female catcher

Chapter 120 The face is too clean
Xia Chu paused for a moment, and under Yu Shiji's apprehensive gaze, asked slowly, "Tell me, Mrs. Cao asked you what you borrowed the key for?"

"She said she was going to Guangji Hall to help my father get some things. My father took the key away, so she asked me to borrow it."

When Xia Chu heard it, he frowned, "Bring something? What kind of thing?"

Yu Shiji said vaguely: "I was in a hurry to go out, so I didn't ask..."

"When was the key given to her?"

"The day my father left, oh, it was afternoon."

Xia Chu and Xu Lu exchanged glances.It seems that Cao Xuelian's going to Guangji Hall was planned before, and it wasn't a sudden situation that made her go there.But I don't know what she did in Guangji Hall.

"What did you say you were in a hurry to go out?"

"Ah?" Yu Shiji froze for a moment, hesitated for a moment before saying, "I went to a friend's house."

"Which friend, tell me your name, we need to check."

Yu Shiji's eyes flickered, "I..., I went to Hesongtang Pharmacy."

"Hesongtang?" Seeing his faltering expression, Xia Chu vaguely guessed what might be the matter, so he said coldly, "What are you doing? Anyway, we're going to investigate, so you might as well do it yourself." Say it, so as not to trouble others."

Yu Shiji rubbed on the chair like sitting on pins and needles, struggled with his thoughts for a while, and sighed: "Forget it, then... I went to Hesongtang to find Mrs. Xue. His husband also went out to buy medicine, so I... "

"Lover?" Xia Chu smiled, "You're quite busy, your wife is giving birth to you, and you're hooking up with your stepmother, and there's a lover over there?"

Yu Shiji smiled wryly, "A man. Xia Butou should understand."

I understand shit!Xia Chu secretly cursed, you have the guts to call him a man!

"Did Cao Xuelian ask you to borrow the key before?"

Yu Shiji recalled for a while and said: "I borrowed it once a long time ago, but because I don't remember anything, it was also when my father was not at home. So I didn't think much about it."

"You are quite at ease. If you give her the key to Guangji Hall, you won't be afraid that she will empty the silver cellar?"

"She's not that kind of person." Yu Shiji said without thinking, and then hurriedly made up for it, "I mean, she's also from the Yu family, what did she do stealing money from her own family."

Xia Chu remembered what Yu Shiji had said to her daughter-in-law when he visited Baicaozhuang that night.This person doesn't know how capable he is, but he is quite machismo, and he feels that he should bow down when he marries into his family.

"She held your key and disappeared for so many days. Didn't you think there was a problem?"

Yu Shiji shook his head, "She said she would go back to her mother's house for a few days, so I didn't think too much about the key. Anyway, my father is not there, and there is nothing to do in the shop. Uncle Xiang will take care of everything. I went to identify the body, and I didn’t remember until I asked about the key, so I was afraid that you would suspect me, so I hurried to get a set when I got home.”

After he finished speaking, he said in a loud voice: "What I'm telling is the truth, I even admitted about Mrs. Xue's affairs. It is true that I gave her the key, but I really didn't kill the person! Captain Xia, please don't worry about it!" Vancha understands."

Before asking him something, Xia Chu had basically ruled out his suspicions, but now that he said this, Xia Chu was noncommittal.

"Do you have ermine gray clothes? Mizhou brocade."

Yu Shiji was dazed for a moment, feeling that Chu Xia's topic was jumping a bit fast, "Grey ones? Yes." He didn't know the purpose of Xia Chu's question, and added: "Grey ones are easy to wear and dirt-resistant, which man doesn't like them?" A gray one."

"Ermina gray! Mizhou brocade! I didn't ask you gray."

"This..., what's the difference?" Yu Shiji's expression was as ridiculous as Xia Chu's words.Chu Xia silently supported his forehead.Forget it, let alone him, if Cui Dahua hadn't shown her that time, she wouldn't be able to tell the difference.It is estimated that among the men who understand this, it is Mr. Jiang who loves to dress up, so he can tell a thing or two.

Putting aside the matter of clothes, Xia Chu asked again, "Did you know about Cao Xuelian's pregnancy?"

"Ah?" Yu Shiji's mind flickered again at the level of her jumping.

Xia Chu frowned, "Do you know? Ah what!"

"I know..." Yu Shiji said one word, then changed his words: "She told me, but she wasn't too sure, so I didn't take it seriously. Women like to use tricks, Just a few words of coaxing. Besides, even if she is really pregnant, who knows who the child is? It doesn't matter if it is mine, it is all the blood of the Yu family."

Xia Chu felt nauseated when he heard it, closed his eyes, and sighed secretly.Xin said that Cao Xuelian was either lacking in heart or moved the truth.But if you want to be sincere with a man like Yu Shiji, what is it if you are not heartless?
"Okay." Xia Chu stood up, "Xu Lu, see what else you want to ask, if..."

"Xia Butou." Yu Shiji stood up, and said hastily with a smile, "Look, I really didn't kill this man. If you don't believe me, go and investigate. I'm telling the truth. I just want to ask you to show your respect. The matter between me and Mrs. Cao, and Mrs. Xue, Xia Butou, can you not..."

"It's none of my business!" Xia Chu said coldly, "You want the government to take care of you for what you did yourself? What do you think we are? Xu Lu, put him in prison after the questioning, and check his confession Get it and let him go."

