female catcher

Chapter 100 The Yu Family

Entering the room, watching the tea, the two chairs in the main seat were empty, Xia Chu and Xu Lu sat on one side, and Xiang Bo sat opposite them, leaning forward slightly with his knees supported, with a slightly relaxed posture. Low.

Xia Chu subconsciously wanted to put on a respectful attitude, but after thinking about it, she was here to ask about a case, not to pay respects to the elderly on the Double Ninth Festival. Although there is no need to be arrogant and vicious, the tone is still important.So he sat up straight, picked up the tea and drank it quietly.

Xiang Bo smiled, as if he understood Xia Chu's little thoughts, and asked, "You two officials, is there anything I can do to help you?"

Only then did Xia Chu put down the teacup and asked him, "Xiangbo, how long have you been in Baicaozhuang?"

"Yo..." Xiang Bo raised his head and sighed with the unique attitude of an old man, "I entered Zhuangzi when I was 12, and started doing business with the old man when I was 16. Speaking of which, it must have been 50 years."

"It seems that the Yu family treats you well."

"Hehe, the old man is a good man, but it's a pity that he left early. The host family is also good, and I'm content if I can still cherish my old bones with nostalgia."

Xia Chu listened with a faint smile, nodded and said: "Xiangbo, you are being polite. You are still helping with the business of Baicaozhuang and Guangjitang. The Yu family respects you very much."

"Oh..." Xiangbo hesitated for a moment, then smiled again, "Master, that's what you said, or that sentence, my master misses the old love, but I can't rely on the old to sell the old and I don't know my weight. You say yes no?"

Xia Chu pursed his lips into a smile, nodded vaguely, picked up the tea bowl and took another sip of tea, put down the tea bowl and stopped circling around, and asked directly: "Mistress Cao..., this person usually has a relationship with others. How are you getting along?"

Xiangbo lowered his eyelids and sighed, and said slowly: "Madam has been married to the manor for three years, and she has always been quiet and soft-spoken. Hustle and ask for warmth, never scold the servants, hey, a good person..."

What an example of a good wife and mother!

"She gets along well with her concubine's room and the children of the former room?"

"It looks good to me." Xiangbo nodded, "The eldest and second young masters are not children anymore. Besides, Madam is quiet and doesn't quarrel with others."

"That's it." Xia Chu nodded slowly.My heart said that if such a good wife and loving mother with no flaws, why would she go to the Guangji Hall secretly in the city and be killed?

Xia Chu looked at this Xiangbo without any trace, and felt that there were only two possibilities. One was that Cao Xuelian had hidden something deeply that Xiangbo didn't know at all; .

"Xiang Bo, when was the last time you saw Mrs. Yu?"

"It should be the first day of April. Well, yes, it is the first day of April. My boss left at noon the day before, and after breakfast the next morning, I ran into my wife at the gate of Zhuangzi, and she told me to go back to my mother's house to have a look. .”

"But as far as we know, Mrs. Yu has not returned to her mother's house."

Xiangbo raised his eyelids to look at Xia Chu, and said with a little embarrassment: "We know this now, but Madam did tell me so."

"Then did your wife say how many days she will stay at her natal home? From the first day of April to the fifth day when the body was found, the time is not too short. Has no one at home asked?"

Xiangbo said and sighed again, "Speaking of which, it is indeed my dereliction of duty. This rainy season is here, my old arms and legs are always sore, and I am lazy. I thought that as long as my boss came back, I would ask my wife to come back. That's enough. Who would have thought that such a thing would happen..."

"When will your master come back?"

"It was originally scheduled to be in mid-April. I have already sent someone to Xingzhou to send a message to the owner. Alas, such a big incident happened, I really don't know how to explain to the owner." Xiang Bo shook his hands, Sadness on the face.

Xia Chu felt that Xiangbo was as slippery as an oily bead, and he couldn't hold it.He had a good attitude and said a lot, but he felt that there was nothing useful.The vicissitudes of the wrinkled but always smiling face made Xia Chu unable to interpret his micro-expressions.

At the beginning of Xia, he wanted to meet Yu Wenping's concubine, Lan Yan'er. Xiangbo patted his leg, "Unfortunately, Aunt Lan has caught a cold these two days and has a fever. You saw her just now, and she didn't even go to the mourning hall. I'm afraid not It's convenient..."

"That's really unfortunate..." Xia Chu rubbed his forehead, "Xiangbo, how many keys do you have for the back door of Guangji Hall and the living room? Can we take a look?"

Xiangbo nodded, untied a bunch of keys from his waist and handed them to Xia Chu, and pointed out which one was for the back door and which one was for the living room.Xia Chu held the key in his hand and weighed it, "I heard that Young Master Yu also has it, can you show us too?"

Xiangbo smiled, "Of course, wait a moment, I'll fetch it for you."

While Xiangbo was leaving, Xia Chu carefully looked at the cracks of the key again, but found no clues.After a while Xiangbo went and came back again, with another bunch of brass keys in his hand.

"This bunch of keys looks very new." Xia Chu looked up at Xiangbo and asked.

