Black Lotus Concubine's Case-solving Notes

Chapter 154: The Son of a Guilty Minister

Feng Jia glanced at Li Yunyu, and Li Yunyu let go of her hand without leaving a trace, took a step back, and stood behind her, with a hunched back, still looking old and frail.

Jiang Huaichuan could only turn around and pull Jiang Yun's robe: "Sir, I really didn't kill anyone!"

Feng Jia said: "Then tell me everything you know, see, and hear. Don't leave anything out!"

Jiang Huaichuan nodded, swallowed his saliva and said, "Today, around noon, the people from Qianjin Gambling House came to me again. I had no choice but to borrow some more money from Wang Dun, but the door was wide open. I shouted inside twice but no one answered. I pushed the door open and saw Wang Dun's body..."

"I was scared to death and wanted to report to the police, but, but..." He stayed here for a long time before saying, "But I became greedy, so I didn't leave. Instead, I went into the house and searched around. I found Wang Dun's property deed and some silver. When I was about to leave, I heard the door creak. An old woman came in with a basket in her hand. I was scared and had no choice but to hide in the crack of the door. Fortunately, the woman ran away soon, and I took the opportunity to leave..."

"When leaving, I looked back and found that Wang Dun had lost his left arm, but his right fist was tightly clenched. I bravely went over and opened his palm, and found that he was holding a piece of leather..."

"What leather? Take it out quickly!" Jiang Yun said anxiously.

Jiang Huaichuan said, "If I take it out, could you please give me some grace and turn a blind eye to my burglary? Of course, I will hand over the stolen money with both hands and will never keep it for myself!"

A sneer sounded above my head.

Jiang Huaichuan looked up in surprise. Feng Jia said calmly, "Breaking into the house, taking away evidence, destroying the scene, and now threatening court officials. Do you know what this crime is?"

"me……"

"Someone come here!" Feng Jia did not give him a chance to explain. "Take this villain to the Dali Temple Prison and torture him with all 78 kinds of torture. I want to see who is harder, your words or your bones!"

Jiang Yun stared with his eyes wide open, his admiration was beyond words, and he secretly bumped into Shi Xun's shoulder, meaning, look, the Ninth Miss looks more like the Shaoqing of Dali Temple than you, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

Shi Xun glared at him, then winked at his men.

The two bailiffs immediately rushed over. Jiang Huaichuan was sweating profusely and kowtowed repeatedly: "I was wrong! I dare not hide anything!"

As he said this, he took something out of his sleeve and presented it with both hands.

It was a piece of black leather, about the size of a thumb, with no pattern on it. Feng Jia touched it and found the surface was smooth, so it must be lambskin.

"Was this pulled off the murderer?" Jiang Yun took it and rubbed it repeatedly in his palm, guessing.

"It's possible. Let's put it in the Dali Temple as evidence first." Shi Xun said, and then looked at Jiang Huaichuan: "What happened next?"

"Later, the bailiffs came to the door, and the rest, the adults know it..."

"Since all the valuables were taken away by this kid, that means the real murderer didn't do it for the money?" Jiang Yun lowered his eyes to think, and subconsciously turned his gaze to Feng Jia, hoping to get an answer from her.

Feng Jia asked: "Do you two recognize Lu Xun?"

"Land Cruiser?" Zhou Gongyi chewed on the two words carefully and shook his head.

Jiang Huaichuan also shook his head blankly. Suddenly, he seemed to remember something: "Lu Xun? Is the Lu Xun you are talking about the one who worked as a waiter at Tianrun Restaurant? He had a younger sister who studied at Gu's private school. She committed suicide by jumping into a well a year ago?"

"Ah, is it him?" Zhou Gongyi also remembered.

Feng Jia and Shi Xun looked at each other, and both of their eyes lit up.

"Do you recognize him?" Jiang Yun grabbed Jiang Huaichuan's collar and asked impatiently, "What is the relationship between this Lu Xun and the deceased Wang Dun?"

Jiang Huaichuan shuddered and said, "If I tell you, will it be considered as redeeming my crime and making meritorious contributions?"

"Stop talking nonsense and speak!" Jiang Yun slapped him on the forehead.

Jiang Huaichuan shrank his neck and said, "It doesn't really matter. Wang Dun's parents left him two properties. Wang Dun lives in one, and rents the other to the Lu brothers and sisters."

