"Since you like her, you should be kind to her! If you don't like her, why do you bother her?" Lu Yuyu said seriously.
Just as Lu Zhizhang was about to explain, Menzi suddenly shouted loudly outside the Buddhist hall, "The old lady is not in good condition. Ruo'er, this cheap girl, may have poisoned my wife!"
And Ruo'er shouted loudly, "I didn't! I didn't! Let me go!"
Mrs. Lu frowned. Seeing this, Lu Zhizhang could only say, "Mother, I'm going to see what's going on outside."
However, Mother Lu remembered that the rosary beads had broken just now, and she suddenly stood up and said, "I'll go there with you."
Lu Zhizhang had no choice but to help his mother up, and then they both came outside the Buddhist hall.
Lu Zhizhang looked coldly at Ruo'er who was pushed to the ground and knelt down, and the disciple who bowed when he saw them coming over and said, "What is going on? Tell me carefully."
The doorman immediately said, "I felt a little strange today when I saw Ruo'er coming back alone, carrying bayberry and thirsty water. She asked me if the master and his wife were back? I said that the master was back, and she looked like she was lost. After that I originally wanted to find some other people and let them go with Ruoer to find Madam, but suddenly I saw blood marks on Ruoer's palm!"
After saying this, the man directly raised Ruo'er's hand. At this time, the hand was already dusty, and the original blood marks could not be seen at all.
When Ruo'er saw that the disciple said this, he immediately explained for himself, "Old madam! I never harmed our wife. Today in the teahouse, the master and his wife had a bad fight and left, and the wife cried in the private room. , she remembered that the old lady liked to drink bayberry thirsty water, so she asked the maid to buy it, and the maid went. Unexpectedly, when she came back, there was no trace of the madam there. The waiter said that the madam left with a young man. I thought It was the master who came to pick up his wife, so I didn’t ask that person any more, and then I came back on my own.”
"If that's the case, what's the matter with the blood mark on your hand?" Lu Zhizhang could feel his mother's reproachful eyes on him. To prevent his mother from speaking, he asked coldly.
Ruo'er just murmured to herself, "I don't know. I obviously didn't have this on my hands before, and I didn't touch anything unclean..."
Then the words fell and Ruoer stopped talking, because she suddenly realized why she felt that the open window was so inconsistent.
She remembered that when she looked downstairs through the window, her hand was resting on the dark wood window frame. When she touched the window frame, she felt that the window opening was sticky and a little wet.
But she didn't care at the time. Now that she thought about it, the blood mark might have been stained at that time.
After figuring this out, Ruo'er immediately repeated loudly, "I know! I know!"
Her expression seemed to be a little excited. Mrs. Lu coughed slightly, and Ruo'er immediately fell silent, but what if she knew?
If this is really Madam's blood, or to be more precise, if something really happened to Madam, will Mrs. Lu and Mr. Lu let her go?
Thinking of this, Ruo'er felt her heart become cold.
"What do you know? Why are you hesitating?" Lu Zhizhang couldn't help but ask.
Ruoer raised his head and glanced at Lu Zhizhang blankly. Then he lay on the ground and said, "Master Hou, the blood on my hands was stained on the window frame of that teahouse."
"Teahouse? What teahouse?" Mrs. Lu was still covering her chest as she asked.
Lu Zhizhang seemed to suddenly realize something.
Then he almost didn't dare to look at his mother. He only lowered his head and said, "Mom, I'm going to find Peipei."
Mrs. Lu only looked at him deeply, then waved to him. After sighing, Mrs. Lu just whispered, "Go ahead, remember to bring more people with you."
Lu Zhizhang obeyed the order and nodded, and not long after that, he quickly left the Lu Mansion.
When we arrived at the outskirts of the teahouse, the downstairs of the teahouse was bustling with people, and the teahouse was blocked by water. Looking around, we could see a few soldiers wearing the uniforms of the city patrol department.
Seeing this, his heart sank.
When I got through the crowd and arrived outside the teahouse.
The soldiers from the city patrol department were clearly gathered here, and only the people watching the excitement were separated from the
The teahouse was completely isolated.
Once someone approaches, they will shout loudly or even drive the person away.
Lu Zhizhang directly raised the Shangjing Palace Yin sign in his hand and said, "What case happened inside?"
When they saw the Yin of the Shangjing Prefecture arriving, the soldiers from the City Patrol Department did not stop him. They only made way for Lu Zhizhang. At the same time, another leading soldier from the City Patrol Department just led the way for Lu Zhizhang. Lu: "Sir, it's so late, but you still come to ask about this matter in person. Now it's really hard for you."
However, in the face of the soldier's flattery, Lu Zhizhang was obviously impatient to hear it. He just said quietly, "Okay, don't talk about this. Let's talk about the situation of this case."
