I'm a detective for Dongchang

Chapter 6 Zhao Xuanwu's Interrogation
"Butou Zhao?" The shopkeeper quickly came out from behind the counter to greet him.

It wasn't just Lu Xizhi's side, the whole store suddenly fell silent, and all the tea customers looked at the burly man at the door.

"Zhao Butou, this is the shopkeeper of Lingshu Building, surnamed Zhang, Zhang Yuping."

"Shopkeeper Zhang, is there a tea-making girl named Tweety in your shop?"

"Tweety?" Shopkeeper Zhang paused. "Yes, she is the tea-making girl of our shop."

"Is she in the store now? Let her talk back." Zhao Xuanwu said intentionally.

"Back to my lord, Cui'er didn't come to work today, and I'm also in urgent need of help. I don't know why your lord is looking for her?"

With a sound of "Boom", the waiter in the shop panicked to pick up the teacup that he had broken.

"Why are you so careless? Why don't you hurry up and clean up the customers carefully?" Shopkeeper Zhang was really a little scared, not to mention that he didn't know why Catcher Zhao came here, and the eyes of the boss behind him were enough to make him tense up.

Catcher Zhao looked at the waiter following the sound, and saw that his complexion was pale, his hands were trembling, he was suspicious, and he had a calculation.

"come here."

When the waiter who was called, his whole body trembled, he stuttered and walked in front of Zhao Butou.

"Head up!"

The waiter slowly raised his head, but he didn't dare to look at him.

"What's your name? How long have you been working here."

"The villain's name is Kang Fu, and he has only been here for two months."

"Tweety's future today, do you know where she is?"

The waiter in the shop seemed to get more nervous when he heard Tweety's name, "No, no, no~~~I don't know."

"Look up and look at me, you really don't know?"

"Back, back to my lord, the villain really doesn't know." Kang Fu still didn't dare to look up.

"Qi Yong, take him back to the yamen and question him carefully." Catcher Zhao greeted his subordinates, ready to arrest him.

"Captain Zhao, wait a minute." Shang Shijie stood up.

Lu Ziyi asked Lu Xizhi to have some snacks on the seat, so as to wait for him, and followed after speaking.

Lu Xizhi felt at ease since Lu Ziyi came, swallowed a few pills to fill his stomach, and also pretended to be casual and stood a few steps forward.

Shang Shijie bowed very politely, and said, "Butou Zhao, I'm the owner of this teahouse. I wonder what my fellow has done?"

Zhao Xuanwu looked at Shang Shijie, he knew that this shop was opened by a famous tea merchant in the city.His surname is Shang. I heard that one of the businessmen's sons was admitted as a scholar, and he was a classmate of "Yuxian Academy" with many officials' sons. He should be the handsome young man in front of him.

Zhao Xuanwu bowed back, "Boss Shang, I need to bring this guy back to the yamen for questioning. As for what's going on, I can't tell you right now, please understand."

Shang Shijie pondered for a while: "Captor Zhao, you see that my store really has no shortage of people. It's not a big deal. Why don't you go to the backyard together? What do you think of Catcher?"

Qi Yong looked at the hall full of tea customers, frowned, and waited for Zhao Xuanwu's order.

"That's good, it saves a lot of work in the yamen, so please ask Boss Shang to lead the way." Zhao Xuanwu turned his head and said to Qi Yong, "Take it to the backyard first."

After saying that, he turned around and saw Lu Ziyi: "Who is this?"

"In Xia Lu Ziyi, Lu Zhonglian, a member of the household department, is my father. Shijie and I are classmates and friends. We happened to be drinking tea here today."

"It turned out to be Mr. Lu." Zhao Xuanwu paused for a while, "I have important matters to attend to today, so I hope Mr. Lu will stay."

Lu Ziyi nodded to express his understanding, and returned to Lu Xizhi's side, while Shang Shijie led his people to the backyard.

"Brother, what's the matter?"

"Girl, please don't inquire. Have you finished eating? Hurry up and come home with me."

Of course Lu Xizhi couldn't leave, she was here purposely waiting for Zhao Xuanwu and his party, so she thought for a while, "Brother, I'm going to the latrine."

"Go and come back quickly, if you delay your return home, I won't be able to protect you."

Lu Xizhi quickly went to the latrine, then quietly went around to the backyard, and when he saw Zhao Butou's back, he cat down.

"Kang Fu, do you know the consequences of deceiving the government?" Zhao Xuanwu was asking.

Kang Fu still had his head down, his hands trembling. "Know, know, know."

"Then you still dare to hide something! Tell me! Where is Tweety?" Zhao Xuanwu seemed very sure.

Qi Yong chimed in: "If you are dishonest, I will take you to the Yamen!"

Kang Fu knelt on the ground with a plop: "My lord, I really don't know where Tweety is. It rained heavily yesterday, and the store closed early. After work at Xushi, I sent her to the entrance of Yanzi Lane. I went home."

"Xu Shi? I took her to the alley and went home, did anyone see her?"

"I don't know if anyone has seen the villain. Tweety's brother doesn't like me very much. I, I am afraid of causing trouble, so I only send it to the alley every time."

every time?Zhao Xuanwu was silent for a while, then turned his head and asked shopkeeper Zhang: "Cui'er is coming today, did you ask for leave beforehand?"

"I didn't ask for leave, because the store is short of staff recently and is recruiting workers, and I didn't arrange a rest. The guys all know it."

