I'm a detective for Dongchang

Chapter 56 Liu Baocheng

Ruixiang Gold Shop, a time-honored shop in the capital, the former owner Chen Kaiwen transferred the shop to the current owner Liu Baocheng ten years ago because of his wife's poor health, and then moved with his family to Xiangyang City, which is like spring all the year round.Ten years later, the gold shop has become one of the three major gold shops in the capital. From the perspective of Liu Baocheng, who has worked from the bottom to the boss, he has to be said to be extremely business-minded.

The gold shop has two floors, and the exterior looks very heroic. In Lu Xizhi's words, it has a strong aura of nouveau riche.There are two stone lions with red silk around their necks at the gate. The floor is covered with imported carpets, and the auspicious patterns on the door are different from those of other houses. Gold also owes to the good law and order environment in the capital.

Before entering the store, Lu Xizhi thought of something, stopped, and said to Yuan Yanxi: "My lord, please send someone to check whether there are other houses under the names of Yang Jikang and Liu Baocheng, or a single hut. I suspect that Zhang Caixia has a fixed place transaction with them." ...Uh, or fornication."

Yuan Yanxi looked at her in surprise. The more she got in touch with her, the more she felt that she was not only unique and thoughtful, but also very... bold.

"Donghai, go and check."

"Yes."

Lu Xizhi said thank you, and walked into the gold shop.

"Hey, two guest officers, please come in, please come in, you two have a good start to our store today, I will count a big profit for you." The bright and clear voice of the waiter in the store lifted people's spirits.

"Thank you, little brother. My son wants to choose a bracelet for his wife. Regardless of the price, just bring the best one of yours."

The waiter in the store saw that the two were dressed in extraordinary clothes and had an extraordinary bearing, and at first glance they were rich customers, and when he heard what Lu Xizhi said, he was immediately elated, his eyes lit up, and he said very flatteringly: "Hey, yes yes, please sit down. The boss happened to bring back a pack of high-quality Xiangshan Longjing just the day before yesterday, so you two have a taste first.” Then he ran to the counter and started tinkering with the tea leaves.

Yuan Yanxi squinted at Lu Xizhi, and saw that she winked at him and stuck out her tongue. She looked cute and clever, so she had to turn her head away with a cold face. This little girl sometimes looked very upset, and walked straight to the tea table. Sit down and watch her perform.

"Brother, I think the styles in your store are really good, the boss has a real eye." Lu Xizhi looked at the dazzling array of gold ornaments in the store, pretending to chat with Xiaoer casually.

Xiao Er hurriedly spoke up: "You are not local, are you? Our store is one of the best in this capital city. All the styles in the store are drawn by our proprietress, carefully sketched out her own ideas, and then made by professional craftsmen. Well, I can’t find a second one in the capital.”

"Then we really need to take a good look at it. This item is rare and expensive. The boss really knows how to do business."

The shop waiter walked by with the tea tray, and respectfully handed over the teacup, and the aroma of the tea filled the room immediately.

"Why don't you see the boss lady?"

"Damn, they often quarrel. If this hour hasn't arrived, they must have fought again last night. Wait a minute, sir, I'll get you some good ones." He said and directed another small The girl came over to say hello.

Lu Xizhi and Yuan Yanxi looked at each other.

"Little sister, how long have you been here?"

The little girl looked only twelve or thirteen years old, she was very shy, she seemed embarrassed to talk to the man, she stood far away and said, "Master Hui, I have been here for almost a year."

It's not easy to ask questions like this. Lu Xizhi groped around for a while, and finally took out a few pennies from his sleeve pocket. After thinking about it, he whispered to Yuan Yanxi, "Director Yuan, you will write off the expenses of the investigation, right?" Then she stared at him eagerly, full of hope.

Yuan Yanxi was stunned for a moment, apparently she didn't expect that she would ask him to reimburse her! ?Lu Xizhi's mellow mouth muttered in Abaaba that all his pocket money is here, if he doesn't pay the bill, he will have to drink the northwest wind tomorrow, and besides, there will be expenses incurred in investigating the case, and if there are expenses, he has to ask the government to reimburse him. Funds for activities must be paid in advance, and more will be refunded and less will be made up.

What's all this mess?What is the activity fee?Return more and make up less?

"You mean, you want me to give you money?"

