Brother Xie, he is too popular. What should I do?

Chapter 230 Another possibility

Xie Yunhe held down Ling Jiaojiao, who was almost pissed off by Qin Yu, and stood up.

He repeated his words.

"Sir, I have a different opinion. The murderer is someone else!"

Seeing that County Magistrate Sang, Qin Yu and others were looking at him, Xie Yunhe took a deep breath.

"It is obviously arbitrary to judge the identity of the murderer based on whether the guards were unaware of the murder."

County Magistrate Sang also knew that this judgment was unreasonable, but there was no other possibility.

Because there is no secret passage in the study, only people with superb martial arts skills can go back and forth to the study multiple times without being discovered.

She asked Xie Yunhe:

"Master Xie's words make sense, but if you want to move silently back and forth between the study rooms, only a pair of thieves can do it. Legend has it that they land as lightly as a feather, and their thieving skills are superb. I really can't think of anyone else who can do it..."

Xie Yunhe blinked and calmly stated another possibility.

"There is another person who can do this. To be more precise, there is a person with the identity to do this."

"That's the night watchman."

Xie Yunhe's words were like a bomb thrown into the lake.

Everyone was shocked, and then they suddenly realized.

"This... is indeed possible. Why didn't I think of it?"

"Maybe it's because I hear it so often that I'm so used to it that I don't notice it."

"Master Xie is right. As long as the murderer disguises himself as a night watchman, he can indeed approach the study without leaving a trace, especially the window at the back of the study."

Everyone started discussing it.

County Magistrate Sang also figured out the crux of the matter, and a hint of enlightenment flashed across his face.

She turned sideways to look at Xie Yunhe, her eyes shining with excitement.

"So that's how it is. The murderer could easily appear anywhere in the Qin Mansion under the guise of a night watchman without alerting the guards."

She turned her head and looked at the path behind the window.

That is the back of the yard. Unlike the spacious front yard, the yard behind the study is not enclosed.

The Qin family likes to use plants such as green bamboo or peach trees to separate courtyards.

It is called a courtyard, but in fact it is also a small path. The guards and servants of the Qin Mansion will also walk on that path.

However, during curfew, the only people on the trail were patrolling guards.

Night watchmen would also go there, but who would care about them normally?

County Magistrate Sang asked someone to bring the night watchman from Qin's mansion to inquire about the situation.

Because the Qin Mansion covers a large area, the voices of the night watchmen in ordinary counties cannot be heard inside the mansion, so there are servants in the Qin Mansion who work part-time as night watchmen.

"Sir, we questioned the servant who was on night watch last night. He said he fell asleep for some reason and woke up the next day. He thought he was lazy and hadn't been discovered. He didn't expect the murderer to be related to him. He is still being interrogated."

The black-clad constable returned to report the latest interrogation results to Magistrate Sang.

After hearing this, Xie Yunhe finally put his uncertainty at ease.

In fact, although he looked very confident, his idea was just a guess.

As he carefully recalled the details of last night, he also remembered the night watchman's sound that had been heard frequently in the past few days.

That rhythmic sound of the gong...

For some reason, Xie Yunhe subconsciously felt that this kind of sound was quite rare to him.

I unconsciously paid more attention to it.

Now he thought about it, when he went to the study, he also heard the voice of the night watchman.

Only then did he realize that the night watchman was also someone who could make the guards let down their guard or even ignore them directly.

If Qin Yu returned to the study as a night watchman, this would not be impossible.

But this is just speculation, and Xie Yunhe is simply trying to save the situation.

If County Magistrate Sang really judged that the murderer was a male and female thief... he always had a bad feeling that it would be better if such a thing did not happen.

Now that he heard that there was indeed something wrong with the night watchman last night, Xie Yunhe finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked at Qin Yu who was standing beside him.

Young Master Qin, who had been talking loudly just now, was silent now. He used his folding fan to cover half of his face.

Noticing Xie Yunhe's gaze, he looked towards Xie Yunhe.

Xie Yunhe couldn't see any expression on the other person's face from the ball of light, but the people next to Xie Yunhe saw it.

Chen Qixing happened to see this scene.

He looked at the young master Qin who showed an aggrieved expression towards Xie Yunhe, and combined with that face, he was really lethal.

Chen Qixing: ...

He spoke while pulling Xie Yunhe's sleeve.

"Yunhe, don't look over there."

