Brocade clothing

Chapter 23
Butcher Yang finally watched her finish, and breathed a sigh of relief: "You guys, you see, it's nothing special. The younger one is a butcher who sells pork all day long. I really don't know who the child is. It's not about arresting him." Is there a suspect?"

"Butcher Yang, how is your family's business?" Chu Qing suddenly asked after answering the wrong question.

"Ah? One, so-so, I can barely make ends meet. Otherwise, I wouldn't let my little girl get these red girls to come back to supplement the family." Butcher Yang's eyes were red, and he seemed to feel sorry for his daughter, his eyes flashed A tinge of guilt.

Chu Qing grasped this point, walked towards Qin Tutou, and whispered a few words.

Qin Tutou was stunned for a moment, and without any delay, he immediately sent someone to do it.

Chu Qing went around the yard again, and finally returned to Yang Liu'er's room. At this moment, the yamen servant sent by Qin Butou came back, and whispered something in Qin Butou's ear.Qin Butou gave Chu Qing a surprised look, then walked towards her, and told Chu Qing all the news he got.

Chu hummed softly, then looked at Butcher Yang with a vacillating face, and suddenly said by surprise, "Butcher Yang, the child belongs to Chen Youcai, right?"

"No!" Butcher Yang reflexively denied, and when he recovered, his face changed, his eyes widened, but he retorted stubbornly: "How is it possible? Officer, how could you think it was him... Our family and Chen We haven't seen each other for many years."

"It's true that you have no relationship with the Chen family, but it doesn't mean that Yang Liu'er doesn't." Chu Qing walked around, raised her hand, and casually picked up the only oil-paper umbrella in the room that was rather abrupt: "Butcher Yang, what is this?" Where did it come from?"

"This, this... this is bought by the little one." Butcher Yang immediately pouted.

"How much money did you buy?" Chu Qing asked forcefully.

"This, this...five, five silver coins?" Butcher Yang wiped his forehead and said.

"Butcher Yang, this oiled paper umbrella is worth a tael of silver." Chu smiled lightly, but Butcher Yang's face changed when he laughed, but only heard Chu Qing continue: "Your family background is average, Yang Liuer I have to be a female celebrity to support the family, but why does she have such an exquisite and expensive oiled paper umbrella in her room? You say five coins, but I have just asked someone to inquire about it. This oiled paper umbrella is from this street. There are two high-quality goods from the old Chensan shop in the old town. One was sold, and the other was taken by his young owner, Chen Youcai, but they were nowhere to be found. Now that it shows up at your house, you still say that the child does not belong to Chen Youcai? "Chu Qing's aggressive questioning made Butcher Yang's face change a few times, and his body shook, but he still refused to admit it.

"Maybe it's because Liu'er loves beauty, maybe I saved up money to buy it..." Butcher Yang said, poking his neck.

Chu Qing glanced at him, and said: "The Chen family is next to yours, separated by only a wall. I'm afraid you don't know that there is a dog's hole behind the haystack, right?"

Butcher Yang was taken aback: "What?"

Chu Qing slowly put down the oil-paper umbrella in her hand, and said slowly: "Your Yang family and Chen family have lived next to each other for hundreds of years. Back then, the ancestors had a quarrel because of the house land dispute, and the resentment was resolved. It has been passed down through generations, and they do not communicate with each other. , not to mention the involvement of in-laws. But what you didn't expect was that Liu'er of your family would fall in love with the boy with the weak crown of the umbrella shop next door, Chen's family. You still meet through that dog hole. I'm afraid you would never have thought that because Yang Liu'er was pregnant and aborted because she couldn't get married, she would have killed her instead?"

Butcher Yang's expression changed: "Is it because of the child in the belly that Liu'er died?"

Chu Qing nodded and said: "Yes. Now, are you still unwilling to say? Face is really more important than the child's happiness?"

Butcher Yang drooped his head in despair, covering his head in remorse: "..."

Walking out of Yang's house, Qin Tutou couldn't help but exclaimed: "I didn't notice the oil-paper umbrella last time I came to see it. Mr. Chu was the best, and he found out the child's father in a few words. It's just that Yang Liu'er did it because The child didn't die, could it be that Chen Youcai was the murderer?"

"No." Chu shook his head lightly, "The four female corpses are all pregnant, and the murderer is probably targeting such women."

Qin Butou nodded, because things had progressed, his brows stretched, and he looked a little cloudy: "Where are we going next?"

Chu Qing stepped forward, turned around, and stood outside Chen's house.

As soon as Chen Youcai saw them, he admitted it.He has also been suffering in his heart these days. If he hadn't been stopped by his parents, he would have explained everything, at least bring Liu'er's body back first, even if he married a corpse, he would still be willing.Chen Youcai squatted on the ground with his head in his arms, full of remorse: "...It's all my fault, if only I went with Liu'er at that time, Liu'er would not be murdered, you must catch the murderer Liu'er takes revenge!"

Chu Qing said: "What happened that day? Can Mr. Chen tell you in detail."

Chen Youcai's parents originally wanted to stop them, but they were intimidated by the government officials and did not dare to speak out.

With red eyes, Chen Youcai explained the ins and outs of the day Yang Liuer was killed.

