Daqing Criminal Division

The so-called "please drink tea" in people like Fuchaerji is definitely not the kind of elegant literati in a teahouse who sips fragrant tea and talks about poetry and songs at the same time.

The man in front of him was dressed in a weird beggar, and he didn't know where he was hiding and what he was doing for the past two days.

If you want to enter someone's teahouse, there are not 1 waiters at the door who refuse.

So it was taken for granted that he and Duan Xiao met here, and if they wanted to chat again, they had to find another place.

"Have you ever taken a bath in the bathroom?"

This is not a question that a normal person can ask casually. For a while, Duan Xiao once again wondered why he had to pay attention to him on the road just now.

"no, what happened."

Duan Xiao answered with squinted expressionless eyes.

"Oh, how about taking a bath before drinking tea?"

"..."

Is this bathing, is that bathing?

At first, Duan Xiao really thought that it shouldn't be.

Because with the friendship between the two of them as half strangers, it is impossible to say and do such things so casually and run to a place like the bathhouse anyway.

But Fucharji, bearing the appearance of a ragged beggar and rascal, led him around the alleys in Songyang County without a care, until he reached a gate with a picture of a copper stove for boiling water. , and stop in front of a signboard.

——As a result, the two of them really found a bathhouse to take a bath together.

Chen Sansan Tangchi is a copper-stove bathhouse that boils water on the side of the road in Songyang County in the morning and evening to attract customers.

The owner's name is Chen San. He is an old man in a cloth coat and a cap, and he wears a bag. When he sees a visitor from outside, he always greets him with a smile on his face, and then he bows to him and says, please come in.

There are several small bath signs on the wall at the entrance.

For more than a dozen pennies, you can take a bath in the inner soup.

There are also experienced gua sha, back rubbing and face twisting masters resting in the next room, ready to put down their tea bowls and come over at any time.This twisted face is for women who have not left the court, and Duan Xiao is not interested in scraping and rubbing his back.

But even though these two or three friends came to the bathhouse together, the bathhouse was already a folk place in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

I heard that in the past, this was a business that the low-level people figured out by themselves, and it has long been common in this dynasty. Ordinary scholars and scholars often get up early in the morning and drink tea in the evening, and then meet to take a bath before going out to find some entertainment. .

Duan Xiao is aware of this, but it doesn't mean that he really wants to take a bath with the person next to him.

"Chen San, is there anyone in there?"

"Hey, you're here again today, and you brought friends? There's no one around, the soup pools are all empty, and the tea is ready."

This conversation happened right in front of Duan Xiao.

It seemed that Chen San already knew Fuchaerji, and the other party came here often these two days, so they felt very familiar with each other.

Seeing this, Fuchaerji thanked him, and then said nothing, turning around to look at Duan Xiao.

"Let's go, I'll invite you, you're welcome."

A certain person said so, took out a dozen or so coins from his pocket that didn't look like much money, threw it on the plate at the door, and took out a small piece of jade spring soup written on it beside the square curtain. The sign went in.

From beginning to end, his eccentricity and style are puzzling.

But both of them are big men, and it's no fun to really care about this kind of thing, so Duan Xiao didn't say anything when he saw this, he also took a sign and raised the curtain and went in together.

But coming here to take a bath in broad daylight, it's pretty clean if you say it's clean.

This bathhouse is no more crowded than those teahouses at the other end. As soon as the two of them walked in, they were able to block all the noise and interference from the outside in an instant.

There was no one in the hot and sweaty bathing pool.

There is steaming hot soup on one side, a wooden spoon for scooping water, and some loofahs for people to use. There are two solid wooden shelves next to it, and a large pot is placed on it later. It is cheap to pay extra tea.

Fucharzi, who had taken off the dirty and smelly clothes when he was outside, had broad shoulders, and his stature was that of a grown man, thick and strong, and he was lively and vigorous.

