Several police officers escorted Sister Hao to the door of Sister Hao's house, and Liu Rushuang and Bai Yulou also followed. Sister Hao's house is a simple ordinary house, with faded New Year's paintings and couplets pasted on the mottled door, and even the door knocker has been washed by the years.

Ying Xi stepped forward and kicked the door open, and the voice of Sister Hao's son Dabao came from inside the house.

"Mother, are you back?"

Dabao is seventeen or eighteen years old, with a long body, thick eyebrows and big eyes, red lips and white teeth, if he hadn't suffered from leg disease, he would have been a beautiful man. He half-sat on the bed and looked out the door happily, and when he saw his mother being escorted by the police, his smile immediately froze.

"Your mother can't come back, you have to come with me!" Ying Xi's tone was not good.

"Son, quickly explain to the detective, you didn't kill anyone......" Sister Hao cried outside the door.

"Stop acting in bitter love dramas." Ying Xi impatiently motioned to the police, "Go in and arrest someone." ”

Several police officers rushed in and held Dabao down, and Dabao was frightened and cried by Ying Xi's battle, and was terrified.

"What are you going to do? Mother, save me ......"

Sister Hao wanted to rush over, but was controlled by two police officers, she looked at her son distressedly, "Dabao is good, Dabao doesn't cry." ”

Ying Xi glanced at the mother and son with disdain, "Take it away!" ”

Lu Hehuan and Bao Ying are still investigating the crime scene, and the two have almost turned the empty house upside down. The onlookers of Huaihua Lane felt very curious when they saw that the two were using magnifying glasses and tweezers to investigate the scene.

Lu Hehuan suddenly caught a glimpse of the barren grass under Jin Lu's body and next to it, almost all of which were broken and twisted together.

"The grass is twisted...... The fight should be intense. ”

Lu Hehuan muttered to himself thoughtfully, he stood up again, walked to the door, and found that there were a few messy footprints left in the door that the police had just stepped on with Sister Hao in the door, and there were a few clear footprints of women's cloth shoes outside the door, which only stayed at the door. He walked outside the door, took out a tape measure, measured the length and width of the footprints of the woman's cloth shoes, and then entered the house and measured the length and width of Sister Hao's footprints in the footprints just stepped by the police officer and Sister Hao.

"This should be Sister Hao's footprints......"

Lu Hehuan seemed to think of something, and looked at Bao Ying on the side, "Xiao Ying, can you determine the time of death of the deceased?" ”

Bao Ying nodded, "Inferred from the degree of coagulation of the blood stains and the formation of corpse spots, the time of death was probably around nine o'clock last night. ”

Lu Hehuan looked at the onlookers, "Do any of you know where Sister Hao's house is?" ”

"I know, I live next door to hers." One resident stepped forward to respond.

"Great, do you know that Sister Hao and her son were not at home at about nine o'clock last night? Is there anything unusual in her home? Lu Hehuan hurriedly asked.

"Sister Hao's son has bad legs and feet, and he rarely goes out. When it was just dark, around seven o'clock, Sister Hao went home, and she never went out since. She didn't see anything unusual in her house. Sister Hao's neighbor said.

Lu Hehuan nodded, his face was worried, and he turned to look at Bao Ying, "Xiao Ying, should Inspector Ying often bend into tricks?" ”

"It's not enough to be beaten into a trick, but the prisoner who should be interrogated by the inspector does like to do it."

"Hurry up and take me to Sister Hao's house."

When Lu Hehuan heard what Bao Ying said, he realized that something was wrong, and anxiously begged Sister Hao's neighbor to lead the way. Sister Hao's neighbor nodded in agreement.

"Don't go in, you must consciously protect the scene of the crime." Lu Hehuan told the onlookers to leave.

When Bao Ying saw Lu Hehuan leaving, he hurriedly instructed the police officers who stayed behind, "Take the body back to the police station." ”

"Yes." The police officer took the order.

Bao Ying hurriedly went to chase Lu He Huan.

Sister Hao's family was in a mess because of the arrival of Ying Xi and others.

"Inspector Ying, my son was wronged, you let him go!" Sister Hao knelt on the ground, hugged Ying Xi's legs, and begged bitterly.

"Wouldn't it be blind to let him go?" Ying Xi was rightly arrogant, and ordered the policeman, "Take it away!" ”

"Mother......" Dabao cried in horror.

