Chapter 152: The Scholar Is Strange
Light snow began to fall in the sky again, and the cold wind blew, which seemed to take away the only remaining temperature on Shen Qingyu's body, she had been standing at the door and waiting for a while, but she didn't wait for the person to wait.
Just when she already thought that maybe someone would not come, a small figure slowly became clear from far and near.
"Fat girl, you're finally here!" Shen Qingyu was in a somewhat cheerful mood and fell silent behind seeing the pair of crying and swollen eyes of the person who came, yes, her sister is still in prison.
She wanted to take someone to visit Liu Shunhua in prison, but she changed her mind halfway and asked someone to ask the fat girl out, thinking that before meeting Liu Shunhua, she asked the fat girl if her sister Shunhua knew Zhu Er, and then confirmed Liu Shunhua's words, the two of them are together every day, and Liu Shunhua must not avoid the fat girl if there is something.
Seeing the fat girl's crying and swollen eyes, Shen Qingyu felt uncomfortable, and said with relief: "I have heard everything about your family, it's okay, it's going to be fine." ”
The fat girl pursed her mouth, endured it for a while, and cried out with a "wow", sobbing and said, "Erya, do you think my sister will ...... Will you be beheaded? I'm such a sister, I don't want her to die! ”
Shen Qingyu said continuously: "No, how can you die?" Your sister will definitely be fine, as long as the real murderer is caught, your sister will naturally be fine. ”
She was always willing to believe that the girl with a shy smile on her face would never be the culprit of the murder.
There was a moment of confusion on the fat girl's face, "The real murderer?" ”
Until this moment, she didn't really perceive what the essence of this matter was, only that her sister had been arrested, and she couldn't tell when she would lose her head.
After listening to Shen Qingyu's words, she only felt that her head was buzzing, and she was at a loss for a while.
"Your parents are out?" Shen Qingyu thought about the reply of the person who reported the news that there was only the fat girl in the Liu family, so he asked.
"Well," the fat girl's tears were still falling down, "My father and mother took the money and wanted to go to the prison to see my sister, but the guards refused to be accommodating, and my father said that our money was too small, so I went with my mother to find someone to borrow money today, and I had to look at my sister for anything." ”
The wind was getting stronger and stronger, Rao Xue was worried about Shen Qingyu's body, and reminded: "Girl, it's too cold, how can your body stand it if it blows again, why don't you go into the house and talk in detail?" ”
Shen Qingyu took the fat girl's hand and went to the house, only to feel that the fat girl's hand was cold and hard, and a feeling of distress suddenly arose in her heart.
Standing by the door was a girl with a long face, who opened the curtain for Shen Qingyu and the others, looking respectful. Shen Qingyu glanced at it and felt a little raw, not like the Shen family, so he couldn't help but look at it twice.
The girl looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, her appearance was delicate, and when she touched Shen Qingyu's gaze again, she lowered her head in a panic.
Rao Xue said softly: "It's the daughter of the old man who guards the door in Zhuangzi, and she was called here to take care of the girl." ”
Shen Qingyu was a little puzzled, in addition to Ruyi and Rao Xue, there were several little girls around her, why did such a girl suddenly pop up, but she had more important things at the moment, she thought about it for a while, and quickly forgot about this little thing.
She pulled the fat girl to sit down and asked softly, "You should stay at home most of the time except for going out to collect firewood every day, right?" ”
The fat girl was stunned, she didn't know why Shen Qingyu asked her like this, but she still nodded honestly and said, "Well, what's wrong?" ”
Shen Qingyu said: "I remember you said that your sister rarely goes out. I wonder if she knows that Zhu Er. ”
The fat girl shook her head, "I definitely don't know, I've never seen that Zhu Er, and of course my sister can't know it." ”
Shen Qingyu thought for a moment, "Where will your sister go if she goes out?" ”
The fat girl thought for a while and replied: "My sister only has a hobby of embroidery, and when she goes out, she embroiders handkerchiefs in familiar people's houses, and never goes far." ”
Shen Qingyu eagerly asked, "Who's home?" ”
The fat girl said: "A widow who lives here, my sister and her have a good conversation, but because my father and mother don't like them very much, they rarely go." ”
Widow?
Shen Qingyu's heart moved, remembering the previous news, Zhu Er and a widow were very close, it should be this woman.
If Zhu Er and Liu Shunhua are acquaintances, this will definitely be the reason.
Here, Shen Qingyu continued to ask the fat girl about many trivial things, and the fat girl also knew everything about her little friends, and she said everything.
On the other side, a young man beside Shen Qinglin was also relaying everything he knew.
After the young man finished speaking, he saw Shen Qinglin's expression faint, knowing that he didn't care about it, and the reason why he paid attention was because of Miss, he couldn't help but say more, "Miss, she is very concerned about this, do you want to ......be a subordinate?"
Before he finished speaking, he saw Shen Qinglin frowning, looking not very happy, and immediately stopped talking.
The room was very quiet for a while, and it was half loud before Shen Qinglin sighed, "I don't know how she developed such a temperament?" What does this matter have to do with her, she runs out every day, she has to inquire about everything, she looks like a good letter, I can't wait to beat her. ”
Having said that, he regretted that he had ignored her too much in the past few years, and it couldn't be because there were few people to accompany him that he was like this.
He remembered that when the ice had just melted with her, it seemed that because of the death of the servant in the family, she circled around the place where the crime occurred almost every day, and at that time he only felt that the child was too curious.
Later, one thing after another flashed in his mind, and he didn't know how to think of Shen Qingyu's words, if he wanted to learn to perform an autopsy, he felt a pang in his heart, she wouldn't be really serious, right?
No, it won't. Shen Qinglin shook his head, the child had an idea for a while, it should just be casually talked.
He somewhat hoped that this matter could be revealed quickly, so he asked, and after hearing so much, he seemed to be infected with a little curiosity, and asked casually: "Is there any suspicious person around Zhu Er?" ”
The young man replied slowly: "Yes, but I only think this matter is a little strange, and it seems to have nothing to do with the case." ”
Shen Qinglin raised his eyes and looked over and motioned for him to continue.
"The two scholars who live in Zhu Er's house, I heard from the neighbors that they don't often study at home, and they often go in and out of some Qinglou gambling houses, and they look very rich."
This is a bit interesting, the imperial examination was postponed for a year, and those who had the conditions naturally lived in Shengjing, or rented or bought, and naturally saved the pain of running around when the examination began. So what are they staying here for?