Chapter 53: The Theft of the Flower Mansion (12)
Fortunately, Yu Ji didn't give him a reason to do it, so she naturally bought the bowl, but of course it wasn't that she was afraid of Jia San, but this bowl was also one of her mission goals. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Don't forget, the name of her task is called the theft of the Zhoucheng Huafu, not the golden saddle blood jade horse, this bowl is the lost property of the Huafu, naturally it will be returned to Hua Youcai, as for the money used to buy the bowl, then Hua Youcai will solve it by herself, after all, she has no reason to ask the people of the Jia family to return the things to the Hua family for free, right?
The black market is the black market, and after the hands of the black market, no one can tell the origin of things.
And when she saw Hua Youcai again, Yu Ji and Hua Youcai briefly explained a few words, and then came to Xue Qingfeng's courtyard.
As expected, there was no one in the house.
When I heard that the winter stone horn bowl was sold to the black market, it was when Xue Qingfeng was cornered by a large amount of arrears, so Yu Ji was sure that Xue Qingfeng must be the thief who entered the study of Hua Youcai to steal the property.
But catching traitors and catching doubles, catching thieves and getting dirty, the black market naturally can't admit that Xue Qingfeng has anything to do with this bowl, so there is no direct evidence to convict Xue Qingfeng. Therefore, Yu Ji needs to find the key evidence, the golden saddle blood jade horse.
After the theft of the Golden Saddle Blood Jade Horse, Hua Youcai's series of measures can ensure that this Golden Saddle Blood Jade Horse cannot appear on the Ming Road, and the black market obviously wants to find this Golden Saddle Blood Jade Horse, so since Hua Youcai sent someone to search the mansion, presumably this thing is no longer here, but Xue Qingfeng's lair is here, if this horse is not here, where can it be?
For ordinary people, it is not as safe to put things wherever they are placed as they are at home.
Xue Qingfeng's room was very messy, the bowl was placed on the table and accumulated dust, and a few strips of bacon hung on the beams, but only one of them had traces of being torn off indiscriminately, presumably Xue Qingfeng never cooked at home, hid debts in the house, and when he didn't dare to go out, he hastily ate a few bites of bacon to fill his stomach.
After searching the whole room, Yu Ji didn't find anything to do laundry, obviously Xue Qingfeng's clothes did not have the ability to clean themselves, but the last time I saw him, the clothes on his body were obviously old caftans and new jackets, and the caftan was not dirty, at least the neckline was clean, but it was the new jacket, although it looked like a new dress, but it was obviously not cherished, and the cuffs were very dirty, which was not unusual for a person who often haunted the gambling house.
And the wardrobe in this room is full of extremely dirty clothes, as soon as the cabinet is opened, the greasy smell inside is disgusting, in such a hot weather in Zhoucheng, I am afraid that ordinary people will not be able to stand such an environment at all.
And even if it has reached such a point, Xue Qingfeng still hasn't washed his clothes......
If the jacket was a new garment he bought after selling this Dongshi horn bowl, and he didn't know how to wash clothes at all, then where did he get the bowl, and who washed his clothes in that place?
Or rather, he put the bowl somebody, and that person washed his clothes.
There are only two kinds of people who can wash his clothes and let him put his baby there with peace of mind, first, relatives like his mother or sister, and second, his woman.
After turning over Xue Qingfeng's house and finding that this room was not too popular, and there was no secret mezzanine, Yu Ji confirmed her guess. The room in the Flower Mansion is just Xue Qingfeng's place of residence or refuge, and the place where the person outside is located is Xue Qingfeng's home.
In this way, the three speculations at the beginning are obviously no longer true, and the possibility of the chief steward and the nursing home colluding to commit the crime has also become smaller due to the amplification of Xue Qingfeng's suspicions, but such a possibility is still not ruled out. For example, the person who stole the Dongshi horn bowl was Xue Qingfeng, but he may also be bumped into by the big butler because of this, so that under coercion and temptation, he learned the location of the secret passage, colluded with the nursing courtyard, and stole the golden saddle blood jade horse.
And now, although Xue Qingfeng's suspicion is still the greatest, the question at the beginning is still not solved, how did the thief know Hua Youcai's whereabouts? If you don't know when Hua Youcai will leave the study, then if Hua Youcai doesn't leave at night because of a lot of work, and is bumped into by him, wouldn't he be dying?
And for this, the only clue is what Hua Youcai said, the fourth aunt recently urged him to go back to his room to sleep every day because she felt sorry for his body.
Could it be the joint cooperation case between the fourth aunt and Xue Qingfeng?
But judging from Xue Qingfeng's handwriting in the gambling house, it can't be explained.
Yu Ji bought this winter stone horn bowl for 2 million taels, and the price at which Xue Qingfeng sold it to the black market is unknown, but the total amount of usury he owed before was about 1.37 million taels, and then after losing about 300,000 taels in the gambling house, he began to borrow usury again.
If there are accomplices, there are financial interests involved, and it is necessary to divide the spoils, and if the spoils are unevenly divided, there will definitely be movements.
But in fact, the fourth aunt and Xue Qingfeng were very quiet, Xue Qingfeng alone swallowed 1.67 million taels of stolen money, but his accomplices did not move, which is not logical at all.
The last possibility is that the fourth aunt has too much leverage in Xue Qingfeng's hands, and there is no need for inducement, only coercion, and to get the stolen money, so naturally there is no need to share the stolen goods. And the abnormal behavior of the fourth aunt who cared too much about Master Hua twice before and after was also explained, which seems to be the most reasonable explanation so far, but what handle will the fourth aunt who has just entered the mansion fall into Xue Qingfeng's hands?
In Yu Ji's hands, there is no evidence that these two people are related, and there is no way to point to the connection.
After leaving Xue Qingfeng's courtyard, being blown by the oncoming hot wind, Yu Ji suddenly felt that the originally hazy things became even hazy.
The person most likely to have something to do with the big housekeeper is the fourth aunt, although there is no direct evidence now, then it may be that the big housekeeper and the fourth aunt colluded, and the person who finally stole the golden saddle blood jade horse was the big housekeeper.
It may also be that the person who stole the Winter Stone Horn Bowl and the Golden Saddle Blood Jade Horse was Xue Qingfeng, but maybe the fourth aunt had too much control in his hands, so she had to obey him.
It is even possible that all three people are related to this case, and it may or may not be all directly related.
Yu Ji felt that now, she should find a breaking point from this.
In any case, if you want to steal something, you must clearly know the time when Hua Youcai left the study, and the only thing that has anything to do with Hua Youcai leaving the study is the fourth aunt.
Yu Ji decided to visit Yanluo Road again.