Chapter 49: Interrogation
"Is this a coincidence? I guess maybe the assassin was already hiding in the crowd, and even if he didn't come to the lion dance team, I'm afraid he would have taken the opportunity to do it. It's strange, big brother, who did you provoke to be so cruel to you? ”
"How do I know?" Qi Shan's death made him lose the ability to think, he is not very good at the rules recently, but he really can't think of anyone who has a deep hatred with him, his friends are all people on the scene, he has always been generous, they should be enthusiastic to hold themselves, and none of his fox friends have the backbone to be willing to be a dead soldier.
"Maybe those people didn't come for the eldest brother, maybe they just want to make our Zhou family unhappy." Qi Mei provided another way of thinking.
Everyone didn't say anything, and the truth had to rely on the police department's investigation anyway.
Zhou Yuehua completely lost Qi Shan, and looked at the nurse who came to cover Qi Shan's face with a white cloth and pushed her to the morgue, as if she were in the past.
She sacrificed herself to save him, the first time they met in Liyuan Pavilion in the past, and the intimacy of meeting her in private, her visions often appeared in front of her eyes, Yuehua shouted "Shanshan" and reached out to grab it but it drifted away with the wind.
When the news reached Zhilan's ears, the whole city knew about it. She saw the news from the newspaper, the reporters wrote the scene of Qi Shan's knife thrillingly, how to get the knife, how to ambush, the atmosphere took a sharp turn for the worse at the moment of celebration and jubilation, Zhi Lanzai read it carefully twice, crying while reading, she remembered what Qi Shan asked at the birthday banquet, and the confidence when she replied loudly "I can ......" is still vivid, thinking of her sister's tragic death, Zhilan became more and more sentimental. Qi Shan didn't know that she was her own sister, and she never had a chance to tell her again.
What about Yuchun? Can she stand the blow? She held the newspaper in her hand, and when she saw this report, so many thoughts rushed into her mind for a while.
"You see it." Li Shaowen came down from upstairs with his pocket and sat down on the sofa next to her, "The newspaper said that the murderer was obviously stabbing at Zhou Yuehua, but it was your sister-in-law who died, it seems that it is your big brother who has a headache, I don't know what to provoke, I think the Zhou family will be defeated by your eldest brother sooner or later, this time it was your sister-in-law who blocked the disaster, next time I am afraid that Zhou Yuehua will not be so good." ”
Li Shaowen's words were so cold-blooded and thorough, Zhilan felt uncomfortable: "These reporters haven't seen it with their own eyes, how can they fully believe it?" Maybe someone is looking for revenge, our Zhou family has been in business for many years, how can there be few opponents. ”
He heard that Zhilan was in a bad mood, and took her hand: "In a few days, we will definitely go to your sister-in-law's funeral, and we will ask for details when the time comes." ”
Mu Qing has been waiting for news from the police station, and the whole city is under martial law, and he has to dig three feet into the ground to arrest the murderer. Not to mention that the young grandmother of the Zhou family in Jiangcheng who died was a head-on, that is, an ordinary person, who had such a bad homicide case under her rule, with Sun Zongxiang's example, Chief Zhang had to guard against it, and the wind and grass in Nanjing, even if he did not shake the foundation, he was punished by his boss enough to drink a pot, and it was a matter of career and had to be prevented.
This time, the focus was on the city gate, railway station, wharf, etc., and there were many armed military and police on the street, and for a time everyone was spreading the details of the Qi Shan case, discussing which outlaw did it, fearing whether the criminals would shoot again, speculating about the cause of the case, and there were countless rumors in the market.
Yuchun fell ill again and closed down, and every day Qifu soup was continuous, and the whole house only hid from the old lady, and everyone didn't dare to talk about Qi Shan. The lord has an order, as long as anyone dares to talk about the matter of the third young lady, he will be beaten at the lightest, and the mansion will be sold at the worst, and the Qi Mansion will be restored to calm on the surface.
After several days of anxiety and depression, the police station finally came with the gratifying news: in an alley full of prostitutes, traces of the murderer were found, and the thief was finally arrested.
During the interrogation, Sergeant Wang made an exception and asked Mu Qing and Yuehua to sit in the interrogation room.
As soon as Mu Qing stepped into here, a feeling of déjà vu came to his face, and if he didn't have to, he didn't want to or want to set foot here again.
"We met again on Tuesday, this time is different, for the sake of me taking care of you at the time, I would like to ask you to say a few more kind words for me in front of Chief Zhang." Sheriff Wang looked flattering, and let Mu Qing sit down, and Yuehua also followed.
Mu Qing smiled politely: "It's easy to say." "After going through many things, he can control his emotions and show what he should show, and he can't see half of what he shouldn't show.
Yue Hua couldn't wait to look at the prisoner sitting opposite him through the dim light. It was a complete stranger man, many days of hiding in Tibet made him look sloppy, this person's hair was long to the ears, he was very thin, he pointed at Yuehua with a fierce look in his eyes, and roared at Sheriff Wang: "How can there be him, let him go, I don't want to see him!" ”
Sheriff Wang roared in a deep voice: "Zhou Dashao is a witness! You subordinate prisoner still dare to pick and choose! ”
"Let him go! Otherwise, you don't want me to confess! After saying that, he kept silent, and when he looked at it again, he even closed his eyes.
