When Qin Shaoyou entered the prison and saw Zhu Xiucai, he realized that this guy was actually living a pretty good life in the prison.
Not only do they live in separate cells, they also have wine to drink, meat to eat, and erotic books to read.
If the environment in the prison wasn't a bit dirty, Qin Shaoyou would have doubted whether Zhu Xiucai was in jail or on vacation here?
When Qin Shaoyou came in, Zhu Xiucai was discussing with a jailer through the bars of the cell which of the recently popular erotic books was the eternal god.
Zhu Xiucai was sitting cross-legged, frothing at the mouth as he spoke, looking like he was pointing out the country. He looked up and suddenly saw Qin Shaoyou, and stood up hurriedly: "Oh, your lord is here."
When the jailer turned around and saw Qin Shaoyou, he also hurriedly saluted: "I've seen General Qin Qi."
He knew that Qin Shaoyou must have something to say to Zhu Xiucai, so he walked away obediently and went to do other things.
Qin Shaoyou returned the favor to the jailer. After he walked away, he turned back to look at Zhu Xiucai and sighed: "I didn't expect that you would live such a happy life after you entered the prison. If I had known this, I shouldn't have been like this.
Came here in a hurry."
How good is Zhu Xiucai at observing words and expressions? As soon as he heard this, he immediately flattered Qin Shaoyou and thanked him repeatedly for his concern, looking like he was crying with gratitude.
After finishing, Zhu Xiucai said with a smile: "As you know, my lord, I have always been very popular in the Demon Suppression Department. The cell boss, jailer and others in the prison are all my friends. In addition,
Everyone also thinks that the case I am involved in this time is very strange, so they take great care of me. Of course, the most important reason why they can take care of me is your face."
"Taking care of you is just to give me face? Is my face so worthless? If you say so, then spanking you would be like spanking me in the face?"
Qin Shaoyou rolled his eyes at Zhu Xiucai, waved his hand and said, "Okay, there's no need to flatter me, let's talk about it, what's going on?"
"I'm not flattering you. My gratitude to you comes from the bottom of my heart." Zhu Xiucai said seriously at first, and then told him all the causes and consequences he knew:
"In order to successfully close the net, I didn't sleep for days and nights. After successfully destroying the Black Lotus Sect's den, arresting the Black Lotus Sect's monsters, and completing the handover and finishing work, I just wanted to celebrate.
By the way, I also wanted to reward myself for my hard work, so the night before yesterday, I took my brothers who had worked hard together for several days and nights to dance the sand dance in the Maomao Alley.
After dancing a few songs, I found a dancer and went to her house to further study the postures.
By the time I finished studying the postures, it was already curfew time. I was too lazy to go back to the Demon Town and squeeze into the big shop with a group of rough guys, so I hugged the dancer at her home and fell asleep.
Unexpectedly, I slept until the fifth day of the night and was woken up by my colleagues who asked me if I had killed someone. Only then did I see that my body was covered in blood, and the dancer next to me was covered in blood.
The first difference..."
When Zhu Xiucai said this, he sighed deeply and felt sorry for the death of the dancing girl.
As for sleeping with a dead body, he didn't feel scared at all.
After all, he is also the night watchman of the Department of Demon Suppression. Not only is he used to seeing death, he is also used to seeing various corpses and evil spirits. Not to mention, he once wanted a female ghost or a banshee to haunt him. How could he do that?
Afraid of corpses?
When Qin Shaoyou heard this, he couldn't help frowning and asked: "When was the dancer's head cut off? And by whom? You don't know anything about it?"
Although Zhu Xiucai's alertness was not as good as his, he was still among the best among his subordinates. How could he not even notice that the woman next to him was being killed?
This doubt also troubled Zhu Xiucai.
He said sternly: "My lord, everything I said to you is true. I really had no knowledge or awareness of Wu Ji's death. I slept very deeply that night, which is also strange.
Because with my habits, no matter how sleepy I am, I shouldn’t sleep like that..."
Monk Ma, who followed Qin Shaoyou into the prison, intervened at this time and said: "You must have been under a hypnotic spell, or you have inhaled some incense or drugs.
