22. Flowers

Two-two flowers

Because he made an appointment with Xiong Tianlei and Zheng Qiaoniang to meet in the temple, Ding Si got up early the next day and went out to see that the sky was full of dark clouds, and there were faint signs of rain. Ding Si hesitated, but still walked straight towards the temple, still thinking along the way, he didn't have any clues here, and he didn't know what the two of them found.

Ding Si arrived at the temple, Zheng Qiaoniang had been waiting for a long time, Ding Sigang and Zheng Qiaoniang didn't say a word, Xiong Tianlei hurriedly walked in, and when he saw the two of them waiting here, he hurriedly apologized and said:

"I'm sorry, my dad went out early in the morning today to be a bodyguard, and I sent my dad off, and I went out a little late."

Ding Si and Xiong Tianlei stood still, briefly talked about the results of his inquiry yesterday, and frowned at the end and said: "I don't have a clue here, the only thing that can be determined is that there is only one channel for outsiders to visit the prison, but I don't know why Miss Zheng entered and exited from another road that day, and I still wonder if Miss Zheng was confused at night?" ”

Hearing Ding Si say this, Zheng Qiaoniang thought about her experience that night again, and then shook her head and said: "I was quite curious that day, why there were no jailers to interrogate along the way, but then I thought about it, since it was better to do it early, someone must have let me go." ”

Ding Si asked again: "Miss Zheng, how can Brother Ling and the prisoners in custody instruct someone to take you into the cell?" ”

Zheng Qiaoniang replied: "I originally thought that person was my brother's friend, and it was normal to think that my brother had some friends outside. ”

Ding Si didn't ask any more, and waited for Xiong Tianlei and Zheng Qiaoniang to continue.

Sure enough, Xiong Tianlei continued: "After the three of us broke up yesterday, I went to Sun's pawnshop, but the shopkeeper was not there, and the young man looked like he ignored me and made fun of me. Xiong Tianlei was embarrassed to repeat yesterday's situation to the two, the Sun family pawnshop is a slightly larger pawnshop in the capital, the pawnshop guys see some broken children every day, and they speak mercilessly, listening to Xiong Tianlei finish speaking, he said sarcastically: "Master, the small one has been in the pawnshop for a long time, and I haven't heard of the name that can pick up things, if so, people come to the door every day to pick up things, and our pawnshop is closed early." At the moment, he made a straight face and no longer ignored Xiong Tianlei.

Seeing that Xiong Tianlei was also stunned, Ding Si had no choice but to raise his eyes to see what the results of Zheng Qiaoniang's visit yesterday were.

Zheng Qiaoniang said: "I went to the mighty dart bureau yesterday, and it happened that the dart bureau Luo Da Dang was in the shop, I asked Luo Da Dang for my brother's relics, but I didn't expect Luo Da Dang to let people drive me away at that time, at that time, I was temporary, and ran directly to the house where we lived before, and found that the house was completely empty, and the rest of the things did not know where to go. After I came out of the mighty dart bureau, I privately found Ma Zhigang's daughter-in-law, who I knew before, and the sister-in-law of the Ma family told me that Luo Tiancheng and Luo Tianci told everyone not to talk about this matter anymore, the Xiong family case was my brother's own confusion for a while, and he couldn't do his best, and the result was to harm others and himself, and it had nothing to do with the dart game. I couldn't get angry last night, so I sneaked into Luo Tiancheng's room and listened to him talk bad about my brother to his daughter-in-law for a long time. Zheng Qiaoniang recounted her experience yesterday one by one, and only skipped the fact that she threw a handful of crotons into the water tank of the dart game.

Xiong Tianlei listened to Zheng Qiaoniang's words, and couldn't wait to ask: "Miss Zheng, it seems that the Luo brothers don't know the hidden secrets, if his brother does this, Brother Ling will take the top of the tank for them, for the sake of Brother Ling's sacrifice to repay him, they should also be polite to you, but now they are driving you away, without a trace of affection, but it makes people feel that they have nothing to do with this case." ”

Zheng Qiaoniang listened to Xiong Tianlei's analysis, although her face was a little unwilling, but she gently bowed her head and said: "There is some truth in this, I found someone familiar with the dart game yesterday, and I can also be sure that on the night of the seventh day of the fifth month, the Luo brothers asked my brother to drink, and they got drunk that night, and slept until dawn." ”

Ding Si suddenly said on the side: "Miss Zheng, do the Luo brothers have no affection for the Ling brothers and sisters?" ”

Zheng Qiaoniang said without hesitation: "Yes, not only for us, but also for everyone in the dart game, if it weren't for the old man Xiong's affection to support him, I don't know how many people would have left." ”

Ding Si thought for a while and said: "In this way, Brother Ling has no motive and time to commit the crime, and there is no reason to take the blame for others, so why do you admit that you are the murderer?" ”

Ding Si paused for a moment, and then asked, "Also, where did the golden hairpin come from?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Xiong Tianlei over there asked in surprise: "What golden hairpin?" ”

Ding Si looked at Xiong Tianlei strangely and said, "It is said that when Zheng Kui was arrested that day, he found your mother's golden hairpin from his personal package. ”

