Xia Song actually didn't have many villas in Beijing. Apart from the main residence in Socks Lane, there were only three villas. One was on Junyi Bridge Street, one was at Yuzhang Tower in Pinghu, and another one.
It is in a country courtyard in the suburbs.
But these are enough to make Xia Song proud. In Bianliang City, a metropolis with a population of one million, most people only have a small house, and some families with more than ten people can only live in two wing rooms.
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Bianliang City has specialized agencies, which are the Beijing City Repair Office and the Tokyo Store Housekeeping Office under the Third Division. These two agencies are similar to the real estate development departments and urban management and demolition teams of later generations. Anyone who builds it privately will not only have to
To dismantle them all, they would also have to file lawsuits. All the construction of city walls, palaces, and even shops and new houses in the capital would have to be completed by these two departments.
Therefore, the residents living in Bianliang City enjoy the vanity of metropolitan citizens, but they are actually very miserable. However, Bianliang City has more people, less land, and fewer houses. Although it has been expanded twice, it is much larger than the previous dynasty.
Doubling the amount is still worth every inch of land.
The four houses are already one of the few in the capital, including Yan Shu. Apart from the big house in Tianshuijing Hutong, there is only one small house in the old city. Compared with Xia Song, it is considered extremely shabby.
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Xia Song also had to pay attention to the impact. Although he had money to buy a house, after all, big trees attract wind. Too many trees will easily attract people's jealousy, and it will be difficult to explain when it reaches the ears of the emperor. So Xia Song began to invest money in shops.
He bought more than a dozen shops, large and small, all over the city. In order to hide them from others, he wrote the name of the owner as Xia Siling without exception, so that that night Xia Siling gave away a shop worth hundreds of thousands of dollars on Bianshuihe Street.
Su Jin and Xia Song could only stare and do nothing.
Su Jin's guess was correct. Xia Song indeed kept Rou Niang in Yuzhang Tower. He knew that as soon as Rou Niang disappeared, Su Jin would immediately think that he had captured Rou Niang and would definitely come to rescue her; Xia Song, on the other hand,
I would rather he come to rescue people, so that I can open the net again, but before that, I need to interrogate this woman named Rou Niang.
After Liu Binhua's death, Xia Song sent people to monitor and follow Su Jin and everyone in his family day and night. On the day when the examination was to be held, the Xia family companions who were following Su Jin suddenly made an important discovery.
Among the women who went to Gongyuan together, one seemed to be the woman who hid in the car on the day Mr. Liu died.
It’s not that Bandang recognized the appearance. In fact, the appearance of this woman was very different from the woman in the car that day. Although her figure and walking posture were somewhat similar, it could not be concluded that the two were the same person based on these. The basis for Bandang was actually the same person.
Gemstone bracelet.
That day when Su Jin was strolling around with the three girls, Rou Niang inadvertently exposed the pink and white gemstone bracelet on her wrist. When Liu Binhua hooked up with the woman in the car that day, the woman in the car seemed to be wearing this pink bracelet as well.
The styles of the white bracelets are exactly the same, and unlike women nowadays who wear a whole jade bracelet, the reason why this pink bracelet is so eye-catching is not only because of its color that few people
The pink and white color it wears is also because of its style of gemstones strung together, which is indeed rare in today's Song Dynasty.
The companion must have had a keen eye and went to a jewelry store to draw a bracelet according to the pattern he saw. He asked the owner of the jewelry store to bring out a string of the same bracelet for him to have a look at. Unexpectedly, the owner stared at the drawing for a long time.
He shook his head and said there was no such bracelet.
Bandang didn't give up and visited more than a dozen jewelry stores, but none of them had bracelets of this style. An experienced shopkeeper boldly guessed based on Bandang's description that the pink-white gemstone could only be hibiscus or tourmaline.
, and asserted that no jewelry store in the capital had such a style of gemstone bracelet, and advised the companion not to waste all his efforts in searching for it.
Until then, the companion had basically concluded in his mind that although the owner of this bracelet may not be the same person, the bracelet must be the same bracelet. Even though they were not allowed to sell it in Beijing and Zhong, they owned the same bracelet. This shows that
What?
When the matter was reported to Xia Song, Xia Song immediately concluded that this woman must be the woman who seduced Liu Binhua that day. As for the slight difference in appearance and height, it is very simple. The height of makeup, shoes, and the style of clothes are different. It can be seen from a distance.
, it is impossible to tell that they are the same person.
So Xia Song immediately ordered that the woman next to Su Jin be interrogated. As long as he got a confession from Su Jin about plotting to kill Liu Binhua, Su Jin would be dead. Xia Song didn't even plan to go through the government. He had already thought about it.
In order to use this woman as bait, he deceived Su Jin into the trap again, and then killed him with his own hands. With this confession, and Su Jin once again broke into his house privately, he didn't need to worry about what to do.
Deal with the aftermath, because there is no need to deal with the aftermath.
The people under her were very efficient in doing things, and the opportunity came quickly. Rou Niang bought some roasted chestnuts and was eating them before walking back when a black carriage stopped beside her. The door opened, and someone wrapped it with a towel.
Rou Niang covered her mouth and nose, and with just a slight lift, Rou Niang's small body as light as a feather was pulled into the carriage. The whole process took less than two breaths, and it really happened in the blink of an eye.
