Great Lawyer

Chapter 433 The Death of Ba Niang ([-])

Du Jiuyan clasped his hands all the way, and said with a smile, "I'm not leaving yet, are you looking for me for something?"

"Yes, Mr. Du. We wanted to ask you something, but the palace dared not go. Not to mention the gate of the palace, as soon as we got to that alley, someone came and chased us away."

Du Jiuyan didn't know about this, no wonder she was so idle, no one came to her for business.

It turned out that the palace blocked her way of making money.

"That's it, I'll think of a way when I go back, and when the arrangements are made, I'll find another way to inform everyone."

Everyone nodded and walked down the street with her, "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to the government office to do business," Du Jiuyan said, "Lord Qian sent me a case to investigate."

Everyone followed her to ask about the case and whether they wanted to plead, and told them when they needed to plead.

Du Jiuyan went to the government office, and Shan Dequan just came back from the outside, covered in snowflakes, his brows and eyes were frozen, saw her froze, and said: "Mr. Du?"

"Single catcher," Du Jiuyan cupped his hands, "You just came back from outside?"

Shan Dequan nodded, "It's rare for Mr. Du to come, so sit inside."

He accompanied Du Jiuyan to visit Qi Daiqing.

"Mr. Du," Qi Dai Qingyuan was sitting, saw her coming, stood up, sat down after thinking about it, and said with a smile: "You are a noble person now, please sit down."

Du Jiuyan stepped forward to salute, and said with a smile: "My lord, you are joking, I am just a nobody in the capital, how dare I call myself a nobleman."

"My lord, please support me more."

Qi Daiqing smiled, asked someone to serve tea, and asked, "Mr. Du made a sudden visit, is there something wrong?"

"Master Qian sent me a job, saying that you just took over a case, and the victim's friend wants to hire a lawyer and me to help investigate the case together." Du Jiuyan said, "I'm here right now."

Qi Daiqing was taken aback, "You mean the case of Hangjiaban?"

"Hangjia troupe? The troupe that sings in Wasi?" Du Jiuyan asked.

Qi Daiqing nodded, and looked at Shan Dequan, "Just talk to Mr. Du about this big case recently."

"There is a boss in the troupe, known as Su Ba Niang." Shan Dequan said: "This morning at Chen Shi, he is scheduled to sing an excerpt from the general's biography."

"At dawn this morning, the cleaning guy went to clean the room and found Su Ba Niang dead inside."

Shan Dequan said: "The corpse is still there, and they said that the corpse can only be removed after the lawyers come. There are many rules in the theater troupe, and it will be difficult to do things if you violate other people's rules, so I let them put it aside for the time being."

"It turns out that the litigator they were talking about is you. But who is Su Ba Niang's friend? After sending someone to tell her, she didn't show up."

Du Jiuyan was a little surprised.

Shan Dequan was about to speak, when a small policeman came in outside, and he cupped his hands and replied, "My lord, Chief Shan, Su Baniang's friend sent a boy here, saying that they invited Mr. Du to be a litigator, and wait for Mr. Du to go." Then you can move the corpse."

Du Jiuyan and Qi Daiqing looked at each other, and said in astonishment, "Could it be that Mr. Qian is Su Ba Niang's friend?"

"Hush, don't talk nonsense." Qi Daiqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "If Mr. Qian hears this, he will be angry."

Du Jiuyan smiled, looked at Shan Dequan, "Let's go?"

"Success!" Shan Dequan said, "I'll go with my husband."

The two bid farewell to Qi Daiqing and went out together.

Hangjiaban signed a two-year contract with Wa Si, and they can sing for two years before they can leave, and it will expire in August next year.So their whole troupe rented a yard in the back alley of Wasi.

"The whole theater troupe plus the boss, there are a total of 31 people. Su Ba Niang sang Huadan. In this biography of the general, he and the general were young couples before they got married. After the general went to war, it was very difficult for him to stay in the cold kiln and raise children. " Shang Dequan introduced to her.

Du Jiuyan asked, "How old is Su Ba Niang this year?"

"I heard that he is 22. He is the pillar of the Hang family's class. People who go to the theater are all for him." Shan Dequan said.

Du Jiuyan happened to have not heard of it the last time he went to Wasi, so he has no impression of this pillar.

"The scene of the crime is in the backstage of Wa Si?"

"It's in their own small courtyard. Because the backstage of the tile shop is very messy and the troupe has a lot of things, so all of them put on makeup, and it's just a few steps along the alley."

Wa Si Li not only sings, but also other troupes.

So Hangjiaban didn't put his outfit there.

When the two walked to the side of East Second Street, they saw the big tile shop. They entered along the alley on the right, and they arrived within a hundred steps.

The yard is connected by two courtyard houses, and more than a dozen rooms are very spacious.

The police and the theater troupe were coming and going, a few children squatted in the corner and cried, and the troupe master sat on the steps smoking a pipe, with a sad face full of despair.

"Team Leader Chang." Shan Dequan walked over, and Team Leader Chang hurriedly stood up, nodded and bowed, and said, "Catcher Shan!"

Shan Dequan said: "Su Ba Niang's friend invited Mr. Du to be a litigator. From now on, Mr. Du will investigate with us. She will come here just like me. You must cooperate with her."

"Hello, Mr. Du, hello, Mr. Du." The class leader Chang saluted, and handed the pipe to a boy of fourteen or fifteen years old who was waiting at the side. The boy was about on Du Jiuyan's shoulder, and he was quite generous when looking at people. She is also very beautiful, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, very pleasing.

