Chu Nanzhi always felt that this matter was very strange. If Wu Enrong came to Luyan Port by water, it was obviously to avoid the Qi family and go to meet him. How could he choose to attack people in such a place?
But now all the signs can indeed point to Wu Enrong.
He docked at Cangshan Mountain and made an appointment with Zheng. Later, Zheng threatened Wu Enrong with the secret between the two. When Wu Enrong refused, he killed someone and covered up his body.
Presumably everyone will use this to infer that Wu Enrong committed the crime.
Chu Nanzhi pinched the handkerchief that was stained red by lithospermum, and then quietly hid it in her arms.
Qi Yuhuan and Qi Yujie were lying on the ground with their liver and intestines broken.
After howling for a while, he raised his head again and started biting like a mad dog: "It must be the girl from the Chu family. She must have harmed my mother. Thousands of people searched near the official road all night but could not find my mother's whereabouts.
, she just went to the house, checked the carriage, and found her mother."
Chu Nanzhi looked helpless when he heard this.
If it weren't for the thorough investigation of Wu Enrong, she wouldn't bother to take care of this mess.
Not allowing her to speak, Li Ce started to move the big knife in his hand: "Ms. Qi family, you should be careful when speaking. She wants to frame you without any evidence. My brother is looking for someone for you with good intentions, but you are repaying kindness with hatred."
Tang Ru also found it unreasonable. He knew in his heart that Lin Jinxiao loved the princess. If his boss was not around, he could not let the princess be bullied as a subordinate.
Angrily, he rolled his eyes at Jiang Xueyi. Jiang Xueyi went to help Qi Yuhuan in fear, and sent someone to hold Qi Yujie up, trying to comfort her: "Don't talk nonsense. Princess Pingning just said that the carriage back to the city was stained with dirt."
Silt, this harsh environment is only found in Cangshan Mountain at this time."
"That's the thief Wu Enrong who killed my mother."
Qi Yuhuan knelt down again and asked Tang Ru and Tang Yuanxi: "Please make the decision for the slave family and punish Wu Enrong immediately."
As Chu Nanzhi expected, everyone began to make the same call.
"I'm afraid it's only possible that it's Governor Wu. This place is not far from Cangshan Pier. If he really killed someone and buried his body here, it's not impossible for him to return to the ship calmly."
Jiang Xueyi looked at Tang Ru and knelt down solemnly: "I implore the governor to make the decision for my subordinates and my wife, severely punish Wu Enrong, and give justice to my mother-in-law."
Tang Ru frowned with a stiff expression: "One by one, Princess Pingning is here. Concubine Yue Guifei and King Dongjin have also captured Wu Enrong. What do you want me to do? Since Princess Pingning is fully responsible for this case
, she will naturally abide by the law impartially and will not seek to protect Prefect Wu for personal gain."
"Of course."
Chu Nanzhi couldn't tell that the Qi family members were worried that she and Lin Jinxiao would not deal with Wu Enrong strictly.
Speaking of which, I don't blame them at all, I just blame Lin Jinxiao for being Taiyin Sun, who brought all the trouble to Concubine Yue and Lin Jinmu.
If she hadn't known Lin Jinxiao's thoughts in advance, she might have thought that the pretty boy was afraid of Wu Enrong and didn't want to offend the power of Wu Enrong's Yue family.
She cleared her throat and said calmly: "Since everyone thinks that it was Taishou Wu who killed Mrs. Zheng, and Wu Enrong has been imprisoned, we will go back and interrogate Taishou Wu."
After hearing this, the Qi sisters and Jiang Xueyi were willing to give up and had several corpses collected and carried down the mountain.
Back in the carriage, Lin Jinxiao looked at the dusty lady, and while wiping the dust off her body, he asked with a warm smile: "You found it so quickly?"
"As long as there are clues, it's not difficult to find."
Chu Nanzhi replied.
"But how come I heard that you concluded from the mud on the Qi family's carriage that Zheng's body was hidden here?"
Lin Jinxiao grinned with an evil smile: "But what you asked me at Qi's house just now was where is the dye factory outside the city."
"I knew I couldn't hide it from you."
Chu Nanzhi took out the handkerchief from her arms and spread it out for him to see.
After all, this guy is not as easy to deceive as Tang Ru. It seems that the Chu Family Lecture Hall has to start classes again.
Looking at the thing in her hand, Lin Jinxiao was stunned: "What is this?"
"This Cangshan Mountain is covered with comfrey. I think the dye factory in this mountain uses comfrey as a material to make dyes."
Chu Nanzhi explained in detail: "The dyed part of Lithospermum is the roots. When a carriage goes into the mountains and runs over Lithospermum, it will inevitably crush the roots of Lithospermum, and the grass juice will be attached to the wheels. And I just had another one on the road.
I saw a lot of white powder scattered on the ground.
That powder is alum powder used for color mixing. It must have been accidentally spilled during transportation. This alum powder mixed with the lithospermum juice attached to the wheel and dyed it purple-red. I just found it on Qi's wheel.
There were some remaining purple-red marks, which did not look like blood stains, and were mixed with the sour smell of alum powder, so I roughly guessed the possible first crime scene."
"You can guess the location of Zheng's disappearance based on just this little clue?"
Lin Jinxiao also showed an incredible expression.
I really wonder where she learned this knowledge?
Even a scholar like him knows nothing about the dye factory, but this little girl is so knowledgeable.
She really refreshed her outlook on life again and again.
Chu Nanzhi couldn't explain it to him. Even the craftsmen in the dye factory probably didn't know the principles behind these chemical things.
The roots of this comfrey contain acetic acid and lithospermum quinone, and when mordanted with alum, they naturally become purple-red.
"Sometimes a little bit of information that is key to solving a case can dominate the entire case."
Speaking of this, Chu Nanzhi couldn't help but frowned: "It's just that we can't determine the murderer through the clues we found yet, so I didn't tell everyone the real situation."
"Everyone must now think that Wu Enrong killed Zheng."
Lin Jinxiao said suspiciously.
What's even more frightening is that if Wu Enrong hadn't been blamed, everyone would have thought that she was the one who harmed several members of the Zheng family.
And if he hadn't been with her on the night of the incident, he would have even suspected that Chu Nanzhi was the murderer.
From the motive of committing the crime to her abilities, it is not difficult to kill a few weak women and a groom in the deep mountains and forests.
Chu Nanzhi sighed happily. Fortunately, Wu Enrong was the scapegoat, otherwise he would have to prove his innocence.
After thinking about it, she said gently: "Actually, there are many important points that can be verified about whether Wu Enrong killed Zheng. When did he arrive at Luyan Port, and whether the ship docked at Cangshan Wharf. These can all be verified.
Become important evidence."
"What you said makes sense. Even if the attendants in front of him conceal his whereabouts, the water officials on the dock cannot cover up for him."
Thinking of this, Lin Jinxiao opened the curtain and immediately ordered Li Ce and Li Sanmu to go to Cangshan Pier and Luyan Port Pier respectively to investigate Wu Enrong's whereabouts.