female catcher

Chapter 75 Murder Motive

As soon as he left the gate of the government office, he saw Wang Huai walking quickly from a distance, his head was sweating even though it wasn't hot.Seeing Jiang Xiyuan and Xia Chu at the door, he was taken aback, "My lord, boss, are you going out?"

"Did you find anything?" Xia Chu asked him.

"Didn't you ask me to check Liu Ying's social relationship? I've almost done the check, so I came back to deal with business."

"Anything special?"

Wang Huai shook his head hesitantly, "I didn't find anything special."

"Then why are you leaving in such a hurry?"

"Isn't this rushing to open the cafeteria? It's too late and there's no food."

Jiang Xiyuan laughed. Seeing Xia Chu's collapsed expression, he said sarcastically, "It is true that there are subordinates as long as there are leaders."

"Well, that's right. As a subordinate of my lord, I agree with this sentence very much." Xia Chu replied not to be outdone.Then he said with a smile to Wang Huai: "Come on, don't rush to the cafeteria, you're lucky, Mr. Jiang is treating you today. Let's go, have dinner together, and let's talk about the case by the way."

Before Jiang Xiyuan could speak, Wang Huai took a step forward and said, "Thank you, sir!" After wiping off his sweat, he stood behind Xia Chu in one step.

"You really want revenge!" Jiang Xiyuan whispered into Xia Chu's ear.Xia Chu tilted his head to one side, and said with a soft smile, "It's not just that my lord knows."

Meals are settled at nearby restaurants.

Xia Chu and Wang Huai were each holding a steamed bun in their hands, talking about the results of the investigation in a nonchalant manner while eating.His cheeks were bulging, his eyes were on the record, but the chopsticks in his hand didn't delay picking up the food at all.

Jiang Xiyuan sat opposite the two of them, eating silently and gracefully, feeling strange in his heart.Looking at the turmoil of the two of them, it seems that his dining etiquette and attention are particularly hypocritical.It also seemed that the food I ate in my mouth was not as delicious as they ate in the early summer.

"Liu Ying's daily contacts are all ladies from various official families, nothing special. The sisters who have the best relationship with her are the sisters of the Bai family, and the second lady of the You family." Wang Huai said.

"Yeah." Xia Chu took a bite of the steamed bun, quickly stuffed his elbow, chewed it three times and swallowed it, and said, "I have the impression that these people also went to the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple during the Shangsi Festival."

"Yes, I have already asked about it. It was the news that the second young lady of the You family passed on to Fang Yi, and met Liu Ying in private. I asked them, and they all said that Liu Ying, a lady from the official family, doesn't go out much on weekdays. , it is said that he is not very good at making enemies with others."

Xia Chu nodded, looked down at Wang Huai's record, and saw a word scrawled next to Miss You Er's name, which was almost blurred, and asked, "What word is next to it? "

Wang Huai leaned over and took a look, "Oh, during the questioning, the other person Miss You mentioned said that they had a good relationship and often went out to drink tea and chat together, but this person died .”

Xia Chu frowned, carefully identified it again, and raised his head to look at Jiang Xiyuan.Jiang Xiyuan was picking up a mushroom with chopsticks, but she let go of it, and the mushroom fell back into the plate, "What are you doing? It can't be the word 'Jiang', right?"

Xia Chu was amused by his appearance, handed over the record in his hand, and turned to ask Wang Huai, "Is she talking about Miss Hong?"

"Yes." Wang Huai nodded, "After the late Emperor's Longevity Festival last year, Mrs. Hong was demoted and exiled, and the You family stopped her from contacting Ms. Hong. When Ms. Hong died, she begged to go to burn incense. None of them let go."

"Why did she mention Miss Hong's family?"

"Speaking of Liu Ying's sadness, they used to have the best relationship, but now two of them are dead."

Xia Chu put down the half-eaten steamed bun, took a sip of tea, tapped his fingers on the teacup and turned his head in thought.Jiang Xiyuan looked at the record at a glance, put it on the table, tapped the table with his fingers, and also fell into thought.

Wang Huai didn't dare to eat it when he saw this posture, and wanted to meditate after putting down his chopsticks, but he didn't know what to meditate on.

"When Liu Ying and these ladies go out, will Liu Rong follow?" Xia Chu asked.

Wang Huai hurriedly said: "Well, I asked this specifically. Miss You said that Liu Ying would come out sometimes, but she would only come together if Liu Ying called her. When we were together, Liu Rong seldom spoke. I like Liu Ying, and think that when Liu Ying is leading Liu Rong, the way she puts on a sense of superiority is a bit harsh."

What does that mean?Death is coming?Can't even run away?Or the ancient female version of Ma Jiajue?
Many thoughts came to Xia Chu's mind, but she felt that something was wrong.If Liu Rong wanted to start a series of murders because of a twisted heart, to take revenge on these high-status official ladies, Liu Ying should be the one she should attack first, so how could it be Miss Hong?

"It feels like the more you check, the more chaotic it becomes." Jiang Xiyuan said with a wry smile.

Xia Chu absently picked up the steamed bun again, took a bite, chewed for a long time but couldn't swallow it, so he simply put it back into the bowl.Her brows couldn't be stretched, and she didn't even respond to Jiang Xiyuan talking to her.

