Chapter 194: Stalemate
Ye Qingqing on the side had been watching, and only then did he whisper at this moment: "This woman is still good, but it is true that she can't get into the top three, but it is also pitiful, but his grandmother is a little too powerful, so this granddaughter made this scene, hey!" ”
Lu Jinping said: "This is called pity for the hearts of parents in the world, ah no, grandma's hearts are just as pitiful." In the eyes of the elders, their children are always the best. ”
As he was talking, Xiong Zhutou and others came in one after another to report, saying that they had completed the investigation, and most of them had witnesses who testified against each other to prove that they were not present, and a few did not have enough evidence to bring in Lu Jinping for personal interrogation.
Lu Jinping conducted a review, and after the trial, he found that these people who had no way to prove their alibi were not familiar with Zhu Yunniang, and they only saw them on the day of the opening, because Zhu Yunniang had been in the capital before this, and had no dealings with these people, let alone grievances. At the same time, some people don't know the dead wind butterfly, they haven't met, and they don't have any grievances. That is, these people have no evidence to prove that there was a motive for the killing, and although they had the time to commit the crime, there is no evidence that they were present, because the fingerprints found at the two murder scenes were all from the deceased and the people around him, and there were no other unfamiliar fingerprints.
Lu Jinping turned around and continued to investigate Feng Die's case, focusing on the same time of the crime, to screen whether they had alibi evidence. And this time the scope was even larger, because at that time the wind butterfly was killed in the latrine in the front yard, and the girls and guests in the back yard also came to the front yard at that time. Therefore, basically the entire Chunhualou was included in the scope of the suspect investigation, including all the guests invited that day.
Of course, Lu Jinping was able to make it clear that some of the people around him did not need to be investigated, mainly Feng Tingshi and other officials, who were by Lu Jinping's side at that time. Lu Jinping was able to testify against them, so he did not include them in the scope of the investigation.
The investigation was slow because it was too wide-ranging. Among them, there were many celebrities in the same state, and these people were disgusted by the Yamen's inclusion in the list of suspects, but they did not dare to disobey the lord's orders. So they found some reason to push back, which made the investigation even slower.
By the time everyone had finished the investigation, half a month had passed.
After half a month of investigation, the final result made Lu Jinping very disappointed, nothing was found, and those who had been included in the suspects finally found evidence to rule out the suspicion.
Lu Jinping also hoped that Dai Qiu would return to normal, and knew what happened at that time from her mouth, but this Dai Qiu was really crazy. From that day on, he was afraid of seeing the light and afraid of the night, and when it came to night, he would go crazy and scream hysterically, and during the day he would shrink to the corner of the bed, and whenever he saw someone, he would go crazy, and he would grab food for her with his hands, and he would not ask for it if he didn't give it to her.
The rich man invited all the famous doctors in the same state. He even invited Langzhong from the capital to see Dai Qiu, but it had no effect.
Lu Jinping's last hope was put on hold.
The investigation of the case has reached an impasse.
This half a month is a long time for Lu Jinping. It was even longer for the rich horse, and it was full of suffering. Because he has been investigating several murders in Chunhualou for half a month, his building cannot be opened, and he will spend a lot of money on a day's delay, and he can't afford to pay for hundreds of people in vain.
I watched my money flow out. But it didn't come in. Therefore, from the beginning of the investigation, he sent a lot of money to Feng Tingshi, begging Feng Tingshi to investigate the case and allow him to open a business. He assured. No one up and down is going to leave the same state. But Feng Tingshi shook his head and said, this is a case involving lives, and these murders are very important, and besides, the investigation is not Feng Tingshi himself, but Lord Lu is responsible, and he is not too likely to interfere.
The rich man personally gave Lu Jinping a generous gift, but this time Lu Jinping didn't receive a penny, only said that he would check it as soon as possible and they could open for business.
He didn't want to deliberately make things difficult for the other party, these three consecutive lives were very weird, and so far there were no clues, obviously the scope of this case was so narrow, only limited to these people in Chunhualou, but he couldn't find any clues, which made him very annoyed.
If they are allowed to open, the scene will be destroyed, and now, the scene may still leave some traces that he did not find in advance, so he strictly ordered the crime scene to be tightly sealed, and almost every three or five days he has to squat for half a day to figure out what is the loophole, in this case, of course, he does not allow Chunhualou to reopen, so as to affect his solving of the case. Compared with Chunhualou making money, the three lives are even more important, and he must arrest the real culprit as soon as possible and not allow any obstacles to this matter.
There are also some connections in the court of the rich man Ma, but when he wanted to use these relationships, these relationships shook his head as soon as he heard Lu Jinping's three words, and he didn't say the reason, but just said that he was really sorry that he couldn't ask other people's affairs. In this way, the rich man of the horse was desperate and wanted to cry without tears.
In the end, he thought of a trick and made a heavy promise to Yufeng, if she could persuade Lu Jinping to allow them to open, he would reward her heavily.
So, on this day, Yufeng dressed up with makeup, took the maid, and came to visit Lu Jinping in a carriage.
