female catcher

Chapter 159 Sixth Brother Tang Baoxin

When Xia Chu heard from Chang Qing that he had brought Yang Yuzuo over, he couldn't help but praise: "Chang Qing, you are really getting smarter and smarter now."

Chang Qing walked over with a smile, greeted Jiang Xiyuan first, and then said: "Hey, isn't this to save another trip? If there is a corpse, there must be someone to do it, right?"

Zhang Renqing turned around when he heard this, bowed and said, "My lord, the officials, do you have to do the opening of the coffin? Although Boss Yue is an actor, the dead are the most important. It is also necessary to open the coffin after entering the coffin." Disrespect!"

"It has nothing to do with whether he is an actor or not. What the government wants to investigate is a murder case. What is respect and what is disrespect? No matter how hard Zhang Guanshi thinks about it, you might as well think about it from the perspective of your boss Yue." Xia Chu said lightly. , no more talking, let Zhang Renqing continue to lead the way to Yue Xiaohong's residence.

Yue Xiaohong is Jiao'er, and she lives in a main room in the Dongkua courtyard, and there are several side rooms in the courtyard, all of which are also occupied by people.In an empty space in the middle of the courtyard, there were some things for daily practice. Xia Chu looked around and asked Zhang Renqing, "Who are the people living in these two wing rooms?"

Zhang Renqing stood still and told Xia Chu about the staff composition in the courtyard.

There is a small flower hall in the main room, and there are two rooms on the left and right, the bigger room is given to Yue Xiaohong, and the west room is lived by Lan Suqiu, who also sings Danjiao.There are two rooms in the East Wing, the big room is occupied by Chen Xinhai, a big brother who sings old students, next door are two young students who sing; There is a working knife and a small worker; in the south are some children who have entered the school for a short time, living in a bunk, and the next room is a waiter like a servant.

There is also a west courtyard in this house, and Zhang Renqing also briefly talked about it with Xia Chu.Xia Chu did a careful calculation, and there are 20 people living in this one courtyard alone. This house is really crowded enough.

Entering Yue Xiaohong's room, Xia Chu felt that there was no clue to find out, because the room was tidy and had already been tidied up.

The furnishings in the room are very simple, a bed, a suitcase, a round tea table in the middle, a chest of drawers against the wall, and nothing else.Xia Chu and Jiang Xiyuan walked around the room, opened the chest of drawers and took a look, it was just empty for some sundries.

Zhang Renqing stepped forward and said: "In the past, this chest of drawers used to contain films for Boss Yue's own use, as well as headgear given by fans. Boss Yue is no longer here. I kept these things away for fear of losing them, so I put them in the team's box. went."

"You took it?" Xia Chu turned back and said, "Yue Xiaohong has no family?"

"Guan Ye, if this singer has a family, it means he doesn't have a family. If there is a way to survive, who is willing to send the child to suffer this crime." Zhang Renqing sighed, and said: "Guan Ye, if you want to talk about family, this class The sixth son in the house can barely be regarded as Boss Yue’s family. About the opening of the coffin, why don’t I call the sixth son to come over and ask. That kid has a stubborn temper. If I take the idea privately, he might want to quarrel with me It's never over."

"The sixth brother?" Xia Chu remembered that Jin Ershun seemed to mention some kind of sixth brother yesterday, but he didn't know if it was the same person, "Who is this sixth brother?"

"Tang Baoxin, a junior worker, entered the department for sixth grade, and Boss Yue was a little later for ninth grade. He lives in the west wing of this courtyard. He took Boss Yue with him to the German class. Now he is in the mourning hall. I call he goes."

Xia Chu nodded and let him go first.She and Jiang Xiyuan checked the house again, the doors and windows were all in good condition, and there was really nothing suspicious, so they went out and waited in the yard.

"What is your lord thinking?" Seeing Jiang Xiyuan's silence, Xia Chu asked.

Jiang Xiyuan shook his head, frowned slightly, and said, "I don't know, I always feel that there is something I should think about, but I don't know what to think about."

"What's that called?" Xia Chu laughed, "Is there anyone else who thinks like this?"

"That's right, I also think it's weird. Tsk, I think it's okay after careful consideration, but I can't tell why I'm not at ease." He shook his head, "Forget it, don't think about it."

Xia Chu walked to a rack of weapons, picked up the tasseled gun and weighed it, "Hey! It's much heavier than I imagined. It's really not easy to sing an opera."

"Actor entertaining people is a business. Although the boss is called by the boss, it is still a low-level business. Most of the opera singers sign contracts with the troupe. They have practiced kung fu since they were young, and they have suffered a lot. Yue Xiaohong has sung. , is a pity."

"Your Excellency, do you still know these things?" Xia Chu looked at him, "I thought you would not know these low-level things because you were pampered since childhood."

"Chu Xia, you said your family members are gone, how did you come here when you were a child?" Jiang Xiyuan asked her.

"I lived with my grandmother for two years, and then my grandmother died of illness, and no relatives were willing to take me in, so I entered an orphanage, oh, it's an orphanage." Xia Chu looked at the things in the yard curiously, while chatting like She said, "We don't like to sell ourselves, I'm not that miserable." She turned her head and smiled at Jiang Xiyuan, "It's just being poor, from childhood to adulthood."

"Miss your family? I have a chance to accompany you back to your hometown."

The movements in Xia Chu's hands faltered, and then he shook his head, "I'm used to it, so I don't think much about it."

