Dreaming back to the Tang Dynasty, I was working as a detective in Chang'an

During our visit, Mai Laoguang's neighbors provided a very important clue. He had been neighbors with these two families for more than ten years. He told us that Mai Laoguang and his wife actually came to Chang'an after they committed a crime in Panyu, Guangdong. This time he and Mai Laoguang drank together and Lao Mai got drunk. told him.

I asked: “He didn’t say what he had done?

The neighbor recalled: "He fell asleep before I could wait for him. When I asked about it again the next day, he said he had been drinking and couldn't remember anything."

It seems that they came to Chang'an from Guangdong not to do business and visit relatives, but to escape something.

If we wanted to know what they had committed, we had to let the local yamen work together to handle the case, so we sent an urgent official letter eight hundred miles away and also used carrier pigeons, hoping to get a response soon.

During this period, Fatty and Tianbao and I were not idle and began to visit local residents in large numbers to see if they could provide us with any useful clues.

Sure enough, the eyes of the masses were sharp. A fire vendor near Ping'an Bridge said: "On the night of Wuxing's accident, I saw him eating in the restaurant of Tianxiang Tower with a woman in white. At that time I was walking by the window and asked them if they wanted to buy my fire, but he said no and chased me away."

"Did you see the woman's appearance clearly?" The vendor shook his head and said, "She had her back to me at the time, but judging from her clothes, she must be the girl from the building."

Then we visited Ge Dazhi's neighbor. A cattle herder said that he also saw a woman in white walking out of the village with Ge Dazhi the night before he was killed. Ask him what this woman looks like? The younger brother said that she was very thickly powdered, had long hair, and looked very thin. He felt that this woman was not very beautiful, and he did not understand why Ge Dazhi liked such a woman.

I asked the fat man: "It's strange. The man who bought the mandala was obviously a man, but the one who bought the mandala was a woman?"

The fat man said: "Could it be that because he was too weak, he disguised himself as a woman to seduce them, and then used the flowers and seeds of Datura to make them lose their ability to resist, and then committed murder?"

"But in Mai Laoguang's house, we can see that the murderer can kill the boss's wife with one knife, which proves that he is very powerful. Why did he go to so much trouble to drug them?"

"This is where his cruelty lies. He had a lot of hatred for the three dead men, so he carried out the murder. However, his hatred for the elderly woman was not that big, so he gave her a happy life."

"One more question. The two people who died outdoors were out drinking with the same woman. Where could they come into contact with such a woman?"

brothel!

There are many brothels in Chang'an County. We learned from Ge Dazhi's wife that he usually likes to go to the Hongchun Tower brothel to find girls, so we rushed to Hongchun Tower.

Hongchun Tower is a not very big brothel, not on the same level as the brothels in Pingkangfang. There are people from all walks of life in it, and there are miscellaneous people. Fatty and I are going to go there to see if there is that woman in white.

This time I didn't take Tianbao with me, he was still too young. As soon as we stepped into Hongchun Building, we were greeted by a woman in her forties. He was the madam here. He had a fat face and was so fat that he could hardly see his eyes, but he was still twisting his waist in a coquettish manner. come over. She waved the handkerchief in my face, smelling a pungent fragrance, and said:

"Hey, my dear guests, this is your first time back. I have never seen you before. Welcome. The girls here are all very beautiful. They are proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Why don't you call me down and have a look? I'll keep it safe so you don't miss Shu." As he said this, he turned around and called the girl upstairs to come down to pick up the guest.

I pretended to be a dick, shook my fan, and said to the madam: "Mom, I don't lack money, but I'm very naughty. I don't like fat people. I like Feiyan. Do you understand?" The fat man joined in at this time. He came up and said, "This is what our young master likes. He likes to be vegetarian." After hxf finished speaking, he looked at me with a lewd look on his face, a smirk on his face.

The old bustard rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "I understand, I understand, Xiaoyu, Zhenzhen, Mang'er, the three of you come downstairs and serve these two brothers."

When I heard this from upstairs, three very thin women came down. These three girls came down coquettishly and sat down between me and the fat man.

At the murder scene, we found a few footprints. The feet were not big, but they were definitely not bound feet, so I quickly lifted up the skirts of the three of them to see if they were born with natural feet.

One of the women was a little angry. In the Tang Dynasty, women's feet were not allowed to be shown to men, even in brothels. One of the women was a little unhappy, but it was hard to get angry. She smiled and said: "Why is this guest so impatient? He wants to look at someone's feet when he comes up. Wait a minute. Let's go upstairs. I'll let you See enough." After saying that, he hugged me and kissed me.

I have clearly seen their feet, which are all three-inch golden lotus. This is not the woman in white we are looking for. I quickly took out a piece of silver, stuffed it into the girl's clothes, and said, "I'm sorry, sister. Brother, I have a hobby, that is, I like girls with natural feet. I'm not interested in you three. Please give me this piece of silver." Sisters, please accept it and consider me as your accomplice."

Another girl said: "Hey, this guest's taste is really unique, but it's unlucky for you to come. Our sister Siqi is not here today. Why don't you two let us sisters accompany you first? You can also find our Sister Si Qi in two days."

"Si Qi? Her name is really nice. What's the matter? How come she is so good-looking?"

"She is an orphan. She was sold to Hongchun House when she was ten years old. When she came, her mother bound her feet. She suddenly felt like a different person. She spoke like a man and wanted to chop her mother with a knife. Mom She was also scared, so she didn’t bind her feet, and she suffered a lot of beatings and scoldings because of it.”

"She becomes like a man sometimes?"

"Once, she was hooked up by a man and followed him to his house. The next day, the man came back with a bruised face and complained, saying that Sister Siqi was gentle and gentle at first. As soon as he took off his clothes, he saw Sister Siqi. He yelled like crazy, screamed with great strength, kicked and beat him, and almost killed him. Later, my mother spent some money to settle the matter, so she didn't go to the police."

"Does he do this to all men?"

"No, there were only two times. One was when she bound her feet, and the other was this time."

"When will Si Qi come back? I want to see her."

"It's hard to tell. We've been out with someone for several days. We just need to give mom some money to cover the night. Maybe we'll be back in two days. Sister Siqi is like this. She doesn't like to stay in Hongchun. building, so many guests would offer to stay overnight, and she also bought herself a cabin in the countryside, and sometimes she would take guests to her place."

"Ah, do you girls here still have this kind of treatment? Can they own real estate outside?"

"Yes. As long as you make enough money, you can half redeem yourself. You can either pick up guests here or take them out, depending on your ability. This is why we love staying at Hongchun Tower."

"Thank you, girl, for giving you some pieces of silver so that you can redeem yourself earlier." After saying that, I took out a few pieces of silver and gave them to the girls, and then said to the old madam, these girls I'm not interested. We'll come back another day when Si Qi comes back.

The old madam was a little unhappy, but didn't say anything and let us go.