"This is the thing of the Red Sleeve Building!"

"You also know that the Red Sleeve Building Dancing Kui Qingluan?"

Di Xue was a little embarrassed after asking Chu Ran: "It was He Ziling who admired Miss Qingluan, so he often mentioned it in our ears." ”

"I've heard of that, too."

"If this corpse is Li Shoemaker, why did the murderer kill him, I have just seen that there is money in the house!"

Chu Ran hurriedly changed the topic with his doubts.

"The murderer's purpose in killing him may have something to do with these burnt ledgers and shoe samples, and the reason why the murderer failed to dispose of the body of the shoemaker Li is probably disturbed at the time."

As soon as Di Xue's words fell, there was a cry outside.

I saw Han Shu and Zhang Ying walking in with a man about fifty years old, the man was crying as he walked, and the whole person was sloppy.

"Master, this person calls himself Zhao Er, and he says that he is a friend of Li Shoemaker, and he has to come in to report to the official, I think he may be useful and brought him in!"

Han Shu saluted, and then brought Zhao Er to Di Xue.

"In that case, you come and ask him what his recent dealings with the shoemaker Li are, and let him recall as many details as possible, and let him identify the portrait when my autopsy is over."

After Di Xue finished speaking, she took the pen and paper handed over by Zhang Ying, and began to describe the appearance of your male corpse, and in less than a stick of incense, Di Xue had finished painting!

The person on the portrait was mediocre and a little obese, so Zhao Er burst into tears after seeing it, and said that this was the Li shoemaker.

"My lord, I have asked him about his relationship with the Li shoemaker!"

Listening to Zhang Ying's narration, Di Xue knew that Zhao Er and Li Shoemaker turned out to be drinking friends, and the two loved wine as much as their lives, and Li Shoemaker didn't care about money so he always invited Zhao Er to the Red Sleeve Building.

But on the night six days ago, Li Shoemaker went out alone to the Red Sleeve Building, and Zhao Er didn't agree to follow him, and the two were a little unhappy because of this.

At two o'clock in the morning, Zhao Er became addicted to alcohol, and happened to see the cigarette pipe in the house of the shoemaker Li was smoking, thinking that he had made something delicious, so he came to knock on the door of the shoemaker Li.

At that time, Li Shoemaker resolutely refused to open the door for Zhao Er, and asked Zhao Er to leave quickly and not bother him, so Zhao Er left angrily.

Since then, Zhao Er has not seen Li Shoemaker again, and no one has responded when he knocked on the door several times.

"Generally, the patrol and the Beijing army branch in the city will start patrolling at three o'clock, it seems that the arrival of Zhao Er has made the murderer have to change his plan to throw the corpse!"

After Chu Ran finished speaking, Di Xue nodded in agreement.

Suddenly, Zhao Er looked at Di Xue and then knelt on the ground: "Grass people Zhao Er, please ask Lord Qingtian to call the shots!" ”

"Don't worry, I will definitely investigate the case of Shoemaker Li!"

Di Xue was a little confused by his kneeling, only thinking that he was a brother.

"It's not just this, the grass people also have grievances!"

That Zhao Er knelt on the ground and tears were like waterfalls:

"The grass people have never married all their lives, and recently they have been living with the embroidery lady Qin Yue, and the man in her family died early, and there is no son and a half daughter around her, and she can live a life of sewing and mending every day!"

Di Xue saw that he couldn't cry, so he had to pat him on the back to comfort him, Zhao Er took a deep breath and continued:

"But half a month ago, Liu Yun, who was also an embroidery girl with her, introduced her to a big job, saying that she was rushing to make wedding clothes for the son of Wang Shilang of the Criminal Department, and she gave a lot of money after the fact."

Zhao Er sniffed and continued:

"Three days ago, she mysteriously told me that Liu Yun introduced her to a big job again, but this time she needed to stay at her employer's house for a few days, but she never came back."

"What about Liu Yun, have you ever asked?" Han Shu asked.

Zhao Er shook his head: "Liu Yun disappeared with her!" ”

After listening to this, Di Xue faintly felt that there was something related to this.

