"We also heard it from others. We heard that someone in the building saw the sister casting a spell. Anyone who went against her either went crazy or had nightmares every night."
"Everyone thinks she's evil and unlucky, so no one dares to mess with her. When she was in our building, she was the top girl for several years. It's not that there weren't other girls who were better than her, but every time someone took the top girl position, that person would run into an accident. Only when that girl was the top girl would nothing happen."
"Afterwards, everyone was afraid to fight for the top spot, so naturally the top spot has always been in the hands of this sister."
Baili Xin: "Oh? There is such a saying, could it be just a coincidence?"
"How could it be such a coincidence?" Chuntao lowered her voice. "Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, the sister in the building saw it with her own eyes. I heard from that sister that she had just become the top prostitute at that time. She was going downstairs to receive a customer that day. Just as she was about to go down the stairs, she felt a strong push from behind. When she fell, she looked behind her, and there was no one behind her."
"This sister broke her leg when she rolled down the stairs, and it still hurts when it rains. When this sister mentions the aunt, she still hates and fears her."
Baili Xin: "That's really weird."
"But speaking of weird things, don't you have another one in your building?"
Chun Tao blinked her eyes: "Ah? Which one?"
Baili Xin: "I remember there was a girl in your building. She went to a guest's house to sing and play music at night. When she came back, she died in the river. You even reported the case to the police."
"Did you know about this?"
Chuntao said, "Oh, I know. I was here two years ago. We all know the girl who got into trouble. Her name is Xiao Cui. She was a popular person in our building at that time."
"She plays the pipa very well. Many guests come here to listen to her music."
"You want to know what happened to her that night, right? Xiao Cui has many customers, but not many of them are her guests. Although Xiao Cui is a salesperson, Mammy said that scarcity makes things valuable, and this is the only way to keep Xiao Cui valuable."
"One of the guests was Mr. Cao, a merchant from the east of the city."
"It was said that an honored guest came to Cao's house that night. In order to let the guest hear something different, Cao specially spent a lot of money to invite Xiao Cui from the building. Xiao Cui was reluctant at first because she never came to the house, but Cao gave her too much that day. In addition, Xiao Cui was very familiar with Cao and felt that nothing would happen if she stayed outside, so she agreed."
"Then she dressed up that day and went to Cao Yuanwai's house with her pipa. But when her body was found, there were signs of abuse all over her body. I think she couldn't bear the humiliation and did something stupid."
Baili Xin frowned secretly: "When she went to Cao Yuanwai's house, did she bring her pipa with her?"
Chun Tao nodded: "I remember that day very clearly. I was the one who fixed her hair that night, and I also gave her some instructions before she left."
"Is she your friend?" asked Baili Xin.
"That's not true. We all live in the same building, so we see each other all the time. We are friends, but not close friends. We just chat from time to time. Although I feel sorry for her death, I still have to live my life. I don't have that much time to be sad for her."
"Master, don't think I'm cold and indifferent," Chuntao laughed. "There's really not much hope for us here. We'll either be led out in our red wedding dress or carried out on a straw mat. Death is sometimes a relief for us. So we're not that afraid of death. When a sister dies, we'll even say 'I wish she's free from suffering.'"
Baili Xin: "..."
When he looked at the files, there was no mention of a pipa being found at the scene.
Did Chuntao feel humiliated in Cao Yuanwai's house and rushed out in anger without even taking her pipa? Or did she take the pipa with her, but it was taken away by someone else
"I remember that the case was reported to the government office at first, and then her maid was found and it was clarified that it was suicide. Where is Xiao Cui's maid? Is she still in the building now?"
Chun Tao shook her head. "She's gone. The nanny disliked her for being unlucky and drove her out. But she's still in Qingcheng Town. She used the money she saved in the building to open a small tofu stall. The sound is pretty good."
"Where is the tofu stall?" Baili Xin asked.
Chuntao: "Just walk along this street after you go out, turn east at the third intersection, and you will see a tofu shop. In addition to tofu, it also sells bean curd skin, soy milk and other things. Business is booming."
Baili Xin silently wrote down the address.
During the remaining time, he chatted briefly with Chuntao, then sent her out and went to bed.
Before leaving, Chuntao was still a little unconvinced and kept asking herself if she could really leave. Only after she confirmed from Baili Xin that the other party was not joking did she dare to leave.
After that, Baili Xin slept in the bedroom until dawn before leaving.
When he went to the yamen, Zhang Biao had already arrived.
