"Yes, it has been missing." Chu Su quickly regained his expression and replied, "Since the day I got it."

Xuan Wei asked further: "Its workmanship and materials look very expensive, so it can be seen that the missing items in the middle are also very valuable. Has Mr. Chu tried to find it back?"

"Yes." Chu Su replied softly, as if mumbling to himself, "I have been looking for it."

Xuan Wei looked at him and asked softly: "When did you get this hairpin? How did it get into your hands?"

Chu Su closed his eyes with her. Their eyes met for a while, and he suddenly laughed.

"More than ten years ago." He said seriously and generously, "This is a gift from my mentor, and it is also his family heirloom."

Xuanwei glanced at him for the last time, walked away and said, "I see, no wonder Mr. Chu cherishes it so much... By the way, can I go into the Criminal Division's Cultural Office to have a look?"

"Yes, the second master said that when he is away, you can do anything on his behalf and give any instructions." Chu Su lowered his eyes and replied, "Yanmei, take the second lady with you."

Xuan Wei remained silent and followed Chu Yanmei to the Cultural Affairs Office.

"What are you thinking about?" Chu Yanmei opened the door of the literary office for her and glared at her strangely, "Zangzangye is so mysterious, what happened to my brother's hairpin?"

"It's nothing. It's just that the second master suddenly went south. A big task is to find a treasure for His Majesty the Emperor."

hairpin."

Chu Yanmei groaned, "Looking for a treasure? What kind of treasure can my brother consider? You might as well go to the big collector Lu's house to take a look at the case. Or the pawn shop where the second case happened, there are

There are many valuable treasures that have not been redeemed yet. If you really can’t do that, go to antique shops in the streets or find other collectors...Why are you just staring at my brother’s broken hairpin?”

Xuanwei pondered for a moment and nodded, "That's okay. Then I'll trouble Miss Chu tomorrow morning and accompany me to the pawn shop where the second case occurred."

"You are the only one who can summon people." Chu Yanmei glanced at her, "If the second master hadn't told me, I wouldn't..."

Xuanwei didn't hear the rest of what he said when he walked into the cultural office.

With a clear goal, she went straight to the shelf dedicated to storing prison records and looked through the records from the past fifteen years.

"Fu Suifang...Jiayou's 39th year...fighting, causing trouble, destroying other people's property...sentenced to five years..."

She finally found what she wanted, and carefully read every word with her eyes fixed, "The victim...—the owner of the pawnshop on Donghua Street?"

The record on this page says that more than ten years ago, Fu Suifang fought and caused trouble in the Donghua Street pawnshop at the scene of the second case, destroying the pawnshop property?

Why?

no.

At that time, Fu Suifang was released from prison in the capital and returned to Taozhou?

Then why has there been no news for so many years, and no one knows whether he is alive or dead?

The more Xuan Wei looked, the more confused he became. He frowned and looked down. When he saw the person who had signed the verdict of this case, his pupils shrank.

——The name of Prison Secretary Liu.

This immediately connected Fu Suifang with the second and third serial murder cases.

First of all, Fu Suifang had a serious conflict with the second deceased pawnshop owner more than ten years ago.

Secondly, Fu Suifang was the loser in this conflict. He went to jail and was sentenced to five years in prison by the third deceased, Prison Secretary Liu.

Thirdly, looking back at the first deceased, Mr. Lu, he once blamed Fu Suifang for all the fraud charges, and the two had settled their feud.

Common points: Fu Suifang had direct conflicts with these three people.

Therefore, Fu Suifang was determined to be the core factor in this serial murder case.

But could he be the murderer?

Xuan Wei then looked down, and finally his eyes darkened - less than a month into his sentence, Fu Suifang suddenly fell ill and died in prison.

It is reasonable to speculate that the murderer is someone who has a deep friendship with Fu Suifang.

However, his family was in decline, and he settled in Taozhou to prepare for the exam, which was considered as leaving his hometown. When he won the first place in the college examination and the provincial examination, and became famous, he saw no relatives or friends coming to seek refuge, which showed that there was no one at home. During this period, he also used the excuse that he could not be distracted.

Get a wife and have children.

Who could it be, who was so devoted to him that he could kill three people in a row for him?

besides.

If we look at this record from another angle - Fu Suifang beat others and destroyed other people's property before he was sent to prison and sentenced. This should be a reasonable cause and effect.

But since someone killed the shopkeeper and Prison Secretary Liu in revenge for him, it means that from the perspective of the avenger, Fu Suifang is the victim——

To put it in context, when the murderer killed the pawnshop owner, he used a phoenix engraved with the Five Virtues to embody "treachery"; when he killed Liu Prison Secretary, he deliberately retained the charge of releasing the traitor Xunzhou's former magistrate.

Could it be that back then, the pawnshop owner betrayed Fu Suifang because of something, so Fu Suifang got angry and fought?

Could it be that back then, Inspector Liu sentenced Fu Suifang to five years in prison for some benefit? Even Fu Suifang's death in prison soon had something to do with him?

Xuanwei put down the file and walked back and forth thinking.

The pawnshop owner betrayed his trust... Liu Jiansi decided an unjust case for profit... he betrayed his trust... he adjudicated a case for profit... he breached his trust...

The pace gradually slows down and even holds on with the thought.

"......pawnshop?"

In her mind, what Chu Yanmei had just said was replayed——

In that pawn shop, there are many valuable treasures that have not been redeemed for the time being?

No one can redeem it - valuable treasure -

Bang!

Another flash of inspiration occurred.

This time, Xuan Wei caught it firmly.

The spiritual light penetrated the chaotic mind. She understood it completely.

"I see..." Xuan Wei murmured in a daze, walked out of the office, leaned outside the door, and looked up at the sky.

The sky in Taozhou is quite cloudy today. A few stars that should be shining brightly are obscured by clouds and mist, appearing and disappearing in an unclear manner.

She unconsciously walked towards the house where Luo Yihe lived. When she reached the door and looked up, she suddenly remembered that he was not inside at the moment, and he might have entered the northern boundary if he was quick.

There is no need to look for him tonight.

Although I didn't actually use it originally, I just don't know why, but I seem to have gotten used to it - obviously this habit has not been carried out for many days.

Xuan Wei took one last look at the room.

It turned out that the truth... had been told to her clearly from the beginning.

...

...

Early the next morning, Xuanwei washed up and dressed simply, and went to Chu Yanmei's house to have breakfast with her.

"What's wrong? You're listless and expressionless." Chu Yanmei looked at her curiously, "Don't you smile anytime, anywhere? Why didn't you smile this morning? Hey, you have some dark circles under your eyes.

oh."

Xuanwei stared at her for a while without answering. He was extremely silent while finishing breakfast and on the way to the pawnshop on Donghua Street.

Due to the occurrence of murders and the phenomenon of "unjust souls claiming their lives" at the murder scene, this pawn shop has been regarded as unknown by the shopkeepers and neighbors.

The door is still ajar, and there are people inside. From the sounds of movement, they must be moving things.

Xuanwei knocked three times and pushed the door open.

There was an old man inside who was counting the belongings, and two young men were packing and moving things.

Seeing the two people coming in, the old man didn't seem to be disturbed by the uninvited guests and asked habitually: "What are you guys here to redeem? If you redeem it now, you can settle the payment at 70% of the original selling price."

It looked like it was going to close at a loss. Xuanwei looked around and saw obvious signs that a large table had been placed in a place, but the table had disappeared.

"The things were sold by the elders. I don't know exactly what they are." She softly and slowly made up an excuse, "Can I borrow your account books?"
Chapter completed!