Gu Qi's case-solving manuscript

"Last night, the one who came was Yue Ziyun's mother, Mrs. Yue." The jailer shrugged.

Gu Qi: ...

"Otherwise, who would come to see a death row prisoner?"

Gu Qi could barely bear his temper and asked: "Aside from this, are there other people?"

"No." The jailer shook his head.

"Then tell me about the scene at that time." Gu Qi stuffed a few taels of silver into his hand again, winking.

"Okay then." The jailer smiled.

"It was late at night, probably just after Xu time, and Mrs. Yue brought a servant girl over and brought a lot of things. I remember that the servant girl brought a food box, and the servant took a bedding. She was still in prison and thought it was a quilt. Here comes the enjoyment." The jailer looked annoyed, "After they went in, they came out again after a while, and left directly."

"That's it?" Gu Qi asked.

"It depends on the individual, what else can I do." The jailer didn't understand.

It seems that there is no problem, except Mrs. Yue, no other women came to visit the prison, so they guessed wrong?

No, besides Mrs. Yue, there is also a maid and a servant. That maid is completely in line with their guess. The maid is from the Yue mansion, so of course she knows Yue Ziran and Yue Ziyun. People going to visit the prison together will not attract attention or suspicion at all.

"Let's go meet that maid for a while."

"That maid?" Hui Qi wrinkled his nose, "You mean to suspect that that maid is the murderer?"

"It's just possible."

As soon as Gu Qi finished speaking, Hui Qi almost jumped up, "Amazing! The love between the young master and the maid! Regardless of the difficulties in the world, regardless of the obstacles of status, they resolutely want to be together, but God doesn't fulfill people's wishes. A big bully appeared! This big bully bullied men and women, and wanted to grab the maid, but the maid resisted to the death, but she accidentally killed someone. Unexpectedly, the young master resolutely stood up and chose to use his life to protect the woman he loves. life!"

"..."

Both Gu Qi and Xu Yihua were speechless.

"Huiqi." Xu Yihua said, "You should stop gossiping with those gossiping women, understand?"

"Oh."

It was not too early in the day, and there was a lot of chatter on the street, Gu Qi asked someone about the location of the Yue family's mansion, and a few people rushed over in a hurry.

There was not much time left for them, because Yue Ziyun admitted that he killed and buried the body, so Zhong Weiyuan directly gave the order to behead him for public display at noon tomorrow.

If Yue Ziyun is innocent, then they must find out the truth of the matter before noon tomorrow and find out the real murderer.

The Yue family's mansion is now plain, with white silk flowers tied on the inside and outside of the door. People who come and go in and out of the house wear white flowers on their heads and linen cloths, with their heads bowed and their faces full of sadness.

"Stop, who are you!" The two guards who were still guarding the door stretched out their hands to stop the three of them.

"Brother, please tell Mrs. Yue that we have something to see her." Xu Yihua said gently.

"Madam doesn't have time now." The nursing home was impatient, "Madam is sad now, how can I have time to see you."

Xu Yihua was not annoyed, and still said gently: "We are the ones who found the second young master's body yesterday, so please ask brother to let us in."

"Then... well, wait for me." After the nurse finished speaking, he turned and entered the house, and came out again after a while, "Come in with me."

Entering the house, the sadness inside became more intense. In the middle of the hall, there was a pitch-black coffin, made of high-quality pineapple wood, with carvings on the front and back, faintly revealing a sense of luxury.

"Young Master Gu, Young Master Xu, Master Huiqi."

A young servant came out from the inner hall with a gloomy face, but bowed respectfully to the three of them.

As soon as she heard the other party call her little master, Hui Qi's heart was as happy as a blossoming flower, and she was very happy. While pleasing to this young servant, she also had a good impression of Mrs. Yue.As expected of Yue Ziyun's family, even the servants in the family are so educated.

"Madam is not feeling well, and it is inconvenient to come out to meet guests, so please invite the three of you to enter the inner hall."

"It's okay." Gu Qi nodded, and the three followed the servant into the inner hall.

In the inner hall, Mrs. Yue was sitting on the main seat. She was dressed in plain clothes to completely set off her frailty, but what surprised Gu Qi and the others was the other party's eyes, which were covered by a white cloth. of black.

"Ah, Mrs. Yue, your eyes!" Hui Qi was still young, unable to keep his words in his mouth, and jumped out of his mouth as soon as he wanted to say something.

Gu Qi tapped her on the head quietly, Hui Qi reacted, and immediately realized that this question should not be asked indiscriminately, and quickly covered her mouth in fright.

Mrs. Yue bit her lips lightly with her white teeth, as if she was holding back her sadness. She was still holding a white handkerchief in her hand to wipe away the medicine dripping from the corners of her eyes: "The doctor said that I am too sad, if I continue to cry, my eyes will rot. It’s going to be ruined, so I made a concoction for my eyes.”

"I also ask Mrs. Yue to express my condolences." Xu Yihua said.

