Great Lawyer

Chapter 848 Very Strange ([-])
The hired worker replied: "The saltworks will stop working at Haishi in the evening. Everyone has to go back to rest for two hours. During this time, I will be the only one left to guard the saltworks."

"I was squatting behind the big salt pond and taking a nap. When I was confused, I suddenly heard someone talking."

"Then I saw Young Master Feng and a young man coming in to talk. The two stood by the edge of the salt pond. They didn't know what they said, so they started arguing."

Liu Zifeng was trembling all over, sweat dripping on the ground, he kept looking at the three gleaming guillotines standing side by side by the wall from the corner of his eye.

Both Liu Yunsheng and Zheng Yu's heads were beheaded by this dog's head.

"And then," Zhou Yan asked further.

The hired worker replied: "I didn't dare to go forward, and I was afraid that the nobles would think I was eavesdropping, so I walked a little farther, and after about a quarter of an hour, I thought the two young masters had left and came back."

"And then, then I saw..."

The hired worker glanced at Liu Zifeng nervously.

"What did you see?" Zhou Yan asked.

The hired worker replied: "I, I saw Master Feng carrying another young master out, I, I thought that young master was sick, so Young Master Feng kindly carried him on his back."

"Didn't you go up to see clearly?" Zhou Yan asked.

The hired worker shook his head: "We don't dare to ask more about the nobleman. If the nobleman doesn't call for help, we can't go up and disturb him."

"Yeah." Zhou Yan continued, "So, do you remember the time at that time?"

The hired worker replied: "At that time, at that time, it was about three quarters of the day."

Zhou Yan asked again: "What was the person he was carrying on his back at that time?"

The hired worker thought for a while, and replied: "It seems to be asleep, I, I don't know, because it is too far away, and there are two salt ponds in between."

After Zhou Yan finished asking, the hired worker answered smoothly, and he gradually gained confidence, and he glanced at Du Jiuyan proudly.

Du Jiuyan gave him a thumbs up and praised him, "Excellent!"

Zhou Yan's eyelids twitched, his eyes flickered, and he continued, "After leaving the salt field, Liu Zifeng returned to the school with Liu Youpeng on his back. The person on duty that night was Guan Luo, the boy."

"Maybe he has a small door key, climbed into the courtyard from the wall, unlocked the door, and let Liu Youpeng in. Or, Guan Luo directly opened the door for him."

"Guan Luo is dead now, we have no way of knowing from him, we can only ask the murderer. However, there are inferences about who killed him."

He paused and was about to speak when Liu Yongli interrupted him, raised his hand and said, "How did he get into the city?"

The saltworks are outside the city, and someone who wants to enter the city can always see it.

"He enters from the south gate," Zhou Yan said, "although it's a long way around, it's easy to have a carriage."

The south gate is within Liu's area, and it has never been closed, because there is the sea outside the city as a natural barrier, and it has been safe for many years.

This point is not something that Zhou Yan made up, everyone in Shenglong knows about it.

"You continue." Liu Yongli said.

Outside the door, the common people began to discuss in low voices, and someone asked Lian Bo in a low voice: "He said so clearly, and there are witnesses, so... then Mr. Du is going to lose?"

"I don't know." Lian Bo was also worried, "Let's see what Mr. Du has to say later."

"If the murderer they find is one person, wouldn't the one who spoke first have the upper hand."

"Then Mr. Du and the prince are leaving Annan?"

"Then what do we do?"

Although everyone didn't dare to really turn against anyone, but in the bottom of their hearts, they were already looking forward to the fact that King Gui and his wife would change the situation of Shenglong and Annan.

Although the Baijia Village outside the city is still under construction, the smiles on the faces of those who have left their household registration and become "common people" and the daily vitality are what they all yearn for.

"Guan Luo died at the time of Youshi, and he took a steamed bun from the dining hall back." Zhou Yan said.

"After eating the steamed bun, he died. After inspection, the steamed bun was mixed with arsenic."

"As for the same steamed bun, others were safe after eating it, but he died. It can be seen that only his steamed bun has the poison of arsenic."

Zhou Yan said loudly: "So, after asking the cooks in the canteen, they can all prove that only Liu Zifeng went to the canteen that night."

"There is a problem," Liu Yongli interrupted Zhou Yan, "There is more than one mantou among the boys in the school, even if he poisons him, how can he only poison Guan Luo?"

Zhou Yan's eyes jumped, and he replied, "I have to ask Liu Zifeng about this matter."

He turned his head, stared at Liu Zifeng, and asked, "How did you kill Guan Luo?"

"I, I," Liu Zifeng glanced at Liu Zhen quickly, then lowered his head, and said, "I didn't, I didn't kill him."

Zhou Yan said: "It doesn't matter if you don't say it. Then let's continue talking about Liu Youpeng's death!"

"You took Liu Youpeng back to his yard, because you know that he told Ye Hu that night to boil the water for bathing. So, you stripped him naked, put him in the bathtub, and poured hot water on him. "

"Forged the illusion that he bathed and drowned."

