Tremble! White-eyed Wolf

Of course the two servants didn't believe it, they kept saying that she was covering up the murderer, and the two sides almost fought again, or Wu Taining sent the servants to gather all the people in the building into the lobby, and then called two servants To recognize people, it turned out that none of the girls were really the ones they had seen before!

Don't ask for life.

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It was early autumn that was still a little warm, but the two of them shivered in unison.

Fear in their hearts, and they acted a little madly. They took the name of the nine-door admiral Rong Cang and pressed the Shuntian government to ask them to find the murderer immediately.

House Yin Zhao Chuan was sweating like rain, and he kept bowing and nodding, wishing to kneel and lick at a servant.

Wu Taining looked annoyed, turned his head and happened to see Yinglan, his eyes suddenly brightened, he walked over and said, "I don't want to meet Brother Wu Xian here."

"I have seen the military push officer," Ying Lan said with a courtesy, "I came here today with a few classmates for a small gathering, but I was trapped."

Xiang Shou and others also greeted each other, Xin Cheng was in a hurry, and hurriedly asked: "This matter has nothing to do with me, can the military push officer let us leave first, it's getting late, The family is afraid that they will be anxious."

"Now it's not my ability to call the shots," Wu Taining said helplessly, "The people from the Rong Mansion have already gone to report, and that person is about to arrive."

Several people had expected that they would not be able to get out easily. Although they were a little disappointed, they did not entangle them unreasonably.

Don't look at them all from noble families, but having real power and not having real power are two completely different things. If that person really wants to take their lives to vent their anger on the eldest son, their family is afraid that there will be a lot of noise. They didn't dare to say a word, and even had to offer a generous gift to apologize.

The reality is so cruel, how can one son compare to the fate of the whole family?

"Brother Wu Xian, what did you find?" Wu Taining frowned, obviously very troubled, "Tianxiang Building only has two doors at the front and back, and it is guarded at all times, and the surrounding walls are more than ordinary people. It's two feet higher, and there's barbed wire on it."

"It stands to reason that even if the murderer has time to escape, he can only pass through these two doors, but no one has seen this person come in or out, so the official sent the yamen to search the whole building. , and there is no trace."

Ying Lan has no clue for the time being, but she found that a person's expression was a little wrong, and pointed out secretly: "Although this person is as panicked as others, he seems to be a little scared, maybe it is Know something."

Wu Taining saw that it was as she said, and immediately ordered the room next to the crime to be used as an interrogation room, and authorized her to follow her as an observer. Soon, the yamen arrested the woman in purple.

This woman is about 18 or 19 years old and has a beautiful face. Judging from the clothes on her body, the quality is higher than other girls in Tianxianglou.

My lord, I don't know why the lord took me?"

"This officer asked you," Wu Taining said, "Do you know who the murderer is?"

Ziying's pupils shrank suddenly, and when she was about to answer, Wu Taining, who noticed her strange color, snarled: "Since this official asked you for a reason, if you don't explain it honestly, don't blame it. This officer will serve you with severe punishment!"

Zi Ying couldn't keep her composure any longer, and replied in a panic, "Slave doesn't know who the murderer is, but I just heard the description from the two of them. It looks like a blue butterfly who passed away two years ago."

Wu Taining thought she would be able to find the murderer, but she didn't know that she actually involved the dead person, and immediately frowned and asked, "Who is the blue butterfly you are talking about?"

Purple Ying did not dare to hide it, and hurriedly revealed the origin of the blue butterfly.

It turns out that this Tianxiang Building will test the appearance, figure, conversation and talent of the girls every year, and choose the best one as the oiran.

After being elected as the oiran, no matter what meal you eat or the cost of clothing on weekdays, it will be the most expensive in the building, and will be sought after by many sons, so all the girls in Tianxianglou can become oiran To be proud, to be full of wisdom and tactics, and to compete for election.

