Great Lawyer

Chapter 377
"Drink the hangover soup." Du Jiuyan poured the hangover soup over, King Gui opened his mouth, "Feed me."

Du Jiuyan smiled and said patiently, "Okay, my lord."

He opened his mouth, Du Jiuyan fed him a bite, King Gui smacked his mouth and said, "It's not good."

Du Jiuyan suspected that he was not drunk at all, "How much did you drink?"

"I don't remember," King Gui said.

"Eunuch Xie said, there were two men who sent you back just now, are they your friends or relatives?"

King Gui thought for a while, "They are all relatives. Han Zilu is my cousin, and Ji Lin is the cousin of the late Princess Gui."

There are so many cousins, King Gui didn't want to know, but when he thought about it, he seriously recalled, "Speaking of which, do you want to know them? I'll introduce them to you someday."

"Is it necessary?" Du Jiuyan asked.

King Gui thought for a while, "They all come from high families, they have stayed in Beijing longer than me, and they manage their business deliberately. If we really want to talk about it, they should be more useful than me."

King Gui never exaggerates about things that don't exist, and Du Jiuyan noticed it early on.This is a well-educated child, except for being a little willful and noisy, he is very simple.

"Look, if I need it, I'll get to know it again. I don't see it now, so I don't need it for the time being." Du Jiuyan said: "I know a lot of people, so I have to keep going back and forth to maintain them. I don't have time to do these things recently. , let’s talk about it another day.”

King Gui lay down contentedly after drinking the hangover soup, and grabbed Du Jiuyan's hand, "Yanyan, I walked around today and found that six people are more likely."

"There are so many, do they all fit the scope I set?" Du Jiuyan asked.

King Gui nodded, and said: "Jiang Zhengming from Nan'anbo Mansion, Shen Jindong, Marquis of Pingliang..." He reported a series of names, "These people all have concubines, and they usually play very endlessly. I will help you check tomorrow."

Du Jiuyan asked: "Your cousin and your concubine's cousin are fine?"

"That's not true either. Han Zilu and his wife were childhood sweethearts. When he married his wife, he swore that he would never take a concubine in his life."

"As for Ji Lin, he is afraid of his wife. Everyone in Beijing knows that. But I haven't been in Beijing for a long time, and maybe there have been changes in the past few years, so I will check Ji Lin." King Gui said.

His thoughts were clear and his tone was neither too fast nor too slow. Du Jiuyan was even more convinced that he was not drunk at all just now.

"Then I will thank you, my lord." Du Jiuyan smiled and said, "It's getting late, I'm going to have dinner."

As she said she got up and wanted to leave, she found that King Gui was looking at her eagerly, and she stroked her forehead, "My lord, what are you going to do?"

"Stay with me for a while longer," King Gui said.

Du Jiuyan had no choice but to sit down again.

"Jiuyan," the cripple knocked on the door, and Du Jiuyan responded, "The prince is not asleep, come in and talk."

The lame man pushed open the door and entered.

Seeing King Gui lying innocently looking at him, the cripple saluted and said, "Your Majesty, you have worked hard."

"It's not hard." King Gui said, "You've worked even harder. You've been running all day. I just eat and drink."

The lame man was taken aback, he didn't expect King Gui to praise him, he cupped his hands and said, "I don't work hard, I just stop and go, most of the time I rest."

"You must be very tired. Go to rest early after you finish talking."

The lame man raised his eyebrows and nodded yes.

Du Jiuyan glanced helplessly at King Gui, couldn't help laughing, and asked the lame man, "Is there any progress on Shen Daoru's side?"

"Yes," said the lame man, "Shen Daoru does have some skills. After walking between the dead man's house and the dry well twelve times yesterday, today he started to check the yards he deduced."

Both King Gui and Du Jiuyan listened carefully.

"There are six courtyards in total. Shen Daoru knocked on the door and chatted with each other, mostly about his family situation in recent years." The cripple said: "In the end, he stayed in an empty courtyard for the longest time."

"It seems that we have found relevant clues," said the lame man. "Before he went to check the head of the household, I went to the dental office to check it in advance. The owner claimed that the house was passed down from his ancestors. Zhang Yitong himself has been idle. I don't know where he is for the past two years." work."

"There are enough next-door neighbors to see him back often, but rarely see him living in the house."

"Also, he didn't come back alone. Every time he came back, there were more than a dozen people making a fuss and making noise until midnight."

The cripple looked at Du Jiuyan, "Shen Daoru went to Qi Daiqing in the afternoon and asked the Yamen to search for Zhang Yitong."

"He also asked Liu Xiucai's old parents to confirm that Zhang Yitong and Liu Xiucai knew each other."

"If Zhang Yitong is still alive, there will be some clues within two days." The cripple said.

They are so fast!Du Jiuyan comforted himself and said, "It's okay, we have a backstage."

King Gui and the lame man laughed.

"No matter how capable people are, they can't match our backstage!" Du Jiuyan looked at King Gui and said.

The lame man had no choice but to say, "I'm leaving. I will follow Shen Daoru again tomorrow morning." He paused and looked at Du Jiuyan, "Don't be puffed up, and investigate the case steadily."

Du Jiuyan nodded, "I'm not inflated at all now, I'm not confident."

The cripple pursed his lips and laughed, opened the door and went out.

King Gui sat up, frowned and said: "I will ask Gu Qingshan to investigate now."

