late Qing Dynasty arrest

Yangzi took out his pocket watch to check the time, and sighed: "Captain Li is already past nine o'clock in the morning. According to the normal wedding situation, I only need to finish the makeup for Miss Cheng, and Miss Cheng can put on the red hijab and get on the sedan chair. I can leave after receiving the happy money. To be honest, I have taken on a lot of work these days. If there is nothing else, can I go first?"

Li Guolou glanced at him and said, "Tell me what you did last night. If you make it clear, you can leave naturally."

Yangzi frowned and said, "I went to bed early last night, and when I woke up, I heard that the young lady had been killed. What I said was all the truth. Liu Weihuang, Brother Sang Meng and Old Man Li can all testify for me."

Old man Li nodded and said: "Yes! When the accident happened in the inner house, we were all in the yard, and no one was running around outside."

"Then have you guys gone out to listen to the opera?" Li Guolou turned to look at the people next to him.

"My master didn't go to the opera, the two of us went to the opera together." Zhou Xiaohuan hurriedly said.

Roberts shook his head and said, "Xiao Lizi, I don't understand your opera, I drank with Liu Weihuang in the room, and then went to bed separately."

Liu Weihuang nodded naively and said: "Yes, Mr. Roberts and I drank until after nine o'clock in the evening, and then went back to the room to sleep. At night, I was woken up by Manager Chang and searched the room. My feet are shaking now. Many people are crammed into one room, and the toilet smells terribly."

"Brother Sang Meng, what are you doing at night?" Li Guolou's face was serious, and he looked at the timid brother Sang Meng with a stern face.

"I went to the theater." Brother Sanmeng said with his chest out.

"I didn't see you!" "I didn't watch you either." Zhou Xiaohuan and Jiang Cong said one after the other.

"Cuff it!" Li Guolou sternly shouted.

Ai Hai stepped forward, with a vicious look about to lock up the lying San Mengge.

The people in Chengfu also glared at Brother Sang Meng angrily, scolded Brother Sang Meng sharply, and decided that he was the murderer.

"I'm wronged! Captain Li, I just ran to the inner house to peek at the little lady taking a bath, and didn't go to the daughter's building to kill someone!" After being handcuffed, Brother Sang Meng hurriedly called out, struggling with his arms to break free from the handcuffs .

Cheng Kunyu turned pale and shouted angrily, "Hit me!"

Yesterday there was a big play in the outer courtyard, but the door of the inner house was unlocked, and the wives and concubines ran out to watch the big play.Only then did the murderer pass through the inner house and enter the daughter's building, causing the murder of his daughter Cheng Xiaochun. After all, it was Cheng Kunyu's lax discipline.

Brother Sang Meng was beaten up by several servants, knocked to the ground, and cried: "Captain Li, help me. I really didn't kill anyone, please help me."

The old man Li said angrily: "I beat you to death and made you do bad things! I beat you to death;;;;;;"

Old man Li's eyes were wide open, and he also went up to kick Sang Mengge with his feet, and his movements were flexible and vigorous.Sangmeng screamed again and again, "Ancestor!"

Yelia tugged on Li Guolou's sleeve, hoping that Li Guolou would accumulate some virtue and bring Sang Mengge down from the brink of death, instead of just thinking about saving the two maids.

Li Guolou blinked and told Yelia not to worry too much. Cheng Kunyu already wanted to kill someone, and it was the right thing to let the people in Chengfu vent.

Digu walked into the yard, cupped her fists and said, "Captain Li didn't notice."

"Oh;;;;;;" Li Guolou's face twitched, as if he was snickering, and then quickly became serious.

Seeing that Brother Sang Meng couldn't move from the beating, Li Guolou said, "Okay, stop beating and beat the murderer again."

Cheng Kunyu pointed at Brother Sang Meng who was lying on the ground, and roared angrily: "Captain Li, if you don't interrogate Brother Sang Meng, will you know that he is not the murderer?"

Li Guolou ignored Cheng Kunyu's accusation and asked instead, "Old Man Li, how old are you and what's your name?"

Beating people is also hard work. The old man Li, who was so tired and out of breath, stopped and said, "Captain Li, my name is Li Cheng, and I happen to be 45 years old this year."

"Oh;;;;;; Li Cheng, you look old, but you are actually young." Li Guo looked up and down Li Cheng, already suspicious of the target.He looked up at the sky again, no matter what other people were thinking, Mu Leng Leng stood in the yard, leaving the others aside.

"Captain Li!" Ai Hai yelled softly from the side, what is important to say next.

"Oh;;;;;; Deputy Ai, put away all the clothes that are not dry in the yard, there may be blood stains on them, let me look at each piece of clothing carefully. Put it in the dark room, and light each piece with an oil lamp , The blood stains can’t be washed clean, if you add some worms, it will smell like blood, and the worms will climb up.” Li Guolou looked at Li Cheng with a smile, and the meaning was self-evident.

"Captain Li, what do you mean?" Li Cheng blinked and shouted angrily.

"Skynet is very sparse and not leaky, Li Cheng, don't think that if someone calls you old man Li, you are a good person." Li Guolou squinted his eyes to look at people, as if to see what the other person was thinking.

Everyone was in an uproar, and they couldn't believe that the honest and honest Li Cheng was the murderer, but they all focused their eyes on Li Cheng.

Li Guolou turned his head and said: "Master Shangshu, I heard that someone offered 1 taels of silver for your red diamond, but you didn't even sell it?"

Cheng Kunyu nodded and said, "Yes, I am not short of money. Why do I need 1 taels of silver? Red diamonds are priceless treasures. Even if someone offered 10 taels, I would not sell them."

