It turns out that real acupuncture is not as impossible to move as shown in the TV series.
After Li Zheng Meng Zhicai's acupuncture points were tapped by Li Chan'er, his body was still able to move, but his hands and feet were numb and he could not walk freely.
He struggled to stand leaning against the broken vat, but his left hand, which was unconscious, could not drop what was in his hand.
This funny and embarrassing scene happens to be the best proof of Meng Zhicai’s crime!
"You... you..." Meng Zhicai looked at Xu Zhen and Li Chan'er, the horror on his face can be imagined, "You lied to me!"
"You are so cunning, how can you tell the truth if I don't set a trap for you?" Xu Zhen said with a smile.
"I don't understand..." Meng Zhicai looked puzzled, "How did you know?"
"From the first time I saw you," Xu Zhen said bluntly, "I have already suspected you!"
"Ah?" Meng Zhicai was in disbelief, "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"What's impossible?" Xu Zhen said, "Before I saw you, I had carefully inspected the crime scene.
“First of all, many of the deceased showed signs of struggle, indicating that they tried to resist when the murderer poisoned them.
“When there is resistance, there will be tearing.
"Secondly, the deceased's seven orifices bleed after being poisoned. If they were all poisoned while sitting, the blood would naturally droop. However, the blood of several of them had signs of multi-directional flow and adhesion.
"All this shows that the murderer inevitably touched the blood of the corpse during the process of moving the body, or let the blood drip to the ground and then cleaned it up.
“Finally,” Xu Zhen added, “among those meals, one plate of spicy tofu was broken, and there was almost no soup on the plate.
"I wondered if the murderer accidentally spilled the tofu while serving the dish, and after picking it up again and putting it on the plate, he broke the tofu.
“And did the soup get on the murderer’s clothes?
"It's such a coincidence that I was wondering whether the murderer's blood, tofu soup, and tear marks would remain on the murderer's body," Xu Zhen pointed at Meng Zhicai, "and then you showed up!
"Haven't you noticed that among all the people, you are the only one wearing a brand new brocade robe?"
"Ah? This..." Meng Zhicai looked at the clothes he was wearing and was immediately annoyed.
"It's the middle of the night," Xu Zhen said. "Everyone was sleeping. When someone suddenly woke them up, they naturally put on some clothes and went out. Naturally, their hair wasn't too tidy. And you were dressed so decently. The bun is so neat, how could it not make me suspicious?
"Li Zheng," Xu Zhen pointed at the thing in Meng Zhicai's hand, "Let me see, the thing in your hand is the same clothes you were wearing when you committed the murder, right?"
"Oh..." Meng Zhicai was trembling all over, but because his acupuncture points were tapped, his fingers didn't obey at all. Even so, he still raised a second question, "No, you can't be so suspicious based on just a piece of clothing, right? Why don't you doubt Li Qian?"
"Li Qian has three questions," Xu Zhen held up three fingers, "First, no matter how much Li Qian hates Meng Shaojun and his daughter, he should not spare even his own son because a tiger's poison cannot eat its own child;
"Secondly, Li Qian is so weak and he walks lightly. It is also difficult to complete the poisoning alone. Besides, Meng Shaojun's family is hostile to Li Qian. How easy is it for him to poison him?"
"Then..." Unexpectedly, Meng Zhicai did not speak, but Li Chan'er beside him asked a question, "Don't you suspect that Li Qian colluded with others and conspired to murder?"
"Absolutely impossible!" Xu Zhen affirmed, "The third point I want to make is that even if Li Qian kills Meng Shaojun's family, as long as Li Zheng and Meng Zhicai are around, there is no way he can get Meng Shaojun's property. .
"Li Zheng is the head of a village. He will definitely not let Li Qian inherit any property on the grounds that he has been expelled from Meng Shaojun's family.
“And Li Qian has no power and is no match at all.
"Unless..." Xu Zhen looked at Meng Zhicai, "Unless Li Qian and Meng Zhicai cooperate, and the two of them divide the money evenly afterwards, this is somewhat possible.
"However, through my tests, this possibility has obviously been overturned."
