Liang Min sighed after hearing this, and after a while he said, "Yes, Zhang San came to look for me yesterday."

"What's the matter?"

"He came to threaten me."

"threaten?"

Liang Min closed his eyes, "Xia Guan didn't know where he dropped his fan, but he found it. He must have said that the night before yesterday, he saw Xi Guan chasing the girl from Xiaolou out of the house, and then he found Xi Guan's fan.

fan, and threatened Xiaguan to give him five hundred taels of silver, otherwise, he would tell the Crown Prince that the death of Miss Xiaolou was related to Xiaguan."

"Oh." Zhu Yu said, "Is there such a thing?"

Huaixiu raised his eyebrows and thought to himself, Zhang San saw the girl from Xiaolou appearing on the second floor? The girl from Xiaolou had indeed been to the second floor.

Liang Min quickly shook his head, "Zhang San is slandering Xiaguan. Xiaguan doesn't know Xiaolou girl at all, so how could he chase her out of the house? So Xiaguan ignored Zhang San and just scolded him.

I didn't expect that he would die today." Liang Min took a deep breath and said, "I can swear that the death of Zhang San and the death of Miss Xiaolou have nothing to do with me. I hope the prince will find out." After saying this, he knelt down.

Down.

Zhu Yu quickly helped him stand up, "Your Majesty, you are serious. I know who you are, so I asked you clearly in person." Then he asked Xiao Feng to invite Boss Lu.

Zhu Yu asked about Zhang San's character. Boss Lu shook his head and said that he was greedy for money and loved gambling and drinking. He originally had a boat at home, but he gambled away it. If he hadn't had experience with boats, he wouldn't have used him.

It was said that he had a bad temper and often beat and scolded his wife and children. His ex-wife couldn't stand it because of his beatings and scoldings, and finally hanged herself.

Rather than saying that Zhu Yu was checking the authenticity of Liang Min's words, it would be better to say that he was clarifying his doubts for Liang Min in front of Huaixiu.

Huaixiu knew that Zhu Yu had already guessed that he was suspicious of them.

"Miss Li, do you have anything to ask?" Zhu Yu looked at Huaixiu.

Huai Xiu bowed to Zhu Yu, Liang Min and Boss Lu, "Who will Zhang San be staying with tonight?"

Boss Lu said, "All the boatmen on the ship live in a big shop."

Huaixiu asked, "Zhang San was on duty the night before yesterday. Was he also on duty last night?"

Boss Lu replied, "Zhao Er was supposed to be on duty at night, but he was not feeling well, so he asked Zhang San to take his place, and gave Zhang San a bottle of wine as reward. Zhang San was a wine lover, so he agreed.

"

"Does Zhang San have any enemies on the ship?"

Boss Lu said, "He likes gambling and drinking, and he's also a good friend. I've never seen him get on bad terms with anyone."

Huaixiu said again, "Please call Zhao Er."

After a while, Zhao Er came, hunched over and stroking his stomach, "I don't know what I ate last night. My stomach hurts and I really can't get up, so I asked Zhang San to take my place."

Huaixiu asked, "Then where are you?"

Zhao Er said, "The little one was lying on the bed early, and everyone else can testify."

Huaixiu asked other boatmen and found that it was indeed the case.

After showing off Boss Lu and the boatman, Zhu Yu looked at Huaixiu, "Is there any clue?"

Huaixiu said, "The current clues are the oil-stained patchouli on Xiaolou's sleeves and the fan."

Liang Min's face darkened when he heard this, "Your Majesty has already told Liang about the oil-soaked crucian carp, and anyone who has eaten the crucian carp with ragweed is suspicious. Now that this fan has been added to the mix, what Miss Li means is that Liang is suspected."

It’s even bigger.”

Huai Xiu said, "Women of the people don't dare."

Liang Min snorted coldly, "I don't dare. You even doubt the prince and you still say you don't dare."

Zhu Yu immediately raised his hand to stop the two from arguing, "These two cases have the same techniques and should be committed by the same person. One is an artist in a theater troupe and the other is a boatman. They don't seem to have anything in common. Could it be that they are

The kind of purposeless killing that the girl mentioned?"

Huaixiu said, "The deceased may seem to have nothing in common or anything in common, but one thing connects them. On these two nights, someone sang "The Return of the Soul."

"What does Miss Li mean, that the opera singer is the murderer?"

"At least there is some connection."

Zhu Yu said, "In this case, I also remembered that the singing was exquisite, unlike what the girl from Xiaolou sang. Without long-term practice, it would not be able to reach such a level. However, among the forty or so people, I am afraid that the only ones in the theater troupe are

."

Huai Xiu said, "The daughter of the people will ask Master Ming again." After saying this, he resigned and heard Liang Min say to Zhu Yu, "...the prince really believes her, so he should wait for the ship to dock.

People from the yamen, come..."

Huaixiu came to the deck and happened to see Mingyu standing on the bow of the ship.

"Master Ming." She walked over.

Mingyu's mood has calmed down, but he is still so decadent and vicissitudes of life, "...I am sorry for Xiangjun..."

"What did Master Ming say?"

Mingyu said to herself regardless, "That day Rixiang Jun came to tell me that she had a child and asked me what to do. I was her master, but I didn't know that she had a private life with someone. I was extremely angry.

Yes, I scolded her for being so unclean. People in Goulanfang are criticized and looked down upon by others. She said that man would come to marry her. Can she believe it when I scold her? I asked her not to do this.

My child, just pretend that nothing happened. She disagreed. She was too stubborn. I really had no choice, so I told the class teacher. I thought the class teacher would help her. After all, we have won a lot of money and honors for the class.

, who knew that the class leader actually kicked her out of the troupe, and the matter was spread out somehow. I still remember the way she knelt in front of the class leader's door on a heavy rainy day, crying and begging. The class leader did not change his mind and let her

The things were thrown out, but I stood aside indifferently. She resented me. I will never forget the look in her eyes when she left..."

Huaixiu listened silently.

"I gave her all the money, but she didn't want it. She said she was going to find that person. Unexpectedly, three months later, she returned to Yangzhou and I saw her jump off the stone bridge with my own eyes...

...I shouldn't have told the class teacher so that she could not gain a foothold in Yangzhou. She should hate me. I am not worthy of being her master, but I also hate her. She is so talented, and she once loved singing so much, but she

Is it worth risking your life for one person?"

As he spoke, he suddenly burst into laughter. He held a bottle of wine in his hand and drank loudly.

Huaixiu also felt the regret, hatred and pain in his heart, and seemed to understand why he taught Xiaolou so harshly. It was not only his obsession with opera, but also his regret for Li Xiangjun.

"Master Ming, apart from Xiaolou, who else in the troupe can sing The Return of the Soul?"

Mingyu smiled and said, "If there is no Li Xiangjun in the world, how can there be a story about the resurrection of the soul in the world?" Then he threw the wine bottle in his hand and started singing babblingly.

Mingyu's voice has been destroyed, and her tuneless singing echoes across the river, which is endlessly desolate.

Huaixiu stood beside him, listening to him finish singing, and watched him stumble back to the cabin.

If there is no Li Xiangjun in the world, how can there be a story about the resurrection of the soul in the world...
Chapter completed!