The widowed sister-in-law is embarrassed, she criticizes the villain like he only wants to be a love

Chapter 653 Overturning Speculations

Late night

Zuo Xiu was brought back to his room by Yan Shu. He stood at the door and glanced into the room, vaguely seeing a tall and straight figure like jade.

"Sister Shu'er, who is he?"

Jiang Ci heard the voice and turned to look towards the door.

Yan Shu took Zuo Xiu's hand and walked into the house: "He is my friend, he should be able to help with your family's case, so you just need to answer truthfully whatever he asks later."

Zuo Xiu looked at Jiang Ci with vigilance. Although he was still young, he was not completely ignorant. His grandfather, grandmother, parents, uncles and aunts were killed. The murderer behind this must be no simple person. Now people in the capital are looking for him everywhere. At present, except for Sister Shuer, he dare not easily trust any outsider.

But since this person was brought by Sister Shuer, she will surely not harm him.

"Yeah." Zuo Xiu nodded obediently.

Yan Shu pulled him in front of Jiang Ci and said, "Let's sit down and talk."

Jiang Ci walked to the chair and sat down. Yan Shu took Zuo Xiu’s hand and sat opposite Jiang Ci.

"Xiao Zuo, his last name is Jiang. From now on, you can call him Brother Jiang."

Zuo Xiu looked at Jiang Ci obediently: "Hello, Brother Jiang."

Jiang Ci rarely interacted with children aged five or six, so he just responded coldly.

"I have a few questions for you about the Zuo Mansion. You just need to tell me what you saw and heard."

"it is good."

"Did you see the murderer's appearance clearly on the night of the incident?"

"There were five of them. The leader looked about the same age as my uncle. He looked fierce and scary."

Jiang Ci pondered for a moment and continued to ask: "Can you describe the man's appearance in detail?"

Zuo Xiu nodded: "I can give it a try."

Jiang Ci looked at Yan Shu and said, "Prepare a set of four treasures of the study."

"it is good."

Yan Shu hurriedly got up and left the room. Seeing Yan Shu leave, Zuo Xiu nervously clenched his hands into fists and stared at the door.

Jiang Ci glanced at him calmly and said, "Don't be afraid. Your sister Shu'er will be back soon."

After a cup of tea, Yan Shu came back with writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone. Jiang Ci stood up and spread the rice paper on the table. Yan Shu helped to grind the ink. Then Jiang Ci began to describe the murderer's appearance based on Zuo Xiu's description.

"His eyebrows should be thicker, and there seems to be a mole at the end of his eyebrows. His lips should be thinner, and his eyes should be smaller."

Jiang Ci drew three portraits in succession based on Zuo Xiu's description. It was only when he drew the fourth one that Zuo Xiu nodded affirmatively.

"This one is already 70% like it."

Jiang Ci stared at the portrait for a few seconds, and felt that this person looked familiar. Where had he seen him before?

"you sure?"

"Well, that's what that person looks like."

Jiang Ci stared at the portrait in deep thought for a while, then folded the dried portrait and put it away.

"What else did you hear?"

Zuo Xiu fell into deep thought. Recalling the scene of that day, a look of pain appeared on his young face.

Yan Shu held his hand distressedly.

"Don't be afraid, we will protect you, and no one will hurt you again."

Zuo Xiu bit his lower lip tightly and was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Before my father was killed by that man, he asked him why he did it. The murderer said it was the order from above and they were just following orders. Then he stabbed my father in the chest with a sword. I was so scared that I screamed, and my mother quickly covered my mouth, but we were still discovered by them. My mother took my hand and ran towards the backyard. There was a dog hole behind a rockery over there. She pushed me out of the dog hole and told me to run as far away from the capital as possible. Woo, I don’t know what happened to my mother later. I was very scared at the time, and the only thing in my mind was my mother’s words asking me to run away from the capital, so I kept running and running, and when daybreak came, I hid in a truck carrying goods and escaped."

Zuo Xiu was already crying when he said this: "I was the one who killed my mother. If I hadn't attracted the murderer's attention, my mother wouldn't have died."

Yan Shu reached out and gently hugged him: "I believe that at that moment your mother made what she thought was the most correct decision. She must hope that you can live well."

Zuo Xiu was trembling all over, repeating over and over again: "I must find the murderer who killed them and avenge them!"

Jiang Ci stared at Zuo Xiu silently, looking at his bloodshot eyes due to hatred, which reminded him of his deepest childhood memories.

That year, the Queen Mother was framed and jumped off the city wall in despair. It was snowing heavily that day, and the snow in Bianjing was particularly cold. The Queen Mother's body fell on the snow, and her blood dyed a large area of ​​the flawless white snow on the ground red.

That was the first time he faced death. At the age of four, he still had a vague concept of life and death. But when he saw his mother spitting blood from her mouth, he could feel the severe pain in her body. He still clearly remembered that before she died, she used up her last bit of strength to say to him: "Qi'er, you must live well and stay away from the capital."

Jiang Ci looked at Zuo Xiu, whose eyes were red, and said, "Don't worry, I will find the real murderer who killed your family."

Zuo Xiu looked at Jiang Ci in a daze. This older brother who looked so cold didn’t seem that scary.

Jiang Ci suspected that the death of Imperial Physician Zuo might be related to their secret investigation into Xie's difficult childbirth. It was reasonable for him to give an explanation to the more than 60 people in the Zuo family who died unjustly.

Afterwards, Jiang Ci inquired in detail about what happened on the night when the Zuo family was murdered. Zuo Xiu was a smart kid. He knew that what he said was crucial to finding the real murderer, so he tried his best to get to the point when organizing his words. He answered every question Jiang Ci asked.

Half an hour later, Jiang Ci had a general understanding of the whole incident. As he had initially guessed at the crime scene, the murderer appeared in Zuo Mansion around the hour of Yin, and the first person to die under the murderer's sword was Zuo Imperial Physician.

Jiang Ci speculated that the murderer's original target was only Imperial Physician Zuo, but when Imperial Physician Zuo was talking to the murderer in the study, he realized that something was wrong and took the opportunity to escape from the study. He also shouted for help in the yard and tried to summon all the servants in the mansion. As a result, Imperial Physician Zuo underestimated the murderer's ability, or did not expect that he was not alone. In the end, not only did he lose his life, but everyone in the Zuo Mansion was brutally killed.

Jiang Ci returned to Hongyue Tower and sent someone to call Wei Zhao overnight.

Wei Zhao had just climbed out of bed and looked at Jiang Ci with sleepy eyes.

"You called me here so urgently in the middle of the night. Could it be that you have found out the identity of the murderer?"

Jiang Ci handed him the portrait.

"Have you ever seen the people above?"

Wei Zhao opened the scroll curiously and stared at the man in it for a while.

"never seen it."