Demon detective

Chapter 96
Originally, Song Zhili was just guessing.

Because no one is perfect after all, it is not impossible for Xu Zhen to collect wrong information and mistakenly designate Cui Meng as the ghost-faced killer.

Moreover, even if Xu Zhen really did something wrong, he would definitely deny it.

However, to Song Zhili's surprise, Xu Zhen admitted directly!
"Why!?" Song Zhili was incredulous, "Why did you do this?"

"Master Song," Xu Zhen said indifferently, "I am good at everything, but I am a little narrow-minded.

"I owe Cui Xiaotian a little debt, and then I was almost killed by the Dongyou Sanren you hired, so I feel unhappy..."

Hearing "Eastern Traveling Sanren", Song Zhili fell silent for a moment.

"Actually, it's not a big deal," Xu Zhen said with a smile, "One of you just wants my money, and the other wants my life! Hehe..."

Xu Zhen smiled, showing an indescribable coldness, which made Song Zhili shudder.

"You..." Song Zhili wanted to deny it, but after thinking about it, it's useless to say these things at such a time.

However, he still felt uneasy in his heart and asked:

"But... how did you do it? Why... I fell for the second time? The case... You investigated the case, but those evidences, those people...how... how is it possible ?”

Hearing Song Zhili's doubts, Xu Zhen stared straight ahead, with a crystal light in his deep eyes...

……

Back in time a few days ago, Xu Zhen came to Nanjian Prison with three blood confessions written by Tong County Magistrate and others, and met with monk Qi Yunzheng alone.

"...Let's talk," Xu Zhen said holding up the bloody book, "What is missing in Tong County Magistrate's confession? Others can't see it, but I can see it clearly. There must be a reason for you to come to the Yamen to surrender!"

The monk stared fiercely at Xu Zhen, without any response.

"Also," Xu Zhen asked again, "Since you explained your purpose of coming, Cheng Xiao has become absent-minded, and the look in your eyes is not right. Tell me, did he also participate in something 13 years ago?"

The monk continued to stare at death, but this time he spoke: "Amitabha..."

"Okay, don't bother the Buddha anymore," Xu Zhen put away the blood letter and said coldly, "You are not a real monk at all, you pretend to be a monk just to interfere with your sight."

Hearing this, Qi Yunzheng's eyes flickered with a slight strangeness, but it was fleeting.

"Qi Yunzheng," Xu Zhen put away the blood book, pulled up a chair and sat down in front of the monk, and said, "Are you thinking that I am testing you and testing your tone?

"Actually, there is no need at all, you have lived here for seven days, and seven days is enough for me to find out a lot of things.

"I'm not bragging to you. Your life and your plan are already in the palm of my hand. As long as I move, you will be lost forever!"

"Hmph..." The monk snorted coldly, apparently not taking Xu Zhen's threat seriously.

"Okay," Xu Zhen said, "Magistrate Song and the others will come in from the outside at some point, so I'll try not to waste time, so I'll tell you a long story short!

"In this case, you have at least two accomplices," Xu Zhen stretched out two fingers, "these two people have made sufficient preparations for your plan, one is familiar with Yanping County, and the other is familiar with the county government. I can say that right?
"Others haven't figured out this truth yet, but I already know that in this Yanping county government office, there is your internal response!"

Hearing this, the monk's eyes trembled slightly again.

"Otherwise, your plan wouldn't be implemented so smoothly." Xu Zhen stopped capturing his micro-expressions and continued, "These two people hide very deeply, which is unexpected.

"Let's talk about the first one first. The accomplice who is familiar with Yanping County and helped you kidnap and transport hostages is none other than the head arrester 13 years ago—Shen Mingchen!"

what?
This time, the monk finally showed his flaws, and an unconcealable astonishment flashed in his eyes.

"Yeah, no one would have thought of it, right? I also find it unbelievable," Xu Zhen said, "No, to be precise, I don't want to believe it, because Mr. Shen is someone I respect very much!"

"Hmph, hum..." The monk snorted coldly again, as if he wanted to cover up his strangeness, and was ready to deny it.

"Daxiangguo Temple," Xu Zhen said, "I have already discovered anomalies at the scene where you executed Tong County Magistrate. There are traces of deliberately erasing and destroying footprints at the scene.

"Think about it, you have already surrendered yourself, why bother to erase your footprints?

"From this, I can infer that there was someone else at the scene and that person did not want to leave footprints.

"The more he doesn't want to leave footprints, the more it means that his footprints may be easier to identify than normal people.

"Of course, since the removal of the footprints also shows that this person has anti-reconnaissance capabilities, so at that time, I have already begun to suspect that he is the official of the Yamen!"

"..." The monk still didn't speak, and even closed his eyes, but his nervousness was still caught by Xu Zhen uncontrollably.

"Do you know? I went to the scene later and searched the surrounding area several times by myself, and finally found a clue near an ice puddle.

"The ice pool connects to the ice lake, and the distance to the ice lake is the shortest from there, but you need to dismount to cross the ice pool.

"So, not only did I find horseshoe prints there, but I also found several key footprints.

"The left heel of those footprints is very light, like a person walking on tiptoe.

"It just so happens that Mr. Shen's left foot is missing, and it was accidentally chopped off by a crescent shovel when he was young...

"Later," Xu Zhen said again, "I went to the place where your family used to live, and an old neighbor told me that he once saw a policeman often visit your house, and he seemed to have given you money back.

"It's definitely not for official business if the policeman acts alone, so... I asked, is that policeman a little lame? Guess how the old neighbor answered me?

"So, from then on, I had no choice but to transfer the investigation object to Mr. Shen, the head catcher.

"He's a good man. He feels guilty for making your elder brother an unjust victim, so he gives you money, right?"

"..."

At this moment, it was already difficult for the monk to hide his inner excitement, his face trembled, his lips trembled, and he wanted to calm down the excitement by chanting scriptures, but the scriptures were out of tune.

"I was also in a very uncomfortable mood at the time," Xu Zhen said, "so I went to Ziyang Palace, because Shen Mingchen had been living in Ziyang Palace a few days ago, learning chess with Taoist priests.

"Unfortunately, the results of the investigation still make me give up," Xu Zhen said, "During the days when the Song county magistrate's children were kidnapped, and Lu Yusheng and Liu Sanyang were killed, Shen Mingchen was not at Ziyang Palace at all!"

"Amitabha..." The monk couldn't bear it any longer, and chanted the Buddha's name again.

"Qi Yunzheng, it doesn't matter whether you believe it or not," Xu Zhen said, "At worst, call Shen Mingchen to confront him, but I warn you, it will be too late by then!
"So, can you have a good chat with me now?"

The monk shut his mouth tightly, still persisting.

"Okay, since you don't give up, let me tell you to listen," Xu Zhen said, "while there is still a little time, let's talk about your other accomplice!

"Another accomplice of yours has been hiding in my Yanping county government office for more than three years. For today's big plan to cleanse the injustice, you have really worked hard!"

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(End of this chapter)