Three-button fastener
Ji Yunshu pinched the button between her fingers and extended it towards Li Zhao.
When he saw the button, Li Zhao's eyes flashed with a trace of doubt, but also a strong sense of panic.
"I … How would I know?" As he answered, he suddenly put his hand on the belt around his waist.
As luck would have it, Ji Yunshu saw it clearly.
She said, "How could you not know? The clothes you wore yesterday are the same as the one you're wearing today. They're both made from Qingzhou's brocade. Only Qingzhou's brocade clothes would have this kind of button. "
"So … So what? You can't say that I killed my brother-in-law. Don't speak nonsense and wrongly accuse an innocent person. "
"Don't you think it's a coincidence that this button fell from the pile of skeletons? In addition, the skeleton's ankle was injured before it died. In other words, Master Jiang must have had a dispute with someone when he was alive, and in the process of the dispute, he happened to tear off the killer's shirt."
The more Li Zhao listened, the more panicked he became, but he didn't forget to deny it. "Even if that button is the killer's, it … it has nothing to do with me!"
He didn't dare to look at Ji Yunshu.
Even so, he was still trying to deny it. Ji Yunshu wasn't anxious, and her thin lips curved slightly.
"Li Zhao, could it be that you don't even recognize the buttons on your own clothes?"
'Huh?
Where did this come from? '
Magistrate Liu was also puzzled. He slightly straightened his body from the pear blossom chair and asked, "It's only a button. What's so strange about it? How can you determine that it's Li Zhao's? "
Magistrate Liu wasn't the only one who wanted to know the answer to this question. The advisors and the yamen runners were also eager to know the answer.
Li Zhao immediately retorted, "Qingzhou's brocade is everywhere, and this kind of button is even more common. How can you say that it's mine?"
"Why are you in such a hurry? Can't you calm down and let me finish talking? " Ji Yunshu's expression sank. She strode to Li Zhao's left side and said, "As far as I know, a normal button has four openings in the middle for threading. Qingzhou's brocade clothes also have four openings, but this one is different."
She raised the button in her hand again and explained in detail, "Everyone can take a look. This button in my hand doesn't have four threading openings, but three. The three buttons embroidered on Qing Province's brocade clothes are generally custom-made. Everyone may not understand why we don't use four, but instead make three? Because … this is the belief of gamblers! "
Hmm?
Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads in confusion.
Why did this button have to do with this three-way button out of nowhere?
While everyone was puzzled, Li Zhao wasn't surprised at all. He wasn't confused at all. On the contrary, he looked as if he had been skinned alive, his entire body was cold and clear!
Ji Yunshu's gaze swept across everyone's expression before returning to the button in her hand.
"I believe that there must be people here who have gambled in the gambling house. You know what luck is, and you also know what it means to lose money, but you definitely don't know what it means to take all in!"
"I know!" A yamen runner raised his hand as if he was answering a question. "To take all in means to take all in! The banker wins alone. "
"Wrong."
The yamen runner's face twitched as he scratched his cheek. Was it wrong? Wasn't it wrong? In the gambling house, this was what it meant.
The yamen runner's voice trembled as he asked politely, "Then, Teacher Ji, what does this mean?"
Ji Yunshu smiled, but it was a smile that penetrated people's hearts. "The so-called 'take all in' is what ordinary gamblers call 'take all in', but for a crazy gambler, it means' take all in '. Am I right, Li Zhao?"
Her gaze once again fell on Li Zhao.
Li Zhao lowered his head, still not daring to look at her. He licked his lips and said, "I …"
He couldn't utter a single word.
"If you don't want to say it, then I'll say it for you. You grew up wearing Qingzhou's brocade clothes, and you haven't changed this habit even now. What you like more are the buttons on your clothes. Normally, these buttons are embroidered on people's collars, but you are different. You embroidered them on your waist belt. This is enough to prove that you like this kind of button very much. You like it to the point where others have four buttons, but you want to take the lead by customizing them for three buttons."
"Of course, there's a reason why you like these three buttons. It's because you like to gamble. A crazy gambler not only believes in luck, but also believes in feng shui. They firmly believe that having three buttons on your waist is the best. You can take all in all directions, and make all in three."
Every word was like a gem, powerful and resonating!
Li Zhao's whole body was already trembling. He was as timid as a mouse. His reputation was well-deserved!
Ji Yunshu continued to strike while the iron was hot. She pointed at the belt he was covering with his hand. "If you still don't admit that this button is yours, then take your hand away. Let everyone see if I'm right or wrong."
At this moment, how could he dare to take his hand away? He really wished he could take off his belt and swallow it alive.
Seeing that Li Zhao didn't move his hand away for a long time, Magistrate Liu became anxious and signaled the yamen runners with his eyes.
The two runners understood tacitly and stepped forward to use force, directly pulling Li Zhao to the side.
"You … Let me go!" Li Zhao shouted.
However, the button on his waist was already exposed in front of everyone.
Sure enough, it was a button with three buttons.
It was exactly the same as the one in Ji Yunshu's hand!
Magistrate Liu's eyes widened in anger as he looked at it. He raised the gavel.
Bang!
The entire court resounded with a bang.
"Li Zhao, the evidence is conclusive. You lied first, and now we have this button as proof. You still won't admit that you killed Master Jiang? Don't make me torture you. "
Ji Yunshu rolled her eyes at him.
'What are you doing? Do you want to confess under torture?!'
Li Zhao was being held by the two runners. At this moment, his face was pale. Although he was panicking, his mind suddenly became clear.
He retorted to Ji Yunshu, "Just because of a button, you conclude that I'm the murderer? You're simply making things up. It's your one-sided statement. I didn't! I didn't kill anyone! I didn't!"
From Ji Yunshu's point of view, this was nothing more than a final struggle before death.
Her face turned solemn, and a pair of cold and threatening eyes looked at him. She interrogated, "Are you still trying to twist words and force logic? Fine, then I'll tell you everything that happened that night. Because of gambling, you were in debt, and your creditors chased after you. You were very scared and didn't know what to do. However, you didn't dare to ask your sister for money. So, for the next few days, you hid from your creditors while getting drunk … "
"No, it's not like that …"
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