Yeats and Yan Yan, after examining the depth of the deceased's stabbing, both believed that the murderer might be a woman.

On the second day, Yeats went to the temporary detention center of Dali Temple to interrogate the women who had entered and left the restaurant that night, mainly for women who sang or performed as artists.

Guangju Building, from the appearance point of view, has four floors, but in fact the fourth floor is an attic, not the main body of use, its existence mainly makes the appearance play a good-looking role, is a kind of architectural aesthetics.

In addition to the four-story attic, the second and third floors are mainly private rooms, each with sixteen private rooms, and three on the two floors, each with guests, each with at least one or three performers playing and singing, and some private rooms even invite kabuki, so the number is even higher.

Looking at the entire page of the list, Yeats understood the drunken gold fans in the upper circles of the capital, and let the jailer mention it.

When Yeats was interrogating, Zhang Jin took the list to the shopkeeper of Guangju Building to check the list of three wrong (other) words.

The shopkeeper looked at the list and said, "This first one, when reporting to the guests, she is called Qin Niangzi, and when she goes out, or we run the hall and call her Qin Niangzi." ”

Zhang Jin understood, this is a stage name and surname with homophones, and he asked the next one, "What about this?" ”

The shopkeeper said with certainty, "This girl is an orphan picked up by the old singer, and she ranks fifth in the singing line, and everyone calls her Wuxi'er, which is written incorrectly in the restaurant." ”

"What about this?" Zhang Jin pointed to the third one and asked.

"This must be Jin Niangzi, he is a trickster in the Manchun Courtyard ordered by the guests in the bamboo private room, he plays a good pipa, and often goes in and out of our Guangju Building."

"Are you sure?"

The shopkeeper nodded affirmatively, "The third floor is full of guests with status, and Jin Niangzi is still the bamboo private room that I led to." ”

Zhang Jin said in his heart, Uncle Qin usually doesn't make mistakes, his heart moved, "Is there a golden lady...... then?"

The shopkeeper opened his mouth with some disdain, "Of course there is, but she is usually in the lobby on the first floor, and occasionally she can go up to the second floor, but she definitely can't go up to the third floor." ”

Zhang Jin understood, this singing grade is low, and he is not qualified to go to the third floor.

"On the night of the crime, did she sing in the restaurant?"

The shopkeeper thought for a while and said, "I came, but I was called away by someone as soon as I sang a song." ”

Zhang Jin asked, "Then when she left, did Cen Shilang and them come?" ”

Singing in the lobby on the first floor, the shopkeeper didn't pay attention, he called his subordinate steward and asked carefully before replying: "Lord Cen, they haven't arrived yet." ”

It was not until it was dark that Yeats finished the trial of dozens of women, and basically everyone who sang testified that there was no time or motive for committing the crime.

Teng Chong said, "Cen Shilang's private room is ordered by the Kabuki of Manchun Courtyard, a total of ten people who led the singing and dancing, all of them exited the private room one step ahead of the guests, and left after receiving the silver from Lord Ding's steward, and after leaving, they were all brought back by the person in charge of Manchun Courtyard, and there was no time to commit the crime at all, could it be that the man deliberately pretended to be powerless to kill the person?" ”

Yeats looked pensive, "Maybe you're right, but Lord Yan was afraid that he would make a mistake and mislead the direction of arresting, so he tried pork many times, and eighty percent of them were killed by women." ”

"Is it a handyman or a handyman?"

Yeats looked at him, "You have investigated the miscellaneous servants and mother-in-law in the restaurant, who do you think is suspicious?" ”

"I checked all the handymen and mothers-in-law on the third floor, and everyone has a certificate that has not entered the private room."

Yeats thought of the dark room where the drinks were kept, and what if he hid in the private room before the guests entered the private room? There was a half-table for drinks, and the half-table was not only against the wall, but also covered with a fine tablecloth, which kept the other three weeks tightly so that people would not be found if they hid inside.

Who gave Cen Shilang the pearl hairpin, which door Cen Shilang came in from without anyone finding out, and after coming in, how the murderer killed him with a slow knife without alarming others.

What is the relationship between the murderer and Shum Shilang? Why did you kill him with a slow knife?

Lu Sicheng had already put Cen Shilang's birth, place of origin, life, and various social relations in the capital on Yeats's table.

"How?" Lu Sicheng asked, "There are five days left before the New Year, can you find the murderer?" ”

Yeats quickly flipped through Cen Shilang's life history.

Cen Shilang, named Zhaolun, a person from Ganzhou, the son of a local gentry, young and talented, all the way to school, at the age of twenty-eight, he was awarded an officer, and at the age of forty-three he became a four-grade household waiter.

Yeats raised his head: "He is Xue Guogong's son-in-law?" "No wonder I rose so quickly all the way, it turned out that I had a capable father-in-law.

Lord Lu said: "He is the Tanhualang caught by Xue Guogong." ”

It's Tanhualang again.

Yeats frowned, "Twenty-eight-year-old Zhongjin Shi, I already have a wife at home, right?" ”

"His wife had a cold in the year he made the list."

Yeats hurriedly looked down, "Why didn't it mention the children born to his ex-wife?" ”

Lord Lu shook his head, "He doesn't have it on his resume, but I've heard that his ex-wife gave birth to a daughter, and his mother disliked it and was taken back by his ex-wife's mother's family." ”

Yeats frowned, remembering a common saying: Promoted to get rich and die to his wife, how did he smell a smell of Chen Shimei.

"My lord, help me transfer two people to Ganzhou to check on his ex-wife's daughter."

Lord Lu replied, "Okay, no problem. ”

"Can you do it as fast as you can?" If you want to close the case before the year, you must get the information as quickly as possible, but without communication tools such as telephones and mobile phones, Yeats felt that it was impossible to get the information found before the year.

Lord Lu said with a smile, "Then I have to ask Lord Shaoqing for help, if you can go to the official post road, it is estimated that there will be flying pigeons to pass the book, which is the fastest." ”

Yes, how did she forget the book of flying pigeons.

Just when everyone was about to get off duty, Zhang Jin came back.

Yeats poured him a cup of hot water, "Brother Zhang, how is the investigation?" ”

Zhang Jin gave Yeats the verified information.

"The first two are fine, they are homophones, but they are actually the same person." He said, "But the third homonym is really two people." ”

And all the people looked at him.

Zhang Jin continued: "A Jin lady, a golden lady, the former is a kabuki of Manchun Temple; The latter is sung by Guixi class. ”

Manchun Courtyard is a middle-class and upper-class brothel, and the reception is either rich or expensive; Guixi class is an opera troupe, which generally only sells singing, not body, and wanders among the middle-class people.

"I inquired about a detail," he said......

For some reason, the atmosphere in the business room suddenly became tense.

Teng Chong asked impatiently, "What details?" ”

Zhang Jin swallowed his saliva when everyone was staring at, "The shopkeeper of Guangjulou said that the golden lady also went that night, but after only singing one song, she was called away by someone." ”

"Before Cen Shilang and the others go upstairs to eat?"

Zhang Jin nodded, "Ye Pingshi, is the golden lady very suspicious?" ”

That night, when Yeats pushed the secret door, Zhang Jin was at the door to investigate, so he also thought of this.

(End of chapter)