Madam Yue smiled miserably: "My children are all dead, so what should I do in mourning?"

"Isn't Mr. Yue Ziyun still alive?" Gu Qi asked.

"Still there?" Madam Yue smiled again, but became more and more sad, "It's just that it's still there, after tomorrow..."

"Ma'am, the doctor said you can't cry anymore." A woman in plain clothes next to Madam Yue urged, "Ma'am, please take care of your body."

"Madam Yue." Gu Qi said slowly, "I want to ask Madam, do you think Yue Ziyun is the murderer who killed your brother?"

"Absolutely not!" Mrs. Yue said with certainty, she paused and hesitated, "Actually, it's He Pinde, a mother like me knows best, if he was killed, I would be surprised and sad , but it’s not unexpected, but Yun’er, he will never kill anyone!”

Xu Yihua said: "To be honest, we came today for this matter."

Gu Qi said: "That's right, if the eldest son didn't kill his younger brother, then the murderer must be someone else."

"Ah!" Madam Yue covered her mouth and exclaimed, she couldn't help showing some joy on her face, and said hopefully, "Then my son will be released?"

"Not yet." Gu Qi had to break Madam Yue's hopes, "He has been convicted, unless we find the real murderer."

"Then who is the real murderer!" Madam Yue stood up excitedly, wanting to move towards the source of the sound, but the maid beside her quickly reached out to support her.

Gu Qi shook his head: "I don't know."

Madam Yue's face darkened all of a sudden, she sat back on the chair, bit her lips: "Isn't that... isn't it... my son tomorrow..."

"Mrs. Yue, if we find the murderer now, we still have a glimmer of hope. If we give up now and do nothing, there will be no hope for a long time. Therefore, I hope Madam can cooperate with our questioning and find the murderer."

"Just ask, I will definitely cooperate with all my strength." Madam Yue nodded repeatedly.

"Did you visit Mr. Yue in prison yesterday?"

"Yes."

"Who did you bring there?"

"Jia Ling and Lian Sheng."

Madam Yue pointed at the two people beside her.

The three followed her hand and looked over.

Jia Ling was the maid who advised her to pay attention to her body before. She has delicate features, looks like she is only two or nine years old, her eyes are reddish, and she looks quite smart in a long plain dress.

And that Liansheng was the boy who led him to the back hall in the courtyard just now, with good features, although he was not short, he was a little thin.

"I was worried that Yun'er would not live well in prison at night, so I asked them to bring food and mattresses to my son." Madam Yue sighed.

"Are they all serving the eldest son?" Gu Qi asked.

Madam Yue nodded: "Exactly, they have followed Yun'er since childhood."

Gu Qi stood up, walked in front of the two, and glanced at Jia Ling: "Miss Jia Ling, I want to ask you, how is your relationship with the Second Young Master?"

"No, it's not good." Jia Ling glanced at Mrs. Yue and said in a low voice.

"Why not?" Gu Qi asked.

"Second Young Master... usually likes frivolous maidservants in the mansion, and very few maidservants in the mansion would like him."

"That's true." Madam Yue said sadly.

"Then how is your relationship with the eldest son?" Gu Qi then asked.

Jia Ling said: "I have been accused of serving the Eldest Young Master since I was a child, so I naturally have a very good relationship. Moreover, the Eldest Young Master is kind and treats his servants well. He never puts on airs. Everyone in the house likes him."

"What about other than that?"

"Other than that, what is your relationship?" Gu Qi asked directly without any intention of hiding.

"You..." Jia Ling blushed with embarrassment, "Don't talk nonsense!"

"There is a word cloud embroidered on your purse." Gu Qi pointed to her purse, "And your handkerchief is also embroidered with auspicious clouds, instead of flowers and mandarin ducks like ordinary women."

"I...I..." Jia Ling bit her lip, at a loss.

"Please answer honestly." Gu Qi narrowed his gaze, and that gaze, which was as substantial as it was, shot directly at Jia Ling's heart like a sharp sword.

"I'm just... Young Master, he doesn't know... I'm just delusional..." Jia Ling's eyes suddenly turned red when she said this, and she remembered that her young master was going to kill him tomorrow.

"Did you go out of the city on the day the eldest son came home?" Gu Qi asked.

Jia Ling was taken aback, and surprise flashed in her eyes: "Don't tell me you doubt me...not me!"

"We didn't say you were the murderer, we just asked, you don't have to worry, just tell the truth." Xu Yihua comforted softly.

"I didn't go out of the city...but that day because the young master was coming back, I went to the street to buy something for the young master." Jia Ling said.

"How long have you been out of the house?"

"About two hours." Jia Ling cast her eyes on Liansheng in a panic, "Liansheng knew about this. There were too many things that day and I couldn't get them. I happened to meet Liansheng who was out looking for me. He helped me carry my things. went in."

Lian Sheng nodded quickly: "That was indeed the case that day."

