female catcher

Chapter 92

Doctor Liu asked his apprentice Wang Jiong to help him put up the door of the store, and he was about to go home first. Jiang Xiyuan told him not to leave Xijing in the near future, and he might ask him for information at any time.

In the Guangjitang store, although the smell could still be smelled, it was not unbearable because of the large amount of medicine smell mixed in.These people from the government office occupied the storefront of the house, took the pen and paper to write the prescription, and began to discuss the case.

Xia Chu believed in Dr. Liu's identification of the body. It was more reasonable for Mrs. Yu to die in the room of the Yu family's own shop than for an irrelevant person to die here.

Of course, it is also more imaginative.

"Guangji Hall is open every day. If Tang Kui and the others don't know that Mrs. Cao has been here, then Mrs. Cao must have entered the courtyard through the back door. There should be no doubt about this." Xia Chu said.

Jiang Xiyuan nodded, "There is no doubt about this, but the question is why she came in through the back door."

"Why?" Zheng Lian leaned on the counter and asked.Xia Chu asked him back, "Why do you think?"

Zheng Lian said without thinking, "I just don't want Tang Kui and the others to see it."

"It's true, but it's as if you didn't say it." Jiang Xiyuan gave a comment, seeing Zheng Lian was stunned, and said: "You should write it down."

"The second question is, Cao's death was five days ago. Why did no one report it for such a long time? She is the wife of the Yu family. It is impossible that no one noticed that she disappeared for four or five days."

When Zheng Lian heard it, he picked up a brush and wrote it down.

"I just thought of something else." Xia Chu said: "We use the clue of 'hidden silver cellar' to think that the murderer is someone who is familiar with Guangji Hall, and the people who know the location of the silver cellar must be the Yu family. After leaving the Yu family and throwing it in the Yu family's territory, this direction is too clear, and I can't help but doubt it if it is so clear."

"You think it's framed?" Jiang Xiyuan asked.

"No. What I mean is, is it possible that this is a simple robbery? Regardless of why Mrs. Cao came to Guangji Hall secretly, she is here anyway. She is the wife of the Yu family, and it is very likely that she knew As for the location of the silver cellar, someone entered the room and forced her to tell the location of the silver cellar, then killed her, and finally threw the body down. This is a better explanation why the locks on the door are intact, only the lock of the silver cellar is It was broken open. Because Mrs. Yu has those two keys, but not the key to the silver cellar."

"Is there any money lost in the silver cellar?" Wang Lian asked.

"I don't know yet. I have to find out the account book of Guangji Hall and check it again."

Jiang Xiyuan was silent for a while, then slowly shook his head, "No, if it's a burglary, then there's one thing that doesn't make sense."

"Which point?"

"Why did he wipe the blood on the ground?" Jiang Xiyuan turned his head to look at Xia Chu, and raised his eyebrows.

As soon as Xia Chu heard it, he understood that this was indeed a loophole in the theory of robbery.If it was a burglar who robbed a house, his goal was money, he took the money and ran away, and he would never enter this house again in his life, so what did he do for wiping his blood?
It is impossible to tidy up the house.Cover up the traces of the scene?Not to mention whether it was covered up, the point is that it is not necessary.In a modern society without blood identification, fingerprint identification, DNA and cameras, it is very difficult to catch people who commit crimes and simply rob, as long as they are not found at the scene.

Just as Xia Chu was about to speak, seeing Jiang Xiyuan's expression, he couldn't help but look sideways and said, "Yo? My lord, is your expression...complacent?"

"No." Having said that, Jiang Xiyuan sat up slightly, bent his lips and smiled, "Let's ask Butou Xia, is what I said makes sense?"

Xia Chu turned his head away, did not answer him directly, and said in a roundabout way: "Then we should start with the Yu family and people related to the Cao family. Go back to the earliest inference - passion kills."

"What is passion killing?" Zheng Lian asked.

"It's because the murderer didn't intend to kill, but after being stimulated, he lost his mind, that is, lost control, and killed the victim. It's different from Fang Ruolan's premeditated murder." Xia Chu patiently explained to Zheng Lian.

"There is another problem." Jiang Xiyuan said: "I think the Cao family should not have the key to the back door of Guangji Hall."

Xia Chu blinked and thought, "You mean, if she seldom comes to Guangji Hall, it means that she doesn't do business. Since she doesn't do business, how can she have a key? Then, the murderer is someone who has a key?"

"I mean, where did Cao Xuelian get the key." Jiang Xiyuan shook his head contemptuously, with an expression of 'you are so stupid'. "Since Cao Xuelian came here quietly, she must have brought the key. Otherwise, what is she doing here?"

"That's right..." Xia Chu blinked, "But where's the key? I didn't see it at the scene." Speaking of this, Xia Chu raised his voice and called Yang Wuzuo again, asking him to search the body for the key .Yang Yuzuo went back and said that he did not find the key.

"No key?"

