The Plough

Chapter 2

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Who is Du Yuning

Ling Shu's middle school classmate.

Too-

his former girlfriend.

It was the white moonlight and cinnabar mole in the minds of almost all the male students in the school at that time.

Even the surnamed Yue in front of him liked her.

As soon as Yue Dingtang said this, he wanted to blurt out that it was impossible, but the other party didn't seem to be joking.

Those dark brown eyes were almost like a deep well, and they stared at Ling Shu, with a hint of surging sharpness, as if exploring whether Ling Shu's reaction was true or not.

"When did it happen?" Ling Shu asked.

Yue Dingtang did not answer, Ling Shu guessed that the other party was trying to prevent himself from having the opportunity to speculate on the case and find a loophole.

In other words, in the eyes of the surnamed Yue, at this moment, he is the most suspicious object.

Ling Shu: "After get off work tonight, I will come to Feilengcui. It is impossible to have time to commit the crime. Everyone here can be my witness."

Yue Dingtang said lightly: "The body was found two hours ago, but the person died for more than two hours. I am not the policeman handling the case. If you have anything to say, you can say it when you record your statement."

After that, he took a step forward and introduced the foreign police officer next to him.

"This is Mr. Smith from the Police Department of the Public Concession. I was attending a private party with him at the time of the incident. Because the deceased and you and I were both old acquaintances, I offered to accompany Smith here."

Ling Shu said: "This is not a public concession, and I am not a resident of the public concession. I need to report this to my boss to know."

Smith is fluent in Chinese: "Ling Shu, right? Mr. Yue has already introduced your general situation when we came, and I will have someone go to inform your boss. Come with us now."

This foreigner's clothes are worth a lot of money, and it is estimated that he is also a figure in the police department.

The two foreign patrols at the back were staring at him, and it seemed that Ling Shu would immediately rush to restrain him as soon as he made a resistance move.

They were bulging around their waists, and besides batons, there must have been guns.

Ya Qi and the others had turned pale for a long time, and they were overwhelmed with fear.

Ling Shu was like an antelope surrounded by beasts, no matter how much he jumped, he couldn't jump out of the circle.

Tonight's prey has been determined.

He looked at Yue Dingtang.

Yue Dingtang's eyes were deep and the meaning was unclear.

From Ling Shu's point of view, the other party has a kind of alienation from above, as if he came here specially to watch the joke.

In the hands of the surname Yue, he was destined to go away without food tonight.

Ling Shu secretly said, thinking that he must read the almanac before going out next time.

It is said that the central arrest house in the French Concession is a model of all arrest houses and police stations in Shanghai.

It is said that the arresting houses in various districts once organized visits and learning to the patrolling houses in the French Concession, but that was before Ling Shu became a policeman.

It is also said that the patrol houses in the public concession are imitating the regulations of the French Concession.

Ling Shu has never visited the arrest houses in the French Concession.

In his opinion, the old gate arrest house located in the prosperous area of the public concession is undoubtedly much better than their little broken police station.

At least even the table is new.

However, all the places of torture and torture in the world are half a catty.

"Name, address, occupation."

"Ling Shu, two o'clock water ling, the pivot of the center. I live at No. 36 Zhujiaqiao, Yinxiang District. Currently working at the Jiangwan District Police Station."

"Yesterday and today, where were you?"

"Go to work during the day and go home at night to rest."

"Tell me more details!"

Ling Shu: "Yesterday when I got off work around four o'clock, Du Yuning asked me to go to the New Moon Cafe. We stayed there for about an hour and a half, and then I took her home. We never saw each other again..."

"Wait." The police officer who recorded the statement interrupted him, "You guys and widowers, spent an hour and a half?"

Ling Shu lazily leaned back.

"As I said, it was four o'clock in the afternoon, in broad daylight, and the world was bright. Not to mention people from outside the cafe, there were also waiters and other guests in the cafe. How can you be called a man and a widow?"

The policeman frowned and was about to scold when his eyes fell on Ling Shu's dress, but he paused.

An expensive cashmere coat with a brightly colored tie underneath.

There are a lot of people wearing dresses these days, but there is still a big difference between good material and bad material, not to mention that red silver tie...

The policeman glanced at Smith and Yue Dingtang, who were sitting next to him. Seeing that they didn't pay attention to him, he cleared his throat and said, "Okay, don't be sloppy! Then what?"

