Motive, the First Year of Zhenguan!
In the hall of the Eastern Palace.
Everyone's eyes were on Lu Qing.
His thoughts were completely following Lu Qing's explanation.
Unknowingly, Lu Qing had already become the center of attention. Even Li Chengqian did not know when he had become the center of attention.
Lu Qing looked at Li Chengyi, who was in deep thought, and said,""The moment I saw Nanny's corpse, I felt that something was wrong.”
" But what exactly is wrong? I can't say for a moment. It wasn't until I saw Lord Wei's disheveled appearance after you tortured him in the prison that I suddenly realized..."
"Hair!" Lu Qing said. Nanny's hair was also disheveled! This is very wrong!"
"Nanny is a member of the Eastern Palace, so she will definitely pay attention to her image. She definitely can't go out with her hair disheveled, because it will affect the image of the Eastern Palace.”
"But her corpse had disheveled hair, which means that the pearl hairpin on her head is missing.”
"But we searched the crime scene, but we didn't find Nanny's pearl hairpin. Lord Wei also said that after he woke up, Nanny's hair was disheveled.”
"So, this can only mean one thing.”
"What's going on?" Li Chengqian hurriedly asked.
Lu Qing glanced at Li Chengyi and said,""The pearl hairpin was taken away by the real murderer.”
"Why did the murderer take the pearl hairpin away?”"Isn't this just looking for trouble for yourself?" Han Min was puzzled. There's no reason at all!"
" Normally, there's no reason," Lu Qing said." But what if this pearl hairpin proves that the murderer isn't Wei Zheng?"”
"What?" Everyone was stunned.
Lu Qing continued," At the crime scene, I found two pools of blood. One was the victim's blood. There was a lot of it.”
"But the other one is far away from the blood of the deceased.”
"At that time, I was a little puzzled. How did this little bit of blood get there? Did the victim throw it off herself? How did she do it?"
"When I discovered the disappearance of the pearl hairpin, I suddenly realized something.”
Lu Qing looked at the crowd and said," The murderer would rather risk being discovered to take the pearl hairpin away. This means that the pearl hairpin is very likely to affect his plan. Coupled with the pool of blood, it's not difficult to imagine…When the victim was killed, he tried to escape. In a panic, he casually took the pearl hairpin from his head and stabbed the murderer.”
"So, that pool of blood is not the victim's, but the murderer's. In other words…the murderer is injured!”
When Han Min and the others heard this, they suddenly felt enlightened.
"So, combined with Lord Shaoqing's suspicion of the Eastern Palace and the murderer's injury, when Lord Shaoqing discovered Li Chengyi's new injury in the prison, he completely suspected him?" Han Min said.”
"That's right, that's basically it." Lu Qing nodded.”
"And because Li Chengyi has been called by His Highness the Crown Prince, he did not have the chance to destroy the pearl hairpin at all, so he kept the evidence until now.”
Han Min frowned." That's not right. If he can't destroy it, can't he throw it away?" Why not just throw it away when no one was paying attention?”
The others were also puzzled.
"Have you forgotten what His Highness the Crown Prince said?" Lu Qing laughed. There was only one pearl hairpin in the Great Tang.”
"Moreover, the Crown Prince can easily find out that the deceased was wearing this pearl hairpin when she left.”
"Therefore, if Li Chengyi threw it away casually, once someone finds out, Wei Zheng will be directly exonerated. After all, when Wei Zheng was caught, he didn't have the pearl hairpin in his hand.”
"Then why didn't he frame me?" Wei Zheng asked again. He only needed to prick a wound on this official's body and then casually throw it away. Wouldn't this official be even more unable to escape?”
This time, without waiting for Lu Qing's reply, Li Chengyi said,""Do you think I don't want to?"
"It's all because that damned woman was afraid of death and wasted time. After I killed her, the waiter and the others had already called people to knock on the door. I don't have time to harm you anymore, or else you would have died for sure!”
This time, everyone completely understood the ins and outs of everything.
Wei Zheng could not help but frown and said,"I understand the case, but why did you frame me like this?”
"This official basically doesn't have much contact with you, let alone have any conflict with you. Why do you have to spend so much effort to kill this official and even ruin this official's reputation?”
Wei Zheng really couldn't understand. He and Li Chengyi really didn't have any interactions.
Li Chengqian also looked at Li Chengyi and said,"And my nanny, they have no enmity with you. Why did you use such cruel methods to kill them and poison me?”
The case was clear, but they still had no idea what the motive was.
Li Chengqian really couldn't understand how Li Chengyi, who had followed him for five years and was treated as his confidant, could do such a thing.
Li Chengyi ignored Wei Zheng and Li Chengqian.
Instead, he looked at Lu Qing and said,"Since Lord Lu is so smart, does Lord Lu know my motive?"”
Everyone looked at Lu Qing again.
Lu Qing sighed.”
"What clues?" Han Min asked.
"Do you still remember the eight written in blood in Plum Garden?”
"The last words left by the deceased?" Han Min thought for a moment and suddenly said.”
Lu Qing nodded." The blood eight isn't a half-written word. It's the number eight. This eight represents time-eight years ago!"”
"Eight years ago?"
Everyone was stunned.
It was now the eighth year of Zhenguan.
Eight years ago, wasn't that the first year of Zhenguan?
In other words, when the current emperor, Li Shimin, had just ascended the throne.
"Eight years ago was the first year of Zhenguan. Is that why you went to check the files?" Han Min suddenly understood.”
Lu Qing nodded. He looked at Li Chengyi and said,"The target of the deceased is very clear. Nanny's family must die, and Lord Wei must die with his reputation ruined.”
"This shows that the deceased had a bone-deep hatred and hatred for Nanny's family and Lord Wei! Therefore, I thought that the murderer's motive might be because of something that happened eight years ago, and this matter was related to Nanny, Lord Wei, and even His Highness.”
Wei Zheng thought for a long time and frowned." I don't even know His Highness's nanny. How can it be related to us?"”
Li Chengqian was also puzzled.
Eight years ago, Li Chengqian was still young and insensible. What could he have done to make Li Chengyi so hateful?
None of them understood.
Lu Qing sighed softly.""Yes, but it's not a direct thing. It's an indirect thing.”
"This matter…"
Lu Qing sighed in his heart,"Your Majesty, you can't escape the responsibility."”
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[PS: The truth of the case has been revealed. Did everyone notice the clues left behind by the author?]
The clues of the deceased's disheveled hair would be described once, about two or three times, as long as the deceased appeared.
The murderer described the wound on his hand every time he saw it. It was a deliberate clue for everyone. Did everyone notice it?
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