Chapter 27
Xinnuo checked the cause of the woman's death and said to Chu Wei: "She also had her tongue pulled out, choked with blood and strangled to death. But where is her tongue?"

Stand up and look around.

Cheng Pu was about to faint again. This daughter was so beautiful and lovely, how could talking about these terrible things be as normal as chatting?

Chu Wei walked up to Xinnuo and asked, "Does she also have the plum blossom mark on her body?"

Just now Chu Wei had roughly checked and confirmed that the cause of death was the same as the two incidents in the previous two days, but he did not see the plum blossom seal on his wrist.Xinnuo said that she would do an autopsy, so he handed over the next minor inspection work to her first.

But Chu Wei didn't expect that the girl would be so calm and skillful in front of the dead body.

Judging from her autopsy technique, she was more mature than the old man that day.

"That's right." Xinnuo nodded, opened the stiffened fingers of the female corpse, and showed him the palm of her hand.

This time it was not a plum blossom seal, but a dried plum blossom missing three petals.

There is the symbol of plum blossom, but there is no bronze mirror or tongue. Is there any difference between this woman and the two deceased people in front of her?

Or is the petal mark just a coincidence?

But there can't be such a coincidence.

Moreover, it is hot summer now, and the plum blossoms have faded early. Maybe some of them are just dried plum blossoms. So what was used to print the fresh plum blossoms in front?
Xin Nuo was thinking, while observing the things in the room.

Unfortunately, there are no traces of a fight at all.

It was as if this person was killed and then brought here.

Chu Wei looked around and found nothing of value. Just as he was about to leave, he saw a very thin white thread stuck on the leg of a round stool not far from the female corpse.

He squatted down, and when his side felt warm, Xin Nuo also squatted beside him.

"There are some burrs on the legs of this stool," Xinnuo said, looking at Cheng Yuan who was standing on the other side of the female corpse.

Cheng Yuan had seen this stool at his mother's place. It had been taken away by a servant because it had scratched his clothes, and he said it needed to be repaired.

Aunt Zhang, who was in charge of this, had been summoned. Cheng Yuan turned around and asked, "This stool was cut on my mother's clothes a few days ago and asked you to take it out and repair it. Why hasn't it been repaired yet?"

Nanny Zhang quickly said: "There are a lot of things going on today, so I didn't pay attention to it. Madam changed into a brand new set. We thought we didn't want this one, so we brought it here."

Chu Wei asked: "At that time, did you clean up the hooks on it?"

Grandma Zhang said firmly: "It has been cleaned up."

Chu Wei twisted the filament, took two steps back, visually measured the distance between the female corpse and the stool, then walked over and sat on the stool.

Did the female body lying on the ground kowtow to the person on the stool to admit her mistake?

"Let," Hu Ping's loud voice came, and he walked in followed by several servants from Dali Temple.

When Chu Wei heard about the murder, he sent someone to notify his subordinates waiting outside.

Unexpectedly, the case that happened in the Cheng family warehouse was a serial case with the cases of Quan Yizhong and Bai Hezhu. It was natural for Dali Temple to handle it.

"Take the body back," Chu Wei stood up from the stool, "ask Wu Zuo to examine it carefully."

Xin Nuo: "I have examined her very carefully. Apart from the bruises on her neck, there is not even a single scratch on her body."

Chu Wei looked at her and said, "Dali Temple still needs to preserve the autopsy grid."

Xinnuo said, and Cheng Pu quickly stepped forward and stood in front of the daughter to prevent her from being too young.He smiled and said to Chu Wei: "Someone dares to kill someone on the happy day of my Cheng family. The Marquis must find that rampant murderer."

Chu Wei nodded and said: "Of course. But we still don't know who the deceased is from your residence?"

It was impossible for Cheng Pu to recognize a woman of forty or fifty years old. He turned his head and quickly looked away, waving for Cheng Yuan to come over: "Call the people in charge of human affairs and ask them to cooperate with Mr. Chu's inquiry. There’s nothing left to say.”

Cheng Yuan crossed his hands and bowed, then retreated.

