After going out, Xia Huai said, "It seems that the strange thing this time is most likely a bracelet."
There's a reason why she said that.
Because the two of them had just investigated in the golden building and found that Shishi had obtained a jade bracelet a few days before she fell from the building.
It is said that it was a gift given to her by a wealthy businessman from the Western Regions after he got married to her. Shishi liked it very much and often showed it off in front of her sisters after receiving it.
According to Shishi's maid, Qiuniang seemed to like the jade bracelet very much, and later asked her if Shishi had any plans to sell the jade bracelet.
After Shishi fell from the building, someone soon saw Qiuniang wandering outside Shishi's door at night.
Later, when gathering up and counting Shishi's relics, everyone discovered that the jade bracelet was missing.
Shishi's maid asked Qiuniang about the whereabouts of her jade bracelet, but Qiuniang insisted that she didn't know, and she also denied that she had ever been outside Shishi's door before.
But according to a prostitute who had a good relationship with Qiuniang, Qiuniang seemed to be in a good mood for a while afterwards.
Once she went to Qiuniang's room to look for her, but because they were familiar with her, she didn't knock on the door.
As a result, when she went in, she found Qiuniang packing her jewelry box in a panic and lost her temper with her.
"I have three questions." Lu Jing raised three fingers.
“First, Qiuniang’s relics do not include the jade bracelet, so there is no way to prove that she took the jade bracelet.
"Second, according to the maid, even if Qiu Niang got the jade bracelet, it was about a month ago. From the time she got the jade bracelet to the time she jumped off the building and died, there were only more than twenty days. After Shishi got the jade bracelet, He died on the fourth day, why are the two people’s death times so different.”
"The third and most critical point is that from Shishi's fall to Qiuniang's death, the jade bracelet only changed its owner once, but eleven people died in the meantime, and none of these eleven people were from a brothel. Yes, it stands to reason that they can’t touch that jade bracelet, so what’s going on?”
"So next we should go to other brothels to have a look." Xia Huai said.
After saying this, the two of them suddenly fell into silence.
After coming out of the academy, the conversation between Lu Jing and Xia Huai focused on this case.
The good thing was that Lu Jing finally got Xia Huai to talk in the name of official business, but the bad thing was that once they were out of the case, neither of them knew what to say.
Especially for Xia Huai, Lu Jing found that the smile on her face was much less than before, and the two dimples were almost disappearing.
However, saving people is more important right now, and the personal relationship between children can only be put aside for the time being.
After that, the two went to four brothels and discovered the connection between them and the jade bracelets from different deceased people.
And after their deaths, the jade bracelets also disappeared.
Finally, the two came to the morgue of the Yamen and found the prostitute who had just died last night.
Lu Jing carefully inspected the body of Na Ming prostitute, and then said to Xia Huai, "Apart from the injuries from falling from a high place, there were no other wounds on her body, and there were no signs of being tied and dragged by ropes."
Xia Huai focused on the left wrist of the corpse, pointed to a shallow mark on it and said, "She also has the habit of wearing a bracelet, but I don't know if she is wearing the jade bracelet."
After a pause, she added, "It's getting dark. We must quickly find the whereabouts of the jade bracelet, otherwise there will be the sixteenth victim tonight."
Lu Dingding nodded, "I have already sent people to investigate. In addition, I have also asked the gangs in the city to help and sent good men to keep an eye on all the brothels in the city. Once someone is about to fall, they will intercept them in advance, so we Next we can check the origin of the bracelet."
I have to say that the progress of this case has been quite smooth so far.
It looked simpler than any case Lu Jing had handled before.
The real owner was found almost immediately, and the only remaining problem was how to deal with the strange object, and with Lu Jing's skills, there didn't seem to be much to worry about.
But Lu Jing couldn't be happy, if this case would be solved tonight.
Then there was no progress at all on this trip between him and Xia Huai?
So Lu Jing tried to say, "After this case is finished, let's go see Jia Langzhong together?"
Xia Huai remained silent.
"And my master, he has always wanted to meet you."
"I have always admired Senior Zhang, but it will probably be too late by the time we finish the case, so we shouldn't bother him." Xia Huai finally spoke and declined politely.
"What about tomorrow morning?"
"Let's talk about tomorrow's matters tomorrow."
Lu Jing was still about to say something, but the head of the Yamen team had already arrived, and he bowed his hands to Lu Jing and said respectfully, "Master Lu."
"Captain Fei," Lu Jing could only turn his attention back to business and return the favor politely, "Have you found the businessman?"
"The merchant from the Western Regions you mentioned only stayed in Wujiang City for less than three days before leaving in a hurry. As for the bracelet, he bought it at a store in the city for seventy taels of silver."
"Do you want to unpack the things in the library?" Lu Jing was startled.
"Yes, the original owner of this bracelet is said to be a scholar named Zeng. Although he failed to achieve any academic success, his family is still well off. He has an ancestral house in the city and several fields outside the city. Even if he has nothing If you don’t do it, at least you’ll have food and clothing to worry about.
"But one time he was drinking flower wine with his friends and met a Hongzhu girl. The scholar named Zeng was fascinated by Hongzhu at the first sight.
"After that, he often went to the brothel to look for Hongzhu. Since he spent a lot of money, he often brought some small gifts. It didn't take long before the Hongzhu girl also fell in love with him.
"The scholar surnamed Zeng thought he had met true love, so he became more and more attentive and spent money like water. But after all, he was not a wealthy family, and soon all the money he had on hand was spent.
"So he started pawning his family's valuables and selling off the fields outside the city. When the money ran out, he also pawned his ancestral home and continued to live and drink with Hongzhu.
"The two of them made an oath of eternal love, and seeing that the last sum of money was about to be spent, the scholar named Zeng was afraid that he would never see his new master again, so he encouraged Hongzhu to run away with him at night.
"That night, he brought a rope to Hong Zhu's residence and prepared to escape through the window together. However, Hong Zhu suddenly regretted his decision and refused to live the hard life of hiding with him. Seeing that he was agitated, he even asked He called the goons inside the building to drive him out.
"As a result, the scholar named Zeng jumped out of the window in anger and fell to death on the roadside. It is said that this bracelet was left to him by his mother. He always cherished it, and finally pawned it in exchange for travel expenses. Yes, but it's a pity that he can no longer use this money." Fei Captou said.
