Time rewinds to earlier in the evening.
When Xu Zhen came out of Old Man Li's house, which had been destroyed by fire, he did not return directly to the Yamen, but went to a place called Wanhua Building.
This Ten Thousand Flowers Building is unique among many flower buildings. It has collected many exotic women from nowhere, which is eye-catching and has a unique style.
The reason why Xu Zhen came here was because he had heard Qiu Batian say that he wanted to come here to find some golden cat.
The so-called golden cat...
Xu Zhen thought, he should be a Caucasian with yellow hair and white skin, right?
Of course, Xu Zhen was self-aware and could not go looking for Qiu Batian rashly. His target was Qiu Batian's carriage.
Coincidentally, when he entered the stable of Wanhua Building, he happened to see Qiu Batian's carriage parked here, and the driver was feeding the horse fodder.
Although today at Zuixianju, the coachman had met him face to face and might have recognized him.
But after some deliberation, Xu Zhen still pretended to be anxious and ran over.
"Hey, who is that? Oops, I've found you, Master Qiu is so anxious!" Xu Zhen rushed to the coachman in a hurry, panting and asked, "Have you heard? Master Qiu asked someone to tell you Got it!"
"What the hell? Who are you?" The coachman held a bundle of fodder with a puzzled look on his face.
"Hurry up, Master Qiu asked me to ask you, did anyone move the carriage this morning?" Xu Zhen pressed.
"No, you..."
The driver saw that Xu Zhen was wearing a police officer's uniform and wanted to continue asking for his identity, but Xu Zhen gave him no time to react and immediately shouted loudly:
"Speak quickly! In the morning, at half past Chenshi, did anyone touch Master Qiu's carriage?"
"No...no?" The coachman was confused and answered subconsciously, "How is that possible? Master Qiu goes out at night, how can he possibly move the carriage in the morning?"
"So, the carriage has been parked at Zuixianju all morning?" Xu Zhen asked with wide eyes, "Are you sure?"
"Sure! Hey..." the coachman asked again, "Who are you?"
"You can't even see me?" Xu Zhen pointed to his official uniform, "I am Chen Tiefeng from the Yamen. Master Qiu was sued, saying that Master Qiu kidnapped a good woman last night and raped her. In the morning, he stripped her naked in a carriage and threw her to Yong'an Street..."
"What!? Impossible! What are you talking nonsense!" the coachman said in surprise, "Yesterday, Mr. Qiu found two geishas who had just been transported by the Jiaofang Division and spent the whole night with them. Where were they going to kidnap what kind of women?
"You even took off your clothes and threw them into the street. Master Qiu... It seems that Master Qiu has never done such a thing, right?"
"Really?" Xu Zhen glared and said, "I'm warning you, the person is dead now and life is at stake. You can't lie!"
"Hey, why am I making such a fuss?" The coachman looked innocent, "I was shoeing this animal at that time! If someone tampered with Master Qiu's carriage, how could I not know?"
oh……
Through the driver's expression and reaction, Xu Zhen already knew what was going on. He probably wasn't lying. The case of Old Man Li's daughter probably had nothing to do with Qiu Batian.
"If you don't believe what I say," the coachman added, "go and ask Master Qiu's men. If not... go to the Jiaofang Department and ask the two chicks. They can prove it..."
"Okay, then I will believe you, but..." Xu Zhen asked, "A few days ago, did Mr. Qiu go to Yong'an Street and molest a woman selling bamboo baskets?"
"Bamboo basket? Yong'an Street?" The coachman recalled carefully and said, "A few days ago, Mr. Qiu went to Wang's pawnshop to ask for an account. He did go to Yong'an Street, but... I don't know if he was molested or not. The carriage couldn't get in. Go, they walked in, you should ask other people!"
"Okay, I'll ask right away!" Xu Zhen nodded, turned around and left.
Unexpectedly, just when Xu Zhen walked to the door, several people suddenly walked outside the door, and they were Qiu Batian's servants.
"Lao Li, Mr. Qiu's golden cat has been picked out," one of them waved at the door, "Hurry up and hit the road, let's go!"