It was this blue butterfly who was elected as the oiran two years ago. She is exquisite in figure and beautiful in appearance. She is omnipotent in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. The night she was elected oiran was also the time of her death.

And the one who won the first night of the blue butterfly was the deceased today, Rong Qi, the eldest son of the Rong Mansion, but he should have been envied by everyone and had a happy night, but the next day, the eldest son Rong was She left angrily, but Lan Die never showed her face again. It was only after more than a month that she heard the old lady say that she had died of illness.

Purple Ying looked terrified: "I don't know what happened to the slave that night, but many people in the building are saying that Lan Die was killed by Young Master Rong. Today, Young Master Rong Died wrongly, I'm afraid that her grievance is not scattered, and she came to ask for her life?"

Wu Taining never believed in ghosts and gods. If this matter is really related to the blue butterfly, it is more likely that the relevant people will come to take revenge. Guan Jian is the reason why the blue butterfly went there. .

However, Ziying didn't know much, and repeated interrogations could not yield results. Wu Taining asked people to pass the prostitute over.

The old bustard was beaten by the servants of the Rong Mansion, and then quarreled and dragged. It's really wronged to die, the calamity that the eldest son Rong caused by himself, which prostitute with a rotten conscience insists on doing something in my building and implicates the whole girl in my building?"

Wu Taining asked in a deep voice, "Do you still remember Blue Butterfly?"

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"Is it true that she died of illness?" Wu Taining has been investigating the case for more than ten years, how can she not see her obvious flaws? Immediately he shouted sharply, "If you dare to hide it, it will delay the judge's decision, and Lord Rong will investigate it and see if the people behind you can keep you!"

The old lady thought about it for a moment, and finally told the truth: "Landie was tortured to death by the first son Rong, it was because his concubine did not feel bad for his daughter, but his arm couldn't twist his thigh. If you fall in love with her, how dare you not give it to your concubine?"

It turns out that Rong Qi has always liked to torture people between the beds. I don't know how many girls he has played to death and disabled over the years.

However, the prostitute is also surprised, the eldest son of Rong has always given her a little face, and he will never be ruthless with a cash cow like Tianxianglou Huakui, but he killed the blue butterfly alone, and The anger didn't lessen afterward.

The old bustard tried to find out the reason, but she didn't want to mention the word "blue butterfly", so Rong Qi got angry, and then she just pretended that there was never such a person in the building, and even warned the girl They also did not allow them to mention it again, for fear of angering him and bringing disaster to Tianxianglou.

Wu Taining also asked whether the appearance of the blue butterfly was similar to the murderer described by the two servants of the Rong Mansion, the old man recalled it for a long time, Fang replied: "It seems to be somewhat similar, the blue butterfly loves the most. It is a blue butterfly-shaped hairpin inserted in the hair, which is said to match her name."

Then she panicked and said: "When Lan Die went, all the blood was drained from her body, and the whole bed was dyed red, and now it is the same for Young Master Rong, shouldn't it be Lan Die The wicked soul came to ask for his life?"

It's a ghost story again, Wu Taining was noncommittal, and after telling her to step back, he turned to ask Wu Ping's opinion, who had been silent.

"The military push officer does not believe in ghosts and gods." Although Ying Lan was asking questions, her tone was affirmative.

Wu Taining said: "This official believes it is man-made."

"The purple warbler should have something to do with the death of Blue Butterfly," Ying Lan deduced, "The prostitute needs to be reminded to remember, but she only heard the descriptions of the two servants in the Rong Mansion. I went to Lan Die, and looked terrified. Why did Young Master Rong change his normal behavior and kill Tian Xiang Lou Hua Kui two years ago? Most of them are due to Cai Ying. "

"Heroes see the same thing." Wu Taining was about to ask Caiying to interrogate again, but a yamen came to report, and the nine-door admiral Rong Cang arrived.

This is the real troublemaker, Wu Taining sighed inwardly, straightened his clothes and went out to greet him, Yinglan was still behind him.

