Demon detective

Chapter 9 Vortex
Rewind time to earlier in the evening.

When Xu Zhen came out of the old man Li's house that had been destroyed by the fire, he didn't go back directly to the Yamen, but went to a place called Wanhualou.

This Wanhua Building is unique among many flower buildings. I don't know where to find a lot of exotic women, which attract people's attention and have a unique style.

The reason why Xu Zhen came here was that he had heard Qiu Batian say that he wanted to come here to find some kind of golden cat.

The so-called golden cat...

Xu Zhen pondered, it should be a white-skinned Caucasian with yellow hair, right?
Of course, Xu Zhen has self-knowledge, so he can't go to Qiu Batian rashly. His goal is Qiu Batian's carriage.

Coincidentally, when he entered the stable of Wanhualou, he happened to see Qiu Batian's carriage parked here, and the driver was feeding the horses with fodder.

Although in Zuixianju today, the coachman had met him face to face, and he might recognize him.

But after some deliberation, Xu Zhen still pretended to be anxious and ran over.

"Hey, who is that, oops, I found you, Master Qiu is in a hurry!" Xu Zhen rushed to the coachman in a hurry, panting and asked, "Did you hear that? Master Qiu asked someone to tell you Already!"

"What the hell? Who are you?" The coachman was holding a bundle of hay, with a puzzled look on his face.

"Hurry up, Master Qiu asked me to ask you, has anyone moved the carriage this morning?" Xu Zhen urged.

"No, you..."

Seeing that Xu Zhen was wearing police clothes, the coachman wanted to continue asking for his identity, but Xu Zhen gave him no time to react, and immediately shouted:

"Hurry up! In the morning, at half past the hour, has anyone moved Master Qiu's carriage?"

"No...no?" The coachman was confused, and subconsciously replied, "How is it possible? Master Qiu always goes out at night, so how could he move the carriage in the morning?"

"So, the carriage stopped at Zuixianju all morning?" Xu Zhen asked with wide eyes, "Are you sure?"

"I'm sure! Hey..." the coachman asked again, "Who are you?"

"You can't even see me?" Xu Zhen pointed at his official uniform, "I am Chen Tiefeng from the yamen. Master Qiu was sued, saying that Master Qiu tied up a woman from a good family last night and ruined her. In the morning, they took her naked in a carriage and threw her on Yong'an Street..."

"What!? Impossible! What nonsense are you talking about!" the coachman said in surprise, "Master Qiu found two singing girls who had just been transported by the Jiaofang Division yesterday, and spent the whole night with them, where to tie up some women?
"He even took off his naked body and threw it on the street, Master Qiu... Master Qiu doesn't seem to have done such a thing, does he?"

"Really?" Xu Zhen stared and said, "I can warn you, now that people are dead and their lives are at stake, you can't lie!"

"Oh, why did I make such a fuss?" The coachman looked innocent, "I was shoeing this animal at the time of Chenshi! If someone moved Master Qiu's carriage, would I not know?"

Oh……

Through the expression and reaction of the coachman, Xu Zhen already knew it well.He shouldn't have lied. The case of old man Li's daughter probably has nothing to do with Qiu Batian.

"If you don't believe what I say," the coachman said again, "Go and ask Master Qiu's subordinates, or... go to the Jiaofang Division and ask those two chicks, they will be able to prove..."

"Okay, then I'll believe you, but..." Xu Zhen asked, "A few days ago, did Lord Qiu go to Yong'an Street and molested a woman selling bamboo baskets?"

"Bamboo basket? Yong'an Street?" The coachman recalled seriously, and said, "A few days ago, Lord Qiu went to Wang's pawn shop to ask for an account. He did go to Yong'an Street, but... I don't know if he was molested. The carriage can't get in." Go, they walked in, you better ask other people!"

"Okay, I'll ask now!" Xu Zhen nodded, turned around and left.

Unexpectedly, when Xu Zhen walked to the door, a few people suddenly came outside the door, they were all Qiu Batian's servants.

"Lao Li, Master Qiu's golden cat has been picked," one of them waved at the door, "Hurry up and get in the car, let's go!"

