Wen Yu was very helpless when he heard what Jia Da said, so he could only order someone to take him down and imprison him.
At night, Wen Yu tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.Xu Jing next to him saw him like this, so he simply got up and lit the candle, and had a conversation with him.
Wen Yu said embarrassingly: "Please Ji Qing, you have to stay here with me so late."
Xu Jing shook his head: "It's okay, but what's wrong with you? If the rain stops tomorrow, we have to hurry, so I'm afraid you will feel uncomfortable tomorrow."
Wen Yu's concern for him was very helpful, he hesitated and said: "I don't know why, I just feel a little flustered, and there is always something wrong with this case.
Xu Jing draped some clothes on him and asked, "What's wrong?"
After sorting out her thoughts, Wen Yu said slowly: "I asked Tian Ju just now, this Jia Da was the little leader of a theft gang in Chengdu when he was young, and later their boss was arrested, because he was worried that he would be implicated, he stayed overnight I fled back to my hometown in the countryside. Later, because of his good craftsmanship, the cook before the inn was too old, so he was temporarily brought here as a helper."
Thinking of this, Wen Yu still finds it funny. Tian Ju is probably afraid that he will blame him, and repeatedly emphasizes Jia Da's identity.
Xu Jing was puzzled: "There is nothing strange about this. Jia Da himself is very masculine, and he has harassed all the better-looking young men in the station. He has a criminal record, and it is normal for him to commit a crime."
Wen Yu shook her head: "It's very strange. Let's talk about Jia Da first. Judging from the fact that he abandoned his good life and fled back to his hometown overnight, he must not be very courageous. I also asked some postmen who are often harassed by him. It has been proved that his so-called harassment is only in a frivolous way, and he has restrained himself a lot after being taught a lesson by Tian Ju, so it is very strange that this person dares to kill people."
"Maybe it was discovered by Lu Xiang during the obscenity and obscenity. Lu Xiang wanted to call someone, but he impulsively killed him by mistake."
Wen Yu admitted that there was such a possibility: "But don't forget, the reason we were woken up was because Jia Da was startled by Lu Xiang's body and yelled. If it was really the murderer, under normal circumstances it would not We should destroy the scene as soon as possible, turn around and run away, how could it be discovered on purpose?"
Xu Jing paused for a while, then said solemnly: "You are right, it is really strange, so what are you going to do?"
Wen Yu smiled wryly: "After all, this is a post station in Chengdu, and it is not under my jurisdiction. When the rain stops tomorrow, I believe that officers and soldiers will come here to take Jia Da away. I will tell them my doubts. That's the only way to go." Wen Yu sighed, thinking that this case would be handed over to a stupid official like Xingfu, she couldn't help but feel out of her wits.
Xu Jing thought for a while: "If you are worried, I have some old friends in Chengdu Mansion, you can let them pay attention to the progress of the case." Wen Yu nodded, and the two fell asleep.
Early the next morning, before Wen Yu woke up, she heard a commotion outside.He and Xu Jing hurriedly dressed and went downstairs, only to find that everyone was gathered around the gate of the post station. "What's the matter?" Wen Yu asked curiously.
When Tian Ju saw him in front, he quickly saluted: "My lord, it rained all night outside. When I got up in the morning, I found that the river in front of me had surged, and a lot of rocks and soil on the mountain had been washed down. It may be difficult to go out." Wen Wen Yu walked to the door and took a look. Indeed, it looked muddy outside now, and what was worse, it was still raining.
Wen Yu had a headache, and it seemed that she would not be able to leave for a while.Fortunately, the post station had enough food and the house was well built, so they didn't have to worry about food and drink here and didn't have much trouble.And now that summer is coming, the water evaporates quickly, and you can travel a day or two after the rain stops.
Wen Yu didn't say much, but the two guards who were escorting the prisoners started to yell first, the one named Chief Yang had a stinky face, and the other yelled loudly: "It's so fucking unlucky, I'm about to arrive soon!" The time has been set, if we don’t send this bastard over there, wouldn’t our two brothers be punished! It’s all you bastard! Why are you so tired and hungry! Otherwise, we’ll be here by now!” He raised his leg to kick Tang Qiao beside him.
Unexpectedly, Tang Qiao looked lazy, but he was extremely agile, and he dodged the opponent's attack with a slight sway.Because the man didn't kick anyone, the inertia led his body to lean forward, and he fell to the ground with a sprained leg, holding his foot and screaming.
