Hui Mo couldn't wait and asked, "When did he come back? Did you notice?"
"Let me think about it. Detective, please wait a moment, let me think about it carefully." The boss's face was sullen, and he was so worried that tears were about to fall. He only felt that he had eight lifetimes of bad luck. "It seems to be a little more than a quarter past midnight. When he came back, his face was covered in mud. I asked him what happened, and he said that he fell into a pit. I thought that I didn't have time to let him go back to take a bath and come back to work. It was about time to close, and he looked so disgusting, so I sent him to the kitchen to light the fire. After midnight, the last batch of guests also had supper, so I asked the staff to pack up and leave. "
"When is the closing time?"
"After midnight, it's about the same time every day."
Ning Shu said again, "So from midnight to midnight, he has been in the kitchen all the time?"
"It should be. I can't guarantee the specifics. You know, as a shopkeeper, I have to serve the guests all the time. I'll call the chef for you. He has been here all the time. Please wait a moment!"
The boss had a bitter face and hurried to the kitchen to find the chef. Hui Mo stood in the same place and gritted his teeth angrily, "I didn't expect Zhou Yang to be so good at hiding. He almost got caught under the light! Let's send people to post notices everywhere to arrest him! Especially at the city gate. We must not let him run out of the capital. "
Ning Shu knew that he was not angry with Zhou Yang, but because she almost missed an important clue because of a little negligence. Ning Shu patted him and said, "He can't escape. His blood relatives are still here. Li E 'er has returned to the capital now. If he really wants to avenge Li E' er, then he will take the initiative to appear in front of us now."
After the chef came, he confirmed that the boss was right. Zhou Yang had been there during that time. After closing, Zhou Yang didn't say where he was going and just ran away. Another worker gave him a clue. When he met Zhou Xiang yesterday morning, he saw that he was in a daze. His face was also very ugly, as if he had just encountered something serious. However, when he was asked, he did not say anything.
Before leaving, Ning Shu asked again, "Do you still remember what color and style of clothes Zhou Yang was wearing that night?"
After everyone recalled, they said, "The style is the short brown that we wear the longest when we work. There's nothing special about it. The color is dark blue, right? It's old clothes."
The color of the clothes matched the color of the strip of cloth again. Taking the opportunity from Donglai, Ning Shu and the others continued to rush to Chong Wen Lane where Zhou Xiang lived. They almost caught him, but unfortunately, he ran away one step ahead of them.
When the news reached Li E 'er's ears, she was sitting in front of the dressing table, weaving a Ruyi Knot. Her hands were very skillful, and the style she made was much more exquisite than the ones sold on the market. It was in the shape of a flower. After she finished weaving, she tied the Ruyi Knot on the sachet she made herself, and it became a very beautiful sachet. After she was done, she stared blankly at the sachet for a long time. Then, she personally tore it apart and made a new one. She repeated this process over and over again, as if she was possessed.
Tears fell from her eyes silently. Li E 'er murmured, "Mother, people can't do anything wrong. Once you do it, you can't wash your hands clean anymore …"
Li E 'er's mother hugged her tightly, "Darling, what are you talking about? This matter is over. Didn't you see that the officers have already released us? That, that beast is already … already dead. You didn't kill him. Don't think too much, Li E 'er. "
Li E 'er's tears continued to fall silently. She closed her eyes and shook her head in despair, "I can't get over it. I can't get over it forever …"
Li E 'er's mother's face suddenly changed. Her dry lips trembled and almost cracked, "Is it really you? Darling, don't say anything, do you hear me? Don't say anything! "
Almost at the same time, the prison of the Supreme Court that held the suspects in the case of the envoy's sudden death creaked open. Several suspects were stuffed inside. Among them, in the cage where Susu, the procuress and the others were locked, a servant girl was pushed in by the officers. The servant girl knelt on the ground and wailed. Susu saw it and couldn't bear to help her up. She comforted her in a low voice and asked her why she was locked up.
The servant girl cried and answered, "I sell dumplings on the street outside the West Market. The envoy passed by my food stall the day before yesterday evening and ate my dumplings without paying. I argued with him for a while. The officers said that I was also a suspect. I … Will I be beheaded? I'm so scared …"
The other girls in the cage felt the same way. They turned their backs and wiped their tears. The procuress looked at her pitiful face and gave her a handkerchief to wipe her face. The servant girl took the handkerchief with gratitude. Not long after, she got along well with these people and sweetly talked to them.
This servant girl was none other than Forsythia.
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