On the first day of entering Yangdu, Lin Sui'an not only visited Luocheng, but also visited the Yacheng and conducted an in-depth tour of the Yamen Prison in Gaochengfang.
Look at the floor height of more than four meters, look at the sturdy and durable building materials, look at the lighting in the underworld, look at the terrifying population density, look at the bitter faces of the cell guards, it's really - really...
She is so unlucky!
Lin Sui'an sat among a group of crying women. The rancid smell of the cell mixed with the rich incense, and the smell was very unique. The little lady on the left was wearing the most popular topless dress in Dongdu. She was crying and trembling, making Lin Sui'an dizzy.
"The slave family is really unjust. How can the slave family be a murder suspect? The slave family is wronged."
The young lady on the right has a smooth face, a slender neck, and a vermilion flower on her forehead. Tears washed two streaks of water on her face, "I treat my guests well, wooooo, how come I suddenly become a suspect?" Woo, unjustly accused, woo woo——”
Judging from the clothes, manners and manners of these women, they are obviously prostitutes engaged in a special industry in the red makeup shop. Are the more than 20 people in this cell a murder suspect? And she's just one of them?
Lin Sui'an scratched his forehead, feeling aggrieved in his heart.
She had been kidnapped here by the bad guys for almost an hour, and she didn't even know who died. What was even worse was that Qian Jing was also searched.
We can't sit still and wait for death, we must survive.
Lin Sui'an adjusted his facial expression and asked the girl on the left, "This little lady, do you know——"
"Hey!!" The girl in red cried an octave louder, and threw the fragrant handkerchief onto Lin Sui'an's face, choking Lin Sui'an into an earth-shattering sneeze.
"Everyone inside, come out and go to court!" the jailer shouted.
The women in the prison burst into tears and were yelled at several times before they became quiet. Their low cries followed the team out of the prison.
Just after the second watch, the cold moonlight fell on the ground like frost and snow. The women were wearing thin clothes and were shaking with cold when blown by the night wind. The tears seemed to be frozen on their faces. Lin Sui'an followed the team forward. Watch with caution.
This place is several times larger than the Nanpu County Government Office, with continuous roofs and high walls. There are government officials patrolling the courtyard constantly, and the security is very tight. They are escorted by ten jailors and ten delinquents, all of whom are big and round-waisted and wear long robes. Knife, the risk factor of escaping from prison is too high.
Lin Sui'an gave up the idea of escape and decided to go to the lobby to see the situation first, and maybe there might be a turning point.
After passing through the five major gates, Lin Sui'an finally saw the government office lobby, with black columns and black eaves, solemn and solemn. There was an open square in front of the hall, at least as big as three basketball courts. There was a circle of government officials and bad people standing outside the square, expressions on their faces. He was ready to welcome some big shot.
"Bring the suspect—criminal—criminal—criminal—"
The shouts in the hall stirred up a series of echoes in the empty night sky. The women stopped crying and were a little overwhelmed. They were pushed and pushed into the hall by the bad guys, leaving Lin Sui'an in the square. , being alone and blown by the wind, my heart felt cold.
It was very wide, and the woman's heart-wrenching cries and screams of injustice could be heard. Lin Sui'an's throat tightened when he heard it, and he had a very ominous premonition.
The crying in the lobby gradually weakened, and a second summons sounded:
"Bring - the suspect -"
"Let's go!" Two bad guys escorted Lin Sui'an into the lobby. Suddenly, she was kicked hard in the crook of her leg. Lin Sui'an knelt down hard. She tried to break free by reflex, but was hit hard on the back with a stick. , the pain was so painful that I almost couldn’t take a breath.
The palms and knees were soaked with cold liquid, and the ground was wet, as if it had just been washed with water. The prostitutes who had been brought to the court before were all gone. The incense mixed with the faint smell of blood was disgusting.
Lin Sui'an seemed to understand something.
