ancient criminal minds

Nanny Yu quickly brought Liuzhi and Mrs. Dong over. Liuzhi was thin and small, looked only thirteen or fourteen years old, with a panicked face and tears in her eyes, while Mrs. Dong was much stronger, with a round His face looked very kind, seeing that the masters in the room were all here, his eyes shrank a little.

On the way here, Nanny Yu didn't say anything, she led him into the hall, and silently retreated behind Yun's.

Lu Zheng looked at Mrs. Dong and said, "Are you the one who takes care of the flowers and plants in mother's yard?"

Originally, Mrs. Dong saw that Nanny Yu had brought her and Liuzhi here, and thought she was going to tell Liuzhi about stealing gold hairpins. Who knew that Lu Zheng would ask such an irrelevant question as soon as he came in. But she didn't dare not answer, so she could only say cautiously: "Back to the third young master, yes."

"There is a camellia plant that I like very much in my yard. Recently, for some reason, many black spots suddenly appeared on the leaves. The girl who tends the flowers and plants in my yard doesn't know what happened. Do you know?"

Mrs. Dong glanced at Lu Zheng in surprise, and didn't dare to think about it, she replied: "There may be insects, or brown spot disease, or else, if this camellia is transplanted, it may be unacceptable to the soil and water. "

"That girl told me the same thing, but it still didn't make Camellia get better."

Mrs. Dong frowned: "Maybe there are other reasons, but this old slave has never seen that camellia plant, but I can't be sure."

A smile appeared on Lu Zheng's lips, and he said lightly, "That's all." He glanced at the kneeling willow branch again, "What do you usually do?"

Liu Zhi murmured: "The servants are sweeping the yard on weekdays, and occasionally help Mother Dong take care of the flowers and plants."

"Don't be afraid, let me ask you, how good is your relationship with Mrs. Dong?"

Liu Zhi glanced at Mrs. Dong beside her, lowered her head again, and whispered, "Mother Dong has always been kind to us little girls."

Lu Zheng asked again: "Since you help take care of the flowers and plants, you must know a little bit, so you should answer the question just now."

The willow branch stammered and said: "I don't see much, I just know that if only this one plant has black spots, it is likely that the water and soil are not acclimatized. Camellia likes rot, and it is relatively delicate to grow. This situation is very serious. Usually, if there are black spots on the nearby flowers and plants, it should be sick, but now that the weather is getting colder, it is unlikely to be bitten by insects."

What she said was clear and coherent, and she seemed to know flowers and plants better than Mrs. Dong.

Seeing this, Mrs. Dong cast a jealous look at Liu Zhi.

Lu Zheng pretended not to see it, and said to Mrs. Dong: "You accused Liu Zhi of stealing my mother's gold hairpin earlier, why don't you tell the process again."

Mrs. Dong lowered her head tremblingly, and said: "That day, this old servant saw willow branches in the yard..."

"Wait, what day is that day, what time is it, what are you doing in the yard, how can you see willow branches?"

"Yes...it was three days ago, around noon, no...it was afternoon, the old slave was watering the flowers and plants in the yard."

"Go on."

"Yes... the old slave saw the willow branch sneaking towards his room, and felt a little strange, so he followed, only to find that she took out a gold hairpin and secretly put it in his bag. The old slave I felt that the golden hairpin looked familiar, like Madam's, so I told Yuma Yu about it."

Lu Zheng smiled, and said to Yun, "Mother wears that golden hairpin all the time?"

Before Mrs. Yun could speak, Nanny Yu had already answered for her: "Third Young Master, Madam has never liked gold and silver vulgar objects. The golden hairpin is a seasonal item, and it is usually used to reward people, but I have never worn it. of."

Lu Zheng then said to Mrs. Dong: "Mother never wore that golden hairpin, how did you know that the golden hairpin belonged to my mother and not someone else?"

Mrs. Dong's complexion suddenly turned pale, and beads of sweat rolled down her forehead: "Old slave... I didn't see clearly, I just think that gold hairpin... gold hairpin is precious, like it is worn by my wife... old man Slave too... also thinks wholeheartedly about Madam..."

But Lu Zheng interrupted her directly: "Since you can't see clearly, how could you be sure that it was mother's gold hairpin before? Since you couldn't be sure, you told mother so hastily, if you made a mistake, wouldn't you be wronging a good person? Or, how can you be sure that Liuzhi will definitely put the golden hairpin there and not transfer the stolen goods?"

"Old slave... old slave..."

There is no need for Lu Zheng to say more, everyone knows who the real culprit in this case is.

Yun's heart was extremely angry, she has a strong temper, and she has all the power in the house in her hands, but she didn't want this kind of thing to happen in her own courtyard and make her lose face in front of others.But her precious son was responsible for this matter, so she naturally couldn't bear to blame her, so she had to transfer all her anger to Mrs. Dong, and even Liu Zhi resented it.

At the moment, he didn't care about apologizing to Mrs. Lu again, so he hurried back to his yard with a group of people.

Mrs. Lu looked at Lu Zheng lovingly: "Zheng'er is really amazing."

Lu Zheng scratched his head embarrassedly.

Lu Qing frowned and glanced at the younger son, and seeing the thoughtful look on the older son's face, he asked, "How did you know that Mrs. Dong was lying?"

