roccoschili Chapter 288 The real murderer
Chapter 288 The real murderer
As soon as Su He said this, everyone looked over in surprise. Wu Xian's face darkened and he said unhappily.
"Su Zhixing, you are too perfunctory in solving the case."
Su He took two steps forward and argued for Li Mingsheng.
"My Lord, you have heard it too. It is obvious that if Wu Suhong died, Li Mingsheng would have a miserable end. So why did he have to kill his lifeline? As long as Wu Suhong was still alive, even if the two of them temporarily divorced, with his charming little white face, they might be able to rekindle their relationship. That's why I said that Li Mingsheng was definitely not the murderer. I guess Wu Suhong committed suicide because she was upset."
Wu Xian suppressed his anger and glared at Su He, spewing out words one by one.
"The coroner said that Su Hong had no obvious suicidal tendencies."
"Alas, whether it was suicide or not is up to the coroner to decide. How do we know he is not lying? In my opinion, this coroner is not competent enough and is trying to take advantage of the situation."
"You're talking nonsense! Su Hong has wounds on her body, and she can't reach them herself. It must have been caused by someone."
Wu Xian couldn't help but roar at Su He and was about to take action.
"Minister Wu, I know you love your daughter dearly, but you cannot implicate innocent people. Wu Suhong died alone in the room. How could there be a murderer?"
"Su Hong was murdered by someone! You idiot, I waited for you for ten days, my Su Hong."
Wu Xian burst into tears, and his originally upright figure suddenly bent.
"It's nothing serious. She must have fallen down accidentally. She bumped into something. It was an accident."
"Look, you're still blaming me. I'm just a storyteller. You forced me to come here. Now the case is settled, where's the travel expenses? I need more money. Three hundred taels is not enough. I need one thousand taels!"
Su He put her hands on her hips and yelled at Wu Xian like a shrew, and everyone around them was stunned.
Chen Shi lowered his head and laughed secretly. Liu Qi stopped his men who wanted to step forward and propped up his head to watch the show.
Zhao Qingwen had a dazed look on his face. This was what his mother called being extremely smart.
He had reached the end of his career in this official position, so how did he think of bringing this girl here?
"You are going too far. Zhao Qingwen, did you instigate this? This damn girl used to be your maid. It must be you!!"
Wu Xian was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood, and Li Mingsheng hurried to help him.
"Father-in-law, how are you? I'll go find a doctor for you."
"Catch her, she is the real murderer!"
Zhao Qingwen had never been so flustered in his life. Oh my God, the Shangshu was so angry at him that he vomited blood.
"Master Wu, that's not the case. I never ordered He Hua to do anything."
Su He looked at the old man in disbelief. "Old man, you are out of your mind. One moment you say Lord Zhao is the murderer, and the next moment you say I am. What grudge does Lord Zhao have against your daughter? I am even less willing to say anything. I was thousands of miles away when your daughter got into trouble. It would take me three days to fly here from such a long distance."
"It's you, it's you, you have to pay for my daughter's life!"
Wu Xian grabbed Li Mingsheng's hand and stood up to hit Su He, but Su He dodged him. The two of them chased each other across Li Mingsheng.
"How can you be so unreasonable? Your daughter obviously died in an accident, but you still don't hold a funeral so that the deceased can be reincarnated in peace. You have to hold me accountable."
"It was you who did it. It was you. If you hadn't written the notebook, my daughter wouldn't have gotten into trouble."
Behind Li Mingsheng's back, a smile flashed across his eyes, and he continued to persuade people.
"Father-in-law, calm down. This matter probably has nothing to do with Miss Su. She just came to the capital today."
"That's right, your son-in-law said it has nothing to do with me, but you still don't listen to him."
Su He tried his best to dodge Wu Xian's punches. As the middleman, Li Mingsheng was always injured by mistake and was hit on the head several times in just a few breaths.
"Mingsheng, this has nothing to do with you, just get out of the way."
