female catcher

There was a skin-skinning demon in the capital, who tied people up and peeled off their skins, and even tied them into various paper bundles.After investigation by the police, seven or eight weird paper bundles of various shapes and painted in colorful colors have been found near Mingyufang. Except for the red lantern that Lu Sanniang brought to the Yamen to report the case, other paper bundles made by people, kites, or lanterns The products were preliminarily judged to be made of leather, but the Yamen did not reveal whether it was human skin or not, but rumors had already spread, causing panic among the people.

The Yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Yamen of Shuntianfu were ordered by their superiors to solve the case as soon as possible.Under the pressure of the imperial court, the two yamen not only increased the search and arrest team, but also arrested many paper craftsmen for interrogation one by one. Even the hawkers who sold lanterns and paper puppets were not spared. Not to mention the complaints from the cell, the Qingming Festival has just passed, and the Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, and there are many paper puppets and paper bundles in the capital piled up in the yamen.

Walking a few steps here to see a sacrificial paper doll feels creepy, and seeing a rabbit lantern there feels like human skin. The review has not progressed at all, and it has been protested by the people.Recently, Wang Rui has been one of the first and two seniors, and all kinds of things are not going well, and even the people under his hands are working day and night, stepping up to solve the case.

It doesn't matter if you don't check, this investigation found that the few paper bundles found in Mingyufang were indeed human skin, but compared with the found corpses, there was no one that matched the number of the deceased. What does this mean?

It explained that there were other victims besides the corpse found. Qushui led people to walk all over Mingyufang overnight, but failed to find other corpses, so he had to knock on doors one by one and check one by one. The squares are full of prostitutes, all of them are not fuel-efficient lamps, and they don't say anything when asked.If you want to search buildings and courtyards, when you get angry, they will give you a few supercilious eyes, staring at you from beginning to end, making you feel uncomfortable all over.

This knocked on the door of the Yingchun Courtyard, before Qu Shui asked, Lu Sanniang came to her face first, "Yo~", raised her eyebrows, and said: "Such a big battle, is it possible to seal the building? A ban The prostitution order has left us with no way out, what are the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate thinking about?"

Qu Shui frowned, and asked patiently, "Boss Lu, apart from the lantern you sent to the yamen, is there anything unusual about Yingchun Yuan?"

"Can there be any difference? Didn't you tell Mr. Xu in the Shuntian government office? The lantern is redder than ordinary lanterns, and the texture is also strange. It feels bloody red and looks scary. I thought someone was against me, so I went to The yamen has reported the case, and if you want to talk about other strange things, a girl in my courtyard has disappeared, and I don’t know where she is now, why don’t you just look for her by the way?” Lu Sanniang half leaned on the edge of the door, with her arms folded The door of the chest, which was only half opened, was almost blocked by her.Since the prostitution ban came out, many places in Mingyufang have basically closed down, even the Yingchun Courtyard. good face.

"A girl from your place is missing too?" Qu Shui didn't care about Lu Sanniang's attitude. After muttering something, he asked, "What's her name? When did she disappear? Tell me her details."

Lu Sanniang was still thinking about the "also" in Qushui's mouth. Hearing all these questions at once, and seeing that the leading girl had a serious face, she cooperated with her for a while and told Qushui about the missing girl.

"She's a girl, why is she out of the yard at night? You didn't notice? It stands to reason that she is also a famous lady, so she should always be matched with a maid or something." Qu Shui was a little puzzled after hearing this.

Lu Sanniang's expression became unnatural for a moment, "I don't know, maybe she went to meet her lover without telling us. It's not surprising that a celebrity hooks up with a romantic, talented, scholar, rich businessman or something. This um~ my lord, I have told you everything I should tell you, and if you can find Liu Xu, I would also like to thank you."

There was no sign of gratitude in that expression, and she didn't report her disappearance to the police, and it was not as good as a lantern to attract her attention, maybe there was something hidden.Seeing this, Qu Shui remained calm, and the policeman next to him quickly asked in a low voice: "Miss Shui, do you still go in and search?"

Seeing Lu Sanniang's appearance, Qu Shui guessed that going in was the same as those buildings before. There was no result, so he slightly shook his head and said to Lu Sanniang: "Thank you, Boss Lu, for your cooperation. If there is anything else, please let me know in time. After all, the skinning demon I threw a red lantern in your yard, for the safety of you and the girl in your building, be careful."

Lu Sanniang's face changed, she stood up straight, and her attitude towards Qushui suddenly improved, "Well, I will remember what your lord said, you officials have worked hard, the safety of Mingyufang, patrols and so on You have to rely on the masters."

