The dream of "Tenderness of Iron Hands" begins in Tokyo

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The chief arrester of Hangzhou Mansion, Wang Yi, has been on a dire these days, because he has no clue about the "Blood Camellia" murder case, and Xu Zhu, the magistrate of the prefecture, asked him to report the progress almost every day.Wang Yi knew that this case had alarmed Sheng Ting when the incident happened in Bianjing City years ago, and now that the murderer appeared in Hangzhou again, the pressure on Mr. Xu was indeed great.But apart from the investigations at the scene of the Yihonglou crime half a month ago, he really couldn't find any new clues.The shop specializing in "Ylangxiang" makeup oil has been under surveillance for a long time, and all customers who bought this product were also closely interrogated, and no suspicious person was found, and the victim this time had never purchased this makeup oil. .

Unexpectedly, this wave of unrest rose again. Early this morning, the nursing home of Qunyuyuan, a brothel in the city, ran to report the crime in horror, saying that their popular girl Liu Qiniang had just been found dead in her boudoir. It is said that looking at the terrifying appearance, it seems to have something to do with the perverted lewd thief "Blood Camellia" that is widely spread nowadays.

Wang Yi was taken aback, and while sending someone in to report to Master Xu, he brought his assistant and a dozen or so policemen and servants out of the government office in a hurry.As soon as he left the gate, he saw two horsemen coming from the north. The leading man was wearing a fan Yang Li and a black cloak. .When he saw this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Oh! It's Second Master Tie! That's great! I'm looking forward to you!" Wang Yi smiled and greeted him with cupped hands.

It was Tie Shou and Lu Mengyun who came.They went to Gushanhou Village earlier and entrusted the two cats and dogs to Mrs. Lin to take care of them, and then they rushed to the Hangzhou government office outside the Qingbo Gate.

"President Wang, I haven't seen you for a long time, how have you been?" Tie Shou hurriedly got off his horse and bowed his hands in return.He came to Liangzhe Road to handle cases before, and has cooperated with Wang Yi many times. Although this man's martial arts are mediocre and not very smart, he is diligent and honest, and he has always cooperated with the dispatches of the Shenhou Mansion, so he can be regarded as one of the four famous arresters. friends.

"Hey! It's been good all the time, but it's not good recently!" Wang Yi sighed: "This harmful 'Blood Camellia' has made me burnt out. No, something happened again!"

"Oh? Could it be that he committed another crime?" Tie Shou said in surprise.

"Well! I just received a report and am about to rush to the scene."

"We'll go with you," Tie Rian said.

"How can this happen! You have traveled all the way, how could you go to the scene of the murder without taking a sip of tea?" Wang Yi apologized.

"No problem! Let me introduce you. This Miss Lu Mengyun is my junior sister from the same school, and she is now serving under the seat of Mr. Zhu, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment."

After Lu Mengyun greeted each other with Wang Yi, Tie and Lu followed Wang Yi and his party to the city.

Qunyuyuan is located in Wazi Lane in Shixifang. There are various pavilions and dense flowers and trees here. It is a gathering area for brothels and brothels in Hangzhou.

It's been a long time since Tie Shou and his group arrived here, and there are not many passers-by along the way. The quiet day of this alley and its noisy night are like two worlds.But at the entrance of Qunyu Courtyard, many common people were already around, looking around, whispering to each other, seeing a group of yamen servants, they hurriedly parted ways to make way.Wang Yi hurriedly ordered two servants to guard the door and not allow other people to enter.

Mother He, the bustard of Qunyuyuan, saw the official coming, and hurried out to greet Wang Yi, and said to Wang Yi with a mournful face, "Oh! Mr. Wang, you are here! Why do you think such a terrible thing happened again? Last time, it was Yihonglou, which was opposite, so why is it our turn to be unlucky this time! Now all the girls in this street are terrified, how can we do business!"

Wang Yi said in a deep voice, "Stop talking nonsense. Where is he?"