When he went in, Zhang Biao and his group of fellow detectives were still eating fried dough sticks around a table.
As soon as he saw Baili Xin coming in, Zhang Biao immediately stood up and shouted, "Sir, you're here so early?"
"Didn't you come earlier than me?" Baili Xin responded casually, his eyes sweeping over the people at the table inconspicuously.
In addition to Zhang Biao, there were also yesterday's young constable and Zhutou. After a night of rest, the swelling on Zhutou's face had disappeared, but due to the bruises, his face was still covered in bruises, and the color was even darker than yesterday.
In addition to them, there were four men sitting around the table.
Seeing Bai Baili Xin approaching, Zhutou and the young constable were a step slower, but they still stood up quickly and greeted Baili Xin respectfully.
The other detectives, who had obviously heard some rumors from somewhere, also stood up and looked at him as if he were a Buddha statue.
Is it so exaggerated
Baili Xin slowly came to the table, and before he could say anything, he saw Zhang Biao sniffing the air.
Then Zhang Biao slammed the table and said, "Tell me, who of you went to the brothel last night? Didn't I tell you that if I find you dare to go to such a place, I will break your legs? Why, you don't even listen to me?!"
Everyone looked at each other and waved their hands quickly and frantically: "No, no, no, boss, I stayed at home honestly last night, but I didn't go anywhere."
"Yes, I listened to you and stayed at home with my wife and children, but I didn't dare to have any improper thoughts."
"I didn't go either, I really didn't go!"
"You all didn't go there. Could it be that the smell of the rouge and powder in this red-willow alley is from you? With the character of you, how could it be possible that..."
"Oh, I went there." Baili Xin interrupted Zhang Biao.
The sound stopped abruptly, and everyone froze in place.
Zhang Biao's words immediately rolled in his throat: "Sir, you went to the brothel to investigate a case!"
Everyone: “…”
We go to brothels to have fun, but the gentleman goes to brothels to investigate cases.
Boss, your double standards are too obvious, aren't they
"You guessed it right." Baili Xin raised an eyebrow, "I went there to investigate the suicide case of Xiao Cui in the brothel two years ago."
"Didn't this case already be closed?" a detective said bluntly, "Suicide."
"But I think there are still some suspicious points, so I went to the brothel last night to inquire about the situation. I was originally going to look for you, and now that you are all here, it's just right to talk to you about this case."
As he spoke, Baili Xin pulled out a stool from behind him and sat in front of the table. The young constable was quick to push a bowl of soy milk in front of Baili Xin, "Sir, you haven't eaten yet, have some soy milk, no one has touched it. I won't help you get the fried dough sticks, my hands are dirty."
Zhang Biao glared at the young constable.
You are so quick that you are taking the soy milk and fried dough sticks I bought and trying to show off your wealth here. Let me do it!
Baili Xin said thank you and pushed the soy milk back, "I've eaten it."
Zhang Biao: "Sir, you just said that there are doubts in this case. What are the doubts?"
Baili Xin: "The biggest suspicion is the pipa. I asked someone Xiao Cui knew in the brothel, and she said that Xiao Cui went to play a little song at the house of Cao Yuanwai in the west of the city that night. Before she left, she was holding the pipa in her arms. But when the body was found, there was no pipa beside her."
"At least I didn't see any mention of Pipa in the files. Can you tell me what happened at that time? It's been two years, and I don't know if you still remember it."
"I led a few brothers to investigate the case," Zhang Biao stared at the fried dough sticks in front of him, but his eyes began to wander. "Although Qingcheng Town has many cases every day, there are not many cases of death, so I remember all the details. I also read the files, and the scene was not much different from what was described in the files. We did not see any pipa at the scene. We also went to the river to salvage it, but did not find any pipa."
"The place you mentioned is indeed possible, sir. Do you mean that you think this case is not a simple suicide?"
"I am just suspicious because I chatted with the girls in the brothel yesterday. According to them, this girl named Xiao Cui is very reluctant to go out because she is afraid of danger. This also indirectly shows that Xiao Cui is afraid of death. How can a person who wants to commit suicide be afraid of death?"
"And it's even more unreasonable to say that she couldn't bear the humiliation. For prostitutes who are used to the sex trade, they may have long regarded themselves as commodities. How humiliating would it be for such a stable person to feel humiliated and commit suicide?"
Zhang Biao frowned slightly: "But the maid next to Xiao Cui said that she couldn't bear the humiliation. In that case, the maid might be lying? I will arrest this maid now and re-examine her!"
