A female coroner arrived at the Jingzhao Prefecture.

Chapter 396 Ending (65)

When the abbot heard that Liang Ruoming recognized him, he smiled with delight, "Brother Liang, how have you been?"

Liang Ruoming immediately turned his face away, his disgust making no attempt to hide it.

Seeing this, Mu Qingcheng seized the opportunity to ask, "Lord Liang, you and Lord Guo are not just colleagues, are you? What was the relationship between you, Lord Guo, and the Abbot?"

Liang Ruoming's expression changed. He didn't want to bring up these old stories, but he could see the seriousness of the situation from Mu Qingcheng's eyes, so he had to suppress his disgust and recount the events one by one: "Many years ago, we were all students at Wenjing Academy. Originally, the three of us had a good relationship, but later, I discovered that Liu Changshou was a pervert. He... he secretly wore women's clothes and makeup, disguised himself as a woman, and frequented brothels, welcoming and seeing off men and indulging in debauchery!"

These words caused an uproar!
"Master Mu, I must say, your intuition is spot on! At first, I thought it was Liu Changshou who shared the same name, but when you said he had traces of makeup, I was basically certain of his identity, because there is no one more disgusting and filthy than him!"

Liang Ruoming didn't want to see the abbot even once more. He turned his back to him, his face ashen, clearly still unable to accept it after all these years.

After a brief moment of surprise, Mu Qingcheng quickly recovered and asked, "And then?"

"Then..." Liang Ruoming thought for a moment before saying, "I stumbled upon it by accident, had a big fight with Liu Changshou, and broke off all contact with him. I told Guo Xuan about it, and when Guo Xuan found out, he cursed Liu Changshou in front of me and claimed that he would also break off relations with him. But since we were in the same academy, we would run into each other all the time, and I couldn't stand it, so I dropped out of school and went to study at another academy. Since then, I have never seen Liu Changshou again, nor have I heard any news about him."

Mu Qingcheng pondered for a moment and said, "But it seems that Lord Guo and Liu Changshou have not truly severed their relationship."

After a moment's thought, Liang Ruoming understood the situation. He walked over angrily, grabbed Guo Xuan by the shoulder and collar, and demanded, "Why did you lie to me? Everyone has their own ambitions. If you insist on associating with a pervert, I won't interfere. But why do you have to say one thing to his face and another behind his back? Is that meaningful? Or do you agree with him and you are actually the same kind of person as him?"

Guo Xuan remained expressionless. "Liang Ruoming, you'd better shut up, or you'll regret it!" "Regret? What do I have to regret? My biggest regret is getting to know the two of you and considering you friends!" Liang Ruoming was furious. Only today did he see Guo Xuan's vicious and selfish nature.

Guo Xuan stopped talking, but stared at Liang Ruoming with a strange look, as if watching prey how it would squeak in a cage.

The constables of the Jingzhao Prefecture transported the four bodies of those who had committed suicide by poison.

Mu Qingcheng examined the body on-site and confirmed that the cause of death was poisoning.

She pondered for a moment. Today's case was becoming more and more complicated as the trial progressed, involving more and more people. At first glance, it seemed like a pile of loose sand, very chaotic. But her experience told her that no one was superfluous, and there must be a thread that could connect all the people and things.

She needs to calm down and try to find the loose end of the thread!
As her brain raced, several vague thoughts flashed through her mind. Suddenly, Mu Qingcheng raised her voice: "Lin Ling, you just said that you and Pingping escaped to the Sanqing Temple and begged the abbot to take you in. Lord Guo sent more than a dozen men in black to capture you and take you back?"

"Yes." Lin Ling nodded.

Mu Qingcheng pressed further: "What happened after that?"

Lin Ling replied, "The abbot asked us which family we belonged to, but we didn't dare tell the truth. We made up a false identity, and the abbot seemed to believe us. He hid us in the temple and went out to deal with the men in black. Not long after, the abbot returned, saying that the men in black had already gone down the mountain. Because Sanqing Temple is a Taoist temple, no one dared to act violently there. We breathed a sigh of relief and planned to wait until dawn to find a way back to the city, go to the Jingzhao Prefecture to find Lin Fu, and see if we could get a travel permit and a household registration certificate. But..."