Jian Xiaoyun was a little stunned by Qiao Chu's question, she was also a little uncertain at first, tilted her head, her face gradually became serious, and she blinked and asked, "Isn't it...... Did I really kill him? ”

Qiao Chu's eyelids twitched, and he found that he couldn't communicate with her at all, so he turned around and left.

Seeing that Qiao Chu was about to abandon her again, Jian Xiaoyun hurriedly jumped up and hugged his waist from behind, tears in his eyes fell like rain, and his face was full of grievances: "Qiao Chu, you can't leave me, I'm all your people, you must be responsible for me!" ”

Qiao Chu squinted at her sideways, and his voice was faint and emotionless: "You are finally willing to admit that it was you who attacked me that night?" ”

Jian Xiaoyun saw that she was so exposed by Qiao Chu, her face turned pale suddenly, but at this moment she didn't care so much, she moved from behind Qiao Chu and rubbed in front of him, her hands were still holding him tightly, tears were still crackling down, and she choked up: "I don't care, anyway, my body has been seen by you, you have to be responsible for me, the cell here is really terrible, not only rats bite me, but also many insects, woo!" You can't leave me behind! ”

"Aren't you amnesia?"

Qiao Chu kept watching her cry lightly, and said another sentence coldly, Jian Xiaoyun was choked by him and cried even more fiercely, so he simply raised his head and cried, and big drops of tears flowed down her white cheeks, as if washing out of the turbulence of the riverbed, and the placket on his chest was wet for a long time.

"You let go."

Jian Xiaoyun was just crying like crazy, and he didn't hear Qiao Chu's words at all, he frowned, and seeing that she was still indifferent, he said again: "Give me a go!" ”

He opened his mouth several times, drowning out her loud sobbing, Qiao Chu was a little helpless, the woman in his arms seemed to cry more and more fiercely, crying selflessly, forgetting that she was still holding his waist, Qiao Chu was soaked in her tears for a long time, and only when she wanted to drown did she remember herself.

"Qiao Chu, you, you must, must, save me!"

Jian Xiaoyun was about to lose his breath, Qiao Chu only felt a terrible headache, he had lived for twenty-seven years, and for the first time he felt that communicating with people was such a troublesome thing.

"Let go."

Qiao Chu glanced down at her again, his eyes were very indifferent, like a layer of frost, and he said two words coldly, and his tone was already impatient.

Jian Xiaoyun immediately felt a chill in her neck, trembling her arms and slowly sending Qiao Chu's waist away, still choking with sobs, biting her lip and peeking at him, with a look of grievance.

Qiao Chu looked at the wetness on his chest, frowned, brushed it with his hand, raised his leg and walked to the door.

Jian Xiaoyun reached out and grabbed his sleeve without giving up, Qiao Chu turned his head suddenly, his eyes fell straight on Jian Xiaoyun's hands like a knife, and Jian Xiaoyun was frightened, thinking that he would raise a knife to cut off her hands, and immediately let go of his hand.

Qiao Chu faintly retracted his gaze, raised his legs and left, Jian Xiaoyun bit his lip and asked behind him, "Qiao Chu, you, where are you going?" ”

Jian Xiaoyun thought that Qiao Chu would not agree to her, but he didn't expect him to pause slightly, and said lightly: "The scene of the crime." ”

With that, he left without looking back.

Jian Xiaoyun lay in the prison cell, reluctant to look at his departing back, and looked up at the gloomy cells around him, tears still flowing.

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Qiao Chu came out of the cell, squinted slightly by the vicious sun above his head, Li Chengdu was already waiting at the door, at this moment he was wearing the official uniform of Guiyang Tongzhi, standing long under the sun, but there was less of the dark and treacherous feeling on weekdays.

"How's it going?"

Qiao Chu just glanced at him lightly, and continued to walk forward, Li Chengdu followed behind him, and said with a respectful expression: "Check it out, the deceased Zhang Jin is from Lin Xia Town, died two days ago, and it was found in the kitchen. ”

Qiao Chu paused slightly, looked sideways at Li Chengdu, raised his eyebrows and said, "Can you conclude that you killed first and then burned the corpse?" ”

Li Chengdu also paused, nodded and said, "It can be determined." ”

Qiao Chu frowned when he heard this, and said, "Since the person is already dead, why do you want to burn it again?" Isn't that troublesome? ”

Li Chengdu didn't seem to think about this problem, he also lowered his head and thought about it at the moment, and speculated: "Perhaps, there may be some deep hatred between the deceased and the murderer, and he still doesn't get rid of his hatred after killing him, and he is burning the corpse to vent his anger?" ”

Qiao Chu lowered his eyebrows and thought for a while, but did not speak, raised his legs and continued to walk ahead, and said, "Let's go, go to the deceased's house and have a look." ”

Li Chengdu nodded, his eyes couldn't help but fall on the water stains on Qiao Chu's chest, and asked, "Master, why don't you go back and change your clothes?" ”

Qiao Chu glanced at his chest, and couldn't help but think of Jian Xiaoyun's aggrieved face, he couldn't help but chuckle, waved his hand and said, "That's it, go directly." ”

Li Chengdu looked at Qiao Chu's back, his eyes were full of inquiry, when did the master be so kind, and remembered Cangli's words again, his eyebrows raised, and the corners of his mouth gradually smiled: "Isn't it...... It's really Hongluanxing moving! ”

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The deceased Zhang Jin's home is on the edge of Linxia Town, not far from the front door of his house near the official road, Qiao Chu stood at the door with his hands in his hands, his eyes were slightly gloomy, it seemed that Jian Xiaoyun was not lying, she did come here to ask for directions.

