Chapter 58 Chu Li's lips are soft
Chu Li sat down and listened to Liu Chuang: "Ten years ago, I met a couple who were going back to Xiaomei Village. At that time, Liu was injured. The couple lived in the same inn. When they found out that I was injured, they took good care of me."
"They said they wanted to go back to Xiaomei Village outside the capital to visit their old father. I, Liu, never like to owe others anything. I was afraid that they would encounter bandits on the way, so I gave them a whistle. It is Liu's token in the underworld."
At this point, he smiled bitterly, "It was this token I gave them that became evidence of Liu's murder!"
Chu Li asked: "Zhang Zhilong, how did Mr. Zhang's son and daughter-in-law die?"
Zhang Zhilong nodded. "The couple's heads were injured by a blunt object, and the woman's clothes were disheveled and she had been violated. Because this matter involves the woman's reputation, it has never been made public."
Liu Chuang was very emotional when he heard this. "If it weren't for me, I wouldn't be able to do such a dirty thing!"
Chu Li's eyes darkened. Was the other party after her for money and sex?
It's even more unlikely that Liu Chuang did it.
Zhang Zhilong sighed, "It's a pity that the bodies of the couple have been buried for ten years. It's impossible to find more clues now!"
Chu Li looked at Lu Dongchen who had been silent the whole time, "I want to see the file."
Lu Dongchen nodded and said, "I will go get it for the prince right away."
"No need, I'll go myself." Chu Li walked out of the prison, and Lu Dongchen could only follow.
The group arrived at the document library, and Chu Li looked up and saw that it was divided into two floors.
The files on the lower level were neatly arranged and she could look them up.
"What's that place up there?" Chu Li asked.
Lu Dongchen looked at the impregnable secret room on the second floor, with a hint of pride in his eyes, "There are top-secret files in there, and no one except your majesty and me can enter."
Chu Li lowered his eyes and said nothing. Lu Dongchen led the way and brought Chu Li to the case file of Liu Chuang.
"That's all, Your Highness."
Chu Li picked up the file, sat down and saw the whole story.
Mr. Zhang is a foreigner. His family was engaged in business many years ago and was very well-off.
More than ten years ago, my hometown was hit by a disaster and I came to Xiaomeizhuang. My son Zhang Sheng and daughter-in-law Liu Manniang are both very filial.
After staying in Xiaomeizhuang for two years, the two people, unwilling to be mediocre, left their hometown and went to do business.
Chu Li looked at the portraits of the two. Zhang Sheng was handsome and Liu Manniang was beautiful. They were a perfect match.
Zhang Zhilong sighed and said, "If the two of them had stayed in Xiaomei Village, they might not have encountered such a disaster."
"Liu Manniang's body is intact. Zhang Sheng fell off a cliff during the fight with the criminals. He was covered in blood. If it weren't for Mr. Zhang coming to identify him, it would be unrecognizable."
When Chu Li heard this, he paused while flipping through the files.
"When did Mr. Zhang start to become deaf?" she asked casually.
"It was probably his son's seventh day of death. He accidentally fell into a deep pit and hit his head against a hard object. He lost hearing with both ears."
"We also checked at the time, wondering if Mr. Zhang had found some clues and was framed, but Mr. Zhang said he just fell into it accidentally."
Chu Li closed the file and said, "Okay, that's it for today."
Lu Dongchen thought to himself: Let’s see, even if Chu Li investigates him, he won’t be able to find out anything!
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After reading the file, Chu Li went into the prison again.
When Mei Renpin, whose face was pale, saw Chu Li, he was so scared that he fell to the ground.
"I want to ask you, was the murder of Mr. Zhang's son and daughter-in-law committed by your family?"
Mei Renpin cried out, "It was definitely not done by our family. Although my grandson is absurd, human life is at stake, he wouldn't dare to do that!"
Chu Li stared at his eyes for a while and then walked out.
She came to the cell where Mei Piyan was imprisoned. After seeing her, he no longer had the arrogance he had before, and knelt on the ground begging for mercy.
"Your Highness, I was wrong. I will never dare to insult your reputation again!"
Chu Li asked, "Have you ever bullied a woman?"
Mei Piyan swallowed his saliva and said, "I have flirted with a virgin, kissed her lips, and touched places I shouldn't have touched, but I didn't break her virginity. I don't dare to do that. Besides, a young girl who is inexperienced in the ways of the world doesn't know how to have fun like a woman from a brothel. I just want to take advantage of her for the sake of cleanliness!"
Chu Li observed the changes in his expression, then looked at the jailer, "Slap him 100 times, and cut off his fingers!"
"Yes!" the jailer obeyed.
"Ahhh, Your Highness, please spare my life. I will never dare to do it again. I won't dare to do it again!"
Amid Mei Piyan's screams, Chu Li left the cell.
Chu Li was about to leave Dali Temple when he saw Ye Hanting getting on the carriage.
"How is the interrogation going, Prince?"
Chu Li smiled slightly, "Mei Renpin doesn't need to be examined for the time being, return it to you, sir."
"Okay." Ye Hanting nodded slightly and left.
Lan Yi entered the carriage and looked at Ye Hanting.
"Master, the second floor is heavily guarded. I just found the mechanism when the prince and others came to check the files. Fortunately, the second floor and the first floor are not connected. I was afraid of being discovered, so I left quickly."
Ye Hanting looked towards the document library and said calmly, "It's okay, take your time."
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At night, the Dali Temple's case library.
Chu Li sneaked in here wearing a nightgown and a mask.
She always felt that Lu Dongchen must have deliberately concealed something, but what it was? Perhaps only the secret room on the second floor could give her the answer.
Along the way, she dodged the guards and reached the second floor.
After searching for the mechanism for a long time, I finally found a flaw in a square brick.
Taking advantage of the chaotic moment of the guard changeover, she bent over, opened the mechanism, and entered the secret room.
Chu Li walked very lightly, holding a fire starter and searching for the files in the dim light.
Unfortunately, none of the files were the ones she wanted.
Suddenly, she thought of something and read it again.
Finally, she saw a file called Folk Mysteries.
This file is different from the other dusty files.
It was obviously just touched, some of the dust had fallen off, and it looked cleaner than the other files.
She opened the file and found no information about Liu Chuang's case.
It seems that Lu Dongchen knew that she was going to investigate the Liu Chuang case and deliberately took away the evidence.
Chu Li smiled slightly. Okay, she just needed to know whether Lu Dongchen knew the truth of the case.
It seems that he really knows!
Chu Li was about to put the file back to its original position.
Suddenly, someone came outside.
Chu Li immediately extinguished the fire, put the file back to its original place, and hid in the dark.
But what Chu Li didn't expect was that there was another person in the narrow corner where he could hide.
The man quickly covered Chu Li's mouth.
Before Chu Li scattered the poison powder in his hand, he heard the door creak.
Then, Lu Dongchen looked around holding a lantern.
Chu Li looked up at the man whose body was pressed against hers. He was very tall and had his face covered, so her appearance could not be seen clearly.
Chu Li's lips were soft, and her warm breath fell into Ye Hanting's palm like a tickle.
The soft touch of Chu Li's lips made his breathing quicken.
Ye Hanting lowered his eyes and looked at the masked Chu Li. He had been observing her in the dark for a long time, and only realized that she was Chu Li when she came closer.
But why did she come here too?
Chu Li clenched the poison in her hand. Ye Hanting noticed it and quickly held her hand, signaling her not to act rashly.