Volume 1 Zhangqiao Iron Coffin Chapter 3: Unreasonable Reasoning (Part 2)
"You...what do you mean?" You Dalang looked at Xu Zun in astonishment.
"I said, I already know who is framing me!" Xu Zun said coldly, "I didn't know it just now, but now I know!"
"Oh?" Everyone asked hurriedly, "Who is it!?"
"You bastard!" You Dalang shouted again, "The murderer is obviously you! When Chunniang was murdered, we were all outside shouting for help. If it wasn't you who killed her, who else could it be?"
"Okay!" Xu Zun asked calmly, "Then let me ask you, your wife and I have no grudges against each other, why would I kill her?"
"This..." You Dalang said, "Is there any need to explain this? You wanted to take my wife by force, but she refused to obey you, and you got angry and killed her!"
"Okay!" Xu Zun let go of the hand holding the hoe, pointed at the kitchen knife on the bed and asked, "If I killed your wife, then I want to ask you, where did you get this kitchen knife? Do you always keep kitchen knives in your bedroom?"
"This..." You Dalang hesitated for a few seconds and replied, "This kitchen knife is indeed used in my kitchen, but how do I know how you got it?"
"You mean I should go to your kitchen to get the knife, and then go back to the bedroom to kill your wife?" Xu Zun said, "Then why can't I just strangle her to death? Why go through so much trouble?"
"This..." You Dalang was a little confused, and then speculated, "Maybe... my wife took the kitchen knife to the bedroom because she had to do something. When she was bullied by you, she picked up the kitchen knife to resist, but you took the knife away and killed her!"
"Um!"
"right……"
Everyone felt that You Dalang's speculation was reasonable and nodded.
"Interesting. Your family runs a silk shop, so it's reasonable for you to use a pair of scissors to do work, but using a kitchen knife... are they preparing you to enter the palace?" Xu Zun mocked.
"You!?" You Dalang was angry. "You killed someone and still make sarcastic remarks! I think you are being unreasonable. You should confess your crime and be punished!"
"My Lord! My Lord..."
Unexpectedly, before You Dalang finished his words, a loud and powerful shout suddenly came from outside the door.
Then, five or six men dressed as officials rushed in from the door .
The leader was a middle-aged man with dark skin. He walked up to Xu Zun quickly, bowed and asked:
"Sir, I am late! Are you okay?"
According to his memory, Xu Zun already knew the identities of these people. They were the constables of Xinye County Yamen, and they were all his subordinates.
The middle-aged man with dark skin was called Zhao Yu, and he was the head of the county police station.
Seeing the detectives arrive, the people who had been so enthusiastic before suddenly lost their spirits. Some of the timid ones even sneaked out of the house for fear of being implicated.
"Ah? This..."
At this time, Captain Zhao Yu was also shocked when he saw the tragic situation in the house.
"Sir!" He quickly clasped his fists towards Xu Zun and asked, "What happened here? Who murdered this woman?"
After Zhao Yu asked, the scene fell silent.
The detectives were all surprised, their eyes all fixed on the conspicuous bloodstains on Xu Zun's body, obviously wondering if the murderer was this county lieutenant?
"Hmm..." Xu Zun pondered for a moment and said, "Captain Zhao, you've come at the perfect time! Send someone to help me do something right now! After that, the truth will naturally come out!"
After saying that, he whispered a few words into Zhao Yu's ear. Although Zhao Yu looked puzzled, he still nodded and agreed.
Then he asked the detectives to leave the house, leaving himself alone with Xu Zun.
Everyone was confused and had no idea what it meant.
"Come on, Dalang!" Xu Zun smiled and said to You Dalang, "Let's continue! Next, let's talk about the victim's autopsy report!"
"Huh? What report?" You Dalang had never heard of so many professional terms.
Xu Zun pointed at the body and said, "The left aorta of your wife's neck was cut by a kitchen knife, and she died from excessive bleeding! Judging from the shape and depth of the wound, she must have died in one blow!"
"This..." You Dalang was speechless and didn't understand what was going on.
At this moment, the people around also became quiet, full of curiosity.
"First of all, when the aorta is cut, blood will spurt out in a jet-like shape!" Xu Zun continued, "There should be an obvious bloodstain at the scene, but why can't we find such a mark here?"
“……”Everyone was confused.
