Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 24
[Chapter 24: Animal Language Solving Cases]
After being squeezed dry fifteen times in the palace yesterday, Lin Xiu was exhausted physically and mentally, and he slept until noon the next day.
No one came to invite him to the palace today. The ice he made yesterday was enough for the palace to use for at least three days.
After getting up and having lunch, Lin Xiu first went to the Zhaiyue Tower to make ice for them today, and then returned to the Qingli Division.
After summoning Lin Xiu to the palace, the emperor rewarded a lot of ice to the nobles yesterday. Of course, there was no ice in the Qingli Division. The officials and servants here had to work in the steamer-like duty room.
Lin Xiu wanted to build a good relationship with his colleagues in the Qingli Division, so that they would turn a blind eye to his slacking off at work and absent from work every other day. Therefore, this afternoon, all the rooms in the Qingli Division were filled with cool breezes. Not only were huge ice cubes placed in the four corners of the room, but there was also ice water on the officials’ desks to cool off.
In half a day, Lin Xiu became very familiar with the officials of the Qingli Division, such as the arrest department, the case library, and the prison. As for the doctor, Lin Xiu did not go there in person, but he asked the yamen runners to send enough ice.
At this point, most of the officials and yamen runners of the Qingli Division had a changed impression of Lin Xiu.
Although the son of the Ping’an family rarely came to the Qingli Division on weekdays, he was really good at dealing with people. He did not have the temperament of a dandy boy. Talking with him was like a spring breeze on the face, which was particularly comfortable. Just because he used his ability to benefit the entire Qingli Division and save them from the suffering of the heat, their attitude towards him had to become warm and friendly.
“You said that Lord Lin, why is he different recently?”
“Yes, he hardly came to our Qingli Division before, but he has been running quite frequently recently.”
“Lord Lin has changed more than that. He never talked to us before, but now he buys us breakfast and makes ice for us to cool down. He is just like a different person.”
“He seems to be really different from those powerful and wealthy children…”
In a certain government office, everyone was discussing Lin Xiu. At this time, a snort came from the crowd: “Humph, what’s the difference? Aren’t the powerful and wealthy the same? They treated him as their own after receiving a little favor from him?”
Everyone turned their heads and looked at a young official, and no one spoke again.
They all knew that this rookie in the Qingli Division was born in a commoner family and had reached his current position step by step. He always looked down on the powerful and wealthy children who entered the Qingli Division through connections, and some things that happened to him in the past also made him very hostile to the powerful and wealthy class in the capital.
…
Qingli Division, Lin Xiu did not clock in and leave today.
The Yishu Academy is still in the holiday season. Every winter and summer, the academy will give students a month off to go home and visit their families. During this period, all courses in the Yishu Academy are suspended, so it is useless for Lin Xiu to go there.
During this period, he can use this time to make his presence felt in the Qingli Division. In order to reassure his parents, this job must be kept.
Lin Xiu was tidying up the case files on the table. Seeing a colleague opposite him packing up and preparing to go out, he asked casually: “Master Xu, where are you going?” Master
Xu sighed and said: “A case happened in the west of the city. I’m going to record it.”
The clerks in the case library usually have to go out with the police and the coroner to record the details of the scene, the testimony of the witnesses, etc. After recording and arranging the case files, Lin
Xiu couldn’t sit still for a long time. When he heard that there was an outcall, he hurriedly stood up and said: “Master Xu, thank you for taking care of me in the past. It’s so hot in this hot day. I’ll go on the outcall. I’m not afraid of the heat.”
He had never been to the case library before. The work of four clerks had to be done by three clerks. It was not an exaggeration to say that the other three clerks took care of him.
The sun was scorching outside, and Lord Xu didn’t want to go out. Wouldn’t it be uncomfortable to sit in the yamen and enjoy the cool breeze? He symbolically shirked his responsibilities and said with a smile, “Then I’ll have to trouble Lord Lin.”
Lin Xiu waved his hand, “You’re welcome.”
This time, the coroner and several detectives from the arrest department were also accompanying him.
