Chapter 93: The True Culprit Caught (2)

"No, sentence me however you want." After speaking, Su Mufeng slowly closed his eyes, unwilling to talk to them anymore.

His answer, as expected, still disappointed Zhuo Qing.

The two looked at each other and retreated outside the prison. Zhuo Qing had a premonition last night that things might evolve into the situation today. She just didn't expect that Su Mufeng would be willing to bear the guilt for a crime he knew nothing about. She really didn't know whether she should admire him or scold him.

After standing silently by the prison door for a long time, Gu Yun put her hand on Zhuo Qing's shoulder and sighed: "Let's go find Gu Yuexin first and figure out the cause of the matter."

"Mm." That was all they could do. Su Mufeng here, I'm afraid, wouldn't give them the answer.

Glancing at Zhuo Qing's bandaged hand, Gu Yun asked worriedly: "Is your hand really okay?" That thrilling scene last night not only scared Lou Xiyan to death, but she also broke out in a cold sweat!

Shaking her flexible fingers and wrist, Zhuo Qing smiled: "If I were hurt, would I still be here?"

Gu Yun shrugged: "That's true." Lou Xiyan should be even more nervous than her. After all, in a few days, it would be their wedding day. Come to think of it, Lou Xiyan could be considered indulgent toward Qing; it was almost their big day, and he still allowed her to run outside all day.

The two chatted all the way to the prison where Gu Yuexin was held. Seeing that it was them, Gu Yuexin didn't give them a hard time, just sat half-up on the stone bed and asked coldly: "What are you here for?"

Gu Yun stepped into the prison first and said slowly, neither too heavy nor too light: "I'm here to tell you some good news. We caught the true culprit last night, so you don't have to..."

Sure enough, before Gu Yun finished speaking, Gu Yuexin had already stood up from the stone bed in a hurry, staring at Gu Yun, and called out eagerly: "Who did you catch?"

"Su Mufeng." Gu Yun deliberately spoke slowly and clearly.

"No." Gu Yuexin rushed toward Gu Yun, but Gu Yun nimbly dodged her hand. Gu Yuexin was clearly panicked and said anxiously: "You caught the wrong person! Mufeng is not the murderer! He is innocent!" Mufeng, this child, why didn't you leave? Why didn't you leave!

Leaning against the door, Zhuo Qing said coldly: "If he is not the murderer, who is?"

Gu Yuexin shuddered all over, her mouth opening and closing, opening and closing again. After several times, it was as if all her strength had been drained. Gu Yuexin fell to the ground dejectedly, still unable to say a word. How was she supposed to explain it? Even if she said it, how many people would believe her words?

She really knew! Zhuo Qing confirmed this point. Entering the prison, she squatted beside Gu Yuexin, held her hand, and asked softly: "That man who shares a body with Su Mufeng and wants to kill people after being touched by women, who is he? How can we see him?"

"You?" As soon as Zhuo Qing finished speaking, Gu Yuexin immediately withdrew her hand as if struck by lightning, her bloodshot eyes staring at Zhuo Qing in astonishment. How could she know? How could she?!

Her reaction encouraged Zhuo Qing. With a gentle smile, Zhuo Qing continued: "You don't have to feel strange. I know that two completely different souls live in Su Mufeng's body. The people were not killed by Su Mufeng; they were killed by another person. Who is he? What is his name? You have seen him, right?"

Lowering her head with flickering eyes, Gu Yuexin was struggling internally. Could she trust the woman in front of her? How did she know about Mufeng's matter? What happened to Mufeng?

Seeing her hesitation, Gu Yun dropped another heavy statement: "If you refuse to say, we can't help Su Mufeng. He will definitely die!"

Gu Yuexin was so shocked that she raised her head again, her eyes scanning back and forth between the two strange women for a long time. Finally, as if she had made up her mind, she sighed faintly: "This whole thing was a mistake from the beginning! More than twenty years ago, my second sister and Mufeng's father, Su Zhanyi, fell in love at first sight. But at that time, Su Zhanyi already had a legal wife and two concubines. However, the two were deeply in love, and my second sister ignored her family's strong opposition and insisted on marrying into the Su family as Su Zhanyi's concubine. The two were indeed very affectionate, and Su Zhanyi took good care of my second sister. Not long after, Mufeng was born. When Su Zhanyi was at home, the legal wife and other concubines naturally dared not do anything to my second sister, but Su Zhanyi always had times when he went out, and there were always disputes and difficulties. The tragedy of my second sister, and also Mufeng's tragedy, happened when Mufeng was ten years old."

Zhuo Qing and Gu Yun looked at each other, guessing that she would tell the truth. The two sat cross-legged beside Gu Yuexin and listened quietly to her account.

"That year, Su Zhanyi went to the capital and was not at home. Several children from the legal wife's family came to the Su mansion to play. Mufeng had been extremely handsome since he was a child, and those children took the initiative to find him to play. Who knew that he had a shy and indifferent personality since he was a child? His lack of response annoyed the legal wife's little niece, who insisted that Mufeng play with her. During the tugging, the two rolled together, and their clothes were in a mess. Hearing the noise, the maids saw the two lying on the ground and hurriedly called the legal wife."

