Chapter 12: Inquiries (1)
Chen Jinbao saw that he couldn't ask anything useful from the scholar's mouth, so he asked the prison officials to escort the scholar back to the prison and walked out of the torture room with Wang Fugui. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"What big discovery did you just make? Did you find something in the house again? Chen Jinbao asked excitedly.
Wang Fugui replied: "There is no master, we didn't find anything in the house this time, but there was an unexpected discovery." ”
Chen Jinbao asked again: "What unexpected discovery?" ”
Wang Fugui wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then said: "Master, after our brothers searched the house, they were going to come back directly to you to see what arrangements were made. I told him that there was a case, and told him not to ask more, and then he would know. But he said that it was a ghost again, and the eldest lady of the wine shop had just been frightened crazy the night before, and now she came out to harm people again. As soon as I heard this, I asked him if the lady had entered the house the night before? He said, yes, he was scared crazy when he came back. Master, I've already found out where the lady of the wine shop lives, shall we go now? ”
When Chen Jinbao heard this, he couldn't wait for the prince to be rich and noble, this clue is too important, in addition to the scholar and the deceased, there was a third person in the house the night before yesterday, which means that the wine shop lady is one of the important witnesses even if she is not the murderer.
"Are you the only one back? Someone else? Chen Jinbao asked.
"Master, I'm the only one who ran back to deliver the letter, the other brothers are waiting in Nancheng, and the wine shop is on Nancheng Street."
"Let's go!"
Subsequently, Chen Jinbao's master and apprentice rushed to Nancheng, found the arrester who searched the house, and rushed to the wine shop together.
After arriving at the place, Chen Jinbao and the others walked in, and the guy at the wine shop saw that it was a fast catch, and immediately nodded and asked: "Everyone, all the wine in the shop is fragrant, what do you want?" ”
Chen Jinbao said: "Don't buy wine, ask your shopkeeper to come out." ”
As soon as the guy heard this, he said: "Ouch, it's unfortunate that you came, the shopkeeper's family has an emergency, and he is not in the shop now." ”
Chen Jinbao continued: "You told your shopkeeper that no matter what urgent matter he has, let it go first, we are more urgent to find him than his matter, and maybe, we are here for the urgent matter that your shopkeeper said." ”
When the man heard this, he didn't dare to bombard these people in the yamen, so he said, "Then the catcher will wait a while, and the little one will immediately call our shopkeeper." ”
After that, the guy ran to the shopkeeper's house behind the wine shop to call someone, and after a while, the shopkeeper came out, Chen Jinbao saw that the shopkeeper was well-dressed and had an excellent temperament, and he really didn't believe that his children would commit murder.
The shopkeeper stepped forward, bowed to Chen Jinbao, and said, "I don't know what you are doing with the villain?" ”
Chen Jinbao smiled and said, "Shopkeeper, I heard that your young lady went crazy after coming back from entering that ghost house the night before yesterday, so I specially came to ask what your young lady saw." ”
When the shopkeeper heard this, his face sank, and then he said: "Lord Catcher, oh no, Lord "God Catcher", the little girl has indeed entered the so-called ghost house, but the madness is really nothing, and what Lord "God Catcher" has heard is just rumors in the market. ”
Chen Jinbao smiled again and asked, "The one who dares to ask the shopkeeper, where is your young lady now, and what is your so-called urgent matter?" ”
The shopkeeper squeezed out a smile when he heard this, and said: "Haha, the little girl is not rumored to be crazy, but she is now resting at home because of the occasional cold, and the villain's so-called urgency is just a business matter." ”
As soon as Chen Jinbao heard this, he said, "Oh, is it? ”
After speaking, he turned back to the arresters and said: "The case has been solved, the murderer is the young lady of this family, go and arrest her back to the yamen." ”
"Yes!"
A few catchers responded quickly, and they were about to rush to the back of the shop, but the shopkeeper was frightened when he saw it, and immediately knelt down and said, "My lord, what are you doing here?" ”
Chen Jinbao saw the shopkeeper kneeling down, and said to the catcher: "Wait a while." ”
The catchers stood still, Chen Jinbao squatted down again, and said to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, I tell you now, there is a case in that ghost house, and your young lady may be the murderer, maybe an important witness, I am not sure about this, and you don't let me see your young lady, I can only think that you are covering up your children and conniving at their crimes, so to arrest her back to the yamen, you should believe that your daughter has not done anything hurtful, then let me go and check and ask, and let the yamen eliminate the suspicion of your young lady." ”
The shopkeeper thought for a while, slapped one hand on his thigh and said, "Hey! Lord "God Catcher", everyone Hunter, please come here. ”
After speaking, the shopkeeper stood up and took Chen Jinbao and his party to the courtyard behind the wine shop, at this time, the shopkeeper turned around and bowed to Chen Jinbao, and said: ""God Catcher" Adult, the little girl is fourteen years old and has gone crazy, the doctor said that the little girl is not a year and a half to be cured, and the little girl can't be stimulated otherwise she will smash things, the villain is tired of the "God Catcher" adult, don't stimulate the little girl. ”
Chen Jinbao nodded and said, "Don't worry, this is natural." ”
The shopkeeper thanked Chen Jinbao, and the group came to the door of the wine shop's house, only to see a maid take out a torn pillow from it, and the maid saw the shopkeeper coming and said, "Look, master, Miss is sick again." ”
The shopkeeper waved his hand with a melancholy face, signaled for the maid to leave, and invited Chen Jinbao and the others in.