"Wronged, wronged......" Sister Hao cried bitterly.

The mother and son cried into tears, which made Ying Xi cry and mourn.

"You guys can do it, don't shout injustice, it's not easy for me to survive today, you take care of me, confess, let's all be easy, okay?"

After Ying Xi finished speaking, he walked towards the door with a straight face, and Liu Rushuang, who was standing by the door, hurriedly made way for Ying Xi.

"Brother Xi is wise." Liu Rushuang flattered.

"I don't think they look like murderers." Bai Yulou, who was standing behind Liu Rushuang, looked at Sister Hao and Dabao sympathetically, and muttered to Liu Rushuang.

In fact, Liu Rushuang is like a mirror in her heart, she just doesn't want to spoil Ying Xi's majesty and make Ying Xi unhappy. She bit her lip and persuaded Bai Yulou.

"Don't talk too much when Brother Xi investigates the case, he is very faceless and will be unhappy."

"But what if you wronged a good person?" Bai Yulou looked worried.

Liu Rushuang saw that Bai Yulou was also reasonable, and reluctantly caught up with Ying Xi.

"Brother Xi, why don't we check it out for a while? If, I mean, if the slightest trace of the real murderer is missed, wouldn't it be wrong to the good people? ”

This was really euphemistic, but Ying Xi didn't appreciate it, he stared at Liu Rushuang, and his eyes were about to pop out.

"You question me?"

Liu Rushuang hurriedly waved her hand, "No, no, Brother Xi is wise!" ”

"That's fine, don't talk nonsense."

"But Brother Xi......"

"Ignore you after talking nonsense!"

Ying Xi interrupted Liu Rushuang, and Liu Rushuang quickly covered her mouth. Ying Xi ignored Liu Rushuang and left directly.

Liu Rushuang looked at Ying Xi's back with a bitter face, and stopped talking.

"It's really unprincipled......" Bai Yulou looked at Liu Rushuang with hatred and muttered in a low voice.

Lu Hehuan and Bao Ying hurried over under the leadership of Sister Hao's neighbors, and saw Ying Xi and others coming out of Sister Hao's house from a distance. Lu Hehuan saw that Ying Xi was going to take the suspect to the police station, and hurriedly stopped him.

"Inspector Ying, wait......" Lu Hehuan shouted as he ran.

"What are you yelling for?" Ying Xi turned around and saw Lu Hehuan, and instantly straightened his face.

Lu Hehuan came to Ying Xi's approach, "Inspector Ying, I just learned about the autopsy results from Xiao Ying, and carefully investigated the scene again, there were no footprints and fingerprints of the murderer left at the scene, and the footprints of the informant Sister Hao only stayed at the door, which shows that Sister Hao did not go in, but reported the case after seeing the deceased at the door." Now that the murderer has wiped his footprints and fingerprints clean, he can completely dissociate himself from this homicide, and there is no need to come to the scene of the crime again to report the crime......"

"Maybe she was clever and thought that being a reporter would reduce the suspicion, but it turned out to be self-defeating." Ying Xi scratched his head and justified himself.

"Jin Lu is not from Huaihua Lane, Sister Hao has nothing to do with her before, if Sister Hao is the murderer, as long as she does not appear again at the scene of the crime, it is difficult to find out that the case is related to her, and it doesn't make sense to be smart."

Ying Xi wanted to be angry, but when he saw that everyone around him was looking at him, he held back.

"You're right, the murderer is not Sister Hao, but her son Dabao!"

"It's not me, I didn't kill anyone......" Dabao on the side shouted in fear.

Lu Hehuan said firmly, "The time of the deceased's death was about nine o'clock last night, according to Sister Hao's neighbors, Sister Hao and Dabao were at home at that time, so Sister Hao and Dabao had sufficient alibi." ”

"Who can prove it, stand up for me!"

Ying Xi shouted roughly, and Sister Hao's neighbor was a little scared, and walked a few steps towards Ying Xi tremblingly.

"Inspector Ying, I am Sister Hao's neighbor, and Sister Hao and Dabao were at home at about nine o'clock last night."

"Which eye did you see?" Ying Xi tried to use momentum to intimidate the other party.

"I passed by their house and saw two figures in front of their window."

