Chapter 18 The suspect appears
Han Ze was struck by lightning.
He had so much money, money that could not be blown away by a strong wind, just gone?
"Ah," Han Ze wailed, "Sister Zhao, I really didn't know that Cao Ben had been dead for so long! I'm not familiar with him at all. We were both Huo Ting's meddles, and I didn't know that he was Zhang Ruoqing's money. Bag!”
He howled, thinking about Zhou Zhao's words, and suddenly lost his temper.
"That's not right! Sister Zhao, if Cao Ben died three months ago, where did Zhang Ruoqing get the large amount of money to pay back to me?"
When he mentioned it like this, Ms. Cao's body swayed, she clenched her fists and stared at Zhou Zhao, "Miss Zhou, is this money the ransom for Zhang Ruoqing's kidnapping of my youngest son? She is simply bullying. Too many people!”
Zhou Zhao didn't answer her, but Cao was so angry that her whole body was shaking.
She is not a playboy like Han Ze who only knows how to live and drink. She has worked hard for so many years and is able to start her own business and save such a large family fortune. It is not because of her ancestors' grace or her beauty!
If the merchant wasn't born a dwarf, why would she put a little girl like Zhang Ruoqing in her eyes?
Mrs. Cao gritted her silver teeth, and she raised her heart and said to Zhou Zhao, "Miss Zhou, I know that you know things like a god. Your father, Zhou Buhao, and your brother, Zhou Yan, are both Qingtian masters who are very discerning. , I can’t hide it from you now.”
"That night, Cao Ben drowned, and Jian'an immediately rushed to invite me to Dawn Garden."
"Cao Ben's death was too outrageous. Before I could figure out the matter, I sealed off the entire garden. For the sake of Zhang Ruoqing's reputation, Cao Ben never lent out Dawn Garden again and turned the place into a private place for her to entertain and entertain. ”
"At that time, except for the servants of my Cao family and the faces performing Nuo opera, there were no other outsiders in the courtyard."
"How could a good person go crazy? Under my repeated questioning, Jian'an told me that Zhang Ruoqing said that she had been dreaming a lot recently, dreaming of evil ghosts seeking her life, and she felt uneasy. So Cao Ben The night before I went crazy, I invited Zhang Ruoqing to perform a Nuo performance.”
When Mrs. Cao said this, a bit of unbearability flashed in her eyes, and she even looked ashamed.
"During the dinner, Zhang Ruoqing said that she read in ancient books that if the blood of Yi Tong Zhen Nu is sacrificed during the Nuo dance, the true god will come and suppress the evil ghosts, and all wishes will come true."
"My son is ridiculous. He was so fascinated by her that he actually found someone to come in. It was a little girl..."
"Impossible!" When Zhang Xun heard this, he almost went crazy. He raised his finger and pointed at Cao, but his eyes were fixed on Zhou Zhao, "She is lying, right? Cao Ben and Ruo Qing are both dead, and there is no proof! She is throwing dirty water on my sister’s head!”
"It is absolutely impossible for Ruoqing to kill anyone."
Zhou Zhao looked at Zhang Xun quietly, "Calm down."
Zhang Xun was a little crazy, "How can I calm down?"
Zhou Zhao raised his eyebrows, "There are other crimes. If you don't calm down now, what will you do next?"
Zhang Xun's mouth opened wide, and he looked at the girl in front of him in disbelief. If anyone else had heard this, they would have looked horrified, but Zhou Zhao was still calm and calm. She was ridiculously calm.
She had already figured it out, that's why she was so calm.
He and Ruo Qing lived under the same roof, but knew nothing about it, while Zhou Zhao knew everything.
"Go on, don't hide anything. Since you have asked Jian'an, you should know that there will naturally be other witnesses at the scene."
Mrs. Cao nodded heavily, and she sighed helplessly, "Now that things have happened, I don't have to hide it anymore."
