The handwriting of the archives from more than ten years ago has become blurred, and many of the papers have green mold marks.

Han Yu wore gloves and carefully sorted the sticky pages.

The names of countless girls are written here, and the history is also written with blood and tears.

Over the past decade, Paramount has changed slightly in the format of its records, but it is nothing more than name, place of origin, date of birth, and biography.

Han Yu picked out all the women born in the year of Wuxu and put them aside, Zhou Erya wore gloves, her expression was not disgusted, and she looked at it carefully with a calm face.

- In fact, he looked at it carefully, so that Han Yu felt that it was unnecessary.

"There must be a month that obviously doesn't match the eight characters of the birthday, so just put it aside."

"And will anyone report these birthday characters? Not to mention that many parents can't even remember the time of birth of their children, and some may directly use pseudonyms and falsely report their age......"

Han Yu chattered, worried, and felt that Zhou Erya's efficiency was really not high, he had finished sorting a lot of files, and Zhou Erya hadn't finished reading a few thin sheets.

Zhou Erya replied unhurriedly: "Of course there is such a possibility, but there are many things in the world, and the information you think has nothing to do with it may be something important." ”

The short file actually records the first half of the woman's life.

Most of these girls come from ordinary families, and the first half of their lives are lackluster.

And entering Paramount is humiliating or depraved for them, but after that, life is like a waterfall turning sharply, and I don't know what it will become.

This is something they never expected when they dictated or wrote it by hand.

Han Yu could see Zhou Erya's thoughts, and said helplessly: "Now is not the time to do research, it is important to find out the protagonist of the curse of disgust as soon as possible." ”

If it had been before, Han Yu probably wouldn't have had much interest in this matter.

He is more willing to study how the secret room mechanism is constituted, and now he is dragged by Zhou Erya to check the files, but Zhou Erya is not doing his job, and he relish the experience of those women who have lost his footing, which is not like investigating a case at all, but more like studying human nature, so how can he not be anxious.

If that doll ...... It's Li Baozhu's, so if she curses others, she is also cursed. Can it be said that the cycle of heavenly principles and retribution is unpleasant?

"There's no hurry."

Zhou Erya is still unhurried.

The woman born in the year of Wuxu was already in her thirties at this time. Although it is not said that people are old and yellow, but they can only be tomorrow's yellow flowers in the party, most of them have long left Paramount, and most of them have never heard of their names.

Of course, there are a few people who were once hot, prominent, and still have charm, and they can continue to do things with people.

"Shangguan Qiu'er, Leng Qiu'er, Qi Limei...... These three seem to be the three golden flowers of Paramount more than ten years ago, and they are comparable to Yin Xiuxiu, Li Baozhu and Ji Meiyun now, but I didn't expect them to be born in Wuxu year. ”

Zhou Erya turned her head and told Han Yu with interest.

"Hmm."

Although he didn't care about these Fengyue, Han Yu also felt familiar with the names of these people.

"A few of them, earlier than the six ladies." Han Yu couldn't help but sigh when he thought of the twilight beauty in the slum on the wharf.

"More than ten years ago, there were three golden flowers, and then the six ladies were outstanding, and then it was the turn of Yin Xiuxiu Li Baozhu Shuangshu, and in recent years, there was another Ji Meiyun."

Han Yu counted with his fingers, vaguely feeling that something was wrong.

Zhou Erya stood up, "We're going to Zhabei again!" ”

What the six ladies said to them was unscrupulous, but they still had reservations!

The era of the three golden flowers in the year of Wuxu is separated by Yin Xiuxiu Li Baozhu, and there may not be a direct contradiction between Li Baozhu and them.

- But between them, there was a sixth lady.

The sixth lady is the one who claimed that she was pushed down the stairs by Yin Xiuxiu and broke her leg, if the struggle is so fierce, shouldn't it be taken for granted that she is secretly disgusted with cursing?

Han Yu regretted that he didn't ask these things clearly when he went to meet the sixth lady.

- And this time when I went again, it was too late.

The sixth lady never had a chance to speak again.

Even if no one ever cared what she said.

When Zhou Erya and Han Yu arrived at her house, they only heard cries and cursing.

