Chapter 50 Would You Like to See Me Again?
Su Liuyue could feel how seriously Zhou Yunke attached to this case. He even knew the situation of Zhou Hao, who was just an ordinary soldier. He must have really put a lot of thought into investigating it.

However, Su Liuyue could also clearly feel that the emotional fluctuations in his voice when he talked about Shi Tai were obviously different from when he talked about the first two dead people.

She looked at him and asked, "Your Highness is very familiar with Captain Shi?"

Zhou Yunke lowered his eyes slightly, and after a while, he chuckled and said, "I grew up in the military camp and started leading troops to fight at the age of sixteen. Shi Tai was one of the first generals to follow me. He has been with me through thick and thin, and even risked his life to block an arrow for me. Tell me, how can I not be familiar with him?"

Feng Yang pursed his lips tightly and couldn't help but glance at his master.

How could the friendship between His Highness and Captain Shi be explained in a few words? Both His Highness and Captain Shi were reserved people. After each victory, His Highness liked to find a quiet place to drink and admire the moon alone, and Captain Shi could always find His Highness. He would not say much to His Highness, but would bring a pot of wine, raise it to His Highness, and chuckle.

Then, the two of them sat down, drinking their own wine, without saying much, only occasionally saying a word or two when their emotions got excited.

Feng Yang had seen this silent and harmonious scene of the two of them countless times.

When Captain Shi passed away, His Highness went to see him in person. Feng Yang felt that he would never forget the look on His Highness's face at that time.

If Captain Shi was really killed...

Feng Yang thought.

Once His Highness finds out who that person is, he will probably cut him into pieces and still not be satisfied.

Su Liuyue looked at him for a while without saying anything, then retracted her gaze, opened the envelope in her hand, and took out the neatly folded letter inside.

This was actually a letter... written to a woman named Man Niang. This Man Niang must be Shi Tai's lover who was tortured to death by the enemy.

The letter was not short, and a large part of it was used to describe Shi Tai's guilt and deep longing for Man Niang. He believed that the reason Man Niang suffered such a misfortune was because of him. If the person she met was not him, she would not have been captured by the enemy and would not have died so tragically.

At the end of the letter, he recalled what happened when he first met Man Niang. Man Niang's parents were killed by bandits during the war. When the bandits were about to attack her, it was Shi Tai who arrived in time to save her. At that time, Man Niang told Shi Tai that meeting him was the luck of her life.

At the end of Shi Tai's letter, he wrote:

Don't you know that meeting you is also my luck in this life. In the next life, I hope to meet you again to make up for my sins. I just don't know if you are willing to see me again?

This indeed looks like a heartfelt suicide note.

The government officials had compared the handwriting of this letter before and found that it was exactly the same as Shi Tai's previous handwriting, even some tiny details matched. Not only the handwriting, but also the writing style was exactly the same. It was definitely not something that others could easily imitate.

This letter could only have been written by Shi Tai himself.

Because Su Liuyue had just keenly discovered the unusualness in Zhou Hao's painting, Feng Yang couldn't help but look at her expectantly, "Young Master Su, what did you see from Captain Shi's letter?"

Zhou Yunke also looked at her steadily.

Su Liuyue raised her eyes to glance at them and said, "I can see deep despair, as well as self-denial and disgust."

Shi Tai’s situation is different from Zhou Hao’s. After all, Shi Tai’s lover did die because of him, but the deaths of Zhou Hao’s brothers actually had little to do with Zhou Hao.

The trauma they suffered was naturally different. Feng Yang was startled and said quickly: "But, if that's the case, isn't it more likely that Captain Shi committed suicide?"

Su Liuyue said calmly: "There is no decisive causal relationship between a person's desire to commit suicide and how he died in the end. Even if Captain Shi really wanted to commit suicide, he could have been killed by someone, and..."

She paused and said in a deep voice: "For a victim like Captain Shi who wanted to commit suicide, it would be easier for the murderer to kill. Captain Shi's identity was different from the other victims. He did not live in the barracks, but in an independent courtyard in the city, and there were always guards around him.

However, the official records state that he had sent away everyone around him two days before his death. Perhaps he was already preparing to commit suicide at that time, which just gave the murderer an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Otherwise, how could anyone kill a general of Shi Tai's level without anyone noticing under such heavy guard?

Moreover, one thing is now very clear.

Su Liuyue took a deep breath and said, "If these cases are indeed homicides, then the victims must have known the murderer. Not only that, they also trusted him very much and were even willing to tell him many things that even their family members were unwilling to tell him."

Both Zhou Hao's paintings and Shi Tai's letters were extremely personal things. If the murderer had not known about the existence of these two things, he would never have thought of using them as their relics.

As to whether these things were left behind by the murderer before the victim died, Su Liuyue could not say for the time being.

Feng Yang's eyes slightly opened, but he became more and more confused the more he listened. "You said that the murderer knew all four of the dead? Could it be that the murderer is also a soldier? But, it's fine if the murderer knew all four of them at the same time, but how could he make them trust him so much?"

Zhou Hao, Wei Yong and Zhong Weilai all had relatively low ranks in the army, and after arriving in Xinjing they all lived in the barracks, so it was easy to get to know the three of them at the same time.

But Captain Shi was different from the other three. Due to his high rank, he rarely mixed with lower-ranking soldiers on weekdays. After arriving in Xinjing, he even lived alone in the city.

What is the identity of the murderer? Or in other words, how could he get to know four people with such different identities and backgrounds at the same time?

Not to mention gaining their trust!

Su Liuyue couldn't help but look at Feng Yang with amusement, "Commander Feng raised key questions. If we can understand these questions, why do we need to investigate the case here? We can directly find out who the murderer is."

Feng Yang couldn't help but cough lightly.

He was just too concerned.

Su Liuyue looked at the letter a few more times, then folded it carefully and put it back into the envelope. Then she checked the letter carefully again and finally found a dried dark brown stain in the lower right corner of the back of the envelope.

The stain looked like it was left by some kind of sauce, but unfortunately the case happened so long ago that no smell could be smelled on it anymore.

She frowned for a while, then looked at Zhou Yunke and said, "Based on your understanding of Captain Shi, is he the kind of person who would write a letter while eating?"

Zhou Yunke looked at her solemnly and shook his head. "No, Shi Taisu loves cleanliness. Although he is not obsessed with cleanliness, he will never do other things while eating. But... he was mentally unstable during that time, and I can't say for sure whether he would do something different from the past."

Indeed, when people are emotionally unstable, they are likely to do anything.

Su Liuyue could only put the matter aside for the time being and put the letter back into the box, but she was hesitant to close the box. There was a hint of contemplation in her eyes as she looked into the box.

Zhou Yunke looked at her for a while and asked, "What's wrong? Did you find anything?"