It only took Shen Xiu a few days to embroider the curtain customized by Laisheng.
When I came to pick up the tent, I was very satisfied after seeing it.
That night, an embroidered tent was hung in Magistrate Zhen's bedroom.
Magistrate Zhen had been dealing with official affairs for a day. When he first entered the bedroom, he saw the purple wisteria flowers embroidered on the tent.
He paused in his steps and turned around to ask Lai Sheng: "Who embroidered this embroidered tent, Mrs. Shen?"
Laisheng nodded: "Yes, Mrs. Shen's embroidery skills are very good, and this wisteria embroidery is very vivid."
The embroidery was indeed vivid. Magistrate Zhen stared at the tent several times.
When Lai Sheng saw the expression on Magistrate Zhen's face, he suddenly felt that he had done something wrong.
It is true that Magistrate Zhen liked wisteria the most, but the reason why he liked wisteria was because his late wife liked wisteria.
Laisheng suddenly felt that he was a little troublesome. If he asked Shen Xiu to embroider wisteria flowers, what would he do? Isn't this just causing trouble for Magistrate Zhen?
"Master, this tent is too gorgeous, why don't we change it to a plain and elegant tent," Lai Sheng said cautiously.
Magistrate Zhen said gently: "No need, I think this tent is very good. You can help me order an embroidered screen tomorrow. I want to be able to see these wisteria flowers when I'm doing business in the front."
When I came to the embroidery shop again, my mood was a little more complicated. I always felt that I felt sorry for Shen Xiu.
Of course Shen Xiu would not guess what he was thinking, so he only stepped forward to greet him and asked him if he was satisfied with the tent.
Laisheng said: "Satisfied, very satisfied." When Shen Xiu wasn't paying attention, he smiled bitterly. It was because Magistrate Zhen was so satisfied that he was a little worried.
Later, Sheng said that he wanted to order another embroidery stand with the same pattern as the one on the tent.
Shen Xiu asked about the size of the embroidered screen and said casually: "It seems that the female relatives in the house like wisteria flowers very much."
Generally, only female relatives like to embroider flowers and grass on the embroidery tent. What Shen Xiu said is not wrong.
How could Lai Sheng dare to say that the person who likes wisteria flowers is not a female family member, so he just called her haha.
"There is no rush to use this embroidered screen. Madam Shen can just embroider it slowly."
Shen Xiu smiled and said: "Okay, it's still the old rule. Come and pick up the embroidered screen in ten days."
After Laisheng came twice, Shen Xiu also noticed that the other party was dressed in ordinary clothes and acted generously. He should be a respectable steward of a wealthy family.
Since it was an embroidery screen for a wealthy family, Shen Xiu naturally couldn't use cross-stitch as a pretext. She planned to draw a new pattern and embroider a more unique picture of wisteria flowers.
There were so many people coming and going in the shop, it was not easy to paint.
Shen Xiu packed up an empty table in the study room at home, put some paints on it, and started painting.
She first recalled the wisteria flowers she had seen at Yu's house, and then started to write. A quarter of an hour later, a painting of wisteria flowers was completed.
Shen Xiu put the painting on the table and planned to put it away after the paint dried.
She was washing her paintbrush when she heard a knock on the door.
Shen Xiu thought it was Qu Huan who came, but when she opened the door, she found that it was Wang Captou.
Behind Captain Wang were two other agents.
"Ms. Shen, we want to ask you about someone."
"who?"
Wang Captou said: "Do you know a man named Liu Hao?"
Shen Xiudao: "I know him. He often comes to our place."
Chief Wang said: "There was a murder case recently in the county. Yesterday, Wang Laizi, who lives across the street from you, came out and testified that he saw Liu'er appearing nearby at the time of the crime."
"Have you seen any children lately?"
Shen Xiudao: "How can a child kill someone? Can a child subdue an adult?"
Wang Captou said: "We don't really believe it, but Wang Laizi has said it, so we have to ask him no matter what."
Shen Xiudao: "I haven't seen any children recently."
She stayed in Fucheng for the first half of the year, and when she came back, she went back to Weijia Village. She was busy with the shop these days, and she really never saw the child.
"Why don't you go next door and ask, Mrs. Xie Sanniang may have seen him."
Wang Captou said: "We have already asked next door, and Xie Sanniang said that the child has not been back for a long time."
After Mr. Wang and the others left, Shen Xiu specially knocked on the door of Mrs. Xie Sanniang's house.
"I didn't tell them the truth. In fact, Liu Bao came back a few days ago, and I gave him a few pieces of dry food." Xie Sanniang said, "I think Wang Laizi clearly has bad intentions, because Liu Bao doesn't like Liu Bao."
, that’s why I fabricated it like this.”
Shen Xiudao: "As for what happened in the murder case, I only heard Wang Patou say it twice, but I don't know the specific circumstances."
Xie Sanniang said: "This happened in early September. There was a wealthy family named Jiang in the west of the county. The family owned several properties and hired many clerks. One of them was a clerk named Ge Yong. One day
He went out and never came back. Ge Yong's wife sent someone to look for him, but she found Ge Yong drowned by the river."
"Ge Yong's wife said that her man knew how to swim when he was a child. There is no way he would fall into the water and drown, so he must have been killed."
