Detective Case of Black Belly

"My strangest thing, this casino, how could there be no news about it. In our county, we haven't heard a word about this casino." The more we discussed, the more strange Fu Qingkai felt.

"Also." Wu Yuyan suddenly pulled Fu Qingkai's wrist, rolled up his sleeve, and pointed to a certain place on his arm.

"Do you remember that red mark on Liu Xiniang's arm?"

"Huh?!" Fu Qingkai looked at her smooth arm, and remembered the mark on Liu Xiniang's arm.

"That's not a strangle mark, it's a whip mark." Wu Yuyan tapped Fu Qing's open arm, and a small dimple sank into it.

"That's right." Fu Qingkai thought about it carefully, and it was indeed a whip mark, "Who could it be?"

Wu Yuyan shook his head. He hurried out in the morning, his hair was not tied up, and a strand of hair swayed back and forth as he shook his head.Fu Qingkai stretched out his hand to catch it, and played with the lock of long hair around his finger.

"I've always thought that Liu Xiniang was just a pawn representing Cangchun Pavilion on the bright side. She has always been good at flattering people. Today's rampant behavior surprised me." Wu Yuyan saw Fu Qing start to catch her. He played with his hair vigorously and refused to let it go, thinking that he would have to re-tie his hair anyway, so he loosened his hair and asked him to concentrate on playing.

"Whip, it seems to be punishing or something." Fu Qing took a wooden comb and helped Wu Yuyan to comb his hair.

"Exactly." Wu Yuyan picked up the headband and tied his hair neatly.

Fu Qing got up and walked to the desk, spread out a piece of paper, picked up a pen and wrote the three words 'Cangchun Pavilion'.

"Since there are no new clues now, let's see if there were any leaks in Cangchun Pavilion before. Yuyan, before I came, was there any case or some strange things related to Cangchun Pavilion Is it?" Fu Qingkai finally pulled himself together.

Wu Yuyan clasped his chin with his right hand, and rubbed his thumb on it for a while.

"Because Cangchun Pavilion is a brothel, the guests inside are a mixed bag of dragons and snakes. Some customers who often come to Qinghe County don't even go to the inn. There are private rooms and girls in Cangchun Pavilion all the year round. The last county magistrate was in office. At that time, a client died immediately. When we went in to check, we found that Cangchun Pavilion had been expanding unknowingly. There are long-term private rooms for foreign guests from time to time. The county magistrate was very angry, but then it must be that Cangchun Pavilion used some shady methods. This matter is let alone."

"Hmph, this business of bribery is going to be better than the business of prostitution." Fu Qing said sarcastically.

"The previous county magistrate wanted money and face. He still pretended to fine Cangchun Pavilion with a sum of money, saying that it was handed over to the court. Who knows if it was for his own official career? Let's not talk about it. He also Ask Cangchun Pavilion to submit a copy of the expanded architectural drawings for the record."

"I've seen it!" Fu Qingkai suddenly remembered that he had browsed the architectural drawings of Cangchun Pavilion in a hurry. "But I don't remember where I put it."

"It doesn't matter, that drawing was handed in by Cangchun Pavilion, so there must be no clues. Could it be that you still leaked your background to us?"

"Speaking carefully, there is really nothing very suspicious in Cangchun Pavilion on weekdays. Our government has been paying attention to it all the time. It can be said that it is the same as the street full of prostitutes and bandits that we visited last time. Pay attention." As Wu Yuyan said, a little maid from the yamen was poking her head at the door.

"What's the matter?" This little girl is still young, and she is helping others.He usually stays in the kitchen, but Wu Yuyan seldom ate in the yamen before.Later, because I wanted to get along with Fu Qingkai a lot, after eating and living in the Yamen, I gradually got some impressions, and today was the first time I had a face-to-face meeting.

"My aunt said that you have been busy all morning, and there is food in the kitchen. Would you like to eat some?" The little maid was called Cui'er, probably because she worked in the kitchen all year round. She was chubby, and she was not tall. , the whole person looks like a small potato.But even though his body looks chubby, his face doesn't have much flesh, his chin is still sharp, and he has a smart look that can't be concealed.

"Just get some easy-to-digest things, don't bother." Wu Yuyan guessed that Fu Qing wouldn't have much appetite.

The conversation should have ended here, but Tweety was still standing at the door, looking inside constantly.

Wu Yuyan followed her gaze, and it turned out that he was looking at the snow rabbit on the table.

"This is not edible." Wu Yuyan said.

Tweety's eyes widened suddenly, as if she heard something terrible. "Who said you want to eat it?"

"Yu Yan, why do you always like to tease little girls?" Fu Qingkai understood the childish side of Wu Yuyan's character.

"Do you want it?" He walked to the table, picked up the rabbit and said to Tweety.

Tweety nodded, she was biting her lower lip with her upper teeth, her front teeth were a little bit bigger, she looked similar to that little rabbit.

"Then you have to take good care of it, I will visit her from time to time." Fu Qingkai carefully placed the snow rabbit in Tweety's arms, rubbed the sparse bangs on Tweety's forehead, and then rubbed the hair in her arms snow hare.

