"Why?" Shen Cha frowned slightly and recalled what he had read about this case, "But judging from the case file, there is nothing wrong. The only thing is that the whole process of solving the case was a bit long."
"It's because of these two guys who failed to achieve anything but failed enough that the process became longer. Without their participation, maybe those five bad guys could have been caught earlier, and maybe the last girl wouldn't have to die at all."
"Uncle Wang, what does this mean?" Song Jue had only heard about this case and had no in-depth understanding of it. He did not quite understand what Prince Dai said. "Did the last girl die in the process of solving the case? This is considered a crime committed in the heat of the moment. Are you a little too brave? Are you really not afraid of being caught if you make a mistake?"
"Haha, isn't it because someone helped and tipped them off that they were so arrogant?" Dai Wang sneered, "Song Yuesui and Song Junran have some friendship with one of the five evil boys named Tan, and they formed a partnership Opening a shop has some interests involved."
"So, from the beginning, they knew who the culprit in this case was?"
"That's not the case." Prince Dai waved his hand, "Don't be anxious, please listen to me. The thing is like this. Thanks to the blessings of the adults in the family, Song Yuesui and Song Junran kept asking for permission to enter the palace, and finally obtained the consent of their father. , to participate in the investigation of this case. However, it was also stated in advance that the two of them can only assist and observe, and cannot participate in decision-making or give ideas."
"They agreed?"
"Of course." Prince Dai nodded, "They are very well-behaved. The well-behaved ones are a bit unlike them."
"When things go wrong, there must be monsters. They are just thinking about how to make their father, uncle, and uncle look embarrassed, and want to see how the emperor punishes them. Seeing them being punished, these two people must feel particularly comfortable. Really?" Seeing that Prince Dai agreed with his words, Song Jue sneered, "They are indeed insidious hypocrites. Even the real villains are more upright than them."
"A real villain will tell you openly that he doesn't like you, but a hypocrite will not. While getting close to you, he will cheat on you secretly." The sneer on the behalf of the prince became more and more obvious, "They participated in the entire process of the investigation. , were all very well-behaved. They just went with them to visit and listened to everyone discussing the case without interrupting at all. They were as quiet as if they didn't exist. In the first few days, Brother Huang, Lao Shen, and Lao Xue were still wary of them. , I don’t say any important things in front of them, and they are more or less taboo. Usually it’s at night, in the dead of night, when the three of us find an empty room in the Duke’s Mansion to really study the case.”
"They did not suspect the five evil young men at first. Except for the Jiaofangsi who clearly affirmed that they had slept with the murdered girl, the other brothels and dance houses where the murdered girl lived did not tell the truth." Prince Dai said lightly. He raised his eyebrows lightly, "It's not because they don't want to offend these five evil young men, but because they themselves are not very clean, and they have a lot of human lives on their hands."
"Are you trying to settle the matter?" Shen Haolin frowned slightly, "Won't the families of these victimized girls pursue the case?"
"Brother!" Shen Cha patted his arm, "I don't have any family members."
"You can't say so arbitrarily that you don't have family members. There are two or three girls who still have family members. It's just that they can't survive anymore, so they started this line of work. Also, those in the Jiaofang Division also have family members. This All the victims in this case are dancers who do not sell their bodies. Usually, they just dance for fun and do not need to accompany the guests. But if they want to, they are not bound by this. "
"So the victimized girls are all eager to make money?"
"Absolutely." Prince Dai nodded, "Except for the brothels and dance houses other than Jiaofangsi, the guest lists provided by them are messy, and it is impossible to determine the real murderer. In fact, some of them know very well that nine out of ten of them are. Those five evil young men are inseparable, but they also know the consequences of confessing the person. But if these five evil young men use the money and escape punishment, they will be the unlucky ones, and they will definitely be retaliated against. So, , although these people have never met and have not colluded with each other, they have a tacit understanding to confuse the direction of the investigation."
"In other words, the guest list they provided did not have the names of these five people at all?" Shen Haolin shook his head gently, "It doesn't make sense. If it were replaced by other people's names, once my father and the others went to ask, they were not there at all. If you have seen the victim at this time, doesn’t that expose the secret?”
"So, there is a strange phenomenon in the case. The brothel side insisted that the list they provided was correct, and these customers also denied it flatly. They had never been to the brothel at the time of the crime. But many of them could not provide that they had not been there. They had to go through the evidence there, because many of the places they visited at that time were not on the public record and could not be mentioned. In their opinion, in order to confess those places, they might as well confess to murder themselves. After all, murder The sin is borne by one person, and there is no need to harm the family.”
"Will it harm the family?" Shen Cha raised an eyebrow, "I know, could it be the kind of gambling house that is prohibited, or... a secret prostitution house?"
"Not only that, there are also many places where fish and dragons are mixed, and they are indeed invisible." Prince Dai shook his head helplessly, "With such a strange combination of circumstances, people related to the case are afraid that they will be accidentally caught by the mess. There was a tacit understanding not to tell the truth about the people and things involved. As a result, they had a tacit understanding, but it made it extremely difficult to solve the case."
"Song Yuesui and Song Junran are happy?"
"They should be relieved and relieved. During the investigation, they more or less learned some truth. Based on their understanding of Tan, they believe that this case is closely related to Tan and his bad friends. So they were warned early on to be honest during the investigation and not to get into trouble. The man named Tan was also very obedient, but he was much more at ease. However, after they knew that the investigation was in trouble, they relaxed their vigilance. Have the courage to continue wandering around the flower streets and willow alleys."
"They are indeed very courageous. Do they think they can escape even if they are exposed?"
"Those who have something to rely on, they feel that if they are caught, if Song Yuesui and Song Junran are confessed, the people investigating the case will definitely not pursue the case for the sake of Prince Liang's and Prince Su's palace, and the big issue will be reduced to a trivial matter. "Yes." Prince Dai shook his head slightly, "On the tenth day when the case reached a deadlock, a new victim appeared again, the last girl."
"Accidental or intentional?"
"Like the first and second ones, it was an accident." Prince Dai sighed, "It was Tan who accidentally pushed the girl. Then the girl lost control and hit her forehead on the corner of the table. She lost blood. Many deaths. Originally, this girl would not have died, as long as the boy named Tan could save her in time, but the boy named Tan was afraid that he would be exposed, so he jumped out of the window and ran away."
"This beast!" Bai Meng slapped the table hard, "What happened next?"
"The old madam of that brothel didn't dare to hide it, so she reported it to the police. When Lao Shen led people there, he accidentally bumped into Song Yuesui and Song Junran meeting the man named Tan."
"What a coincidence?" Several children looked at each other, "Then what?"
"Lao Shen sent two people to follow them and eavesdropped on their conversation. Only then did he realize that he had been misled all along and that the people around him were tipping off the real murderer. When Lao Shen received the exact news, Song Yuesui and Before the meeting between Song Junran and Tan was over, he happened to catch a person named Tan who showed up and threw him into Dali Temple. The two were tied up and sent to the palace, and their families were notified at the same time. "
"The two of them entered the palace obediently without any quarrel or fuss?"
"You can't make a noise even if you keep your mouth shut." Prince Dai sneered, "Father knew that they were the ones who tipped off the murderer and caused the death of the last girl. Lei Lei was furious, in front of King Liang and King Su. , beat these two people half to death, if Prince Liang and Prince Su had not smashed their heads and begged me to let them go, they might have been beaten to death."
"They deserve to be beaten to death." His Highness Prince Ning snorted, "These two beasts are a scourge to the world."
"Yes, if they had been killed back then, there wouldn't have been so many bad things today, and we wouldn't have had to continue dealing with them!"
