Chapter 20: Investigation
"This ......"
In the public court, the judge just wanted to speak, but he was stuck, he wanted to say but didn't know how to say, he hesitated for a long time and couldn't speak, and a large number of beads of sweat dripped down his forehead.
"In that case, the judge doesn't have any conclusive evidence that he didn't change the kidnapping child?"
Qiu Yuanxue seemed to ask with a spectrum in her heart.
"It's nonsense, how could I not have it, Ma Xuan! Take out the map of Kaifeng town. ”
Immediately afterwards, an official next to him took out an open drawing from the room and placed it on the table.
"This is the area where Jin Buchang often commits crimes, and the stolen children that night were also within the area where Jin Buchang committed crimes, which shows that he is the most suspicious. ”
The judge pointed to the place on the map, where the southern part of the country circled with a brush and where the missing child went from house to house was replaced by a cross, which did overlap with the place where Kim Buchang committed the crime.
However, there is only one place where the child of a family is furthest to the northeast, and this place has run far outside the circle.
"From this point of view, Jin Buchang is indeed very suspicious, but don't you think it's strange here?"
Qiu Yuanxue carefully looked at the map and analyzed.
"What's strange? Isn't that clear?"
The judge frowned suspiciously, glanced at Qiu Yuanxue and said.
Because Qiu Yuanxue bumped into the judge, the judge felt that his majesty had been provoked, but he couldn't say anything more, so he had to listen to Qiu Yuanxue talk on the stage.
"Although the location of the child's disappearance coincides with the location of Jin Buchang's perennial crime, once the child is taken away by a stranger, he will cry and scream, and it is still in a bustling and densely populated place at night, even if the child is stunned with ecstasy incense, it is not easy to carry so many children at the same time, and it is very likely to be detected by the people around him. ”
Qiu Yuanxue calmly analyzed the case and continued: "Moreover, there is a place in the northeast corner where the children are also missing, this location is far from the location where Jin Buchang committed the crime, and it is also missing in a densely populated place, so how did Jin Buchang manage to take them away quietly without letting the children cry in front of the eyes of so many people?"
"Listen to you...... ...... indeed"
The judge also hesitated, stroked his beard and thought calmly.
"Your Excellency, I think there must be someone else who is really culprit, and this person is not an ordinary person. ”
"Then you say, who is the real murderer!"
"I don't have a clue yet, but I would like to ask the judge to give me some time to investigate this matter, and I will give you a satisfactory answer after finding out the real culprit. ”
"Okay, since you can say that, this official will limit you to find out the real culprit who abducted the child within three days, and then take Jin Buchang back to the cell and leave the court!"
The judge slapped the startled wood heavily, and gave an order.
Just as the judge stepped down from the stage, a follower next to him stepped forward and whispered in his ear: "Your Excellency... Are you really letting this girl investigate the case?"
"Hmph, a girl, I've eaten more salt than she has eaten over the years, and this case is so difficult, she definitely won't be able to find out why, if she can't find out, I'll punish her for ten days in prison and make her arrogant!"
The judge glared viciously at Qiu Yuanxue's departing back, and said to Pu Kuai beside him.
Then the exhausted Jin Buchang was escorted back to the labor room by the two ordinary express, and the crowd watching at the gate of the yamen also talked about it.
"Since Jin Buchang is not the real murderer, then who is it......"
"That's right, if it goes on like this, the real murderer is at large in Kaifeng, which of us can stand it. ”
"Where do you think he can hide this kid......?"
Qiu Yuanxue turned around and walked in front of Xing Yuxiang, Yege and Le Shaoying.
"Wow, Sister Xue, your detective skills are so good. ”
Ye Ge said while applauding Qiu Yuanxue's conversation just now.
"Yes, Miss Qiu, you really scared us just now, but it's okay. ”
Xing Yuxiang wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.
"Ha, we're busy now, and I'll count on such a good thing. ”
Le Shaoying moved his shoulders, and then said with a smile.
"Hey, Qiu Yuanxue, don't you care about the Dark Dragon?
While Qiu Yuanxue was talking to everyone, the bronze sword at her waist glowed, and the Tianlong inside told Xue in a special communication voice that others could not hear.
"Let's delay this for a while in advance, now it is important to find the child, although the Black Dragon Incident is a major event, but I believe that the seal of the Three Emperors will definitely not be so easy to disintegrate. And now the child is a big deal, I can't watch the murderer go unpunished, but I can't save him!"
Qiu Yuanxue whispered to the Heavenly Dragon in the sword.
"Alas...... Maybe you're becoming more and more like your mother. ”
"Miss Qiu, since the matter has come to this point, then my sister and I have nothing to do, why don't we stay together to investigate the case, it may be faster to have one more person to investigate the case. ”
"Brother, I agree with what you say, and we also want to help Sister Xue. ”
Yege gave a thumbs up and said to his brother.
“...... Well, I'm also causing you trouble, in fact, I can check this matter alone. ”
"Ha, so far, Miss Qiu, you still say such an outward thing, we are now in the same boat, let's investigate together. ”
Le Shaoying patted Qiu Yuanxue's shoulder and said.
"Yes, Sister Xue, don't shirk it. Yege said with a smile.
"That'...... Well, thank you. ”
Qiu Yuanxue hesitated for a while, but nodded in thanks.
"But Miss Qiu, where do we need to find out first?"
Xing Yuxiang thought for a while and said.
