After walking around for almost half an hour, Chu Qing brought Fu San to Beishi.
When they arrived at the agreed place, Chu Qing waited for a while and Tao Shaozhang arrived.
He changed into a scholar's shirt, which was not eye-catching.
But Chu Qing is still full of flaws.
This Master Tao was obviously here to investigate the case, but he ended up looking like a criminal suspect. He turned around every step of the way, looked left and right, took two steps and stopped, looking around. He was sneaky, obscene, and vulgar, which is no longer enough to describe him. This guy is gone.
The clothes he wore were not eye-catching, but his behavior was as if he was afraid that others would not misunderstand him as a thief.
"Mr. Chu." Tao Shaozhang, who was sweating profusely, walked over quickly and nodded vigorously: "An Xin is that no one is following me. I was extremely alert along the way, so no one noticed me."
Chu Qing chuckled.
No one is paying attention to you.
Too lazy to respond to this tease, Chu Qing pointed to Jufuzhai in the distance: "That's where the incident happened. Don't say anything. I'll go ask..."
After a pause, Chu Qing looked suspicious: "Don't you have the same virtue as Chen Yan, pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger?"
"what for?"
"You really don't know how to investigate a case?"
"What a joke!" Tao Shaozhang said with a proud look on his face: "I am the young minister of Dali Temple, how could I not know how to investigate the case?"
"Then tell me about the process. How are you going to check it?"
"Forehead…"
Chu Qing sighed: "Don't worry, didn't you go to Xiao County to check the accounts before? How did you check it?"
"Ask someone."
"Ask who?"
"Businessmen from Xiao County, officials from the county government."
"I understand." Chu Qing said angrily: "Just follow me and don't interrupt randomly."
"good."
Chu Qing has determined that this young minister of Dali Temple is a parallel importer who is rich and pure, a big parallel importer!
The leader of Xiao County is Li Mu. To be able to embezzle so much money must be a conspiracy between the top and bottom. If you ask the businessmen and officials who are also "criminal suspects", you will find nothing.
Chu Qing secretly sighed that it was good to have a high-ranking father, because his son could still be in a high position no matter how useless he was.
Looking around, he saw that there was a medical clinic next to Jufu Building. Chu Qing walked over with Fu San and Tao Shaozhang.
After entering the hospital, Chu Qing looked around. There were medicine cabinets and a broken wooden stand around him. Behind him sat a drowsy young man wearing a coarse cloth gown.
Hearing the footsteps, the young man raised his head: "Master, are you here to get some medicine?"
The young man is young, about 20 years old, and has a dark complexion. He is obviously not a doctor, but a laborer.
Chu Qing walked over with an expressionless face and said coldly: "I am Cao Dahua, the tiger of the serious crime team, and behind me is Huang Qifa, the senior superintendent of Jingzhao Prefecture. I have something to ask you. Please answer truthfully."
After finishing speaking, Chu Qing also took out the Internal Affairs Department waist badge that had not been returned to Sun An before, and quickly waved it in front of the young man.
The young man didn't know what the crime squad and senior superintendent meant, but Jingzhao Mansion still knew it. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva with a bit of fear on his face.
"How many of you are... bad... bad masters?"
Fusan slapped the table and yelled in a pretentious manner: "Stop talking nonsense, just say whatever I ask you."
"Yes, yes, yes." The young man had obviously never seen much of the world, and his face was full of fear.
On the one hand, he has never seen the world, and on the other hand, he has never thought about anyone who would dare to pretend to be someone from Jingzhao Mansion.
The common people dare not pretend, and the dignitaries are too lazy to pretend. That's the reason.
"I'm asking you this." Chu Qing pointed to Jufuzhai across the street: "There was a murder there?"
The young man was stunned for a moment: "Isn't it done by the men from Jingzhao Mansion? Don't you know?"
"Nonsense, of course I know, but there are many doubts about this case. Come back and investigate again."
"Troubleshooting?"
"Why do you talk so much nonsense? Just answer whatever I ask you. Tell me everything you know about the situation... that is, everything you know."
The young man did not dare to hide anything and told it in detail.
It was a dead person. The person who died was Zhou Hu, the shopkeeper of Jufuzhai, that big fat man. His body was found in the morning. His death was in a horrible state, with scars all over his body. He must have been tortured before his death.
As for the details, this guy doesn't know.
After leaving the pharmacy, Chu Qing went to several shops and inquired with vendors. They were all the same. Guang knew that the body was found early in the morning. The body was full of injuries. In addition, Jufuzhai had been turned over. It's a mess, the thief must be looking for something.
Standing under the archway, Chu Qing frowned.
"There were no witnesses, and no one saw what the thief looked like. How did Jingzhao Mansion determine who the culprit was?"
Fu San plucked his ears. It was obvious that he didn't understand anything about this kind of thing. The streets were full of people looking at old ladies and young wives.
Tao Shaozhang looked thoughtful and murmured: "The body was found before midnight. The guards of Jingzhao Prefecture arrived here in the middle of the hour. At noon, the guards and soldiers went to the Hubu Yamen Office to arrest Shang Yu. In less than two hours, how could we conclude in such a short period of time that Shang Yu murdered Zhou Hu?"
Chu Qing shrugged: "I didn't know."
"Something's wrong." Tao Shaozhang looked at Jufuzhai and said in a deep voice: "Before the guards of Jingzhao Mansion took away the body, they only stayed in Jufuzhai for less than a stick of incense. They should have found nothing. This means that the evidence of crime is... It was not found in Jufuzhai, but..."
Chu Qing suddenly realized: "Others reported it, or someone testified against Chen Yan!"
"That's how it should be."
Tao Shaozhang looked at Chu Qing and asked: "Do you have any acquaintances in Jingzhao Mansion, whether they are military officers or soldiers, please inquire about them?"
Chu Qing shook his head, feeling happy: "I have it."
"Is it credible?"
Fu San hesitated for a moment. Looking at his expression, he knew they were fair-weather friends.
In the past, when Chu Qing was hanging out in Bei City, he would always cause trouble. If he reported to the official, the Jingzhao Mansion would leave. Over time, Fu San also became familiar with this group of soldiers or servants. Later, they gradually became familiar with each other. Occasionally, I will also have a drink and visit the brothels.
"If you have money, you can be trusted." Fu San opened his palm directly to Tao Shaozhang: "Master Tao, do you have any money with you?"
Chu Qing held back his laughter.
The third brother finally grew up and actually knew that it was Tao Shaozhang who asked for money instead of himself.
Tao Shaozhang didn't think much and put his hand into his sleeve: "Is five hundred coins enough?"
Fu San was a little disdainful: "Your friendship with Mr. Chen is worth five hundred coins?"
Tao Shaozhang looked depressed and took out his wallet.
"Bring it here." Fusan grabbed the purse and ran away.
Tao Shaozhang looked at Chu Qing angrily: "You guard, you really don't know etiquette, you are no different from a robber."
"Brother, you are just spending some money. Fu San and I are working hard to investigate the case. If things go wrong, we will be killed by the Li family."
"That's true."
As soon as Tao Shaozhang finished speaking, Fu San ran back with a depressed look on his face: "Mr. Tao, you are from the fourth grade after all. You have such a big wallet, and you always carry 500 Wen with you when you go out?"
Tao Shaozhang's old face turned red: "Isn't it the end of the month? The imperial court hasn't paid the salary yet."
After finishing speaking, Tao Shaozhang looked at Chu Qing, slightly dissatisfied: "Why does your Ministry of Household Statistics calculate the salary of Dali Temple for so long? It has been extended for four days."
"Damn it...brother, can you get down to business? When did you start worrying about this?"
