Strange Events of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 34 The Murderer
The sky gradually darkened, and the lobby of the Nanhe County Government Office has become very quiet at this moment.The six jailers who were originally interrogated here have been escorted to the prison, waiting for the second round of interrogation tomorrow.

As Ling Changfeng expected, there was almost no difference in the confessions of the six people, except that two of them had been out of prison when they were guards, but the time for going out was not long. Uncomfortable, went to the toilet.

What's more, when they came back, they didn't get in touch with the suspect immediately. Instead, they followed the rules of taking turns to check the suspect's status under the order of County Magistrate Qin, and each check was a different combination of two people.

Looking at the confession record presented by the county magistrate Qin in his hand, Ling Changfeng shook his head, smiled and said to Xiaolan: "Xiaolan, look at this confession, half of their confession is about grievances, if you don't know The truth, I feel that this person was really wronged and miserably."

Xiaolan stroked Xiaoyu's soft hair, pursed her mouth, and said, "I'm too lazy to read these lies. I don't understand, since you already know who the murderer is, young master, why don't you call people to arrest the murderer?" How about arresting and bringing to justice? Let's go back to the Qi Mansion as soon as possible, I'm afraid Madam will miss you all the time."

Seeing Xiaolan mentioning his mother, Ling Changfeng sighed and said softly: "I'm waiting for an opportunity to let the murderer jump out by himself. Otherwise, he won't plead guilty without evidence. As for the mother By the way, I miss her very much, but now that this case involves the curse of the Western Regions, I can't afford to slack off."

Xiaolan nodded, and said helplessly: "I think the murderer behind the scenes will never be able to hide. Hmph, that old fox! Don't worry about it, I'll just protect you, young master."

Ling Changfeng looked out the window. The sweltering weather made people feel uneasy. He stared at the leaves that were gently shaken by the breeze, and said softly, "Looking at the weather, it seems to be raining soon."

Having nothing to say all night, Ling Changfeng, Xiaolan and Xiaoyu rarely had a good night's sleep.

In the early morning of the next day, in the lobby of Nanhe County Government Office.

It wasn't just Ling Changfeng and others who got up from the bed early, but also the magistrate of Qin County who was called to the trial hall by Ling Changfeng.

Rubbing his sleepy eyes, County Magistrate Qin looked at Ling Changfeng who was sitting in the lobby suspiciously, and asked, "Master Ling, don't you call Master Meng and Master Xu?" It's Mr. Meng, if he examines it privately, he may have worries about the future.

Ling Changfeng shook his head and said, "I figured out the key to this case overnight. You can interrogate them according to what I told you. As for the other two adults, if you blame them later, I will block them for you." yes."

Seeing his tough attitude, County Magistrate Qin just had to bite the bullet and interrogate the jailers.So he ordered the police to arrest and bring the jailers who were still sleeping soundly to the court.

After a while, the six people who were brought up stood on the courtroom with their heads bowed, not daring to look at County Magistrate Qin.It was only when County Magistrate Qin asked them to look up that they looked around.

Several people saw only County Magistrate Qin sitting under the plaque hanging high in the mirror, Mencius Yan and Fu Yin Xu were not seen, and the young special envoy was sitting at the lower left corner with a big grin, smiling like a smile. Looking at them with a non-smile.

And the handsome young girl who was always by his side, holding a white jade kitten, was looking at the courtroom with great interest.

The jailer on the far left seemed very courageous, so he bowed his hands and asked in a low voice: "Lord Qin, Lord Ling, and young Meng Wang have been working in Nanhe County for more than [-] years, but they are loyal to the court. Master Meng also interrogated the younger ones yesterday, and the younger ones are not suspected of anything, please investigate clearly, both adults."

The County Magistrate Qin nodded with a smile when he heard the words, and said, "Of course I know about the interrogation yesterday. Today's interrogation found important clues, so arranging this second round of public trial is just a routine matter. You don't need to be nervous." Qin County Ling knew that he took out Mencius's words to warn himself, but he didn't back down, and started the interrogation.

Seeing this, Ling Changfeng thought to himself: This county magistrate of Qin is really not easy to be an official, a small prison guard dares to show off his power in front of him.Can't help but sweat for him.

There was only a "pop", and the gavel was slapped heavily on the desk.Master Qin's interrogation officially began.

At the beginning, the descriptions of the few people were not much different from yesterday's confession. If they had not received Ling Changfeng's guidance, I am afraid that the interrogation would have ended without a problem.

Seeing the jailer finished speaking, County Magistrate Qin said: "At that time, I divided you into three groups, and each group was in charge of inspection every two hours. What was the state of the suspect during your inspection? You tell the truth."

"Small Shengwang and his colleague Xu Chu are in the first group. After Mr. Qin arranged for guarding, I checked the suspect's condition. At this time, the suspect's breathing was even and his complexion was rosy. There was nothing unusual about it."

"The little Xu Chu, after Shengwang checked his complexion and breath, the little one was in charge of checking the pulse. The suspect's pulse was beating strongly at that time, and there was no sign of death at all."

