Chapter 11 Permanent Residence in the Lingering Garden
"Okay, I'll give you a banknote of twenty thousand yuan later." Sheng Di smiled and walked away quickly to prepare the banknote.
Lu Ming and Yuan Mingzhu stood on either side, each comforting Sheng Youde one after another.
Sheng Youde smiled bitterly and said: "Don't worry, don't look at me as if I'm not alive or dead, I can still hold on. I won't die if I don't get a result, or see Mu Yi, or find out her murderer
, I want to chop him up with my own hands." After Sheng Youde finished speaking, he slammed the table, causing the teacup on the table to jingle.
"You heard it, we must find out the result. If someone really harmed Sister Mu Yi, count me as the one who cuts him." Yuan Mingzhu also said angrily.
"I had a strange idea. Maybe Mu Yi had a compelling reason to disappear on her own initiative." Lu Ming said thoughtfully.
Judging from everyone's accounts so far, Lu Ming feels that Sheng Muyi was not murdered, but rather that she disappeared voluntarily.
His reason was this. It was also the first time for Sheng Muyi to enter the presidential suite. She must first check the layout of the room before hanging up the chain.
There are two possibilities for hanging the chain: one is that she really wants to have a good rest and does not want anyone to break in unexpectedly. Although there are two loyal bodyguards guarding the door, this possibility is unlikely, but she still instinctively
Yes, maybe she doesn't trust the bodyguard outside the door that much.
In any case, this means that when Sheng Muyi entered the room, there was no one there.
But another possibility cannot be ruled out, that is, someone had ambush inside in advance, and Sheng Muyi was attacked as soon as she entered. She may have been given an anesthetic injection, or drugged. If this is the case, then the chain inside was the result of the attack.
Hanged by people.
Lu Ming thought of the person hiding behind the door of his room last night who wanted to attack him. Is there any connection between this?
But he still shook his head. For some reason, he just felt that this possibility was unlikely.
"You are saying that Mu Yi has something unspeakable. Even so, Mu Yi will not do this. She should know how big a blow it will be to me." Sheng Youde shook his head.
But for a moment, he suddenly recalled the pain, struggle, admiration, attachment and reluctance in his daughter's eyes when she looked at him for the last time, and his mind was shaken again.
He did not tell Lu Ming about this matter. It is also possible that he was delusional at the time, and if he told it, it would mislead Lu Ming's investigation.
"Do you know why I have to find you?" Sheng Youde said.
"Maybe it's because of our close relationship?" Lu Ming didn't understand either.
"No, it's because Detective Zhang Ziyang of the police station told me that if anyone can solve this case, it must be because of your rough road," Sheng Youde said.
"Zi Yang is making fun of me." Lu Ming smiled bitterly.
He didn't expect Ziyang to have such a high opinion of him. This kid usually hurts him whenever he gets the chance, and wants to step on him into the ground. Of course, he is the same. The two of them started to fight each other as soon as they met, and used this to
For pleasure.
Lu Ming stood up to say goodbye, but Sheng Youde waved his hand and said, "Don't leave yet. I have something to say to you tonight."
Yuan Mingzhu stood up and said with a smile: "Old man, it's time for me to go back. If I don't go back, my elder brother will be worried."
Sheng Youde smiled and said, "Mingzhu just stay here for a few days. You will live here permanently from now on. You all can live here. There are plenty of empty rooms anyway. I have sent someone to your elder brother's place to tell him."
I know you are here with me."
"Oh, that's right. Then I'll go see some good sisters first." Yuan Mingzhu turned around and left the room.
Lu Ming waited for a moment and saw that Sheng Youde didn't say anything, so he followed Ji Mingzhu and retreated.
He didn't understand why Sheng Youde had something to say and didn't say it now. He had to wait until evening to tell him.
Lu Ming stopped Yuan Mingzhu and was about to tell him about his uneasiness when he saw Butler Sun coming over and said with a smile: "Master Lu, please come with me. I have reserved a suite for you."
"Do you have mine?" Yuan Mingzhu asked with a smile.
"Yes, of course, yes." Butler Sun said with a smile.
Lu Ming and the two followed Butler Sun through a moon gate and came to a courtyard. This was the room arranged for Lu Ming. It was actually a small, clean courtyard.
"It's quiet here and easy to think about. Next door is Master Di's house. It's also close to Master Di's house." Butler Sun introduced with a smile.
This courtyard has only three main rooms and no side rooms. I don’t know what it was originally used for. There are two pomegranate trees planted in the courtyard, some flowers, and a small bamboo forest. In the cold wind of late autumn, the bamboo leaves rustle.
Sound.
"By the way, Uncle Sun, do you know where my sister is? I went to her residence yesterday to look for her for a long time, but I couldn't find her." Only then did Yuan Mingzhu think of something important.
"Miss Ziyuan, she used to come to see the eldest lady almost every day, but she hasn't come for some days recently." Sun Guanjia said.
He thought again and shook his head: "No, she hasn't been here since the incident."
"What a coincidence?" Lu Ming muttered in his heart and suddenly felt something was wrong.
Ziyuan and Sheng Muyi have been good friends since they were young and want to be together every day. Ziyuan also moved from Huzhou to Shanghai because of Muyi, and she often came to Sheng's house to avoid suspicion.
