The Plow

Who is Du Yuning?

Ling Shu's middle school classmate.

Too--

His former girlfriend.

It was Bai Yueguang and cinnabar mole in the hearts of almost all male students in the school at that time.

Even the surnamed Yue in front of him liked her once.

As soon as Yue Dingtang said this, he wanted to blurt out that it was impossible, but the other party didn't seem to be joking.

Those dark brown eyes were like a deep well, staring at Lingshu intently, implying turbulence and sharpness, as if he was trying to find out whether Lingshu's reaction was true or not.

"When did it happen?" Ling Shu asked.

Yue Dingtang didn't answer, Ling Shu guessed that the other party was trying to prevent himself from having the opportunity to speculate on the case and find loopholes.

That is to say, in the eyes of Yue, he is the most suspected object at this moment.

Ling Shu: "After get off work tonight, I will come to Fei Leng Cui. It is impossible to have time to commit crimes. Everyone here can be my witness."

Yue Dingtang said lightly: "The body was discovered two hours ago, but the person died for more than two hours. I am not the policeman handling the case. If you have anything to say, you can say it during the statement."

After all, he took a step back and introduced the foreign police officer next to him.

"This is Mr. Smith from the Public Settlement Police Department. He and I were attending a private party when the incident happened. Because the deceased and you and I were old acquaintances, I offered to accompany Smith."

Ling Shu said: "This is not a public concession, and I am not a resident of the public concession. I need to report this matter to my superiors."

Smith is fluent in Chinese: "Ling Shu, right? When we came, Mr. Yue had already introduced your general situation, and I will send someone to inform your boss. Come with us now."

This foreigner's clothes are expensive, and he is probably a figure in the police department.

The two foreign patrols at the back watched intently, as if Ling Shu made a move to resist, they would immediately pounce on him and restrain him.

Their waists were bulging, and besides batons, they must have guns.

Yaqi and the others had already turned pale and were overwhelmed with fright.

Ling Shu was like an antelope surrounded by ferocious beasts, no matter how he jumped, he couldn't escape the encirclement.

Tonight's prey is already set.

He looked at Yue Dingtang.

Yue Dingtang's eyes were deep and his meaning was unclear.

From Ling Shu's point of view, the other party has a kind of superior alienation, as if he came here specially to watch a joke.

It fell into the hands of the surname Yue, and he was destined to leave without food tonight.

Ling Shu secretly thought, thinking that he must read the almanac before going out next time.

……

It is said that the central arrest house in the French Concession can be regarded as a model for all arrest houses and police stations in Shanghai.

It is said that the police stations in various districts once organized visits to the police stations in the French Concession, but that was before Lingshu became a policeman.

It is also said that the patrol room in the public concession imitated the regulations of the French concession.

Ling Shu had never visited the arrest house in the French Concession.

In his opinion, the old police station located in the prosperous area of ​​the public concession is undoubtedly much better than their small dilapidated police station.

At least even the tables are new.

However, all the torture and torture places in the world are all the same.

"Name, address, occupation."

"Lingshu, Shuiling at two o'clock, the hub of the center. He lives at No. 36 Zhujiaqiao, Yinxiang District. He is currently working at the Jiangwan District Police Station."

"Yesterday and today, where were you?"

"Go to work during the day and go home to rest at night."

"Tell me more details!"

Ling Shu: "It was around four o'clock when I got off work yesterday. Du Yuning asked me to go to the Crescent Cafe. We stayed there for about an hour and a half, and then I sent her home. After that, we never met again..."

"Wait." The police officer who took the statement interrupted him, "You are alone, male and widowed, have you been intercourse for an hour and a half?"

Ling Shu leaned back lazily.

"As I said, it was four o'clock in the afternoon. It was broad daylight and the world was bright and bright. Not to mention people coming and going from outside the cafe, there were also waiters and other customers in the cafe. How could they be called lonely men and widows?"

The policeman frowned, and was about to reprimand him, but his eyes fell on Ling Shu's dress, but he paused.

An expensive cashmere coat with brightly colored ties.

There are quite a few people wearing western clothes these days, but there is still a big difference between good material and bad material, not to mention that red and silver tie...

The policeman glanced at Smith and Yue Dingtang who were sitting next to him. Seeing that they were not paying attention to him, he cleared his throat and said, "Okay, don't be silly! Then?"

"Then I'll go to eat supper, and finally go home. Today I'll be on duty during the day, and I'll go to Fei Leng Cui to dance in the evening."

Policeman: "You and Du Yuning are classmates in middle school, and have dated before, yes or no?"