"It's not just this maid. What she went through in Cao Yuanwai's house is also very important. Wasn't it a banquet for important guests? What kind of guests were they? What did Cao Yuanwai and his group do to her? How did she get those injuries?"
Zhang Biao's eyes were filled with admiration: "Sir, you are absolutely right. Why didn't I think of this? If I had half of your wisdom, I wouldn't have let this case lie dormant for two years."
"It's not your fault," Baili Xin shook his head. "Someone came forward and said it was suicide. Faced with vague physical evidence and clear witnesses, most people would choose to believe the witnesses."
"But I can't say that I don't blame you. Take this case for example. Ask yourself, was the case closed so hastily because the person who died was a prostitute? A woman who was not tolerated by the world and was even considered a bitch by ordinary people. It's even possible that when you heard someone say that she committed suicide, did you feel relieved that you didn't have to waste any more time?"
"The reason I have such a guess is that I have read her file, which is two thin pages and only records the findings at the scene and the situation of the body. Other than that, there is no investigation record of Mr. Cao or the investigation record of the brothel maid. Why don't you check it out?"
Zhang Biao's face suddenly turned red, and the others lowered their heads in shame.
They were too embarrassed to look up because Baili Xin was right. They looked down on the women in brothels and even felt deep down that they deserved what happened to them and that it was all their own fault.
After her maid said that her mistress had committed suicide, they hastily closed the case.
They did not ask Mr. Cao, nor did they ask the brothel nanny, because they always felt that she went out just to engage in a sex trade.
They sell their bodies for money, so how others treat their bodies is their own fault, after all, others have spent the money.
Although Zhang Biao didn't like prostitutes, he had no intention of contacting or hurting them. He would not go to a prostitute, nor would he allow his brothers to go to places like red-light districts.
They had secretly kept this kind of thing in their hearts and didn't say it out loud, but today Baili Xin tore off their hypocritical masks without any preparation, which made Zhang Biao very ashamed.
Time flies, and he always thought that he was not as worldly-wise and abusive as County Magistrate Lin.
But did he really not
When he first became a constable, he vowed to be a good official, a fair and impartial official.
But what did he do
Look at a woman with prejudice.
If this brothel girl was really murdered, then he was an accomplice.
If he had investigated the case seriously two years ago, he would have caught the murderer immediately. However, because of his arrogance and prejudice, he allowed a woman to suffer wronged for two years.
No, there could be more.
If Baili Xin had not discovered the suspicious points when he was looking through the files, he believed that no one would care about this case anymore.
The lives of women in brothels are thinner than paper.
Zhang Biao's face felt hot, as if he had been slapped several times.
His chest felt choked with pain, and he felt uncomfortable and regretful.
Baili Xin: "Is Mr. Cao still in Qingcheng Town?"
The young man's voice pulled Zhang Biao out of his deep self-blame, and he quickly replied, "Yes, yes! Mr. Cao runs a jade business in Qingcheng Town, and he has been running it all the time."
Baili Xin: "I don't know much about Mr. Cao. If we ask him now what happened two years ago, will he still tell us? For example, who was invited and what happened at the banquet?"
"Also, in two years, although I think it's a bit slim, I still want to ask, is the body... still there?"
Zhang Biao choked up, "The body... was taken away by the brothel a long time ago. The way they deal with the body is usually to burn it and then scatter the ashes into the sea."
"Why do you do this?" Baili Xin asked puzzledly.
Although he knew that the body would not be preserved for so long as it had been so long, he did not expect that not only the body but even the ashes would be gone.
Now he doesn't even have the chance to dig up the grave and see the body.
"I know the reason!" The pig-headed man who had been silent all this time puffed up his cheeks and spoke, "Because they want freedom and believe in fate. They are all indentures held in the hands of the nannies. They can't leave or escape, just like birds tied in a cage. So many brothel girls hope that their ashes can be scattered in the sea after they die, so that they can leave freely with the wind and water, instead of becoming a corpse in a coffin and still being trapped in that place."
Baili Xin was silent for two seconds, then said calmly: "Some people live in a place that is their home. But some people live in a place that is a cage that traps them, alas."
Zhang Biao was heartbroken again.
qvq, I'm sorry sir, I was wrong. I will never look down on others again. I will definitely investigate it carefully, woooo.
Baili Xin frowned and glanced at Zhang Biao, who looked troubled: "..."
