Chapter 111: Interrogating the Murderer
"My lord, the murderer of the poison has been found!"
Li Mu touched the sweat on his face, didn't bother to answer Luo Zhenbei's question, and said something that surprised everyone, and at the same time, the seven maids who were still kneeling outside with blue faces that had long been frozen also looked over, kneeling for too long, the legs and feet of the seven people were already numb, and even their expressions were a little stiff, but soon, the expressions of the seven people were different.
Cai He looked at Li Mu fixedly, her eyes were red again, she didn't know if her suspicion could be cleared.
"What's going on? Where did you just go?! How did you find out the murderer? ”
Luo Zhenbei asked a few more questions, and at this moment, Qin Zui in the room was also helped out by Mo Wei, and Li Mu took a breath, "My lord, my subordinate just went out of the city." ”
Luo Zhenbei was stunned, "Out of the city?" What to do out of town? ”
An hour and a half after the murder occurred, the seven most suspicious people were in Luofu, what did Li Mu do when he ran out of the city?!
Everyone's eyes were on Li Mu, but Li Mu looked at Shaoguang, and when Shaoguang nodded, he opened his mouth to explain to everyone, "Lord Qiyu, although Caihe is the person in charge of setting up the case, she has no motive to commit the crime, her background is simple, interpersonal communication is also simple, and Deputy Lieutenant Lin has no grievances, she is timid and cautious on weekdays, and it is difficult to have the possibility of being bought, Luofu is a second home for her, and she will never risk being found out to do such a criminal thing." ”
Li Mu said this, Caihe suddenly cried when she heard it, but this time the cry was not a desperate cry, she didn't expect that Li Mu would have such a big change after a trip to the city, she suddenly felt that she could live again!
Everyone listened to Li Muzhi's words and only felt that what he said made some sense, but obviously not everyone thought so, Lin Yuan snorted lightly and said, "I haven't checked it out yet, so I think she has no motive?" Maybe there's something you don't know? ”
Li Mu had a sense of calmness when the soldiers came to block the water and cover the earth, "What the general said is extremely right, but the lower official seems to be more suspicious when he finds another person." ”
Lin Yuan's eyelids jumped, and he cautiously did not continue.
Li Mu turned to say, "My lord, most of the maids and maids in the mansion only saw Deputy Lieutenant Lin when the three armies of Luozhou converged this time, so it is impossible to have an old enmity with Deputy Lieutenant Lin, and daring to use the broken intestine grass to poison on such an occasion must not be done at will, so the lower official guessed that the maids and maids in the mansion must have been bribed and bewitched, and it is very likely that they did not know that they were poisoned." ”
Li Mu said slowly, everyone was convinced, and the faces of the seven people on the side gradually changed.
"Even if you don't know that it's poisoning, this is also a betrayal of the master's family, Luofu is famous for its strict governance, these people are all old people in the mansion, they must know the result after this matter is exposed, they know that they can still do this, they must have great hardship." Li Mu swept over the seven people, "For example, someone in the family is sick and urgently needs a large amount of money. ”
As soon as these words came out, the face of one of the seven people changed sharply, even if it was so far away, Shaoguang could clearly see that her forehead was sweating, that person was the Xianglian that Zi Sandalwood had just said.
"Among these seven people, there is no one in Caihe's family, even if there is a sum of money, there is nowhere to spend, and several other people, either the family is far away, or the family has children, or they have cut off contact with their families, although they are from poor backgrounds, but when they come to Luofu, they have no worries about food and clothing, and their lives are stable, no one wants to risk losing their heads to do such a thing, no need, they don't dare, there is only one person, the old mother and younger brother of the family are seriously ill, she saves the monthly money every month, and does not dare to spend it to the family, but even so, The old mother and younger brother still couldn't afford to buy medicinal herbs to cure the disease, and the dying suffering not to mention the crime dragged her down. ”
"This person is young, is the only source of income for the family, although only sixteen years old, but since the age of thirteen began to bear the burden of a portal two patients, three years of pressure made her feel countless grievances and inferiority, seeing that this burden does not know when it will end, she is more desperate in her heart."
"Desperate, she never thought that a kind person would come to the door and promise to give her a large sum of money, so that she could do something that was a little dangerous, but not harmful, so she thought about her mother and brother at home, gritted her teeth and agreed, she thought that this matter was unaware, and after doing this, she could be freed, and her mother and brother could also be freed, but she never thought that in the end, there would be a ...... of human life."
Li Mu's voice slowed down, as if he was saying something that had nothing to do with everyone present, and in the end, he paused slightly, and turned to look at one of the seven, "Do you say that what I said is right...... Xianglian. ”
As soon as these words came out, Xianglian's stiff body shook, and the whole person collapsed tightly, but he didn't say anything for a long time.
"Your Excellency...... My lord...... But Xianglian's table is not ......"
A servant subconsciously explained, Li Mu shook his head, "Let's not talk about this first, Xianglian, can you admit it?" ”
Xianglian's eyes were red, tears suddenly fell, she pursed the corners of her lips tightly, and didn't say a word, Li Mu narrowed her eyes, "I just left the city and went to your house, just yesterday, you went home and gave your father a hundred taels of silver, can you tell me, where did you get the one hundred taels of silver?" Your monthly money is only one tael a month, and your wife still gave you some more when you want to support your family, Xianglian, one hundred taels of silver, and you will save for many years without eating or drinking. ”
Xianglian listened, her body began to tremble, and the tears fell more and more fiercely, she pursed her lips tightly, and her teeth bit her lips out of deep blood.
Luo Chen took a step forward, "Xianglian, you are the old man in the mansion, the mansion treats you well, if you tell who instigated you, you can open up to you, think about your mother and your younger brother, if you don't say a word like this now, the result will definitely not be good." ”
Xianglian's tears fell big and big, "Slave maid...... The slave doesn't know ......"
Everyone looked solemn, no one thought that this murder case could be solved so quickly, Xianglian was just a little slave in the house, seeing the dead person was already frightened, it was already the end of the strong crossbow after staying up for so long, and now Li Mu went out of the city and went home in person, where did she dare to defend again?! At this moment, she was asked by Li Muyi, and she was stared at by so many masters, so she naturally wanted to give a real explanation, coupled with Luo Chen's sentence, she was already in a state of collapse......