Chapter 367 What help?

Author: Qingqingyinuo

Chapter 367 What help?

As expected, Xiao Chen soon found out that Liuli Pavilion was actually opened by Zhao Mu, the young prince of Prince Yao's Mansion. Prince Yao's Mansion had always kept a low profile in the capital, but he did not expect that it would be involved in a murder case and become the focus of everyone's eyes.

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Just the day after the murder of the young master of the Bai family, another murder occurred in the capital. This time, the head of the Yan family, a silk merchant, died in his study. He was also poisoned. Besides Yan Chuanan, the young master of the Yan family, the witnesses were also

There is Xu Mingfan, the fourth son of the Xu family.

When Lin Shuran heard the news, Xu Mingfan had been taken to the Criminal Department by Xiao Chen to assist in the investigation. Later, Xu Junze personally picked him up from the Criminal Department. When he returned home, everyone in the Xu family surrounded him and asked him what happened.

One thing.

Xu Mingfan told his family that the young master of the Yan family, Yan Chuanan, was his classmate in the Imperial College. The two had a very good relationship in private. Yan Chuanan had been inviting Xu Mingfan to his home for the past few days, and the two made an appointment today.

After arriving at Yan's Mansion, Xu Mingfan politely went to meet Yan Chuan'an's family. Although there were some conflicts between the General's Mansion and the Capital Chamber of Commerce due to the problem of Xu's sugar shop, everyone in the Yan family saw Xu Mingfan, the fourth young master of the General's Mansion.

He did not dare to neglect, and then Yan Chuanan wanted to take Xu Mingfan to the study to meet his grandfather, the head of the Yan family.

But they didn't expect that after the two of them opened the door, they saw the head of the Yan family lying on a chair with bleeding from the corners of his mouth. He was already dead. After that, Xiao Chen took the people there.

Xiao Chen just asked some questions in a routine manner, and then asked Xu Junze to bring Xu Mingfan back. What was strange was that the head of the Yan family also had a glass ornament in front of him that someone else had just given him. This glass ornament had also been smeared with poison.

As soon as this incident came out, no one dared to buy the jewelry in Liuli Pavilion. The young prince Zhao Mu was also invited to the Criminal Department by Xiao Chen. The murders in the two days before and after were all related to Liuli, which had to attract his attention.

"What a coincidence!" Lin Shuran sighed.

Yesterday he was the young master of the Bai family, a wine merchant, and today he is the head of the Yan family, a silk merchant. Could it be that someone from the Wu family, a salt merchant, will be next?

As if to verify Lin Shuran's suspicion, it was reported on the third day that the eldest mistress of the Wu family, a salt merchant, died in the sedan chair returning to her parents' home. She still had the colored glaze necklace she just bought from Liulic Pavilion hanging around her neck. This happened three times in three days.

Murder case, rumors of "curse Liuli" began to spread, and Liuli Pavilion was immediately closed.

"Madam, someone is deliberately targeting Liuli Pavilion!" Hong Gu also secretly investigated the news, but found no clues about the murderer. However, the murderer always chose "Liu Li" as the "murder weapon", making it clear that he wanted to kill Liuli.

The pavilion cannot be opened.

"It's not just Liulice. The three people who died are all related to people from the Capital Chamber of Commerce!" In Lin Shuran's opinion, the murderer should have premeditated the killing. What was his purpose? Was he against Liulice or the capital?

Do the people from the Chamber of Commerce have a grudge? Or is it for some other reason?

Lin Shuran was talking to Hong Gu when a maid came outside the door to inform her that Xu Junze had returned to the mansion and asked Lin Shuran to go to the flower hall in the front yard.

Lin Shuran didn't know why Xu Junze suddenly returned home, so she hurried to the front yard. When she entered the hall, she saw Xiao Chen was there. Xu Minghan who was supposed to go to the shop and Xu Mingfan who was going to the Imperial College were also brought back. She was a little worried

Look towards Xu Junze.

