Forensic lady champion husband

Chapter 80

Seeing that Du He came back dejectedly, Mingshu immediately guessed that he had a conflict with Luo Qiyu, and the person who tied the bell had to be untied. As an outsider, she was in a hurry, but she couldn't care too much.

The most urgent task right now is to ask about Xiao Xi.

Mingshu asked Du He to sit on a cool chair under the melon vine, and she sat opposite, and asked Chunxiu to fill some iced licorice water for Du He to relieve the heat.

Regardless of other things, Du He still had this bit of cleverness. He looked at Mingshu and said, "Are you going to ask what Engong and I saw at Xiao Xi's place?"

Ming Shu nodded and said: "Since you understand, don't make me waste your time, tell me quickly. As the saying goes, three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang, and you can't let your husband do everything alone, let alone the two of us. It’s not as good as Zhuge Liang, but it’s still more than enough to compare with the cobbler, so you can talk about it, so we can discuss it.”

Du He said: "But he won't let me tell you."

Mingshu said: "It's because he refused to let me ask you. You are so righteous, you will not be reluctant to say a few words. At that time, I will see some tricks, and I can't mention it to him. I have to trouble you. Just say you came up with it yourself, and help me hide it from him again."

Du He didn't get anything that night, and he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. Hearing what she said, he also wanted to win a game in front of Yan Ziqin, and said, "I'm just talking to you, listen carefully..."

Then Chunxiu was asked to bring a pen and paper, and he wrote and drew on the paper, drawing the general layout of Huitong Hall and Xiao Xi's room.

"There is a high wall outside and a low wall in the inner courtyard. Xiao Xi's room is located a hundred steps west of the low wall on the east side where the murderer's footprints were found. I have not seen Xiao Xi's wounds with my own eyes, but I have read the records in the file. According to the description, the wound was on the right side of the neck, three inches long, and the bleeding was profuse but not deep."

Mingshu said: "The wound on the side of the neck can still leave life, and I can guess that the wound will not be too deep. The structure of the blood vessels in the neck is complicated, and the assassin failed to injure the artery. This envoy of the Liao Kingdom is really blessed." Big." While speaking, he gestured and said, "Remember, the murder weapon is a short sharp weapon such as a dagger or a dagger."

Du He smiled and said, "Why?"

Ming Shu said: "Long weapons and short weapons are used in different ways. Long weapons are mainly used for slashing and stabbing. A three-inch wound is equivalent to a quarter of the neck circumference of a normal person. It is difficult to cause such a long wound with stabbing." The wounds can only be caused by slashing."

She rolled the paper into a tube and hit the pillar of the flower stand beside her.

"For example, I have a long knife in my hand. I swing it out and stop immediately. Due to the length of the long weapon, the tip of the knife will still have to draw a long distance before stopping, causing a wound, and it is oblique. The assassin suddenly Assassinated, the victim is unprepared. If a long weapon is used, as long as it succeeds, it will definitely leave a deep wound. The short weapon is more flexible because of its short size. An even wound. What did he say himself?"

Du He wrote down one by one, and said: "Xiao Xi had already fallen asleep when he was assassinated, and he didn't see the murderer clearly, let alone the murder weapon."

Ming Shu said: "This is more explainable. If I was lying on my side and followed the sound in the dark, I wanted to cut my throat, but only hurt the side of my neck."

Du He spread his hands and said: "You are right, but it's useless. There are so many short knives, daggers, razors, and even kitchen knives in the capital. Can you check them one by one?"

Ming Shu said: "Of course it is useful. To enter the Huitong Hall, you must remove your weapon. Assassins can sneak in with weapons, nothing more than pretending to be soldiers in the Huitong Hall."

Du He said: "Even I know these things."

Ming Shu said: "The weapons of the forbidden army are long swords, and the Liao soldiers who escorted the envoys to the Song Dynasty are not allowed to re-enter the city, but only wear short swords for self-defense."

