou excused herself that there was something in the store in Tianxiang Building, and turned around to leave.
"You said it's none of your business, so why are you afraid?" Jin Se was in hot pursuit.
"I'm scared of dead bodies. Who knows what you've done to make the store dead. Lie Yurou vigorously denied it, wanting to put the blame on Jin Se, "I heard that there are two thieves in your shop, maybe they did it!" ”
"Who did you listen to?" Jin Se sneered, "You sent them to my shop." ”
Lie Yurou was speechless by Jin Se, it was indeed the shopkeeper Dong in her store who sent someone to trick Heifeng Shuangsha into making trouble in a tavern, but it didn't work out.
I didn't show up, they wouldn't know my name, Lieyurou thought to herself.
"I'm going to be busy now, and I don't have time to waste time with you." Lie Yurou wanted to leave.
"Lord Yaojia, let's stay for a while. This king wants to ask a few more questions, which is related to the stability and tranquility of the imperial capital. Please don't mind, the county lord. ”
Under the mask, Zhou Zimu's tone was cold, and he looked businesslike. Lie Yurou can't leave now if she wants to.
Shiwen and Shiwu blocked her way.
"Okay, okay, you ask! Lie Yurou couldn't help but sit back down.
"Does the county lord know the deceased?" The regent Zhou Zimu began to ask questions.
Lie Yurou rolled her eyes, helpless: "I don't know, I heard that he is a carpenter." How did I know a carpenter. ”
"Do you know the perpetrator?" Zhou Zimu asked again. "I don't even know the deceased, how can I know the murderer. The regent asked a strange question. Lie Yurou had already expected that Zhou Zimu was just lying to himself, and he didn't know anything.
His heart settled down, and Lie Yurou's expression softened. She's not in a hurry to leave.
"I know that Tianxianglou and Youjia Tavern are sworn enemies in business. You say you don't know the dead or the perpetrators, but you know the people behind the scenes! Zhou Zimu's words were very sure, and from the sudden uneasiness of Lieyu Rou just now, he began to doubt.
Lie Yurou angrily denied: "They all said I don't know each other!" Why did the regent force each other again and again. I don't know who's behind it. She touched her nose to calm herself, hoping that Zhou Zimu's questioning would end soon.
The human nose has a sponge, and when lying, the temperature of the nose rises, and the nose will be touched subconsciously.
"What you just did shows that you are hiding something. Is the person behind the scenes from the palace? Zhou Zimu pressed forward step by step.
"No, no, no, no!" Lie Yurou kept denying it, and she sat uneasily in her chair.
She stepped back, clasped her hands to her chest, and said impatiently, "I'm a little tired!" Dong shopkeeper send-off! ”
This is a gesture of resistance, indicating that the county lord of Yaojia has just lied. Zhou Zimu didn't stay long, he had already asked the answer he wanted.
Zhou Zimu and Lie Yurou's conversation made Jin Se on the side look stupid. She never thought that Zimu was so powerful, and she was powerless to ask Lie Yurou with just a few words.
"The person behind this must be from the palace, and I will go to the palace later." Zhou Zimu is going to find the person behind it.
"Well, I went to Jingzhao Yamen to ask about the progress, and I found footprints last February. I hope that the people of Jingzhao Yamen can find some useful clues. "Jin Se and Zhou Zimu are divided into two ways, find out the truth as soon as possible, and only then can there be a tavern to clear the suspicion of murder.
Zhou Zimu rode in the direction of the palace, while Jin Se took February to Jingzhao Yamen.
Jingzhao Mansion Yin was also very concerned about the case of a tavern, and after reporting the footprints on the eaves in February, Mansion Yin sent someone to rub the footprints.
"Miss Jinse, you see that this man's feet are bigger than ordinary people's feet. The soles are very clean, and you must live in a good place. "Jingzhao Mansion Yin informed Jin Se who came to the Yamen the latest situation, and behind this girl stood the regent. This case cannot be sloppy at all.
Jingzhao Mansion Yin sent someone to find the carpenter's wife to come to the yamen for questioning. Jin Se was in the lobby to listen.
"The women of the people pay a visit to Lord Yin of Jingzhao Mansion." The carpenter's wife was a perennial worker, her hands were calloused and her skin was tanned. At the moment, her eyes were red and she looked tired.
"I summoned you here today because I want to ask you about the minister." Jingzhao Mansion Yin had a gentle attitude, "You don't have to be nervous, what you think of and say anything." ”
"Yes, what do you want to ask?" The carpenter's lady was a little nervous, she was coming to the yamen for the first time.
Jingzhao Mansion Yin asked softly, "Did you have any unusual actions before your father-in-law died?" ”
"There is no difference between him going out early and returning late on weekdays, but I heard that he was not coughing and wanted to ask him for a doctor. My father-in-law said that it was just a cold, and I had already gone to the hospital on Suzaku Street to find Xin Langzhong to see it. ”
"Does he have any other strangers to associate with?" Jingzhao Mansion Yin asked again.
