Cheng Ping's legacy

The two hurried downstairs, only to see Zheng Qiniang staggering with disheveled hair, and bloodstains on her pretty face, which should be caused by scratching with her nails in panic.

At this moment, it was just before the fifth watch, and it was still early, and the rest of the people thought they were sleeping soundly, so they rushed downstairs when they heard the noise.

Both Qin Pei and Li Chongshuang stood motionless, while the sky-shaped room on the first floor was in flames, and the pillars and whitewashed walls were blackened by thick smoke.

The most frightening thing was that in the raging fire, everyone could clearly see a figure struggling frantically on the paper window.

"Sun Lao San!" Qian Zhongwen, who came in a hurry, roared.

Qin Pei's eyes wandered around, observing the expressions of everyone.

Zheng Qiniang screamed sharply and curled up in Zhao Kui's arms, her face paled with tears.

Zhao Kui's simple and honest face was a little distorted under the light of the fire, and he yelled "report to the officer" while comforting Zheng Qiniang.

Xiaodouzi was still young, standing there motionless, he was frightened silly.

As for the rest, Qian Zhongwen was terrified, Wu Luxi was terrified, Zhou Wu was terrified, and Li Chongshuang on the side...

Noticing Qin Pei's sizing up, Li Chongshuang raised the corners of his mouth, his long and narrow phoenix eyes reflected the sky full of flames, which were strangely bright.

After half an hour, the fire slowly subsided.Zhao Kui and Zheng Qiniang watched the best wing room turn into a ball of coke without tears. Xiaodouzi reluctantly went to clean it with a broom and rag, and the rest of the people started arguing.

"It must be you, everyone else lives upstairs, only you live downstairs!" Qian Zhongwen stepped back a few steps, and pointed at Zhou Wu, as if seeing the real culprit.

Zhou Wu's face was ashen and gray: "Don't spout blood. If you are suspected because I live downstairs, then you are more suspicious? I live downstairs from you. At the fourth watch, I heard your door rang, but You didn't go back to your room until half an hour later!"

Qian Zhongwen jumped up: "You are talking nonsense, I took a nap at night, and it only took a stick of incense. How could there be half an hour?"

"I think it's you, and you know the reason yourself!" Zhou Wu shed his gentle and elegant skin, and his expression was terribly resentful.

"Stop talking!" Wu Luxi yelled, "I don't care about anything, I want to leave, I want to go back."

As soon as he heard that he was going to leave, the two people who were arguing stopped immediately. Qian Zhongwen sneered and said, "Where are you going back? Don't you want that thing anymore?"

Hearing this, not only did Wu Luxi quiet down, but even Zhao Kui and Zheng Qiniang who was sobbing showed strange expressions. Qin Pei suddenly realized that the people here were obviously familiar with each other before, and naturally they came to Liuquan Town for ulterior motives. It can be said that I am quite in the way here.

The fact that Sun Ji was burned to death had a lot to do with what they covered up. If these people were afraid of the incident being exposed... Thinking of this, Qin Pei couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

With a "snap", Li Chongshuang opened the folding fan, and said pretentiously: "Boss, now that something like this has happened, how can we continue to live with peace of mind? I think it's better to halve the rent, how about it?"

Zhao Kui didn't have the time to care about the rent at this time, he waved his hand impatiently: "Everyone knows it well..."

Li Chongshuang interrupted him: "Anyway, I don't dare to sleep alone anymore, I want to share a room with Brother Qin."

Amidst the commotion of the crowd, the county government's assistants and arresters arrived late.Wu Zuo took the corpse to Yizhuang, and the policeman surnamed Hu began to interrogate them one by one.

"At four o'clock last night, where were you all doing what? Can anyone testify? Who was the first to discover the leak?"

Zheng Qiniang combed her temples, and made a blessing: "If you go back to the official, it's my slave's house..." She hesitated to speak, and the tears rolled around in Rusi's charming eyes before slowly falling down.

Detective Hu Kuai's bones were half brittle, and he asked kindly: "Ma'am, don't panic, and tell me carefully."

"My family has to go to the back kitchen to grind some tofu at four o'clock every day, and today is no exception. As a result, halfway through the grinding, my family suddenly heard someone calling, so I came out to have a look. As a result, I saw it, I saw it..." He said Zheng Qiniang began to sob again.

Qin Pei and Li Chongshuang looked at each other. The room they lived in was not far from Sun Ji's room. They were both awake at the time, but they didn't hear any strange sounds. Zheng Qiniang was obviously lying, but why did she do this? do it?

Qin Pei's doubts didn't last long, and Captain Hu quickly asked in a completely different tone: "The one over there, what about you?"

Qin Pei didn't react for a while, until Hu Kuai said impatiently: "Don't look, it's you, the young man in blue."

In a daze, Li Chongshuang unhurriedly made a relief: "Returning to the adults, the younger one was drinking tea with Brother Qin at that time, but the two of us are not as good-sighted as the proprietress, and we didn't hear anyone shouting at that time."

Hu quickly looked at Qian Zhongwen again, who hurriedly clarified: "It's the fourth watch, I'm naturally fast asleep."

"Can anyone testify for you?"

Qian Zhongwen was a little embarrassed: "That's not true..."

While he hesitated, Zhou Wu also spoke: "I was also fast asleep in the room at the time, and I didn't notice anything unusual."

The people who were fighting to the death just now have excused each other one after another, Qin Pei once again confirmed the guess in his heart.

Following the questioning, Zhao Kui went to the county to buy charcoal, the witness was a charcoal seller, Xiaodouzi was sleeping, the witness was a tiger cat in an inn, and when Wu Luxi was asked...

Wu Luxi trembled all over: "It must be him, it can't be wrong..."

"Say it clearly, don't talk about it"

Zhou Wu tugged at Wu Luxi's sleeve: "Solving the case is an adult's business, so don't talk nonsense and obstruct the adult's handling of the case."

Wu Luxi's bull's eyes widened, as if he had thought of something very terrifying: "Snow in March, crossing the riverside, have you all forgotten?"

The faces of Zhao Kui, Qian Zhongwen and others changed, and Zhou Wu suddenly slapped Wu Luxi: "Shut up!"

"What are you talking about?" Xiaodouzi asked ignorantly.

"I don't think it's too early, how about this, sir, do you think we should continue to open the business first, and let the adults try this case slowly?" Zheng Qiniang smiled sweetly, and quietly handed a silver coin to Captain Hu.

Detective Hu quickly understood: "The yamen will go all out in this case, please be patient." He looked at the yamen servants behind him, "Let's go."

The yamen servants walked forward, and Qin Pei went upstairs to return to the room, opened the Five Classics, but his thoughts drifted to nowhere.

With a squeak, Li Chongshuang took his own bag and walked in without asking what the master meant. Qin Pei frowned: "Brother Li, what does this mean?"

Sitting down opposite him, he unhurriedly poured a cup of tea for each of them. Li Chongshuang said with a light smile: "I happened to hear a story not long ago, which might appeal to Brother Qin. Do you want to hear it?"