Chapter 52 The Doubt of Pastry
"What does it mean?" He Lanbing asked with his eyes wide open.
Situ Ce said: "This shows that she cherishes this box of pastries very much! When she put the pastry box back, she originally planned to put it on the kang, but she subconsciously turned the direction halfway, put the pastry box next to her, and placed the needle and thread box on the pastry box? - Is it necessary to keep it solemnly beside her, and cover it with a needle and thread basket?"
Helanbing's eyes lit up: "Yes! This shows that she cares about the pastry very much! Or, she cares about the person who gave the pastry. She put the sewing basket on the pastry box because she was afraid that others would see something! So, is the person who gave her pastry the one she cares about?"
"It's very possible!" Situ Ce said, "her subconscious action just revealed her true thoughts! The pastry has been done, which means it was a few days ago. In other words, the pastry seller has not come to deliver pastries these days! Perhaps because of Mi Er's death, he was worried that it would attract attention. After two times, he knew that the pastry seller was probably the person we were looking for. "
"That's great! Let's check it now!"
Helanbing immediately ordered the constables to go to the nearby pastry shop to visit the people who often deliver pastries to Mi Er's house!
The investigation quickly turned out, and it was surprising. The person who often delivered pastries to Gao was a young man who delivered takeout at a pastry shop two streets away, named Luo Ren. Moreover, after the murder, Luo Ren took leave and went back to his hometown.
Helanbing immediately deployed the arrest, and Luo Ren's hometown was in a nearby county. A few days later, the head arrested Shi Meng and the constable arrested Luo Ren back and took him to the county government.
He Lanbing asked the first sentence: "Has he confessed?"
Shi Meng shook his head: "He only admitted that he had been giving pastries to Gao, and also admitted that he gave pastries to Gao on the day of the incident. Later, he learned that Mi Er died that night and was afraid of being misunderstood, so he went back to his hometown."
Helanbing said: "He must have concealed something! Take me to ask him!"
Helanbing, Situ Ce and others came to the yamen prison. Luo Ren had been imprisoned. Helanbing ordered the prisoner to be taken out. As soon as he saw Luo Ren, Helanbing knew why Gao would hide it, because although Luo Ren was not tall, he was very handsome and young and light. Although he looked frightened, he could not hide his cool and handsomeness. It seemed that Gao and this handsome young man were afraid that they were a little famous.
He Lanbing shook the folding fan and walked slowly behind him, dragging his voice and said, "After saying that, how did you kill Mi Er? If you confess truthfully, you can avoid suffering from flesh and blood. If you refuse to confess, you are afraid that you will not benefit from you!"
Luo Ren said panic: "My master is clear, I really didn't kill Nami Er."
"Since you didn't kill him, why did you escape?"
"I..., I was scared, so I ran away."
"Since you haven't killed someone, what are you afraid of?"
"I..., I went to the house and saw that Mi Er was dead, so I was frightened. Sister Gao said she wanted me to leave, and I ran away."
"What happened? Come to the real thing!"
"Yes!" Luo Ren wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "Sister Gao likes to eat pastries from our pastry shop very much. He asked me to send him pastries every other day, and I usually go in the afternoon. I also went to deliver cakes on the afternoon of Mi Er's death. The next morning, I heard that Mi Er was dead. Because I had been to his house and was afraid that the yamen would accuse me of killing people, I ran back to my hometown to hide for two days."
"When Mi Er was killed, you hadn't been to the scene of the murder?"
"No! I really don't!" Luo Ren said with a pale face.
"Since there isn't, what are you running?"
"I'm scared, I'm really scared. I heard that the yamen constable could not solve the case and often accused him..., uh, this..., I ran away because I was afraid. I was wrong."
Situ Ce sneered: "Your lie has become too vague. Okay, I'll ask you, did you wear those shoes when you went to Mi Er's house that day?"
"Just this pair under my feet."
Situ Ce looked at his feet, which was a pair of new cloth shoes, and said, "Take off the shoes and show me, and I will know if you have been to the scene at the time of the incident!"
Luo Ren naturally didn't know how Situ Ce had such ability. He took off his shoes as he said and handed them to Situ Ce.
Situ Ce took the shoes and saw that the shoes were finely crafted, with patterns and delicate stitches. It was obviously not the type made by ordinary shoe and sock shop craftsmen, but were carefully prepared. Look at the shoes, a pair of insoles, a big red substrate, and the pattern was embroidered with a pair of magpies climbing wintersweets. Their expressions were beautiful and they were still imaginative.
Situ Ce smiled faintly and said, "You didn't make these shoes yourself, did you?"
Luo Ren shook his head, and a warm smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
This expression was immediately caught by Situ Ce: "The shoes should be made by your sister Gao for you, right?"
Luo Ren was stunned for a moment and nodded slowly.
Situ Ce saw the faint dark red blood stain on the uppers of his shoe and said, "No wonder he can't bear to take it off even if he is stained with blood!"
"No!" Luo Ren was very nervous.
Situ Ce did not answer, turned his shoes back and took a look. Not only did he smile, the pattern on the sole was the larger pair of shoe prints found at the murder scene. He asked Yin Yadan to compare the patterns. Sure enough, he handed the pattern and the sole to Helanbing.
After a look, Helanbing said angrily to Luo Ren: "You guy dares to lie to me? This is the sole print we found at the murder scene! It is exactly the same as the sole prints of your foot. It means that you went to the scene that night and stepped on blood, leaving blood footprints! It is useless for you to wash it, you can wash away the blood, but you can't wash your shoe prints!"
Luo Ren lowered his head and his body trembled slightly.
"The evidence is as strong as a mountain. Don't you confess?" Helan Bing said.
"I..., I've tried it. I've been to that house and I've stepped on the blood. But, I really didn't kill Mi Er!"
"Speak from the beginning!"
"Okay! That afternoon, I sent pastries to Sister Gao. In the evening, I went to Sister Gao's house again. She asked me to go..."
Helan interrupted his cold words: "What are you going to do tonight?"
"Uh--" Luo Ren hesitated, not knowing how to explain.
Helanbing sneered, "Okay, we can think of it if you don't say it. It's a gangster, right? - Two pairs of dogs and women! How pitiful is Gao Shi? What a husband ignores her and can't sleep alone? I'm gonna be so sad! He's still pretending to be pitiful when hooking up with a man himself! What's the pity of such a corrupt woman? Come and catch Gao Shi!"
Head-Catcher Shi Meng took the order to take people to capture Gao.
Helanbing knocked Luo Ren in the head with a golden fan and said angrily: "Switch on!"
Luo Ren blushed and raised his head, saying, "Master Helan, this is not the case. You misunderstood. Sister Gao and I are innocent!"
"Oh? Qingyuan? They are still called Qingyuan when they share the same bed and sleep together for one night?"
"It's not like this! Listen to me!"
"Okay! You said!"
"Sister Gao likes to eat pastries from our pastry shop, so she ordered it with our shopkeeper and asked her to send her pastries once the next day. The shopkeeper will check out the bill at the end of the month. I will let me go."
"When did it happen?"
Chapter completed!