Chapter 10 Restored [Thanks to the leader "No Matter What" for the reward! ]

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Everyone's eyes followed Liang Yue's pointing and looked in that direction. Lying on the floor of the inner room was the deceased in this case, Zhen Changzhi, the head of the Ministry of Works.

"Xiao Liang, what nonsense are you talking about?" Hu Tiehan was stunned. "Are you saying that the deceased helped the murderer himself?"

"What he meant was that if no one had forced the window open from the outside, then maybe someone had opened it from the inside." Ling Yuanbao's eyes were bright, as if he had been inspired, and he continued, "And the only person who could have done that was Master Zhen, who was alone in the study at the time."

"That's right." Liang Yue smiled at Ling Yuanbao and said, "According to my guess, the murderer and Zhen Zhushi had some conspiracy, and they couldn't meet openly, so they arranged to meet in this way. When Zhen Zhushi opened the window to let the murderer in, he probably didn't expect that the other party would kill him."

"I have thought of this possibility, but the second I think about it, I know it doesn't stand up to scrutiny." Ling Yuanbao frowned again and said, "Even if the murderer was let in by Master Zhen, then after he left, who put the window bolt on from the inside? It can't be the dead Master Zhen again."

"Who said the murderer went out through the window?" Liang Yue said, "The murderer went out through the front door."

"Impossible!" Zhen Xiaohao shouted immediately, "Don't listen to his excuses. I have been kneeling outside the door and no one has opened it!"

Liang Yue suddenly pointed at Zhen Xiaohao: "It was you who opened the door!"

"Ah?" Zhen Xiaohao was stunned for a moment, and the others around him were also stunned.

Liang Yue looked at Zhen Xiaohao and said, "When he finished kneeling for an hour, it was already dark. He found it strange that there was no light in the study, so he pushed the door open and went in to check... At that time, the light in the room was dim, so he probably didn't pay attention to too many things."

"If he looked up when he entered the door, he might have seen..." Liang Yue took a few more steps forward and pointed his finger at the top of the study's threshold, "There is a figure lying on the beam above the door!"

"Ah?" As he pointed, voices of surprise and doubt rang out again around him.

"The murderer climbed over the backyard wall, and Zhen opened the window for him and led him into the study. After killing Zhen, the murderer set up the scene, re-bolted the window, and did not leave. If he had opened the door and left at this time, Zhen Xiaohao would have seen him. But when Zhen Xiaohao opened the door, the murderer was lying on the threshold, supporting himself with his hands and feet. When Zhen Xiaohao entered the inner room, the murderer climbed over and left silently along the eaves and tiles, crossing the wall. This is no difficulty for a martial arts master."

"When Zhen Xiaohao found his father's body, he probably couldn't have guessed that the real murderer who killed his father was right above his head! And the person who helped the murderer open the door and escape was himself!"

As Liang Yue loudly spoke out his speculation about the case, everyone's eyes showed surprise. Zhen Xiaohao, who was in a trance at the side, showed a look of fear on his face and felt a chill on his back.

It turned out that I entered the study under the murderer's watch?
And he even opened the door for the other person with his own hands?

Thinking of the cold eyes watching his steps from above, he felt as if a poisonous snake was crawling over his limbs, and felt cold. If the other party was more vicious, wouldn't he kill him too?
Fortunately, he only killed his father.

"This..." Ling Yuanbao fell into thought, his fair face wrinkled slightly.

She had never thought of such a possibility, and no one except Liang Yue had ever proposed such a speculation. If the murderer really was waiting here calmly after killing someone, how cold-blooded and terrifying would that be?
But if you think about it carefully, this makes perfect sense.

"Captain Ling, please go to the beam room for verification." Liang Yue pointed.

Ling Yuanbao immediately jumped up, held the crossbeam on the door with one hand, and leaned over it.

After she came up, she felt something was wrong. She tilted her head and whispered to herself, "Huh? Why should I listen to his instructions?"

But since she was already here, she couldn't help but look up.

The Zhen family lacked servants to clean the house, so the beams and pillars were covered with a thick layer of dust that had accumulated over the years. And in the dust, there were indeed two traces of being wiped off, which were vaguely the prints of hands and feet.

"There are indeed signs that someone has been hiding here!" she said loudly.

There was surprise, realization, and a little admiration in his tone. Thanks to this guard, he was able to crack the murder method in the secret room.

But no one in the Ministry of Justice, including myself, had come up with a solution.

