Volume 1: Seeking a Husband Chapter 30 Wangjianglou Tells the Case (I)
Wangjiang Tower is a famous tea shop in the capital, and its reputation is comparable to that of the Lin family's Chunshan Xiaoyue Building.
Chunshan Xiaoyue Building is relatively civilized, and most of the people who go there are some elegant people, chanting poems and tasting wine to invite the moon. Wangjianglou is different, there are all kinds of people who come here, there are all kinds of people who come here, there are people from all walks of life, such as literati, peddlers, pawns, three, six, nine, etc., they usually come here for only one thing, to listen to Mr. Bai's story.
Who is Mr. Bai?
Others may not know his true identity, but Qing Ruxu does.
Because he is the initiator of Jiang Rin's whitewashing, the unlucky guy who was captured by the thieves and almost got shabu-shabu, Bai Jingze, the only son of the king of Jinghe.
This person is not good at beauty, and he is not good at eating and drinking, and he does not enjoy the good glory and wealth in the palace, so he stays in the tea shop every day to tell people stories.
No matter how big or small, as long as it comes out of his mouth, it will be changed, not that he made it up, but he added a lot of his own speculation and reverie, making the story more bizarre and interesting, and making everyone who listens to it feel as if they have experienced it themselves.
Since Bai Jingze settled in Beijing, there have been strange things in the city, and most of the legends and anecdotes have spread from here.
The emperor seems to feel that he owes them a little bit to their father and son for imprisoning him in the capital, and this kind of innocuous thing is up to him.
As soon as Qingru Xu got off the bus in front of Wangjiang Tower, Xiao Er greeted him warmly: "This guest officer, please!" ”
Shizhou often came out with Qingru, and he was not timid on this occasion, and immediately asked: "Find a brighter position for our son." ”
"Yes, yes, a few upstairs, please!"
Qing Ruxu looked upstairs to the platform on the first floor, the young man looked less than twenty years old, with clear eyebrows, thin and tall, wearing a brocade dress embroidered with azure and pine green patterns, except for a folding fan in his hand, there was no pendant next to him, and he looked very weak.
Qing Ruxu looked away, and secretly rolled her eyes in her heart, since the first time she saw Bai Jingze, his clothes were either green or green. Bean green, lotus leaf green, bamboo green, plum green, and with the plain white mid single worn inside, it looks like a little cabbage that has been beaten by frost and is pitiful. God knows what kind of person he was born into...... Maybe it's just a cabbage.
He seemed to have just taken a nap, and his demeanor was a little lazy, but it did not hinder the enthusiasm of the audience for him, and when he stepped towards the thin table, the audience immediately remembered the sound of cheering and applause. At this time, most people are busy with their own business, because there are not many guests, and they will be full, which is far from the usual crowd time, but the excited chatter can still tear down the roof.
Du Wenxian's murder of many lives and on the run, since it happened, Bai Jingze has talked about it more than once, but the government has not yet decided on this case, because there are different opinions, there are many speculations, and the version told by Bai Jingze is the most reasonable for everyone, it is based on today's tea shop, according to the strong request of the guests, it is still talking about this matter.
When Qing Ruxu sat down, she heard Bai Jingze's words: "Late at night on the sixth day of the fifth lunar month, the water breeze is slightly cool, and the moonlight is just right. Huang Ying, a pretty girl who has just turned sixteen, finally can't bear the persecution at home and invites her lover to elope together! It was a good story under the moon before the flower, but unexpectedly, it led to a shocking tragedy! ”
He first said slowly, and then stopped drinking, accompanied by the sound of shocking trees, everyone in the hall was suddenly full of energy and their hearts were boiling.
I saw the folding fan in Bai Jingze's hand slowly unfolding, and the word "white" appeared in front of the fan on the fan, "In other words, there is a rich family surnamed Huang in the east of the city, and the wife of the main family Huang Sanyuan died early, leaving two daughters. The eldest daughter, Huang Li, and the second daughter, Huang Ying, are all like flowers and jade, and their appearance is pretty. Especially the second daughter Huang Ying, who has been smart and lovely since she was a child, and the neighbors have to praise her for being obedient and sensible. ”
"This Huang Ying has been married to her husband's family since she was a child, and she is married to Du Jiawenxian, a childhood sweetheart. The two grew up to the age of sixteen, and they should have married together and tied the knot of Qin and Jin. However, Du Wenxian's family is in the middle of the road, and now his sleeves are breezy and there is no land and no property. Huang Sanyuan was reluctant in his heart, intending to repent of his marriage and marry his daughter to the Yang family, who was the right person. The girl Huang Ying and Du Jiawen begged bitterly, but Huang Sanyuan did not pity and promise. At this point, a pair of mandarin ducks were cornered and had to elope and abscond! ”
In fact, such a story is no more old-fashioned, even Qing Ruxu in the deep boudoir has heard a lot, but what is curious, what is it for, a pair of mandarin ducks escaped out of the house without permission, and can actually cause five lives?
Bai Jingze closed the fan, took a sip of the teacup, and a smile appeared on his cheeks, and the guests who were familiar with him knew that the main topic was coming! Immediately sat upright, staring at him with both eyes, refusing to move away for half a minute, waiting with bated breath for what was next.