Cheng Kunyu just wanted to come back and be a real official. It doesn't matter if the official hat is small, he has had enough of the fake one.He wants to befriend Prince Li Chenghou and give the red diamond as a dowry in order to return to the political arena.

Li Guolou said: "But I heard that there are people in the Jianghu offering a reward, and the reward is 1 taels. As long as you get a red diamond, you are willing to pay. Is that right?"

"Hey! That's what happened, so I was extra careful and never showed the red diamonds to others. I never thought that people would take risks. I really regret that I should not give the red diamonds to my daughter so early!" Cheng Kunyu She shed tears, beat her chest and stamped her feet and cried.

Li Guolou said: "Master Shangshu, I can tell you in charge that this case was done by someone in your family, and has nothing to do with the theater troupe or these six people."

"Why? Impossible!" The manager, Tsuneishi Kuan, jumped like thunder, screaming loudly. It didn't mean that all the dirty water was poured on his head.

Li Guolou said: "Because an outsider, even if he manages to steal the red diamond, he can't take it out of the Chengfu. Mr. Chang, you guard this place so that the wind and rain cannot see through, will those treasures fly out? So the murderer must be It's from your family."

Cheng Kunyu looked at Li Cheng who was kneeling on the ground and confessed, and asked suspiciously, "Captain Li, why do you think old man Li is a murderer?"

Li Guolou spit out word by word: "Master Shangshu, because here only the old man Li has the opportunity to be your daughter's friend. He is a flower planter. He looks honest and old. He can freely enter and leave your inner house and daughter's building." Pruning flowers and plants, you can also say a few words to your concubine, you don't mind, do you?"

Cheng Kunyu's heart trembled, and she looked at Li Cheng who was kneeling in horror, stepped forward and kicked, and said angrily, "Okay, so it's you!"

Li Cheng hugged Cheng Kunyu's feet and cried, "Master, it's not me, it's really not me. Don't listen to Li Butou's nonsense. I have been devoted to my duties in the mansion for 20 years, and I have never done anything wrong." thinking;;;;;;”

Li Cheng yelled hoarsely, as if he was extremely wronged in his heart.

Li Guolou sneered and said, "From the scene of the crime, the murderer was put into the courtyard by the deceased Cheng Xiaochun himself. Why did Ms. Cheng let the murderer into the yard? It wasn't because of an affair. Ms. Cheng watched the murderer in the daughter building. Seeing no young men, Ms. Cheng usually sees a few older men doing miscellaneous things, such as pruning flowers and plants. Ms. Cheng sees people too simply, thinking that everyone around her can be friends, so she and the murderer early Then they become good friends who can chat. Ms. Cheng is going to get married, and she will not see her good friends in the future. It was agreed to come to her attic to have a chat at night, or it might be proposed by a good friend. It's all possible. But Ms. Cheng didn't think that the world is dangerous, and a reward of 1 taels of silver is willing to commit suicide. The reward of 1 taels gave Ms. Cheng a fatal blow. Ms. Cheng never thought that she brought the crime to herself, and she died with a female celebrity, and she will not die with peace."

Li Cheng yelled: "I'm wronged, I didn't kill anyone, how can I get in without the key to the daughter's building?"

Li Guolou lowered his head and said with a smile, "Li Cheng, how do you know that the murderer has the key to the daughter's building? Could it be that you were at the scene."

"Oh;;;;;;" The crowd clamored, and they all understood that only the murderer himself knew how the murderer entered the daughter's building.

"I, I, I, I heard what Manager Chang said." Li Chengyou argued to himself, clenching his teeth and refusing to admit to murder and robbery.

"When did I say that! If the police didn't find out, would I be talking nonsense?" Chang Shikuan, the supervisor, roared angrily, wanting to kill Li Cheng, but was dragged back by the police beside him.

Li Guolou took out a bamboo hoop from his leather bag. The picture of mandarin ducks playing in the water was about to be completed, and only the eyes of a pair of mandarin ducks were left unembroidered. He smiled and said, "Li Cheng, do you remember that Miss Cheng is dying?" Is it the embroidery picture I showed you? Did you praise me a few words, or did you stab the knife directly?"

"Captain Li, you are just talking nonsense." Li Cheng didn't bother to look at Li Guolou, and turned his head to the side, as if he would rather die than surrender.

Li Guolou smiled casually and said, "Li Cheng, you don't know that you need to stab the heart in order to be fatal. If you stab the stomach with a knife, people won't die right away?"

Without any response, Li Guolou said to himself: "Li Cheng, you stabbed Ms. Cheng in the stomach, and Ms. Cheng also left a souvenir for you, do you know that you can wash away the blood, but this You still have a present with you."

"What?" Li Cheng asked involuntarily.

Before everyone came back to their senses, Yelia interrupted and shouted: "Embroidery needle, Miss Cheng inserted the embroidery needle into Li Cheng's braid."

"Ah;;;;;" Li Cheng couldn't bear it any longer, and involuntarily reached out to touch the braid on the back of his head. The two policemen next to him hurriedly grabbed Li Cheng's hands, and Ai Hai touched Li Cheng's braid. I touched it inside, and sure enough, an embroidery needle came out.

"Li Cheng, what else do you have to say?" Ai Hai asked excitedly.

Li Cheng collapsed on the ground, and said powerlessly: "I plead guilty. I killed Miss Cheng. I wanted to get rich and go crazy. I'm unlucky. I didn't find the red diamond. Even if you kill me, I won't be red." Drill."

Li Guolou raised his hand and pointed upwards, and said, "Li Cheng, did you put those stolen treasures in the crow's nest?"

"Yes!" Li Cheng replied weakly, annoyed and remorseful, what awaited him would be torture and death.