"Oh," the coachman waved in response, pointing in the direction of Xu Zhen and said, "You guys came just in time. This detective has something to ask you! Huh?"
After he finished speaking, the driver realized that the policeman had disappeared.
"What did you say?" The waving servant looked around and asked, "Is that the person just now?"
"Yes," the coachman thought hard and said, "He said he is a policeman from the Yamen, his name is... Chen Tiefeng..."
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Jiaofangsi is adjacent to Wanhua Tower, and Xu Zhen arrived here within a quarter of an hour.
The difference between Jiaofangsi and Hualou is that the women here were all from good families.
If a family commits a serious crime, the men will be exiled or exiled to the army, while the women will be sent to the Jiaofang Division to serve as official prostitutes, turning the girls from good families into prostitutes.
After all, he was a government official. After Xu Zhen revealed his identity, he was successfully brought to the two girls.
The two girls had been tortured to a state of disgrace by Qiu Batian. They were both lying on the couch, weeping silently, pitifully...
Seeing this, Xu Zhen didn't want to expose their scars anymore, so he simply asked.
However, Qiu Batian was like a terrifying nightmare. As soon as they heard this name, the two girls could not stop trembling with fear.
Xu Zhen could only try to concise his language and asked one of the girls: "Were there any other women bullied by him last night?"
The girl wiped her tears, shook her head and said, "It's just the two of us, one...all night..."
After saying that, she couldn't help but burst into tears, full of helplessness and despair...
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Time turns back to the present.
Xu Zhai.
It was already midnight, the night was quiet, and the autumn wind was deserted.
Youmeng had already fallen asleep, while Xu Zhen sat alone in the study, continuing to analyze and study the case.
There is no way, this case has been bound to his fate.
If it doesn't work out, it's better to just pack up and leave. If you don't do it right, you might even lose your life.
Through the confessions of the coachman and the two Jiaofangsi girls, Xu Zhen has basically determined that the case of Old Man Li's daughter was not the fault of Qiu Batian.
Behind it, there must be a deeper and larger conspiracy hidden.
Such a blatant frame-up was definitely not done by anyone, so Xu Zhen believed that it was most likely a political conspiracy.
And if it is really a political conspiracy, then the murderer must have come prepared. The case will not only be difficult to investigate, but even extremely dangerous.
According to Xu Zhen's judgment, the murderer will inevitably escalate the case. On the one hand, he will encourage people to go to the Yamen to complain, and on the other hand, he will inform the county, Yamen, and even the court.
As a result, public opinion will spread, and Qiu Batian and Yanping County Government will be pushed to the forefront and become a battlefield between the two factions.
Although Qiu Batian had many witnesses like the coachman, these people were all Qiu Batian's servants, and their confessions were completely invalid.
As the saying goes, those who come are evil, the real murderer must be powerful, and the shrewd county magistrate Song Zhili must not want to be in the wrong team and become an innocent victim...
well!
What a miserable world, where bullies do evil, officials only care about their own future, everyone in the government office is evil, and the common people seem to be being taken advantage of...
Old man Li and his daughter Ailian suffered a tragic tragedy, and their family was destroyed. Could it be that this poor father and daughter will never get justice?
Thinking of this, Xu Zhen's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he had already made up his mind.
After a while, he took a deep breath, then opened the black package and carefully poured the contents onto the workbench.
As the things were poured out, an unpleasant rotten smell suddenly filled the air.
Unexpectedly, it contained a burnt corpse! To be more precise, some of the burnt corpses!
These body parts were dug out by Xu Zhen from the burned ruins of Old Han Li's house.
The beams collapsed during the fire, and Ailian's body was buried in the rubble and was seriously damaged.
However, after Xu Zhen left the county government, he actually returned to Old Man Li's house, and then used all his strength to dig out some of the body parts from under the beams when no one was around.
Oops...
The corpse had a strong smell of decay, which made Xu Zhen almost unable to breathe.
However, it was this choking rotten smell that suddenly made Xu Zhen feel strange:
That’s not right!
If Ailian had just been burned to death, why would the body smell so bad! ! ?
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