The midyear festival passed unconsciously, and the little lady near Chengjing was safe and sound.

Yeats looked at the farthest one, "Perhaps, the deceased is the little lady Dong in the south of the city who went to find her sister......"

Teng Chong said, "I think so." ”

Yeats smiled: "Why? ”

He said: "If I am a murderer and I don't want people to find out that I am murdering, I will fool people far away, so that people cannot be checked, at least in the last month or two, so that when someone finds out, it has been so long that it is difficult to check." ”

Yeats nodded, "The murderer is cunning. ”

In fact, from the beginning, she suspected that the one who was killed might be the one who went farthest away, but human life has always been a big matter, and it has to be investigated one by one, and now everyone has checked that it is okay, and she is the only one left.

"As long as the identity of the deceased can be confirmed, the social relationship of the deceased can be found, then we are close to the murderer!"

Teng Chong agreed: "Maybe the murderer will show up." ”

"It's just that Lingnan is too far away." Needing time, Yeats turned his head: "Uncle Qin, how are you doing here?" ”

Qin Dachuan is usually silent, and when he heard the question, he spoke: "In the east and south of the city, I have inquired about those who have big hatreds and small hatreds, and there are a few who are in line with the hatred, wait for Ye Pingshi to take a look." ”

"Okay!"

The Ye family set off in a small group, and in one afternoon, they got to know several households, some neighbors fighting, men hating each other for money, and some who were deceived by the immortals and swore revenge, all of which are related to women.

One of them is to find that the people near the limbs, surnamed Ba, are tall and tall, in their twenties, idle, usually help people fight, collect protection money for a living, very hateful.

"I often go to the secret kiln for nothing, I was beaten out, and I threatened to kill someone's little lady......" The neighborhood lady was angry, "The co-author is sleeping in vain by you and has to provide you to the uncle, the business is all about paying money with one hand and delivering it with the other, and there is a thing in the world that eats for nothing, is this the reason why you say it?" ”

"That's what Auntie said."

Qin Dachuan inquired that Dong Xiaoniang is also a secret prostitute, the capital is big, it is not easy to live, living at the bottom, there are no parents, it is so easy to beg for a living under the eldest brother and sister-in-law, since the age of thirteen or fourteen, she has been forced by her sister-in-law to become a prostitute, and subsidizes the life of the eldest brother and his family with the skin and meat business.

As if remembering something, the eldest lady pursed her lips, "Later, he hooked up with the little prostitute surnamed Dong in the alley in front of him, and in order to be a white prostitute, he worked as a thug for the little prostitute, and the little prostitute's business was much better than before." ”

"I heard that Mrs. Dong went to Lingnan to find her sister, didn't she?"

The woman nodded again and again, "I don't know if Miss Dong can't stand her sister-in-law, or if her sister's conscience finds out and takes her to live a good life, but I have heard that Lingnan is an uncivilized place, so what is the good life......

Even the eldest lady thinks that going to Lingnan is unreliable, doesn't Dong Xiaoniang know?

Yeats smiled: "Five or six days ago, was there anything unusual about the surname Ba?" ”

The neighbor lady thought for a moment: "Listening to you say this, it seems to be true." She suddenly stood on tiptoe and leaned into Yeats's ear, "Let me tell you, Lord Guancha, on the morning of the 10th day of the seventh month, I got up early to buy breakfast for my eldest grandson, and found Ba Ba coming back from outside covered in dirt, ghostly, I hid myself in the corner of the wall, and saw him carrying a bag of things into the house with a bag of things in his heart." ”

"How old?"

"Such a big ......" the eldest lady thought it was wrong, and gestured with her hands, "It has to be so big...... Bulging round ......"

Round? Could it be a skull?

Yeats winked at Teng.

Teng Chong understood and led people to rush into Ba's house.

The Ba family is not an indigenous person from the capital, they immigrated to the capital only the second generation, the first generation of Lao Ba and his wife died of illness a few years earlier due to hardship, and there was a bachelor surnamed Ba left in the small courtyard, and his married sister did not come back to visit his brother who was not stingy, nor did he clean him, leaving him to fend for himself.

When Teng Chong was lifted from the bed like a dead pig, he shouted, "I'll recruit you...... I'll recruit ......"

It shocked Yeats and others.

Wouldn't it, so fast and so easy?

After a while, they knew that this was an oolong, and it was actually a pig's head.

"I know it's wrong to steal a pig's head, but it's not going to be the Midyear Festival soon, I have to prepare sacrifices to honor my father, don't you say?"

Teng Chong didn't believe it.

Ba Ba immediately pulled out the pork bones that had been eaten up after the sacrifice.

"Who's stealing?" Yeats squatted on the ground and took out a magnifying glass to examine the broken bones on the ground, which were indeed pig's heads.

Yeats got up and looked at the dirty, smelly Ba family.

Baba's eyes sparkled and he refused to speak.