"Then what's wrong with you seeing her yesterday?"

Shopkeeper Zhang seemed to be remembering, and it took a while before he answered: "It's nothing special. Tweety has always been careful in her work, and she hasn't made any mistakes."

"Shopkeeper, how is Tweety's relationship with other people in the store? Has anyone come to pick things up recently?"

"Tweety has been making tea in the store for two years. Making tea is a delicate job, and she is very particular about it. Tweety is a careful kid, and she has never made any mistakes. She hardly talks except for making tea. Including me, there are 12 people in the shop. In the past two years, I haven't seen her blushing with anyone, not even a quarrel, regular customers also like some Cui Er."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Shang Shijie, "Boss Shang likes to make friends, and he is very kind to others. The customers who come to the store are more or less famous people. He has never provoked trouble before."

Zhao Xuanwu frowned even tighter, and turned his gaze back to Kang Fu who was kneeling, "You said you always send Tweety to the alley, I see there are other female workers in the store, so why are you sending her instead?" , you and Tweety seem to have a good relationship?"

"Back to the adults, the villain has just been here for two months, and is the same age as Cui'er. She saw that there is a younger brother in my family, and she would occasionally give some snacks as rewards from the guests, and asked me to take them back to give my brother a taste. I... I am very grateful .So sometimes when I get off work late, I...I will send her off."

"where do you live?"

"The villain lives in Ping'an Lane."

"Ping'an Lane? That's the opposite direction to Yanzi Lane, and it's still not close." Qi Yong made some calculations and interjected: "It will take about three quarters of an hour, and it was still raining heavily yesterday."

Zhao Xuanwu nodded: "When did you return home?"

"The villain won't come back home when the time comes."

"Can anyone testify for you?"

"The villain's mother and younger brother can testify."

Zhao Xuanwu touched his chin with his right hand, seemed to think carefully for a moment, then asked Kang Fu to get up, and told him that he was not allowed to leave the capital in the near future.

Shang Shijie saw that it was almost done, and finally couldn't help asking: "Captor Zhao, but what happened to Cui'er?"

Only then did Zhao Xuanwu look carefully at Shang Shijie, and said solemnly, "A female corpse was found in Yanzi Lane this morning. After identification by Tweety's parents, it was confirmed that the deceased was Tweety."

Hearing this news, all three people present except Zhao Xuanwu and Qi Yong were shocked, especially Kang Fu, who was so frightened that he knelt down again.

It seems that this woman named Tweety is indeed docile and kind-hearted, and she has not offended anyone at work. Excluding vendettas, who would do such a heavy hand?Could it be love killing?

"Miss? Miss?"

Oops, I was so engrossed in listening to it that I forgot that Lu Ziyi was still waiting for her, so Lu Xizhi slowly moved to the door, stood up, and pretended to have just come out from the toilet.

But those people still heard the noise, Qiqi turned around.

"Pity it." Shang Shijie called her.

"Why is it you?" Qi Yong said to Zhao Xuanwu, it was this girl who rescued him at the scene.

Lu Xizhi didn't know how to react at the moment, and hadn't figured out how to explain it, but fortunately, Lu Ziyi came over at this moment, and asked as he walked, "Chunxiang, have you found Miss?"

"Brother, I'm here." Holding Chunxiang's hand, he ran to Lu Ziyi's side.

"Why did it take so long?"

"Maybe the deep-fried dough sticks in the morning were not clean, and my stomach hurts." Lu Xizhi who was caught was a little embarrassed

Zhao Xuanwu didn't expose her eavesdropping, and quickly said goodbye to Shang Shijie and others.

After all, Shang Shijie has a brain, and he was afraid of affecting the business. As soon as Zhao Xuanwu and the others left, he quickly asked the shopkeeper Zhang to deliver a snack and a pot of new tea to the guests at each table to calm the surprise. After he greeted the guests at each table, he returned to the table , Lu Xizhi and Chunxiang had already eaten the rest of the food on the table.

Lu Ziyi asked softly, "Shijie, do you want my help?"

Because of Lu Xizhi's presence, Shang Shijie was afraid of scaring her, so he just replied: "Thank you Ziyi for your concern, it's because something happened to a small worker in the shop last night, Catcher Zhao and the others came to understand the situation."

Lu Ziyi had no doubts about him, since he was fine, he was going to take Lu Xizhi home.

"Ziyi, wait a minute, I think this dessert suits Xizhi's younger sister's taste. Just now I ordered the kitchen to pack some, and I will treat it as a shock to my younger sister." After speaking, those peach blossom eyes still did not forget to glance at Lu Xizhi.

Lu Ziyi accepted it politely, Lu Xizhi rolled her eyes, thanked her casually, and followed her elder brother away.

Lu Zhonglian, who had been waiting for his daughter at home all morning, sneezed. Li Wenjun asked concerned: "You said you didn't catch a cold, how many times have you sneezed?"

"Has the dead girl come back yet?"

"Ziyi has already gone out to look for it, and he will definitely talk back and forth when he comes back. Take a break first, I'm dizzy from walking around."

"Father, mother, we are back." Lu Ziyi's voice finally came from the door.

　The criminal policeman came from across time, and women in ancient times were not allowed to be officials. Naturally, it was impossible for Lu Xizhi to show her face in public. Therefore, the only way for her to find clues at the beginning of the chapter was to eavesdrop and then integrate and connect the clues.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)