Cheng Kunyu was so angry that his beard flew wildly, he glared at Li Guolou fiercely, and shouted angrily: "Okay! I'll give you face, but you must find the murderer, and you must help me find the red diamond!"
Since my daughter is dead, I have to find the priceless red diamond, otherwise I will suffer a huge loss.
"I will definitely try my best as a subordinate!" Li Guolou replied.
"Captain Li, you have to fulfill your responsibilities!" Cheng Kunyu put his hands behind his back and looked towards the courtyard to prevent others from seeing his tears. The disappointment remained in his heart. He is not old yet, but he can only provide for his old age. Prince Chenghou, who had just gone to the ceremony, thought
He wants to spread his wings and fly high, but ends up losing both his life and money.
"As long as the murderer is still in the house, I will definitely find him." Li Guolou replied unequivocally.
In the courtyard, Li Guolou ordered Ai Hai to lead the detectives to search for clues left by the murderer. The detectives spread out and did their own work in a tacit understanding. Li Guolou walked up the stairs, and the narrow and dark stairs were
He wants to lock a little girl's lifelong happiness. He will not build such a daughter's building full of resentment. The daughter also has the ideal of pursuing happiness.
The daughter building is a small two-story attic with cornices, red bricks and blue tiles, small and exquisite. It is a closed boudoir embroidered building. The bottom floor of the attic is the reception hall. Follow the stairs behind the screen to reach the upstairs bedroom.
There were several festive candles stuck in silver candlesticks that stayed on all night long. Only the wedding candle at the entrance of the stairs and the candlesticks fell to the ground. The drawers of all the furniture in the bedroom were wide open, and the things inside were turned around in a mess, especially
There were cosmetics scattered on the dressing table and scattered jewelry on the floor.
The stolen property was not only a priceless red diamond, but also some jewelry missing. Li Guolou did not see the female body, only a pool of blood on the ground. This was the place where Cheng Xiaochun died. The blood stains penetrated into the wood.
The floor can never wash away the smell of death. On the floor not far away, an unfinished embroidery of mandarin ducks playing in the water fell, tightly clasped in a round bamboo hoop.
Li Guolou squatted on the ground and asked, "Besides the opera troupe, who else is coming to Manager Chang's house?"
The manager Chang Shikuan said: "Oh! There are also Liu Weihuang and Master Liu who make jewelry, Brother Sangmeng who makes wedding clothes, and Aunt Yangzi who takes pictures. You know the person who took the photos, Captain Li? He is the Baozhu Photo Studio run by your family.
Roberts; Torres and his two apprentices. There are more than thirty actors, and I know they are all suspected and have all been controlled."
"Have you found the lost treasure?" Li Guolou is most concerned about this. Money will not be lost when people die. He feels helpless that his business partner Roberts is also involved in the murder case.
"We have searched everything and found nothing." The manager Chang Shikuan had said loudly just now, but in the end he found nothing.
Li Guolou took the embroidery picture and looked at it carefully. I wonder what he was thinking? Li Guolou took out a magnifying glass from his bag, lay on the ground and searched on the wooden floor. Time passed by, and the people next to him
Still can’t figure out what Li Guolou is doing?
There are no female prisoners in the Criminal Department, and female corpses are usually inspected by male prisoners. Today, the special male prisoner Dieffenbachia came, but he has no skills and cannot be used. The Criminal Department called a female prison guard Di Gu from the female prison to inspect the corpse.
An hour later, the female prison guards Digu and Jelia came out of the next room.
There was a bloody sharp knife on the plate, which was the murder weapon.
"Reporting to Captain Li, the deceased Cheng Xiaochun was stabbed in the stomach, fatally with one stab. No other wounds were found." The female prison guard Di Gu had an excited expression on her face, and there were still blood stains on her gloves.
"Yes, I understand. Di Gu performed very well! You will be rewarded when you return!" Li Guolou glanced at Yelia and confirmed again that there was no problem.
Li Guolou whispered a few words to Digu, who followed the order with clasped fists and went to check the body again.
"Well, where was the red diamond originally placed?" Li Guolou asked.
"Oh! I put it here!" Zhang Xiuyu, the wet nurse, opened a hidden drawer under the mahogany bed. There were some treasures inside, including a delicate gold necklace with no middle decoration.
"Oh! Miss Cheng didn't wear it?" Li Guolou took the gold necklace without accessories and imagined in his mind what a fifteen-carat diamond would look like.
The people of the Qing Dynasty never knew that there were diamonds in the world. This was a luxury jewelry brought from the West, letting the Chinese people know that there was a treasure more valuable than sapphire. Unfortunately, they had never seen the legendary blood diamond.
After inspecting the scene, Li Guoduan went down to the attic. Ai Hai came over and reported to him, shaking his head and saying: "Report to Captain Li, nothing was found. There were no signs of someone climbing over the wall. The murderer should have entered the daughter's building through the door opening.
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"Yeah! Got it!" Li Guolou knew in his heart that the murderer entered the daughter's building through the courtyard gate. As expected, the murderer knew the deceased Cheng Xiaochun and had the key to the courtyard door. Cheng Xiaochun inside was also
She was willing to open the locked door latch and let the murderer enter the daughter's building. Cheng Xiaochun should have thought it was fun. It was rare to have friends come to play, and he even deceived the two maids who were close to him. Unexpectedly, the good friend Cheng Xiaochun thought he was actually
A murderer who fell in love with a fifteen-carat red diamond.