"Stupid, that's what they showed you with two pillows."

"It doesn't look like a pillow." The neighbor scratched his head, looking confused.

"That's something else, I warn you, don't chase after the wind, and you will go to jail for perjury." Ying Xi scolded the witness, "Did you see clearly? ”

The neighbor nodded at first, and then shook his head when he saw Ying Xi staring at him fiercely.

"Talk nonsense again, be careful that I take you back to the police station!"

Ying Xi finished warning the witnesses, and stared at Dabao with sharp eyes, "It was you who killed Jin Lu after committing adultery, and your mother is an accomplice, you don't want to deny it!" ”

"Wronged, wronged......" Dabao continued to shout injustice.

"Inspector Ying, the deceased has no sperm spots on his body, and Dabao's rape and murder doesn't make sense." Lu Hehuan helped the big treasure.

"Rape and murder don't make sense, that's murder after attempted rape!" Ying Xi responded impatiently.

"But judging from the traces of the fight at the scene, this is an adult man with sound hands and feet who killed alone, (pointing to Dabao) and he was lame, it is simply impossible."

Lu Hehuan said, glanced at Ying Xi's lame leg, Ying Xi, whose leg injury had not healed, thought that Lu Hehuan was laughing at himself, and immediately exploded.

"What are you looking at, stinky boy? Don't point at the monk and scold the thief, insinuating cold arrows, Lao Tzu, I am not a cripple. ”

Ying Xi said and stomped his foot angrily, but he grinned in pain, so he had to hold back.

"It's useless to talk more, play the harp to the cow." Lu Hehuan's mouth opened, closed again, and muttered in a low voice.

"Who are you talking about? Don't think that after drinking foreign ink for a few days, it is amazing, the investigation depends on experience! You're a hairy boy, you didn't even mix with the police, but you put on a posture of wanting to teach me to investigate the case. "Ying Xi is not relenting.

"Investigation cannot rely solely on experience, but also on evidence."

"You don't need to teach, Inspector Ben is the murderer who tracks down according to the evidence."

Lu Hehuan saw Ying Xi talking nonsense with his eyes open, and became more and more dissatisfied, "Investigate? I only saw Inspector Ying arresting people, but I didn't see you investigating the case. ”

"You're questioning me now? You ask the police officers who are present, do they support my judgment? Ying Xi looked at the policemen, "Support Sister Hao and Dabao are murderers!" ”

Ying Xi fought back angrily, but no one raised his hand at the scene, he was a little embarrassed, but he was angry that he didn't even raise his hand because Liu Rushuang, who had always been obedient to him.

Ying Xi slowly walked over and threatened in a low voice, "Liu Rushuang, don't you support me?" Then there is no need for us to meet in the future. ”

"Can we not raise my hand this time and support you in other things, and we will continue to meet in the future?" Liu Rushuang bargained in a low voice.

"Can't! Raise your hand or don't meet! Ying Xi proudly refused.

Liu Rushuang hesitated, and was afraid that she was the only one who was too dazzling, so she pulled Bai Yulou and raised her hand.

"I support Brother Xi, that empty house is so remote, if Sister Hao is not the murderer, how can she go there? It must be Sister Hao who assisted her son in killing people, and some mothers dote on their children, and they are willing to do even things that hurt nature and reason. Liu Rushuang's words were insincere, as if she was being pointed at a gun and held to her neck with a knife.

"Wronged!" Sister Hao burst into tears.

"Liu Rushuang is right." Ying Xi got off the donkey.

Bao Ying couldn't stand it anymore, "Inspector Ying, in fact, ......"

"Xiao Ying, don't follow the coaxing, do your job, and leave the interrogation of the criminals to me." Ying Xi interrupted Bao Ying rudely, and motioned to the police officer with his eyes, "Bring Sister Hao and Dabao back, and serve the punishment!" ”

"You're abusive lynching." Lu Hehuan was furious.

"If you talk nonsense, Lao Tzu will lynch you abusely." Ying Xi pushed Lu Hehuan away and admitted his shameless behavior angrily.

Lu Hehuan stood in front of Ying Xi again without showing weakness, "If you abuse the lynching of Sister Hao and Dabao, I will complain to you until you are expelled." ”

"You!" Ying Xi pointed to Lu He Huan, and he was angry for a while.