"Then I went to have supper, and then went home. Today, I'll be on business during the day, and I'll go to Feilengcui to dance in the evening."

Policeman: "You and Du Yuning are middle school classmates and have been in a relationship before, yes or no?"

Ling Shu: "Yes, at that time our two families were well matched, and the elders did intend to match us."

Police: "But then Du Yunning married Yuan Bing, the son of warlord Yuan Bingdao."

Ling Shu sighed: "Brother, where do you want to go? Do you think I look like the kind of person who will pick on married women? As long as I hook my fingers, beautiful women will take the initiative to send them to the door. The Huangpu River is lined up to the World Stadium."

The police knocked on the table: "Don't change the subject!"

The tone was not very severe, perhaps because Ling Shu was a colleague, and his clothes and clothes were obviously good, or because Smith and Yue Dingtang were watching, so it wasn't too rough.

Ling Shu: "After Du Yuning got married, she had an appointment with me, but I didn't go. Later, she sent a servant over, she spoke earnestly and begged, so I went to see her a few times, maybe two or three times. You should have already I have cross-examined the people in Yuan's mansion, and their testimony can prove that what I said is true."

Policeman: "I beg you for what?"

Ling Shu: "It's nothing more than telling her that she was having a bad life after her marriage, and she wanted to tell me a thing or two to relieve her anxiety."

Policeman: "Doesn't she have any close friends? Why should she tell you, a big man?"

Ling Shu: "I don't know that."

Police: "Du Yuning met you yesterday afternoon, what did he say?"

Ling Shu: "She wanted to elope with me, but I didn't agree."

Amazing speech.

When Du Yuning married into the Yuan family, that grand wedding also caused a stir in half of Shanghai Beach, and many people still remember it fresh.

Yuan Bingdao, a once famous warlord in western Sichuan, lived in Shanghai after being seized from power. He has only one son, Yuan Bing.

When Yuan Bingdao was in power, he looted a lot of people's fat and people's ointment. These wealth were later left to Yuan Bing. It can be said that Yuan Bing was born with gold and silver mountains.

But Yuan Bing is also a well-known playboy in Shanghai. Today, he takes care of the actors, and tomorrow he will go out with the stars.

The gold and silver mountains that my father left behind were actually squandered by him in a few years.

However, in the eyes of outsiders, Mrs. Yuan, Du Yuning, is still often an active socialite. Her daily expenses are no less than when she first started, and she often leads the fashion trend of clothing.

Such a young and beautiful woman was actually killed in her bedroom.

Moreover, the shocking inside story of wanting to elope with someone was also revealed.

The policeman paused for a while: "Are you kidding me?"

Ling Shu shrugged: "You're asking me, I'll just tell the truth. Besides, I'm not many times more suave than Yuan Bing's opium ghost. Du Yunning has not forgotten my old love, what's the surprise?"

When the other party was about to ask again, he suddenly heard a light cough next to him, and he came back to his senses immediately.

"and then?"

Ling Shu: "She was very sad. She dragged me to talk about what happened when she went to school a long time ago. Later, when I saw that she was not in good spirits, I sent her back."

Policeman: "According to the people in Yuan Mansion, you and Yuan Bing later had an argument at the entrance of Yuan Mansion."

Ling Shu: "When he saw me, he was ashamed and jealous, and he was jealous that I was younger and more promising than him. Naturally, he didn't like me."

The police are dissatisfied: "Be serious!"

Ling Shu innocently said: "Who is joking with you?"

Police: "How long have you been arguing?"

Ling Shu: "I don't remember, maybe half an hour."

Police: "And where did you go?"

Ling Shu: "I went to Xiao Ji Noodle House to eat noodles."

Policeman: "What time did you leave the Yuan Mansion and what time did you return home?"

Ling Shu: "I left at six o'clock in the evening, and I got home at about eleven o'clock at night."

The police jeered: "You stayed in a noodle restaurant for more than five hours? Can't you eat less than ten bowls of noodles?"

Ling Shu sighed: "Brother, have you ever eaten their scallion oil noodles? That taste, tsk tsk, I know the owner of the noodle shop well, wait for it to get dark, set up a pot, make the noodle soup as the base, put some and cut it Crushed chili to chill, beef and mutton shabu-shabu, tofu skin and fish fillet…”

Shen Renjie just came home tonight, and before his butt was hot, he was called back to take a statement for the job, and he didn't eat dinner, full of resentment.

