Be a master through ancient times

When Mu Yuanxiu and Chu Ci arrived at the governor's office, the case had already been closed there.They read the confession carefully before going to visit Lin Futong.

"Lord Mu, Lord Chu, thank you both for taking the time out of your busy schedules to come to visit. I'm fine. If I hadn't been careless and called him to confront him, he wouldn't have jumped the wall." Lin Fu The same right arm was wrapped in thick gauze, with dots of blood printed on it, showing the depth of the wound at that time.When he saw the two of them, he took the initiative to lead the topic to something that they were interested in.

When he spoke, he looked somber, obviously feeling a lot about what just happened.

Chu Ci observed his movements and expressions, and found that he was indeed not lying about his injury, and no one could fake the throbbing expression when he occasionally touched the wound inadvertently.

"What is Mr. Lin confronting Mr. Qi?" Mu Yuanxiu asked.In his opinion, this matter was very suspicious. According to Chu Ci's description of Qi Luzhi, this person is not the kind of impulsive person, but is familiar with all kinds of unspoken rules of officialdom, and is a very smooth person.How could such a person blatantly kill people in the yamen?

Lin Futong sighed deeply, with embarrassment on his face, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't say it, and when Mu Yuanxiu questioned him again and again, he said: "Oh, this is all my fault. Yesterday Didn't I go to the post house to visit the fugitive Steward Zhao? After knowing that he is fine, I was relieved, and I think that after he wakes up, he will know who secretly helped him escape."

Lin Futong was very relieved and calm when he said this. Even if everyone knew that this matter was his handwriting, they would still have doubts about their own judgment when they heard what he said.

"What does this matter have to do with Lord Qi?"

"The bad is here. I was happy for a while, so I told Mr. Qi who came to discuss the matter that Mr. Zhao was about to wake up. I originally thought that Mr. Qi would be as happy as this officer. But who knows, after he heard , his complexion changed drastically, and then he lost his mind, and after a while, he even bluntly said that he had something to leave."

"After he left, I became more and more strange as I thought about it. Master Qi's behavior made me feel that there must be something hidden in it. However, Lord Qi has worked with this officer for many years. Before the matter is found out, in order not to damage his Qingming, then at night, someone quietly asked him to come over, and carefully asked about the afternoon's affairs."

While talking, Lin Fu observed the expressions of Mu and Chu, and saw that they remained calm from the beginning to the end, and felt a little uneasy, but he continued according to what he said before.

"As soon as I mentioned a few words, Lord Qi's face changed drastically. After patiently persuading me, he finally revealed the matter. It turned out that he was the one who let Steward Zhao go, and then secretly planned to murder his family. In the afternoon, he heard that Steward Zhao was about to wake up. Fearing that his deeds would be exposed, he decided to act first and kill Steward Zhao. He also said that he had sent a dark man and several killers there one after another. Wait for the opportunity."

Mu Yuanxiu frowned at this moment, what Lin Futong said was the same as what happened in the posthouse last night.If it was his design, why did he just say that?Aren't you afraid of being exposed?

"The posthouse did catch some people last night, but no matter how much they interrogated, they refused to explain who sent them here. Are you sure Master Lin sent them there?"

Lin Futong nodded sadly: "Those who were sent were indeed Lord Qi's people. I don't know if Your Excellency has noticed that there is a pattern engraved on the inside of their wrists. All the servants of the Qi family are There are such marks."

Mu Yuanxiu nodded, he did discover those yesterday.

Lin Futong continued: "As soon as I heard this, I called people in to stop him. How could he be allowed to disregard the law like this? He panicked immediately, and kept begging for mercy. Later, seeing that the plea failed, he committed suicide Heart, with a dagger in his hand, he rushed towards me. I couldn't dodge in time, but he stabbed me in the arm. During this process, I kept calling for help, and the officials outside rushed in after hearing it. Qilu saw that the situation was over. , and committed suicide in frustration."

The story told by Lin Futong seems logical at first glance.But after careful scrutiny, many flaws can be found.

For example, "May I ask Master Lin, why did Master Qi let go and plan to assassinate Steward Zhao's family? What is his motive?" Chu Ci asked.

Lin Futong was not surprised, and replied calmly: "It's because Steward Zhao has evidence of Lord Qi accepting bribes in his hands. He was afraid that the imperial envoy would interrogate the criminals in the spy case, and he would be implicated, so he decided to let Zhao go." Butler. Unexpectedly, Butler Zhao opened his mouth like a lion, and he was willing to leave only after asking for 3000 taels of hush money, and Master Qi couldn't come up with the money, so he decided to act first."

Chu Ci noticed that when talking about the hush money, a trace of resentment flashed in Lin Futong's eyes.He felt that this incident should be true, but it didn't necessarily happen to Qi Luzhi.Mu Yuanxiu and Chu Ci looked at each other, knowing that the other party had the same doubts as himself, he looked at Lin Futong with a half-smile: "Master Lin knows this matter so well that he seems to have witnessed it with his own eyes. It can be seen that Master Qi has the same suspicion last night. , I'm really heartbroken for you."

