The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#458 - Jin Duoduo's Explanation

Everyone was waiting for Jin Duoduo's answer, but unexpectedly, the latter suddenly closed his mouth.

Li Bufan frowned, "Does Boss Jin have some unspeakable difficulties? Or Boss Jin can choose to tell me in private. I, Li, can swear here that it will never reach the ears of a third person."

However, Jin Duoduo remained silent upon hearing this.

But silence is often an answer in itself.

Jin Duoduo's reaction was tantamount to confirming that he was related to Jiang Lei's death, but including Lu Jing, everyone couldn't figure out one thing.

That is, Jin Duoduo and Jiang Lei had no grievances or hatred, and there was no conflict between Jin Duoduo's Duobao Pavilion and Jiang Lei's Leihuo Hall. Why would Jin Duoduo risk killing Jiang Lei?

You must know that with Jin Duoduo's martial arts, he could indeed behead Jiang Lei with a surprise attack, but he was not without any risk. After all, Jiang Lei was carrying the Buddha's Wrath. If Jin Duoduo was even a step slower, he might have perished together with Jiang Lei.

Moreover, after killing Jiang Lei, Jin Duoduo also put himself in the current awkward situation.

He couldn't possibly have killed someone for the sake of that one million taels of silver, right?

Just as everyone was racking their brains, Lü Qinghou suddenly spoke again, "Boss Jin, can you take off the mask on your face?"

"Manor Lord Lü should also know that I, Jin, never show my face in front of others," Jin Duoduo said, suppressing the anger in his heart.

"I know," Lü Qinghou nodded, "But I just suddenly thought of a possibility. Since Boss Jin never shows his true face, then we can't really be sure that the Boss Jin under the mask is Jin Duoduo."

Lü Qinghou's words were a bit circuitous, but everyone present was smart and could naturally understand the meaning of his words.

Lü Qinghou suspected that the killer was impersonating Jin Duoduo and mixed into Wen Family Manor. In this way, it could also explain why Jin Duoduo would kill Jiang Lei even if he took the risk.

Jin Duoduo sneered, "Manor Lord Lü has so many fantastic ideas, it would be a pity not to write novels."

"Not at all, I'm just making reasonable inferences based on the information at hand. It's you, Boss Jin, who always beats around the bush, which only makes people more suspicious. You don't want to be regarded as the murderer, do you? Why are you unwilling to cooperate with our investigation?" Lü Qinghou said.

However, Jin Duoduo only snorted coldly after hearing his words, and did not make any defense, putting on a posture of a dead pig not afraid of boiling water.

Seeing that the atmosphere was gradually becoming tense, a voice suddenly sounded.

"I wonder... Can I prove that he is Jin Duoduo?"

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw a woman who was full of jewelry from top to bottom, but whose eyes were spotless.

She was like a clear spring, even if it reflected all the phenomena of the world, she was still clear and innocent.

"Madam Jin."

Lü Qinghou recognized that it was Wen Qingqing, the fifth daughter of the Wen family, and nodded to her, but then continued, "I'm afraid Madam Jin, you really can't prove this matter."

"Does Manor Lord Lü think that I can't recognize my own husband?"

"Of course I wouldn't doubt other people, but Boss Jin is too special. He has never taken off his mask in front of other people. It is said that even on the night of your wedding, it was the same. And during his stay in Wen Family Manor this time, he has also been living alone in a courtyard, sleeping in separate rooms from Madam Jin. Madam Jin... I'm afraid you can't be sure that the person under the mask is your husband, right?"

A blush appeared on Wen Qingqing's face, but in the end, she gritted her teeth, "We have slept together."

"What?"

"I said that my husband and I have slept together since returning to the Wen family, so I can be sure that the person under the mask is him," Wen Qingqing almost finished this sentence in a trembling voice, and after she finished speaking, her face became even redder.

Lü Qinghou was speechless upon hearing this.

Indeed, a person can imitate another person's demeanor and behavior, but wearing that person's clothes, and even as long as you are willing to look carefully, the body shape can be very similar, only the performance on the bed is very difficult to completely imitate, let alone hide it from that person's wife.

Although Lü Qinghou was very doubtful whether Wen Qingqing had really slept with Jin Duoduo in Wen Family Manor, but in order to prove that her husband was her husband, a woman had already said the words to this extent in front of everyone, and with Lü Qinghou's demeanor, he didn't continue to ask questions.

But in this way, they returned to the previous question.

Why did Jin Duoduo kill Jiang Lei?

"I didn't kill Jiang Lei!"

Seeing that his woman was forced to stand up in order to save him, Jin Duoduo finally couldn't sit still and said angrily.

"Then why was Boss Jin unwilling to explain the misunderstanding clearly at the beginning?" Li Bufan said.

"Because I know that even if I said it, you wouldn't believe it."

"What do you mean by this?"

Jin Duoduo was silent for a moment, and then said, "Okay, before the banquet, I did go to Hall Master Jiang's residence."

"Why did Jiang Lei look for you?"

"I can't say," Jin Duoduo shook his head, "But I can guarantee that this matter has nothing to do with his death."

"Boss Jin, you're just talking empty words, how can we believe you?"

"You can naturally not believe it," Jin Duoduo sneered, "But my words are true, he was already dead when I went to Jiang Lei's room."

"At this time, shouldn't Boss Jin's first reaction be to call for someone immediately? But afterwards, you pretended that nothing had happened and came to the colored shed, and even invited Great Hero Lu to become the Duobao Pavilion's offering, why is that?"

"Just like I said, the reason why I went to find Jiang Lei cannot be told to other people, so my first reaction was to remove myself from this matter, so as not to fall into the current situation," Jin Duoduo said, "So I didn't participate in the subsequent searches and investigations, so as not to make you suspect that I was related to the murderer."

Speaking of this, Jin Duoduo also sighed, "But I didn't expect that you didn't find the murderer. At this time, it seems that it doesn't matter what I say anymore. You will definitely suspect me, but since you asked, then I will tell you what I saw, as for whether you are willing to believe it, it's your own business."

Li Bufan remained noncommittal, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "I wonder which road Boss Jin took to come to the colored shed after coming out of Chief Jiang's room. Boss Jin, it's best not to have any more concealment on this issue, because there are many people in the manor, no matter which road Boss Jin takes, someone should have seen it."