Chapter 49 Gao Lan, Director of the Ministry of Industry
Not long after, I came to Dali Temple and asked a clerk. I learned that Zhuge Nan and Zheng Lingxuan had just returned. And according to the clerk's description, after returning to the office, the two went straight to the prison, with anger on their faces.
At the door of the prison, Wu Chengsi happened to meet the two of them coming out. Both of them looked strange. Wu Chengsi asked curiously: "What's wrong with you?"
Zhugenan shouted angrily: "I was completely deceived by that guy, and all my hard work these days has been in vain!"
"Who was deceived?"
"Of course it's Hei Te Changzhi, he is the murderer!" Zhuge Nan said firmly.
Wu Chengsi frowned: "Did you discover something again?"
Zheng Lingxuan whispered: "This morning, I asked each person individually for their testimony and confirmed each other's testimony. Everyone's testimonies were very consistent, and no one lied."
"Is that why?"
Zhuge Nan said: "Of course it's more than that. At noon, one of my subordinates told me that when he led people to search Hei Te Chang's residence, he found two emerald wine glasses, and the toxins were also detected on them! We asked Qianniu Wei about it
, these two wine glasses were given to Hei Te Chang by His Majesty when he returned!"
As he said that, he took out a small bag from his waist and took out two emerald green wine glasses!
Wu Chengsi's eyes lit up and he took a closer look. After discovering a scratch on one of the wine glasses, his smile grew wider: "So you took this wine glass to question Hei Te Changzhi?"
"Of course!" Zhugenan hummed.
Zheng Lingxuan noticed that Wu Chengsi had a different expression and asked doubtfully: "Wu Shaoqing, why don't you look surprised at all?"
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "Because your discovery just solved my doubts, why should I be surprised?"
"What doubts? Do you know something? Tell me, tell me!" Zhugenan urged.
Wu Chengsi said calmly: "Let me guess first, after you went to find Hei Qichang, did he say that the wine glass was originally his and was later lost?"
Zhugenan's eyes widened and he shouted: "How did you know!"
Zheng Lingxuan's eyes sparkled and she said happily: "Wu Shaoqing, do you know the truth of the case?"
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "Don't worry, let me guess again, did Hei Te Changzhi also say that he found these two cups at the murder scene and was worried about being suspected, so he took them away."
"Yes, yes! He also said that he was afraid that we would suspect him, so he hid the wine glass. Wu Shaoqing, I have convinced you today. How did you know this?" Zhugenan scratched his cheek and said.
Han Cheng looked at Wu Chengsi in astonishment. He was almost inseparable from Wu Chengsi, and his understanding of the entire case was similar to that of Wu Chengsi, but he had no idea how he knew this!
Wu Chengsi smiled slightly: "It's very simple, reasoning!"
"Then tell me quickly, is the murderer actually Hei Te Changzhi?" Zhugenan asked impatiently.
"Of course not him. Except for hiding the wine glass from us, every word is true!"
"Who is the murderer?" Han Cheng, who has always been taciturn, couldn't help but ask.
Wu Chengsi took a long breath and said, "It's Gao Lan."
"You mean Gao Lan committed suicide? Impossible, why did he do this? And his expression is definitely not the expression that a person who commits suicide should have!" Zhugenan said in rapid succession.
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "We might as well use the elimination method to analyze the case. According to the testimony of the Hanlin Academy clerks, during the death of Lu Zhining and Gao Lan, only Hei Te Changzhi went to the Hanlin Academy, and except for two clerks in the Academy,
Everyone else is with others. Then the murderers can be targeted at Hei Te Changzhi, Lu Zhining, Gao Lan and the two civil servants, right?"
Zheng Lingxuan nodded and said: "Yes, it is impossible for others."
Wu Chengsi added: "Toxin was detected in the emerald wine glass that was found. It can be confirmed that the two people died after drinking poisonous wine, right?"
"This is certain!" Zhuge Nan said.
"Then let's look at it again. There is no poison in the wine pot, but there is poison in the wine glass. Why is this so?"
"Of course the criminal put the poison into the wine and forced Lu Zhining and Gao Lan to drink it!" Zhugenan blurted out.
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "This is just one of the possibilities."
