Heroine’s Road to Becoming Scum: Forty-third bowl of soup (three & four)

Forty-third bowl of soup (three & four)

"I've already measured it." Shiba carefully put away the paper with the size in mind, smiled at a few people, and blessed her. She is really soft, cute and gentle, even the most unselfish adult. I couldn't help being gentle when talking to her.

The scholar poured a cup of tea and handed it to Shiba, carefully avoiding physical contact with her, then sat back next to the chess game and said to the adults, "Wan Sheng thinks this is a big deal, my lord, I'm afraid it's not like this. It's as simple as we imagine it to be."

"Yes, as I said before, Bai Qiyi is a merchant, even if the business is bigger, but that's the way he is, but his way of whitewashing peace has to make us pay attention." Xiao Jiu also said , she motioned Shiba to sit aside and rest, then walked to the chess game and said to the adults, "Sir, we can't convict Bai Qi, if we can't find the body, we can't convict Bai Qi, we have worked hard to investigate before. What is more than a month? Where did he get so many girls? No one can live without a dead body."

The lord pondered for a moment and said: "This matter has to be discussed in the long run. The corpse was our only hope. Now that the corpse cannot be found, naturally there is no physical evidence. Bai Qi can be arrested in the future, the only thing I care about. Yes, the man behind him."

"What does your lord mean...is there someone behind Bai Qi?" Cheng Pu frowned and asked gruffly, startling Shiba who was beside him, and he quickly showed an embarrassed smile.

Eighteen lowered his head and looked at the numbers recorded on the paper. From time to time, he used a pen to outline the general outline of the clothes, and made changes by the way. Xiao Jiu glanced at her, saw that she was not listening, and said: "I don't think so, we found Bai Qi before, we thought this was the biggest fish, who knows that the mastermind behind the scenes is someone else! "

"I think it's true, a mere businessman has kidnapped so many girls and children, but no one found out, did not encounter any resistance, and even if the adults decided to investigate abnormally, we would not know so many missing girls and children. Where did they go?"

"And those restaurants, teahouses, brothels, etc. under his name, I don't think the girls in them came from nowhere." Xiao Jiu was irritated. "What is the origin of this person? If we don't catch him quickly, there will be more girls who will be destroyed by her sooner or later."

The lord glanced at Shi Shi and said to Xiao Jiu: "You don't have to worry too much about this matter, I will continue to send people to investigate, and when I use you, I will naturally summon you."

Xiao Jiu nodded: "When the day comes to arrest someone, your lord must take me there. The last time that **** saw me, Bai Qi thought that I was not good-looking and said that I was worth at most ten taels of silver! "Mom! No vision! She is young, cute, lively and cheerful, so why should she be worth twenty taels?

Cheng Pu sneered, habitually mocking Xiaojiu: "You are worthless, if you are a 18th girl, you are worth-"

His mouth was covered, he still didn't know what he said wrong, Xiaojiu stared at him desperately, don't know what Shiba has experienced? Can you say something like that? Finally, Shiba never asked about the scars on his body, but this stupid big guy kept pulling it out!

The scholar also felt that there was something wrong with Cheng Pu's brain, he hurriedly called out Shiba, who had already raised his head and looked over here, "Miss Shiba, I suddenly remembered that there is a book I haven't finished reading, why don't you play this game of chess? Come down with the adults."

Eighteen was stunned for a moment, the adults looked over and asked, "I wonder if I can have this honor?"

She hurriedly nodded, walked over slowly, and sat on the seat where the scholar sat before. The chessboard is now just an endgame, and the scholar is almost forced into a corner. She is afraid that the book is fake, and she doesn't want to watch herself lose. it is true.

There is absolutely no dispute about the master's chess skills. Even a scholar who learns to be rich in five chees has to be resigned to the disadvantage. He originally planned to escape, but after eighteen sat down, he just dropped a few pieces and turned the situation around. The scholar stood aside curiously. Look, I can't bear to leave. He looked at Shiba from time to time, and then at the adults, shaking his head and said, "The adults have met an opponent this time."

What's surprising is that Shiba's chess skills are better than adults. She didn't dare to play ruthlessly, and secretly gave up a few pieces. Cheng Pu and Xiao Jiu didn't understand Go and couldn't see it. Adults are aware of it.

This girl is definitely not ordinary.

In fact, when it comes to chess skills alone, adults are not as good as scholars, but he is better at being observant, careful, and calm. No matter what the situation is, he will always be indifferent on his face. On the contrary, he is a scholar, and his thoughts are written on his face. Many times, patience and perseverance are more important than skills.

Although Shiba looks shy, he is very stable when playing chess.

"I lost."