Head Yang hurriedly went to check, Tang Qiao was still adding fuel to the sidelines and shouted strangely: "It's terrible! The official beat someone! Oh, it hurts me to death!"
The people on the ground flushed with anger: "You..."
"Shut up!" Chief Yang roared angrily, and the two of them quieted down this time.
After inspection, the officer and soldier were indeed seriously injured this time. Although the bones looked fine, at least they would not have to go to the ground for a few days.
Mr. Yang arranged for the postman to wait for him to return to his room, and then gave Tang Qiao a lesson. It could be seen that Tang Qiao respected him quite a bit, and he didn't even reply when he was scolded, but just admitted his mistake with a smile.Sensing Wen Yu's gaze, Head Yang turned around and saluted him cautiously: "I made you laugh."
Wen Yu still had a good impression of this person: "It's okay, I don't know what crime Tang Qiao committed?"
Head Yang pursed his lips: "I wonder if my lord has heard of Jiangdong Bandit?"
"What? Tang Qiao is a Jiangdong thief?" Wen Yu was taken aback, and was speechless after receiving an affirmative answer.
The Jiangdong Bandit is a well-known chivalrous man in Shu. Although the word "Da Bandit" is in his name, he didn't actually steal much. He basically robbed the rich and helped the poor.He is even more famous because he often acts chivalrously, and when he sees someone bullying others, he will tease that person and teach him a lesson. Basically, he mainly makes that person make a fool of himself, and he has never killed anyone.
In Wen Yu's view, this is actually a very smart approach. Most of the reasons why the person being teased will make a fool of himself is his own stupidity, so even the officials don't care much about arresting him.However, Wen Yu always thought that the Jiangdong Bandit should be a middle-aged man. Seeing that Tang Qiao was only 20 years old, how young was he when he started walking in the rivers and lakes?
Tang Qiao noticed Wen Yu's gaze from afar, and saluted him exaggeratedly. Wen Yu laughed, "Then how did he get caught?"
Head Yang was silent for a while: "He went to the Yamen to confess his crime by himself."
"Ah?" Wen Yu was very surprised, but everyone has secrets, and seeing that there might be some unspeakable secrets in this person's nagging, he didn't pursue it.
It was raining more and more, and there was still lightning and thunder outside when we had dinner in the morning. Because he was worried about the loss of horses due to the collapse of the stable, Tian Ju actually led the horses in the post station into the hall.
Wen Qiong covered her nose and complained: "It smells like animals everywhere, and how can we eat!"
Wen Yu knew that he was always fond of cleanliness, and eating with donkeys and horses really challenged his bottom line of patience, so he didn't say anything about him.Tian Ju came over and nodded and bowed his head and explained: "My lord, please forgive me, the rooms are really full, and the bunk where we live in the gate of the post office has also been damp. If it weren't for the fear that the horses would get sick, they would have arranged these horses into our room."
Then he laughed bitterly at himself: "After all, the lives of these men are much more precious than ours."
Wen Yu felt sorry for the fact that there were fewer and fewer horses in the Ming Dynasty. During the heyday of Yongle, the number of official horses in the country was about 90. Now it is probably less than a quarter of the previous number. One is the military activities of the Ming Dynasty in these years. Very few. Second, a large number of nobles participated in horse smuggling and bought a large number of horses from the Fan clan before the government. When the official horse market opened, they either could not receive them, or they received low-quality horses, and the prices were extremely expensive.
In this general environment, horses are indeed more valuable than human lives.So Wen Yu signaled Wen Qiong to stop talking, and if she really couldn't eat, she could bring the food to her room.
Naturally, Wen Qiong didn't dare. Ever since he was kidnapped, he has become particularly sensitive to certain things. Now there is still a murderer living in this inn. If his elder brother was not too terrifying, he would even want to squeeze a bed with the three of them. bed to sleep!
Everyone felt a little idle after eating, and the smell in the hall was strong, so they all went back to their rooms to rest.Wen Qiong was restless, and after staying in the house for a while, she came to work as a light bulb, and the three of them stared at each other for a long time.
Wen Qiong suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and came up with an idea: "Hey, big brother, I saw some postmen here playing leaf opera before, or we will come to play too." A card game in the Tang Dynasty, with a total of forty cards.
