Chu Nanzhi thought hard for a while, and suddenly a person popped into her mind: Aunt Jiang whom she had just met in Zhou's courtyard.
When I thought carefully about the situation when I saw him just now, I saw that this man had a rosy face that made people feel sick just looking at him, and he also spoke in a strange and yin-yang way.
A eunuch disguised himself as a woman and hid next to Mrs. Jiang, pretending to be an old woman, but it was indeed difficult for anyone to detect her.
While I was thinking about it, I saw a policeman from the west striding over. He came to Lin Jinxiao and loudly reported: "Your Majesty, Grandma Jiang in the Jiang Family Courtyard hanged herself to death out of fear of crime."
"Mother Jiang?"
"Did Aunt Jiang kill Sanniang?"
"It's impossible. How can such an old woman kill someone? What's more, this damn girl Nan Zhi said that the murderer sneaked into the house from the water, swam from the West Courtyard to Jinlan Courtyard, and killed people again.
It takes so much physical strength to swim to Zhou's courtyard to frame him, it's simply impossible."
Mrs. Chen glanced at Chu Nanzhi with wide eyes, showing dissatisfaction.
Lin Jinxiao had no intention of paying attention to these talkative old women and took Chu Nanzhi straight to the west yard.
"Could it be that my inference is wrong?"
Chu Nanzhi looked at Lin Jinxiao with some uncertainty and asked in a low voice.
Lin Jinxiao also felt a little strange, but did not answer her words.
When a group of people hurried to the west courtyard, Li Sanmu had already led the government officials to guard the scene. Jiang Xiaoniang was leaning against the corner full of fear, so frightened that she was so scared that it made people feel pitiful to see her.
Lin Tingzhen rushed forward to support her and asked distressedly: "Rou'er, are you okay?"
"It was Grandma Jiang who harmed Jinlan, it was she who harmed Jinlan."
Jiang Xiaoniang hesitantly cried.
Lin Tingzhen was a little confused. He didn't know whether he should thank his nephew, niece and daughter-in-law, or blame them for scaring such a delicate beauty like himself.
He looked at the couple coldly and said in an indifferent tone: "Jin Xiao, the murderer has been brought to justice, and Zhou and Jin Hui are also innocent. You should lead them away quickly. I miss you."
Lin Jinxiao walked into the ear room with an expressionless face, and saw a thin figure with disheveled hair hanging from the beam. His hair covered his face, so he couldn't see the person's face clearly.
Li Sanmu and Chu Nanzhi followed them in, glanced at the figure on the beam, and first whispered to Chu Nanzhi: "Ms. Chu, I checked and there is indeed a scratch mark on the sole of his left foot."
Chu Nanzhi went over and took a look at the hanging sole of Nanny Jiang's left foot. There was indeed a wound, and it had already begun to scar. It didn't look like it was scratched suddenly in a hurry.
Seeing this scene, Lin Jinxiao was a little puzzled: "Could it be that Miss Jiang really wants to complain about the Zhou family?"
"That's not right."
Chu Nanzhi gently pinched her chin, raised her eyebrows and said: "At five o'clock that day, Ping'er heard the noise in Lin Sanniang's house and immediately came to the west courtyard to report it. It was this Aunt Jiang who went to deal with Lin Sanniang.
It happened in the mother's courtyard, but the murderer obviously escaped from the water. How could he return to the courtyard so quickly? Not to mention that he had to swim back from the water, at least he had to spend time cleaning up his soaked body. "
Thinking of this, Chu Nanzhi directly moved the stool that was upside down and placed it at the feet of the deceased, and said tactfully: "Look, if this stool is used for hanging, it is obviously smaller than the size of the deceased's feet, and it is large enough."
The foot is nearly three inches lower. It would be difficult even for a person to hang it up from such a distance, so how can one kick the stool over?"
Lin Jinxiao heard the sound and immediately knelt down to take a look. It was exactly what she said, and he couldn't help but be in awe.
What a considerate woman.
He quickly ordered people to carry the deceased down. Li Sanmu suddenly pointed at the exposed throat of the deceased and said in surprise: "Why does this Granny Jiang still have an Adam's apple?"
Lin Jinxiao took a closer look and suddenly realized that the missing man was actually here.