Rong Cang, the famous nine-door admiral, is in his fifties this year. He looks like a black, thin and lean middle-aged man. At this time, he is sitting alone in the lobby, kneeling or standing around, calling He was the only one who saw him for the first time.

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Rong Cang ignored the trembling governor Zhao Chuan and asked, "Are you Wu Taining, the official of Shuntian Prefecture?"

His voice is thick, his tone is neither fast nor slow, with a special charm.

"Xiaguan is right." Wu Taining didn't expect him to know his name, and was rather flattered.

"This officer has heard of you and is good at investigating and deciding cases." Rong Cang asked, "Have you found the murderer of my son?"

Wu Taining replied: "The lower official is incompetent, and he has not yet looked."

Rong Cang said: "I'll give you a day, if you still can't find the murderer, take all the people in this building back, and this official will question you in person."

This is already the best result in Wu Taining's estimate. One day is better than this one who immediately arrests everyone. He didn't even dare to argue a word, for fear that he would change his mind , directly bow down to the commander's order.

Rong Cang stood up and ordered the body of the eldest son to be brought back to the house, and then he really left, but Tianxianglou was surrounded by a group of soldiers, and anyone No entry or exit.

"You didn't even put us all in jail?" Xiang Shou and the others suddenly felt like a dream, and they couldn't believe that they escaped so easily, although there is still one day to find the murderer. Yes, but compared to the past Rong Cang's style is really not worth mentioning.

Ying Lan guessed a little, the Rong Mansion now looks like a beautiful flower, but Rong Cang's status is all based on the emperor's trust, and Emperor Xuan He's body seems to be getting worse every year, if he continues to follow the past The tough style, once the new emperor is in the position, without strong support, I am afraid that it will not be able to resist counterattack.

"Didn't I tell you to stand guard?" Wu Taining's expression changed suddenly, "Can someone kill someone right under your nose?"

"After drinking a cup of tea, the little one suddenly had an unbearable abdominal pain. Who knew that it was only half a stick of incense to leave, and when the little one returned, she found that her throat had been cut and she was out of breath."

Wu Taining immediately asked Zhu Zuo to examine Ziying's body. She was cut to her throat and neck artery, and she died of blood, except for the horrified expression on her face. useful clues.

And the tea that the yamen drank was indeed given a medicine that could cause diarrhea, but the tea was already in the room, and I wanted to find the murderer based on the person who gave the medicine. The road was also cut off.

The unfavorable yamen will naturally have punishment waiting for him. Wu Taining lost an important witness for a while, but Ying Lan said that this may not be a bad thing.

"Now we can confirm at least two points, first, the murderer is still in the building, why don't you investigate, who did not have an alibi at the time of the crime? Second, the murderer is really blue Butterfly came with revenge, if you investigate her past again, you will definitely find something."

"What the virtuous brother said is very true." Wu Taining immediately ordered someone to ask questions to see who had left alone when Ziying was killed, and he again came to the prostitute.

However, the prostitute said that the blue butterfly was bought from the disaster area in the south more than ten years ago. The parents and relatives have long since cut off contact, and it is not even clear whether they are still in the world.

However, the prostitute also provided a useful clue. The maid that Lan Die used to serve is still in the Tianxiang Building, but the girls do not want to let her serve close by because she is unlucky. Can find a job in the kitchen chopping wood to make a fire.

The maid's name is Xiaosi, when she was brought over by the yamen, her face was full of horror, and her thin body wanted to shrink herself into a ball. When asked about the blue butterfly, her voice choked: "The servant used to be close Waiting for Miss Landie, she is very good to slaves, sometimes slaves do something clumsy and my mother wants to punish them, but the girls stop them for slaves, saying that slaves are young, just teach them slowly."

Wu Taining asked: "How did the blue butterfly pass away, do you know?"

Xiao Si glanced at the prostitute and said, "Mom said that the girl was ill, but she did not allow the servants to wait on her. After more than a month, the servants heard that the girl had passed away. Haven't seen one side."

