ancient criminal minds

Before Lu Zheng went to the Lu Mansion, the news of You Xiaowu had already arrived. He followed Chang Shan and carefully stepped into the British Duke's Mansion. He only thought that the other party was the son of everyone, but he didn't want the other party to have such a high status.

The servant guarding the gate looked at him suspiciously for a long time, and probably couldn't figure out why the third young master had brought such a person to the mansion.

You Xiaowu was still terrified at first, but when he saw the servant's suspicious gaze, his heart suddenly rose into anger. He can be regarded as eating with his handicrafts. Why should he be so humble? Thinking of this, his back straightened and his eyes didn't move around. He followed Chang Shan into the Zhuqin residence with his head held high and his chest held high.

As soon as Lu Zheng saw him, he couldn't wait to ask: "What did you find out?"

You Xiaowu sat down on the stool, ignoring Ji Xiang's wrinkled brows that threatened to kill flies, and said carelessly: "I did find out something..."

Liu Zhi met all kinds of people when fleeing famine, so naturally she didn't dislike You Xiaowu like Ji Xiang, and she brought a cup of tea with a smile: "Little brother, drink some tea first and talk slowly. "

You Xiaowu had never received such treatment before, and he was overwhelmed with flattery, holding the teacup, wondering whether he should drink it or not.

Ji Xiang quickly pulled the willow branch: "Sister..."

Liu Zhi turned her head and gave her a comforting smile, and gave Lu Zhengfu her body again: "Your maidservant will step back first."

Lu Zheng nodded, and Liu Zhi pulled Ji Xiang and led a few little girls to open the door and leave.

Only Lu Zheng and You Xiaowu were left in the room.

You Xiaowu took a sip of tea, didn't care about boiling it, and said directly: "The villain listened to your orders, and inquired about the strange things that have happened in the Lu family these years, I really gained something." He lowered his voice, "This Lu family I don't know what evil happened to me these years. Three years ago, the young master had a sudden illness and died within a few days. Then the twelfth mother of the Lu family fell into the water and drowned. Not long after, the eldest grandson got a cold. It was about to recover, but he died suddenly for some reason. These are all from the Lu family. Many other maids and servants were carried out one after another. The villain asked the mother who handled the corpses for them. The servants are all naked, with scars on their bodies, I'm afraid..."

Lu Zheng frowned: "Afraid what?"

"Hey!" You Xiaowu smiled maliciously, "Your house is clean, there are no such dirty things, the villain is afraid that it will dirty your ears."

Lu Zheng suddenly understood, his face flushed immediately, but he was not ashamed, but angry: "This is too...too beastly!"

You Xiaowu sneered: "Either they signed a death contract, or they were bought criminal slaves. They are all low lives, and the high-ranking gentlemen will not care about it."

"Even if the status is low, it is still born and raised by mother and father. It is a living life!"

You Xiaowu paused, then suddenly approached Lu Zheng, and said softly, "Young master, you are so different from others."

Lu Zheng's heart skipped a beat, and he opened his mouth to explain something, You Xiaowu had already sat back in his seat, as if nothing had happened: "Ah, many servants in Lu's mansion know about this, I'm afraid your mansion There are also people who know that it is rumored that the Lu family made a crime, and the wronged soul came back to claim his life!" He smiled, "Of course, the villain will not believe this, those people died so uselessly before death, they may not die after death. Do you have the guts to come back for revenge? It's just a rumor that someone has a ghost in his heart and let it out."

Lu Zheng also calmed down a little, and asked, "Then who do you think?"

You Xiaowu patted the table, then pointed to the sky.

Lu Zheng raised a question mark.

You Xiaowu sighed: "Your family has a lot of talents, so you must have made many enemies. If the villain can find out these news, other people will naturally be able to find out too."

Lu Zheng was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect You Xiaowu to think of this, he originally only thought of the other party as a gangster on the street, even if he had some ability to check the news, he was limited by his vision and needed to be trained, but now he realized that he was really a little boy Looking at him, he really is a master in the world.

You Xiaowu said again: "When the villain was inquiring about the news, he also inquired about the Lu family's family by the way, and he really found out that in the past two days, some people have visited several clan elders. Calling the villain here must also be related to these things!"

Lu Zheng nodded. After correcting his impression of You Xiaowu, he also changed his attitude towards him: "Yes, because of their persecution, I need to solve the case within five days." He didn't hide anything either, He told You Xiaowu that the clan elder forced Lu Yuan to commit suicide in fear of crime.

You Xiaowu was dumbfounded: "Fortunately, the villain was raised by nature, otherwise I would have vomited to death when I met such a clansman!" After thinking about it, this is also the clansman of the young master in front of him, and suddenly smiled awkwardly, "The villain has a stinky mouth, you Don't take it to heart."

Lu Zheng shook his head, You Xiaowu really said what was in his heart, he asked You Xiaowu: "When you inquired about the news, did you find any news about Mrs. Lu Qi?"

