I use my daughter's body to cut down the rivers and lakes

Chapter 42 Snake in the Dark

Cuixiang, who was leading the way with his head lowered, unconsciously looked at Liu Qi behind him with his peripheral vision after walking a few steps. Seeing that his face was still calm as usual, a hint of worry suddenly appeared between Cuixiang's eyebrows.

Liu Qi folded her hands in front of her belly and followed Cuixiang step by step, but she was thinking about Tiancheng Gambling House in her heart.

Two sword slaves stabbed Mr. Du to death.

Although Liu Qi originally only had the idea of ​​​​testing, the fact that he was able to deal with two sword slaves silently showed that this boss Du was not an ordinary person.

Liu Qi's eyes narrowed slightly. It seemed that his decision not to take action rashly was right. There were dragons and crouching tigers hidden in the capital. Even if it was a wild dog on the roadside, there might be an expert standing behind it.

At this moment, Liu Qi suddenly felt that the surrounding environment had changed. He raised his eyes and found that he was already in a magnificent room. In front of him, he saw a delicate screen that was more than a foot wide and embroidered with flowers.

Before she could admire the embroidery on the screen, Liu Qi heard a powerful "Let her in" coming from inside.

All the emotions in Liu Qi's eyes instantly disappeared, and then she walked around the screen and entered the room with an untroubled expression.

It was hot and dry in the capital in June, but the room Liu Qi was in at this time actually had a refreshing cool breeze.

Liu Qi lowered her head and looked around, and found that there was a maid on each side of the room holding an exaggeratedly large cattail leaf fan and fanning it against the wooden basin filled with ice cubes in front of her.

"Raise your head." Another voice came from the front.

Liu Qi slowly raised her head after hearing this.

A rich lady was leaning on the couch in front of her. Two maids were fanning her legs while the other was beating her legs. An old woman with a sinister look on her side stood on the other side of the couch.

As if she felt someone's eyes were full of hostility, Liu Qi's eyes had moved to the old woman beside her. It was the Grandma Liang whom she had met before.

The wealthy woman lying on the couch seemed stunned for a moment when she saw Liu Qi's face, and then a trace of disgust appeared in her eyes.

Is this wealthy woman the Zhou family?
  Liu Qi's eyes dropped, and she couldn't help but have a trace of doubt in her heart.

She already knew the situation of the Liu family clearly through the Black Prison Gate.

Zhou is the sister of General Zhou Weiyang.

General Zhou Weiyang was not only a master who looked down upon all the martial arts heroes, but he was also a handsome and extraordinary man.

Not to mention the empress dowager Zhou who was also the sister of the general and the queen of the country.

"How old is this year?"

Just when Liu Qi was confused, she heard Zhou ask again, with obvious impatience in his words.

Liu Qi immediately bowed and replied: "I just turned eighteen in April this year."

Liu Qiniang was born in the fourth year of Taikang and is now eighteen years old.

Liu Qi knew that Zhou and Liu Zongxun had a daughter, who was born in the fifth year of Taikang and had just turned seventeen this year.

If we count the time, Liu Zongxun had secretly married the Zhou family when Liu Qiniang was still in her mother's womb.

Speaking of which, Liu Qi didn't even know her own birthday. She had been at Xiliu Villa for more than ten years since she woke up. She could only roughly guess that she was four or five years old based on her height and body shape at the time.

Calculating, she might be about the same size as poor Liu Qiniang.

Fortunately, Liu Qi is still alive, while Liu Qiniang died a few months ago...

"He is also a pitiful person." Liu Qi sighed in her heart.

It can be seen from the title "Liu Qiniang" that this is a poor person who never even had a name until his death.

But... so is he.

……

For some reason, looking at Liu Qi standing bent down in the hall, Zhou felt more and more uncomfortable in her heart, and the disgust in her eyes became more and more intense.

After asking a few random questions, Ms. Zhou waved her hand impatiently, wanting to be out of sight and out of mind, and asked Liu Qi to leave quickly.