"Your Excellency grants." After a game of chess, Shiba regained her shy and pleasant appearance. She looked at the people present a little embarrassedly, as if she felt that she had won the game, which was a shame for the adults.

The scholar smiled and smoothed the game: "I have been working with the adults, and I do not know how many chess games I have played with him. I have always lost more and won less. Today's eighteen girls really make me proud, so let's go, I'll treat you to dinner at noon today, let's go out to eat!"

As soon as she heard that she was out to eat, Xiao Jiu's eyes lit up: "Go to Zuibin Building!"

Scholar suddenly hurts: "Zuibinlou is so expensive..."

"It's the first time you invited Shiba to dinner, do you want to take her to a wonton stand in the street?" Xiao Jiu gave him a contemptuous look. "Anyway, you have to express it!"

Adults are also rarely humorous: "It's rare for Zigui to treat guests. If I had known earlier, I would have skipped breakfast this morning."

Cheng Pu also nodded sharply.

Zuibin Lou is the best restaurant in their county, except for Bai Qijia. The only thing is that the price is a bit expensive, and it is not affordable for ordinary people. Spent more than a month of the scholar's salary. Therefore, although he boasted of treating guests to dinner, he was fondly stroking his purse after he sat down.

In the past, he would eat enough for the whole family and not be hungry, but now he is considered a civil servant, so he can save some money every month so that he can marry a daughter-in-law in the future. Xiaojiu looked at the scholar and bumped him with his arm: "Hey, what are you thinking? It's just a treat, can you still spend your wife's book? He's obviously a scholar, why are you so stingy?"

The scholar glanced at her resentfully, exuding an air of poverty and sadness all over his body. Eighteen felt like sitting on pins and needles, and the lord sat beside her. Seeing that she seemed to have something to say, he asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

"Sir, why don't we go back, it's too expensive, I'm really uneasy to let your son treat you..."

"It's okay." She raised her little face like a fluffy bunny, and the adult almost raised his hand to touch her head, but he held back. In order to cover up, he coughed lightly and said, "You don't have to worry about Zigui, he comes from a scholarly family and is not short of money, he just doesn't want to get a job and run away from home, this meal is nothing, his wife has already Enough."

Hearing this, Shiba's eyes widened: "Really?"

Even the questioning is soft and waxy, and the adult chuckled: "Of course it's true, can't I still coax you."

Eighteen lowered his head and smiled shyly. Over there, Xiao Jiu and the scholar were still bickering, and Cheng Pu said casually while throwing peanuts into his mouth: "You two have a little quarrel for three days and a big quarrel for five days, you can just get married, it's not bad to quarrel for a lifetime. "

He just said so casually, and the two of them blushed instantly. Shiba curiously looked at this and that, wondering why they suddenly stopped bickering, and then looked at the adults, the adults also had an expression that I knew everything but I didn't say. Shiba thought for a while, and said with sincerity, "Young Master and Xiaojiu are really a good match. When will the two of you get married?"

She's not stupid, it's just that the pink between the two can even be seen by a rude man like Cheng Pu, let alone adults and her. Eighteen is attentive, and it has always been strange that the scholar and Xiaojiu like each other, but why do they bicker when they meet.

The two made a big blush, and Xiao Jiu muttered: "Who wants to marry such a sour scholar..." She is thin and looks weak, and she has no strength to hold a chicken. Before Cheng Pu was with the adults, she was the only one among the three of them who had a bit of force, and she had to go up to protect the robbers they encountered on the road.

The scholar snorted, turned his head and said, "How can I say that I also come from a scholarly family, such a rude and **** woman is not suitable for me."

The two of them cooperated unexpectedly in this regard, shaking their heads and snorting coldly, with a tacit understanding.

Eighteen pursed her lips and smiled.

Zuibin Lou is worthy of being Zuibin Lou. All kinds of dishes are delicious and delicious. In order to avoid waste, of course, the main reason is to feel sorry for the money he spent, the scholar forced himself and Cheng Pu to put all the unfinished dishes into their stomachs. In the middle, when I went back home, I stood up and fluttered, almost missing the sky.

Shiba was walking in the middle when she left the Zuibin Building, but when it was her turn to go out, it was a coincidence that someone turned over and ran into her directly. She was hit and staggered, and she fell backward. Fortunately, there was an adult behind her. She stretched out her arms around her waist, stabilized her, and said in a low voice, "Be careful."

Eighteen blushed: "Thank you sir."

The adults nodded first, then squinted: "Bai Qi."

Bai Qi?

Eighteen looked at the man subconsciously, and saw that the man was dressed in a brocade robe and looked upright, but the calculation and shrewdness in his eyes made him uncomfortable. At this moment, he was staring at Shiba. Shiba was the closest to the adults. Without thinking, she grabbed the sleeves of the adults and quickly hid behind the adults.

