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Chapter 85 There are others
The pool of blood was right in front of the bed, and there was no sign of dragging or moving nearby. It seemed that Miss Zhuang was indeed killed by a knife in this place.

Both Zhuang Zhi and the yamen runners confirmed that Zhuang Lanlan had fallen to the ground at that time, and there was nothing on her body except a knife on her chest.

Zhu Yu squatted on the ground and thought, it was no wonder that everyone thought Cao Chenfeng was the most suspicious.

This guy was actually married to Zhuang Lanlan, and that night, when they were getting intimate, he was scared away by the news that Zhuang Lanlan was pregnant. If he came back, Zhuang Lanlan would naturally not be on guard and would think that he had changed his mind. She would happily get out of bed and greet him without wearing any clothes, but was stabbed to death by him. Everything happened so naturally.

But if the real murderer is not Cao Chenfeng... then this matter becomes interesting.

If the two of them were intimate, Cao Chenfeng left before dawn, and Zhuang Lanlan continued to sleep soundly without getting dressed in time, this seems reasonable.

Judging from Cao Chenfeng's description, he was very flustered when the two separated that day. It was more like running away than leaving, which was certainly not a pleasant way to say goodbye.

According to common sense, if a woman has an affair with someone before getting married and is pregnant, and her lover chooses to flee in a hurry after learning the news, this reaction will undoubtedly make people sad and angry, and even make them feel deeply humiliated by the other party.

Under such circumstances, Zhuang Lanlan was not in a hurry to put her clothes back on.

If the murderer had just left when Cao Chenfeng arrived, the interval between them would have been very short, so short that Zhuang Lanlan would not have had time to get up and put on her clothes. That would have been very risky, and she would have easily been caught by Cao Chenfeng who had just left.

If there had actually been a long time in between... then Zhuang Lanlan was actually quite calm after her lover ran away.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yu suddenly remembered something.

"Which direction was Zhuang Lanlan's head facing at that time?" She turned her head and asked the yamen runner behind her.

"Towards that end!" The yamen runner pointed hurriedly in the direction of the door. "After Mr. Zhuang reported the matter to the police, we rushed over. As soon as we entered the door, we saw the young lady of the Zhuang family lying face up on the ground, her head facing the direction of the door. She was already dead."

"If that's the case, then we're heading in the wrong direction." Zhu Yu stood up. Her legs were numb from squatting for so long. She took two steps back to stretch them and asked Cao Chenfeng, "General Cao just heard from the maid Xiao Tao'er that you had a red birthmark on your back. He was so confident that he wanted you to take off your clothes to prove your innocence. I guess your back was originally completely free of any marks, right?"

Cao Chenfeng looked at his uncle guiltily and nodded bitterly.

"So that's when he got injured? How did he get injured?"

Cao Chenfeng raised his hand tremblingly and pointed at the small round table about three or four steps away from the bed. "That night, the candles were placed next to the round table. I was shocked to hear that Zhuang Lanlan was pregnant. I got out of bed and stumbled. I took a few steps back and hit my lower back on the edge of the table. I fell back... and the candle flame burned my back..."

Zhu Yu nodded in understanding. Lu Qing, however, couldn't quite contain his emotions and chuckled softly, as if he had already imagined Cao Chenfeng being frightened into such a cowardly state that night.

His smile made Cao Chenfeng almost tuck his head into his armpits in shame, and Cao Tianbao's face turned black. But after all, Zhu Yu was Lu Qing's man, and he was still there helping his nephew to prove his innocence, so he didn't want to argue with Lu Qing at this critical juncture.

What's more, the embarrassing things were all done by his own nephew. Could it be that Cao Chenfeng had the nerve to do it and not allow others to laugh at him?
Thinking of this, Cao Tianbao became more and more annoyed at his nephew's cowardly appearance, and kicked him to the ground.

“Your Highness, please stand here,” Zhu Yu gestured for Lu Qing to come over, and Lu Qing gladly agreed, standing in the position she designated, with his back to the bed and the pool of blood on the ground, “If I were Cao Chenfeng that night.

The scars on my back from being burned by the candlelight tell no lies, so I backed up and bumped into the edge of the table.

Miss Zhuang stood up and followed. Whether it was to keep him or to argue, if I wanted to solve the problem once and for all and eliminate the trouble forever, I would have to draw my sword and stab him like this.

She made a forward stabbing motion: "After being stabbed, Miss Zhuangjia will either fall backwards with her head facing the bed, or fall headfirst towards the door.

In any case, not facing up, with your head towards the door.

Unless... the real murderer is not standing on my side, but on your side, Your Highness."

As soon as she said this, Zhuang Zhi stopped crying and his face suddenly became very ugly. Zhu Yu's speculation was not only trying to clear Cao Chenfeng of suspicion, but also implicitly put forward another embarrassing hypothesis.

This made Zhuang Zhi a little uneasy, but Zhu Yu didn't say it clearly, so he couldn't bring it up himself.

So he had to suppress his anger and said, "What nonsense are you talking about! Why must Cao Chenfeng have burned his back at the table first, and then killed my daughter?
What if he stabbed my daughter to death because he thought she was stopping him and not letting him leave?
Isn't that the head facing outwards, face facing upwards?!"

“That’s true, but if that’s the case, with the corpse in front of him, why didn’t Cao Chenfeng just pull out his sword and take it away?
Since he was facing the door and Zhuang Lanlan was killed, why was he burned on the back by the candle on the table when he was in a disheveled state?
Besides, he hadn't even put his clothes back on yet, so how did his sword happen to be right next to him?" Zhu Yu asked.

Zhuang Zhi couldn't answer. He looked at Zhu Yu angrily, then glared at Cao Chenfeng fiercely.

"Boss Zhuang, most people can understand the pain of losing a daughter, but there is one thing you need to think about clearly. Do you want to catch the real murderer who killed your beloved daughter, or do you just want to kill Cao Chenfeng?" Lu Qing said to Zhuang Zhi calmly.

Zhuang Zhi's expression was stern. Although he was still full of resentment, he did not argue with them anymore. He gritted his teeth and said, "Of course, that was a prank on the real culprit!
If it can be proved today that the murderer is someone else and not General Cao's nephew, Zhuang is willing to pay all his property and bring his entire family, young and old, to kowtow outside the general's mansion for three days to apologize to the general!
"No matter how the general decides to punish me, I won't complain! I only hope the real culprit will be caught and my daughter won't die unjustly. This is the only thing I, as an old father, can do for her!"

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