Hearing these words, Song Chengxuan's eyes deepened slightly.
The young man said: "We knew something must have happened. We wanted to listen carefully, but the man had already thrown the person into the river and then walked away. Our brothers were already doing this kind of petty theft on this river.
I didn’t dare to report it to the officials, for fear that I would be suspected of murder if I couldn’t explain it clearly, so I could only... look at the body first, and then deliberately shout out after someone discovered it."
"It seems that he is still unwilling to tell the truth," Xu Qinghuan said, "Master Song, you should take him away!"
The young man was startled and turned to look at the woman who was speaking. The woman was wearing a power fence so that her face could not be seen clearly, but her movements showed a shrewdness. Mr. Song did not speak much, but just stood there.
Here, they can't breathe.
If I had known they would meet these two people, they would rather not take the money.
The young man said with a sad face: "We saw that the gentleman was dressed very expensively, so we found a money bag on him, which was full of silver. We were afraid that the reporter would be asked about the whereabouts of the money. After getting the money, we originally
We don't have to take care of the body, and we think that the man's family will definitely come to look for him. We might as well sink the body in the water, and then the family will come to find him... We then lie and claim to have seen the man's body and hand it over to them.
Their families will definitely give us money to reward us."
Xu Qinghuan said: "So, the murderer left after killing someone. Mr. Sun Er's body was originally in the cabin. After you took the silver, you threw him into the river and waited for others to find him, and then used it to collect the silver reward.
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The young man nodded and admitted.
Xu Qinghuan said: "You heard the murderer's voice and saw the murderer flee."
The young man said: "We saw it."
Xu Qinghuan looked in the direction of the Taoist temple: "Is the murderer a Taoist nun?"
The young man said, "How could it be possible? That's a man." After saying this, he begged, "We are telling the truth... We are just greedy for money... We did not kill anyone. Sir, just let us go."
"I also want to let you go," Xu Qinghuan raised his head, "It's a pity that this matter has to be sent to the Shuntian Mansion Yamen, and the Lord of Shuntian Mansion will make the decision."
The young man stood there stunned and looked at Mr. Song: "Aren't you the adults from Shuntian Mansion who came to investigate the case?"
The two young men had grimaces on their faces. How could he imagine that such a young lady could still lie to others?
Xu Qinghuan looked at Xu Qing'an: "My brother met these two thieves on the boat and caught them. They also confessed these things. It's a serious murder case. Brother, please send them to Shuntian Mansion quickly!"
Xu Qing'an couldn't help but feel proud. Someone had always threatened to go to Shuntian Mansion to sue him. This was the first time that he came to Shuntian Mansion so brazenly to cause trouble for Shuntian Mansion.
Shuntian Mansion had just arrested two Taoist nuns, so they must not have expected that there would be new evidence so soon.
The drum of grievance outside Shuntian Mansion was being beaten late at night, and Xu Qingan felt very happy just thinking about it. He had not experienced this kind of trouble yet, and this time he borrowed the money from his sister so that he could walk around freely.
"Be honest when you follow me, or I will kick your butts." Xu Qing'an ordered people to row the boat.
All the boats docked, and Xu Qingan, who was in high spirits, suddenly thought that Song Chengxuan was still there. What if he left and Song Chengxuan cheated on his sister?
Although he is anxious to cause trouble, his sister is more important.
Xu Qinghuan saw Xu Qingan's worry: "Brother, just go, and Uncle Lei will accompany me."
Xu Qingan then walked away with three steps.
"Sir Song," Xu Qinghuan looked at Song Chengxuan, "Why don't we find a place to talk."
The best place to talk around here seems to be in the Xu family's carriage.
Xu Qinghuan got on the carriage, and Song Chengxuan stood outside the window of the carriage. The wind blew through the curtains, and the girl's face was looming. She raised her chin slightly, and turned around to look. Her eyes seemed to be covered with mist under the moonlight. She
A lamp was lit in the carriage, and her slender figure was reflected in the warm yellow and soft light.
A scene buried deep in his memory suddenly appeared in Song Chengxuan's mind. He was taken by his mother to see the little baby who had just been born. His mother praised her for how beautiful she was.
He took a curious look, and at that time he thought the little baby was really ugly, with a yellow complexion, a face like a big peach, and a pouty mouth, and he was sleeping soundly.
The cute part is that she is holding her cheek with one hand, and she looks very comfortable. Her brother ran over and touched his sister's little hand, his affection for her was beyond words.
He didn't know where the curiosity came from. When no one was paying attention, he imitated her brother and wanted to touch the little hand, but unexpectedly the hand suddenly opened and held his fingers tightly.
He was startled and tried to pull back his hand, but he made her cry loudly, attracting everyone's attention.
People around her kept saying it was okay, and the nanny came forward to pick her up and coax her gently. He lowered his head shyly, and the nun who was serving him said: "Brother, what is there to be ashamed of? This is your future little wife."
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Xu Qinghuan looked at the figure outside the carriage. He stood there motionless, wondering what he was thinking about. At this moment, the frost on his brows seemed to have melted away, revealing a somewhat gentle expression.
But just for a moment, his eyes became deep again, his eyes as dark as ink, and he turned to look at her: "What do you think of this case?"
After saying this, he completely changed back to his usual inhumane Song Chengxuan.
Xu Qinghuan said: "Before, I was wondering why the murderer killed Mr. Sun Er and threw his body into the river. If it hadn't been discovered by people playing in the water, it would have taken some trouble to find the body. Now the confusion is solved. It turns out that someone was greedy for money and destroyed the murderer's body.
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The murderer cut out Mr. Sun Er's tongue, drowned him in the river and tortured him to death. Then he dragged the body onto the boat. It seemed very unreasonable. Since people are drowned in the river, wouldn't it be more convenient to let the body sink in the river?
Isn't it unnecessary to spend a lot of time?
In fact, only in this way can we see the murderer's thinking. He has always known clearly what goal he wants to achieve, and every move is centered around this goal without any deviation.
He didn't just want to kill people, he wanted to tell the world about his murderous behavior and let everyone know that he punished Master Sun Er.
He leaked a lot of clues just so that people could guess the reason why he killed Mr. Sun Er."
When Song Chengxuan heard this, he raised his eyes and met her gaze.
Xu Qinghuan said: "The Sun family is also considered a famous family in Huguang, but more than ten years ago, they only had some money in their hands. Until the Sun family reported that someone was smuggling weapons from the Japanese country, the court investigated the matter and found out that there were people on the Japanese merchant ships.
Weapons, this incident became the beginning of the rebellion of King Wei."
Song Chengxuan's expression was calm, without any disturbance: "You mean, this is King Wei's people punishing the Sun family?"
Xu Qinghuan paused for a moment and asked Song Chengxuan: "Does Mr. Song think so?"
She looked at him, as if she wanted to get the answer she wanted from his face.