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"Chen Zhiman"

God knows how long Wang Yuexian was stunned when he saw this name.

She looked at Su Xueling, and then carefully looked at the "Chen Zhiman" on the paper. She thought about it for a while, and then rounded her almond eyes.

"Don't know?" Su Xueling asked her.

Wang Yuexian shook his head, then frowned and said, "I missed this person."

Su Xueling put the piece of paper on the table and asked her, "Who is this Chen Zhiman?"

Wang Yuexian sighed, and said rather helplessly: "My lord, she is just a big sister who carries water, in charge of the water pot, usually sweeps the floor in the backstage, washes fruits, moves shelves, and does everything. Do some rough work, but I took her there that day, just now I blamed me for not thinking of her."

Su Xueling gave a "hmm", seemed to think that this statement was acceptable, and glanced at the clothes she was wearing, thoughtfully.

Wang Yuexian hadn't changed her costume yet, but she was wearing a lotus root pink short jacket with a red dress, with rouge rubbed on her cheeks, and a random bun on her head, looking like a beauty in ancient costume, I think People who sing old operas also love this dress on weekdays.

Su Xueling touched her chin and asked her, "Do you remember when you came back that day?"

Wang Yuexian thought for a while, and said uncertainly: "It must be early in the morning. There is no place for us to live on the boat. After singing all night, everyone dispersed. We took off our makeup on the boat and ate something hastily. Just come down."

Su Xueling then asked her: "How many plays did you sing?"

Wang Yuexian said: "Three sets, I am the last one, first is Bailifeng and Cheng Liuru's "Liu Yin Ji", then Zhou Runyu and Mao Zhilan's "Picking up the Jade Bracelet", and finally Fei Laihong and I sang "Hundred Flowers" "Pavilion", Mr. Ren said that this is the kind of scene that the chief steward arranges for the occasion of the wedding."

Su Xueling asked again: "How many people were on stage that day? Mark them out for me."

Wang Yuexian glanced at the people on the list, and marked out all the actors of that day one by one. Apart from the ones she mentioned, there were also Xiaosheng and Caidan. For this mark, there were only five people left.

In an instant, the number of people on the list decreased. Su Xueling looked at the remaining names on the list, squinted his eyes, and asked, "Who are these five people? Can you tell me?"

Wang Yuexian pointed to the list and introduced them one by one from top to bottom.

"This is the manager of Wen in the troupe. His name is Cheng Liu. We call him Master Liu."

"This is Lao Ma and Lao Liu, boxer. They are responsible for the affairs of the guys we usually go out, and they also take care of the paint on the buffoon's face."

"This is Gu Liang, who opened the door curtain."

"And this Chen Zhiman, as I said before, is responsible for bringing us tea and water."

Su Xueling circled their names one by one and asked, "A few of them, who do you think is the most likely to go out after eleven o'clock? Or, after eleven o'clock, did you notice that someone disappeared?"

Wang Yuexian was stunned for a moment, then pressed his temples, rolled his eyes, and said: "Guan Ye, I was singing on stage at that time, you ask me, who should I ask?"

Su Xueling frowned, and sent someone to find the manager again.

The chief manager didn't expect that the police could find them in the investigation, and when he entered the door, he shouted at the top of his voice, Su Xueling had a headache, told him to shut up, and asked him the question of Wang Yuexian again.

The manager was stunned, scratched his head and said, "Well, I really didn't pay attention, I was quite busy at that time."

Xu Shaoqing, who was on the side, couldn't see it anymore, so he leaned over and asked, "Well, let me ask you a question."

He crossed out all the actors on the note, pointed to the few remaining people and asked, "Among these people, did any of them wear dark clothes that day?"

The class leader was stunned, looked at Wang Yuexian, and recalled: "It's true, the old Ma, Lao Liu, and sister Chen, aren't they all wearing dark clothes?"

Xu Shaoqing and Su Xueling met each other, Su Xueling stood up and asked, "Is there that dark purple velvet material?"

The head teacher thought for a while, then shook his head, then nodded, "You're asking..."

He glanced at Wang Yuexian, clapped his hands together, and said, "Ah, Yuexian, did sister Chen wear a velvet cheongsam that day?"

Wang Yuexian's eyes lit up, "That's right!"

She clapped her hands first, then realized that the policeman was arresting the criminal, and asked with a look of horror, "Master, what's going on, why are you asking this, what does Sister Chen have to do with the murder case?"

Su Xueling didn't answer.

Wang Yuexian shook his head and sighed, then looked at the chief manager very angrily, and said, "Look, I'll call her unlucky! Call the police!"

The chief steward sighed, and rubbed his forehead, "Quickly stop talking."

Wang Yuexian was mean-spirited, and she was even more unhappy when she heard the sound, "What's wrong with me, I'm telling the truth, that woman has a kind of bad luck in her body, you call an old woman to serve you, it's because you dislike us Is this troupe too prosperous? Look at what she caused..."

Xu Shaoqing keenly caught two words from her words, interrupted her, and asked, "Pass? What did she do before?"

