Chapter 6 Private Emotions
Ersi and Eran's faces turned pale as soon as they heard the three words "Man Yifang". They had never been to the lady's pastry shop, but they knew its name: Man Yifang!
This is such a coincidence! How come something bad happened just after the girl took over the shop?
At this time, seeing the girls walking hurriedly forward, they could only quickly follow them.

As Su Liuyue got closer to the people gathered in front of the store, she could hear clearly what they were saying -

"... Tsk tsk, I heard that it was a case of emotional dispute. Shopkeeper Yuan had an affair with the wife of the shopkeeper of the study next door. He was afraid that the affair would be exposed, so he killed the person... Tsk!"

"Oh my God! How do you know that the murderer was that shopkeeper Yuan?"

"How could I not know? You can survive if it's God's fault, but you can't if it's your own fault. It's said that Shopkeeper Yuan wanted to run away after killing someone, but he slipped and fell, and fainted! The body was first identified by the clerk named Liu Ergui in the study next door. Shopkeeper Yuan was lying next to the dead man! Who else could the murderer be if not him!"

"This... this is too bad! Although Man Yifang's products in recent years are not as good as before, my wife still likes them very much!"

Su Liuyue's eyes darkened slightly, and she paused as she listened to those people's discussion.

At this moment, a mournful male voice came from the crowd, "Sir, please be clear! The murderer is not me! I...I really didn't kill anyone!"

Then, a cold and stern voice sounded, "Shut up! I will make the final decision on whether you are the murderer or not!"

Su Liuyue looked up and through the gaps in the crowd, she vaguely saw a middle-aged man with a straight figure, a square face, thick eyebrows, and wearing a crimson official uniform. He was walking back and forth anxiously, and from time to time he shouted to the yamen runners beside him, "Haven't those people who met the deceased before he was killed come here yet? How long has it been? What a bunch of rubbish!"

The yamen runners beside him obviously didn't dare to look at him directly. They just lowered their heads and responded cautiously.

Su Liuyue frowned slightly.

He bit his lower lip, wandered back and forth, clenched his hands behind his back, and flicked his fingers from time to time. All these body languages ​​showed that the man was very anxious and even a little panicked.

The fact that he appeared here to take over this case showed that he was from Jingzhao Prefecture. Judging from the color of his official uniform, his rank was not low. Such an official must have handled thousands of cases, if not hundreds. This case currently looked like an ordinary homicide. What was there to be anxious about?
The point is, can he investigate the case properly when he is so anxious?

Su Liuyue usually hates people who bring personal emotions into the case. If this guy was her subordinate, she would have called him back to reflect on his mistakes.

She thought about it, forced her way into the crowd, and squeezed to the front.

She didn't want to be recognized when she went out today, so she wore a veil. When she squeezed like this, the people who were watching the excitement nearby immediately cast their eyes towards her, briefly diverting their attention from the murder case in front of them.

Ersi and Er'an hurriedly followed and carefully protected their girl.

Su Liuyue didn't care about the gazes of the people around her. When she reached the front, her vision instantly widened. Not far away, a middle-aged man with a slightly round figure, a small tuft of beard on his face, and who looked very honest and simple, immediately caught her eye.

He looked haggard and flustered, his hair was a little messy, and there were several abrupt dark spots on his dark blue robe, which were basically concentrated on his right sleeve. In addition, there were several holes in his collar, as if it had been scratched by something.

He was being supported by a young man of about fifteen or sixteen years old. He was a little shaky and looked at the officials not far away with a helpless look on his face.

Su Liuyue stared at him closely.

He was obviously the number one suspect in this case - Man Yifang's shopkeeper Yuan. When he turned sideways just now, she saw some blood on the back of his hair. Based on the discussion of those passers-by just now, he must have been injured on the back of his head.

The dark color on his clothes should be the blood that he had stained when he fell beside the dead man. She remembered that the original owner's uncle said that this shopkeeper Yuan was a person who had been with the original owner's grandfather. He was kind-hearted and had certain abilities and means. The original owner's grandfather trusted him very much.

It had only been a short while since Su Liuyue squeezed to the front when the official started to get impatient again. He grabbed a yamen runner beside him and growled, "Where is that person? Can you find him?"

The bailiff was so frightened that his face turned pale. He opened his mouth several times before he said tremblingly, "They should be coming soon. Lu Shaoyin Lu, please be patient..."

Lu Shaoyin gritted his teeth, grabbed the yamen runner's hand and clenched it into a fist, veins popping out, and approached him and whispered word by word: "Come to my position, and try to be calm for a while. This is a case that the person who took on the concurrent post of Jingzhao Yin personally assigned to me. The people in Jingzhao Prefecture are almost being cleared out by him. Do you think I can still be calm for a while!"

The face of the yamen runner was as ferocious as a ghost, and he was so innocently taken out on his anger that his legs were trembling and he was about to cry.

Fortunately, after Lu Shaoyin vented his anger, he threw him aside and said sternly: "Come here, go and see what's going on with those idiots! Just find a few people, but you have to find them before next year's New Year's Eve..."

Before he finished speaking, a yamen runner's hurried voice came from not far away, "Lu Shaoyin, someone is coming! Someone is coming!"

As the voice rang out, several yamen runners forcibly separated the crowd and led two people over. One was a young man, and the other was a little surprising. She was a petite and thin young lady with a face that was not pretty, but she was still comfortable to look at.

One of the yamen runners walked up to Lu Shaoyin, bowed and said, "Reporting to Lu Shaoyin, these two are the same as Liu Ergui just now, they are both employees of Qiluzhai. The man is named Zheng Yaozu and the woman is Sun.

There is a Yangzheng Academy nearby. They just went to the academy to deliver some books to students who had ordered them. It took us a long time to find them. "

When Lu Shaoyin saw Sun, he was also a little surprised. He frowned and asked, "Your study... actually has a female assistant?"

A young man who was here before stepped forward and said, "Reporting to Lu Shaoyin, Miss Sun's father was a juren in the past, but...he passed away a few years ago. Miss Sun and her mother live nearby, and because of financial difficulties, they can only come out to find work.

We... our shopkeeper is kind. He felt sorry for Miss Sun, a girl who could read and write, so he kept her and asked her to do some odd jobs in the study..."

This person should be the Liu Ergui that the bailiff just mentioned.

He, together with Zheng Yaozu and Sun, who were brought by the yamen runners, were all employees of Qiluzhai.

In ancient times, there were few people who could read, and even fewer who could read and were willing to humble themselves and work outside.

It is understandable that the owner of Qiluzhai kept Miss Sun.

Lu Shaoyin was obviously too lazy to take care of those trivial matters. He suddenly pointed to a female corpse lying on the ground not far away and said sternly: "This deceased is the wife of the shopkeeper of your Qiluzhai. You should all recognize her! Liu Ergui said that you all saw the deceased today. Tell me in detail when you saw her and whether there was anything unusual about the deceased at that time!"

Su Liuyue looked in the direction of Lu Shaoyin's finger and narrowed her eyes slightly.

Just now when she reached the front, she saw the corpse.

The body was not far from where she was standing, lying in an alley. The alley was right between Man Yifang and Qiluzhai. From where Su Liuyue was, she could clearly see the condition of the body.

(End of this chapter)