Ling Yuanbao did not stop there, but jumped up and climbed the eaves to the roof in a flash, her body as swift as a swimming dragon. She bent down to take a closer look, and there were indeed two light footprints on the dark blue tiles of the roof.

"There are footprints here too!" she shouted again.

Below, Hu Tiehan looked at Liang Yue with shining eyes, "You boy, you are really good! You are worthy of being taught by me!"

……

After a while, everyone gathered in the study again. Liang Yue was already proud of himself at this time. His status jumped from the biggest suspect to the hero who solved the scene.

When Ling Yuanbao landed, he looked at him with a bit of admiration, but he still said: "Before the murderer is finally found, your suspicion cannot be completely eliminated. I will not take you back to the Ministry of Justice for the time being, but you two brothers are not allowed to leave Longyuan City, and you must report to the Ministry of Justice regularly."

"Captain Ling, please rest assured that not only will I not leave, I will also do my best to help the Ministry of Justice solve the case." Liang Yue said.

What he said was from his heart. Because as long as the real murderer was not caught, the suspicion of the two brothers could not be completely cleared. If the emperor was angry about the murder of a court official, he would put some pressure on the Ministry of Justice and give them a deadline to solve the case. Maybe under the heavy pressure, they would turn their plans against their own family.

Once he is put into the prison of the Ministry of Justice, he might confess his guilt overnight and become the real murderer of the case.

It's not like this hasn't happened before.

So for safety's sake, we have to close this case as soon as possible.

"Okay." Ling Yuanbao's expression had softened a lot. "If you have any new ideas, you can always come to the Ministry of Justice to find me."

"No problem." Chen Ju jumped out from the side and said with a flattering smile: "I will accompany him to visit Captain Ling often."

"Get lost." She was still cold to Chen Ju.

"Eh."

The two had a crisp conversation.

"There are indeed several suspicious points in this case..." Liang Yue ignored them and said directly, "First, the letter that Lord Zhen read, I suspect it has a lot to do with the murderer, and he has not been found at the scene so far; second, if the murderer has the ability to arrange all this, why would he use such a brutal method to kill people? If he really wants to disguise Lord Zhen as suicide, it shouldn't be difficult..."

The murderer's martial arts skills were not low. If he really wanted to make Zhen Changzhi look like he committed suicide, there must be a better way. Instead of stabbing him to death with one finger and then hanging him from the beam.

Such a disguise is like fooling a child. Who would hang themselves with such wounds? The coroner can find the suspicious points with a quick autopsy. It is not deceptive at all.

If the murderer was in a rush to kill, it would be understandable. But seeing how calm and submissive he was, he must be a calm and experienced person.

That behavior is a bit strange.

simply……

It's like they're deliberately luring you here to check.

Why did the murderer do this? Perhaps only by thinking about this question clearly can we find out who the real murderer is.

"Seal all the items here and search the house thoroughly tomorrow. Send more people to investigate Zhen Changzhi's daily relationships and see who he is secretly contacting." Ling Yuanbao gave orders to his subordinates one by one.

Although Captain Ling was a little silly at times, his approach to handling cases was clear and logical, and Liang Yue didn't see any problem with it.

It was impossible to identify the murderer from the scene. There were countless warriors in Shendu City, and it was impossible to check them one by one. They could only start from Zhen Changzhi's daily network of relationships.

"Wait." He suddenly remembered something and stopped the constable who was about to seal the books on the desk over there.

"When Captain Ling's scabbard hit the table just now, I felt that the sound was a bit strange." He walked forward and rubbed the large table with his palm.

This time Ling Yuanbao did not stop him from touching her, but just watched quietly from the side.

Not only her, but all the staff of the Ministry of Justice tolerated Liang Yue's behavior. Although they usually hated the rough guys of the Imperial Guards who didn't know how to solve the case and destroyed the scene, this little guard had a sharp eye and a sharp mind.

He has won the recognition of the Ministry of Justice with his performance just now.

Liang Yue bent his fingers again and tapped twice with his knuckles.

dong dong.

Now everyone noticed something was wrong.

This table seems to be hollow?

Liang Yue looked around and reached his hand down to touch, and sure enough, he felt a narrow hole. He inserted his middle finger and ring finger, moving his two fingers around to explore, and soon found a bulge, which he dug hard.

Snapped.

A drawer popped out in the middle of the desk!
Sure enough, there is an agency!
There was only a dark copper key in the box, which shone slightly in the dim light.

　Thanks to "No Matter What", I became the eighth VIP leader of this book. He is also an old friend who looks very familiar to me. Thank you very much.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)