Chen Jinbao entered the house and saw that there was only one bed left in the furniture in the house, the wall was empty, there should have been some calligraphy and paintings to decorate, it seemed that they had all been taken off, the shopkeeper was fourteen years old, and she sat on the bed and shrunk into a ball and shivered, now it looks like this young lady has grown a beauty, but her hair is untidy and her hair is scattered like noodles, Chen Jinbao can't help but feel a pity, a beauty is a pity to go crazy.
Chen Jinbao stepped forward and said to the young lady: "Miss, let me ask you, did you go to that ghost house the night before yesterday, did you see anything there?" ”
As soon as the lady heard this, she immediately pulled her hair with her hands, kicked and beat her hands and feet, and shouted, "Ghost! Ghost! Hell! Person! Hell! ”
Chen Jinbao saw this situation and understood why there was nothing else in the young lady's house, she really wanted to smash things.
As soon as the young lady shouted like this, after a while, a middle-aged woman rushed in, immediately hugged the young lady, and shouted at Chen Jinbao and the others: "I beg you, don't harm my daughter anymore, okay?" ”
It seems that this is the lady of this family, seeing that Miss Xiangxiang is somewhat similar to her, Chen Jinbao saw this situation, turned his head and said to the catchers: "Let's all go out." ”
"Yes!" The catchers replied in unison.
Then Chen Jinbao turned his head to the shopkeeper and said, "Shopkeeper, take a step to speak." ”
Chen Jinbao and the shopkeeper walked out of the young lady's room, and the shopkeeper hurriedly bowed to Chen Jinbao and said, "Lord "God Catcher", you are smiling. ”
Chen Jinbao hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Where is it, the shopkeeper, we are tired of you, but I can't ask what the daughter can't say, I want to ask you, what happened the night before yesterday?" “
At this point, the shopkeeper sighed and said: "Hey, although the little girl is a daughter, but the temperament is the same as that of a man, and the villain is in the wine business, the little girl will drink at the age of eight, and she likes to play with children on the street, but the little girl is also well-behaved and sensible, so the villain did not suppress her daughter's problems, but now something happened, the villain's family had dinner the day before yesterday, and soon the little girl went out alone, the villain thought she was playful and didn't care about her, As a result, at about three o'clock in the night (about nine forty-five o'clock in the evening, from nine o'clock to eleven o'clock in the night), the little girl came back, and her eyes were blank, and her expression was frightened, and the villain asked her what was going on, and she didn't say anything, but went back to the room alone, and the villain didn't think much about it, and it didn't take long for her to fall asleep. Unexpectedly, at night, there were screams and smashing sounds from the little girl's room, and the little girl was heard shouting, ghost! Hell! The villain hurriedly got up to see, who knew that the little girl was alone in the house with disheveled hair and scattered hair, and tore the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, the chairs and tables were basically smashed, the villain was startled, and hurriedly sent someone to ask the doctor, the doctor came and said that the little girl was a heart disease, the decoction did not have much effect, only one medicine was left to leave, the villain originally did not know what happened to his daughter to become like this, until the next day, the villain went to ask the young master of the rice shop opposite to know that the little girl went to the ghost house alone last night, After coming back, it became like this, Lord "God Catcher", the little girl has become like this, so the little girl is unwilling to let her come out to meet people, so I lied to you, please forgive me Lord "God Catcher". ”
Chen Jinbao hurriedly said to the shopkeeper: "Where is it, the shopkeeper doesn't have to be like this, but I want to ask if the prescription left by the doctor can show me." ”
The shopkeeper hurriedly took out a piece of paper from his chest and handed it to Chen Jinbao, saying, "Lord "God Catcher", you have a look. ”
Chen Jinbao took the prescription and looked at it, and he found that there was no poison or anything like this in these prescriptions.
