Chapter 296： ruthless patriarch

Chapter 296 The Ruthless Patriarch

After pondering for a long time, Chu Nanzhi slowly raised his head to look at Lin Jinxiao, and said in a deep voice, "Just now I heard from the patriarch that Jin Hui and Lin Sanniang often had disputes, and they would get into trouble every now and then."

"I heard that there is such a thing."

Lin Jinxiao took the dagger and put it back on the white cloth on the table: "And last night Lin Jinlan took out this dagger to scare Lin Jinhui away."

"It seems that your uncle loves this concubine so much that he even allows her to hide a sharp knife in the bedroom."

Chu Nanzhi could not help showing a wry smile.

Some memories suddenly appeared in her mind. The Dahe Empire has some laws and regulations on civilian knives. Except for kitchen knives and hatchets, military knives are not allowed to be kept at home.

The dagger on the table has reached the standard of military knives in terms of sharpness and length. If you want to buy such a sharp weapon at home, you must register it with the government.

Since it is a registered knife, you have to bear the risk if something happens.

Lin Jinxiao sat down on the stool beside the tea table slowly, and couldn't help sighing softly: "The clan uncle really doted on Lin Jinlan too much. I heard from the maid in the yard that this dagger was obtained by the clan uncle from a merchant. At the beginning, Lin Jinlan wanted to use it for self-defense, but the clan uncle agreed without even thinking about it."

Chu Nanzhi nodded suddenly.

No wonder that stinky girl Jinhui ran away yesterday when she saw Lin Sanniang dragging her, as if she was avoiding the plague god, she was terrified to death.

It turned out that she was worried that Lin Sanniang would cut her with a knife.

She still remembered that Lin Jinhui said that Lin Sanniang was a troublemaker. What she saw at the family dinner last night was enough to prove this person's temperament, and it was indeed what she said.

This little girl is jealous of Lin Sanniang but also afraid of the dagger in her hand. I'm afraid she has a lot of resentment, and what happened last night, it's reasonable for her to have murderous thoughts.

"Since this dagger is not the murder weapon, the most urgent thing is to find the knife that matches the wound of the deceased."

Chu Nanzhi stared at Lin Jinxiao, and said seriously.

"I have sent someone to look for it."

Lin Jinxiao looked at her warmly, with a serious expression on his face: "However, even if we find the real murder weapon, it may not be very meaningful. Judging from all the current targets, Lin Jinhui is indeed the most likely to kill Lin Sanniang murderer."

The reason why he called Chu Nanzhi in alone and allowed her to conduct an autopsy was also to make her mentally prepare in advance.

Chu Nanzhi also knows the truth of this. No matter who the real murderer is, since he chooses to leave this dagger at the scene of the crime, it means that the murderer has long been prepared.

Moreover, the patriarch's house is not as tightly guarded as Zhao Taigong's house. There are neither hundreds of guards and housekeepers patrolling the house, nor is there a high wall like an iron barrel as a barrier.

Compared, it is much easier for outsiders to sneak in.

After thinking about it, she couldn't think of anyone except Lin Jinhui who would do such a murderous thing to Lin Sanniang.

For a moment, she felt extremely at a loss.

It's a pity that there is no fingerprint identification in this era, otherwise as long as the murder knife can be found, the real murderer can be determined.

"Let's go, let's go out first."

Lin Jinxiao stood up and motioned for her to go out together.

Arrived outside the courtyard, the Lin family members were still waiting in place, and even a few seniors rushed into the backyard together.

When such a big event happened, all of them were whispering to each other and discussing with each other.

Seeing Lin Jinxiao and Chu Nanzhi, everyone calmed down and stared at the couple quietly.

The third uncle Lin Yuan came forward immediately, and asked first, "Dalang, how are you doing? What conclusions have you drawn?"

Lin Jinxiao looked up at the sky, his expression became solemn and he said: "Jin Lan was indeed murdered."

"Let me just say, the good girl Jinlan will never commit suicide."

Lin Yuan had a gloomy face, acting extremely angry.

Afterwards, everyone's fierce eyes were fixed on Lin Jinhui and Zhou Shi.

Just at this moment, the guards who were searching in the courtyard came one after another and reported to Lin Jinxiao: "My lord, I have searched carefully inside and outside the courtyard, and found no suspicious behavior. We can rule out foreign thieves." The possibility of being admitted to the hospital for murder."

Hearing this, Chu Nanzhi couldn't help but secretly looked at the seniors and the women around them, all of them looked calm and composed, and it really didn't look like they were hiding ghosts in their hearts.

If it is really an outsider admitted to the hospital, there will definitely be some clues left behind.

Since the guards have searched carefully and concluded so, the possibility of outsiders being admitted to the hospital can basically be ruled out.

Da Chen glared at Lin Jinhui with fierce fangs, and said loudly: "San Niang has always been a gentle, kind and filial child, and she usually stays out of the door, so no outsider would come to harm her. Wan Jinhui, that dead girl, got angry in her room, became dissatisfied and threatened to take personal revenge, and cruelly killed her while she was sleeping."

As soon as this remark came out, the crowd became even more indignant, pointing their finger at Lin Jinhui one after another, pointing fingers:

"This stinky girl, I have long thought that she will cause this catastrophe sooner or later."

"It was her mother who spoiled her. Sending this dead girl to the government today is also reaping the consequences. I just feel sorry for this girl Jinlan."

"The goddaughter of the Zhou family has no way, so she should also be expelled from the clan and returned to the clan."

"I'm afraid I'm going to hurt that kid Jin Yi."

"Then what else can we do? All the officials have come, and it's all Zhou's own fault. Ting Zhen doesn't control him. Look at how their mother and daughter have bullied Jiang Xiaoniang. They lost their daughter so suddenly. , I dare not even say a word of complaint.”

Hearing the discussions of several elders and old women, Chu Nanzhi looked at Jiang Shi with burning eyes. She was about to cry at this moment, her whole body seemed to have no strength at all, and she was completely paralyzed in Lin Tingzhen's arms , His eyes were red and swollen from crying.

From the first time I saw this woman, she never said a word.

Silence is better than sound, and the anger in Lin Tingzhen's heart was layered on top of each other, until it reached its peak at this time.

He stared at Lin Jinhui with round eyes, and said angrily: "Jin Xiao, quickly take away Lin Jinhui."

Mrs. Zhou couldn't bear the extreme pointing tone around her, and when she heard Lin Tingzhen's decisive words, her chest felt hot, she vomited a mouthful of blood, and fainted.

"Mother."

Lin Jinhui shouted as he struggled in the hands of the servants.

Chu Nanzhi hurried over to support Zhou with the maids, felt her pulse, and found that her pulse was very disordered, raised her eyes to look at Lin Tingzhen, and said eagerly: "Auntie is in a hurry, I'm afraid there will be danger. Uncle, aunt is your first wife after all, you should send her back to her room to rest first."

Lin Tingzhen turned a blind eye, closed his eyes cruelly, and said decisively: "She raised such a cruel and heartless disease that harmed her siblings, why should I feel sorry for her anymore?"

Chu Nanzhi sighed weakly.

Lin Jinxiao didn't expect the uncle to be so ruthless, so he had to wave his hand at the guards helplessly: "Since the uncle has spoken, this officer can no longer be soft-hearted, and immediately take Lin Jinhui back to the county government for custody pending trial."

"Lin Dalang."

Chu Nanzhi called him to stop dissatisfied.

(end of this chapter)