It is said that she is already engaged to Sheng Di, and generally speaking, she should not show up in the Sheng family, otherwise it will attract gossip.
But regardless of this, Ziyuan still came to Mu Yi often, and even stayed here often. Outsiders had some gossip at first, but later they found out that after Ziyuan and Mu Yi handed over their handkerchiefs, no one made any irresponsible remarks.
Of course, this is also because those who make irresponsible remarks have received warnings from the Qinggang, telling them to keep their tongues in check, otherwise, they may lose their tongues one day.
Who doesn't cherish his tongue? It would be too tragic to lose his tongue just to gossip with irrelevant people.
"Uncle Sun, are you sure Ziyuan hasn't been here since Mu Yi's accident?" Lu Ming asked hurriedly.
"My sister won't be lost too, right?" Yuan Mingzhu stuck out her tongue, made a face and smiled.
She was joking, but unexpectedly it turned out to be a prophecy.
"Of course not. How could someone as big as Miss Ziyuan lose it?" Butler Sun smiled.
However, his expression immediately turned gloomy again. Mu Yi was also such a big girl. She was also served by a large group of bodyguards and maids, and her whereabouts and life or death were unknown.
"Oh, I remembered it. Miss Ziyuan returned to her hometown on the morning of the eldest daughter's accident. The eldest daughter originally asked her to attend the ceremony of the prodigal family, but she said she had something urgent to return to her hometown, so she did not attend." Butler Sun suddenly said.
He patted his forehead and said.
"That's not right. If I had gone back to Huzhou that morning, my sister would have been home long ago." Yuan Mingzhu counted the days and felt something was wrong.
"Maybe Miss Ziyuan changed her mind later and went to meet other friends halfway." Butler Sun said with a smile.
Lu Ming felt that this explanation was correct. Ziyuan might have heard the news that her family was forcing Mingzhu to get married, so she hurried home to attend the wedding. Maybe she met other close friends along the way and was delayed for a few days, so she
They missed them on the water, and perhaps their ships had even passed by them.
Arriving at the room, Butler Sun suddenly smiled mysteriously, and then took out a bottle of wine from the inside of his robe. It was French brandy, aged 30 years.
"Miss Mingzhu, what a blessing to you."
Yuan Mingzhu grabbed it, looked up and down for a while, and said with a smile: "This is good, I am willing to drink it."
Lu Ming smiled bitterly. It was hard to say whether he would be able to support his daughter-in-law in the future. She had such a high taste in drinking. It seemed that his detective agency would not be able to support his family if he did not open a chain store in the future.
"Uncle Sun, how did you settle things with Master Liu San?" Lu Ming asked.
"It's okay. I just told Mr. Liu that Mr. Lu is my favorite junior, just like Mr. Di. How do I resolve this matter? Do you want me to talk to their boss? Mr. Liu is also very straightforward.
People say that the matter is not serious at first, but that his person was beaten, and he should recover his face and add some medical expenses."
"It's so shameless. That person was not injured at all, but he was just trying to blackmail her." Yuan Mingzhu said bitterly.
Lu Ming smiled: "He was not injured yesterday, but he was seriously injured today. Besides, those people were also scared by you."
Yuan Mingzhu recalled the scene when she stepped on Cao Boren's face with her foot, and her heart felt extremely happy. She kept in mind her own famous saying: You should never be merciful when dealing with villains. If you don't repair him properly once, he will never be able to distinguish between right and wrong, and he will never be able to recognize himself.
"Actually, this is because you are too young and energetic. Just come to me and tell me about this trivial matter. Why bother fighting with those gangsters and losing your identity?" Butler Sun said with a smile.
"How did Uncle Sun send Mr. Liu away later?" Lu Ming was still a little curious.
"There's nothing that doesn't come later. I gave them three hundred oceans and asked Mr. Liu if it was enough. He said it was enough and that was the end of it." Butler Sun said with a smile.
Lu Ming and Yuan Mingzhu still felt frustrated. Although three hundred dollars was not much, they were still blackmailed.
"Don't feel wronged, and don't even think about asking for redress. You are all rich young ladies, so don't get entangled with those gangsters. It will ruin yourselves. It's not worth it."
"Uncle Sun's words make sense. From now on, we should use our brains more and use our hands less. We are scholars after all, and we cannot have the same understanding as them. We must convince others with virtue!" Yuan Mingzhu looked at Lu Ming and said with a smile.
Butler Sun and Lu Ming both laughed.
Butler Sun took out a small cloth bag from his arms, which contained two clean porcelain cups. He placed it on the table, opened the wine, and poured two cups.
"Take it easy, you two. I can't drink the foreign flavor of brandy, so I'd better go back and drink in the old bar." After Butler Sun said this, he walked out slowly.
Yuan Mingzhu took a sip of wine and then said intoxicatedly: "Okay, it's really good wine. No wonder my sister comes here every day. It turns out it's for the good wine here."
Lu Ming burst out laughing: "Zi Yuan comes here every day because of Mu Yi. Do you think everyone is as greedy for alcohol as you?"
"Who says I'm a drunkard? I only drink good wine. I don't drink bad wine even if I pay for it." Yuan Mingzhu argued with a red face.
"You've come to the right place. As long as you are willing to live here, Mingzhu, you will have good wine to drink every day." Following the words, Sheng Di walked in and handed Lu Ming a stack of banknotes.