Qu Hui's body lay quietly in the corpse hall, covered with white cloth, her hair neatly combed, and her face scrubbed clean, as if she was asleep.
Lin Sui'an knew that people who died of suffocation due to foreign objects blocking the trachea would never die in such a peaceful manner. Fang Ke must have sorted out Qu Hui's remains after performing an autopsy.
Lin Sui'an nodded toward Fang Ke and expressed his gratitude.
Fang Ke still had a wooden face, "My legs and feet are all weak, why did I come here?"
Lin Sui'an smiled bitterly. Now she could only hold on to Hua Yitang's elbow to move around, like a hemiplegic old lady. No wonder Fang Ke described it like this.
"I'm here to see Mrs. Qu." Lin Sui'an motioned to Hua Yitang to help her walk to the morgue, "Let's get to know each other and give her a ride."
Fang Ke sighed, "Do you want to check your eyes this time too?"
Lin Sui'an: "If there is work, then we can do it."
Fang Ke felt helpless, put on his gloves again, and opened Qu Hui's eyelids.
Lin Sui'an's eyes met the pupils of the corpse, a white light flashed, and a small window appeared in front of him. The weak moonlight shone on the ground through the window lattice, like autumn frost.
The air was filled with the musty smell of decay and blood, and the sound of pipa sounded in my ears, as sad as crying.
Lin Sui'an opened his eyes and saw Hua Yitang opening his arms and guarding her carefully, like a flower protector on standby, "How about it?"
"There is a small window. It is night and there is moonlight," Lin Sui'an said. "Someone is playing a piece of music on a pipa. It sounds very sad." After a pause, "It sounds familiar."
In the Justice Department, Lin Sui'an felt extremely embarrassed under Fang Ke's burning gaze.
Hua Yitang sat across from him, holding a gorgeous four-stringed pipa. The body was made of rosewood, inlaid with gold and jade. When he played it with jade pieces, the tone was clear and translucent, but the player's skills were too poor. "Big beads and small beads falling on a jade plate" were played into "Big duck and small chicken knocking on wooden fish".
"Is the tone right?" Hua Yitang asked enthusiastically.
Lin Sui'an scratched his forehead, "I can't say they are exactly the same, I can only say they are completely unrelated."
Hua Yitang was a little discouraged, "Which sound is wrong?"
Lin Sui'an sighed helplessly, "No sound is right."
Fang Ke stared straight at Lin Sui'an, "Sure enough, your eyes can see things on the corpse that we can't see."
Lin Sui'an: "Not only can you see the pictures, but you can also hear the sounds and smell the smells. It's really immersive."
Fang Ke's eyes widened, "Since he has such super powers, why do we need to do an autopsy?"
Lin Sui'an smiled bitterly, "The problem is, what I saw were fragments of the deceased's obsession during his lifetime. The images were random, and in most cases they were images of unknown meaning."
"Why don't you watch it more times?"
"You can only see it once."
"..."
Fang Ke clicked his tongue, "What a tasteless thing."
Lin Sui'an didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Doctor Fang, your disgust in your eyes is too obvious.
Hua Yitang lowered his head and played a few more untuned notes, "How about Lin Sui'an hum it for me."
This is too difficult for Lin Sui'an. No matter in her previous life or in this life, she is a real music lover. Not to mention that she may not be able to sing it even if someone teaches her step by step after listening to it for only a few seconds.
"Uh-" Lin Sui'an looked for the steps, "I estimate that the pipa in Qu Hui's memory was probably played by Lian Xiaoshuang. Qu Hui once said that Lian Xiaoshuang once played a piece of music for her. , it’s all the autumn moon’s fault——”
Hua Yitang's eyes lit up, "Qiuyue Liujun!"
Lin Sui'an slapped his leg, "That's the name!"
Hua Yitang put down the pipa and started to fan, "The ladies of Duan Jiu's family also mentioned when chatting that the ditty Duan Hongning used to sing was also called Qiuyue Liujun."
Lin Sui'an heard a "ding" in his head and remembered.
She had indeed heard this piece of music. When Minina left the Sanhua Building after the case, it was this piece of music that floated intermittently in the night wind.
Could it be that Duan Hongning was playing the pipa in Sanhua Tower at that time?
"But this only means that Duan Hongning knows Lian Xiaoshuang." Lin Sui'an said, "And we have already confirmed this."
Hua Yitang pondered: "Perhaps the relationship between these two people is much deeper than what we know."
