Chapter 584 - Case Closed (1)
Tiny raindrops fell on Liang Da"s horrifying face. It was as if the rain would not stop until the purple and crumpled burn marks on his face were flushed away.
Ji Yunshu’s hand tightened, holding the handle of the oil-paper umbrella. She lowered her eyes and looked at Liang Da who was lying on the ground. s.h.i.+ Zijin stepped on him, eyes cold, "No one in this world deserves to be killed."
Hearing this, Liang Da"s deep eyes looked up a bit, and he laughed, looking at her, revealing his black, sharp, and terrifying teeth like a wolf. Faced with that pair of black eyes, Ji Yunshu felt a chill on the back of her head. She could not place her finger on it, but felt a strange lurch in her heart as well.
Soon after, the suspect was taken to the Yufu yamen. Jing Rong heard the news and quickly rushed over. How could he not come over to watch a good show?
The county magistrate Zuo Yao immediately called the court to session, and sat solemnly at the head in his official uniform.
In the past few days, he had never been out of the Yamen. His palms were badly injured by Jing Rong’s punishment and he had to rest for several days. He also invited many doctors over and they prescribed many medicines. Today he was finally getting better.
He could still vaguely see traces of blood through the thick gauze wrapped around his palms. As people say, after one was bitten by a snake, one would jump at ropes for the next ten years. With a glance at Jing Rong, the scene of him being struck was vividly reappeared in front of him and he felt the pain in his palm flare again. He would not forget this for a long time. He s.h.i.+vered and quickly averted his eyes from Jing Rong and started to reach for the gavel next to him. But when he touched the icy, hard, rectangular gavel, he remembered that he still had a hand injury and immediately pulled his hand back.
Jing Rong happened to witness this funny moment. Although he wanted to laugh, he remembered that he was in court, a hearing was in session, and he needed to be serious. Therefore, he kept his cool and got someone to bring a chair for him to sit comfortably and listen to the old case from three years before. It was a pity that there were no snacks at hand.
Zuo Yao gave up on the gavel and looked at Liang Da, who was kneeling in the middle of the hall, "Liang Da, did you kill her?"
s.h.i.+ Zijin kicked him hard, so Liang Da still felt the pain in his chest. He was kneeling there, lowering his head, and his entire face was hidden under his messy wet hair. He glanced coldly at the ground in front of him, and smiled sombrely, "Yes, I killed her."
He admitted it too quickly! This was the first time Zuo Yao had encountered such an obedient murderer. However, it saved everybody’s time. "Now that you have confessed, then tell us, why did you kill Ye"er? How did you kill her? Tell us everything and you must not conceal any facts."
Liang Da suddenly raised his head, looking at Ji Yunshu who was standing next to him. He smirked sinisterly at her, revealing his terrible grisly eyes and half of his disgusting face. "Aren"t you very smart? In that case, shouldn’t you know how Lady Ye died? Since you know all of it, please say it for me and I will just listen."
Ji Yunshu faced his gaze, "Actually, I don"t know why you killed her." She wasn’t lying!
"You don"t know." Liang Da was a little surprised. "If you don"t know, why would you come after me? How did you know that I was in that alley? I thought you guessed something, so you came after me."
Ji Yunshu"s eyebrows furrowed slightly. She spoke slowly, with a wondering look in her eyes, "I really don"t know why you wanted to kill Ye"er. I only knew that you entered that room to kill a cat! "
Eh? Her tone was gentle. But it sounded like there was still something hidden in it. Did Liang Da kill anyone? When he entered the room, was he intending to kill the cat or Lady Ye’er? Did he ever rape that girl?
Liang Da chuckled, with some contempt, and patted his left hand gently on his thigh. "It turns out that your skills are merely as such. I thought you were very clever and had guessed something."
Ji Yunshu was not annoyed. After all, she never admitted that she was better than anyone or smarter than anyone. She gave a faint smile and did not speak.
Zuo Yao said, "Teacher Ji, you said that the girl was killed by him, then tell us the process, or provide evidence to prove that the person was killed by him. In this way, this official can make judgment!" Everyone in the court wanted to see how clever this famous Teacher Ji was and to see whether she deserved her fame.
"Sure! I"ll tell you what I know, but where should I begin? " Ji Yunshu lowered her eyes and thought for a while, "well, let"s start with Liang Da"s wife. It was a family affair that should not be mentioned in court and appears to have nothing to do with the case, but I"d like to talk about it. "
She looked at Liang Da, who was kneeling on the ground politely, "Your wife ran away with someone else. As a man, you lost your self-respect, and your leg was also broken by others. In your heart, you probably was angry enough to think of killing people and setting fire. The proprietress of Zhichun Court felt sorry for you, sympathized with you, and offered you to work as a servant in the backyard.
“That day, a cat knocked down the candlestick, and the fire burned the kitchen while you were still in it, destroying your hands and your face. Since then, your heart became more and more distorted... hmm, more accurately, you became extremely vengeful. You started to kill cats to vent your hatred. Of course, there were reasons for this. If I guess right, your wife should have a cat, too? That cat should also have run away with that man, so you hate cats.
"One day, Shui Lian placed the cat in the backyard and asked a few apprentices to keep an eye on it. At that time, you had set your mind on killing it. You prepared a gla.s.s of water containing rat poison and wanted to bring it to the cat, but the cat suddenly ran up to the third floor, so you chased it till the end of the corridor. However, there were people around, and a few girls were coming upstairs. You were afraid that someone would know, so you grabbed the cat and ran into Ye"er’s room. You didn"t expect that Ye"er was inside. Her clothes were untidy and her hair was messy. Also, Qiao Zihua was knocked unconscious and lying on the ground.
"You were a little stunned at that time, and Ye’er was also scared. She said that she had nothing to do with Qiao Zihua, who had fallen and knocked himself out. She said you were not allowed to talk nonsense about her and she even asked why you broke into her room, didn’t she? You couldn’t explain, so she scolded you fiercely. It was likely similar to the words your wife often said to you. In your rage, you forgot everything else and pressed her into the bed, poured the rat poison in your hand into her mouth, and poisoned her. This motive for the murder was just my guess. However, the poison was indeed poured into her mouth by you and you were indeed her murderer. " She was sure about it.