Chapter 18: Dead Souls-08
Hearing this, everyone was shocked, and Shen Yu immediately ran over: "Who is it?!" β
"Yes, it's Zhao Musheng, the housekeeper of the auspicious cloth workshop," this person obviously just ran back, and he kept panting as he spoke, "The patrol room has already arrested people!" β
After listening to this, Shen Yu picked up his camera and ran out.
At the moment, patrol the room.
"Sergeant Yao, I want to ask, on what basis do you think that it was my housekeeper who killed the reporter?" Sun Yajun opened his mouth with a straight face.
"Shopkeeper Sun," Sergeant Yao said, "Your housekeeper went to Jia Chengxin's house last night, and we have a certificate to prove it; And we also found your housekeeper's fingerprints on the tables, chairs, and paperweights of Jia Chengxin's house. Seeing Sun Yajun's puzzled face, Sergeant Yao patiently explained, "This fingerprint is the lines on people's fingers, the lines on everyone's fingers are different, your housekeeper's fingerprints are found on it, this is ironclad evidence that he has entered the Jia family!" β
"Sheriff Yao, even if my housekeeper has entered Jia Chengxin's house, it doesn't mean that he is a murderer."
"Shopkeeper Sun, haven't you understood?" Sergeant Yao said impatiently, "Jia Chengxin was stoned to death by the paperweight in his house, and your housekeeper's fingerprints appeared on that paperweight, and you still told me that he didn't kill him?!" β
Sun Yajun's face instantly turned a little pale, she paused for a moment, and said, "Sheriff Yao, I want to see my housekeeper." β
"I'm sorry, he's a murderer, I can't let you meet."
Sun Yajun knew that it would not be too easy to see her housekeeper, but fortunately, she had already prepared, so she hurriedly handed over a white cloth handkerchief wrapped in things, and said in a soft tone: "Sheriff Yao, my housekeeper has also been in my house for many years, and now that such a big thing has happened, I always have to ask for clarification, please, be accommodating." β
Sergeant Yao weighed the amount of silver dollars in the veil, and then reluctantly spoke: "Okay, just for a while!" β
"Okay, thank you." Sun Yajun nodded hurriedly, with a hint of determination in her eyes - she wanted to figure out what was going on.
When Shen Yu arrived at the patrol room, there were already some reporters standing outside the patrol room, and everyone obviously got the news and waited for the interview. Shen Yu inquired about the news from the people next to him, and it turned out that the patrol room had brought back Zhao Musheng, the housekeeper of the Jixiang Cloth Workshop, about half an hour ago, and Sun Yajun, the shopkeeper of the Jixiang Cloth Fang, arrived later, and had not yet come out of the patrol room.
"I heard that someone saw Zhao Musheng coming out of Jia Chengxin's house last night, so there is a chance that he was the one who killed Jia Chengxin."
"It's unthinkable! That Steward Zhao looks very kind and personal, but he will actually kill people? β
"Moreover, what does this have to do with the auspicious cloth workshop? The haunted photo taken by the surnamed Jia didn't have much impact on his auspicious cloth workshop? Why did Zhao Musheng kill Jia Chengxin? β
A group of people were discussing, and suddenly there was a commotion in front of them, Shen Yu looked up and found that it was the shopkeeper Sun of the auspicious cloth workshop who walked out.
Everyone immediately gathered around.
"Shopkeeper Sun, I heard that it was your housekeeper who killed Jia Chengxin, is this true?"
"Shopkeeper Sun, why did Zhao Musheng kill Jia Chengxin? Does this have anything to do with the photos Jia Chengxin took yesterday?! β
"I heard that the photo taken by Jia Chengxin is missing, did Zhao Musheng take it?!"
A group of people were asking questions, and Sun Yajun was surrounded by them, looking a little dazed, as if she had not yet recovered from the horror of suddenly learning the news. The old woman next to her was trying to keep the reporters away from her housewife.
"You people, don't come around......"
"Ladies and gentlemen,"
Suddenly, Sun Yajun suddenly opened his mouth. As soon as she spoke, the surroundings fell silent.