"Mr. Tangxia Lin, how did you kill Erlang of the Yan family? How did you dump the body? Who ordered you to commit such crimes? Why don't you commit all these crimes?!" The sharp shouting made the whole hall buzz.
Erlang of the Yan family? Could it be the Yan He who was kicked into the river by her?
he died? !
Lin Sui'an's thoughts flashed, and he looked up and saw an official sitting behind the wooden case. He was wearing a scarlet robe, with short eyebrows and short beard. He was about fifty years old, with a fierce look in his eyes. There were two people beside him. They are all dressed in brocade clothes and are over 10 years old. The one on the right has thick eyebrows and sharp eyes, and has a handsome figure, while the one on the left has a skinny figure, and his facial features are very similar to Yan He.
Lin Sui'an immediately realized that the one on the left must be Yan He's father, and the one on the right looked a bit like Feng Yuyi, probably from the Feng family.
What is this, a three-party trial? ridiculous.
Lin Sui'an: "I didn't kill anyone. This person's death has nothing to do with me."
"That's nonsense!" Father Yan pointed at Lin Sui'an and screamed, "Today you kicked my second son into the river and almost drowned him. Dozens of people saw it. It was clearly you who killed him!"
Lin Sui'an: "Erlang Yan just fell into the water at that time. He was not injured and his life was not in danger. I have not seen him since and his death has nothing to do with me."
The red-robed official narrowed his eyes: "So you admit that you kicked Erlang of the Yan family into the river?"
Lin Sui'an: "Just because I kicked him doesn't mean I will kill him."
"Why did you kick him?"
"In desperation, to save others."
"Save who?"
Lin Sui'an paused, and the ominous premonition in his heart rose again. After thinking about it, he decided to tell the truth, "Hua Yitang."
As soon as the name was spoken, the lobby suddenly fell into an inexplicable and strange atmosphere.
Father Yan's eyes shone, the red-robed official looked proud, and the corner of Feng's mouth curled up.
The red-robed officer slapped the prisoner hard and said, "Sure enough! Lin Sui'an, you were ordered by Shiro Huajia to kill Yan He!"
Oh haha!
Lin Sui'an understood. It turned out that their real target was not her, but Hua Yitang.
The red-robed official smiled at the Feng family member again and said, "Mr. Feng, look at this case——"
Feng Gong didn't even raise his eyelids, "Prefect Zhou, I advise you to close the case quickly to avoid a long night and many dreams."
"But, after all, this Hua family is——"
Feng Gong suddenly raised his eyes, his eyes as bright as lightning.
Zhou Taishou was shocked and took a photo of Gaowen decisively: "Hua Yitang has committed a heinous crime. The bad guys will arrest him immediately!"
The bad guys looked at each other, but no one moved.
Governor Zhou: "Why don't you go quickly?!"
The bad guy then ran out.
Feng Gong: "Let Lin Sui'an draw the pledge!"
The government official spread a piece of paper in front of Lin Sui'an. There were dense writings on it. Before Lin Sui'an could see clearly what was written on the paper, a bad guy clamped her left arm, and another grabbed her right hand and tried to kill her. Red seal stuffed in mud.
"I'll draw you!" Lin Sui'an twisted his right wrist and clamped the bad guy's wrist with his backhand, cracking his hand bones. Before the bad guy screamed, he was already flung away by Lin Sui'an, almost at the same time. At that moment, Lin Sui'an hit the bad guy on the left with his right fist in the face. This guy didn't even have time to shout, and he fell to the ground with blood pouring from his nostrils.
These two moves were so fast that ordinary people couldn't see clearly. The young lady in the hall was twisting and flicking for some reason, and the two burly delinquents lost their fighting power.
There was a moment of dead silence in the hall, then Governor Zhou stood up and said, "Why don't you catch me quickly!"
The government officials shouted and gathered around. Lin Sui'an clapped his hands on the ground, turned over and jumped up, swinging his four legs out. The four government officials at the front fell to the ground on their backs, vomiting blood.
