The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 628 - 628 302 Jiaojiao Beats People (First Update)_3

Chapter 628: 302 Jiaojiao Beats People (First Update)_3 Chapter 628: 302 Jiaojiao Beats People (First Update)_3 “It’s you?” Prince An’s eyebrows knitted together, his gaze falling on the child, “Who is he?”

“He is the son of the suspect, who went to the Hanlin Academy.” Xiao Liulang said with dignity.

Qin Shilang had heard faintly about the new champion, seeing him leaning on a crutch, he could almost guess the other’s identity.

So, it was this kid who had robbed his nephew of the top scholar title?

The child said, “My dad isn’t the murderer! He didn’t kill anyone!”

“Who told you to bring him in here? Get him out immediately!” Qin Shilang yelled sternly. Seeing Xiao Liulang not moving, he called out in a cold voice, “Someone!”

A guard came in and took the crying child out.

Xiao Liulang looked at Prince An.

He didn’t say a word, but Prince An inexplicably felt his gaze like prickles on his back. He sighed, “He was suspicious for showing up on the Avenue in the middle of the night. When Wuyang found him following the trail of blood, he was about to bury the murder weapon.”

“My dad wasn’t acting suspicious! I had stomachache! He was out to fetch a doctor for me! You guys are the suspicious ones! You’re framing innocent people!”

From the hallway outside the door, the stubborn roar of the child echoed.

“May I go have a look?” asked Xiao Liulang.

By rights, the Hanlin Academy should not interfere with the Ministry of Punishment’s work. But Prince An was merely helping his uncle out, and since he was involved, there would be no harm in letting Xiao Liulang have a look.

The corpse was stored in the ice cellar of the Ministry of Punishment.

Xiao Liulang first went to see the body then went to meet the child’s father.

The child’s father is a butcher.”

Prince An told Xiao Liulang.

As if to tell Xiao Liulang, those who kill more often, it seems easier to kill a person as well.

“You’ve got the wrong person. The killer is not him.” said Xiao Liulang.

Qin Shilang almost laughed out of anger, “Just because you say he’s innocent, he is?”

Xiao Liulang said, “The wound is on the lower right abdomen of the victim, with the blunt side up and the sharp edge down, and the tip of the knife is slightly slanted towards the left rear side. This is a diagonal stab wound; it would be inconvenient for a right-handed person to make such an angle. The murderer held the knife with his left hand – his dominant hand is likely his left.”

Prince An’s brows furrowed. “You’re saying he’s left-handed?”

Xiao Liulang nodding.

Prince An: “That butcher…”

Xiao Liulang: “I’ve tested, he isn’t left-handed.”

Prince An’s face became stern.

Qin Shilang scoffed, “What nonsense are you talking about? How could Prince An possibly get the wrong culprit?”

Qin Shilang wasn’t normally so arbitrary, but he was too confident in Prince An and believed anything Prince An brought could not be wrong.

“Are there any footprints at the scene?” Xiao Liulang asked.

“Yes.” Prince An handed Xiao Liulang the blueprint drawn by the artist from the scene, “One side of the footprint is deep, the other is shallow. It seems like he was injured, and the suspect’s leg happened to be wounded… ”

Xiao Liulang looking at the blueprint said, “It’s not an injury, it’s a congenital limp. A footprint from an injured foot is disordered and inconsistent in depth, but these footprints are regular.”

Prince An was speechless.

Wanting to ask how do you know? His gaze swept over his leg and he immediately understood.

There were no signs of a fight at the scene, suggesting the killer was more likely an acquaintance of the victim’s.

And the killer was a male, around five feet tall.

Initially, Qin Shilang didn’t believe it, but someone else believed it. Another official named Ming, along with his guards, went to search for the murderer.

According to the characteristics provided by Xiao Liulang, they managed to apprehend the real murderer effortlessly.

Ming Shilang’s eyes were practically squinted from smiling.

My goodness, it’s like good fortune had fallen from the sky! Who would’ve thought that you could mistakenly catch the wrong killer!

He clapped Qin Shilang’s shoulder, laughing, “Being faster isn’t always better, right?”

Qin Shilang’s mouth twitched brutally.

Ming Shilang went on to claim credit from the Minister of Punishment and of course, he didn’t forget to bring Xiao Liulang along.

The Minister of Punishment was taken aback, “How did you know all this?”

The Hanlin Academy wouldn’t be teaching this, would they?

Xiao Liulang paused for a moment, then said, “My eldest brother used to be a coroner.”

To support his mother and the young Xiao Liulang, his elder brother gave up the opportunity to study and became a coroner, a job of low status.

The Minister of Justice finally realized, he had heard a few things about the background of this newly successful candidate in the imperial examinations, and knew that he came from a humble background. But he never expected to find he had an elder brother working as a coroner.

The Minister of Justice asked: “And your eldest brother now…”

Xiao Liulang said quietly, “He passed away.”

“Ah…”

The Minister did not have a good impression of officials from Hanlin Academy, probably because he himself had not been part of it, a case of sour grapes, so to speak.

However, he felt that Xiao Liulang was not on the same plane as those self-righteous officials from the Hanlin Academy, and found himself talking the night away with Xiao Liulang without noticing.

It was noon by the time Xiao Liulang left the Ministry of Justice.

It was almost the same time as Gu Jiao had anticipated.

Elsewhere, news of the Prince of An having arrested the wrong person had already been received by the Hanlin Academy. Master Yang from the academy scurried furiously to the Ministry of Justice.

What was Xiao Liulang thinking? Using a little cleverness to upset the Prince of An, did he no longer wish to work properly at Hanlin Academy?

Couldn’t he have secretly suggested a plan to the Prince of An, without publicly slapping him in the face?

Master Yang was furious!

The carriage stopped in a small alley near the Ministry of Justice.

As soon as Master Yang jumped out of the carriage, a sack fell over his head!

The road from the Ministry of Justice to the Hanlin Academy was not too far. The reason for hiring a carriage in the morning was because the youngster couldn’t walk. Now, Xiao Liulang planned to walk back.

He took a shortcut.

As he passed the quiet alley, he always felt that something was about to happen. He looked back but saw nothing.

Strange.

He suddenly had the illusion of having a narrow escape.

In a stable near the Ministry of Justice, Master Yang, with a sack over his head, was wailing in pain as he was beaten.

“Help – Ah-”

“Life – Ahhh-”

“Ahhh -”

Mess with my husband, hehehe!

Gu Jiao’s small fists fell like snowflakes on his body.

Master Yang was beaten until he questioned his existence.

To be beaten up outside the main entrance of the Ministry of Justice, nobody would believe it if he told them.

Gu Jiao got carried away while beating him. It was a while before she remembered the pressing matter.

Oh no!

She almost forgot about rescuing the young nun!

If she falls to her death, it would be disastrous!

In her dreams, she didn’t fall to her death, because Xiao Liulang was there to cushion her fall. Now there is no human cushion!

“Humph!”

Gu Jiao gave Master Yang a kick and took back her small sack, then quickly ran toward the alley where the nun was expected to fall.

Unfortunately, she was a step late.

The young nun had already lost her footing and fallen out of the window from the third floor.

Gu Changqing had just left the military camp and saw his little sister snooping around the vicinity of the Ministry of Justice.

Curious about what the girl was doing, he began to trot his horse over.

Halfway through, a loud noise was heard overhead. A small figure burst out of a window and fell from above.

Gu Changqing’s eyes twitched, and he leapt up to catch her mid-air, gently landing back on the horse.

The stunned young nun looked at him, her eyes lit up, “… General Fu?”

Her head tipped over, and she fainted!

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