HLnovel Chapter 89 Proof
Chapter 89 Proof
Everyone's attention was drawn to Lu Yangyang's words, and they all turned to look at her.
Even Ying Xun was slightly surprised. The reason he interrogated Su Fengqu so sternly was because he felt that the case was very strange and that something must have been overlooked.
But I can't find it.
I never expected Lu Yangyang to be so certain.
He couldn't help but feel a bit curious.
Su Fengqu swallowed hard, his throat bobbing violently, staring blankly at Lu Yangyang as if he were in a daze.
I can hardly believe these words came from Lu Yangyang's mouth.
Facing the various gazes of the crowd, Lu Yangyang showed no fear whatsoever, and didn't even glance at them twice. It was as if those sitting around her were not powerful figures from the capital, but just a group of ordinary people. Therefore, her words were not biased at all, but simply stated the facts.
“I have seen Miss Feng’s body. Her body is basically stiff, with obvious marks, and a slight odor has begun to be produced. That is to say, Miss Feng has been dead for one to two and a half hours (3 hours). If I remember correctly, today’s banquet started at the end of Chen Shi (8:30 to 9:00), and guests began to arrive from Si Shi (9:00 to 11:00). The banquet started at Wu Shi Er Ke (11:30) and began at Wu Shi Zheng (12:00). The current time is about Wu Shi Zheng Yi Ke (12:15). From the time we found Miss Feng until now, almost half an hour (1 hour) has passed.”
"Su Fengqu sent his maid to find me around 10:30 AM. Miss Feng died between 9:30 AM and 10:00 AM. It would take the maid almost 15 minutes to get there from the West Garden. So, he must have told her to come find me around 10:15 AM. The maid told me that before she left, the young masters were still with Su Fengqu. At that time, Miss Feng was already dead, so he had no time to commit the crime."
As soon as she finished speaking, Ying Xun's eyes lit up instantly, and his gaze towards Lu Yangyang was filled with an unconscious admiration.
He rarely met a woman so articulate and organized!
He immediately realized: "If the time of death is correct, then Young Master Su had no time to commit the crime. Even if Miss Feng's time of death is pushed back a little, Young Master Su still had witnesses at the time."
Ying Xun immediately asked Wu San, "When did you part ways with Young Master Su?"
Wu San paused for a moment, then shook his head blankly: "I don't quite remember."
Another person quickly said, "I remember, I remember, it was around 10:30 AM, when we were all making a fuss together, letting..."
The man glanced at Lu Yangyang somewhat embarrassedly and quickly said, "We were egging Brother Su on to teach Miss Lu a lesson, but Brother Su was very impatient and chased us all away. We even discussed it together after we left."
"Oh, right, we arrived here around 9:30 am and stayed with Brother Su for about an hour."
That's right.
At least one thing can be proven: Su Fengqu did not have the time to commit the crime.
The first person to become agitated was Zhou, tears streaming down her face. "I knew it couldn't be our A-Qu, it couldn't be him..."
"You said this time, but who are you, and what gives you the right to determine this time? What if the time of death was within an hour? Can the suspicion of the Su family boy still be ruled out?" Vice Minister Feng Su looked sharply at Lu Yangyang and asked coldly.
He arrived a little late and did not know Lu Yangyang's identity.
In a case, an alibi is often crucial evidence. If it is indeed proven that Feng Qingyao's time of death was more than an hour ago, then Su Fengqu would certainly have an alibi. However, how can this time be proven? Is what Lu Yangyang said necessarily correct?
Although Feng Su, as a senior official in the Ministry of Justice, did not know how to perform autopsies, he had seen many corpses and knew a little about them. He knew that Lu Yangyang's words made sense, but now it was his daughter who had died. Who knew whether Lu Yangyang was lying or covering up for Su Fengqu?
"Furthermore, the time of death you mentioned is based on normal circumstances. But what about the hot weather today? Has that been considered? What makes you so sure that Yao Niang has been dead for more than an hour?" Feng Su pressed on, seeing that Lu Yangyang hadn't answered.
“Lord Feng, Miss Lu was personally selected by His Highness. If you do not trust her, I can request a coroner from the Court of Judicial Review to come over,” Ying Xun said, stepping forward.
"No!" The third young mistress of the Feng family hurriedly stopped her, looking at her husband with teary eyes: "Husband, Yao Niang, Yao Niang is already gone, can you bear to see her suffer any more humiliation..."
“What I just said is only one aspect,” Lu Yangyang continued, unfazed by Feng Su’s questioning. “I only mentioned the time of Miss Feng’s death, not the cause. She was gagged, dragged into the room from outside, and suffocated while struggling. Only a few wounds on her body were inflicted before she died; the numerous bruises on her neck and body were caused by deliberate strangulation after her death. Another point is the bruises on her heels, which must have been caused by forcefully kicking the ground while she was being dragged.”
Lu Yangyang looked at Ying Xun: "I treated Su Fengqu's leg injury. There are imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital to testify, and many people who were present at the time can also testify. He couldn't get out of bed for two months, let alone engage in strenuous exercise, let alone drag someone in from outside. Even if he had a servant do it, there was no need for someone to smother Miss Feng to death and then drag her into the room."
"If that's the case, how do you explain the marks in the house and the medicine packet?" Feng Su continued to ask.
Lu Yangyang frowned slightly; she knew nothing about the marks or the medicine packet.
Ying Xun quickly explained to her the marks found on the bed in the inner room.
After he finished speaking, he saw Lu Yangyang freeze in shock. He suddenly realized that Lu Yangyang was just a little girl in her teens, and she certainly wouldn't understand these things. He felt a little embarrassed, and his face flushed slightly.
"Ahem," the Crown Prince coughed lightly, and asked Lu Yangyang, "Besides this, have you made any other discoveries?"
I tried to deflect from this topic.
Unexpectedly, Lu Yangyang gave them a strange look and continued, "Although I don't know anything about investigating cases, if I'm not mistaken, it was probably done afterward to frame Su Fengqu, right? Because Miss Feng wasn't violated, but there were signs of violation on her body, which are the marks I just mentioned, the bruises from being strangled after her death, and the stuff smeared on her clothes."