"As you may have heard, my housekeeper Zhao Musheng was just arrested by the patrol room on charges of killing a reporter from the New World Daily. Although I don't know exactly what this is, I can use the auspicious cloth workshop as a guarantee that my butler is definitely not a murderer. I happen to be here today, and I, Sun Yajun, would like to invite all journalists to be a witness. Sun Yajun looked at the reporters in front of him, and said: "I, Sun Yajun, am here to offer a reward of 100 oceans to arrest the real culprit of the case." Anyone can catch the real culprit and prove that my housekeeper is innocent, and I, Sun Yajun, will immediately offer 100 oceans! β
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar at the door of the patrol room, and even Shen Yu was so surprised that he forgot his words. And Sun Yajun seemed to have finished all the words she wanted to say, and she emerged from the crowd under the protection of the old servant, and never answered any questions again.
"Sun Yajun's attitude, it seems that Zhao Musheng is really not a murderer?" A reporter said to a colleague next to him.
"Who knows? But that's big news! The other replied excitedly.
Unlike other people who are eager to pick up the pen and do a report immediately, Shen Yu's expression doesn't seem to have changed much, not only that, but his gaze can even be described as "sluggish" at this moment, because at this moment there is only one word left in his brain - 100 oceans......
That's right, although Shen Yu has been working hard during the day for the past two days, the matter of "raising money" has actually been hovering in his mind. When he just heard Sun Yajun say the sentence "100 oceans are rewarded", Shen Yu's heart couldn't help but jump hard - if he got these 100 oceans, wouldn't he be able to scrape together enough money to buy that watch?
It's just, how do you check it? Since Sun Yajun dared to offer such a high reward, it means that things must be very tricky. Will you really be able to solve this case? Moreover, what if it is found out in the end that Zhao Musheng is really the murderer? The reporters also said just now that the patrol room arrested Zhao Musheng, and it seems that they are quite confident; Moreover, the blackmail party only has the last three days left for themselves, and they can really find out the whole thing in three days?
Shen Yu had something in his heart, and he swallowed it slowly for a while before leaving the company. As soon as he entered the house, Old Master Yu came over and handed him a photo. Shen Yu took a look and saw that the photo was a clear sky, but there was a strange face floating in the sky, which looked a little familiar.
"This ......" Shen Yu's mind was still immersed in 100 oceans, he blinked before he suddenly realized what it was, and his expression suddenly changed, "It's done?!" β
"The effect is very good, and with this photo, I can boast later that I am too old to manifest." Old Master Yu's expression was also quite complacent.
Shen Yu took the photo and compared it with the haunted photo of the New World News, and sure enough, he found that the two had the same effect. Shen Yu had an idea in his heart, he took these two things, carried his small bag, and left the newspaper office quickly.
Shen Yu came to the door of the auspicious cloth workshop and found that a lot of people had gathered here, and it seemed that he was not the only one who had the intention of making money. However, the shopkeeper Sun didn't seem to have any intention of giving them clues, so he saw a clerk blocking the door and saying to everyone: "Everyone, our shopkeeper said that she doesn't know anything about the whole case, so please go elsewhere to investigate." If anyone finds the real culprit, the reward of my shopkeeper will definitely be counted. β
Although the clerk said this, the others had no intention of leaving, and still surrounded the clerk and asked questions. Shen Yu knew that it was useless to get together, and when he was thinking about how to find a way to sneak into the cloth workshop, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar face outside the crowd, it was the master who measured the size in the auspicious cloth workshop yesterday. Shen Yu was secretly happy when he saw it, and he hurriedly ran over and grabbed the man.
"Huh!" The man was defenseless and was pulled apart, and he was even more panicked when he saw Shen Yu's face clearly. Shen Yu hurriedly booed, and then whispered: "Uncle, don't worry, I'm not here to embarrass you, I just want to ask you to help me send me something." As he spoke, he slipped the photo and the newspaper into the man, "Uncle Trouble handed over these two things to your shopkeeper, and she will understand it after reading them." I was waiting for news at the teahouse opposite. β
The man looked at the two things in his hand, and he was a little confused. But it doesn't seem too difficult to just hand over something. The man looked at Shen Yu and finally nodded.
Half an hour later.
Under the cover of the clerk, Shen Yu entered the auspicious cloth shop through the back door.
Sun Yajun obviously remembered Shen Yu, and when he saw that it was him, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes. But she soon returned to normalcy.