Xie Yunhe looked at Chen Qixing beside him in confusion. The other party had just pulled his sleeve and forced him to change direction.

Chen Qixing smiled and said:

"There's dirt over there."

Xie Yunhe:?

After investigation, it was found that the night watchman was indeed replaced last night.

County Magistrate Sang sighed, feeling a bit sad.

"This way, the pool of suspects has increased. During that time period, as long as the murderer disguises himself as a night watchman and has some martial arts skills, he can enter the study and commit the crime."

"Let's put this case aside for later... Let's deal with the remaining issues from Master Qin's incident first."

County Magistrate Sang slammed the gavel in his hand.

The gavel fell on the table with a "bang" sound.

This means that the case of Mr. Qin has come to an end for the time being.

The murderer has not been found, but the murderer's crime process has been mostly deduced.

Xie Yunhe wanted to sue Qin Yu to County Magistrate Sang, but unfortunately he had no evidence.

But the current situation is okay, at least the label of murderer has not fallen on the heads of the male and female thieves.

"Sir, based on the land deeds in Master Qin's secret room, we found those courtyards, and there are children being held captive in those courtyards..."

The news brought by the black-clad detectives attracted everyone's attention.

……

The reasoning of the case on the light curtain has come to an end.

The monks outside the light curtain who were enjoying the feast still felt unsatisfied.

"So, who is the murderer?"

"There's absolutely no evidence left to represent him. The murderer is truly cunning."

"He actually used the identity of a night watchman to sneak into the study. How did Xie Jianxiu come up with that? Why didn't I think of that?"

"Speaking of which, why does that Ice Soul Orb in the illusion sound so familiar to me?"

"You're not mistaken. The Ice Soul Pearl is a natural treasure born on the top of the northern snow-capped mountains. It's an extremely rare treasure even at the auction house..."

"How could such a treasure be obtained by a mortal?"

"You're stupid! Although most of the things in the illusion are fake, who says that everything in the illusion is fake? Besides, this is an illusion in the Gulan Secret Realm..."

"What he meant was that the illusion was also man-made. The spirit of the realm probably placed some treasure in it as a reward, so this illogical scene occurred. However, it is possible that some treasures are sometimes left in the mortal world, but the probability is very small."

"Ahhh, Young Master Qin is so handsome, I can't breathe!"

"There are so many beauties in the light curtain."

"Look! Young Master Qin and Young Master Xie are exchanging glances!"

The crowd was bustling with people, filled with the sound of various discussions.

In the small palace.

"How did the venerables guess that the murderer was Qin Yu?"

Hyunjin asked curiously.

Although there was no clear evidence pointing to Qin Yu in the light curtain, when Xie Yunhe spoke up to overturn Qin Yu's reasoning, the other party's unexpectedly surprised expression was enough to let the venerables who were overlooking the overall situation outside the light curtain know who the murderer was.

Master Zhuge looked at this talented disciple of the Wanfo Sect.

Perhaps it's because he has been staying in the temple for many years, or perhaps it's because he was born in the cold north, Xuanzhen has a persistent, tough and simple temperament.

In short, it seems that you need to exercise your mind.

But Master Zhuge did not mind answering questions for such juniors.

"When I judge a case, there is a very important point, which is to see who the beneficiary is. In the case of Mr. Qin, that person is Qin Yu."

"Master Qin is dead, and Qin Yu has become the master of the Qin Mansion. Moreover, his sister will not become the material for Master Qin's blood medicine. Ahem, she can also decide her own marriage. According to the plot in the illusion, Qin Yu is the one who can gain the greatest benefit."

Xuan Zhen was puzzled: "But Master Qin in the illusion is Qin Yu's father. How can this be considered a good thing? A son wants to support his parents but they are no longer around. This can't be considered a good thing."

Upon hearing this, Master Zhuge looked at Master Jingyuan and conveyed his meaning with his eyes.

Master Jingyuan showed an embarrassed expression. His disciples grew up reading the Four Books and Five Classics. They were surrounded by very good elders and peers, and their minds were relatively simple.

"...Relationships between people are quite complicated. There are harmonious families, and there are also disharmonious ones. Just look at how Qin Yu never called Master Qin "Dad," and you can tell they don't get along. You can treat them as strangers."

Master Zhuge had to bite the bullet and explain to Xuan Zhen. How should he explain to Xuan Zhen that this phenomenon was common even in the world of immortal cultivation?