"Have you ever seen Lu Xun? What kind of person is he?"

"What kind of person..."

Jiang Huaichuan recalled and what he said in the end was exactly the same as what Feng Jia had sent people to investigate. Lu Xun was a very unsociable person. He was a loner, prone to getting stuck in a rut, living alone, and had almost no friends, but he was extremely good to his sister.

"One more thing..." Zhou Gongyi suddenly whispered, "He is extremely handsome."

"It looks good. How do you think it looks good?" Feng Jia said.

Zhou Gongyi's face flushed: "That's right, he just has a good appearance. Although he is a man, he is three points better looking than a woman."

Prettier than women?

Feng Jia's face darkened, and he suddenly thought of the profile that passed by the academy that day, and an idea was about to come to his mind.

The confusion that had always lingered in her mind was who the woman she saw that day was and what her relationship was with Lu Xun and his sister.

But what if that woman is Lu Xun?

What about the Lu Xun dressed as a woman?

That’s why “she” had a reason to kill Dean Gu and had the opportunity to get close to Zhou Muqi.

So even though she and the Dali Temple turned the capital upside down, they still couldn't find Lu Xun's whereabouts.

Because the Land Cruiser has always been under their noses!

She changed her name and surname and disguised herself as a woman in the academy to confuse everyone!

"Master Shi." Feng Jia looked anxious. Shi Xun seemed to sense something and said seriously, "Come here, take Jiang Huaichuan to the Dali Temple and put him in jail first!"

Feng Jia repeated her speculation, and Shi Xun's face changed drastically. A criminal was hiding among a group of powerless women. If this was the case, wouldn't they be in danger?

Shi Xun immediately sent a small team of people to handle the aftermath, and the rest of the people followed him back to Gu's private school.

In the backyard of the private school, Jiang Yun asked the government guard, "Is it true that none of those women went out?"

The guard shook his head and said, "Sir, they are all monitored one by one by our people. They have not behaved abnormally, and no one has gone out."

"That's impossible," Jiang Yun turned to look at Feng Jia, "If no one got out, then who killed Wang Dun? Even if the murderer had all kinds of abilities, it's impossible for him to kill someone from a distance, right?"

"Aren't there three people who haven't come to the academy yet?"

At this moment, Jiang Yun suddenly came to his senses. Yes, there are three other people!

The three girls were soon invited into the private school, followed by the Dali Temple runners who were specially assigned to keep watch on them.

"Master Shi, what do you mean?" Zhao Weirui, whose personality was a little more aggressive among the three, bowed to Shi Xun and said.

She rubbed her head gently with one hand, looking like she had a headache, and her tone was somewhat impolite.

Shi Xun got straight to the point: "Around 9:00 today, a murder occurred in Liuhu Lane, so I called you here for routine questioning."

The three people looked at each other.

Zhao Weirui was puzzled: "Liuhu Lane? A murder happened there, what does it have to do with us?"

"That's right!" Liu Jingyuan echoed in a low voice.

"Just answer whatever the master asks you. Why talk so much nonsense!" Jiang Yun said bluntly.

Zhao Weirui was provoked and became a little angry: "Do you know who I am? The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue is my father! Shi Xun, don't think I'm afraid of you just because you have the title of Junior Secretary of the Dali Temple! If it weren't for the young cabinet minister's praise for you, how could you, the son of a criminal, have risen to the top in one step!"

"Believe it or not, I will go back and tell my father, and let him report you to the saint!"

Why was she so excited? Feng Jia was puzzled.

Zhao Weirui, this name seemed to have been heard somewhere. After a pause, Feng Jia finally understood.

Zhao Qing, the daughter of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the wife of the young cabinet minister, is the elder sister of Zhao Weirui. She committed suicide out of fear of punishment in the Cheng'en Temple case. No wonder this Miss Zhao is so hostile to Shi Xun.

One reason was that Shi Xun was the young minister's man, and the other was that Shi Xun solved the case and compiled the case file and presented it to the emperor. Zhao Qing committed suicide under pressure. In Zhao Weirui's eyes, Shi Xun was no different from his sister's murderer.

When Shi Xun heard the words "son of a guilty minister", his face instantly turned cold.