Detective in the Red Chamber

"Colorless, tasteless, it can quickly melt into alcohol, and it can kill people in a very short time!"

"This is by no means comparable to common goods like arsenic!"

"If you are a rich and powerful master, you can find this kind of poison, but you are just an ordinary poor scholar, and it has only been seven or eight hours since you received the ransom..."

Speaking of this, Sun Shaozong leaned forward slightly, stared at Li Xiucai sharply and said, "Tell me, who is the person behind the scenes who is behind you!"

Chapter 292 Sorry, It Wasn't Love Killing

squeak~

The windows on the west side of the second floor were separated left and right, causing Zhao Wuwei to look up, and saw a white arm stretching out from inside, took out the flower bellyband that was drying outside, and quickly closed the window.

Zhao Wuwei's eyeball seemed to be pulled in by the white arm, and then pinched by the window edge, and he couldn't pull it out for a long time.

Qiu Yunfei stretched his legs on the shaft of the car, kicked him lightly on the back, and cursed, "Isn't it just an arm? Look at how promising you are! Don't say that you are my subordinate in the future, sir. I can't afford to lose that man!"

Being kicked, Zhao Wuwei staggered forward, covered his waist and eyes and smiled embarrassingly, and was about to flatter him, when he suddenly saw the burly figure of Sun Shaozong coming out of Huichun Building.

"master!"

He hurriedly went up to meet him, slanted his shoulders and asked obsequiously, "Master, can you collect the net now?"

Sun Shaozong shoved the pair of "Jiangjinjiu" into his hand, and said, "Remember to frame it for me tomorrow, and hang it in the main hall of the Criminal Division."

Qiu Yunfei also came up to him at this time, and asked curiously, "My lord, what did Li Xiucai say? Is there really someone behind this case?"

"Yes, yes."

Sun Shaozong said helplessly, "But Li Xiucai only knows that he is tall and burly, the rest is..."

According to Li Xiucai's account, about a dozen days ago, because for a few days in a row, his stall for writing letters on behalf of him was empty of people, and as a result, he couldn't afford even the worst paper and ink.

In the evening of that day, Li Xiucai's hands were itchy for a while, so he broke willow branches and scratched in the yard. He was entertaining himself when he suddenly heard someone behind him giggling.

Li Xiucai turned around in astonishment, and saw a masked man in black, standing not far behind with his shoulders in his arms.

To say that Li Xiucai is also a courageous person, although seeing that the other party doesn't look like a good person, he didn't panic. Instead, he straightened his back in a leisurely manner, saying that if the other party wanted to ask for money, he was looking for the wrong person.

The man laughed again when he heard this, and after a long while, he suddenly asked Li Xiucai if he wanted to make a fortune and change his current desolate predicament.

Li Xiucai is a poor man with principles, so he immediately stated that although he was poor and poor, he would never covet ill-gotten gains.

Hearing this, the man laughed for the third time, and then told Li Xiucai the secret of Ma Yingjue and two young servants three years ago when they were out of the city on an outing, and explained in detail the killing plan he had formulated plan.

After three smiles, the man didn't even wait for Li Xiucai to make a choice, he left a bag of poison and disappeared into the vast night.

And since then, he has never appeared again.

A few days later, the letter writing business went from bad to worse. Seeing that Liu Xiucai was about to lose his job—he hesitated for a while, and finally decided to do justice for the heavens and make a fortune by the way!

It has to be said that Li Xiucai's execution ability is still good, and he almost perfectly realized the plan of the masked man. It's a pity that he met Sun Shaozong, otherwise the government might not be able to find him.

However, after listening to this brief retelling, Qiu Yunfei scratched his head, and said firmly, "It's probably either a vendetta or a love murder, but I think the latter is more likely!"

"why?"

"Isn't that obvious!"

Qiu Yunfei spread his hands, and said, "Ma Yingjue, that coquettish woman, is not a fuel-efficient lamp at first glance!"

"Especially when we bumped into her, I found that the rouge on her mouth and the gouache on her face were somewhat incomplete. It must have been eaten by some wild man!"

"I reckon that she heard about what happened three years ago from Ma Yingjue, and she hooked up with an adulterer to make such a big show. The purpose is to use the hands of Li Xiucai to murder her husband!"

Sun Shaozong nodded and said, "A reasonable speculation."

As soon as Qiu Yunfei heard the words, he showed some complacency, when he heard Sun Shaozong say again, "It's a pity that I still didn't observe carefully enough."

"Not careful enough?"

Qiu Yunfei was a little dissatisfied and said, "Where did I not observe carefully enough? When I was chatting with Lao Zhao just now, he couldn't even see that the makeup on the woman's face had been bitten by someone!"

