Jianghu Case: Female Psychologist

Chapter 49

Su Xiaopei had never seen the underworld in ancient times.

In fact, as a master, her daily activities were limited to her residence and yamen, and she never even went to the market.Aunt Liu helps with the daily purchases on weekdays, and the yamen is just outside the alley, so there is no need to walk a few more steps.So don't talk about the underworld, except for these officials and gentlemen in the yamen, she has only met the relevant parties in the trial.I spend more time struggling with classical Chinese than seeing people every day.

Sometimes she would think to herself mockingly, the red thread is really good to her, and she was pulled here to be an older leftover woman and house girl, and Cheng Jiangyi didn't even see a ghost.She was suddenly panicked. Could it be that she has been unable to find him and will be trapped here to death in this life?

The old lady was unreliable that month, saying that the red thread was tied tightly, and she would be not far from Cheng Jiangyi when she came over, but what happened?Now even the government's system has been used, but no useful news has been received.The more she thought about this, the more panicked she became, and without Ran Feize around, she didn't even have anyone to confide in.This made Su Xiaopei feel even more sad.

On this day, ten days after Ran Feize left, Bai Yulang suddenly brought her a letter: "Uncle Ran gave it to you." The young man's disapproving face was very conspicuous, Su Xiaopei pretended not to see it.

But how could he write to her again?Could it be that she was in a bad mood, did Bai Yulang see it?Did Ran Feize send a letter when he said he was in a bad mood?

Su Xiaopei opened the letter. This time the letter was rather long. He thoughtfully did not write classical Chinese, which warmed Su Xiaopei's heart. After reading it, he couldn't help laughing.

The letter was written by Ran Feize halfway through the journey. He told her which cities he passed along the way and what special scenery they had. He said that he delivered her letter to the temple along the way as agreed, so that she should not worry about it.He said that when he settled down at the inn a few days ago, he took out the roast chicken and wine that Su Xiaopei gave him, and Xiao Er stared at him.He said that the stingy second brother hated him for not buying food in his store. He said that the more the second brother glared at him, the less he would buy food in his store.He said that the roast chicken and wine she bought tasted quite good, and he liked it very much.

Su Xiaopei could imagine how Ran Feize would look like the inn's waiter in anger, sometimes he was like a child, deliberately provocative and annoying, obviously a tall and burly man, but he was childish from time to time.Su Xiaopei couldn't help laughing while reading his letter.He said in the letter that when he settled down and had a fixed address, he would tell her.

Su Xiaopei's heart skipped a beat, almost thinking that he was inviting her to join him, but then he thought, what he meant was that she could write back to him.

Sure enough, nearly ten days later, Su Xiaopei received another letter from Ran Feize.This time he said that he had arrived at Wuzhen next to Pingzhou City and settled there.He told her what the house he lived in was like and what the surrounding scenery was like, and he said that there were many quacks in Wuzhen, most of whom were rough men, but he, a strong man, looked refined here, which made him rather is self-confidence.He said that if she was here, she would definitely praise him.He also said that the prices of things here are similar to those in Stone Town, and some are cheaper.For example, steamed buns cost two copper coins for five, and he said that he would do the math for her, and her monthly money could buy two thousand steamed buns.

Su Xiaopei laughed out loud.

Ran Feize mentioned some trifles in the letter, although they were trivial, but Su Xiaopei read them with great interest.At the end of the letter, Ran Feize said that the place for him to stay had been decided, and he was looking forward to her letter.Inside the letter was an envelope he had addressed.He also told her to just hand over the letter to Bai Yulang, and he would arrange for someone to deliver the letter.

Su Xiaopei was in a very good mood after reading the letter, and she quickly replied to him.She talked about her current living conditions, which are stable but boring.She told him that no major cases had happened recently, so she had to read old case files every day.She also told him that there was no progress in finding someone, and she was a little flustered.

In the end, she sued Bai Yulang, saying that if she handed the letter to Bai Yulang, he would definitely complain that it was inappropriate for her to give and receive the letter in private.But she planned to tell Bai Yulang that she had given this letter openly and aboveboard, not private, and told him not to nag.She then asked him how many letters he gave Bai Yulang, she said he only gave her two and hid the rest, she wanted to get all these letters back and asked Ran Feize to tell Bai Yulang to hand them over .

Su Xiaopei had a lot to say, so he wrote the letter long and fast.After finishing writing, she put the letter into the envelope prepared by Ran Feize and sealed it, then handed it to Bai Yulang, asking him to help arrange delivery.