Before going in, he took off the white obscene clothes inside, and put on another piece of clothes next to him. When he came out again, he saw that Duan Xiao, who had taken off his coat and underwear by himself, was soaking inside.

Because he was not familiar with him, and it was agreed that he would pay for it, Duan Xiao was no longer polite to him.

The two of them are about the same age, and they are people who often walk around outside, so their bodies are naturally not too weak.

Duan Xiao's strong and lean waist, abdomen and chest were also stained with a few drops of water, but he didn't look sick at all when he took off his clothes. On the contrary, his arms and shoulders were no different from that of Fuchaerji.

The water in the copper pot above the head is still being poured from a thin bamboo tube.

Outside was the sound of Chen San boiling and pouring water, and there were some rattling echoes.

The two occupied their respective sides and did not speak to each other.

Only soaked in the hot people sweating, but also soaked in the water that makes people feel very happy, meditating for a long time, it was Duan Xiao who was on the side seeing someone wipe the water on his face, and then he took the initiative to get up. Talked to him a few words,

"Do you know that tomorrow Ruiqiong's body will be sealed and buried by the government and aunt?"

"Yeah. I know."

Hearing this, Fucharzi replied like this, poured a cup of tea for himself after thinking about it, and said in a tone of thinking about how to find some suitable words,

"According to his real death, he has been buried for seven days. According to the date, he should be buried. Besides, the government has already determined that Wang Pin, who disappeared in the academy, is the murderer?"

"...Mr. Detective, who has been hiding from people for the past two days, thinks that Wang Pin is the murderer?"

Duan Xiao raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Oh, why is this familiar sentence again, is it difficult for Duan Zuo to try to trick me again this time?"

When Fucharzi, who had a pair of strange gray eyes, asked the question, he actually wanted to see what Duan Xiao's reaction would be.

"I'm not that bored."

Guessing that he was testing himself by saying this, Duan Xiao looked at him the same way after he finished speaking.

"I only care about the physical evidence on the body, and other things have nothing to do with me."

This was said by someone not long ago, and it is only logical for Duan Xiao to pay him back intact now.

"Oh, it should also be clear in that part of the work. I rely on reasoning to handle the case, not guesswork. If there is no conclusive evidence, I will not rashly expose it to the government and cause extra problems."

Fuchaerzi understood what he said, and Duan Xiao instantly understood what he meant.

Because Zakshan is a member of the government, although it is definitely the most convenient to find him, if anyone can be the least suspect in this case and the timing is just right, I am afraid that only Ruiqiong is dead when he arrives. Duan Owl.

And as expected, the two people who were not in harmony with each other came and went, raised a couple of barbs in a very unfriendly manner, knowing that apart from this serious matter, the two of them would not be able to bump into each other before talking about the real thing Come.

It turned out that Fucharzi had indeed been avoiding people on purpose for the past two days.

Songyang County is not big, such a small bathhouse is a good place to hide from people, but obviously Duan Xiao would not believe that someone came here for no reason to pretend to be a beggar and take a bath.

He would do it because he only wanted one person right now.

And what Fucha Erji was looking for in his heart was the one that the government outside was also looking for now, Wang Pin who had disappeared a few days earlier than Ruiqiong.

What kind of person is Wang Pin?

Before that, Fucha Erji didn't know him, so he only heard a few words about this man's life from the government and Zha Keshan.

It is said that this person is a scholar who is more rigid and silent than Ruiqiong.

At 24, he looks like an ordinary and unremarkable man. He and Ruiqiong are classmates, but otherwise he rarely interacts with outsiders. Usually, except for the academy, even his classmates who are also children are not very active. say.

He has no father or mother, and no other relatives around him.

Therefore, the sudden disappearance in the academy, if not for Ruiqiong's death lawsuit after the incident, assuming that he was often unable to find people in the past, no one would find him for ten days and a half months Where did you go.

But if there is something worth noting about him.

