Chapter 19 Whereabouts

Youzhou Prefecture, looking at the three corpses in his hands, Chen Yutian and Gongsun were speechless for a long time.

On the corpse grid, the names of the three deceased were clearly recorded, Liu Fang, Tian Che, and Lin Er.

These three names are very familiar to Gongsun. For, on the list of deaths, among those who were marked by the scarlet line as dead, there were these three names.

"Sure enough, it's ...... them"

Chen Yutian looked at the list and groaned slightly, and after a while, his gaze stayed on the last name that was hooked by the red line, but he had not yet determined the name of life and death.

Looking at the name, he couldn't help but think of the corpse that was still parked in the lobby.

"What the hell is it......"

He touched his chin slightly and exchanged a look with Gongsun.

Gongsun understood and nodded slightly.

Chen Yutian also nodded slightly, and then called Ling Yuntian and said, "Lord Ling, can you please find this person's family to claim the body?"

As he spoke, he pointed to the name.

Ling Yuntian glanced at it, and saw that Chen Yutian was referring to the word "Yang Kuo".

"The next official will do it. With that, Ling Yuntian left the autopsy room tremblingly, and Chen Yutian and Han Yanzuo also left.

It didn't take long for Yang Kuo's son to be called, and the first time he saw the face of the corpse in the lobby, he was stunned like thunder. In a moment, a heart-rending wail resounded through the court.

Seeing this situation, no matter who it is, they already know that this corpse is Yang Kuo.

"Now, all the deceased on the death list have been found......" Gongsun looked at the scene in front of him, and his tone was quite heavy.

At this moment, outside the hall, a carrier pigeon suddenly flew in and landed on Gongsun's shoulder.

Gongsun took out the letter from the pigeon's feet, only to see that there was only one line on it.

The death list now lives up to its name.

The name of the inscription is Ling Miaoyin.

Seeing this information, whether it was Chen Yutian or Gongsun, they all sighed heavily.

There is only one possibility for the death list to live up to its name, and that is that the people on the list are dead.

Such news is by no means good news for them today.

"Everybody's dead...... Now, we have only one clue left. Gongsun sighed and said slowly.

Chen Yutian nodded slightly.

Indeed, there is one more clue to this case. That's the Hakka Inn.

Since all the people on the death list are from the missing page of the account book, then this inn must have a great connection with this case.

Moreover, when Gongsun and the others went to visit in the morning, the shopkeeper of Nalin and the running man named Wang Yun obviously concealed something from them.

Therefore, whether it is Gongsun or Chen Yutian, they all believe that they must know something related to this case!

"It seems that it is necessary to visit the Hakka Residence again......"

Gongsun muttered, and then took out the page of the account book from his cuff.

At this time, Ling Yuntian came over, "Forgive your presumptuousness, I don't know why the two adults want to visit the Hakka Village?"

Gongsun raised his head, looked at Ling Yuntian, and said curiously: "Oh, does Lord Ling also know about the Hakka Residence?"

"Of course, it's one of the best inns in the city, how can the lower officials not know the reason. I hope to ask the two adults, what has happened to this guest house, and it is worth visiting the two adults?"

"Nothing. My grandson and I have admired the name of this inn for a long time, so we just want to see it. Lord Ling, you're too worried. Chen Yutian smiled faintly.

"I see, it seems that the lower officials are too worried. Ling Yuntian confessed and retreated.

Immediately, Chen Yutian looked at the sky and said with a smile: "Lord Ling, it's not early, I won't bother anymore." Leave. ”

After that, he and Gongsun got up and left directly.

"Xiaguan sends off the two adults!"

Ling Yuntian bowed to the two of them again, and sent the two out of the state gate without mentioning it.

The two left the state government and returned to the pavilion, and saw almost everyone gathered around the stone table in the courtyard, even Xuan Xi, who had just awakened from detoxification.

Seeing Xuan Xi, Chen Yutian's brows suddenly furrowed slightly.

"Your body has just recovered, how can you come out and run around?" he walked to Xuan Xi's side, grabbed her and pulled her over, and looked at the girl with a reproachful tone.

Although Xuan Xi was blamed, he also felt his concern for him, so he smiled slightly and said, "It's not what I want to come out of, it's the master and the Ice King's seniors who want everyone to gather." ”

"Master?" Chen Yutian was slightly stunned, and then saw the four saints in the center of the stone table. and Mother Liu, who was standing next to them.