Qu Shui rolled his eyes secretly, and said: "I'm not a grown-up. Let's go!" He led his brothers away, ignoring the snobbish bustard.

Not a few steps away from the Yingchun Courtyard, the person next to him pointed to the high-rise courtyard next to the Yingchun Courtyard and said, "Miss Shui, there is still a home there."

Qu Shui saw that he was referring to the site of Fengyue Tower, she thought for a while, and walked towards Fengyue Tower with someone, and also knocked on the door. Ask: "What's the matter, gentlemen?"

Before Qu Shui opened his mouth, the policeman next to him shouted: "Go and call out the person in charge of you, and the officials will interrogate you!"

"What are you yelling about? This ear." Qu Shui rubbed her ears and couldn't help complaining to the policemen next to her. She knew that these policemen were suffocated and had a bad temper, but she didn't look at Fengyuelou as them. Can you afford it?Oh~

Qu Shui sighed secretly, and said to the boy: "Don't panic, it's just a matter of routine for the officials to ask some questions, just ask Miss Yaohong to come out."

Seeing the boy nodding and shrinking back, Qu Shui quickly said to the arrester who brought him: "Brother Zhang, brothers are also tired, you take everyone back first, I'll ask questions here."

"Yes," Zhang quickly hesitated.

"It's okay, just ask a few words, you take your brother to pack some things first, and then you have to work around."

"Well, I'll take the brothers back to the yamen first and report back. If there's anything wrong, you can tell someone to call." Inspector Zhang has some qualifications as a police officer, but he still respects Qu Shui.

As soon as Inspector Zhang led his men away, Fengyuelou opened the door behind him.Yaohong was led by the servant, and when she opened the door, she didn't see the many officials he mentioned.There was only Qu Shui, who was haggard and docile, standing at the door thinking about something.Yaohong turned away the gatekeeper with a look, and said distressedly to Qushui: "What's the matter? Look at the bruises under your eyes, you haven't slept for a few days? Why is the skinning case so difficult?"

Qu Shui didn't disclose the case, and smiled at Yaohong, "It's nothing, I'm used to it. Sister Yaohong, I'm here to remind you, so that the sisters and sisters in the building should be careful when they go in and out recently. The skinned golem is The case revolves around Mingyufang."

"That's all? Don't you want to ask questions?"

"Except for the last few days, I've been running to you, so I'll leave you alone, I'll go first."

"Hey~ wait." Yaohong grabbed Qu Shui, "I'll go get you some refreshing dew, snacks and supplements. Eat as you go, lest you forget everything when you get busy."

"no need,"

"What's the use, you stop for me, don't run, I'll be here in a while." Yaohong glared at Qushui, turned around and disappeared.

"Oh, blame me for being too obedient." Qu Shui stood at the door and sighed.

"You really don't feel ashamed to panic." Ning Yan appeared at the door without anyone noticing, just in time to listen to Qu Shui's sigh to himself.

"Qin Yanran, you got up so early today?"

Ning Yan frowned, "Don't make me look lazy. You don't bother me, I have a regular schedule. How is it, how is your investigation going?"

Qu Shui shook his head, he was not in the mood to chat with Ning Yan anymore, he lowered his head and was thinking about things.Seeing that she was indeed haggard, Ning Yan asked, "Where's your young lady? She should be back."

"That's right! Miss received the letter from Fei Ge, and she will definitely come back as fast as she can. According to Jingfan's pace, she should have arrived long ago. Could it be that something happened to her?" Qu Shui regained his energy.

"Don't worry, Nangong Butou is fine." Suddenly there was another voice from the side.

Ning Yan and Qu Shui looked together, Ning Yan looked more respectful, and so did Yao Hong who was following the visitor.Qu Shui greeted with a smile, "Boss Feng."

Feng Piaoxu came dressed in purple clothes, with the same familiar golden mask on his face, as usual, with an air of grace, curving the corners of his mouth towards Qu Shui, his eyes beckoning Yaohong to give Qu Shui what should be given to Qu Shui.

Qu Shui took their hearts, glanced at Feng Piaoxu, saw the gauze on her right hand, and said: "Boss Feng, the injury from the past few days is still not healed, do you want to ask Sister Shang to take a look for you? "

"It's okay, the medicine has been applied, and it's much better." Feng Piaoxu glanced at his right hand, "If you need help in investigating the case, feel free to ask, don't be polite."

"Of course it's good to have Boss Feng's help." Qu Shui was hungry and tired, and couldn't resist the temptation of snacks. He opened the paper bag and swallowed one in front of Feng Piaoxu and the three of them. Anyway, they had long been used to her gluttony. I don't blame it, and I didn't feel rude, and I didn't forget to ask while eating: "By the way, Mr. Feng, what did you say about my lady just now?"

