Volume 1 Zhangqiao Iron Coffin Chapter 4: Unreasonable Reasoning (Part 2)
Under the curious gaze of everyone, Xu Zun tore open a corner of the quilt and pulled out a handful of cotton wool from it.
Then, he ripped off a small wooden stick from the broom next to him, wrapped cotton wool on the stick, and made a simple cotton swab!
"According to my inference," Xu Zun came to You Dalang, holding up a cotton swab and said, "There is only one reason why there was no large area of blood splatter when Chunniang was chopped!"
"What's the reason?" someone asked.
"The reason is that the murderer is a - idiot!!!" Xu Zun said , "When killing the person, the murderer stood in front of the dead person stupidly, causing more than half of the dead person's blood to spray onto him!"
When Xu Zun said this, others had not yet noticed anything unusual, but You Dalang suddenly shuddered.
"Manager You!" Xu Zun said calmly, "In fact, there are many unreasonable things about you! For example, it's not raining outside, why is your hair so wet?
"Ah!?" You Dalang's forehead was sweating and his face turned pale. It was obvious that Xu Zun had hit a sore spot for him.
"Everyone!" Xu Zun pointed at You Dalang's head, "The evidence you mentioned is right here!"
After saying that, he approached with a cotton swab. You Dalang retreated in horror, his short body looking even more hunched.
But the captain of the police, Zhao Yu, was not a pushover. He immediately held You Dalang's neck with a wave of his hand, making him unable to move.
Xu Zun seized the opportunity to insert the cotton swab into You Dalang's hair and stirred it back and forth. After the cotton swab was pulled out, it turned red!
"ah!!?"
Everyone exclaimed, finding it unbelievable.
"This...is this...blood?" The old man was shocked.
"Nonsense!" Xu Zun said coldly, "Let me tell you a fact! The fact is that when You Dalang saw Chunniang asked me to meet him at home, he had already had murderous intentions.
“He had brought the kitchen knife and this hoe from the kitchen.
"Then, he hid in this house, and when Chunniang and I entered the house, he knocked me out with a hoe! He then killed Chunniang with a kitchen knife and put the blame on me!
“After killing the man, he was about to call for help to catch the culprit, but because he had no experience in killing people, he ended up getting covered in blood.
"So, he had to find a place to wash his hair, but how could he wash it clean in such a hurry?"
As he spoke, Xu Zun pressed You Dalang's cheek and gestured:
"If you check carefully, you will find that there are still a lot of blood stains inside his eyebrows and ears!
"How could such a poor performance be hidden from me? It's really ridiculous!"
"Ah!?" Everyone was shocked again. The old man pointed at You Dalang and asked, "Did you really kill Chunniang? Why... why?"
“No, no, no, no…” You Dalang hurriedly argued, “Didn’t you see it just now? I was hugging Chun Niang and crying, and the blood…the blood was accidentally stained at that time!”
"Humph!" Xu Zun snorted coldly, "I knew you would say that! You deliberately threw yourself on the corpse as soon as you entered the room, rubbing against it, just to cover up this point!"
"No, it's not!" You Dalang insisted, "The blood on my head and face was accidentally stained. It can't be considered evidence at all!"
"It doesn't matter," Xu Zun said confidently, "I have better evidence! Shopkeeper You, I was wondering, it's not New Year or any other festival now, why are you wearing such expensive silk?"
"Ah!?" This sentence startled You Dalang so much that he almost fell to the ground.
"Now I understand!" Xu Zun said with a smile, "Your clothes must have been stained with blood at the time, and you had no way to change them in a hurry, so you wore the clothes that were for sale in the store, right?"
"Hey? It really is..." At this time, the clerk in the store carefully examined it and confirmed, "This is indeed the clothes sold in our store! Shopkeeper, you?"
Looking at You Dalang again, he looked completely dejected.
"grown ups!"
At this moment, the detectives who had gone out earlier suddenly returned, and one of them was holding a bloody robe in his hand.
"Your Excellency," the detective reported, "We found this under the firewood pile in the woodshed!"
"Take a look..." Xu Zun asked the shop assistants, "Whose dress is this?"