What happened to this child? Did he have a stomachache
After quickly filling his stomach with a few mouthfuls of breakfast, Zhang Biao dragged Baili Xin to find Cao Yuanwai.
Just as they were about to go out, they ran into County Magistrate Lin head-on.
There were dark circles under County Magistrate Lin's eyelids and his face looked haggard, as if he had not had a good rest.
Seeing this, Baili Xin asked with concern: "Sir, did you not get enough rest last night?"
County Magistrate Lin's eyes were a little dull. He glanced back and forth at Baili Xin and the others, "Where are you going?"
Zhang Biao: "Your Excellency, we have a case and need to go out and investigate it."
"Oh." County Magistrate Lin said "Oh" in confusion. Then he was in a trance for two or three seconds, and looked straight at Baili Xin. "Brother-in-law, come to my study. I have something to talk to you about."
After saying this, he walked straight towards the backyard.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Baili Xin said, "Wait for me to come back," and followed Magistrate Lin.
County Magistrate Lin's steps were unsteady. He arrived at the study and sat down on a chair behind the desk, breathing heavily.
Baili Xin poured him a cup of tea and then slowly asked, "Brother-in-law, why are you looking for me?"
County Magistrate Lin raised his head, his eyes still dull. Just when Baili Xin was a little confused, County Magistrate Lin's expression changed, and he looked at Baili Xin with a wronged face: "Brother-in-law, please persuade your sister. She took the nanny back to her parents' home without saying a word, and she wouldn't let me go to find her. Please help me find her back. My wife!"
Baili Xin: "... My sister is not dead yet."
The crying stopped abruptly, but County Magistrate Lin still looked at the young man opposite with an aggrieved look on his face.
Baili Xin coughed lightly, "Um, what did my sister tell you? Did she scold you?"
County Magistrate Lin: "Bullshit, how could your sister have the heart to scold me? But when she didn't scold me, I felt even more upset. She left me a letter, which only praised my goodness, how much she loved me, and how happy she was to marry me. The words were full of self-blame and compromise, without a single scolding."
"If she had just scolded me, I wouldn't feel as bad as I do now."
Baili Xin: “.”
Nonsense, I just want you to feel uncomfortable.
Baili Xin expressed that he was very happy to be able to give trouble to County Magistrate Lin.
"What do you think I should do? Otherwise, I will go to the Song family right now. I have no shame left. I will go and ask for forgiveness!"
Baili Xin quickly stopped him: "No, you absolutely cannot do that."
If you go there, won't you be exposed
County Magistrate Lin: "Why not?"
Baili Xin: "My sister may seem gentle, but underneath her tenderness, she actually hides a stubborn heart. If you go over and ask for forgiveness now, my sister will only blame herself. She will think that it is because of her that you have become so humble from a high and mighty person. If she blames herself, she may not be able to do anything."
County Magistrate Lin: "Ah, then what should I do? This won't work, and that won't work either."
Baili Xin: "Then you just wait and stay the same in the face of ever-changing circumstances. My sister is stubborn and will naturally go back when she figures it out. The more you push her, the further she will go."
County Magistrate Lin: "But what if she can't figure it out? What if she runs away?"
"I'm still here, aren't I? I'm in your office, are you afraid that I'll run away too? My sister doesn't think about herself, and doesn't she think about me, her brother?" Baili Xin pointed at himself, "I'm holding her here, are you afraid that she'll run away? Besides, my sister is a man of her word, if she says in the letter that she'll come back after a while, she will definitely come back, you can rest assured."
County Magistrate Lin finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Yes, yes, you are right. I still have you! I will hold you captive and see where she can run to. Haha, what did you say just now? You want to go out and handle the case?"
Baili Xin: "Yes, there was a case that was a little suspicious before, so I wanted to go and take a look."
Magistrate Lin did not ask what the case was, but just waved his hand and said, "Okay, go ahead, but be careful."
He paused, "You should call Zhang Biao over to me. I'll give him some instructions."
Baili Xin: "Okay."
Not long after he left, Zhang Biao entered the study of County Magistrate Lin and asked, "Sir, are you looking for me?"
Lin County Magistrate: "Zhang Biao, go out and handle the case, and protect Baili Xin well, understand? Even if something happens to you, Baili Xin must not be allowed to get into trouble."
If something happened to Baili Xin, his wife might really fly away.
Zhang Biao: "Don't worry, sir! Even if I die, I will protect you!"
County Magistrate Lin was slightly stunned. He had never realized that Baili Xin was quite popular. He must have some skills to be able to train Zhang Biao, such a stubborn man, into obedience.