“...... Inquire about the missing families to see if the child had behaved in any unusual way before he disappeared, or anything else. ”
"But then there are two areas, and it seems that the dots are split up to investigate. ”
"Hiccup...... Then that's okay, Qiu Yuanxue, and that little brother, and this little sister, you are in charge of the survey of this area in the south, and I am in charge of the northeast corner. ”
“...... It seems that this is the only way, after all, there are more places to go missing, so the information collected is relatively large. ”
Qiu Yuanxue said after thinking calmly.
So, Qiu Yuanxue, Xing Yuxiang, and Xingyu Yege were responsible for investigating the missing families in the southern region, while Le Shaoying was alone in charge of the investigation in the northeast region, and the four decided to meet at the door of the inn after the investigation was over.
In the area on the south side, Xing Yuxiang, Qiu Yuanxue, and Xingyu Yege came to the scene of the crime.
"I remember that the first thing closest to us is the disappearance of the Ouyang family, let's go and inquire first. ”
Qiu Yuanxue carefully recalled the location of the missing family on the map that she had seen in the court, and then said to Xingyu Xiang, Xingyu Yege.
"Okay, then just do it, and find the real culprit as soon as possible. ”
Xing Yuxiang said energetically.
So, Qiu Yuanxue, Xing Yuxiang, Xingyu Yege and others came to the door of Ouyang's house, and Qiu Yuanxue stepped forward and knocked lightly on the door, "Knock knock!"
"Hello, is anyone here? We're here to inquire about the child's disappearance. ”
The wooden door squeaked!", and the door was opened by an old woman with white hair, a haggard face, a wrinkled face, and a very ruddy bag under her eyes, as if she had just cried.
"Excuse me, who are you?" asked the old woman.
"We imagine you asking about the disappearance of your child. ”
"Come in and talk about it. ”
Subsequently, Qiu Yuanxue and Xing Yuxiang, Xingyu Yege and his party walked into the house, and the old woman casually closed the wooden door, at this time there was an old wooden table in the simple wooden house, and two long wooden benches were placed next to it, and there was a stove burning firewood next to the wooden table.
"I'm sorry, the place is so big, let's just take a break, do you guys have tea?"
The old woman asked, pouring tea.
Qiu Yuanxue, Xing Yuxiang, and Xingyu Yege sat down, and the old woman came over with tea and placed the ceramic teacups in front of them one by one, and then sat down as well.
"Alas.... The child doesn't know where to go, and I can tell you anything you want to know. ”
"Excuse me, when did your child go missing?"
"Just last night, when I was in the market, there were a lot of people, I was still holding Mengmeng's hand, for fear that she would get lost, I happened to see a very good seller of jewelry, just there to watch it, Mengmeng said that there was a candy seller opposite she wanted to go over to buy some, I took a look, not far from the opposite side and didn't take it seriously, but when I turned around, I found that Mengmeng was not in the stall opposite, I shouted everywhere in the crowd.. She just disappeared, I asked all the stall passers-by, they all said they didn't notice it.... Where can my child run? She's usually very well-behaved and never comes into contact with strangers. ”
"When Mengmeng left, did you notice any abnormal behavior of the child?"
"No—" The old woman's eyes were not shining, and she stared blankly at the table and shook her head.
"Auntie, do you live in this house alone?"
Xing Yuxiang looked around and asked.
"Alas, since the death of the child's father, it has been me as an aunt who has taken care of her... Her mother has been on the road all year round, how can I explain to her when I come back... Woo."
The old woman began to cry again as she spoke.
"Auntie, don't cry, it's okay, it's on us, we will definitely get your child back as soon as possible." ”
Xingyu Yege comforted the old woman on the side and said.
"Ask what Mengmeng's mother does?"
Qiu Yuanxue asked.
"She is in the silk and satin business, which has to go out all year round to buy goods, so I am usually responsible for taking care of the children. ”
The old woman continued.
"Well, thank you then, we won't bother. ”
Qiu Yuanxue stood up and said to the old woman.
After saying hello, Qiu Yuanxue, Xingyu Night Song, and Xingyu Xiang walked out of the house, and the three of them pondered on the street...
“.... It seems that there are still too few clues at present, and we must hurry up and find more valuable clues as soon as possible. ”
After thinking about it for a while, Qiu Yuanxue said to Xing Yuxiang and Ye Ge.
"Sister Xue, where should we go next?"
"I want to think about it.... I remember that the closest to the Ouyang family was the Li family and his wife, let's go over and have a look. ”
Qiu Yuanxue carefully recalled the map marker in the public court, and then said.
So, Xing Yu Xiang, Xing Yu Ye Ge, and Qiu Yuanxue continued to walk forward, and came to the door of the Li family, a wide mahogany gate stood on the left side of the street, and at this time, the door suddenly opened, and a rude strong man forcibly pushed a young maid out of the door, and roared angrily: "You incompetent waste, you can't even take care of a child, what do you want?
"I'm sorry, sir, but I didn't take care of it."
The maid cried and shouted to the door.
Then the strong man opened the door and roared angrily: "Let's say it a few times, you are no longer welcome here, how far is it, don't dangle in front of the door!"
Then he threw a lot of maids' things out of the door, and after the "crackling" sound, the ground was full of girls' clothes, shoes and other things scattered all over the ground.
After throwing things, the strong man glared at the girl viciously, and directly "touch!" and closed the door with a heavy sound.
"Well, what's wrong with this?"
"Haven't you heard? His child is lost, so he will be angry with the child's maid, hey, this girl is really pitiful. ”
The streets were filled with onlookers and began to talk.
The maid wept and sat on the ground, wiping her tears with the back of her hand.
"Why is this family like this! They are anxious when they lose their children, and they can't be angry with others, is it great to have money? You can bully people casually. Xingyu said with his hands pinched and glanced at the door of this house.