"Cao Ben didn't want to kill anyone at first. They just wanted to take blood, but the little girl was frightened and struggled violently. In the panic, the dagger pierced the child's neck..."
"As the girl said, there were not only Cao Ben and Zhang Ruoqing, but also several young men from noble families, including Huo Ting, the nephew of Taiwei Huo's family. Everyone was extremely scared if someone died. .”
"Huo Ting made the decision at that time and told everyone present not to mention the matter. Early the next morning, Jian'an went out of the city and sent the child's body to a mass grave. When he came back, Cao Ben was already crazy." Ms. Cao pinched her eyebrows and said, "Cao Ben is dead, and he died in a very dishonorable manner. He killed someone and paid for it with his life."
"Whether it's Zhang Ruoqing, Huo Ting, or other young masters, they are all existences we can't afford to offend. At that time, there were widespread rumors in the capital that Zhang Ruoqing was going to be the crown princess. I even thought that maybe she didn't want my son. He was a stain, so he sent someone to kill him..."
"So I concealed Ben'er's death and spread the word that he had gone out of Beijing to do business."
"The servants of the Cao family who saw him die in Dawn Garden were sent back to their hometown of Liling. Our family has its own caravan, so it is relatively hidden. As for those who dance Nuo, they know the big family He has a lot of tricks up his sleeve, and he is strict with his words and will not break the rules casually. ”
"After a period of time, it was announced that Cao Ben had died in an encounter with bandits on his business trip."
Zhou Zhao listened carefully and was not surprised at all. What Cao said was almost consistent with what she guessed.
Although the little woman in front of her looks ordinary, she does things in an orderly manner and has her own rules.
"Didn't anyone come to look for Cao Ben during this period? Has Zhang Ruoqing been here?"
Ms. Cao nodded, "Zhang Ruoqing has been to Dawn Garden. The person who came with her at that time was not Huo Zhen, but a young man named Zhu Huan. I heard from Jian'an that Zhu Huan was also in Dawn Garden on the night of the murder. ”
"Except for Zhang Ruoqing, there were five people present that night. Huo Zhen, Cao Ben, Zhu Huan, Chen Shanhai, and Liu Qi."
"Among them, Jian'an has been waiting by his side, Zhang Ruoqing's maid Linglan is guarding the door, and the other servants are not present."
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Zhou Zhao lowered his eyes, "Did Jian'an tell you where the dead little girl was brought from?"
Ms. Cao did not hide anything, "She is a newly bought little girl from Dawn Garden, named Jian Yue."
Ms. Cao said everything she had hidden in her heart, and she felt as if a big stone had been lifted from her heart. She felt a lot more relaxed. She recalled Zhou Zhao's previous words and suddenly became anxious again.
"Miss Zhou, I have told you everything I know. Now can you tell me who killed my stupid son?"
Zhou Zhao did not answer this question directly, but his ears twitched.
In broad daylight, she vaguely heard the familiar tone from last night, "The ghostly child is crying, the beast gods will invite Birch; the wings cover the sky, the beak breaks the ground, the mirror hangs high to drive away the epidemic..."
Her figure moved, and she galloped away following the tone, passing through a small lotus pond and arriving in front of a waterside pavilion.
The door of the waterside pavilion was open, and a man wearing a mask sang a strange accent and danced an ancient and sacred sacrificial dance.
Zhou Zhao stood face to face with him like this. His eyes were extraordinarily black and translucent, like the dark starry sky. A crescent-shaped jade pendant hung around his waist.
"You went to Wujin Lane last night and saw the moon?"
Zhou Zhao asked seriously. The wind blew up her hairband, and also blew up the robe of the man in the courtyard, making him seem to be flapping his wings and flying away.
After hearing Zhou Zhao's question, the man stopped and took off the mask on his face, revealing a handsome face.
"I'm afraid this girl is mistaken. We danced Nuo at Cao's house last night and didn't go out after dark. Where can there be a moon on a rainy day?"
(End of chapter)