"No." Yang Yuzuo nodded affirmatively, his face wrinkled a bit bitterly, it can be seen that he felt extremely bad when he went to search the corpse just now, "I also looked at it when I was in the silver cellar, except for the silver box and an ax , and a bonnet, and nothing else."

Xia Chu said: "The key will definitely not escape by itself, or she came with the person who had the key, and after she was killed, the murderer locked the door and left; or, the murderer took the key away after killing someone You still have to ask the people in Baicao Village to find out about this matter."

"It's a bit complicated, but it's still the same question. Why did Mrs. Cao come to Guangji Hall? Not only did she come, but she was also sneaky." Jiang Xiyuan stood up and took two steps. "The reason for this is very likely. It was the reason why she was killed, and if you find this reason, you can follow the clues to find the murderer."

When Xia Chu heard this, he shrugged his shoulders, "Okay, then wait for the people from the Yu family to come over first, and ask before we talk."

It was already afternoon when the Yu family arrived. The person who came was Yu Shiji, who was in his twenties, tall and long-legged, and in good shape.It is estimated that he has already inquired about Guangji Hall on the way, so his face is not good.

At first glance, Xia Chu thought it was Yu Wenping's brother or something, but after listening to his self-introduction, he realized that this was the eldest son of the Yu family.

After Yu Shiji entered the shop, he took a glance, then went to Jiang Xiyuan and bowed his hands for a salute, then looked at Xia Chu, a slight hesitation flashed in his eyes, and then he said: "This must be Xia Butou, I heard You are young and promising, but I did not expect to be so young. I have admired you for a long time."

His expression and demeanor carry the shrewdness and sophistication of a businessman.

After a few words of politeness with him, Xia Chu asked Xu Lu to take him to identify the corpse.After Yu Shiji went to the backyard, Xia Chu said to Jiang Xiyuan, "So Mrs. Cao is a sequel."

Jiang Xiyuan sighed faintly: "The young Xu Xian's main room has a sense of story!"

Xia Chu Yile, "If your lord writes operas, you should be good at it." Seeing Jiang Xiyuan glance at her, she hurriedly added, "But your lord is right."

After a while, I heard the sound of retching from the backyard.Xia Chu and Jiang Xiyuan looked at each other, "It seems that we have finished identifying the corpse."

When Yu Shiji returned to the shop, his face was even paler, his lips were all white, and only his eyes were red.He touched the edge of the chair and sat down. Tang Kui poured him a cup of tea and put it in his hand.

Yu Shiji stared blankly at the tea for a while, then closed his eyes and let out a long sigh.

"Master Yu, can you recognize the corpse?"

Yu Shiji nodded slowly, and said in a hoarse voice, "It's my stepmother, Cao Xuelian. She...how could she..."

Xia Chujing waited for a while, and after he calmed down a little and opened his eyes, he continued to ask: "The deceased has been dead for five days. Didn't your family find that she was not at home?"

Yu Shiji shook his head, "I'm not sure."

"You don't know?" Xia Chu was puzzled, "Don't you live in the same village?"

"Baicaozhuang is relatively big. I have already married and live in Dongkua Courtyard with my wife, which is some distance away from my father's Intermediate Court. My father went to Linfeng to buy medicine, and I haven't been to the Intermediate Court for the past few days."

"Then have you been to Guangji Hall in the past few days?"

Yu Shiji raised his head and looked at Chu Xia wearily, "No, there have been no major transactions recently. Besides, my wife gave birth a few days ago, and I haven't given birth yet, so I have been taking care of her at home."

"As far as you know, does Mrs. Yu have the keys to the back door of Guangji Hall and the living room?"

"No." Yu Shiji replied without thinking, and after thinking about it, he said a little annoyedly: "I don't know, if father's key is not taken away, it is considered to be there."

"Does Mr. Yu have those two keys?"

Yu Shiji was stunned for a moment, nodded, touched his waist subconsciously, and then said: "Yes, but I came out in a hurry, so I didn't bring it with me."

"Who else has these two keys?"

"My father and all the managers in the village." Yu Shiji sighed wearily, closed his eyes and leaned on the back of the chair, pinching the center of his brows, "My lord, I'm in a mess right now. Something like this happened at home... , can you let me calm down?"

Seeing Yu Shiji like this, Xia Chu was afraid that if he continued to ask, he would be resistant to asking the answer, so he looked at Jiang Xiyuan and asked his opinion with his eyes to see if he would ask another day.

Jiang Xiyuan thought for a while, nodded, and said to Yu Shiji: "Young Master Yu, you should deal with Mrs. Yu's affairs first, but it may be necessary to find out about the situation with the young master or the family recently. If you have any new clues , and please inform the government office as soon as possible.

"Naturally." Yu Shiji got up and wanted to say goodbye to Jiang Xiyuan, but when he stood up, he realized that Jiang Xiyuan hadn't moved. He was too anxious, as if he was making a fuss, so he couldn't help being a little embarrassed.Jiang Xiyuan smiled indifferently, and led Xia Chu and the others out the door.

(End of this chapter)