Demon detective

Chapter 14 Murder
Contrary to the rumors, Wei Yulang looks gentle and elegant, not at all the fierce and evil appearance in the legend.

Especially age, not as big as imagined.

He was only 51 years old when he became an official, and he is still under a year old this year.

The temples are cut like knives, the long beard is elegant, the face is handsome and handsome, and the appearance is dignified.

There is a legend that when he was young, he was admired by a princess from a foreign country and almost became a son-in-law. Unfortunately, because of his birth, he was finally beaten with a club.

However, this majestic face has lost any brilliance at this moment.

When Xu Zhen saw Wei Yulang in the gazebo in the back garden of the Wei Mansion, he saw Wei Yulang's face was sad and gloomy, and his whole body seemed to be numb.

In the back garden, in addition to Wei Yulang, there were also Mrs. Wei, servant girls, family guards, etc., a total of 30 people.

In the gazebo, there was a young and strong man kneeling, whose face was covered in blood from being beaten.

The man had his hands tied behind his back, and a bloody dagger was thrown on the ground in front of him, as well as a lot of gold, silver and jewelry.

This……

Seeing such a scene, county magistrate Song Zhili and county magistrate Chen Houlu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the murderer had been caught.

Now that the murderer has been caught, the yamen only needs to deal with follow-up matters when they come here, just routine.

Different from Qiu Batian, Wei Yulang was a member of the officialdom after all, when he saw the county magistrate and county magistrate present, he still greeted him politely and prepared two seats for him.

However, because he was too sad, Wei Yulang didn't exchange too many greetings, but asked the housekeeper to tell the detailed incident:
Today is Xuanjiao's prayer day, originally the third lady Wei Yingying wanted to go to Ziyang Palace with Mrs. Wei to offer incense and pray for blessings, but when the maids went to call Miss Wei, Miss Wei said she didn't want to go!

Miss Wei has always been willful, Madam Wei had no choice but to give up and went to Ziyang Palace alone.

Unexpectedly, at the beginning of the morning, when the maids went to wait for Miss Wei to get up and wash up, they found that Miss Wei had been stabbed several times, lying in a pool of blood, and had already passed away!

The house was also turned upside down and was in a mess, and a lot of jewelry and belongings were lost.

Knowing that Miss Wei was killed in their own room, the servants and guards were all terrified, and hurried to Wanhua Building to call Wei Yulang, and at the same time went to Ziyang Palace to call back Mrs. Wei.

When Wei Yulang learned of the tragic death of his beloved daughter at home, he was naturally furious after being extremely sad, and immediately launched an investigation.

Speaking of which, today was also negligence. The nurses thought that Miss Wei went to Ziyang Palace to offer incense, so they didn't pay too much attention to Miss Wei's boudoir, which led to no one seeing anyone who went to Miss Wei's boudoir.

However, all the guards said that their patrol of the entire Wei Mansion was flawless, and it was absolutely impossible for foreign thieves to come in.

Therefore, Wei Yulang immediately conducted a comprehensive search of the Wei Mansion.

As a result, the search had only just begun when major discoveries were made.

Someone saw the flustered look on the servant A Sheng's face and reported it to Wei Yulang.Wei Yulang immediately sent people to search the place where Ah Sheng lived, and soon found the stolen jewelry from his package.

At the same time, a bloody dagger was found from under his mattress. The blood on the dagger hadn't even dried up at the time...

This Ah Sheng is the young man kneeling in the gazebo at this moment.

He was one of the earliest servants in the Wei Mansion. He has been working in the mansion since he was 15 years old.

"...So, this is very likely the situation," at this moment, the butler continued, "Ah Sheng mistakenly thought that Miss Wei was going to offer incense today, so he sneaked into her room and carried out theft.

"Unexpectedly, Miss Wei bumped into him in the room, Ah Sheng panicked and killed Miss Wei..."

"I... I, I, I... No, no, no, really..." I don't know if it was because of fright, or because I was stuttering, Ah Sheng stammered and defended, "Injustice...injustice, injustice..."

"This..." Song Zhili is so shrewd. Seeing such a situation, he already understood Wei Yulang's meaning, so he looked at Wei Yulang and tested his tone, "Wei Sicheng, look..."

