The next morning, Du Ruo came to the provincial jail.

He only brought Shangguan Jinsuo by his side, and did not let Du Qing stay idle. Du Ruo drew a sketch of drum set and asked Du Qing to find the best musical instrument craftsman in Meizhou to create it. Du Ruo chose elm wood.

This is of course a troublesome thing, but there is no technical difficulty. Du Ruo is too lazy to bother and leave it to Du Qing to do it horizontally. If you don’t do it at one time, you will get it twice or three times... There will always be a time to do it.

After using fingerprint to determine the real murderer last time, Du Ruo had already gained prestige in the state yamen. Everyone knew that he was capable, and the yamen runners had no way to stop him.

Du Ruo and Shangguan Jinsuo easily went to prison and met Wang Lei.

"Give me the key, you guys will leave it for now. I have something to ask the criminal."

After all, Du Ruo was not an official, so when he said this, the prison guards who were with him were in trouble, and he said that this was not in line with the rules.

"Do you want me to invite my father?"

The prisoners were also pretending, and no one wanted to offend the son of the governor. Du Ruo threatened them slightly, so they handed over the key and left with a tactful sense.

The cell where Wang Lei was detained was no longer the original suspect's prison, so the left and right sides were closed very well. Du Ruo looked at Wang Lei, who was still stained with blood on the torture clothes inside, and then handed the key to Shangguan.

Shangguan opened the prison door, and Wang Lei, who had been sitting listless inside, stood up in panic.

"What do you want to do?" He was not panicked.

"hey-hey!"

Du Ruo just smiled sinisterly and didn't say anything, but Shangguan Jinsuo inside grabbed Wang Lei's arm and began to search.

“Get out of here!”

Wang Lei shouted loudly and tried to break free. Although his martial arts skills were good, they were far inferior to Shangguan. In addition, he was wearing handcuffs and shackles, Shangguan subdued him in a few strokes.

The prison clothes in the Song Dynasty did not have only a layer of white underwear like in later TV dramas, but a gray-black coat. Prisoners only took off their coats and shoes before they were imprisoned, and the underwear was still retained.

Shangguan touched Wang Lei with one hand, and indeed he took out a handkerchief from the mezzanine of the inner clothes.

"Give it back to me!"

Wang Lei growled, and Du Ruo saw the extreme panic and uneasiness on his face.

Bang!

Shangguan pushed him to the ground without mercy, then left the cell and locked the door again.

Wang Lei immediately rushed to the prison door with a ferocious expression: "This is my mother's relics, please give them back to me!"

Du Ruo took the handkerchief handed over by Shangguan and smelled a smell of sweat, but smiled and said to Wang Lei: "Your mother was just an old cook before she died. The relics given to you were actually a silk handkerchief of a big girl, with a pair of winged bird embroidered on it. It's really interesting."

Wang Lei was speechless and had only anger on his face.

"Wang Lei, remember me, I used my fingerprint to pull you out." Du Ruo looked at Wang Lei with a smile and continued, "I have some backbone. I will give you a chance. I confess and tell you where all the dirty silver is. I won't investigate the handkerchief."

After pausing and giving Wang Lei some time to calm down, Du Ruo continued: "Otherwise, I will find out who the owner of the handkerchief is. Even if she is innocent, I will also make some charges for her and sentence her to exile! I have many methods to investigate the case, and you have seen it."

After Du Ruo said that, Wang Lei became excited and scolded Du Ruo for being despicable and shameless. Shangguan also glanced at Du Ruo.

"I'll count three times!"

Du Ruo likes to put pressure on the other party when others are excited, so that the other party's psychological defenses are more likely to collapse and make mistakes.

But he still underestimated Wang Lei. After all, this guy was a thief who could empty more than a dozen wealthy silver treasuries without knowing it. He had excellent psychological quality. Du Ruo shouted out 15, but he still didn't say anything.

"Boy, you're ruthless!"

Du Ruo was a little embarrassed and raised his handkerchief to Wang Lei, saying harshly: "Okay, then I'll give you another three days to consider! Think about it carefully!"

After saying that, Du Ruofuxiu and Shangguan left.

"That guy seems to not believe that you can find out with just a handkerchief."

After leaving the cell, Shangguan Jinsuo said.

Du Ruo smiled bitterly. The clue of a handkerchief was still too subtle, so he was so mean and cowardly just now.

"Young Master, what should I do next?"

"Go to find my dad first."

Shangguan Jinsuo nodded and did not ask much, but Du Ruo asked him back: "Why don't you ask me? If the owner of this handkerchief is found out, will he really want to weave a crime?"

Du Ruo also noticed Shangguan Jinsuo's subtle movement just now.

Shangguan Jinsuo said, "I know you are not that kind of person, so why should you ask more questions?"

Du Ruo smiled. He knew that this was the answer after Shangguan Jinsuo thought about it, but the moment he said this, he must have felt dissatisfied.

This is the best way, he always has justice in his heart. If he has no principles, Du Ruo would not let him stay with him for a long time.

Then, Du Ruo went to Du Shouyi. The reason for finding him was to suggest that he strictly detain Wang Lei according to the level of the murderer, and no one was allowed to contact him without a prefecture order.

