"This Huang Xiucai has no father and no mother. He only knows how to study. Last year, he had no way to survive the locust plague, so he went to Lingzhou with a group of neighbors to beg for a way to survive." Lin Yi added.
Shen Yue nodded while listening.
Tongzhou and Lingzhou are on the border. At that time, Lingzhou had already planted one plum of potatoes. Tongzhou had just started planting at that time, so many poor people from Tongzhou came to Lingzhou to ask for a living.
This Huang Xiucai could only eat every meal when there was no famine, and relied entirely on the support of his relatives and friends. But when there was a famine, he could only go out to beg for food. He was also a poor man!
Where is this poor man now? Why was his identity replaced by another unrelated person? It seems that the case caused by the disappearance of Miss Gao is becoming more and more complicated the more it is investigated!
After being silent for a while, Shen Yuyu looked at Lin Yi.
"Brother Lin Yi, send someone to monitor 'Huang Xiucai' and find out the true identity of this fake 'Huang Xiucai'. By the way, don't alert him."
"Yes." Lin Yi took the order and went down.
After a moment of silence, Shen Yue looked at Shadow, "Brother Shadow, what do you think this situation will be like?"
Shadow had been following Shen Yuyu for more than a day or two. He knew that Shen Yuyu was guessing when he asked this question, so he answered as he thought.
"Probably on the way to escape from famine, this fake scholar killed the real scholar, took his identity document, pretended to be his identity, and came to Yanggu County."
"Then what do you think the identity of the fake scholar will be?" Shen Yue asked again.
"Maybe they are neighbors? Or maybe they don't know each other at all, but they are companions they met on the way to escape from the wilderness?'
"Well, it's possible." Shen Yuyu nodded, paused and then said, "But there is another possibility. The fake scholar might be a robber!"
"The robber robbed someone and then came to Yanggu County pretending to be his identity?" Shadow said, "If that's the case, isn't this robber too bold?'
"The coward will starve to death and the bold will die~~ This move of his is much better than being a robber." Shen Yue smiled and thought deeply for a while after laughing, and couldn't help but shook his head, "Of course, this possibility should It's not big. After all, if he is a robber, where are his accomplices? Everyone is on the same path, how can his accomplices agree to him being a big boss and enjoying happiness here?'
Thinking about this, Shen Yuyu felt that the two possibilities mentioned by the shadow were more likely. It should be that the companions who were fleeing together had evil intentions and replaced Huang Xiucai's identity. After all, there have been no such bold and audacious robbers since ancient times. Stupid county magistrates will join in with the robbers.
But there is no need to waste your brains on guessing, they will know when Lin Yi and others investigate.
It's just that this matter may not be so easy to investigate clearly, and there won't be any results for a while.
Shen Yuyu planned to investigate the case of Miss Gao's disappearance first, and decided to find a way to sneak into Huang Xiucai's house to find out what happened.
After squatting outside "Huang Xiucai's Mansion" for two days, I discovered that a woman went to "Huang Xiucai's Mansion" to deliver tofu every morning. Shen Yuxi got up early that day and disguised herself as a middle-aged woman. , stopped the woman nearby, spent some money to buy the job of delivering tofu, and then carried her to the corner gate.
"Master, don't go in, let me sneak in secretly~~" Shadow looked worried.
"No need, the secret guards went in before and found nothing." Shen Yuhu shook her head. Not only did the secret guards go in, she also let Xiaoxue Tuan in.
The secret guard reported back that the mansion was being guarded for twelve hours, and it would be easy to alert them. She didn't want to alert them. If someone was alerted and someone escaped, where would they be found? She also wanted to bring County Magistrate Lei together. One pot at a time.
Xiaoxuetuan went in after smelling Miss Gao's scent, but no one was found inside.
Shen Yuyu was unwilling to give in and planned to go in and see for himself.
"Brother Shadow, don't worry. I have enough skills to handle it. You wait for me in this teahouse." Shen Yue glanced at the teahouse across the street.
"Okay." Shadow nodded in agreement and warned with concern, "Master, be careful."