Speaking of this, Gu Yuexin, who had been sighing, suddenly changed her face, and her tone became slightly indignant: "Seeing that the adults had all come, the little girl would never admit that she was the one pulling Mufeng and wouldn't let go, crying and insisting that Mufeng had molested her and had ulterior motives. The other children didn't dare to tell the truth and accused Mufeng one after another. Mufeng couldn't defend himself. The legal wife had finally found a reason, so she naturally wouldn't let it go. She wanted to use family law and give him fifty lashes! A ten-year-old child, how could he withstand fifty lashes? My second sister begged for a long time, but the legal wife still insisted on the grounds of disgracing the family. After being hit ten times, Mufeng was already about to faint, and my second sister could only lie on Mufeng to take the other forty lashes for him. Although my second sister's medical skills were superb, her body was extremely weak, and she passed away after three days. When I arrived, Mufeng had been in a coma. In a fit of anger, I took Mufeng back to the Gu family."

They actually beat someone to death?! Gu Yun's hands subconsciously clenched into fists. Zhuo Qing was relatively calm and asked in a deep voice: "Did Su Mufeng have a dual personality from that time on?"

Watching his own mother die to save him while being helpless, such stimulation, it was not impossible for him to develop a split personality. Especially since this was his childhood experience, it would play a decisive role in the formation of his personality!

Looking at Zhuo Qing with confusion, Gu Yuexin shook her head and continued, "We don't know what this 'dual personality' you speak of is. At first, we just thought the child was strange. In the morning, he seemed no different from usual; he didn't even remember how my second sister died. To keep him from being too sad, we could only lie and tell him she died of illness. By night, he would become another person—irritable, sinister, filled with malevolence and resentment. He sought out all the martial arts classics of the Guyue family and practiced desperately, nearly falling into demonic cultivation several times. There was no other way; the elders in the family were afraid he would throw his life away, so they began teaching him martial arts. The daytime him and the nighttime him were completely different. To distinguish between them, we called the daytime one Mufeng and the nighttime one Xifeng. Five years passed like this. Over these five years, Xifeng's martial arts grew stronger and stronger, and Mufeng's zither skills became increasingly refined. As time went on, Xifeng appeared less and less. We even thought the child's strange ailment had been cured. Because of this, after Su Zhanyi pleaded for six years, the Guyue family finally agreed to let Mufeng return."

So his name was Xifeng. Dual personality was actually a relatively common state of personality split. Both personalities existed independently. In Su Mufeng's case, it seemed that he didn't know of Xifeng's existence, while Xifeng claimed to be Mufeng's protector?

"Later, whenever a young woman came into contact with Mufeng, Xifeng would appear at night and kill the person?"

"Mm. In Xifeng's heart, those so-called noble ladies who were pulling and tugging at Mufeng were all pretentious, cheap women, and they all deserved to die!" Gu Yuexin closed her eyes slightly, and the pain in her heart was self-evident. Knowing that he had such a problem but being unable to stop him or help him, that was why he ended up in such a situation today!

Thinking of those eyes last night that even she could barely resist, Zhuo Qing asked: "I want to know, his hypno... his illusion technique, who taught it to him?" His teacher must be a master of hypnosis. Why didn't they discover it earlier and help treat Su Mufeng?

Speaking of this, Gu Yuexin was even more worried: "Mufeng actually doesn't know illusion technique; the one who knows illusion technique is Xifeng. Among the Gu family members, in every generation, there is one person who is born with silver-gray eyes. Their illusion technique is a talent. In this generation, it actually appeared on Xifeng. I don't know if it's fate or a sin!"

Born with it? God! There was actually such a thing.

Gu Yuexin suddenly grabbed Gu Yun and Zhuo Qing's hands. This woman, who had always been extremely proud, was now teary-eyed: "I know that whether it's Mufeng or Xifeng, in your eyes, they are the same person, and he is the murderer. But in my eyes, they are both pitiful, especially Mufeng. He might not know what happened at all. Can you help him!"

The sobbing cry moved both of them, especially after just seeing Su Mufeng, who was firmly bound by chains from head to toe but could still smile indifferently. How could they not want to help him? But this was not the modern era, where they could give him a psychiatric evaluation to confirm that he suffered from schizophrenia, perhaps allowing him to avoid death. In this era, would anyone believe it? Even if they believed it, after all, he killed the daughters of high-ranking officials and nobles; no one would let him go!

Gu Yun and Zhuo Qing fell into deep thought at the same time.

Zhaixing Pavilion

It was almost autumn, and the weather was still frighteningly hot. The bright sunlight and stuffy air made people inexplicably irritable. Zhuo Qing habitually leaned against the window lattice, her eyes staring straight at the lake in the distance, her gaze unfocused. Even when Lou Xiyan had entered the room and stood beside her, she still didn't care.

Lou Xiyan laughed; his little wife seemed to be unable to pay the slightest attention to anyone once she fell into her own thoughts. Gently wrapping his arms around Zhuo Qing's waist from behind and pulling her into his embrace, Lou Xiyan asked with a gentle smile: "What are you thinking about so intently?"

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