I'm a detective for Dongchang

Chapter 8
Lu Xizhi came to the corner of the room, leaned down, reached into the bottom of the closet, dug out for a while, finally found the paper bag, took it out, patted the package and weighed it, it seems that the weight is not enough?

That's right!

Lu Xizhi prepared a lot of drugs, and also charmed many servants and maidservants, but the number of times was too many, and finally he was discovered by his father, and he specially instructed the servants in this yard not to drink the water in the lady's kitchen, and let the servants drink the water from the lady's kitchen. Seeing her was like seeing a ghost.

It would be great if you could fly over the eaves and walls, just jump and swipe!Just fly out of the wall.

With a sigh and a toss during the day, Lu Xizhi collapsed on the bed, dazedly thinking about what he asked Xia Xiang to do just now: Now all he has to do is wait...

"Chunxiang, why aren't you serving inside, Miss is asleep?" came a soft and tender voice.

Suddenly a shock!finally come!

The person who came was Lu Xiruo, the second sister whom Lu Xizhi had been waiting for.

In the afternoon, she asked Xia Xiang to send a message to Lu Xiruo, saying that the two sisters hadn't talked to each other for a long time, and asked her to come to Zhaxinglou to sit in the evening, and bring her best lotus seed soup along the way.

Lu Xiruo really did not doubt that he was there, and came with delicious food.

"Second sister, come in quickly." Lu Xizhi jumped up from the bed, and pulled Lu Xiruo with a triumphant smile, "Chunxiang, go make a pot of good tea, it was given by Shang Shijie this morning, let the second sister try it too. "

"Hey, you are generous today, you have nothing to show courtesy, you are either rape or steal! Could it be that you want something from me?" Lu Xiruo let her pull her to sit down, then turned her head and said to the servant girl, "Qing Yu, bring the lotus seed soup here." Lu Xiruo pointed to the table, but found that there was a dirty paper package on the table, which was boxy, and there was a lot of dust on the outer package.

She tilted her head in doubt, looked at Lu Xizhi, then at the paper bag;
Lu Xizhi calmly also looked at the paper bag, looked at Lu Xiruo;
After the two sisters thought about it, Lu Xiruo felt something, she stood up slowly, and then slowly backed away to the door, her delicate voice trembling: "Sister, I seem to have something else to do, um... I have to go back and copy the Buddhist scriptures." .”

How could Lu Xizhi let her go, so he quickly stepped forward to grab her hand, and said with a "murderous look", "You can't leave!"

Boom... I fell for it again.

Lu Xizhi hurriedly trot on the way to the Yamen.

She observed two small food shops opposite the yamen this morning, and guessed that they would not close early, and she was sure enough. Not only can she keep a good eye on the guards of the yamen here, but she can also hear a lot of news events.

Find a side table to sit down and order a snack.

"Have you heard? On the Longevity Day in the middle of next month, not only the prince, but also the other three princes will enter the palace to celebrate their birthdays. Both Japan and Persia will send envoys to celebrate. I remember the last time it was so lively was my grandfather's time. .”

"Isn't it? Recently, a lot of Habayashi troops have been sent to patrol the city."

"More than that, I didn't see that those people from Dongchang arrested a few spies who were said to be Japanese spies in the north of the city in the past two days, and they will parade them through the streets tomorrow."

"Ever since Master Yuan Xiaohou took over the position of factory supervisor in Dongchang, the torture has only increased. If you are arrested, you will only get in and out."

"I really can't see that Yuan Xiaohou, who looks dignified and looks like a jade tree facing the wind, can be so ruthless in his actions."

"Then you don't know something. Master Yuan Xiaohou is a big celebrity in front of the emperor. He was transferred from the army to be the factory supervisor. He was appointed by the emperor. The Ministry of Finance Department, who was arrested by him last month, heard that It's also related to the prince."

Suddenly a voice covered his mouth nervously: "Hush! You are crazy... Just talk nonsense about this matter. Dongchang has many eyes and ears. You fucking want to die, but I still want to live!"

East factory?

Lu Xizhi's mind immediately came up with the image of Cao Shaoqin, the great eunuch of Dongchang in "New Dragon Gate Inn". He is strong in martial arts, cunning and vicious, cruel to loyal and good people, and a great villain!It turns out there is also here!
The people at the next table seemed to start chatting about secrets, their voices were lowered a lot, Lu Xizhi couldn't hear them anymore, anyway, she didn't care about these things now, she had a difficult purpose for this trip, to break into the yamen at night to steal the autopsy records!