"What the hell is this mother-in-law doing! It's already such an ugly look, and you still have to be a demon! What a death without repentance! ”

"Mother! Mother! You don't want to die, you come back quickly! ”

"Woo, my poor boy......"

There was a lot of noise, a mess.

Zhou Erya and Han Yu glanced at each other, their faces heavy.

The sixth lady is dead. Her death has made the case even more complicated.

The one who came out to receive Zhou and Han was the husband of the sixth lady.

He was a strong, powerful but slightly wooden man.

It is also possible that he is not so sluggish in normal times, but the stimulation of the sudden loss of his wife has made his emotions numb and sad, and he can't react to other things.

"Condolences and change."

Han Yu didn't know what to say to such a person, so he could only barely squeeze out four words.

The husband of the sixth lady is submissive to these two brightly dressed people.

His expression was numb, his eyes were blank, and although there was anger and sadness on his face, it was just ordinary and vulgar anger and sadness, and it did not really touch his heart.

Perhaps because such people have experienced too much suffering, if they don't numb themselves, they simply can't survive in this cruel world.

"How did she die?"

Zhou Erya stood outside and asked.

They had just come to find the sixth lady yesterday, and at that time this woman was full of anger, and she didn't look like she was going to die at all.

"It was an accident."

The husband of the sixth lady hesitated for a moment, bowed his head and replied.

Every day, she would go to the dock to pick up some rags and sell them for money to supplement the family. She has a hot temper, she has a lame leg, and no one cares about her, and she went there to pick up things today......"

When the goods are unloaded on the dock, it is inevitable that something will be left behind. Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and relying on the water to draft water, the families of the small leaders are of course qualified to pick up things for money, and even the proprietor and shopkeeper have turned a blind eye and distributed them as welfare.

The husband of the sixth lady is just a coolie, and his wife is certainly not qualified to get a piece of the pie. But the sixth lady is disabled, everyone sees her as pitiful, let her score three points, and her temper is so irritable and hot, as long as she doesn't rob other people's things, no one will drive her away.

Although she has a loud voice, she is also obedient, after all, she came out of a place like Paramount and was a woman who was a popular dance queen, and she still has the skill to observe words and colors. I only take the cheapest and dirtiest things, and never compete with others, so in the past few years, thanks to her such a subsidy, a family has not been dispersed.

The sixth lady has been picking up rags for six or seven years, and there has never been an accident.

But this time, there was an accident.

"I heard that she saw a bag of soybeans scattered on the rocks by the river, and others advised her not to pick it up, so she wanted to be reckless, and went up with a broom to collect soybeans, saying that she would take it home and stew it for the child to make up for it, but she didn't expect to fall into the water as soon as she stumbled."

The current of the Huangpu River is not very urgent, if ordinary people fall into the water, they can struggle a few times, and there is a chance to escape.

However, the sixth lady was a lame woman, and she couldn't use her feet well, and she sank to the bottom as soon as she fell into the water, and when she found someone to pick it up, the corpse was already swollen.

After hearing this, Zhou Erya squinted slightly and looked at the warm sunshine.

After ten years, the murderer who pushed her down the stairs finally wanted her life again.

"Was it an accident? Or is there someone who kills people? ”

Facing the corpse of the sixth lady, Han Yu fell into deep thought.

The timing of her death was a little too coincidental.

It has been many years since the sixth lady left the big whirlpool of Paramount Gate, and it has become a habit for her to pick up scraps at the dock to subsidize the family.

If you don't have an accident sooner or later, you actually fell into the water and died inexplicably a day after Zhou Erya and Han Yu found an interrogation, which inevitably aroused suspicion.

"She had no reason to die."

Zhou Erya covered her nose with a handkerchief, and spoke lightly in the dim and dirty room.

The sixth lady has long been cut off from this flashy circle - a broken leg has drawn a gap between her and this life.

The only thing she hated was Li Baozhu.

This was probably her last relationship with Paramount. If Li Baozhu kills people in order to cover up the scandal, it can barely be said.

However, Li Baozhu is dead.

It is impossible for a ghost to kill someone.

Even if Zhou Erya is very interested in folklore and weirdness, she knows this.

"If she was indeed murdered as well, the only explanation is that someone didn't want us to get some information from her."

Han Yu is an outright atheist, and he analyzes it very rationally.