Seeing Mother Liu, Chen Yutian's eyes suddenly flashed.

"Isn't this the old woman with the wooden sign shouting injustice?"

"yes, that's her. It is said that the Ice King senior saved her life before, and then brought her back with Yan Zun's senior. Xuan Xi's eyes rolled slightly, and he smiled.

"Ice King seniors, they brought it back?" Gongsun was slightly startled.

"Uh-huh. ”

"The Ice King's predecessors will definitely not be untargeted, since they brought this old woman back, there must be a reason. It's just that for some reason, they brought it back. Chen Yutian shook his head slightly.

"Hey...... You're right. Let's take a guess. Xuan Xi smiled.

"Oh, guess?" Gongsun and Chen Yutian glanced at each other.

Xuan Xi said: "That's right, guess the Ice King's predecessors, why did they bring this mother-in-law here?"

Hearing this, Chen Yutian and Gongsun both laughed.

"That's interesting, so I'll start with my own guesses. "Tatsu Yu Tiandao," I thought...... Maybe it's because of who she is. ”

"Identity?"

"That's right. Generally speaking, there are only two kinds of people who can be brought here by the predecessors of the Ice King, one is their friends in the rivers and lakes, and the other is the person who is related to the case we are investigating. ”

"Oh, how can you be so sure?"

"It's simple. Because ......" Chen Yutian didn't finish speaking, he heard a rather indifferent voice from the side, "Because my master is the most favored apprentice." ”

The three of them turned their eyes at the same time, and saw that Xue Tianhan had come here at some point.

“...... That's it. Chen Yutian was slightly speechless, and then said, "Although since coming to Youzhou, the Ice King's predecessors have never asked us what case we are investigating, but I believe that they must know." Moreover, this old woman obviously has no internal strength, so it should not be a friend of the Ice King's predecessors, so she can only be the person related to the case we are investigating. ”

After hearing this, Xuan Xi nodded slightly: "I see...... You're right, she is indeed an important person involved in a case. It's just that we don't know who she is, and the Ice King's predecessors deliberately sold Guan Zi and didn't say it. ”

"Hey...... Little princess, if you say this, the old man will be sad. The old man didn't sell it, he just wanted you to guess. ”

At this moment, the words of the Ice King suddenly sounded in the ears of the four people.

Chen Yutian looked at the Ice King, who was about ten steps away from him, and was slightly speechless.

"By the way, Chen boy, haven't you solved a lot of cases, why don't you guess her identity?"

Chen Yutian looked at the old woman who shouted injustice and smiled slightly, "Since this is the case, the younger generation will be ugly." The younger generation boldly guessed that she should be Liu Jingyan's mother who was on death row!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone, including Liu's mother, looked at him in surprise.

And feeling the surprised eyes from the four saints and Liu Mu around him, Chen Yutian knew that he had guessed correctly.

"How do you know?" the Sword Master looked at Chen Yutian with curiosity.

Chen Yutian smiled: "It's very simple. In fact, the younger generation had seen this old lady on the street before, and at that time, Yin Lingyuntian, who was traveling with me, told me that she was crazy because her son had killed someone and did not want to believe it, so she would go to the street every day with a wooden sign to cry out for injustice. And I also asked Ling Yuntian that Madame had only started to go crazy a few days ago. And the most recent murder case in Youzhou City is the murder of Bai Xiuxiu that we are investigating. So I guess that Mrs. should be the mother of Liu Jingyan, the murderer in this case. I wonder if the juniors can guess accurately?"

"Exactly!" Long Zun smiled and nodded slightly.

"In this way, Madam is really Liu Jingyan's mother?" Chen Yutian pretended to be surprised and looked at Liu's mother.

Mother Liu bowed slightly, "The old body is exactly." ”

Everyone's rejoicing!

Chen Yutian was even more pleasantly surprised: "That's really good! I wonder if you can tell Ling Lang's whereabouts on the night of the crime?"

"Absolutely. The two benevolent fathers brought the old body here, just to let the old body come to the adult to avenge you, so if you have any request, the old body will obey your words. The old man is here, thank you first. Mother Liu nodded slightly, and was about to kneel in front of Chen Yutian.

