Prosperous Concubine

Chapter 495 The Mu Kingdom’s Mansion is Destroyed (2)
"Princess Yutang said that the poisoned students are among the poisoned students!" The official's sharp eyes swept over a student with muddy feet. They all went to the well in the backyard. Which one is the real one? fierce?
"That person poisoned others to kill others, not himself. Therefore, the real culprit is a living person, not a corpse." Mu Yutang's voice was flat.

The officer suddenly looked up at the five surviving students, and saw that they were pale and haggard, none of them looked like the real culprit, and none of them looked like the real culprit.

He frowned tightly in his heart, how to tell the difference?

Seeing that the officials were helpless, Mu Yutang sighed softly, and looked at the students: "How many of you have passed the exam?"

A student coughed unnaturally: "The student has no name on the list, and is preparing to pack up and return home."

The students of Mengyao Academy cupped their hands and said, "There are 36 students."

"Sixty students."

"Student No. 2."

"Fourteen students."

A familiar male voice came to her ears, and Mu Yutang looked up and saw Mu Yuncheng. He was young and relatively short in stature, his face was covered by a few wisps of blood, and he was lying on the back. notice him.

"Using such a vicious and vicious method to poison and kill the powerless students is not because of jealousy, but because they want to remove obstacles. When the top students die, the real culprit can take their place. Therefore, the real culprit is also the first Students with good grades."

Mu Yutang looked at Mu Yuncheng and the student from Mengyao Academy: "You two are 36 and the other is [-]. You benefit the most and suspect the most."

"Why don't you doubt Lin Mo?" Mu Yuncheng squinted at Mu Yutang, his eyes full of dissatisfaction: "Although there is only one difference between the second place and the number one, the treatment is very different. For the number one, he poisoned Sun Liguo, which is completely justified." Well, as for the other students, they were murdered with poison along the way, in order to disturb the sight of the officials..."

Mu Yutang smiled slightly: "The real murderer is very smart, and the layout is perfect, and he won't leave any suspicious evidence, so he won't live alone, but he will recruit a few students to survive with him, so as not to dispel any doubts." people's suspicions..."

The officials looked up and saw that Lin Mo was five or six meters away from Muyun City, and there were two or three tables of people in between, and the four people in Muyun City were sitting very close to each other, which should be two adjacent tables of diners.

"The students who ranked in the top ten in the exam died a lot. More than a dozen students can basically enter the top ten. If they are lucky, they can still enter the palace exam. They are the biggest beneficiaries..."

Mu Yutang's deep and deep voice made Mu Yuncheng's complexion change slightly. The person who was rescued and survived in the top ten was referring to him: "Princess Yutang, if I am the real murderer, I will kill you." After being poisoned, he will run away without making a sound, so why would he stay here to be suspected and arrested by you."

Mu Yutang looked at him indifferently: "You came to the Yunlai Inn with the students. Many people have seen you. If you leave halfway, you will be suspicious. If you investigate carefully, you may be caught. If you stay and get poisoned with the students, the officials will treat you as a victim, and no one will suspect that you are the real murderer."

Mu Yuncheng sneered disdainfully: "Mu Yutang, we are poisoned by a huge poison, and if we are not careful, we will die. The real culprit poisoned others to poison others, not to poison himself to death."

Mu Yutang said leisurely: "You should have the best detoxification pill on your body, even if the doctors can't make it, you won't die."

Mu Yuncheng's complexion changed slightly, and something flashed in his eyes so quickly that it was too late for people to see clearly.

Seeing that he was silent with drooping eyelids, the officer seemed to be guilty, and stepped forward: "Mu Guogong, in order to prove your innocence, please allow us to search you."

Seeing that the officials' hands were about to reach out to him, Mu Yuncheng frowned and said, "There's no need to search, I did bring the antidote, as well as Jinchuang medicine and stasis medicine. I used to be in the military camp Those who have practiced will be injured every day, and they have developed the habit of bringing medicine, if you don’t believe me, you can go to the barracks and ask.”

Mu Yutang smiled. The current Muyun City is very smart. Every step is seamlessly arranged. Unfortunately, no matter how careful the trick is, there will be flaws: "Shopkeeper, your three-step fall is placed on the sundries. room, right?"

"Yes." The shopkeeper nodded: "Caomin was afraid that it would poison people, so he locked it on the innermost shelf in the utility room."

Mu Yutang smiled lightly: "Is there brown paint on the floor of your utility room?"

"How does the princess know?" The shopkeeper's eyes were full of surprise. The tables, chairs and benches placed in the hall were newly made a month ago. The paint was not used up, so they were put in the utility room. The day before yesterday, I went to get the three-step medicine. While catching a rat, I accidentally kicked the jar over and spilled some.

"Because the soles of Mu Guogong's feet are stained with brown paint!" Mu Yutang's clear and light voice came to their ears, everyone was shocked, and they all looked at Mu Yuncheng's shoes, the light gray soles were stained with mud, A small faint brown trace is faintly revealed...

The officer looked at Mu Yuncheng with a gloomy expression. He never expected that the real culprit would be Mu Yuncheng: "Mu Guogong, what else do you have to say?" , Cleverly cut off a clue, but brought out evidence that could prove his crime.

Mu Yuncheng bent his knees to look at the soles of the shoes, and said without changing his face: "I have worn these shoes for two days, and I have traveled to many places. The capital is so big, and I can't guarantee which one makes new furniture. My soles are stained." Paint, just because there is paint in his utility room, you can't suspect that the person with paint on the soles of his feet is a prisoner!"

Mu Yutang's voice was faint: "The lacquer oil is made of tung oil and coloring materials for lacquer. The depth of the color depends on the amount of ingredients. Even if it is the same color, as long as it is not from the same bucket of lacquer oil, the color will be different. Mu Guogong can ask the officials to compare the paint on your soles with the one in the utility room, if the color and weight are different, you are not the real culprit of poisoning."

"Master Yutang is right." The officials nodded and looked at Mu Yuncheng: "Mr. Mu is willing to compare?"

Mu Yuncheng's face was gloomy, and the light in the utility room was dim. His eyes had not fully recovered, and he didn't see the paint on the ground. He just stepped on it and left evidence. Yi Yi: "If the paint I stepped on is very similar to the color and smell in the utility room, and the officials accidentally make a mistake, wouldn't I be wronged!"

Mu Yutang raised her eyebrows: "Let the officials go to the utility room to inspect carefully to see if there are footprints on the paint. If there are no footprints, it is best. If there are, draw the footprints and compare them with Mu Guogong's shoes. If the two If the imprints of the two are different, it will naturally return the innocence of Mu Guogong, if the two traces are exactly the same, Mu Guogong is the real culprit of the poison."

Mu Yuncheng's complexion changed slightly. He went to the utility room, and when he came out, he eliminated the traces of his entry. However, he was in a hurry and his eyes were uncomfortable, and he didn't even see the paint on the ground. Not sure if the traces on it have been completely removed.

(End of this chapter)