Unexpectedly, a maid suddenly came in to announce that Liu Zongxun had returned home.

Naturally, Liu Qi, who kept her head hanging down, heard the whispers between the maid and Zhou. Liu Zongxun returned home, and with him was a six-door head catcher.

Not long after, Liu Zongxun entered the room. When his eyes touched Liu Qi, he was startled for a moment. Then when he looked up at Zhou, the coldness on his face melted away instantly.

And Liu Qi looked at Liu Zongxun who was like spring breeze and sat directly on the soft floor, reaching out to hold Zhou's hand. For a moment, she didn't know whether this person was sincere or pretending.

After saying a few words of sympathy to Mrs. Zhou, Liu Zongxun's eyes suddenly turned to Liu Qi.

"It's a coincidence that Qiniang is here too."

"Captain Lu from Six Gates, I have something to ask you."

……

The front lobby of Liu Mansion.

Liu Qi sat huddled on the chair, looking trembling and formidable.

And just in the lobby, a man wearing the same headhunting uniform as Liao Mengyuan was walking back and forth.

After walking for an unknown number of steps, the man suddenly stopped, looked at Liu Qi and asked, "Is Miss Liu really not impressed?"

Liu Qi lowered his head and shook his head.

Liu Zongxun, who had been sitting in the main seat, finally said coldly: "Captain Lu, my daughter has already said it three times. She was still sleeping peacefully in the room on the day of the crime. How could she know what happened outside?"

Hearing Liu Zongxun's surprised tone, Lu Yishan chuckled, then clasped his fists and said: "I am eager to investigate the case in the next moment. I hope you will forgive me, Master Liu, if I offend you!"

"Hmph!" Liu Zongxun snorted coldly, slammed the porcelain cup in his hand on the table, and then said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid I shouldn't say this to Liu, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Lu Yishan said yes again and again, then he smiled and clasped his fists at Liu Qi, who was bowing his head, "Miss Liu, I have offended you so much."

"But...if those people really came for Miss Liu." Lu Yishan changed the subject, "Then who was going to kill them all before they entered the inn?"

"Moreover, the body of the leader among these people is not in front of the inn. Instead, it is in an alley a few streets away from the inn. There are still signs of torture on the body..."

Lu Yishan crossed his arms on his chest and muttered to himself with a puzzled look on his face.

"That's enough!" Liu Zongxun slapped the table and stood up, and then said coldly, "For the sake of Mr. Linghu's arrest, Liu let you enter the house for questioning."

"That's it for now."

"Tou Lu, please!"

"Hahaha, easy to say, easy to say." Lu Yishan still had a smiling expression, and then he glanced suspiciously and could only see Liu Qi with black hair on top of his head.

……

Lu Yishan walked out of the Liu Mansion gate alone.

He turned his head and stared at the gate of Liu Mansion for a long time. His face did not show the smile just now, but was filled with solemnity and suspicion. Then he shook his head and left.

Lu Yishan did not go towards the Liumen General Office in Dongcheng. Instead, he came to an unknown alley in Nancheng. He walked to the door of a house and knocked on the wooden door.

After a while, the wooden door opened and Lu Yishan stepped in.

When Lu Yishan walked into the room, he saw a group of ragged men huddled on a square table playing Pai Gow. There were about a dozen weapons lying in a mess beside the table's legs.

Looking at the sharp edges of various weapons, Lu Yishan couldn't help but stare, and then said in a deep voice: "I have checked it out, and it should have nothing to do with Miss Liu."

"Should?" came a voice from the crowd.

The men who had been huddled together moved around, and saw an old man with a hooked nose sitting at the head of the square table, stroking the Pai Gow in his hands with both hands.

"How can a weak woman who grew up in the countryside be able to kill the 'little black snake'?" Lu Yishan said calmly.

"If you really want to avenge your son, why don't you go to Tiancheng Gambling House and ask. It was from Tiancheng Gambling House that 'Little Black Snake' took over this business."

(End of this chapter)