Martial Arts: The First Genius Doctor in Jianghu

Chapter 6 Gossip
Even though the night was long, after He Ming finished interrogating all the members of the Zhu family one by one, the sky had already dawned.

He said to the Zhu family's roster: "Okay, it's very good, and none of them are absent or have unknown words."

Xie Chen comforted him: "After all, it's late at night. Most people in the house are already fast asleep. Even if the roommate really got up and did something, they probably don't know."

He Ming seemed a little unwilling to give up, looked at Su Xiaochan and said, "You really can't recognize him?"

Su Xiaochan shook her head: "It's too dark at night to see clearly, I really can't recognize it."

On the way back to Su Mansion, the sky was already bright, Su Xiaochan and Xie Chen had already changed into their regular clothes, and most of the shops on the street were open for business.

Seeing that Xie Chen was fascinated by the passers-by, Su Xiaochan asked, "What are you thinking?"

Xie Chen smiled and said, "I just find it strange that when we passed by last night, it seemed like another world."

Su Xiaochan said, "It's naturally quiet at night."

Xie Chen said: "But people are still alive."

Su Xiaochan didn't know how to answer, and only heard Xie Chen say again: "Look at these pedestrians, they seemed to be dead last night, but now, they seem to come back to life suddenly. We are investigating the case of the dead, but this What does it have to do with these living people? They are still working from sunrise to sunset. But this case has something to do with them. After all, any one of them may be a murderer or an accomplice. But even so , Those who are not murderers or accomplices are irrelevant, even the dead Boss Zhu He is more important than them. Then you say, is Boss Zhu He dead, or are these insignificant people dead? "

Su Xiaochan finally couldn't help it and said, "I don't understand a single word you're saying now."

Xie Chen smiled: "Don't say it's you, even I don't know what I'm talking about. Maybe it's pretending to be profound and moaning in front of the woman I love."

Just as they were talking, the two passed by a shop selling rouge and gouache that was about to open for business.

Xie Chen walked over.

The shopkeeper saw Su Xiaochan following Xie Chen at a glance, and quickly came up to meet him: "Hey, guest officer, do you want to buy some gifts for this young lady?"

Xie Chen smiled: "Of course."

Su Xiaochan followed into the shop out of nowhere, she didn't understand what Xie Chen was doing, she never needed to buy rouge and gouache in these roadside shops.

Soon, the shopkeeper asked the clerk to bring out the goods: "Miss, which one do you like?"

Although Su Xiaochan didn't know why, she still pretended to be happy and looked at each piece.

The woman went to try the rouge and gouache, and the men were naturally free, so Xie Chen naturally chatted with the shopkeeper: "How is the business of your shop on weekdays?"

The shopkeeper smiled cheerfully. In his eyes, Xie Chen looked like a rich man traveling on a trip, and Su Xiaochan was so beautiful. I think this young man would not begrudge money for the sake of a beautiful woman. So he replied very cooperatively: "It's not bad. Although my shop is not as good as Fanghuazhai, it is quite famous in Hangzhou City."

While speaking, he secretly glanced at Su Xiaochan who was trying on clothes, seeing that the other party hadn't stopped, he continued to chat with confidence.

Xie Chen nodded when he heard the words: "Then what anecdotes come in?"

The shopkeeper thought for a while and said, "There seems to be nothing anecdotal about it."

Xie Chen lowered his voice slightly, and signaled to Su Xiaochan with his eyes: "Anything is fine, but we always need something to talk about."

The shopkeeper suddenly realized, and said again: "If we talk about the recent major events in Hangzhou, then it is natural to say that the boss Zhu He Zhu was poisoned and killed at home."

"Oh, what's going on here? I heard that this Boss Zhu is a prominent figure, why was he poisoned to death?" Xie Chen was surprised when he heard this.

The shopkeeper lowered his voice and said: "Yes, but I heard that it was Boss Zhu who provoked some serious people in the Jianghu."

Xie Chen said: "It turned out to be a grievance between Jianghu and Jianghu. Alas, this is really... But well, this matter is always inappropriate. Do you have any other anecdotes?"