"Master Song, ah..." Wei Yulang sighed dumbly, pointed at A Sheng and said, "I still understand this kid's temperament, otherwise he wouldn't have been in my Wei residence for so many years.

"No matter how stupid he is, he wouldn't put the stolen goods in his bag after killing someone, and press the murder weapon under the bed, right?"

"Oh..." Song Zhili frowned slightly, only then did he realize that the case was not simple, and immediately nodded and said, "From this point of view, this is framed?"

"Moreover," Wei Yulang's eyes flashed fiercely once, "this just means that the real culprit is in the mansion, right here..." He pointed at the people present, "Among these people!!!"

Hearing Wei Yulang's words, all the people present trembled with fear and showed fear on their faces.

"Master...Master...Yingyingyingyingying..." Ah Sheng kowtowed to Wei Yulang, and he was so excited that he couldn't say the word "Ming" behind it.

"Master Song," Wei Yulang said heavily, "You are the ones who specialize in solving the case, and I will leave it to you! My little girl...you can't die in vain!"

Wei Yulang's words were hidden in the needle, clearly trying to put pressure on Song Zhili.

"Yes, yes..." Song Zhili hurriedly agreed, but he was obviously not sure.

"Do you think," Wei Yulang said again, "it's almost before dark?"

"Ah? This..." Song Zhili frowned, he didn't expect Wei Yulang to set a time limit for himself.

Such a difficult case, let alone before dark, is hard to say whether it can be solved.

However, afraid of Wei Yulang's power, he couldn't get angry, so he looked at the county magistrate Chen Houlu as if asking for help.

"Wei Sicheng..." Chen Houlu said hastily, "Don't worry, this is the responsibility of our yamen. We will do our best to find the murderer and seek justice for Miss Wei!"

Chen Houlu was also very experienced, and he only spoke on the spot. He neither offended Wei Yulang, nor made it clear that the case would be solved, leaving himself and the county magistrate a way out.

"Okay, if that's the case, I'll leave it to you two adults!" Wei Yulang said, "I have ordered people to seal off the entire Wei Mansion, and no one will escape. If you need anything, Wei will fully cooperate... oh... ..."

While speaking, Wei Yulang suddenly covered his heart, as if his heart was not feeling well.

"Quick!" Seeing this, Mrs. Wei hurriedly greeted her servants, "Hurry up and get the master's medicine!

"Master..." She persuaded again with concern, "You should go back to your room and rest for a while, but don't trigger your old illness!"

As she spoke, she made a gesture of support, intending to help Wei Yulang leave.

Whoops?

Unexpectedly, after seeing this Mrs. Wei, Xu Zhen's attention was suddenly attracted.

Never expected that this Mrs. Wei turned out to be—a foreigner!

But Mrs. Wei was tall and slender, with exquisite features and sharp edges and corners, and her eyes turned out to be a rare azure blue.Although her skin is slightly darker, she is graceful and charming, and she is definitely an exotic beauty.

Could it be... Xu Zhen thought to himself, could this Mrs. Wei be the foreign princess who fell in love with Wei Yulang back then?

"No need," at this time, Wei Yulang ruthlessly pushed Madam Wei away, and then said fiercely, "I want to see with my own eyes, who is the murderer who killed Yingying!?"

……

Soon, Song Zhili and Chen Houlu called the people from the Yamen aside and began to arrange investigation work.

"Wu Zuo," Song Zhili said to one of the policemen, "Go and call Wu Zuo to come over for an autopsy!"

"Yes." The policeman hastily accepted the order.

"Master Song," Chen Houlu reminded, "Since the murderer is for property, then we can start with the financial situation of these people."

"Yes," Song Zhili agreed, but at the same time expressed concern, "Oh, there are so many people, when will this be investigated?"

So, after thinking about it carefully, he still said to Xu Zhen: "There is nothing we can do now, Xu Zhen, you should go and call Cheng Butou and Chen Tiefeng over!"

"My lord," who knows, Xu Zhen said calmly, "I don't think it's so troublesome, right? I probably already know who the murderer is!"

"Oh," Song Zhili said absently, and then he came back to it after the oh, and asked with wide-eyed eyes, "You... what did you say?"

……

(End of this chapter)