Sun Shaozong shook his head and said, "It is the incomplete makeup that proves that her lover has nothing to do with this case."

"What... what does this mean?"

Qiu Yunfei was stunned, he was already very satisfied with seeing such details, how could there be a mistake in these details?

Sun Shaozong explained, "If you observe more carefully, you will find that the lack of rouge and powder on her face is mainly concentrated on the chin, cheeks, and nose, but there is no trace on the forehead."

As he said that, he pulled the short and sturdy Zhao Wuwei over and made him stand face to face with Qiu Yunfei, and then continued, "For example, if you are the burly mastermind behind the scenes, and Zhao Butou is the Ma Fu family, you will send other Kiss all parts of her body, except her forehead?"

Qiu Yunfei and Zhao Butou, who was full of stubble, stared at each other, and suddenly said, "I understand, that woman's adulterer is a dwarf just like Old Zhao—it's a bit difficult to kiss the forehead, so I had to give up." of!"

"And since Li Xiucai said that the person behind the scenes is tall and burly, the two cannot be the same person!"

Pushing Zhao Wuwei aside, Qiu Yunfei fell into the mode of contemplation again.

But Sun Shaozong didn't intend to delay here any longer, he turned around and told Zhao Wuwei, "Wait for Li Xiucai to come out from inside, and then bring him back to the government office."

"Wait for him to come out?"

Zhao Wuwei said hesitantly, "Master, shouldn't we go in..."

"Anyway, I risked my life to avenge an irrelevant woman." Sun Shaozong quickly got into the carriage, and said casually, "Besides, the money for whoring has already been paid, so let him have fun first."

Seeing him get into the carriage, Qiu Yunfei hurriedly climbed onto the shaft of the carriage, and sat side by side with the coachman Zhang Cheng.

Just as he was about to give the order to start the car, he suddenly remembered something, so he took out two gold leaves from his bosom, threw them into Zhao Wuwei's bosom, and said with a smile, "Go and wrap up the little girl who stretched her arm just now, after finishing the serious business, you Also come over and have a good time - let's go, go back to the government office!"

This kid has learned how to invite people's hearts.

Sun Shaozong smiled knowingly in the car, but then his face turned gloomy. Although he didn't disclose it just now, he actually had some immature inferences about this case.

The reason behind this case is probably neither vendetta nor love!

Because from Li Xiucai's description, Sun Shaozong felt that the burly masked man should have no enmity with Ma Yingjue and others.

As for the reason why he made this plan and chose Li Xiucai to carry it out...

For the time being, Sun Shaozong still can't deduce it, but he just vaguely feels that this fellow may be involved in other cases in the future!

Chapter 293

The lights are on.

In the living room in the backyard of the Sun Mansion, twelve candlesticks were brightly lit again.

Seeing all kinds of delicacies densely spread on the round table, Jia Yingchun moved her body a little uneasy, and said to the cook who was still serving the dishes, "This is too much. There are too many dishes in my courtyard." There are only three people, how can we eat so much?"

"Madam just pick up the delicious chopsticks."

The old woman laughed and said, "Master told me when he went out at Xiangwu, that Madam Guining caught some wind and cold that day, and asked the kitchen to make more nourishing and good things. We dare not disobey the master's wishes."

As soon as she heard that it was Sun Shaozu's intention, Yingchun didn't dare to say anything else. She silently waited for the two women to put down the last thick soup, and then retreated out in a proper manner. She finally breathed a sigh of relief. .

"Yeah~!"

Xiuju opened the curtain, leaned forward with a slightly weird posture, looked at the hot hard dishes on the table, and said happily, "Today's meal is so rich, I'm afraid it's not worse than when I was in Rongguo Mansion for the Chinese New Year. How many!"

Siqi cleaned the ivory chopsticks sent by the woman again, and then put them in front of Jia Yingchun, commenting, "The cooking skills are not as good as Rongguo Mansion, but the cooks in our mansion are more willing to use ingredients." ——If these good things are in the hands of that wicked woman of the Liu family, I'm afraid they will be kept for private use!"

The one from the Liu family is the stewardess of the small kitchen in Rongguo Mansion, and she is the best at watching people order dishes. Like Baoyu, she naturally pleases and takes care of her in every possible way; All kinds of skimping.

Therefore, Siqi hates her the most on weekdays, and has long held back his desire to have a duel with her.

As for now...

It's a pity that the Liu family didn't come over as a dowry!

Thinking of the Liu family, Siqi couldn't help but feel ruthless for a while, and when he came back to his senses, he saw that Yingchun was still staring at the table of delicacies in a daze.

So he stuffed the chopsticks into her hand and urged, "Hurry up and eat. If the wife can get a man, what are these things? Even if you want gold and silver, the master is willing to give it!"

