Dali Temple Small Dining Room

  Chapter 356 Plum Blossom Cake (3)

"Anyone who has some experience in planting flowers and plants knows that hydrangea flowers will change color when they bloom in different fields," Qian Chengli said, "that is, if the red hydrangea that has already bloomed is buried with some iron objects around the field, the flowers will change color." After a while it will turn blue."

"In my hydrangea garden, only a small piece of blue hydrangea bloomed, and the rest were red hydrangeas." Qian Chengli said, "At that time, I didn't think much about it. I only thought that it might be a problem with the field itself. That day the adults asked After I finished talking and left, I tossed and turned for a few days, and finally couldn't hold back, so I asked someone to dig the hydrangea flower garden, and it turned out..."

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A big hole was dug out of the originally neat flower garden. Although the things in the hole were covered with mud, the bloodstains covered by the mud could not be covered up by any amount of mud, and the murderer was seen at a glance. traces left behind.

  When Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu brought their servants to follow Qian Chengli to the flower field of Qian's family, this was what they saw.

   Presumably, when he dug up and saw such an instrument, Qian Chengli ordered his people to stop, not daring to move the instrument that was most likely to be a murder weapon, and went directly to Dali Temple to "kill relatives with righteousness".

  Looking at the somewhat familiar tool, Liu Yuan let out a "huh" and suddenly said, "Isn't this the stone-cutting tool of Liu Sanqing?"

  Bai Zhu nodded, recalling the time when he first met Liu Sanqing, nodded and said: "That's right!"

"Liu Sanqing has been betting on stones for so many years. No matter how carefully the stone-cutting equipment is maintained, it cannot be new. If it is broken at that time, it would be a coincidence to change the equipment. I will go to Liu Sanqing with Lin Shaoqing that day. When I was asking questions there, the stone-cutting tools I saw were too new, but the old ones are here." Having said this, Bai Zhu squatted down, looked at the stone-cutting tools in the flower field, nodded, and said, " Although it is old, the blade used to cut stones is sharp, if you want to polish it every day, and look at the blood on this utensil, it is really not a problem to use this thing to dispose of Feng Tong's corpse."

   "Where's Qian Chengyi?" After saying this, Bai Zhu turned his head to look at the pale Qian Chengli, "When I came to visit that day, he wasn't at home, and now he ran away from home and didn't come back?"

  Anyone could hear the sarcasm in the words, Qian Chengli's originally pale face turned paler, he hurriedly waved his hand while saluting, and said: "Don't dare to hide my lord, Chengyi hasn't come back yet."

"After my lord left that day, I always felt that something was wrong, so I sent someone to look for him. After inquiring for a long time, I found out that Zhang Wulin, who opened the Four Treasures Shop of the Study, hired him as a guard to help deliver the goods. Oh , By the way, that Zhang Wulin..."

  Bai Zhu interrupted Qian Chengli's words with a gesture of raising his hand, and said flatly, "I've already known about this matter."

   It is not that easy for Qian Chengli to get rid of himself. In the past few days, they have been sending people to watch every move of the Qian family, but Qian Chengli is not lying.

"Zhang Wulin and Qian Chengyi have delivered the goods for so many days and haven't come back yet?" Bai Zhu said, looking at Liu Yuan who was squatting on the ground and staring at the stone-cutting tools in the flower pit. Today, the conversation seems to be a lot less Usually, Liu Yuan came to ask such questions, and I don't know what he was thinking today.

Just when he was about to call out "Liu Yuan" to remind him, Liu Yuan, who was squatting on the ground, sighed, looked away from the stone-cutting tools in the flower garden, got up and said, "I haven't come back for so many days... I'll take someone to Let’s ask about the Zhang family’s shop and roommate!”

   When the investigation finds the key point, the person disappears. Based on their experience, most of them were either killed or ran away. The former is either a scapegoat or an accomplice and an insider, while the latter is the real murderer. Neither of these two possibilities is a good thing.

  After Liu Yuan finished speaking, he nodded to Bai Zhu, and left with his people.

  After Liu Yuan and others left, Bai Zhufu turned his head to look at Qian Chengli in front of him: Compared with Qian Chengyi's extremely bad reputation, Qian Chengli's elder brother has an excellent reputation.

  Whether the servants of the Qian family, the neighbors, or the regular customers who bought flowers all said that Qian Chengli was a good person, and there was nothing wrong with him. I don't have any pretensions when dealing with servants in daily life. When I meet a beggar on the road, I will help anyone who has a small amount of money on him. He is a kind hearted person.

   Throughout the year, Qian Chengli spent more than half a year running outside for his own flower and tree business.

Bai Zhu looked towards the Qian family's mansion not far ahead: Since he is in the flower and tree business, he naturally cannot do without a large number of fields, and the fields are all outside the city. In order to take care of the flower fields nearby, the Qian family's house is located outside the city .

  As soon as you leave the Qian's house, you will see a large village. The simplicity of the cottages is in stark contrast to the grandeur of the Qian's house.

  The house outside the city was owned by the ancestors of the Qian family, but no problems have been found in the money.