Wang Yuexian glanced at him, and snorted: "What else can I do, I am a singer, I am kicked out when I am old and no one likes it, and I am scared to come here."

Xu Shaoqing glanced at Su Xueling, Su Xueling narrowed his eyes and asked, "Where does she live?"

……

It was already night when Su Xueling led the people to the shanty town.The car drove slowly, Su Xueling was a little excited, hoping to get some clues from Chen Zhiman, Xu Shaoqing sat beside her, without saying a word, just looked out of the car window, until passing by a water, Xu Shaoqing suddenly shouted: "Stop!"

Su Xueling looked at him and frowned: "Master Xu, don't delay."

Xu Shaoqing couldn't help saying that he got out of the car, and dragged Su Xueling down with him.

Just as Su Xueling was about to curse, he saw Xu Shaoqing pointing in one direction.

She glanced in that direction, swallowed what she wanted to say, and her face became serious.

This shantytown is next to the water. Su Xueling got out of the car and took a look around, and saw that there were indeed many oleanders growing by the water. Death, Su Xueling looked at the few oleander plants, her heart sank, she looked at the place where Chen Zhiman lived not far away, and thought: This is good, the poison is actually not far from her home. have.

She looked at Xu Shaoqing and said, "You are careful."

Immediately afterwards, a group of them rushed into the shanty town. As soon as the group of people came in suddenly, a dog heard the sound and started barking, which disturbed many residents. The car could not drive in. The group got out of the car and walked over. The night is slippery, there is no drainage in this place, the water used to wash your face and feet is splashed on the ground, there are many sewage pits, wet mud sticks to your shoes everywhere, it is very uncomfortable, the theater troupe The steward led them away, cursing, "What kind of shitty place is this?"

Many people heard the movement, opened the windows, looked out, wondering what happened, Xu Shaoqing walked, glanced over there, and stopped.

Su Xueling in the front didn't know that he had stopped and was still walking forward. Chen Zhiman lived in one of the shanty houses here. The roof of the shed was made of bamboo mats and straw, which looked dilapidated. Looking at the wall, I saw many small holes, which were blocked with straw. The steward of the theater troupe glanced around, and couldn't help saying in distaste: "Is this a place where people live?"

Xiao Chu stepped forward and knocked on the door, Su Xueling looked back, but didn't know where Xu Shaoqing had gone.

At this time, an impatient male voice came from inside: "Who is it?"

Su Xueling ignored Xu Shaoqing, turned around and said, "Police!"

The people in the room were silent, and after a while, the tattered door was opened.

It was a woman who came to open the door, wearing a rough apron. Seeing a group of people outside, she froze for a while, then twitched the corners of her mouth, showing a slightly blunt smile: "Everyone, what's the matter?"

Su Xueling glanced at her, squeezed into the room, and looked around.

There is no floor in this house, everything is placed on the mud floor, small pot for cooking, basin for washing face, a cracked vanity mirror, a few towels, it can be seen that the owner is a clean person.There was another man in the room, in his 40s, with a very honest face. Before he could ask Su Xueling, the chief manager yelled as soon as he came in, "Old horse? Why are you here?"

The old horse scratched his head and hesitated: "I'm here to talk to Xiaoman for a while."

The chief steward let out a long "Oh" in a pointed tone, "Come to a woman's house to chat at night?"

The old horse's face turned red immediately, he waved his hand and said, "No...no..."

Su Xueling glanced at him, then turned to the woman, and asked, "Are you Chen Zhiman?"

Chen Zhiman nodded, with a normal expression, "Yes, it's late at night, what are the officials here for?"

Su Xueling glanced at Xiao Chu, and Xiao Chu immediately began to search the house, and after a while, he found a velvet cheongsam!It was placed neatly in a small box next to the pillow.

Then he took the cheongsam and presented it to Su Xueling.

Su Xueling paused, took the cheongsam, pretended to glance at it casually, and asked: "Ms. Chen's dress is really pretty, where did you make it?"

Chen Zhiman didn't say a word, just asked: "What's the matter?"

Su Xueling stroked the velvet fabric. The cheongsam seemed to have been washed many times, and the color was not so bright. There were still hair loss. He looked at it carefully, and then paused.

On that arm and elbow, there was actually a very long trace of being scratched!

Su Xueling put away the velvet cheongsam without showing any signs of expression, glanced at her, smiled, and said, "It's nothing, let's see how the security here is, Ms. Chen, I want to ask if there have been any cases here recently? "

Chen Zhiman glanced at her, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Although we are a little poor here, the neighbors are all good people, and nothing happened."

Su Xueling laughed again: "Really? But how did I hear that the night before yesterday, someone heard a noise nearby in the early morning, and someone lost something the next day. We are now catching thieves. Ms. Chen lives here Nearby, did you hear anything?"

Chen Zhiman turned pale, glanced at the chief manager who was following them, forced himself to be calm, shook his head, and said: "I didn't hear anything, I worked that day and was very tired, so I rested when I came back. "

Su Xueling asked her: "Oh? I also heard that Ms. Chen went to work on the boat that day. Ms. Chen, when did you come back home?"