"I do what I say." Lu Hehuan was not stunned, and met Ying Xi's gaze without fear.

It seems that he has met a hard bone, and he should be angry and helpless.

"Inspector Ben does things, I don't need you to command, bring the suspect back to the police station." Ying Xi said.

Lu Hehuan stopped talking, and Ying Xi took people away.

As soon as Lu Hehuan returned to the dormitory, Ying Xi also kicked in the door, he took off his hat, pulled out the chair roughly, made a screeching sound, sat down, and gave Lu Hehuan a blank look.

"Lao Tzu is steamed bun to eat the side of the bean paste, and the case is about to be closed, but I didn't expect to be stabbed by your night pot egg, bad luck!" Ying Xi's tone was not good.

"It's not okay for you to be so so-so, this is related to the suspect's net worth and reputation, how can you be so childish." Lu Hehuan refuted.

"Tell me who the murderer is?" Ying Xi asked, stiffening his neck.

Lu Hehuan was speechless for a while, and now that the case happened, he really had no way to investigate.

"You can't even collapse the fart, since you are a high-achieving student who came back from Scotland Yard, you have the ability to solve this case alone, but don't cry and call your mother to beg Lao Tzu to pull you by then." Ying Xi sneered while eating peanuts.

Lu Hehuan didn't care about it, stood in front of the window, frowned, and turned around to go out.

"Why are you going? Skipping a meal? ”

Ying Xi shouted at Lu He Huan's back, and all he answered was the sound of the door closing.

The neon lights of the evening in Shanghai and the melodious tunes of orchestral instruments are in the ears, creating a bustling and lively scene.

Lu Hehuan looked up at the plaque in the Paramount Ballroom, lowered his head and walked in.

The dancers thought business was coming, and they gathered around.

"This handsome guy looks at it."

"First time, huh?"

Lu Hehuan couldn't resist it, and Mu Ne nodded.

"Once raw, twice cooked, three times and four times this is home."

As the dancers spoke, they all approached Lu Hehuan, Lu Hehuan hurriedly hid back, and the dancer Jin Mei glanced at Lu Hehuan, a little unhappy.

"Yo, why does this handsome guy keep avoiding us? It's like we're sick with the plague and we're afraid to infect you. ”

Lu Hehuan looked over and saw that Jin Mei was wearing a bright red cheongsam, with a slit to the root of her thighs, which was very exposed, her face was covered with heavy makeup, and her cherry mouth was holding a cigarette, so she couldn't help but retreat again.

"Ladies and ladies......"

As soon as Lu Hehuan spoke, the dancers trembled with laughter.

"I, Jin Mei, have been in Paramount for so many years, and it's the first time I've heard someone call us Miss."

Lu Hehuan looked embarrassed, and hurriedly took out a photo of Jin Lu, "I'm here to ask about Jin Lu." ”

Jin Mei took the photo and spat out her cigarette, "Lulu didn't come over today." ”

"She was killed last night."

The dancers were surprised, and Jin Mei's hand holding the photo couldn't help but tremble.

"Do you know when Jin Lu left here yesterday?" Lu Hehuan finally quieted down the group of chattering dancers and hurriedly asked.

"At six o'clock last night, Lulu temporarily asked for leave to go home, and I told me before leaving, I thought she was doing private work outside, but I didn't expect ......" Jin Mei said and couldn't help but redden.

"Did she offend anyone before she died?" Lu Hehuan asked.

Jin Mei shook her head, "How dare we offend the people who come to Paramount, if we insist on offending anyone, it is the inspector of the old gate police station." ”

Lu Hehuan was shocked when he heard Ying Xi's name.

Jin Mei was a little angry, with her hands on her waist, "That guy is very, but he is so stingy, he often pretends to investigate the case to rub oil, twice he looked for Lulu, Lulu lied and said that he was not there, and later Ying Xi saw it and lost his temper, saying that we have no eyes and no beads, and we can't see his inner show." What we want as dancers is money, do we want to show off? ”

Lu Hehuan couldn't help but laugh, and hurriedly sorted out his emotions, "Did Jin Lu owe any debts?" ”

"It's not enough to be in debt, Lulu is the number one here, the business is good, and she doesn't gamble or smoke, so she shouldn't be in debt."

"Thank you."

Lu Hehuan nodded, turned around to leave, and Jin Mei stopped him.

