Volume 2: Female Corpse in Monk's Clothes Chapter 85 Concubine
Just after the hour of Chen, Xu Zun and Zhao Yu arrived at the gate of Shangyuan City Yamen.
This place is one level higher than the county government office and is called the city government office or the county government office.
When Xu Zun and Zhao Yu went in, they saw the yamen runners bringing out a group of heavily made-up girls from the brothel.
The girls were no longer laughing and joking as usual, and there was an indescribable fear on their faces.
Obviously, they were all invited by the government to identify the female corpse.
In order to identify the deceased as quickly as possible, the body was kept in the side courtyard of the yamen all night and was not sent to the charity cemetery.
Xu Zun and Zhao Yu went straight to the side yard to ask about the identification of the body.
Unexpectedly, they saw a man in the side yard, kneeling in front of the corpse and crying bitterly.
"this……"
Xu Zun took a closer look, but saw that the man was also wearing an official's uniform, and he did not recognize him.
"Master Tixing," the head constable Ju Ran saw Xu Zun and hurried forward, "You came at a coincidence. The identity of the body has just been found out!"
"Oh?" Xu Zun's eyes lit up and he came closer.
"This is Chen You, the official from Shangyuan City," Ju Ran pointed at the man crying in front of the corpse, "The woman who was killed is his second wife!"
oh?
Yu Li...
Xu Zun retrieved his memory and found that Yu Li was the minor official in charge of the granary.
The second wife was his concubine.
The woman who died in the Huguo Temple was actually a concubine of Yu Li?
this……
“Sir!” Yu Li Chen You held back his sadness, turned around and greeted Xu Zun, then said, “The concubine was called Xiaoying, and she disappeared half a month ago. I have already reported the case. Today, I heard that the government office was conducting an autopsy, so I rushed here early to identify the body. I didn’t expect, I didn’t expect... oooo…”
Chen You burst into tears sadly.
"Chen Yuli, please don't be sad," Ju Ran asked, "Tell us in detail what happened. Where is your second wife from?"
The reason why Ju Ran asked this was naturally because he wanted to know whether this woman named Xiaoying was from a brothel?
"Xiaoying's father was a groom in the barracks," Chen You introduced sadly, "through an introduction, he was married to me as my second wife.
"We are in love and have a very good relationship, but half a month ago, Xiaoying went back to her parents' home to get something and didn't come back for a long time. When I went to my father-in-law's house to ask, I found out that Xiaoying hadn't gone back at all!"
oh?
Xu Zun and Ju Ran looked at each other. It was obvious that Xiaoying came from a respectable family and was not a prostitute.
This is very different from the monk's robe case ten years ago.
I don’t know why the murderer chose Xiaoying as the target to kill?
Xu Zun looked at Chen You carefully. Chen You was nearly fifty years old with gray hair on his temples. It was naturally a good thing for him to marry such a young and beautiful woman as his concubine.
But... you can't know a person's heart through his appearance, so who can know that their marriage life will be happy?
Afterwards, Ju Ran took a detailed statement from Chen You and asked Chen You to tell him everything about Xiaoying.
Unlike the victim in the monk's clothing case, Xiaoying not only never believed in Buddhism, but instead believed in Taoism.
What’s even more intriguing is that the place where Xiaoying used to burn incense was Qinglan Temple!
However, Xu Zun knew clearly that Qinglan Temple was the only Taoist temple for women in Shangyuan City, and almost all women in the city who believed in Xuandao would go there to burn incense.
While he was taking notes, someone came to call Xu Zun and said that the governor Li Yan wanted to see him about something.
So Xu Zun asked Zhao Yu to stay and went into the inner hall of the yamen, but saw Li Yan and Tai Min already waiting there anxiously.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Xingtai, the cavalry captain of the garrison army, also appeared in the inner hall.
"Jiying, I just heard that the Lu family bookstore caught fire?" Li Yan asked anxiously about the situation without waiting for Xu Zun to sit down.
"right."
Xu Zun calmly found a place to sit down, and then told the three officials what happened last night.
"You... I don't understand," Li Yan waved his hand, "Why don't you take people to investigate openly? Why do you have to go there late at night?"
"Sir," Xu Zun's answer was concise and clear, leaving Li Yan speechless, "I went there quietly in the middle of the night and was tricked. If I went there openly during the day, what would I find out?"
"This..." Li Yan frowned and turned to look at Taimin.
Originally, Taimin should have said something at this moment, but Taimin was still the same, looking very afraid of Xu Zun, with a sullen face and not saying a word.
"Then..." Yuan Xingtai asked, "Xu Tixing, did you see anyone suspicious? Who would have started this fire?"
"No," Xu Zun shook his head, "I didn't see anyone. The other party's skills were so profound that we didn't even notice it."
"This is troublesome!" Li Yan clapped his hands and paced back and forth. "I didn't expect that this unknown enemy would be so difficult to deal with. If this is the case, how can we get the daughter of the Marquis' Mansion back?"
"This is outrageous!" Yuan Xingtai angrily slammed the table, "In my Shangyuan City, there are people who disregard the law and commit crimes.
"Sir, how about we impose a curfew and conduct a city-wide search?"
"Absolutely not!" Li Yan waved his hands hastily, "If the city could be sealed off, it would have been done long ago!
“The disappearance of the Marquis’ daughter is indeed no small matter, but if the higher-ups knew about this and sealed off the city for this reason, that would be unacceptable!
"We have laws in Daxuan. Unless it involves a major incident such as conspiracy, rebellion or plague, we can impose a city curfew. Otherwise, we will be held accountable!"
"Well... well," Yuan Xingtai said anxiously, "Now that things have come to this, we can only intensify patrols and searches!
"Alas!" He sighed, "I have searched almost every corner of Shangyuan City, both inside and outside the city, but why can't I find any trace of the daughter of the Marquis' Mansion?
"Where else can this group of thieves hide Miss Lu?"
"The key point is," Li Yan thought of an important question and asked Xu Zun, "Jiying, now it seems that the disappearance of the daughter of the Marquis's mansion is also related to the Lu Family Bookstore?
"That group of villains burned down the bookstore. They must be trying to cover up something, right?"
"Hmm..." Xu Zun nodded, picked up the teacup and took a sip.
The tea leaves are fragrant and are indeed top-quality tea.
"In that case," Li Yan complained anxiously, "You really shouldn't have boasted in front of ! The situation is so complicated, where are you going to find it?"
"Yes, I'm looking for it, I'm looking for it," Xu Zun continued to sip his tea and said slowly, "It's not dark yet, maybe a miracle will happen?"
"Master Xu, Master Xu..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the captain of the police, Ju Ran, ran in excitedly from outside.
"Look?" Xu Zun smiled slightly, "Isn't it coming?"
Seeing so many high-ranking officials present, Ju Ran hurriedly greeted them one by one, and then excitedly said to Xu Zun:
"Master Xu, I just sent someone to check on this Chen You, and found something important. I never expected that before Chen You took charge of the granary, he was actually a jailer!"
"Oh?" Xu Zun didn't react at first and asked, "What happened to the jailer?"
"The place where he worked back then was the prison in the south of Shangyuan City," Ju Ran said excitedly, "That's where Monk Liankong was imprisoned!"
"Ah!?" Xu Zun stood up suddenly.
If this Chen You is really the jailer who is guarding Lian Kong, then would it be possible...
"What!? Lian Kong!" At this time, Yuan Xingtai on the opposite side also stood up suddenly, and said in shock, "No wonder, I felt something was wrong with my body yesterday! Tell me quickly, is this really someone imitating the monk-robed killer?"