"In...in her own room in the backyard."

"Lead the way ahead!"

Mother He tremblingly led everyone from Hangzhou Mansion to a small building in the backyard.In the corridor in front of the building stood a young tortoise slave and a terrified little maid, who bowed their heads and retreated to the side when they saw the official coming.

Wang Yi ordered the servants to disperse and search all over the courtyard carefully, asking if there were any suspicious signs of intrusion by outsiders, then turned around and respectfully said to Tie Shou, "Second Master, let's go upstairs and have a look." Tie Shou was looking at the people in the corridor. Shining on the oil lamp at night, nodded upon hearing the words, went into the house and went upstairs.Lu Mengyun followed closely behind, and Wang Yi brought his deputy Yang Li and Wu Zuo to follow.

As soon as they stepped up the stairs, everyone could smell a strong fragrance, which was a bit like jasmine but mixed with a little mellow clove and woody fragrance of pine oil. It was strange that such a strong smell did not make people dizzy. On the contrary, there is a sweet and joyful feeling in my heart that is delicate but not gorgeous, flattering but not lewd.Iron Hand frowned slightly: "Yilanxiang?"

Wang Yi exchanged glances with his subordinates, nodded and said, "Exactly! Could it be 'Blood Camellia' again?"

There are two rooms on the upper floor. When entering the door, there is a small living room. A row of windows facing south are closed, and a set of beech wood round tables and chairs are placed in the center.There is a copper washbasin on the table, half filled with clear water; there is also a set of celadon tea sets.The teapot and a teacup were outside the saucer, as if someone had drunk half of it.The bedroom on the east side has no door, but is separated by a carved screen in the style of a moon door, and is hung with floor-to-ceiling red gauze curtains.

At this time, the sun was shining brightly, and although the veil was not raised, one could vaguely see a person lying on the ground inside.The iron hand blocked Lu Mengyun behind him without showing any traces, walked up to him and hung up the curtain.

Sunlight shines into the room through the window panes on the south side, and everyone can clearly see a woman lying on the floor in front of the bed in a big font, with a blood-colored "Camellia" on her abdomen, which is very eye-catching and terrifying.The corpse's hair was disheveled, its neck was bloody and bloody, the pool of blood under its shoulders seemed to have solidified, its face was slightly blackened, its eyes were protruding, its mouth was wide open and its tongue was exposed, it looked very terrifying.

It was the first time for Lu Mengyun to witness a murder scene at such a close distance. When she was working as an officer in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, she was a girl and newcomer, so she was always taken care of and only dealt with small cases of theft and robbery. It's just seen from afar.But now this horrific scene made her feel uncomfortable, besides, the deceased was a woman from Quanluo, and the room was full of men at the moment. Dare to take a closer look.

Tie Shou took off his hat, took off his cloak and handed it to Lu Mengyun, rolled up his sleeves and tucked up the corner of his robe, and asked the worker for vinegar to wipe on his hands and under his nose, then covered his mouth with a scarf, put on his gloves and walked to the corpse squat down.He picked up the dead man's hands and inspected them carefully, opened his lips to inspect the mouth, opened the wound on the neck with a bamboo slice and inspected it carefully, and finally his eyes fell on the "Blood Camellia" on the abdomen.After a while, Tie Shou stood up, shook off the clothes scattered on the ground one by one, looked back and forth carefully, and then took the coat to cover the chest and abdomen of the deceased.

Tie Shou called Wu Zuo over and whispered something to him.The assistant nodded again and again, then took out his tools and squatted beside the corpse and began to examine.

Iron Hand took off his gloves and muffler and went back to the living room. He looked around the room carefully, and his eyes fell on a little bit of debris on the floor beside the table.Tieshou knelt down and wiped some with his index finger and twisted it, then stood up and picked up the teapot on the table, opened the lid and smelled it closely, and then looked at the teacups one by one.Finally, he walked up to Wang Yi who was checking the surrounding windows and asked,

"Boss Wang, how is it? Is there any trace of intrusion?"