"Master Xiao needs your help with Brother Han, Brother Fan and the others!" Xu Junze asked Lin Shuran to sit down next to him and explained to her.

"Help? What help?" Lin Shuran turned her eyes to Xiao Chen this time, but Xiao Chen had a business-like look on his face, with no other emotions in his eyes, and no extra expression other than calmness on his face.

Xu Junze and Xiao Chen both knew that Liuli Pavilion belonged to Zhao Mu, the young prince of Prince Yao's Mansion, and they knew very well what kind of existence Prince Yao's Mansion meant to the emperor. If Liuli Pavilion could not be opened in the capital, then the money in the treasury would inevitably be lost.

What's more important is that the three murders not only put everyone in the capital at risk, but also made the people in the Beijing Chamber of Commerce uneasy. They all worried that they would become the murderer's next target, so Emperor Zhao You

Xiao Chen was ordered to find out the truth as soon as possible and bring the murderer to justice.

Xiao Chen told Lin Shuran at this time that he wanted her to help with the portrait. When the first murder occurred, Xu Minghan was in Liuli Pavilion. And from Xu Junze, Xiao Chen knew that he had an excellent memory and could be said to have a photographic memory, so he wanted to

He helped to recall the situation of Young Master Bai in Liuli Pavilion.

When Lin Shuran painted Xiao Huzi's portrait before, Xiao Chen knew that her portrait techniques were very realistic. Neither the Ministry of Justice nor the palace painters could match her in terms of portraits. In order to find clues as soon as possible, he needed Lin Shuran's help.

After listening to Xiao Chen's story, Lin Shuran did not refuse. She immediately asked for charcoal and paper, and based on Xu Minghan's story, she drew the situation in the Liulic Pavilion on the day that Little Master Bai died. At the same time, based on Xu Mingfan's story, she drew

The various characters he encounters when he enters Yan's house are also drawn.

When Lin Shuran finished painting, her arms were sore. Xiao Chen took the drawing paper and looked at it carefully. He was very grateful for Lin Shuran's help, but he didn't show his usual concern in front of Xu Junze. After that, he left the general's mansion.

"Thank you for your hard work today!" Xu Junze personally massaged Lin Shuran's arm gently. If it were not for investigating the case, he would not have wanted Xiao Chen to have any contact with Lin Shuran again, but it seemed that Xiao Chen had let go of Lin Shuran.

"I hope it can help!" Lin Shuran didn't know if it could really help Xiao Chen investigate the case. She also hoped that this case could be solved as soon as possible, and Liuli Pavilion would still be opened in the future.

Xu Minghan and Xu Mingfan also returned to their respective rooms after Xiao Chen left. However, they both hoped that the truth of the case could be found out as soon as possible, but they did not expect that Xu Minghan would be found after repeated investigations of the case.

"I'm afraid your third son has to go to the Ministry of Justice with me again!" Xiao Chen brought people to the General's Mansion early that morning. He had just found the key witness, who was the former shopkeeper of the Ren family. He is now

He belongs to Xu Minghan, and he has admitted that he poisoned and killed three people.

As for the reason for the killing, the old shopkeeper said that the Wu family of salt merchants, the Yan family of silk merchants, and the Bai family of wine merchants were all involved in framing the Ren family. He wanted to avenge his old master, so he killed to vent his anger.

The third time he wanted to kill was the eldest young master of the Wu family, but unexpectedly he accidentally killed the eldest young master of the Wu family.

He also said that the murder he committed had nothing to do with Xu Minghan. Xu Minghan didn't know about it at all, but a young man pointed out that Xu Minghan asked the old shopkeeper to do these things.

"I did not instruct the murderer!" Xu Minghan did not admit the young man's accusation. This old shopkeeper was once a loyal servant of the Ren family. When he was hiring people, he invited him to the capital not long ago. He had no idea that he would kill people.

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Chapter completed!