female catcher

Chapter 65 Brother's Sister

After hearing Xia Chu's words, Jiang Xiyuan couldn't help but smiled wryly, "Where did you come up with such a fallacy? Jingguo emphasizes literature and encourages reading, and Chunwei selects scholars and talents based on the world in his writing. If the emperor hears your words, he will kill you." No."

"I don't know the emperor. If the emperor knows, it must be the little shoes worn by you." Xia Chu chuckled, narrowed his eyes and looked at Jiang Xiyuan, and said: "Look, I am right. Only With culture, small shoes can be worn properly."

Jiang Xiyuan knocked on Xia Chu's head, "Don't have nothing to do with your boss!"

"My lord, I was wrong." Xia Chu rubbed his head, pulled his bag and put the transcript and sachet inside. "Going back to the city tomorrow morning, I hope Xu Lu can make a breakthrough."

"Don't have any hope. I don't think the murderer will be that Pearl's brother."

"Why?" Xia Chu asked.

"I heard you say that Zhu'er's brother thinks that Zhu'er was tortured by Liu Ying to commit suicide. He must hate Liu Ying to the core. If you have a younger sister who was bullied and lost her life, what do you want to do? Do you have other ideas besides that person?"

"I don't have a sister."

"I mean what if."

"If..." Xia Chu pillowed her arm, lowered her eyes, and the flickering candlelight seemed to blur her expression.After a long silence, Xia Chu said softly, "I don't know. First of all, I won't let her be bullied, and I will protect her even if I do my best."

Jiang Xiyuan's heart was inexplicably soured by her voice. Under the dim light, Xia Chu's delicate face seemed to be covered with a layer of sadness.He carefully asked: "Did you... have a younger sister before?"

"No." Xia Chu shook his head, "My lord, please continue."

Jiang Xiyuan's emotions were taken a little off by Xia Chu, and he couldn't get back for a while, and didn't know how to speak.

Xia Chu said for him: "Your Excellency, what you mean is that Brother Zhu'er hates Liu Ying so much that he may kill her, but he is unlikely to violate her, right?"

"Yes."

"Master Jiang is judging others by himself, but elder brother Zhu'er is not necessarily someone like Master Jiang. For a girl like Liu Ying, insult may cause her more pain than death."

"Well—" Jiang Xiyuan nodded after thinking for a while, "I took it for granted."

Xia Chu sat up and asked him, "My lord, do you love your sister very much?"

Jiang Xiyuan thought for a while, then sneered, "I always bullied her when I was a child, but when I got older, I knew I would let her go, so she started bullying me. Among my siblings, I am closest to her. She is a lady of everyone. It’s just like a comfortable little girl in front of you.”

"Is it the younger sister who is going to be in the middle palace?"

Jiang Xiyuan nodded silently, and his voice lowered a bit, "It won't be the same in the future. It's not easy to sit in the middle palace, so I'm worried about her. Yongwei is actually very cute, and I'd rather he marry without worrying about food and clothing." The family will be carefree all their lives."

"Yes." Xia Chu listened seriously, pursed his lips, revealing two shallow dimples, "My lord is a good brother, I really envy your sister."

Jiang Xiyuan smiled, and suddenly turned to Mener and asked puzzledly: "Do you envy my sister?"

"I mean I'm envious that you have a younger sister, my lord."

"Is that what you said?"

"Yes. I envy you for having a younger sister, but I don't."

Because I am a younger sister, a younger sister who has lost her brother.

After breakfast the next day, Wang Huai brought the floor plan of the temple that Xia Chu asked for.Xia Chu raised his thumb and praised him: "I like it so efficient."

Wang Huai's eyes were a little red and he didn't get enough sleep, but he was in good spirits, especially after hearing Xia Chu praised him, he straightened his body, "Boss, do you want to make sure you're right."

"I need to check it out." Xia Chu said with a smile, seeing a trace of disappointment on Wang Huai's face, he hurriedly explained: "Oh, I believe your drawing is correct, what I mean is that I want to write down a few points. one time."

Only then did Wang Huai feel relieved.

Jiang Xiyuan and Xia Chu looked at the floor plan together, and then glanced at Wang Huai who was walking away, "Not bad, I convinced them once, and now I don't procrastinate at all."

"What's the use of just beating." Xia Chu smiled, "Does your lord know what it means to give kindness and strength at the same time?"

"I know. How are you kind?"

"It's very simple." Xia Chu put his hands behind his back, and he didn't hide his little pride on his face. "One is to motivate, and the other is to cultivate interest. Working hard is beneficial, so naturally work hard, and there is no need to urge at all."

"How did you motivate?"

"I have set up three grades, and the assessment is conducted every six months. Those who perform outstandingly will be promoted to a higher level, those who have achieved mediocre results in three consecutive assessments will be demoted by one level, and those who are not good will be fired directly."

"You are ruthless enough."

"I only deal ruthlessly with useless people. My lord, among the twelve arrests under my command, as long as one of them can make a fool of himself, sooner or later he will bring all of them to make a fool of himself."

Jiang Xiyuan nodded in agreement, "Then what's the benefit of upgrading your officers?"

"Salary increase!"