Ling Shu: "Yes, our two families were well matched at that time, and the elders did intend to match us up."

Police: "But then Du Yuning married Yuan Bing, the son of the warlord Yuan Bingdao."

Ling Shu sighed: "Brother, where do you want to go? Do you think I look like the kind of person who would pick on married women without hesitation? As long as I hook my fingers, there are many beautiful women who come to the door in ten miles of foreign markets. The Huangpu River reaches the Wanguo Stadium."

The policeman knocked on the table: "Don't change the subject!"

The tone was not too harsh, maybe it was because Ling Shu was in the same company, and his clothes were obviously from a good family, or maybe it was because Smith and Yue Dingtang were watching, so he couldn't be too rough.

Ling Shu: "After Du Yuning got married, she asked me out, but I didn't go. Later, she sent a servant over, begged her earnestly, and I went to see her a few times, probably only two or three times. You should have already I have questioned the people in Yuan's mansion, and their testimony can prove that what I said is true."

Police: "What are you begging for?"

Ling Shu: "It's nothing more than telling her that her life after marriage is unsatisfactory, and she wants to confide something to me to relieve boredom."

Police: "Doesn't she have a close friend? Why did she tell you, a big man?"

Ling Shu: "I don't know."

Police: "Du Yuning met you yesterday afternoon, what did you say?"

Ling Shu: "She wanted to elope with me, but I didn't agree."

Amazing speech.

When Du Yuning married into the Yuan family, the grand wedding was a sensation in half of Shanghai, and many people still remember it vividly.

Yuan Bingdao, a once famous warlord in western Sichuan, lived in Shanghai after being seized power. He has only one son under his knees, and that is Yuan Bing.

When Yuan Bingdao was in power, he searched for a lot of people's fat and anointment. These wealth were later left to Yuan Bing. It can be said that Yuan Bing was born with gold and silver.

But Yuan Bing is also a well-known playboy in Shanghai. One day he takes care of an actor, and the next day he has a couple with a celebrity.

The golden mountain and silver mountain left by the father was squandered by him within a few years, and the marriage between Yuan and Du's two families naturally became a regrettable event.

However, in the eyes of outsiders, Mrs. Yuan, Du Yuning, is still often an active social butterfly. Her daily expenses are no less than when she first started, and she even often leads the fashion trend.

Such a young and beautiful woman was killed in her own bedroom.

Moreover, it also exposed the shocking inside story of wanting to elope with someone.

The policeman was tongue-tied for a while: "Are you kidding me?"

Ling Shu shrugged: "You were the one who asked me, I'll just tell the truth, besides, I'm not several times more suave than Yuan Bing's opium ghost. Du Yunning has never forgotten my old love, what's so surprising?"

The other party was about to ask again, but suddenly heard a light cough from the side, and immediately came to his senses, no longer entangled in gossip and secrets, and quickly straightened his back to continue the questioning.

"and then?"

Ling Shu: "She was very sad, and she pulled me to talk about what happened when I went to school half a day ago. Later, I saw that she was not in good spirits, so I sent her back."

Police: "According to the people in Yuan's mansion, you and Yuan Bing had a dispute at the gate of Yuan's mansion."

Ling Shu: "He felt ashamed of me when he saw me, and was jealous that I was younger and more promising than him, so naturally he didn't like me."

The police were dissatisfied: "Be serious!"

Ling Shu said innocently: "Who is joking with you?"

Police: "How long have you been arguing?"

Ling Shu: "I don't remember, it was about half an hour."

Cop: "Then where did you go?"

Ling Shu: "I went to Xiaoji Noodle Restaurant to eat noodles."

Police: "When did you leave Yuan's mansion, and when did you get home?"

Ling Shu: "I left at six o'clock in the evening, and it was around eleven o'clock at night when I got home."

The police taunted: "You stayed in a noodle shop for more than five hours? Have you eaten at least ten bowls of noodles?"

Ling Shu sighed: "Brother, you haven't eaten their scallion oil noodles, have you? The taste, tsk tsk, I am familiar with the noodle shop owner, when it gets dark, set up a pot, use the noodle soup as the base, put some chopped noodles Crushed chili to remove the cold, boiled beef and mutton, and then some bean curd and fish fillets..."

Shen Renjie had just returned home tonight, and before his butt was hot, he was called back to take a statement. He didn't eat dinner, and he was full of resentment.

At this moment, he heard the other party give the name of the dish with gusto, as if there was a hot boiler in front of him, and all kinds of hot pot dishes were cooked in it, his saliva began to secrete continuously, and it was about to flood.