Han Cheng's eyes lit up and he said: "It's possible to put poison on the inside of the wine glass!"
"Yes, it is possible! This method is often used in the world!" Zheng Lingxuan repeatedly agreed.
Zhuge Nan retorted: "If this is the case, the two of them would have been poisoned to death after drinking one cup. There is no way the wine in the jug would be so short!"
Han Chengdao said: "This is easy to explain. Just smear the poison in the wine glass and let it dry in the sun for a few days. When the two drank the first few glasses, the toxin had not yet dissolved, so they were poisoned after many glasses.
die!"
Zhugenan thought for a while and said: "If it was really Gao Lan who poisoned me, why did he bother with it? Wouldn't it be better to apply the poison directly... Ah, no, it can't be Gao Lan at all, you almost got in!"
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "Let's go back to the elimination method just now. Now we can confirm that there are only two ways to commit the crime. Either the murderer put "cabbage" into the emerald wine glass and forced the two of them to drink it, so the toxin remained in the wine glass.
.Either the murderer put poison on the wine glasses in advance and poisoned the two of them, right?"
"That's true, but what does this mean?" Zhugenan said unconvinced.
"Let's analyze the first situation first. If the murderer forces two people to drink poisonous wine, they need to be subdued first. Only Black Teeth Changzhi has this ability, right?"
"Yes, so the murderer can only be him!" Zhugenan nodded vigorously.
Wu Chengsi stood up and said, "Then we might as well recall the situation at that time. Lu Zhining and Gao Lan were drinking. Halfway through, Hei Te Changzhi entered the palace, restrained the two of them, poured poison into the wine glasses, and forced them to drink.
Then he took away the wine glasses and placed the two bronze wine glasses on the cabinet on the table to cover them."
"That's it, it matches perfectly!" Zhuge Nan said happily.
"No, this situation is completely unreasonable!" Wu Chengsi shook his head.
Zhuge Nan asked anxiously: "Why?"
"Let me ask you, before Black Teeth Changzhi came, what kind of wine glasses did they use for drinking?" Wu Chengsi asked.
"Of course the emerald goblet!"
"The emerald wine glass is a black tooth. Why did it get into the hands of two people?"
Zhuge Nan was stunned for a moment and said: "Hei Te Changzhi said that he lost his wine glass. I think it was Lu Zhining or Gao Lan who stole his wine glass."
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "Then do you think that if the two of them knew that Hei Te Changzhi would come over, they would deliberately steal his wine glass to drink?"
Zhugenan was immediately speechless.
Wu Chengsi continued: "Considering what we have mentioned before, if Heiji Changzhi wants to kill someone, he will never do it in the Hanlin Academy. After he was arrested, the Ministry of Punishment intervened, and someone asked him to take the blame. If these things are
Combining them all, we can be sure that the murderer is definitely not a black toothed person!"
Zheng Lingxuan said: "Yes, if he was really the one who killed him, why did the Prince of Baekje let him take the blame? Why did the Criminal Department steal the case? This doesn't make sense."
"That can't be Gao Lan. He definitely doesn't seem to have committed suicide!" Zhugenan insisted.
Wu Chengsi said: "We just said that there are only two situations for committing a crime. If the first one is eliminated, only the second one is left, which is that the murderer smeared "cabbage" in the wine glass in advance!"
Han Cheng nodded and said: "Not bad."
"Before, we were always wondering why Gao Lan brought a wine bottle to Lu Zhining for a drink, but not a wine glass. Now can we think that he brought a wine glass, and what he brought was stolen from Hei Te Changzhi?
The emerald wine glass. However, the wine glass was later taken away by Hei Te Changzhi."
"Yes, that must be the case!" Zheng Lingxuan nodded repeatedly.
Wu Chengsi continued: "You must be wondering why Gao Lan's expression before his death was more horrified than Lu Zhining's. This does not look like the expression that a person who commits suicide should have."
"Why?" Zhugenan's eyes widened.
"Because he didn't even know that there was poison in his wine glass. His series of actions were all to poison Lu Zhining to death and put the blame on Hei Te Changzhi."
The three of them were stunned.
"Imagine what would have happened if Gao Lan had not died and Hei Te Changzhi entered the Hanlin Academy?" Wu Chengsi said leisurely.