female catcher

Chapter 165 Various Clues
Lan Suqiu said that that night he heard Tang Baoxin went to find Yue Xiaohong, and after a while the two started arguing, but their voices were very low, as if they were suppressed deliberately, and he didn't hear anything.When Tang Baoxin slammed the door and left, he went to find Yue Xiaohong.

"I just stood at the door for a while and said a few words." Lan Suqiu looked at Xia Chu, and then turned to Jiang Xiyuan.Jiang Xiyuan raised his eyes to look at him, and he looked away, stroking his temples with his fingers, and smiling slightly from the side of his head.

Jiang Xiyuan felt a chill all over his body, and he tried not to shiver, so he stopped writing and taking notes.Xia Chu couldn't stop laughing when he saw it, cleared his throat and asked, "What did you say?"

"It's nothing. I'll just say..." Lan Suqiu stretched out her hand with a vain finger, sat on the stool and got up, and said in a tone of voice: "Xiao Jiu, Sixth Brother treats you well all the time. Why don’t you support Sixth Brother? I feel cold for Sixth Brother when I look at you so coldly, but you are hard-hearted.”

"What did Yue Xiaohong say?"

"Yeah, he looked like he was in a fit of anger, and he didn't take a good look at me. What are you talking about..., oh, say 'I play with the fourth brother on weekdays, but in the future, you Lan Suqiu will enter the palace and support the sixth brother. It’s too late.” Lan Suqiu spread his hands, “Look, our Xiaojiu hasn’t entered the palace yet, so his tone is not small. His words were not pleasant, so I said that this time it’s the German class entering the palace, not you Yue Xiaohong, if you sing well, everyone will be honored, but if you can't sing well, it's you, Yue Xiaohong. Don't say I don't have a part this time, even if I do, I'll decide whether to go or not."

After hearing this, Xia Chu smiled, "This is a bit sour."

"People respect me one-third, and I respect others one foot. Who told him to stab me with words?" Lan Suqiu snorted softly, and said to Jiang Xiyuan as if thinking of something, "Master, I didn't even enter Yue Xiaohong's room, whether Yue Xiaohong got asthma in anger, or was killed by someone, it has absolutely nothing to do with me."

Jiang Xiyuan lowered his head and ignored him, so he gave Jiang Xiyuan a resentful look.Xia Chu looked at Jiang Xiyuan with a suppressed smile, but Jiang Xiyuan raised his eyes and raised his eyebrows at her with a funny expression.

"How is your relationship with Tang Baoxin?" Chu Xia asked Lan Suqiu again.

"We acted together, so we have a good relationship." He sighed, and said a little angrily, "It's just that Sixth Brother didn't give me good looks for several days because of the Daomadan incident a while ago. He may feel sorry for Yue Xiaohong's beating, But isn’t that what learning opera is all about? Yue Xiaohong is willing to learn it herself, so what kind of anger did he have with me?”

Lan Suqiu sighed softly when he said this, "Brother Liu has such a temper, he doesn't want Xiaojiu to learn swordsmanship, but when he is injured, he still sends medicine. It's not like me, no one cares about suffering and injury. "

As a woman, Xia Chu couldn't bear Lan Suqiu's appearance as a little daughter-in-law, so she changed the words and asked, "How does Mr. Cheng treat Yue Xiaohong?"

"Okay, no one in the team can get over it. When Master was alive, Xiao Jiu lived with Master, and Master loves his singing the most. He is just like a parent and child. When Xiao Jiu died..., Master fell ill. It's gone." Lan Suqiu covered her heart and sighed melancholy, "Xiao Jiu's life is really good."

At the beginning of Xia Xia was speechless, thinking what kind of account Lan Suqiu was making, he said that his life was good even if everyone was dead.

The question was almost finished, Xia Chu asked Lan Suqiu to leave first, Lan Suqiu bowed gracefully, and walked away with her hips swaying.She took the transcript from Jiang Xiyuan, and the two pages were neatly written.Jiang Xiyuan said from the side: "Jing Zhaoyin is also a judicial counselor, and also your document."

