Chapter XXVIII: Expeditious Case Closure
As soon as the two stepped into the courtyard, they saw that the visitor was Feng Zizhou. At this time, he had already taken off the official uniform he was wearing before and changed into a Taoist robe with blue cloud patterns, with smiling faces all over his face, and greeted the two: "Hey! The two are back! Great! The weather was so cold that several people froze to death on the street today. I worked for this case, and the two of them ate outside in the wind and cold, and the boss in my heart didn't want to go. Well, now that this case has six or seven points of eyebrows, it seems that it will be over soon! β
Jing Mo looked at Feng Zizhou, his expression was really excited. Could it be that he has already made a breakthrough and gotten some clues? Nie Xiaoman took off his coat and looked at him in surprise.
Xiaoman asked, "Brother Zizhou, you said that this case will end soon?" β
Feng Zizhou replied with a smile: "Yes." Now sit down and bake the fire for a while, and listen to me speak slowly. β
Jing Mo became more and more strange, did Feng Zizhou really get some kind of major clue? Wasn't he not much better than he knew? Could it be that he suddenly discovered some new clues?
Everyone sat down by the fire, and Feng Zizhou began to speak.
"Now let me give you a brief account of the progress: First, I have asked the head of the fast shift that I didn't catch any little horn dogs during the day today, and Naruhito's neighbors said they hadn't seen it. Second, I've already seen that. He's a twenty-year-old guy who seems to be quite frank and doesn't look like he's going to kill. I asked him again and again, and he said that he would not get any money to sell it. I think you two must ask for yourselves, and I have told him to come here one more time. β
Jing Mo was a little anxious, and urged: "Quickly talk about the three." β
"Third, I went to Liu Hanfei's friends to ask, and only one surnamed Yang and one surnamed Che still remembered Liu Hanfei. They all said that Han Fei's temperament was too stubborn, easy to turn his face, and he didn't get along well with people usually. However, he also likes to play reverse strings, and he has been on stage twice, and he is a bit good at playing the female role. He used to soak in the garden. Moreover, he has a knack for pleasing women, but it doesn't work out, and he will soon be seen through by others. I asked if there were any special enemies. They couldn't point it out, only that it was very likely. Fourth, from the guidance of a friend surnamed Che, I went to see a Lin Moxuan who used to be friends with Han Fei and is now a guest of othersββ"
Jing Mo interjected and asked: "I can't imagine that this Liu Hanfei still likes to pretend to be a woman, he really doesn't look like a scholar, what kind of body does it become?" Well, is Lin Moxuan in the curtain of the criminal department? β
Feng Zizhou nodded and said, "Exactly." Su Shangcha, you deserve to be the errand of the Pacification Division! This man is shrewd, very observant, and thoughtfulβ"
Nie Xiaoman said impatiently: "Okay, good." What does this person have to do with this case? β
Feng Zizhou hurriedly said: "Of course it matters. Because of his guidance, I got two kinds of evidence, and only then did I determine the real murderer of this murder! β
Nie Xiaoman straightened up and took the paper cigarette in his hand: "Oh, you have already determined the real murderer?" Who is it? β
Feng Zizhou slapped his thigh and replied proudly: "It's a female murderer, hahaha, I didn't guess wrong, the murderer is a woman!" β
"Which woman?"
"Her name is Sima Chunxi!"
Feng Zizhou's result could not help but surprise Jing Mo. Because of the incident at Sima's house last night, Jing Mo and Xiaoman were still keeping it a secret, but unexpectedly, he also came to the same road with his side.
Feng Zizhou looked back at Jingmo: "Su Shangcha, don't you also know this woman?" Last night her father Sima Yingyang had his birthday, didn't you also go to say goodbye? β
Jing Mo nodded and said, "Yes, I was also present when Liu Hanfei went to make noise." But we're looking for evidence. Xiaoman just said that the other route to be carried out is this one, because I am not sure, so I haven't talked to you yet. β
Feng Zizhou said: "Then you have long suspected her?" β
Nie Xiaoman replied instead of Jing Mo: "Yes." But why do you think Sima Xiutang is the murderer just based on what happened last night? β
Feng Zizhou shook his head and said, "No." I have more definite evidence. β
"What?"
