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. You must also help me find the red diamond." Since my daughter is dead, I have to find the priceless red diamond. Otherwise, I will suffer a big loss.
"I will definitely try my best," Li Guolou replied.
"Captain Li, you have to fulfill your responsibilities." Cheng Kunyu put his hands behind his back and looked towards the courtyard, not letting others see his tears. The loss remained in his heart. He is not old yet, but he can only take care of himself. Prince Chenghou, who had just received the gift, thought He wanted to spread his wings and fly high, but ended up losing both his life and wealth.
"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 scattered and did their respective tasks in a tacit understanding. Li Guolou walked up the stairs. The narrow and dark stairs were To lock a little girl's lifelong happiness, he would not build such a daughter's building full of resentment. His daughter also has the ideal of pursuing happiness.
The daughter building is a small two-story attic with cornices. It has red bricks and blue tiles. It is 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 all wide open. 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 more than a priceless red diamond. Some jewelry was also missing. Li Guolou did not see the female body. He only saw a pool of blood on the ground. This is the place where Cheng Xiaochun died. The blood stains penetrated into the wood. The smell of death can never be washed away from the floor. On the floor not far away, an unfinished embroidery of mandarin ducks playing in the water fell. It was 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 who makes jewelry, Master Liu, Brother Sangmeng who makes wedding clothes, Aunt Yangzi who wears a bun, and the person who takes pictures. Captain Li, you know him. It's the Baozhu Photo Studio run by your family. Roberts Torres and his two apprentices. There are more than thirty actors. 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 searched everything and found nothing." The manager Chang Shikuan said loudly just now, but nothing was accomplished.
Li Guolou took the embroidery picture and looked at the pattern carefully. I didn't know what he was thinking. Li Guolou took out a magnifying glass from his bag. He lay on the ground and searched on the wooden floor. Time passed by. The people next to him Still can't figure out what Li Guolou is doing.
There are no female prisoners in the Ministry of Punishments. Generally, female corpses are also inspected by male prisoners. Today, the special male prisoner Dieffenbachia is here. But he has no skills and cannot use them. The Ministry of Punishments called a female prison guard Digu from the female prison to inspect the corpse. Passed. 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. This was the murder weapon.
"Report to Captain Li. The deceased Cheng Xiaochun was stabbed in the stomach. One stab fatally. No other wounds were found." The female prison guard Di Gu had an excited expression on her face. There were still blood stains on her gloves.
"Yeah, 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 Di Gu. Di Gu followed the order with clasped fists and went to check the body again.
"Hmm...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. The middle decoration of an exquisite gold necklace was missing.
"Oh. Miss Cheng didn't wear it." Li Guolou took the gold necklace without accessories. He 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. It let 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 Guo went down to the attic. Ai Hai came over and reported to him. He shook his head and said: "Report to Captain Li. Nothing was found. There were no signs of someone climbing on the wall. The murderer should have entered the daughter's building through the doorway." "
"Yeah, I got it." Li Guolou thought in his heart. The murderer entered the daughter's building through the courtyard gate. As expected, the murderer knew the deceased Cheng Xiaochun. He also had the key to the courtyard door. Cheng Xiaochun inside was still there. Cheng Xiaochun was willing to open the locked door latch and let the murderer enter the daughter's building. Cheng Xiaochun probably thought it was fun. It was rare to have friends come to play. He also deceived the two maids who were close to him. Unexpectedly, Cheng Xiaochun thought he was a good friend. A murderer who fell in love with a fifteen-carat red diamond.
Chang Shikuan said anxiously: "There are several flowerhouses in the north yard. Usually only the old gardener Li, old man, lives in them and takes care of the flowers and plants. This time, I specially invited a few people who can be used when the lady is out of the cabinet. For the convenience of being nearby. All 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 and are waiting for your interrogation. The British devil is the most difficult to deal with. I can only give him money. Let him calm down."
Li Guolou said angrily: "How pretty is that aunt with the bunted hair?" He was most worried about Roberts being erratic, hooking up with other women, and doing things that would disgrace Qian Shuiping.
"You look good, Captain Li. Otherwise, no bride would ask her to put her hair up and put on makeup." Although Chang Shikuan felt strange, he still told the truth. What does the beauty of the makeup artist Yangzi have to do with solving the case? Chang Shikuan thought in his mind. I don’t understand. He secretly looked at the blond foreign woman Yelia. Thinking about Li Guolou’s various deeds, a fire burned in his 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. Four servants at the door stood in the way. Chang Shikuan knocked on the door. 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. He was sure there was a murderer in his yard. 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. There was an old locust tree in the courtyard with lush branches and leaves. There were three crows' nests on it. The open space was filled with plants and flower pots were scattered all over the ground.
Old man Sun was chattering nonsense. Seeing that Li Guolou noticed his craftsmanship, he came over and said regretfully: "Since the six of them moved in, Brother Sangmeng, who made wedding clothes, went to the daughter's building to tailor the girl's clothes. Aunt Yangzi I was busy tinkering with her rouge and hair oil. Liu Weihuang, who was making jewelry, polished off a lot of gold and silver. Only the British devils were running around. They didn't let go of my flowers. They also took pictures and fucked me. They even took pictures of Mr. Cheng's concubine. Photo. I think he and those two sly-looking disciples 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. He winked and told Old Man Li to stop talking. A few sentences.
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 feet and shouted: "Xiao Bing, why are you in a hurry? I will get you something to eat. If you dare to mess with me again, I will Your lair has been stabbed, so give it a try."
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. They screamed "quack, quack," and it seemed that Old Man Li usually wanted to feed them at this time. I forgot about food today, so the crow showed it to Old Man Li.
Chang Shikuan brought out the six "murder suspects" 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 raised his eyes and looked around. He saw Roberts Torres wearing 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. He looked very stylish. The demeanor of a photographic artist. The two apprentices Jiang Cong and Zhou Xiaohuan next to him saw him. Their faces were filled with smiles.
"Hello, Mrs. Jelia." Roberts took off his hat and bowed. He greeted Jelia politely first. Who could tell that he is a British gangster at heart. He looks like a complete British gentleman. Now he is a celebrity in the capital. Enter He is the only photographer in the Qing Empire who has passed through the Forbidden City. Roberts is the most valuable photographer in the capital. His old appearance has been replaced with a new look. He has a classy appearance. People can't help but admire him.
Li Guolou turned to look at the makeup artist Yang Zi. As expected, his eyes were focused on Roberts. Fortunately, Roberts was now discerning and ignored Yang Zi's flying eyes. Li Guolou couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, 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.
Yangzi is in his early forties. He has a round face that looks as pink and tender as an egg shell. His figure is not out of shape yet. He is still attractive. His chubby face is full of smiles. He seems to have never cried. He has a pair of watery eyes. Blinking non-stop. What is striking is that she is wearing a gorgeous 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 a skilled and well-groomed woman in the capital. She is the number one makeup artist for brides. Among the big men, she is a little red 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. He is a master of clothing making with first-class craftsmanship. Brother Sangmeng is young and comes from an authentic Ningbo family. Red Gang Tailor.
Liu Weihuang, who makes jewelry, is a big man. He is in his thirties. Who would have thought that his thick fingers can make exquisite gold and silver jewelry. He has his own style. He specializes in customizing all kinds of ingenious things for wealthy people.
You can tell from the fact that Cheng Kunyu hired these people how high the standard of this wedding was. It's a pity that the wedding turned into a funeral.