late Qing Dynasty arrest

An accident happened at the British Legation in the capital, military officer Robert Wood was killed.Because the place of death was not in the consulate, the Qing Empire was caught in this bad luck.Prince Gong Yixin was also alarmed, and Shang Shubao, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, sat in the town together and personally ordered Li Guolou to come to the scene of the crime.This is because Li Guolou can speak English, and he has an innate advantage in dealing with British devils after studying in the UK. In addition, Li Guolou is in the limelight during this period of time. With good luck, even Prince Gong Yixin knows that Li Guolou The name of the building.

Li Guolou only got this little news from Ai Hai, so he dozed off while sitting in the carriage, leaning on the cushion with his eyes closed to sleep.

Ai Hai sneered and dozed off early in the morning, even if he wasn't a police officer, he knew what was going on.

Li Guolou closed his eyes and said, "Ai Bald, have you forgotten what it was like at the beginning? Eight hundred steps and a thousand steps, everyone is mutual." In less than a minute, Li Guolou had fallen asleep, with color on his face expression.

The coachman whipped his horse and headed eastward. He had already left the city and arrived at the dead Robert Wood's villa after driving for more than three hours.

Ai Hai pushed Li Guolou and said, "When it comes to the big detective, don't lose face."

Li Guolou opened his mouth wide, breathed out, and said, "It's so fast."

Ai Hai viciously pinched Li Guolou's thigh, and said angrily, "Don't disgrace the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the foreign devils are outside."

Li Guolou woke up now, and jumped out of the carriage with wide-eyed eyes. He saw rows of government servants standing on both sides of the road, and a row of Indian asan standing straight in front of the villa, holding long guns with bayonets.This is the land of the Qing Empire, but there are foreign soldiers standing guard blatantly. This is the cruel reality.

Li Guolou took off his top hat, nodded and bowed to a British officer, and said with a smile, "Hello! I'm so unique, I bought male and female Mike; Li;;;;;;"

(In the future, it will be written in Chinese, which is a convenient language.) Li Guolou and the British officer were chatting at the entrance of the villa. Ah San's body.After a while, Li Guolou had already got the British officer's business card, and Li Guolou also had this kind of gold-stamped business card, and the two exchanged business cards.Because the British officer is from London, the English pronunciation of the two is the same, and there is a feeling that they met each other very late.Li Guolou also took out a black ink pen from his purse, wrote down his home address, and invited Howard and Eugene to his house to play.

Li Guolou spends time chatting with Howard; Eugene because these British officers are of noble origin, (there are also poor nobles) who come abroad to serve in the British Foreign Legion for gold plating, and have a bright future in the future.

In the villa, Wu Defu looked left and right to see that Li Guolou hadn't come in, he couldn't bear it anymore and ran out the door, loudly saying: "Lieutenant Li, I asked you to come here to see the scene of the crime, Master Bao is also inside. "

Li Guolou hurriedly took off his hat, greeted British officer Howard Eugene, and invited his whole family to Baozhi's room for dinner during the Spring Festival.The British are different from the Jingshi people. The Jingshi people say hello and invite you to dinner, which are all polite words.It was a formal invitation for the British to have a meal, and the two set a time to meet under the northwest wind.

Wu Defu at the entrance of the villa said angrily: "Xiao Lizi, I called you here because I think highly of you. There are so many officers inside, why are you still dawdling outside? Haven't you seen the British devils?"

Li Guolou argued: "It's not Mr. Wu, I met a Londoner, and I feel kind to talk to him, so I just chat a few more words. There are so many of you, why do you want me to come, it's almost time for lunch."

"Fuck you, the British envoy is losing his temper inside. We need to send a note to the Qing Empire, saying that we are responsible for the murder of the military attache, and my grandma will not be able to live a stable life during the Spring Festival." Wu Defu said angrily, and it was hard for him to relax Come down and put all the things that should be shirked to next year. I didn't expect to encounter such difficulties at the end of the year.

"I heard from Howard that the dead man Robert Wood died of starvation. He was locked up in the study and the property in the villa was looted. How much did he lose?"

Wu Defu said: "I don't know, that foreign woman is still crying and reading, and I can't understand the list written down."

"Oh!" Li Guolou stepped into this European-style villa. In the lobby, there was a group of officials waiting for him, but standing and chatting with people. The interpreter was in a hurry, communicating with British Minister Justin Lear. .

Justin Lille is an aristocrat, in his forties, with a sense of aloofness, and looks down at everyone, of course, because he is over 1.9 meters tall and has a thick beard.When everyone saw a fake foreign devil walking into the room, they couldn't help but stop talking and began to observe Li Guolou.

Li Guolou did not expect that Bao Yitong would come to the scene of the crime. Now he is wearing a western dress to pay homage to the chief. Wouldn't it make the British devils look bad?