The adult is tall, and immediately blocked the eighteen. Bai Qi couldn't see the beauty, so he folded his hands lazily: "Caomin greets the adult. I don't know who the girl was from the adult just now?"

Xiao Jiu rushed over and spat at Bai Qiyi: "It's none of your business, have you heard of the good dog? Why don't you get out of the way?"

Bai Qi didn't refute, and took a step back, but kept his eyes on Shi Shi. Shiba's hands trembled slightly, and he didn't dare to let go of the adult's sleeves. It is rare for the adults to not care about the difference between men and women, and put one hand on her shoulder and said, "Don't be afraid."

Bai Qi stood there, staring at them all the way, and then beckoned one of his subordinates to come over: "Go, check it out for me, what is the identity of the girl next to the dog officer." Tsk tsk, looking like this, if you will She caught it and gave it to the master, who must have rewarded him heavily.

After returning to the mansion, Shiba was still a little scared. She didn't dare to let go of Xiao Jiu's hand, but at this time, a body was brought in, and Xiao Jiu's autopsy was needed. Xiao Jiu was helpless, so he had to drag the adults to take care of him, so the adults sat in the corridor reading a book, while the eighteen sewed clothes in front of the window.

The two were silent.

Three days later, as soon as the sky was dawn, the door was knocked violently, and a scholar's voice came: "Xiao Jiu! Xiao Jiu! Xiao Jiu, are you awake? Xiao Jiu! Xiao Jiu, get up! Something happened!"

Xiao Jiu rubbed her eyes and got up, dissatisfied: "Got it!"

Then looking at Shiba, who was also woken up, he said, "It's alright, you continue to sleep, and I'll come when I go." After speaking, he yawned and found clothes to put on. He felt strange, how could he sleep today? so heavy? She should have woken up at this time of the week.

Maybe I stayed up late yesterday. Xiaojiu didn't care. Anyway, this happened often before. She yawned again, and her eyes even burst into tears. She first washed her face with cold water, and she immediately woke up. Then she went to open the door and Cheng Pu stood there. He looked dignified at the door of the room. Xiao Jiu didn't know why: "What's wrong?"

"Bai Qi is dead!"

"What?!" Xiao Jiu was shocked. "Bai Qi is dead? Wasn't it fine yesterday?"

"Don't worry about it so much, the lord told you to go to the morgue and have a look, the corpse has just been delivered." Cheng Pu lowered his voice, "Don't let the eighteen girl hear it, she is cowardly, so as not to be scared."

Xiao Jiu nodded: "Let's go."

I didn't even eat breakfast, so I rushed to the morgue and saw all the adults and scholars standing beside the corpse, and conducted a preliminary examination on the corpse. Seeing Xiao Jiu coming, the scholar said: "The preliminary judgment is that the sharp weapon stabbed to death, but I don't know who could have such a skill." You must know that Bai Qi is a trainer, and apart from the fatal injury to his chest, he There is no resistance to injury all over the body, what does this mean? It means that Bai Qi has no chance to fight back at all.

But is it possible?

Xiao Jiu looked at the wound carefully, made a comparison again, and frowned: "I didn't know what caused the wound at the moment, and we need to go further to find out."

The lord nodded and said, "Give the body to you, Zigui, you come with me."

"Yes."

So Xiao Jiu did an autopsy in the morgue, and the adults took Cheng Pu to Bai Qi's mansion to investigate.

Bai Qi's body was found in the morning by the servant girl in the house. Bai Qi has a hobby, that is, he likes incense, especially his daughter incense, and the girls under him, whenever he likes, will stay by his side to play for a while, and then send them away when he is tired of playing. Every morning he ordered his handmaiden to light the incense on time, and then according to the smell of the incense he decided who would serve him this morning.

As a result, as soon as the maid entered the house this morning, before she could light the incense, she smelled the pungent smell of blood. Taking a closer look, Bai Qi was lying on the ground wearing a snow-white single shirt, covered in blood. She was so frightened that she screamed and ran out. By this time, the arrangement in the room had not moved at all, and everything was the same as before the crime.

I thought that Bai Qi was the mastermind behind the abduction and trafficking of women and children, but who knows, just when they realized that there was someone behind Bai Qi, Bai Qi died so ignorantly. I met at Zuibin Building a few days ago. This person was fine, but after a long time, he died. Both adults and scholars expressed strangeness about this.

"It must be someone behind the scenes." Cheng Pu said. "I just don't understand, why did he want to kill Bai Qi now? If he wanted to kill Bai Qi, there were countless opportunities, why did it happen yesterday?"