As she expected, Bai Yulang looked at her with frown. Su Xiaopei smiled and pointed to the words on the envelope. They were written by Ran Feize. He asked her to write the letter. She really can't be blamed for nagging her.

In the end, Bai Yulang said: "That can't be returned so quickly." He weighed the weight of the letter, and added: "I still wrote so much."

Hey, does this mean that it is also a matter of etiquette for a woman to be too proactive in replying to a letter?What is he loathing?It's really petty, look at how generous the strong man is.Su Xiaopei also frowned at Bai Yulang.

Bai Yulang had nothing to say, he took the letter away muttering, muttering that he would also write a letter, and he wanted to have a good talk with Uncle Ran, and report all the inappropriate things about eldest sister.Su Xiaopei ignored him, only thought that Ran Feize would see her letter soon, and couldn't help smiling.She hoped that the days would pass quickly, and she wanted to receive another letter from Ran Feize as soon as possible.

But the days didn't go too fast, but finally they weren't so peaceful.

One day, an old woman came to the gate of the yamen with a dead body on her back to beat drums and complain.The old woman was a peasant woman in the suburbs. Her husband passed away early, and her eldest daughter had already married out of town. She and her younger daughter were the only ones at home.Two days ago, she came to report to officials that her youngest daughter was missing and had disappeared.The government has not found her daughter's whereabouts.Today the old woman came with the corpse on her back, and said that she had been looking for her daughter in and out of the city, and by such a coincidence, today she met her daughter who had been robbed and escaped desperately in the outskirts of the city.The daughter was dying, and she collapsed after seeing her mother. Before she died, she pointed to the direction and told her mother that she had been robbed to a house with red tiles and green walls on the outskirts of the city, where she was tortured, beaten, and tortured for several days.She recognized that man, he was Tong Feng, a senior official from Buzhuang, Lin County.

After the daughter finished speaking, she finally died.The old woman was distraught, she gritted her teeth and carried her daughter's body on her back, and went straight to the yamen to beat drums and complain.

Fu Yin attached great importance to this case and urgently ordered Wu to conduct an immediate autopsy.

The daughter had just passed away not long ago, her body was covered with scars, her limbs were tied, it was horrible, she was only covered with a torn outer garment, her feet were bare, her hair was disheveled, she really seemed to be looking for an opportunity to escape.After hearing this, Fu Yin ordered Gu Xing, Liu Xiang and others to go to the suburbs to search for the house that the old woman mentioned.

Gu Butou got the order, and took Liu Xiang and others to go, and it turned out that there was a house with red tiles and green walls.After asking around, the owner of the house is indeed Tong Feng, the owner of the cloth shop in Lin County, the neighboring county.

Before Gu Butou came back, Fu Yin asked the old woman about the details of her daughter's disappearance and recovery, and how she knew Tong Feng.The old woman told with tears that her daughter, Shannvhong, often does some needlework to supplement the family income. Because of this, she took a lot of jobs in the cloth village of Daguan Tong, so she recognized her.

Fu Yin asked the woman about her daughter's relationship with Tong Feng on weekdays.The woman shook her head, saying that her youngest daughter was never married when she was in her boudoir, and that she was very discreet in her words and deeds on weekdays, and she never had any inappropriate involvement with men. The work is handed over to the steward of the cloth village, and he returns after receiving the money, and never stays in the cloth village.I even saw Tong Daguan around, but I just bowed my head to say hello, and didn't talk much.

The Fu Yin heard it, and when Gu Butou reported it, he already felt that Tong Feng was interested in it in all likelihood, but the woman refused, so he looked for an opportunity to forcibly rob the woman.Although Lin County has its own county government, it is still within the jurisdiction of Ning'an Fucheng. Qin Tutou has a golden sword from the imperial court, but the whole country can arrest murderers. County, take Tong Feng back.

When Qin De was leaving, the old woman knelt in front of the horse, kowtowed vigorously, and begged all the adults with tears to uphold justice for her daughter and severely punish the murderer.Seeing this scene, Su Xiaopei couldn't help being moved.

Qin Dezheng led the people and set off in the dark, and returned in the early morning of the second day, escorting Tong Feng back.But things have come to this point, but something has changed.Tong Feng refused to plead guilty. He said that he spent the past two days at home with his wife and concubine and did not go out. His wife and concubine can testify.Needless to say, his three wives and concubines gave confessions, proving that Tong Feng was indeed having fun with them at home and never went out.

