Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 333 Need to visit (one more)
Gu Shiming shrank his neck and said impatiently: "What do you want to say? It's cold, so you can't go back and talk about it?"

"You can't bear this bit of hardship and you still want to follow me to investigate the case?" Wu Chen looked at Gu Shiming seriously and said, "You were the first to enter this room, did you see anything wrong?"

Gu Shiming quickly pointed to the sophomore and said, "He entered with me, why don't you ask him?"

"Because he can accompany me to endure hardships. You can't endure hardships and you have no brains. What are you doing with me?"

"I……"

"Gu You saw that the thickness of the dust on the beams of the house was different. One possibility was that the wind brought in after the door was opened, or someone had gone up. If someone had gone up and there was something on it, then the things on it had long since disappeared. Now, those people won't be stupid to think of checking what's on the beams at the end, they would have checked it long ago, so why are there still people coming from behind?"

"Who are you asking?" Gu Shiming asked with wide eyes.

"ask you!"

"How would I know!"

"Song Tixing, no, big brother, explain to our official Gu."

Xu Da thought for a while and said:
"Other rooms are also missing things like this one, but the door of this one is not broken, and it looks like it won't be broken for a while, so we can make a bold inference that in the past few years, there have been people I have been to this house, what did I come for? There is not much left in the house. Although the dust on the beams is different, there are no obvious fingerprints or palm prints. That is to say, I have not been there recently, and there are basically no places to hide things in the house. It's all in front of me, there is nothing on the ground, is it possible that this house hides a secret underground, could it be that the wealth handed down by the Liu family ancestors is all underground? The so-called ancestral house is actually underground?"

"But the house is full of dust, there are no footprints, and there are no different floor tiles..."

"It's not difficult to look like this." Wu Chen said: "Now this place is the most problematic, so naturally we have to find out about it first, big brother and second brother! Go back to the government office to find Shang Fuyin, and send some government officials over to demolish this room. House, dig three feet!"

Gao Er and Xu Da turned around and left in a hurry.

Gu Shiming asked: "If there is something, will it be kept until today?"

Wu Chen snorted and asked, "Why don't you check if you don't think it's there?"

Song Gu said: "I'll ask my neighbors if they have seen any abnormalities in these years."

Wu Chen waved his hand and said:
"Wait until the yamen servants of the government office arrive. They demolished the house and asked the yamen servants to take us to visit and find out. Some of the yamen servants are asking more questions. I think these neighbors should have moved in after the Liu family's death, regardless of the previous neighbors. Whether you like it or not, you will leave after the incident, and only by leaving can you save your life."

"Let's ask casually, isn't it better to ask the truth? With the yamen servants following, those who have seen abnormalities will not tell." Gu Shiming said.

Wu Chen walked to the leeward side and said:

"How can the people living around here be able to make out words at will? A yamen servant can at least knock on the door. After a while, I will trouble Song Tixing to follow the yamen servant to the pharmacy where there is a doctor in the capital. Famous, people in the Liu family all said that they died of illness in the end, even if they died suddenly, one of the eight brothers must have invited a doctor to see the doctor, right? But I have never seen such a record in the case file."

"I know about this. It's not that the Li family didn't invite them, but that no doctor was willing to go to the Liu family. It was rumored at that time that whoever went there would be infected with the same disease as the Liu family, and would not live for three days." Gu Shi Said clearly.

Wu Chen didn't speak, Song Gu looked at Wu Chen and said, "It's better to go and ask, I think it's better not to bring the yamen servant with me."

Wu Chen nodded after thinking about it, and Song Gu said to Gu Shiming with a smile: "Mr. Gu, please come with me. Gu You has a murderous look on his body. You can see that he is a rich man. It is easier to ask something. .”

Gu Shiming straightened his waist and looked at Wu Chen and said, "I'll show you my skills!"

……

Only Wu Chen and Gu You were left in the yard, Wu Chen asked, "How is Gu Zuo?"

Gu You lowered his head and said, "I can't move my lower body, but my life is spared. This time... I was not implicated because of the injury."

Wu Chen shook his head and said, "These people don't use their brains when they run errands. Gu Zuo must know more than you."

Gu You looked up at Wu Chen vigilantly.

"Don't worry, since I didn't expose it before, I won't remind them in the future, where do you live now?"

Gu You lowered his head again, and said: "After my elder brother was sentenced, Sizun...Chen Zhong didn't let him live in the house anymore. I found a farmhouse outside the city, and I gave some money every month. Once I have a place to live, I can afford it." I'll take care of you, I'll rest assured."

Wu Chen sighed and said:

"Tomorrow, go and take Gu Zuo to my residence. There are quite a few empty rooms in my house. I'm the only one there on weekdays, and I'm so bored. When this case is cleared up, I'm going to leave the capital. You can follow me or not, at least the two of you brothers have a place to live, and I still have some money, and I will leave you some..."

"I, I can't repay you!" Gu You was a little excited, and the veins on his neck stood up.

"Don't be polite to me, think about it, you have also been through life and death with me. Although you can't turn your mind, you can't waste all your effort..."

"In the future... Gu You will definitely protect Deputy Envoy Wu!"

"No one can hurt me! I'm not repaying grievances with kindness, but I just think that you two brothers have been delayed by Chen Zhong for half of your life, and you will live the way you want in the future. Uh... Gu Zuo may not be able to, you can."

Gu You hurriedly said: "I thought of dying in prison, but since I got out alive, my life is yours."

Wu Chen let out an 'oops', and felt that it was useless to say anything else. Gu You has been single-minded for more than 30 years, and he can't change it with just a few words.

"Did you hear about the case ten years ago?"

"The case of a female corpse turning into a male corpse?" Gu You asked.

Wu Chen nodded and said, "This Liu family is the mother's family that should have appeared back then."

Gu You said with an 'oh': "When I was on a business trip abroad and returned to Kyoto, my elder brother told me about it, and I had some impressions."

"Your brother knows clearly?"

"It must be clearer than me."

"Then you now..." Wu Chen looked up at the sky, sighed, and comforted himself, "I'm afraid the city gate will be closed when I come back from the city at this hour, and I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry."

Gu You frowned and said, "Even if my elder brother knows something, it's just rumors..."

Wu Chen shook his head and said, "Chen Zhong participated in this case back then."

Gu You was startled.

Wu Chen turned to look at the courtyard door and said, "The yamen servants are here."

……

Xu Da, a sophomore in high school, brought back many people, including some craftsmen.

The second year of high school stayed behind to watch the yamen servants and craftsmen demolish the houses. Wu Chen, Xu Da and Gu You followed a yamen servant and began to visit the neighbors.

(End of this chapter)