Chapter 460: Chu's Lecture Hall
Chapter 460 Chu's Lecture Hall
Chu Nanzhi always felt that this matter was very strange. If Wu Enrong came to Luyan Port by water, it was obviously to avoid people from the Qi family from going to meet him, so why would he choose to attack people in such a place.
It's just that all the signs can indeed point to Wu Enrong.
He met Zheng by the bank of Cangshan Mountain, and then Zheng threatened Wu Enrong with the secret between the two, but Wu Enrong refused, so he killed him to cover up his body.
Presumably everyone will infer from this that Wu Enrong committed the crime.
Chu Nanzhi squeezed the handkerchief that was dyed red by comfrey, and then quietly hid it in her arms.
Qi Yuhuan and Qi Yujie were already lying on the ground, heartbroken.
After crying for a while, he raised his head again and began to bite like a mad dog: "It must be the girl of the Chu family, she must have killed the mother, thousands of people have searched around the official road all night but have not found the whereabouts of the mother , she just went to the house, checked the carriage, and found her mother."
Chu Nanzhi felt helpless when he heard that.
If it wasn't for the thorough investigation of Wu Enrong, she wouldn't bother to care about this shit.
Not allowing her to speak, the big knife in Li Ce's hand began to twitch: "Miss Qi's family still has to be careful when speaking, and she wants to plant things without evidence. My brother is kind enough to find someone for you, but you repay kindness with grievances."
Tang Ru also felt unreasonable. He knew Lin Jinxiao's love for this princess, and even if his boss was not around, a subordinate would not let the princess be bullied.
Angrily, Jiang Xueyi rolled his eyes, Jiang Xueyi frightened and went to help Qi Yuhuan, and then sent someone to support Qi Yujie, and comforted him: "Stop talking nonsense, Princess Pingning has just said that the carriage back to the city was stained with blood. Silt, at this time of year only the Cangshan Mountains have such a harsh environment.”
"That's Wu Enrong, that **** who killed his mother."
Qi Yuhuan knelt down again, and begged Tang Ru and Tang Yuanxi: "Please ask the governor and the princess to be the masters of the slave family, and punish Wu Enrong immediately."
Sure enough, as Chu Nanzhi expected, everyone began to make the same cry.
"I'm afraid it can only be Taishou Wu. This place is not far from Cangshan Wharf. If he really kills people here and hides his body, it is not impossible to return to the boat calmly."
Jiang Xueyi looked at Tang Ru, and also knelt down solemnly: "I implore the governor to take the place of the officials and the wife, punish Wu Enrong severely, and give justice to the mother-in-law."
Tang Ru frowned stiffly: "One by one, Princess Pingning is here, Concubine Yue Gui and King Dongjin have already captured Wu Enrong, what are you begging me for, since Princess Pingning is fully in charge of this case , she will naturally abide by the law impartially, and will not shield Wu Taishou for personal gain."
"Naturally."
Chu Nanzhi couldn't see that the Qi family was worried that she and Lin Jinxiao would not punish Wu Enrong severely.
Speaking of it, I don't blame them, but Lin Jinxiao's grandson, who directed all the disaster to Concubine Yue Gui and Lin Jinmu.
If she hadn't known Lin Jinxiao's thoughts in advance, even she would have felt that the boy was afraid of Wu Enrong and didn't want to offend Wu Enrong's Yue family.
She cleared her throat, and said calmly: "Since everyone thinks that Prefect Wu killed Mrs. Zheng, and now Wu Enrong has been imprisoned, let's go back and interrogate Prefect Wu."
After hearing this, the sisters of the Qi family and Jiang Xueyi were willing to give up, and ordered some corpses to be collected and carried down the mountain.
Back in the carriage, Lin Jinxiao looked at the dusty lady, and while wiping the dust off her body, asked with a gentle smile, "You found it so soon?"
"As long as there are clues, it's not hard to find."
Chu Nanzhi replied.
"But how did I hear that you concluded that Zheng's body was hidden here from the mud on the Qi family's carriage?"
The corners of Lin Jinxiao's mouth parted, showing an evil smile: "But what you asked me at Qi's house just now was where there is a dye factory outside this city."
"I knew I couldn't hide it from you."
Chu Nanzhi took out the handkerchief from her bosom and spread it out for him to see.
This guy is not as easy to deceive as Tang Ru, it seems that Chu's lecture hall has to start again.
Looking at the thing in her hand, Lin Jinxiao was stunned: "What is this?"
"This Cangshan Mountain is full of comfrey. I think the dye factory in this mountain uses comfrey as a material to make dyes."
Chu Nanzhi explained in detail: "The part where the comfrey is dyed is the root. When a carriage enters the mountain and runs over the comfrey, it will inevitably crush the comfrey root, and the grass juice will be attached to the wheels. And I was on the road just now. I saw a lot of white powder scattered on the ground,
The powder is the alum powder used for coloring. It must have been accidentally spilled during transportation. The alum powder mixed with the comfrey juice attached to the wheel, and it was dyed purple. I just found it on the wheel of the Qi family. After seeing some remaining purple-red marks, which didn't look like blood stains, but mixed with the sour taste of alum powder, they roughly guessed the possible scene of the first crime. "
"With just this little clue, you can guess where Mrs. Zheng disappeared?"
Lin Jinxiao also showed an incredulous expression.
I really don't know where she learned this knowledge?
As a scholar, he doesn't know anything about the dye factory, but this little girl is so transparent.
She really refreshed her three views again and again.
Chu Nanzhi couldn't explain it to him. I'm afraid even the craftsmen in the dye factory don't know the principle of these chemical things.
The root of this comfrey contains ethyl vinegar and shikoninone, and it is mordant with alum, and it is naturally dyed purple.
“Sometimes a piece of information that is critical to a case can dominate the entire case.”
Speaking of this, Chu Nanzhi couldn't help but frown: "It's just that the murderer can't be determined from the clues I found for the time being, so I didn't tell everyone the real situation."
"Presumably everyone now thinks that Wu Enrong killed Zheng Shi."
Lin Jinxiao said suspiciously.
What's even more frightening is that if it wasn't for Wu Enrong, who was wronged and blamed, everyone would think that it was his wife who killed Zheng's family.
And if he hadn't been with her that night when the incident happened, he would even have suspected that Chu Nanzhi was the murderer.
From the motive of the crime to her own ability, it is not difficult to kill a few weak women and a groom in the deep mountains and old forests.
Chu Nanzhi sighed happily, fortunately Wu Enrong was the scapegoat, otherwise she would have to prove her innocence.
After thinking for a while, she said softly: "Actually, there are many important points that can be verified whether Wu Enrong killed the Zheng family. When did he arrive at Luyan Port? Did the ship dock at Cangshan Wharf? All of these can be verified." become important evidence."
"You are right. Even if his followers still cover up his whereabouts for him, the water officials on the pier cannot cover him up."
Thinking of this, Lin Jinxiao lifted the curtain of the car, and immediately ordered Li Ce and Li Sanmu to go to Cangshan Wharf and Luyan Port Wharf to investigate Wu Enrong's whereabouts.
(end of this chapter)