Chen Jinbao continued: "Shopkeeper, can you lend me this prescription?" ”
The shopkeeper bowed to Chen Jinbao and said, "Even if you take it, the villain has already remembered the prescription. ”
Chen Jinbao smiled and asked again: "Shopkeeper, I bother to ask you again, does the young master of the rice shop you just mentioned live opposite?" ”
The shopkeeper replied, "Exactly." ”
Chen Jinbao nodded and said, "Thank you for the shopkeeper." ”
Chen Jinbao turned around and was about to leave, but the shopkeeper stopped Chen Jinbao again, and said with a big bow: "Lord "God Catcher", the little girl has become like this now, and the doctor said that the decoction has no big effect, and the villain is about to ask the mage to exorcise ghosts for the little girl, but now that you, the living fairy, are here, can you exorcise ghosts and demons for the little girl, the villain will thank the "God Catcher" Lord with a lot of money. ”
Chen Jinbao rolled his eyes vigorously when he heard this, and said: "Shopkeeper, I will only investigate the case and not catch ghosts, maybe your young lady does not have a ghost, and after the case is solved, the young lady may get better." ”
"Oh."
The shopkeeper smiled, and then bowed to Chen Jinbao again, and Chen Jinbao called the catcher who was waiting next to him and set off for the rice shop.
"Master, did the shopkeeper say anything?" Wang Fugui went to Chen Jinbao's side and asked.
Chen Jinbao sighed and said, "Hey..... What the shopkeeper said may or may not be useful, this is not clear now. ”
Wang Fugui continued: "Master, do you think this young lady is pretending to be crazy, and then the shopkeeper is still helping to cover up." ”
Chen Jinbao touched his chin and said, "It's not impossible, but the question is why did the family do this?" Could it be that this fourteen-year-old girl is the murderer? Or is this shopkeeper a murderer? “
Wang Fugui bit his thumb and said, "Master, according to the current situation, it's not impossible that the shopkeeper is the murderer." ”
Chen Jinbao continued: "Hmm...... There is a possibility, but the key is why did he kill someone? Forget it, don't think about this now, let's go to the rice shop first, the shopkeeper said that his daughter went to that ghost house is what the young master of the rice shop said. ”
Wang Fugui nodded, and the group came to the rice shop, and the shopkeeper of the rice shop saw a bunch of catchers coming into the store, so he asked: "What is the matter with the master of the catcher coming to the shop?" ”
The shopkeeper of the rice shop and the shopkeeper of the wine shop look very different, the shopkeeper of the rice shop looks fat and fat, and the rich and noble appearance on his face is somewhat similar to the expression of the second stunned.
"Shopkeeper, we're not looking for you, we're here to find your young master this time." Chen Jinbao said.
When the shopkeeper heard this, he asked with a puzzled face: "Master Catcher, why are you looking for a dog?" ”
Chen Jinbao smiled and said, "Your young master is related to a case, so I specially came to ask your young master about something." ”
When the shopkeeper heard this, he immediately knelt down in fright, and said: "My lord, the villain is only thirteen years old this year, how can he be involved in any case, my lord, you must be aware of it." ”
When Chen Jinbao heard this, he immediately helped the shopkeeper up and said, "Shopkeeper, I didn't say that your young master committed a crime, I just said that he was related to a case, so I came to ask." ”
The shopkeeper wiped the sweat from his forehead, turned to the man and said, "Go find the young master and call him." ”
The family turned around and ran, and after a while, he came back with a teenage child, and the shopkeeper pulled the child to Chen Jinbao and said, "Adult, this is a dog." ”
The child saw Chen Jinbao pointing with his hand and shouted, "Catch the gods." ”
Chen Jinbao nodded with a smile and asked, "Little master, let me ask you, did the lady from the restaurant opposite come to play with you after dinner the day before yesterday?" ”
The child thought for a while and said: "It's coming to me, and the iron egg next door, all came, we played for a long time, and it was very late after playing for a while, Xiaoli said that we went to the ghost house to play together, and then we went together, but the ghost house was particularly scary, when we entered the door and saw a figure in the hall of the house, I and Tie Dan were too scared, so I asked Xiao Li to go, but Xiao Li didn't go and said to go to see, and then I and Tie Dan went home, and then I didn't see Xiao Li. ”
After listening to this, Chen Jinbao asked, "Is Xiaoli the lady of the wine shop?" ”
The child nodded and said, "Yes!" ”
Chen Jinbao asked again: "Is it true that you saw a figure in the hall of the house?" ”
The child nodded again and said, "It's true." ”
When the shopkeeper heard this, he immediately grabbed the words and said, "Adults, children are talking nonsense, don't be gullible." ”
Chen Jinbao waved his hand and said, "No, shopkeeper, your young master is really one of the witnesses in this case." ”