(For some characters, see Volume 2 of the Headless Corpse Case)

It is already the height of summer, and the scorching sun in Jinling City is scorching, such as scorching, steaming, and even more boring. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info especially in the afternoon, which makes people drowsy. On the platform, the prince Wang Sun cranked the folding fan in his hand, leisurely, looking at the farmers and craftsmen who were still working under the scorching sun, and whistled in his mouth.

On the official road, a horse galloped, running towards Jinling City. Immediately, the man was dusty, with a tired face, but he couldn't hide his sparkling eyes, it was Su Zhuo.

Three days ago, he received a letter, and just one glance at the envelope was enough to make Su Zhuo suspicious. The person who wrote the letter was Su Qin, the famous man in Jinling City. A few months ago, Su Zhuo had doubted her, and although it was not resolved later, he still remembered it in his heart.

The content of the letter is very simple, only four words: "Lingshuang is in trouble"!

Although Su Zhuo was suspicious of Su Qin, he knew that her affection for Ling Shuang was true. She wouldn't use Ling Shuang to deceive people, so she said that Ling Shuang was in trouble, so there would never be a fake. As soon as Su Zhuo received the letter, he left everything at hand, hurried to Jinling.

At this moment, Su Zhuo was covered in dust, holding a thin horse, and suddenly appeared in the bustling market of Jinling, and walked through the streets and alleys, aiming straight towards the Qinhuai River. Such a strange person is extremely incommensurate with this place, and naturally provokes others to point fingers.

Su Zhuo led the horse to the door of the Drunken Immortal Tower, stepped forward and slapped the door knocker a few times. After a while, the door opened, and out came a gaudy woman in uncovered clothes. She shook the fan in her hand, glanced at Su Zhuo with slanted eyes, and said angrily: "Who are you? It's early to come now, come back in the evening!"

Su Zhuo had no intention of being verbose with her, took out the letter from Su Qin's arms, and said, "Give this to Miss Su Qin." ”

The woman snorted, took the letter, and slammed the door shut. Su Zhuo stood at the door and waited for a while before the door reopened. What came out was Su Qin's maid green calyx. She stared at Su Zhuo for a long time before she recognized him and hurriedly invited Su Zhuo into the backyard. Su Qin held the letter in his hand, stood under the eaves, waiting anxiously, and a little bead of sweat oozed from his forehead. When she saw the letter, she knew that it was Su Zhuo who had come.

Although Su Qin and Su Zhuo had some unhappy pasts, they were the ones who wanted to see Su Zhuo the most at this moment. Su Zhuo saw her from afar, dressed in light veil, still bright and moving. The two met and didn't talk much nonsense. Su Zhuo opened his mouth and said, "What's the matter?"

Su Qin said to the green calyx: "Go and make tea!" said Su Zhuo into the house, and said, "I didn't expect you to arrive so soon, go into the house and talk slowly." ”

Su Zhuo nodded and went into the house and sat down. Su Qin saw that his face was covered with dust and his body was a little dirty, and said kindly: "Do you want to prepare water for you to wash?"

Su Zhuo shook his head and said, "Let's get down to business first!"

Su Qin said: "Okay! Half a month ago, Ling Shuang's father, Ling Zhishan, came to Jinling with his family. Who knew that on the second night, Old Man Ling died in the room, and Ling Shuang was in his room, so he was naturally arrested as a murderer. The prefect has already been convicted and handed over to the Criminal Department for approval, and he will be executed!"

Su Zhuo was taken aback and asked, "What about Qin Zhutou, he didn't pursue this case?"

Su Qin replied: "The day before the incident, Qin Zhutou was sent to other places on a business trip, and he has not returned yet, so it seems that he does not know about this matter. ”

Su Zhuo pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Where is Ling Shuang locked up now?"

Su Qin said: "It's in the prison." As he spoke, he took off the willow hat on the wall, put it on his head, covered his face with a light veil on the willow hat, and said, "I will go with you!"

The two rushed to the prison by carriage, and a prison at the door recognized Su Qin at a glance, and said with a smile: "Miss Su Qin is here again?"

Su Qin didn't say much, and handed over a silver ingot. The cell grinned, and led the way through the damp and dark cell, into a dark cell at the back of the cell. By the faint candlelight, Su Zhuo saw a person sitting in the cell, unkempt and unkempt, his eyes were blank, and he was not the personable son he had been. The cell opened the door and left on his own.

Su Qin took off the willow hat, entered the cell, sat down next to Ling Shuang, and said softly, "Ling Shuang, who do you think I brought here?"

Ling Shuang was unconscious, as if she hadn't heard it at all, still staring at the corner in a daze. Su Qin already knew his situation and sighed helplessly. Su Zhuo stepped forward and suddenly shouted, "Why did you kill your father?"

Ling Shuang was taken aback, and blurted out, "I didn't kill anyone!" After saying this, his eyes finally slowly regained their brightness. He glanced to the side and couldn't help but say happily: "Su Qin!" looked up again and shouted: "Su Zhuo, I knew you would definitely come!"

Su Zhuo also smiled: "Why did you get yourself into the prison?"

Ling Shuang let out a long sigh, shook his head, and said gloomily: "It's hard to ...... words."

Su Zhuo said: "Then you just speak slowly and explain the matter clearly!"

Ling Shuang said: "Okay, I'll start from the beginning. Su Zhuo, you don't know, I haven't had anything to do with my family in the past few years, and my father has never taken care of me. Half a month ago, my father suddenly came from Gusu, and I didn't know anything about it in advance until my father and brother came to the door. I entertained my father at home that day, and we had a great conversation. My father just asked me about my situation in Jinling, and then I went back to a rented house with my brother. The village is called the Water Town Villa, which is in the east of the city. ”

"The next morning, I went to say goodbye. My father said that there was a dinner party today, and he would invite some business friends and a few powerful sons to let me stay with the guests. So I stayed, I wanted to help my eldest brother Zhang Luo, but I couldn't intervene, so I had to chat with my father. In the evening, guests arrived one after another, and I knew a few people. I drank more glasses at the banquet and was a little drunk. My father left me to stay, but the next morning, I was awakened by a knock on the door, only to find a corpse lying in the room, it was actually my father!"

Su Zhuo hurriedly asked, "What was the situation at the scene at that time?"

Ling Shuang said: "At that time, I paid special attention to the fact that my father's body was lying in the center of the room, and there was nothing strange about it. There was only one point, and there was no big pool of blood on the ground! And my father was stabbed in the chest, so how could he not leave a big pool of blood? So I guessed that the room was not the scene of the murder at all!"

Su Zhuo nodded and said, "Yes, the murderer can't kill someone in the room, and besides, you are in the room." But in the middle of the night, someone put a corpse in your room, and you didn't even notice it?"

Ling Shuang hesitated, shook his head, and said, "No! It wasn't the murderer who put the body in my room at all! That morning, when I opened the door, I realized that I was not in my room at all, but in my father's room!"

Su Zhuo was stunned for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Are you in Master Ling's room? But you just said that you returned to your room? Could it be that someone carried you to Master Ling's room in the middle of the night after stuning you in the middle of the night to frame you for murder?"

Ling Shuang nodded, but shook her head again, and said, "It seems like this, but this is impossible! When I was awakened that day, I found that the door bolt was tied, and although the window was open, the curtain was intact, how did the real murderer leave me in the room while he locked the door from the outside?"

Su Zhuo was thoughtful, and he was puzzled for a while, and only after a long time did he whisper to himself: "The door is locked, the window screen is intact, and it is a murder in a closed room?" He had already realized that the case seemed to be very simple, but every detail was strange, and his heart was unconsciously heavy.