Chapter 9 Secret Room
"Eh?" Liang Yue was startled when he heard the voice.

Are you in the Ministry of Justice so careless in handling cases?
Seeing Ling Yuanbao's excited look of finding the real murderer, he hurriedly explained, "I did bring my brother to meet Lord Zhen just now, but he was very reasonable and didn't care about the dispute between my brother and his son. He let us leave after a few words. It was just some conflicts between the younger generation. Why would we kill Lord Zhen?"

"No one knows what happened in this study room, but if you are the last people to leave this study room and no one else can come in, you are definitely the most suspicious." Ling Yuanbao held his chin with his hand, thought seriously and said: "As long as the Zhen family didn't lie, there is almost no other possibility."

"Wait..." Liang Yue raised his hand to stop her thinking.

If he were not the person involved, he might have come to the same conclusion from a logical point of view.

Zhen Xiaohao, who was kneeling in the yard, acted as a monitor, ensuring that no one had entered or exited the main door since they left; and the windows in the study were tightly closed and fastened, and had never been opened violently, indicating that no warrior had broken in through the window; and the Five Spirit Dogs did not smell any scent, indicating that no evil demons or cultivators had used their magical powers.

Having eliminated all possibilities, it seems that the remaining one is the only answer, and the two brothers who left last are the murderers!

But he is the person involved.

He knew clearly that when the two of them left, Zhen Changzhi was still alive and well!

"Captain Ling, can you let me take a look at the scene?" Liang Yue took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "I understand your suspicion, but my brother and I really have no motive to kill Master Zhen. Let me check the scene. Maybe I can find clues that can prove our innocence."

"What do you mean?" Ling Yuanbao looked at him unkindly, "Do you doubt the ability of our Ministry of Justice?"

"Yes." Liang Yue nodded.

The current situation looks very bad. If they don't try harder, the two brothers might be taken away for investigation. The person who died was a sixth-rank official, and it was a major matter that had to be reported to the emperor. If the emperor put some pressure on the Ministry of Justice, who knows what measures the Ministry of Justice would take if it couldn't find the real culprit...

So while he had the chance now, he still wanted to investigate the case himself to see if he could find any useful clues.

"Eh?" Ling Yuanbao glared. He didn't expect the other party to admit it so frankly and express his contempt for him so openly. He was suddenly a little angry.

Aren't you a little too frank?
"Hahaha, we, the Imperial Capital Guard, definitely respect the Ministry of Justice. But since Captain Ling wants to take my brother away, he has to convince us." Following a loud laugh, a broad figure flashed out from outside the door.

At the critical moment, Hu Tiehan, the small guard officer stationed at Fukangfang, finally arrived.

"Brother Hu..." Liang Yue looked over.

Although people usually say Hu Tiehan is narrow-minded, he is definitely protective of his subordinates in front of outsiders and will not easily give up on them. The other party's timely arrival also gave Liang Yue a little more confidence.

"Hey." Hu Tiehan waved his hand, signaling him not to panic, and continued: "Liang Yue is the youngest and most promising guard in our station. He just arrested a Jiuyang spy. You can't just arrest such a talented person who has made great contributions. We must also let the Imperial Capital Guard investigate."

"Has he ever caught the Jiuyang spy?" Ling Yuanbao looked at Liang Yue again, a little surprised.

The four words "Jiuyang spy" have a special meaning in the current Yin Dynasty. Anyone who can make such a contribution will be looked at with special eyes.

"If Captain Ling doesn't believe me, you can go to the Evil-Slaying Office to ask." Hu Tiehan said.

"Okay." Ling Yuanbao turned around, made way, and pointed his finger, saying, "Then you are allowed to come in and observe for a while, but you are not allowed to destroy any evidence, otherwise I will arrest you immediately!"

Liang Yue nodded slightly, then walked into the study with a serious expression.

……

This was his second time entering this room. When he first came here, he never thought that he would be involved in such a thing.

His eyes began to wander up and down the study, observing every object.

There was nothing to see outside. The furnishings and the wall were still there. It looked no different from when I came here.

