bookrandom Chapter 264 Another person died.
Chapter 264 Another person died.
Chapter 264 Another person has died.
More than half an hour later, Ye Shaohong and his group came out of the small temple in the mountains.
Monk Yuanhui personally escorted them to the door.
As he waved goodbye, he asked the young monk how much stuff Ye Shaohong and his companions had brought with them.
Upon hearing the detailed figures reported by the young monk, Yuan Hui almost burst into tears.
"Good man."
"They are all good people."
"It's a pity... the price had to be too low!"
Ye Shaohong paid no attention to Monk Yuanhui's self-pity. After leaving the small temple in the mountains, they did not linger along the way and went straight down Jiuzhen Mountain.
Upon returning to the town at the foot of the mountain, Ye Shaohong immediately dispatched men to search for Doctor Zhou.
We hope to hear from him again to confirm what happened on that stormy night.
Unfortunately, he was too slow.
The men they sent out found Dr. Zhou's house, but they couldn't find him.
According to Dr. Zhou's family, this morning, before dawn, someone came knocking on the door for help.
After briefly inquiring about the patient's condition, Dr. Zhou picked up his medicine kit and went out to make a house call. Judging from the distance and time, Dr. Zhou might not be able to return tonight.
This result greatly disappointed Ye Shaohong.
But he can understand it.
After all, this was the Republic of China era, and in that era, doctors still had the tradition of making house calls to treat patients.
Rural doctors are extremely common.
Having failed to find the person, Ye Shaohong lost interest in continuing his stroll. He led Yu Manli, Li Yunlong, and Zhuang Yifan toward the Sun family's residence.
Halfway there, Ye Shaohong saw another policeman riding a horse at high speed, dressed in black leather.
That fleeting figure told Ye Shaohong something.
Zhou Haichao has returned.
He also brought police officers from Hanyang County, but something happened again. The Hanyang County police officers, who were supposed to be investigating the case at Sun's residence, left in a hurry.
Driven by curiosity, the group quickened their pace.
Twenty minutes later, Ye Shaohong and his group returned to the Sun family mansion. The moment he entered, he noticed that the maids and servants inside all had extremely pale faces, as if they had encountered something terrifying and bizarre.
Ye Shaohong's face darkened, and without further delay or hesitation, he strode straight toward the courtyard where the third concubine lived.
Here he finally met Zhou Haichao.
There were also six or seven dark-skinned policemen with guns in hand and stern, cold expressions.
"Commissioner Ye, you're back?"
At that moment, Zhou Haichao was talking quietly with a dark-skinned policeman. Hearing footsteps, he looked up and immediately put on a fawning expression.
He jogged up to Ye Shaohong and quickly greeted him.
"Ah."
"The police are here?"
"Any new discoveries?"
Ye Shaohong nodded to Zhou Haichao, and without stopping, walked straight to the courtyard gate.
Just as he was about to lead his men inside, the dark-skinned policeman who had been whispering with Zhou Haichao a moment before suddenly frowned and blocked his way.
"Stop whoever comes!"
"The courtyard in front of you is a murder scene; you cannot go in!"
The stern reprimand suddenly shouted by the dark-skinned policeman made Ye Shaohong stop in his tracks and raise his eyebrows.
"Ouch."
"It's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding."
"Captain Zhu, this is no ordinary person. He is Commissioner Ye, who came all the way from Nanjing to pay his respects to Commander Sun."
Zhou Haichao quickened his pace and returned to the courtyard gate. He reached out and grabbed the black-skinned policeman's clothes, a hint of anxiety appearing on his face.
"Explain it to him!" Ye Shaohong had no intention of arguing with these low-ranking police officers.
Play pig eat tiger?
Stop it.
The two men held vastly different positions, and the other man was acting impartially and hadn't made things too difficult for him. Ye Shaohong had no reason to feign forbearance and allow himself to be humiliated over such a trivial matter.
In real society, there are cases of people pretending to be weak while actually being strong, but these are extremely rare.
People with power and influence value their time highly.
Why invite trouble and make yourself unhappy when you can resolve problems in a grand and just manner?
Ye Shaohong is a case in point.
He simply uttered a sentence, not even glancing at the dark-skinned policeman, and with a flick of his hand, pushed aside the man's outstretched arm before leading Yu Manli, Li Yunlong, and Zhuang Yifan into the courtyard where the third concubine resided. The dark-skinned policeman behind him revealed a hint of suppressed anger, about to jump out and shout, but was stopped by Zhou Haichao.
"Do u wanna die?"
"Let me tell you, if you've had enough of living, then find a street corner and shoot yourself."
"Don't drag me into this, and don't drag your wife, children, and elderly parents into this as well."
When facing Ye Shaohong, Zhou Haichao was a servile, obsequious sycophant, but when facing Captain Zhu, he wouldn't give him a kind look.
He had just stepped in to help Captain Zhu out of the predicament and introduced Ye Shaohong's identity, but that was only because Ye Shaohong was well-behaved and sensible, and because he had just given him a generous bribe.
Having already repaid the favor, Zhou Haichao didn't want to cause himself any more trouble.
He uttered a few threatening words, then bent down again, much like a chief eunuch beside the emperor, and chased after Ye Shaohong and his group. Seeing this, Captain Zhu's expression changed.
"Oh shit."
"I was blind, and almost lost my life."
Captain Zhu cursed a few times angrily, but it was unclear whether he was cursing himself or Zhou Haichao.
After a few words, he followed Zhou Haichao closely and chased after him.
It wasn't until Ye Shaohong led his men into the third concubine's room that Zhou Haichao and Captain Zhu arrived. Zhou Haichao was clearly better at flattery.
Seeing Ye Shaohong enter the room and look around as if searching for something, Zhou Haichao immediately bent down, leaped past Yu Manli, Li Yunlong, and Zhuang Yifan, and came to Ye Shaohong's side.
"Commissioner Ye, over here."
"This morning, I followed your orders and drove to Hanyang County, where I went directly to the office of the county police chief."
"After briefly explaining what happened to the Sun family to him, Tang Hongde and Tang Juran from the Hanyang County Police Bureau immediately arranged for Captain Zhu to come with me to investigate the case."
“We had just arrived at the Sun family’s residence when we discovered that the third concubine’s body was missing.”
"And in this room, another new victim has appeared..."
As Ye Shaohong walked forward, he was patiently listening to Zhou Haichao recount the events. However, when Zhou Haichao mentioned that the third concubine's body had disappeared and a new body had appeared in the room, Ye Shaohong immediately stopped.
"Someone has died?"
Who died this time?
"Could it be another member of the Sun family? Which concubine is it?"