Chen Yutian hurriedly held him up, "Madame doesn't have to be like this, and even if you want to thank you, you have to wait until Ling Lang's grievances are completely cleared before thanking him." Now, you should tell us about Ling Lang's whereabouts on the night of the crime. ”

"The old body understood. ”

Mother Liu pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly, and let Chen Yutian help her up, "I remember that night, Jingyan went out to play the watch as usual, but at the third watch, he suddenly came back......"

Liu's mother described the situation of the night to everyone.

......

At the third watch in the middle of the night, Liu Jingyan returned home alone.

Liu's mother, who was originally asleep in bed, was awakened by her movements, and subconsciously shouted, "Who?"

"Mother, it's me. Liu Jingyan walked into the room.

"Oh, that's Yan'er. Why did you come back so early today?"

"Mother, my son is rich tonight. Liu Jingyan's voice sounded very happy, he lit a candle, and by the light of the candle, Liu's mother found that her son was holding a very delicate money bag and some precious jewelry for women.

"Son, where did you get all this stuff?"

Mother Liu frowned slightly, she could see that these things should be from the hands of women from large families. His own son was just a poor scholar, and it was impossible to have such a thing. She was afraid that her son would do something unethical because he was poor.

"Mother, don't worry. These are all picked up by the son on the road. Definitely not stolen. Liu Jingyan waved his hand slightly.

"Oh, yes, since you picked them up, then you can take them to the place where you received them tomorrow and return them to the owner. Mother Liu said.

"Mother, these are all picked up by my son, since they were picked up, they are ownerless, we can ...... them completely"

Before Liu Jingyan finished speaking, he was interrupted by Liu's mother!

"What did you say?"

With a loud shout, Liu Jingyan was suddenly frightened and couldn't say a word.

I saw Liu's mother sit up from the bed with a gloomy face and look at her son, "What do you want to say?"

Liu Jingyan opened his mouth, but he couldn't say a word.

Mother Liu came to her son's side, looked at him, and said, "Have you forgotten how your mother taught you before? We can be poor, but we can't lose our dignity, you know?"

Liu Jingyan was silent for a long time before he said, "The child understands." ”

"Now that you understand, what should you do tomorrow, you shouldn't need your mother to remind you anymore, right?" said Liu's mother and lay back on the bed.

Liu Jingyan nodded weakly.

"Yes, mother. The child will go and return these things to their owners tomorrow. ”

......

"But who knows, the next day when he went to the street to look for the owner, but was caught by the officials, they took him to the court without saying anything, and when I got the news and hurried to the state office, I learned that the jewelry and the money bag belonged to a woman surnamed Bai, and my son, because of these things, was accused of being a murderer. ”

Speaking of this, Liu's mother's eyes were faintly filled with tears.

"Yan'er didn't admit his guilt, but Lord Yin of Nafu insisted that my son killed someone, and for this reason, he did not hesitate to use a big punishment on my son...... Yan'er couldn't bear the torture, and in the end he was tortured into a confession and forced to confess......"

Although Yan'er pleaded guilty, I believed that my son would never commit such a thing as murder, so he went to the door of the government to cry out for injustice, hoping that the case could be retried...... However, that Ling Yuntian repeatedly refused to accept my requests on the grounds that the evidence was conclusive, and even when I came to the door for the third time to complain about my grievances, he even instructed those officials to drive me out with a stick......

Hearing this, everyone's eyes changed!

Wu Dongtian slapped the table and said angrily: "It's just scum!"

Chen Yutian touched his chin slightly and asked, "Then why do the people in the city say that you are crazy?"

Hearing this, Mother Liu's eyes changed, "This is also because of Ling Yuntian." ”

"Oh?" everyone looked at her.

"The day after I was beaten with a stick, I went to the gate of the government for the fourth time to shout grievances, and this time, Ling Yuntian not only asked the officials to drive me out, but also spread rumors, saying that I had gone crazy, because I couldn't accept the fact that my son had killed someone, so I went crazy......"

"I see, this Ling Yuntian is too hateful!" Hearing this, Tang Fengling's eyes widened, full of anger.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Only Chen Yutian didn't say a word.

For Ling Yuntian, he has deeper suspicions, but he still has no evidence on this matter, so it is inconvenient to say it now.

At this time, Xue Tianhan pondered for a while, and then suddenly said: "You said that your son went out when he was a child and returned on the third watch, and as far as we know, the deceased Bai Xiuxiu was killed on the second watch of the same day, so your son still does not have an alibi that can prove that he did not kill people......