Hexi

Chapter 105 What about pickles?
"But then it disappeared." Aji lowered his head, "I don't remember when I was four or five years old, my father stopped going to the yamen, and there were fewer people coming from home. Mother's flower stand, no new ones were added. Huamu."

"What about your grandparents? Or your grandfather and uncle. It seems that you have never heard them."

"I haven't heard from my parents either." Aji's eyes were watery, "I think they must be gone, otherwise why didn't they mention it?"

Su Luo couldn't quite agree with her statement.The relatives of both parties, it is only normal that one of them is gone. This is not a time of war, and no relatives on both sides are alive. Isn't it a bit too coincidental?
Staring at Aji for a moment, Su Wei said: "Your father is an official with a high salary, so he should have many classmates and even teachers with status. Are you impressed?"

Aji looked at her: "The people who came to our house at that time were all local gentry and female family members of Jinling. I never heard of anyone who was my father's classmate. After my father passed away, these people gradually stopped coming. My mother said that people Let the tea cool down, they don't have to flatter their father, so they don't bother to visit the door. Speaking of which, when my father was still an official, he often corresponded with people, since he is no longer an official, there are very few letters."

The few letters found from home on Wednesday are indeed yellow and old, and they definitely don't look like they were written in recent years.Could it be that since Zhou Chengli's dismissal, even the teachers who cared for him and his family have abandoned him?Could it be that he died of illness in Jinling shortly thereafter, and that Aji's mother would rather go to Beijing to take refuge in the unreliable Wednesday than to seek his old friends and teachers because he deeply felt the coldness of the world?
"Miss, does Uncle Zhou's murder have anything to do with my father?"

The sensitive little girl has already raised questions.

Su Wei said: "No. I just feel puzzled that they missed your father's letter on Wednesday. ——Are you still afraid? If not, let's go into the house and have a look."

There was still slight hesitation on Aji's face, but soon she nodded heavily: "I'll protect the girl."

After finishing speaking, she opened her calf and walked towards the main room.

Su Luo followed her to the door of the room, and pushed the door open with a creak. After a thorough search, the room had been restored to its original state, but the dark red blood that had soaked into the ground was still shocking.

The daze on Aji's face showed that she had already seen what happened here, Su Luo turned and went down the stairs: "You said that the Zhou family's wife makes pickles to supplement the family, but I didn't find any traces of pickles yesterday. Why is this?"

After tossing and turning last night, she suddenly thought of this question.Yesterday, Han Mo and the others searched here and there, but they never saw any traces of pickles, which is obviously wrong.

Aji followed and walked out: "The pickles are in the cellar."

Su Luo stopped in the courtyard: "Is there a cellar here?"

"Yes." Aji nodded heavily, "Girl follow me."

After she finished speaking, she ran towards the kitchen.

Su Wei watched her step over the threshold of the kitchen, followed to the kitchen, and saw that she was moving the water tank against the wall. There were two water tanks, the big one held water, and the small one was empty. This bite.

Su Wei also had some strength and helped her. After the small vat was moved away, a wooden cover was exposed.The lid was opened, and a rope fell down. Aji lifted the rope. It turned out that there was a basket tied to the other end of the rope. She lifted it up and down a few times, and explained: "There is no air in the cellar. Otherwise, go down." will die."

Su Luo understands, but what she doesn't understand is: "Why do you put the pickles in the cellar? Don't you find it troublesome to have to ventilate like this every time?"

"There's nothing you can do about it. The cellar is shady and cool. Make a lot at a time and sell it slowly. It won't go bad after a long time." After she finished speaking, she said, "Young lady is waiting here. I'll go down and have a look."

Su Luo pulled her back: "I didn't say to see the pickles, you don't have to go down."

"But there are still some things piled up in the cellar. If the girl is not here to find pickles, then she must be looking to see if she can find anything else?"

The little girl's eyes showed insight beyond her years.She is really much more sensible than Su Qi.

Su Luo couldn't refuse anymore.Because she really felt that since the pickles were stored elsewhere, there must be a place here that Han Mo and the others hadn't found.Because of the 50 taels of silver, she really wanted to solve the case as soon as possible, and she didn't want to let go of any doubts.

She said: "It's useless for you to go, go to the door and call a policeman. They are much more capable than you."

Aji paused, then nodded: "Okay."

"What do you want the police to do?"

Just as Aji was about to leave, several people walked in from outside the door, and she retreated under the tall and powerful figure.

When Han Mo heard that Su Wei came to Zhou's house, he also looked for it.The cause of the couple's death became clear on Wednesday, the only thing being that the letters that Su Wei took away yesterday indicated that there might still be a mystery to be solved.From Su Luo's mouth, the couple on Wednesday are indeed not good people, but others are not qualified to take their lives at will. The government must handle the case, and all the details must be pushed to a logical level, and there must be no mistakes or omissions.

"There's a cellar here." Su Wei stood up, and she didn't show any surprise at Han Mo's arrival. "Your people didn't find it yesterday."

Han Mo squatted beside the cellar opening, leaning forward to look down.It's a pity that the underground is pitch black and I can't see anything. "How could this be?"

"It's used to put pickles," Su Wei looked aside, "Aji said it. She said there were some sundries piled underneath."

Han Mo then turned his gaze to Aji, looked him up and down, and said, "'Aji'?"

Su Luo nodded. "Her father is Zhou Chengli. Mrs. Zhou brought her to Beijing from Jinling, and then put her in foster care at home on Wednesday."

Han Mo understood.He looked at the entrance of the cave again, and motioned to Yang You: "Go down and explore."

Yang You nodded, took firewood from behind the stove and tied it into a torch, wiped it, stretched it out to the hole, and then found a rope to tie it around his waist, handed the other end to the guard next to him, and jumped down by himself.

There was no movement below for a while.Han Mo stood up: "Any other discoveries?"

"We've been here not long ago, and we found this cellar now." Su Wei straightened up, and then said to Aji: "Go to the place where you lived first, and see if there is anything missing. Take it all away this time. , don’t leave anything behind, even a piece of paper or a piece of cloth. Otherwise, if you want to get it again in the future, you will never be able to.”

Aji nodded deeply, and walked towards the woodshed.

(End of this chapter)