Touring the Ming Dynasty

Yan Butou said: "No, it has been locked all the time. Firstly, we feel that Liu Xie has no time to commit crimes. Secondly, it seems that it is useless to check this room. Liu Xie said that this house is only opened when relatives and friends come. It was locked, so we didn't check it out."

Duan Fei took a closer look at the copper lock hanging on the door. There was indeed a lot of dust on the lock, but what caught Duan Fei's eyes was that a small piece seemed to have been wiped, so there was only a thin layer of dust. On the first floor, Duan Fei smiled and said: "It seems that Liu's family has relatives visiting not long ago... Yan Butou, can you open the door and go in to have a look?"

"It's okay to open it, but we don't have the key, so we have to ask Liu Qiang for it. He lives at the house of relatives and friends in Shanyang Town. Zhang Jun, go and send Liu Qiang." Yan Butou said.

"No need, I just want to take a look." Duan Fei poked a small hole in the window paper of the side room with his fingers, and looked in.

Sure enough, the room was covered with cobwebs and dusty, and the wooden bed was empty, without what Duan Fei imagined. Duan Fei looked carefully for a while, and finally realized something. He turned around with a smile and said, Rules... Liu Qian should be able to live at home? The government didn't seal up his home, why did he stay at a friend's house for so long?"

Yan Butou replied: "Maybe it's because someone died? I heard that he is going to sell the house and move to another place."

"Oh, I'm afraid it's not easy to sell a house that has died..." Duan Fei said casually, and continued to look around in the yard. Even ruled out the possibility of outsiders entering the house to commit murder, Yan Butou and Zhang Jun looked and looked into the side room through the window paper that Duan Fei pierced, but found nothing.

Soon, Aunt Hua next door and Old Man Sun across from Liu's house were passed on. Duan Fei borrowed the small room of Mrs. Liu and asked them one by one.

Auntie Hua is about fifty years old, short and stocky, with fear looming on her plain face, and her demeanor is a little trembling, answering everything she asks, typical of ordinary people—fear of meeting officials.

The questioning was over quickly, she was the least involved, but she provided some very important information.

"That day I came to look for Madam Liu, and I wanted to go to Zhendong to watch a play with her in the afternoon. The troupe from the capital, I heard that there are many new plays... Uh, yes, at first I didn't think it was wrong, so I said something Said that Liu Xie was like crazy and scolded Grandma Liu, saying that she didn't look after her house, and she slipped out to play all day, giving others opportunities and so on. I saw that the situation was not good and left. Mammy was driven away, oh, she's an honest lady."

"An opportunity for someone to take advantage of? Did you hear correctly? Besides this sentence, what else is relevant? As a neighbor in the neighborhood, have you heard any rumors about the Liu family?" Duan Fei asked.

Auntie Hua frowned, thought for a while, and said, "I haven't heard anything more, sir, do you doubt Mrs. Liu? My God? There is no more chaste woman than her in the world. She doesn't leave her home and doesn't leave her home for half a year. There is no sign of her, and Liu Qiang has no relatives or friends, there are no rumors about her, there are rumors that are also related to Liu Qiang."

"Oh? Are there any rumors related to Liu Xie? Let's talk about it." Duan Fei said.

"It's... this... It's hard to say about my family, they all belong to the neighbors..." Aunt Hua hesitated, and Yan Butou sneered, and said, "Sister Hua, this is a murder case, if you don't want to talk about it now, then why not?" We have no choice but to take you back to the county government office, where we will listen to you slowly!"

Daming Lufan suspects of serious crimes such as rebellion, robbery and robbery can be sentenced to severe punishment in court. In these years, no search warrant is required for searching, and no arrest warrant is required for arresting people. Anyone who wants to be arrested can be arrested. No one would question it, but the words of the head catcher are extremely deterrent to ordinary people.

Aunt Hua trembled in fright, and continued: "I said, I said... Liu Xie is often not at home, and there are many rumors about him. I heard that he often hangs around brothels when he goes to Suzhou and Hangzhou on business. Kuaixuetang also hired a girl, saying that he was going to marry her back home as a concubine, and... there were rumors that he was a little bit like the widow horse in the town..."

Duan Fei and Yan Butou looked at each other, Yan Butou warned Aunt Hua to be stricter and let her go out, and then called old man Sun in.

Old man Sun is only fifty years old, but his face looks like dried orange peel. It seems that he has lived a very hard life. Duan Fei can't help but secretly warn himself that he must not be so desperate. Di Yao asked: "Old man Sun, are you guilty!"

Old man Sun was honest and dull, and when he was frightened, he immediately shook like chaff. He was originally sitting on a low stool, but he threw himself forward and immediately fell to his knees. Wrong..."

"Injustice? Let me ask you, did you really meet Mrs. Liu that morning? Do you dare to draw a pledge to prove that it is really Mrs. Liu? You must know that perjury is punishable by imprisonment and exile!" Yan Butou threatened.

The old man Sun was so frightened that he didn't dare to make a sound for a while, Duan Fei said kindly: "Uncle Sun, don't be afraid, just tell me slowly what you saw Liu Qian going out that day, pay attention, what I want is about that woman All the details of her clothes, the way she walks, what she said, the difference in expression and tone? You have to tell me in detail, don't be afraid, as long as you speak clearly, no one will embarrassing you."

Old man Sun calmed down a little. He raised his head and recalled: "Yes, I got up in the middle of the night to grind beans in the yard. The fresh tofu was made before the sun opened. I packed the tofu cart and went out. When he turned around to close the door, he heard the door of Liu’s house opposite him. Liu Qian walked out, and the old man felt a little puzzled. Liu Qian used to go out to make goods either at noon or in the middle of the night. It was the first time in several years that the old man saw him go out early in the morning. What's even more strange is that the one who came out with him was not Madam Liu but Mrs. Liu. The old man lived opposite him and saw Mrs. Liu marry into the Liu family with his own eyes, but this was the third time in the past few years that the old man saw Mrs. Liu going out. I took a few glances..."

Yan Butou asked: "Can you see clearly? Is that really Mrs. Liu?"

The old man Sun shook his head, and said: "The old man's eyes are dim, and it was not yet bright at that time, so he really didn't see the woman's face clearly, but her clothes were similar to the Liu Shi he saw half a year ago. I reminded me in a low voice, although my eyesight is blurred old man, my ears are still sharp. What she said at the time was: Husband needs to be careful when going here, and the concubine hopes that he will return home safely as soon as possible... Then she suddenly covered her mouth and let out a chuckle, After Liu Qian said goodbye to her, he greeted me, and when I looked back, the Liu family had already gone home and closed the door."

"After you finished speaking, you suddenly smiled?" Duan Fei said to himself, then suddenly sneered, and said, "I understand, old man Sun, what we asked you today, don't tell anyone after you go back. Hearing any rumors... Yan Butou will arrest you as a murderer and take the blame!"

"The villain doesn't dare, the little one doesn't dare..." The old man Sun walked away tremblingly, and Yan Butou asked suspiciously: "You suspect that the woman is not the Liu family?"