Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 323 Questioning (Part [-])
"Indeed, there are two yamen servants who have been in the government office all the time. I checked it specifically. After Yang Kun, there were two government officials. Today there are only these two people who participated in that year, but what they did back then was just running errands, I asked, but I didn’t get anything out of it, if Deputy Envoy Wu wants to meet, I will let them come immediately.”

Wu Chen cupped his fists towards Shang Gong, and Shang Gong walked out of the room to explain a few words, and sat down again.

Wu Chen looked at Gu Shiming and said, "What are you still doing here? I'm anxious for news from Kangshui County..."

"Then you answer me first, and I will investigate this case together."

"Otherwise, why would I ask you to contact the police officer? Can't the eldest brother and the second brother do it?" Wu Chen asked with staring eyes.

Just as he was about to speak in his second year of high school, Wu Chen took a look and quickly shut up.

Gu Shiming didn't see it, turned around happily and left.

After Gu Shiming left, the sophomore said: "Xu Daneng and I can send news, but I don't have the right to order other soldiers to send news..."

Wu Chen smiled and said, "I know, although Gu Shiming has been working in the investigation department for a few years, he only knows how to inquire about information, but he doesn't know how to deal with it. It's not good."

Xu Da said: "I don't know who the officials will let be the Sizun?"

Wu Chen asked, "Elder Brother and Second Brother, did you hear about this case?"

The second year of high school quickly said: "I didn't come to Kyoto ten years ago. After I came here, I heard people mention it. Just like what Gu Gongshi said just now, I just took it as a rumor. There are many such things among the people."

Xu Da also said: "We can always hear some anecdotes when we are on business abroad, so it is not surprising. If this case is not re-investigated, I would have forgotten it."

"The case you are talking about refers to the case where Yingniang was beaten to death and her body turned into an old man?" Wu Chen asked.

The two nodded, and Xu Da said: "Later, I also heard that some people in the Liu family died one after another. It was just that the little lady was often bullied by her family during her lifetime. After she died, she became a ghost and went home to take revenge. Treat it like a case."

Just as he was talking, the yamen servant outside the door reported that Zhou Da and Lu San had brought them.

……

Zhou Da and Lu San stood in the hall with their heads down, but they were not restrained. Wu Chen asked gently, "Apart from the case ten years ago, what impressed the two of you the most, except for the change of the body?"

The two glanced at each other, then lowered their heads and thought about it, Zhou Daxian said:

"What impresses me the most is that Mrs. Zou looks vicious and has a big waist. He doesn't have the dignity of a rich family when he is rude. He didn't feel afraid when he saw us. At that time, I thought it was no wonder that the rich businessman wanted to marry another man secretly."

Lu San said:
"I'm the same as Zhou Da. We went to the house to look for the VIP of the Zou family. When she saw us, she didn't show any fear at all. She scratched her neck and yelled, "What's so hard to hear? There's one thing that left the deepest impression on me, and that was the sons of the Liu family." , because his family opened an inn and they often walked around with people like us, so they were considered acquainted, but that day they followed his father to the yamen, the brothers didn't say a word, they were very honest..."

"You mean, the brothers like Yingniang are usually not honest?" Wu Chen asked.

"The seven of their brothers have all reached the age of marriage, but only Dalang Erlang Saburo is married. His family is not short of money and has a family business, but they are well-connected in the capital city, and no one is willing to marry their daughter. The three married people also married from villages outside the city, and Wulang and Liulang are fairly honest, but those who are implicated by these brothers cannot be called relatives."

Zhou Da said:
"Their brothers try their best to cheat his mother for some money every day, and then they go to Goulan Washe to play. The brothers are more bragging than the other, and they like to drink a few sips. If they drink too much, they will do all kinds of stupid things, and their reputation is early. It stinks, we even talked about it in private at that time, sooner or later the family fortune accumulated by the Liu family will be lost in the hands of these brothers."

"That is to say, these brothers talk a lot on weekdays, but they didn't say a word on the day they reported the case, and it was all talking about Father Liu?"

"Yes!" Zhou Da and Lu San nodded in unison.

Wu Chen thought for a while and asked again: "Do you know how many brothers have debts when they are away?"

The two shook their heads, Zhou Da said, "I've never heard of that."

Wu Chen asked again: "The business of his inn has always been booming?"

The two nodded in unison again, and Lu San said: "It's strange to say, there are many inns around his inn, but his house is full every day, and he is managed by his own family, so naturally he earns more than other inns. .”

"So at the beginning, you focused on checking a few inns around you, because you suspected that they had passed the news to the Zou family in Kangshui County because of the business robbery, and that's why the subsequent murder happened?"

Zhou Damang said:

"We don't have the ability to doubt anyone. It's all ordered by the governor, so we went to investigate. Who would admit this kind of thing? We don't have any evidence. Zou only said that Hao Kui had too much wine when he came home. She didn't know until she slipped her mouth, so we didn't investigate any further."

"Did Mrs. Zou ever say that when Hao Kui ate too much wine, was there someone else around, such as a servant girl?"

Lu San shook his head and said: "I didn't say to ask us to investigate these things. I just remember that Hao Kui was arrested at that time. Hao Kui came to intercede with Yang Fuyin alone, and he was arrested immediately. There was no servant accompanying him."

Wu Chen nodded and asked again: "Ms. Zou is thick and strong, but the person she brought is also like her, fierce and strong?"

Both Zhou Da and Lu San tilted their heads and thought about it, Zhou Da first said:
"No, I remember that at that time, two servant girls, two rough envoys, and a few attendants were arrested. Those attendants said that they respected the order of the mistress, captured Yingniang, and beat her a few times. Getting angry, the mistress ordered them to go to the back garden to dig a pit and bury the body. I remember that some of us joked in private that the mistress of a rich family did not bring a younger entourage with her when she traveled far away. , they are all about the same age as the mistress, so let’s say that it may be a long way to go.”

"You had this idea at the time, but didn't you mention it to outsiders?"

The two shook their heads.

Lu San said again:

"Later, Yang Fuyin felt that the case had nothing to do with the maidservant, so he released them and asked them to go back to Hao's house in Kangshui County on their own. After they walked out, a woman turned around and ran back to us, crying and kowtowing. We needed some money to go home, and we didn't have any extra money in our hands. At that time, someone suggested to ask the rough envoy to persuade the two maids to sell the accessories on their heads and the dresses on their bodies and replace them with coarse cloth. You can also sell some money, find some wealthy households for some food on the way, and return to Kangshui County all the way.”

Wu Chen followed up and asked, "The maid and the rough envoy are all wearing dresses made of good materials, and the accessories on their bodies are gold and silver?"

Zhou Damang said:

"The personal servant girl of the mistress of a big family is naturally more decent, and her clothes are not comparable to that of a little lady from a small family. Naturally, she can sell some money, but the rough envoy has nothing to sell."

The way Shang Gong looked at Wu Chen at this time was a little different from before.

(End of this chapter)