Ninety-one The remnants of the red light
The earl's wife, the maid "Lin", fought with Han Daring, and finally bled too much and died. At the same time as she was breathing, behind Han Da'er, a hoarse cry broke out from the crowd protected by the police, this person was the Countess.
The countess jumped up and hugged the waitress, and her tears kept falling like pearls with broken threads, which showed that the relationship between her and the waitress was very deep, and it was not a simple master-servant relationship.
Now, it is difficult for the police to get the words out of the mouths of the dead. Martin could only ask the Countess about the lady's life experience and some details of her activities tonight, hoping to dissect her motives and modus operandi from these clues.
At this time, in order to prevent any more emergencies, Martin asked Lao Cai to bring the police and the servants in the Red Fort to move some soft chairs and sofas out of the reception room, and gathered everyone in the hall on the first floor. Only Martin, with police officer Mills, questioned the Countess in the interrogation room.
Han Da'er was unusual, and did not rush to ask to listen to the earl's husband. Martin felt very strange, Han Da'er had been very interested in this case from the beginning, and after the waitress died of excessive blood loss just now, his expression seemed to have become very solemn.
Martin now knows that Han Da'er is also a police officer, but in this troubled world, the police are usually one of the most recent people to die. He felt that Han Da'er should not have too many mood swings psychologically because of the violent pawn of the female attendant, maybe he was just a little tired after a series of changes, so he let him rest in the hall on the first floor.
Since the conversation between the Countess and the lady-in-waiting was in French, only Han Da'er could understand it, except for Pierre, the Jews, and one or two French guests. From the simple conversation between the two, coupled with the last words shouted by the maid, as well as the count's husband's sad attitude, Han Daring had already guessed the relationship between the two Rao. So there was no need to be in attendance, he had more important things to do now.
In the interrogation room, the countess recounts the past and life experiences of the lady-in-waiting. This waitress is surnamed Lin, formerly known as Lin Qing, and is now eight years old Chinese New Year's Eve.
More than 30 years ago, Gengzi changed the country, and Jinwei was broken by the Eight-Nation Alliance. At that time, the divine soldiers and boxers were appreciated by the Empress Dowager Cixi, and were sent to the imperial court by Zhao'an, and were incorporated into the regular army, known as the "Tiger God Battalion". At this time, they were uniting the background defenders, preparing to defend the capital to the death, recruiting generals, and fighting against the foreign guns and cannons of foreign devils.
After the fall of Jinwei, the local boxer scene collapsed, and several branches of its organizations were scattered. Among them, there is only a red light, and there is still stubborn resistance. The Red Lantern was an all-female organization, and the vast majority of them were women of low origin, most of whom were prostitutes.
When the red light rose, these women, who were usually blinded and had a lowly status, suddenly became powerful, and the believers who sat down worshiped them as goddesses and fairies. Their status is like climbing a ladder, climbing to heights that are difficult for ordinary people to reach. This change not only gives these humble women a great sense of psychological satisfaction, but also makes them arrogant and domineering.
After a long time, they themselves were hypnotized by these deceitful remarks, and they really regarded themselves as high goddesses and fairies, and it was difficult for them to climb down from the high throne no matter what. At this time, the invasion of the Eight-Nation Alliance, instead of letting them see clearly those deceptions pretending to be gods and ghosts, was just a dream bubble, but inspired their incomparable fighting spirit, vowing to protect their hard-won authority, because they did not want to fall from the altar, let alone see the truth again. They would rather die than indulge in the beautiful dreams woven by gods and superstitions
The other gods and soldiers had already scattered and fled in the sound of foreign devils' guns, but the red light became more and more courageous, and on the bloody battlefield, they frantically brandished swords and spears, and rushed towards the foreign guns and cannons of the Eight-Nation Alliance. The result can be imagined, and the corpses at the scene are extremely tragic.
Not only was the red light extinguished by the foreigners, but its leader, the Holy Mother of Yellow Lotus, "Lin Heier", became a prisoner of the Yangrao ranks. Back then, Lin Heier took a red light, killed foreigners, and burned churches, and many people among the foreign soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance really recognized her.
At that time, Lin Heier was tortured in prison, and there was a girl who was a few years old at the scene. This girl is Lin Heier's daughter. She saw these red-haired and green-eyed foreign soldiers, torturing her mother, and planted the seeds of hatred in her young heart.
Before being stranded, Lin Heier entrusted her daughter to a Chinese woman who was also in prison. But this Chinese woman is not a member of the red lantern, she is just a thief who steals.
At that time, the countess had just married a count of the French Bourbons, who had always been fascinated by the mystical Orient, and the couple came to Tianjin in China after the Gengzi Revolution. The young Countess had just arrived in China and was curious about everything here.
When she heard that there was a mysterious armed group of women named Red Lantern, she asked the Count to take her to the prison to meet the strange woman who commanded the Red Lantern. The Countess, who was nearly thirty years older than the Countess, was so fond of his young wife that he could not resist her pleas, so he bribed the warden with money and took her to the prison where the Virgin of the Yellow Lotus was held.
At this time, Our Lady of the Yellow Lotus had been hanged and was about to be made into a specimen and sent to Europe for exhibition. The countess unexpectedly saw the daughter of Our Lady of the Yellow Lotus, Lin Hei'er, in the prison cell.
The girl was handsome, but in the chaos of the army, her face was cut by a sharp blade, leaving a scar. The Countess was very fond of children, but the Count was too old to have children. The Countess had just arrived in China, and she did not know much about the Red Lantern and the actions of the Yellow Lotus, but she was very fond of the poor girl in front of her, so she paid for the child from the thief.