"Swallow it, don't worry." Feng Piaoxu looked at Qu Shui dotingly, "I said that Nangong Catcher has always planned strategies, and she will solve everything when it comes to her."

Qu Shui was confused, but after glancing outside, he immediately put away his things and said, "I should go back to the yamen, thank you for your kindness." He immediately went down the steps in front of Fengyue Tower, and walked far away. Don't forget to explain, "Remember to be careful when going in and out recently."

Qushui soon disappeared.

"You really are a frizzy girl." Feng Piaoxu murmured, then led Yao Hong and Ning Yan back upstairs.

Walking in the corridor of the building, Ning Yan asked softly: "Sister, you said that Nangong Biluo is doing well, and you also said that she is planning a plan, did you get any news?"

Feng Piaoxu just glanced at Ning Yan lightly, but didn't return her, with a slight smile on his face.She is still clear about Ning Yan's thoughts, she is concerned about the master and servant.

Nangong Biluo sent Qu Shui to visit Fengyue Tower at any time in March from Beijing, and took great pains to get closer to Ningyan. In fact, Feng Piaoxu also had a bottom in his heart, and Ningyan was naturally aware of it, otherwise he would not have let Qu Shui call her out. Real name.

Ningyan couldn't get Feng Piaoxu's reply, so she didn't ask any more questions, her temperament was like this, but Yaohong said: "Madam Boss, listen to Qushui, the skinning demon is committed around Mingyufang , could it be that there is another action from above?"

Feng Piaoxu's expression faded, and his eyes became sharper. He thought for a while, and shook his head: "It's not like. The top has recently focused on other places, and it will stop for a while, otherwise Fengyuelou will not stop some actions. By the way, Xuan Gang Give the list down, "

Before Feng Piaoxu finished speaking, Yaohong presented a scroll, which was exactly the one that Xuan Gang threw to Feng Piaoxu when he was patrolling the building.She unfolded the scroll, and many names had been crossed out on it, including Li Heng's name, which was also crossed out by cinnabar. Feng Piaoxu glanced at it and closed it, "Well, let our people stop moving, with this achievement, it's enough As soon as Nangong Biluo comes back, there will be some changes in the eunuch Wang Jin's place. Our people don't need to go into this muddy water, we need to protect ourselves. Fengyue Tower should be whatever it is. .”

"Yes, the proprietress (sister)."

"Yanran, follow me back to the room, I have something to tell you." Feng Piaoxu left Ningyan alone again.

Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Qu Shui rushed back to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Wang Rui was furiously berating the people under his command. Seeing that something was wrong, Qu Shui was about to sneak away to avoid Wang Rui's anger, but Wang Rui called her, "Stop. Everyone has left, and now they are coming back, where do you want to go?"

"My lord, don't I want to go to the autopsy room to ask Sister Shang for any clues?" Qu Shui rolled his eyes and reacted quickly.

"You..." Wang Rui restrained his chest angrily, "Okay, then you can call Liu Shang to see what's going on."

Qu Shui secretly slandered Wang Rui's inhumanity and would order them around, but he also understood Wang Rui's current situation, "Oh~ forget it, Mr. Wang is still a human being." Qu Shui muttered and called Liu Shang.

Liushang and Qushui returned to the side hall together, Wang Rui immediately asked, "Tell me, what did you find?"

Qu Shui curled his lips, but also reported honestly: "There are 24 large brothels in Mingyufang, eight of which have girls missing, and several brothels that made human skin paper products were found from back alleys and dark corners are also among them. Excluding those girls who have been murdered. There are still some private houses in the surrounding area, but no report has been received yet, and the list will be reported later. The identity of the corpse is still uncertain, and no new corpse has been found. The search area needs to be expanded."

Liu Shang also reported: "The corpse is a female, about 20 years old, the identity is uncertain, the cause of death is sudden death from shock, she was skinned before death, and lost blood after death. There are traces of her limbs being hung up, and she was not violated. So far the searched None of the human leather products can match it, and those human skins do not belong to the same person. It is preliminarily determined that there are at least four people. Those human leather products are still being disassembled, but because of the coloring and processing, the useful information is not very optimistic. The only thing I find strange is the incision on the corpse. The murderer skinned neither the head nor the foot, but the knife under the spine. The technique is skillful and crisp. There are tooth marks on the incision. I can’t judge it for the time being. What kind of tools, at least none of the tools in those people captured by the adults can match the incision of the corpse, I wonder if it may be a butcher or a hunter?"

Wang Rui's face turned livid, "You still want me to catch the butcher Orion, and it won't work. That would be like arresting innocent people indiscriminately."