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"Young Zhu Jin was in charge of detecting the suspect's breath and complexion. There was nothing abnormal at that time."

"Little Zhang Liu, after Zhu Jin checked his breath, the suspect's pulse is also normal."

The three groups of people finished their inspection results one by one, and there was not much difference.

County Magistrate Qin nodded, and asked again: "Zhu Jin, Xu Chu, when you two were on duty, you told me that your stomach was uncomfortable and you needed to go to the toilet, right? Now I want to ask, have you ever Who have you met?"

"The little one has never interacted with anyone before." The two replied immediately with serious faces.

"Then let me ask you again, do you know how the suspect was poisoned?"

"The little one doesn't know about this!" Zhu and Jin said in a low voice.

Just a few questions, of course the murderer would not admit it, County Magistrate Qin said unhurriedly, "Hmph, I'm still quibbling! I'm telling you now, the murderer first wrapped the poison in ice, and then put It was ground into a small ball, and ice cubes were stuffed into the suspect's nasal cavity while sniffing! This is why there are water marks on the suspect's collar."

"So when you checked, the suspect didn't die immediately, but after the ice melted, the poison entered the suspect's mouth along the nasal cavity, and he was poisoned to death! Zhu Jin, am I right?" Qin The lord shouted at Zhu Jin and asked.

Hearing this, Zhu Jin's face turned pale and his breath stopped, but he did not confess his guilt, but said slowly: "Since your lord said that I used ice cubes to wrap the poison, my lord, how can I keep ice cubes on my body for a long time in such hot weather?"

"Indeed, is it just to praise you for being smart, or to praise the person behind you for being very smart? After you went out, you met the person who connected you. That person didn't give you a hockey puck, but gave you many. Ice hockey? So, you only need to check your clothes later, and you will be able to find the poison that killed the suspect."

The county magistrate Qin heartily described the murder process, heaved a sigh of relief, and admired Ling Changfeng more and more in his heart.

Seeing that County Magistrate Qin brought up the search of clothes, Zhu Jin finally couldn't bear it anymore, his complexion turned pale, tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, and he collapsed on the ground.

Seeing his demeanor, everyone knew that the murderer was this person. Although the truth was known, they were quite reluctant in their hearts. I am afraid they did not expect that Zhu Jin, who is usually generous to others, would use such vicious methods.

The county magistrate of Qin had a panoramic view of everyone's expressions. When Ling Changfeng told him about the murderer's modus operandi, he also looked suddenly enlightened.

Xiaolan already knew about this matter, seeing everyone's shocked faces at this moment, she was overjoyed, and muttered, "It's really ignorant, if I hadn't reminded the young master, hum, you don't want to know the truth so quickly.

Ling Changfeng seemed to have heard his whisper, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, but he didn't say anything.

"Prisoner Zhu Jin, what else do you have to say at this moment?! Who on earth gave you the ice hockey, and you didn't invite it!" County Magistrate Qin yelled, and with a "bang" of the gavel in his hand, Zhu Jin Waking up from that dazed look.

"My lord is wise! But unfortunately, I don't know who that person is. That person was wearing tights that night, so I didn't see his face clearly." Zhu Jin said with a wry smile.

Seeing that Zhu Jin did not seem to be lying, County Magistrate Qin asked in a deep voice, "If you don't know this person, why do you listen to his arrangement?"

Zhu Jin looked up at County Magistrate Qin, then slowly looked at Ling Changfeng beside him, took a deep breath, and said, "I killed this person for two reasons."

"First, Mr. Wang is a clean and honest official. Although he is not an official of one's parents, he is also a good official who loves the people like his own son! He once gave away all his family's wealth just to relieve the victims of the disaster in the Yellow River area. The little one was saved by this kind of favor. Since everyone My lord said that this person is the murderer who killed Lord Wang, so I don't regret that I can avenge Lord Wang."

"Secondly, the little girl in the family has been weak and sick since she was a child. I searched for famous doctors in Luoyang, and those famous doctors said that the disease was caused by the child's lack of nutrition in the mother's womb. You only need to use sliced ​​​​millennium ginseng, boil soup and porridge, and eat it. It will be cured in a day.

"Hahahaha, what an irony! Such prescriptions are not life-threatening charms for poor people like me. Fortunately, my little girl's life was not to die, and a kind person I had never met bought a thousand-year-old ginseng for me, so my little girl survived. Now that that person comes here with a token and asks me to do a big favor, what's the problem?"

Zhu Jin slowly explained the reason why he killed the suspect. What Ling Changfeng didn't expect was that this person was not the murderer's accomplice, but a commoner who knew how to repay his kindness and a loving father!

Perhaps, Ling Changfeng can bring a vicious gangster to justice without any hesitation, but it is the first time he has encountered such a situation as smart as him, which makes Ling Changfeng, who always thinks that all cases are black and white I fell into deep thought.

"Master, how should we punish this person?" Xiao Lan asked with mixed feelings after hearing Zhu Jin's reason.

　Dear Tang Dynasty book friends, I am very sorry, I am extremely busy with work today, and there is only one chapter left. . .

　　
　
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