female catcher

Chapter 60 The Concubine Liu Rong
After Zhu Qing finished speaking, Xia Chu thought back on the family relationship of the Liu family. The second young lady that Zhu Qing mentioned should be Liu Rong, the daughter of Mrs. Liu's concubine, so she probably understood what was going on.

"Is the relationship between Liu Ying and Liu Rong not good?"

"Actually, it's okay, but it's all about ordering her around when you're away from home. Who told her to be a concubine. Just like a concubine also has to serve your wife." Zhu Qing didn't care, obviously she was used to it.

"So Liu Rong did your job that night, right?"

"Yeah. The second lady lives in the same room with the young lady, so it's convenient to take care of her."

"Zhuqing, you are Liu Ying's personal servant girl. On the night of March [-]rd, did you notice any abnormalities in her emotions? Like being angry or sad? Have you ever met anyone special?"

Zhuqing thought about it carefully, "No...it seems to be in a good mood. I've always been with the girls from various families."

After Zhuqing left, Xia Chu asked Wang Huai, "What's the matter? The concubine's daughter has to serve the concubine's daughter? Is it all like this?"

"That's not true. Although the status of a concubine is much lower, she is still a lady after all. There is a maid at home, so why let the lady serve her?" Wang Huai said.

"I think so too." Xia Chu stood up, "Let's go and find Liu Rong."

Liu Rong is less than half a year younger than Liu Ying, but Liu Rong seems to be taller in stature, and her facial features look much more beautiful than Liu Ying.This can be regarded as the characteristic of most families. The ones from concubines are often more beautiful than those from concubines. Who makes concubines generally look better than principal ones?

Xia Chu looked at Liu Rong without any trace, and had a preliminary position on this girl in his heart.

Liu Rong is not very thin. She wears a light beige half-shoulder dress and a sandalwood-colored skirt. The expression between her brows is a bit gloomy, with a little habitual caution. Against the backdrop of a warm-toned dress, she is still It looks cool.

Even if Zhu Qing didn't say anything, it could be seen that Liu Rong's life in the Liu Mansion was not comfortable.

Xia Chu entered the meditation room where Liu Ying and Liu Rong lived together, first looked around, and sat down at the table after seeing nothing unusual.Liu Rong had already poured two cups of tea and placed them in front of Xia Chu and Wang Huai.

"Liu Rong, sit down."

"Oh." Liu Rong gathered her skirt and sat down, lowering her head.

"You don't have to be nervous, we just want to ask you something." Seeing Liu Rong nodded, Xia Chu said, "How is your relationship with Liu Ying?"

"It's not bad. It's just that sometimes my sister is in a bad mood and her speech is not very pleasant, but it's nothing."

"Then Liu Ying asked you to wait for her to groom, and you did it willingly?"

Liu Rong raised her head and was stunned for a moment, "I'm not willing...but I'm used to it. My sister is like that. Every time I come outside, she will drag me to live with me. We sisters are very close. But she needs to be served by others, so I will do more."

"On the night of March [-]rd, have you been together?"

"No." Liu Rong shook her head. "After helping my sister wash and wash, I wanted to go around the temple. If my sister didn't go, I went out by myself."

"What time was that? Liu Ying wasn't with you?"

"Probably around Xu time. In fact, I don't want my sister to be with me. I like to be alone. There are many rules in the mansion. It's rare to come to the temple to be free for a while."

"That is to say, you have been alone since the Xu Dynasty? Did you meet anyone? When did you go back?"

Liu Rong glanced at Xia Chu, thought for a while, and said, "I didn't meet anyone, but I don't know if anyone saw me. I wandered around for a long time, and then I went back to my room when it got cold. when."

"Was your sister in the room then?"

Liu Rong blinked, "Should be here. Didn't she disappear in the morning? When I went back to the room, I was afraid of disturbing her, so I touched the bed and fell asleep. I didn't see her when I woke up early. I thought it was because I was tired yesterday." So I slept soundly, I didn't hear her get up. But I folded her quilt." She pointed to the bed.

Xia Chu smiled, "Then you didn't hear anything last night, did you?"

"No. I fell asleep as soon as I lay down, and it was dawn when I woke up."

"Okay, Ms. Liu, take a good rest first." Xia Chu took Wang Huai up and walked towards the door. Xia Chu looked back at her legs, and Liu Rong stopped in her tracks and smiled awkwardly, "Yesterday It was dark in the temple, and accidentally bumped into the stone railing."

"Girls, try not to go out alone after dark."

Liu Rong pursed her lips in embarrassment and nodded.

"Oh yes, what does Second Miss think about your sister's death?"

Liu Rong didn't seem to understand what she meant right away, and after a pause, he said, "My sister died very badly, please give me justice, sir."

Xia Chu smiled slightly, "Of course."

After coming out of Liu Rong's room, Wang Huai chased Xia Chu and asked, "Boss, I think there is something wrong with Liu Rong?"

Xia Chu straightened her cuffs, said without raising her eyelids, "Even you think there is a problem, can she be fine?"

Wang Huai didn't realize that Xia Chu was mocking her, so he was quite happy.After a while, I came to my senses, and put on a bitter face, "Boss, just teach me. You see, I have never been late once."

