Chapter 80: The Brothel Girl

  After asking these questions, Hualang asked again: "Who was the first to discover the victim's body? Haven't you, the followers of the deceased, seen it all along?"

  The innkeeper hastily replied, "Early this morning, the young servant came to wake him up for washing, but no one responded after several shouts. The young servant plucked up the courage to push open the door and found that the person was dead. After the person's death, I sent someone to report the case to the county government office while searching for the deceased's followers, but there was no one in the follower's room either."

  Everyone felt very strange after hearing the innkeeper's words. Since that dog was Wang Song's follower, why didn't it stay by Wang Song's side?

  Was Wang Song killed by Doggie? He killed someone and then hastily ran away?

  Ke Hualang thought it was unlikely, Gou Er was Wang Song's follower, and he really followed him like a dog. He didn't dare to kill Wang Song there. Moreover, if he wanted to kill Wang Song, there were many opportunities to die, why did he do it here?

  Just as everyone was puzzled and suspicious, a yamen runner suddenly came to report that the dog had been found.

  At this time, the dog rushed upstairs in a flurry and ran into Wang Song's room. He immediately knelt down and cried: "Young master, you can't die! If you die, the old master will never forgive me..."

  The dog cried as if its heart was broken, just like it wasn't the young master of the house who had died, but rather its own father.

  But the dog cried out, suddenly stood up and stared at Bao Xun, angrily saying: "Who killed my young master? You must find the murderer to avenge my young master."

  The dog's stature was majestic, and it was frightening to say so, but he shouldn't have bellowed at Bao Zheng. Bao Zheng's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he said coldly: "There has been a murder case in Tianchang County, and as the parent official, I am responsible for investigating. However, it's not your turn yet, you little follower. Let me ask you, did you bring a woman to Wang Song last night?"

  The dog was after all a servant, and being scolded by Judge Bao made him quite fearful. After a long while, he nodded and said: "Yesterday my young master suddenly wanted a woman, so I went to the brothel to find one for him."

  Everyone was surprised to hear that the woman was from a brothel. At this time, Huā Láng suddenly asked: "When did the woman leave?"

  "About 9 pm."

  "When the woman left, was your young master still alive?"

  The little dog looked at the flower boy and suddenly asked: "What kind of person are you? Why should I answer your questions?"

  Everyone did not expect the dog to suddenly say such a thing, and when Hualang heard this, he was somewhat angry, but also a little disappointed. If he had the right to ask about any case, it would be great, but he was just a private detective, and under Baoqiu's protection, he could still help Baoqiu with some cases. However, without Baoqiu's protection, he couldn't even get close to homicide cases.

  At this time, Bao Gong coldly said: "You are being rude, Hua Lang is a detective hired by our county government to help me handle big cases and murder cases. Whatever he asks, you will answer."

  The dog answered, but not very willingly.

  "That woman's name was Molly. When she left, our young master was still alive, and I even saw her off myself. At that time, the young master was lying in bed, exhausted."

  Everyone naturally understands why Wang Song is so tired, what can a man and a woman do together?

  Hualang nodded slightly and continued to ask: "Where did you go last night?"

  The dog's face turned slightly red, and after a long time, he hesitantly replied: "I'm also a man, seeing the young master having fun, I also want to go to the brothel to have some fun. So when I sent Jasmine back, I went to the brothel with her."

  This is also understandable, in this world, which man doesn't like women?

  At this time, however, it is impossible to rule out Jasmine, because Wang Song died of poisoning, and it is highly likely that Jasmine poisoned him, and the poison took effect after she left.

  So, Hua Lang thought it was necessary for them to go to the brothel and ask about that Mo Li.

  Just as they were about to leave, the dog suddenly barked: "The murderer must be Gong Sun Ce, he hated our young master very much, the murderer must be him."

  Bao Zheng had never heard of Gong Sun Ce, so he asked curiously: "Who is Gong Sun Ce?"

  The dog wanted to say something, but suddenly realized that some things couldn't be said, so he hastily changed his words: "He was a fellow student of my young master's, because my young master passed the imperial examination and became a jinshi, he was very jealous, so he hated my young master."

  Hualang and Wenmeng heard Dogzi say this, suddenly furious in their hearts. This dogzi is really good at talking nonsense.

  Bao Zheng listened to Gou'er's words and found them quite strange, so he asked: "Because your young master passed the imperial examination, he resents your young master. This doesn't make sense, does it? There are many people in the world who have passed the imperial examination, and I am also a jinshi (a successful candidate in the imperial examination). So is Gong Sunce going to resent all the jinshi in the world and resent me to death?"

  Bao Zheng's one sentence made the dog unable to answer, and he insisted that Gong Sun Ce had a feud with his family's young master, and Gong Sun Ce was the murderer.

  Bao Zheng saw that the dog was so unscrupulous, and he didn't bother to reason with him either. After dispatching someone to carry Wang Song's corpse back to the county yamen, he also followed and left. The dog stood in the inn, staring at Bao Zheng, his eyes full of anger. Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he hastily ran into his own room.

  On the way back, Hualang told Bao Zheng about Gong Sun Ce's affair. After listening to it, Bao Zheng was furious: "This Wang Song, he got his Jinshi by having someone else swap his exam papers, this is outrageous, he deserved to die."

  "This package is clear after understanding the grudges between Gong Sun Ce and Wang Song, suddenly said: "If things are really like this, then Gong Sun Ce must be very resentful of Wang Song, will he really be the murderer? I heard that he is a doctor, so he must know many ways to poison?"

  Gongsun Ce was the murderer, but Hualang did not believe it at all. However, Hualang could not arbitrarily defend him either. To clear Gongsun Ce's suspicion, evidence was needed.

  There are currently two suspects, Jasmine and Gong Sun Ce.

  After returning to the county government office, Bao Zheng immediately sent someone to bring in Jasmine and Gong Sun Ce.

  Before long, Jasmine was brought in. She indeed looked as the innkeeper had described, with a unique charm that made me want to play with her as soon as I saw her. As she entered the hall and knelt down, she hastily asked: "I don't know what crime this humble woman has committed, why does Lord Bao want to arrest this humble woman?"

  Bao Zheng looked at Jasmine and said, "Wang Song is dead. Last night, you were with Wang Song, so I suspect that you killed him. That's why I've called you in for questioning."

  Jasmine didn't panic, and calmly said: "Sir, this is really a miscarriage of justice. I'm just a courtesan, how dare I kill someone? Moreover, I didn't even know Wang Song before, why would I kill him? When I left, he was still alive!"