Hearing her mention of Yi Suo De Nan, Jia Yingchun remembered the thing about cushioning the pillow in the morning, and blushed again, hurriedly lowered her head and picked up a few chopsticks, and then greeted, "You two also sit down together Let's eat."

Although only a few chopsticks were missing, it also showed the world of difference between master and servant.

Chess aside, Xiuju had been waiting for this word for a long time, hurriedly begged for chopsticks, and began to feast on it.

The three of them all came out of the gate of the mansion, so naturally they did not eat or sleep in a standard manner.

After eating in silence for about two quarters of an hour, seeing that Siqi and Xiuju were already full, Jia Yingchun put the chopsticks that had been emptied for a long time on the table.

The two servant girls got up immediately, one quickly cleaned up the dishes, and the other was about to go outside the gate, and called the mother-in-law to come in and clean up the mess.

Unexpectedly, as soon as that hand was on the curtain, the door curtain was picked up first, and then a burly figure flashed in.

"Second Master?"

Siqi yelled in surprise, but it turned out that the one who sneaked in quietly was none other than Sun Shaozong.

Jia Yingchun's face turned red immediately, she stood up in a daze, and wanted to say something, but couldn't say anything, and finally had to bury her head in front of her chest again.

On the other hand, Xiuju was overjoyed to see Sun Shaozong, so he came forward to give him a blessing, and said, "Why is Second Master here at this time? Didn't anyone see him?"

"Don't worry, I came in over the wall."

Sun Shaozong responded, seeing that the dishes and chopsticks had been tidied up, and then looking at the chess player at the door, he suddenly said, "Are you going to call the mother-in-law to come in and clean up the table? Then let's go in and talk."

As he spoke, he walked to Jia Yingchun's side naturally, and spread that rough hand in front of her.

Yingchun bit her lip and hesitated for a while, but finally put Rouyi on it tremblingly.

Sun Shaozong pulled her and opened the door and entered the inner room.

Xiuju felt a little lost, but Sun Shaozong greeted him without turning his head, "Xiuju, come in too."

"Hey~!"

Xiuju agreed with a happy smile, and rushed in without caring about the inconvenience.

Seeing that he was the only one left, Siqi had no choice but to go to the takeaway and call the ladies on duty to come in, and gave them the leftovers for supper.

It took a quarter of an hour of busy work inside and out to clean up the mess.

Siqi listened intently for a while, seeing that it was quiet there, and it seemed that something shameless was going on, so he stepped forward and knocked on the door lightly, "Madam, the outside has been cleaned up."

Before he finished speaking, the door of the room was opened by Xiuju from the inside.

Siqi walked in subconsciously, but saw Sun Shaozong sitting in front of the dressing table with a big horse and a golden knife, putting Jia Yingchun on his lap, whispering something to her.

When Yingchun saw Siqi coming in, she lowered her head shyly, but she didn't intend to get up from Sun Shaozong's arms—this was extremely daring compared to her usual shy behavior.

It seems that she not only gave up her body yesterday, but also gave up her heart.

Siqi pretended not to see it, and asked blankly, "Second Lord, will you still stay here tonight?"

"That's natural."

Sun Shaozong nodded without hesitation and said, "Recently, there are some official files in the study, so others have been forbidden to approach at will, and I have locked the door - as long as I go back before dawn, I am not afraid of being discovered .”

After hearing this, Siqi didn't mind, but Yingchun seemed a bit embarrassed, hesitated for a while, then leaned on his ear and whispered a few words in his ear with a blushing face.

Sun Shaozong laughed a few times when he heard the words, put his hand on her nose, and said softly, "Don't worry, I just came here today to talk to you, there is no other meaning."

As he spoke, he also bit her ear a few words.

Faintly heard words such as "heart-to-heart" and "not the body", and saw Jia Yingchun's star-like eyes, full of emotion and love.

It seems that the second girl is completely trapped.

Siqi couldn't help but secretly sighed, but it was normal and tense. Jia Yingchun was originally an easy-to-satisfy temperament, and he was in a panic when he met a man who was used to being considerate. There is no place to resist and it falls.

Just thinking about the awkward uncle-sister relationship between the two, Si Qi didn't know whether to be happy for her or sad for her.

Forget it, let’s muddle through!

Thinking in this way, Siqi retreated quietly again, and was about to close the door, when he heard Xiuju's charming voice from inside, "If the second master is interested, the servant can bear it."

This undead thief!

Siqi went in again in a hurry, and dragged her out abruptly.

Chapter 294

Crackling, crackling...

When Jia Yingchun was woken up by the sound of firecrackers, it was already high in the sun. She turned her head to look at the sunken mark on the pillow next to her, feeling both comforted and disappointed.

After a long time, she broke free from this chaotic mood and called out, "Siqi, Xiuju?!"