Zhou Yan stared at Liu Zifeng, and said: "However, no matter how good you fake it, you can't cover up the fact that you killed someone. The tub is small? It's not enough. He can't drown at all. His coat smells fishy, ​​it's obviously soaked Because of the sea water."

"And on the afternoon you killed him, you told Liu Zijun that you wanted to kill him."

"As expected, you did this and killed him that night."

"Liu Zifeng, do you admit it?!" Zhou Yan asked loudly.

Liu Zifeng lay down on the ground in fright, cried, and shouted: "I admit it, I admit it!"

"I killed him. It was me!"

He said, wailing loudly.

"So, how did you kill Guan Luo?" Zhou Yan asked.

Liu Zifeng said: "On his way to the dining hall, I gave him a bowl and asked him to use this bowl to serve his rice. Guan Luosu is timid, so he dare not disobey."

"That bowl is covered with arsenic, as long as his steamed buns get on it, he will surely die."

Liu Zifeng was sweating profusely and couldn't speak in tune.

Hearing this, Liu Zijun gasped, looked at Liu Zifeng in disbelief, and shouted, "Brother Feng, you... how could you, how could you kill someone!"

"Stop talking, it's all my fault, I plead guilty!"

Liu Zifeng lay on the ground with his head in his arms.

On one side, Liu Zhen picked up the teacup unhurriedly and sipped it leisurely.

With astonishment on his face, Zheng Wenhai turned to Du Jiuyan and said silently: "Mr. Du, you lost!"

Du Jiuyan smiled at him with an indifferent expression.

Li Xiao frowned, his face was ugly.If he loses this round, he will discuss with King Gui whether he wants to surprise and destroy the Zhou family by force.

Although there is a gap in military strength, at this point in the matter, if King Gui and his wife leave, it will be tantamount to giving up halfway, and it will be even more difficult to start over in the future.

Li Xiao couldn't sit still, so he changed his position.

"My lord," Zhou Yan said with a haughty expression, "Liu Zifeng has pleaded guilty, and the case has been clarified."

Liu Yongli looked at him, hummed, and asked Du Jiuyan, "Do you want to continue arguing?"

"Yes!" Du Jiuyan said, "Yes, I've come all the time, and it's not my style not to say a few words."

Liu Yongli suppressed a smile, nodded and said, "Go ahead."

Outside the door, everyone's hearts were cold.Liu Zifeng pleaded guilty, and Du Jiuyan could only add some more to Zhou Yan's original basis, but Zhou Yan won in the end.

"Princess has tenacity," Liu Zhen put the teacup down, and said sarcastically, "At this point, do you still have to say something?"

"Does it make sense?"

Du Jiuyan came out, stood in the middle with his hands behind his back, and said to Liu Zhen with a smile, "How can it be meaningless to slap your face?"

"I have no other hobbies in my life, I just like to swing my hands and slap other people's faces hard."

"That voice is quite pleasant. Later, Lord Liu will also appreciate the beauty of it together."

Liu Zhen snorted coldly and said, "I'll wait!"

"Poor little girl," Du Jiuyan knelt down and looked at Liu Zifeng, "How old is this year?"

Liu Zifeng's face was pale, and he said, "21."

"You're so young," Du Jiuyan said, "It's a pity to be beheaded at such a young age."

Liu Zifeng trembled with fear, gritted his teeth and said, "I should pay for my life."

After he finished speaking, Lu's crying sound came from the back yamen, cursing at people, but his speech was not clear.

"Dare to act, you are a good young man!" She stood up with a flick of her sleeves, turned her eyes to Zhou Yan, and said, "Before I draw any conclusions, I have a few questions to ask Mr. Zhou Litigation."

Zhou Yan cupped his hands and said, "Please!"

"Liu Zifeng and Liu Youpeng have deep grievances. Why did Liu Youpeng accompany Liu Zifeng to the saltworks?"

"Secondly, the two have such deep grievances. Why did Liu Zifeng choose this day, neither sooner nor later, to kill Liu Youpeng? What was his motive for killing?"

"Thirdly, Liu Zifeng was still in the Yichun Courtyard around the time of the day, and left later. During this period, how did he get to the salt field, when did he go out, and when did Liu Youpeng meet him?"

"I'm afraid you don't remember after asking, so answer these three first."

Zhou Yan's heart skipped a beat, but his face was calm and self-possessed. He replied, "Why did Liu Youpeng go? You can ask Liu Zifeng about this, he is just..."

Before he finished speaking, Du Jiuyan interrupted him, saying: "Investigate the case, if you don't know these things, you dare to identify the murderer. Let me ask, will you pay me the legal fees?"

"You!" Zhou Yan was furious, he knew that Du Jiuyan would not say good things.

"But Li Zifeng pleaded guilty!" Zhou Yan emphasized, "This is the best proof."

Du Jiuyan nodded and said, "Yes, Liu Zifeng pleaded guilty, which is really surprising."

"What's even more strange is that I have different inferences about the case, the murderer and the process of killing."

Zhou Yan stared at her.

　Before you know it, it's late March again, remember the monthly pass!

　　I didn't correct the typos again today, I'll correct them later, okay?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)