Tong Feng also said that he knew the old woman. He had helped his cloth shop with some embroidery work, but her skills were mediocre, and she hadn't given any work to her family for several months.The old woman and daughter came to make trouble several times, but he was stopped by the steward of the cloth village.He said that the old woman's life was miserable, and those who heard it were moved, but at the end of her life, who knew whether the girl really said that he committed the crime or didn't have time to speak at all?The old woman lost her life and was eager to vent her hatred, so she found someone with a grudge to bear the charge, but it is unknown.Furthermore, there are no people around the house, and it is very eye-catching at that place. Many people know that Tong Feng owns it. It is not uncommon to be able to tell the characteristics of the house and refer to him by name.

The old woman never expected to be beaten up and down, she was so angry that her face turned pale, she couldn't speak, she passed out from anger.

Fu Yin sent Gu Xing, Liu Xiang and others to search the house again, and reported back after the search, they found no clothes of the old woman, nor any other physical evidence that anyone was arrested in the house.There were no servants in that house, and the neighbors on the left and right were far apart, and no one saw anything unusual about the house, nor did they hear the sound of a woman calling for help.

The governor then ordered Qin Tutou to go to Tong's mansion in Linxian County to interrogate everyone in that mansion.Qin Dezheng thought about it and took Su Xiaopei away.

But there was no progress in the questioning in Tongfu. All the servants in Tongfu said that the officials were at home for two days, but there was an order not to disturb people in the dormitory. Everyone knew that the master was looking for fun, so The servants each do their own work and dare not disturb.The three wives and concubines also made vows, and it was true in those two days.

Qin Dezheng and Su Xiaopei went to the dormitory to have a look, the smell of obscenity has not dissipated yet, the dormitory is messy, it seems that there is no lie.

Qin De was asking Su Xiaopei what he thought of this matter, but Su Xiaopei was thinking carefully about what these people said.The wives and concubines said that they were having fun these two days, and the servant also said that the master was locked in the house. In these words, even if Tong Feng is not included in the subject, it is still valid.So they all appear not to be lying, nor need to be.When things were asked upside down, those people spoke with certainty and answered fluently, some too fluently.

"I want to take a look at that house." Su Xiaopei thought for a while and made a request.

The words of these people were obviously well-prepared, but Tong Feng's eyes were indifferent and calm, and he showed no sign of regret or pity. This is a typical anti-social personality. It must not be the first time he has been able to arrange his wives, concubines and servants so properly. Once committed a crime.There must be some clues left behind.

Qin Dezheng took Su Xiaopei to the house with red tiles and green walls on the outskirts of the city.

The house was very clean, a little too clean, obviously after the woman escaped, Tong Feng knew something was wrong, so he cleaned it.The house is not big, there are several rooms, and there are no strange decorations and objects, but in one room, Su Xiaopei found a box from the cabinet and saw a few small jewelry.

"It's nothing special. The woman's daughter doesn't have jewelry on her body, so these don't belong to the girl, and they can't be the physical evidence that he has imprisoned the girl." Qin Dezheng looked at it.

"I know." Su Xiaopei nodded, she also listened to the old woman's testimony, this thing is definitely not the old woman's.Su Xiaopei stared at the jewelry, the colors, styles, styles and textures were different, they were not from the same woman, or in other words, they were not from the same kind of woman.Those wives and concubines of Tong Feng can be used much better than these.

Su Xiaopei's mind suddenly flashed, and she said to Qin Dezheng: "This is not a case, Tong Feng is a serial criminal."

Qin Dezheng was surprised.

"These are the spoils of his collection. He must have taken other girls, raped them, tortured them, and killed them. He needs to dispose of the bodies."

Qin Dezheng was even more surprised.

"He cleaned up all the things and destroyed the evidence, but he was reluctant to throw them away. He needed them to satisfy his perverted psychological desires." When Su Xiaopei talked about these things, there were always some modern vocabulary that couldn't be wiped clean. Qin Dezheng was already It's a habit, you can understand even a simple guess, if you don't understand, just ask again, anyway, although Miss Su speaks strangely, she can indeed solve strange cases.

Su Xiaopei put down those jewelry, straightened up, quite sure in his heart that Tong Feng is a serial rapist and murderer.Suddenly her back felt a little chilly, because she thought that in modern times, there was a case similar to this.The murderer bought real estate outside to commit crimes. Every time he went out to commit crimes, he let his wife and mistresses have fun at home with others. The neighbors could hear the movement, and he had a perfect alibi.He is very good at psychological control and has mastered every person and detail, so the matter has not been exposed until his mistress was involved in the drug case.

