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Chapter 381 The Murderer
Qiongzhi immediately reported the news he found.

Sure enough, the person involved in the murder case was Zhou Yun's third son.

As an imperial student, I should not have frequented brothels at that time.

However, Lanyin Pavilion has always been elegant among many brothels, and the prostitutes in it are all famous for their skills.

Therefore, these young gentlemen feel that it is an elegant thing for poetry to go to listen to music and drink wine, and they are quite a bit of a literati and poet.

Zhou Zhoulang was invited by his friend yesterday to drink at the Lanyin House.During the banquet, the lords of these aristocratic families also invited Lvzhu to the banquet and played the pipa.

After only three songs, Luzhu shrugged off her discomfort and went back to her room early to rest.

After seeing Luzhu retreat, Zhou Zhoulang told his friends that he had something to do, and hurried out of the room.

According to the maidservant beside Luzhu, after Zhou Zhoulang came out, he stepped forward to stop Luzhu, saying that he recently got a volume of pipa music, which was written by Liu Wushuang, a master of the former dynasty, and wanted to discuss it with his wife. one two.

Luzhu knows that this week Zhou Lang is just like herself, he is also a person who is obsessed with rhythm. In the past, he came to listen to the music, and the two occasionally chatted a few words, but they felt like they knew each other.

Therefore, Luzhu didn't think much about it, so she invited him to her room for a chat.

The maid waited outside the door, and could vaguely hear the sound of tuning the piano and plucking strings from the room.

I don't know how long it took, the sound of the pipa slowed down, and Lu Zhu opened the door and said: "Go get some refreshments, I still have doubts about some parts of the music score, I'm afraid I will discuss it with Mr. Wednesday for a long time, after you bring the refreshments, I will Go and rest first."

The maidservant understood that this was probably the intention of staying overnight with Mr. Zhou on Wednesday.

Luzhu is the lady of Huakui, her reputation is getting better and better, so naturally she doesn't need to ask the madam in the building for whoever wants to stay.

The maid promised with lowered eyes, and left after serving tea.

Then, there was the tragic appearance she saw the next morning.

Qiongzhi said: "According to what the maidservant and everyone in the brothel said, after Luzhu returned to her room yesterday, they have never seen anyone else go to her place again."

"If there is no accident, the last person who saw the green pearl last night should be Mr. Wednesday. And when the maid saw the green pearl today, she saw that her clothes were messy, so she insisted that it was Zhou Zhou who wanted to force the green pearl. But she refused, and then she became so angry that she killed her."

"It's just..." Qiongzhi hesitated, "Since the green pearl is going to stay with Zhou Zhoulang, why should Zhou Zhoulang do this..."

He Lingjiang shook his head: "The relationship between men and women is always about what you like and what you want. At the beginning, Luzhu may have had that kind of meaning, but what happened afterwards is something that you and I don't know."

Maybe there was a disagreement, and Luzhu changed her mind halfway, and the two had a dispute.Or maybe, this matter is not what the maidservant guessed at all.

She continued to ask: "Apart from the maid's words, is there any other evidence? For example, if the two were arguing, was there any sound coming out? When did Zhou Zhoulang leave the Lanyin Pavilion? Has anyone seen it?" he?"

Qiongzhi shook her head: "I heard that Lvzhu likes to be clean, and she needs to practice the pipa all the time, so she deliberately chose the room at the innermost part. If it weren't for someone waiting at the door, it would be difficult for others to notice the ordinary sound."

"What's even more strange is that the concierge in the Lanyin Pavilion has never seen when Zhou Zhoulang went out."

A good person, since there is an entry, naturally has an exit.

When he came, he came in with everyone, unless he had a ghost in his heart, so he deliberately avoided people and sneaked out of the Lanyin Pavilion.

He Lingjiang gave a light "hmm" and took a sip of tea with lowered eyes: "Let's take a look again. It sounds like Zhou Zhoulang is indeed suspicious, but in the end there is a lack of evidence."

