coobybook Chapter 120 Concubine
Chapter 120 Concubine
Mrs. Rong asked her son in surprise, "Lang'er, how did you know the clue?"
"Mom, it wasn't me, it was Erpang." Yuan Lang grabbed the hand of another little boy, "The day before yesterday, Erpang saw Aunt Gui fighting with a man in the reed marsh. Erpang, am I right?"
Erpang is Wu Mingli’s eldest son, who is eight years old this year. In fact, he is not fat at all. His small body looks not as strong as Yuan Lang next to him.
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Erpang lowered his head in fear.
Wu Mingli's wife, Chen, walked over and touched her son's head, and asked softly, "Did you really see it?"
Facing his mother, Erpang was not so scared. He grabbed Chen's clothes and nodded, saying in a low voice, "Mom, I saw it."
A yamen runner wanted to go forward and grab the child to explain clearly, but Dan Dajun stopped him with a look. He calmed down and asked Chen to help him find out clearly.
Under Chen's patient guidance, Erpang slowly recounted what happened that day. Although some parts were slightly reversed, it was generally smooth and it could be heard that Erpang did not lie.
Shan Dajun took two steps forward and asked, "Can you still recognize that man's voice when you hear it again now?"
Er Pang hid behind his mother. With Chen's encouragement, he poked his head out again and nodded to Shan Dajun, "I heard it."
Shan Dajun was delighted. Doesn't this mean that the man is here?
He asked anxiously, "Who is it?"
Erpang didn't answer, but raised his head to look at Chen, "Mom."
Chen smiled and patted his head encouragingly.
Erpang then stretched out his hand and pointed in the middle, "It's him!"
Everyone looked in the direction of his finger and saw Lin Jianshan, who had a look of surprise on his face.
Shang Wan sighed in his heart.
"It's not me." Lin Jianshan waved his hands in panic. "People's voices are all similar. How can you take a child's words seriously?"
Shan Dajun stared at him and asked sternly, "Where were you when the crime happened? What were you doing?"
"I...I..." Lin Jianshan stammered and couldn't say anything, and Zhou was so anxious that she kept pinching him.
It's already this late, hurry up and tell me! If you don't, you'll be blamed for the murder!
Liu also urged anxiously: "Boss, please speak quickly."
Village Chief Lin looked unhappy and scolded, "Just say whatever you want to say. Why are you hesitating?"
Under the gaze of everyone, Lin Jianshan's face turned red and his fists were clenched, but he never uttered a word.
Everyone in the Lin family was as anxious as ants on a hot pan.
Shan Dajun winked at the two yamen runners, asking them to keep a close eye on Lin Jianshan and not let him escape.
He turned around and continued to ask Er Pang, "Apart from the voice, was there anything different about the man you saw from the others?"
Erpang held his mother's hand tightly and looked up to recall the past. Yuan Lang beside him was anxious and whispered to him, "Injury, injury."
"Ah!" Erpang remembered instantly, "I saw that man's right arm was scratched, with several long cuts, and... there was a black mole here."
He touched the back of his head where it connected to his neck and turned around to show it to Shan Dajun.
Two yamen runners came forward immediately and grabbed Lin Jianshan. Shan Dajun walked over and rolled up his right sleeve. Sure enough, there were several scabbed scratches on his forearm. Looking at the back of his neck, he saw a black mole.
All right.
Shan Dajun's face was as gloomy as water. "Now that we have the witnesses and evidence, why don't you tell the truth?"
"Officer, my son is innocent. You can't wrongly accuse a good person." Liu rushed over crying and grabbed Shan Dajun's official robe.
Other members of the Lin family also helped to plead for mercy, and Zhou even knelt down to appeal for Lin Jianshan's innocence.
Village chief Lin never thought that the fire would burn his own family, so he quickly pleaded for mercy.
"Do you want to hinder my investigation?" Shan Dajun's face was stern. He quickly drew out his official sword, which scared Liu so much that she quickly let go and hid behind.
Both the Lin family members and those who supported them fell silent one after another. No one wanted to taste the power of the official knife.
Shan Dajun snorted coldly and kicked Lin Jianshan in the knee.
Lin Jianshan felt pain and knelt on one knee uncontrollably.
Shan Dajun asked, "Tell me, what is your relationship with the deceased? Why did you fight with the deceased in the reed marsh?"
Lin Jianshan gritted his teeth and refused to say anything. After being kicked twice by Shan Dajun, he finally spoke and demanded that everyone leave and only the police officers would be left.
Shan Dajun sneered repeatedly. What kind of person does this guy think he is? A murder suspect has made demands!
"If he doesn't tell, take him back and beat him with a stick." Shan Dajun ordered his men, "Put him in shackles and take him back for interrogation."
"No! I didn't kill anyone!" Lin Jianshan knew that if he was really taken to the county jail, he would be skinned alive. He struggled hard and shouted, "I'll tell you! I'll tell you!"
"Hurry up and tell me, this is your last chance." Shan Dajun waved his hand and the two runners stopped.
Lin Jianshan's eyes swept over his family members but avoided Zhou.
He licked his dry lips and whispered, "I didn't kill anyone. I am... am... am Gui's mistress."
The word "mistress" was almost swallowed up by his lips, and everyone could not help but prick up their ears to listen.
Everyone was in an uproar, and Zhou's face turned pale. She fell to the ground and looked at her man in disbelief.
Her man turned out to be Gui’s adulterer!
That old woman is old enough to be his mother!
"What did you say?" she asked sharply, her voice breaking.
Lin Jianshan didn't dare to look into Zhou's eyes, and lowered his head and said, "I didn't mean to do it. I was just possessed by a ghost for a while... It was only a few times. It was Gui who begged me, so I... I... Anyway, I didn't kill her, and there was no need to kill her."
"I had a fight with her in the reed marsh the day before yesterday. Actually, it wasn't really a fight. She couldn't beat me if we really wanted to fight. We just had a little argument. She asked me for money so that she could live somewhere else. I didn't give her money, so she got mad and scratched me. She even threatened to tell others. I got angry and fought back."
Shan Dajun asked, "So you killed Gui to silence her in order to preserve your reputation?"
"No! I really didn't kill her!" Lin Jianshan retorted hastily, "I went to find her today to give her the silver hairpin."
"You took the silver hairpin?" Zhou's voice trembled, her eyes reddened, "To give it to that bitch?"
"I...I..." Lin Jianshan stammered, blushing, and explained in a low voice, "I didn't intend to give it to her at first. It was because I saw that she was in trouble that I...I took it to deal with the emergency."
"If you don't want to, can she still put a knife to your neck and force you to do it?" Zhou pointed at the corpse covered with white cloth, "She didn't even have her clothes on when she died, and you had sex with her again, didn't you?!"
Lin Jianshan was secretly annoyed that Zhou did not give him face. His face turned purple and he nodded with difficulty under the gaze of everyone.
"She was the one who seduced me, so I... But when I left, she had already put her clothes on."
"You are such an ungrateful man!" Zhou's eyes were red, she couldn't hold back any longer, she pounced on Lin Jianshan and scratched him, "I gave birth to your children, I served your parents-in-law, I took care of the household, and you actually went out to find a mistress! What's wrong with me?!"