Chapter 31: Shadows on the Deck
The night wind squeaked the ship's masts, and tonight was the last night of the merchant ship repairing in situ.
After the quarrel and aftermath during the day, most of the slaves were also a little tired, and the murderer of Liu Langjun had been caught, so Lu Liulang ordered that the slaves could rest early so that they could sail early tomorrow morning.
The merchants also felt that more things were better than less, and Lu Liulang also ordered them to rest early, but the merchant ships were quiet before they arrived.
Suddenly, there was a rustling sound out of nowhere, followed by the creaking of wooden planks being stepped on, which made the silent deck particularly noisy, but fortunately, there was no one around.
A dark figure came out of the staircase, it carefully touched the edge of the deck, then took something out of its pocket, and threw it into the river not far away, and after a long time, there was the sound of a heavy object falling into the water, which made him clap his hands in satisfaction, as if it would wipe off the dust from his hands, and then turned to leave the place.
Suddenly, a burst of light lit up on the deck. This made it hurriedly block its view with its hands, and there were about twenty or so torches on the deck, and the group surrounded it, and watched the battle, and the fire was so bright that the deck suddenly became as bright as day.
At this time, the torch opened a small opening, and several people walked out of it, led by a middle-aged Langjun holding a child, and standing next to him was a lady in a white robe with one eyelid, followed by a slave who had experienced it.
On the other side stood a fat man who was a little big and had to wipe his sweat with a handkerchief from time to time.
The man surrounded by the firelight leaned back slightly, and then immediately calmed down. It simply turned its back to see what the people who surrounded it were intended.
Lin Yun'er stood still, and finally saw this person's face clearly in the light of the fire, this was an old man dressed in coarse cloth, the same as when she first met him.
Lu Liulang stepped forward and said, "Uncle Zhang, you don't rest in the house in the middle of the night, what are you doing here?" ”
Mr. Zhang glanced up at the sky, only to see that there was no moon but the starlight was full, he said, "I can't sleep, come to enjoy the starlight, what?" What does Lang Jun mean by this? To make such a big battle, is it because you are afraid that the old decay will do something? ”
Lu Liulang smiled, "The contemptible people have already ordered to go down, let the merchants on this whole ship rest early, and they will leave early tomorrow morning, why didn't the old man know?" ”
Uncle Zhang was stunned for a moment, and then said, "People are old and have poor memory, so I'll go back and rest early." ”
"I'm afraid my uncle won't be able to go back at this moment." Lin Yun'er stepped forward and said to him.
Uncle Zhang's face twisted, and then asked, "What did the lady say?" ”
Lin Yun'er smiled, "I don't know what the old abbot just threw into the river?" ”
Uncle Zhang's face changed slightly, and Lin Yun'er said, "I'm afraid it's the key to Liu Langjun's warehouse!" There are two keys, one is in the tea merchant's place, and the other is in Liu Langjun's place, and the one that the old man threw into the river is probably Liu Langjun's. ”
After a few breaths, Zhang's face had regained calm, and he said, "It's just that the fish are rolling in the river, why did the old man lose something?" Don't talk nonsense. ”
Lin Yun'er had already thought of this, and only said, "Do you know how many people can swim on this boat?" Do you know that those who know water are in the water geometry? ”
Lin Yun'er looked around, "The guys who ran the boat all know how to water, and when the old man lost the key, someone followed below." ”
Uncle Zhang's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he suddenly rolled his eyes, and drilled out of the gap in the torch, and in front of him was a dark river, and he climbed the fence and was about to jump down.
Between the lightning and flint, several slave guys put down the torches in their hands, and came to Zhang's side in three steps and two steps, one grabbed one of his legs, one held his hand, and the other hugged his waist.
Lin Yun'er took a step forward, squatted down and said, "Uncle, what are you going to do?" ”
Uncle Zhang was silent, only staring at Lin Yun'er with his eyes open, his lips trembling with pain, like an injured trapped beast.
"Why did you kill him?" After a while, such words came out of Lin Yun'er's mouth. "When I first saw you, I saw that your hands were rough and deep, and this special pattern was caused by frequent contact with good flower soil. In this way, you and Liu Langjun are afraid to go together. ”
Lin Yun'er looked at Uncle Zhang, "As for the cause of Liu Langjun's death, Dr. Kang found a little pollen in Liu Langjun's abdominal cavity, which is the pollen of the Seven Star Begonia, that is, the pot you painstakingly put into Liu Langjun's warehouse." ”
"As for why you didn't lock the door to the warehouse, because the key couldn't open the warehouse at all, let me guess, the warehouse itself was open, right? Uncle Zhang? ”
Uncle Zhang was still silent, and let Lin Yun'er say, "I don't know what your intention is to put the Seven Star Begonia in the warehouse, but I know how you killed Liu Langjun." ”
At this moment, Lingzhi walked up with a cloth bag, "Lady, what you want, the slave maid just got it." ”
Lin Yun'er didn't open the cloth bag, but just glanced at Uncle Zhang on the ground with slightly slanted eyes, "This is the candle you gave to Liu Langjun, Doctor Kang was really curious and studied it carefully, Uncle Zhang, guess what, what is wrapped in the wick of the candle?" ”
Uncle Zhang only compromised at this moment when he saw it, "Don't guess, it's the pollen of the seven-star begonia inside." ”
Lin Yun'er knew that her identification was full of loopholes, half of which was based on uncompleted evidence, and the other half was based on luck and conjecture, in fact, the real evidence was only the cloth bag in her hand.
And in this cloth bag, there is actually nothing in it, it was all Lin Yun'er who came out to coax Zhang's father-in-law.
Who knows, he was really blackmailed.
Lin Yun'er suppressed the ecstasy in her heart and asked in a low voice, "Why did you kill him?" ”
After hearing this, Uncle Zhang burst into tears for a moment, he glanced at the cloth bag in Lingzhi's hand, and said with tears, "Liu Xiushan is an unloyal and unfilial person, why can't I kill him?" ”
"Why?" Lin Yun'er didn't speak, but Lu Shuangshuang, who poked her head out in Lu Liulang's arms, opened her mouth, her voice was very immature, but it was particularly sultry in this little night breeze, and even for a moment it could make people cry, and she couldn't stop.
Mr. Zhang sat up slightly, touched the old tears on his face, glanced at Lu Shuangshuang in Lu Liulang's arms, and came "The old man also has a daughter, named Mengjuan, she likes to make wine and wax since she was a child, the old man makes a living by raising flowers, and is famous in Shili Eight Villages, but the little girl is not interested, the old man wants to find a Langjun to go to my house, and learn the art of flower planting to facilitate the maintenance of those flowers and plants." ”
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