"Let's talk about it tomorrow. Don't worry about this night." Du Jiuyan looked calm, and King Gui looked at her, "Are you sure about it?"

Du Jiuyan has never been full of self-confidence or low self-esteem in doing things.

According to her character, she showed such an attitude now, it was almost inseparable because she was sure.

"There are too few clues this time. Not only am I not sure, but I also have no confidence." Du Jiuyan said: "My confidence all comes from the Holy One."

King Gui rubbed his forehead and said, "If that's the case, then I'm the only one to do it."

He lifted the quilt and went to the ground, Du Jiuyan said: "You haven't sobered up yet, why don't you rest for a while?"

"This little wine can make me drunk, so you underestimate me too much." King Gui straightened his clothes, brushed his hair, and walked away with his head held high.

Du Jiuyan followed him out, watched him disappear from sight, touched his nose embarrassingly, Xiao Luobo ran over from behind, and said with a smile: "Father, why do I feel that everyone is in a hurry, only you Are you in no hurry?"

"It's true," Du Jiuyan said, "However, it's useless to worry now, the clues won't come to you by themselves."

"Your father and I always feel that something is missing, so we have been waiting until the missing inspiration reappears." Du Jiuyan said, wandering back to the room to sleep.

On the second day, Du Jiuyan went to Qingyi River again. Yan Tong followed her and asked, "Sir, will the clue you missed be related to this place?"

"No," Du Jiuyan said, "I have no clue at the moment."

Because there is no identity of the deceased in this case, everything is based on feeling and speculation. This is really the first time for her.

"Let's go find Zhang Shan." Du Jiuyan took everyone to Zhang Shan's home.

Mrs. Ma was lying in the yard basking in the sun. The daughters of her family were still working in the same division of labor as last time. The busy yard was full of children's voices.

"Mrs. Zhang," Du Jiuyan walked over, Ma Shi opened his eyes and looked at her, "You are..."

Her eldest daughter shouted from behind: "Mother, this is Mr. Du who came here with Shan Butou a few days ago."

"Hello, Mr. Du." Madam Ma's lifeless face showed a trace of embarrassment. She sat up and supported the armrest of the rocking chair, "Mr. Du, sit down quickly."

Du Jiuyan signaled the child not to be busy, she and Ma asked, "I came two days ago, and I asked you to help me think about it. When you salvaged the dead, there were so many people watching from the shore. Is there anyone special? Bring you a deep memory."

"Mr. Du, I...I thought about it. I've been recalling this incident for the past two days. But I may really not have paid much attention to the people watching the fun on the shore. Now when I recall, it's all about the female corpse." Ma Dow.

Du Jiuyan was not in a hurry, "It's okay, you can continue to recall, and if you have any news, come and tell us."

"Here, leave a few children to buy candy." Du Jiuyan gave Ma Shi a drop of money, and Ma Shi waved his hand and said no, "We didn't help anything, so how can we accept your money."

Du Jiuyan said: "If you feel internal disputes, when your man is free, you can ask the people in the village for help. When they were watching the fun on the shore, they didn't chat with anyone, which made them remember deeply."

"Then I'll let the child's father ask later. But Mr. Du, what does it mean to have a deep memory, and what kind of person should the other party be?"

"I'm not sure what kind of image the other party looks like." Du Jiuyan felt that, as a murderer, even if he would personally dump the body, it would be impossible for him to come to the shore carefully and nervously to check in person.Even if he wants to pay attention, he should let his subordinates come over.

"Wearing the clothes of servants or thugs, he is a little taller than ordinary people. After that, he should stay longer, but when the arresters came, he left." Du Jiuyan said: "He They may also ask around, chat with villagers and people around, make fun of the appearance of the deceased or speculate on the cause of death of the deceased.”

"For example, it can be said with certainty that the woman must have committed adultery and was punished by her husband."

"The main purpose is to disturb everyone's judgment on the cause of the woman's death with just a few words." Du Jiuyan said, looking at Ma Shi, "You, do you understand?"

Mashi tilted her head and looked at Du Jiuyan, listening to her continuously narrowing down the scope and concreting the person she was looking for, she grabbed a bag of money and suddenly said excitedly: "Sir, there really is such a person .”

Everyone was startled.

All ten people in Yantong stepped forward excitedly, Du Jiuyan also showed anticipation, "Tell me specifically, what does the other party look like?"

"He's not tall, but he's fat." Ma recalled: "He was wearing a long blue robe with a black belt around his waist. He spoke very loudly."

"When I paid attention to him, it was because he was laughing with his companions at the time, saying that this woman was naked, either she committed adultery and was killed by her adulterer, or she was killed by her own husband." Ma Shi said: "I'm still angry, I feel that this person's words are not pleasant, and death is the most important thing, and it is too unkind to say this."

"What else does he have in appearance?" Du Jiuyan asked.

Mrs. Ma was thinking very hard. She gave birth to too many children, and she didn't do a good job in confinement. After giving birth to her son last year, she couldn't do it at all.

Now I'm sweating every time I move, and I'm very tired even if I use my brain.

"I remember," Ma's eldest daughter held her clothes and looked at Du Jiuyan, "I remember the person my mother mentioned."

Ma Shi's eldest daughter is twelve or thirteen years old. She is tall and handsome, with a slender figure. If she has fairer skin and changes clothes, she should be a very delicate beauty.

"How?" Du Jiuyan asked.

(End of this chapter)