In the world of immortal cultivation, since the lifespans of cultivators are generally longer, often times, friendships with fellow disciples or fellow Taoists are more important to cultivators than kinship.

The road to becoming an immortal is long, and family affection is both a destiny and a bond.

Different monks have different ways of dealing with it. Some monks choose to carefully maintain their kinship, while others choose to sever their kinship.

All of these are available.

The Zhuge family, like the whole family, are a rare and lucky few who can all cultivate immortality.

To put it bluntly, maybe Master Zhuge and Sect Leader Li could live longer than Li Ye, so there is no such thing as severing kinship.

"Ahem, let's get back to the point. Since the beneficiary is Qin Yu, then it's easy to infer that Qin Yu, that shifty kid, came to Xiao He's bedroom so late at night. He must have some ulterior motive!"

Master Zhuge then spoke.

Xuan Zhen turned his head to look at Qin Yu, who was a man of great appearance and elegance on the screen, and a question mark slowly appeared in his mind.

Although he felt that the other party seemed a bit rude when visiting Xie Yunhe at night, it couldn't be said to be shifty, right?

Does Senior Zhuge have a problem with his eyesight or is he prejudiced against Qin Yu?

What kind of hatred or grudge is this? Qin Yu's crime is not so serious, right?

Xuanzhen's heart was full of questions.

"It was Qin Yu who asked Xiao He to go to the study to find Master Qin. It was also because of this incident that everyone initially misjudged the time of Master Qin's death. This is now very obvious. It can be basically determined that the murderer is either Qin Yu or someone related to Qin Yu."

Master Zhuge explained why he suspected Qin Yu.

Throughout the entire case, the time of Mr. Qin's death was very confusing, and it overlapped with the time when Qin Yu visited Mr. Qin.

If you want to eliminate suspicion as much as possible, falsifying the time of death is the best option.

And...

Master Zhuge touched his chin. He felt that Qin Yu might have made a sudden decision to murder Master Qin.

Because there are still many aspects of the case that cannot stand up to scrutiny.

If this was a well-planned murder, Qin Yu could have completely cleared himself from the case, instead of being in the current situation where he may or may not be a suspect.

"Friend Xuanzhen, my thoughts are similar to those of Hall Master Zhuge. It is precisely because Qin Yu went to Xie Yunhe's bedroom that he is suspected."

Master Zhan also spoke.

He showed little interest in the previous battles. For a Venerable in the Spirit Transformation Stage, he had seen all kinds of battles, so he rarely participated in discussions.

However, facing this case in the illusion, he seemed quite interested and was more willing to talk.

"He could have easily asked a servant to pass on the message for him. Why did he go to Xie Yunhe in person? He was just trying to create an alibi."

"Qin Yu made his way to Xie Yunhe's courtyard. I guess many guards saw him. That's enough. He might not have known there were so many people hiding in the room before he went there. It was actually a good thing for him to have people around. Being in full view of everyone further proved his innocence."

Master Zhan explained his reasons and added another sentence.

"Also, the Rat Catcher doesn't think he's a good person."

Everyone:...

What kind of reason is this?

You are hopeless, you rat lover!

Everyone's eyes turned to the rat constable on the table, who was wearing the constable's uniform and was comparable to the majestic constable Wen in the light curtain.

The rat catcher stood straight, raised his head majestically, and looked around, taking in the strange expressions of these humans.

There was a hint of disdain in the rat's eyes.

Although he didn't say a word, everyone seemed to have heard what the Rat Catcher wanted to say.

——What a bunch of stupid humans.

Master Zhan spoke on behalf of the Rat Catcher with a proud look on his face.

"Don't look at Captain Rat like this, but he's also an old captain who has been following me through many years of judging cases. He has a natural sense and intuition about criminals."

"It can detect many things from the suspect's subtle expressions that others cannot detect."

If Xie Yunhe were here, he would understand what Master Zhan said.

In short, a master of micro-expressions.

The discussion continued in a cheerful and friendly atmosphere...

After helping Xuan Zhen resolve his doubts, Hall Master Zhuge was just about to ask Venerable Youyue what she thought about the case, but as soon as he turned around, he discovered that Venerable Youyue had already set up a soundproof barrier.

The barrier shimmering with a faint golden light covered Venerable Youyue and the water mirror on her desk.

Master Zhuge exclaimed "Huh" and gave up the idea of calling him Venerable Youyue.

Maybe they have something important to discuss.