The shopkeeper's face showed embarrassment: "I'm just guarding this small shop, and most of the customers I come and go to are women and men, and the discussions are just trivial and trivial things among parents. There is nothing interesting about it."

Xie Chen said: "This is the shopkeeper. You don't understand. What women are most interested in are the trivial matters of these parents. Today, this family has an affair, and tomorrow there is someone stealing a man. If it is a major event in the world, I'm afraid they may not like it yet."

The shopkeeper's eyes showed admiration and said: "Young master is indeed a master. If there are these, there will be more. Alas, this is really a downturn. As far as I know, there are several girls who elope with others, and I heard Around here, there are also many wives and wives lost."

"Wait a minute, you said that this girl eloped with others, and this is also the case on weekdays?"

The shopkeeper waved his hands and said with a smile: "How is that possible? No one would elope every day. It's just that there have been three or four people recently."

Xie Chen suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. I thought it was normal for you to bluff people just now, but can you tell me more about it?"

"Actually, there is nothing to say, but there are one or two customers of my shop, so I am familiar with them. I am probably not an honest person. I always have some fantasies because I want to rely on my figure. He was seen by the nobles to live a rich life. Really counting, he disappeared for a while, and the neighbors in the neighborhood said that he probably hooked up with some unruly man and ran away."

In fact, it is human nature to gossip, no matter men or women, the more the shopkeeper talked about it, the more he talked about it. He also said that there have been bandits on the outskirts of Hangzhou since years ago, who tied up and stole many girls and women from nearby villages. There are about a dozen people in total. This group of people commit crimes cautiously, but they are running around. In fact, with the population near Hangzhou, it is not many to lose more than a dozen people in the past few months. Even the county magistrate and magistrate who had to catch the head had a headache.

The two chatted for a while, and the shopkeeper said again: "To be honest, Boss Zhu, I actually know him quite well."

"Oh, why?" Xie Chen asked quickly.

The shopkeeper said: "Actually, Boss Zhu is a womanizer."

"erotic?"

The shopkeeper lowered his voice and said, "That's right, that boss Zhu will come to my shop from time to time to hook up with my lady."

Xie Chen was surprised when he heard this: "There is such a thing?"

The shopkeeper nodded again and again: "It's absolutely true, so if I want to say, this Boss Zhu, maybe it's because of some romantic affair that he got hurt like this."

"Just wrap these up." Su Xiaochan seemed to have finally chosen her favorite rouge and gouache.

After leaving the shop, Su Xiaochan's complexion changed suddenly, and she said coldly, "Women like trivial things about their parents?"

Xie Chen calmly smiled and said, "So you heard it."

Su Xiaochan said again: "I've never heard of you having such a liking. Also, where did you learn it and what do you want to talk about?"

Xie Chen smiled even more happily: "It turns out that Miss Su is jealous."

Su Xiaochan argued: "Why am I jealous!"

Xie Chen laughed for a while, but seeing Su Xiaochan's complexion getting worse, he quickly explained: "Of course I'm here to investigate the case."

"What does inquiring about other people's elopement have to do with investigating the case?" Su Xiaochan didn't believe it.

Xie Chen said: "Elopement is of course nothing to do, but if you deal with these smart people in the market, if you let him know what you want to ask, he will hide it in every possible way and not tell you the truth." , only gossip with him first, and when he puts down his guard, he will say something useful inadvertently."

Su Xiaochan said again: "Then what valuable things do you know? Do you think Boss Zhu was killed because of a woman?"

Xie Chen shook his head: "That's not necessarily the case. A person who is lustful is not the same as dying from lust. However, at least we have confirmed that Boss Zhu is not a gentleman."

Su Xiaochan nodded: "That's true."

When she was thinking about what kind of dishonest deed Zhu He would have done to get killed, she heard Xie Chen say: "However, I want to thank you just now."

"no need thank me?"

"Of course, thank you, Ms. Su, for not embarrassing me by not speaking out on the spot even though she was jealous and angry."

(End of this chapter)