Two hours, if you hurry up, it's barely enough to go back and forth.

"I... the stores I bought from must still remember me!" Jia Ling was about to cry out anxiously.

Gu Qi played tricks on Hui Qi, and Hui Qi immediately dragged Jia Ling to collect evidence.

Xiaobald has been using it more and more smoothly recently.

"Mrs. Yue, I wonder where the eldest son likes to write about?" Gu Qi asked.

Madam Yue thought for a while and said, "Aside from visiting shops, he usually goes home. At most, he only goes to Chunyi Garden for entertainment and entertainment, and rarely goes to other places."

Chunyi Garden?

Gu Qi frowned slightly. From the name, it can be deduced that it must be a place like brothel and red courtyard. It is normal for him to have a friend there, and it seems that he has to start looking there.

When Hui Qi and Jia Ling came back together, they told Gu Qiyi that the other party did not lie, she did not go out of the city gate that day, but bought things on the street.There are not many people in this big shop in Zhaoyuan County who don't know Jia Ling who is next to Yue Ziyun, and they can easily prove it for him.

Gu Qi rubbed his chin. In this way, the clue of Jia Ling was broken. This large group of people have been busy for so long, and they have done useless work.

After bidding farewell to Madam Yue, the three of them returned to the yamen. Zhong Weiyuan was dealing with official business, so it was inconvenient for them to bother them. They just waited until the evening when Chunyi Garden opened, so they could go in and inquire about news.

If he borrowed the county yamen's servants, he would surely be able to find out soon, but Gu Qi always had a faint sense of crisis. He was worried that he would burn himself and eventually involve the people around him.

Leave immediately after dealing with the matter here.

As soon as it got dark, Hui Qi couldn't wait to drag the two of them to Chunyi Garden.

Why every time I go to a new place, the case is always related to the brothel.

Xu Yihua thought about this question silently.

As soon as he entered, Gu Qi didn't see clearly what was going on inside, he saw a colorful scene in front of him, and was pulled over by someone in a trance, and the tip of his nose smelled of sticky powder.

"Hey, three masters, you look strange, is it your first time here, do you want Mommy to introduce you some girls who can serve others?"

"Ha Qiu--Ha Qiu--Ha Qiu Ha Qiu!" Gu Qi sneezed several times, scaring his mother to hide away.

Seeing that Gu Qi stopped sneezing, Mama Sang smiled and turned around again: "My lord, what kind of girl do you like, this Chunyi Garden has it all~"

"We're not looking for a girl today." Xu Yihua was also surrounded by colorful people, his face turned blue, watching Gu Qi's body leaning against his mother, he squeezed his way desperately.

Huiqi...

Touching the girls' bodies with enjoyment.

Mom Sang was pushed far away by Xu Yihua's palm that finally squeezed over, she managed to stand still, and she didn't get angry, she rolled her eyes when she saw the two leaning against each other, and smiled: "Aren't you looking for a girl?"

"Don't look for it." Gu Qi pulled the veil from Xu Yihua's arms and covered his nose.

No wonder Yue Ziyun and Yue Ziran were going to Jiangcheng to find a girl. The brothels in Zhaoyuan County were indeed not of the same level as Jiangcheng.

"Hey, I understand, I understand."

Gu Qi looked at Hui Qi, who had stuck his head into the chest of a girl in yellow clothes, and said to his mother, "Find her two girls to serve her, we don't want girls."

"Okay, okay, mom understands." Mom Sang looked at the two of them furtively with weird eyes, "Two gentlemen, please sit down, I will come as soon as I go."

Sitting down, Gu Qi was still a little terrified, the combat power of this Chunyi Garden was too strong, it was impossible to guard against, he looked at Xu Yihua, the other party's face was not very good.

"What's wrong with you?" Gu Qi asked suspiciously.

Xu Yihua sat down, held a teacup in his hand, and took a sip: "I'm fine."

Reaching out his hand to pour himself a glass of water, Gu Qi took a sip, his expression changed immediately, he glanced at Xu Yihua who hadn't noticed anything, and couldn't help but whistle.

Xu Yihua glanced at him.

Gu Qin pointed to the teacup in his hand with his eyes: "There are aphrodisiacs in it."

"Ah?!" Xu Yihua was so frightened that he shook his hand and threw the teacup out.

The other party's reaction made Gu Qi seriously suspect that when he was in Jiangcheng before, he fell from the second floor and broke his brain.

Just as he was thinking of this, he suddenly heard a sticky laugh from behind: "My lords, what did Mom bring you?"

Before Gu Qi and Xu Yihua turned their heads back, they felt a gust of fragrant wind blowing, two soft and boneless arms wrapped around their necks, and they blew softly in their ears: "Master, I will serve you OK?"

"You two are fine if you don't look for a girl today~" Mama Sang's voice was still sweet and tired, "My young lady here is also well-known far and wide~"

Gu Qi and Xu Yihua's bodies stiffened suddenly.