The government officials were shocked and retreated tremblingly. No one dared to come forward.
Lin Sui'an patted the dirt on his clothes, glanced at the corner of his eyes to shock the government officials, and looked up at the three old guys in the hall, "I'll say it again, I didn't kill anyone!"
Governor Zhou: "The witnesses and physical evidence are all there, you can't even think of denying it!"
Lin Sui'an: "Who is the witness? Where is the physical evidence?"
Yan's father: "Hua Yitang is the mastermind! You are his accomplice!"
Lin Sui'an: "I have nothing to do with Hua Yitang!"
"Oh my benefactor, it's so sad what you said." A clear voice floated into the lobby on the night wind, and the expressions of the three people in the hall changed.
A touch of white floated in the vast night, and his handsome features seemed to have their own reflectors, capturing the moonlight all over his body.
The bad guys followed Hua Yitang every step of the way, not daring to be fast or slow. They were not like escorts, but more like Hua Yitang's subordinates.
"Without trouble, Prefect Zhou invited me, Hua came by himself." Hua Yitang walked very fast, but her posture was extremely elegant, as if even the flying clothes had their own rhythm. He stood next to Lin Sui'an, held a fan in his hands and saluted, looked at the government officials on the ground, and then looked at Lin Sui'an, his eyes shining brighter and brighter.
"Did you fight alone?"
Lin Sui'an was shocked: "Did you come alone?"
Hua Yitang blinked, "It's almost midnight. If you disturb others' dreams, you will be struck by lightning."
"..."
If she and Hua Yitang hadn't become grasshoppers on a rope now, Lin Sui'an would have really wanted to punch this handsome face.
This man must be sick!
Isn't he a high-ranking nobleman? Isn’t he the Five Surnames and Seven Sects? Doesn’t he have a bunch of licking dogs? He actually came here to complain all by himself. Was it because he thought he didn't die quickly enough?
Lin Sui'an's disgusted expression was too obvious. Hua Yitang's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly looked at himself with a fan covering his face. When he went out, he wore a new wedding dress, such as a dream shirt and Yinhan boots, and the fan was a matching golden wind and jade dew. Nothing wrong.
Oops, I forgot my hairpin, I should replace it with the "Xianyun Made White Jade Hairpin"!
Hua Yitang clasped his fists: "I was not thoughtful and I was rude to my benefactor. Please forgive me."
What a mess!
Lin Sui'an's temples were pounding and he lowered his voice: "Do you know what the situation is now?"
"I just listened to a few words outside the hall," Hua Yitang shook his fan and looked toward the hall, "I heard that someone hired a murderer to kill someone. I wonder who the deceased is? Who killed the person? Who hired the murderer?"
Governor Zhou stared at Hua Yitang, as if a rooster had been strangled by the neck. He opened his mouth and couldn't make a sound. Yan's father jumped to his feet and shouted, "Hua Yitang, you are still pretending to be stupid. You are the one who hired this unruly man to kill my son Yan He!"
Hua Yitang fanned for a moment, and his smile suddenly disappeared, "Yan Erlang is dead? When did he die? How did he die?"
"Prefect Zhou," Feng Gong said solemnly, "show the evidence to Huajia Silang."
Governor Zhou was agitated: "Mr. Feng, this is probably too abrupt -"
Feng Gong stared at Zhou Taishou coldly. Big beads of sweat rolled down Zhou Taishou's forehead. He raised the gavel with trembling hands, trembled a few times, and patted it down hard, "Come here, bring witnesses!"
The jailer dragged three people to the court. One was a prostitute that Lin Sui'an had met before. Her face was pale, her hair was messy, her clothes behind her were in tatters, and her flesh and blood were bloody.
Hua Yitang's eyes turned cold when he saw the injuries on her body.
The other two were both men, an old man with a lame leg, and a young man with a bruised nose and face. The three of them knelt heavily in the lobby, all of them shaking violently.
Governor Zhou: "Qingyu!"
