C53

Sihan watched Zhining leave before walking back to Lord Qi, "Sire, where did Zhang Xiaoling die, and who was the real culprit? Once Constable Chen returns, everything will be clear." After saying that, Sihan glanced at Zhang Jiacheng and his wife from the corner of her eyes.

Zhang Jiacheng stood with his hands behind his back, staring coldly at her.

Lady Zhang, on the other hand, was crying sorrowfully. There were a few times when she nearly fainted from her tears. Fortunately, a young maid was by her side, always taking care of her and accompanying her. Zhang Jiacheng didn't seem to care about Mrs. Zhang at all.

Lord Qi sat at the table and signaled to the constable standing below him. The constable immediately understood what was going on and walked in front of Lord Qi.

Lord Qi whispered something into the constable's ear. The constable nodded and led the constables to search the area.

Sihan snickered. This Lord Qi was not stupid enough to send someone to search the vicinity. Initially, she had planned to wait for Zhining to return from the Zhang Mansion before asking her to look around the vicinity for any clues. However, she did not expect that Lord Qi had taken the initiative to order someone to search this place.

After around half an hour, Zhining brought a few constables back with her.

Before the horses had stopped, she had impatiently jumped down from the horse and ran to Lord Qi, clasping her hands and reporting respectfully, "Sir, Chen Zhi brought her subordinate to check Zhang Xiaoling's room carefully, and found out that she was actually moved here after she died in her room."

"You're talking nonsense. Everything in Xiao Ling's room is the same as before. There are no traces of movement or blood stains at all. How could Xiao Ling die in her room?" Zhang Jiancheng walked up to her and coldly looked at her as he asked.

"Who told you that there are no traces of blood in Zhang Xiaoling's room?" Sihan turned around and looked at Zhang Jiaquan coldly as she asked.

Zhang Jiancheng's expression slightly changed and then returned to normal, "This morning, I went to Xiao Ling's room. Nothing in her room was touched, not even a trace of a fight. There was nothing on the ground. There's no blood. " Zhang Jiacheng answered Sihan with a calm expression.

Sihan looked at Zhang Jiaquan's calm expression and couldn't help but snort. "You're so sure there's no more blood on the ground because you've already wiped it clean." But you've missed one thing, and that is, even if the blood was wiped very clean, to the point where not even a trace of blood could be seen, as long as you mix the alcohol and vinegar together, you can see the blood on the ground. No matter how clean you wipe the ground, as long as you mix the alcohol and vinegar together and pour on the ground, you will be able to see if there's any blood on the ground. "

"Sir, I followed the method given to me by the traveling doctor and poured the alcohol and vinegar together onto the ground. As expected, there were faint marks on the ground, similar to the traces of blood dripping onto the ground. There was also a very large mark, so I deduced that the deceased was killed by someone who fell to the ground with a knife." ZhiNing continued to report to Lord Qi.

"My lord, I have just found a piece of porcelain on the body of the deceased." Sihan took over the piece of porcelain from Zhining and handed it to Lord Qi.

Lord Qi frowned slightly as he held this small piece of porcelain. He raised his head and asked Sihan with a puzzled expression, "What's the use of this small piece of porcelain?"

Sihan smiled complacently and looked at Lord Qi as she replied respectfully, "This piece of porcelain can help me find the real culprit."

As soon as Sihan finished speaking, everyone looked at her in shock. With just a small piece of porcelain, she could find out who the real culprit was?

"Master, your subordinate and several constables just found a few pieces of porcelain in the back street of the Zhang residence. Some of them even had traces of blood on them." Lord ZhiNing reported.

At this time, an unhappy person brought a tray with a few bloodstained porcelain pieces to the man and placed them on the table.

"That's why I suspect that the deceased had an argument with the murderer before they died. They accidentally dropped the porcelain bottles on the ground and broke it." Sihan reported to Lord Qi.

Lord Qi looked at Sihan and Zhining and asked coldly, "After speaking for so long, who is the real culprit?" He didn't care too much about the process of the murder. What he cared about was who was the real culprit!

Sihan and Zhining looked at each other, then simultaneously pointed at Zhang Jiazeng and said, "That's him!"

"Don't spout nonsense." Zhang Jiecheng refuted Sihan and Zhining with an ugly expression. He paused for a moment, then said with a look of realization, "Oh, I understand. Lord Qi said you found the real killer, but since you couldn't find it, you slandered me as the murderer, right?"

When the constables at the side heard Sihan and ZhiNing accuse Zhang Jiazhen of being the culprits, they hurriedly grabbed Zhang Jiacheng's arm, dragged him to the table, and made him kneel in front of Lord Qi.

Sihan and ZhiNing couldn't help but smile, and then looked at Zhang Jiazhen seriously, "Zhang Jiazhen, did Zhang Xiaoling ever see Zhang Xiaoling before she died?" Sihan slowly asked Zhang Jiancheng.

"No. The night before Xiao Ling died, I just called her to have dinner at the door. Since she didn't want to eat, I left the house. When I went into her room the next day, she had already disappeared. We searched the entire Zhang Residence but could not find him. At that time, we were in a hurry and went to the yamen to report to an official. " Zhang Jiacheng calmly replied as he knelt on the ground.

"You're lying!" Sihan stepped forward and pointed at the back of Zhang Jiecheng's injured hand.

ZhiNing took a step forward and walked to the table in front of Lord Qi, only then was she able to pick up the piece of porcelain from the dead man's elbow. This time, Sihan walked over to Zhang Jiacheng and flipped over the piece of porcelain. Compared to the marks on the back of Zhang Jiacheng's hand, the shape of the piece of porcelain was exactly the same as the wound on Zhang Jiacheng's hand!

Zhang Jiacheng's complexion changed as the water machine returned to normal. He raised his head and looked at Sihan calmly, "What does this mean?"

"This means that you are the real murderer!" Sihan pointed at Zhang Jiecheng and snapped.

"This piece of porcelain was found on the dead body. The wound on her elbow is exactly the same as the one on the back of your hand. That is to say, when Zhang Xiaoling died, you were by her side. Who was the murderer?" Sihan asked Zhang Jiecheng while looking at him coldly.

"There are many similar wounds in this world. The wound on the back of my hand is the same as the one on Little Ling's body, so it's not surprising!" Zhang Jiancheng answered Sihan without changing his expression.

"What's weird is that your wound is brand-new, almost the same as Zhang Xiaoling's death. How do you explain that?" Sihan looked at Zhang Jiancheng and questioned him coldly.

Zhang Jiecheng couldn't help but cover his right hand with his left hand, "This wound was caused by me this morning."

Sihan couldn't help but snort. She coldly looked at Zhang Jiancheng, "The healing time is regular. Fresh wounds sometimes have blood seeping out, and the wounds that take slightly longer will slowly heal. The wounds on your hands have already started to heal, which means that the wounds on your hands didn't only heal this morning!"

"So what? You said I killed Xiao Ling with just a wound? " Zhang Jiancheng raised his head and asked Sihan with a calm expression.