Chapter 86: Murderer Revealed (1)

Yuelai Tea House

"Three thousand taels! Are you sure?!" Qian Jing's pair of phoenix eyes shone brightly, sweeping away his usual nonchalant ruffian look, staring straight at Zhuo Qing.

Sure enough, he was a money-grubber. As soon as money was mentioned, he got energetic. Zhuo Qing nodded lazily, and Qian Jing immediately shouted: "I'll go!" Three thousand taels, what a big deal. Even if it was caught by three people together, one person could share a thousand taels! This deal must be done!

Looking at the two people on the side who were calm and self-possessed, always calm and silent, Zhuo Qing asked: "Ao Tian, Ye Mei, what about you?" They were her main purpose today!

"I don't have time." The hoarse male voice was still cold and cruel, silver hair hanging slightly, looking uninterested.

Alright, no need to fight for him, he had already written his refusal clearly on his face!

The golden mask covered the woman's expression, leaving only a pair of cold and sharp eyes. Zhuo Qing couldn't see what she was thinking and could only ask: "Ye Mei, what about you?" She really doubted whether Ye Mei couldn't speak. She had seen her five or six times, and she hadn't said a word.

She didn't refuse immediately, her eyes lowered, cold and silent. Qian Jing curled his lips and said: "Senior Sister, the criminal you were chasing has already been caught, anyway, there is nothing to do, why not take this case? The murderer has killed four innocent women in a row, this person must be eliminated!"

This Senior Sister had always had a pair of cold eyes since the first moment he knew her, but she had a heart full of justice. The people she caught were all heinous villains. Money couldn't move her, but sin could.

Sure enough, her icy eyes flashed, and Ye Mei nodded almost imperceptibly.

Zhuo Qing breathed a sigh of relief secretly, today could be considered a gain.

"Dong dong"

A light knock sounded low. The people in the room looked at each other, and Zhuo Qing said in a low voice: "Come in." She had specifically told the boss not to let anyone disturb them, who could be outside the door?

Unlike the gentle knocking, as soon as Zhuo Qing finished speaking, the door was pushed open nimbly, and a delicate figure leaned against the door. Zhuo Qing smiled low: "Why are you here?" She just wanted her to sleep more, so she didn't go to find her, but she came to find her herself.

After a sleep, Gu Yun's spirit was obviously much better, and her face was no longer so cold and hard. She smiled and replied: "I went to the Prime Minister's mansion to find you, Lou Xiyan said you came here."

"Something?"

"Mm." Nodding, but Gu Yun didn't rush in, waved her hand, and while retreating, said: "You talk first."

Zhuo Qing smiled: "Finished talking, you come in and say."

Entering the inner room and closing the door, Gu Yun didn't sit down and asked directly: "Your autopsy report says that the direction and length of the knife wound on Wu Xu's chest are different from the previous three victims. Does such an obvious difference also indicate that the murderer might not be the same person?"

Yun's temper was still so urgent. Zhuo Qing shook her head and analyzed calmly: "I can only say that the victim's way of using the knife has changed, but it doesn't mean it wasn't done by the same person. The previous three victims, judging by the direction of the knife wound, the murderer was used to using his right hand, and Wu Xu's wound should have been caused by using a knife with his left hand."

Gu Yun raised her eyebrows slightly: "Left hand?"

"Mm."

Left hand? If she hadn't seen it wrong that day, he should be left-handed! Leaning against the door, Gu Yun smiled mysteriously: "I suddenly thought of someone who is very suspicious, we should go and talk to him."

Clues? Zhuo Qing nodded readily and said to Qian Jing and Ye Mei: "I'll notify you when I need your help. I'm leaving first."

"Wait." Zhuo Qing and Gu Yun had just pulled the door open when the hoarse male voice opened again coldly.

Zhuo Qing looked back. Ao Tian's icy face was still expressionless, just coolly throwing out four words: "I'll join too."

Qian Jing was full of surprise, and Ye Mei's cold eyes also flashed with strangeness. Senior Brother always said one thing and did another, what made him change his mind?!

The two looked thoughtfully at the woman leaning against the door, seemingly casual and lazy but always exuding sharp temperament. Was it because of her?

In front of an ordinary small house, a group of people stood. Not to mention whether they were handsome men and beautiful women, a group of people squeezed in front of such a small door, no matter how they looked, it was a bit strange.

The door opened slowly. Looking at the group of people in front of the door, the man was stunned for a moment, and then asked puzzled: "Minister Lv, what's the matter?"

Lv Jin smiled awkwardly and said the excuse he had thought of long ago: "You are the first person to touch the corpse, so I have some things I want to verify with you."

He didn't know what was going on. At noon, Miss Qing Mo suddenly sent someone to pass a message, asking him and Cheng Hang to come to the coroner Jiang Xin's house. They came inexplicably, but found that Qing Ling was also there, and three famous bounty hunters. He was now forced to call the door in a daze, and he was also very helpless.

Do these need to be found at his home? Can't they be asked in the yamen?! Now that people were already blocking the door, Jiang Xin could only open the door and smile: "Alright, please come in."