At this moment, he heard the other party announce the name of the dish, as if there was a hot boiler in front of him, and all kinds of hot pot dishes were being cooked in it.

"stop!"

Shen Renjie said angrily, "That is to say, in the past five or so hours, have you eaten hot pot after eating noodles?"

Ling Shu nodded: "We eat and chat, what's so strange about returning at midnight?"

Shen Renjie: "Who can testify for you?"

Ling Shu: "Xiao Guowei, the owner of Xiaoji Noodle Shop, you can find out if you ask Lao Xiao."

Shen Renjie: "The Xiaoji noodle shop you said is the one from Hengtong Road?"

Ling Shu: "Not bad."

Shen Renjie: "Last night at three o'clock in the morning, a house in Hengtong Road caught fire. The host and the hostess had no time to escape, and the children and servants were burned to death inside. The fire implicated the noodle shop next door. If there is no accident, the burned male corpse should be the noodle shop owner Xiao Guowei."

The knuckles that tapped on the table suddenly stopped.

"Impossible?" Ling Shu was stunned.

Where is such a coincidence

He realized something was wrong.

At first, he thought the interrogation was just a routine matter.

It is also possible that Yue Dingtang learned that he had a relationship with Du Yuning before his death, and deliberately made Smith embarrass him.

But now it appears that is not the case.

Du Yuning died and wanted to elope with Ling Shu before he died.

Ling Shu also quarreled with her husband Yuan Bing in full view and almost fought.

From the point of view of others, the relationship between Ling Shu and Du Yuning, not to mention unclear, must be a little ambiguous.

Yue Dingtang said that Du Yunning had been dead for more than two hours, which may have happened earlier.

During this time, Ling Shu happened to have more than five hours, neither at home nor on errands.

He ate supper at Xiaoji Noodle House and chatted with the boss.

But the boss is now dead.

No one can prove that his words are true.

"Why doubt me?"

Ling Shu said slowly, "I don't have a motive to kill. What do I want to kill Du Yunning?"

It was Yue Dingtang who spoke.

"You said that Du Yuning wanted to run away with you, that's just your side of the word."

"The truth may also be the other way around: you want to run away with Du Yuning, but Du Yuning doesn't agree. Yuan Bing found out that she was still in contact with you after marriage, so after you left yesterday, he had a big fight with Du Yuning and left Yuan's mansion. , and you took the opportunity to return to the Yuan Mansion, trying to convince her to pack up and run away with you, but Du Yuning regretted it and rejected you, and in a fit of rage, you accidentally strangled her to death."

Ling Shu sighed: "Old Yue, we are also old classmates. Why didn't I find out before that you still have the ability to open your eyes and talk nonsense?"

Yue Ding Tang calmly said: "I am a reasonable guess, and we have another very important discovery."

Ling Shu raised his hand: "Wait a minute, you said just now that you are not a policeman, and only came here because of an old acquaintance. Then what is your identity to ask about the case now?"

Smith next to him immediately said: "Professor Yue is a specially hired consultant of our police department and can participate in consultation and investigation of any case."

Ling Shu: …

"Is this consultant hired last second?"

Smith ignored his sarcasm, stood up, and patted Yue Dingtang on the shoulder.

"I still have something to do, I'll leave it to you here."

The iron door opened and closed again.

Ling Shu used to sit across from him, and he never imagined that he would become a suspect one day.

It was a really novel experience.

Usually at this time, he should have been sitting in Xiao Ji Noodle House.

Yue Dingtang: "This case took place in a public concession. With Du Yuning's popularity and Yuan Bing's connections, it will soon be reported in the newspapers and attract public attention. Smith treats it as a political achievement. The brother-in-law who works in the government just wants to intervene, but he is also powerless. I advise you, it is best to face it seriously and explain it honestly. "

Ling Shu: "What is the important discovery you just mentioned?"

Yue Dingtang: "On the window sill of Du Yuning's bedroom, a right foot print was found. After verification, it was left by a police boot, and the size—"

He looked at Ling Shu's shoes.

Shen Renjie stepped forward knowingly, took off the leather shoes on Ling Shu's feet, and nodded to Yue Dingtang, comparing the pictures they had printed from the murder scene.

Yue Dingtang: "Unfortunately, just like you."

The day before the New Year's Eve, Ling Shu didn't feel the joy of the upcoming Chinese New Year, but found himself in a puzzle.

Up and down, left and right, there are all the nets of heaven and earth, surrounding him in circles, and it is not airtight.