"This is Liu'er, my apprentice." Seeing Du Jiuyan looking at the child, class leader Chang introduced, "Mr. Du, I want to ask you, who is Su Ba Niang's friend...?"

Du Jiuyan was startled, raised his eyebrows and said, "You don't know Su Ba Niang's friends either?"

"I don't know," Mr. Chang said, "Although he was sold to me when he was four years old, and I raised him for more than ten years, but in recent years he has grown up, and he hasn't told me much about it, so I don't know He has friends outside."

"Shan Butou said just now that his friend came to say hello, I was still wondering."

Du Jiuyan was surprised, thought for a while, and said, "I haven't seen his friend either. I came here because Mr. Qian of Dali Temple appointed me to investigate and defend the case because his friend paid the legal fees."

"This..." Mr. Chang couldn't figure it out, "This is weird. Could it be that his family members found it and it's not convenient to show up?"

If it is a friend, it is not necessary to hide and hide.

Du Jiuyan doesn't think so. There is a big gap between the family who can make a move and sell their son for 300 taels.What's more, no matter whether the other party seeks Jing Ninghou or Qian Yu for help, it can be seen that the status is not low.

"The person who asked me to defend the case, let me ask Mr. Qian. Let's go to the scene of the crime first." Du Jiuyan said.

Teacher Chang Yingshi pointed to a large side room on the east side of the main courtyard, and said, "This is it."

He introduced as he walked, "It turned out that there were two rooms, but we had a lot of clothes, so we tore down the wall in the middle and opened up one room. When all the clothes were inside, the big guy was here before going to Wasi Put on makeup."

The door was open, and a large window was opened in the opposite wall. A row of long tables were placed facing the window. On the tables were small mirrors, about six or seven.

In addition to the mirror, it is paint, gouache and brush.

There are shelves on the three walls, and there are things where things can be placed. Many boxes are placed on the ground, some with the lids open, and there are outfits inside.

The only empty wall was a row of laundry poles made of bamboo poles, on which were hung many costumes of all kinds.

Du Jiuyan stopped in the middle of the room and looked in front of the shelf on the right hand side from the door.

The front is almost the center of the room.

It was a large mahogany box, and a man was sitting on the box. The man was wearing a red undershirt, and the clothes were clean without any wrinkles.He is wrapped in a black headband, revealing a full forehead, with makeup on the left side of his face.One side is pale and bloodless, while the other side is dyed peach-like pink, delicate and lifelike.

This gives people a very unsuitable feeling. Either there is no makeup on, or the whole face is on, but now half of it is on, and there is an inexplicable sense of weirdness, especially at the moment when the man is wearing a handful of red. , the handle of the umbrella rests on his shoulder, and the bottom end is sandwiched by the wrist and waist.

Du Jiuyan felt strange, walked towards Su Ba Niang, stood in front of him and looked at his face, "Has Uncle Diao been here? Do you know the cause of death? When did he die?"

The skin color is normal, the nails are not dark, no wounds can be seen on the body, there are no strangle marks on the neck, and even the back of the head has no marks of being hit.Judging from the softness and hardness of the entity, the death time is not long.

"I'm here." Diao Da came in from the outside. Du Jiuyan looked back at him and heard him, "There is no corpse removed, so it's hard to investigate, but when I came, I judged from the softness and hardness of the corpse and the time when it was found. It was between Mao hour and Mao hour."

This is similar to what Du Jiuyan felt. She turned around and asked, "Why not move? Chang Banzhu can't make the decision?"

Leader Chang replied: "I originally agreed, but as soon as the incident happened, we didn't dare to move, so we asked people to report to the officials. When the head arrester came, a servant came along with him, and the servant said he was Ba Niang. My friend's servant, this matter has to be reported to the master, and we are not allowed to move, otherwise we will ask a lawyer to sue us all."

Du Jiuyan looked at Shan Dequan.

"Young servant is well dressed and talks well, so I dare not move." Shan Dequan said.

In the capital, even if it is a little beggar on the side of the road, don't jump to conclusions when something happens, who knows who the other party can find to make decisions.

Du Jiuyan nodded, expressing his understanding.

"Uncle Diao, come and take a look, the cause of death is a mystery." Du Jiuyan circled around.

Diao Da nodded, "Looking at it now, I can't see any cause of death, we have to investigate slowly."

Du Jiuyan nodded and turned back to class leader Chang, "Is he sick? Or, does he take medicine every day?"

"He's not sick, but he has to drink medicine every morning when he wakes up. It's nothing but to protect his throat," Chang said.

Du Jiuyan nodded, looking at this strange and incomprehensible prop umbrella, "Master Chang, is there any talk about this umbrella in the troupe?"

In the house, if you kill someone and give the other party an umbrella, it is not because you know that the other party loves beauty, and it is used as a prop for decoration.

"I just asked." Shan Dequan came over and said, "There is a rule in the theater troupe, neither the front nor the backstage can hold an umbrella. An umbrella means loose, which is unlucky."

It turned out to be the case.

"Also," Shan Dequan pointed to the red box sitting under the deceased, "this is also a taboo, it contains opera costumes, and you cannot sit on it."

He violated two taboos at once, and Du Jiuyan looked at Mr. Chang, "Is it possible that he committed suicide?"

"No!" Chang Ban said: "Ba Niang is very popular now, and according to his age and current voice conditions, he can sing for another five or six years. With such a bright future, he has no reason to commit suicide."

　New case!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)