Chapter 108: People and Ghosts
There were bursts of shouting and shouting in the song and dance workshop, and it was only at this time that Aunt Fat realized the true purpose of Su Wuming's visit.
"Just now Master Su said that he wanted to investigate the murder, I don't know what murder to investigate, but there has never been a murder in my song and dance workshop?"
Su Wuming saw that Aunt Fat was a little nervous, and smiled faintly: "It's just to make sure of something, Cheng Bo, the eldest son of Cheng Mansion, was killed last night, and his second brother said that he was in your song and dance workshop all the time last night, but that's the case?" ”
When Aunt Fat heard this, a smile suddenly appeared on her face: "That's right, that Cheng Zhong is indeed me here, I watched the singing and dancing all night, and then called a girl to play with him all night, and I left early this morning." ”
"Haven't slept all night?"
"This ...... How do I know this, if Master Su goes in with me, I will call that girl, and you can ask? ”
Su Wuming had long wanted to enter this song and dance workshop to take a look, but now that he heard Aunt Fei's words, he nodded, and then went inside with Aunt Fei.
The song and dance studio is very luxurious, and above the hall, there is a stage, and the stage has a staircase, which leads directly to the woman's residence above, which is supposed to be used to let the dancing girl perform on stage, when a stunning woman appears from upstairs and walks slowly to the stage, the elegance is absolutely crazy for all men.
At this time, there was a woman dancing on the stage, her figure was plump, but not to the point of obesity, the waist was twisted, giving people a very tempting teasing, Su Wuming glanced at it, and Aunt Fat hurriedly said: "That's the top Rongrong girl in our song and dance workshop, singing and dancing, all of them are top-notch." ”
With that, Aunt Fat led them up to her own room on the second floor, and asked Su Wuming to wait a while, and she went to call someone; Su Wuming and Tang Xiong sat in Aunt Fei's house, swept around, and found that Aunt Fei's room was much more comfortable than theirs, with a high bed and a soft sleeper, a screen and a curtain, and incense, which was really a rich man's enjoyment.
And just when Su Wuming and Tang Xiong were admiring the fat aunt's bedroom, the fat aunt led a woman in, this woman was in moderate shape, with light eyebrows painted at this time, and her beautiful eyes revealed a trace of nervousness, but with this nervousness, she looked even more pitiful.
Su Wuming smiled lightly and asked, "What's the girl's name?" ”
"Lijuan!"
"You were with Cheng Zhong last night?"
Lijuan nodded: "It's the little girl, but the little girl doesn't know anything about him!" ”
Seeing Lijuan say such a thing, she thought that Aunt Fat had informed them of the purpose of their trip when she called her.
"Miss Lijuan, don't be nervous, we didn't doubt what you meant, we just came to verify one thing, Cheng Zhong was with you last night, did you leave halfway?"
"In the middle of the night, he is in a hurry, and after going out for a while, he will not come back soon."
"You two haven't slept all night?"
Lijuan's cheeks were slightly red, and she nodded: "Cheng Zhong has a lot of tricks and refuses to sleep, and the little woman didn't fall asleep until morning." ”
After listening to Lijuan's words, Su Wuming fell into deep thought, if Lijuan was telling the truth, then Cheng Zhong would have no possibility of killing, and Cheng Zhong did not kill anyone, then the person who killed must be among the others, but who is it?
Cheng Dong? Cheng Qing? Cheng Die?
All three of them have the potential to kill, because of the tendency of profit, everyone will want to take a risk.
There are three men in the Cheng family, if Cheng Bo is killed, the other two men are likely to be appointed by Cheng Yu as the head of the Cheng family, although the chance is only half, but it is better than no chance at all, right?
Cheng Die is already married to a wife, her husband is a useless scholar, how can she rely on that restaurant alone, maybe after Cheng Bo's death, the family property will be divided equally, if so, the two of them will be able to get a piece of the pie, of course, Cheng Qing will be followed by a piece of the pie.
But if these people did it alone, they wouldn't be able to pull the corpse to the beams of the house, could it be that they were complicit in the murder?
When he thought of this, Su Wuming's heart suddenly sank, when he was in Luoyang City, the murder in Wen Wan'er's family was committed by a partnership of three people, and now the Cheng family's industry is so big, in order to be able to get a piece of the pie, it is very possible for several people to commit murder together.
And the Cheng family was haunted before, maybe it was these people who did it?
But after thinking about it this way, how to collect evidence? If there is no clue, there is no way to prove that they killed people, and there is a suspicion, which can also be said to be unreasonable, that is, the night Cheng Bo was killed, Cheng Zhong was warm with people in the song and dance workshop, if it was a couple of people who collaborated to murder, how could Cheng Zhong be missing?
With Cheng Dong and Cheng Die, what can they do? More importantly, they are hostile to each other, how can they unite because of this?
And think about it again, Cheng Bo has the same father and mother as Cheng Zhong and Cheng Die, no matter how bad the relationship is, how can Cheng Zhong and Cheng Die join forces with their competitors Cheng Die and Cheng Qing to kill their eldest brother?
