A woman without humanity
Jing Rong had a rough guess, but he wasn't sure.
Ji Yunshu held Ah Yu's small hands with a solemn expression.
Due to her sensitivity to the case, her intuition told her that it wasn't as simple as it seemed.
In addition to Madame Jiang's previous words, she had a vague feeling that something wasn't right.
After putting Ah Yu's hands down, Ji Yunshu turned to the jailer and ordered, "Go to the yamen and inform Lord Liu to come here. Also, bring Yu Sao's knife wrapped in cloth and bring it here. Also, bring a bottle of ink and a plate of flour."
The jailer was stunned. "Teacher, what are you going to do?"
"Just hurry up and go."
"But … what about the corpse? We still have to send it to the memorial hall! "
Ji Yunshu glared at him. "I told you to hurry up and do your job. Why are you being so long-winded?"
The jailer was so scared that he shivered. He quickly bowed and left.
Ji Yunshu sighed and looked at Ah Yu's dead body. Her heart was heavy.
Jing Rong saw every expression on her face.
He asked, "Do you think Ah Yu is the murderer?"
Ji Yunshu shook her head. "I'm not sure. I really hope I'm wrong."
Jing Rong analyzed, "Two years ago, she was only six years old. How could a six-year-old girl kill a man in his forties?"
It wasn't impossible to have this concern.
But …
Ji Yunshu narrowed her eyes. "Your Highness, did you forget? At that time, Master Jiang was pushed by Li Zhao and sprained his ankle. He couldn't get up at all. Even if Ah Yu was only six years old, she could have killed Master Jiang when he wasn't on guard. "
She quickly added, "Everything is just a guess. It's hard to say."
Jing Rong nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
Not long after, Magistrate Liu arrived. His official robes were dusty, but when he saw Jing Rong, he trembled and saluted.
"Your Highness, this is a prison. Your Highness' precious body, I'm afraid …"
Jing Rong raised his hand to interrupt him. "The case is more important. There's no need to worry about other things."
"Yes, yes, yes …"
Magistrate Liu stood up and walked to Ji Yunshu's side. He waved his hand, and the yamen runners behind him brought out the things she wanted.
"Is there a new development in the case? Hasn't this knife been tested? "The magistrate was puzzled.
Ji Yunshu ignored him.
He put on a pair of gloves and took the knife. He placed the wooden handle on the wick of the oil lamp and burned it for a while.
She then instructed the yamen runner, "Add the flour into the ink and mix it evenly."
"Yes."
The runner did as he was told, and when he was done, he handed the things over to her.
Ji Yunshu dipped the scalding knife handle into the flour and ink. She waited for the time it took to brew a cup of tea before taking it out.
The wooden handle had already turned black and was stained with sticky flour.
Once again, she placed it on the wick of the oil lamp to roast it.
Everyone was dumbfounded by what they saw!
What is Teacher Ji doing now?
Seven or eight pairs of eyes stared at the knife in her hand.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the black sticky flour was scorched and peeled off. In the end, only a few indistinct marks were left on the handle of the knife.
The bystanders didn't understand, but Ji Yunshu understood.
As the mark became more and more obvious, her eyes overflowed with an unfathomable emotion.
Magistrate Liu stepped forward and asked, "How is it? Is there something wrong with this knife? "
"Yes." She nodded.
"What's wrong?"
"There's nothing wrong."
Magistrate Liu was stumped by this question.
Ji Yunshu moved the knife handle away from the wick and placed Ah Yu's left palm on the handle. She pinched the back of Ah Yu's hand, making it grip the handle. Then, she removed it.
"It's a perfect match!" Ji Yunshu's tone was firm. "The person who killed Master Jiang is Ah Yu!"
Wow …
Everyone was flabbergasted.
Only Jing Rong remained calm and asked, "How can you be sure?"
Ji Yunshu raised the knife handle in her hand and explained, "The marks on the handle are actually several finger marks."
"Finger marks?" The magistrate took a few steps forward and rubbed his eyes. He asked, "But, why are there finger marks here?"
"Because when Ah Yu held the handle of the knife to kill people, the knife stabbed into the skeleton. This knife is small, so it is enough to prove that the entire blade must have pierced into Master Jiang's body. Then, the blood must have flowed on her hand and the handle of the knife. But where her fingers held the handle of the knife, there would be very little blood."
Everyone looked at each other. They seemed to understand, but at the same time, they didn't.
Ji Yunshu continued to explain, "I smeared some flour and ink on the hilt, then roasted it over a fire. This way, as long as the wooden hilt is stained with blood, the flour and ink will fall off. As for the places that are not stained with blood, the flour and ink will remain. The marks left behind are the fingerprints."
"So that's how it is!" Magistrate Liu nodded, but after thinking about it, he still felt that it was very strange. "But this finger mark could also be Yu Sao's."
"Impossible." Ji Yunshu threw the knife on the ground.
