Chapter 14 Leave a way out
It was already deep twilight when he returned to the Criminal Department, and Mo Ziyu was originally going to General Chen's mansion, but he didn't expect someone to come to the palace.
"After a busy day, you go to eat first, and wait for me to come back." Mo Ziyu whispered, feeling heavy.
Ling Lan knew that Chen Tao's murder had not yet been found out, and now that General Chen had also had an accident, the pressure on the other party must be extremely great.
Without saying a word, she turned around, took a few steps, sat down in her chair and rested for a while, and walked all the way down the hill in a bumpy carriage, coming back like she was about to fall apart.
Seeing the man striding out, she still spoke after a little hesitation.
"If you feel embarrassed, just say that you have found clues to the murderer, and if nothing else, you can find the murderer within three days."
Mo Ziyu stopped his steps as if he had been caught in the acupoint, and quickly turned around: "What did you say?" ”
Ling Lan, who was leaning on the back of the chair, was a little tired, and she couldn't help but smile when she looked at the man's incredulous and unbelievable gaze: "I'm not afraid that you will be punished, so I'll help you find a way out." ”
Although she didn't smile very reliably, Mo Ziyu didn't believe it for no reason.
"You have a suspicion?"
Ling Lan rubbed her eyebrows and waved her hand: "It's not too early, wait for you to come back and speak slowly." ”
Although there were doubts and irrepressible little excitement, it was indeed very late, and Mo Ziyu could only enter the palace first.
After Ling Lan rested for a while, Ye Feng came to find her for dinner, and asked some questions from time to time on the way, and Ling Lan patiently explained to him.
In the restaurant, Ling Lan had just eaten a few bites when she saw Tianyi hurriedly entering the door a few steps, and stopped talking when she saw her eating seriously.
Ling Lan raised her head and looked over: "You haven't eaten either, have you?" Why don't you come over for a bite to eat? ”
Tianyi was taken aback, and shook his head vigorously like a rattle: "No need, thank you Miss Ling for your kindness." That's Mrs. Chen, who came to see General Chen's body, but the adults haven't come back yet, and I see that Mrs. Chen is in a very bad state. ”
In other words, Tianyi is worried that Mrs. Chen will have three longs and two shorts, and there will be more troubles at that time.
Compared to his worries, Ling Lan just let out a faint sound!
After taking a sip of yam soup, he added, "Wait until I'm eating two bites." ”
With two meals a day, where does she have the strength to do things if she doesn't eat enough?
The next time she goes to the street, she has to buy some pastries to keep in case she has a serious stomach problem like she did in her previous life.
Although Tianyi was anxious in his heart, he was so silent that he stood at the door and waited silently...
A quarter of an hour later, Ling Lan met General Chen's wife, who was also Chen Tao's mother.
The woman in her early fifties looked haggard, her eyes were red and swollen, her eyes were blue, and she needed the support of a maid to walk, fearing that she would faint at any moment.
That's right, suffering from the loss of a son and husband one after another, that kind of pain is not acceptable to ordinary people.
From the hall to the backyard morgue, Ling Lan suddenly had a different opinion of Mrs. Chen, it seemed that she was not as fragile as she seemed on the surface, and she was also stubborn and tenacious in her bones.
"Mrs. Chen, are you mentally prepared?"
This was the first time, the exhausted Mrs. Chen looked at Ling Lan seriously, this girl with bright eyes and bright teeth, but she couldn't figure it out, how could such a young and energetic girl do things in the Criminal Department? Especially, it has to do with corpses.
Of course, these thoughts were only fleeting, and Mrs. Chen nodded silently, her eyes reddened again.
Chen Tao had been transferred to the cold room, and there was only General Chen's body here, because he had just been brought back from the mountain, and Ye Feng was doing a simple treatment.
Madame Chen's sobs rang out in the room, her voice rising from the low, tears sliding down like a burst embankment, and she staggered to the body of General Chen.
However, just like Ling Lan thought, she was just venting her grief, and she didn't really faint or lose control of her emotions further, which showed that she was still very strong in her heart.
"How the hell did my husband, he, die?" Finally, her emotions gradually calmed down and she began to ask.
Ye Feng wanted to say that he was suffocated to death, but he found that Ling Lan was shaking his head slightly and closed his mouth, yes, he was annoyed that he was impulsive, and he didn't know the specific situation at the moment, so he couldn't talk nonsense.
After a few breaths, Ling Lan opened her mouth to break the silence: "Mrs. Chen, can you say a few words alone?" ”
Mrs. Chen looked puzzled, because she didn't know who the other party was.
However, after a slight hesitation, she nodded in acquiescence, because she remembered that the last time Chen Tao had an accident, they had seen Ling Lan when they came, and she was beside Mo Ziyu at that time. And today, Mo Ziyu is not here, and Tianyi's guards also let her lead the way, which is enough to show that she is not an ordinary person.
In this way, Ye Feng and the maid beside Mrs. Chen invariably retreated, and soon two people and a corpse were left.
Ling Lan's face was calm, and she first stroked her body as a salute.
"What are you doing here?" Mrs. Chen frowned.
"Thank you for giving me this opportunity."
Mrs. Chen's eyebrows stretched, and she inexplicably had a little more affection for her.
Soon Ling Lan turned around and came to General Chen's corpse, at this moment, she stood straight and calm, and her aura was surprisingly strong.
"Mrs. Chen, we are not sure about the cause of General Chen's death at the moment, but we have found some clues." She didn't speak fast or busy, and she was a little colder than before.
Mrs. Chen was about to ask what the clue was, when she saw her raise her hand to untie the corpse's clothes, and when she was stunned, she wanted to step forward to stop it, but she heard Ling Lan's voice again!
"You can take a closer look, General Chen has obvious bleeding spots in his eyelids, and his lips and nails are tinged with an unnatural blue purple."
Mrs. Chen couldn't hold back the words that came to her mouth, and her attention was all diverted, she didn't care that General Chen's corpse at this time was a little terrifying, so she took a closer look.
Soon she found that the situation was indeed the same as what Ling Lan said, and almost instantly she was surprised: "You mean, the general, he was poisoned to death?" ”
Ling Lan shook her head, at this time she had already unbuttoned all the buttons of her clothes: "The corpse did not have obvious poisoning reactions, and there was no discoloration after trying with a silver needle, and the reactions I said were in line with the characteristics of death by suffocation." ”
Mrs. Chen's eyes widened with incredulity: "Suffocation? ”
Seeing her indigestible reaction, Ling Lan calmly changed the topic: "Mrs. Chen, do you know the reason for General Chen's going to the top of Xishan Mountain alone?" ”
Sure enough, Mrs. Chen's attention was diverted again, she shook her head weakly, and let out a heavy sigh: "Since Tao'er's accident, he has aged a lot and is getting depressed day by day, especially since you have never been able to find the murderer. ”
Sensing that her tone was full of resentment, Mrs. Chen paused and said in a low voice: "He said that he was going to investigate by himself, and he wanted to find out the murderer as soon as possible and let Tao'er be buried in peace, and he didn't tell me anything else, including that he went to Xishan alone." ”