The carriage drove away quickly, and even the pedestrians on the street did not notice that someone suddenly disappeared around them.
Although Rou Niang struggled hard, her little arms and legs could not resist the thick hands and feet of these companions. She was quickly tied up tightly, stuffed and crooked in the carriage, unable to move; if it hadn't been for Xia Song
They were already taking advantage of this delicate little lady. Xia Song was worried that once Rou Niang was humiliated, it would arouse her desire to die, and she would not be able to make any confession in the end.
After his daughter openly forced Su Jin to die, Yan Shu's view of women changed greatly. He began to believe that weak women were not without blood. What he was afraid of was arousing the blood of soft mothers.
Yuzhang Tower is the only other courtyard in the city that Su Jin doesn't know about, and his daughter Xia Siling is also 'imprisoned' here, and the guards are very tight. It is a very suitable place to conduct interrogation here first, so he learned that
Xia Song, who succeeded, immediately ordered that he be sent here for custody.
Yuzhang Building is actually a house. It was named because the building in the backyard is called Yuzhang Building, which is where Xia Siling lives, and the interrogation was held in the wing in front of the building.
Xia Song tried his best to be as pleasant as possible. Although he was a little moved when he saw the woman with skin as beautiful as snow and beautiful features, he still started the interrogation with a smile on the face of a kind old man.
"How can you be so polite to the little lady? Untie her!" Xia Song's first sentence was to scold the servants around him to untie Rou Niang.
Rou Niang was panicking and didn't know what was going on. However, this group of people kidnapped her but did not do anything to violate her. This made Rou Niang put down most of her worries.
"Who are you? What are you doing here after tying up the slave family? Do you know whose family the slave family belongs to?" Rou Niang asked.
Xia Song twirled his beard and laughed, saying: "Aren't you the concubine of Su Jin, the owner of the little history museum? Don't you know that? I don't know if you have heard of my name. I don't know if you have heard of it.
He is the deputy privy envoy of the current dynasty, his surname is Xia, and his single name is the character "竦".
Xia Song stared at Rou Niang to observe her reaction. He soon got a satisfactory result. When he reported his name, the woman's frightened eyes betrayed her heart. How should a concubine with a small family be treated?
Is your name familiar? You should not react at all; even if your name is too loud, it will inevitably affect the boudoir, but where does the panic and fear in your eyes come from?
Rou Niang is a smart person. She keenly felt that something was not good. It seemed that something had happened. However, she quickly suppressed the panic in her heart and said happily: "It turns out to be Mr. Xia, the slave.
It's polite, but I don't know what Mr. Xia thinks of bringing the slave family here? Mr. Xia is a high-ranking official in the imperial court. Even if he wants to see the slave family, he doesn't need to use such methods. If it spreads, won't he lose his status? "
Xia Song laughed heartily and circled around Rou Niang twice. His eyes caressed Rou Niang's exquisite body several times and said: "Young lady is still pretending to be confused. Don't you know why you are here?"
Huh? If I were you, I would have already understood all the current affairs. I advise you to be more knowledgeable."
Rou Niang said with a straight face: "I don't know what you are talking about?"
Xia Song snorted coldly, grabbed Rou Niang's little hand, and pushed up Rou Niang's sleeve with the other hand, exposing half of her fragrant arm. Rou Niang yelled, and at the same time pulled her arm back hard, shouting
: "Master Xia, please respect yourself. The slave family belongs to Master Su. Please think twice."
Xia Song spat and said, "Do you think I brought you here because I am greedy for your beauty? Bah, there are eight concubines in my house, all of them are as beautiful as flowers and jade. Let's just say you are a ruined flower and a willow, and you are among the virgins.
It’s not unusual for me to be naked.”
Rou Niang blushed and said, "Why are you holding the slave's hand like this? Men and women are not intimate, so let go quickly."
Xia Song touched Rou Niang's wrist and took off the hibiscus gemstone bracelet. Then he let go of Rou Niang's soft arm, holding the bracelet and saying, "Tell me, what is this?"
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Rou Niang said angrily: "This is a private property bought by the slave family. Master Xia asked why you are here. Could it be that the slave family stole it?"
Xia Song shouted: "I know it is your personal property. I ask you, where did you buy this bracelet?"
Rou Niang said: "I bought it in Bianliang, so what?"
Xia Song said loudly: "You lied to your face. I have checked dozens of jewelry stores in Bianliang City. Where did your jewelry come from?"
Rou Niang was stunned and said quickly: "The slave family is scared and confused. This bracelet was given to the slave family by Su Jin, the master of the slave family. If you want to know where to buy it, you have to ask my husband in person."
Xia Song laughed loudly, the sound was harsh and unpleasant, Rou Niang frowned and covered her ears with her little hands, and only moved away after Xia Song's laughter stopped.
"I want to ask you another question. On the third day of March, someone saw a person on the way to Dongjiao Gate. He was wearing your bracelet, which is the only one in Bianliang City. Is that you? If not you,
To whom did you give this bracelet to wear that day? Tell me! Tell me!"
Xia Song opened his eyes and shouted loudly, which frightened Rou Niang so much that her beauty turned pale and she trembled. She opened her eyes wide and was speechless for a long time.