In this case, Paramount means that it hopes to keep it as quiet as possible and affect business.

Boss Jin found a relationship to seal the mouth of the patrol room, although he agreed that Yin Xiuxiu would go to the Eryu Detective Agency to investigate, but he also asked Zhou Erya and Han Yu in person not to leak the news.

"If the news of Li Baozhu's death spreads, it will have a fatal impact on our Paramount business no matter what, but if I don't find out, I can't rest assured. Xiuxiu recommended Mr. Zhou to me, and I hope you don't disappoint me. ”

Boss Jin is in his forties, in the prime of life, and his beard is shaved cleanly, with only a faint trace of cyan.

The sound of dogs and horses made his eyes very heavily shadowed, and his eyes were a little cloudy, looking a little tired and old.

On weekdays, he appears on the big stage late at night, and he is good at dancing with long sleeves and leather shoes, but when he appears during the day today, he is dressed in a different way.

He was wearing a moon-white robe and a folding fan in his hand, and when Zhou Erya and Han Yu stepped into his office, he was fiddling with the gramophone and listening to the babbling Kunqu opera singing.

Everyone knows that Boss Jin of Paramount is a well-known ticket holder in the Shanghai theater industry, good at Peking Opera veterans, and also learns Kunqu Opera and Yue Opera.

But at such a time, he still has a hobby of fiddling with him leisurely, which inevitably seems a little cold-blooded.

Han Yu's heart was not very comfortable, and his face was naturally revealed.

Boss Jin has a sharp vision, of course, he can see it clearly, but he is too lazy to worry about this kind of unknown junior, so he politely nodded to Zhou Erya and asked him not to leak the news.

Zhou Erya didn't like to make friends and chat with boring people, he only played with the puppet with great interest.

"Mr. Jin, is there any conflict between Miss Ji and Miss Li?"

Han Yu didn't like this cold-blooded boss very much, so he asked straight to the point.

Boss Jin probably didn't expect to meet such an upright guy, frowned, and did not answer positively, but warned in a serious tone: "Little brother, you still have to be responsible for speaking." Miyun and Baozhu are very good friends, she has nothing to do with this case, I hope you don't get out of trouble. ”

He waved his hand, not intending to answer at all.

has already died a top card, and now there is only Meiyun as a cash cow, no matter what, he doesn't want to be pulled on his pillar.

"What if it's not an extraneous branch?"

Zhou Erya opened her mouth lightly and gently placed the puppet on the desk in front of Boss Jin.

"This was found in Miss Ji's dressing room."

Boss Jin thought it was some important physical evidence, so he was surprised and cautious and put on his glasses, took a closer look at the things on the table, raised his head suspiciously, and asked, "What is this?" ”

Zhou Erya gently flicked the puppet, the puppet spun on the smooth tabletop, and he replied slowly: "Boss Jin doesn't know if you have heard of the so-called witchcraft of hating victory?" ”

Witch Gu disgust, is a kind of curse method in ancient China, from the court to the folk, disgust means to be disgusted and victorious, curse or pray with spells to achieve the purpose of defeating the disgusted people, things or monsters, thousands of years of history, full of various legends and realities.

Of course Boss Jin has heard of it, but now that the people's wisdom has been opened and science is prosperous, where is there anyone who really believes in this?

He couldn't help but shake his head and said, "Mr. Zhou, you didn't come to me to joke, did you?" Are you trying to tell me that such a wooden doll is evidence that Meiyun is tired of winning the jewel? And then the orb died because of this curse? ”

Zhou Erya was not in a hurry, held the puppet's head, twisted it hard, and took off the head. Its belly was hollow, and Zhou Erya knocked on the edge of the table a few times, and a small paper roll fell out of the black hole in its neck.

"I can't answer your second question yet."

Zhou Erya sat calmly and elegantly on the sofa and said lightly: "However, I can answer the first question very positively. That's right, this is the evidence that Ji Meiyun is disgusted with Li Baozhu, this paper scroll has Li Baozhu's name and her birth date written on it, I can't think of any other use except for cursing. ”

Boss Jin couldn't sit still any longer, so he suddenly stepped forward, and in a hurry, he touched the gramophone, turned the needle crookedly, and made a piercing squeak.

The roll of paper rolled twice on the desk, revealing a corner that was half of the word "Li".

Bang!

Boss Jin kicked the door of the office hard, for fear that someone would see it.

"There's such a thing!"

Boss Jin spoke sharply, furious, and pointed at the puppet, his fingers trembling slightly.

"You have to ask Miss Ji about this." Seeing Zhou Erya's calm face, Han Yu couldn't help but say.

Boss Jin looked at the paper roll that fell on the table, both angry and as if he was a little jealous, disgusted and afraid, his tail finger was still trembling slightly, revealing complex emotions.

If this thing flows out, it will be fatal to the Paramount stage.

The three popular golden flowers are actually hostile to each other, cursing and disgusting behind their backs, if nothing happens, it will be fine, just a joke after dinner.

But now that Li Baozhu is dead, who knows what will be said outside?