Du He took a breath and said, "You mean...the assassins pretend to be Liao soldiers? Impossible, these Liao people are more vigilant than anyone else. I heard that they don't even pull the bed curtains when they sleep. Putting a sharp weapon is to guard against accidents at night, how could an assassin be allowed in."

Ming Shu said: "This is up to you."

Du He told Yan Ziqin exactly what Mingshu had said. After hearing this, Yan Ziqin thought for a moment and said, "Actually, there is a loophole in the defense of the Huitong Hall. The Liao soldiers knew each other, but the imperial soldiers of the Song Dynasty did not know each other." For these unfamiliar faces, the soldiers of the Liao Kingdom depended on communicating with a few officers in the forbidden army who could speak the Khitan language, so if the assassin could also speak the Khitan language, he would have an opportunity to take advantage of it.”

Du He said: "The assassin can speak Khitan? That must have something to do with Yu Qing! Apart from him, how can other Khitans have the courage and ability to call the wind and rain in Bianliang."

Yan Ziqin said: "There is no direct evidence yet, you can look at this thing again."

As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his bosom, on which was written a person's name——Yu Qiu, and there were densely packed text below, describing his life.

"I sent someone to the Huainan Guild Hall to check. This person was the steward sent by the Yu family in Shuzhou to the capital to take charge of business 40 years ago. He often walked around the Huainan Guild Hall. He was good at making friends. Several palaces, including Emperor Zhenzong's latent residence, Prince Xiang's Mansion, do business. Considering the background of Yu's family, this Yu Qiu's clinging behavior seems to have ulterior motives."

"13 years ago, Yu Qiu died of illness. He had no wife and no children. It is said that he had an adopted son, whose baby name was Lianhuan. The assassination of a foreign envoy is really related to Yu Qing, and this man named Lianhuan is a habitual criminal, so he is very suspicious."

Du He clapped his hands, and said: "The geese left their voices, and the people took pictures. Now that we have clues, the limelight has passed. I'll go outside and ask my brothers about this 'serial chain'. As long as you have the heart, you can always find it." Some clues."

Yan Ziqin said: "Speaking of sheltering from the limelight, where did you hide a few days ago?"

Du He said: "It's hard to explain this matter... I'm afraid you might misunderstand it."

Yan Ziqin said: "What is there to misunderstand?"

Du He rubbed his hands and said, "Bianshui Street, you know, there is a widow there..."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Yan Ziqin's expression changed, with "I didn't expect you to be this kind of person" clearly written in his eyes. Seeing this, Du He was discouraged and said, "Let me just say it, you misunderstood! That sister-in-law She can be my mother, I'm talking about her daughter!"

Yan Ziqin's face darkened even more.

Du He patted his forehead and wailed, "I'm not the kind of beast that bullies other orphans and widowed mothers! The daughter of that family is called Ah Yue. I accidentally knocked her down, and I felt sorry afterwards and sympathized with their mother and daughter Life was hard, so I sent some broken silver over under the pretext of breaking her things. After you and I separated that night, I originally settled down in a temple. I met her near Ah Yue's house, chatted for a while, and didn't intend to mention that I was going to hide recently, fearing that it would be unsafe for people to come and go in the temple, so she took me in for a few days."

Yan Ziqin said coldly: "Girls nowadays are too careless, and they are not afraid that what they bring home will be a beast with a face and a heart."

Du He squinted and said, "Are you scolding me?"

Yan Ziqin said: "You and her are neither related nor acquaintances. If you live in someone else's house in a daze, if you let outsiders know about it, wouldn't it ruin their reputation. As a friend, I have to remind you of some things, and you have to carry them in your heart." Get it clear, don't hold one here and hang the other there, and owe countless romantic debts. Of course, if you just want to half-heartedly play in the world, just pretend I didn't say it."

Du He was struggling with Luo Qiyu's matter, and when he heard Yan Ziqin's evaluation of himself, he became angry from embarrassment, and waved his hands: "It's nothing, you are thinking too much!"