"Oh," the coachman waved back, pointing in the direction where Xu Zhen was at the same time and said, "You guys came just in time, this policeman has something to ask you! Huh?"

After finishing speaking, the coachman realized that the arrester just now had disappeared.

"What are you talking about?" The waving servant looked around and asked, "Is that the person just now?"

"Yes," the coachman thought hard, and said, "He said he was a policeman from the Yamen, and his name was...Chen Tiefeng..."

……

The Jiaofang Division is adjacent to the Wanhua Building, and Xu Zhen arrived here in less than a quarter of an hour.

The difference between Jiaofangsi and Hualou is that the women here were all women from good families.

If a family commits a serious crime, the men will be sentenced to exile or exile, and the women will be sent to the Jiaofang Division to serve as official prostitutes, changing from a good family woman to a prostitute.

After all, he is a yamen official. After Xu Zhenliang revealed his identity, he was successfully brought in front of the two girls.

The two girls had been tortured by Qiu Batian to such an extent that they both lay on the couch, weeping silently, pitifully...

Seeing this, Xu Zhen didn't want to expose their scars again, so he simply asked.

However, Qiu Batian was like a terrifying nightmare. Upon hearing this name, the two girls couldn't stop trembling with fear.

Xu Zhen could only use as few words as possible, and asked one of the girls, "Did he bully any other women last night?"

The girl wiped her tears, shook her head and said, "It's just the two of us, one... all night..."

After finishing speaking, she couldn't help crying, full of helplessness and despair...

……

Time turns back to the present.

Xu house.

It was already midnight, the night was quiet, and the autumn wind was deserted.

Youmeng had already fallen asleep, while Xu Zhen sat alone in the study, continuing to analyze and study the case.

There was no way, this case was bound to his fate.

If you can't do it well, it's good to pack up and leave by yourself. If you point your back, you may even lose your life.

Through the confessions of the coachman and the two Jiaofangsi girls, Xu Zhen has basically confirmed that the case of Old Man Li's daughter was not done by Qiu Batian.

Behind it, there must be a deeper and bigger conspiracy hidden.

Such a blatant framing is absolutely unreasonable, so Xu Zhen believes that this is very likely to be a political conspiracy.

And if it is really a political conspiracy, then the murderer must have come prepared, and the case is not only difficult to investigate, but even extremely dangerous.

According to Xu Zhen's judgment, next, the murderer will inevitably escalate the situation of the case. On the one hand, he will encourage the public to go to the Yamen to file a complaint, and on the other hand, he will report the news to the county, state, and even the court.

As a result, public opinion will spread everywhere, and Qiu Batian and the Yanping County Government will be pushed to the forefront and become a battlefield for the struggle between the two factions.

Although Qiu Batian has many witnesses like the driver, these people are all Qiu Batian's servants, and their confessions are invalid at all.

As the saying goes, if the comer is not kind, the real murderer must be powerful, and the shrewd county magistrate Song Zhili certainly does not want to stand in the wrong team and become an innocent victim...

Ugh!
What a miserable world, the bullies do evil, the officials only care about their own future, the yamen is full of villains, and the common people seem to be taken advantage of...

The old man Li and his daughter Ailian suffered misfortune, and their family was destroyed. Could it be that this poor father and daughter will never get justice?

Thinking of this, a sharp light flashed in Xu Zhen's eyes, and he had already made up his mind.

After a while, he took a deep breath, opened the black package, and carefully dumped the contents on the workbench.

As the things poured out, the air suddenly filled with an unpleasant smell of decay.

Unexpectedly, what was inside turned out to be a charred corpse!More precisely, some of the charred corpses!
These body parts were dug out by Xu Zhen from the burnt ruins of old man Li's house.

The beams of the house collapsed during the fire, and Ailian's body was buried in the ruins, which was seriously damaged.

However, after Xu Zhen left the county government office, he turned back to Old Man Li's house, and then dug out some of the body parts from under the beam with all his strength when there was no one there.

ho...

The corpse had a strong rotten smell, and Xu Zhen could hardly breathe due to the choking.

However, it was this choking rotten smell that made Xu Zhen suddenly feel abnormal:

Wrong!
If Ailian had just been burned to death, how could the body have such a stench! ! ?
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(End of this chapter)