The prostitute lying on the ground trembled and struggled to get up, "I'm here."
"Tell me again what you saw and heard last night."
Messy hair blocked Qingyu's face, and her voice was sharp and trembling, as if her nails were scratching an iron plate.
"Last night at the time of Xu Zheng, Silang of the Hua family met someone at Meiwu's house in Hongzhuangfang. He gave her six strings of money and asked her to kill someone."
Governor Zhou: "Who to kill?"
Qingyu: "Yan He, the second son of the Yan family."
"Is the killer in the hall now?"
"Here." Qingyu pointed at Lin Sui'an, "That's her."
Lin Sui'an almost laughed, "I just arrived in Yangdu with the Mu family's caravan early this morning, and I have conducted an inspection to prove it. How could I go to a red makeup shop last night?"
"It's ridiculous. No one in Yangdu knows that the Mu family's caravan is affiliated with the Hua family," Yan's father shouted, "it must be fake after inspection!"
Lin Sui'an's heart skipped a beat and glanced at Hua Yitang.
Hua Yitang bared his teeth, which was regarded as acquiescence.
"Come here, show me the evidence!" Before Zhou Taishou could stop shouting, two bad men came to the hall carrying two leather bags. It was Lin Sui'an who brought six pieces of money from Luo's family, and said, "This is from Lin Sui'an." It was found in the Sui’an Inn room!”
Taishou Zhou: "You're a little lady, where did you get all this money? It must be the commission from the Huajia Silang who hired a murderer to kill someone!"
Lin Sui'an said something was wrong. They had known for a long time that she had entered the city with the Mu family's caravan, and they even knew how much money she had on her. All this tonight was obviously planned for a long time, and it seemed that it could not be solved.
"This money was given to me by the Luo family in Nanpu County. You can ask Luo Kou, the only daughter of the Luo family in Nanpu County," Lin Sui'an said.
"It's true that I can't shed tears until I see the coffin!" Prefect Zhou said, "Tian Hegui, tell me your previous confession again."
The lame old man's body was shaking violently, and he said with a trembling voice, "At the time of Xu Zheng, I found a human head under the Kaiming Bridge. After reporting it to the official, I found out that the head belonged to Erlang of the Yan family."
Lin Sui'an's head jumped: Only one head? !
Governor Zhou: "When you found the deceased, was there anything strange around him?"
"……have."
"What is it?"
"Yes...yes..." Tian Hegui's voice sounded like he was crying, and he stammered and couldn't continue.
"Bang!" The gavel hit hard, "Speak quickly!"
"I saw a man running away!"
"Can this person be in the hall now?!"
"exist……"
"point out!"
The old man raised his finger tremblingly and pointed at Lin Sui'an.
Hua Yitang glanced at Lin Sui'an with his eyes rolling.
Lin Sui'an sneered, "Is it really me?"
"...Yes." The old man hunched over, not daring to look at her.
Lin Sui'an: "At the time of Xu Zheng, I was at the Yunlai Inn in Shuxingfang, and I didn't even take a step."
Governor Zhou: "Lu Shen!"
The man with a bruised nose and face trembled, and said a long list of words like he was pouring beans, "I am the shopkeeper of Yunlai Inn. At the beginning of this evening, I saw Lin Sui'an who lives in Beidou Room going out in the direction of Kaiming Bridge. He didn't come back until the third quarter of Xu Zheng."
Lin Sui'an clicked his tongue: Good guy, he even overturned the alibi for her.
Governor Zhou: "Lin Sui'an, what else do you have to say?!"
Hua Yitang closed the fan and asked, "What is the murder weapon?"
Prefect Zhou: "Here comes the murder weapon and evidence!"
Two bad guys carried a tray to the hall, and what was on the tray turned out to be Lin Sui'an's Qian Jing.
"This is the murder weapon. It was found from Lin Sui'an's room!" Prefect Zhou said, "The incision on Yan He's neck is extremely clean. If it weren't for such a heavy knife and a sharp blade, it would never have been possible to cause such a wound!"
