Shengjing Noble

Chapter 305 Lure the snake out of its hole

"I am now worried that the murderer will destroy the evidence."

"What should I do?"

"I can only take a gamble."

"How to bet?"

Su Lanyin took out the cup and placed it on the table.

"Your Majesty, can you find someone to make a replica of this cup?"

"you think……"

"Lue the snake out of its hole."

……

The next day.

County government court.

The murder case of Mu Zi was reopened and the biggest suspect Kang Chenxi was brought to court.

He knelt there, but unlike the last time, there was no more anger and grievance in his eyes. Instead, they were full of dejection. He knelt powerlessly, his clothes were tattered and his hair was disheveled. He looked extremely embarrassed.

If not everyone knew his identity, no one would have thought that the prisoner at this moment was the son of the richest man who had once enjoyed great glory.

The county magistrate slammed the gavel and shouted angrily: "Kang Chenxi, do you plead guilty?"

Kang Chenxi, kneeling on the ground, sighed weakly, then raised his eyelids to look at the person in a higher position, with a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth.

"deny."

The word "indifferent" seems to be calm, but in fact it is full of stubbornness in bones.

"How dare you! The facts are right in front of you, but you still refuse to admit it! Someone, come and beat me up!"

A warrant was thrown on the ground, and the yamen runners on both sides immediately stepped forward and pressed Kang Chenxi to the ground, raising a wooden board to hit him on the waist.

"stop!"

After hearing the shout, everyone looked outside the county government office and saw Su Lanyin and Fu Wuyang running towards them anxiously.

"Sir, you have no evidence, why do you keep torturing me? I suspect you want to force me to confess!"

Su Lanyin pointed at the county magistrate unceremoniously, with determination in her eyes.

"How dare you! Who allowed you to enter the court? Do you believe that I will beat you too?"

The county magistrate didn't expect she would dare to come, and he was so angry that he slammed the table and cursed.

Fu Wuyang stepped forward and bowed, "Sir, we have found the poison that the deceased was poisoned with, and we have also found the wine glass that was smeared with the poison. This piece of evidence can at least prove that Kang Chenxi was wrongly accused."

The county magistrate narrowed his eyes and asked suspiciously, "Wine glass? How did you find it?"

Su Lanyin held up the cup in her arms with both hands, and the bailiff beside her immediately took it and handed it to the county magistrate.

The county magistrate took the wine glass and examined it for a few seconds, then asked in a cold voice, "Is that all? You say it is evidence of a crime, is it evidence of a crime? On what basis do you base your judgment?"

"The poison on it is exactly the same as the one that Miss Muzi was poisoned with. When we went to investigate the crime scene, we only found a cup without the poison, and the other one was nowhere to be found. After much investigation and searching, we finally found this cup."

The county magistrate said disdainfully: "Even if this cup was smeared with poison and killed Mu Zi, how can it exonerate Kang Chenxi? Besides, how can there be poison in an empty cup?"

Su Lanyin explained, "We found this cup in the backyard of Nuanxiang Pavilion. On the night when Muzi got into trouble, Kang Chenxi had been sleeping in the house, and there were people on guard outside. It was impossible for him to throw this poisoned cup into the backyard and hide it without anyone noticing, so he is definitely not the murderer."

"Also, the poison that Miss Muzi was poisoned with is so severe that even if this cup has been cleaned, there is still some residue. If you don't believe me, you can just pour some water into it and find a mouse to experiment on it."

"Well, I want to see if this cup is really that powerful. If it is not poisonous, I will give you thirty lashes."

Su Lanyin didn't say anything, but waited for the bailiffs to prepare everything.

There was a big black rat in the cage, and the cup was filled with water and put into the cage.

The mouse lowered its head and drank a few sips, then lay down in the cage to rest, showing no signs of poisoning.

The county magistrate saw it and immediately said, "Well, you dare to talk nonsense and fool me? Come, beat him up!"

At the command, the bailiffs immediately came forward and held down Su Lanyin. In the past, she would have resisted, but this time, she lay still and let them force her to kneel on the ground.

Upon seeing this, Fu Wuyang immediately rushed forward and tried to kick those yamen runners away, but was stopped by Su Lanyin with a look.

He was stunned for a moment, gritted his teeth and stepped back without moving forward, but clenched his hands tightly, his eyes full of anger.

He himself did not even realize that the girl in front of him had only suffered a little injustice, but he could no longer control his anger.

He didn't even know where to start, his mood could be easily moved by Su Lanyin.

Seeing the heavy board about to fall, a bystander in the crowd suddenly cried out.

"Look! That rat is vomiting blood!"

One stone caused a thousand ripples, and others also started shouting.

"There's really poison in the cup!"

"This girl didn't lie. This is the evidence!"

"Oh my god, this is horrible. Who would put poison on a cup to harm people?"

……

The county magistrate took a closer look and felt a little bit unbelievable, but more embarrassed. He waved his hand unhappily to send the runner away, then stood up and walked downstairs to look at the mouse in the cage.

Su Lanyin, who had regained her freedom, stepped forward and said, "Sir, please look, the death of this rat is exactly the same as that of Miss Muzi. It is obviously caused by the same poison."

In fact, this cup was made by someone Fu Wuyang overnight, and the poison inside was naturally applied on the spot.

Based on Mu Zi's signs of poisoning and the smell of poison remaining on his lip prints, Su Lanyin prepared a similar poison.

The county magistrate frowned tightly: "If that's the case, then have you found anything else?"

At this point, he couldn't say anything more, but his eyes flashed with light again and again.

Su Lanyin said: "Sir, the findings so far are enough to exonerate Kang Chenxi. I hope you can carefully review this case."

"Humph, even so, Kang Chenxi is still the biggest suspect. After all, the deceased died next to him, and there was no outsider in the room."

"Then who took the cup and hid it in the backyard?"

Having said that, what else is there that I don’t understand?

The county magistrate glared at her fiercely, then turned back behind the desk.

"Come here, bring the people from Nuanxiang Pavilion here again. I want to interrogate them one by one."

Su Lanyin quickly stopped him when she saw this: "There's no need to be so troublesome."

"Then what do you think we should do?"

She turned and looked at Kang Chenxi: "You and Miss Muzi were drinking in the room that night. Was there anyone else coming in and out?"

"Others... Yes, Muzi's personal maid, Yu'er."

"Someone, bring Yu'er, the servant from Nuanxiang Pavilion, to me for questioning!"

At the order of the county magistrate, the officers immediately set out to Nuanxiang Pavilion to arrest people.

About an incense stick of time later, an official came running back. He knelt on one knee, panting, and said, "Your Excellency, when we arrived, Yu'er had already been killed!"

"what!"

The county magistrate stood up from his chair with a serious look on his face.

Su Lanyin subconsciously looked at Fu Wuyang, but found that he was also looking at her.

The two exchanged glances, and then Fu Wuyang quickly left the yamen and headed towards the Kang family!