female catcher

Chapter 68 Messy in the wind
Chu Xia sneezed twice in the cafeteria, rubbed his nose, and continued to eat.Before the meal was finished, Zheng Lian ran in to find her, saying that Yan Zhenghong's parents had come and they were arranged to wait in the porter's room.

"Why did they come here? Who told his family?" Chu Xia asked with a frown.

"It's a letter from a maid who followed Yan Zhenghong to Wanfo Temple to return home."

"Cough." Xia Chu slapped his forehead, annoyed that he forgot to tell me this.She grabbed her hat irritably, "Is Xu Lu back?"

"Not yet." Zheng Lian said.

"Okay, let's go and have a look first." Xia Chu threw half of the head full into the bowl, and shouted to the cook, "Keep it for me, I'll come back to eat later."

As soon as Xia Chu entered the concierge, Yan Zhenghong's father stood up, gently pulled the beard on his chin, and said solemnly: "What crime did my son commit? If Hongxiu didn't go home and tell us , are you planning to lock up my son for no apparent reason! Is there any law for this!"

Zheng Lian whispered to Xia Chu from the side, "This is Yan Zhenghong's father, the master of Luming Academy."

Xia Chu calmly bowed to Mrs. Yan, "We didn't imprison Mr. Yan, and bringing him back is just for questioning. If there is no doubt after questioning, he will naturally let your son go home. You don't have to be so nervous."

"Huh! Although my Yan family is not a family of officials, it is not a common people who can be manipulated by others." Master Yan straightened his back with his hands behind his back, "I have been a teacher for many years, and there are many peaches and plums in the world. It’s in the list. Don’t think that scholars are easy to bully!”

Xia Chu sneered in his heart, helped the chair by the door to sit down, and said: "Of course. I said something to your son, and I will say it to you again now. We will neither favor guilty officials nor oppress innocent people. What the government handles the case is evidence. People died in Wanfo Mountain..."

"People died in Wanfo Mountain, what has it to do with us!"

It's really 'not a family, not a family'.Yan Zhenghong really looks like his father!
"Of course it does. Everyone has the obligation to cooperate with the government's investigation, no matter whether it is an official, a commoner, or a reasonable scholar like you." Xia Chu couldn't help but sarcastically said.

Mrs. Yan didn't seem to understand the sarcasm in the words, "Okay! I like reasonable people." After finishing speaking, he shook his clothes and sat down, "Since you say that, tell me, what do you have? What evidence is there to bring my son back to the government office."

"On the night of the incident, among all the men who lived in the Zen room of Wanfo Temple, your son was the only one who could not provide an alibi. The relevant evidence is being confirmed, and the results should be available soon. Don't worry."

"I know my son very well. He has been very obedient since he was a child. He is sensible and knows how to advance and retreat. He will never do those crooked and evil things. He is very self-disciplined. Hong'er usually reads at night with the lamp on. What's wrong with not being able to provide proof? Strange." Master Yan snorted coldly, "Besides, why do you only search for men? My son is a scholar, and he has no energy to kill!"

"Only checking men is not because of strength, but..." Xia Chu suddenly paused at this point, remembering what the medical examiner had mentioned to her on the way back.

Yeah, why must it be a man?Just because Liu Ying was raped?What if this is also evidence of forgery?Isn't the direction they checked all wrong?
Liu Rong.

The name immediately popped into Xia Chu's mind.

Over there, Mrs. Yan saw that Xia Chu had lost his voice in the middle of what he had said. After waiting for a while, he asked impatiently, "What is it?"

"It's nothing..." Xia Chu absently shook his head.

Mrs. Yan thought that his words made sense at the beginning of Xia, so he couldn't help being a little proud, squinting his eyes and shaking his head, "When a scholar meets a soldier, there are some things that he can't understand. It's not that I want to blame your government, but But you are so hasty, it is really irresponsible, you have to arrest my son if he is not guilty, even if you find out, it will affect your reputation to some extent."

Xia Chu lowered her head to think about her own affairs, Master Yan's chattering voice was like Tang Monk chanting mantras, which gave her a headache.At this time, Zheng Lian pushed the door open and came in, whispered a few words in Xia Chu's ear, after Xia Chu heard it, he immediately stood up and walked out.

Outside, Xu Lu was holding the sachet. Seeing Xia Chu coming out, he stepped forward and shook his head under her questioning gaze, "The sachet is not Liu Ying's. Zhuqing has already carefully identified it."

"What about the tassel?"

"Zhuqing said it didn't seem to be the case either. She didn't remember that Liu Ying had an apricot-colored purse or jade tassels. At least, Liu Ying didn't have apricot-colored things on her body on the day of the accident."

Xia Chu nodded to show that he understood, took the sachet in his hand, and pointed at Yan Zhenghong's maid Hongxiu who was standing by the door, "Come in with me."

Entering the house, Xia Chu put the sachet in front of Hongxiu, "Do you know this sachet? Is it your young master's?"

Hong Xiu only glanced at it, then lowered her head with a blushing face, and said in a low voice: "This..., this is the sachet I gave to the young master."

"You?!" Chu Xia looked out the window angrily, and calmed down, "You have to tell the truth, otherwise the crime of perjury will be very serious."

Hongxiu knelt down with a bang, "Don't dare, I'm telling the truth. The young master asked me for this sachet. He said that it was hot in the sky and he was afraid that the little one would eat the book, so he asked me to embroider it for him." The sachet, he wanted it urgently, I..., I replaced the incense in my sachet and gave it to him."

"Get up." Xia Chu raised his hand.

Hongxiu didn't move, and continued eagerly: "The officer should not wrong my young master, he didn't kill anyone. The young master was with me on the night of March [-]rd. I can testify, I can testify!"