Li Guolou bowed and took off his hat, and bowed to the officers and foreign devils inside, showing the standard of the Qing Empire like a flattering and laughing slave.

Bao Yitong looked at Li Guolou's attire with some dissatisfaction, thinking that no wonder people in the Ministry of Criminal Justice called Li Guolou a fake foreign devil.But it's hard to say something?They have all seen the scene of the crime and found no useful clues, so they asked Li Guolou to pick up the heavy burden. This is the person Wu Defu strongly recommends, and he also likes it very much. People can't help feeling compassion.

Bao Yi said: "Master Wu, you come to introduce the case."

Wu Defu followed suit and said, "Little Li, tell the foreigner yourself that you are in charge of this case, so as not to waste time on the translation." He was very dissatisfied with the translator, his words didn't convey the meaning, and he still couldn't communicate well after talking for a long time.

Li Guolou glanced at the translator. He took away his job, and he felt a little proud that he was the only person in the Ministry of Criminal Justice who could speak English. Who could he use to communicate with the British devils?Li Guolou directly communicated with the British Minister Justin Lear. This man spoke a Stokeshire dialect, which made it very difficult for Li Guolou to understand. No wonder the translator wiped his sweat from the sidelines. I don't understand this man's English.

A Chinese-speaking Englishman helped a lot. He was the first person to come to the scene of the crime. He was the one who found the dead Robert Wood.James; White (translator and counselor), less than 30 years old, 1.8 meters tall, curly black hair, bearded, tall hooked nose, and a pair of light blue eyes, looks very mature and can be Li Guo Lou's father, who worked at the British Legation, was friends with the dead military attache, Robert Wood.

Li Guolou cast a deep glance at James; White is an idiot, he can speak Chinese, but let the translator gesticulate for a long time.James White saw that he could speak fluent London English, so he came to show his Chinese proficiency.

Accompanied by James White, Li Guolou came to the sofa and greeted Mary Wood.After saying a few words of condolence and consolation, I went to see the scene of the crime.The British pay the most attention to the study, and cultural knowledge is what they value most, and the nobles even decorate the study in a luxurious and simple way.At the door of the study room, where the fragrance of ink was wafting, stood a yamen servant, and on the other side was an Indian assan.

Li Guolou couldn't help laughing and said, "Zhang Haojie, why are you here?"

Yamen servant Zhang Haojie smiled and said: "I am your lucky star, how can I not be here."

Li Guolou smiled casually, knelt down and looked at the door lock of the study.

James White pointed to the door lock and said, "I came here last night because little Robert was missing. I saw that the study was locked, so I broke the door lock, broke into the study, and found that little Robert was dead."

Li Guolou picked up the iron chains and padlocks on the ground, but said nothing. The heavy door was still covered with iron sheets. It was originally a study room to prevent thieves, but it became Robert Wood's cemetery.

Li Guolou squatted on the ground and asked, "Mr. James, are there any antiques missing from the study?"

James White said: "It seems not. Now that Mrs. Mary refuses to enter the study, we don't know how much loss there is."

"Oh!" Li Guolou put down the chain and padlock, stood up and walked into the study. There was no light in the study in the secret room, and the desk was full of candles, as if to comfort the dead and let the dead go to heaven early.

A dead body on the ground, curled up together, the ground is covered with paper, but the bookshelf behind it is not scattered, and the layers of books are still neatly arranged.

Wu Zuo Wannianqing walked in and said, "Xiao Lizi, I have already checked the scene. The deceased died of thirst. It should have been two days since he died. You are late this time." Li Guolou was ashamed, he came later than him, he got lazy after some achievements, and was looked down upon by an old man like him.

Li Guolou squatted on the ground, looked at the expression of the deceased, with his mouth wide open, as if he had tasted all the pain in the world, and died silently like this.The huge body can't bear the hunger and thirst, and a person can't survive for three days without water.

Li Guolou said: "Master Wan, did the deceased have any trauma?"

Wan Nianqing glanced and said, "Didn't I say I died of starvation? How many times do I need to say that?"

Li Guolou was still not reconciled, and asked, "Master Wan, that means there is no external injury."

Wan Nianqing let out a "hum" in his nasal cavity, and put on an old-fashioned posture.

Li Guolou asked: "Mr. James, did you touch anything inside when you came in?"

James White said: "There is no Mike. I just flipped little Robert's body. When I saw that it was like this, I knew it was hopeless. Oh! This is what Robert took when he died. I don't know if it will help solve the case." .”

Li Guolou took a cleaning rod, which was an iron cleaning rod for wiping short muskets, and Li Guolou asked anxiously, "Where is the musket?"

James White sighed: "We haven't found the musket until now, and we have searched for it several times."

Li Guolou held up the cleaning rod and watched it under the light, as if he could find the trace of the criminal at this moment. He remained still for a long time, and the people next to him didn't know what Li Guolou was thinking?

(The highest state of reasoning, waiting to surpass countless predecessors!)