"Little brother, how did you get this picture?" Sun Yajun asked, pointing to Shen Yu's photo.
"I did it." Shen Yu said, "It was our newspaper master who taught me a technique called secondary exposure." Therefore, I suspect that the photos taken by Jia Chengxin were also taken in this way. β
Sun Yajun picked up the photo and looked at it again and again, and then put it down, and said with emotion: "It seems that I am really shallow, and I can't understand a lot of things." β
"Shopkeeper Sun, you are not an expert, and it is not surprising that you don't understand this technique." Shen Yu put on an expert tone, and then said, "Shopkeeper Sun, in my opinion, Jia Chengxin made such a fake photo, even if he has other intentions, it will not have much impact on your auspicious cloth workshop, so I think your housekeeper really has no reason to kill." β
This is obviously in line with Shopkeeper Sun's intentions, she nodded and said, "Steward Zhao is innocent, he is not a murderer." β
"Then why did the patrol house arrest him?"
"They said that someone saw Steward Zhao near the reporter's house last night, and they also said that some of his 'fingerprints' were found on it. But I know my butler, he will never kill. β
Shen Yu hadn't heard of the "fingerprint" thing, but listening to what Shopkeeper Sun said, it was obvious that Zhao Musheng had indeed been to Jia Chengxin's house last night. So Shen Yu asked, "What did Steward Zhao do at Jia Chengxin's house?" β
"After Jia Chengxin's report came out yesterday, some people came to us and asked about the fire that year. Steward Zhao was afraid that I and Jixiangbu Fang would be affected by this, so he went to Jia Chengxin and asked him why he did this. β
"Then what did Jia Chengxin say?"
"He won't admit it." Sun Yajun shook his head, "Steward Zhao told me that Jia Chengxin insisted that the photo was taken by him, and said that he would make our business better if he wrote it like this." Steward Zhao quarreled with him, but Steward Zhao did not kill him. β
Shen Yu frowned, he finally understood the reason why Sun Yajun proposed such a high reward. Zhao Musheng did enter Jia Chengxin's house last night, and he had an argument with him, no wonder the patrol room would identify him as the murderer.
"Shopkeeper Sun," Shen Yu looked into Sun Yajun's eyes and asked seriously, "Do you really believe that Steward Zhao is not a murderer?" β
Sun Yajun also looked back calmly and said seriously: "I believe that he must not be a murderer." β
Shen Yu felt that Sun Yajun's expression didn't seem to be lying, so he nodded: "Then I will definitely find a way to return your housekeeper's innocence." β
Sun Yajun looked at Shen Yu - the young face in front of him said such a sentence, which seemed to be really lacking some convincing. However, looking at the other party's serious expression, Sun Yajun still decided to believe him once.
"Then thank you, little brother."
Coming out of the auspicious cloth workshop, Shen Yu looked at his small book and was worried. Just now he had recorded everything that Shopkeeper Sun had said, but he obviously couldn't analyze it on his ownβat least that "finger text" was beyond the scope of his knowledge. Shen Yu found that he probably needed to find someone to help.
"That's not called a 'finger text,' it's a fingerprint." Gu Congzhou wrote the word "fingerprint" on the paper and explained to Shen Yu, "There is a layer of crooked lines on our fingers, which is fingerprints. Everyone's fingerprint is different, so a fingerprint is a unique mark of a person. If the patrol room found Steward Zhao's fingerprints in Jia Chengxin's house, then it can be confirmed that Steward Zhao must have been to Jia Chengxin's house. β
"Shopkeeper Sun also admitted that Zhao Musheng had been to Jia Chengxin's house, and he had also held up a paperweight, I guess they both fought, but she said that Zhao Musheng did not kill Jia Chengxin."