"If Chang Qing was here, of course I wouldn't let you write it. Why do you all dislike my ugly handwriting?" Xia Chu said without raising his head.

Jiang Xiyuan was helpless, thinking that this was all self-inflicted, but he was happy to do it, so he really had no position to say anything.After Xia Chu read it once, he put the notes away, and said: "Tang Baoxin went to Yuexiao's red room that night. Before Lan Suqiu, although there was a quarrel, she was still fine when Lan Suqiu went. So the quarrel led to passion. Homicide should be ruled out."

"It can be ruled out after the autopsy. If it wasn't a murder of passion, then it was murder? But now it's not sure whether Lian Yue Xiaohong was killed by someone. How do you investigate?" Jiang Xiyuan asked.

"Since there is an investigation, it is naturally to be investigated as a homicide. Only after all the doubts of the homicide have been ruled out can it be confirmed that she died of asthma. There are no doubts on the body. Of course, we are now looking for clues from the time and motive of the crime. It’s obvious that a group of people insist on their own words, and whoever says something different from the other, you can do some research.”

Jiang Xiyuan nodded thoughtfully, "Compared with who killed it, I want to know how Yue Xiaohong died."

"It's the same thing. If you know how she died, you will know who killed her. If you know who killed her, you will naturally know how she died." Xia Chu pointed at the table and thought for a while, " At Xushi, Yue Xiaohong was still fine, but in the morning she was already stiff, and the time of death should be not long after Lan Suqiu left. Could it be that after Lan Suqiu, there are still people who went to Yue Xiaohong's place?"

"The words are all from Lan Suqiu, so they are so credible? He said that Yue Xiaohong was fine when he left, so who can testify?" Jiang Xiyuan said in a disdainful tone: "Actors are actors, but I can't see how he is. One sentence is true, which one is being acted out."

After Xia Chu heard it, he couldn't help laughing, and said: "Your Excellency doesn't like Lan Suqiu very much, the poor man still keeps flirting with you. Your Excellency is so charming."

"Stop embarrassing me!" Jiang Xiyuan glanced at her and frowned in disgust, "It's really awkward to look at. This man disguised as a woman is indeed not as good-looking as a woman disguised as a man." After finishing speaking, he smiled and looked sideways Looking at Chu Xia, he said again: "But it's not necessarily true. I think it would be good if you dressed up as a woman."

Xia Chu's heart skipped a beat, and then he stood up with a straight face, "If your lord likes to see women, you can go to the Planting Flower House to see them, don't have nothing to entertain me. It's getting late, I'll go find Tang Baoxin."

Jiang Xiyuan saw Xia Chu's face darkened, wondering if she was really angry, so he hurriedly stood up, "You're joking, don't take it to heart."

Xia Chu was not angry, but a little uneasy.Ever since she knew that Yue Xiaohong was a woman, she always felt that Jiang Xiyuan's words were a little weird inside and out, but she didn't know if it was because of her guilty conscience and suspicion.

Xia Chu stepped out of the flower hall first, and was surprised to see Chang Qing standing outside, "Why are you back again?"

Chang Qing walked up a few steps and said: "Not long after I returned to the yamen, a brother came to me and said that Yue Xiaohong went to give a concert to others a while ago, and was almost taken advantage of by that young master. Beat up that young master. I'll come over and tell you as soon as I get the letter."

"When did it happen?"

"About half a month ago. I haven't asked the details yet. I asked my brother to wait in the government office. If you don't go back now, I will ask him to come back tomorrow."

Xia Chu was a little hesitant, Jiang Xiyuan stepped forward and stood beside her, and said: "Let's go back to the government office first. I have asked Tang Baoxin now. If what Chang Qing said has something to do with him, I have to look for it again. It's better once." Ask more carefully."