Lin Xiu talked and laughed with everyone along the way, but there was only one person who kept a straight face and never smiled at him.
He was a young man who looked a little handsome, but not as handsome as Lin Xiu. He looked very cool when he didn’t speak.
Lin Xiu remembered that this person’s name was Liu Qingfeng. He seemed to be a principal in the arrest department. He was young and very capable. He had a great reputation in the Qingli Division. He was once the first arrester of the Qingli Division. Later, he was promoted and was highly valued by the doctor.
He didn’t remember when he had offended him, but he didn’t look good to Lin Xiu, and Lin Xiu would not take the initiative to talk to him.
The group soon arrived at the scene of the crime.
This is a merchant’s house in the west of the city. The yard is not small, and the house with four entrances is larger than the Lin Mansion. The house belongs to a merchant named Wang, and it is this merchant who had the accident.
He was found dead in his own yard by his servants this morning.
After the coroner examined him, he found that there were no other wounds on his body, and there was only one fatal wound, which was located behind his head. There was blood in the corner of the flower bed in the yard. After comparison, it was indeed Wang’s.
In addition, the coroner also found traces of sprains on Wang’s ankle.
And there was indeed a loose brick on the ground. Just now, a constable accidentally stepped on it and almost fell.
The case is much simpler than expected. All the evidence shows that Wang accidentally stepped on this loose brick when he was walking in the yard last night, and his body was unstable and fell to the ground.
As luck would have it, his head hit the corner of the flower bed and he died at that time.
The loose bricks on the ground, the sprained ankle marks of Mr. Wang, the fatal wound on the back of his head, and the bloodstains on the flowerbed all proved this point.
Of course, this was a murder case after all, and the people from the Qingli Division conducted a strict on-site inspection, questioned everyone in the palace, and even reconstructed the situation at the time of the crime. The results all showed that Mr. Wang died accidentally.
After Liu Qingfeng inspected the scene again and again, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, “We have carefully examined the scene. Mr. Wang died accidentally. You can clean up the scene and prepare for his funeral.”
“Master, why did you leave like this!”
“How can we live…”
“Master, you are so cruel…”
…
Upon hearing this, the Wang family members began to cry. The detectives of the Qingli Division often deal with murder cases and are used to it. They just sighed in their hearts that Wang Yuanwai died so aggrievedly. He had finally earned such a large family business, but he didn’t have time to enjoy it. He fell to death. It was too pity…
Just as the people of the Qingli Division were about to leave, Lin Xiu, who had been silent all the time, suddenly said: “This is not an accident, it’s murder.” As soon
as he finished speaking, the crying of the Wang family members stopped.
The eyes of the Qingli Division also turned to Lin Xiu.
Liu Qingfeng frowned, stared at Lin Xiu, and asked in a deep voice: “Lin Shuwen, all the evidence shows that Wang Yuanwai died accidentally. Did you find any new clues? Where are they?”
Lin Xiu shook his head and said, “No.”
These detectives of the Qingli Division have handled countless cases and their eyes are so sharp. They have inspected the scene many times and checked all the traces before reaching this conclusion. Lin Xiu is an outsider, of course, it is impossible for him to have more experience in on-site inspections than them.
Liu Qingfeng frowned even more, and his tone became heavier, with a hint of reprimand, saying: “Lin Shuli, although human life is at stake, no matter how cautious you are, it is not excessive, but everything requires evidence, please do not speak nonsense here without any basis.”
Lin Xiu glanced at a bird cage hanging under the eaves, or more precisely, at the bird in the cage, which was a thrush. Many nobles and wealthy people in the royal capital like to walk birds for fun, and consider it elegant. Wang Yuanwai also kept one at home to show off his elegance.
At this moment, the surroundings were quiet, with only this bird chirping.
The next moment, Lin Xiu moved his eyes away, pointed at one of the Wang family members, and said, “Mr. Wang was murdered, and the murderer is this person. If you don’t believe it, you will know after you try him.” The man
pointed at by Lin Xiu was a man. Seeing that Lin Xiu put the identity of the murderer on him, his face turned pale, and he knelt on the ground with a plop, and said loudly, “Sir, it’s not me, it’s really not me. How could I harm the master? When the master got into trouble, it was me who went to the yamen to report the case. Please understand!”
