Chapter Twenty-Three: The Murder of the Year
Zhong Qing was making a fuss, gritting his teeth, and refused to give up.
Zhou Erya just glanced at him meaningfully, Zhong Qing looked at him, saw his cold and deep eyes, shivered for no reason, shut up, and quieted down.
Zhou Erya said lightly: "This matter is a long story, I think everyone, including the murderer, should still be in the mood to listen to me finish this long story." ”
This seems polite, but in fact, the Overseer's son has spoken, and even if he is not in the mood, he has to listen to it, not to mention that the murderer will definitely not dare to jump out and say anything more at this time.
"Speaking of which, it has to start from more than ten years ago." Zhou Erya's gaze turned to Qi Limei, who had been hiding her face and saying nothing, "At that time, Miss Qi was still in Paramount Gate, one of the three golden flowers of the first generation, and she was hot on the beach in Shanghai, and she became popular. ”
Qi Limei didn't expect the topic to turn to herself at the beginning, her face was sad, she shook her head slightly, obviously she didn't want to recall the past, if someone else mentioned these things, she would have turned her face a long time ago, but Zhou Erya opened her mouth, so she could only endure and said: "The scenery of the past, what's the point of mentioning it?" ”
Shanghai Tang has always been a big stage, you sang and I appeared, and each led the way for a few years.
Paramount is the epitome of the ten-mile foreign field, when the beauty is popular, it is hot, and after a few years, the red face is getting old, and it has become a yellow flower of tomorrow, replaced by a younger and more beautiful girl.
Qi Limei also came over a few somersaults, how can she remember the past scenery? She wished she had never been at Paramount now......
"If there was no such deformed prosperity, how could there be tragedy?"
Zhou Erya shook the folding fan in his hand, Boss Jin was well-informed, and then he found that the fan he pinched in his hand was worth a lot of money, it should be from the hand of the famous bamboo carver Jin Xiya, and the pattern of the fan was even more peculiar, but before he could take a closer look, the fan "snapped" and closed again.
Han Yu didn't know the hobbies of these celebrities, and he couldn't help sighing in his heart.
If Li Baozhu was just an ordinary person, would he have been able to avoid this tragic fate - but on the other hand, would Li Baozhu be willing to spend his life as an ordinary person?
"More than ten years ago, Paramount had gained a firm foothold in Shanghai, and if the dancers who went to the sea wanted to get ahead, they had to make a name for themselves in Paramount in order to be famous in Shanghai."
For the vast majority of dancers, there is only one way to strive in life.
No matter what kind of hardship and reluctance, once you enter this world of flowers, there is no room for retreat, you can only keep climbing up, if you can finally collect a pension or be married home by a rich family, it is the best ending.
When Han Yu thought of this, his heart was full of compassion.
"Therefore, Paramount is a golden cave of bliss, and it is also a dark and complex battlefield."
When Zhou Erya said this, she looked at Qi Limei and Yin Xiuxiu with some pity, although he had a relationship with Yin Xiuxiu, Zhou Erya knew that they were not so simple and beautiful on the surface.
The more beautiful something is, the easier it is to commit crimes.
Qi Limei was shocked, turned her face and remained silent, her long eyelashes cast a shadow, as if covering the shadow of the first half of her life.
She has been out of such unbearable days for a long time, but she still dreams back in the middle of the night, and she still breaks out in a cold sweat.
On the surface, it is glamorous, but under the dark it is bloody and bloody, this line is like a bottomless black hole, which may swallow people at any time.
In fact, every line is the same, but the struggles of the weak women are more tragic and ruthless in comparison.
Yin Xiuxiu also looked gloomy and sighed softly.
Only Ji Meiyun flattened her mouth disdainfully.
She is still young, and she is sought after by countless men, and she is proud of the spring breeze, so it is inevitable that she does not know the height of the sky, and she does not have a deep understanding of what Zhou Erya said.
Moreover, with her strong and undisguised character, fighting is a matter of course, and there is nothing to complain about - she likes to snatch the favor of guests, and the sense of accomplishment of snatching things that do not belong to her is quite fascinating.
Although Zhou Erya's expression was as usual, she looked at Qi Limei with a cold look in her eyes, and asked, "At that time, the cooperation and competition between Shangguan Qiu'er, Leng Qiu'er and Miss Qi was also quite fierce, right?" ”
Qi Limei bit her lower lip, her face was ugly, with her current identity, if someone else talked to her like this, she would be furious, but it was Zhou Gongzi who spoke, she could only remain silent.
"First of all, the ...... of cooperation"
Zhou Erya's tone was unhurried and controlled.
Seeing Qi Limei's ugly face, as if out of the friendship of his old club, Boss Jin finally interrupted Zhou Erya: "Master Zhou, you don't need to mention these old things, right?" ”
"These old things are the source of everything."
Zhou Erya smiled faintly, not caring about Boss Jin's words at all, and continued to look at the uneasy Qi Limei, and said, "Honggu's death, you should have something to say, right?" ”
What the? Honggu?
Yin Xiuxiu's face changed, and Ji Meiyun's eyes widened.