"Hehe," Lin Fu said with a smirk, "I have worked with him for many years, and he trusts me quite a bit. But there are legal principles in addition to human feelings, and I will not follow the law for personal gain as he wishes. .”

Mu Yuanxiu wanted to ask again, but Lin Futong was already showing signs of fatigue.Seeing this, his subordinates immediately offered medicine and persuaded them, so they couldn't be bothered.After all, Lin Futong was still the top leader in Southern Fujian Province. As long as there was no evidence to prove that he killed Qi Luzhi, they still wanted to give him some face.

After leaving the governor's office, Mu Yuanxiu immediately asked, "A Ci, do you think what he said is true or false?"

Chu Ci shook his head: "I don't know either. But I think he is lying. Although the testimonials of the yamen officials said that they saw Qi Lu lying in a pool of blood as soon as they entered the door, with a knife in his right hand on his chest. But this does not prove that Qi Luzhi committed suicide."

"You mean, Qi Luzhi was killed by Lin Futong? But do you remember that in the confession just now, there was also a doctor. He said that Lin Futong injured a tendon in his right hand and couldn't gather strength, while Qi Luzhi was killed by Lin Futong." The wound on the chest is more than two inches deep, judging from the force of the stabbing, it is impossible for Lin Futong to stab it. Moreover, the source of this dagger has been found out, it was given to Qi Luzhi by a foreign businessman."

Chu Ci couldn't tell why for a while, but based on his understanding of them, Lin Futong must be lying. His purpose should be to blame Qi Luzhi for all this.

However, "Steward Zhao" is about to wake up, even if he lied, he will be exposed soon.Could it be that Qi Lu Zhi helped to do that thing back then?If this is the case, I'm afraid they really have nothing to do with Lin Futong.His intuition has always been accurate, but he can't rely on his intuition in handling cases. If there is no evidence, it's useless to say more.

"Not necessarily, isn't there still a few people locked up in the post house? If they have evidence that Qi Lu directly obeyed Lin Futong, then he will not be able to escape." Mu Yuanxiu felt that with the red jade Qi Luzhi From the point of view of loyalty, if she knew that he was dead, she would definitely lose her composure and reveal something.

"That's all."

After returning to the posthouse, Mu Yuanxiu ordered someone to bring Hongyu out together with the killers from yesterday, and told them about Qi Luzhi's assassination of Lin Futong and his attempted suicide.

"Impossible!" Hongyu cried out, "How could Mr. Qi commit suicide?!" The killers also had unbelievable expressions on their faces.

"That's the truth, we can't lie to you. We just came from the governor's yamen, and your Lord Qi's body is still parked in the yamen."

Hongyu's legs went limp, and she fell to the ground and cried bitterly.The killers didn't have that deep affection for Qi Luzhi, they just stood there silently with their heads bowed.

"Don't be too sad now. The most urgent thing is to produce evidence to prove Mr. Qi's innocence. Governor Lin just pushed all the charges on Mr. Qi. If it is not clear, his relatives may It's a disaster." Mu Yuanxiu pretended to persuade.

However, Hongyu and those killers were about to disappoint him, because in their identities, it was impossible to get in touch with these things, and naturally it was impossible to hold evidence.

Mu Yuanxiu was very disappointed and waved his hand, motioning to take them back.

"Wait a minute," Chu Ci called to stop them, "The others go on first, I still have something to do, I want to ask Miss Hongyu."

Mu Yuanxiu nodded to his subordinates, and soon, only the two of them and Hongyu were left here.The reason why Chu Ci kept Hongyu was because he found that Hongyu seemed to have served Qi Luzhi for a while, presumably she knew some things about him better than others should.

"What privacy does Lord Qi have?" Hongyu pondered for a while, and then said: "The difference between the master and ordinary people should be that."

"Which one?" Mu Yuanxiu became interested. He didn't expect this conversation at first, but he didn't expect that he could really ask something.

Hongyu said: "The master is a child prodigy. An ordinary scholar can only write with one hand, but the master can write with both hands at the same time, and the writing is very beautiful. However, since he met the bandits three years ago and was chopped It doesn't look good with one hand. It's a good thing he can write with his left hand, otherwise—"

"Wait a minute, which arm are you talking about that was cut?" Chu Ci abruptly stood up, interrupting her words regardless of etiquette.

Seeing this, Hongyu was a little nervous: "Yes... it's the right hand. If it were an ordinary person, I'm afraid eating would be a problem. But the master has taken care of her well, and her daily life is fine, but she can't do heavy work and doesn't use her strength."

After listening to Chu Ci, he laughed, and the gloom in his chest was instantly swept away. Sure enough, there is no unparalleled road. Now, let's see what Lin Futong has to say!

Mu Yuanxiu looked at him strangely, apparently not understanding why Qi Luzhi's right hand was injured.etc!Injured right hand, unable to exert force? !

"Master Mu, you have also discovered it. This is really a network of sky, and it is not leaking. Even if Lin Futong makes up the story beautifully, there will be times when it is not. Even if other crimes cannot be convicted, only murder The fact that the imperial court orders officials is enough for him to drink a pot."