Qushui and Liushang didn't speak.Wang Rui paced up and down with his hands behind his back, turned his back and thought for a long time after he settled down, and said: "Shui girl, Lao Zhangjia sent people to look for the butcher Orion one by one. Don't take them back to the yamen, and collect the butcher's knives and hunters. Knife. Liu Shang, you should step up your investigation of the corpse and human skin, it would be best if you can confirm the identity. Also, describe the possible tools.”

"The big fanfare is to scare the snake away and fuel the rumors. I know the identity of the corpse and the tools used to commit the crime!" A voice came from outside, which cheered everyone in the side hall.

"Miss!" Liu Shang and Qu Shui beamed with joy.

They all watched Nangong Biluo, who was wearing plain clothes and a bamboo hat, stepped across the threshold and entered the hall, with a tall and tall familiar figure.After taking off the bamboo hat, the smiling expression was so reassuring, Wang Rui secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Qu Shui jumped to Nangong Biluo's side at once, and said happily: "Miss, you are back, you miss me!"

Liu Shang was also happy, but not as excited as Qu Shui. He stood in place and met Nangong Biluo's eyes. After a smile, he asked, "Miss, do you think you know the identity of the deceased and the tools used to commit the crime?"

Nangong Biluo was still smoothing Qushui's hair, comforting Qushui, but when he heard Liushang's question, he became serious, "The deceased is Liuying from Piaoxiang Pavilion, 20 years old, who sneaked out and disappeared two days before the body appeared. Before the accident, he was injured by stepping on a spike on the sole of his foot. As for the skinning tool used by the murderer, it is a torture tool spread in the south. The tip of the knife is warped and thin, and the blade is wide and deep. It’s a special knife for skinning, fast and light, it doesn’t hurt the skin, and it can cut bones and flesh, just like this. I remember that there was a similar case 15 years ago, so I asked a craftsman to beat it.”

Nangong Biluo took out a skinning knife.Liu Shang took it and took a look, "That's right, there are stabbed scars on the soles of the corpse's feet, and the shape of this knife is also roughly consistent with the one on the corpse, and we need to make a detailed comparison on the spot."

Qu Shui: "Hey, I also asked Piaoxiang Pavilion, but Boss Liu didn't mention that her girl disappeared. Miss, you are really amazing."

"The reason why she didn't tell you is that it involves the ban on prostitution again." Nangong Biluo put the bamboo hat on Qushuitou.

Qu Shui held onto the bamboo hat with a pouted mouth, and before he could continue to ask, Wang Rui said: "Nangong Biluo came back from vacation, neglected his duties, deducted three months' salary, originally had twenty spine sticks, and thought he brought back the skinning case For the clues, the rod punishment will be exempted. Nangong Biluo, I ordered you to report immediately and investigate the skinning case the next day. Well, everyone else is gone, what to do, Nangong, follow me."

Wang Rui entered the side hall, Qu Shui wanted to complain a few words, but Nangong Biluo shook his head with a smile, and swallowed it.Nangong Biluo said to the people who were still guarding in the lobby: "Brother Zhang, let those people in the prison go back after questioning. You let the brothers go back and have a good rest, and we will talk about the case tomorrow. You guys go home and get some rest."

Nangong Biluo spoke, and those policemen showed their first smiles in these days.Liu Shang also knew that Nangong Biluo wanted her to go back first, just to give support to the family member and calm down his temper.Qu Shui didn't want to leave her young lady yet, she had a lot of things she wanted to say to Nangong Biluo, and she knew that Nangong Biluo had something to ask her.

"Miss, let Sister Shang go back first, I will wait for you to go together."

Nangong Biluo scratched Qushui's nose dotingly, "Good boy, you still have tonics to stew, don't waste other people's thoughts. I will go home after talking with Mr. Wang about leaving Beijing for three months."

"So you saw it." Qu Shui is not stupid, as soon as her young lady came back, she was very clear about some things, presumably she had been making unannounced visits for a day or two.

"Yes. By the way, Jingfan is still in the tea shed in the eastern suburbs. Remember to take it home."

After Nangong Biluo explained, she went to Wang Rui's study.

On the one hand, Wang Rui was happy for the return of the competent general, but on the other hand, he was full of worries, but when Nangong Biluo entered his study, he was more happy than worried.

"Girl, you have caused me a big event when you left the capital. If you hadn't been prepared, many people would have written a few books about Tang Huairen's affairs. Not only will my black yarn not be guaranteed, but you will also be in trouble. Li Heng has already had an accident. I don't want to lose you again."

"I was just about to ask Mr. Li about it, why was he dismissed from office?"

Li Heng's dismissal was the most shocking thing after Nangong Biluo returned to Beijing for an unannounced visit.