"My mother never liked pure gold ornaments, and besides, she found out that the gold hairpin was lost only after someone said that the girl was stealing. It can be seen that she usually doesn't use the gold hairpin very much, otherwise she wouldn't be found out only after being sued. If this is the case, then how does Mrs. Dong know that this golden hairpin was lost by her mother? Can she still promise to lead someone to find the stolen goods?" Lu Zheng asked back.

Lu Che nodded: "Unless she stole this hairpin, of course it is clear." He looked at his younger brother in surprise, "Based on this alone, do you think that Mrs. Dong is lying?"

Lu Zheng shook his head: "I'm not sure either."

Lu Che frowned: "Then how can you talk nonsense?"

"Actually, I just find it weird. My mother is strict in running the family. How can a third-class maid be able to enter her room? On the contrary, Mrs. Dong, since she is in charge of flowers and plants, and there are flowers and bonsai in her mother's room, it will be much more convenient for her to enter. But I don’t know what kind of deep hatred between Mrs. Dong and this willow branch, to frame her like this.” Lu Zheng propped his chin, thinking about how the willow branch dumped Mrs. Dong by such a simple scheme. What?

After hearing his explanation, Lu Che relaxed his brows, but still disagreed: "Then you are too frivolous."

"No way." Lu Zheng spread his hands, "Boldly assume, carefully verify."

This is a favorite saying of their professional teacher, Professor Zhou. He often said that to learn criminal psychology well, you need genius-like imagination and a skeptical attitude, because the reality will always be more incredible.

Lu Zheng's professional grades are not very good, but every time he analyzes a case, he can always find the flaw faster than his classmates. This is probably his talent.

Lu Che gave him a complicated look and fell into deep thought.

Lu Zheng didn't notice it, and played tricks in front of Mrs. Lu for a while before retreating.

After coming out of Fushoutang, Lu Qing and Lu Che came to sit down in the study, and he spoke only after the servants served tea and left.

It turned out that Emperor Yongning had decided to let Liang Jue, the deputy commander of Jin Jiawei, go to Yangzhou. Liang Jue was grateful for Lu Qing's help and revealed some news to him.

"Did the Fourth Prince do this?" Lu Che frowned.

"It's just that the clues show it like this." Lu Qing shook his head: "In the past few years, the steward of the Fourth Prince's Mansion has often gone to the south of the Yangtze River. If it is suspected, he is indeed the biggest one. He wanted to assassinate the King of Chu just for the sake of mere interests, but I I don't believe that the Fourth Prince is so stupid."

"Father suspects that someone is behind it?"

Lu Qing smiled but said, "Regardless of the person behind this, His Majesty will definitely give him an explanation when the King of Chu comes back this time, but when he sees it, which family's scapegoat is it?"

Lu Che frowned. The empress had passed away, Emperor Yongning had no direct sons, and the princes had grown up gradually. In recent years, the faction has become more and more fierce. I don't know how many years the British Duke can maintain his neutrality.

Lu Qing also thought of this, and sighed: "Your Majesty still trusts us very much. He is a father and holds military power. I'm afraid your Highnesses will not let our family go. In the days to come, our whole family will Be more cautious."

"Son, save it."

"I'm not worried about you, I'm worried about that little devil in our family." Lu Qing said angrily, "The fight between him and Han Er, do you really think that the way he said was unfair? It was just designed by someone. Spearman, Han Shangshu is a member of the First Prince, we broke up with the Han family, and indirectly rejected the First Prince's intention to win us over, the method is good, but I don't know that it was the Prince's handwriting."

Lu Che's face remained unchanged: "But this method seems to be narrow-minded. No matter which prince it is, it will not go to the end." He paused, "As for the third brother, just see his ability to see things today. Father doesn't have to worry about him too much."

But Lu Qing sneered: "I don't know my species yet. I'm afraid this kid hit him by mistake. He's not as godlike as you said."

Lu Che didn't agree with his father's words in his heart, but he didn't refute him either.The two talked about government affairs for a while. British Duke Lu Qing has always been a stable character, but the eldest son Lu Che acted in the opposite way. He seemed gentle and refined, but in fact his methods were much tougher.

The father and son disagreed about their political views for a long time. Even though Lu Che didn't argue with his father because of his filial piety, he still did what he should do afterwards, without being influenced by his father at all.

Over the years, the British Duke has gotten used to it, but he still has to say what he should warn his son.Seeing that Lu Che was about to go back, he quickly stopped him: "How about the Baiquanshan case?"

Lu Che shook his head: "The murderer's method was cruel, and the deceased was only discovered two days later, so there were no traces of footprints and the like. And the deceased was young, and he had never heard of marrying others before his death. hatred."

"Will it be related to her parents?"

"The deceased was not a child of Jiao's family, but a refugee in Yongning for seven years. Because her parents died, she voluntarily became a slave. She rarely had contact with people in the mansion, but it was said that she had a younger sister outside the mansion. , but no one knows him." Lu Che paused, "Why did father suddenly care about this case?"

Lu Qing sighed: "This case has caused panic, even the palace has heard about it. In addition, there is a severe drought in the north this year, but there are rumors that His Majesty killed too much back then, which made the heavens furious."

"It's been so many years, how could anyone still mention it?" Lu Che said, "I'm afraid it has ulterior motives."

"That's right, this rumor vaguely revealed that His Majesty was going to issue an edict of guilt. His Majesty was very angry. He cleaned up the palace, but he was also concerned about this case."

After hearing what his father had said, Lu Che felt hesitant, and had another conversation with his father before returning to his room.