  Bai Zhu looked around and walked out of the flower field. When he walked out of the flower field, he saw more than a dozen pots of peony seedlings on the side of the road. When he saw the flower farmers carefully loading the peony seedlings onto the flower cart, Bai Zhu was a little touched: people at that time were good at peonies, and the price of a pot of expensive peonies was not high. Fei, placed in the house, is quite a place to live. There are a few pots of expensive pots in his house, and whenever distinguished guests come to talk about things, they will be moved to the hall, which can be regarded as saving face.

   This flower and tree business looks like it is running around in the fields every day, dealing with the soil, it is dirty, it can be done well, and it does earn money. After all, the rich and powerful cannot do without this township.

  Glanced at the peony seedlings, then at Qian Chengli behind him, leaving behind two guards following Qian Chengli, Bai Zhucai left.

   After all, Qian Chengyi was involved in Feng Tong's dismemberment case. As the elder brother, Qian Chengli couldn't be picked out so easily. Before the case is closed, it is naturally impossible to call Qian Chengli "disappeared without reason".

With such treatment, tea merchant Su Fuhai and Wenwan businessman Lu Yuanlin were left behind by the servants. Although there is no direct evidence at present, the source of the large sum of money is unknown, which really gave Dali Temple an excuse to leave the servants to guard their whereabouts. up.

  Shortly after returning to the Yamen of Dali Temple, Liu Yuan, who had gone to Zhang's house, also came back with his servants.

  As soon as he saw Bai Zhu, he said, "I haven't come back, but I found out from Zhang's clerk and servants the date and goods that Qian Chengyi and Zhang Wulin went out to deliver."

"Early in the morning when Liu Sanqing was found dead, Zhang Wulin and Qian Chengyi went out to deliver goods to customers. The accountant in the shop checked the accounts and found that there was no shortage of the four treasures of the shop's Chinese room," Liu Yuan said, "Sir. only one thing."

  Looking at Liu Yuan's serious face, Bai Zhu was agitated, and before Liu Yuan could speak, he said, "Could it be that inkstone?"

Liu Yuan nodded, looked at Bai Zhu for a moment, and said, "Zhang Wulin's wife and daughter didn't notice anything until I arrived at the door. After all, it happened before that the delivery was ten and a half months away. Listen to me and wait for a while." After a while, I counted the savings at home, and found that a full two thousand taels of banknotes were missing, and only his wife and Zhang Wulin knew where the banknotes were placed."

  Hearing this, Bai Zhu said "Oh", and said: "So, Zhang Wulin and Qian Chengyi disappeared with the inkstone under the guise of delivering goods with two thousand taels of silver?"

  Liu Yuan gave a "hmm", thought for a while, and said: "The two thousand taels of silver notes... I think it is very likely that the two of them ran away on their own initiative."

"It's not surprising that Qian Chengyi ran away. The case of Feng Tong's body dismemberment is such a big deal. I will find him sooner or later." Bai Zhu thought for a while, and said, "This piece of Wulin ran with him, but instead made me jump." If you come in, it's like not calling yourself."

   In this way, the case can continue to be pushed down.

"In this case, if Qian Chengyi used the knife to kill Feng Tong, Zhang Wulin and Liu Sanqing probably knew about it, and were even the masterminds." Knowing the secrets related to these two people, the secrets of Zhang and Liu must be related to the hanged Guan Mao. The source of money for Guan Mao is unknown, and the same is true for Su Fuhai and Lu Yuanlin. If you follow this line... "

   "Bai Zhu." Bai Zhu, who was frowning and talking about the case, was suddenly interrupted by a voice.

  Bai Zhu raised his head and glanced at Liu Yuan who spoke.

Liu Yuan looked at him and said, "Do you feel that something is wrong?" After a pause, he continued, "When I looked at the stone-cutting tools in the flower garden today, I thought about this case as if there was an invisible hand. Lead me to wait and check down."

"Qian Chengyi led to Zhang and Liu, and Zhang and Liu led to Mao Guanshi, and who should Mao Guanshi lead to? Ordinarily, I waited to investigate the case step by step, but Su and Lu This person who was originally supposed to be drawn out by Guan Shi was pushed in front of the two of us in advance." Liu Yuan said, "It seems that the reason is that if I wait a step slower, the two people will be silenced, so this person was pushed ahead of time." The two pushed it out like normal."

  The strange feeling after taking over this case finally found the source!

  Bai Zhu shuddered suddenly when he heard this, and a chill ran down his spine: "No wonder I always feel that this case is very messy, this case..."

  It's not that they haven't encountered troublesome cases before, and there are not a few cases in such cases, but it's the first time they have encountered such a mess.

"This case... really needs to be reorganized." Liu Yuan said, "And Lin Shaoqing, since he took over this case, I always feel that he is a little different from the past. The situation of taking over several cases at the same time is not the same. No, how could people like Lin Shaoqing be the ones who suspect too many cases, but in this case, Lin Shaoqing is really abnormal."

   Abnormal to one after another leave. Even when Liu Sanqing died, Lin Shaoqing also came to the Yamen, and only rushed from the Hou Mansion to see the scene where Liu Sanqing died, and then went home again.

Having said that, Bai Zhu already understood Liu Yuan's meaning: "So... Shall I see Lin Shaoqing?" After a pause, there were clues pointing to the case that he sorted out halfway through the case, and said, "Take this! "

  (end of this chapter)