Su Xiaopei said to Qin Dezheng: "This is a deserted place, where corpses can be hidden. He killed someone, and he will definitely dispose of the corpse nearby. Master Qin can take someone to look around, there must be more than one victim."

Qin Dezheng believed her, and sent a small policeman back to the yamen, told Gu Xing to bring some more people, and everyone scattered around to search, and finally found traces of digging in the woods not far from the house. At first glance, there were actually four corpses buried around.

Now that there was a major breakthrough in the case, Fu Yin immediately searched for the families who had reported their missing daughters to the officials, and asked them to identify the dead bodies.In the face of iron evidence, Tong Feng could no longer deny it, and his wife and concubine finally told the truth. Just as Su Xiaopei thought, Tong Feng went out to commit crimes, let his wife and concubine have fun at home, and the servants avoided. There will be no problem.The wives and concubines all said that the officials have become powerful in recent years, and they are all afraid of him. He will do whatever he says and dare not say anything else.

Su Xiaopei talked with these two women separately for a long time, and felt that Tong Feng's methods of abuse and psychological control were really similar to the modern murderer. If it wasn't for the difference in time and space, she would have suspected that Tong Feng had seen media reports, and it was the A parody of the case committed.But after talking with Tong Feng, she also affirmed that this man is an out-and-out ancient man.Su Xiaopei felt that he was thinking too much, and secretly laughed at himself for being confused.

The case was solved, and it took less than five days to solve such a major case, and even solved a series of old cases in the past, Mr. Fu Yin was overjoyed.Su Xiaopei felt a little sad when she saw the peasant woman knelt at the gate of the yamen, kowtowed, and left after she wiped her tears. Fortunately, the villain was punished, which can be regarded as some comfort for this mother.

That night, Su Xiaopei wrote a letter to Ran Feize.She told him what had happened in the past few days, she said that she had solved a case, that she missed her mother, that she was far away from home, and that she was afraid that she would not be able to go back.

As Su Xiaopei wrote, his mood became more and more depressed.She wrote in the letter that he was her only friend in this world, and she missed him too. How far is Pingzhou City?
At this point, she stopped writing.

She took out Ran Feize's "We will meet at a later date" letter, looked at it, and put it away again.Sigh, sit there in a daze.

It doesn't matter how far away, can she still go to see him?It was inconvenient for him to take her with him. In fact, he originally planned to send her to a nunnery. Now it is much better to have a government office to accommodate her. She should be content and can't always bother him to delay him.In fact, thinking about it carefully, she is so lucky that she met such a good person as Ran Feize as soon as she passed through. Under his care, she really didn't suffer much, except that she couldn't find the person she was looking for. It went well.But not being able to find talent is the key, she can't go back if she can't find Cheng Jiangyi, but she really has no clue, what can she do?
If she was found to be missing or missing, how worried would mother be?She missed her so much, and even though the mother and daughter had to quarrel and be unhappy when they met, she still missed her.Dad used to always say that their mother and daughter had similar tempers, and Dad was right.She misses her father too, and there is no picture of him to see here...

Su Xiaopei was in a daze when he suddenly heard a knock on the door, "Dong Dong Dong", neither heavy nor light, but very clear.

Su Xiaopei was a little alert, whether Aunt Liu, her family, or Bai Yulang or anyone else came to look for her, except for knocking on the door, she would call "Miss Su" again.But this time there was no sound of anyone knocking on the door.Su Xiaopei didn't answer the door, she took the dagger and walked quietly behind the door.

But there was no sound outside the door again, as if the knock on the door just now was an illusion.But Su Xiaopei knew she heard right, someone knocked on the door just now.

"Who is it?" She couldn't help asking in a low voice, but no one answered.

Su Xiaopei waited, frowned, and was about to ignore it and retreat back into the room, but suddenly saw a letter under the crack of the door.

This is not Ran Feize's letter, Su Xiaopei can be sure without reading it.

He would not have sent her a letter in such a frightening way.

Su Xiaopei hesitated for a moment, then picked up the letter.Then she lay down on the crack of the door and looked out, but there was no one.

Su Xiaopei took the letter back to the house and opened it.

After only one glance, she rushed out, pulled the latch of the door and rushed out of the door in one breath.

The moon hangs high, the night sky is clear, the alley is shone brightly by the moonlight, and the bottom can be seen at a glance, there is no one in the alley.Su Xiaopei then ran outside until he reached the street.She looked left and right, looking around anxiously, but she didn't see anyone suspicious.

Su Xiaopei's heart was pounding out of rhythm.

There were only three words on the letter - Who are you?

(End of this chapter)