At this time, the little goat also suddenly realized: "By the way, the evidence is the murder weapon! That carved knife was the one you secretly took away from Carpenter Lu's house, right?"
Lu Zhu retorted: "What kind of evidence is this? If we talk about the carved knife, isn't it more likely to get the mallet? Besides, others may also get it, so why do you think it's me? No matter how good your guess is, there is no evidence. It’s all nonsense!”
What Lu Zhu said made sense. Everyone was frowning and thinking about the evidence, but for a while, they couldn't think of any valid evidence.
It has to be said that Lu Zhu was well prepared for this murder and he left almost no evidence.
However, Li Mobai smiled faintly.
He said: "I knew you wouldn't admit it! Although you had a motive for murder, I didn't doubt you at first! It wasn't until the moment I saw you jumping into the lake to save Mr. Li that I noticed you!"
Everyone was a little confused when Li Mobai said this. Why is this related to jumping into the lake again?
Lu Zhu then said: "The villain can't understand Master Li's words! Is it wrong for me to save people?"
Li Mobai said: "There is nothing wrong with saving people! But the fact that you saved people reminds me of the dark shadow in the Li Mansion that night! That night, that is the night when Carpenter Lu was killed! Li Hu saw a dark shadow , thought he was a thief, and then chased him out! Li Hu had a fight with the man in black. In the end, the man in black shot Li Hu with a hidden weapon, jumped into the river and escaped!"
After hearing this, Li Hu said: "Yes, that man is good at martial arts! He is also very good at underwater skills. He jumped into the river and disappeared!"
Li Mobai then explained: "Originally, we all thought that the man in black was just a thief. But, we all guessed wrong!"
"This man in black didn't come to the mansion to steal anything, he was originally from the Li mansion!
"That night, he killed someone outside and then sneaked back into the house. However, he happened to be discovered by Li Hu who was practicing martial arts in the courtyard. The man in black knew that he was no match for Li Hu and was afraid of being captured and exposed by Li Hu. Flaw! So I have no choice but to run away! Is that so? Lu Zhu? "
"I don't know what the shadow is, it has nothing to do with me!"
Li Mobai said: "I knew you wouldn't admit it! In addition, before Carpenter Lu died, he was holding a dice in his hand. Carpenter Lu didn't gamble, and Lu Banggai didn't gamble either. Why did he hold a dice in his hand? dice?"
"Then where did this dice come from? It was caught by Carpenter Lu from the murderer before he died. According to my investigation, Lu Zhu, you like to gamble, right? You probably lost a lot of money gambling, so you were People were chasing debts but had no money to repay them, so they had no choice but to take risks and came up with this plan to inherit your uncle's family property!"
After hearing this, Mr. Li was very angry and yelled angrily: "You Lu Zhu, I didn't expect you to be a white-eyed wolf! You even killed your own uncle for money! Come here, tie him up!"
Ordinary servants knew that Lu Zhu was a martial arts practitioner, so how could they dare to step forward?
Li Hu glanced at Lu Zhu and said, "I don't think you want me to take action!"
After hearing what his young master said, a servant came forward and tied up Lu Zhu with a rope.
However, until this moment, Lu Zhu still refused to plead guilty: "Master Li, although you have said so much, so what? Even if Carpenter Lu holds the dice in his hand, I am not the only one who gambles. Is it possible that the gambler Are people the murderers?”
"Even if I admit that the dark shadow that day was me! But this doesn't prove that I am the murderer!"
All the truth has surfaced, and everything Li Mobai said is reasonable!
However, there is still a lack of strong evidence!
If no evidence can be produced, then this is all just a made-up story!
And stories can be written in various ways!
Of course Li Mobai knows this best.
"That's right! Lu Zhu, you are indeed not a simple person. When you committed the crime, you had already thought about it a lot and left no effective evidence at all! Even if I deduce that you are the murderer, I can't prove it!"
Lu Zhu laughed and said: "Hahaha, you are right! At this time, it depends on whether you, Mr. Li, are a good official who enforces the law impartially? You can use force to take me into custody, or you can use severe punishment Make me surrender! However, this can only prove your incompetence! It cannot convince everyone!"
Li Mobai showed a faint smile. He walked up to Lu Zhu and stared into his eyes.
Li Mobai said at this time: "Do you think you can really get away with it? Everyone has weaknesses, everyone has flaws! As long as there are weaknesses, I can find evidence! And your weakness is that you are too cautious !”
Lu Zhu looked at Li Mobai's expression. He seemed to realize something, and he panicked: "What? Could it be... Could it be that you... No, this is not true! This is not true, I don't There may be evidence left behind!”
Everyone looked on, anxious and confused. Wang Erhu couldn't help but urge: "Master Li, what evidence do you have? Tell me quickly! We are almost dying!"
Li Mobai nodded and explained: "Do you remember last night, I lit a stick of incense in the Buddhist hall? That was the sandalwood incense my girl gave me!"
"Its fragrance is unique and long-lasting! Yesterday I deliberately said that there is another important clue in the Buddhist hall that we ignored. This is actually a trick! After the murderer heard this, he was naturally very worried! He must be cautious I will go to the Buddhist temple to check again to see what evidence is left!"
"So that's it!" Li Hu said excitedly: "So Master just smelled everyone's body! On Lu Zhu's body, he smelled the scent of this strange sandalwood fragrance. This is the evidence!"
Li Hu's mind has become more flexible since he followed Li Mobai. When he explained like this, everyone understood.
Li Mobai changed his expression at this time and said: "Lu Zhu, what else do you have to say now?"
"You can't defend yourself now, right? If you weren't the murderer, how could you secretly go to the Buddhist temple? You can't explain it now! With so much evidence, you can't quibble anymore!"
Facing the accusations from everyone, Lu Zhu felt weak and sat down on the ground.
He finally admitted it, and he could no longer argue.
"Yes, the murderer is me! I killed Uncle Lu, I did it! However, I am helpless, and I have no choice! I owe a huge gambling debt, and I lost more than three thousand taels of silver! Gambling The people in the workshop only gave me one month!"
Lu Zhu held his head in his hands and cried: "What can I do? I am a servant and can only earn five taels of silver a month and sixty taels a year. I can't even finish it in fifty years! Moreover, There is still interest, my life is over! Uncle Lu saved a lot of money, I asked him to borrow money, but he didn’t give me a penny! In desperation, I embarked on this road of no return! "
In fact, money is indispensable for men, not to mention gamblers. Money can cause trouble, but gamblers cause even more trouble. In addition, money has the same thing as gamblers: it comes easily and it goes away quickly.
When you have money, happiness is always easy to get rid of; when you have nothing, you will find that loneliness is like your own shadow, which cannot be whipped away with a whip.
After hearing Lu Zhu's heartfelt words, everyone sympathized with him. I owe so much money and it’s impossible to pay it back!
Wang Erhu and Xiao Yang searched his room and found night clothes, darts, and threatening letters from creditors.
"Hey! Why do you want to gamble? You still owe me so much money! Isn't it your fault that you made it?"
Li Yuanwai said sympathetically, but it was still too late after all.
Now that things have happened, it’s too late to regret!
Li Mobai ordered Wang Erhu and Little Goat to arrest him and put him in jail!
Before leaving, Li Mobai said to the other servants: "Everyone should take this as a warning and stop gambling! Winning money feels good for a while, but what about losing money? Can you afford such consequences?"
After many servants experienced Lu Zhu's incident, they really didn't dare to gamble anymore.