"The second thing is the most incomprehensible part of this case!" Xu Zun pointed to the crime scene. "Since the deceased was killed by a single blow, it means that the deceased did not fight after being stabbed. So, it is understandable that the scene is messy, but why is there blood everywhere?"
"Oh?" After Xu Zun said this, everyone was even more surprised.
But apart from the dead body and Xu Zun's body, there were indeed obvious bloodstains everywhere on the bed and the floor, which was shocking to see.
"Could it be..." Xu Zun said, "After killing someone, would the murderer roll around covered in the victim's blood?"
"Ah?" Everyone was confused.
"Okay! Since you are so slow to react, I will just reconstruct the course of events for you !" Xu Zun said confidently, "Today, I did come to Shopkeeper You's house and met Chunniang.
"But I didn't mean to force Chunniang to come over. It was Chunniang who took the initiative to ask me out because she had something important to discuss with me!"
"Oh my God! You are confusing right and wrong!" You Dalang was furious and shouted, "How dare you slander my Chun Niang? You said that my Chun Niang seduced you?"
"Oh...listen to me," Xu Zun said calmly, "Why did Chunniang ask me to meet her? We'll talk about it later.
"Let me first tell you what happened. As soon as Chunniang and I entered this room, I was hit on the back of the head with a stick and fell unconscious on the spot!"
As he spoke, Xu Zun pointed to the back of his head, allowing everyone to see the bloodstains on the back of his head.
"Then," Xu Zun continued, "the man who knocked me out killed Chunniang with the kitchen knife he had prepared in advance!
"Then, the murderer tore my and Chunniang's clothes into pieces, smeared blood everywhere, and stuffed the murder weapon into my hand, in order to create the illusion that I raped a woman and then brutally killed her!"
"You...you are talking nonsense!" You Dalang was so angry that he was shaking all over. "This is all fabricated to exonerate the crime!"
"Yes!" the old man said to Xu Zun, "Xu County Lieutenant, your statement is nothing but fabrication!"
"Haha, you will know whether I made it up or not in a moment!" Xu Zun smiled and continued, "At first, I really couldn't be sure who the murderer was, but now, it's clear as day!"
"Oh?" Everyone was surprised. The old man asked hurriedly, "So, you already know who the person who framed you is? Who is he?"
After the old man said this, everyone became even more curious and looked at Xu Zun intently.
"Hahaha..." Xu Zun laughed loudly, "Don't you realize that in this whole thing, only one person's behavior is the most unreasonable?"
After saying that, Xu Zun looked directly at You Dalang in front of him.
"Ah!?" You Dalang was horrified. "You...you are talking about me?"
"Yes! It's you!" Xu Zun pointed at the body and said, "The wound on the deceased is on the left side of the neck. The incision is straight and low, which means the murderer is not tall!
"In addition, judging from the fact that there was no large area of blood splatter on the bed, she should have been standing when she died, and facing the murderer. Therefore, the murderer must be left-handed!!!"
"ah!?"
You Dalang was shocked again. He was holding a hoe at the moment, and it was his left hand that was holding the hoe! Obviously, the short and left-handed man that Xu Zun mentioned was him!
"I am tall and everyone who knows me knows that I am right-handed. The person holding the knife just now was also right-handed, so I can't be the murderer at all!"
"No! That's not right!" You Dalang shouted, gritting his teeth. "There are many short and left-handed people, so you can't say it's me, right?"
"Fool!" Xu Zun sneered, "Any man knows that family disgrace should not be made public.
"You knew I was raping your wife, but instead of stopping me, you went outside and called all the neighbors over. Why? To give me enough time and let everyone watch our live sports broadcast?
"You Dalang, from the beginning to the end, you are the only one who is the most illogical!" Xu Zun shouted, "You wife-killing maniac, why don't you confess your crime quickly!"
"You...you..." You Dalang's chest rose and fell violently, his face turned blue, and the corners of his mouth twitched. He pointed at Xu Zun and said tremblingly, "You are slandering me! What a slander! These are just your conjectures. You have no evidence at all! No evidence!"
"Right!" the old man said to Xu Zun, "Xu County Lieutenant, you are just making false accusations. You must have real evidence. If not, how can you convince others?"
"Yes..." everyone agreed.
"Haha, evidence..." Xu Zun laughed coldly, "Without evidence, why would I talk nonsense to you? Now, I'll show you where the evidence is!"