"Don't worry, I'll be fine. You can go ahead and avoid making people suspicious." After saying this, Shen Yuyu picked up the tofu and walked outside the corner gate.
When the concierge saw an unfamiliar face, he looked at her warily, "Who is he? Who asked you to come?"
"Oh, Sister-in-law Zhang is sick, please ask me to deliver the tofu for her." Shen Yuyu replied calmly, her makeup was impeccable, just like a middle-aged woman.
The concierge looked at and asked a few questions. Seeing that Shen Yuyu answered fluently, he didn't have any doubts and let her in.
After entering the house, Shen Yuyu carried the tofu load and walked to the backyard, looking around.
I didn't know this until I came in. As soon as I entered, I realized that there were not many guards in the house. Someone soon noticed her and hurried towards her.
"Who? Dare to break into the house?'
"Oh, I'm here to deliver tofu on behalf of Sister-in-law Zhang. She's sick." Shen Yuyu replied hurriedly.
"Over there, over there, if you dare to run around, be careful of your life." The man pointed in a direction impatiently. Shen Yuhu glanced at him calmly and went in the direction he pointed.
He carried the load to the kitchen and murmured in a low voice, "How do these people look like servants? They are full of hostility when they speak. They are Huang Xiucai's thugs, right? They must be used to help him do evil things."
I muttered all the way to the outside of the kitchen, and was talking to a woman. At this time, a burst of fragrance came over me, and a figure with colorful branches floated over. It was the cuckoo that chased Mo's away at the door of the house that day.
Du Juan came over with a handkerchief, glanced at the tofu in the bucket and suddenly said with disgust: "This tofu is really poorly made, why is the color so yellow? It's a million miles away from the ones in the capital." After finishing speaking, He turned and entered the kitchen door.
Even though she said this, Shen Yuyu didn't pay attention. Once she said it, Shen Yuyu immediately felt that her back was extremely familiar.
That hip was twisted, that handkerchief was flicked~~ Shen Yuyu was sure that she must have seen it somewhere, otherwise the impression would not be so deep, but after thinking about it, she really couldn't remember it.
"Do you still want the money?" A beautifully dressed maid gave Shen Yuyu some money. Seeing Shen Yuyu looking at Du Juan's back in a daze, she shouted.
Shen Yuyu hurriedly smiled and said, "Oh, this lady from the capital looks so good when she walks, I was stunned." As he said that, he took the money and put it in his pocket.
The maid curled her lips and said, "Didn't you hear Madam complaining that the tofu was poorly cooked? Go back and tell Mrs. Zhang and ask her to be more attentive.'
"Yes, yes." Shen Yuyu responded hurriedly, looking at the maid with a flattering smile, "I didn't even have time to take a sip of water when I woke up this morning. The girl is so kind, can you let me in for a drink of water?'
"Go." The maid saw that she had a good smile, so she nodded, but still gave the order, "Hurry out after drinking the water. The master does not allow outsiders to stay in the house for too long." After saying that, she turned and entered the kitchen.
Shen Yuyu also lingered towards the kitchen. At this time, he heard Du Juan scolding the cook inside: "Your food is getting worse and worse. How can it be eaten? Even the waiters in Peng Lai Restaurant are better than you."
After hearing these words, Shen Yu'an suddenly had a picture in her mind. On the day of the ice lantern viewing in the first month of this year, when she and Ji Xun entered Peng Lai Restaurant, they saw Shen Zuorong walking into the casino opposite the restaurant with a woman in his arms. Isn’t the woman’s back exactly like this woman?
Yes, it’s definitely her!
I remember Shen Yonglu once mentioned to her that Shen Zuorong fell in love with a kiln girl named Du Juan and became obsessed with gambling!
Thinking of this, Shen Yuyu hurriedly stopped a woman passing by and asked her wife's name.
Sure enough, the old lady said a familiar name, Dujuan.
Now Shen Yuyu was puzzled. Shen Yonglu said that the kiln girl named Du Juan took Shen Zuorong's money and ran away. But the strange thing is that it was so far away. How did she end up in Lingzhou?