"The director of the factory is asking you to set aside part of the public funds for the investigation! It is inevitable that we will encounter a little inconvenience when we are doing investigations. It is different if we have money. It is easy to use no matter what." Lu Xizhi said earnestly. Nod to him.

Yuan Yanxi hadn't wanted to laugh this much for a long time, he nodded at her with a smile, and smiled back when he saw Lu Xizhi was satisfied.

Lu Xizhi waved to the little girl in the distance, motioning her to come closer, and when the little girl came a little closer timidly, she handed her the broken silver in her hand and said, "Take this to buy flowers. Dai, I just want to ask, who has the final say in this shop?"

The little girl looked at Lu Xizhi nervously, not daring to reach out to take it. It wasn't until the other party reassured her that she was fine, and put the broken silver directly in her hand, that she timidly said, "It's all...it's up to the lady boss."

Lu Xizhi has a bottom line in his heart.

When the shop waiter came out, she looked at the accessories he took out seriously, and said: "These are just ordinary, how about it, I have some ideas, I want the proprietress to make a few like the ones I gave, when will she come? "

"I can't say for sure, but it's almost time now, and it's time to arrive anyway."

Really say Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived.

"Xiao Liu, bring me a cup of tea." A man in a gray robe walked in outside the door.

"Hey, boss, here we come."

Liu Baocheng!
Lu Xizhi turned around quickly, and saw a man with staggering steps and a swollen left face limping slowly into the store. He was still holding a bundle in his hand, looking a bit embarrassed.

"Liu Baocheng." She called out her name forcefully.

The man was taken aback, and instinctively wanted to run outside, but unfortunately his legs and feet were inconvenient, he tripped over the threshold, staggered and fell to the ground, and finally dragged his body back a few steps, pushing against the wall.

"Who, who?"

Lu Xizhi took a few steps, stood in front of him, and looked at him condescendingly, "Liu Baocheng, what did you do wrong? Are you in debt to usury?"

After the panic-stricken man saw who was coming, and confirmed again and again that he didn't know her, he stood up straight while supporting the wall: "Where did you come from, you brat, how dare you speak lies, Xiao Liu?" , kick him out!"

Yuan Yanxi flapped his fan and stood up calmly. With his calm but majestic aura, he used only one look to fix Xiao Er in place, unable to move.

Liu Baocheng finally saw the majestic and heroic man behind Lu Xizhi, and felt that this person was not simple, so he restrained his anger just now, barely stood up straight, bowed respectfully, and asked in a voice: "Is Liu Baocheng the owner of Xia Ruixiang Gold Shop?" , I don’t know your surname, why are you here?”

Lu Xizhi expected that Yuan Yanxi didn't want to talk to him at all, so he cut to the chase: "Liu Baocheng, do you know Zhang Caixia?"

Hearing this name, the man frowned, obviously he didn't expect to hear this name, he said impatiently without thinking: "I don't know, what's the purpose of you two coming to this small shop? It's just for some boring trivial matters, sorry for not accepting them in this shop."

"All seven members of Zhang Caixia's family died, do you know about this?"

Liu Baocheng wasn't surprised now, but put on a terrified expression, "Who are you?"

"I am the police officer of the East Police Department. Where are you on the ninth day of this month?" Lu Xizhi casually made up an official position to fool him.

"What? Dongchang police? I...you, what do you mean?"

"Zhang Caixia is dead, and you will of course be listed as a suspect because of the past with her. If you answer my question honestly, we will settle the matter here. If you are not honest, then we can only..." Lu Xizhi said He glanced at Yuan Yanxi pointedly, and the other party nodded in cooperation.

When Liu Baocheng heard about the powerful relationship, and the fact that he had just been kicked out of the house by his wife, his heart was filled with foul breath, he spat viciously on the ground, and said, "That bitch."

Knowing that Liu Baocheng had something to say, Lu Xizhi moved a chair for him to sit down and talk.

Although Liu Baocheng was a little shocked when he heard that Zhang Caixia had died at first, after the initial shock, he showed a deserved expression, and started to confide in the past with some gloat, using extremely obscene words: "I broke up with her a long time ago, that prostitute My wife has taken a lot of benefits from me, including two gold bracelets worth two taels. I treat her very well, but I didn't expect that she would find other men behind my back, not just one! Of course, I don't want her anymore. I thought it would be easy if we broke up, but I never thought that she would ask me to pay her 50 taels of hush money, otherwise she would tell my wife about us."