Lu Jinping was anxious, he was really distressed about this case, he really didn't know what to do, the porter came to report that Yufeng had come to visit, Lu Jinping took the post and read it, and when he saw the dragon flying and the phoenix dancing, he was immediately annoyed and swept away. I thought to myself, instead of thinking about it like this, it is better to scatter my mind first, maybe I can relax my nervous brain, and maybe I can think of some ideas to solve the case.
So Lu Jinping hurriedly ordered to be invited.
After Yufeng came in, Ying Yingfu gave a salute, and Lu Jinping smiled and said, "Why, Miss Yufeng has the leisure to come to meet recently?" ”
Yufeng didn't take the opportunity to say that you closed our Chunhualou for half a month, and we have no business to do, of course we have free. She knew that the more anxious she was to show her intentions, the more disgusted Lu Jinping would be, so she just smiled and said, "If you don't come to see me, I can only come to see you." ”
Lu Jinping patted his head and said: "I'm sorry, I'm really busy these days, although I am investigating the case in Chunhualou, I really don't have time to see the girl, don't be surprised." ”
"How so!" Dai Qiu looked at him affectionately and said, "On this hot day, stay in the house, but it's so hot, is the lord interested in us going to the river cruise?" ”
"Okay, let's go, it's just that on this hot day, there are only a lot of people on the cruise river, and I don't know if there can be a painting boat!"
"If Lord Li wants to cruise the river, are you still worried that no one will prepare a painting boat for you? Don't worry, I've hired a painting boat to park at the dock and wait for the lord. ”
"You knew I was going to go with you?"
"If you don't try, how do you know! Could it be that the lord plans to refuse the slave family? ”
Seeing her coquettish appearance, Lu Jinping couldn't help but move in his heart, and said: "If you want to refuse Miss Yufeng's kindness, but it still takes great courage, but it's a pity that I don't have the courage, so I have to follow the girl." ”
Ye Qingqing said beside him: "Sir, I want to go with you!" ”
Lu Jinping looked at her sideways, and when he saw that she looked nervous, he knew that she remembered the thrilling scene in the Tongzhou River a few months ago. I was kidnapped by Wang Bagui's lady Lu Niang, but I scared this little girl enough, and she was really bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope. As soon as she mentioned the Tongzhou River, she remembered that scene again, so she didn't care about others, and hurriedly offered to go with her.
Lu Jinping smiled and nodded, "Of course, you are my shadow, and you will follow me wherever I go." ”
Ye Qingqing smiled, thought about it and said, "Bring the third sister with you, you have a companion, and at the same time, you have a helper for everything." ”
Lu Jinping knew that Ye Qingqing couldn't take care of it last time because he was separated, and this time he took the third sister with one more helper, so he wouldn't take care of one or the other, so he nodded and said, "Okay, it's up to you to arrange." ”
Su Sanmei nodded happily when she heard this, and hurriedly followed Ye Qingqing to pack up and prepare a little, and followed Lu Jinping out of the courtyard.
Yufeng smiled and said, "Does the lord enjoy his face and ride in the same carriage with the slave family?" ”
Lu Jinping didn't look back and could feel Ye Qingqing next to him with a gloomy face, he knew that if he agreed, Ye Qingqing would definitely speak out against it. Because, the carriage is relatively small, and a carriage seats two people. If he wanted to sit in the same carriage with Yufeng, then Ye Qingqing would be separated from him, which would defeat Ye Qingqing's purpose of following him at all times. But when Lu Jinping saw Yufeng's coquettish appearance, he couldn't bear to save his face, and refusing a beautiful woman's request was indeed not something that a man could do, so he thought about it, turned his head and said to Ye Qingqing: "Girl, your equestrian skills are good, or you can ride a horse and follow us, and let the third sister ride alone." ”
As soon as Ye Qingqing heard Lu Jinping's words, she knew that he had already made up his mind to go with this woman, of course she didn't dare to directly disobey Lu Jinping's decision, so she had to pout and tell the groom to bring her horse. During this period, she first checked Yufeng's carriage, even looked at the roof of the carriage, and only after confirming that there was no danger did she nod.
Lu Jinping smiled, helped Yufeng into the carriage first, and then followed the carriage. Ye Qingqing turned over and rode a horse to follow the carriage, alerting the surrounding situation at any time.
Lu Jinping sat next to Yufeng, and felt that the faint fragrance on Yufeng's body was refreshing, so he looked at her and said, "What kind of incense do you use?" Such a good smell. ”
"It's a spice made with violet, I like it very much, does it smell good?"
"It's really good, and your taste is also very good, but if you appreciate the violet flower too much, it will make people feel depressed, and it must be stopped in moderation."
"Yes, thank you for your teachings, Yufeng is engraved in my heart."
"There's no need to be so polite, right?" Lu Jinping asked with a smile.
As the carriage staggered forward on the bluestone pavement, the bodies of the two swayed gently with the swaying of the carriage. (To be continued......)