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But Duke De'an retorted bitterly, "Don't think that your feigned concern will make me drop the charges against you."

Duke De'an suspected that this was a tactic employed by Prince Zhidong.

He clearly harbored prejudice against Su Yu because of his daughter's death.

Yan Fei then advised, "Don't be disrespectful to Prince Zhidong before the case is thoroughly investigated. He doesn't need to kill your daughter to target your bank. Such methods are too low-level for His Highness."

“Attorney Yanfei, such a big shot like him is trying to use your kind of thinking to evade legal punishment.”

Yan Fei explained, "Duke De'an, I know you are grieving the loss of your daughter and desperately want to know the cause of her death. But the law is based on evidence. If there is evidence that Prince Zhidong is the murderer, he will not be able to escape."

"My daughter, she died so tragically."

Duke De'an thought of his daughter again and wailed.

"Sir, I just noticed that your daughter's finger clearly shows signs of wearing a ring. Does she usually wear rings?"

Su Yu asked.

“My daughter never wears rings.”

Duke De'an replied.

"So, does she have a boyfriend?"

"My daughter is completely innocent and has no boyfriend!"

De'an Gong's mood was rather unusual, and he answered loudly.

However, the fisherman next to him said, "Your Highness, Miss Hua Chu does indeed have a boyfriend, Jian Qiu, her tutor. My fellow fishermen and I often see the two of them holding hands and dating by the river after dusk."

"But Duke De'an never approved of Jianqiu. He believed that Jianqiu did not genuinely like Huachu, but was only after her social status, and repeatedly opposed their relationship..."

The fisherman recounted the relationship between Jianqiu and Huachu to Su Yu.

It turned out that, in order to improve his daughter's academic performance, Duke De'an hired a tutor named Jian Qiu to come to his residence to teach his daughter arithmetic.

Unexpectedly, the two developed feelings for each other after spending time together.

However, Jianqiu came from a poor family and was just a poor scholar.

Duke De'an strongly opposed the two's relationship.

After their relationship was exposed, De'an Gong fired Jianqiu and locked Hua Chu at home, preventing her from leaving.

However, more than ten days passed, and Hua Chu fell ill from lovesickness, so Duke De'an had no choice but to let Hua Chu go out to clear her mind.

As a result, Hua Chu took the opportunity to elope with Jian Qiu.

Two or three months later, with the help of Qianyan Army, the two were finally found.

Duke De'an flew into a rage and threatened to sever his father-daughter relationship with Hua Chu.

To fulfill her filial duty, Hua Chu outwardly agreed to no longer contact Jian Qiu, but in reality, the two continued to meet secretly.

"Your Highness, do you suspect that the murderer is Hua Chu's boyfriend?"

Yan Fei asked.

Prince Zhidong must have discovered something to ask this question.

"Miss Huachu wore her ring on her ring finger. In the Liyue region, it is common for a woman to wear a ring on her ring finger after a successful marriage proposal. This means that someone proposed to Miss Huachu before she died. If my deduction is correct, someone removed her ring after Miss Huachu drowned."

Su Yu's gaze fell on Duke De'an again, and he slowly said, "Old man, the murderer may be Jian Qiu."

Duke De'an refused to believe Su Yu's words, saying, "Impossible! Jianqiu is poor, but he loves my daughter and wouldn't harm her. Prince Zhidong, don't even think about playing tricks on me!"

Su Yu shook his head.

Duke De'an was so consumed by grief over the loss of his daughter that he had clearly lost his senses.

Where is Jianqiu?

Su Yu asked in a deep voice.

"He's at Wanfu Inn. I'm taking men to arrest him now!"

The detective general immediately set out to arrest the man.

The inns in Liyue register a list of guests staying at their hotels every day and report it to the Thousand Rock Army.

This morning, he happened to have looked at the guest list of Wanfu Inn from yesterday, and he remembered that Jianqiu was on the list.

At this moment, Su Yu pointed to the southwest direction, his eyes incredibly sharp.

"Jianqiu is there! Go and catch him!"

The Qianyan Army acted swiftly, with several guards carrying swords riding forward on warhorses to capture him.

The detective general asked with some skepticism, "Your Highness, there are five or six hundred people present. How do you know that person is Jianqiu?"

He had just seen a figure suddenly run out of the crowd.

However, judging from the back view, it is uncertain whether it is Jianqiu.

“He is the murderer. When he heard that we were going to arrest him, his instinctive reaction to run away was out of guilt. I think that in addition to going back to pack his things in advance, he also wanted to notify his accomplices.”

The detective general said admiringly, "Your Highness is absolutely right. There is also a woman staying at the hotel with him."

Before long, Jianqiu was brought over by the guards of the Qianyan Army, who had bound him tightly.

No matter how fast he ran, he was just an ordinary person; how could he possibly outrun the cavalry of the Thousand Rock Army?

