Chapter 39: Case of the Headless Male Corpse (Part 4)
Shen Yun looked up and saw that the person smiling and calling him daddy was nobody else but his own daughter.
After all, there is no second father here for the time being...
Shen Yuan looked at her father's expression and quickly pointed at the food box that Qing Dai was carrying at the moment, "I'm here to deliver food, this time it's for real."
After simply bowing to Xie Hui, Shen Yuan asked Qingdai to put the food box on the table and went forward to open it.
"Dad, my brother is home today and we made a lot of delicious food." Shen Yuan looked around and said in a low voice, "Didn't you say that the food at Dali Temple is not delicious?"
Shen Yuan really came here just to deliver food today. Shen Yuan went home for his weekday holiday today, and he thought that the family could finally sit down and have a good meal together in the evening. The cook at home also used all her skills to cook many dishes, including dishes from her hometown in Jinling that she rarely cooks on weekdays.
Before the dishes were ready, his father's servant came back and said that the master might be in Dali Temple today and would not come back. Shen Yuan thought that he had nothing to do anyway, so he simply asked someone to prepare a few dishes and send them to Shen Yun.
"Thank you, Master. Please come and have some. My wife is a very good cook."
Shen Yuan was very proud of her own cook's cooking skills. This was the cook she brought from her hometown when she went back to Jinling last time. It took her grandmother three whole days to agree.
Xie Hui and Shen Yun sat at the same table to eat. Shen Yun couldn't just eat the good food and let others watch him, so it was only right for him to invite Xie Hui to eat with him.
But when Shen Yun saw the lady like this, he felt a little jealous.
Xie Hui looked at Shen Yuan's proud face and found it interesting. Although he did not care much about food, he now wanted to try the dish to see how delicious it was.
After the food was served, Shen Yuan was about to leave, but her brother and sister-in-law were still waiting for her to come home for dinner.
Coincidentally, at this time, the Princess's Mansion also sent food to Xie Hui, and the Princess was very generous. The servants directly brought two large food boxes full of food, saying that they were for Xie Hui and his colleagues to share. In addition to the food, there were also many snacks.
I was clearly busy at the Dali Temple, but today I ate more abundantly than at home.
After Shen Yuan said hello to his father, he was about to go back, but was stopped by Xie Hui.
"Mother sent me a lot of snacks. I had dinner at Lord Shen's house today, so I'll use these snacks to express my gratitude." The thank you message meant for Shen Yuan to take some snacks back, but he didn't say it to Shen Yuan, but to Shen Yun.
But it was just a few plates of snacks, so there was no need to refuse, so I accepted it.
So Shen Yuan brought back a lunch box of food and a lot of snacks. After leaving the Dali Temple, he still felt a little unreal, but...
"Ah, the mung bean cake from the princess's house is definitely better than ours. Qingdai, you should try one too."
"This water chestnut jelly is delicious! What is this? It's delicious too!"
Qing Dai swallowed the third piece of cake that Shen Yuan stuffed in her mouth, and couldn't help but persuade her:
"Young lady, please have your snacks later. You may not be able to eat dinner later. The young master and the young mistress are waiting for you."
"Oh, okay." Shen Yuan put down the snack reluctantly.
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The Princess's Mansion and the Shen family both sent a lot of food, which the two of them could not finish, so most of it was distributed to the people below. Not long after they finished their meal, the person who was sent earlier to pick up Liu Shun'er's mother also came back.
Seeing the old man's gray hair and hunched back, everyone in the Dali Temple felt a little bit sorry for him.
Xie Hui also asked someone to invite a doctor to be on standby so that in case the old man could not hold on, he could be treated in time.
The morgue is located in the farthest corner of the Dali Temple. At night, the place becomes even quieter.
Worried that the old man couldn't see clearly due to his age, Shen Yun asked people to light a few more lights inside.
For fear of frightening people, the coroner only lifted the cloth below the chest of the body. After all, the sight of a severed head is unacceptable to most people, let alone older people.
Xie Hui stood aside, watching the old man being supported and trembling as he walked towards the corpse. He didn't know whether he should hope that the corpse was Liu Shun'er or not.
"This is my son, this is my Shun'er! Shun'er, why don't you listen to me? What should I do with you in the future?"
Liu Shun'er's mother cried for only a few seconds before she collapsed on the morgue bed. It was impossible to ask her any more questions, so everyone had to call a doctor immediately.
A courtyard was specially set aside in the Dali Temple for common people who came to report crimes but had a long way to go to rest. Mother Liu would be arranged to stay there tonight, and she would be questioned after she recovered and recovered.
Therefore, Shen Yun and Xie Hui planned to stay in the Dali Temple to rest today.
"Master Xie, this is probably the first time you stay overnight in the Dali Temple."
"Yes." After Xie came back to the Dali Temple, he didn't encounter many major cases, so naturally he didn't have the experience of staying overnight in the Dali Temple.
Shen Yun said to him in the tone of an experienced person: "Then you will have a treat tomorrow morning. Aunt Yuan in the back kitchen makes the best Yangchun noodles. However, Aunt Yuan will only make it for you the next morning if you stay at the Dali Temple overnight."
Aunt Yuan is a cook with a bad temper. Only when you are busy with cases and can't go home at night can you eat the noodles she makes. You can never have that at other times.
"Okay, then I will get up early tomorrow to try it." Xie Hui suddenly felt that Shen Yuan and Lord Shen were indeed father and daughter, and they were indeed very similar.
The next morning, the two of them really ate Auntie Yuan's specialty Yangchun noodles, and the subordinates also came to report that Mother Liu had woken up and had recovered a little, so she could be questioned.
This time, the interrogation was not held in the Dali Temple lobby, but in a room where Liu's mother sat and talked. The doctor was also waiting outside.
"Old man, did you see it clearly last night?" Last night, Liu's mother said after looking for a while that the man was Liu Shun. Shen Yun was worried that she didn't see it clearly.
"My Lord, I have seen it clearly." She burst into tears again. "Eight of my Shun'er's ten fingers have crescents, and two do not. One of his hands is also broken. I will not make a mistake."
At this time, no one would blame her for her rude response. Everyone felt sad after hearing her words. It was pitiful for the love of parents in the world. If it wasn't for her mother, others would not be able to recognize Liu Shun'er by the few crescents on her hands.
"It's really an injustice. Shun'er has been disobedient since he was young. I scolded and beat him. When he grew up, I and I couldn't scold or beat him anymore. Over the years, whenever he stole something from someone's house, I and his father would follow behind and return it. I always thought he would learn to be a good person one day, but I didn't expect him to be harmed by someone."
Mother Liu cried so hard that the questioning had to be suspended. I waited until she calmed down before continuing the questioning. It took the whole morning to finish the questioning.
When they were finally sending the man home, the old lady knelt on the ground and begged everyone to catch the murderer. She knew that her son was not a good person, and she was afraid that the Dali Temple would not catch the criminal because of this.
Finally, after Shen Yun gave her assurances again and again, she got up and was sent back to Liujiazhuang by the people from the Dali Temple.
Liu Shun'er is indeed not a good person. He does not do his job and is always stealing things. But this does not mean that he deserves to die. Apart from the law, no one can judge his life or death.