"Handsome guy, you're here, do you want to sit here for a while?"

Jin Mei said and scratched her head, her eyes rolling. Lu Hehuan's face turned red and walked away quickly.

It was getting late, and in the dormitory of the police station, Ying Xi, who was well-fed and drunk, lay on the bed leisurely, stilting Erlang's legs, humming a little song while picking his teeth.

Lu Hehuan returned to the dormitory with a sad brow, his steps heavy.

"The detective who came back from Scotland Yard, how did you find out, did you catch the murderer?" Ying Xi glanced at Lu Hehuan and began to say cool words.

Lu Hehuan stared at Ying Xi for a long time, and Ying Xi's hair straightened.

"Look, what are you looking at?" Ying Xi shrank unnaturally.

"Help the dancers see where your show is."

"You're going to Paramount?" Ying Xi reacted.

"It turns out that Inspector Ying is really famous in Paramount." Lu Hehuan nodded in response.

"Of course, the dancers mentioned me?" Ying Xi heard that he was famous, and he was triumphant.

"yes."

Ying Xi sat up happily, expecting, "What did you say about me?" ”

"Say you're stingy, and the old fake public goes to rub oil privately."

"How can this be reasonable, the dusty woman is really unreliable, and when she turns around, she forgets the good time with me!"

Ying Xi was furious, he didn't expect that he had suddenly changed from fame to notoriety, he suddenly thought of something, and became angry at Lu He Huan.

"You kid don't go to check on Jinlu's affairs, what are you asking me for? I warn you, don't talk nonsense with Director Bao, and beware of me tearing your mouth apart. ”

"Don't worry, I didn't take a course to teach people to chew the root of the tongue when I stayed abroad."

Ying Xi breathed a sigh of relief, glared at Lu Hehuan, and got serious, "What did you find when you went to Paramount?" ”

"I didn't find anything, Jin Lu has no enemies and no debts, and he left suddenly last night, the possibility that the murderer was premeditated is very small, I suspect that the murderer may be a stranger and committed the crime randomly."

Lu Hehuan shrugged in disappointment, but Ying Xi looked proud.

"Isn't this still a big treasure? Strangers, lustful hearts, random crimes, which one of them fits. Lu Hehuan, I advise you not to toss around, and quickly close the case and get the merit. Don't you know, although this old gate police station is small, the competition is fierce, and if you are not careful, my position as a detective may not be stable. If a dancer's case drags on for a month, then don't sleep in my bed, I'll have to get out of my luggage roll myself! ”

Ying Xi said and sighed, "A few days ago, you just reported an unsolved case in a daze, which made Inspector General Gordon very dissatisfied, and the promotion of Director Bao was in vain. ”

Lu Hehuan said with a straight face, "I understand your eagerness to solve the case, but you can't close the case hastily, I believe that the murderer is someone else...... Inspector Ying, the old gate has changed a lot in recent years, I just came back from abroad, I don't know much about all aspects, can you help me find out who Jin Lu met when he went out of Paramount last night? ”

"Needless to say, aren't you amazing? Then you can find out the murderer on your own and show me. Ying Xi refused.

"But ......"

"Don't do it, I won't help you, I'm going to sleep, turn off the lights." Ying Xi said that he was going to lie down again.

"I haven't washed yet."

"A big man, if you don't wash it for a day, you'll die." Ying Xi turned off the lights directly.

"I'm not used to it." Lu Hehuan stood in the dark and argued.

"I'm getting used to it." Ying Xi lay on the bed and turned over, found a comfortable position and didn't move.

Lu Hehuan was under the eaves and had to bow his head, he found the bed by the moonlight, lay on the bed and looked out the window.

The bright moon hung high, a few stars blinked, what a peaceful night. The stronger the spring, Lu Hehuan seemed to find a little bit of the feeling of being in Great Britain, he turned over, and the snoring of Ying Xi shook the sky one after another, but he was not sleepy, he was thinking about who to find to help him find out who Jinlu met last night.

Lu Hehuan recalled over and over again in his mind the clues when he investigated the scene of the crime during the day, and suddenly remembered that Liu Rushuang inquired about the famous bag of the old gate, and he was happy, yes, how did he forget Miss Liu. Thinking of this, he felt relieved, closed his eyes and fell asleep peacefully.