The carpenter's lady recalled for a while and nodded: "One night, a stranger suddenly came to the house. I wanted to ask, but Xianggong let me into the room. They heard that there was a big job, only once in a lifetime. ”
"Does that guy have a pair of big feet?" Jin Se couldn't help but interject.
Running into someone else's house in the middle of the night doesn't look like a good person.
"Yes, I didn't see it. Indeed, the man was a little bigger than the others. The carpenter nodded.
In order to be insured, Jingzhao Mansion Yin sent someone to Xin Langzhong in the medical hall on Suzaku Street to inquire about the carpenter's condition, and the carpenter's condition was much more serious than he said. Xin Langzhong told the people of Jingzhao Yamen that the carpenter was seriously ill and only had a lifespan of more than a month.
It was now clear that the carpenter had learned that he was dying, and that the mysterious man of Bigfoot had told him about a once-in-a-lifetime job.
"Miss Jinse, I have sent someone to investigate, and the carpenter's family has recently obtained a large sum of silver from unknown sources. I'm afraid it has something to do with it. There are only one carpenter in their family of five. The carpenter's family also had three daughters. It seems that this carpenter is taking this desperate road for money. Jingzhao Mansion Yin told Jin Se the ins and outs of the matter.
"Miss, what should we do now?" February asked.
For the sake of his family, the seriously ill carpenter did not hesitate to exchange his life for a sum of money to ensure that they had no worries about food and clothing. Jin Se was moved by such fatherly love.
It had already happened, and she could not save the carpenter's life. At least it can ensure that the carpenter's life is not disturbed.
If it were now open that the carpenter committed suicide in a tavern for money, the carpenter's daughters would not be able to face their lives in the future.
"Now that the matter has been clarified, let Zimu find the mysterious man with big feet. If it weren't for him, the carpenter wouldn't have been able to walk this path. As for the carpenter, that's it. Jinse decided not to disclose the truth of the matter.
Kyungzhao Mansion Yin respects the decision of the person concerned, and the suicide case of a carpenter in a tavern ends here.
All that remains is to find that mysterious person and restore peace to the imperial capital.
Zhou Zimu on the other side received the news from Jinse's side, and he did not directly come to the door to question the Queen Mother Li Wanzhen. Because he knew that Li Wanzhen would not admit this matter easily. The Queen Mother has lived in the palace for a long time, and there are not many people who can enter and leave the palace freely. In addition to the inner attendants, it is the Yulin Army who is responsible for the palace guards.
With the characteristic of big feet, it was the clue provided by the carpenter lady to draw the portrait.
Zhou Zimu soon found the Yulin Wei who worked for the Empress Dowager Li Wanzhen in the Yulin Army.
"You can't catch it! I'm here for the Queen Mother! "The big-footed Yu Linwei didn't feel that he had done anything wrong.
"Is there anything more abominable in the world to lure people to death with money? I don't care who you're doing things for, the Yulin Army can't keep people like you. Zhou Zimu waved his hand and let him take it down.
Li Wanzhen didn't expect Zhou Zimu to find the palace so quickly, and pulled out a nail she had worked so hard to bury.
"Say hello to the Queen Mother." Zhou Zimu arrived at the palace of the Empress Dowager Li Wanzhen again with an expressionless face.
"No courtesy." Li Wanzhen still had a smirk on her face, even if the regent knew that she did it, she couldn't do anything about her, she only gave one order from beginning to end. Many people can apologize for her, she just paid some money, and that person hanged herself has nothing to do with her.
"I'm here to inform the Queen Mother that your people in the Yulin Army have been expelled from the Yulin Army and will never be hired." Zhou Zimu said in surprise, "I hope this is the last time." Please don't stretch the Queen Mother's hand too far. The Yulin Army is the place to protect the safety of the emperor's harem. If you think about how to help the Queen Mother do those things all day long, how can you protect the emperor! ”
Zhou Zimu's words are not good, Li Wan's face is really a little green.
"Is the Lord Regent here to teach me how to do things?" Empress Dowager Li Wanzhen slapped the table in front of her heavily.
"Don't dare, for the sake of the face of the royal family, the Queen Mother still stays in the palace with peace of mind and does not interfere in matters outside the palace. I tell you unequivocally that Zhuang Jinse is my future princess regent, and no one can change it! "The Queen Mother is the biological mother of the little emperor, and Zhou Zimu doesn't want to ruin the reputation of the little emperor among the people because of such a thing.
In order to protect the carpenter's family, Jin Se chose not to disclose the truth of the matter, and he couldn't ignore the face of the Wang family.
In order to suppress the opponent's business, the Empress Dowager released a corpse to the opponent's shop. It's just ugly.
This Li Wan's methods are much more clever than Lie Yurou, if it weren't for finding that footprint, the people in a tavern would have been kept in the dark.
"Don't worry about the Regent!" Li Wanzhen invited the regent Zhou Zimu out of the gate and closed the door of the palace heavily!