Chapter 121 A Better Way of Interrogation (Part )

Zhou Yunke paused slightly and immediately knew what Feng Yang had just said to her.

He glanced at Feng Yang's back standing outside the door and said with a half-smile, "Not bad."

It's indeed okay.

Except in some extraordinary circumstances, he never ate food from outside. Even when the war was at its most critical and the army's cooks could not arrive in time, he would carry his own dry food with him.

Occasionally, there were one or two times when he had finished all the dry food he brought with him, and was forced to eat the food given by others, but he forced himself to swallow it down and could not taste anything at all.

However, this time, perhaps influenced by her words, when he ate the cakes she gave him, he not only did not feel repulsed, but for the first time he felt that this kind of sweet and greasy thing was not bad to eat occasionally.

It’s just okay?

Su Liuyue was not satisfied with the answer, but she also knew that it was rare for Zhou Yunke to give such an evaluation, so she did not dwell on it. She changed the subject and returned to the main topic, "As long as Your Highness likes it. I came to Your Highness this time because of the case of scholars being burned to death. Just now... in Quting Village outside the city, another scholar's rented house was burned. Fortunately, the fire was discovered in time, and the scholar was rescued and saved his life for the time being.

Your Highness has also seen the scholar targeted this time, it is Bai He, the Bai Langjun who followed my third cousin to Wei Wulang’s courtyard two days ago. "

Zhou Yunke hadn't received the news yet. Hearing this, his face darkened slightly. "Bai He? I don't have much impression of him. His provincial examination results shouldn't be very good, right?"

Zhou Yunke had previously hosted banquets for scholars with good grades or special skills, so he must have some impression of the scholars with good grades.

Seeing that he had grasped the key point at once, Su Liuyue said in a deep voice: "Yes, the victim selected by the murderer this time is different from the criteria we previously thought of the murderer's selection criteria, so I suspect that the murderer's criteria for selecting victims is not academic performance, but two points."

Su Liuyue said, holding up two fingers, and said: "First, it is obvious that he selected candidates who are going to take the imperial examination.

Second, I doubt…”

She paused, then said, "The murderer invited people according to the list of scholars that His Royal Highness the King of Wei was inviting to a banquet!"

King Wei was different from Zhou Yunke. When entertaining scholars, he adopted a strategy of casting a wide net. He basically invited all the scholars who were going to take part in the imperial examination.

Only at the King of Wei's banquet would there be a scene where scholars with good grades and scholars with average or even not so good grades appear at the same time!
Zhou Yunke was stunned. He never expected that this matter was actually related to King Wei.

Su Liuyue continued, "And... I just asked Feng Dali about the details of the first fire that happened this month. He said that the people who were burned to death were the family of His Royal Highness Prince Wei's chief steward. I suspect that the murderer is related to the first fire that happened this month."

Zhou Yunke finally understood why Su Liuyue came to see him.

His eyes were dark, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Do you know what the first case was like?"

Su Liuyue nodded, "I know. Feng Dali briefly told me something. He said that they and His Highness suspected that the first case was committed by some rebel forces of the previous dynasty."

"Yes, and I can tell you that I have confirmed that the fire was indeed committed by a gang."

Zhou Yunke said calmly: "So, now you think that the case of those scholars being burned to death was also the work of that gang?"

"No." Su Liuyue shook her head, her eyes calm, "The murderer really wants us to think so, so he deliberately looked for targets on the list of scholars who were going to attend the banquet of His Royal Highness the King of Wei, trying to link it to the first fire.

But...the case of the burning to death of the family of His Royal Highness Prince Wei's chief steward and the case of the burning to death of these scholars convey completely different emotions about the murderer, and the murderer's motives are also different. It can only be said that these cases are related, but not the same case.

Since Your Highness has confirmed that the case of the burning of the family of His Highness the Prince of Wei's chief steward was committed by a certain gang, they must have found some evidence, or directly... arrested some people, right?"

A faint smile appeared in Zhou Yunke's eyes.

Still as sharp as ever.

"That's right. Although they are a gang, they are not a formal rebel force. At most, they are a group of ants, a group of people who have grievances against the Daqing Dynasty gathered together and wanted to vent their anger by causing trouble."

Zhou Yunke said calmly: "So their actions were not very clean. After Xiao Chengbang's family was burned to death, I guessed that they would definitely plan the next action soon, so I asked people to keep a close eye on the residences of several people in the royal family who were in positions above steward. At the same time, I told the steward of my mansion to frequently go home because of the news that his wife was ill these days.

This surveillance lasted for about half a month. A few days ago, the butler in my house discovered that several people often appeared near his house.

After investigation, it was found that those people or their families were basically exiled after the establishment of the Daqing Dynasty, or were implicated by other large families that committed serious crimes.

One of them was Fan Jian, a Langzhong of the Ministry of Works of the previous dynasty. After the founding of Daqing, someone reported that he had abused his official position to abuse his power for personal gain and embezzled a lot of project funds allocated by the court. He also colluded with Prime Minister Lu of the previous dynasty, who was the father of the queen of the previous dynasty.

Although his crime was not punishable by death, and he was prudent enough to hand over most of the silver he had embezzled after the establishment of the new dynasty, he was still stripped of his official position and demoted to a commoner.

This person is not very courageous and has always acted cautiously. I didn't want to alert them so quickly, so I looked at their lair first. Unexpectedly, Fan Jian noticed that our people were following him, so I had to "invite" him back first. "

Su Liuyue's heart suddenly moved, and she said, "Can I meet him? I suspect that the murderer is in their gang, and Fan Jian may have even met him before."

Zhou Yunke pondered for a moment and said, "Of course you can, but... Fan Jian is a cunning and deceitful man, and he also has a certain amount of brains. After I caught him yesterday, he still refuses to admit that he has any connection with that gang, insisting that he just happened to appear near the housekeeper of my house."

Su Liuyue raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "But it shouldn't be difficult for Your Highness to pry open his mouth. But this time, Your Highness, can you let me handle the interrogation? I have a better way to make him open his mouth than torture."

Is this because you think his interrogation method is too violent?

Zhou Yunke couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Of course you can, but have you...ever tried anyone before?"

"No, but interrogation...isn't it a process of conquering the other person's psychology?"

She certainly had experience in interrogating people.

In this world, who is more suitable to interrogate people than a criminal psychologist?

Su Liuyue raised the corner of her mouth and said meaningfully: "I am good at conquering the other party's psychology."

Happy July!