"You have no doubts?"

Xiao Si was silent for a moment, then replied: "What's the use of the slave's suspicion? Even the girl died inexplicably, and the slave's life is as cheap as grass, being crushed at will by others. Broken."

Wu Taining asked Lan Die if she had other close people. Xiao Si only said that the girl was once loved by some sons, and some of them even rewarded her with silver coins after learning of her death. .

Butterfly forgot.

Travel to and from the murder scene within half a column of incense.

Things are in a stalemate again. At this time, five hours have passed since the murder of the first son Rong. Everyone who stayed up all night is very tired, but the time limit given by the nine-door admiral Rong Cang is only With more than half a day left, no one dared to take a break.

"Sir," Ying Lan said, "Xiao Sheng feels that Xiao Si is not telling the truth."

The teenager in his early teens is not as big as his chest, but he calls himself "Xiaosheng" seriously. Rao is Wu Taining's heart is very tired and anxious, and she can't help but tease her into a smile.

"This officer is also a little suspicious, but we are pressed for time now. If we use torture, we may not be able to make her speak quickly."

"Xiaosheng wants to go to the scene where Rong Da Gongzi was killed." Ying Lan said with a small face.

"Of course there is no problem." Wu Taining coughed lightly, resisting the urge to laugh, and agreed.

Rong Qi's body has been carried away by Rong Cang's order, but they acted carefully, and the scene was not damaged too much. From the traces left, it can be seen that this Rong eldest son died very badly is tragic.

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"Duke Rong was gagged and tied to the bedpost, and then stabbed into the body one by one. He was stabbed thirty-nine times. The cause of death was bloodshed."

Wu Taining explained to her when Ying Lan was checking.

"This broken vase should be the thing that attracted the two servants of the Rong Mansion to break in?" Ying Lan asked, pointing to the scattered pieces of porcelain by the head of the bed.

"That's right."

Ying Lan carefully checked the fragments and the traces on the ground, and said, "The vase was thrown from the door and shattered. He slipped into the crowd drawn in by the shouting."

"This officer also has such a guess, but not as sure as you." Wu Taining said in surprise.

Ying Lan explained to him how he could see where the vase fell from the fragments and the direction in which it was thrown. It was the same as what she said, and Wu Taining admired it.

Only unlocking the murderer's method is not helpful for the time being. At that time, there were many people watching the fun and could not identify them one by one, and the two servants had recognized all the girls before and did not find the murderer man of.

There is another problem that troubles Yinglan now. According to Rong Qi's blood volume, it is impossible for the murderer who has been close to him to have no blood on his body, and the traces left on the bed can also be Make sure the murderer has blood on his body.

But if someone was walking in the building wearing **** clothes, I'm afraid they would have been discovered long ago, and there was no **** clothes in the house, she thought and pushed open the window, carefully checked the inside and outside of the window sill and even There was not a trace of blood on the walls.

Wu Taining saw that she checked the whole room and found nothing new, so she greeted her and went to interrogate Xiaosi. Yinglan knew that most of the interrogation was going to be torture, and she felt a little unbearable, but But couldn't stop it.

If the murderer is not found within the stipulated time, the girls, maids, servants, guards, and their guests will all be implicated in Tianxianglou. Of course, Lan Die and Xiao Si are sympathetic , but who are these people?

"Go down and have a look." Ying Lan understood that only solving the case as soon as possible was the key, and greeted the two yamen that Wu Taining left behind for her to come out of the window of the room where the case occurred.

The words of this room show that she is very familiar with the layout of Tianxiang Building.

Ying Lan took two yamen to check the ground outside the window inch by inch, and found nothing unusual. Just when she thought she guessed wrong, one of the yamen picked up a A straw with a little blood on it.

"Is that the kitchen over there?" The yamen turned at the corner where he picked up the blood-stained straw, and was facing a row of low tiled houses with smoke coming out of the roof. He needed to be reminded that something was wrong.