Chen Zhiman glanced at her, hesitated for a moment, and said, "About one o'clock."

"is it?"

A low voice suddenly came from behind.

When Su Xueling turned around, he saw Xu Shaoqing squeezed into the narrow room from the door. He looked up and down, looked at Chen Zhiman, and said mockingly, "Miss Chen said that she came back that night, but how can I listen to your neighbor?" Say, you came back from outside in a panic before five o'clock the next morning?"

Chen Zhiman's whole body froze, and his face suddenly turned pale.

The old horse behind her suddenly stood up: "No...no, Xiaoman...Xiaoman was with me that night!"

Xu Shaoqing turned his head to look at the honest-looking man, squinted his eyes, "Who are you?"

The chief manager said "Oh" and shouted: "Good fellow, Sister Chen, are you looking for an old horse as a concubine?"

Lao Ma's face turned red when he heard the sound, he looked at Chen Zhiman and then at the manager, "Don't talk nonsense, I want to marry Xiaoman!"

Chen Zhiman raised his head against the gazes of the crowd, his face seemed calm, "Master, I'm afraid you didn't come here to catch thieves, did you?"

Su Xueling smiled, with some coldness in his eyes, "Come here, take her back to me!"

"Wait!" The old horse yelled, with a nervous expression on his face, and shouted at the top of his voice, "Why did you arrest her? What did she do wrong?"

Chen Zhiman remained silent, looked at Su Xueling, and Su Xueling also looked at her, "You have to ask Ms. Chen about this."

The old horse became anxious, and stretched out his hand to arrest Su Xueling, but was held down by Xiao Chu and another policeman. He blushed, and the veins on his forehead were exposed, "What kind of policeman are you! Why are you arresting people indiscriminately!"

Chen Zhiman was silent for a while, then said in a hoarse voice: "Old Ma, you should go back first."

Old Ma paused, then fell silent. He opened his mouth and shouted, "Xiaoman..."

Chen Zhiman untied the apron on his body, looked at Su Xueling for a long time, and finally laughed abruptly, then laughed louder and louder, and finally burst into tears.

"You are still here."

Su Xueling looked at this very gentle woman in front of her with complicated eyes. It was really hard to imagine what kind of mood she was in, poisoning and throwing her body away.

"Why kill him?"

The smile on Chen Zhiman's face disappeared bit by bit, replaced by hatred that couldn't be concealed.

"Damn him."

Su Xueling frowned, "Chen Zhiman, do you know that murder is against the law, and you will be shot to death if you poison and throw away the corpse in disregard of the law!"

"Murder is against the law?" Chen Zhiman snorted, as if he thought the sentence was funny, "You're wrong, only me killing is considered a crime, your police are always very active at this time, if you say detention, you detain it, if you say you shoot it Just shoot him, but when he, Hang Fengyu, killed someone, where were you?"

"You..." Su Xueling was stunned, Chen Zhiman glanced at him, her eyeballs were congested and red, as if she had suffered from hysteria, she no longer had the composure she had at the beginning, she took a few steps back in a trance, supported her On the only small table in the room, he laughed out of his wits, his voice sounded a little sharp and a little bleak:

"What a policeman..."

"What a policeman..."

"When he fed me that bowl of abortion medicine, killed my child, and made me infertile for the rest of my life, you didn't come. I went to sue him, but you ignored me. When I did it myself, you were like dogs. The taste is coming, ha..."

Su Xueling was shocked all over, her eyes were a little dazed, a little unbelievable, she paused, pursed her lips, and asked: "What is your relationship with Hang Fengyu?"

"Relationship?" Chen Zhiman seemed a little confused, she put her arms on the small table, looked at the cracked vanity mirror, and showed a very sad smile.

"Back then, I was the most popular singer in the world. He was just a poor and white little painter who had just arrived in Ningpu. He said he admired me and wrote me many poems. I was deceived. I was deceived just like that. , I only think that educated people are extremely romantic, and I never thought that a man who can write poetry will be the most betrayed..."

"He is a poor painter with nothing. I live frugally, wear the oldest clothes, buy him the best brushes, and raise him for five full years, five years! I buy him suits, put him Dressed up like a local boy, I went to drink with him, in exchange for a chance for him to meet those rich businessmen, I spent five years on him, and he also said at that time that he would marry me and take me back home. Qu Ling saw his lonely old mother, but in the end? I was old and pregnant with his child, so I couldn't sing, so he got involved with other women..."

She smiled miserably, and looked at herself in the mirror, "He also pretended to name our children, saying that the boys are called Mansheng, and the girls are called Yuzi, ha... What a irony."

"I believed him so much... I believed him so much, but he lied to me that it was an anti-birth medicine."

There was a wind blowing at night, and it came in through the open door, and the room was silent, except for Chen Zhiman's faint crying.

The chief steward stood aside, his face was frighteningly pale, and the old horse sat on the ground blankly, devastated.

Chen Zhiman looked at Su Xueling and asked her:

"You are a policeman, you maintain peace on one side, and consolidate law and order on one side. You know the law, you have a gun, and you can decide a person's life or death. Tell me, isn't it fair that one life is worth one life?"