It turned out that after Yang Liuer and Chen Youcai got married secretly, they never thought that they were pregnant. Originally, the two wanted to elope, but they couldn't bear their relatives, so they had to plan to abort the child first, and then make plans.That day, Yang Liu'er went to the Xianghe Pharmacy to buy safflower, and Chen Youcai was going to follow her.Yang Liu'er was afraid of being seen by others, and if it spread to the ears of the two families, she was afraid that there would be another disturbance, so Yang Liu'er went by herself.Unexpectedly, Chen Youcai waited for a day, and at night, he heard that something had happened.

When Chu Qing came out of Chen's house, her face was a little dignified.

Qin Butou couldn't help asking: "Chen Youcai may be the murderer?"

Chu lightly shook his head and said, "No."

"But is what he said believable?" Qin Butou felt that Chen Youcai could not be ruled out as a suspect. Although the murderer committed the crime randomly, the first victim was Yang Liuer. What if Chen Youcai was a beast in clothes and became addicted to killing?
"Let's go to the Xianghe Pharmacy first." Chu Qing hadn't figured out what the sauce-red powder was in three of the four female corpses.

Qin Butou looked at the sky, and was so anxious that his mouth started to blister, but he had no choice but to go to the Xianghe Pharmacy first.

When Chu Qingkuai arrived at the Xianghe Pharmacy, he did not let Qin Tuotou and the two yamen servants follow him, but let them stop first, and passed by himself first, instead of going in directly, he talked with the small vendors outside the Pharmacy, and later , and then glanced at the three of them.

The three of Qin Butou followed, and Qin Butou couldn't help asking: "Mr. Chu, what did you just ask?"

Chu Qing said: "It's nothing, it's just the situation of some Xianghe medicine shops."

This Xianghe drugstore is a century-old store, and the shopkeeper is also the doctor in charge of the drugstore, a good man.At least she asked a few of them, and they all said that Dr. He is a good man who gives fast all the year round, and if he meets someone who is too poor to afford the consultation fee, he will give medicine for free.This kind of thing has been done for more than ten years. The husband and wife love and respect each other as guests. There is no better person than a doctor.

After hearing this, Qin Butou also said, "I've also heard about Dr. He, who is well-known as a good man in Longmen Town."

Chu Qing nodded: "Yeah." But he didn't express his opinion. Old Xu was a good person back then, but he still killed people.

Being a good person is not the same as being innocent.

Whether there was murder or not depends on the specific evidence.

As soon as the four of them stepped into the Xianghe Pharmacy, they saw a handsome man in a white brocade robe patiently helping an old man set his bones.He had a gentle smile on his face the whole time, and his smile was like a spring breeze, which made people feel good.Chu Qing looked at his face and didn't think there was anything wrong.Seeing Chu Qing and the others, Yaotong came out quickly and asked: "A few officials, what's the matter?"

Chu Qing said: "Let's find Dr. He. You should do your work first."

The medicine boy looked puzzled, and turned back behind the counter step by step.

Chu Qing suddenly turned to Qin Butou and asked, "When was the exact time of Yang Liu'er's death?"

Qin Tutou was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and said, "It's almost evening."

Chu Qing said thoughtfully: "Chen Youcai said that when Yang Liu'er went out, it was Yin time, and there were two hours before sunset, so these two hours were enough for her to buy the medicine, then, where did she find the medicine at the place where she died?"

Qin Qin was stunned, shook his head and said, "No." If there was medicine, they would have come to Zhaxiang and the medicine shop.

Chu Qing raised her eyebrows lightly and said nothing.

If Yang Liu'er took the medicine and walked back and was killed, where did the medicine bag go?Did the murderer take it, or was there some other accident?If Yang Liu'er didn't take the medicine, where did she go during these two hours?
Chu Qing waited for the doctor to send the patient away before stepping forward and calling: "Doctor He."

"Are you...?" Dr. He was stunned for a moment, his eyes fell on Chu Qing in doubt, and then at Qin Butou behind her, the doubts in his eyes became more intense: "I don't know if some officials are looking for me for something. ?”

"There is something I want to ask." Chu Qing said: "20 days ago, around three quarters of the Yin hour, there was a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, who was wearing an apricot-yellow skirt, and came to buy red flowers. ?" From Yang's house to Xianghe Pharmacy, it only takes about three quarters of a journey.Chen Youcai said that Yang Liuer would go out at Yinshi, and if there was no delay on the way, he would probably arrive at Xianghe Pharmacy at this time.

"20 days ago?" After thinking about it with the doctor, he said, "Yes."

"Doctor He remember to listen clearly." Chu Qing smiled inexplicably, her eyes were a little subtle, and her emotions were too obvious, which made the smile on the corner of Doctor He's mouth fade a bit.

"What does this official mean? Originally, there were not many people who bought abortion drugs like safflower, only two or three a month, but it was only 20 days, even within half a year, and I also remember." No matter how good it was, Chu Qing was also annoyed by Chu Qing's attitude.

Chu Qing looked at his face, and there was indeed nothing unusual, so he apologized: "Chu was rude. After all, it is a serial murder case. It is better to be cautious. I just offended him. I just wanted to make sure that there was no malice."

Doctor He opened his mouth to say something, when he heard the serial murder case, he frowned and said, "The person who died was someone from my shop?"

(End of this chapter)