"Go and report to the military push officer and bring someone to search." Ying Lan ordered.

Waiting for the dog to give birth to a good child, relying on the fact that the family is not as good as the animal, a person so good as the girl asked him to be beaten to death, and the slaves also asked him to taste the taste of watching his whole body blood drain. !"

With so much blood and tears and every sentence, Wu Taining was testing addiction, but he had to harden his heart and asked in a deep voice, "What kind of hatred does Ziying have with you?"

Why would you kill a girl?"

It turns out that two years ago, Ziying and Blue Butterfly were both popular candidates to compete for the oiran. The two are similar in appearance and have their own romantic figures, but Blue Butterfly is superior in talent and learning. The name of the oiran eventually fell on her head.

On the surface, Ziying was happy for her confidant sisters, but she secretly sent someone to pass on Landie’s private accusation of Rong Qi for torturing the sisters in the building to him. Hearing that a brothel woman dared to speak behind her back, she was immediately furious.

On the first night of bidding for Hua Kui that night, Rong Qi spent a lot of money to buy Lan Die, and used his torture methods on her, asking her to beg for forgiveness and plead guilty before letting go she.

Blue Die saw what he had done and didn't want to let her go at all, so she refused to admit her mistake in order to fight, and as a result, she was played by Rong Qi to death.

No one was found in the closet.

Xiao Si saw the tragic death of the only girl who was willing to protect her, and saw those people with their normal expressions, using a broken bed to roll up the **** blue butterfly and carry it away, I don't know how much effort it took to hold back and not show any clues on the face.

The oiran in Tianxianglou is different from ordinary girls. Although the blue butterfly has not officially accepted the guests, the prostitute shows her from time to time, and there are many sons who like her color and talent.

enough sadness.

The name of the courtier then fell on Ziying. When she was sought after by others, how could she still remember a "good sister" who died miserably by her?

So many hatreds piled up in her heart and finally broke out, and there was no punishment, so she killed all these disgusting villains by herself!

"I only hate, hate that I was exposed too early," Xiao Si pointed at the prostitute with slender and scarred fingers, and said through gritted teeth, "I didn't have time to send you to hell! "

Xiao Si's eyes were full of dazzling malice, looking at her as if she was about to pounce and bite her to death, the old woman screamed in fright and fell to the ground, causing Xiao Si to laugh unrestrainedly .

"Who is your accomplice?" Wu Taining interrupted her sharp laughter and asked.

"Accomplice? What accomplice?" Xiaosi said disdainfully, "I am the only one in this world who still remembers the girl, and others have long forgotten her."

With an ordinary appearance, how can you seduce the eldest son of Rong who has been through the flowers?"

"I have followed the girl for many years and am good at dressing up." Xiaosi defended.

"As long as you can really dress up yourself, how do you explain that there were two cooks with you when Ziying was killed?" Wu Taining shouted sharply, " Who is the accomplice? If you don't call it in, be careful of this official's punishment!"

"I did it by myself, and I can't explain the accomplice when the adults insisted!" Xiao Si moved his waist with difficulty and said, "If the adults insist on having someone to deal with. Well, let's just say that the servants of the Rong Mansion, the two of them took my bribe and quietly put me into Rong Qi's beast's house..."

The more she spoke, the lower her voice became, until it was almost inaudible.

"It seems that you won't cry without seeing the coffin," Wu Taining said with a frown, "come here, put the stick."

There was no movement.

Wu Taining couldn't, so he had to wave his hand to call the yamen to execute the execution. The two walked near and were putting the clamp on Xiao Si's hand, when they suddenly realized something was wrong, and after a closer look, they suddenly said, "Sir, she committed suicide. It's gone!"

Trembling.

Seeing that the clues were broken again, Wu Taining felt quite tired, but at this time he heard Ying Lan say: "Xiao Si's words reminded me."