When the Ming Dynasty first founded the country, they hated gambling. Zhu Yuanzhang ordered that if he was caught gambling, he would be amputated. At this time, do you want to touch the "leaf play card"?It's like gambling with your life!
However, with the development of the urban economy in the Ming Dynasty, leaf opera has revived and penetrated into everyone's life.Wen Yu can be regarded as a witness to history, because he just wore it when the Leaf Opera started to become popular.
At this time, playing cards for scholars has become a child's play, and even Jinshi Juren will play cards whenever they get the chance.The current general environment is - you don't know how to play leaves, do you still have a face in the elite circle?
Wen Yu doesn't like gambling, but he doesn't object too much. The premise is that it has nothing to do with him. He narrowed his eyes and asked with a murderous look: "When did you learn this thing?"
Wen Qiong was stunned: "Ah? It will be very early, brother, didn't you ask me to teach you?"
Wen Yu was also said to be dumbfounded, and when he thought about it carefully, he suddenly realized that this happened before the original owner. At that time, the original owner was aloof and had no friends in Juren circle. Expand the social circle, but obviously failed in the end.
Wen Yu coughed in embarrassment: "Yeah, let's play for a while, will Ji Qing know?" Xu Jing nodded, and there are quite a few people playing with this in the inspection department.Wen Qiong went downstairs again and pulled Tian Ju up, and the four of them got together at a table and started playing.
Wen Yu has no brains in this area and is a non-chieftain, so he loses the most.Although Wen Qiong was very happy, her level was not very good. The whole table was played by the two of Xu Jing and Tianju the best.Seeing that all the spare money in his hand was about to be lost, Wen Qiong couldn't help begging for mercy: "Don't play anymore, brother Xu, you are too good, you won all my money!"
Wen Yu rolled his eyes at him: "Of course you, Brother Xu, play well, but your poker game is too bad!"
Wen Qiong complained secretly in her heart, the eldest brother is not as good as me, and I praised brother Xu, what kind of trouble are you going to make with your proud face!Everyone was chatting and laughing as they were about to go downstairs for dinner, when suddenly a postman knocked on the door: "My lord! My lord is not good! Someone died again, so go and see!" The four of them looked at each other and ran out quickly.
The person who died was Jia Da. His eyes were wide open and he was staring at the ceiling in horror, with a dagger stuck in his chest.Wen Yu observed carefully, because the time of death could not be confirmed because there was no operation, but judging from the degree of blood coagulation, it should have been a while.
In just two days, two people died consecutively in a small post station. The most important thing is that they can't get out now that the road is blocked. started to cry.
Wen Yu didn't speak, just looked at the crowd quietly, and then said calmly: "Everyone, I don't know when the rain will stop. Even if the rain stops, it will take a few days for us to leave. Now that two people are dead, the murderer is probably Hiding among us, I propose to investigate the case first. Otherwise, our own safety will not be guaranteed."
Wen Yu himself is the magistrate of Zhengzheng County. After getting along these days, he feels fair and peaceful, so what he said still has a certain degree of credibility.Everyone agreed, so Wen Yu began to record the statements separately.
He first asked Mr. Yang what he was doing when the case happened.Mr. Yang thought for a while and replied: "After the meal, I took Tang Qiao upstairs and went back to the room to rest. We are like adults, and we have two rooms for three people. In order to guard the prisoners, Tang Qiao and I sleep in one room. Jian lives in a room by himself." It turned out that the person with the sprained ankle was named Qiu Jian.
Wen Yu went to ask Qiu Jian again if he had been in the room when the crime happened, and if he had ever heard a sound.Qiu Jian smiled wryly: "My lord, look at what I can do with my legs. I have been sleeping since I went back to my room in the morning. Speaking of Jia Da's death, shouldn't the old scholar be the most suspicious? We all saw it at that time. , that man said he was going to kill Jia Da."
Wen Yu knew that he was referring to Lu Bence, so she didn't answer him, because Wen Yu had already learned that after Lu Xiang's accident, Lu Bence watched over Lu Xiang's body all night.This morning, he fell down due to the wind and cold, and he didn't see him when he was eating just now.But as a rule, he should still go to see Lu Benz, so he pushed open Lu Benz's door.
At this time, Lu Benz was lying weakly on the bed, his face showing an abnormal flush, and a postman next to him was helping him to get up.Seeing Wen Yu, Lu Benz hurriedly saluted.Wen Yu couldn't bear to see his weak appearance, so she approached and asked, "My condolences, sir, death cannot be brought back to life, and I believe that Lu Xiang's spirit in heaven does not want you to be like this."