Chang Shikuan said anxiously: "There are several flowerhouses in the north yard, and usually only the old gardener Li, old man, lives in them to tend the flowers and plants. This time, I specially invited a few people who could be used when the lady comes out of the cabinet. For the convenience of being nearby, all of them
I live in a greenhouse. I found out that the young lady was murdered this morning. I felt that the six of them could not escape suspicion, so I detained the six of them in the courtyard, waiting for your interrogation! The British devil was the most difficult to deal with, so I could only give him money.
Let him calm down."
Li Guolou asked angrily: "How pretty is that aunt with a bun?" He was most worried that Roberts would wander around, hook up with other women, and do things that would disgrace Qian Shuiping.
"Captain Li looks decent, otherwise what kind of bride would ask her to put her hair up and have her makeup done?" Although Chang Shikuan felt strange, he still told the truth. How does the makeup artist's aunt Yangzi look? What does it have to do with solving the case? Chang Shikuan couldn't think of it in his mind.
Understand, secretly looking at the blond foreign woman Yelia, thinking about Li Guolou's various deeds, a burning fire burned in my heart. He is not old yet, if he can get on the blond foreign woman, he can fight for three or four rounds.
The group of people came to the north yard, and four servants at the door stood in the way. Chang Shikuan knocked on the door, and a man in his forties or fifties opened the door. He was the old gardener Li Old Man.
"Are they all in their rooms?" Chang Shikuan asked hurriedly.
"They're all here! I'm keeping a close eye on them." Old Man Li's eyes flashed fiercely, convinced that there was a murderer in his yard, and he waved his fists as if he wanted to hit someone.
Li Guolou looked around and saw a row of houses in a small courtyard. In the courtyard was an old locust tree with lush branches and three crows' nests. The open space was filled with plants and flower pots were placed all over the ground.
Old man Sun was chattering nonsense. When he saw that Li Guolou noticed his craftsmanship, he came over and said regretfully: "Since the six of them moved in, Brother Sangmeng, who makes wedding clothes, went to the daughter's building to tailor the girl's clothes. Aunt Yangzi
Liu Weihuang, who was busy tinkering with her rouge, hair oil, and jewelry, polished off a lot of gold and silver. Only the British devils were running around, not sparing my hair, taking pictures, and even taking pictures of Master Cheng's concubine.
In the photo, I think he and the two sly apprentices are the murderers."
"Uncle Li, don't talk nonsense. Roberts and his two apprentices are the subordinates of Captain Li's family." Chang Shikuan couldn't think of any words to express clearly, so he winked and told Old Man Li to stop talking.
A few sentences.
While Old Man Sun was chattering, bird droppings fell from the sky and almost landed on his shoulder. He was so angry that he stamped his foot and shouted: "Xiao Bing, what are you in a hurry for? I will get you something to eat. If you dare to mess with me again,
Your lair has been stabbed, so take it easy!"
Li Guolou looked up and saw a few crows on the top of the old locust tree flying up and down around a nest the size of a sunflower, shouting "Quak, quack!" It seemed that Old Man Li usually wanted to feed them at this time.
I forgot to eat something today, so the crow showed it to Old Man Li.
Chang Shikuan brought the six "murder suspects" out, but found that Li Guolou was still looking up at the sky. He shouted several times before Li Guolou came back to his senses.
Li Guolou looked up and saw Roberts and Torres, dressed in a black trench coat, a black top hat tilted on his head, and a pipe in his mouth. It was a gift given to him by Jelia, and he looked very stylish.
The demeanor of a photographic artist. The two apprentices Jiang Cong and Zhou Xiaohuan next to him smiled with joy when they saw him.
"Hello, Mrs. Yelia!" Roberts took off his hat and bowed, and greeted Yelia politely first. Who could tell that he is a British gangster at heart, and he looks like a complete British gentleman. Now he is a celebrity in the capital, and he has entered
He is the only photographer in the Qing Empire who has ever visited the Forbidden City. Roberts is the most valuable photographer in the capital. His old appearance has been replaced with a new one, and he looks like a classy person, which makes people admire him.
Li Guolou turned to look at the makeup artist Yang Zi, and indeed his eyes were focused on Roberts. Fortunately, Roberts was discerning now and ignored Yang Zi's flying eyes. Li Guolou couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, what a blessing! Otherwise, this case would have caused another disaster.
He saw a tragedy that made him dare to be a detective again. He secretly swore that he would never take any more cases involving young widows in the future.
Yang Zi is in his early forties, with a round face that looks as pink as an egg shell, a figure that is not out of shape, and something to look at. His chubby face is full of smiles, as if he has never cried, and his eyes are watery.
Blinking non-stop, the most eye-catching thing is that she is wearing a splendid embroidered dress and a pair of round-toed black leather shoes on her feet. She has a fair face and a blush on her cheeks. Take a closer look.
It looks like he's wearing rouge.
Yangzi is highly skilled in dressing up in the capital. She is the number one bridal makeup artist. Among several big men, she is a red dot among the green leaves. Her dazzling brilliance is unforgettable. Yangzi’s eyes are full of jealousy and she hates Yelia.
Stealing the heart of her crush, Roberts.
Li Guolou has long heard about Brother Sangmeng, who makes wedding clothes. He heard that he can cut decent clothes at a glance and is a top-notch clothing maker. Brother Sangmeng is young and comes from an authentic Ningbo family.
Red Gang Tailor.
Liu Weihuang, who makes jewelry, is a big man in his thirties. Who can tell that his thick fingers can make exquisite gold and silver jewelry. He has his own school, specializing in customizing all kinds of ingenious things for wealthy people.
From the fact that Cheng Kunyu hired these people, we knew how high-standard this wedding was. It was a pity that the wedding turned into a funeral.