Wang Yidao: "Except for the north window of the bedroom, which is open, the bolts of the rest of the windows are firmly inserted. Could it be that it came in through the north window? But you can see that there is no sign of the window being pried open, and there are no footprints on the window sill or on the ground. I I just went up to the roof to see that the tiles are neat and there is no sign of being trampled on. This is a bit different from the case in the Yihong Building half a month ago, where there were obvious signs of breaking in through the window."

"Yes. It's different." Tie Shou said thoughtfully, "So, brother Yang will watch over the scene and let him do the autopsy. I'll go down with you to interrogate the informant first."

"it is good."

Tie Shou greeted Lu Mengyun, stepped over the lit charcoal basin, and the three of them went downstairs to the main hall of the front yard.

In the hall of Qunyuyuan, the governor of Hangzhou, Xu Zhu, the magistrate of Hangzhou, has also arrived.This person was about forty years old, with a long face with phoenix eyes, and a three-strand beard under his chin. He looked quite refined and elegant. He was sitting with his brows tightly furrowed, waiting for his subordinates to report the case.Seeing Tie Shou and Wang Yi coming in together, he stood up with a big smile on his face,

"Oh, it turns out that Master Tie has arrived! The lower officials are welcome from far away! Welcome from far away!"

Tie Shou hurriedly stepped forward to salute him, and said with a smile, "Master Xu has always been kind!"

In terms of official rank and rank, Tie Shou is one level lower than Xu Zhu, but local officials are always more polite when they meet Beijing officials, after all, they are under the foot of the emperor.What's more, the four famous arresters hold the imperial gift to calm the chaos, which is almost equivalent to half an imperial envoy.Xu Zhu knew that among the four, Tie Shou was the most dignified person, capable of advancing and retreating, and also good at calligraphy and painting, which was highly valued by Mr. Zhuge, and sometimes he would be brought to meet with the saints to discuss matters. weapon, so Xu Zhu has always been more affectionate to Iron Hand.

Tie Shou also knew that Xu Zhu was a long-sleeved, skillful dancer, tactful and sophisticated, and he joined Cai Jing's party in the court, so he got this good job in the important places of Zhejiang and Zhejiang.But he has always been very flattering to Mr. Zhuge, and sometimes he will go to Shenhou Mansion to greet Uncle Shi and give some gifts when he returns to Beijing to report on his work.And when his senior brothers came to handle the case, Xu Zhu always tried his best to cooperate and obeyed his orders.Although Tie Shou doesn't like this kind of people who are in harmony with each other and who are both right and wrong, but they always treat each other with courtesy and work hard, so they can't hate it.

Xu Zhudao: "Nowadays, the government is benevolent, the world is prosperous, Hangzhou has always been peaceful, but recently the 'Blood Camellia' has brought disasters. Alas! Although the officials are closely guarded and inspected every day, there is no trace of this thief coming. Going to Wu Ting is really cunning and vicious, and he is at a loss. Now that the old man has appointed Mr. Tie to assist him, I can rest assured. The four famous arresters are here to solve the case! Haha..."

"Master Xu, thank you! You Xia should do his best!" Tie Shou clapped his hands and humbled himself, and called his junior sister to meet Master Zhizhou.Naturally, Xu Zhu was polite again, bluntly saying that all the elite soldiers and good generals of the Shenhou Mansion have come out, and they will surely win the battle and capture the murderer.

Tie Shou and Xu Zhu took their seats in the center of the hall, while Lu Mengyun and Wang Yi also sat on both sides.Tie Shou said to Xu Zhu: "Master Xu, I have just seen the scene of the case here, can you allow me to cross-examine the person who made the report?"

"Your Majesty Tie, feel free to ask. The Hangzhou Hefu has always been the only one who follows the lead in this case." Xu Zhu said politely.

"Thank you Master Xu!"

So everyone in Qunyuyuan was called to the corridor outside the hall to wait for questioning.