Jiang Xiyuan sighed, stood up and patted her on the shoulder, "Let's go, go back to the government office and think about it slowly."

"Oh." Xia Chu stood up and reached for the half steamed bun, but was slapped away by Jiang Xiyuan, "Don't take it."

"Waste! What if I get hungry again in the afternoon?"

Jiang Xiyuan raised his hand and weighed the greased paper bag in his hand, "I packed some snacks." After finishing speaking, he snorted arrogantly and went downstairs with his sleeves thrown.

Xia Chu and his party left the restaurant, walked through Anchong Street and entered the gate of the government office.They entered the government office with their front feet, and a carriage ran across the street with their back feet.

An Liang was sitting in the car, driving towards the south of the city.He had one foot resting on the car, and the other dangling, with three large characters clearly written on his face: unhappy.

"You said, the master insists on eating that mutton soup. If it spoils my stomach, will my life still be lost?!"

"Is that stuff good? It's really good. But it's not so gluttonous! I drank it that day."

"Master is addicted to food, it's troublesome! Later, I have to set up a position in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, called 'Stang', who is responsible for going to the south of the city every day to buy mutton soup. It's not right, why don't we just take the old man who made the soup away?" Already?" An Liang looked back at the car, was startled, and then looked at the roof.

"Min Feng!" He yelled in a low voice, curled his lips, and said to himself: "The dark guard is really not polite, he doesn't say hello when he runs away.

"Get out of the car and buy two buns."

An Liang was taken aback, turned around and gave Min Feng a white look, "Isn't it just knowing kung fu, what are you showing off?"

Min Feng smiled, threw a steamed bun to An Liang, and leaned against the car without saying a word.An Liang thought he was bored, and he didn't care whether he was listening or not, so he continued to say, "Master is quite concerned about the case of Liu Wanfo Temple. He asked about Mr. Fang's engagement the other day, and today he asked Mr. Liu to defend him." It's the study room. Tell me, is the master going to use Mr. Liu Zhong Liu again?"

Min Feng still smiled and did not answer.

"The last time the master was interested in the case of the Shihua Pavilion, Wu Zonghuai fell down later. Therefore, it must not be for no reason that he was so interested this time. Liu Zhong seems to have made no mistakes. In all likelihood, he will be promoted ?” An Liang scratched his head, “Why don’t I understand? Let’s just say, there’s nothing outstanding about this Liu Zhong!”

"Ministry of officials..., isn't the master going to push forward the reform of the administration of officials?" An Liang said suddenly, and nodded himself after speaking, "Reliable, it should be this matter."

"Anliang." Min Feng spoke.An Liang tilted his ears, ready to hear his opinion.

"It's time to turn the corner."

In the government office, in Jiang Xiyuan's study, Xia Chu and Jiang Xiyuan sat opposite each other, each holding a cup of fragrant tea.

"When Liu Rong talked about Fang Yi, her meaning was very obvious. After Xu Lu and I asked her if she knew Fang Yi, she became resistant. Obviously, the relationship between Liu Rong and Fang Yi It's not simple." Xia Chu bit his finger, "Well, it's not right to say that, it should be said that Liu Rong's affection for Fang Yi is not just for a stranger or casual acquaintance."

"The two have an affair?"

"It may be, or it may be that Liu Rong has unilateral affection for Fang Yi. We haven't gone to Fang Yi's side yet, so it's hard to say."

Jiang Xiyuan thought for a while, and said, "Is it possible that Liu Rong had affection for Fang Yi and became jealous because of jealousy, and killed Miss Hong and Liu Ying?"

"But the marriage between Liu Ying and Fang Yi hasn't been settled yet."

"Did you forget? On the night of March [-]rd, Liu Ying asked Fang Yi to meet across the courtyard, and said that she would go back and persuade her parents to see if there was any room for turning around. From the fact that Liu Ying asked Mrs. Liu to set Liu Rong up for a marriage Come on, Mrs. Liu still dotes on Liu Ying, if Liu Ying is determined to marry Fang Yi, it is not impossible at all."

Xia Chu nodded slowly, and then shook his head again, "Even if Liu Ying is willing, Fang Yi is not willing based on Fang Yi's attitude that day. After all, engagement is a two-sided affair, not Liu Ying playing tricks on her mother." Temperament is useful. What's more, even if Liu Rong kills Liu Ying, will she be able to marry Fang Yi?"

Jiang Xiyuan tapped his chin, "That's true. So you think that although Liu Rong is very suspicious, the motive for the murder is not so sufficient."

"Exactly. Liu Rong's killing of Liu Ying doesn't seem to do her any good based on the current situation."

"Suppose Liu Rong didn't expect the current situation to be like this before killing Liu Ying? Perhaps she simply thought that as long as Liu Ying was eliminated, no one would bother her again, and her marriage would never happen again. Did people make trouble?"

Xia Chu leaned back in the chair and scratched his head in distress, "My lord, what you said makes sense. Maybe Liu Rong didn't think about the problems ahead, and regarded Liu Ying as the biggest obstacle, and has been plotting to get rid of Liu Ying." .Then it is indeed a good opportunity to go to Wanfo Temple on the Shangsi Festival.”

"Then bring Liu Rong to the government office for interrogation." Jiang Xiyuan said.

(End of this chapter)