It seems that I don’t have to worry too much. He is worthy of being my lady’s cousin!
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After an incense stick of time, Zhang Biao and his men left the yamen.
Baili Xin followed them and chatted with them in random places.
After walking for a while, they gradually passed through the downtown area and entered a street specializing in selling antiques, calligraphy and paintings.
After walking for a while on this quaint street, they came to a door.
On the black door plaque, a few words were written in gold-plated style: Cao's Antiques, Calligraphy and Paintings.
There were two waiters in the shop, and the boss seemed not to be there.
As soon as they walked in, two waiters came to greet them with great trepidation, "Sir, are you here to buy something or to see someone?"
Zhang Biao's expression was cold: "Where is your boss?"
The waiter said: "In the backyard, there is a customer selecting jade. Our boss Cao has gone in. Please wait a moment. I will invite him to you."
One of the waiters left in a hurry, and the one who stayed behind quickly asked the customer to sit down, and then made tea and brought water.
After about five or six minutes, several footsteps were heard in the yard.
A man with a big belly and rich clothes of jewels came out first. He opened the curtain, and soon another person appeared in Baili Xin's sight.
It was a middle-aged man whom he had never seen before. His clothes were dark purple, made of fine material, but looked very plain from a distance. Judging from the way he was dressed, he was probably a servant of a wealthy family, such as a butler.
Sure enough, Boss Cao's words soon verified Baili Xin's speculation. He saw Boss Cao bowing his head and respectfully clasping his fists towards the man, "Then I'll have to trouble you, butler. I hope the prince will like it."
The middle-aged butler was holding a box in his hand, which was decorated with many shells and pearls. The box alone was worth a lot of money, and no one knew what treasure was inside.
But what did he shout just now
Prince
There is actually a prince in Qingcheng Town
The housekeeper smiled and said, "I'm confident you can do the job. I've checked it out, it's high-quality stuff. I'll go back and report to the prince."
Boss Cao: "Then I'll have to trouble Butler Zhao."
As he spoke, he took out a silver ingot and put it into the man's hand. The man just refused a few times, then quickly took it and stuffed it into his sleeve.
When passing by the hall, Boss Cao and the housekeeper finally saw Zhang Biao and his group. Boss Cao put away his smile, obviously not welcoming them. On the contrary, the housekeeper glanced at Baili Xin several times before leaving.
They walked out of the door and chatted a few more words in whispers, and then the butler left in the carriage.
Boss Cao didn't return to the house until the carriage had gone a long way away.
Putting on a fake smile again, Boss Cao perfunctorily saluted Zhang Biao's men with his fists, "Captain Zhang, I'm sorry for not coming to meet you in person. I'm so sorry for the disrespect."
Zhang Biao didn't indulge him. "Look at how happy Boss Cao was just now. I guess he made a big deal again. How come he can smile so happily in front of others but feel so wronged in front of me? Why don't you welcome us? How about we go to another place to chat about the past?"
Boss Cao's expression immediately changed, and he became much more enthusiastic: "Captain Zhang loves to joke. If I see you are not happy, then who can I be happy to see? I guess you didn't come here today to make fun of an ordinary person like me, what do you want to talk to me about?"
A customer was just about to come in for a look, but as soon as he entered the room, he saw the head of the police standing in the hall. He immediately retracted his head and walked away in shame.
Boss Cao immediately said, "Let's go to the inner room to talk. If you guys continue to stand here, I will not do business today."
When they entered the inner room, the tea was still on the table.
While Boss Cao was making tea for them, he asked, "Captain Zhang, why haven't I seen this handsome young man beside you before? Is he new to the government? Or is he someone's young master?"
"This is the new advisor to our yamen, Baili Xin."
Boss Cao stopped pouring water from the teapot, looked up at Baili Xin standing opposite him, and then lowered his head to make tea again: "So it's Master."
After the cup was finished, he put it down and clasped his fists towards Baili Xin, "Excuse me, my apology."
Zhang Biao: "We came to you today to ask about the case of Xiao Cui's death in the brothel two years ago. Do you still remember it?"
Boss Cao was pouring water. After hearing these words, the teacup in his hand suddenly shook, and the teacup lid fell from the teapot onto the table with a crisp sound.
He put down his teacup and looked across with a frown: "Her again? Of course I remember. Wasn't this case closed a long time ago? Are you guys done yet? Didn't you say she committed suicide? What bad luck! If I had known she would commit suicide, I shouldn't have looked for her that night. I almost lost a big business."
