Brocade clothing

Chapter 168 Seven Lives
The other knocked on the table while breaking the wooden chopsticks: "What do you know? Do you know the saying that you know people, you know your face, but you don't know your heart?"

"That's right, someone with a pretty face is not the murderer of the rape and murder case? You can't think like this!"

"Hahahaha...that's it!"

"..."

A few people made jokes and made a fuss. The food was served quickly. They were just about to eat when suddenly a yamen servant raised his head and looked in Chu Qing's direction inadvertently: "Huh?"

"what happened?"

"Master Yu seems to be talking to someone..."

The rest of the yamen servants quickly turned their heads, and they found that Chu Qing was talking to a man dressed in brocade clothes as a guard.

Later, the man handed Chu Qing a note and left.

Seeing that Chu Qing was going to look over, several yamen servants quickly turned their eyes away, buried their heads and started eating.

On the other side, Chu Qing took some news about Laotangtou's granddaughter that Zhong Xuan had sent over, and went to look at those yamen servants after sending them away. He originally wanted to call for them to go together, but he just thought of the other party in the past two days. She seemed to be helping, but in fact she didn't put her heart into it at all. She rubbed the space between her eyebrows, and the other party was eating, she thought about it, and decided to go and see it by herself first.

She glanced at the address, quickly put it away, and headed towards the place on the address.

That Jin Yiwei said that Brother Zhong had a case and couldn't get away from it for the time being, only to find that Lao Tangtou's granddaughter was fostered in this family, and then disappeared, so she asked her to ask first.

As soon as Chu Qing left, the servants wiped their mouths, paid for the meal, looked at each other, and followed silently.

"Will we be discovered like this?"

"If you find out what you are afraid of, just say we are here to help..."

"But……"

"Stop rambling, hurry up, maybe he is going to the place where the missing girls are being held. If we can make a big contribution, aren't we afraid that we won't be promoted?" A yamen servant bewitched, and the rest of them gritted their teeth and responded. However, one person was left to report back to the Ministry of Punishment.

The others watched and followed Chu Qing.

On the other side, according to the address, Chu Qing found a dilapidated courtyard deep in a remote alley in the capital.

The door was already rusted, but the lock on it was often used by people. It was smooth and shiny, but it was almost silver-white to the touch.

Chu Qing knocked on the door, but it was quiet inside, and no one came to answer the door.

There was only one family in this alley.

Chu Qing frowned, looked at it a few more times, and was about to leave, but suddenly heard the sound of something knocking to the ground from inside.

Chu Qing shrank her pupils, slammed on the door vigorously, and then pushed it violently.

The door opened in response, but the lock that locked the door was not locked tightly.

Chu Qing didn't care about anything else, and quickly ran towards the door where the sound came from, but the moment the door was pushed open, Chu Qing's expression changed instantly.

I saw several girls tied up in the room of this small courtyard.

But they all passed out, so she hurried over to test the other person's breathing.

Fortunately, they are still angry.

After looking at them one by one, she found that there were only three of them.

Two of them should be one of the three missing girls, and the other one is obviously not. She is only seven or eight years old, lying on the ground. Judging from her age, it is very likely that she should be the granddaughter of Lao Tangtou.

Chu Qing's heart skipped a beat, where is the third girl...

She saw that there was another room in the room, and she had an inexplicable premonition in her heart.

She walked over, opened the curtain suddenly, and when she saw the situation in front of her, her face became extremely ugly.

The girl stared wide-eyed, her clothes disheveled...

Her face turned pale for a while, and she walked over quickly, her fingers resting on the other's pulse, but she was already out of breath.

The blood on the neck was exactly the same as that of the previous four victims.

First he was raped and killed, and then he was stabbed to death.

The window was wide open, and the only difference was probably that the murder weapon was thrown aside.

Chu gently touched the other person's body temperature, it was still hot, it seems that the murderer even ran out from the window.

Chu Qing's expression changed, and she immediately chased outside.

Maybe we can catch the murderer...

But as soon as she ran out of the room, she met the dumbfounded eyes of several yamen servants.

Chu Qing was startled, and without thinking about anything else, she was about to run outside to chase the murderer.

He was quickly stopped by a few yamen servants, and Chu Qing frowned: "What are you doing? The deceased just died not long ago, and the murderer just ran away. Now you can still catch up..."

One of the yamen servants quickly passed her and ran in.

Not long after, he ran out trembling all over: "Yes...someone died again!"

The few yamen servants who grabbed her said viciously: "This time I got the stolen goods at the same time, let's see how you can argue!"

Chu Qing looked at the other party's excited and malicious expression, as if a pot of cold water had been poured directly on it.

Chu Qing's gaze swept across the face of the yamen servant who was holding her in front of her, and then slowly turned to the yamen servants who were walking with her. Their expressions were very different, and they all carried a kind of excited ecstasy.

Excited to catch her, the "serial rape and murderer".

It turns out... from the very beginning, they never believed in themselves.

Otherwise, why did the few people who were supposed to be having lunch suddenly come here?
That just goes to show that they're stalking themselves.

Chu Qing looked back at the so-called "murder scene" again, and couldn't help but twitched the corner of her mouth in self-mocking, as expected... she underestimated the enemy.