And he doesn't want any accidents to happen to his last cash cow, no matter what, he has to keep his pillar, it's really not good, and it's okay to buy these two young detectives with money.

It's just that the Overseer's son may not be able to deal with it, and another upright man is not quite like someone who can be done with money......

Zhou Erya looked at him indifferently, and his reaction was not strange at all, as if she could see what he was thinking: "Mr. Jin, you don't have to worry too much. You can't kill a person with a curse hidden in the puppet's stomach alone, but this at least tells us that not everyone thinks Li Baozhu is good. ”

Li Baozhu in Yin Xiuxiu's mouth is a gentle and proper beauty, Li Baozhu in Manager Hou's mouth is a restrained and intelligent woman, and Li Baozhu in Boss Jin's mouth is a mature and popular Hua Dan.

- They all seem to feel that no one really has a conflict with her that rises to the level of murder.

But this note broke the veil of warmth.

Boss Jin wiped the sweat from his forehead, gradually calmed down, he sat down slowly, and then began to look at Zhou and Han seriously.

"You think it's murder?"

He hoped that Li Baozhu committed suicide, so that even if the matter was exposed, at least it would not have much impact on Paramount, maybe there would be people who pity Xiang Xiang and cherish the sadness of the spring and autumn, and place deep sympathy on Li Baozhu, which is also a gimmick, and even he can find a "little Li Baozhu" to make a lot of money.

But murder ......

That's chilling.

"Absolute murder."

There was no trace of hesitation in Zhou Erya's tone, breaking Boss Jin's hope: "My partner is cracking the mechanism of the secret room, and I believe it is not difficult to do." ”

After speaking, Zhou Erya nodded slightly to Han Yu, believing that his instrument expertise would definitely solve this problem.

Han Yu was stunned, he did suspect that someone had used a mechanism to create a secret room, but before he could tell Zhou Erya, how could he know?

But thinking about Zhou Erya's daily discernment, he is observant and meticulous, and it is not surprising that he said anything.

"Understood."

Boss Jin sighed, his momentum was frustrated, and he didn't speak calmly at the beginning: "Then please leave it to the two, but before the case is revealed, you must trouble the two to keep it secret, otherwise it will ......"

The guests who come to Paramount to cheer are either rich or expensive, and they are really unaffordable financiers. It is also difficult for Boss Jin to buy two detectives, so he can only walk on thin ice, swallow his anger, and do his best to maintain Paramount's reputation.

"We will ask about the people related to Miss Lai, as well as Miss Lai's residence and personal belongings, and we will also check them. In addition, we try not to disclose relevant information, and we ask that you ask Ms. Hui Ji to come back as soon as possible to assist in the investigation. ”

Zhou Erya nodded, and an agreement was reached.

He is already cautious in his words and deeds, not a talkative person, although Han Yu is upright and impulsive, but his mouth is very strict, so there is no need to worry.

As a dancer, Li Baozhu's character relationship is really not particularly complicated, except for greeting some sons on the scene, basically two points and one line, going back and forth between the residence on Yuyuan Road and the Paramount Gate of Jing'an Temple.

This is a relatively small amount of work for the investigation of the case.

Zhou Erya and Han Yu went to Li Baozhu's residence to check first, and at the same time asked Boss Jin to gather people related to Li Baozhu and ask them when they returned in the evening.

Li Baozhu rents an apartment in CIIC New Village, which is only a 10-minute walk from Paramount Gate.

Zhou Erya instructed Adjutant Cai to help him find something, and Han Yu and Han Yu did not take a car, nor did they call a rickshaw, they walked through the streets and alleys all the way and walked into this new red brick house.

CIIC New Village is a new work by French architect Pierre, and is considered a high-end residential area in the western district of Shanghai, because it is close to Paramount Gate, and many dancers who are hidden by the golden house have settled here.

However, according to Boss Jin, although Li Baozhu also has several high-rollers who have a good relationship, she skillfully mediates in them and is not occupied by anyone, and the rent of this house is also paid by herself.

"The rent in CIIC New Village is not cheap."

Han Yu remembered the pavilion he had rented before, and suddenly felt the gap between people, and sighed in a low voice, "In this way, Li Baozhu should be a woman with quite a skill." Could it be that someone deliberately retaliates because of love and hatred? ”

This kind of thing is also extremely common in this day and age.

Every once in a while, there is lace news, a certain noble son pursues a nightclub dancer and fails, becomes angry, kidnaps and hurts people, and humiliates and kills people - because the perpetrator is rich and powerful, many times it is gone.

But the details of Li Baozhu's death are full of strangeness.

“…… But if that were the case, this murder wouldn't have been designed so elaborately. ”

Han Yu thought about it, and without waiting for Zhou Erya to answer, he denied himself.

Moreover, Lai's clothes were intact, and an autopsy showed no signs of other trauma or fighting, and there were no signs of sexual assault.

This is not quite in line with the behavior pattern of hating out of love and killing impulsively.

"Killing people through the secret room mechanism, the murderer must have a long-term plan, if it is not for the great interests involved, there is a reason that must cause the other party to die, he or she will not bother so much."