Only then did Hua Yitang notice that it was only a two-foot-long dagger, but it required two bad men to carry it, and judging from their expressions, it seemed that it was not easy to carry it. He had an impression of this knife. When he was at Furong Tower during the day, he saw his benefactor wearing it on his waist. He was walking quite easily. At that time, he thought it was a decorative knife commonly used by women. Is it so heavy?
Hua Yitang: "Where is the rest of the body?!"
Before Zhou Taishou could reply, Yan's father suddenly jumped to his feet and screamed, "This woman is so cruel that she didn't even leave my son's body intact. Ahhhh, Zhou Taishou, you must do it for my Yan family." Make the decision, ah, ah, ah—"
Prefect Zhou slapped the gavel hard and said: "Lin Sui'an, you must have chopped off Yan He's head with this knife, chopped up Yan He's body and scattered the body parts into the river to destroy the evidence. You are really extremely vicious and daring. Outrageous!”
Lin Sui'an was so angry that he laughed: Has the IQ of Governor Zhou reached the average of primates? What kind of bullshit reasoning is this? !
"Shopkeeper Lu," Lin Sui'an said, "You said I went out in Xuchu, do you have any evidence?"
Lu Shen: "I, I, I, I am the witness!"
"What did I wear when I went out?"
"That's what you look like now."
"What about when you come back?"
"Of course it's still the same."
Lin Sui'an sneered even more, "Uncle Tian over there, you said you saw me at the crime scene. What was I wearing at the time?"
Tian Hegui: "Dang, of course it's your current clothes!"
"Absurd!" Lin Sui'an blurted out, but found that someone said the same line as her almost at the same time.
It's Hua Yitang.
Hua Yitang moved to stand next to Lin Sui'an. He was a whole head taller than Lin Sui'an. Looking from this direction, he could see his clean jawline. At this moment, Lin Sui'an's heart suddenly rose. I had a strange feeling - the fancy dude in front of me seemed familiar -
Hua Yitang: "If you cut off the head with a sharp blade and then dismember the body and destroy the evidence, there will definitely be blood splashing for several feet. A large amount of blood will flow into the river, which will dye the river red and attract onlookers. Why is there only one witness?"
Governor Zhou: "Maybe it's too dark..."
Lin Sui'an: "I have been wearing these clothes all night, why is there no trace of blood?"
Governor Zhou: "Maybe you were wearing a vest when you killed someone..."
Hua Yitang: "Since you have the time and energy to dismember the body, why not destroy the head as well?"
Governor Zhou: "Uh..."
Lin Sui'an: "If I really used this knife to kill someone, why didn't I throw the murder weapon into the river on the spot instead of keeping it with me?"
Governor Zhou: "..."
"What shape does the blood show under the Kaiming Bridge?"
"Have you sent bad guys to search the surrounding area thoroughly?"
"Has Wu Zuo performed an autopsy?"
"Where is the autopsy room?"
Lin Sui'an spoke very fast, and Hua Yitang spoke even faster. The two of them spoke in perfect harmony with each other. Not to mention that the three people in the hall were very shocked. Even Lin Sui'an himself was surprised and glanced unconsciously. Hua Yitang glanced at him.
By coincidence, Hua Yitang seemed to have a tacit understanding and looked over, blinking his long eyelashes and smiling slightly.
Suddenly, his smile faded, he closed the folding fan with a snap and pointed forward, shouting: "Oh shit! Zhou Changping, you shameless old man, you are obviously colluding with Feng Song to frame our Hua clan, I'm sorry !”
Lin Sui'an staggered and almost slipped.
Mu Zhong's story jumped out of his mind.
[Ten years ago...the case of the flower picker...there was a man jumping up and down in the courtroom and shouting curses...He cursed for a full quarter of an hour, and everyone was shocked...He was only six years old at the time...]
Good guy, it turns out to be you! :,,