The lord thought: "Xiao Jiu said that the time of death is about Zi Shi, that is to say, Bai Qi has been dead for some time. I just asked the servant girl in the house, and Bai Qi has to pick out people with outstanding looks every night. The girl waits, and then changes the girl the next morning according to the smell of randomly lit incense, but now it seems that last night, he seemed to be alone."

You can tell by looking at his clothes. The single-clothes are brand new. He deliberately put on new single-clothes.

The scholar lifted the curtain of the bed and said, "Lord, come and see!"

The lord walked over, and the bed was clean with no trace of blood, and the quilts were neatly folded. Not only that, the whole room looked very clean, with a figure of Bai Qi lying down on the ground. The adult walked over and lay down facing the human figure.

"...Bai Qi was sitting on the bed at the time." The scholar said immediately. "Who is so important that he sits in bed and waits?"

"Maybe... not because it's important," the grown-up murmured. He looked around the room. Bai Qi's room had the same taste as his whole person. It was resplendent, and there were decorations that looked priceless.

"My lord means..."

"I don't know either." The lord shook his head. "Just feeling."

In the middle of the night, Bai Qi was sitting alone on the bed, wearing a brand-new single, and sitting upright for what?

After investigating the scene, they returned to the county office, and Xiao Jiu just finished the autopsy. There is nothing to say, the fatal wound is on the chest, the murderer is very neat, one blow is fatal, and Bai Qi doesn't even have a chance to call for help.

"What makes me feel strange is that, according to the condition of the wound, the height of the murderer should be lower than Bai Qi at that time." Xiao Jiu frowned, pressing the scholar down on the chair and sitting down. "For example, if you are Bai Qi and I am the murderer, then I should be like this—" She knelt on the ground and pretended to be assassinating with a murder weapon, comparing it to Scholar Bi's chest. "This is so strange. Bai Qi is not short, but when he sits down, how can anyone be shorter than him? Or is the weapon more unusual?"

The adults looked at the simulated movements of the two of them, and after a while, suddenly said: "Is there a possibility that the murderer is kneeling?"

"Kneeling?"

But that makes sense. But kneeling... The expressions of Cheng Pu and the scholar were a little subtle, Xiao Jiu didn't understand it, as if only men understood this question, she looked at this and then at that, "What, what do you mean?"

The men looked at her and didn't answer. Xiao Jiu frowned: "What do you mean?!"

"Look." The scholar sighed and gestured with her. "Suppose I am Bai Qi, you are the murderer, and you are kneeling in front of me now, then you must not be a long weapon, because if you have a long weapon, I will find out immediately. And I'm waiting for you dressed like this, which shows that I love you Arrival is not only fearless, but even welcome.”

Everyone has had the experience of putting on new clothes and waiting for guests to come at home.

"You mean, he knew the person who came here?"

"It should be so, and it's someone he won't guard against. After all, Bai Qi's martial arts are good, and ordinary people are not his opponents. If he wants to kill him, he must let go of his guard." The scholar hesitated. "And this pose..."

Xiao Jiu didn't understand: "What's wrong with this posture?!"

Scholar Jun blushed, bent over and said a few words in her ear, Xiao Jiu immediately slapped him: "Stinky rascal!"

Scholar can be wronged: "You asked me to say it." How to beat him?

Xiao Jiu glared at him: "Shameless! Why are you men so shameless!"

"Hey, be careful what you say, why did our men mess with you?" Cheng Pu protested with dissatisfaction. "This is the most reasonable guess so far. Only at this time will Bai Qi let down his guard, okay?"

If you explain it like this, it is indeed the truth, but... Xiao Jiu's face is still red: "Then according to what you said, the murderer is definitely not a man."

"Of course." The scholar said, "Bai Qi likes pretty girls, we all know that."

Xiao Jiu gave him a white look.

The adults are still thinking, and he is still puzzled: "Assuming our assumption is correct, who is this woman? Is it a girl under Bai Qi?"

"He has so many girls, how can we find them?" Cheng Pu rolled his eyes. "And it's not a pity for such a person to die. When he died, I don't know how many girls and children were saved."

"I asked the housekeeper and the maid, and they said that Bai Qi didn't find someone to wait on him as usual last night. He even took a shower and changed clothes and locked the door, as if he was waiting for someone important."

"Could it be the mastermind behind the scenes?!" Xiao Jiu's eyes lit up.

"If it's the mastermind behind the scenes, it can explain why Bai Qi was killed. Because she knows that sooner or later we can find her." The scholar sighed. "But if she is the mastermind behind the scenes, if she kneels to Bai Qi, the relationship between the two will be completely reversed. In this case, the mastermind behind the scenes should be the mastermind, and Bai Qi is just a scoundrel. The reason why the master kneels with the minions? Besides, a girl's family... should not be the person behind the scenes."