Jiang Xiyuan reached out and took the tasseled gun in her hand, put it back on the shelf, looked at her and said, "Forget it. Let's stay in Xijing, anyway, I'm here."

"I didn't say I was going to leave Xijing, at least I haven't planned to leave yet."

"What about later?"

"Who can say what will happen in the future." Xia Chu slightly turned his head away, then turned around and said with a smile: "Maybe I will meet a lady from a rich family who will take a fancy to me, so I will marry him."

"Nonsense." Jiang Xiyuan laughed.She said in her heart, if a lady from a rich family likes you, do you dare to marry her?It's fine if you don't get scared to death.

Zhang Renqing came back very quickly. When he came back, he was followed by a tall and thin young man, and the other was Jin Ershun who went to the government office to report the case.

"My lord, this is Tang Baoxin, and this is Jin Ershun, Boss Yue's servant. I didn't know what you wanted to ask, so I called them together."

Jin Ershun looked up at Xia Chu behind Tang Baoxin, looking a little nervous, and then quickly lowered his head.Xia Chu asked Zhang Renqing to find a place for them, and she called Tang Baoxin in first.

Tang Baoxin was dressed in plain clothes, his complexion was very bad, his eyes were black and blue, and his voice was hoarse when he spoke.Zhang Renqing said that he sang Xiaosheng, ordinarily his voice should be very clear, but seeing what he means now is really sad.

Xia Chu handed him a cup of tea, and asked him what kind of relationship he had with Yue Xiaohong. Tang Baoxin struggled to speak, as if he was gritting his teeth for every word, so as to keep himself from crying.The appearance of the seven-foot man is quite moving.

"Xiaojiu and I are from the same hometown. When we were young, we lived next to each other. Later, our hometown was hit by a disaster. We went south with our fellow villagers to escape from the famine. Not long after we escaped from the famine, we encountered bandits who fell into the weeds due to the disaster. The thieves were cruel and killed everyone. Yes. It was his father who pushed us into the mud ditch before he died, and we both took our lives."

Tang Baoxin covered his eyes with his hands, choked up for a moment, and continued: "At that time, I was nine years old and the other was six years old. The two children were living and waiting to die. Fortunately, I met the German class on the way, so I asked the class leader to take us to the hospital. I bought it for you. If you don’t have any money to sell yourself, just beg for food and live.”

Jiang Xiyuan glanced at Xia Chu subconsciously. Seeing that Xia Chu had a sad expression, he was afraid that Tang Baoxin would remind her of what happened to her and make her sad, so he interrupted his narration and asked, "The last time you saw Yue When is Xiaohong?"

Xia Chu regained his composure, knowing why Jiang Xiyuan interrupted suddenly, so he turned his head and smiled at him, meaning she was okay.Jiang Xiyuan also smiled at her.

"The clothes he was buried in... were changed by me," Tang Baoxin said.

"I'm asking the last time you saw him when he was alive."

"On the evening of April [-]." Tang Baoxin raised his head and asked Jiang Xiyuan, "My lord, Zhang Guanshi said that your government office is here to inquire about the case. Is there something wrong with Xiaojiu's death?"

"Do you think there is a problem?" Xia Chu asked him in turn.

Tang Baoxin was stunned, propped his forehead on the table, and said in a very exhausted manner: "After hearing the news of his death, I'm going to collapse. I haven't closed my eyes for the past three days, and I dare not think about anything... Xiaojiu has asthma, The root cause of the disease when fleeing famine is that it was too sudden."

Xia Chu wrote down his notes, and seeing that it was getting late outside, he said to Tang Baoxin: "Now someone has reported the case to the government office, suspecting that Yue Xiaohong died of a sudden illness, the case has already been accepted by the government office, and now there are some things to investigate I still need your cooperation."

Tang Baoxin raised his head and was stunned for a while, "Isn't it a sudden illness?" Then he got up abruptly, "It wasn't a sudden illness?! Then how did he die? Did he get killed?"

"That's exactly what we want to investigate." Xia Chu stretched out his hand and pressed it down, motioning him to sit down, "But now that the house has been cleaned up, and people have been buried in coffins, it is quite difficult to investigate."

When Tang Baoxin heard this, he immediately knelt down straight, "My lord, if Xiao Jiu is really murdered by others, you must make decisions for Xiao Jiu! I... I don't have much money, but I just borrow money and sell it. I will not hesitate to take my life, please give Xiaojiu justice!"

As soon as Xia Chu heard his words, he knew that he had misunderstood the meaning of "difficult", and probably thought it was an official asking him to ask for money.He couldn't help shaking his head secretly, thinking that this guy's mind was too straight.

"You get up first." Xia Chu got up and tugged him, pushed him back on the stool, and waited for him to calm down a little before saying: "You misunderstood me, I said the difficulty is to find clues, to investigate the case There has to be a clue, understand?"

"Understood." Tang Baoxin nodded, "What clue do you want?"

"Just now, Guanshi Zhang and I also said that you are still half of Yue Xiaohong's family, so I need to ask your opinion on this matter." Xia Chu paused, and said: "We are going to open the coffin for an autopsy. "

Tang Baoxin never expected Xia Chu to say such a thing. Zhang Renqing didn't tell him anything on the way when Zhang Renqing called him over, and suddenly heard it as if he didn't understand it.When he recovered, he bounced off the stool again, took two steps back, and said loudly, "No! Absolutely not!"

(End of this chapter)