Qiao Chu walked to the door and saw that the mourning shed had been set up in the courtyard of Zhang Jin's house, the coffin was parked under the shed, the yard was plain white, the white flags were fluttering, and the middle door was wide open.

His wife knelt in front of the tablet under the coffin, wearing filial piety clothes, one by one kept burning paper money into the brazier, and the confetti fell on her head, but she didn't care, just looked at the coffin in a daze.

Qiao Chu looked at her silhouette at the door, only to feel that this woman had a plain face, but she was born with delicate eyebrows, and she was very gorgeous, but her face was pale and thin, and it seemed that a gust of wind could blow it down.

He frowned slightly, cleared his throat slightly, and the woman heard Qiao Chu's voice and looked back, and saw a strange man suddenly appearing at her door, brightly dressed and with extraordinary eyebrows, he suddenly became a little nervous and looked a little at a loss.

Qiao Chu saw the woman's nervousness, and hurriedly explained: "Madame, don't be afraid, I am a friend of Zhang Jin in the city, and I heard that he suffered a misfortune the day before yesterday, so I came here to take a look." ”

When the woman heard that she was her husband's friend, her heart gradually fell, and she gave way sideways, and there was still unburned paper money in the brazier behind her, she lowered her eyebrows, and her voice was very low, and said: "The tired son is worried, and the concubine is grateful, please." ”

Qiao Chu nodded, took a few steps forward, bent over the coffin tablet and gave a slight salute, and burned some paper money before he said lightly: "Madam, the family has suffered such a catastrophe, please be relieved and mourn." ”

Qiao Chu mentioned this, and the woman seemed to think of the sad thing again, and tears burst out of her eyes like spring water, blurring her eyes: "How unfair God is, Xianggong has never done a bad thing in his life, but now he has ended up like this." ”

Qiao Chu's eyes rolled slightly, and he seemed to be a little puzzled and asked, "I don't know how Brother Zhang died?" ”

The woman wiped her tears, there seemed to be a trace of resentment in her eyes, and she gritted her silver teeth and said: "It's all because God doesn't have long eyes, Xianggong is just kind enough to show the way for that woman, but she has a bad heart, kills him, and burns his body, pity my husband, he didn't leave a whole corpse until he died!" ”

Qiao Chu raised his eyebrows and asked casually: "In this way, you saw that it was the female thief who killed your father-in-law!" ”

The woman shook her head and said, "I wasn't at home that day, but my neighbor Chen told me, and he said that he had seen the woman asking my father-in-law for directions. ”

"It turned out that he just saw her and asked for directions."

Qiao Chu sighed lowly, raised his eyes and looked around, and found that Zhang Jin's house was located on the edge of the town, the geographical location was relatively remote, and the nearest neighbor's house was also some distance from his house, if it wasn't for the family at the gate of the courtyard, I am afraid that I would not be able to see here.

He frowned without moving, pondered for a moment, and said, "Where did the lady go that day?" ”

The lady touched her tears, a little wary of why Qiao Chu was so concerned about her husband's death, but replied politely: "That day, I went to Wang's mother's house in the town to do manual work, thinking that I could earn some money, but I didn't want it to be the last time we met, and when I went home in the afternoon, I saw that he was killed by the thief in the kitchen. ”

Qiao Chu's eyes flickered slightly, and he said: "Since Madam didn't see it with her own eyes, and the person surnamed Chen didn't see it with your own eyes, how can you be sure that the female thief killed your father-in-law?" ”

The lady was speechless when asked for a while, and seeing that Qiao Chu's face was not an ordinary businessman, she became a little vigilant, and couldn't help but take a few steps back, and said coldly: "You, you are not my father-in-law's friend, who are you?" ”

Qiao Chu didn't intend to hide it, he smiled faintly, and said in a somewhat obscure tone: "I am from the official family, and there are still some doubts in this case, I came here to take a look, maybe...... It was someone who shouted to chase the thief

。 ”

As soon as the lady heard that it was from the official family, her face changed, and finally she became angry, looked at Qiao Chu and asked, "Why, the official government wants to bully me when they see that I am a woman!" ”

Qiao Chu looked at her appearance, even if she was angry at the moment, she was still beautiful, he smiled and said: "Madame don't have to be angry, there are still doubts in this case, and the government doesn't want you to die in vain, and now, Madame doesn't know if she will let me open the coffin for autopsy again?" ”

"Open coffin autopsy?"

The woman's face was white and painful, mixed with anger, and she threw herself next to the coffin at once, crying: "You people, my father-in-law has died so miserably, you still want to make him not at peace after death, I tell you, unless I die, none of you are allowed to touch his body!" ”