Then I thought that these two embroidery girls might be the ones who imitated the clothes worn by Zhou Huai on the day of the crime!

As for the shoemaker, Di Xue has some guesses, but there is still a lack of information!

"Zhang Ying, you clean up the scene, and the surrounding merchants also inquire about it, and report to me immediately if there is anything suspicious! Han Shu, you take people to look for Qin Yue and Liu Yun according to what Zhao Er said, and go to the suburbs of Beijing closest to the courtyard where Zhou Huai's case occurred, maybe you will gain something. ”

After Di Xue gave the order, the two of them received the order, and she also withdrew from the shoemaker's shop, looking at Chu Ran's bloodless face, she said:

"Chu Ran, you also sleep all night, now go back and rest first, let's go to the Red Sleeve Building at night to meet this dancing leader for a while."

Chu Ran didn't shirk it, after all, everyone else had to sleep for a while, but he was spinning, so he nodded, got into the carriage with Di Xue, and went home.

Di Xue woke up from the mansion in the twilight, and after freshening up, she picked out a white silk and gold bird-patterned robe, tied it with a gold-inlaid jade belt, and climbed on the boots with gold and white soles before leaving the mansion.

And Chu Ran was already waiting at the corner gate of Prince Heng's mansion, only to see that his face was like white jade, his clothes were like gold silk, and he looked like a handsome son, which was very eye-catching!

The two of them took the car to the door of the red-sleeved building, and before their feet touched the ground, they were surrounded by the little maid and invited into the building.

Di Xue was not polite, and directly explained her intentions, so after rewarding the little maid, the little maid led the two to the private room on the third floor.

However, at the time of half a burnt incense, a woman in a red and golden hairpin came.

Di Xue looked at the appearance of the woman in her early twenties, her face was beautiful, like a lotus flower standing upright in the chaotic pool, and her stubbornness revealed a clear beauty.

"I've seen Miss Qingluan, in Xia Di Xue is the temple of Dali Temple, and I want the girl to cooperate with me today!"

After Di Xue finished speaking, Qingluan's hand pouring tea paused slightly, and then immediately returned to normal, and returned with a smile:

"If the adult is in need, the little woman will not hide it."

"The girl is straightforward, and she can't hide it that today the body of the shoemaker Li was found in the shoemaker's shop in Nanshi, and the girl's handkerchief was found there."

After Di Xue finished speaking, her eyes fell on the handkerchief in Qingluan's hand!

After hearing this, Qingluan looked at the handkerchief in his hand and then returned: "I did give my handkerchief to the shoemaker, but I did not know about his death. ”

"I believe the girl, but the shoemaker Li was killed after leaving the Red Sleeve Building six days ago, I guess he may have said something to the girl, or handed over something to the girl!"

Under Di Xue's gaze, Qingluan sighed lightly and slowly talked about the scene of the day.

It turned out that the Li shoemaker already knew that he would soon die in Huangquan, so he paid a high price to see Qingluan, handed her a burden, and asked Qingluan to take away Qingluan's handkerchief, and Qingluan saw that he was pitiful and agreed.

Then Qingluan took Di Xue and Chu Ran to her room.

Looking at the simple and elegant room, many of the objects were in the style of more than ten years ago, Di Xue couldn't help but be a little distracted.

"This room was decorated by my sister Qingying, the house was uninhabited for a long time after she passed away, and then it was repaired, so I moved back and restored everything to the way she was when she was."

After Qingluan finished speaking, her eyelashes drooped, and there seemed to be tears in her eyes.

And her words hit Di Xue like a hammer, she should have thought that Qingluan was the sister of Oiran Qingying, who died eighteen years ago!

Di Xue didn't turn her head, she couldn't bear to look at the woman in front of her anymore.

How did the little girl survive in this mixed place when she lost her sister's shelter, she couldn't think about it, only by solving the truth of the case could all the people in the case be freed!

Just thinking about it, Qingluan had already taken out the burden from under the bed and handed it to Di Xue.

After opening the baggage, Di Xue saw some silver coins, presumably left for Qingluan, and then saw a few shoe sample drawings and an account book.

Di Xue opened the drawing of the shoe, but found that the style painted on it was very strange, and she had never seen it before!