Xia Chu thought about it and thought it made sense.Yue Xiaohong was taken advantage of by others, if Tang Baoxin was there at the time, given his character, he might have been the one who beat someone.

The three of them went back to the government office, Jiang Xiyuan went back to the study to deal with the day's official documents, and asked Xia Chu to come to him when he was leaving, and he had someone hire a car today so that he could take her home.As soon as Xia Chu heard that there was a car, he naturally agreed and followed Chang Qing to the classroom.Jiang Xiyuan stopped to look at Xia Chu's back, and smiled lightly.

The brother Chang Qing was talking about was sitting in the classroom, tall and thin, with surprisingly big eyes, when he saw Chu Xia, he got up and bowed his fists, looking like a practicing family.

"This is my brother Mange, whose surname is Jiang. He grew up in the neighborhood. Now he is working as a nursing home at the customs officer's house. It is the one that invited the German class to the church." Chang Qing introduced.

Xia Chu asked him to sit down and let him talk about the day's events in detail.Na Mange said: "If you go back to the official, it will be the twelfth day of April. Our master is celebrating his birthday, so we invited the German class to sing. I was in the front yard at the time. I couldn't see or hear clearly, so I followed my brother." Chatting. After the concert is over, the steward will take the German team out to the front yard for dinner, and for a birthday party, there must be a table of noodles for them, and I just saw Yue Xiaohong at that time."

Chang Qing pushed him, "Brother Man, focus on the key points."

Xia Chu smiled at Chang Qing, thinking that there are still times when you think others are long-winded?

Mange also smiled at Chang Qing, which was about the same as what Xia Chu thought, which made Chang Qing a little embarrassed.Brother Man patted Chang Qing's shoulder to show comfort, then turned his head and continued: "Not long after Boss Yue sat down, Lian Bai came over and invited him away. Oh, Lian Bai is the servant in front of our Fifth Young Master. I was It's fun, the fifth young master is so masculine, I thought it must be a bad thing to call him away. As expected."

"You said that your young master was beaten later, is it this fifth young master?"

"Exactly. After Boss Yue left for a while, another person stood up at the table and wanted to follow him. I stopped him, and he said that he had something urgent to ask Boss Yue. But he, a big man, can't just do that Running to the inner courtyard by yourself? I found an old woman and asked her to take that person there. Then I heard that the Fifth Young Master was beaten up. I guess that’s what happened. The one in the past did a good job."

"Do you know the person you met later?"

Brother Man shook his head, "I don't know him. That man is about the same size as me, but he looks quite fair."

When Xia Chu heard this description, he reckoned that it must be Tang Baoxin. "How did it work out after that?"

"It's private. Firstly, the beating is not serious, and secondly, our master also cares about his reputation. We invited a party, and our son was beaten for molesting the actor. The news was too bad, so the German class lost money and settled the matter." "Mange opened his big eyes even wider when he said this, "Master, this is what Qingzi asked me to talk about. If our master finds out, I will lose my job." .”

"I understand, don't worry." Xia Chu nodded, thought for a while and then asked: "How about your fifth young master? This matter is over?"

"Hey, the ancestral hall where the master gave me a lesson and knelt for three days. But what can I do if I go there?"

"Is your Fifth Young Master at home on the night of April [-]th?"

"I don't know about it. But I can ask you when I go back, tell Qingzi later, and let him call you back."

"Okay." Xia Chu saw that Mange was happy to talk and do things, so he stood up and hugged him, thanked him and asked Chang Qing to send him out.

It was getting late, Xia Chu went back to the police room to put away the records, and went out of the government office together with Jiang Xiyuan, and went to the opposite restaurant for dinner.In the alley next to the government office, there was someone looking out, and when the two of them had gone far away, that person shrank back, walked up to a carriage and said in a low voice, "Young master, Mr. Xia has come out, but Mr. Jiang is also following you." Well. Look..., do you want to come back another day?"

"Go to Anfengfang. I'll wait for him."

(End of this chapter)