That is, Wang Pin's family background is not a poor student, but rather some gold and silver ancestral property in the family. I heard that the ancestors have been doing business for several generations, and they are quite well-to-do.

His ancestors were in the sea fish business in Songyang, because they chartered a boat to go to the coast that year, but they were completely fascinated by the wind and waves, so the whole family was left with only one seedling, Wang Pin.

But in this rumor, Wang hired a dull scholar, but he didn't often show it off, and he was always picky about food and clothing. Others only said that the money left by the Wang family was squandered by him quietly. Everyday life is so poor.

Wang Pin and Rui Qiong have a close relationship, and whenever there is some money exchange, Wang Pin is willing to help Rui Qiong, a friend.

Now such a big living person suddenly disappeared, and Ruiqiong died strangely and tragically again.

It must be difficult to find a person who has disappeared for so many days in just three days.

But Fucharzi is strange to say the least.

Because he seems to have a lot of friends, usually in his dilapidated detective room, he often cooks some medicine soup for skin diseases and colds for some beggars, prostitutes and street thugs, these medicine soups are not very valuable , but helping people is always enough.

Beggars, prostitutes, these people can hear in their ears, come and go, after so many years, all the three religions, traffickers and pawns in Songyang County are all friends of this person.

It happened that he had an acquaintance on hand, named Gui Donglin, whose name was Dongtang.

He lives in the west of Songyang City, and usually works as a clerk who sews and settles accounts. In fact, he is a rogue with round sunglasses. He usually eats tea and gambles behind the pawn shop all year round. He is very familiar with the gambling houses and brothels in this area.

A few days ago, Fucha Erji came to him to think about Wang Pin, and this person happened to tell him a secret related to Wang Pin Ruiqiong's matter——

……

three days ago.

Behind the water smoke building downstairs of a small gambling house in Songyang County.

He made a special trip to find a time to come here in broad daylight, and Fucha Erji, who came out alone with Gui Donglin, was sitting in the dark and inviting him to drink tea furtively.

They seem to be old acquaintances.

Whenever Gui Donglin took money for him to do things, he would share the little-known gossip that he knew.

Right now, Fucha Erji dressed like this specially came to the west of the city to look for him, this man knew that he must have come to ask him about this, and he laughed strangely.

Because he often finds some fun with prostitutes, at this moment this man leaned over the table to come closer, and leaned over his skinny and somewhat obscene virtues, and shattered Fucharzi's ears open the mouth,

"Hehe, Fuchaerji, you have found the right person. You know, this Ruiqiong looks like a handsome boy, but he actually knows everything about the classics and history collections. It's actually the rotten sandalwood toilet. What a pity the material, Wang It would be bad luck for eight lifetimes to be friends with him..."

"Oh? What's the meaning of this?"

Fucharzi also asked calmly with his own pair of yin and yang eyes.

"That day, I finished a meal outside the gambling house and was about to have some fun. I saw this guy named Rui Qiong being beaten by several people in an alley. He usually likes to come to the gambling house to play a few games. , because he is a scholar, I have been familiar with him since early in the morning."

"He has been very unlucky these past few months. He gambled one after another, and every time he found a way to get money to pay off his debts. I only heard that he had an old aunt who hadn't married a wife yet, but I didn't understand what he was doing. There is always some money to pay off the debts, I guess he should have a mistress to support him."

"His concubine is really affectionate if she wants to tell him the truth. He listened to him bragging outside every day, coaxing him in everything, and even giving him money for food and clothing and saying that he would pay for his high school, but this Ruiqiong secretly often Telling people that that person is a nasty thing makes him very disgusted, and he doesn't like to mention it."

Holding his hands up, Gui Donglin, with a sneaky tone, continued to speak face to face with Fucha Erji.