This child is the attendant by her side, Lin Qing!
The Countess originally wanted to adopt Lin Qing, but the Bourbon family is a big family with a long history in France. They would never allow the adoption of a Chinese girl, and the child would still be red. Helpless, the countess could only keep Lin Qing by her side, although she was regarded as a maid on the surface, but in fact she regarded Lin Qing as her daughter in private.
A few years later, the Count died of illness at an advanced age. The countess inherited a large amount of property, although there is no shortage of ministers under the skirt, but because of her status, it is just a dew relationship, only Lin Qing has always been by her side, and she has also decided that one day, she will leave all her property to this adopted daughter.
Although Lin Qing grew up beside the countess, the tragic experience of losing her mother at a young age and the abuse of her biological mother by foreign devils are deeply engraved in her heart and have become an indelible scar. The Countess lived in a large mansion in the French Concession, which was not as grand as the Red Castle, but it was also palatial and well-off.
Many of the gardeners and servants in the family are Chinese, so Lin Qing can speak both French and Chinese. One of the servants was one of the remnants of the red light, and she was also the guard of the Yellow Lotus Virgin. This woman secretly taught Lin Qing martial arts, so when Lin Qingshi made a move, even the countess was startled, she didn't expect that she could fight with a big man.
Not only that, but in fact, the woman who taught Lin Qing martial arts once provoked Lin Qing to kill the countess and ransack the house and fly away. But Lin Qing and the countess are like mother and daughter, how can they do it.
Ten years later, the woman who taught her martial arts died of illness, and before the woman died, she still wanted to avenge the Yellow Lotus Mother. So before she died, let Lin Qing promise her that she must find the culprit who tortured and killed the Holy Mother of Yellow Lotus back then, and caries her hands
Half a year ago, Lin Qing suddenly became secretive. The Countess didn't think it at first, but it didn't take long for the Red Light to take revenge on the soul of the Yellow Lotus in the concession, and the Countess noticed Lin Qing's abnormality.
Once, while Lin Qing was away, the countess found a diary in Lin Qing's room and an unsigned secret letter, which was written in Chinese. Although the Countess could speak Chinese, she really couldn't read Chinese characters, so she found an old Chinese servant who could speak French and could trust, and translated the diary and letters into French.
Only then did the countess know what was going on, it turned out that this letter was written by another guard of the Yellow Lotus Holy Mother back then, which told Lin Qing who killed Lin Hei'er back then, and that she would avenge the Yellow Lotus Holy Mother, just wanted to ask Lin Qing to assist her.
The Countess was shocked when she learned the contents of the letter, but the letter did not mention the specific name, so she speculated that there were other secret letters, but after searching Lin Qing's room, she couldn't find any other letters. The countess was afraid that something would happen to her adopted daughter, and she has been inseparable from Lin Qing since then, for fear that Lin Qing would assist the letter writer in committing the murder.
So tonight, the Countess came to the exhibition and brought Lin Qing with her, but she didn't expect that George Brown, the owner of the Red Fort, was also one of Lin Qing's goals. After the Red Fort case, the Countess realized this, but it was too late to leave, and in the end, Lin Qing's matter was discovered by the police.
The countess has always regarded Lin Qing as her daughter, but she didn't expect Lin Qing to take her own life in order to take revenge. Maybe in Lin Qing's heart, the experience of that time was so terrifying and profound that he was entangled in these past gloom in adulthood. Later, he followed the red light to practice martial arts, and under his education, he let the seeds of hatred hidden in his heart take root and sprout, and finally became out of control.
Martin was also very sympathetic to the Countess and Lin Qing's plight, but killing is murder, no matter what kind of excuse is used, it is a crime. Although Martin promised not to disclose Lin Qing's identity here, the details of the case still have to be reported according to the truth.
In the interrogation room, Martin was still asking some details about Lin Qing's whereabouts tonight, but in the hall outside the interrogation room, the Jewish uncle, Calperez, had already started a new round of high-minded discussion and analysis of the case.
However, this time it was not Carl who found any clues again, but Han Daring deliberately arranged it, because he needed Carl's remarks to attract all the attention, including the British policemen who were guarding around.
Han Daring thought that even if the maid participated in the murder, she could only be regarded as an accomplice and a pawn to be used. The murderer is even more unlikely to be a ghost, the real murderer is still hiding in the shadows under a veil, maybe he is secretly rejoicing at this time that his conspiracy has succeeded.
He saw that the hall was full of police, and he couldn't look for clues at will. He had intended to distract the police by letting the Jews, instigate his uncle Calperez, continue to talk about the case and analyze the case, but Carl was quick to do so twice, and now he was like a defeated rooster, and he leaned back on the couch and drank.
Seeing this, Han Daring quietly told the Jews some clues, and asked him to tell Carl about these, Carl was bent on showing his talents in front of people, so after listening to these clues, he immediately became overjoyed, and once again put on that wise and wise look, and connected the Jewish clues in his mind, reconstructed the whole case, and couldn't wait to start talking to everyone present.
Han Daring found Bai Chongwei and wanted Bai Chongwei to help him check some clues, but Bai Chongwei felt that his ability was limited, and what Han Dada'er wanted to check, although he couldn't find it, it always took some time, and it was extremely difficult to find out if he wanted to find it out in a moment or three. But there is one person present who has such a ability, and that is the mysterious Zhao Gongzi - Zhao Jingsheng.