novelE2F #472 - Unraveling the mystery
#472 - Unraveling the mystery
Everyone silently digested Lu Jing's previous words, and this time there were far fewer people questioning him.
After a moment, Lu Qinghou spoke again, asking, "Then what role does Madam Jiang play in all of this?"
"I know what Village Head Lu wants to say," Lu Jing said, "Indeed, Hall Master Jiang's plan could not, and would not have been able to, be concealed from Madam Jiang."
In reality, Lu Jing's statement was still too polite. Everyone present was intelligent and knew that although Jiang Lei was the Hall Master of the Thunder Fire Hall, Wen Lun had always been the one behind the scenes plotting.
How could she only know about this plan? The plan must have been her creation. However, since Jiang Lei was already dead, there was no way to verify this.
Lu Qinghou and the others had no intention of quibbling over such details, so they did not interrupt Lu Jing and quietly waited for him to continue.
And Lu Jing did not disappoint them, "So if Madam Jiang had murderous intentions towards Hall Master Jiang, it would have been easy to kill Hall Master Jiang during this process, but... she is not the murderer who killed Hall Master Jiang."
"Why do you say that? Grandmaster Lu, could it be because Madam Jiang risked breaking away from her family and mother to marry Hall Master Jiang, so you feel that the relationship between the two of them is unbreakable, and therefore conclude that Madam Jiang is not the murderer?" Duke Ying asked.
"Of course not. Feelings change with time. Even people who loved each other to death in their youth may have all their passion worn away by time, and it is not unprecedented for originally loving couples to become enemies."
"But if Madam Jiang was the murderer, then Hall Master Jiang's head should not have appeared later," Lu Jing explained.
"Assuming Hall Master Jiang was killed by Madam Jiang, the best choice for her would definitely be to follow the original plan and frame Jin Duoduo for Hall Master Jiang's death."
"The headless corpse in Hall Master Jiang's room had already accomplished this. Throwing Hall Master Jiang's head into the lotus pond was completely unnecessary and would cause a lot of trouble."
"Because when Hall Master Jiang is buried, the head and body must be put together. However, that corpse belonged to a substitute. Although Madam Jiang doesn't know who killed her husband, presumably the position and technique of the killer's knife must be different from when Hall Master Jiang killed the substitute."
"It might not be noticeable from just the head, but if the head and body are put together, it's hard to guarantee that someone with ulterior motives won't discover the clues."
Li Bufan suddenly realized something and said, "So Madam Jiang didn't return to her residence later, but went directly to the firewood room where Hall Master Jiang's body was placed, pretending to be unable to resolve her inner turmoil and wanting to be buried with Hall Master Jiang. But in reality, she wanted to destroy the corpse in the firewood room, so that people couldn't see the problem on the neck."
"No wonder that Wrath of Buddha didn't kill her. It seems she should have had some means to reduce the power generated by the explosion of that Wrath of Buddha, but... why would she cooperate with the murderer who killed her husband?"
"Isn't it all because of money?" Lu Jing sighed again.
"For Madam Jiang, the moment she saw the head, she knew that Hall Master Jiang was already dead. This was something she couldn't change. But if the matter of the substitute was exposed because of this, then Jin Duoduo's suspicion would be cleared."
"In that case, not only would she have lost her husband, but she wouldn't be able to get that large compensation, and the astronomical sum owed by the Thunder Fire Hall wouldn't be able to be repaid. Madam Jiang is a smart person, so although she was heartbroken at the time, she made the most rational decision."
Lu Jing had encountered Wen Lun on the wooden bridge of the lotus pond on the night "Jiang Lei" had just died. At that time, Wen Lun's reaction made Lu Jing feel a little strange. For a woman who had just lost her husband, she was too calm, and there was not much sadness on her face.
If it was because she knew that Jiang Lei was only faking his death, then her expression at that time would have been very normal. However, early the next morning, Jiang Lei's head was found in the lotus pond, and Wen Lun was obviously greatly impacted, and she couldn't even stand still.
So she actually learned of Jiang Lei's death at that time.
Afterwards, Lu Jing could also feel obvious sadness from her, including the words Wen Lun said after being rescued from the sea of fire. Her choice to commit suicide was fake, but her feelings for Jiang Lei were obviously real.
But for the sake of that money, she could only choose to swallow this bitter fruit silently, and even until this morning, she was still trying to prevent Lu Jing from approaching this secret room.
Lu Jing felt a little thirsty after saying so much, so he casually grabbed a jar of wine from the shelf, patted off the mud seal on it, and took a few sips.
After he finished drinking and wiped his mouth, Lu Qinghou said again, "So the one who killed Hall Master Jiang was Yu Wenyu, Grandmaster Yu? Hmm, he's addicted to that Ascending Sky Pill, so he must be very short of money now, and killing Hall Master Jiang can get him one million taels of silver."
"I didn't kill Hall Master Jiang!" Yu Wenyu, realizing that he was in a desperate situation, glared with blood-red eyes.
At this moment, he looked like a desperate trapped beast, occasionally making low, hoarse roars.
However, few people would believe the words of an addict. The gazes of the crowd towards him obviously carried obvious wariness, and even Lu Qinghou was secretly gathering his strength after asking that question.
He had already prepared to take down the latter when Yu Wenyu was about to escape.
However, unexpectedly, Lu Jing nodded in the next moment, "Yes, I believe you."
Yu Wenyu suspected that there was something wrong with his ears, until Lu Jing repeated it again, "I believe you are not the murderer who killed Hall Master Jiang."
Lu Qinghou was very surprised, "Then who is the murderer?"
Lu Jing did not answer this question immediately, but instead said, "Let's talk about the murder weapon first."
"Murder weapon?"
"Yes."
The strangest thing in the Jiang Lei assault case was the murder weapon.
Because the thin knife used to kill and behead was not found at the scene of the crime, and the knife was not seen during the subsequent large search. At that time, Li Bufan determined that the knife must be an important clue, and there was a high probability that there was something related to the murderer's identity on it.
Because only in this way would the murderer hide it so carefully.
As a result, the maid was attacked last night, the process was very absurd, and in the end, the murderer easily threw the murder weapon that Li Bufan couldn't find on the ground.
And when Li Bufan picked it up, he found that the knife was far from his previous guess, and there was no important information on it at all.
This problem has also plagued Li Bufan for a long time, and hearing Lu Jing say this, he also became interested.
Afterwards, Lu Jing didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "The knife, in Hall Master Jiang's original plan, was originally a link to frame Boss Jin."
"After Hall Master Jiang waited for Boss Jin to escape, he threw the knife in the nearby bushes. In this way, he could further confirm Boss Jin's identity as the murderer. The reason why we couldn't find it during the subsequent search was because... someone picked it up."