There was also an explosion outside the door: "No wonder Grandma Jiang is always very weird. She has to cover her neck tightly even on hot days. It turns out she has an Adam's apple."
"Only men have Adam's apple, right?"
…
Hearing this, Chu Nanzhi looked sharply at Jiang Xiaoniang and said sternly: "Ms. Jiang, you are really cruel, you actually killed your childhood sweetheart who was so devoted to you, and even made it look like he was hanging in fear of crime.
Don’t you know that he has already made plans to take the blame for you?”
If the guess was correct, there should be the same scar on the sole of Jiang Xiaoniang's foot, which was noticed by Grandma Jiang, so he made preparations in advance.
And Ms. Jiang obviously didn't know, otherwise she wouldn't have failed to understand her sweetheart's thoughts and do unnecessary things.
Lin Tingzhen listened with confusion on his face: "Girl Nanzhi, what are you talking about? Where did Rou'er get her sweetheart, her childhood sweetheart?"
"Uncle, don't you know who Lin Dalang said just now is for? Could it be that you haven't guessed who the water-loving woman in your courtyard is?"
Chu Nanzhi smiled helplessly: "Lin Dalang is telling you that this Aunt Jiang is exactly the poor man in the storybook."
"Mother Jiang?"
Lin Tingzhen glanced into the ear room at a loss, and then stared at Mrs. Jiang blankly. His whole mood suddenly dropped to the extreme.
Mrs. Jiang sobbed and shook her head desperately: "Zhenlang, don't listen to her nonsense. This slave's body is so weak that it can't harm anyone."
"Are you really so weak?"
Chu Nanzhi smiled sarcastically: "Little aunt, you are too pursuit of perfection and extremely insecure. You clearly had two opportunities to stay out of the matter, but you ruined it by your own unnecessary actions. If you don't act hypocritical today,
If you plead for Madam Zhou, I won't cast doubt on you. Maybe in the end I can only watch Madam Zhou become your scapegoat.
As for this so-called Aunt Jiang, she has followed you wholeheartedly for so many years, and even used her own life to express her unswerving determination to be loyal to you. But you still can't trust him, and you want to strangle him to death to take the blame for you.
I guess this is why you are so conceited and want to plead for Mrs. Zhou."
Jiang Xiaoniang continued to shake her head aggrievedly, staring at the Chen couple and Lin Bo couple with tearful eyes, and complained earnestly: "Second uncle, third aunt, the slave family really wants to plead for the mother and the wife, and the slave family has never thought of this.
Aunt Jiang is actually the murderer of Jinlan."
The Chen couple realized that the matter was no longer that simple and did not dare to speak anymore.
Lin Jinxiao came out of the ear room silently, glanced at Mrs. Jiang like a cold light, and said in a cold tone: "Take the eldest son of the Jiang family."
Then, two officers were seen escorting a middle-aged man who looked a little embarrassed and walked up.
Jiang Xiaoniang was startled: How could he say he had brought his damn brother?
Lin Jinxiao's sinister eyes were fixed on the person coming, his face full of anger: "Jiang Dalang, you dare to deceive me, what crime should you deserve?"
Jiang Dalang knew that the county magistrate had realized that Aunt Jiang was his younger sister's childhood sweetheart, so he panicked and replied: "Sir, I only knew that Aunt Jiang is Sun Liu'an from my hometown."
"Then please go in and identify whether the person inside is who you say you are."
As soon as Lin Jinxiao finished speaking, Jiang Dalang hurried in, then rushed out immediately, nodded and bowed: "It is indeed Sun Liuan, I am sure of it."
"you"
Jiang Xiaoniang was so angry that she almost spit out a mouthful of blood.
"Sister Rou, don't blame my brother. I have no choice. You don't care about me and my mother. I lost money in the casino. Master Lin sent someone to redeem me. He asked you about it. I can only
Tell the truth."
After Jiang Dalang finished speaking, he looked at the gloomy Lin Tingzhen with great satisfaction: "Fortunately, Patriarch Lin is not a person who cares about this. Over the years, he has treated Sanniang as his own, and he has loved you very much. Even if everyone
It’s no big deal if you know this.”
Lin Tingzhen's inner frustration was all written on his face, and he became so angry that he directly let go of Jiang Xiaoniang who was leaning in his arms.