"What do you mean?" Xia Chu frowned, "He was with you on the night of March [-]rd? Are you in his room? How long will you stay?"

"I...I..." Hongxiu looked back at Madam Yan, bit her lower lip, "I was in the young master's room all night..."

"Bastard!" Furious, Master Yan pointed at the red sleeve and said, "Hong'er has always kept himself clean, how could he hang out with you all day long! If you slander the master, you will be sold out when you go back!"

Hongxiu covered her mouth and began to cry, "Master, now that the official suspects that the young master has killed someone, I will say it even if I am sold out by you! I am already the young master's man, how can I watch the young master be wronged."

Mrs. Yan wanted to say more, but was stopped by Madam Yan, "Okay, okay, don't blame Hongxiu. That kid Hong'er only knows how to read, and there should be someone who takes care of him by his side." After finishing speaking, she looked at Hongxiu with kind eyes, "It's alright girl, if you know how to protect Hong'er, the Yan family won't treat you badly."

It was about to turn into a reunion drama.

Xia Chu frowned, looking at the appearance of the red sleeve, he still felt that something was wrong.Why didn't she say such an important thing before?

She couldn't just listen to Hong Xiu's one-sided remarks. After all, she had been investigated before. Although the servant girl was not the main target of the investigation, why didn't Hong Xiu say such an important matter before?After thinking for a while, she asked a few people to wait, and went to find Yan Zhenghong by herself.

Yan Zhenghong still had the same attitude when he met Xia Chu. When she asked about her whereabouts on the night of March [-], Yan Zhenghong became even more impatient, "Didn't you say that? I was studying in my room that day, how many times do you have to ask?" ?”

"Mr. Yan, to be honest, if it wasn't necessary, I wouldn't bother to talk to you any more."

"Hmph, when a scholar meets a soldier, of course he has nothing to say."

"But now it is said that you were not alone in your room on the night of March [-]rd."

Yan Zhenghong froze, slapped the table and got up abruptly, "Nonsense!"

Xia Chu twitched the corners of his mouth with a non-smiling smile, wiped his fingers, and said without raising his eyelids: "I advise Mr. Yan to recognize the advantages and disadvantages. Is the crime of murder or adultery more serious? "

"Xia Butou! Watch your wording! Who said we had an affair..." Yan Zhenghong missed half of his words and stopped hastily.After a while, he looked confident and confident, like a balloon that was squashed, and quickly collapsed.

Xia Chu also stood up, leaned forward to support the table, and asked him in a serious tone: "I'll ask you one last time, where did you go and what did you do on the night of March [-]rd!"

"I..., I..." Yan Zhenghong stammered, with annoyed expression on his face, "My father was right, women really shouldn't be involved in this matter. I told Hongxiu not to talk nonsense, she really has a little faith nothing!"

faith?He Zhe, you plan to give up from beginning to end, but in the end you still blame others for their lack of faith?Who the hell is this!How much poop does it take to be blocked like this, and the mouth is full of bullshit.

Xia Chu looked at Yan Zhenghong coldly, and after persuading himself for a long time, he reluctantly resisted the urge to beat him up, and said coldly, "Okay, your father and his father are here, come out with me."

"Ah?!" Yan Zhenghong followed Xia Chu out with a look of panic, "My father is here too?! Who told him? Was it Hongxiu again? Did my father say anything? He insisted on scolding me when I went back No way! The little hoof of Hongxiu!"

Xia Chu didn't want to hear even a single word from him, so he clenched his hands into fists and took Yan Zhenghong to the concierge at an almost trotting speed.

As soon as they met, Mrs. Yan scolded him, saying that he insulted the family style and didn't want to make progress, how could he get along with the maid, he was so disappointed.

Mrs. Yan was at the side persuading her to be a husband-in-law, saying that her son was growing up, and when she should have such thoughts, she always pressed how to do it.She also blamed him for being too strict on weekdays, so that her son only knew how to study blindly, and she was afraid that his son would be incompetent, but now he is better.

Xia Chu understood how Yan Zhenghong's character came about.While the family of three was resolving the family dispute over there, Xia Chu called Hongxiu out and asked her why she didn't talk about such an important matter before, and whether she was hiding anything else.

"It's gone." Hongxiu smiled ecstatically, with a hint of complacency in his expression, not at all as pitiful as he was when he was facing the Yan family, "Forgive me, I didn't say it before because I wanted to wait." It's just an opportunity."

"What do you mean?"

"The young master refuses to talk about the matter between me and the young master, and always puts me in a perfunctory way. I know he is afraid that the old man will scold him. But I can't tell my wife directly. If the young master refuses to admit it, then I will become a slanderer." Is the owner of the house? What a great opportunity now." Hongxiu covered her mouth and smiled.

"I thought, if the young master is put into prison, the master and wife must know about it. At this time, if I say it again, the young master will not admit it. Even if he does not admit it, your government will investigate it, right? It seems that I am deep Ming Dayi's loyalty is the main thing, isn't it killing two birds with one stone. Before, I was afraid that you wouldn't check our young master!" Hongxiu said bluntly.

Xia Chu stared blankly at the petite maid in front of him, only feeling that the wind was messy.

"Oh, sir, please do me a favor, the beauty of an adult is what a gentleman does, so don't tell it." Hongxiu looked at her with her head, "I'm leaving, I'll go first."

Standing on the corridor in front of the government office, Xia Chu watched the Yan family walk away, and sighed to Xu Lu next to him, "That maid was used as a weapon."

"Amazing! I'm afraid Yan Zhenghong will suffer in the future." Xu Lu said sympathetically.

(End of this chapter)