The space boss's daily life of raising cubs, loving husbands and farming

Chapter 119: Expressing Gratitude

Lin Jianshan glared, "Shang, stop slandering me!"

"I didn't say you were the murderer, why are you so anxious?" Shang Wan raised his eyebrows, "Is my question difficult to answer? Or are you guilty of something?"

"I didn't kill anyone!" Lin Jianshan flatly denied.

Shan Dajun narrowed his eyes, "Since you said you didn't kill anyone, where were you when the crime happened?"

"I...I went up the mountain to chop wood."

"Who can testify?"

Lin Jianshan looked around and everyone avoided his sight.

It's not that everyone doesn't want to testify for him, but perjury will lead to lawsuits. If Lin Jianshan is really the murderer, wouldn't it leave a scourge in the village?

Village Chief Lin said: "I can testify that we climbed the mountain together."

"Wow, the village chief is really strong-willed despite his disability." Shang Wan said leisurely, "He can actually go up the mountain to chop firewood even with his arm hanging."

Shan Dajun looked at Village Chief Lin's arm suspiciously, frowned and said, "You two are father and son, so your testimony to each other is not credible. Was there a third person who saw you two going up the mountain to chop wood?"

The two looked at each other, neither of them could name the third person.

Lu Chengjing suddenly said, "Sir, may I ask you a few questions?"

Shan Dajun nodded.

Before leaving, Lord An specifically told him to take appropriate care of Lu Chengjing and Shang Wan when it did not involve issues of principle.

He was still thinking of being transferred to work for Lord An, but he was just asking a few questions, so he naturally wouldn't refuse Lu Chengjing this face.

Unexpectedly, the person Lu Chengjing was questioning was not the Lin father and son, but Liu Yuzhi.

"Are you familiar with this red string, girl?"

Liu Yuzhi looked away and said, "I haven't seen it."

"As far as I know, this red string is used in Yue Lao Temple to pray for marriage." Lu Chengjing glanced at the red string on Li Dashan's wrist, "It seems that the girl has given it to many people. Dashan, the red string on your hand is the one given by Miss Liu, right?"

Li Dashan's face first turned red, then turned pale after he understood what Lu Chengjing meant.

He asked hesitantly, "Many people?"

"Look over there." Shang Wan pointed them out one by one, "See the red strings on their wrists? Not only are they the same style, but they're also given to the same people."

Li Dashan: "..."

The wronged young people: "..."

The tears that Liu Yuzhi had been brewing fell back before they could fall.

She delivered them separately and no one saw her when she delivered them, so how could Shang Wan and Lu Chengjing have discovered it?

"I, I didn't." She tried to argue, "I just gave you the red string to thank you for helping me. There is no other meaning."

These words are purely to treat Li Dashan and other innocent people as fools.

Li Dashan angrily took off the red rope and threw it on the ground. He raised his finger and pointed at Liu Yuzhi and wanted to curse her, but he couldn't say anything to such a weak girl, which made him feel disgusted instead.

He took two deep breaths, turned his head and no longer looked at Liu Yuzhi.

The other young men did not have the same good temper as him. Not only did they throw away the red rope, they also joined in and made sarcastic remarks about Liu Yuzhi.

Liu Yuzhi's cheeks turned red with embarrassment and she couldn't help but cover her face and cry.

Lu Chengjing said: "Don't cry first."

As soon as Liu Yuzhi stopped crying, she raised her head with tearful eyes, waiting to hear Lu Chengjing's comfort.

Shitou looked at his brother-in-law with a condemning look.

How can I comfort a woman other than my sister? Brother-in-law, you must observe male virtues!

"You can cry as much as you want after I finish asking you questions." Lu Chengjing ignored the embarrassment on Liu Yuzhi's face and asked, "How many red ropes like this have you given away in total?"

"Five, five."

They just happened to be Li Dashan’s five enemies.

Lu Chengjing's eyes were cold, "If you lie in front of the police, be careful of the beating. I'll ask you again, how many are there in total?"

Liu Yuzhi seemed to have returned to the day when Lu Chengjing attacked her with short arrows. She shuddered and blurted out, "Seven!"

Lu Chengjing asked: "Who are the other two?"

"Yes... yes..." Liu Yuzhi blushed and hesitated. Shan Dajun suddenly pulled out his official sword. With a clang, Liu Yuzhi raised her hand and pointed at Lin Jianshan, "It's my eldest cousin."

Everyone: "Oh~"

Liu Yuzhi waved her hands and explained: "I just want to thank my cousin for taking me to the city to play, there is no other meaning."

The women snorted.

"Didn't you just say that?"

"I understand, I understand. No matter what I do, it's all out of gratitude."

"Tomorrow I will go to the Yue Lao Temple to ask for a bunch of them and give them out one by one to express my gratitude."

Liu Yuzhi's face turned red and white as she heard every word, and the corners of her clothes were almost torn by herself.

Zhou stared at her with eyes nearly blazing with anger. She had never expected that Liu Yuzhi would actually want to hook up with her man! Did she think she was dead? !

Lu Chengjing was not affected and said to Liu Yuzhi: "One more is missing."

Liu Yuzhi shook her head with tears in her eyes, "No more, I haven't given away the remaining one yet."

She regretted it so much. If she had known, she would not have been so cheap and given the same thing.

Shan Dajun noticed the highlight and asked, "Lu Xiucai, where did you get this red string in your hand?"

"I found it at the crime scene." Lu Chengjing handed it over. "There's blood on it. I suspect it was left by the murderer."

Shan Dajun lowered his head and took a closer look, and found that there was indeed blood on the red rope.

He raised his eyes and looked at Lin Jianshan, "The evidence is here, what else do you have to say?"

Lin Jianshan did not look flustered. "A red rope like this can be obtained at Yue Lao Temple for only two copper coins. The styles are all the same. How can I prove that it is mine?"

"No, these are different from the ones Miss Liu gave you." Lu Chengjing gestured to Shan Dajun to compare the blood-stained red rope with the one on his wrist and the one that was just thrown to the ground by Li Dashan and others.

This comparison reveals the difference.

The red ropes that Liu Yuzhi gave out had two red clouds on the cheeks of the jade girls painted on all the pendants, resembling a shy expression.

There is no red rope on Dan Dajun's wrist.

He raised his hand to wipe it off and found that he could wipe it off if he used more force.

"Liu Yuzhi, what's going on?"

Liu Yuzhi whispered, "I drew it with a paintbrush when I had nothing to do."

In fact, her original intention was not to be like others, but she never thought that it would become evidence to identify the murderer by accident.

"Sir, even if the red string is mine, it might have fallen off when I was putting clothes on the body." Lin Jianshan defended himself, "I have no grudge against Aunt Gui, why would I kill her?"

This statement does make some sense. Shan Dajun thought about it, raised the silver hairpin and asked, "Then why is this silver hairpin on the dead body? It can't be that it fell off when you were putting clothes on the dead body, right?"

The silver hairpin was wrapped in the deceased's clothes and should have been originally held in the deceased's arms.

Lin Jianshan couldn't answer.

"What are you making so much noise for?" A thin-faced yamen runner noticed that a group of children were pushing each other and their noises were getting louder and louder, so he started to scold them.

A boy puffed out his chest and shouted, "Sir, we have a clue!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the adults all turned around to look.

The person who spoke was Yuan Lang, the youngest son of the Yuan family.