Du Shouyi obviously did not take good care of the prisoners. If it were normal, he should naturally detain the prisoners according to the thief specifications. But now it is an important moment for promotion. If Wang Lei suddenly died in prison, the matter would be even more chaotic.

He explained the importance of Du Shouyi. Du Shouyi immediately realized the seriousness of the problem and did what Du Ruo said.

Although the situation is far from cruel, it is always better to be cautious.

"Ruoer, are you planning to help your father investigate the case after all? Actually, there is no need, just study hard."

Du Shouyi smiled with a gratitude, but said so.

"It's okay, I'll do something within my ability. Dad let me check the file."

When Du Shouyi left, Du Ruo had already read the case file. He found that he had underestimated Du Shouyi. The file records showed that he had investigated the case in detail and evidence. Du Shouyi had thoroughly touched all Wang Lei's interpersonal relationships, and even dug out his parents' graves, but he could not find any clues of hiding dirty silver.

It seems that Du Shouyi's case handling process was not interfered by his subordinates. I think so, Du Shouyi was an official trained by Fan Zhongyan after all, so he was not so easy to fool.

But even so, Du Ruo still did not intend to use the power of the government for the investigation of the handkerchief. When he had a clue, he only read the file to understand the progress of the case so as not to repeat the investigation himself.

"Tan'er, which shop or stall in the city can buy this handkerchief?"

I started to investigate the handkerchiefs, but Du Ruo didn't understand these, so I first thought of going home to ask the maid Xiao Tan'er.

"The handkerchief I picked up from where the young master has picked up, it smells so bad!"

Tan'er pinched her nose, frowned, and pinched the handkerchief with two fingers, looked around and immediately said: "This is a private property, and you can't buy it on the market."

"Oh?" Du Ruo said strangely: "I remember there are shops and stalls selling handkerchiefs on the market."

The rouge and dough shop also sells some women's products such as handkerchiefs, puffs, collars, belts, cloth flowers, etc.

"It's true that there is a sale."

Tan'er pinched the handkerchief in Du Ruo's hand, and his little mouth made a clear voice: "But the embroidery products sold in each store and stall have exclusive marks. Now, look at the lotus handkerchief in my hand, which was bought from the Huang Taipo's store on the East Street. This golden crescent moon is the exclusive mark of Huang Taipo's house."

Du Ruo looked carefully and saw that the beautiful handkerchief in Tan'er's hand had an embroidered crescent shape on one corner, and he suddenly felt interesting: In this era, merchants have begun to have brand logo awareness!

Actually, think about it, Chanel in later generations...the actual meaning of these brands is the founder's name, essentially the same as "Tather Huang".

If the Song Dynasty had developed into the 21st century, the brand "Huang Tai Po" might have been sought after by countless people in foreign countries. Once the word "Huang Tai Po" was printed on the dress, foreigners would immediately feel tall and tall.

"Is there no merchant without thorn marks?" Du Ruo asked. If there were, then this was the clue.

Tan'er said: "There are some, but they are all rough work, and they are sold at street stalls at low prices, so they don't want to mark them. Master, the handkerchief in your hand is of high-quality silk, and the embroiderer is also meticulous. If the goods are sold, they must be marked, so I said it is a private property."

Tan'er said, looking at Du Ruo curiously. Although she was puzzled about what the handkerchief was, she was a girl trained by Liu. She was very disciplined and didn't ask any questions that she shouldn't have asked.

"Yeah, OK!"

Du Ruo nodded with satisfaction, then took out a few chunks of money from his body, and smiled and stuffed it to Tan'er.

"Than'er, this is the hard work for you."

Thanks to the blessings of the early Sichuan wars and the imperial court, due to the extremely lack of metal currency in Sichuan, the earliest paper currency "Jiaozi" was born. Sichuan in this era is a period of vigorous and healthy development of Jiaozi, which is as convenient as silver notes in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

"Nu Nu thanks Young Master for the reward."

Tan'er happily retreated to Du Ruofu.

"If you have a private property, it will be even harder to check!"

Du Ruo looked at the handkerchief in his hand and looked at Shangguan. Both of them frowned and had no choice.

In ancient times, women basically learned embroidery, and there were more than a thousand women in Meizhou City. Wang Lei had no intersection with young women in his previous background investigation, so trying to find the owner of the handkerchief is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

This clue is equivalent to breaking.

"Young Master, let's go to Wang Lei's residence to check if there are any missing." Shangguan said.

Du Ruo nodded, and he also thought about going to the Wang House to investigate again.

"elder brother!"

At this moment, a cheerful voice came from the gate of the courtyard. When Du Ruo looked over, he saw his sister Du Zhier jumping over with a bamboo windmill.

"Zhi'er~"

Du Ruo's heart suddenly became much more cheerful. While walking towards her, he half-squatted and clapped his hands to hug her.

"How many of my crickets have you played with to death today?"

"Zhi'er..."

Du Ruo just picked up Du Zhi'er, and behind her mother Zheng and her nanny appeared. She was holding a small cloak in her hand, obviously chasing Zhi'er. When she saw Du Ruo, her eyebrows were lowered and her expression was a little embarrassed, but she still walked over.

"Subordinates surrender."

Shangguan Jinsuo is conscious of the tact and avoids it.

"Little lady."
Chapter completed!