After the people dispersed, An Ying whispered to Yun Pan, "My condolences."
From the two of them having dinner yesterday, it was obvious that they were close friends when they were young.
Yun Pan's face was expressionless, while Xiao Yi gritted his teeth and said, "That scholar named Zhu is really hateful. We all know that he killed the person, but there is no witness or physical evidence. He is still laughing there."
"He also encouraged students to cause trouble, which is really vicious!"
"Jin Dan and I separated at midnight last night. The body was discovered by students at noon today. No one came around during this period, and no one can provide clues."
Guo Xi looked sad and asked, "Mr. Su, did you say when you will come here? Has anyone who went to Wu County come back?"
Xiao Yi scratched his head in embarrassment, "There's no news, it's probably just these two days."
An Ying suddenly said: "Why did Zhu Zhuzhi kill Master Jin?"
Xiao Yi said: "Isn't it just to make Master Jin bear the crime of killing Zhu Kexin? I just didn't expect you to see through it on the spot."
Yun Pan and Guo Xi were both silent.
"So far in this case, we have no direct evidence. It's all speculation. There is no way to bring Zhu Zhuzhi to justice. He can just wait until the case is over."
"Now that there are many people from the Ministry of Punishment stationed in the academy, he would take a huge risk by killing Master Jin."
An Ying lowered his head and thought: "Unless Master Jin is alive, he will be at greater risk. Then the thing that worries him so much is nothing more than Zhu Kexin's death."
Yun Pan smiled when he saw An Ying lowering his head. She is very dedicated, wearing coarse clothes like a petty official, but she has an unquestionable majesty. He organized his thoughts and began to keep up with An Ying's rhythm.
"Jin Dan doesn't even know that Zhu Kexin can't distinguish between red and green, and he doesn't have a close relationship with Zhu Kexin."
An Ying asked: "You and Master Jin were drinking and chatting last night, was there anyone else who saw you?"
Yun Pan shook his head, "No one ever goes to the library, let alone at night."
An Ying said as he walked: "It has been five or six days since the Criminal Department received the case and entered the academy. In addition, the previous case was misjudged by the capital government. Logically, Zhu Zhuzhi should have enough time to destroy all the evidence."
Yun Pan continued, "So he just discovered what Jin Dan might know?"
An Ying nodded, "Your drinking with Master Jin was an unexpected incident, and no one should have predicted it. So I'm sure that he was nearby last night, and saw or heard something related to Master Jin and Zhu Kexin. And this matter He had no choice but to take the risk and kill Master Jin."
Yun Pan shook his head and said, "After you left last night, we basically talked about the past, and it had nothing to do with Zhu Kexin."
Yun Pan was thinking as he walked, then suddenly looked around and flipped through the books on the bookshelf: "These are all Confucian classics."
Guo Xi didn't take it seriously: "Aren't these the only books in the academy?"
"No, someone has touched these books. What is someone looking for?!" Yun Pan quickly walked among the bookshelves, looking back and forth.
As he walked, he said: "Jin Dan doesn't like to read Confucian classics the most. He likes collections of stele rubbings and travel notes. He has bad arms, so he usually puts the ones he often reads within his reach. Nowadays, many books in the lower level have become Confucian classics. The upper level has put his favorite "Shui Jing Zhu" and "Qi Ren Ji" upside down, especially "Qi Ren Ji" written by Liu Shan Chang Dian. He likes it the most. Wan Wan Won’t put it out of his reach.”
An Ying nodded, "He couldn't reach the top of the bookshelf that was so short last night, let alone these big bookshelves."
An Ying suddenly thought of the conversation last night and said: "Yun Pingshi, I remember last night Master Jin said that he still has a lot of Zhu Kexin's paintings here, but he doesn't know where they are stuffed?"
Yun Pan nodded.
Guo Xi: "Is there evidence in Zhu Kexin's paintings that Zhu Zhuzhi committed murder? But it has been so long from last night to noon today, and even if there is evidence, he has taken it away."
Yun Pan looked around the library and said, "Let's try searching again. I think it's possible that Zhu Zhuzhi didn't find it?"
"Why do you say that?"
"The academy has regulations, and there are usually early reading classes at 9 o'clock in the morning. I asked Deacon Bai, and everyone in Class A was there early this morning. Zhu Zhuzhi had time witnesses for the rest of the time. Zhu Zhuzhi must have come in and killed me after I left. Jin Dan, then the only time he can find is after last night's ugly hour, which is only two hours."
"This library has five rooms and two floors. If you only search the lower floor, it will take ten days and a half."
"What's more, he doesn't know whether Jin Dan can raise his arms high, so he searches every bookshelf from beginning to end."
An Ying nodded, "It is true that the library cannot be browsed in two hours, but I wish Zhuzhi good luck and find it in one go."
Yun Pan looked at the small stove that had not been cleared by the table. He felt sad, but as if he had figured it out, he tied up his sleeves and said in a deep voice, "Then let's see who has good luck!"
Xiao Yi, An Ying and Master Guo couldn't help but be inspired by him and nodded. Guo Xi called a few more guards to come in and look for him.
An Ying suddenly remembered what his younger brother An Tong said and pulled Yun Pan to the second floor.
"My younger brother told me that day that he once met Zhu Kexin painting on the second floor. There are many paintings of predecessors preserved on the second floor. He thought that Zhu Kexin deliberately copied the paintings of his predecessors in order to improve his painting skills. Zhu Kexin was What he painted was the figure drawn in line, that is, his own portrait. Then he conveniently inserted his own painting into the pile of works of his predecessors."
Yun Pan nodded: "Actually, Zhu Kexin is extremely confident in his paintings."
He entered the second floor in a few steps, looked around carefully, and couldn't help but feel excited.
"He didn't have time to look through the second floor! Look, it's all dust."
An Ying also became excited and asked Xiao Yi to come up and search together.
Yun Pan quickly found the bookshelf with the herringbone paintings in front of it, and several people opened them one by one to read them.
Time passed by, and the sky gradually became brighter, and more and more calligraphy and paintings were sorted out.
An Ying and Xiao Yi are not good at reading these paintings and calligraphy, so they can only worry about it.
At this time, An Tong, who was sent out by An Ying, was brought back.
"How is it?" An Ying asked hurriedly.
An Tong was a little nervous when she saw an official from the Ministry of Justice for the first time. She looked at Mr. Guo and mustered up the courage to say: "Sister, you asked me to ask Mrs. Ge. These notes were indeed taken from Zhu Kexin. She only I don't know how to read and write, let alone such a profound poem.
"And I also visited the entire alley. The families living there are all doing coolies. No young lady in the family can write poetry or paint, so these things can only belong to Zhu Kexin."
Guo Xi was shocked: "How is this possible? How could I recognize the wrong handwriting?"
At this time, Yun Pan also heard it. He came out with a roll of calligraphy and painting and said, "It seems that God has given us luck."
Guo Xi, An Ying and Xiao Yi ran to see the calligraphy and painting in surprise.
Yun Pan said: "I almost know why Zhu Zhuzhi killed Zhu Kexin and Jin Dan. I hope Mr. Su can arrive in time tomorrow."