"Oh..." Li Chan'er nodded slightly, finally understanding what Xu Zhen meant.
Before that, Xu Zhen deliberately framed Li Qian, saying that the purpose of Li Qian's murder was to inherit the family property. At that time, Meng Zhicai, who was Li Zheng, hurriedly agreed, saying that Li Qian had not been officially divorced and could still inherit the family property. .
Such a sentence has already proved that Li Qian and Meng Zhicai are not accomplices.
And through this sentence, Meng Zhicai's ambition is also revealed, and it is more confirmed that he is the real culprit in this case.
"This is my plan," Xu Zhen looked at Meng Zhicai and said, "You originally wanted to blame Meng Zhichao and his wife, but we denied it.
"And once you deny them, suspicion will most likely be placed on you, so you are in urgent need of another scapegoat!
"And this scapegoat, I happened to find for you, is your son-in-law Li Qian.
"When you found that Li Qian was more suitable as a scapegoat, you naturally moved on and shifted all suspicions to him. That's how you fell into my trap!"
"..." Meng Zhicai was speechless.
"You are Li Zheng," Xu Zhen continued, "Meng Shaojun's family was wiped out, and the family property will be decided by the village, and you can take the opportunity to embezzle some.
"But... I still can't figure it out. Just for this reason, it shouldn't be the case, right?"
"Oh?" Meng Zhicai was suddenly surprised, "Could it be that...you don't know about my relationship with Meng Shaojun at all?"
Xu Zhen was slightly surprised and asked, "What is your relationship?"
"Ha... haha..." Meng Zhicai shook his head and smiled bitterly, "You don't even know these relationships, and you just... can expose me. You are too evil! Why am I so unlucky? I thought I would meet you three outsiders, alas..."
"Heaven will bear it," Li Chan'er made a gesture of Xuanjiao and said, "Good and evil will be rewarded, and there is cause and effect. Even if you don't meet us, you will definitely not end well."
"Alas..." Meng Zhicai lamented and said, "What a blessing from heaven. You are right. This matter is indeed my sin. I admit it! Alas..."
After sighing, Meng Zhicai finally said calmly: "My uprightness was entirely promoted by my aunt Shaojun. I recognized her as my godmother when I was very young..."
oh……
Only then did Xu Zhen realize that there was such a relationship here.
"Of course, it is also good for her to be a righteous person. I can help her solve all the problems in the village and let more people sell raw materials to her at low prices." Meng Zhicai said, "So, I have always been responsible for the business of Meng Shaojun's family. All are involved.
"It's a pity... about half a year ago, I took three carts of medicinal materials to Daguan City for delivery. Unexpectedly, I encountered an accident, and they were seized by the government as contraband. I spent a lot of money to pack them, but I didn't take them. Want to come back...
"After I came back, instead of trying to find a way to get the goods, Aunt Shaojun asked me to pay for the three carts of medicinal materials. I couldn't afford the compensation, so I kept frozen and made it very unpleasant.
“After that, she proposed to me that she would give me a share of the dividends so that I would no longer participate in their family’s business.
"Only then did I realize that she thought I had received too much and wanted to kick me out. How much does a bonus share cost?
"I couldn't swallow this breath, so I used my connections to start selling medicinal materials privately," Meng Zhicai shook his head and sighed, "I never imagined that this would play into Meng Shaojun's wish. Reselling medicinal materials requires official approval. Selling them privately is illegal. It's serious. You can even behead!
"As a result, Meng Shaojun had all the evidence of my crime, and she used this threat to force me to withdraw from their business. Even the promised bonus was only less than half of the share...
"I..." Meng Zhicai said excitedly, "I have worked as a cow and horse for their family for so many years, but in the end I was kicked out like a dog. I...I am not willing to accept it!
"That's not all. From then on, she held me tightly and threatened to report me to the government whenever she was slightly dissatisfied. Moreover... whenever I didn't do what she asked, she threatened to elect a new employee. Right!
"If I can't even be honest, it will be even worse! So...so...I was afraid of losing everything, so I chose to take risks..."
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