Huang Sanyuan's eldest daughter, Huang Li, has been married to Changping County for many years and runs a tofu shop with her husband Zhao Qian. Huang Ying and her sister have a very good relationship, she and Du Wenxian rushed overnight, passing through Changping County, thinking that she didn't know where to settle down in the future, and she didn't know if she could see her relatives again, so she came to Zhao's tofu shop to say goodbye to her sister. ”
However, it just so happened that Huang Li went to her mother-in-law's house with her husband to run errands, and she was not at home, and there was only one helper in the tofu shop, Liu Dabao. Do you know what happened next? ”
Speaking of this, Bai Jingze paused, revealing a meaningful smile.
When everyone heard him ask, they speculated: "I'm afraid that this Liu Dabao saw that the girl Huangying was beautiful and had a bad heart?" ”
Someone next to him immediately retorted: "If he was a murderer and did something wrong with bad intentions, why did he die in the end?" ”
"Maybe Miss Huang Ying died unexpectedly during the dispute, Du Wenxian killed Liu Dabao in anger, and then fled!"
"I have already experienced Liu Dabao's corpse, this person obviously died of a violent illness on the second day! How could it be Du Wenxian who killed him! ”
"Didn't you say that Liu Dabao still has a daughter-in-law? How is it okay? ”
"Or how can it be a coincidence? But Liu Dabao's daughter-in-law Qin went back to her parents' house, and she was not at home that night! ”
"Could it be that Du Wenxian raped and killed Miss Huang Ying and threw her body into the well? Liu Dabao was so frightened that he fell ill and died in his eyes? ”
"Stop talking nonsense! Everyone is going to elope with her! Do you need to do that? As long as Du Wenxian is not crazy, he will not do such a thing! ”
Qing Ruxu listened to the discussion in the upstairs and summed up three points:
First, on the night of the incident, Liu Dabao was the only one in the Zhao family's tofu shop to watch the house.
Second, Huang Ying was raped and killed, her body was thrown into the well, and Du Wenxian disappeared.
Third, Liu Dabao fell ill and died on the second day of the incident.
"This case is really bizarre...... Lan Zhou forgot about his anger early on, and his eyes were so frightened that his eyes straightened, "Girl, what they said is true?" ”
Shizhou tiptoed and said, "No...... These are all their guesses. ”
"But those five lives are obvious! Maybe it's even more terrifying than they guessed! ”
As we all know, the government has already examined the body, and the girl who called Huang Ying was indeed raped and killed and thrown into the well. And Liu Dabao also died of a violent illness on the second day, yes.
Qing Ruxu muttered: "If there are only the dead Huang Ying and Liu Dabao in the incident, and the missing Du Wenxian, the matter is simple, and there are only a few possibilities to guess." The strange thing is, what happened to Liu Dabao's wife Qin, and the death of Huang Li and his wife? ”
While everyone was speculating and arguing, Bai Jingze was shocked to hold it in his hand, and it fell on the thin table with a snap, and the atmosphere in the building changed from extremely noisy to extremely quiet in an instant.
"Let's not talk about what happened on the night Huang Ying and the others went to the tofu shop. Huang Sanyuan found that his daughter was missing, and sent people out to look for him, but found nothing. He knew that the two daughters had a very good relationship, and early the next morning, he hurriedly went out to the Zhao family's tofu shop to find the eldest daughter Huang Li, and wanted to ask about Huang Ying's whereabouts, but only saw Liu Dabao, a helper in the tofu shop, and Qin, who had just returned from her mother's house. ”
Huang Sanyuan didn't want outsiders to know about the scandal of his second daughter's elopement, so he didn't ask anything and went home first. At first, Qin thought it was a fire disease, but the medicine did not work, and the condition worsened......"
"At this time, Huang Li and her husband Zhao Qian also came back from errands, and learned that Liu Dabao was sick, so they invited Lang Zhong, Lang Zhong said that he was sick, but after taking the medicine, he also did not see well, and when he was in the afternoon of the same day, Liu Dabao's whole body was blue and black, and he died like this!"
His words were softened, and the fan was re-opened and fanned twice, and the listeners spontaneously began to discuss.
"It can't be a thief!"
"Yes, otherwise how could a good strong man get sick without warning?"
"Heart disease should need heart medicine, take medicine or something, it will not be cured!"
"But what about his whole body being blue and black? I'm afraid it's not a fear of sin and taking poison! ”
Bai Jingze closed the folding fan and knocked it on the palm of his hand, "Good Duanduan, a person suddenly died of illness, and his whole body was blue and black, so he had to make people suspicious." So it caused another gossip! ”
Bai Jingze woke up a piece of wood and a folding fan, suddenly loud and whispering, as if there was an endless mystery spit out of his mouth. It just so happened that there was a thunderclap outside, and a torrential rain fell from the sky, adding countless tensions to the story in his mouth.
Qing Ruxu has to admit that this little cabbage is indeed a good storyteller. Although there are speculative parts in his account, most of them are facts that have been confirmed by the government, such as Qin and others looking for Langzhong to see Liu Dabao, and Huang Sanyuan went to Zhao's tofu shop to find his daughter on the second day of the incident. These facts, after his reasonable arrangement, present a relatively complete story, and the unsolved doubts in the story are mostly left as suspense and not much.
Even Qingruxu, a person who didn't know anything from beginning to end, actually heard it clearly.