As a sweetheart in the palm of your hand

Chapter 17
In the yamen, there are always officials on duty at night, but the difference is that when reporting crimes at night, they have to beat the Dengwen drum, so Ji Xuan just sat at the back of the lobby with a window open, just thinking about it.

After a while, Ji Xuan still gave in, he couldn't sit still, he picked up the complicated things on the table and began to look, after thinking about it, he still picked up the paper-cut portrait and went into the room where Wang Juan was.

They can't keep Wang Juan for too long.If there is no critical progress before the next night at most, the person will be released.

"Take off the mask." Ji Xuan said lazily, bringing in the lit candle and standing it on the table.

He looked like he was dressed in silk with no patterns on it, and he gave people a gentle and demure feeling regardless of his appearance.

But as the mask was slowly taken off, a trace of charm could be seen in the dim candle.

"Master." At this time, Fang Wu opened the door and came in and called out sweetly.

"What time is it?" Ji Xuan asked with her eyes narrowed.

"In a few more minutes...it will be Chen Shi in about a quarter of an hour." Fang Wu's voice was quiet, and there was a little bit of hesitation on his pear-shaped face.

"Do you know the person in the portrait?" Ji Xuan held up the portrait of a big man, turned his head down while flipping through the case files, facing Wang Juan, he really didn't know what to ask to help solve the case.

"Yes. I know you." Wang Juan said.

"Where is this paper-cut portrait? But you cut it?" Ji Xuan asked while looking up at Wang Juan's every move.

Wang Juan fell in love with the paper-cut, saw Ji Xuan's face and was stunned for a while, and said: "Yes."

"What is your relationship?"

"Normal relationship."

"When was the last time you met. Where is this person? Do you know him?" Ji Xuan showed Wang Juan the portrait of the deceased again.

Wang Juan hesitated for a moment and said, "A few days ago, right? I don't know you."

"I heard that you and An Qing bought a house on Baihebi Hill. Where did you get the money for buying the house?"

Ji Xuan asked, and suddenly saw the way Wang Juan's waist flaps were knotted, and her voice trembled a little.

After finishing speaking, he regained his composure, only tugged Fang Wu, and asked her in a low voice to bring in the rope buckle that was wrapped around the victim's neck.

Ji Xuan also turned the case file to the page of the rope buckle.

"It's just some silver left by my ancestors." Wang Juan said lightly.

"I see that the way of fastening the flaps at your waist is not very common, what's the explanation?" Ji Xuan nodded, then pointed to Wang Juan's waist and said.

"No, it's just good-looking." Wang Juan looked at it meaningfully and said.

The flaps are made by intertwining a rope on the left and right sides, which looks very dignified and generous, giving people a very unique feeling.

Ji Xuan glanced at it several times, and then at the rope buckle that Fang Wu had handed over, and suddenly understood why he thought he had seen it somewhere before when he saw it on Baihebi Gang.

Isn't it the rope buckle on which the victim hanged himself?It's just that Wang Juan's body is more complicated and detailed, but it can also be seen that it should be a style of play...

The village entrance of Xihe Village.

There are more people at the entrance of the village than in the past, and a big man imprisoned a crying child.

Many people who came and went turned their heads frequently, but none of them dared to stop here to watch the excitement.

"You returned my mother, they all said that you killed someone, and used my mother to pay for the crime."

The child's face was red from crying, with tears all over his face, and he bumped his head against the big man's body.

The big man wanted to hug the child several times, but the child refused to let the big man hug him, so he grabbed the big man's leg tightly and cried.

The big man didn't know what to say.

He didn't know that after he was locked up in the yamen for the past few days, when he came to Xihe Village again, people gave him and this kid a lot more advice, and they said everything.

The more he listened to the rumors, the more impatient he became. As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the village, he saw a child running out to beat and kick him.

"Look, this kid doesn't even kiss him. Someone came to the yamen yesterday and said that the widow at the back bought the house on the hill and was going to move out. He didn't want the house and killed himself. wife?"

"This? Want money but not people? Tsk tsk tsk... What a beast."

"Didn't the yamen just say that something happened to his family and they are investigating it?"

"Have you met the people from the yamen? A few days ago, the people in the village over there have heard of it. The big man and the widow have been together for several years, right? Does his wife know? He is afraid that he will be kicked out, and he will be furious." Killed his wife."

"Also, I'm afraid the child doesn't know who it is. The widow has many people coming and going."

Even if the children were crying and making noise, many people stood aside talking and talking.But the big man is busy coaxing the children, how can he have any time to care what they say.

"No dad, dad bought a house for you and your mother, we can live together in a few days, you and I will take you to find your mother, please, you have to trust dad." The big man squatted and helped The child wiped the tears from his face and said one sentence at a time.

"You villain, you are not my father, I want my mother, you gave my mother money, you can't take me away from my mother, you killed that woman, and used my mother to pay for the crime, you took my mother Mother, give it back to me, give it back to me." The child was crying very badly, and even punched and kicked the big man.

The big man endured it blankly, not knowing how to persuade him, he didn't say a word, his face was apologetic, like a sick cat.

Just when the big man was squatting there in a daze, the man squatting not far away and poking his head out quickly left.
It's just that the people present stood in twos and threes not far away to watch the fun, and even the people lying on the wooden window beside him didn't notice that someone ran away behind the wall of his house.

"It's noon, let's eat first, okay? Daddy will buy you candied haws, isn't it your favorite food? What do you want to eat? Daddy will buy it for you. Daddy will accompany you, okay?" Pick up the child and walk to the village.

But the child took advantage of this gap to spit on the big man's face, then kicked the big man in the stomach, knocking the big man down and running away.

The big man was in pain, but he couldn't care less, so he hurriedly chased after him. The child left the village, turned into the market, grabbed the things from the vendors, threw them to the big man, and ran forward without stopping.

Many street vendors went forward to stop the big man, who didn't think it was just a brat and his parents having a temper tantrum?
There is no silver in a child.

Seeing that the big man couldn't get away for a while, the child ran forward while crying and mocking him with his tongue out, but suddenly he fell into someone's arms.

The man was sloppy, dressed in a government uniform, with a bun in his hand, and stuffed it into the child's mouth, making the child shut up for three moments.

(End of this chapter)