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Jiang Chunlai took the people straight to the second floor. Originally, these rooms were next to each other. They could hold one pot and one knife at a time, which also saved time.
But they still went to Mingjin's room first, because if something unexpected happened, for example, the martial arts young man named Bi woke up first, Mingjin would be their life-saving talisman.
Jiang Chunlai and Zhang San opened the door together. The room was dark. As soon as they entered, Jiang Chunlai saw someone lying on the bed under the beautiful moonlight.
The two of them touched it involuntarily, and suddenly, they heard a voice coming from behind them.
"It's so late, is it okay to sneak into my master's room?"
Who else could it be with such a surly and indifferent tone?
The two were horrified and were about to raise their knives to attack and run away.
Bi Shiyi and another coachman, who were standing behind the door, quickly took the person down.
It won't take more than a few rounds.
On the bed, Shaoyao lifted the quilt and didn't even look at Jiang Chunlai and the two who were pushed to the ground and tied up. He only lit the candle, and under the bright light, the ferociousness and embarrassment of the two men were clearly visible.
Of course, when Shaoyao saw the gleaming kitchen knife that had been taken off, her original fear of facing the gangsters immediately disappeared, and she only became angry, "If you open an inn and do murder, people like you should be sentenced to death."
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Jiang Chunlai and Zhang San didn't know that they were being left alone. Jiang Chunlai still wanted to quibble, but he yelled "Catch the thief" and shouted loudly, "What are you doing! You are wronging me! Taking advantage of their large numbers and martial arts skills, they took me captive by force."
If you come here with the intention of murder, you are the bad guys!"
Shaoyao was so angry that he heard a soft and hoarse voice coming from outside the door, "The bowl you took away was replaced by us. The bowl you gave us was poisonous. However, after testing, it was found that you poisoned me first and sneaked in with a knife."
Finally, there are still corpses that have been soaked in the pond outside for several days. No matter which yamen you leave them in, they won’t be able to withstand the lawsuit. You can save your current energy to argue with the officials."
Ming Jin walked in and silently looked at the panic that could not be concealed on Jiang Chunlai's face, but also saw his struggle.
"It must have been done by someone else, why should you say it was me!"
"Bathtub."
Jiang Chunlai was startled, but his eyes couldn't help but drift away.
Of course he knew what the word meant and where it was.
Just a few steps away from where he lay.
But he couldn't help it, but he didn't dare to look, for fear of recalling...
"Although he comes from a businessman's family and has been pampered since he was a child, he is tall and courageous, so he dares to go on business alone without an entourage. Passing by your inn, he made a lavish deal and exposed his wealth. You have evil intentions.
If the medicine is not enough, let's attack him while he is bathing."
"No matter how strong a person is, if he is lying in the bathtub, his body sinks in the water, and the medicine takes effect and he is weak, you two come in with knives and chop him to death. The blood will flow too much and seep into the cracks in the wood.
You were in a panic, so you just hurriedly took the body to the pond and threw it away, and then disposed of the bloody water in the bathtub. However, even if you washed it once or twice, it was still not very clean. At least you felt weak, so you abandoned it in the bathtub.
In the warehouse."
When Jiang Chunlai heard this, he almost followed her train of thought, and suddenly said angrily: "You are such an abominable woman, what does this matter have to do with you? If it weren't for your maid insisting on a bathtub, I would
How could you take it out!!"
Nine out of ten people in this world are accustomed to blaming others.
Ming Jin was neither angry nor annoyed, and just said: "Yes, you didn't have to take it out, but why did you take it out? It's just because you wanted the extra one tael of silver from Shaoyao."
Jiang Chunlai's cheek twitched, and when he heard the graceful gesture, the woman with calm eyes added softly: "Even if you are not willing to destroy the only bathtub in this inn, you would hide it and wait for the future.
If you continue to use it for a long time, it won't make me suspicious."
Jiang Chunlai hated her attitude the most. He struggled angrily and yelled at her, "What do you know about someone like you who has no worries about food and drink? How dare you call me greedy!?"
He wanted to rush over, but was held down hard by Bi Shiyi, so he couldn't move.
However, Shaoyao hated the way he refused to admit that he was clearly doing evil, so he quickly struck at his side and said, "No, this means you are picking."
Jiang Chunlai suffocated, feeling extremely embarrassed. He stared at Shaoyao with cold resentment, and Shaoyao immediately felt chilled.
Ming Jin frowned, pulled Shaoyao behind him, blocked Jiang Chunlai's sight, and said calmly: "So you admit that you deserve to kill someone for money?"
"It's not that I want to kill him, it's that he shouldn't...he has so much money, why can't he give it to me."
He hesitated at first, but then he took it for granted, "Anyway, he's not short of money, so I can use it just fine."
For such a person, Shaoyao and the others were speechless. What was even more unlucky was that the businessman surnamed Li who was killed by him to seize his wealth was hacked to death while taking a bath just because he was rich. How can he reason with him?
Ming Jin did not argue with him, but said softly: "You have been sophistry before, but now you expose it. Is it because you broke the pot?"
Jiang Chunlai's eyes flashed and he chuckled, "What's the use of taking me now? Do you think I'm a countryman who's easy to fool? In fact, those evidences are not ironclad. Can you prove that I did it all? It's possible that it's me.
