Chapter 107 Umeboshi Pancake (4)
This time, it was Han Jun, the bookboy who had been missing for a long time, who died. Different from the way Han Jun and Ruan Zhan died, he was killed by a clean cut on his neck.
Compared to Han Jun and Ruan Zhan, Shutong was shorter in stature and had an ordinary appearance. If the murderer's preference was so obvious, Shutong was obviously not the murderer's target.
This time the man was found dead outside the city by a vegetable farmer who got up early to carry a load into the city. When he was found, he was lying on the roadside and had been dead for a long time.
"He must have died in the middle of the night." Wu Bucai estimated the time of death and said, "No one has seen the murder, but to be able to cut his throat so neatly and neatly, this person must be of great stature and strength. At least one thing is better than him."
Although saying this is not the same as saying nothing, it is not very helpful.
Liu Yuan nodded and turned to look at Lin Fei.
Zhao You on the side was holding a lacquered wood food box in his hand. He opened the top lid of the food box. Lin Fei took out a plum and vegetable cake wrapped in oil paper and took a bite along the edge of the cake.
Although the movement of eating the cake was much more elegant than that of Zhao Yulai, the crust of the cake was too crispy. Listening to the "clicking" sound, Liu Yuan immediately thought of the plum and vegetable cake that he had just eaten, and felt The saliva began to flow in the mouth and tongue again.
I suppressed the thought of having another piece of prune pancake. I was already half full, so I had to save up my food for another piece at this time.
"Go to the study in the city." Lin Fei said.
The study he was talking about was the study of the beautiful woman whose husband had died that Wei Fu had specifically mentioned.
Because Wei Fu was informed in advance, the whole process was not in vain. The beautiful woman was sitting in the study. Even though Wei Fu, an outsider, was here, the beautiful woman was still with the few handsome scholars. The eyebrows come and go and never stop.
The flirting didn't stop until Lin Fei and others arrived.
Although in terms of appearance, Lin Fei was far better than those handsome scholars, but I wonder if it was because the crimson official uniform was too impressive. The beautiful woman suddenly became more behaved when she saw him. Although his eyes were still secretly glancing at the scholars from time to time, he still did not dare to make a mistake in front of Lin Fei. He bowed honestly and said hello, and waited for him to speak.
"Zhuang Meiniang?" Lin Fei looked at her for a moment, paused, and then asked before the beautiful woman could speak, "Do you remember the name Zhuang Xiaoqing?"
The beautiful woman who was flirting with her friends a moment ago suddenly stiffened when she heard the name. When she met Lin Fei's gaze, the beautiful woman immediately lowered her eyelids, as if she was deliberately avoiding his gaze.
After being silent for a long time, he probably knew that denial was useless, so he said, "I was called by this name before I got married."
"The rouge lady Zhuang Xiaohong who killed someone twenty years ago is your sister?" Lin Fei asked again.
Liu Yuan and Wei Fu behind him suddenly changed their expressions upon hearing this.
Now that you can ask this question, you must be confident.
In fact, it is not difficult to find out her identity. The witnesses in the case twenty years ago testified that if Dali Temple had kept it... No, not if so, it must have been kept. Her handwriting was on it, the same as this You can find the person by comparing her handwriting in the study.
Although it is a little troublesome to find the neighbors, it is not difficult to find them.
There are countless pieces of evidence like this, so why is it so difficult to find her identity?
Zhuang Meiniang smiled bitterly, nodded in response, and said, "It's my sister."
The case of Lady Rouge, who killed countless people, was a big deal back then. Although it had nothing to do with her, how could ordinary people withstand the looks in the eyes of the neighbors and the discussions behind her?
Therefore, she later changed her name and hurriedly found someone to marry. Although he did not leave Chang'an City, he was far away from the homestead where he originally lived.
After revealing Zhuang Meiniang's identity, Liu Yuan and Wei Fu's eyes immediately became subtle when they looked at the gentle gentlemen in the study, as well as Han Jun, Ruan Zhan and even the first husband of Rouge Lady.
Zhuang Meiniang's suspicion is too great. Han Jun and Ruan Zhan are both frequent visitors to this study!
"Back then, your sister, Lady Rouge, was quite famous. You were her younger sister, but did you learn her rouge-making skills?" Lin Fei asked.
Zhuang Meiniang's eyes flickered and she said, "No."
"Then who made the lipstick on your lips?" Lin Fei's eyes fell on Zhuang Meiniang's lips in front of him, he took out a piece of white paper from his arms, unfolded the white paper, and revealed the lipstick mark on it. He said, "If I read it correctly, it should be the same kind of lipstick as the one on the white paper."
After saying this, Wei Fu behind him immediately made a sound, and whispered to Liu Yuan beside him: "I didn't expect that I saw well at first. The lipstick on Zhuang Meiniang's lips is really the same kind as those on those people's lips. "
Liu Yuan glanced at him and said: "Come on, Old Wei! Look, everyone's lipstick is the same as several people's lips. It's just a blind cat meeting a dead mouse!"
The discussion between the two people did not disrupt Lin Fei's question.
Zhuang Meiniang said: "I did the lipstick randomly myself."
"There is no such lipstick on the market. The lipstick you made at random is exactly the same as the lipstick on the lips of the deceased Ruan Zhan and Han Jun?" Lin Fei continued to ask.
"I don't know." Zhuang Meiniang lowered her eyes and said, "Besides, lip balm only uses a few kinds of ingredients, so it's not surprising that others can prepare it!"
I really can’t cry without seeing the coffin! It has always been the most troublesome to deal with such quibbling criminals.
When Liu Yuan saw this, he couldn't help but said: "Then find a second person who can prepare this kind of mouth grease."
Although it was noon, Zhuang Meiniang, who was standing in the innermost part of the study, could not see any sunlight. Only a shadow fell above her head, shrouding her whole body in the shadow: "I don't know." She said, paused, Then he said, "Can it be concluded that I killed someone just based on this makeup? Couldn't it be that those two people died after I put makeup on them?"
Zhuang Meiniang's words seemed sophistry, but they were not unreasonable.
Liu Yuan was at a loss for words and instinctively looked at Lin Fei aside, only to see Lin Fei nod his head and said: "That makes some sense, but you are still very suspicious about lip grease, and you still need to go to Dali Temple with us. "
Zhuang Meiniang nodded and said "Okay" and was immediately taken away by the guards.
After Zhuang Meiniang was taken away, Lin Fei turned his head and looked at the students who were pale and shivering.
The students who were still flirting with Zhuang Meiniang suddenly changed their expressions when they heard that Zhuang Meiniang might have killed someone, and that the two people they killed were Ruan Zhan and Han Jun.
I think they are all regular visitors to this study, and they are also familiar with Ruan Zhan and Han Jun.
Seeing Zhuang Meiniang leaving, some students couldn't help but ask: "Sir, did she really kill Ruan Zhan and Han Jun?"