"Ah!" The waiters were startled, and one pointed out with trembling voice, "This is exactly our boss's clothes! I saw him wearing it this morning!"
"Humph!" Xu Zun snorted coldly and shouted at You Dalang, "You Dalang, you are so bold. You planned to murder your wife and put the blame on me. What crime should you be punished for?!"
"I... I..." You Dalang collapsed to the ground, his face full of surprise, and he was muttering, "Didn't they say... that he was a confused county lieutenant? Why... why is it like this..."
What?
Confused county lieutenant?
As soon as Xu Zun paid attention to this term, relevant information immediately popped up in his mind.
It turns out that the Xu Zun in this world is actually a confused county lieutenant. He is usually timid and confused, and has never handled a successful case.
"Manager You!" At this time, the old man who led the group spoke up, "Did you really kill Chunniang? Why did you do this?"
"Why...why is this happening?" Everyone was also very confused.
However, You Dalang has become dull and seems unable to accept this reality.
"Boss," the shop assistants couldn't believe it either. They shook You Dalang and asked anxiously, "Why do you want to kill the boss lady? Why!?"
"I..." Finally, You Dalang's eyes flashed with light, and he gritted his teeth and said as if he had made some kind of resolution, "Humph! She is fickle, unfaithful to her husband, and has an affair with someone else. Why don't you kill such a woman?"
"ah!?"
In a word, he has admitted his crime!
The murderer turned out to be him!!!
However, this sentence also turned everyone's attention back to Xu Zun. Because it was obvious that the person who had an affair with Chunniang was Xu Zun.
broken!
Xu Zun had already known through his memory that he and Chun Niang had indeed had an affair, but how could he admit it at this time?
Although having an affair is a moral issue, he is an official after all, and if it gets out, it will inevitably affect his reputation.
Besides, I am no longer the same person I used to be, so why should I take the blame for my former self?
"Dog official!" At this time, You Dalang cursed loudly, wanting to tell the ugly deeds of Xu Zun and Chun Niang in public.
"Shut up!" However, Xu Zun was the first to interrupt him with a loud shout, saying viciously, "I have nothing to do with your wife. You are just imagining things and have delusions!"
“……”Everyone looked at each other, no one had ever heard of this term.
"I'll tell you!" Xu Zun said nonsense with confidence, "I told you before that the reason I was in contact with Chunniang was actually because Chunniang knew a secret of You Dalang and wanted to secretly report You Dalang!"
"What?" Everyone was dumbfounded.
"Yes!" Xu Zun said righteously, "Chun Niang found out that You Dalang had done something illegal and harmful in the past, and she wanted to report You Dalang, but because of the conflicting feelings between husband and wife , she has not made up her mind!
"And today, she finally mustered up the courage and asked me to meet her at the Silk Shop while You Dalang was not at home, just to report this matter!
"But I didn't expect that You Dalang had already discovered that Chunniang was going to inform on me, so he took the initiative and killed Chunniang to silence her, and also framed me. He is so cruel and merciless, and his crime is unforgivable!!!"
"Ah? You..." You Dalang's eyes widened in disbelief. "You are talking nonsense! Nonsense!"
"I'm talking nonsense?" Xu Zun's eyes widened. "In order to keep your secret, you even killed your first wife. You are so cruel!"
"I... I didn't! It's you... " You Dalang was so angry that he was confused, "You are talking nonsense, making it up!"
"Okay!" Xu Zun said quickly, "If you say I'm making it up, then tell us your shocking secret and let everyone hear it!"
"Okay! I'll tell you! Um...eh?" You Dalang was almost fooled and stammered, "That's not right? I don't have any secrets, no secrets? What secrets do I have? I..."
"Don't worry, if you have any secrets, I will make you tell them out! But first of all, let's talk about your murder!" Xu Zun winked at Zhao Yu, "Captain Zhao, put this murderer in jail and interrogate him thoroughly!"
"Yes!" The detectives rushed forward and dragged You Dalang out.
"Eh? No! That's not right..." You Dalang was completely confused and tried to explain himself, "It was clearly the dog official who had an affair with my wife. How could this happen? How could this happen..."
