Chapter 121 Expressing gratitude [asking for monthly votes]
Lin Jianshan glared, "Shang, don't you dare to slander others!"
"I didn't say you were the murderer. Why are you so anxious?" Shang Wan raised his eyebrows. "Is it difficult to answer my question? Or do you have a guilty conscience?"
"I didn't kill anyone!" Lin Jianshan flatly denied it.
Shan Dajun narrowed his eyes, "Since you said you didn't kill anyone, where were you when the crime happened?"
"I...I went up the mountain to chop wood."
"Who can testify?"
Lin Jianshan looked around, and everyone avoided his sight.
It's not that everyone doesn't want to testify for him, but perjury will lead to lawsuits. If Lin Jianshan is really a murderer, wouldn't it be a disaster in the village?
Village Chief Lin said: "I can testify that we climbed the mountain together."
"Hey, the village chief is really disabled and strong-willed." Shang Wan said leisurely, "He is still hanging on his arm, and he can actually go up the mountain to chop firewood."
Shan Dajun looked at Village Chief Lin's arm suspiciously and frowned: "You two are father and son, so you cannot be trusted to testify against each other. But there was a third person who saw you two going up the mountain to chop wood?"
The two looked at each other, neither of them able to name the third person.
Lu Chengjing suddenly said, "Master Cha, may I ask a few questions?"
Shan Dajun nodded.
Before leaving, Mr. An specifically told him to take appropriate care of Lu Chengjing and Shang Wan when issues of principle were not involved.
He was still thinking about being transferred to Mr. An to work, but he just asked a few questions, so naturally he would not deny Lu Chengjing this face.
Unexpectedly, the person Lu Chengjing asked was not the Lin family and his son, but Liu Yuzhi.
"Is this red rope familiar to the girl?"
Liu Yuzhi looked away, "I haven't seen it before."
"As far as I know, this red string is used by Yuelao Temple to seek marriage." Lu Chengjing glanced at the red string on Li Dashan's wrist, "The girl seems to have given away a lot of people. Dashan, this red string on your hand is Was it given by Miss Liu?"
Li Dashan's face turned red at first, then turned pale after he understood what Lu Chengjing meant.
He asked hesitantly: "Many people mean?"
"Here, look over there." Shang Wan pointed them out one by one. "You see, there are no red strings on their wrists. Not only are the styles the same, but the people who gave them to them are also the same."
Li Dashan: "..."
The wronged young people: “…”
The tears brewing in Liu Yuzhi fell back before they fell.
She sent them separately and no one saw them when she delivered them. How could Shang Wan and Lu Chengjing find out?
"I, I didn't." She tried to quibble, "I just want to thank you for helping me, so I'm giving you the red rope. I have no other meaning."
These words are purely to make Li Dashan and other unjust people look like fools.
Li Dashan angrily took off the red string and threw it to the ground. He raised his finger and pointed at Liu Yuzhi, wanting to curse a few words, but he couldn't curse some words to such a delicate and weak girl. Instead, he felt disgusted.
He took two deep breaths and turned his head no longer to look at Liu Yuzhi.
Several other young people did not have his good temper. Not only did they throw away the red rope, but they also tried to get rid of Liu Yuzhi in a treacherous manner.
Liu Yuzhi's cheeks turned red with shame, and she couldn't help covering her face and crying "woo woo woo".
Lu Chengjing said: "Don't cry yet."
Liu Yuzhi stopped crying and raised his head with tears in his eyes, waiting to hear Lu Chengjing's comfort.
Shitou looked at his brother-in-law with reproachful eyes.
How can you comfort a woman other than your sister? Brother-in-law, you must abide by your masculine virtues!
"You can cry all you want after I finish asking." Lu Chengjing ignored the embarrassment on Liu Yuzhi's face and asked, "How many red ropes like this did you give out in total?"
"Five, five." They happened to be Li Dashan's five wrongdoers.
Lu Chengjing's eyes turned cold, "If you tell lies in front of the boss, be careful. Let me ask you again, how many are there in total?"
Liu Yuzhi seemed to have returned to the day when he was attacked by Lu Chengjing with a short arrow. His whole body was shaken and he blurted out, "Seven!"
Lu Chengjing asked: "Who are the other two people?"
"Yes...yes..." Liu Yuzhi hesitated with a blushing face. Shan Dajun suddenly pulled out his official sword, and with a "clang" sound, Liu Yuzhi raised his hand and pointed at Lin Jianshan in fright, "It's my eldest cousin."
Everyone: "Oh~"
Liu Yuzhi waved his hands and explained: "I just want to thank my eldest cousin for taking me to the city to play. I have no other meaning."
The women sneered.
"Isn't that what you said just now?"
"I understand, I understand, no matter what I do, I do it to express my gratitude."
"Tomorrow I will also go to Yuelao Temple to ask for a bunch of them and send them out one by one to express my gratitude."
As soon as the words hit her ears, Liu Yuzhi's face turned red and white with shame, and the corners of her clothes were almost torn by herself.
Mrs. Zhou glared at her and almost got angry. She never expected that Liu Yuzhi would want to hook up with her man! Do you think she is dead? !
Lu Chengjing was not affected and said to Liu Yuzhi: "There is still one left."
Liu Yuzhi shook his head with tears in his eyes, "No more, I haven't given away the remaining one yet."
She regretted it to death. If she had known better, she would not have been greedy for cheap and would have given him the same thing.
Shan Dajun noticed the highlight, "Lu Xiucai, where did this red string in your hand come from?"
"I picked it up at the crime scene." Lu Chengjing handed it over, "There are still blood stains on it. I suspect it was left by the murderer."
Shan Dajun lowered his head to check carefully and found that there was indeed blood on the red rope.
He raised his eyes and looked at Lin Jianshan, "The physical evidence is here, what else do you have to say?"
Lin Jianshan did not appear to be panicking, "A red rope like this can be purchased at Yuelao Temple for only two copper coins. The style is the same. How can I prove that it is mine?"
"No, what Miss Liu gave you is different." Lu Chengjing motioned to Shan Dajun to compare the bloody red rope with the one on his wrist and the one that was thrown to the ground by Li Dashan and others just now.
The difference emerges from this comparison.
The red ropes sent by Liu Yuzhi, all the pendants painted on the beautiful girls have two red clouds on their cheeks, similar to a shy expression.
Shan Dajun does not have this red string on his wrist.
He raised his hand to wipe it and found that it could be wiped off if he applied force.
"Liu Yuzhi, what's going on?"
Liu Yuzhi whispered: "I drew it with a colored pen when I had nothing to do."
In fact, her original intention was not to be like others, but she never thought that by some mistake, it would become evidence to identify the murderer.
"Master Cha, even if the red rope is mine, it might have been dropped when I was putting clothes on the body." Lin Jianshan defended himself, "I have no enmity with Aunt Gui, why should I kill her?"
There is indeed some truth to this statement. Shan Dajun thought about it, held up the silver hairpin and asked, "Then why is this silver hairpin on the deceased? It couldn't have fallen off when you were dressing the deceased, right?"
The silver hairpin was wrapped in the clothes of the deceased, and it should have been carried in the arms of the deceased.
Lin Jianshan couldn't answer.
"What's the fuss about?" A thin-faced yamen officer noticed that children standing in a group were pushing each other, and the noise became louder and louder, so he yelled.
A boy puffed up his chest and said loudly: "Tell the police, we have clues!"
As soon as this statement came out, the adults all turned to look.
The person who spoke turned out to be Yuan Lang, the youngest son of the Yuan family.
(End of chapter)