Under the supervision of several detectives from the Ministry of Justice, he lifted the pearl curtain again and saw Zhen Changzhi's body and the crime scene.

The corpse's eyeballs were bulging, bloodshot, and filled with fear. There were purple marks on the neck that had collapsed, and it was clear that the real cause of death was not hanging.

The rope for hanging the beam was a piece of red silk with gold thread. It looked like a very luxurious fabric and the quality was indeed good.

There was a book on the table. When he came here, Zhen Changzhi was reading a letter, and then covered it with the book, which seemed very secretive. Liang Yue walked forward and saw that the book was written as "The Construction Atlas of the Tower of Babel". He wanted to take the book away to see what was underneath, but as soon as he reached out his hand, he heard a thump.

Ling Yuanbao held his palm horizontally, and the scabbard spun in the air and then knocked on the table, saying, "Don't touch anything."

"I won't move." Liang Yue smiled, "Then please take this book away, Captain Ling."

Ling Yuanbao stepped forward, moved the book away, and saw that there was nothing underneath.

The letter is gone.

Liang Yue had a doubt in his mind, but the important thing now was not this, but who killed Zhen Changzhi?
If the current situation is correct, then after they left, this study became a secret room. If you want to crack it, the easiest way is to start from the surroundings of the secret room.

If Zhen Xiaohao lied...

It is unlikely, as it concerns the most important person, his father. Even if he has a grudge against Liang Peng, he would not frame him unless he is the murderer.

He was beaten today and was punished to kneel when he came back. In such a strict family atmosphere, it is not impossible for filial piety to explode.

but……

Liang Yue glanced at Zhen Xiaohao, whose face was blue and purple due to excessive grief and who looked like he was about to die, and shook his head. Let's not talk about whether he had the courage or not. He couldn't even beat Liang Peng, so he definitely didn't have the ability to kill his father.

To be able to break a person's throat bone with one finger without hurting the skin and flesh requires extremely strong control over the energy. It is not easy for Liang Yue, a first-level warrior, to do it.

There is a high probability that the murderer has a higher level of cultivation than himself.

So there is no problem with the main entrance, so the problem lies with the window?
The window bolt was intact and there was absolutely no damage. The first people to enter here were from the Zhen family, so it was impossible for them to secretly hang the window bolt.

Liang Yue lowered his body and observed the subtle details of the window frame. After a careful look, he looked down at the footprints on the ground. Unfortunately, too many people had entered before and after, and the dust marks on the ground had been destroyed.

"Ugh……"

Liang Yue sighed. He knew that he couldn’t ask too much of people in this era, even those from the professional Ministry of Justice.

He seemed to be pulled by a string, crouching and looking at the ground, then he lifted the bead curtain and went out, finally straightening up and looking up at the roof.

then.

Liang Yue suddenly smiled with relief.

Ling Yuanbao watched him frown and smile from time to time, and thought that he was frightened and mentally unstable, so he whispered in a gentler tone: "If you really can't find any clues, just come back with us for investigation, and don't waste time here. Believe me, if you are really innocent, the Ministry of Justice will never make a wrong judgment."

"No need." Liang Yue waved his hand, stared upwards, and said, "I already know how the murderer committed the crime."

"Oh?" Everyone's eyes immediately focused on him.

"Ah?" Ling Yuanbao blinked blankly.

You walked around like that, and what do you know?

"Since we left, Zhen Xiaohao has indeed not seen anyone enter or leave the main door. This should be correct..." He murmured, "All the windows in the room are tightly closed. No one forced them open by outside forces, and there are no demons or Qi cultivators... This study is a completely secret room."

"What happened here was a closed-room murder."

Liang Yue turned around, faced everyone, and said in a clear voice, raised his finger and said: "There is only one truth! He is the one who let the murderer in!"

　I suffered from insomnia again when I started working. I didn’t sleep well for the past two days. I didn’t fall asleep until after 5 o’clock the day before yesterday. But in order to keep the update stable and not to use up the manuscripts so early, I still insisted on writing two chapters with a dizzy head.

　　I will continue to persevere and work hard until I move myself!

　　(Brothers with tears in their eyes can vote and kowtow.)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)