Liu Qingfeng’s eyes condensed. Just when Lin Xiu pointed at the man, he keenly discovered that there was an abnormal panic in his eyes!
How is this possible!
You know, since he stepped into the Wang family just now, he has been secretly paying attention to the expressions of everyone here. After many investigations, he ruled out the suspicion of each of them.
This servant of the Wang family has always behaved without any doubts, but when Lin Xiu pointed at him just now, his eyes and expressions revealed flaws!
If he was wronged, he should be shocked, surprised, angry, and afraid when someone pointed it out, but he should not be panicked by a guilty conscience.
Liu Qingfeng has investigated countless cases and arrested countless murderers. The intuition he has formed over a long period of time tells him that there is something wrong with this person!
But how did Lin Xiu see that?
Liu Qingfeng looked at Lin Xiu and found that he had a calm look and could not see any emotional fluctuations.
He quickly sorted out his mood, pointed at the servant of the Wang family, and said, “There is something wrong with this person, take him down!”
Several constables received the order and immediately pulled the servant out of the crowd.
Just now, the people of the Qingli Division had a preconceived notion that Wang Yuanwai died accidentally, so when they questioned the Wang family, they did not focus on the question. But now that they had locked on the suspect, they naturally questioned him. At first, his answers were quite fluent, but after a while, his self-incrimination was full of loopholes and even contradictory. Gradually, not to mention the people of the Qingli Division, even the Wang family saw that something was wrong…
A woman pointed at him and said angrily: “Wang Er, our Wang family is so good to you, but you actually did this!”
After repeated questioning by the people of the Qingli Division, Wang Er’s psychology finally collapsed. He knelt on the ground and cried: “Madam, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it, I didn’t mean it…”
Under heavy pressure, Wang Er, an ordinary person, quickly confessed.
It turned out that as a servant of the Wang family, he had been secretly stealing the Wang family’s property. Because he used secret methods and never left any clues, he had never been caught.
Unfortunately, when Wang Er was stealing money from Wang Yuanwai last night, he was caught by Wang Yuanwai on the spot. Wang Yuanwai was furious and wanted to send Wang Er to the government.
If he was sent to the government, he would be punished with a beating. When Wang Er was begging for mercy, he had a physical dispute with Wang Yuanwai and accidentally pushed Wang Er to the ground. Wang Yuanwai’s head hit the ground and died immediately.
Wang Er was panicked at first, but after calming down, he was worried that the government would charge him with murder, so he carefully cleaned up the first scene and carefully arranged the illusion of Wang Yuanwai’s accidental death in the yard. Because he handled the details so well, even the people in the Qingli Division were fooled.
“Damn it, I’ve seen people cover up murders, but I’ve never seen such a perfect arrangement!”
“There really isn’t any clue left for us!”
“Fuck you, you’re really a talent. You can do anything else with this ability, but you have to go through crooked ways!”
…
The people in the Qingli Division were almost fooled by Wang Er, and they were angry and upset, but when they thought about how they had been busy and carefully checked every corner of the Wang family, but didn’t find any clues, and Lin Xiu stood in the yard without doing anything, but recognized the murderer at a glance, they were curious again, how did he know?
Even Liu Qingfeng put away his contempt for Lin Xiu and humbly asked: “Lin Shuwen, may I ask, how did you know that he was the murderer?”
After this incident, he no longer thought that Lin Xiu was a dandy scum who came to the Qingli Division through the back door. Even he was wrong, but Lin Xiu could recognize the murderer at a glance. This clerk in the case library was really capable.
He looked down on the sons of the rich and powerful for being full of fools, but he had to admit that Lin Xiu had a keen eye.
Of course, Lin Xiu couldn’t tell Liu Qingfeng that it was the bird in the cage who told him that what Wang Er did last night, although no one else saw it, was seen by a bird from beginning to end.
He smiled mysteriously at Liu Qingfeng and said, “I guessed it.”
(End of this chapter)
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