"stop!"

Shen Renjie said angrily, "That is to say, in the past five hours, have you eaten hot pot after eating noodles?"

Ling Shu nodded: "We chatted while eating, what's so strange about returning home at midnight?"

Shen Renjie: "Who can testify for you?"

Ling Shu: "Xiao Guowei, the owner of Xiaoji Noodle Shop, you will find out if you ask Lao Xiao here."

Shen Renjie: "The Xiaoji noodle restaurant you mentioned, is it the one in Hengtong Road?"

Ling Shu: "Not bad."

Shen Renjie: "Last night at three o'clock in the morning, a residential house on Hengtong Road caught fire. The host and hostess had no time to escape, and the children and servants were burned to death inside. The fire involved the noodle restaurant next door. The body of the man who was burnt until his face is blurred, if nothing else, should be the noodle shop owner Xiao Guowei you mentioned."

The knuckles tapping on the table suddenly stopped.

"Impossible?" Ling Shu was stunned.

Where is such a coincidence?

He realized something was wrong.

At first, he thought the interview was just a matter of routine.

It is also possible that Yue Dingtang learned that he had a relationship with Du Yuning before his death, and deliberately asked Smith to embarrass him.

But now it appears that is not the case.

Du Yuning died, and before he died, he wanted to elope with Ling Shu.

Ling Shu also argued with her husband Yuan Bing in full view and almost fought.

From the perspective of others, the relationship between Ling Shu and Du Yuning, not to mention unclear, must be somewhat ambiguous.

Yue Dingtang said that Du Yuning died for more than two hours, it may have happened earlier.

And during this time, Ling Shu had just over five hours, neither at home nor on errands.

He ate supper at Xiaoji Noodle Restaurant, and chatted with the boss.

But the boss is dead now.

No one can prove whether his words are true.

"Why doubt me?"

Ling Shu said slowly, "I don't have any motive to kill, what is it for me to kill Du Yuning?"

It was Yue Dingtang who spoke.

"You said that Du Yunning wanted to elope with you, that's just your one-sided statement."

"The fact may also be the other way around: you want to elope with Du Yuning, but Du Yuning disagrees. Yuan Bing found out that she was still in touch with you after marriage, so after you left yesterday, he had a big fight with Du Yuning and left Yuan's mansion , and you took the opportunity to return to Yuan Mansion, trying to persuade her to pack up and run away with you, but Du Yuning regretted it and rejected you, and you strangled her to death in a fit of anger."

Ling Shu sighed: "Old Yue, we are also old classmates. Why didn't I realize that you still have the ability to open your eyes and tell nonsense?"

Yue Dingtang said calmly: "This is a reasonable guess, and we have another very important discovery."

Ling Shu raised his hand: "Wait a minute, you just said that you are not a policeman, and you only came here because of old acquaintances. Then what is your capacity to intervene in the case now?"

Smith next to him immediately said: "Professor Yue is a special consultant hired by our police department, and he can participate in the consultation and investigation of any case."

Ling Shu: ...

"Isn't this consultant hired just a second ago?"

Smith ignored his sarcasm, stood up, and patted Yue Dingtang on the shoulder.

"I still have something to do, I'll leave it to you here."

The iron door opened and closed again.

Ling Shu used to sit across from him, never thinking that he would become a suspect one day.

It was really a novel experience.

Normally at this time, he should have been sitting in Xiaoji Noodle Restaurant long ago.

Yue Dingtang: "This case happened in the International Settlement. With Du Yuning's popularity and Yuan Bing's connections, it will definitely be reported in the newspapers soon and attract everyone's attention. Smith treats it as a political achievement. Yours in the city The brother-in-law who works in the government wants to intervene, but he is powerless. I advise you, it is best to face it seriously and explain it honestly."

Ling Shu: "What is the important discovery you mentioned just now?"

Yue Dingtang: "On the window sill of the bedroom where Du Yuning's accident happened, a right footprint was found. After verification, it was left by a police boot, and the size—"

He looked at Ling Shu's shoes.

Shen Renjie stepped forward knowingly, took off the leather shoes on Ling Shu's feet, and compared them with the pictures rubbed from the murder scene, he nodded to Yue Dingtang.

Yue Dingtang: "Unfortunately, it happens to be the same as you."

On the day before the New Year's Eve, Ling Shu failed to feel the joy of the upcoming New Year's Eve, but found himself in a puzzle.

Up, down, left, and right, there are nets all over the sky, surrounding him in a circle, impenetrable.