Chapter 39 Barbecue (2)

His voice was hoarse, and his dark face was full of exhaustion and weariness. He was obviously no more than seventeen years old and still young, but his whole body was lifeless, his drooping eyebrows were raised, and his eyes were full of indifference.

"I didn't kill anyone." He lowered his head and muttered.

This excuse is too pale and weak. Killing people or not killing people cannot be explained by a simple excuse.

Lin Fei looked at Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan understood, stepped out of the queue, and asked: "It was two years after He Xiaoniang died before you started taking action. It was only recently that you discovered that Yan San and others were the murderers who killed her. When did you find out?"

Lu Qing looked at Liu Yuan and paused. Just as he was about to speak, Lin Fei suddenly said: "But was it discovered when the sacrificial gift was thrown into the river?"

The accident happened to He Xiaoniang who drowned. If there is any evidence, she most likely fell to the bottom of the river. When offering sacrifices to the river god, one has to dive into the bottom of the river.

What could make a master who knows a lot about water almost drown? When I saw something incredible.

Lu Qing lowered her eyes and was silent for a long time, then sighed lowly and said: "I saw her purse in the mud at the bottom of the river. I will never mistake the embroidery of the purse. There was a jade pendant in the purse. "

The jade pendant was well made and obviously did not belong to He Xiaoniang or the He family. After he was rescued, he began to look for the owner of the jade pendant.

"I asked many pawnbrokers before I found a discerning one who said that this must be the property of Lord Yan Sanyan, the imperial censor." Lu Qing said, "I didn't believe it at first, and I even secretly looked at Lord Yan several times. , he looks polite and polite, and his wife is dignified and generous from a famous family, so she doesn’t look like that kind of person.”

But it can't be true. How long can it be pretended? After following him for a long time, he discovered another side of this gentle and polite Master Yan.

"He doesn't like prostitutes and finds them boring. Instead, he prefers girls from poor families." Lu Qing smiled bitterly and said, "Every time he chooses one, he is specially selected."

Thinking of what happened to He Xiaoniang, Liu Yuan and others suddenly understood the reason why Yan Sanxun and other women attacked.

If a woman with He Xiaoniang's status and background is specifically chosen to target, firstly, to Yan Sanna and others, such a woman is innocent, and secondly, if something really happened, they would not make it public if their family members knew about it. Those who are good at face will complain that a woman's humiliation is an embarrassment to her family, while those who are good at money will spend some money to get rid of it.

"There are still a lot of troubles," Lu Qing said. "Some families simply took the money and sold those women to Yan San as maids."

Of course, this maid is not an ordinary maid. If something happens, even the family doesn't care. Who else will care?

However, although I sympathize with Lu Qing, I feel that Yan San and others are really hateful. But as an official of Dali Temple, I have to keep asking.

Liu Yuan looked at Lu Qing and continued to ask: "Did you also follow Yan San to find Liu Xiaolang and the others?"

When Lu Qing heard this, he shook his head and said, "I don't know Liu Xiaolang and the others."

How can it be? Liu Yuan frowned and was about to continue asking how he could not know, when Lin Fei suddenly said: "You only found Yan San through the jade pendant?"

Lu Qing nodded and said "Yeah".

Lin Fei asked again: "On the day of Yan San's accident, did you go to Yan San's private ship?"

Lu Qing said: "Been there."

"Then you killed Yan San and drowned him in the bathtub?" Lin Fei asked again.

When Lu Qing heard this, he became excited, shook his head repeatedly, and said: "I didn't drown him, he was already dead when I went in!"

How can it be? When Liu Yuan, Bai Zhu and others heard this, they couldn't help but frown. Liu Yuan even opened his mouth, but stopped talking.

Lin Fei did not refute Lu Qing's words, but continued to ask him: "Did you hit Li Yuan, the little prince of Pingxi, with the stick?"

The excited Lu Qing was shocked and suddenly fell silent. After a while, he said: "...it's me."

"Why hit him?" Lin Fei said.

A trace of shame appeared on Lu Qing's face, but he opened his mouth to explain: "I was indeed planning to get on the boat and kill Yan San. But when I got on the boat, I saw Yan San dead in the bathtub. Before I could react, Yan San's boat collided with a private boat nearby. When I heard the sound coming from the cabin, I was startled and realized that there was someone else on the boat. When I was about to jump off the boat and escape, I saw Li Yuan running over. . He recognized me at a glance and was startled when he saw Yan San inside. He asked me why I was here, and I told him about He Xiaoniang being killed by Yan San. After hearing this, he asked me I'll hit him with a stick and leave him here to confuse his sight. You want me to take advantage of this opportunity to run away and leave the capital..."

Of course, the final result was that Lu Qing did not escape.

"She... she is still here, where am I going?" Lu Qing said with red eyes, "I tried to leave, but after walking for a day and a night,... I couldn't let her go and came back. "

Liu Yuan and others looked at each other and frowned deeply.

Lu Qing didn't look like he was lying. But Dali Temple officials cannot rely on their whims when handling cases. They cannot look like good people and then treat them as if they are good people.

Evidence is the key.

According to Lu Qing, he did not kill anyone at all. Li Yuan stayed here to confuse the situation and help Lu Qing escape.

There must be someone else who killed Yan San.

But... where is the evidence? Who knows that this is not the excuse Lu Qing said?

After Lin Fei pondered for a long time, he asked Lu Qing: "When did you board the ship that day?"

Lu Qing smiled bitterly and said, "It's not time yet."

Lin Fei asked: "Is there any witness?"

Lu Qing was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't understand why he suddenly asked such a question, but he still said: "I drowned when delivering the sacrificial gift. Li Zheng, who was in charge of the river god's sacrificial ceremony, was worried that something like this would happen again next time, so he deliberately I selected a few people who were equally good at water-based skills and came out to practice water-based skills with me. I practiced until noon and was released at midnight. If you want witnesses, they are witnesses."

Therefore, he boarded the ship later.

But...this is of no use! Bai Zhu subconsciously lowered his head and flipped through the file. The time of Yan San's death given by the author was between noon and half past midnight.

Even if there are witnesses, it cannot prove that Lu Qing did not kill anyone. Half a moment is enough to drown someone.

Lin Fei didn't say much, he just glanced at him and walked out of the cell with the file.

Liu Yuan and others quickly followed. When they walked out of the Dali Temple prison, they heard Lin Fei say: "Go and check whether what Lu Qing said is true. If it is true, the murderer must not be him."

Liu Yuan and others were shocked after hearing this sentence: "Lin Shaoqing, why?"

Lin Fei turned to look at them and said two words lightly: "Drug!"

Drugged? Several people were stunned when they heard it, but suddenly realized when they remembered what Shuangxi had said.

Judging from the bodies of those people, there was no sign of being forced into drowning. They were most likely drugged and then drowned.

The investigators at Dali Temple found no traces of drugs in the stomachs, mouths and noses of Yan San and others.

In this case, the drug should not have been mixed into tea or eaten, but was most likely sprinkled in the air. If the poison scattered in the air has not evaporated, you may be infected as long as you enter the cabin.

But according to Shuangxi's confession, they were not tricked when they entered the cabin, so the drug must have evaporated by then.

When Shuangxi and others boarded the ship, there were witnesses who testified that it was only half an hour before midnight. If the drug had evaporated completely by then, Yan San's death time would naturally be pushed forward and set before midnight, within noon. .

And within noon, if Lu Qing has a witness, he will be able to prove that he is not the real murderer of Yan San.