When I came to find the sixth lady yesterday, the sixth lady seemed to have opened the chatterbox, and said everything that should be said and should not be said, useful and useless.

Usually no one will ask her about her memories of that drunken life, for her, Han Yu and Zhou Erya's visits and inquiries are themselves her channels for venting.

In this case, what is the "murderer" – if one exists – worried about?

"The only change is the subject we are asking."

Zhou Erya frowned, what they wanted to ask before was Li Baozhu, but today they came over to ask about a birthday and the three golden flowers of the previous generation.

Is there a terrible secret hidden about the three of them?

"Is there a chance to find the three of them and ask?"

Han Yu tapped his temple with his index finger, had a whim, and said to himself, "But are they all alive?" Even if they are alive, do they not want us to disturb their lives? ”

Originally, I wanted to understand that era and those Wuxu people from the mouth of the six ladies, but now I can't do it anymore. In this case, those three people are only thirty or forty years old, and there are always people who are still alive, maybe there is a chance to contact them?

Shangguan Qiu'er, Leng Qiu'er, Qi Limei, that was a legend more than ten years ago.

"As long as you live, you can always find clues."

Zhou Erya smiled, holding the note with the eight characters of birth in her hand.

If you want to find these three people, of course, you have to ask Boss Jin in the end.

Zhou Erya and Han Yu went to Boss Jin's office again.

Hearing that Zhou Erya was here again, Yin Xiuxiu also pushed aside the things around her and rushed over to meet her.

She was curious to know the latest developments, but unfortunately it seemed that the case was stalled and getting more and more complicated.

"The sixth lady turned out to be ......" Yin Xiuxiu's already sad expression was even more sad, hiding her face and sobbing.

She didn't have much contact with Liu Niangzi, because she came here a few months later than Li Baozhu, and happened to leave Paramount when Liu Niangzi suffered a leg injury.

It's just that when I heard the bad news of the six ladies, the sadness came from it, this line of people was weak, the fate of the dancers was pitiful, and Yin Xiuxiu thought of her own experience, and it was even more gloomy.

Boss Jin heard Han Yu's plan, looked at Zhou Erya in embarrassment, and said in a low voice: "Master Zhou, you also know that once this class of dance girls retires, she will rarely be willing to see her former friends again......"

After all, this industry has particularities, but as long as they can get out of this fire pit, many people can't wait to completely deny the past, even if they were sisters back then, they may not be willing to see each other again, let alone two strangers who rashly came to the door to disturb.

"Moreover, these three people ......"

Boss Jin shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Shangguan Qiu'er committed suicide nine years ago, and after Leng Qiu'er left Paramount, she married an intellectual, lived a very poor life, and died of illness three years ago. Only one Qi Limei is still alive, but it's just ...... may not be willing to have anything to do with Paramount again. ”

Yin Xiuxiu's eyes were red, and she covered the corners of her mouth with an embroidered handkerchief, and sighed in a low voice.

Indeed, those who jumped out of the fire pit can't wait to seal this memory, and no one wants to have anything to do with this past again.

Han Yu recalled that he seemed to have seen the news of Shangguan Qiu'er's suicide, and then remembered that Qi Limei seemed to be married well.

The newspapers of the time were comparing the fate of the two women.

"Shangguan Qiu'er committed suicide for love, which coincided with the newly married sister Qi Limei of Jinlan, this kind of mood is unknown to anyone, and it is not enough for outsiders to ......"

Han Yu still remembers the wording of this report, and in comparison, it is very bleak.

Leng Qiu'er's ending was something he didn't expect, he was abroad at the time, and he didn't see the domestic tabloids - of course, three years ago, Leng Qiu'er's death should not be in the newspapers again.

The world is hot and cold, just like the death of the sixth lady today, there will not be any media attention, and no newspaper will be willing to leave a corner to waste pen and ink reports.

"Now...... Is Qi Limei married well? Is it convenient to meet her? Han Yu hesitated, but still asked.

In my impression, Qi Limei seems to have married a wealthy businessman, washed her hands and retired, and there was no news later.

Han Yu also knew that they were just like what Boss Jin said, after washing their hands, they didn't want to have anything to do with their past, and they shouldn't disturb each other's stable lives, but considering the potential threat of death and murder, they always felt that they should still meet.