Wu Da and Ling Zhiyan walked in hurriedly. Ling Zhiyan was holding more than 20 volumes of files. Wu Da's expression was a bit difficult to explain, and he clasped his fists and said, "Qi Jinhua joins the army. My subordinates have interrogated Wu Zhengli. Wu Zhengli said that he would take Xiaoshuang with him." The banquet was just an ordinary banquet. Even Xiaoshuang went there and played the pipa to add to the fun and did nothing else. As for where the banquet was and who hosted it, Wu Zhengqing said it took so long that he really couldn’t remember. "
Hua Yitang sneered, "Lying."
Wu Da nodded, "My subordinates also felt that he was not telling the truth, so they used some... well, tricks. But they never expected that Wu Zhengqing would rather faint from the pain than bite him to death and refuse to say another word." , as if he is afraid of something."
Lin Sui'an: Oh! There are not many people that Wu Zhengqing can be afraid of. Looking at Yidu, he can count them on his fingers.
Hua Yitang's eyes turned, "How is Liulang's investigation?"
Ling Zhiyan put the file in her arms on the table, "I have read through all the criminal case files in Yidu City in the past five years. Five years ago, after the Peach Blossom Murderer appeared, the people of Yidu were panicked. The wealthy families took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and bribe them. A large number of mixed Jianghu sects settled in Yidu, which led to the rampage of bandits in Yidu and the public security dropped to the lowest point. Wu Zhengqing, a member of the judicial army at that time, proposed to use severe punishment to control the chaos and struck hard, and successively arrested more than a hundred thieves. The habitual robbers were given harsh sentences, which just stopped the robbers."
Lin Sui'an felt that Ling Zhiyan had not finished what he said, "What next?"
Ling Zhiyan took out one of the files, which was full of dense lists of thieves and criminals. There were at least dozens of people. "The records in this volume are all thieves. The crimes were relatively minor. Most of them were sentenced to only about one year."
As she spoke, Ling Zhiyan's finger stopped on one of the names, "I found this person."
Name: Pixi
Crime: stealing
Sentence: one year and one month of hard labor
Conclusion: In August of the fourth year of Xuanfeng, he was released after serving his sentence.
Lin Sui'an was stunned: "Is it Pi Xi, the coachman of Duan Jiu's family?"
Ling Zhi nodded seriously: "This is the person Shiro asked me to check."
This time, not only Lin Sui'an was surprised, but even Fang Ke was a little confused and looked at Hua Yitang.
Hua Yitang narrowed his eyes like an old fox, "As a coachman, it's not suspicious that Pixi is familiar with the streets and alleys of Yidu. What's suspicious is that he is too familiar with the roads around Lian Xiaoshuang's house. Lian Xiaoshuang Shuang's house is located next to the West Market. The back alleys are crowded with people and cars, and the passages are messy. But Pi Xi can not only accurately choose the road with the least people and the shortest distance according to the time, but he can also find an idle parking space with ease, which shows that he will definitely come. More than once, and it was also at night when I came."
"Do you suspect that the person who dumped the body is Pixi?" Lin Sui'an said half a sentence, and then quickly realized, "No, there is another possibility. Pixi was just a driver who sent people to Lian Xiaoshuang's house. ,for example--"
Duan Hongning?
Hua Yitang refused to comment and waved his fan towards the door, "Xiao Jinruo, you are the slowest."
Jin Ruo walked into the door of the Justice Department against the light and glanced at Hua Yitang, "Nonsense, what you asked me to check is the most difficult thing to check."
Hua Yitang: "What's the result?"
Jin Ruo angrily slapped the painting in his hand on the case. The painting was the peach blossom mark on the bodies of Lian Xiaoshuang and Minina. "It can't be found at all. Since the case of the Peach Blossom Murderer came out five years ago, Yi Everyone talks about the discoloration of peach blossoms and thinks that peach blossom patterns are unlucky. To exaggerate, they even cut down the peach trees in front of the door. There are no craftsmen willing to make utensils with peach blossom patterns."
Hua Yitang tapped her fan on her forehead, "Did you buy it from other places?"
Jin Ruo spread his hands: "There is no real object, just a drawing, it is too difficult to check."
Hua Yitang frowned, "It seems we should start from the Duan Jiu family line."
