Chapter 161 Teacher, our family can’t go back to the Dragon Boat Race this year
After finishing his shift the next day, Xie Hui came to Shen's house again and found Shen Yuan.
"Manman, I have something for you."
"What?"
Xie Hui took out a token from his pocket and said, "This is the token given by the emperor. From now on, you will be a member of the Dali Temple, a painter appointed by the emperor."
Shen Yuan widened his eyes and took the token.
"You're going to the Emperor? The Emperor won't think my father is abusing his power for personal gain, will he?"
Xie Hui smiled and said, "Of course not. I also showed one of your paintings to the emperor, and he also praised your painting skills. He also asked you to demonstrate your painting skills in the Ministry of Justice and Jingzhao Prefecture one day. Charcoal pencils are more suitable than brushes for drawing portraits of suspects."
Although Shen Yuan was very happy, she did not forget to take care of the other painter in the Dali Temple. "The original painter, will he be out of work?"
"No, he's still in the Dali Temple, studying the charcoal drawing you left behind."
At this point, Xie Hui bent down again and lowered his voice: "Your father also knows about it. He is very happy now and can't wait to take you to the Ministry of Justice."
Shen Yuan naturally knew about the love-hate relationship between the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple. She glanced at Xie Hui and said, "Don't talk about my father. You feel the same way, right?"
Shen Yuan wondered if people who entered the Dali Temple had to take a class on the first day saying something like: I will not stop until the Ministry of Justice is overthrown.
"Of course I am happy. I am honored to see that Manman is so amazing."
"Stop talking sweet nothings and tell me how the case is going. I am now a member of the Dali Temple, so I should know about the case, right?"
"Of course."
The two sat down face to face, and Xie Hui began to talk to Shen Yuan about the progress of the case.
In fact, the most urgent task now is to find the person in the painting. If the person is from Beijing, it is not too troublesome, but if he is from another place, it will be difficult to find him.
"Zi Yan once said that Qianqian told her that Master Cheng had rented her a house, and that all house rentals must be registered with the Department of Stores and Houses. Now the temple has sent people to check the houses rented out in the capital from one month until Qianqian was killed, to see if there are any suspicious ones. However, we can only try our luck, after all, he may not go to the Department of Stores and Houses in person, but entrust someone to do it."
"I remember my father told me, in this case, can we go to sea to catch clerks?"
"Yes, we originally took the jewelry on Qianqian to a jewelry shop to have them identify it, but unfortunately the people at Peiyalou said that the hairpin was a style from many years ago, and now we can't find out who bought it at that time. Lord Shen has also issued a warrant for her arrest and sent her portrait to various prefectures. I hope we can find the person as soon as possible."
In fact, the Dali Temple has done everything it can do, and all that can be done now is to wait.
Hard work pays off. Two days later, a broker came to the Dali Temple and said that he had seen the man in the portrait.
"About half a month ago, someone came to me and said he wanted to rent a yard. He wanted a new one, not an old one. He wanted a quiet one, with few people. The alley had to be wide enough for a carriage. He said a lot of things. After that, he found many houses but was not satisfied with any of them. But he was generous with the money, and I was reluctant to lose this customer.
Finally, we found a courtyard in Jishun Lane. Everything about it was good and the man was quite satisfied. He told me to let his master take a look. If it was okay, he would go with me to the store and property department to sign the documents.
The man didn't let me see and asked me to leave first, but I was careful and saw it from the wall of the next yard! I saw it clearly. His master, the person in the portrait, didn't show his face for long. He came down to take a look, nodded, and got back on the carriage.
"Where is the yard he rented? Do you remember?"
"I remember, I remember!" the broker said proudly, "I remember every room I rented out!"
"Then please take us there."
"No, no, this is what a villain should do."
On the way, the agent told Xie Hui, "They paid half a year's rent for this house."
"Is it at least six months at a time?"
"No, you can also pay the rent monthly. I told him that at the beginning, and he himself said to pay for half a year first."
Xie Hui thought to himself that the fact that he paid half a year's rent at a time meant that Master Cheng did not intend to kill Yuyu right from the beginning.
The yard was naturally empty, so Xie Hui asked the detectives to search everywhere to see if there was anything suspicious, and he himself also checked in the main house.
After returning to the Dali Temple, Xie Hui reported the situation to Shen Yun, "Sir, I looked at the house where Master Cheng and Qiqi lived. There was nothing left in the house, not even jewelry or clothes. It looked like someone had cleaned up the house on purpose."
The clues seemed to have stopped here. Shen Yun sighed, "Now, we can only wait and see if there is any movement on the arrest warrant issued."
Now that the weather has warmed up, and Qianqian's body has experienced that it cannot remain in the morgue forever, Xu Buhuan followed the agreement between her and Ziyan, bought a thin coffin, and went to the government to buy a piece of uninhabited wasteland outside the city to bury Qianqian.
He also spent some money out of his own pocket to buy the best candles and paper money.
As soon as Zi Yan saw Xu Buhuan, she asked, "Detective Xu, is there any news on the case?"
Xu Buhuan said in embarrassment: "We can't discuss the case casually outside. I will tell you when the case is solved. Before that, you have to be well."
In the blink of an eye, it was already the end of April, and there was still no news about the case. Everyone in the Dali Temple was in a depressed mood.
"I ran into someone from the Ministry of Justice outside during the morning court session today. They said that we were not doing a good job in handling the case. That is ridiculous!"
"What is the Ministry of Justice? Do they have any cases to handle? Why are they talking about us?"
It was a good lunch, but I didn't eat much and ended up feeling angry.
"Just wait, in this year's dragon boat race, I will be on the same boat with the Minister of Justice, and I will kick him off."
How could the people from the Ministry of Justice be on the same boat with the people from the Dali Temple? Because this year they drew lots, and originally they were drawn to be with the Minister of Justice. Lord Wei was so upset that his sky fell, but he was still thinking of spending money to exchange with others. Now he has made up his mind and will not exchange. He will stand behind Zong Yongzhao and let him be pushed down!
"Speaking of which, why didn't you participate in the competition this year, Master Xie? Whether our Dali Temple can be as proud as last year depends on you!"
Lord Wei couldn't accept this. "Mr. Bai, what do you mean by looking down on me?"
"Oh, Lord Wei, have you forgotten that you and that damned old man, the Minister of Justice, are in the same boat? If you win the championship, then he will also win the championship, right?"
"Ah... that makes sense."
Xie Hui waited until they finished talking, then glanced at Shen Yun and said, "This year's Dragon Boat Festival, I'm getting engaged, so I won't be participating in the dragon boat race."
The dining hall of the Dali Temple suddenly became even more lively. "What did you say? What did you decide?!"
"Engagement."
"Ah... I've never heard Master Xie mention her before. I don't know whose daughter she is. Why is there no news about her?"
Shen Yun put down the teacup, "My girl."