"I once went to the teahouse to inquire, and I knew that the person who corresponded with Hanfei recently was this Sima Chunxi. Three days ago, Liu Hanfei also wrote a quick letter to her. She also wrote back. I got the news and didn't think anything was going on at first. Later, I saw Lin Moxuan and asked him about Liu Hanfei. He said that he was also interested in visiting the case, that he knew Sima Yingyang, and that he was very suspicious of the old poet. β
Su Jingmo looked at Xiao Man and said, "The people from the Criminal Department also came to join in the fun of this case, and this time all the yamen are all together, hehe." β
But when Lin Moxuan went to visit Sima's house, he was blocked by the gatekeeper and did not meet. He was so suspicious of Ying Yang, because a friend was also eating birthday wine at Sima's house last night, and witnessed Liu Han flying to Ying Yang's house to make a noise. My friend told Lin Moxuan about it. β
Xiao Man kept listening, and only when he got here did he ask: "Then this Lin Moxuan naturally told you something?" β
"Yes, Lin Moxuan told me again that Han Fei and Xiutang originally had some personal affairs. He had seen the two of them in the opera garden several times, and Lin Moxuan also knew Xiutang. He also said that six or seven days ago, he saw Xiutang wearing a very delicate black fox fur scarf. This is what Lin Moxuan said himself, not that I had any hints first. Because of this, the woman in black fox fur that Kennan saw last night and the woman in the Xie family said has been found. Master Nie, don't you think this is a reliable evidence? β
It seems that Feng Zizhou has not only found his own way, but he has also gone quite far, but he is about a fork in the road after all. Nie Xiaoman listened with an appreciative expression, and did not criticize after listening.
Jing Mo interjected: "Brother Zizhou, don't you think that the woman who caught Kainan and the woman who attacked the fox was Sima Chunxi as mentioned by Lady Xie is the same as Sima Chunxi?" β
Feng Zizhou asked rhetorically: "Isn't it yet?" β
"Not really. You're wrong. β
"Impossible! Wrong? What do you use to prove me wrong? β
"A lot." Jing Mo thought about it for a while, and then said: "First, the black fox fur bib is now a sought-after item in Jinling City, but the female relatives of the gentry and foreign families have this thing, which is not special evidence." Second, we know that Sima Chunxi should have had such a fence seven or eight days ago, but it was no longer there last night. β
Feng Zizhou was surprised: "Oh, how can you know in such detail? β
"Of course, this is the result of our investigation from the Sima family. In addition, there is a more important suspicion that proves that it is two people. It's the difference in the accents of the two people! β
"Huh? Accent? β
Woman Xie said that the woman who went to find the victim Liu Hanfei spoke with a Hangzhou accent. But Xiutang has obviously lived in Jinling for a long time, and his accent is local. Although they are originally from Wuxi, even the accents of Wuxi, Hangzhou are very different, and they will never be mixed. By virtue of this, it can be seen that you are wrong. After Jing Mo finished speaking, he looked at Nie Xiaoman, and Xiaoman seemed to nod.
Feng Zizhou was obviously a little flustered, but he refused to give up, and argued: "How do you know that Xiutang can't speak Hangzhou?" She may have deliberately changed her accent to avoid attention. β
"No, it won't. There was no one in her family who spoke Hangzhou, and it was difficult to learn Hangzhou dialect without hearing anything different. β
"Then the woman surnamed Xie must have misheard."
"This is also impossible, after all, Mrs. Xie is from Hangzhou. How can Hangzhou people be wrong when they listen to their own native accents? Besides, they talked directly again? Therefore, I dare to say that the woman who went to find the victim was definitely not Xiutang, but another fellow villager of Liu Hanfei. What Kainan saw last night obviously couldn't be her. β