You Xiaowu rolled his eyes: "Do you doubt that Mrs. Seven?"

"Why do you say that?"

"The villain just inquired about one thing, and I don't know if it will be useful to you."

"You said."

"I heard that this seventh wife was an imperial physician in the former dynasty. Later, when the family became a scholar, she gradually lost her membership. It's just that the villain thinks that even if she is divorced, there must be some prescriptions or medical skills in the family that are not passed on to the outside world!"

Lu Zheng frowned: "I've never heard of this before."

"Of course you have never heard of it. This seventh wife is also married far away. Her natal family is in the middle of the cloud. If I hadn't known a fellow from her hometown, I wouldn't have known about it." You Xiaowu sighed, "This Seventh Wife also has a hard life. She is clearly a daughter of the eldest family, but her own mother died young, and she was given a kind-hearted stepmother who said she was celibate, otherwise why would she marry a cruel and disabled person?"

Lu Zheng didn't speak, he kept thinking, if these Lu family members were all killed by Yan, then what was her motive?Does this matter have anything to do with Mrs. Wu?

Seeing that Lu Zheng didn't speak, You Xiaowu licked his lips and said, "Actually, the villain has another message..."

Lu Zheng came back to his senses: "What?"

"But this news is not in the hands of the villain for the time being, and the villain doesn't know how much money you should spend to buy this news."

Lu Zheng followed You Xiaowu to Qingxiu Square, although the curfew was approaching, the lights in this square were still brightly lit.

Chang Shan Chang Shui behind him showed disapproval, and Lu Zheng's expression was not natural, for no other reason, just because this Qingxiu Square is the so-called brothel street, or the bottom one.

You Xiaowu was very familiar with this place, leading them through all kinds of cheap makeup and handkerchiefs, and stopped at a dark doorway.

"here?"

You Xiaowu coughed lightly, knocked on the door, and a woman with heavy make-up waddled out: "Here we come."

You Xiaowu took a silver key and put it in front of the woman: "Our master wants to meet Zhiyun."

The woman's eyeballs were all glued to the silver, she took it and bit it first before smiling and said: "Please please."

Lu Zheng rubbed his nose uncomfortably, and followed them in, only to find that there are many compartments in this small yard, and there are two skinny men standing at the door of two compartments, seeing their eyes lit up .

"Master, do you want to sit down? The villain can do anything..."

"Shut up!" the woman scolded, "The honored guests are here to look for Zhiyun, you all go back to the house."

Seeing the two men flinch from being scolded, Lu Zheng felt a little uncomfortable, but You Xiaowu pulled his sleeves and shook his head invisibly at him.

That Zhiyun lived in the innermost room of the courtyard, which was also the darkest and dampest room. As soon as he opened the door, he could smell the strong smell of medicine and foul smell.

The woman lit the oil lamp on the table, and they could see clearly the furnishings in the house and the man lying on the bed.

He was supposed to be good-looking at first, but the long-term pain and suffering made his eye sockets sunken, his hair fell out a lot, his body was so thin that the bones could be seen, and there were blue and black intersecting spots on the exposed neck. Kind of trace.

Zhiyun coughed: "I still think of it as a regular customer, but I didn't expect it to be a new customer, or a baby."

Lu Zheng turned his gaze to You Xiaowu, and You Xiaowu took two steps forward, and said, "Back then, Master Yun from Hongchang Class, how did he fall to such a state now?"

Zhiyun's gaze paused, and he raised his head to look at You Xiaowu: "I don't remember how many of you were among the guests who praised me back then."

Lu Zheng couldn't wait any longer, and asked directly: "Do you still remember Lu Jian?"

A cold smile appeared on the corner of Zhiyun's mouth: "It seems that he is really an old man." He moved his body and slowly moved from the bed to the ground, only then did Lu Zheng realize that he was missing a leg.

He supported the bed and slowly moved over, leaned on the stool, and the movement caused beads of sweat to drip from his forehead, adding a tinge of red to his pale face. There is a sense of sickness and beauty.

He looked at Lu Zheng, and said lightly: "I can answer whatever you want to ask, but how much is your bid?"

Lu Zheng also sat down: "How much do you want?"

Zhiyun smiled: "Back then, Lu Jian redeemed me from the Hongchang Class, and spent 700 taels of silver. Now that I'm crippled, I'll give you a discount, 300 taels."

You Xiaowu jumped up suddenly: "You blackmailed people!"

It's really against the law to say this sentence from You Xiaowu, who made his debut as a blackmailer, and Lu Zheng couldn't help but give him a weird look.

You Xiaowu coughed: "The way you are now may have something to do with what happened back then. If you tell the truth, maybe we can avenge you!"

Zhiyun laughed out loud, and she shed tears when she smiled.

"Revenge?" He coughed twice, and his expression became extremely cold, "As the saying goes, if a cousin is ruthless and an actor is innocent, how much is revenge worth?"