There were still many people around the door. Cheng Yuan frowned and squeezed out. Soon, the male and female stewards of the Cheng family arrived. At the same time, the servants everywhere were notified not to run around and wait for summons at any time.

"Qingya," when Cheng Yu'an came back, a young man came out of the people around the door looking in, beating the palm of his hand with a fan, and said, "Is your sister's birthday not compatible with your family's? This is a sign of great misfortune, so it's best to find the abbot of Jiming Temple outside the city to perform rituals."

This man is called Wan Yan, just like his name, with a particularly mean mouth, and he is a colleague of Cheng Yu'an's department.

At first, Cheng Yuan didn't even know that this person was here.

At that moment, he smiled dryly and said, "Thank you, Brother Wan, for reminding me." Then he hurried in.

As soon as Cheng Yuan entered, another wave of people came to persuade the people outside to rest at the banquet.

At the same time, Hu Ping came out of the door like a small mountain, followed by several guards carrying the dead.

Some of the people stared wide-eyed to see the dead man, while some women were so frightened that they covered their mouths and retreated far away.

Hu Ping ignored no one, didn't care about anyone's face, and quickly led them away.

The door of the warehouse was also closed by Cheng Yuan.

"let's go."

There was nothing to see, and the people dispersed quickly, but when they arrived at the table, all kinds of speculations about the Cheng family's case came out.

In the quiet warehouse, after the male steward finished speaking, the female steward Liu Erniang said: "The situation that the slave family knows is no different from what Steward Chen knows. It's just that Chef He is very silent and doesn't like to talk to us. There was no one in the house who came close. The old lady usually liked the desserts she made the most. I called her over to ask a few times. At that time, I heard that she worked as a cook in Chenzhou, Jiangnan, because her family liked the fragrance of plum blossoms. The best thing she makes is plum cake.”

Chu Wei frowned, Chenzhou!

This place is where Quan Yizhong once made his fortune.

And he had just interrogated the shopkeepers of three restaurants yesterday. His so-called distant nephew Bai Hezhu was actually brought there by Quan Yizhong, the real owner behind the three restaurants, a year ago.

According to what the shopkeeper said, Quan Yizhong was very polite to Bai Hezhu. Even though Bai Hezhu didn't care about any accounts except drinking all day long, Quan Yizhong emphasized that he must be treated well.

Now that another deceased person related to Chenzhou has appeared, Bai Hezhu must also be related to Chenzhou.

But how did this murderer get in?
Chu Wei had decided to go back and check local case files in Chenzhou. At the same time, he painted portraits of Bai Hezhu and the cook, and asked people to go south to Chenzhou to inquire.

So he didn't ask any more questions, stood up and said goodbye.

"Excuse me, Mr. Cheng, please gather all the servants in charge of this area and go to Dali Temple to reply. In addition, please give me the list of your guests for today's banquet, the list of the vaudeville troupes and outsiders invited." share."

Although there is no clue about the murderer, one thing is for sure, it has nothing to do with the Cheng family.Today is the day for the girl to go home, so he will not be here for interrogation with great fanfare.

Cheng Pu saw that he had no intention of embarrassing him, so he hurriedly sent him away with a smile.

It seems that Chu Wei is giving the Chu family face. After all, the servants of Dali Temple will guard the gate in front of the court officials and eunuchs.

Cheng Pu sent the man out politely, but unexpectedly, the daughter yelled, "Wait a minute."

There was no courtesy at all. Just as he was about to say it, Chu Wei stopped and turned around and asked, "What else does Miss Cheng Er want?"

Xin Nuo returned him the gloves he had used during the autopsy, and then pointed to the sun in the sky, reminding him not to forget the condition he agreed to.

Chu Wei shook his head in amusement, and did not think the gloves were dirty, so he simply took them off and left.

Cheng Pu looked at his daughter and then at Chu Wei's back, and an incredible guess suddenly emerged in his mind.

This daughter of a wild and wild leader would not be attracted by the most noble person in the capital.

(End of this chapter)

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