Ning Dao Covered with Snow

Chapter 140 Alibi

Yan Ci Wan secretly looked at Sun Hu and Feng Wu. Both of them were wearing Hu clothing and leather boots, with swords on their waists. They were tall and strong, and they looked like the kind of warriors who traveled around the world all year round.

She rarely comes into contact with such people and her understanding of them is very limited.

She continued to ask: "You are not brothers, right?"

Sun Hu glared at her: "What does this have to do with you?!"

Feng Wu replied with a cold face: "We are sworn brothers who have known each other for many years."

"What about Huang Yefei? He shouldn't be your biological nephew, right?" Yan Ciwan asked again.

"His father Huang Feng is also our sworn brother. The three of us became sworn brothers together back then. After Huang Feng passed away, he only left behind a son like A Fei. What's the problem with the two of us taking care of the child for our dead brother?" Feng Wu's expression became more and more gloomy, and it was obvious that he was almost out of patience.

Yan Ciwan really wanted to ask them about their relationship with Lingdie Temple, but she knew in her heart that even if she asked, the other party would not tell her.

In order not to waste time, she changed the way she asked the question.

"What is the purpose of the two of you coming to Mengdie Villa?"

Feng Wu replied without hesitation: "Join the Nuanhan Club."

Yan Ciwan's eyes were filled with meaning: "It shouldn't be just this, right?"

"If you think we have other intentions, please show us the evidence."

Feng Wu retorted to Yan Ciwan with just one sentence.

Yan Ci Wan felt helpless. Xiao Wang's previous judgment of Feng Wu was very accurate. Although this man looked rough and rough, he was actually very meticulous. Without solid evidence, he would not reveal any useful information.

She had no choice but to let Feng Wu and Sun Hu go for the time being and turned to look at the three people from Changming Chamber of Commerce.

He Chunzhuo met her gaze, smiled slightly, and said calmly: "After I got up this morning, I had breakfast with Zhou Qi. After that, we stayed in Qixiu Garden where we were temporarily staying until Master Chu sent someone to notify us. Then we left Qixiu Garden and rushed to Guanhai Pavilion."

Zhou Qi nodded, indicating that he agreed with He Chunzhuo's words.

Yan Ciwan's gaze lingered on He Chunzhuo for a long time. The other party remained calm and composed throughout, without revealing any flaws.

In the end, she could only shift her gaze away from him and look at Fang Zhiyou next to her.

For some reason, Fang Zhiyou was a little absent-minded and did not notice that Yan Ciwan was looking at him. It was not until Yan Ciwan called him twice that he came back to his senses.

"I went out this morning."

Yan Ciwan perked up a little and asked, "Where did you go? What did you do?"

"I didn't do anything, just walked around the villa and admired the plum blossoms and rime."

"Can anyone vouch for you?"

"No, I was walking alone and didn't meet anyone along the way." Fang Zhiyou said this and realized that everyone was looking at him with a strange look. His heart skipped a beat and he immediately raised his voice. "What are you looking at? Even if I don't have a witness, it doesn't mean I'm the murderer! If you want to identify me as the murderer, please show me the evidence first!"

Yan Ciwan looked at him calmly and said, "Can you please write a few words on the spot? I want to compare the handwriting."

Fang Zhiyou was furious: "Why do you only let me write?"

"Of course not just you, they all have to write."

Hearing this, the anger on Fang Zhiyou's face dissipated a lot, but Sun Hu was still unhappy.

"I can't write!" Sun Hu said and sat down in the chair, showing an attitude of refusing to cooperate.

Feng Wu said expressionlessly, "We brothers are different from you. We are all uneducated and rough people. We are sorry that we cannot meet Ning Ci's request." Yan Ciwan smiled, "Master Chu said before that he had sent someone to send you an invitation to invite you to come to the villa to participate in the Warm Cold Meeting. Master Chu and you are old acquaintances, and you should be quite familiar with each other. If you brothers are illiterate, why would Master Chu send you an invitation? Isn't this deliberately making things difficult for you?"

Feng Wu fell silent immediately.

After a long while, he finally started to defend himself: "Ah Hu and Ah Fei really can't read. I'm a little better and can recognize some common characters, but I really can't write."

"It's okay. Just write what's on the note. We'll figure out the rest."

After Yan Ciwan finished speaking, he went to find Si Buping and borrowed the note he had found on the puppet, and then asked Aping to bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

She spread the note out on the table and asked Feng Wu and Sun Hu to copy the contents of the note.

As for He Chunzhuo, Zhou Qi and Fang Zhiyou, they all can write, so it is much easier. We just need to ask them to write one line each.

Yan Ciwan walked up to Lian Zhuifang with paper and pen and asked her to write one as well.

Lian Zhuifang looked up at Yan Ciwan, as if she wanted to get angry, but finally she held back. She took the paper and pen from Yan Ciwan and quickly wrote down her own name and her brother's name.

"Is this okay?"

"Okay, thank you for your cooperation."

Yan Ci Wan compared the handwriting of the six people with the words on the note one by one, and finally found that no one's handwriting was the same as the words on the note.

But handwriting can be imitated and forged, which does not mean that the six people can be completely cleared of suspicion.

Yan Ciwan said to the six people, "You can go back now. I may bother you again if necessary. Please stay in your own residence as much as possible in the next few days and reduce unnecessary outings. This is not only to facilitate our investigation of the truth, but also to protect your safety."

Sun Hu rolled his eyes and said, "You are just pretending. I want to see what a weak woman like you can find out in the end."

After saying that, he walked towards the gate first, and Feng Wu followed silently.

He Chunzhuo stood up, his attitude was quite polite: "If you need me, Madam Ning, you can come to Qixiu Garden to find me at any time. I will make a bed for you."

Yan Ciwan nodded slightly to show that he accepted the other party's kindness.

The purpose of her coming here was for He Chunzhuo. Later, she would definitely find time to find He Chunzhuo and ask him about what happened that year clearly.

He Chunzhuo and Zhou Qi left Guanhai Pavilion together.

Fang Zhiyou took one last look at the corpse that had been lying on the ground for a long time, then retracted his gaze and walked out with a heavy heart.

At this time, Chaolu had finished the autopsy.

"Lian Bantian died of aconite poisoning. This must be the cause of his poisoning." As she spoke, she raised Lian Bantian's left hand.

The left hand had been wearing a glove for a long time, but now the glove had been taken off, revealing the swollen and blue fingers and a wound on the tip of the index finger.

Lian Zhuifang stared at the wound, as if she remembered something, and her expression suddenly changed: "Could it be that time?!"

Yan Ci Wan hurriedly asked her to explain what was going on.

"When we perform puppet shows, we need to stand on the second floor of the attic to control the puppet strings. There are two stairs here, one on the left and the other on the right. I went up from the left one, and my brother went up from the right one. However, the wooden planks on the right staircase were a bit loose, so my brother accidentally stepped on empty space and fell when he was going upstairs. I heard the noise and hurriedly asked him what happened. He said he just fell and it was nothing serious. At that time, I saw that he was fine, so I didn't take it seriously."

After hearing Lian Zhuifang's words, Yan Ciwan immediately turned his head to look at the stairs on the right, and happened to see Xiao Wang walking down the stairs.

Her heart suddenly rose to her throat and she blurted out in panic.

"Xiao Wujiu, don't move!"

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