"If that's the case, it's going to be very difficult." Gu Congzhou frowned, "According to my post-mortem observation, Jia Chengxin should have died of internal bleeding caused by the skull smashed by a heavy object." If Zhao Musheng really fought with him, then it would be difficult to tell whether he killed him. Maybe he was killed. β
"But I don't think Shopkeeper Sun looks like she is lying, and she is still so high-profile to catch the real culprit." Shen Yu frowned, and suddenly he thought of something, "Do you say that it is possible that more than one person went to Jia Chengxin's house yesterday, and then Zhao Musheng went first, he fought with Jia Chengxin but did not kill anyone; After that, someone went in again, and then this person killed Jia Chengxin? β
Gu Congzhou thought for a while: "It's not that this possibility is impossible. Jia Chengxin had many wounds on his body, and his finger bones had been broken, making it feel like someone had done it to force him to ask him something. β
Shen Yu hadn't heard Gu Congzhou mention this matter before, but when he heard it at this moment, he instantly remembered the rumors mentioned: "Photos! That man must be forcing him to ask for a photo!! β
"Photos? You said the haunted photos taken by Jia Chengxin? β
"That's right! It has to be it! Shen Yu shouted, "I heard from my colleagues that the patrol room looked for the photo and negative in Jia Chengxin's house and the newspaper, but they didn't find it." The man who killed him must have been for that photo and negative! β
"That's strange," Gu Congzhou frowned, "If the murderer is afraid of what impact that photo will have, but the photos have already been published in the newspaper, and everyone has already seen it, what is the use of him taking the original photos and negatives now?" β
"......" Shen Yu also found that this problem seemed to be difficult to explain, but he still trusted his instincts, "In short, I think Jia Chengxin's death must be related to this photo, no, I must find out what is going on in this matter!" β
It's night.
"I said, are you really going to do that?" Gu Congzhou asked in a low voice, looking around uneasily. Investigating the scene of the murder at night is really a loss for Shen Yu to think of.
"If you don't go in and take a look, how can you know how Jia Chengxin died?" Shen Yu said it rightly.
Jia Chengxin lives in a small courtyard with a cornfield a few steps away. The night was dark, and the people around were already asleep, and there were no lights. The sound of the wind blowing through the cornfields makes it even more terrifying in the night. Gu Congzhou shuddered, and he urged softly, "I said how are you?" Did you get it open? β
"Alright, alright." Shen Yu said, gently lifted the seal, and then pushed open the courtyard door, Gu Congzhou followed behind him, and quickly slipped in.
I don't know if it's for the convenience of investigating the case or because the people patrolling the house are careless, except for the door of Jia Chengxin's house bolted from the outside, the door of the house in the courtyard is only sealed, and the chain is not locked. This is a great convenience for the two of them. Shen Yu didn't have much trouble to open the seal at the door and entered the house smoothly.
As soon as I entered the door, a bloody smell came from the surface. Shen Yu, who was still bold just now, finally became a little nervous at this time, he bowed with his hands together, and muttered: "Reporter Jia, we are here to find the real murderer who killed you." You have a debt, don't come to us for trouble, Amitabha, Amitabha, Amitabha, ......"
was praying, when suddenly the light turned on, which startled Shen Yu. When he turned his head, it turned out that Gu Congzhou was holding a small flashlight in his hand, and the light was coming from the flashlight.
"Where did you get this thing?!" Shen Yu asked in a low voice.
"Borrowed from the hospital." Gu Congzhou replied softly, "This thing is more convenient than an oil lamp." β
"Do you still have any?"
"It's gone. I borrowed a ......."
Shen Yu secretly said in his heart, "Not enough friends", so he had to find the oil lamp by himself. He looked around, and finally found one on the table by the window. So Shen Yu walked over lightly, picked up the fire and wiped it, and just when he was about to turn around by lighting the oil lamp, suddenly, he found that there was a person hiding by the cabinet on the side!!
"Ahh βββ
Gu Congzhou was originally observing and looking on the other side, when he suddenly heard a scream from behind him. He turned his head to look, only to see a black figure quickly running out of the door, while Shen Yu was sitting on the ground on all fours, kerosene lamp overturned.
"Hey!" Gu Congzhou first subconsciously ran to the door, but he found that the black shadow had already run away without a trace; He turned back to Shen Yu's side and found that Shen Yu was still in the same position as before, his eyes were round, and he was almost out of the frame. Gu Congzhou saw that his situation was not right, so he hurriedly squatted down and asked, "What's wrong with you?" You okay? β
"Ghosts! Ghost ......" Shen Yu muttered in his mouth, he looked at Gu Congzhou, and said in a trilled voice that was almost frightened, "I just saw Du Yunsheng!" β¦β¦β