Xiong Tianlei was immersed in sadness at the time, he didn't know anything about these things, hearing Ding Si say this, he was a little stunned, and muttered in his mouth: "My mother has a golden hairpin, which was given to my mother by my father, and my mother loves it very much, but it is rare to see her take it out and wear it." ”

When Ding Si heard Xiong Tianlei say this, he faintly felt that something was wrong, thought for a while and asked, "Tianlei, did you lose any other belongings on the night your mother disappeared?" ”

Xiong Tianlei thought about it for a while and said: "I haven't heard of other belongings missing, my mother's room is neat and tidy, and there is no trace of turning over the cabinets." ”

After hearing this, Zheng Qiaoniang couldn't help but shout: "This case must not have been done by my brother." ”

Ding Si also bowed his head lightly: "I also think that Brother Ling has a lot to do with this case, but why did Brother Ling flee with Jin Hai and readily admit it?" ”

The three of them fell silent, this case is inextricably linked to Zheng Kui, but Zheng Kui committed suicide in prison, and all the suspicions are nowhere to be found.

The temple was quiet, and the three of them heard the sound of raindrops hitting the roof, it turned out that unconsciously, it was raining, looking out of the window, the rain was falling so tightly and densely, and they couldn't get out of the temple for a while.

In the silence, suddenly the temple door was pushed open, and a person ran from outside, still shouting: "This thief, God, if it rains, it will rain." ”

After the man stood still, he saw that there were three people in the room, and first laughed twice and said, "Young man, you also came here to take shelter from the rain, right?" ”

Ding Si looked at that person, but he couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded, that person was actually Ma Dafu who happened to meet twice yesterday!

Ma Dafu looked at Ding Si, and couldn't help laughing, it turned out that he went to the teahouse to listen to books today, and unfortunately encountered rain on the road, so he went to this broken temple to take shelter from the rain, but he didn't expect to meet Ding Si and the three again.

Ma Dafu laughed so hard that his beard trembled, and after laughing, he said to Ding Si: "These two days have made up for all the opportunities that have not been encountered for so many years, the world is so small, sometimes it is so coincidental!" ”

Ding Si hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and introduced Xiong Tianlei and Zheng Qiaoniang vaguely.

Listening to Ding Si say that the three of them were friends, Ma Dafu didn't ask much, but just pulled Ding Si to ask about the fast house he was familiar with, and after listening to it, he couldn't help but sigh, shook his head and sighed: "I used to deal with the fast house when I was in the prison, as if I was still drinking together yesterday, but many years have passed, and I am old, this person is not convinced." ”

Ding Si heard the word "Ti Jian Si", his eyes couldn't help but light up, he only saw Ma Dafu a few times with his father when he was a child, but Ma Dafu didn't know anything about the errand in Ti Jian Si, Ding Si smiled on his face, and asked in his mouth:

"Uncle Ma, were you on an errand in the prison division back then?"

Ma Dafu is still immersed in memories: "Yes, I have been in the prison department for a lifetime." ”

Ding Si hurriedly said:

"Uncle Ma, it's been a strange thing recently, a friend of mine was on an errand in the prison department, and one night he went to the cell to inspect, but he heard the sound of people visiting inside and outside the cell, and he was scared at the moment, and he stayed in the passage to see who broke into the cell, but he waited for a long time, but no one waited, and went to check all the cells, but he didn't find anything, and he fell ill after returning home, saying that he had collided with ghosts."

After hearing this, Ma Dafu said disdainfully: "There are no ghosts and gods, those are people, if there are ghosts and gods, the retribution will be retributed long ago." ”

Ding Si asked: "My friend said that no one was released into the cell that night, and no one left the cell, but he obviously heard that an outsider was visiting the prison, which is very strange. ”

Ma Dafu looked around, and said to Ding Si: "Go back and tell your friend, let him not think too much, he doesn't know many old things, and those of us who know things are no longer alive." ”

Ding Si heard what he said, and hurriedly pushed Xiong Tianlei next to him and said: "Uncle Ma, I can't hide it, this is the friend who was frightened that night, we are here to discuss buying some incense and candles, burning more paper money, and confessing to the ghosts and gods who collided." ”

Xiong Tianlei was also clever, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Ma Dafu looked at Xiong Tianlei's initial recovery from his serious illness, and said in a deep groan: "It's okay to tell you about this, but you still have to work as an errand in the prison department." ”

The rain was murmuring outside the window, and Ma Dafu mentioned the past, and his voice was a little low: "Actually, there is a small door to enter the cell." In the first year of Chenghua, the tiger head prison was on fire, burned to death more than 30 prisoners, according to the inspection envoy to the name of negligence to make trouble, Shun Tianfu Yin, Chenghua Emperor just ascended to the beginning of the treasure, he encountered this matter, he was furious, at that time he withdrew the house Yin, and did the prison chief, and then took office to strengthen the prison director was afraid that this matter would happen again, so he took the initiative to build a secret door in the tiger head prison, in case of accidents, so many years have passed, this secret door has not been used again. Did the mysterious visit you see that day through a secret door? But why is the prisoner so important that he allows the principal to open a secret door privately? This secret door can only be opened in the event of a major accident. ”

Ding Si was shocked when he heard this, and looked at Xiong Tianlei and Zheng Qiaoniang, and couldn't help but smile on his face.