Chapter 23 Confession
Master Ma pursed his lips and said nothing.
Chi Shi stood up and walked to his side, "At the edge of the wild lake, Sun Zhan and Deng Xiucai started fighting because of Mei Niang's affairs. They were in Zuihualou before, and they fought halfway, and they were separated by you, and they were filled with anger in their hearts."
"In the fight, Sun Zhan's jade pendant fell to the scene and became the physical evidence of his killing of Deng Xiucai. But Sun Zhan was not the murderer."
Sun Zhan is a bit kinder than Deng Xiucai, but he did not stand up to stop his evil deeds, which shows that this man is hesitant by nature and quite hypocritical.
He had a big fuss with Deng Xiucai, but he didn't have the courage to expose it. Even if such a person accidentally killed someone, he would not be able to do something to dig his eyes.
"There are two possibilities for killing Deng Xiucai. One is to insult Mei Niang. The person who killed her later, but if it were him, there is no reason to keep Sun Zhan, the witness; the other is to care about Mei Niang. He hates someone who doesn't save him when he sees death."
Zhou Xian shook the fan in his hand and looked at Chi Shi who was talking intently.
He had no expression on his face and his mouth opened and closed. When he mentioned Mei Niang, he had no sympathy. When he talked about the murderer, he did not show any hatred.
This man is like a talking judge, blinking the statue of the god, not like a living person.
Chi Shi felt his eyes, glanced at Zhou Xian, and then looked at Ma Escort Ma again.
"The murderer you saw by the wild lake that night was Huangshan, right?"
Chi Shi's words were loud and majestic.
Zhou Xian followed her gaze and turned his head to look, and saw a large group of people with different expressions walking in awkwardly.
"Sir, Dong Hanzhi, the owner of the Furui Escort Agency, brought everyone involved in the maid Xiaoman who used to serve Zhang Meiniang, Huangshan, and the coachman Huangshan, and the Yehu murder case."
Lu Jin reached out and said a person, then pointed at him.
Before, he was in the Land Temple and the pool was quietly covering his ears, and he asked him to find people related to the case.
"There are also Sun Zhan's son Sun Haoran and Deng Xiucai's wife Cao."
"It was not Sun Zhan who killed Deng Xiucai, but you, Huangshan." Chi Shi repeated again.
Huang Shan was shocked and knelt down with a pounce. Before he could speak, Dong Hanzhi, who was beside him, suddenly knelt down, "No, it's not Huangshan. I killed Deng Xiucai. I hate him for not saving Mei Niang when he saw death, so he killed him in anger."
"No... it's not the young master. Jiu Ye is right. I stabbed Deng Xiucai to death with a dagger, and dug his eyes and threw them away from the wild lake to feed the fish! I am the real murderer."
Chi Shi looked at Dong Hanzhi, picked up the lid of the teacup on the table and handed it to him.
Dong Hanzhi didn't understand why, so he stretched out his right hand to pick it up, then bowed slightly and stretched out his left hand.
Chi Shi shook his head, "In Deng Xiucai's case, the file is clearly written. When the coroner was doing an autopsy, there was a clear handprint on his left arm, and the wound was on his right abdomen. It is speculated that the murderer was left-handed and an acquaintance with Deng Xiucai."
"Just I asked you to pick up the cup, and you stretched out your right hand. And your sword, don't be on the left. You are not left-handed."
Chi Shi said, crossing Dong Hanzhi and looking at Huangshan.
Huangshan took a step forward and pulled Dong Hanzhi, "You want to be a good person, but it's too late."
He said, taking out a dagger from his sleeve bag and respectfully handed it to Chi Shi.
"Jiu Master, this is the weapon, I have always kept it. Thank you, Master Jiu, to find Mei Niang. Ten years ago, I was by the wild lake and killed Deng Xiucai."
Huangshan lowered his head, looked at a blue ribbon on his waist, and gently touched it, "When something happened to Mei Niang in the Land Temple, I should have driven the carriage directly and took her to the place next to me, and never go back to Youhai again."
When Zhang Dalai saw it, the old tears were rising. He slapped himself in the face, "It's all my fault, it's all my fault! This is all retribution. Mei Niang agreed to it back then, and she wanted to recruit you as her son-in-law."
"I thought that the Dong family had great business and Dong Hanzhi had friendship with her again. After going to that wealthy and prosperous nest, I no longer had to peel bamboo strips and suffer with me. I never thought..."
Huang Shan smiled shyly and did not accept Zhang Dalai's words.
After Mei Niang had an accident, he stopped working in the Dong family. Zhang Dalai is old and lives in the same alley as the Zhang family. Sometimes when he is free, he also goes to help him pull bamboo.
"I knew from Uncle Ma that Sun Zhan and Deng Xiucai knew who the murderer was, so they kept asking them, but they refused to say that. That day, at the edge of the wild lake, I saw the two of them fighting."
"After Sun Zhan left, I went up to ask Deng Xiucai again," Huang Shan said, tightening his hands, "He only said that compared to that person, I hit the stone with an egg. So what if I know who it is, I can't win the lawsuit."
Recalling that night, Huang Shan closed his eyes in pain, "He also said, I have an affair with Mei Niang, and she will be targeted only after she is undecided. Otherwise, if there are so many women in Youhai, why is she the only one who lost her innocence?"
"This is simply what the beast said! I was very angry at that time. When I came to my senses, I had stabbed him to death. I wanted to scare Sun Zhan, so I dug up the eyes of the beast named Deng."
Huang Shan said, opening his eyes, "Early the next morning, I thought about blocking Sun Zhan. But when I arrived at his door, I found that he was arrested by the constable. After entering, I never came out again. In the end, I didn't have the opportunity to ask him who was the one who harmed Mei Niang."
"It's been ten years, Mei Niang can't find it, and the murderer can't be found..."
Chi Shi frowned, "There is no murderer in this world."
She said, looking at Zhou Xian with a little provocative attitude, "The murderer was in the Youhai County Government ten years ago. After Deng Xiucai died, the government blocked the murder scene by the wild lake for search. After the detectives left quickly, Zhang Dalai went to the wild lake to fish and picked up a pair of white jade cicadas in the grass."
"This is what Mei Niang brought with her when she died. Only the murderer will have this pair of white jade cicadas."
"The jade cicada is covered with bright rose-red ribbons. When the constable searches, he can find Sun Zhan's jade pendant. It is impossible to find the jade cicada. The murderer is of high power, Deng Xiucai has fame and fortune, and Sun Zhan and my second uncle are in-laws.
They dared not provoke the murderer, and Sun Zhan didn't even dare to reveal a word to my second uncle. He did not kill Deng Xiucai, but quickly admitted his guilt. This man had been to the wild lake and was in charge of moving the land and temple."
"Tall and have the ability to stand by."
The more Chi Shi said, the more certain he became, "The person who insulted Mei Niang and killed him was in the Youhai Mansion ten years ago."
Youhai is not outstanding in people and is not effective in the land.
The Chi family is a coroner family, and there are many local tyrants here, which shows that there are not many powerful people.
No matter how shocked the people around him were, Chi Shi continued, "Dong Hanzhi, why did the Dong family ask Xiaoman to trick Mei Niang to go to the Land Temple? The murderer did not kill her after insulting Mei Niang at the Land Temple for the first time.
Why did you have to try your best to trick Mei Niang into the Land Temple for the second time, regardless of the danger of exposure, and then kill her?"
Chapter completed!