Yan Ziqin said: "It's because you think too little. If you want Mrs. Luo to trust you, you should also trust her and show some reliability. If you don't take it easy, you'll screw up when the time comes. Don't blame no one to remind you." Pass you!"

As he said that, he was about to get up, and Du He asked him what he was going to do.

Yan Ziqin said: "The soldiers are divided into two groups. You go to inquire about Yu Lianhuan, and I will go to the north of the city to visit Zhang Qi."

Du He said, "Which Zhang Qi?"

Yan Ziqin laughed and said, "Where is there a second Zhang Qi, the one who had a good relationship with Gong Mei back then and recommended him to the palace."

Seeing that he was gone, Du He found Mingshu, and told her exactly what he said just now.

Mingshu thought, since Yu Qiu is a person in the business field and has a little reputation, businessmen of a certain age may still remember him, and even deal with him. If they are familiar with each other, they can tell the identity of the adopted son. Falling is even better.

There is a relative in the business field in front of him, which is Yan Ziqin's uncle Xu Hang.Although the uncle and nephew were unhappy because of Xu Hang's befriending Ding Wei, Yan Ziqin still cared about the kinship and begged for love in front of the emperor. Xu Hang knew it well, and he did not violate the rules for half a year.

Now that the dust has settled, the two families have a rift after all—Xu Hang claims to be the elder, so he can't admit his mistakes;This time Mingshu is pregnant, the Xu family should do the same courtesy, just sent three pairs of longevity golden locks, as well as silver and gold-plated Zhou Zhou, the number one scholar and the first coral brand, all of which are to win the lottery nice one.

Yan Ziqin refused to accept it, but Ming Shu secretly hid it, for no other reason than for his uncle's wishes. He did this, obviously seeking peace in a disguised form. If he retreated, it would refute his face, and it would be even worse in the future. meet.

After all, they are very close relatives, not to mention that Yan Ziqin's mother is still alive, so is it possible that the two families will never see each other?

Now, in order to find out about Yu Qiu, Ming Shu thought that she could just go to her uncle's house, killing two birds with one stone.

She prepared a few measuring tapes and a pair of Dingzhou white porcelain pillows to cool off the heat, and was careful all the way. It was already Shen Shizheng when she arrived at Xu's house. Hang really just arrived home not long ago.

Inviting his nephew and bride into the inner hall, Xu Hang's excitement was beyond words, and instead of tea, he replaced it with warm ginger and jujube syrup.

After long time no see, Mingshu took the initiative to break the ice and said with a smile, "I should have come to greet you a long time ago, although it is a bit late now, I have prepared a small gift, please forgive me."

Xu Hang is all-faced and exquisite, so naturally he will not mention the past, not to mention that he was at fault in the first place, but now he is reasonable, and he never forgets to visit when he is pregnant. Maybe it is his stubborn nephew who can't save face, so he asks his wife to mediate Yes, it can be seen that he still has his uncle in his heart.

"Where, where, you are more than five months old now. A few days ago, your aunt was nagging and wanted to talk to you. Unfortunately, she recently visited my son-in-law's house to visit her daughter. When she comes back, I can't miss a few words at your place."

Mingshu smiled and chatted with Xu Hang, Xu Hang is a person who likes to chat and knows a lot of things, if he didn't care about the difference between men and women and dared not let go of the talk, I'm afraid a hundred days would not be enough for him chatterbox.

As she talked, Mingshu secretly rejoiced, thinking that he was well-informed, and probably had some impressions of Yu Qiu back then, so she deliberately brought the topic to Xu Hang's youthful experience.

"I was very young at that time, and I left home when my nephew was about the same age as now. Of course, this is not a glorious thing. I left my hometown because I failed in my studies. If I did well in my studies, I would stay at home and take the Jinshi exam. Passing by Nanfeng, next to Linchuan, happens to be the season when the citrus is ripe. I think this product is good. It’s as sweet as a honey pot. It can be loaded into a large truck for two dongs. The locals don’t take it seriously. There are orange trees everywhere. The fruits are all rotten on the ground, if you don’t take it seriously, I won’t be polite!”