"Don't force me to torture you." Sheriff Wang felt that he had no face in front of the two young masters of the Zhou family, half intimidating and half threatening.
The other party is also a hard bone, no matter how intimidating he is, he doesn't open his mouth at all, and he is even more deaf to Sheriff Wang's words.
"Big brother, why don't you take a break in the office over there! I'm listening here, and the top priority is to let him confess his guilt, so that the truth of his sister-in-law's case can be revealed as soon as possible. Mu Qing persuaded Yuehua to say.
Yuehua had to get up and leave.
"Hey, let the two young masters laugh." Sergeant Wang smiled dryly and rubbed his hands in embarrassment.
"It's okay, Sheriff Wang can start."
"Yes, yes......" He cleared his throat and asked about the motive for the crime, the murderer's words made Mu Qing immediately understand everything.
"I have done miscellaneous work in Jinfenglou, I am from Huangcheng, the village calls me Zhao Er, and the peony girl in Jinfenglou is my childhood sweetheart. Last year, the Yangtze River flooded, and Peony's father and mother died in that flood, and I escaped with her, but we got separated on the way to escape. It wasn't until I begged and came to Jiangcheng that I accidentally met Peony outside the Jinfeng Tower, and she told me that she had been sold here.
But at that time, she was not called Peony, nor was she the top red girl, she saw that I was living in a fixed place, and introduced me to Jinfeng Tower as a handyman. I was working openly and secretly trying to protect her, and I found myself loving her more and more. I really can't stand those dignitaries who take money and want to belittle her. The scariest thing is that she has changed, she has changed, you know? Zhao Er cried bitterly as he spoke.
"Go on!" Sheriff Wang shouted.
"Later, she wore gold and silver, grease and powder, I once persuaded her to leave here and live a normal life, but she refused, and laughed at me and said that I couldn't give what she wanted, so I hated her friends, especially Zhou Yuehua."
"Why?" Mu Qing was puzzled.
"Peony is not a red girl, and there is no fixed number of guests to accompany her, only Zhou Yuehua always asks her to accompany her after she comes, maybe it is just fun for Young Master Zhou. But Peony is not, I can see that she is sincere, I don't allow it! I'm going to kill him, so Peony will naturally die, but it's a pity that it was his wife who died unjustly. Zhao Er snorted twice, "This stupid woman actually died on behalf of her man, if she knew what her man did behind her back, she should collect debts from him from the underworld!" ”
The sound insulation of the office is very poor, and Zhao Er said that the excitement was very loud, and the words were full of ridicule of Zhou Yuehua, so angry that Yuehua pounded the table again and again. His words also made Yuehua ashamed and blamed himself, after all, Qi Shan's murder was related to himself, and he regretted getting acquainted with Peony.
"Who told you to do it?" Sheriff Wang shouted.
"No, I planned it all by myself, I have tasted the heat and coldness of the world, who can I count on at a critical time?"
"It seems that you can't tell the truth without punishment, if no one instructs you, how do you know that today is the opening celebration of Wande Silver Building? Someone will tell you to help you, say! Who is that person? Sergeant Wang snorted coldly, with his many years of experience in handling cases, how could there be such a coincidence?
"I have the heart to deal with Zhou Yuehua, how can I not inquire about the news? The opening of the Wande Silver Building is not confidential. Today is my only chance, God lives up to me, haha, it's just a pity, it's not him Zhou Yuehua who died! ”
Sheriff Wang was speechless for a moment, logically speaking, there was no flaw in what Zhao Er said.
"By the way, I also want to thank you, Young Master Xiao Zhou." Zhao Er didn't know Mu Qing's name, he only knew that he was Yuehua's younger brother.
"Thank me?" Mu Qing was puzzled.
"If it weren't for you, how would I know Zhou Yuehua's true identity, he has always claimed to be surnamed Jia in Jinfeng Tower, if you hadn't broken his identity that day, how could I have succeeded so quickly?" Zhao Er's words pierced, Mu Qing remembered the matter of tracking the eldest brother that day, and couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, how could he really be heard, and the past caused today's tragedy.
"This is all God's providence, even God will help me, haha......" Zhao Eryin laughed miserably.
Mu Qing didn't want to listen any longer, so he said to Sheriff Wang: "I don't want to ask any more about anything of value, and my eldest brother and I won't hinder you from performing your official duties." ”
"Tuesday is free for you, and I will enforce the law impartially." Sheriff Wang smiled, "What I said before......
Mu Qing nodded with a smile.
The two of them were silent on the car back to the Zhou Mansion, Mu Qing felt that both of them were responsible for Qi Shan's death, and the so-called trickle would merge into a river due to fate, which had the meaning of "I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me".
"You two come to my study, I have something to ask." The old man heard that Steward Zhou had come to report that the two young masters were back, and he hurriedly went downstairs to wait for them.
Yuehua and Mu Qing exchanged glances and followed the old man to the study.
"What is the result, who is the murderer, and why did you attack Hua'er?" The old man had already guessed that the matter was inseparable from Yuehua, "Qing'er, you say." ”