Lu Xizhi frowned more and more, although she expected Zhang Caixia's private life to be a bit messy, she didn't expect that she would not even hide it from her lover, so she was actually doing compensated dating?
Suppressing the answer in her heart, she asked, "Did you give it?"

"Of course I won't give it to her. That bitch wants to take my money to raise another man?! Bah!"

"You said she had more than one man, is there evidence?"

"I made an appointment with her in the woods by the moat. Once my jade pendant fell off and I guessed it might have fallen in the woods. I wanted to try my luck the next morning, but guess what? !" Liu Baocheng made a vomiting expression, "So one early morning, in broad daylight, she, Zhang Caixia, led a man out of the forest in disheveled clothes. From that look, it was clear that the two of them had just finished their work, and at the end they were going to talk about each other. , looks disgusting."

"She didn't see you?"

"Hmph! That flirt was just trying to curry favor with that concubine, so she stared at him so well, how could she have the time to look around."

"When did you break up with her? Do you still have contact with her after she got married?"

"When I got along with her, she was still working as a maid in the Yang Mansion. After I found out the scandal, I broke up with her." Liu Baocheng looked a little dodgy.

"Really? Liu Baocheng, you can't lie."

Liu Baocheng felt a sharp look from not far away, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly said, "I did, but she was the one who came looking for me."

"When did this happen?"

"It's about half a year after she gave birth. She came to my place to buy jewelry, and after a few visits, she got better again." Liu Baocheng's old face finally turned red.

"Tell me, where were you on the ninth day?"

Liu Baocheng recalled it for a while, and replied: "The ninth day?... On that day, I stayed in the shop and went home directly after closing."

"Who will testify for you?"

"Here, the clerk in my store, and my wife."

Lu Xizhi smiled hypocritically and said, "We will check it out. If there is a fake, I have to invite you to Dongchang for tea."

"Don't dare."

"Liu Baocheng, did you know that Zhang Caixia was pregnant before she got married? Maybe, maybe it was yours?" Lu Xizhi saw the opportunity and cheated.

"What? She has a child? No, no, it can't be mine. You can't wrong me. When Zhang Caixia got married, her money-grubbing father threatened me with his face. He came here to ask for a pair of rings. She never even mentioned to me that she was pregnant, let alone that we had been disconnected for months before that."

So, from the timeline, isn't Liu Baocheng Fang Zhuang's father?

"You saw her walking out of the woods with another man that day, but do you know who that man is?"

"It's too far away, I didn't see it clearly." Liu Baocheng thought for a while, and then said: "But, I know that someone is definitely not clean with her!"

"Who?"

"Yang Jikang, the second son of the Yang family! The two of them have hooked up a long time ago, and I'm a fucking second child!"

Lu Xizhi's shoulders drooped, so it was him?That clue is nothing new.

"Did she tell you, or did you see it?"

"I saw it. I just met her at that time. One day I went out of the city to get goods, and saw her, Yang Jikang, and a few little maids coming out of a house."

"Isn't it normal for master and servant?"

"Yes, but have you ever seen a serious master who hugs the waist and pats the ass with the maid? I thought I was delusional at the time, but I liked her smell so much at the time that I pretended not to see it. Now that I think about it, their It's not clean anymore."

The house is the point!

"Not the Yang Mansion?"

"No, it's just a small courtyard without a plaque." Liu Baocheng said.

Lu Xizhi pondered for a moment, then glanced at Yuan Yanxi, who was also looking at her.

"Liu Baocheng, do you remember where that place is?"

"It's been a while, and I was in a hurry to leave the city that day, so I'm afraid I forgot all about it."

Coming out of the Ruixiang Gold Shop, Lu Xizhi had nothing to say all the way. Yuan Yanxi didn't bother her, but just looked at her cheeks. Strength, just like the momentum when he and his soldiers shed blood on the battlefield.

Lu Xizhi suddenly asked: "Master Superintendent, how big is our capital, how many days will it take to find a property?"

"With a radius of thousands of miles, if you look for it without purpose, you may not be sure."

"There is always a record of the ownership of the property, right?"

"It does exist, and Dong Hai has already gone to investigate."

"No, please send someone to check whether there are other properties under the registered name of Zhang Caixia. This clue is very important. I think it is the key to the Miemen case."

"Beixue, go to the household department immediately and ask Donghai to collect all the land deeds of the Zhang family in the capital!"

"Yes!"

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(End of this chapter)