The ghost-catching princess, she always pretends to be weak

Chapter 30 Confession and Execution
  "It's not Chow Tai Fook! It's not the person he killed."

Wen Jiu was shouting silently in her heart at this moment. While she was rubbing the talisman in her sleeve to prevent Liu Quan's ghost from harming others, she was thinking about how to give Chen Shu some reminders!
  The next second, Chen Shu seemed to have a mental connection with her, "Chow Tai Fook was indeed at fault, but the person was not killed by Chow Tai Fook, but by his accountant, Wen Xiuyuan."

As soon as these words came out, Wen Jiu's eyes suddenly burst out with a strong look.

"Sir, you need evidence to decide a case."

Wen Xiuyuan looked surprised. Compared to his employer Chow Tai Fook, he really didn't look like a murderer at all.

"Of course, I never wrongly accuse a good person!"

Naturally, Chen Shu had the evidence that he committed murder, so he dared to take him into custody and say this in front of everyone.

As early as when he was investigating Chow Tai Fook, he touched all the people close to him. This is Chen Shu's style of solving crimes!

"Wen Xiuyuan is from Changyang. Three generations of his family have made a living by crafting sculptures."

"As the only person in your family who has the opportunity to change your destiny through scientific examinations, you have repeatedly failed. The expenses in Beijing are quite high and it is difficult for you to make ends meet, so you can only go to Chow Tai Fook's house and work as a bookkeeper for five years."

"Sir, what you said is all true, but you can't convict the villain just because three generations of my family can sculpt."

Wen Xiuyuan is bound to practice the motto of "the Qing Dynasty will self-qing" to the end.

"That's one of them."

Chen Shu was unhurried and continued in a deep voice: "Chow Tai Fook is obsessed with doing good deeds and cultivating virtues, and has become even more so in the past few years. There are an endless stream of Taoist monks coming and going at home, and you often accompany Chow Tai Fook to talk about scriptures and Taoism. All the servants of Zhou Mansion can testify."

Wen Xiuyuan's face started to look a little ugly.

"You thought these people were wandering around and I couldn't bring them back, but unfortunately, the old man who taught you these crooked ways was imprisoned by the Anyang government a few days ago, and you have already been raped!"

"Wen Xiuyuan, you took advantage of Chow Tai Fook's support of the students who went to Beijing to take the exam, registered the scholars who received the subsidy, and left their birth dates, and then incited Chow Tai Fook to place sculptures in the open space. You secretly will be punished by you and the old Taoist All seven of the selected people were killed and placed in statues, am I wrongly accusing you?"

Chen Shu took out the book he found from Wen Xiu's distant house, walked to him step by step and squatted down, "The people marked in red are all the people you have killed."

"Hahaha, sir, it's obvious to me that the villain found it strange after they died, so he took it out and marked it." There was no guilt in Wen Xiuyuan's eyes.

"Unrepentant."

Chen Shu sympathized with Wen Xiuyuan, who came from a poor family but wanted to get ahead in the scientific examination. After all, he himself had suffered unimaginable hardships on this road, but the other seven students and Liu Quan were so innocent!

"Wen Xiuyuan, you think you did everything perfectly. If you kill Liu Quan, everything will be fine, right?"

"Someone, bring the sculpture up!"

Chen Shu was confident, and the key evidence was in the sculpture and the message Liu Quan left when he died.

"I heard that Liu Quan is a well-known sculptor in Beijing. He is always famous for his rigorous and meticulous work. But why does the left hand of every statue have the same flaws?"

Chen Shu walked up to Wen Xiuyuan, looked at him with calm eyes and said, "Or did he do it on purpose?"

Hearing this, Wen Jiu wanted to stick his head out to see the mark Chen Shu mentioned, but it was not easy to stare at Liu Quan's soul in the gap, let alone see the statue.

"Of these seven sculptures, there is a crescent-shaped depression between the left wrist of each sculpture! Even when he was killed, he left this crescent-shaped mark on the ground." "Wen Xiuyuan, you dare to reach out Can you show me your left hand?"

Chen Shu's voice sounded to Wen Xiuyuan at this time, and it was no different than the death-stealing king of hell.

"Oh, it's you, you beast!"

Chow Tai Fook knelt and moved a few steps forward, crying again: "Sir! This kid has a crescent-shaped birthmark on his left hand!"

He seemed to have seen the booklet in Chen Shu's hand, "Sir! He is lying! The villain has obviously seen this red mark before, and the villain thought he was someone who had a chance to go to high school!"

"It was indeed me who killed the man."

Wen Xiuyuan gave up the struggle, and his eyes closed tightly, his face turned pale, as if he had lost his soul.

"I have been eager to learn since I was a child, and I finally got the opportunity to go to school. The elders in my family stopped me and asked me to continue my family's crafts, saying that I was not good at studying."

Wen Xiuyuan stood up silently, and the people around him quickly took a few steps back. Wen Jiu stood in front of them unprepared.

Chen Shu's sharp eyes immediately saw this red cloak. Wen Jiu didn't even have time to dodge, so he could only smile slightly awkwardly.

"But I don't believe it. I study hard every day. I have to help my father and uncle during the day, and I can only pick up the books at night. I hope I can prove it to them one day."

"The Emperor is worthy of his hard work. My article was appreciated by the Master. He personally came to my house to persuade my parents to let me study with him. Only then did I have the opportunity to enter school again. So, I am better than anyone else." You have to work hard. When others get up at the fifth watch, I am already studying at the third watch. When others go to eat and drink after school, I learn that the academy is closed."

"Ten years ago, I finally found the opportunity to take the exam in Beijing. I thought I could pass the exam in one try, but I didn't expect that it took me five years, but I still failed."

As if aware of Chen Shu's gaze, Wen Xiuyuan turned slightly and continued to speak: "Master Chen, I know that you were born in a poor family. You must understand that I and others have neither status nor financial background in Beijing. It’s difficult, my lord.”

"Then what about the seven students?"

Chen Shu couldn't help frowning and said, "You are not the only person who comes to Beijing for scientific examination. Among those who come to seek help from Chow Tai Fook, who is not from a poor family?"

"So! Instead of continuing to suffer like this, why don't you help me get admitted?"

Wen Xiuyuan's face showed madness. He was no longer afraid. From the moment he chose to kill the first person, he was not afraid of anything.

"How did you move your hands?"

"They all relied on the Zhou family for help. I just shook my hand and they all ran out one by one."

Since the evidence is conclusive and Zuo Zuo has already rushed to conduct autopsies on the seven people, there is no need for Wen Xiuyuan to hide anything.

"The Zhou family has a lot of those shady drugs. What's so hard about getting a drug? Stun them one by one and then cover them up and make them into statues. No one will notice."

Chen Shu looked solemn, "They are just like you. Students who come to Beijing from thousands of miles away to take the exam also have hardships and misfortunes. They use their lives to pave the way for you. How could you do this?"

　Bai Yueguang is always the best~

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)