"You should be not late. What's the matter?" Xia Chu turned his head and looked at him with a smile, "I have trained you a few times in the yamen, but the main thing depends on whether you are careful or not. Look at others Xu Lu..."

When Xia Chu said this, he slapped his head, "Oh yes, he should be investigating now, and he probably won't be too busy."

"Investigate what?"

Xia Chu looked at Wang Huai a few times, "Aren't you asking for progress? Go and help Xu Lu investigate and learn from basic work."

"Boss, what are you doing?"

"I'm going to see the layout of the temple." Xia Chu waved his hands without looking back as he walked.

The scale of the Wanfo Temple is medium. After entering from the mountain gate, there are the release pool, the bell tower, the drum tower, and then the Maitreya hall.The main courtyard behind the Maitreya Hall has two entrances, one is the courtyard of the Daxiong Hall, and the back is the Sutra Library.

There is a cross-court on the east and west sides of the main courtyard, the monks' living quarters on the west side, and the courtyard of the meditation room and a bamboo garden on the east side.

Xia Chu walked around the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple along the road, looked at everything except the monk's room, and then walked along the middle road until he reached the Sutra Library, but he didn't find any heresy.

If what Liu Rong said was true, then Liu Ying should still be in the room around Xu shi. Even if what she said was false, then at least she was there when Mrs. Liu left after You shi.

The gate of the mountain was closed after Youshi, and if Liu Ying went out from there, the monk who guarded the gate would not be unaware.

Where did she come from?Is it over the wall?
Xia Chu frowned and thought for a while, then looked back at the two-storey scripture building, and suddenly remembered that Mr. Huang asked her to meet, and it was the Buddhist temple behind the scripture building in Yunjing Temple.

Will there be a Buddhist temple behind the scripture building of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple?
Xia Chu took two steps to go around. Sure enough, there was a Moon Gate behind the scripture building. The walls on both sides of the gate were connected by the walls of the temple. If you don’t go around the building, if you only look at it from the front, you will feel that you have come to the end .

She walked out through the moon gate, and the back was really like Yunjing Temple. There was a small Zen courtyard on the west side of the stone road, surrounded by dense bamboo fences, and inside was a very idyllic Zen room.On the east side of the road is a bamboo forest. There is a narrow gravel road between the bamboo forest and the wall behind the scripture building, and at the end is a small gate.

There was only a bolt on the door and no padlock. Xia Chu opened the door and went out, walking along the footpath. After walking for a while, the path merged with the main road, and then there was the stone-carved Buddha Cave in Wanfo Mountain.

Xia Chu observed all the way and found nothing suspicious. When she reached the junction of the road, she looked around, recalling the approximate location where Liu Ying's body was found last night, and walked north for a while, observing the hillside while walking side.

This road is all artificially paved with gravel, probably for pressing ash.Xia Chu stepped on the gravel and walked a few steps. Looking back, he found that there were no footprints left on the road, which was really annoying.

After walking for more than 50 meters, Xia Chu finally found signs of being overwhelmed by a bush on the side of the road.She pulled a strong bush branch and poked her head out to have a look, and saw that the mountain on this side was quite steep, which was indeed suitable for throwing corpses.

Xia Chu stood up straight and looked around.Right now, she is standing about 20 meters away from the small path, and the straight line is not far from the back wall of the meditation room.The night in the mountains was very quiet. If Liu Ying had called for help before she was killed, it stands to reason that someone would have heard something.

After all, this is not the first scene?Or did Liu Ying never call for help at all?
Assuming that Liu Ying left the meditation room voluntarily and she didn't call for help, could it be an acquaintance who committed the crime?If an acquaintance committed the crime, did Liu Ying come here for a private meeting?

But if it was a private meeting, why was Liu Ying killed again?Could it be that the two had an argument in a private meeting and accidentally killed someone?The object of the secret meeting insists that the overlord can't become the overlord, and then silences him?Or the person in the private meeting and the murderer are not the same person?

At the beginning of Xia, the question mark popped up in his head, and he found that there were too many possibilities, but there were too few clues at the moment.The range is so vast that it seems that trying to find a direction from it is more difficult than finding a dead body from the mountains.

She crossed her arms and thought for a while, then grabbed the bushes on the edge of the cliff and poked her head out to see if the big rock was under the cliff.

This time, the distance to explore was a little too much, Xia Chu felt that the center of gravity was a little bit forward, and he secretly screamed in his heart.When the arm tried to pull himself back, the nasty gravel slipped and was about to fall.

Done!

She grasped the bush branch tightly with one hand, and stretched the other hand backward indiscriminately, trying to grab something to bring her center of gravity back.This was a subconscious action, but she didn't expect that she would actually catch it.

Using strength to finally stabilize his figure, Xia Chu breathed a sigh of relief, took a big step back and returned to a safe position, secretly thinking that he was lucky.

She clenched her fist, and suddenly realized that she was still holding the life-saving thing in her hand, and turned her head to look at her hand, and unexpectedly saw another hand.

She followed her hand to see the arm, followed the arm to see the shoulder, and then followed the shoulder to see the familiar face, but it was unforgettable, and she couldn't help being pleasantly surprised: "Mr. Huang? You're back? "

(End of this chapter)