Although Zhou Erya didn't speak, his wordless eyes and attitude were supportive of Han Yu.

Seeing Zhou Erya's attitude, Boss Jin thought about it and sighed helplessly, "Of course Limei doesn't want us to disturb, but something so big happened...... It doesn't seem like it's good not to say a word to her, in case there is another terrible case......"

He made an excuse for himself, after all, she was the last survivor, and then asked Zhou Erya, "Zhou Gongzi, do you think this matter really has anything to do with her?" Is anyone trying to harm them? ”

The death of the sixth lady shocked Boss Jin, speaking of the fact that after the sixth lady left, he also sent someone to send two rounds of money at the beginning, and then he was indifferent, and then later, the new people laughed at the old people and cried, and the most important thing in the joy was women, and he couldn't think of the number one person of the six ladies on weekdays.

But the sixth lady died at this juncture, and Boss Jin was terrified, afraid that there was some conspiracy against him Paramount.

Coupled with Zhou Erya's face and the forces behind him, he was willing to open this opening and let them contact Qi Limei.

"It matters."

Zhou Erya gently turned the ring on her finger and gave Boss Jin a positive answer.

Hearing such a categorical answer, Boss Jin took a deep breath and immediately said, "Then I'll hang up the phone for her first and see if she agrees with you." ”

"We're in this line...... If you can jump out, you will never want to have anything to do with it before. Yin Xiuxiu saw that Boss Jin was married and called next door, sighed faintly, and said.

If it were her, even if it was life-threatening, she wouldn't want to have anything to do with the past.

"If life and death are involved, we should meet, right?" Han Yu always felt that life was above all else.

"Perhaps." Yin Xiuxiu sighed again.

"Did Miss Li have a bad relationship with anyone before? Or someone who has had a conflict? Han Yu couldn't help but ask again.

And Zhou Erya seemed to know that Yin Xiuxiu had finished what she should have said yesterday, and she didn't ask this kind of question again.

Yin Xiuxiu shook her head hesitantly, among the ladies in the dance field, there is little true affection, but most of them have lost face, all of them are human spirits, and Li Baozhu is good to her, she really doesn't think anyone is worthy of being a puppet curse.

"You go back and rest, pay more attention to your own safety these days, and leave the case to us." Zhou Erya finally spoke and said to her.

At this time, Boss Jin, who walked to the next room to make a call, walked back with a tired face, and reluctantly smiled at Zhou Erya: "Limei...... I'm going to talk to you, but she wants to meet in secret and not make too much of a fuss. ”

After weighing the unwillingness to touch the past and the threat of death, although Qi Limei was very unhappy, she finally agreed to meet at a villa in the suburbs.

Adjutant Cai drove and took Han Erren and Boss Jin to go.

"Who is Qi Limei marrying?"

Han Yu has been studying abroad for three years, and his memory of some domestic news has long been blurred, so he asked Boss Jin first and did his homework.

Boss Jin sat in the co-pilot, obviously not wanting to gossip about these things, but he turned his head and glanced at Zhou Erya, and said cautiously: "Speaking of which, Zhou Gongzi should also know that her husband works for the Overseer's Mansion and specializes in the arms business, and his surname is ......."

Although he didn't know why the third prince of the Overseer's Mansion wanted to put down his body to become a detective, Boss Jin at least knew that he couldn't afford to offend.

However, Zhou Erya has never mentioned his identity in front of Boss Jin, even if his father came here to find him, he is as always, neither relying on power to bully others, nor lowering his value.

"Hechangfa?" Zhou Erya still knew a lot about the people around his father, he frowned, "This person is not young, or is Qi Limei married his son?" ”

The surname He is rare, and there is only one He Changfa in Shanghai who handles arms for the Overseer's Mansion.

This person is ruthless, black and white, and it is said that he also has a very hard relationship in Japan, so he was able to buy artillery and guns from Tiannan and Haibei, and Zhou Overseer also relied on it very much.

However, this person is over fifty years old, and he can be regarded as an old man, and the age difference between him and Qi Limei is at least more than 20 years old.

The difference between an old husband and a young wife is too big, but in a powerful family, this kind of thing is not uncommon.

Boss Jin sighed and nodded: "Limei is married to Mr. He." ”