Baili Xin: "I heard that this girl named Xiao Cui doesn't receive many customers, and she mainly performs for money. But she has several lovers, and you are one of them, right?"
Cao pursed his lips and said, "So what if it's right? So what if it's wrong?"
He looked arrogant and was very uncooperative.
Zhang Biao was furious. He stood up from his chair and drew his shining sword from his waist. "Boss Cao, don't refuse a toast and drink a forfeit. Answer the gentleman's question properly!"
The gentleman's previous worries turned out to be correct. Two years have passed and there is no evidence. Boss Cao has changed his mind and doesn't want to bring up the past again.
The difficulty of investigation has increased again.
He was a little irritated.
If I had been more independent back then, I wouldn't be in such a passive situation today.
He could have just asked casually, but the body had been burned now. Not only was there no physical evidence in the case, even the words of the witnesses could not be trusted.
In his opinion, this case has almost become an unsolved case.
An unsolved case means that there is a victim who cannot be vindicated.
When he thought of this, Zhang Biao wanted to slap himself hard.
If this case really can't be solved, he will blame himself for the rest of his life.
Boss Cao's expression calmed down a bit after seeing the sword flashing with cold light. Baili Xin was not annoyed, but just smiled softly, "There's no need for you to hide this kind of problem. You didn't go to the brothel secretly, someone would have seen you. And you probably don't know that every businessman has an account book, and you have one, and the brothel is no exception."
"It will clearly state who came and when, which girl they went to see, and how much money they spent. If we want to check, it's just a matter of time. Do you really want to confront us over such a small matter?"
Boss Cao's eyes flickered a few times before he nodded: "Yes, I used to go to the brothel and often went to see Xiao Cui. But what does this mean? Her death has nothing to do with me. Didn't she commit suicide?"
"I've already gone to the brothel to ask. She was fine before she left, but when she came back she was covered in whip marks, and even her clothes were torn. She also showed signs of having just finished an intense sexual intercourse. Can you tell us what happened when she went to your house that night?"
"We now suspect that there is something fishy about this case. It is very likely that Xiao Cui did not die by suicide."
Boss Cao's face changed slightly. "Why are you suddenly bringing up the case from two years ago? It's been nearly two years. Her ashes have been scattered in the sea. Maybe she has been reincarnated now. Now that the case is closed, isn't it a happy ending? There are no old cases piled up in your government office, and there is only one less person in the brothel. We are still living our own lives. No one will care about what happens to a brothel girl."
"She deserved to die, didn't she?"
Zhang Biao's throat suddenly felt dry.
When Mr. Cao brought up this matter with the attitude of a superior who had nothing to do with it, his words were full of indifference.
When I first looked at the prostitutes in the brothel, did I have the same disgusting expression as Mr. Cao
She was just a helpless woman who was beaten by life, and they trampled on her helplessness again and again.
No wonder Du Shiniang sank the treasure chest in anger.
He had always thought that Du Shiniang committed suicide because of her lover's betrayal. But now thinking about it, perhaps what she wanted to bury was the injustice and contempt of the world towards her.
"You will forget, the brothel will forget, the ashes will disappear, but the case files will always be there." Baili Xin said calmly, "Even if I am not here today, someone else will find something wrong with the case files in the future."
"People come naked and leave naked. Since they come, they will definitely leave some traces. It may be memories, words, or pictures. No matter how insignificant a person is, he is not what you call 'insignificant'. Everyone's arrival is meaningful."
Zhang Biao's eyes felt a little hot. He looked at Baili Xin passionately. He had countless things he wanted to say in his heart, but he didn't know how to say them.
"I've already said that Xiao Cui was most likely murdered. If you keep on making such a fuss, we have every reason to suspect you are the murderer. Then the place where we talk will not be this fragrant elegant pavilion, but a cage that emits a foul odor."
"My patience is limited. I'll give you one more chance. What happened back then? You invited Xiao Cui to perform at your house, supposedly to entertain a distinguished guest. So who was this guest?"
Mr. Cao looked at Baili Xin, then at Zhang Biao and the detectives who were standing beside him on high alert, and then he was sure that they were well prepared.
A layer of cold sweat slowly broke out on his forehead. He looked at Baili Xin cautiously and said word by word, "I didn't kill her. I just paid her to come to my house and sing."
Baili Xin: "If you didn't kill him, then you should explain clearly what happened that day."