Chapter 17 Suspicion

Author: Mao Senlin

Chapter 17 Suspicion

"Soft Hedgehog Armor!?" Lin Hu said in surprise. There are probably few people who are familiar with martial arts culture who have never heard of this name. It is the treasure of Taohua Island.

Seeing Lin Hu's surprised look, An Siyuan looked quite satisfied: "Mr. Lin Qi is really well-informed. He called out the name of this thing right away. Then you must also know the efficacy of this thing. Now give it to Mr. Qi."

Master, you can use it for self-defense."

Lin Hu did not expect that the gift given by the other party was so valuable, so he quickly declined and said: "Mr. An, this gift is too expensive. I really don't dare to accept it, and it may be more appropriate to leave it to you instead of giving it to me."

An Siyuan smiled bitterly: "Mr. Lin Qi, you have good intentions, and An understands it, but I don't know martial arts, so even if I wear this thing, it will have limited effect, otherwise I wouldn't have been imbued with Qi in the first place, and Mr. Lin Qi is highly skilled in martial arts."

, having this thing is like adding wings to a tiger. This is exactly what the so-called sword is meant to give to a hero, so you don’t have to refuse."

When Lin Hu saw that Ellsworth's move was quite sincere, he finally accepted the soft hedgehog armor. Ellsworth demonstrated its hardness in front of Lin Hu. Even the best swords could not penetrate it.

After that, An Siyuan specifically asked his servants to help Lin Hu put it on on the spot. It was indeed quite light, as if he was wearing a slightly thicker coat, which had little effect on his movements.

Lin Hu was quite happy at the time. With this thing, he might not be injured if he encountered a situation like that in the alley before. This shows that An Siyuan put a lot of thought into giving this gift. This person can

Running such a huge business is indeed quite extraordinary. Lin Hu thanked him profusely at that time.

In this way, Lin Hu left Anfu, lived back in the city, and rested for two more days. Seeing that the vacation was over, he returned to the Jinyiwei Yamen to report. As soon as he was reinstated, he was assigned a task, which was to assist Nangong Shaoqing.

Li Zhongyi and others found the spies who were members of the Wenyu Party in Jinyiwei.

Lin Hu himself was quite positive about this matter, because he knew that if this internal trouble was not eliminated, it would very likely threaten him in the future. After this period of investigation, the case became more or less clear. First, after an autopsy,

It was confirmed that the female assassin died of poisoning, and since the poisoning must have been done by someone who had access to her, the circle was narrowed to a relatively small range.

Nangong Shaoqing and others have not been idle these days. After investigation, the suspects have been narrowed down to three people. Cheng Feng, the prison chief, Xu Erniu, the cook, and Dai Rongchang, the flag guard of Jinyiwei, all three people came into contact with him that day.

There are many dead people, and there is something questionable about each of them.

Lin Hu's first job after his reinstatement was to assist Nangong Shaoqing and others in interrogating these three people. The first was the cook Xu Erniu, a middle-aged man in his forties, with a big head, a thick neck, shiny skin, and a

He looked like a cook. As soon as Xu Erniu entered the room and sat down, Li Zhongyi, who was in charge of the trial, slapped the table.

"Xu Erniu, this is not the first time we have come to see you. There are many things we have to say that we don’t need to repeat. If you don’t do anything today, we will torture you!"

Xu Erniu had been in prison for a long time and knew all the torture methods there. Hearing these words, he was so frightened that he quickly knelt down in front of everyone: "Masters, I am wronged. I have been working as a cook here since I was twenty years old.

It’s been almost thirty years, and I’ve never done anything out of the ordinary. How that woman died has nothing to do with me!”

Nangong Shaoqing said coldly at this time: "You cooked the deceased's food that day. Isn't this irrelevant?"

Xu Erniu was stunned when he heard this, and he seemed to realize that what he just said was inappropriate, and quickly defended: "Even if it has something to do with it, I didn't do it. I understand the principle of killing people to pay for their lives. I just borrowed the courage of the two of us."

You don’t dare to do that!?”

At this time, Li Zhongyi took out an account book and threw it on the table: "You usually like to gamble in private, right?"

Xu Erniu's face changed obviously when he heard this, and his eyes kept moving. Anyone who was not blind could basically tell that there was something wrong in his mind.

"What's your question?" At this time, Lin Hu and jury member Xie Yuan shouted loudly at the same time.

Xu Erniu was startled, and then said: "It's just a small gamble, I usually just play a few games in private with my friends when I have nothing to do."

"I'm afraid there are more than two, right?" Li Zhongyi said and began to flip through the account book.

"To be honest, we have found out all these things. In the past year, you have owed no less than five hundred taels of gambling debt. For this reason, you even mortgaged the house you live in. My wife is angry with you for this matter.

, you took your children back to your parents’ home. Some time ago, you were being collected for debts almost every day. However, just three days before the incident, all the gambling debts you owed were suddenly paid off, and the house deed was even redeemed.

How do you explain this!?"

"I asked others to borrow money." Xu Erniu said vaguely.

"Everyone asked who borrowed it? Do you have an IOU? Who is the guarantor!?"

“I can’t remember it at the moment.”

Li Zhongyi slammed the table at that time: "Xu Erniu, you are very courageous. Do you know where this is? You don't want to live if you are playing tricks here!?"

Xu Erniu was so frightened that he kowtowed: "Masters, please spare my life. I said it's not possible. I'm guilty. I'm not a human being. In fact, I was really cornered by my creditors, so I had no choice but to sit in the kitchen."

Some manipulations were done to the accounts above

, I misappropriated a sum of money to pay off my gambling debts, but I had already thought about it, even if I borrowed money from everywhere, I would make up for the shortfall. I know that it is a big sin, and you can do whatever you want, but murdering that female prisoner

It really has nothing to do with me."

Xu Erniu burst into tears at the end. It didn't look like he was faking it. At that time, everyone discussed to verify what Xu Erniu said while temporarily taking him into custody and then interrogating the next suspect.

The second person to be interrogated was cell leader Cheng Feng. He was in his thirties this year, with dark skin and good looks. However, his temperament seemed a bit wretched. As soon as Nangong Shaoqing came up, he got straight to the point: "Cheng Feng, you

Have you been to Yanchun Tower recently?"

Cheng Feng's brows moved slightly when he heard this, but on the surface he still tried his best to pretend as if nothing had happened: "I've been there twice. It's not illegal to have fun, right?"

Li Zhongyi sneered after hearing this: "I'm afraid it's not as understatement as you said, right? We have found out very clearly that you have been to Yanchun Tower no less than ten times in the past month, and you have only found the most popular girls. Together, this

You don’t know how big the expense is, right? How did you, a little prison chief, get so much money!?”

"A treat for friends."

"What friend, whose name is it, what occupation!?"

"There is a merchant selling jewelry named Cheng Shou, who is a distant cousin of mine."

"Yes, we have checked that there is indeed such a Cheng Shou, but you are not cousins ​​at all. In fact, you have known each other for less than two months. What have you talked about in Yanchun Tower? You will not think that he is unaware of the ghost.

Bar?"

It was already late autumn, and there was obviously some chill in the interrogation room, but beads of sweat were already appearing on Cheng Feng's forehead.
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