Chapter 19 Perfect Absence
"Wu Qing, what happened?"
When the singing stopped, a group of people wearing black robes and masks came out of the waterside pavilion.
The mask was pale white, with fangs in its mouth and horns on its head. It was almost exactly the same as the man named Wu Qing before. Zhou Zhao counted eleven people in total.
If Wu Qing is included, the number of the twelve divine beasts would be equal.
The person who asked the question took off the mask on his face and looked at the door warily. His forehead was wet, his face was still a little flushed, and the hand holding the mask was trembling slightly.
"Girl, you don't know what happened? There are twelve of us brothers, each of us invites a god. Wu Qing is good at inviting Boqi. Last night we offered sacrifices to the Cao family's children, and Wu Qing was the main one. ”
"The entire Cao family saw with their own eyes that twelve of us danced Nuo together, and Wu Qing never left for a moment."
Zhou Zhao looked at the speaker in front of him with interest. He seemed to be quite old and should be the elder among the group of people.
"Whoever came up with this perfect alibi is quite capable! It's just a pity that Wu Qing's acting is not real, and your acting is even more fake," Zhou Zhao said, his lips curled up slightly.
The middle-aged man who testified was shocked, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, and his expression changed uncontrollably.
Zhou Zhao looked at it and shook his head, "Your question is too urgent."
"I just came in, and I just asked Wu Qing casually if he went to Wujin Lane. Firstly, I didn't say that he was the murderer, and secondly, I didn't say that he was related to the case. It would be better if you could memorize this alibi later."< br>
The middle-aged man looked at Zhou Zhao teaching seriously, and for a moment he had the urge to nod and say he had learned the lesson.
He froze in place, not knowing how to react for a moment.
Zhou Zhao did not continue to embarrass him. She took a few steps forward and walked in front of Wu Qing. Her eyes fell on the crescent moon jade pendant hanging around his waist.
"Jian Yue is your relative. Zhang Ruoqing encouraged Cao Ben to capture boys and girls for sacrifice, which cost Jian Yue her life."
Wu Qing's body swayed and his lips trembled. He lowered his eyes and avoided Zhou Zhao's sight.
"You didn't report it to the official because they are children of powerful people, and Jian Yue is a servant of the Cao family. You were worried that you wouldn't be able to get justice even if you went to Tingwei Temple."
Zhang Ruoqing may be the future crown princess, Huo Zeng is the nephew of Taiwei Huo's family, and even Cao Ben, who has the lowest status, is a wealthy businessman with tens of thousands of taels of money in his pocket.
"The Cao family often invites you to Nuo dances, but Cao Ben bought Jian Yue into Dawn Garden. I guess you were separated and just reunited."
Zhou Zhao looked at Wu Qing's hand. He was clenching his fist tightly, and his nails should have broken the palm of his hand.
"You hate me so much that you want to take revenge on yourself for seeing the moon."
"You took advantage of the fact that you needed to wear a mask when dancing. With the help of your fellow apprentices, you perfectly cleared your suspicions."
"You have two ways to make people think you have been dancing."
Zhou Zhao looked around. Her gaze was particularly sharp. No one with masks present dared to look at her.
The middle-aged man who spoke earlier had his back soaked with sweat. He raised his sleeves carelessly and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"Although there are a total of twelve of you dancing Nuo, the twelve of you are not always on the same stage. Just like when I came in, it was Wu Qing's one-man show."
"Wu Qing can completely leave for a short period of time when there is a lack of people, come back after killing someone, and finally unveil the mask with everyone."
"This is the first method. As long as no one keeps counting the number of people, no one will notice that you left midway."
"Your main Nuo dancers, there are twelve people in total. But the whole team is more than twelve people, there are also piano players and drummers. As long as there is a thirteenth set of robes and masks, Wu Qing can go out to kill people... "It's still the same as the first method. You just need to come back when you sing a one-man show or take off your mask."
"So, your claim that everyone can prove it is simply not true."
Zhou Zhao looked indifferent, but the words he spoke were like a broadsword, chopping the group of people in front of him into pieces.
"After Jian Yue's death, you used Cao Ben to believe in ghosts and gods. After the first murder, he was like a frightened bird, so you deliberately wore a ghost mask to scare him, making him think that Jian Yue was coming to ask for his life."
"You stayed in Dawn Garden for a second night on the pretense that Cao Ben was possessed by evil spirits. During the Nuo dance, you deliberately provoked Cao Ben and let him run out. Wu Qing, who was hiding and waiting, drowned him. In the toilet, and then hid aside."
"When everyone arrived, you blended into the crowd. Jian'an checked the roster and found no outsiders who might kill. That's because you were at the scene from the beginning."
"Wu Qing, let me ask you now, did you go to Wujin Alley last night? Did you put on a big show of Xiongbo eating magic?"
Wu Qing's lips moved. Just as he was about to speak, the middle-aged man stopped him, "Wu Qing! She has no evidence!"
Wu Qing shook his head at him, "Elder brother, there is nothing to hide now."
"Zhou Zhao is right. You are a good and upright person. I am embarrassing you by asking you to lie. I am sorry for Jian Yue. I did not take good care of her before. In the future, I will go to the underworld to take care of her. This can be regarded as fulfilling my parents' last wish. .”
He said and looked at Zhou Zhao, "Jian Yue is my little sister. Both my parents died in the war."
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"At that time, there were corpses everywhere, and there were military and civilian refugees everywhere. Before my parents died, I entrusted my sister to me, but I lost her. Later, I danced Nuo with my senior brother and searched for my sister all the way. That's how I arrived. Capital.”
Wu Qing's eyes were a little dry. He thought he would cry, but his eyes were hollow and he couldn't even shed a tear.
"I thought I would never find her in this life, but I met her again in Dawn Garden."
"You don't know, I recognized her at a glance. She looks very much like my mother-in-law. My mother-in-law is a lark from Qingshan. My sister is also good at singing and dancing like her."
"How ridiculous! I thought God finally opened his eyes, and this good luck happened to me."
God knows how happy he was when he recognized Jian Yue that day. The brothers and sisters agreed that we would all pool money together to redeem Jian Yue from Dawn Garden.
The eldest brother told him that they were regular visitors to the Cao family, and Mrs. Cao was reasonable and would not refuse them.
He had already thought about it. After redeeming Jian Yue, he would take her to the mutton soup shop in the east of Chang'an City to drink mutton soup.
He clearly remembered that during the days when he and his sister were in exile, they passed by a mutton soup shop once. The little sister sniffed desperately, as if the mutton soup was sucked into her stomach, and her stomach was no longer full. Will be hungry.
He promised his sister that he would treat her to a big bowl of mutton soup in the future, the kind that would be full of meat and overflowing.
"I think about it every day, if only I hadn't recognized her."
"She wouldn't have appeared near Zhang Ruoqing and Cao Ben because she wanted to peek at me dancing, and they..."
As Wu Qing spoke, his whole body became angry. His eyes widened and he pinched his palms tightly.
"How could there be such a beast in this world? With just one thought, I died when I saw the moon."
"She must have been very scared and in pain, waiting for her brother to come and save her."
"And her brother, I, am praying for the murderer just across the wall... Is there anything more ironic than this in the world?"
"They are evil ghosts!"
(End of chapter)