"Xia Butou! Xia Butou..." Yu Shiji called her in panic.

Xia Chu ignored it, brushed off his sleeves and left calmly.In fact, it's not that she doesn't believe what Yu Shiji said, but she just wants to lock him up for a few days, otherwise she will feel panicked.

It seems that Yu Shiji has two skills when dealing with women. A young woman is lonely in a deep house.However, it's scary for this woman to act stupidly. She treats it as love if she gives her a little tenderness, and considers it considerate if she coaxes her a few words, no matter what kind of scum she is.

Xia Chu didn't know if she should sympathize with her. To put it in a bad way, she really asked for it.

But after thinking about it, the society is not like the modern society, how many girls marry is up to them, but if Cao Xuelian has a choice, how can she be willing to fill in a house for someone who is 20 years older than her?A branch of fresh and tender red apricot is held back in the old yard, unwilling to reconcile, and wants to get out of the wall, which seems not incomprehensible.

Xia Chu sighed helplessly at the fate of women, strolled around the yard with his hands behind his back, recalling what Yu Shiji said just now.

Cao Xuelian's actions before her death are basically connected now.After Yu Wenping left, she went to Yu Shiji to borrow the key, and then entered the city early the next morning and got off the car at Yanfufang, went to Qingren Hall, and went to the backyard of Guangji Hall after coming out of Qingren Hall, and then... ...and died there.

But the key question in the middle is still not solved, why did she go to Guangji Hall?

Could it be that he really stole money?What about the money?Was the 200 taels that Yu Shirong exchanged at the Longchang Bank from Guangjitang?If yes, where did the remaining 300 taels go?
Xia Chu felt like he had pinched the knot in the mess, but he couldn't see it clearly for a while.

Just as she was thinking, she heard Xu Lu calling her from the other side of the yard, she walked over and patted him on the shoulder, "Let's go, dinner is ready!"

"Hey! I'm here to talk about dinner." Xu Lu gave a thumbs up.

While eating, Xia Chu communicated with Xu Lu about Chang Qing's investigation. Wang Huai saw it from a distance with the meal in his hand, and hesitated whether to go over to eat together. As soon as he took a step, Zheng Lian and Liu Qi came in. , Liu Qi smiled at Xia Chu as soon as he entered the door, and said loudly: "I just said, I will definitely find you in the dining hall when dinner is ready."

Saying that, the two walked over lively.Wang Huai stopped in his tracks, looked down at the food in his hand, and found a nearby dining table to eat by himself.

"Why have you been here for so long?" Xia Chu asked Zheng Lian.

"Hey, Yue Xiaohong has a stage show this morning. When we arrived, the bells were already ringing. We can't drag her off the stage, can we?" Zheng Lian laughed and glanced at Liu again. "Hey, this time our master Liu will have a lot of fun."

"Crying back, let's go to the flowers together, let's leave your feelings together for a while..." Liu Qi sang in a high-pitched voice, which caused the big guys to slap the table and laugh wildly.Xu Lu said: "Tsing Yi made you sing like a niche."

"Oh, Xu Lu, don't praise him, this is Xiaosheng! Don't spoil Xiaosheng." Zheng Lian said.

"The eunuch's voice." Xia Chu cut his knife and burst into laughter, all agreeing.Liu Qi knew it was a joke, so he didn't feel annoyed, he stroked his chin, "Eunuch? Tch, look at our beard."

Xia Chu laughed and said, "You said you had an eunuch voice in opera, but you didn't say you were a eunuch. What does it have to do with beards?"

Liu Qi had a laugh, his eyes searched Xia Chu's face, "Don't say it, brother Xia, your face is clean."

There was a buzz in Xia Chu's mind, and he thought that this was simply digging a hole for himself!She raised her eyes and saw that everyone on the table was looking at her, and hurriedly waved her hand, "What are you looking at! Jealousy! I don't know how to sing, if I can sing, I must be a role. Is Xiao Hong's face clean? Brother Liu, have you looked carefully?"

Liu Qi tilted his head and thought, "It's clean! He's a female singer." As soon as Yue Xiaohong was mentioned, Liu Qi's eyes lit up again, and he said excitedly, "Oh, that looks so pretty, and his figure is soft. Especially the singing, how do you say it? Low and tactful..."

Seeing that the topic was almost over and the alarm was lifted, Xia Chu stopped Liu Qi and said, "Okay, brother Liu, let's eat first." Then he asked Zheng Lian: "Tell me, did you find anything? "

"We took Cui Dahua to Taiguang Tower, she looked at it from a distance and said that that person was not Yue Xiaohong that day. Yue Xiaohong is relatively small, so it is easy to distinguish." Zheng Lian filled his mouth. Cai continued: "Boss, it's easy to look like a piece of clothing, and you can buy it if you have money."

"Yeah, but I happened to see it that day, and I didn't even ask if I got caught in the eye. What if it was a revelation from the heavens?" Xia Chu said while eating, "It seems that my luck is not so good."

Xu Lu interjected: "You're still right. Even if that person really killed him, the clothes must be full of blood, so they've been thrown away long ago. I think the clothes are the clue."

Xia Chu nodded, chewed a few mouthfuls of vegetables and suddenly stopped, and asked Xu Lu, "That's not right!"

"What's wrong?"

"He threw away his clothes, so what did he wear when he left?"

(End of this chapter)