Teng Chong's tone was arrogant, "Dali Temple hasn't found a pig's head?" ”

He has been a head catcher for a long time, and all kinds of people have encountered it, how to treat these guys who are not stingy, his eyes are sharp, and he lifts the handle of the knife is to press his head, and the surname Ba screams in pain, "Mei's shop...... The ...... of the Mei family's shop that stole it"

Yeats looked at Qin Dachuan.

He said: "It's the one where Zhang Zhu bought the spring water." ”

Oh!

Yeats passed, the grocery store sold everything, it was not strange to have a pig's head, and it was almost the Midyear Festival at that time, no problem.

Teng Chong asked: "Meet Mrs. Dong!" ”

Ba Ba was not stupid, and was stunned for a moment and reacted, "Do you suspect that the limbs belong to the Dong family?" ”

"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, just say you know Dong?"

"The official is the master, the small one knows the Dong family, but the small one dares to kill people if he mixes it again!" Baba Ba La Bala cleared himself of suspicion.

"Then you can rest assured that you can go to Lingnan so far away?" Yeats said as he reached out and picked up the dirty clothes that had been piled up on the wall, and the dirty ones were still the original cloth eyes.

"The Dong family has to leave her sister-in-law who killed a thousand knives, what can I do."

"Her sister-in-law ......," Yeats turned to look at the surname Ba.

Ba Ba was angry and said: "That's it, she has made a lot of money in business recently, but all the money was taken by her sister-in-law to marry her son's daughter-in-law, and no one was left behind, Dong hated it, and just received a letter from Sister Lingnan, so she secretly ran to find her sister." ”

Yeats heard the key words: "Secretly? ”

"Humph!" Ba Ba hated: "She is the cash cow of her sister-in-law, and her sister-in-law looks at her very closely." ”

Yeats stood directly in front of him, "Dong sneaked away, do you have your credit?" "She often tries cases, and she has her own righteousness and righteousness, which immediately deters the young people.

Baba's eyes flickered again.

Teng Chong shouted, "If you don't talk about it, I will arrest you and put you in prison." ”

Ba Ba is a kind of person who is a ball, and after such a battle, he was so frightened that he opened his mouth to get rid of the crime: "Adult, the small one is wronged, the small one has a good conscience, and I can't help but help ...... it."

Yeats smiled disdainfully: "Say, how much money did the Dong family give you to help her escape?" ”

"How can there be ......" Baba, who wanted to be cunning, ate Teng's head again, and this guy only remembered the pain, "I said...... I say...... He gave me two taels of silver. ”

Two taels of silver? With the purchasing power of the Great Wei Dynasty, it was enough for the poor to live in peace for more than half a year.

How could Dong's sister-in-law, who was so shrewd and searching, let her hide so much silver, where did this silver come from?

How could Ba Ba come back, "Adult, the conscience of heaven and earth, the little one really doesn't know!" ”

Teng Chong wanted to beat him again, but was pulled by Yeats, "Brother Teng ......" him and let him go.

Before leaving, Yeats told him: "If you think of something, go to Dali Temple to find me." ”

"If you don't report anything, I'll put you in jail." Teng Chong is very good at mending the knife.

The Ye family left the Ba family.

Teng Chong said, "Brother Ye, I think this is the little lady Dong who died." ”

Yeats's speculation is very different, but the foaming of the limbs is too serious, even if the Dong family comes to claim it, the Dong family may not recognize it.

"What then?"

Yeats sighed: "If only I could find the clothes that Mrs. Dong wore before her death." "So you can recognize whether it's or not.

Teng Chong gritted his teeth: "The rainwater drain has been searched several times, and there is no clothing." ”

The productivity of the Great Wei Dynasty was low, and for the poor, clothes were important family property, so if the average person lost a piece of clothing or something, they looked very carefully, which is the reason why there was not much sundries in the storm drains.

Again: there is no such thing as a perfect crime, only evidence that is not found.

Let's go!

Back at Dali Temple, Bai Lang brought good news, "It's confirmed, from Beijing all the way to Lingnan, no one has seen Dong Xiaoniang, and even confirmed with the people who guarded the city that Dong Xiaoniang has never been out of the capital at all." ”

reaffirmed that the person who was the body was Dong Xiaoniang.

Teng Chong said, "I took the case handling order one by one to investigate the people that Dong Xiaoniang had contact with before her death." ”

"Hard."

"What's this?" It is better to investigate the case with direction than a headless fly, Teng Chong didn't think it at all, and hurried to investigate the case with a group of subordinates.

Qin Dachuan was also about to go out, but was stopped by Yeats.

"Uncle Qin, most of the people Teng Zhutou checked are prostitutes, ...... you" Yeats thought about it, a little lady who has been oppressed for a long time is still watched by her sister-in-law, so who will she confide her pain to?

Temples were prevalent in the Great Wei Dynasty, will they go to the temple? In the previous cases, either monks were involved, or there was the shadow of a temple, so what about this time?

