Not long after, the news reached Li Cheng.
Ji Yunshu and Jing Rong returned to the smelly lake.
They waited!
When Li Cheng heard that Ji Yunshu knew how the culprit committed the crime, he immediately brought his men over.
The old officials of the city department were also very curious.
How did Teacher Ji know how the culprit committed the crime in just one day?
If it were them, they didn't know how long they would have to wait.
When Li Cheng and his men arrived at the lake, they saw two figures, one tall and one short, standing in the pavilion.
They were standing in front of the bronze bell.
As soon as they arrived at this place, everyone covered their noses.
"It stinks here," someone said in disgust.
Someone else immediately echoed, "How many years has it been since the lake was cleaned? Why is it so smelly? "
"How does the Ministry of Works work?!"
"If this matter is reported to His Majesty, Minister Li will suffer."
"Isn't that right!"
The few of them muttered a few words to each other.
On the surface, the various departments seemed to be helping each other, but in the end, this was the bureaucracy and there was no lack of competition. Everyone wanted to pull down the more powerful officials so that they would have the opportunity to be promoted.
Li Cheng ignored their conversation and rushed towards Jing Rong and Ji Yunshu in the pavilion.
He stepped on the rotten wood shavings and snow mixed with mud as he entered the pavilion. He asked anxiously, "Do you really know how the culprit committed the crime?"
Ji Yunshu and Jing Rong turned to look at him at the same time.
They didn't speak.
"Speak, why are you looking at me?" As Li Cheng spoke, the officials of the city department also surrounded them.
They wanted to know the situation.
Ji Yunshu indifferently ordered, "I'll have to trouble Heir Cheng to prepare a wooden raft."
"A wooden raft? What do you need a wooden raft for? "
"I have my own use for it. Please prepare it as soon as possible, I need to use it immediately."
Li Cheng was startled, not understanding what she meant. But after hearing the words' as soon as possible 'and' immediately ', he didn't ask too much. He turned to his guard, "You heard what Young Master Ji said."
The guard nodded.
"Then hurry up and prepare it, the sooner the better!"
"Yes!"
The guard obeyed and left the pavilion.
Li Cheng turned to Ji Yunshu and asked, "And then?"
Ji Yunshu pointed at the bronze bell in the cauldron and asked, "Does Crown Prince Cheng see these protruding lumps on the bronze bell?"
He was in too much of a hurry to take a look.
He followed Ji Yunshu's finger and looked over.
Only then did he realize that there was a cauldron of bronze bells in the pavilion.
The officials also noticed it.
"Yes, so …" Li Zhongdao paused and suddenly realized something. His eyes widened in shock. He immediately stepped forward and touched the round protrusion on the bronze bell that was covered in dust and snow. "Could it be … this is the place where Du Mubai's back hit?"
"That's right, it's here!"
Li Cheng asked, "Do you really believe what that beggar said? Do you believe that Du Mubai has been here before? "
"With the beggar as evidence, and now with the bronze bell as evidence, it can prove that Du Mubai has indeed been here."
"The beggar said that Du Mubai stayed in this place for four hours, so during those four hours, he had been with the murderer the whole time! During that time, the murderer lured him to drink something that contained knockout drugs. After that, he seemed to have realized something and wanted to leave, but his body lost its balance and he fell backwards.
That's why his back hit the cauldron's bronze bell. "Ji Yunshu explained in detail.
Li Cheng pondered over her words.
He looked at the bronze bell in front of him.
He nodded slowly, "It seems … like it. But why did they stay here for so long for four hours? Can the beggar's words be trusted? "
"As for why they've been here for four hours, I'll have to wait until the raft is ready before I can slowly explain it to you."
"…" Li Cheng had too many questions in his heart. Ji Yunshu continued, "Let's talk about something else. The beggar also told me that Du Mubai only left the alley when it was dark, so he couldn't see his face clearly. He only remembered the clothes he was wearing. Also, that day, other than Du Mubai, no one else entered the alley.
。”
Someone questioned, "That can't be right. If Du Mubai could leave unscathed, how could he be drugged by the murderer? "
"Because of his shoes!"
"Shoes?" The officials said in unison.
What did this have to do with shoes again?
Li Cheng looked at her anxiously.
His head was filled with confusion! Ji Yunshu explained, "The shoes I'm talking about are the shoes Du Mubai wore! The shoes he was wearing when he entered the alley were different from the ones he was wearing when he left! To be precise, they weren't the same shoes, and after he left the alley, he should have returned to Wen She. However, I went there again.
Wen She asked, and the boy inside told me that the shoes Du Mubai wore when he went back were the same as the ones he wore when he left. It could be seen that between the time he left the alley and the time he returned to Wen She, he changed his shoes twice! "
"Change shoes? Who would be so strange? "Someone said.
"Yeah, it's not far from here to Wen She, just two streets away. Moreover, it's not like he's going far away. Who would carry two pairs of shoes?"
"Isn't that right?"
…
Everyone spoke one after the other.
Li Cheng pondered softly, "Yeah, why did he change his shoes twice? Why?"
Ji Yunshu told them, "Because … the Du Mubai who left the alley and returned to Wen She was a fake. That person is actually the murderer!"
Huh!
Murderer?
Everyone burst into an uproar.
Everyone looked at each other.
They couldn't believe it.
How did Du Mubai become a fake out of nowhere?
"This … How is this possible? Didn't the beggar say that no one except Du Mubai went in that day? If that's the case, how did the murderer get in? Why did he change his shoes? Why did the murderer do this? "Li Cheng asked.
A series of questions were thrown at Ji Yunshu.
Ji Yunshu said solemnly, "This is also the cleverest point of the murderer!"
"What do you mean?"
"Everything will be clear when we find the raft."
Li Cheng still didn't understand, "But what do you want the raft for?"
His words were a little anxious.
After all, there were still many unanswered questions. Unfortunately, there were many more suspicious points. His brain capacity was not enough, and he almost couldn't hold it anymore, as if he was about to explode.
Ji Yunshu's expression was calm.
Couldn't he see that she was nervous? Or solemn.
She walked slowly to the lakeside, her deep eyes looking at the forest opposite.
She said, "I need the raft to take us to the other side."
The other side!
In that small forest.
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