"I have used this string for more than ten years, and the young master's string is a new one after taking over the business."

"Only these two strings?"

"My boss still has it. I should have taken it with me. It's inconvenient for me to find it."

Xia Chu nodded, and returned the key to Uncle Xiang, "Are the two young masters in the Zhuangzi on the first day of April?"

"Hey, officer, I haven't seen this with my own eyes, so I don't want to talk nonsense to you. It rained for two days, and my leg hurts so much that I was resting indoors. I don't need to tell me if the young master is going out. Isn't this person?"

Xia Chu and Xu Lu looked at each other, feeling a little helpless.Xia Chu thought about it, and simply gave up playing Tai Chi with the old man here, and asked him to ask Yu Shirong to come over for a question.

After waiting for a long time, Yu Shirong came in unsteadily. After entering the room, he just glanced at Xia Chu, then sat lazily on the main seat, and yelled for someone to bring him a cup of tea.

"It's raining, you really don't mind the trouble." Yu Shirong's first words were full of disdain.

Xia Chu smiled nonchalantly, "Why don't you think it's troublesome, of course it's troublesome, who made us not have such a good life like Mr. Yu was born in a rich family. We have to live on this job."

"Yo ho, the people in the yamen are very good at talking." Yu Shirong turned his eyes to Xia Chu, and after a careful look, he smiled crookedly, "Xia catcher? The name is so famous, I didn't expect it to be so A handsome little brother."

"How do you talk!" Xu Lu scolded.

Yu Shirong leaned back and looked at Xu Lu with hanging eyes, "How do you say that? I'm praising you for arresting the head. Is it wrong?"

Xia Chu waved his hands at Xu Lu, and asked Yu Shirong: "We are here to investigate Mrs. Yu's murder, Mr. Yu is so impatient? Is it because you have a bad relationship with Mrs. Yu?"

"Where do you see it? It's all right."

"It's not like." Xia Chu shook his head and smiled, "You are a concubine. Your father married a young wife who overwhelmed your mother. It is really rare that you have a good relationship with her."

Yu Shirong sneered disdainfully, crossed his legs and shook, "Butou Xia doesn't have to worry about our housework. You can ask me anything you want. Anyway, I didn't kill her."

"I didn't say you killed it." Xia Chu sneered, and asked in a different tone: "Young Master Yu, where were you on the first day of April?"

"I went to Taiguang Building to listen to the opera."

"Did Mr. Yu meet Mrs. Yu on the first day of April?"

Yu Shirong took a sip of his tea, and glanced at Xia Chu from the edge of the tea bowl, "I haven't seen it before. I told you, I went to the theater."

"Oh. Mr. Yu, do you still remember what play it was?"

Yu Shirong put his legs down, leaned forward, and smiled contemptuously, "Are you doubting me? I listen to the red-maned horse. What's the matter, if you don't believe me, I'll sing you a part?"

Xia Chu waved his hand, "It's just a routine questioning, Mr. Yu doesn't need to argue in such a hurry. May I ask again, when did the play take place?"

"Morning. Oh no, noon, after lunch."

"Young Master Yu, who were you with that day, or did you meet anyone?"

"No. I went to Wufeng Building for lunch by myself, and then went to the theater when I came out. If you don't believe me, you can ask the waiter in Wufeng Building, but I don't know if they remember it. It's been so many days."

"Going to eat or watch a play by yourself on a rainy day? Mr. Yu is in a good mood!"

"Who stipulates that you can't go to the theater on rainy days? There are too many people in Taiguang Building!" Yu Shirong's temper became a little bit, "What's wrong with me alone? No one can testify to me, do you think I killed it?" man!"

Xia Chu felt a little disgusted with his way of answering, and waved his hands with lowered eyes: "Again, this is a routine interview. We will verify what you said."

"Go check it out! Do you think I'm afraid of you?" Yu Shirong snorted, "Isn't your government office claiming to settle cases cleanly? Stop it! I didn't kill anyone, so I'm afraid of you!"

Xia Chu was a little annoyed, and frowned, "After watching the play, has Mr. Yu been anywhere?"

"Going home. We ate dinner at home." Yu Shirong snorted and looked sideways at Xia Chu: "Have you finished asking?"

"How's your elder brother's relationship with Cao Xuelian?"

"Our family is happy, and we are all doing well, so don't bother with routines. Let me say, have you finished asking?"

"Young Master Yu is in a hurry, is there something urgent?"

"Does it have something to do with you?" Yu Shirong threw the tea cup in his hand on the table and stood up.

"Okay. If Mr. Yu knows something and thinks of something, don't hide anything from the government. Even though Mr. Yu doesn't like his stepmother, it's always related to your Yu family's reputation."

"Yo, I didn't say that I didn't like my stepmother. Mrs. Cao is young, beautiful, gentle and quiet, we really like it very much." The end of the sentence provoked softly, and he winked his eyes provocatively at Chu Xia, "Who is beautiful dislike."

Xia Chu turned his head in disgust, "Young Master Yu, hurry up, thank you."

(End of this chapter)