Others, as long as I deny them even to death..."
After he said this, Zhang San, who was pinned to the ground next to him, was stunned for a moment. He gradually came to his senses and panicked, "Boss, boss, are you trying to beat me up?"
Shaoyao still couldn't hold it back, "Isn't this obvious? It's you!"
Zhang San became angry and immediately loudly accused Jiang Chunlai, identified him as the mastermind, and induced him to be accomplices in the murder. After a quarrel.
Ming Jin suddenly turned sideways and shouted softly to the door: "My lords, have you bothered to wait for this long, is it possible now?"
Jiang Chunlai's eyes widened, and he had a very bad premonition. Sure enough, he raised his eyes and looked at the door. When he saw several pairs of thick-soled black boots exclusive to government servants, he saw several officials' faces.
He was desperate.
The guard is here now? But she didn't ask Bi Shiyi to go there tomorrow... No! She did it on purpose!
What she overheard before was basically what she said to him on purpose!
"You! You did it on purpose... You were making fun of me before!"
Jiang Chunlai was certainly not a stupid person. Considering that this girl Xie, who usually didn't talk much on weekdays, was inexplicably talkative at night, detailing the details of how he killed people and took money. At that time, he only thought that the other party was doing injustice to the deceased, or was showing off his abilities.
, but I didn’t expect such scheming.
I'm afraid that even her attempt to blame Zhang San was caused by her on purpose.
Think carefully about what you said before, plus Zhang San’s identification later.
This... is all clearly planned by her!
Jiang Chunlai was so sick that she looked like a femme fatale and wanted to eat her.
Ming Jin ignored him and asked the guards to take him away.
It is said that the police officers have a hard time, and it is true that they are paid to do things, but running around in the rain for days and looking for people is also a hard job. They complained endlessly, and now it turned out to be a murder case, which is even more extraordinary.
Fortunately, the murderer was caught.
Although they were a little curious about the identities of Ming Jin and others, they also knew that the case was serious, and they were about to take them away when suddenly a person rushed in from outside, and before they got there, they started crying.
When Ming Jin saw the person coming, he was a little surprised. This was not the woman from the pastoral hut.
She must be Jiang Chunlai's wife.
"Thank you, miss, my husband is innocent. He...he didn't mean to harm anyone, he did it for me, all for me."
The weak woman knelt down directly towards Ming Jin. She had a skin-and-bones body, about thirty years old, thin but with a clear and beautiful appearance. Her eyes were scarlet and her eyes were filled with tears, and she cried: "My husband was because of
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Jiang Chunlai suddenly became furious, flushed and shouted: "Shut up!"
The woman shrank, a little scared, but she still mustered up her courage, "Thank you, miss, gentlemen, that Li Yi is not a good person. If he hadn't been so frivolous with me that night, my husband wouldn't have done it for..."
Although she found it difficult to speak, she still resorted to talking.
This is the secret behind it, but others have not been able to see through it. It was previously deduced that Jiang Chunlai was just killing people for money, but now it seems that there is a reason.
The officers were stunned, but they still said that Jiang Chunlai killed someone and dumped the body, so he should bear the blame. As for other reasons, they would wait until he went to the government to make a decision.
The woman was very disappointed when she saw that the officer still wanted to take the person away, so she begged Mingjin, "Thank you, miss, please, please help us. He really didn't mean to kill anyone, nor did he do it for money, but for me."
She cried so pitifully and felt so helpless that Shaoyao's eyes turned red and he couldn't help but go over to help her.
Ming Jin had seen this woman before and knew her pity. After all, Jiang Chunlai and Xiaojiao were a bit dirty. But if Jiang Chunlai really killed someone to protect his wife, he would seem to be understanding and tolerant towards others. Such a kind of friendship
For this woman, self is more important than anything else.
No wonder she wanted to save her husband at the risk of exposing her privacy.
"I am just an ordinary person and it is difficult for me to interfere, but I feel that if the truth is revealed, there will be repercussions if we get to the bottom of it. Madam, just tell the truth to the government as much as possible and let the government make a decision."
Ming Jin felt particularly pity for her, and helped to lift her up, holding her wrist and guiding her gently, but the latter could only accept the request with tears, and then begged the officer for mercy, hoping that he could accompany her.
The police officer also agreed, and sent someone to capture Xiaojiao, but he did not take it directly back to the Yamen because the most important body had not been fished out yet.
The matter was in such a situation that Ming Jin didn't want to take care of it anymore. After everyone left the room, she stood on the corridor and saw Xu Qiubai who had been watching quietly not far away by the candlelight in the room.
Xu Qiubai had been told by her before to hide in a safe place and notified him until the situation was over. Now the other party had obviously come early, and she didn't know how long he had been watching and how much he had listened to.
But he came over.
"Did you bother me again tonight?" Ming Jin really felt guilty. She was busy rushing to take the exam, but she was "delayed" time and time again, so many times that she was embarrassed to apologize.
"Um."
This time, Xu Qiubai didn't seem to be so tolerant and polite.
Before Ming Jin made any reaction, the other party had a dull face and glanced at the place where Jiang Chunlai and others were detained just now.
"I'm bothering you too."
Chapter completed!