Jiang Xiyuan was surprised and said: "Nonsense! The monthly money for the arrests is fixed, and the imperial court pays them per head every month. Where do you get the money to raise their salaries?!"

"There is no increase right now, and it will be at least half a year later. My lord, if there is a salary increase in the imperial court, you can tell me, don't directly arrest me, it will ruin my plan."

"The imperial court does not raise wages."

"The imperial court is really stingy."

"Let's talk about what you mean by cultivating interest?"

Xia Chu pointed to himself, "Look at me, my lord, you won't give me a raise, and the court won't give me a raise, but I still work hard and work hard. Why?"

Jiang Xiyuan pouted.

"Yes! It's because I'm interested in investigating cases. Interest is the primary productive force. As long as it's something you're interested in doing, you're willing to do it for nothing. Of course, I'm just making an analogy." Xia Chu waved his hand and continued: " For example, Liu Qi is interested in Nine Girls, and he is willing to lose money; another example...what is your lord interested in?"

Jiang Xiyuan thought for a while in a daze, "Girl..."

"Oh..." Xia Chu nodded slowly, "What a luxurious hobby."

"You're not interested?"

"I..." Xia Chu choked on him.I want to say yes, for fear that he will get excited and drag me to a brothel; I want to say no, for fear that he will think that he is interested in men...

But if he thinks that he is interested in men, he seems to be right, and if he is right, he seems to be wrong.

Xia Chu's mind was confused for a while, and he didn't know how to answer, so he simply said very officially: "My career has just started, and it is time to struggle, so I should focus on work and study."

Jiang Xiyuan watched Xia Chu leave with his hands behind his back like he was looking at a monster, and he was stunned for a while before catching up.

Xia Chu took the floor plan of Wanfo Temple drawn by Wang Huai, and marked out all the places Liu Ying had visited on the night of March [-], and went around the scripture building with Jiang Xiyuan to the Buddhist temple behind.

"I didn't expect there to be a Buddhist temple here!" Xia Chu snapped his fingers.

Jiang Xiyuan said very calmly: "I know there is a Buddhist temple here."

"It's boring." Xia Chu snorted and walked into the Moon Gate, pointed to the small door beside the bamboo forest and said, "On the night of March [-]rd, Liu Ying should have left Wanfo Temple from here."

Jiang Xiyuan looked around, "This place is out of the way, what is she doing here at night?" Before Xia Chu could speak, Jiang Xiyuan raised his palm to block her, and asked himself, "Private meeting."

"Well, I think so too. But the purpose of a private meeting is not necessarily the relationship between a man and a woman. Don't understand it too narrowly, my lord."

The veins on Jiang Xiyuan's forehead twitched, "I understand it very broadly. A secret meeting with a lover is called a private meeting, and doing something that is not public in private is also called a private meeting, okay?"

"Yes. This 'meeting' is mainly a 'private meeting'. There must be another person, and that other person is likely to be the murderer. At present, the biggest suspects... are brother Zhu'er and Yan Zhenghong."

When Xia Chu said this, he frowned slightly, "Well..., I don't think it's right, it's wrong."

"Where is wrong?"

"Brother Zhu'er. Brother Zhu'er has already quarreled in front of Liu Fu and Liu Ying several times. Liu Ying must know why he is looking for her. How could he come out to meet him alone in the dead of night?"

"What if it's hijacking?"

"We have asked all the people who lived in the meditation room that night, and no one has heard any abnormal movements. Suppose he knocked Liu Ying out and took him out. Not to mention that it is very risky, but his ultimate goal is to kill Liu Ying. For Liu Ying, why not do it in the Zen room? It’s much easier to run alone after killing someone than to take someone along.”

Jiang Xiyuan nodded, "That's why I say don't have too much hope for brother Zhu'er."

"Analysis analysis! What I want is analysis, my lord, you call it guessing." Xia Chu said dissatisfied.

"Different routes lead to the same goal."

Xia Chu didn't entangle him with this issue any more, stepped forward and pulled the door latch and walked out, saying as he walked, "That sachet of Yan Zhenghong is a very suspicious point." Xia Chu turned around and looked at Jiang Xiyuan, reasoning I followed my train of thought.

"Assuming that Liu Ying really fell in love with Yan Zhenghong, and secretly sent him a sachet, he took the opportunity to invite Liu Ying to a private meeting. The moon is dark and the wind is high. The lonely man and the widow, that sanctimonious hypocrite, never I wanted to do something to Liu Ying in my heart, but Liu Ying refused, and then..."

"It makes sense. But Xia Chu, can you not add so many prefixes when you talk about Yan Zhenghong? It seems very impersonal."

"These prefixes of mine are very objective. My lord, after investigating this circle, Yan Zhenghong is the only man who cannot provide an alibi. On the night of March [-], he had enough time to commit crimes, and that sachet can be said to be a Motive for the crime."

"The reasoning makes sense. When I go back to the city, I will find Liu's family to come over and identify the sachet. If it is indeed Liu Ying's, then it will be easy to ask about the rest of the matter. I'm not afraid that he won't explain it."

Xia Chu scratched his head, "But then again. Before Liu Ying was murdered, she secretly made an appointment with Fang Yi. If she had a private meeting with Yan Zhenghong, then what's the point of her appointment with Fang Yi?"

(End of this chapter)