Because the time span is too long, coupled with such a troubled era, she has always felt that Honggu is a legendary character, even if it really exists, it should be a person from decades ago, but I didn't expect it...... It is actually related to Qi Limei and the three golden flowers of the first generation.
Listening to Zhou Erya's meaning, could it be that Qi Limei gave her hand to Honggu?
Ji Meiyun became excited all of a sudden, full of the mood of watching the play, and did not take the seniors who are now more noble than her in her eyes at all, and sarcastically unabashed: "What kind of temperament is weak and kind, isn't it ruthless?" Zhou Gongzi, tell me quickly, what's going on, let us also see what she looks like when she tears off the painting skin! ”
Boss Jin glared at her fiercely, this little girl was spoiled, she didn't suffer anything, and she blamed him for not training well, and sooner or later he would be taught a lesson.
However, although Ji Meiyun's words are not polite at all, her voice is coquettish, her expression is innocent and longing, and even a little coquettish, some men still like this type, and they can't get angry with such a cute and youthful face.
But Han Yu was very disgusted, he had always had a bad impression of Ji Meiyun, and at this moment, he felt that she had a good skin, which was simply a ruin in it.
Ji Meiyun didn't feel that her words were excessive, probably because Qi Limei and Li Baozhu were a little similar, and they were very upright on the surface, Ji Meiyun didn't have a good impression of her, and her tone was naturally meaner.
When Qi Limei heard the word "Honggu", her face became flustered, as if the scar had been suddenly torn open, and she couldn't hide her panic, even a little girl like Ji Meiyun didn't have the heart to fight back when she mocked herself, she just wanted to defend herself.
"Gongzi Zhou, don't be joking, Honggu is very good to me, her accident was completely accidental, those rumors are not reliable at all, if you don't believe it, you can ask Boss Jin ......"
Honggu is the source of the cursed legend, and may also be the source of the gloomy aura of murder that has haunted Paramount for decades.
- On the contrary, the truth of the year is easy to check.
"Of course, Honggu did not die accidentally, although the file of the patrol room records that it was a suicide, but the specific record is obvious." Zhou Erya's tone was calm, but he had checked the information in the patrol room, "She was pushed down from the roof." ”
The final conclusion of the dossier is suicide, but the details of the investigation are contradictory, and it is clear that some people can't look past this incident, and they can't bear to write a suicide on the surface, but the specific description is not like this at all.
It is impossible to verify who the police officer in charge of the matter was at that time, and only this file was left.
"According to the dossier, she was poisoned in the first place, which caused her hair loss. Judging from the diaries and letters she left at the time, there were no suicidal intentions. On the day of the suicide, there were scattered footprints on the roof, torn clothes on the fence, and bloodstains, with obvious signs of fighting. ”
Zhou Erya has a good memory, and the narrative in it is recited word for word, and she sighed: "It can only be said that someone covered the sky with one hand, so that this murder in broad daylight could be covered." ”
When Han Yu heard this, he immediately looked at Boss Jin, and Boss Jin smiled bitterly and bowed his head, he was still young back then, and he hadn't taken over Paramount yet.
Qi Limei's face was even more ugly, her voice was a little hoarse, and she kept shaking her head: "That...... What does that have to do with me? Again...... Besides, what evidence is there to prove that it has something to do with me? ”
The three golden flowers did have a short period of time with Honggu, but they were still young at that time, far from their peak, and they were also newcomers and juniors who had just entered the industry.
"I haven't said it has anything to do with you yet."
Seeing that she was a little anxious, Zhou Erya gently tapped her palm with the handle of the fan, and continued: "It's just that the people of Paramount at that time should have known very well that Honggu died of murder, not some curse. ”
Honggu's death because of the curse of the puppet is the abuse of the legend of Paramount in the past 20 years.
It was precisely because Ji Meiyun believed this that she made a doll to curse Li Baozhu and became a suspect.
When she heard the truth, she was disappointed: "So that curse is fake?" ”
Han Yu was even more disgusted when he heard this, and frowned and asked, "If it's true, aren't you afraid of being cursed by others and dying?" ”
Ji Meiyun was stunned, as if she hadn't thought about such a question, but thinking about it, if someone hates and curses themselves behind her back, and this curse can come true, she does have a chill in her back.
"You don't have to say a few words," Boss Jin glanced at Ji Meiyun, motioned her to shut up, turned his head to Zhou Erya and said carefully, "Zhou Gongzi, even if there is no secret to Honggu's death back then, what does it have to do with Baozhu?" ”
Boss Jin didn't want to find out if it was Qi Limei and others who pushed Honggu downstairs back then-at that time he was still in charge, but there is no doubt that it must be Mr. Jin who bribed the patrol room to press this matter.
It's a pity that Old Man Jin has been dead for many years, so he can't get up underground and ask the truth at that time.
A murder case twenty years ago, even if it was extremely ugly, has little to do with it now.
He didn't want to get involved any more, he just wanted it to end soon.
"Of course it does."
From the beginning of Zhou Erya's investigation of the dossier, she peeled back the cocoon and strung together the grievances and grievances of the past 20 years.
The resentment and sorrow that lies behind the prosperity manifest as a curse of a puppet that drives the horrific murderous action.