Di Zhiyuan on the side took down Li Afu's confession in full for future consideration.
"So what happened next morning?" Yang Qingyuan asked while also observing Li Afu's expression.
"Everything was planned by Butler Li after that! Lianxiang, who first realized something was wrong, was the master's personal maid, but she was once punished by the master for knocking on the door without permission in the morning, so she would definitely not knock on the door, but
I will come to see Butler Li first."
Just as Li Afu was talking, a white figure rushed into the room.
"Butler Li asked us to wait aside for a long time. When Lianxiang came to look for him, he pretended to call the three of us! In fact, the door bolt had been destroyed in advance, so the four of us came in front of Lianxiang.
Acted out that scene of crashing into a door!"
In fact, Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan had speculated before that such a closed room would be impossible to form unless there was a secret passage to the outside world or a dark room where people could hide.
Sure enough, the so-called secret room was just forged by the housekeepers Li Zhong and Li Afu.
At that time, everyone in Dali Temple had already speculated that the three people who knocked on the door were all Mrs. Li's people. They just didn't know how Mrs. Li let Li Zhong choose these three people. But if Li Zhong was also an accomplice of Mrs. Li, everything would make sense.
Fundamentally, the key to the creation of this conceptual "secret room" is the three people who hit the door. As long as the three people who hit the door are one of our own, then this secret room will naturally appear. When the door of the secret room is knocked open,
After that, the secret room disappeared, and naturally no one could crack the secret room on site.
Most people would not expect that four of the five people who witnessed the scene in the secret room were actually criminals.
The secret room that everyone in Dali Temple saw that day was just a false concept. It was only after the double emphasis of the Jingzhao Mansion detectives and Li Zhong that they mistakenly thought it was a secret room.
This butler Li Zhong is so resourceful!
If not for the flaw in the subsequent methods, I am afraid that the mystery of the secret room would have troubled Dali Temple for a long time.
While Yang Qingyuan was thinking, Li Afu's confession continued.
"After breaking the door open, the three of us immediately rushed into the house. This was arranged by Butler Li from the beginning, as he was afraid that we would leave any traces last night."
While Li Afu was talking, a white figure ran into Yang Qingyuan's arms.
It was none other than Dali Temple’s top night patrol expert—Xiao Bai.
The palm-sized kitten lay down in Yang Qingyuan's arms. After rubbing against Yang Qingyuan, it lay down obediently and stopped moving.
"Ahem!! Please continue to tell me, what's going on with the maid Lianxiang?!" Yang Qingyuan felt that the atmosphere was a bit awkward and asked.
"Lianxiang?!"
"What? You want me to go to your master's courtyard and dig up Lianxiang's body before you are willing to plead guilty and commit suicide?!"
Yang Qingyuan narrowed his eyes slightly and his tone was cold.
"Yes! We also killed Lianxiang!" When Li Afu heard that Yang Qingyuan had told him where the body was buried, he stopped struggling and admitted the crime.
"Who did it? How did they kill? Why did they kill!?"
Seeing that he could no longer escape, Li Afu said it like he was pouring beans.
"It was the three of us who committed the murder. In fact, we didn't want to kill him originally, but Lianxiang found Housekeeper Li. She said she saw that we were a little awkward when we knocked on the door in the morning, as if we didn't use any force, and asked Housekeeper Li if he wanted to
Report to the government!"
"So, Li Zhong has murderous intentions?!"
"Steward Li invited Lianxiang to the master's courtyard on the pretext of re-examination, and ordered the three of us to kill him and bury the body on the spot!"
No one noticed that while Yang Qingyuan was asking questions, Xiaobai, who was lying in his arms, seemed to have brilliance flowing in his amethyst-colored eyes.
"How did you kill Lianxiang?!"
"It was Wangcai's hand that strangled Lianxiang to prevent her from making a sound. I hugged Lianxiang to prevent her from struggling. Wangcai stabbed Lianxiang to death with a knife! Sir, I really didn't do anything.
,I didn’t kill her directly?!”
Stabbed to death, Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan grasped the key words.
That night, the two of them were in Li Bailiang's room, and the blue light they saw using the "martial arts version" Miruno reagent was already Lianxiang's blood!
Just when Yang Qingyuan was about to continue questioning, Xiaobai in his arms suddenly let out a "meow", his white hair stood up, and his purple pupils stared at Li Afu!
Yang Qingyuan glanced thoughtfully at Li Afu, who was at a loss at this moment, and gently touched Xiaobai's head with his left hand to comfort him.
Di Zhiyuan also had an incomprehensible look in his eyes. The theory of gods and ghosts has existed since ancient times. In the Zhou Dynasty, there was even a saying that cats have psychic eyes and can see things in the underworld.
Xiaobai had always acted like a little baby girl even to strangers, but this was the first time he got angry when he saw him.
"It's okay! Kittens are afraid of strangers, just keep talking!"
"After we killed Lianxiang, we followed Butler Li's instructions and buried her in the master's yard. Originally, Butler Li did not intend to report Lianxiang's death, but for some reason, the news of Lianxiang's disappearance immediately
Rumors spread throughout the mansion, and Butler Li saw that he could not suppress the matter, so he had to report it to the official!"
Li Afu spoke out the specific details, and Di Zhiyuan on the side wrote down the specific details one by one.
Xiaobai gradually returned to normal under Yang Qingyuan's comfort, but his amethyst-like eyes kept staring at Li Afu.
"Have you finished explaining?!" Yang Qingyuan asked while holding Xiaobai.
"I really told you everything!" Li Afu recalled carefully, "I don't dare to hide it!"
After confirming the explanation, Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan stood up and left, and asked a group of detectives to continue to guard and protect Li Afu.
"Zhiyuan, how credible do you think Li Afu's words are?"
Di Zhiyuan replied while sorting out the confession in his hand: "From a logical inference, there are seven points, but we need evidence to support it!"
"Evidence?! Yes!? The body of the maid buried in Li Bailiang Courtyard is a good evidence. She will tell us how credible Li Afu's words are!"
Di Zhiyuan agreed, "We can control Li Zhong first."
"It's a pity. I don't know why Tie Chengxuan hasn't received anyone for so long. Otherwise, we can get more information through the deceased!!"
Di Zhiyuan also knew the weight of the person coming, and nodded in agreement: "This journey is indeed slow. Could something have happened!?"
Yang Qingyuan said uncertainly, "No matter what, he is just the magistrate of Changting County. Is there anyone who wants to attack him?"
After hesitating for a while, Yang Qingyuan made a decision, "Well...if they don't come back tomorrow, I'll go and see for myself! But Li Bailiang's case will be handed over to you and Jian Han!"
"No problem! But where is Ji Baotou?!"
Di Zhiyuan was confused as to why Ji Yaohua had not been used. This person was the six-door ink-clad divine arrester and had cracked many cases. His ability was certainly top-notch.
"I have another appointment at Ji Yaohua's place, so I can't move for now!"
Seeing what Yang Qingyuan said, Di Zhiyuan also understood, "Don't worry!"