"Hmm! Me, I'll bring you delicious food!" Tweety trotted away, throwing off her short legs, her posture was quite funny.

Wu Yuyan was amused by her running posture like a small animal, and two arcs of laughter emerged from her mouth, "If Qiaomei asks, how do you explain it?"

"There's nothing I can't explain. I'll be fine if I take care of myself. Raise this rabbit? It's better to raise it for a little girl. Maybe she will have to hug it to sleep at night." Fu Qingkai raised a rabbit when she was a child. A little hedgehog never woke up after winter.He has always had little confidence in caring for animals.

"Don't worry, I'll raise you, and I promise you will be smooth and smooth." Wu Yuyan said in Fu Qingkai's ear.

"Don't worry, my waist is already thick." Fu Qingkai thought of his clothes a few days ago and found that the old clothes were a little tight, so he quickly declined.

"How could it be?" Wu Yuyan retorted, half joking and half serious, staring at Fu Qing's open waist.

It is true that Fu Qingkai has gained weight, but because he was too thin before, even though he has gained a few pounds, he still looks thin overall.

The two stood at the door and talked for a while about whether they were fat or not.

Jiao San came in with two young masters, and called out from afar. "My lord, someone has come to report the crime."

They knew one of them, "Brother Wu. It's been a while since I saw you. How's it going?" Shen Tangsheng smiled and looked good.

"Don't worry, everything is fine." Wu Yuyan said lukewarmly.

"Master Fu."

"Mr. Shen. Who is this?" Fu Qing looked at the strange young master next to Shen Tangsheng, "It seems that he has never seen him before."

"This is my friend, called Li Qian. It's not surprising that you haven't seen him before. He went to other provinces two years ago to learn painting from a teacher, and he just came back recently. Brother Wu, do you have an impression?" Shen Tangsheng said. Then, he passed the conversation to Wu Yuyan.

"I seem to have met a few times in the early years." Wu Yuyan felt a little impressed by this person.

"That's right, at Li Shilang's farewell banquet. At that time, Wu Tutou rejected Li Shilang's appreciation and did not go to the capital to flex his muscles. Li is still deeply impressed."

If it is said that Shen Tangsheng is bookish and somewhat noble.Fu Qingkai, on the other hand, is a mixture of bookishness and official righteousness, as well as a little pure childishness that comes from nowhere.Then Li Qian is a scholar through and through, it looks like he has only dealt with this piano, chess, calligraphy and painting in his life.

After hearing Li Qian's words, Fu Qing turned to look at Wu Yuyan.

"My vision is shallow, my parents are afraid, and my mother and I have only one younger sister. I really can't leave them behind." Wu Yuyan didn't want to explain this to outsiders, but he wanted to know the reason after seeing Fu Qingkai. Look, then said a few words.

"Brother Wu, you are too modest!" Shen Tangsheng said.

"Didn't it mean to report the crime? Which of you two?" Wu Yuyan cut off the topic and asked.

"It's me." Li Qian said.

"Oh? Please tell me in detail." One big case has no clue, but here comes another one, which is giving Fu Qing a headache.

"This matter, I still feel like a dream." Li Qian showed a very confused expression. "The whole thing is like a fog..."

"The day before yesterday I was invited by some friends to a banquet in a private house in the suburbs. I didn't like these social interactions, but my parents said that I was away from home for two years, and my friends at home were deserted. So I went , It’s no different when I went there to drink and enjoy music. I drank a few glasses and wanted to urinate, and the host sent someone to guide me. I drink lightly, and the whole body is dizzy, like stepping on cotton Same. Later, my consciousness gradually became blurred, and my whole body seemed to fall into a ball of cotton, and I fell into a comfortable sleep. When I woke up, I was in a fairyland in heaven."

"Fairyland?" Fu Qingkai and Wu Yuyan asked at the same time.

"Yeah!" Li Qian nodded, not feeling that there was anything wrong with his statement, he continued, "The smoke is lingering, the flowers are everywhere, and there are no musicians, but fairy music keeps coming. This is not a fairyland, what is it? What’s more, there are fairies with fluttering robes, a smiling Buddha with bare breasts, and an immortal who doesn’t know what kind of job he is, dressed in white, looks like a man or a woman, and it’s indistinguishable.”

"Male and female are indistinguishable?" If it wasn't for etiquette, Fu Qingkai really wanted to ask Mr. Li if he was sober.

"Yeah!" Li Qian was caught in the memory, obviously this memory gave him a good impression, the expression on his face was soothing, and there was a faint smile. "I opposed that Shangxian reciting poems, drinking and enjoying paintings. When I became interested, I even drew a picture and gave it to Shangxian. He was full of praise for my painting!"

"Then why did you come to report the crime?" Wu Yuyan couldn't help asking.

Li Qian suddenly came back to his senses, with a gloomy expression on his face, "I don't know when the banquet will end. When I woke up again, I was already on my bed."