Master Zhou walked out of the county prison with his head down, looking a little thoughtful.

The cell boss followed him closely, full of doubts.

Mrs. He's case has already spread in the county, and there are different opinions, and there are all kinds of rumors, and the cell boss naturally knows a little about it.

He didn't understand, why did the county magistrate look so distressed?

He didn't understand, this case is certainly amazing, and the truth is confusing, but what does it matter if the truth is not true?

The important thing is that now there are three people who take the initiative to stand up and admit that they are murderers, and if they identify one person casually, the case can be closed, and they also have an explanation for the above, what is there to worry about?

He didn't understand why the county magistrate didn't interrogate the three people, but went to this filthy prison himself, and specially ordered him to go to the women's prison to escort the deceased's daughter here, and put the three of them who surrendered in one cell.

An hour later, he was ordered to send the female prisoner back to the women's prison.

What the hell are you trying to do?

What he couldn't understand the most was that he had been in the yamen for many years, and he had never seen an adult who would be so concerned about the case, engage in so many tricks, and even make himself a little lost and nervous.

Is this Lord Zhou really different? Is the life of an old woman who has nothing to do with him really so important in his eyes? Does he really want to find out the truth?

The cell boss had a lot of questions, but he didn't say a word, just silently followed closely behind Lord Zhou, waiting for orders at any time.

Be cautious in words and deeds, and if you say too much, you will lose, this is the only truth he has realized after so many years of wandering in the yamen, and it is also his motto.

However, Lord Zhou didn't give any orders, walked out of the prison gate, just waved his hand to him as a farewell, and left in deep thought all the way.

The cell boss stood at the door and was stunned, it seems that Master Zhou's trip to the prison really has something to gain?

It took a long time before he silently turned around and walked back.

When Lord Zhou returned to the mansion, it was already dark.

He still lowered his head and walked straight to the study, unheard of all the greetings from the people in the house, looking lost and depressed.

When he walked into the study, he looked up, but he was shocked.

I saw his mother, Mrs. Zhou, sitting in the study waiting for him to come back.

Lord Zhou has always been extremely filial to his mother, so he quickly bent down deeply and called, "Mother." ”

Mrs. Zhou looked at her son lovingly, she hadn't seen her for a few days, her son's brows were deeply locked, and his face was a little thin, presumably because he was worried about business, and he couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

Master Zhou asked softly, "Mother came to her son's study in person, but what are your orders?"

Mrs. Zhou straightened her face and said: "Why, you don't let your mother come in this study? You locked yourself in this study as soon as you returned to the house for several days in a row, and you didn't leave the house, and it was not like you would come to visit your mother every day. As a mother, she couldn't see her son, so she had to wait in the study by herself, what's so strange?"

No matter how busy Zhou is, he will go to the old woman's room every night rain or shine to greet him, and this habit has been insisted on for many years.

When Mrs. Zhou mentioned this, he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten everything in the past few days, and hurriedly apologized to his mother: "The working mother is a big driver, and the mother is worried, this is all the son's sin, and she begs for forgiveness." ”

Mrs. Zhou pulled

The son who bowed deeply and said lovingly: "Between mother and son, why be polite! However, although business is important, your body is also important, I heard that you have been eating unpleasantly and not sleeping at night in the past few days, so you can definitely take care of your body!"

She smiled and said, "As a mother, I'm still waiting for you to get married and hold your grandson!"

At this time, her topic suddenly changed, and she said: "Speaking of starting a family, the daughter of the imperial history of the court that you mentioned last time for your mother, she is now twenty-eight years old, gentle and virtuous, his father and your father were close friends before his death, and he is the right person, do you have any opinions? ”

At the mention of this, Lord Zhou was obviously embarrassed, and quickly interrupted his mother: "There is no need to rush this matter for a while, let's discuss it later." My son is a little hungry now. ”

Hearing that her son was hungry, Mrs. Zhou hurriedly instructed her subordinates to prepare wine and food, so she sent them to the study, set up a full table, personally served vegetables for her son, and watched him eat with a loving face.

Lord Zhou was actually not hungry at all, it was just an excuse, but since his mother was guarding it personally, he could only reluctantly use some meals hastily.

Seeing that her son couldn't eat, Mrs. Zhou was still unsatisfied with the words "Ask her son to take care of his body", and went back to the room in addition to the study with satisfaction.

After sending his mother away, Lord Zhou let out a long breath, and his face suddenly became cloudy again.

He suddenly picked up the wine jug on the table, poured several sips into his mouth, and then sat alone in the room, staring blankly at the bright moon in the sky outside the window, and didn't know what he was thinking.

After a while, he seemed to be a little drunk, and staggered to the table, there was a small bronze mirror on the table, and Lord Zhou picked up the bronze mirror, unbuttoned his clothes, and showed his chest, not knowing what he was looking at.