After ordering a bowl of small noodles, Lu Xizhi began to pretend to be a serious diner, while eating the noodles, he closely scanned the 'sentinel' on the opposite side.

The security must not be said to be strict, and it is even a bit lazy. There is only one yamen servant patrolling back and forth in front of the door, and occasionally chatting with the restaurant owner, but it is not easy to sneak in under his nose. It seems that going through the main entrance It's definitely not going to work.

Tsk!I don't know if there will be excrement collection at night...

"Boss, here are two servings of fried noodles, more spicy!"

"Hey, are you here? Is it so late today?" The boss said as if he was a regular customer.

Lu Xizhi followed the reputation, what a coincidence!The people who came here were two official messengers who met on one side, the black face Qi Yong, and the other was Wen What?
"Yiming, is your father getting better?" the shop owner said with concern.

"I took a lot of medicine, but I still can't stand for a long time."

By the way, the other one is Wen Yiming.

"You, it's time to find a daughter-in-law. It will save you a day, and there is no one around to help you."

"I said Lao Chen, why didn't I see Xiuzhu? Speaking of which, she is a perfect match for us. You have been neighbors for several years, and you know each other well. I think it will be okay to get married!" Qi Yong joked. The diners followed suit.

I saw the owner of the shop—Old Chen, really put down his work, wiped his hands twice with the apron on his body, looked at Wen Yiming and said cheerfully: "I am willing, our daughter is hardworking and capable. It's right, you two can be regarded as children who grew up together, haha, Yiming, what do you think?"

Here...the folk customs are quite open.

The man named Wen Yiming seemed shy, his face flushed instantly when faced with the half-truth and half-fake teasing of the boss, his hand holding the chopsticks began to tremble, and he spoke incoherently: "Uncle Chen, you, you ...Stop talking, Xiuzhu, Xiuzhu, she..." As she spoke, she glanced shyly into the store.

"Haha, you, don't look at it, Xiuzhu and her brother went out of the city to collect medicine, and they should have rested at home long ago." The shop owner teased him.

Only then did Wen Yiming look back, rubbing his head and picking his fingers in embarrassment, waiting for Xiao Nian to be served.

"You guys wait, I'm coming down right now." Boss Chen started to work.

"Hey, if it is confirmed that this is a serial murder case, we have to stay up all night on duty again." Wen Yiming raised his head and changed the subject.

Lu Xizhi carefully moved the stool and propped up his two small ears.

"Not only do we have to stay up all night, but the emperor's birthday is approaching, I'm afraid the pressure is enough." Qi Yong also became serious.

"Who said it wasn't? Master Shaoqing even sent a temple official to ask questions this afternoon. Whether it's a serial murder case or not, let us solve the case within a time limit." Wen Yiming recalled the conversation he heard in the afternoon, "Brother Yong, what's the matter?" What do you think of the case?"

"It's hard to say." Qi Yong paused for a moment: "There are indeed many similarities between the two cases. It was also a heavy rain day, and the traces of evidence were washed away. It cannot be ruled out that the murderer did it deliberately; in addition, why did the murderer take off their clothes?" But the coat did not do such a mediocre thing? Also, the place where the two deceased were found was a garbage pond. Although there were few pedestrians in the past, it was not the best place to kill in a remote place. Therefore, I think the murderer deliberately put the corpse Throwing it out there, the dump is not the first scene."

Lu Xizhi listened carefully and kept integrating information in his mind.

"However, the garbage dumps where the two dead women were found are far apart. Besides, there are dozens of garbage dumps in the city, and ordinary people may not know the location of each of them, unless... is it possible that the murderer is engaged in related activities? People from the industry? For example, those from the Subdistrict Department?" Wen Yiming also expressed his doubts.

"There are still beggars!" An answer jumped out of Lu Xizhi's heart.

Qi Yong also quite agreed: "It's all possible. Let's investigate separately tomorrow. Finally... we found the broken silver and the hairpin on the body of the deceased today, and they were all intact, while the body of the first deceased was empty, so It is still uncertain whether it is a serial case or not, maybe it is a coincidence."

"What are you talking about, so energetic! Come on, let's eat noodles first, while it's hot." Boss Chen enthusiastically brought two bowls of spicy noodles and put them on the table.

Lu Xizhi was still dabbling with the crushed peanuts and sweet-scented osmanthus cake on the plate. Although this incident was not in vain, it made her want to read the information on the No. 1 deceased even more.

Seeing that it was getting late, Lu Xiruo reluctantly got up, paid the bill and walked home, thinking that Lu Xiruo was pitiful and asked her to go early and return early.

Qi Yong looked at her leaving back, "This person looks familiar."

　There is another update tonight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)