?”
Zhu Xiucai spread his hands and said: "I also have such suspicions, but my colleagues who investigated the scene did not find any drugs, incense or other substances nearby, nor did they find any traces of hypnotic spells...
"
"Just because it hasn't been discovered, it doesn't mean there is none." Qin Shaoyou touched his chin and said, "There is still something I don't understand. Since you all slept to death, why did the perpetrator only kill the dancing girl?
Didn’t kill you?”
Zhu Xiucai shook his head: "I can't understand either."
"Could it be the Black Lotus Sect's people taking revenge?" Monk Ma asked.
Qin Shaoyou and Zhu Xiucai shook their heads together.
"If the Black Lotus Sect really takes revenge and directly kills the scholar, wouldn't it be a more thorough revenge?" Qin Shao said.
Monk Ma also felt that this was the truth, scratched his head and said, "But if it wasn't the Black Lotus Sect, who would be killing people? Are there evil spirits? And why did they only kill the dancing girls and not the scholars?"
These questions also puzzled Qin Shaoyou and Zhu Xiucai.
Later, Qin Shaoyou asked some questions about the scene and the dancers.
Zhu Xiucai answered one by one and told everything he knew.
But he wasn't very familiar with the dead dancer either.
"I only know that the dancer's nickname is Xiang Piaopiao. She said that she is from Lizhou, her family is poor, and she has no relatives or friends in Luocheng. But sir, you know the identity and words of people in Huanchang.
, can’t be done really..."
Qin Shaoyou nodded first, and then suddenly realized: What do you mean I know? I don't know at all.
Monk Ma, who was standing aside, scratched his head in embarrassment.
Both of them felt understood.
After Qin Shaoyou asked him everything he wanted to know, he stared into Zhu Xiucai's eyes and said seriously: "I'll ask one last question. Please answer me honestly. Were you really not the one who killed this dancing girl?"
Zhu Xiucai also had a serious expression, raised his right hand and said: "I swear to God and the founder of Jiutian Dangmo, I really did not kill the dancing girl. If you lie, I will be struck by five thunders from heaven! Sir, I am Zhu
Although the scholar has some shortcomings and is not a good person, he will never mess around with this kind of thing!"
Qin Shaoyou nodded, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "I understand, you stay in the prison first. If you are innocent, I will help you recover your innocence. And if you really break the law, you will be killed."
If you get married, I will personally send you on your way!"
Zhu Xiucai straightened his clothes, bowed and saluted with a solemn expression: "Thank you, sir!"
After leaving the prison, Qin Shaoyou was going to go find the night watchman who had sent out the police that day to inquire about the situation at that time.
But after taking just a few steps, he realized that he was being stared at.
He looked up and saw that what was staring at him was the statue of Jiutiandang Demon Patriarch in the Demon Division of Luocheng Town.
You don't need to ask to know that the Patriarch seems to be here to urge him to eat.
Qin Shaoyou thought for a while and told Monk Ma: "Go and gather all the night watchmen who were on duty early yesterday morning. I want to understand the situation from them."
"Yes." Monk Ma accepted the order, turned around and left.
Qin Shaoyou came to the hall and first put a stick of incense on the statue of Jiutiandang Demon Patriarch, and then took out several demon and ghost delicacies that he had made before and placed them on the altar table.
"Master Patriarch, I just returned to Luocheng today, and before I had time to cook, I encountered Zhu Xiucai. He is my subordinate, and I can't ignore it. Therefore, I'm afraid the new dishes you want to eat will have to be passed on.
It will only take a few days, please bear with me and don't be angry..."
After saying this, Qin Shaoyou raised his head and looked at the statue of Jiutiandang Demon Patriarch.
The statue of the Patriarch of Jiutiandang Demon was expressionless, and his eyes showed no joy.
But Qin Shaoyou knew that the statue of Jiutiandang Demon Patriarch was already very unhappy.
But since it has accepted its own incense, it means that its dissatisfaction is not directed at itself.
I just don’t know, will the Patriarch help in the investigation and find out the real culprit in order to eat new dishes as soon as possible?