"I hired a cart pulled by a donkey that day, and drove to Yingtan County, a hundred miles away, to sell it. Unexpectedly, the donkey ran away in the middle of the night-in fact, it was all a trap set by the person who rented the car. He had trained his own donkey and killed himself in the middle of the night. Running back, I insisted that you lost your donkey and blackmailed you for money. I was young at the time, and I was at the age of doing stupid things. These people were dishonest, and I didn’t deal with them. Pushed a cart of oranges to Yingtan, washed them clean, put them in boxes, and they were all shiny yellow oranges. A box could sell for [-] yuan. A cart of oranges, excluding the stolen money, I made a net profit of fifteen hanging."

Speaking of the past when he was young, Xu Hang couldn't help laughing.

Ming Shu said: "Then when did you come to the capital?"

Xu Hangdao: "After earning some money, I wanted to go north. At that time, I didn't know the heights of the sky and the earth. I did business in Bianliang a few times, but I still couldn't beat the local snakes. I lost all my money. I was unwilling to go back empty-handed, so I had to Get down to earth and find a job under my later father-in-law, he thinks I'm good, marry your aunt to me, I can be considered a firm foothold, their family is my benefactor."

Ming Shu said: "The local snake? Are they those businessmen who have contacts with the big families in the capital? The largest in the capital is the palace, followed by the various palaces. Have you ever been bullied by these people?"

Xu Hang smiled and said: "Why, you still want to avenge me? You have to think about it..."

As he said that, he gave a list of names, all of whom relied on their personal friendship with the powerful slaves of the palace, bully market tyrants with confidence, who only love to deceive foreign merchants, but Yu Qiu did not.

Ming Shu asked straightforwardly: "Have you ever heard of a man named Yu Qiu who was very close to the stewards of the palace in the early years?"

Xu Hang frowned and tried his best to remember, saying: "That person seems to have been dead for more than ten years. He usually deals in antiques and sends some curios to the palace and officials' homes. I was not qualified to deal with people like him at that time. The only way to deal with him is because he was introduced by someone in the teahouse and met him once, but he is a very kind person without any arrogance, but things are not going well after him, he has no children, only an unfilial adopted son."

Mingshu regained her spirits and asked, "Why is it unfilial?"

Xu Hang said with a smile: "Why do you ask this, be careful to let the child in your stomach learn it!"

Mingshu smiled, calmed down, and made up a reason: "I found a white note in the cage. It was Yu Qiu who called my family back then. Uncle also heard that I have a sister named Yuan who came back from Zhang Pingzhang's house. Now there is nothing left, I want to help her, and when I saw this white note, I wondered if I could remind the descendants of Yu Qiu to make up for my shortfall."

In fact, Mingshu had already taken care of Yuan Yizhen's place, sending her rouge, face powder, silk skirts and shirts all the time, I just hoped that she would think carefully and give up the idea of ​​spending the rest of her life in a mess.

Xu Hang is a businessman, and he is most taboo towards IOUs and IOUs. He shook his head and said, "I'm afraid there's nothing I can do about it. Yu Qiu's adopted son has been a brave and ruthless person since he was a child. He killed an official in public 13 years ago." , A big lawsuit will be set up. Yu Qiu was so angry that he died, but he is lucky, he didn't even arrange the funeral of his adoptive father, and fled for more than ten years in fear of crime, and he didn't know if he was a human or a ghost."

Ming Shu asked in surprise, "Killed an official?"

Xu Hang said: "Isn't that right? Speaking of which, he is my nephew's senior, Dali Temple Minister Chen Deng. That day was the Shangyuan Festival. He was enjoying himself in a boat on the Bian River in a white dragon fish suit. He didn't want a small boat to approach suddenly. , sealed the throat with a knife, and there is another thing that no one else knows, there was another person on the boat at that time, a prostitute who was in love with him, saw Chen Deng die with his own eyes, and has been crazy ever since."

(End of this chapter)