With the Detective General present and Su Yu's imposing presence, Jian Qiu made a few excuses, but his psychological defenses completely collapsed, and he confessed on the spot.

It turns out that Jianqiu already had a fiancée before he met Huachu.

Hua Chu disregarded her father's objections and got engaged to Jian Qiu on her own, but Jian Qiu's true love was not her.

Jianqiu was only after Hua Chu's family's wealth.

During their elopement, Hua Chu unexpectedly became pregnant. After much pleading, Jian Qiu was finally forced to agree to marry her.

Last night, he proposed to Hua Chu by the river with a diamond ring.

The proposal went smoothly, and Hua Chu accepted on the spot.

Suddenly, Jianqiu's fiancée appeared and, in a fit of rage, pushed Huachu into the river.

Despite his fiancée's obstruction, Jianqiu watched helplessly as Hua Chu, who couldn't swim, drowned.

To create the illusion that Hua Chu had committed suicide by drowning, he jumped into the river again and took Hua Chu's ring.

"You beast, you beast!"

Hua Chu's father, Duke De'an, rushed towards Jian Qiu as if he had gone mad.

But they were stopped by the Thousand Rock Army.

"Lord De'an, the law will punish him severely!"

Yan Fei said righteously.

Chapter 104 The Real Culprit

After capturing Jianqiu, Qianyan Army sent men to Wanfu Inn to arrest Jianqiu's fiancée.

At first, his fiancée denied everything, but after learning that Jianqiu had confessed to everything, she stopped resisting and admitted to all her crimes.

As Jianqiu's fiancée was being led away, she glared fiercely at Duke De'an and said, "Jianqiu and I were supposed to have a happy future. It's all your daughter's fault! She seduced Jianqiu and ruined Jianqiu and me!"

"You...you...don't make false accusations!"

Upon hearing that his daughter had been falsely accused by the murderer, Duke De'an clutched his chest, so angry that he almost couldn't catch his breath.

He only hated himself for not being more ruthless back then and for not persuading his daughter not to be with Jianqiu.

As Su Yu and Yan Fei were about to leave, he knelt down and cried out, "Your Highness, I wronged you! You are not the murderer!"

He was so grief-stricken by the loss of his daughter that he lost the ability to think calmly and blamed the Northern Bank and Prince Zhidong.

Now that the case has been solved, he is gradually regaining his senses.

Just now, his beloved daughter Hua Chu was slandered by Jian Qiu's fiancée, which made him extremely upset. Therefore, he understood even more that he should not slander others at will, which is why he hurriedly apologized to Su Yu.

"To know one's mistakes and correct them is the greatest virtue."

Su Yu stopped, turned around, and stood with his hands behind his back.

If this Duke De'an continues to be obstinate, he will simply leave and ignore him.

However, since the other party's attitude in admitting their mistake was quite good, it was worthwhile for him to say a few more words.

"Old man, Jianqiu's fiancée's words were clearly meant to provoke you. She wanted to show everyone her hatred for your daughter and establish that she was the mastermind behind her murder."

Generally speaking, if a criminal had murdered the daughter of Duke De'an, he would certainly not dare to look the Duke De'an in the eye when he saw him in person.

However, Jianqiu's fiancée acted out of character and took the initiative to provoke the deceased's relatives.

The acting was so contrived that Su Yu noticed something amiss.

"Jianqiu just testified that his fiancée pushed Miss Huachu into the river and drowned her. It seems he was lying. The murderer who pushed Miss Huachu into the river and drowned was himself, not his fiancée."

Previously, the entire course of events known to everyone was Jianqiu's side of the story.

In fact, Su Yu had his own opinion.

Although the murderer has been caught, he does not want the real culprit to escape justice.

Taking this opportunity to share his analysis and opinions serves both to remind Lord De'an not to mistake the target of his revenge and to help the detective general develop a plan for solving the case.

“According to Liyue’s laws, the mastermind behind such a murder would be sentenced to death, while accomplices would usually be released after seven or eight years. Jianqiu and his fiancée must have discussed it beforehand. If the murder was exposed, his fiancée would take the blame to save Jianqiu’s life.”

"Of course, my analysis may not be entirely correct. Next, Qian Yanjun needs to intensify the interrogation."

The detective general recognized that this was Prince Zhidong's humble remark and immediately declared, "Your Highness, please rest assured, we will definitely give Miss Huachu justice and bring the real culprit to justice."

Beside her, Yan Fei inquired, "Your Highness, people often say that husband and wife are like birds in the same forest; when disaster strikes, they fly away separately. Just how much benefit did Jian Qiu promise his fiancée that she would be willing to die for him?"

Jianqiu's fiancée seems like a very shrewd woman, so why would she take the blame for her fiancé?

"Miss Yanfei, may I ask you a personal question?"

"Your Highness, please ask whatever you wish."

"You're still single, right?"