Qin Dachuan led the task away.

Yang Fuquan jumped over, "What about me?" "He had itchy hands and wanted to find a place to fight.

Yeats smiled, "I always feel that this case is strange, and I have to sort it out." ”

"You're going to the archives?"

She has turned over ten unsolved cases several times.

"No, let's go out for a walk."

"I'll accompany Lord Ye!"

Zhao Bai appeared at the door of the official room like a ghost, which frightened Yeats.

"Lord Zhao ......" she was helpless.

Last time, we rented a carriage and ate and drank together, and the two of them also had a friendship.

"Anyway, it's fine." He spread his hands, looking like a rich idler.

"......" just follow, maybe a phrase from the indigenous people can inspire her speculation.

On a July day, when I go out to hang out, I don't do anything for ghosts.

However, Zhao Bai's carriage has ice, and it is extremely cool to sit on.

Yeats sighed: "Lord Zhao, how do I feel that you are hot to send ice!" ”

"Isn't that impressive?"

Zhao Bai's folding fan snapped open, chic as jade. The sick color on his face is gone, he is wearing a gray robe today, his whole temperament is indifferent, and there is a faint aroma of herbs on his body, which smells good.

Zhao Bai's eyes were dark, his eyes were shining, and his smile made people feel like a spring breeze.

Who doesn't love dealing with people who are comfortable! Yeats smiled, his eyebrows and eyes crooked, his eyes shining, and extremely delicate.

"Thank you Zhao Da for sending ice in the heat!" Yeats deliberately hugged his fists in a serious way to thank him.

Zhao Bai was amused and laughed, the whole person was bright and happy, and the two talked and laughed through the carriage to the blue sky and white clouds.

Jing Zhaoyin, Dali Temple are investigating the limb case, the east of the city, the south of the city people panicked, in the summer, there are few people who come out in broad daylight, after this case, the street is still on the street, but there are almost no people in the alleys.

There are few people in front of Mei's shop.

Mrs. Wang stood in front of the small grocery shop, shaking the broken pu fan, chatting with the proprietress at the counter, "Your business has been affected, right?" ”

Mei smiled, "It's okay, everyone has to buy what they should buy, they can't go out in the middle of the day, and they always have to go out to buy it when it's cool at night." ”

"That's right." Mrs. Wang sighed and turned to the limb case, "What do you say that people's hearts are so dark, and they actually kill people like this, and I don't know where the head and body are, I heard that Dali Temple has not been found until now." ”

Mei's white and rich state, like a housekeeper raised by a big family, with a kind face and shrewdness, "This kind of thing, let's not talk about it casually." ”

didn't have to be attached, the chat was not happy, Mrs. Wang pursed her lips, turned her head and said something else, "You know, the little girl of the Li family had a convulsion last night, and she hasn't seen her well until now, so I guess I'm going to ask you for God next morning." ”

Mei Shici frowned: "They all live in the same place, if she comes, I will definitely help." ”

"You...... It's just a good ......" Mrs. Wang also had to admit that Mei's was a good person, "No wonder the small shop is prosperous, it's all your usual goodness!" ”

Mei smiled modestly.

This woman is more stable than their mothers-in-law, look, she doesn't take a bath when she is so boastful, no wonder she can live so richly.

There was nothing to talk about, Wang Pozi shook the pu fan and left, and met Mei's son - Mei Zongbao opposite.

Mei Zongbao is thin and tall, wearing the shirt of the Guozijian, decent Sven, but his body does not look very good, and he is a little sick, which is strange and distressing.

Mrs. Wang couldn't help but feel an aunt hurt: "Zongbao, I'm back from school!" ”

Mei Zongbao was very polite, "Yes, mother-in-law of the Wang family, will you leave?" ”

"Yes, it's hot, come back in the evening to blow the breeze."

"Then I'll prepare a bowl of flower tea for my mother-in-law at night."

Hearing this, Mrs. Wang giggled happily, "Ouch, hey, my good Zongbao, my mother-in-law brought you sweet bean curd." ”

Wang's mother-in-law's family makes tofu.

"Then thank you mother-in-law."

An old man and a young man stood at the door of the shop and warmed up for a while before dispersing.

Mei stood at the counter with a smile on her face.

Yeats, Zhao Bai and others stood at the corner of the alley, watching the young man enter the house before opening the fan and walking around the corner.

Zhao Bai turned his head to look at Yeats, "I noticed that you have a particularly side-eyed eye for thin and tall men. ”

"......" Yeats's eyes still fell on the small shop in front of him, and he was a little surprised when he heard Zhao Bai's words.

Zhao Bai nodded at Yang Fuquan.

Yeats smiled, "Don't say it, the boy just now is really similar to our little whole." ”

Yang Fuquan was not happy, "Don't look at me thin, I have eaten too much, and I may have beaten me." ”

Ye Zhao and the others were stunned, and in an instant, the two laughed together.

(End of chapter)