"Yunshu, even Madame Jiang said that she saw Yu Sao kill Master Jiang with her own eyes. She admitted her crime, so there's no mistake."
"But, Yu Sao didn't admit it."
"Yu Sao is crazy, how could she admit it?!" Magistrate Liu spread his hands.
Jing Rong couldn't stand it anymore. His cold eyes pierced through Magistrate Liu's body.
He reprimanded, "Lord Liu, you'd better be quiet."
"…" Magistrate Liu's expression stiffened. He smiled awkwardly, nodded repeatedly, and shut his mouth.
It had to be said that Magistrate Liu was still suffering from Jing Rong's trick!
The fingerprints on the hilt are the same size and length as Ah Yu's fingers. Not only that, the fingerprints are from the left hand. This is because when a person holds the hilt with their left hand, their pinky is above the hilt, and their four fingers extend from right to left. When the hilt is held in a reverse grip, their pinky is below the hilt, and their four fingers extend from left to right. However, if the person holds the hilt with his right hand, then the four fingers extend in opposite directions. "Ji Yunshu slowly explained," Everything I said is supported by evidence. The fingerprints on the hilt are exactly the same as Ah Yu's fingers.
"And on this hilt, there are finger marks of a person holding the hilt with their left hand." Ji Yunshu lifted Ah Yu's left hand and continued, "There is a thick layer of callus on Ah Yu's left palm, and the veins are coarse and obvious. However, her right hand is very soft and thick. In other words, Ah Yu is left-handed. She used her left hand to hold the hilt and killed Master Jiang."
This was indeed unbelievable. Two years ago, Ah Yu was only six years old!
What kind of situation did she have to be forced to make a six-year-old child want to kill?
Everyone sighed incessantly.
If what Ji Yunshu said was true, then what was the truth of the matter?
At this moment, Ji Yunshu's heart suddenly had a bold conjecture.
This conjecture startled her, and she trembled uncontrollably.
Jing Rong observed her expression and asked, "Are you thinking of something?"
"I want to see Yu Sao again."
"But …"
Ji Yunshu interrupted him.
"I won't go in. I'll stay outside."
She seemed to know that Jing Rong was worried about her.
Jing Rong nodded. "Alright, I'll go with you."
Ji Yunshu refused. "No. You guys stay at the side. It's best if you don't come out. Let me talk to her alone."
Without waiting for Jing Rong to say anything, Ji Yunshu took the knife and headed towards Yu Sao's cell.
Everyone else followed behind him and hid at the side of the corner. They didn't get too close.
Ji Yunshu stood outside the cell, holding the knife in her hand. She struck the wooden pillar of the cell, one strike after another.
The sound of the strike was muffled, but it seemed to strike the soul.
It seemed to be intentional.
After a while, Yu Sao, who originally had her back to Ji Yunshu, slowly turned around. Her eyes were bloodshot and filled with gloomy energy.
Ji Yunshu smiled strangely. "The feeling of loving someone from the shadows is actually very exciting. For him, anything is worth it. But if it's someone you don't like, then they should just die, isn't that right?"
She said this to Yu Sao.
But …
Yu Sao replied, "Yes."
'Very good!'
Ji Yunshu continued, "But it's obvious that the person you like is snatched away by someone else. That kind of feeling must be even more unbearable, right?"
"Yes."
"Then, Yu Sao, do you really hate Ah Yu?" Ji Yunshu suddenly asked.
'Huh?
Hate? Where did it come from? '
Unexpectedly, Yu Sao laughed. She looked crazy, but her laughter was sincere. She grabbed her messy hair with both hands and said, "She is my Ah Yu. Why would I hate her?"
"Because she stole your man."
'Ugh!'
As Ji Yunshu spoke, Yu Sao abruptly stood up from the ground. Her crazy laughter disappeared and she looked at Ji Yunshu with a malevolent and resentful expression.
She roared, "No one can steal him away! No one!"
Ji Yunshu continued to provoke her. "But he doesn't love you. He loves Ah Yu. He hugged Ah Yu and humiliated her again and again because he loves her. He wants her. But he doesn't love you. He doesn't want you."
"Shut up, you shut up."
Yu Sao suddenly rushed over and fiercely slammed into the wooden pillar. She stretched out her hands in an attempt to grab Ji Yunshu's neck.
However, Ji Yunshu had already retreated a few steps when she saw Yu Sao rushing over.
Yu Sao's hands missed. This made Yu Sao furious.
She roared like a madman, "Don't say it! Don't say it! He loves me! He loves me!"
The expressions of the people hiding in the shadows changed.
'He?
It's Lord Jiang! '
The person Yu Sao loved was Lord Jiang!
The answer Ji Yunshu wanted to know was forced out of Yu Sao's mouth.
Ji Yunshu's heart ached and her eyes gradually became moist. She looked at the inhumane woman in front of her and shook her head.
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