If Cheng Zhong and Cheng Die don't join forces with Cheng Dong and them, will Cheng Dong and Cheng Qing, brother and sister, kill people for this? They were born to concubines, and their status was low, if they waited for Cheng Yu to be a hundred years old and the family business fell into the hands of Cheng Bo, their brothers and sisters might not have a better time, fortunately, it was better to kill Cheng Bo, whether it was to divide the family property equally or whatever, they could achieve unexpected benefits.
Just when Su Wuming was thinking like this, Aunt Fat suddenly asked, "Master Su, are you still asking?" ”
Su Wuming turned around and shook his head: "There's nothing to ask, Miss Lijuan, please take care of yourself!" ”
Seeing that Su Wuming was not very strict, Lijuan's face also showed a smile, and after nodding slightly, she left Aunt Fei's room.
Because there was nothing else to ask, Su Wuming got up and was about to say goodbye, but at this time, Aunt Fat hurriedly smiled and said: "Lord Su, the Mid-Autumn Festival will be more than half a month away, the little woman asked Lord Su to write the best lyrics, I don't know if you can come here to enjoy the light and write the first words for the woman in my song and dance workshop on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival?" ”
Now that the Mid-Autumn Festival is indeed approaching, there is still some time, and Su Wuming doesn't know what will happen in the future, so it is difficult to agree, so he has to use some vague words to fool the past.
After leaving the song and dance workshop and returning home, after Su Wuming told him what he asked and his thoughts, Wen Wan'er and the others all felt that the two brothers and sisters of Cheng Dong Cheng Qing were very suspicious, and felt that they should send someone to monitor the two of them.
And just before they could start their actions, Cheng Bo's wife hurried over and said that there was something important to report.
Cheng Bo's wife came, probably thinking of some clues, and Su Wuming hurriedly asked people to invite her in.
After Cheng Bo's wife saluted, she hurriedly said: "Master Su, the woman has discovered an important thing, and she must say it, maybe it was that cheap hoof who killed my husband." ”
Su Wuming frowned slightly, and said, "What's the matter, you can tell me." ”
"Lord Hui, here's the thing, didn't you ask that Zheng Fei didn't sleep in the house at night today, after you left, I thought about it carefully, and suddenly found that something was very wrong, this Zheng Fei was in charge of pen, ink, paper and inkstone in the study, so he didn't have too much contact with outsiders, but in our Cheng Mansion, Cheng Qing, the little girl, likes Wenmo the most, and often goes to the study, I wonder if there is something between the two of them, and Zheng Fei killed my husband ruthlessly for Cheng Qing?"
After Cheng Bo's wife finished speaking, Su Wuming and the others were suddenly excited, they were suspicious of Cheng Qing's brother and sister, and now there was a matter between Zheng Fei and Cheng Qing, if Zheng Fei and Cheng Dong joined forces to kill people and hang their bodies, it was absolutely okay.
It's just that these are just Mrs. Cheng Bo's speculations, and there is no evidence, so after Su Wuming asked Mrs. Cheng Bo to leave, he immediately found Jiang Ying and Lin Yun and asked them to secretly investigate and monitor Zheng Fei and Cheng Qing, and they must find out whether there is really a personal relationship between the two of them.
After hearing this, the two immediately took the order and left.
In the afternoon, the autumn wind was a little bleak, Su Wuming saw that there was nothing to do, so he and Tang Xiong went to the county office, Wen Wan'er and Nangong Yan went to the store, now the weather is getting colder day by day, the number of people who need cloth must increase, they need to go to the store to take care of it, maybe these few months will be the peak season for their business.
But it was said that after Su Wuming and Tang Xiong entered the county office, Qian Sheng hurriedly greeted him, and after he came out, he immediately asked: "Master Su, how is the murder investigation in Chengfu?" ”
"There aren't many clues for the time being, this official came here today just to ask, did he send someone to find the person who was mistaken for a ghost?"
Qian Sheng broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead, and said again and again: "The lower officials have sent officials to find it, but there are no clues so far, Lord Su, haven't you already determined that the murderer was committed by the people of Cheng Mansion, why are you holding on to that ghost pretend?" ”
Seeing Qian Sheng ask like this, Su Wuming smiled lightly: "Does Lord Qian think that the person who pretends to be a ghost is very strange?" ”
"Strange, what's wrong?"
"On the day of the Midyear Festival, the person who beat the watch was the person he saw in the City God Temple, the City God Temple is some distance away from Cheng Mansion, if he is hungry and wants to find something to eat, it is easy to go to other people's homes, why did he appear in Cheng Mansion?"
Qian Sheng tilted his head and touched it with his hand, as if he couldn't understand what Su Wuming meant.
"Lord Qian, to put it in layman's terms, the official thinks that in this Qiantang County, there are two people who are considered to be ghosts, one of them is naturally the one that the watchman met in the City God Temple, and the other one is the person in the Cheng Mansion pretending, the person in the City God Temple is likely to be a rogue man, that night he was hungry and went to the City God Temple to steal food, and later was regarded as a ghost, I think after the people of the Cheng Mansion heard about this incident, they suddenly came up with a way to kill Cheng Yu, so they pretended to be a ghost in the Cheng Mansion, makes everyone think that the lonely ghost wants to find a substitute ghost in Cheng's mansion, so after Cheng Bo's death, everyone thinks that he was killed by a ghost, and the murderer used it, which is exactly this. ”