"But this Ge Yong has no enemies, so I searched and searched, but couldn't find the murderer of this Ge Yong."
This case occurred after Magistrate Zhen took office, so Magistrate Zhen was also very concerned about this case.
Wang Captou was called twice by Magistrate Zhen.
This time when Magistrate Zhen asked about the progress of the case, Chief Wang said that a certain Wang Laizi had provided information.
After hearing the information, County Magistrate Zhen said: "Ge Yong was found in the river, but that doesn't mean it was the scene of the crime. Besides, how could a mere child kill a grown man? But just in case, you still go
Let’s ask if there is any grudge between this young boy and Ge Yong.”
Captain Wang got the order and went down. As soon as he walked out of the county government office, several agents came up to him and said, "Boss, the Liu boy has been found."
Liu Hao didn't know what trouble he had caused. Now that the weather was getting colder, he remembered that he still had a cotton coat at Xie Sanniang's place, so he came to Xie Sanniang's house.
However, not long after he came out of Xie San's house, he was caught by two policemen.
Wang Captou asked him all afternoon and found out that he had indeed stopped by the river in the evening of the day he left the child behind, but he was hungry, so he caught fish by the river.
As for Ge Yong, Liu Hao has never seen him.
Wang Captou also didn't believe that his half-grown child could kill Ge Yong. However, since Magistrate Zhen had said that there was a possibility, Wang Captou felt that he could not let the child go for the time being.
So he called for a policeman and asked him to take the child down and imprison him temporarily.
He planned to wait until he had inquired about the relationship between Liu Hao and Ge Yong before reporting the matter to Magistrate Zhen.
Shen Xiu was embroidering wisteria flowers at home, and Xie Sanniang came over anxiously.
"Sister, they kidnapped Liubao!"
Xie Sanniang did not see Liu Hao being arrested with her own eyes. She only found out that Liu Hao was taken away after she heard the two neighbors talking about it after going out.
Shen Xiu was also shocked when she heard that Liu Bao was arrested.
"Sanniang, don't worry." Shen Xiudao, "Let me think of a solution."
Xie Sanniang came to her for help, knowing that she knew many people, so she placed her hope on her.
Liu Hao has no father or mother, and Xie Sanniang has no children. Normally, Xie Sanniang almost treats Liu Hao as her own child. Now that she heard that he was arrested, she was naturally uneasy. She knew that the only one who could help her at this time was Shen Shen.
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And Shen Xiu did not disappoint her, "I have some friendship with Mr. Wang, so I'm going to ask him if keeping the child has anything to do with the case."
Shen Xiu went home, changed her clothes, and went to the Yamen.
But after she arrived at the Yamen, Mr. Wang went out.
The few detectives who usually followed Mr. Wang were not there, and the others all had unfamiliar faces.
After they told Wang Captou that he was not here, they waved their hands impatiently and asked Shen Xiu not to disturb their card game.
Shen Xiu also wanted them to help call Luo Gong, but several of the detectives took advantage of Wang Captou's absence to play cards, and no one was willing to move.
One of the agents even smiled maliciously at Shen Xiu: "Young lady, you can ask me to help you. As long as you call me brother, I will call you for you. How about that?"
Others cheered: "Yes, call me brother."
Shen Xiu had never been teased like this before, so she immediately stared at the policeman and turned away.
But the policeman got addicted to teasing and rushed forward to block her way. He even touched her cheek with his right hand and said, "What do you want me to do with the county magistrate? You can tell our brothers if you have anything."
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Shen Xiu's right hand was already clenched. Just as she was about to reach out and crush the opponent's bones, a voice rang out.
"Let me tell you, are you worthy?" Luo Gong stood there and gave the policeman a cold look.
The policeman was startled, and his expression immediately changed, "Mr. Luo, when did you come?"
Luo Gong said solemnly: "If I didn't come, how would I know that you are so lawless on weekdays."
After a few words, the expressions of several policemen changed in fright, and they hurriedly came over to accuse him and said, "Sir, we were wrong."
Luo Gong didn't even look at them, only looked at Shen Xiu, "Ms. Shen, I made you laugh."
Only then did the police officers find out that Shen Xiu was acquainted with the county magistrate, and they couldn't help but feel even more uneasy. If they had known that Shen Xiu and Luo Gong knew each other, they shouldn't have made a fuss just now.
Shen Xiu took a deep breath: "Master Luo, let's find another place to talk!"
When Luo Gong led Shen Xiu to a quiet room, he said: "These detectives turned out to be people of County Magistrate Shi. They usually cheat and play tricks. I have wanted to kick them out for a long time. But these people
They are local gangsters, and I can't live without them for a while. Don't worry, I will say this for you in the future."
With Luo Gong's words, Shen Xiu felt a little more comfortable, and then talked about the reason for her visit.
Luo Gong said: "This matter belongs to the king's chief arrester. When he comes back, I will tell him. But it involves a murder case, so the child will not be released so soon. But don't worry, I will take care of the child.
There will be no suffering here.”
Shen Xiu also knew that it would not be an easy task to let the child out. Her purpose was just to know the situation of the child and to have someone take care of the child.
Now that Luo Gongdu said this, Shen Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, "I will leave the matter of keeping the child to you."