When the government handles cases, it either pays attention to getting all the stolen goods from the individual, or pays attention to having all the personal evidence and material evidence.Even if Zhou Zhoulang is suspected, more tangible evidence is needed.

Now that all the suspicions were focused on him, in addition to collecting more evidence, people from Jingzhao Mansion must also go to Zhou Mansion to ask a few questions as a matter of routine.

But after half a day, the people who were staring there quickly sent a message.

The Jingzhao government sent people to capture Zhou Zhoulang, and he has been put in jail as usual, and will be tried tomorrow.

He Lingjiang's brows moved slightly: "Is this evidence obtained?"

Qiongzhi nodded: "I heard that when the people from Jingzhao Mansion arrived at Zhou Mansion, Zhou Lang was in the mansion that day. He had a face of confusion, so he met the people from Jingzhao Mansion, and was quite shocked when he heard that Luzhu was killed. .”

"It's just that the people in Jingzhao Mansion confirmed that he was the murderer based on only one incident."

"Oh?" He Lingjiang looked up at her.

Qiongzhi cleared his throat, and continued: "That Zhou Zhoulang's hands just happened to be newly injured, as if they were strangled by the strings of a zither. People asked him, and he only said that he woke up today. "

One must know that the deadly part of that green bead's body was cut by the strings of the pipa.

People from Jingzhao Mansion sent Wu to compare, and sure enough, the strangle marks left by Zhou Lang's palms and thumbs this week were exactly the same thickness as the ones on Luzhu's neck.

Luzhu died last night, and he also suffered new injuries, both of which are related to the broken string that was missing from the lute.

Coupled with the testimony of Luzhu's personal maid, Zhou Zhoulang couldn't get away with the crime of killing Luzhu.

If it was someone else, maybe they were still worried about Zhou Yun's reputation as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and there was still room for discussion on this matter.

But now Jing Zhaoyin's surname is Du. I heard that because of old affairs, he has never had a good deal with Zhou Shangshu.

Compared with the official position, although he is not as old as Zhou Yun, Jing Zhaoyin is also in charge of the real power, and there seems to be a king Duan standing behind him, so there is no need to be intimidated.

Now that Zhou Zhoulang has bumped into his hands like this, he will definitely not let this case go lightly.

Although the deceased was a woman from a brothel, she was from a lowly family, but after all, she was a famous oiran lady in Yingdu. If someone in the court is determined to seek justice for her, Zhou Zhoulang will be stripped of his skin if he does not die this time.

only……

Looking at the sunlight outside the window, she narrowed her eyes slightly, but it happened at this stall, and it happened to be in the Lanyin Pavilion that she had been staring at for a long time.

Is this case really as simple as it looks now?
He Lingjiang stood up and ordered: "Call Qingzhu over here and let her go to the Zhou Mansion with me."

Thinking of finding out all this, naturally, he must first meet Zhou Zhoulang, the person involved.

But she has no relatives with the Zhou family, and she has no friendship with Jingzhao Yin Du Shennian, so she went to Jingzhao Mansion rashly, fearing that it would be difficult to see Zhou Zhoulang.

It's better to go to Zhou's house to see if there is any relationship between them and let her meet.

However, when he arrived at the Zhou Mansion and saw Zhou Yun and his wife's frowning faces, He Lingjiang knew that he had underestimated Du Shennian's courage this time.

He was determined to investigate the case strictly, and went directly to the palace to report the matter to the emperor.

Although Zhou Yun is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, he has to avoid suspicion. In addition, Du Shennian specifically ordered that no accommodation be allowed in the prison. It is Zhou Yun, the Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, who now thinks of meeting his son in the prison of Jingzhao Mansion. .

When he saw He Lingjiang, Zhou Yun couldn't help but his eyes lit up: "Miss He Qi, please help me think of a way to save my child!"

(End of this chapter)