The soldier nodded upon hearing this. Then he whispered, "We also received a report from the teahouse shopkeeper. The shopkeeper said that the waiter found blood on the window frame when cleaning up the private room on the second floor. When he closed the window, he also saw that the eaves on the first floor were randomly discarded. Wearing a ball of colorful clothes and a fox mask. These two things, at first glance, look like the pervert who specializes in attacking women at night."
After listening to the soldier's words, Lu Zhizhang's heart sank a little bit.
Although he heard about the modus operandi, he saw that the victim was probably not here anymore. But now that he's here, he can't leave.
After he got to the second floor, the leader of the city inspection department was Xu Yong, the eldest brother of the Xu family.
When he saw Xu Yong, he just walked over quickly.
Xu Yong was obviously a little surprised when he saw Lu Zhizhang, "Mr. Lu, why are you here?"
The relationship between Lu Zhizhang and Xu Yong is not bad because they are from the same Liangwang faction. He only whispered, "Master Xu, I think the murderer took away only my wife."
Hearing this, Xu Yong was also surprised. He had the temperament to say whatever came to his mind. He was only surprised and said, "The wind has been so tight recently. Many female relatives are afraid to come out to play. Mr. Lu, you are still investigating the case." Yes, how could you let Madam-in-law come out alone?"
Lu Zhizhang, who was accused, only showed a wry smile, "Actually, I came out with her today. I left early because of something, but I still kept someone by her side, and even gave her the carriage. I didn't want her to disappear. .”
Hearing Lu Zhizhang's words, Xu Yong didn't have any doubts. He just patted Lu Zhizhang on the shoulder sympathetically.
Lu Zhizhang then said to Xu Yong, "Master Xu, please help me with this!"
Xu Yong immediately responded, "That's natural. Just tell me how you want me to help, right?"
Lu Zhizhang said softly, "I'm afraid that person has run away. I went back and asked the maid who accompanied her. The maid said that the waiter in the shop saw a young man taking my wife away."
Upon hearing this, Xu Yong immediately took a deep look at the shopkeeper, "Why don't you go and find the waiter who discovered the scene at first sight?"
Being looked at by Xu Yong, the shop owner couldn't help but secretly wipe away a cold sweat.
Xu Yong looked at the store owner like this, naturally because the store owner was dishonest. He did not tell the waiter that the guest in this private room had been taken away.
The reason why he reported the crime was that he suspected that he had spotted the recent fox-faced monster.
Because they really didn't see the victim, that's why they stayed here for so long.
The waiter was quickly greeted by the shopkeeper.
The waiter in the shop was obviously very frightened. He only shivered and said in a trembling voice, "I've seen... I've seen you, adults... adults."
Not a single word was said. It seemed that this was the first time for the waiter in the shop to see this scene.
"You discovered that a female customer had left with a male customer before. Is this true?" Xu Yong strode toward the waiter and asked.
The waiter nodded slightly.
"Where did you see the male guest taking him?" Xu Yong asked softly again.
The waiter pointed at the door, "I only saw the customers leaving. After that, I was busy taking care of business and didn't pay attention to where they went."
When Xu Yong heard this, he immediately wanted to tell Lu Zhizhang that he would help Lu Zhizhang find the person now.
However, Lu Zhizhang still stayed where he was and asked the waiter in detail, "What does the murderer look like?"
Then he turned to look at the store owner and said, "Has anyone else in the store seen the murderer?"
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The shop owner and the waiter were about to answer, but Xu Yong said to Lu Zhizhang, "Mr. Lu, it won't be too late to try the case after we go back and hand it over. Madam-in-law won't wait for anyone. Our top priority now is to go to Madam-in-law quickly." Bar."
Hearing this, Lu Zhizhang frowned, but he still agreed with Xu Yong's words. He only asked Xu Yong, "Did you expel all the guests downstairs?"
Xu Yong immediately nodded and said, "That's natural. We cleared the place as soon as we arrived."
Upon hearing Xu Yong's words, Lu Zhizhang just frowned silently in his heart. If Xu Yong was his subordinate, he would have probably educated this person or directly transferred him.
If all those guests are driven away, doesn't it mean that it is also possible to drive away the murderer hiding in the crowd?
Of course, this is not the most important question. The most important question is: is what the waiter said true? Who will prove it?
However, he still said to the shop owner and waiter, "Okay, don't rush to close the door, leave in a hurry, wait for us to come back to investigate."
Then he said to the shopkeeper, "Boss, have you registered all your customers?"
The shopkeeper quickly said, "It's registered."
Lu Zhizhang then said, "Give me the registration book."
Before the shopkeeper could react, Xu Yong urged him directly, "Brother Lu, what's wrong with you? Is your wife my wife? We don't even have any clues now. If we don't hurry up and save people, what case are we busy trying?" ?”
After saying this, Xu Yong dragged Lu Zhizhang downstairs in a hurry.