Wu Taining heard the words and looked at her, only to see that she picked up a strand of long hair from her ear and said, "I'm afraid we all thought wrong before, the murderer is not a woman at all, but men."

Wu Taining stood up abruptly and ordered: "Immediately check all the men in the building, with fair skin, between four feet eight and five feet two, with a thin body, sixteen to thirty years old ."

According to the orders from the yamen, six eligible men were quickly screened out, three of whom have been excluded in full view.

One of the remaining three is the violin master of Tianxianglou, named Wang Yongyi, 20 years old this year; the other is the concubine of Emperor Lu An, named Lu Hong, who is 18 years old; Juren knew that he went to Beijing ahead of schedule and planned to participate in the next year's Spring Festival at the age of twenty-five.

Unfortunately, the two servants of the Rong Mansion knew each other for a long time, but they couldn't see which one was more like the woman they had seen before.

It stands to reason that the violinist Wang Yongyi has the best chance to get in touch with Xiaosi, but he just entered the Tianxianglou this year and doesn't know Lan Die Su.

Lu Hong lived in Lucheng since he was a child, and this was the first time he followed his father and brother to Beijing to see the market.

He went to Beijing to take the exam three years ago, but according to what he said, he accidentally contracted a serious illness and almost lost his life , Chunwei also failed to participate, and has never entered the capital to come to this Tianxianglou.

However, these are all self-reported by the three people, but it was too late to investigate the truth. Wu Taining was noncommittal and asked about the whereabouts of the three people at the time of the incident.

Coincidentally, when Rong Qi was killed, all three of them were not present to prove that Wang Yongyi was alone in the room to adjust the strings to prepare for the next accompaniment; Lu Hong felt that the room was stuffy and was alone The wind was blowing outside, and no one passed by and could testify for him; Gao Ming knew that he drank too much and was taken to the cubicle to rest, and no one went in to see it during that time.

When Ziying Yun died, all three of them testified that they were with them. Wang Yongyi was playing the piano behind the screen at that time. Although he never showed his face, everyone in the room could prove that the sound of the piano was not interrupted. Yes; Lu Hong was talking to Shutong at the time, venting his dissatisfaction with being trapped in Tianxiang Building; Gao Mingzhi was awakened by the murder of Rong Qi, and then he was lying on the small couch in front of the window, all his companions can testify that he never left .

I thought it would be bright, but who knew that when I walked in, it was entangled by poisonous snakes.

Wu Taining's brows were knotted, staring at the three of them, wishing they could peel off their skins and take out their hearts to see who was lying.

Ying Lan said upon seeing this: "The military push officer might as well detain them separately first, and wait for more clues to decipher their alibi."

"That's the only way." Wu Taining said.

At this time, there are only two hours left before the time limit given by the nine-door admiral Rong Cang.

And Shuntian Prefecture can't even think about getting benefits. If you are charged with bad work, no one can run from the prefect or the yamen.

Insurance is not impossible.

Therefore, both the person investigating and the person under investigation have a positive attitude and are very efficient, but no matter how the yamen questioned, the three did not reveal anything wrong.

"It's hard to do." Wu Taining couldn't help touching his forehead and wanted to use torture to force the truth out, but two of the three couldn't beat him.

Although Lu Hong is only Lu An’s concubine, but the Lu family is backed by the second prince.

There is only one violin master, Wang Yongyi. If he beats him alone, he will inevitably be bullied and afraid of hardship.

"It's better for the military push officer to have a cup of tea to rest for a while, relax his mind and maybe have a new idea." Ying Lan suggested.

"Are you hungry?" Wu Taining laughed.

However, he gladly accepted her suggestion, ordered someone to make a pot of tea, and served some pastries as a snack.

Ying Lan was growing up when she was growing up, so she was not polite. She ate most of the plates of cakes by herself.

It's good to relax your mind, but before the two continue to interrogate the suspect, suddenly a yamen came to report: "The old bustard was killed."