The suspected murderer Liu Juren was still being detained in the county government office. At this time, a murder suddenly occurred. The method was the same as Liu Juren before. It is difficult for people not to be suspicious.
After confirming the conditions in which Liu Juren was detained, Magistrate Tao believed that it was impossible for him to escape from the county government office and commit crimes.
Leng Moran also asked people to secretly watch Liu Juren, but they found nothing.
No matter how powerful Liu Juren was in martial arts, it would be difficult for him to escape without leaving any trace, not to mention that he had no idea that someone was secretly watching him.
If Liu Juren was not responsible for the brothel murder, it means that the murderer was probably trying to clear Liu Juren of suspicion. But what was the purpose of doing so?
Who is the perpetrator this time?
With these questions, Leng Moran and Xiao Xixi followed the government officials to the scene of the crime.
The brothel was controlled by the government officials, and the flower ladies huddled together, all terrified.
As soon as the sharp-eyed madam saw Leng Moran, he immediately went up to him and asked hurriedly: "My lord, I don't know when I can take away the deceased. I still have business here."
As he spoke, he carefully stuffed the silver into Leng Mo Ran's hand.
Such behavior made Xiao Xixi very uncomfortable.
Xiao Xixi frowned and said: "Isn't the deceased the girl in the building? Don't you want to find out the murderer?"
The madam rolled her eyes. Even though Xiao Xixi was wearing men's clothes, she could still tell at a glance that Xiao Xixi was a girl.
The old bustard slapped his thigh and started acting, crying: "They are all my daughters. Of course I want the government to find out, but I have so many other daughters. If this matter gets too big, my patrons will not dare to
If you come here, my other daughters will go hungry."
Seeing this poor acting, Xiao Xixi couldn't help but roll her eyes, "Stop talking nonsense and take us to the place where the crime occurred."
The madam stopped crying quickly and took the people upstairs very cooperatively. In her opinion, it was best to investigate as soon as possible and get the body away, so that she could open the door for business earlier.
The place where the crime occurred was a private room. In the room at this time, in addition to the lifeless flower lady lying on the bed, there was also a man in shabby clothes.
The man's clothes were hurriedly arranged, but he could still see that he was in a panic, and his body was still shaking as he sat on the chair.
Leng Moran glanced at the flower girl lying on the bed and asked the man: "Can you see the face of the murderer?"
The man came back to his senses in a daze and looked at Leng Moran. He was frightened by his momentum and did not dare not to answer, so he stammered: "Just, the grassroots came yesterday with the money they had saved for many days.
Hualou. I found a girl to accompany me. The common people are quite old and don’t have money to get a wife. They can’t walk when they see a girl, so they stay all night every time they come here.”
The officer on the side said: "Let's get to the point!"
The man trembled and nodded: "It's coming, it's coming! But Cao Min didn't expect his health to be so bad this time. He became very sleepy after a few times, and Cao Min fell asleep."
The man quickly glanced at the flower girl on the bed and swallowed: "In the middle of the night, Cao Min was very thirsty. When he got up to drink water, he thought of the fragrant and soft flower girl beside him. He wanted to be gentle with her again and touch her.
When I got into her, I realized that her body was cold and very hard. I was so frightened that the common people woke up immediately. After lighting the lamp, they discovered that there was a dagger stuck in her chest."
The man raised his trembling finger and pointed at the table, "The common people were so frightened that they wanted to drink water to calm down. Then they saw two eyeballs in the cup on the table. Sir, the common people don't have the guts to kill anyone. This thing
This matter has nothing to do with ordinary people, please be careful."
Leng Moran stared into the man's eyes to confirm that he was not hiding anything, and asked the Yamen servant to take the man back to the Yamen for interrogation.
After hearing this, the man breathed a sigh of relief. Even if he went to the Yamen, guarding a corpse would be too scary.
So he couldn't wait to leave with the government officials.
Leng Moran asked the Yamen servant: "Have you passed the inspection?"
"not yet."
Leng Moran nodded and motioned for Wu Zuo to conduct the autopsy first. He looked at Xiao Xixi and saw that she was not afraid at all, so he did not ask her to leave.
Xiao Xixi was really not afraid. She also wanted to see what this flower girl had in common with the eleven girls before her.
Xiao Xixi was stunned for a moment when she saw Wu Zuo lifting the veil covering Hua Niang's face.
Then memories came flooding back like spring water, and her fist hardened in an instant.
Leng Moran faintly heard the sound of Xiao Xixi grinding his teeth and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"
Xiao Xixi's tone was filled with anger that could not be concealed, "She is Caiyun."
Another flower lady in the room was stunned for a moment, "Do you recognize Caiyun, sir?"
Xiao Xixi looked at her and asked, "How long has she been here?"
The flower girl had regrets in her eyes. When she saw that Xiao Xixi was Caiyun, she told everything she knew without hesitation, "Not long after, she was sold into the house by her husband who had gambling debts. She was also a miserable person.
But he was also a fool. Even though he was sold, he still cared about that man wholeheartedly. He didn’t even think about redeeming himself with the money he earned, but gave all of it to the man for gambling.”
Xiao Xixi's fist became harder, and she asked: "Do you know where her husband is?"
Hua Niang saw that Xiao Xixi wanted to stand up for Caiyun, so she said it straightforwardly.
After getting the exact address, Xiao Xixi rushed out, but was stopped by Leng Moran, "You just rushed over like that?"
Only then did Xiao Xixi come to her senses. She was indeed carried away by anger, but with her increased force level, it was not difficult to beat up a gambler.
Xiao Xixi said: "I'll go out first, and you can check it out slowly."
Leng Moran pulled her and didn't let go, "I'll go with you."
Xiao Xixi looked at him blankly, obviously unable to understand why Leng Moran wanted to go there with her?
Are you... caring about her?
Leng Moran ignored Xiao Xixi's inner thoughts and took her to Caiyun's husband's home.
But it came to nothing.
A neighbor opened the door and came out and said, "Are you looking for this family? He is not at home."
Leng Moran asked: "Auntie, does he know where he is?"
The aunt said: "You are the one who sold a good lady to a brothel for a thousand bucks. I'm afraid he is still in the gambling house at this moment."
Xiao Xixi's fist became harder.
Leng Moran asked about the location of the nearby gambling house, and then took Xiao Xixi's hand, trying to help her dissipate some of her anger.
He whispered: "Calm down, it's not worth getting angry for such a person."
The aunt watched the two grown men holding hands and walking away from her, rubbed her eyes in surprise, and then couldn't help but gasp.
…
When I arrived at the entrance of the gambling house, I saw a man trying to get hold of someone outside the door.
The man said with a playful smile: "Brothers, if you let me gamble again, just one gamble, I will definitely be able to make a comeback!"
The person guarding the door smiled, "Zhao Laoer, you are like this, what else can you come up with to block us? Your wife has been sold by you, and there shouldn't be any money left at home, right?"
Zhao Laoer gritted his teeth and said, "I paid three months more rent for the place where I live, so let's take this as a gamble."