Sure enough, the other party was targeting her from the very beginning. All of this seemed to have set up a trap from the very beginning, slowly leading her into the trap until he could no longer get out.

Chu Qing suddenly gave up struggling, and waved away the hand that was holding her by the yamen servant: "I won't run, let go!"

The other party hesitated for a moment, thinking that there were so many people on his side, it was indeed impossible to escape, so he let go of Chu Qing's hand.

The yamen servant was still wary of Chu Qing: "Master Yu, come back with us, I'm afraid it's this time...you can't help but argue."

Chu Qing glanced back, but unexpectedly asked: "Is the death time of the fourth victim really the time of the previous emperor?"

The yamen servant was stunned for a moment, obviously he didn't expect her to ask such a question, and proudly said: "Of course not, it's Master Yu who was careless, otherwise, we definitely wouldn't doubt it."

Chu Qing nodded lightly, didn't speak any more, and followed those yamen servants away.

When she returned to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, she didn't see Mr. Zhen, and she was directly put into the prison.

I believe Master Zhen went directly to meet the emperor.

Chu Qing was sitting in a separate cell in a prison uniform, looking down at the dark ground, connecting all the events of these days together in her mind, and finally her eyes condensed.

After being locked in, Chu Qing calmed down instead.

When Zhong Xuan got the news from Beizhen Fusi, he almost rushed into the Ministry of Criminal Justice and made a fuss: "What nonsense are you talking about? Xiao Chu... how could she be the murderer?!"

The murderer of the serial rape and murder case?

How does the criminal department try the case?Arrest the person who solved the case as a murderer?This is really unheard of!

Jin Yiwei, who came to report, was also at a loss: "My lord, please be safe and don't be impatient. This matter has not been spread yet, but when the officials of the Ministry of Justice pushed Master Yu into the Ministry of Justice, many people saw it. , I'm afraid it's..."

"Where is Lord Zhen? What's the matter with him?" Zhong Xuan rubbed his face, trying to calm himself down.

"This... is Lord Zhen's order. I heard that those government servants followed Lord Yu into the small courtyard, and they got the stolen goods on the spot." Jin Yiwei was stared at by Zhong Xuan, his face turned pale.

"The stolen goods will be given to Banban! Xiaochu, she is..." Zhong Xuan slammed the trunk of the tree violently, causing the fallen leaves to fall, but suddenly stopped talking at a critical moment.

Those people in the Ministry of Justice are simply idiots, Chu Qing is a woman, rape and kill a ghost?Does she have that ability?

Zhong Xuan took a deep breath, waved his hand, and asked people to go back first.

He walked quickly back to the courtyard, and saw the witty words greet him: "What's going on?" She just overheard, "How could it be possible, young master..."

Zhong Xuan wiped his face: "We can't rush, there must be something wrong with this matter. Xiao Chu is a woman, and this case can be overturned whenever she wants, but... her identity cannot be revealed." Once Exposure, that is the crime of deceiving the king.

Qiao Yu was so anxious that she cried: "What should I do? Brother Zhong, you must find a way to help the young master."

Zhong Xuan comforted him: "Don't worry, I'll find a way to see Chu Qing first and see what's going on."

Qiao Yu nodded and watched Zhong Xuan leave with a frighteningly pale face.

It’s just that Zhong Xuan did arrive at the Ministry of Punishment, but he didn’t see Mr. Zhen. It is said that Mr. Zhen entered the palace. He gritted his teeth, stared at the gate of the Ministry of Punishment, rubbed his face, and simply stood outside the Ministry of Punishment, waiting directly Master Zhen came back.

In the imperial study room, Li Tianxiao was correcting the memorial when suddenly the voice of the head of the imperial court came from outside: "Your Majesty, Lord Zhen of the Ministry of Punishment is asking to see you."

"Him?" Li Tianxiao frowned. What is he doing here now?
Aren't you solving the case with Chu Qing?

Could it be related to the case?

Li Tianxiao had someone call Mr. Zhen in.

Master Zhen saluted apprehensively, but stood aside and dared not speak.

Li Tianxiao squinted at him: "Why does Zhen Qing's family want to see me?"

Mrs. Zhen thought for a while, and went straight to the point, but her trembling voice couldn't stop her excitement: "I report to the emperor, I, I have solved the recent serial rape and murder case."

"Oh?" Li Tianxiao frowned, so fast?He squinted, did he break it or Chu Qingpo did it? "How did I hear that the Fusi from Beizhen was the one who solved the case, so... what about Yu Xiaochu? Why didn't he come along?"

Lord Zhen took a breath and swallowed: "This... this is exactly what I want to report. I suspect... Lord Yu Xiaochuyu is the real culprit in this serial rape and murder case!"

"Bang!" Yu An was smashed directly.

The booming sound frightened Master Zhen to kneel on the ground, and the head of the imperial court also knelt down, and secretly scolded Master Zhen in his heart, he really... wants to solve the case earlier, so he doesn't need Mr. Yu to make up for it?Isn't this... jumping into the fire pit?
The entire imperial study room was dead silent, Li Tianxiao laughed back angrily: "Is Yu Xiaochu the murderer?"

(End of this chapter)