Xu Zhijin looked at the faces of the two of them, and knew that they had already listened to their guesses, and then looked at Hua Qiao, she was smiling at herself.

Xu Zhijin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, he continued: "On the thirteenth and fourteenth, I brought the dinner plate over, opened the lock and called him, and he would come to the door to get food, but on the morning of the fifteenth, I opened the lock and called Luo Wenting outside the door, but there was no response. ”

"The key to the bookstore, has it been in your hands for the past few days?"

"Yes, before receiving breakfast on the thirteenth, I got the key in the hands of Steward Liu of the academy, and until the fifteenth, the key never left the ......" This sentence, Xu Zhijin said a little softly, the key has always been on his body, even if there is a murderer inside, how can he come out? It was because of this only key that he was regarded as a murder suspect.

"Steward Liu?" Hu Yanjin, who had never spoken, asked Zhao Sijiao: "Has this Steward Liu been tried?" ”

"This ...... They didn't hand it over to us for trial! "Zhao Sijiao received only one Xu Zhijin and one Xu Zhiheng from the officials, Xu Zhiheng paid one hundred taels to himself, asked about it, and someone proved that he was not at the scene, so he was released. Before leaving, he handed over fifty taels to Xu Zhijin, saying that there was no more...... It is estimated that Xu Zhijin is a human prisoner, even if he pays a hundred taels, he can't let go, so it is better to save a little.

"Steward Liu Jian, we were interrogated in the academy, there was nothing suspicious, so we didn't bring it back." Yu Tong hurriedly explained.

"Interrogated Liu Jian overnight!" Hu Yanjin believes that this turnkey person must be the key.

Yu Tongju called the two heads of the two to arrest Steward Liu, and the rest went to the forbidden room for interrogation next to them to wait. Xu Zhijin was sent back to the cell, of course, Zhao Sijiao had already asked someone to change him to a separate room, so he was waiting for him.

When he walked out, Xu Zhijin passed by Hua Qiao and couldn't help but look at her deeply. Hua Qiao couldn't say anything to him, even though she believed that Xu Sange was innocent.

Yi Chengjin looked at them coldly, and he didn't withdraw his gaze until Xu Zhijin walked over completely. If Hua Qiao dared to have any hints to Xu Zhijin just now, he would have asked her to leave mercilessly.

Liu Jian, who had already gone to bed early, pulled out of the quilt in a daze, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that it was the head of the palace, and he was so frightened that he woke up instantly.

The day before yesterday, Xu Zhijin was dragged into the palace and imprisoned, Liu Jian was worried every day, for fear that something would happen, today two adults came to check the scene, and left without any results, he thought he had passed another level. I didn't expect to come to the academy in the middle of the night to get people, and it was myself.

As soon as he entered the forbidden room, Liu Jian was so frightened by the iron chains, braziers and other hideous torture instruments inside that his legs were sifted through chaff, and he couldn't even speak: "Big ...... Adults, I don't know how to call the little ones...... Yes...... What's the matter? ”

Yi Chengjin turned around, holding a red-hot iron tong in his hand, and asked casually: "Liu Jian, how many single bookstores are there in Wutong Academy?" ”

"Four...... Four rooms. ”

"Every mock exam is also taken by four children?"

"Yes...... Be. ”

"Then why don't you arrange for the food to be delivered uniformly, but let their roommates deliver it separately?"

"It's so that children who haven't taken exams can feel the tension."

"Are the keys kept by each of them?"

"Yes." After answering a few words, Steward Liu began to calm down: Hey, even if someone else comes to ask, ask and ask, these few sentences must be a formality.

"So...... The night before the candidate goes in, who will inspect and lock the bookstore? ”

Yi Chengjin seemed to think that the iron tongs were not hot enough, so he inserted the tongs into the red-hot charcoal basin, and the inside of the charcoal fire got wind, and the "whew" burned, and Mars flew half a person high with teeth and claws, making Steward Liu, who had just calmed down, sweat.

"Yes...... It's small. ”

"Is the ice bucket in the library used to cool down the candidates?"

"Yes, yes." Steward Liu's hot head really needed some ice buckets to cool down, but as soon as he finished speaking, he immediately regretted it, and hurriedly said: "No, no, there is no ice bucket, the room is filled with buckets, containing water for them to wash their faces." ”

"Liu Jian, now we suspect that it was you, kill Luo Wenting!" Yi Chengjin thrust the iron tongs in his hand into the charcoal fire and shouted.

"No, it can't be! The key has always been in Xu Zhijin's hand, and when he searched the academy, Luo Wenting was still taking the exam in the library, and if I wanted to kill him, I had to get in...... What's more, Luo Wenting and I don't have a river water, and I have no motive for committing the crime......"

Yes, this reason is sufficient, the head of the previous interrogation was circumvented in this way, and as soon as he finished speaking, even Steward Liu secretly admired his composure.

"What if you kill Luo Wenting first, and then give the key to Xu Zhijin?"

"No...... No way...... How could a dead person take the exam, not to mention that several people had seen it, and Luo Wenting was taking the exam inside......"

"That's not Luo Wenting, it's Chen Xuan! Chen Xuan, who killed someone with you! Yi Chengjin stared at Liu Jian and said categorically.

"No, no, how could it be Mr. Chen...... Didn't Mr. Chen run, run? Liu Jian raised his sleeve and wiped his sweat, and explained with some embarrassment: "It's a little hot here...... If it is Chen ...... The gentleman is in the room, the door is locked from the outside, there is no way he can come out...... How is this possible......"

"There will be evidence, as long as he has been in the room, there will be evidence!"

Hua Qiao, who was standing behind several tall men, suddenly said firmly.

Hu Yanjin glanced back at her and said, "Take Liu Jian into custody, get the evidence, and see how he denies it!" ”

Early the next morning, Yi Chengjin and his entourage came to Wutong Academy again, last night it was too late to catch Steward Liu, no one knew, today I saw the government office and someone came, everyone felt strange, and looked at this group of people with a probe.

When they arrived at the door of the study house, Hua Qiao stopped everyone, and only she and Hu Yanjin went in.

Although there were faint traces of the water on the floor in the room, the air was still cold, just like the "heavy yin" that people often say.

The room is not big, but it is much larger than the actual number room of the township examination and the general examination, because there is a separate toilet here. The latrine is covered with a thick curtain to keep the stench from coming out.

The curtain looked dusty, and it was next to the latrine, making it impossible to avoid. Now, Hu Yanjin is standing next to this curtain, he looks up along the curtain, and the two ends of the curtain seem to have been torn off, and there is still a broken rope on it.

Hu Yanjin was thinking about what this curtain would be used for when it was torn off, when he suddenly heard Hua Qiao say:

"I need to climb up there!"