Ling Zhiyan leaned over and said, "Before going to Duan Jiu's house, Pi Xi went to work in several brothels. It's best to check them out as well -"
At this moment, Jin Ruo suddenly burst into laughter and quickly tugged on Lin Sui'an's sleeve, "Master, look at Ling Laoliu, you must not know yet!"
Lin Sui'an was confused, "What do you know?"
Jin Ruo's eyebrows were dancing with joy, "Now everyone in Yidu knows that Liulang of the Ling family in Xingyang is already the guest of Duan Hongning, the first oiran of Hongxiangfang. Duan Jiuniang regards Ling Liulang as the treasure in her hand and her heart."
Lin Sui'an: "..."
What the hell? !
How could she not know such explosive gossip? !
Ling Zhiyan's voice stopped suddenly, and her two eyeballs almost came out of their sockets and flew to Jin Ruo's face. Hua Yitang looked at the excitement and didn't think it was a big deal. He shook his small fan very fast, "Tell me in detail."
"This matter starts from the last time Ling Sizhi went to Duan Jiu's family to investigate a case. That day happened to be Duan Jiu's family's holiday. Duan Jiuniang didn't accept guests at first, but when she heard that the famous leader Liulang was visiting, He immediately broke the rules he had set and respectfully invited Ling Liulang in."
Jin Ruo said with excitement, "It is said that that day, Duan Jiuniang and a group of girls were taking a bath in the back garden. The water was filled with moisture, their skin was like gelatin, and the fragrance was gorgeous. However, Liulang of the Ling family did not squint, and he was called the best in the Tang Dynasty. Gentleman, Duan Jiuniang has been in the field for many years, and she has never seen such a dull and interesting person. She fell in love without knowing it, and after this back and forth, the two of them - hehehehehehehe——"
Lin Sui'an raised his eyebrows, Hua Yitang covered his mouth with a fan, and looked sideways at Ling Zhiyan. Ling Zhiyan's face turned black and she started to slap the case, "That's ridiculous, who started this rumor?!"
Jin Ruo smiled and pointed at the tip of his nose, "It's me."
Ling Zhiyan: "!!"
Hua Yitang: "Pfft!"
Lin Sui'an's head was full of black lines, and he thought that this apprentice was too troublesome, and he didn't learn from the good and the bad. He didn't learn half of the master's noble character and integrity, but he learned Hua Yitang's demon-making skills to 100%.
Ling Zhiyan's mouth trembled, "Master Jin, you, you, this, this, this -"
Jin Ruo patted Ling Zhiyan on the shoulder, "It's just a joke, don't worry, I will order the Jingmen disciples to spare no effort to refute the rumors for Ling Sizhi, and Ling Sizhi will definitely be innocent," Smash it, "But... Thanks to Ling Sizhi’s sexy gossip, Jingmen’s disciples actually found out a lot of gossip about Duan Jiuniang.”
Lin Sui'an suddenly became energetic and said, "Tell me the details."
Jin Ruo took a sip of tea and cleared his throat, "At first, the Jingmen disciples on duty at Hongxiangfang heard people discussing in other brothels, saying that Duan Jiuniang had a new man and had forgotten the old one. She was a heartless woman. The new man said Of course it is Ling Liulang, but as for this old man, I don’t know who he is. We, the Jingmen disciples, among other things, are the best in the world at getting to the bottom of things, so we will follow this news to investigate."
"It turns out that Duan Hongning used to dress up carefully on the fifteenth day of every month, go out to meet her lover, and would not come back before the wedding. Therefore, the fifteenth day of every month was designated as a holiday for Duan Jiu's family. This rule has been going on for ten years. .”
"But a year and a half ago, Duan Hongning suddenly stopped going out. She was depressed and often looked sad. Everyone guessed that she must have had trouble with her lover and broke up."
"Two months ago, Duan Hongning seemed to have reconciled with her lover. She often went out at night and stayed away all night. There were witnesses in Jinjiang Night Market, West Market and Jinxifang who said they had seen Duan Jiu's carriage at night. , and more than once." Jin Ruo raised his finger, "So everyone guesses that Duan Hongning's lover probably lives near the West Market."
Near the West Market, isn't that near Lian Xiaoshuang's house?
There was dead silence in the Judicial Department, and everyone looked at each other in shock.
All clues point to Duan Hongning, this is definitely not a coincidence!
Hua Yitang stood up and said, "Go to Hongxiangfang, Duan Jiu's house!"
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Lin Sui'an: I have to say that she has an ominous premonition now...:, w,
