Chapter 69 The Suspect Shows Up
The next difficult problem is how to prove the real culprit who killed Zhou Lang.
The Tomb of the Broken Head was destroyed, and the evidence of Yu Qingfeng's murderous methods was also destroyed. Now she only has reasoning, no evidence, not even a suspect.
After working for so long, the Zhou Lang case they came to investigate this time has just begun.
Early in the morning, Yu Qingfeng accompanied Pei Wuyan and the others to the county government office to interrogate the twenty-three witnesses again.
But this time, they were asking the witnesses completely new questions.
"Zhou Lang's enemies? How can Zhou Lang have any enemies?"
"If there is one, it's a gambling house, and it's Lou Anyi."
"Zhou Lang has no relatives. He came to Pingchuan alone six years ago. Now, he left alone again. There was no one to collect his body."
"Zhou Lang is very simple, he just likes to gamble. Even if he loses a finger, he still has to gamble. He only owes loan sharks from gambling houses and has never borrowed money from others."
"How do we know what happened six years ago? I asked Zhou Lang, but he never mentioned it."
"Yes, when I asked him about his past, he was very mysterious. I even joked that he might be a fugitive."
"No, no, I've noticed the arrest portraits posted. None of them look like Zhou Lang. He is definitely not a fugitive. Besides, fugitives are all extremely vicious people. Look at him. Not only is he thin, but he is also a sissy."
"Yes, you are a sissy, and you are very timid. How can he commit any crime like that?"
"Who would benefit the most if Zhou Lang dies? No, right? I've said before that Lou Anyi has no reason to kill Zhou Lang. If a person dies, the debt he owes will even be repaid."
"Lou Anyi's enemy? Wasn't Lou Anyi the murderer of Zhou Lang? Why are you asking his enemy?"
"Then if we talk about Lou Anyi, there will be many enemies. My wife once said that Lou Anyi is a man who suffered a thousand blows."
"My mother also said that Lou Anyi would die badly if he opened a gambling house."
"Except for my own family members? Then I really can't think of anyone who has a grudge against Lou Anyi. Oh, by the way, Lou Anyi took a concubine a year ago. His concubine was once the top star of Yinghonglou, and he used to be with Lou Anyi.
An Yi Zhengfeng has quite a few jealous benefactors, is he considered an enemy?"
"Who is the biggest beneficiary from Lou Anyi's death? Isn't this right? As soon as this case broke out, the government immediately closed down the gambling house. Now we have no place to gamble. The gambling house has not fallen into the hands of others. How can we benefit?
By?"
"Why not? Yes. Lou Anyi died, and his concubine is free. I heard that his concubine, named Tao, seems to have found a man named Kong.
Yes, he seems to be a tailor."
After listening to what these gamblers said so much, Pei Wuyan finally got to the point. He couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and asked:
"Stop, have any of you seen this Tailor Kong?"
The gambler who had not participated much in the conversation raised his hand, "I have seen him before. His name is Kong Shannan, and he is also from outside. It seems that he came to Pingchuan two years ago, and he is also alone. His tailor shop is next to my house.
"
"Is this Kong Shannan short and thin?"
"Yes, sir, have you also met Kong Shannan?"
When Yu Qingfeng heard this, she patted the table and said, "That's right, let's find this Tailor Kong."
Du Huanmo had been listening quietly on the side. When he saw Pei Wuyan and Yu Qingfeng aiming at Kong Shannan, he shook his head in confusion.
"Wait a minute, Mr. Pei, the deceased in this case is Zhou Lang. Kong Shannan has no reason to kill him. If the murder was for love, then Lou Anyi should be killed directly, right?"
"What if Kong Shannan wants to get rid of both of them?" Pei Wuyan asked Du Huanmo, "Isn't this killing two birds with one stone?"
Yu Qingfeng thought of Zhou Lang's death method and the final state of the body, and always felt that it was very inappropriate. Why not use a simpler and more convenient way to kill?
"Everyone, are you and Zhou Lang friends?"
Yu Qingfeng suddenly asked such a confusing question.
The twenty-three people looked at each other and shook their heads.
"No, we can't be considered friends, but we do always hang out together, play at the gambling table, sometimes go drinking together, and drink flower wine together..."
"Let's take a bath together?" Yu Qingfeng was too lazy to listen to the corrupt lives of these gamblers and went straight to the point.
"Yes, we often go to the Baolu bathhouse across the street from the gambling house. After a day of gambling, your whole body is sore, go there and take a bath, and find a master to massage it. It will be so relaxing."
"But Zhou Lang has never been there with you. Even if you invite him, he always refuses?"
"Yes, girl, how do you know?"
Yu Qingfeng looked at Pei Wuyan, Lin Ming and Lian Shurong.
The three companions understood it immediately, and even Du Huanmo said "Oh" in sudden realization. In the end, even Zhang Zhixian was belatedly aware of it.
Twenty-three gamblers had puzzled faces, still unable to figure out what these adults had figured out.
Du Huanmo dismissed these people and immediately asked Zhang Zhixian to send people to bring Kong Shannan and his concubine to the government office, and they were directly imprisoned in prison for the crime of killing Zhou Lang.
The four protagonists gathered in the room, waiting for Kong Shannan to be taken into custody and brought here for interrogation.
"Those gamblers are ordinary people after all. The sky is high and the palace is far away. Zhou Lang made it so obvious that they didn't think about the eunuchs."
Yu Qingfeng joked with a playful smile.
Lin Ming agreed: "Yes, I don't get close to women, I don't like to look for flowers, I don't marry and have children, I don't take baths with my companions, I am still a sissy, I came from other places alone, no one knows her details, and I ask about the past
, and his words are flashing.”
"The most important thing is the way he died. The murderer could have taken advantage of him and stabbed his neck with a knife or poisoned him without him noticing, but he insisted on crushing Zhou Lang with a coffin and deliberately kept it
They cut off Zhou Lang's head to confirm the identity of the deceased. This was obviously to conceal Zhou Lang's status as a eunuch..."
Pei Wuyan coughed violently and interrupted Yu Qingfeng.
"Physical characteristics." Yu Qingfeng wanted to finish her words and rolled her eyes at Pei Wuyan.
Lin Ming smiled fondly at Yu Qingfeng and continued his analysis:
"It can be seen that Zhou Lang and Kong Shannan had a grudge before they came to Pingchuan County. When Kong Shannan killed Zhou Lang, he also had to cover up the fact that Zhou Lang was a eunuch."
Lian Shurong frowned and thought, "In other words, once the identity of eunuch Zhou Lang is exposed, the identity of Kong Shannan's suspect will also be exposed. Could it be that this Kong Shannan was also a eunuch?"
"Eunuchs kill people for women?" Although Yu Qingfeng asked, the shaking of her head already gave her own preference.
Pei Wuyan retorted dissatisfied: "Eunuchs are also human beings, and they have seven emotions and six desires."
"But eunuchs can't..."
Pei Wuyan quickly raised his hand to stop Yu Qingfeng and curled his lips to blame himself, "Why should I talk so much to you?"
Lian Shurong smiled and smoothed things over, "Isn't it easy to confirm whether Kong Shannan is a eunuch? I'll wait for the others to arrive later..."
Lin Ming coughed violently and stopped Lian Shurong, "You should restrain yourself in front of the girl's family."
"Should I restrain myself? Yu Qingfeng is not an ordinary girl. Talking about these things is a common occurrence. You let her make sure that she can do it..."
Pei Wuyan and Lin Ming coughed together.
Chapter completed!