Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 526
"Yu Cheng'en, why did you kill them?" Zhang Wenyuan roared with a cold face.

Yu Chengen was expressionless. He bit his lip, looked at Li Canghai, and said, "Yes, I have no enmity with them, why should I kill them?"

Li Canghai glanced at him, and said deeply: "Yes, you need a reason to kill someone. Since you want a reason, then I will give you a reason."

"Actually, the series of murders that happened here all originated from an old incident more than ten years ago."

Hearing this, both Yu Chengen's and Zhang Wenyuan's expressions changed involuntarily.

I heard Li Canghai say: "More than ten years ago, Yuanwai Zhang met a woman with both sex and art. This woman is named Feng Niang, and she is a well-known talented woman in Yangzhou City. The two fell in love at first sight, but at that time Zhang Yuanwai was just a down-and-out scholar, and he was very different from Fengniang. Zhang Yuanwai wanted to get ahead and marry Fengniang in a grand manner, so he left Yangzhou when the two were passionately in love. After half a year, Zhang Yuanwai returned to Yangzhou, not only Returning home in fine clothes, he also brought four young and beautiful concubines."

Zhang Wenyuan's face was a bit ugly, he said: "What's the point of bringing it up?"

"Yuanwai, please listen to me. Speaking of which, this matter has a great relationship with Yuanwai." Li Canghai paused, and then said: "Zhang Yuanwai returned home in fine clothes, so he wanted to marry Feng Niang. Naturally, it fell on Fengniang's head. Fengniang is gentle and virtuous, and is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Everyone in the Zhang family respects her, and even the four concubines often ask Fengniang for advice on piano and chess. The way of calligraphy and painting." Li Canghai said.

Hearing Li Canghai's words, Zhang Wenyuan seemed to have fallen into a long-term memory. He nodded in a daze and said, "That's true. Feng Niang is a strange woman I met at first sight. During that time, it was the happiest day in my life. The Zhang family With her help, the family is thriving."

Li Canghai rubbed his nose, then said: "Fengniang became pregnant less than half a year after marrying. During this period, Yuanwai loved Fengniang very much, like a couple of gods and gods, envious of others. However, just now A strange thing happened when Feng Niang gave birth. It was also this strange thing that broke the original peace of the Zhang family."

Zhang Wenyuan's face drooped instantly, and he looked at Li Canghai in surprise, as if a little strange, how could he know what happened back then.

However, Li Canghai turned a blind eye to the change in his face, and continued, "When Feng Niang gave birth, it was not a baby, but a skinned civet cat!"

When everyone heard the words, most of these family servants came to the Zhang family in recent years, and they didn't know about the old affairs of the Zhang family. When they heard what Li Canghai said, they were shocked.

"How can humans give birth to civet cats?" the woman pretending to be Lan Yue asked in surprise.

Li Canghai sighed, and said: "Yes, how can humans give birth to civet cats? Zhang Yuanwai didn't believe it at first, but just at that time, a wandering Taoist priest came to say that there was a monster in Zhang's house. In addition, Zhang Yuanwai saw it with his own eyes. He also believed that civet cat."

Zhang Wenyuan seemed to have eaten a fly, and his face was as ugly as possible. He stared at Li Canghai viciously, trying his best to control his emotions.

This is a scandal of his Zhang family, if it was an outsider, he would have ordered someone to beat him to death long ago.

Li Canghai saw Zhang Wenyuan's anger, and he said calmly: "Don't get angry, I'm not trying to embarrass him, but what happened back then has a deep connection with these murders, so I'm going to suspend my anger. There might be surprises after listening to it.”

"Surprise?" Zhang Wenyuan gritted his teeth. He smiled angrily, wishing he could go up and stab Li Canghai to death. Could it be considered a surprise to expose the scandal of his Zhang family?
Li Canghai ignored him, but sighed, and said, "Mrs. Zhang's family gave birth to a civet cat. This news spread quickly among Zhang's family. Members of Zhang were enraged and decided that Feng Niang was a monster. After giving birth, Fengniang became cold. And Fengniang was disheartened because of the loss of her child and the neglect she received, so she hanged herself on the day of Double Ninth Festival that year."

Zhang Wenyuan's face was gloomy, he shook his sleeves, and snorted: "If Feng Niang is not a monster, how could she give birth to civet cats? I didn't kill her on the spot, I was already very merciful to her!"

Hearing this, Yu Chengen suddenly fixed his eyes on Zhang Wenyuan, his eyes were full of fierceness, his hands clenched tightly into fists, wishing to rush up and tear Zhang Wenyuan to pieces!
"Shut up! You are not allowed to insult her!" Yu Chengen gritted his teeth and roared in a low voice.

Zhang Wenyuan snorted coldly, stared at Yu Chengen equally viciously and said: "She is a monster, and she was born a monster! How can I say no? What are you, dare to act presumptuously in front of me?"

"If you want to work hard, there will be plenty of time later, can you two let me finish?" Li Canghai said expressionlessly.

Zhang Wenyuan and Yu Chengen glared at each other, shook off their sleeves at the same time, and let out a cold snort.

"These three murder cases actually have one thing in common. Although they are inconspicuous, they are like a rope connecting the three murder cases together." Li Canghai said.

Conan thought for a while and said, "Fengniang's painting!"

Li Canghai nodded. He took out three paintings and said, "At first, when I found this 'Picture of Aoxue and Cold Plum Blossoms' in Hongmei's room, I thought it was accidentally dropped. I found a painting of "ink bamboo" and felt a little strange. Then, at the scene where Juzi was killed, a posthumous painting of Fengniang's "Picture of Golden Chrysanthemum Bullying Frost" was also found, and I wanted to understand the key point."

Conan frowned and said, "Prompt to kill?"

Li Canghai sighed, and said, "That's right, it's a reminder to kill someone. In fact, we should have thought of this long ago. It's just that we were fooled by the murderer, led by the nose, and suspected Ueda Takashi, but ignored the most important thing." clues."

"What prompts to kill? What are you talking about?" Zhang Wenyuan asked displeased.

"The so-called reminder to kill means that the murderer has decided the order of killing in advance, and left clues at the scene, telling the discoverer the identity of the person who will die next. But this kind of reminder is often relatively cryptic, difficult to guess, and difficult to confirm Among the three murders, the murderer left Feng Niang's paintings, which is a reminder." Conan explained.

Zhang Wenyuan frowned, and said, "Can you explain a little more clearly?"

"Okay, then I'll give you a brief introduction." Li Canghai asked people to hang three paintings on the wall, and then said, "These four paintings are said to have been painted by Feng Niang before she died, and they are made of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum. Question. Of course, there are only three paintings displayed in front of everyone, but if I guess right, the fourth painting has been hidden in this room. Am I right, Brother Yu?"

(End of this chapter)