Li Mingsheng wanted to leave, but he was hit on the head repeatedly. At this moment, he was seeing stars and couldn't even stand steadily. The key point was that his hand was grabbed by someone, so he couldn't hide even if he wanted to.
"Let's talk it over, don't fight."
"I'm so small that I can't even reach the wound, how can I hurt someone! You old man, don't think you're great because you're a minister. Let me tell you, I have someone above me, I'm not afraid of you!"
Wu Xian grabbed Su He angrily, "It's you!"
"Stop hitting me, father. Miss Su is petite. She can't reach Su Hong's head. It wasn't her who did it!"
For a moment, there was silence in the courtroom and Li Mingsheng was stunned.
Su He quickly jumped to Liu Bai's side to save his life.
Wu Xian looked at Li Mingsheng calmly, "When did I say that Su Hong's wound was on her head?"
Li Mingsheng was shocked. It was over. He had been cheated.
"Sir, the murderer has been found."
Su He said this from behind Liu Bai.
In fact, Su He didn't need to hide. After all, Wu Xian, as the Minister of War, was no pushover. He just kicked Li Mingsheng hard. Li Mingsheng had no power to fight back and fell to the ground screaming.
"I only said that Su Hong had wounds on her body. Only five people knew the exact location: me, the coroner, Liu Qi, Su Hehua, and the rest were the murderers."
Li Mingsheng was immediately subdued by the nearby constables, his hands were tied and his feet were shackled.
"Li Mingsheng, you still don't plead guilty?"
"I'm not the murderer, you have no evidence."
Li Mingsheng ignored Liu Qi completely. He stared at Su He and let the constable whip him without moving a step.
"I have no grudge against you, why are you framing me?"
Su He exposed half of her body and confronted Li Mingsheng.
"You're right. We don't know each other. If that's the case, why are you staring at me? I'm not even sure when I came to the capital. How do you know I just arrived today?"
Li Mingsheng was stunned and shouted in disbelief.
"Is that why you doubt me? Impossible. I don't believe it."
Su He came out and said, "Of course not. I don't know if you are the murderer, but you are the most likely suspect. I am just testing you."
"why?"
"I once heard an old man tell a story about a loving couple who had a lovely daughter. The man loved his daughter so much that he even neglected his wife. One day, the couple went out together and their home suddenly caught fire. Unfortunately, their daughter did not escape. Everyone thought it was an accident. The man was very sad, but he still managed to arrange his daughter's funeral. One month later, a neighbor saw the man buying roast chicken in a restaurant and approached to ask. The man said that his wife wanted to eat roast chicken and asked him to buy it."
"The neighbor's face turned pale and he ran to report to the authorities. The magistrate sent people to interrogate her carefully and found out that the little girl did not die accidentally but was deliberately burned to death by her biological mother."
Wu Xian couldn't help but ask, "What did the neighbor find wrong?"
"You can only know the pain of losing a loved one if you have experienced it yourself. Not to mention eating and drinking, I guess you won't even be able to sleep. If you can't get over it, you will just go with him. How can you think of going to the restaurant to buy roast chicken? This hasn't happened for several years, it's only been a month. So the neighbors think it's not right."
That's how it was. Everyone around me suddenly realized.
"Why did the girl's biological mother do this? Was it her stepmother?"
Liu Qi was very curious. Even a tiger won’t eat its own cubs.
"No, it's my own mother. My own mother is jealous. She is jealous that her daughter is favored by her husband. She is too extreme. She thinks that if her daughter is gone, her husband will definitely focus all his attention on her, and the two of them will definitely return to their previous loving relationship."
Everyone sighed after hearing Su He's explanation. People only think that a mother has a kind heart, but they didn't expect that there could be such a beast.
Only Li Mingsheng looked unconvinced, as he had never bought a roast chicken.
"Are you trying to say that you didn't do such a thing, and you just laughed in your heart without letting others know?"
Su He rolled her eyes at Li Mingsheng. "I could tell from your pretentious look when you came in that you are the murderer. No need to explain. The grief in your eyes is not in your heart. You can't fool me."