After a while, he threw away the bronze mirror, staggered to the center of the room, and suddenly drew the sword that hung on the wall, and came to the window with the long sword in his hand.

He looked up at the moon, sighed, his eyes were full of tears, and suddenly, the long sword in his hand turned and wiped it towards his neck!

Lord Zhou actually wanted to kill himself!

said that it was too late and that it was fast, Lord Zhou felt a flower in front of him, and there seemed to be a huge figure floating by the window, and then the long sword in his hand shook, and he couldn't hold it anymore, and with a choking sound, the long sword fell off his hand and fell to the ground.

Lord Zhou was taken aback, and when he looked at it, it was Zhang Fat who was standing in front of him, grabbed his hand, and asked in a deep voice, "Brother Zhou, why is this?"

Lord Zhou was taken aback, and then sighed and said, "Zhang Shizi, I am a body that cannot be atoned for a hundred sins, you will not understand." ”

At this time, a voice next to him suddenly sounded: "Perhaps, I can guess one or two below." ”

Lord Zhou hurriedly turned around, there was another person standing in the study, but he knew Ye Feng, who was known as the smartest person in the world.

Lord Zhou was stunned for a moment: "You, why are you meddling? What does this matter have to do with you?"

Zhang Fatzi hurriedly explained: "It's because I see Brother Zhou's abnormal expression these days, and the appearance of losing his soul is down, presumably because of the strange case in this county, so he made his own opinion and asked my brother-in-law to help, originally I wanted to be able to share a worry for my brother, but I didn't expect to save my brother's life, it was really a fluke." ”

Lord Zhou sighed, turned around and sat back at the table, and said, "Then you should talk about it, you all."

What did you find?"

Ye Feng smiled faintly and said, "Actually, it's not complicated, we just went to the little blacksmith's house in the east of the city like you, Lord Zhou, and chatted with the mouthy Aunt Li who sold melons and fruits." ”

Lord Zhou couldn't help but snort and said, "This mouthy Aunt Li!"

Ye Feng smiled and said: "Then we went to Wuyi Lane in the west of the city, went to the deceased Mrs. He's house, and by the way, invited the blind Mrs. Xu next door to her house to have a meal, so we already knew about it." ”

When Lord Zhou heard this, he suddenly fell silent.

Ye Feng continued: "Originally, all these clues were intermittent, and it was difficult for me to connect them together, but the action of Lord Zhou just now looking at the bronze mirror in the room suddenly strung everything together, and everything could be explained. ”

"Oh?" the fat man on the side looked surprised, "Why didn't I see it?"

When Ye Feng visited the clues, he accompanied him throughout the whole process, and he knew everything that Ye Feng knew, but he couldn't see how all the clues were connected at all?

Ye Feng smiled at Zhang Fatzi and quipped: "If you can also see it, presumably the smartest people in the world will be two people." ”

Zhang Fatzi snorted a little unconvinced, and said, "Then you should tell me, how did Brother Zhou Shi's action of looking in the mirror just now become the key to connecting all the clues?"

Ye Feng looked at Lord Zhou, who was silent, and said in a deep voice: "If my guess is right, Lord Zhou's secret should be hidden in his chest, I wonder if Lord Zhou is willing to let us take a look?"

Hearing this, Fat Zhang's curious gaze also turned to Lord Zhou's face.

Lord Zhou was silent for a moment, sighed dejectedly, and reached out to pull open the placket on his chest.

On his chest, there are three red and bright cinnabar moles, in the shape of "Pin", which is particularly conspicuous!

Zhang Fatzi blinked, he didn't understand, what can these three cinnabar moles mean?

Ye Feng sighed lightly, but suddenly changed the topic: "Sure enough." What I don't understand now is, who killed Mrs. He, and who was the murderer among the three people who turned themselves in?"

He said to Lord Zhou: "This afternoon, Lord Zhou went to the prison for an afternoon, but now he has the idea of committing suicide.

Lord Zhou sighed, it seems that this Ye Feng really deserves to be the smartest person in the world, he can't hide anything from him, and it is useless to continue to be silent.

He nodded and said, "Yes, I did go to the prison this afternoon, and I specially asked the cell boss to take Mrs. He's daughter out of the women's prison, and put her in a cell with Mrs. He's son and the little blacksmith. ”

"When they reunited after the catastrophe, they naturally had mixed feelings, hugged their heads and cried, while I secretly listened to what they had to say in the cell next door. It was also this afternoon that I guess I finally understood everything. ”

"Oh?" Ye Feng had to admire Master Zhou for being really thoughtful and witty, "So who among the three of them is the real murderer?"

Unexpectedly, Lord Zhou shook his head and said, "None of the three of them are murderers. There was no murderer in this case!"

This sentence made Ye Feng and Zhang Fatzi all stunned.