Chapter 297 Orchid
If there is a way in heaven, you don’t go, and if there is no way in hell, you break in.
Jiang Yanzhi frowned and looked at the visitor. He was worried that Xue Moran was alone. So someone came to him automatically.
"You are from Kaifeng Prefecture. Do you know Xue Moran?"
The strong man was stunned and ran away. Min Weixiu wanted to chase him, but was stopped by Jiang Yanzhi, "Lu Bing."
Lu Bing, who was watching the show on the side, suddenly heard his name and almost didn't react.
Since Min Weixiu has, he feels that he can retire from the world and grow flowers and grass. After all, when it comes to fighting, killing, he is not necessarily an opponent of Lao Min's family.
I never expected that the three kings had never forgotten him.
"Lu Bing should do this to catch a bad man. Wei Xiu, you just smashed the wall, don't get tired."
Lu Bing staggered and almost failed. He felt that he was slightly moved before and fed the dog.
He thought, kicked the strong man angrily and threw him to the ground, "Kaifeng Mansion, why are you running away from the case? You are guilty?"
The strong man was sweating profusely, "No...No...I...I am a refugee, I have no household registration, and I feel panic when I see the official. This big brother, don't drive me out. My wife and little boy in my family are counting on me to earn food alone..."
Jiang Yanzhi frowned, "Lu Bing, let him go."
Lu Bing let out his mouth, and the man turned around and sat on the ground. "The big official, whose name is Li Qingguan, is a fellow villager with Xue Moran, and they are both from Qiantang. One year, Qiantangguan had a flood, and our village was almost dead. I escaped by chance, but became a refugee and made a living by carrying a coffin for others."
"The story later was a long story. I came to Kaifeng Prefecture. In a teahouse, I met Tailor Xue. He was a kind-hearted person and often helped our family. I was older than him, so he called me "brother". He had said before that he wanted to go back to Qiantang to worship his ancestors and entrusted me to take care of the house for him. I heard that someone smashed the door, so I rushed over. I really didn't know that it was the official who was handling the case!"
"My brother is gentle and he only sews and patches on weekdays. He will never kill anyone! He has left Kaifeng Mansion long ago, and I don't know why there are dead people in his walls! This great official, my brother must be innocent."
Jiang Yanzhi frowned, "Li Customs clearance, has Xue Moran ever suffered any injuries?"
Li Qingguan was stunned and pulled his hair. After a while, he said hesitantly, "I met him halfway. I don't know if he was injured. I only heard him mention it after drinking once, as if he had helped the grandfather go down to the ground to cut rice when he was young, but he didn't expect to cut his legs and spent a lot of money at home. After that, he never went down to the ground again."
"My family thought he was not a farming material and was skillful, so they sent him to the tailor shop as an apprentice."
Jiang Yanzhi nodded, "Then there is nothing wrong. The person who died was Xue Moran."
He said, and looked at Li Customs Clearance carefully. Li Customs Clearance first moved the corners of his mouth before crying in surprise, "How is this possible? Brother Xue, I was fine before, I just thought he had gone back to Qiantang."
"No, you are lying. You know that Xue Moran is dead. At first you didn't know, but when you came in and saw the corpse, you knew. Right, Li Customs cleared. I said before that Weixiu didn't dirty her hands. It was not that she looked down on you, but that you were covered in dust and a lot of wood chips."
"If this king is not wrong, you should be buying a house for someone, right?"
Li Qingguan's expression changed drastically, "The little one really gave someone a house, but I really didn't kill Brother Xue! I'm..."
He thought, gritted his teeth, and said hesitantly as if he had made up some decision, "The great official said nothing wrong, I am a little suspicious. I had agreed with Brother Xue before that he would go back to his hometown and build a tomb for my father and mother. One day, maybe I could go back to worship them."
"It was clearly agreed, but he didn't come and ask me to take the money and left. I just thought it was because he had something urgent to do, but I didn't think much about it. Until the Chinese New Year this year..." Li Qingwei said, feeling a little embarrassed.
"I am a coolie. Although I came to Kaifeng Mansion earlier than him, I have always rented a slum with my wives and children in a large yard, which is so crowded. Brother Xue is not here this year. I think the house is empty and it's better to bring my family to celebrate the New Year..."
"The house is warm and our family eats pots here. At that time, my wife said that there seemed to be a strange smell in the house, which made me look for. I am used to being a bricklayer, and I can see at a glance that the east wall has been rebuilt."
"But I didn't find out what strange smell it was. My wife was uneasy and felt that the Bodhisattva would not let us live in other people's homes. After a hurry, we went back to our homes. I didn't think much about it, but the New Year was over and Brother Xue had no news at all, so I had a guess in my heart, never thought of it..."
Li Qingguan said, his expression getting a little bad.
I originally wanted to take advantage of it, but I didn't expect that I was staring at the New Year's Eve dinner by a dead person in the wall.
Jiang Yanzhi did not say that he believed him or did not believe him, and continued to ask, "Then do you know if Xue Moran has any other important people? What are he busy with recently? Who has seen him before leaving?"
Li Qingguan shook his head, "Brother Xue made a little of that kind of clothes, so he rarely mentioned them. I only know that he often made clothes for the ladies in brothels. Oh, by the way, he also said that he is not young and intends to marry and have children."
Li Qingguan racked his brains and thought, "By the way, he likes orchids in particular. They are very expensive and troublesome to raise, but he saves money just to raise orchids. His orchids are not an ordinary variety. I heard that they are always valuable."
orchid?
Min Weixiu remembered the orchids painted at the door and the orchid potted plants in the yard, and looked at the orchid pictures hanging in the room. Xue Moran really likes orchids.
She turned around the room again and heard a ding-tone sound from the window. She turned her head and saw a string of orchid-shaped wind chimes hanging in front of the window. Because she smashed the wall with too much dust, An Xi had already opened the window for ventilation. When the wind blew, the bell would ring.
"Yanzhi, the house is too clean, it seems that someone has cleaned it up deliberately."
Li Qingguan was almost scared and waved his hand, "The great official saw that when the young man came to the Chinese New Year, the house was clean and nothing. Brother Xue is so clean, I have never killed anyone and destroyed the body."
Jiang Yanzhi walked to Min Weixiu, reached out and touched the wind chime, "Xue Moran has no relatives and no reason. If he dies, this room will be yours, right?"
Before Li cleared his customs clearance, Jiang Yanzhi said again, "Weixiu, let's go to Hongxiu Pavilion."
Chapter completed!