"But on that day, he owed debts and had no money to pay back. He happened to be caught by the masters of the gambling shop, and his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. At that time, I only heard this man kneeling on the ground crying, 'Grandpa, I don't have any money right now, so don't make a big deal out of it. I'll have money in a few days. When I get the priceless stone Buddha, I'll pay all my debts at once. It's up to you!'"

"really?"

Fucharzi stepped forward and asked hastily.

"It's absolutely true, that's what Ruiqiong said to those debt collectors that day."

"How many days did this happen?"

"About...just two days before he died."

Gui Donglin also responded to him in the same way.

Stone Buddha.

When this incident came to this point, it suddenly reminded people of the weird stone statue in the ruined temple.

Why Rui Qiong said that to those people at that time really made people a little curious.

So going back to the scene in front of him at this moment, Fuchaerji, who had already returned to the Chen Santang Pond, also told Duan Xiao what he had seen while pretending to be a beggar in the past few days on the street.

"Therefore, Ruiqiong's death was due to another reason."

Duan Xiao said.

"Before I saw that the hair of his corpse had been shaved, and there were signs of intercourse/intercourse with the man, but I just met his aunt today. Since entering the customs, there is a dress code for men's beard and hairstyle. If there is any violation, yes Those who are not allowed to enter the officialdom, Ruiqiong was going to take the Qiuwei exam, he will not be unaware of these rules, so the hair on his body is a bit strange."

Duan Xiao said so and continued.

"He not only wants to test his fame, but also has this hobby in private. I really don't know if he has any relationship with that murderer."

It was also when these two people happened to talk about this topic together, Fucharzi, who was soaking in the soup pool in front of him, raised his head and closed his eyes, and put one hand aside, mentioned again,

"Do you know why I came to this bathhouse?"

"..."

"Wang Pin usually comes here every three days, and Chen San also knows him. The Chen San San San Tangchi is open on the street, and people come and go, and anyone can come in. If Wang Pin is really Rui Qiong's lover, How could it be possible to come to such a place?"

"So, the murderer is not Wang Pin, nor is Rui Qiong's lover who has been supporting him."

This time, the two people's ideas for solving the case were unexpectedly consistent.

That is, in the Stone Bodhisattva case, that is, at the scene of the incident that night, there must be another party involved other than Rui Qiong and Wang Pin. All the way to other places, I'm afraid there are some other purposes.

"As I said that day, every murderer's motive for killing is very clear. Even if the murder is done impulsively, there must be a reason for it."

"Through the series of words and deeds of this murderer, we can actually know that this is a low self-esteem and depressed person. Maybe he has congenital deficiencies, or maybe he is simply a eunuch."

"In his family there must be a sister who is much older than him, or a mother who disciplined him severely. When he was young, he was cowardly, and he had an unusual habit of dressing under the influence of his family's female family members. Quit."

"Only when he quietly puts on a woman's clothes can he feel that he is alive. He believes that he is a woman. Once something outside tries to reveal his true face, he will wait for the opportunity to kill."

"He and Ruiqiong should have known each other before."

"That night, they made an appointment to meet in the mountains. It must be because of the 'Stone Bodhisattva' in his mouth. I am afraid that only the two of them know what a 'Stone Bodhisattva' is. Now that Rui Qiong is dead, then, in this world , only the murderer himself will understand."

Fucha Erji's analysis only started from the motive and psychology of this person, but now, the thinking of the Stone Bodhisattva case suddenly became much clearer.

"So, do you want to make a bet?"

Fucharzi asked suddenly again.

"Oh, what bet?"

"Oh, why don't you bet on me or Mr. Duan who can catch the stone Bodhisattva who killed people first and expose his true colors, okay?"

Fucharzi said so.

While speaking, Duan Xiao raised his head and looked at him.

Neither of them was in a hurry to speak, and when Duan Xiao raised his hand to take a cup of tea that was put aside, and saw that he had already been aroused to win or lose, he replied slowly in this way,

"Okay, let's take a gamble."