Jiang Xin's house wasn't big. Ye Mei stood coldly outside the door, and Qian Jing just leaned against the door, not entering. Bounty hunters did the work of catching people, and investigating cases had nothing to do with them.

Ao Tian, who didn't like to meddle in other people's business, acted contrary to his usual behavior today and entered the room. Ye Mei and Qian Jing looked at each other again. Senior Brother was really strange today!

Jiang Xin and Lv Jin sat at a small round table in the living room and asked and answered. Lv Jin actually didn't know what to ask, so he could only ask things related to the case: "When did you arrive? Who else was in the room at that time."

Jiang Xin answered calmly one by one: "Arrived at a quarter past Chen hour in the morning. At that time, Minister Wu and several servants were in the middle hall. No one entered the inner room, but I don't know if anyone had entered before I went."

Gu Yun entered the inner room, her eyes habitually looking around again. Although she hadn't said anything, Cheng Hang had already seen that she must have found some clues again, and his eyes widened, carefully observing whether there was anything strange around, but looking around, the things in this small room were clear at a glance.

"Did you find anything unusual when you examined it?"

"Less than a quarter of an hour after I entered the inner room, Minister Lv, you had already arrived. I didn't find anything unusual."

Lv Jin was still asking questions with Jiang Xin. After asking for about a quarter of an hour, he really didn't know what to ask. Looking at Gu Yun, Jiang Xin also looked back. She was squatting by the door, not knowing what she was doing.

Jiang Xin's face changed slightly, and he shouted: "What are you doing?"

Standing up awkwardly, Gu Yun shrugged and smiled: "Nothing, just looking around."

Jiang Xin obviously lost patience: "Does Minister Lv have anything else to ask?"

"Uh, no more." He really didn't know what else to ask.

Zhuo Qing, who had been standing silently behind him, suddenly picked up the things he had recorded casually when he pretended to ask, handed them to Jiang Xin, and said: "This is the interrogation record for you, look at it if there is no problem, then sign it."

"Why?" Jiang Xin looked at Zhuo Qing suspiciously. Since when did the Ministry of Justice interrogation need to be signed?

The interrogation record of this era didn't need to be signed?! If that official recorded it wrong, or wrote it randomly, wouldn't it be very unfair to the interrogated?! Zhuo Qing frowned slightly, her face still calm, and explained indifferently: "Nothing, just to prove that this is what you said, not forged by us."

So that's it. Although he hadn't heard of it before, what she said was very reasonable. Jiang Xin picked up the brush and signed his name on the paper.

Looking at the hand he used to hold the brush, Zhuo Qing understood. He was left-handed!

But could this explain that he was the murderer? Zhuo Qing looked at Gu Yun, only to see her take out a piece of white paper, hand it to Jiang Xin, and ask: "There is one more thing, you see if you have seen it."

Looking at the pattern on the paper, Jiang Xin shook his head and replied: "I haven't seen it."

He disguised it very well, but he shook his shoulders just now. What was he panicking about? Staring at his face, not letting go of any of his tiny emotional fluctuations, Gu Yun asked again coldly: "Are you sure?"

Jiang Xin nodded again: "Sure."

Gu Yun leaned on the wooden table, getting closer to him, looking coldly at his slightly flashing eyes, Gu Yun said word by word: "You—are—lying."

The face that suddenly enlarged in front of him made Jiang Xin subconsciously lean back. His eyes didn't avoid Gu Yun, insisting: "I really haven't seen it."

He really shouldn't have looked at her! Only guilty people would be eager to make others believe their words through eye contact! Gu Yun curled her lips slightly, stood up straight, and smiled: "Fei Er said, Miss Wu gave it to you."

Jiang Xin didn't get furious, but replied coldly: "This is slander, it's simply nonsense!"

He deliberately kept his emotions calm, but his breathing was obviously unstable. He must have seen the jade pendant, but where was the jade pendant?

Gu Yun continued to look at him tit-for-tat, her clear voice not fast or slow: "You have seen the jade pendant, and the jade pendant is in this room!"

Her words not only changed Jiang Xin's face, but everyone else was also stunned. How could she suddenly say so?! Did she have any evidence?!

Jiang Xin finally roared out of control: "No jade pendant! No!"

"You are Miss Wu's lover!" Gu Yun dropped another heavy bomb.

The whole room was in an uproar for a moment. Jiang Xin simply stood up and laughed: "Absurd! This is simply too absurd!"

Gu Yun kept saying nonsense, Zhuo Qing understood, what she wanted to see was just Jiang Xin's expression!

Jiang Xin suddenly withdrew his smile, stared at Gu Yun, and sneered: "I said, I haven't seen any jade pendant at all. If you don't believe me, search!"

Search? He was so determined and confident, was he bluffing, or was he prepared?

Gu Yun's face also turned cold, and she said in a low voice: "Search!"

Cheng Hang and Lv Jin looked at each other, not understanding why Gu Yun was so determined that Jiang Xin was the murderer. Since Jiang Xin agreed to search, they would search.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 87 =====