Lu Benze's face was pale: "Thank you for your concern, I'm fine, but it's a pity that the bastard was taken advantage of, and his death was so easy."
Wen Yu looked at his sickness as if he was about to fall when the wind blows, and thought it would be inconvenient to disturb him, so he let him go back to bed to rest. Before leaving, he called the postman who was in charge of taking care of Lu Benz to one side and asked : "Mr. Lu has been resting in the house all the time."
The postman replied: "Yes, I have been unable to get up since the morning, and I never left except for decocting medicine."
After Wen Yu got the answer, she didn't speak. After thinking for a while, she went to the post station staff to find out the situation.There are not many people in this post station, and most of them are with others today, and there is no abnormality in Jia Da's side.
"That's strange." Wen Yu said to herself, "Almost everyone has an alibi. Could it be that Jia Da committed suicide?"
Wen Qiong suddenly shuddered and said tremblingly, "Could it be the ghost of that boy Lu Xiang who stabbed Jia Da to death?"
Wen Yu: "...Don't say that you are my younger brother outside, thanks to you, you still read the books of sages, and you are so silent, so can you stop talking nonsense!"
Wen Qiong scratched her head: "Otherwise, there must be other people hiding in the dark at our station."
Wen Yu frowned. It was possible. The entire post station was either big or small, and if someone hid it, it could be hidden, so he told Tian Ju to ask all the staff to search in the post station.But after searching for a day, nothing unusual was found.
Wen Yu had a headache, Xu Jing came to comfort him. "Ji Qing, what do you think?" Wen Yu wanted to hear other people's opinions.
Xu Jing thought for a moment, and then returned: "Since two people died, and we are not sure about the murderer, there may be two situations. One is that the murderers of the two are the same person, and the other is that the murderers are different people. I prefer The second."
Wen Yu nodded: "I also thought about it. If the murderer is the same person, then there is no reason for him to kill Jia Da. The evidence is conclusive. Jia Da has now taken the blame for him. If I were the murderer, I would completely hide."
Then thought of something, Wen Yu frowned: "If there are two murderers, then the biggest suspect is Lu Benz, but this is impossible, he is watched, and Ji Qing, you haven't seen his look. I am worried that there is no Lang Zhong here, and I am afraid that he will not be able to last long if this continues. And..."
Wen Yu continued to analyze: "If the murderer is not Jia Da, why did he kill Lu Xiang?"
Wen Qiong spoke on the side: "It's not surprising to kill him, brother, think about it, how many times have I quarreled with him in such a short time yesterday, when we came, he and his father had already lived here for two days , how many people will be offended during this period, it is hard to guarantee that there will be no one who hates him."
Wen Yu thought it was the same, since it is better to start from here, so he interrogated the postmen one by one to see who had conflicts with Lu Xiang, and then found out that Lu Xiang was a real bear...... Basically every He has bullied every jailer, the little round face before was the worst, Lu Xiang beat and scolded him more than once to tell him to get away.
Wen Yu called Xiao Yuanlian to him, and the child was trembling with fright. Wen Yu tried to keep his tone relaxed, and asked, "What's your name, and how did you come to the post?"
The other party said timidly: "My lord, my name is Maomao. My father used to be a postman at the post station. Later, he was injured by the nobleman because he offended the nobleman. After that, the family couldn't take care of the doctor. Before he died, he asked Mr. Tian to take care of me. , and then I came to the station."
Wen Yu's heart tightened, and he sighed heavily. Indeed, although the post station worked hard, and sometimes it was a punching bag for officials, the living standard was much higher than that of ordinary people. It must have taken a lot of effort to enter the post station.Hearing about Maomao's situation, Wen Yu felt pity for the child even more, and asked: "The former Lu Xiang, I heard that he often bullied you, do you know what's wrong with him recently?"
Maomao was silent for a while, then shook his head and said: "I usually help out in the back kitchen, but yesterday I went to serve because there were too many people and I didn't have much contact with Mr. Lu. Although Mr. Lu sometimes beats me, but I never held a grudge against him, I felt he was a good guy."
Wen Yu was puzzled, but seeing Maomao's innocent face, she didn't ask any further questions.It may be that children think that everyone is a good person.Seeing that there was nothing to ask, Wen Yu asked him to go back.
The rain is still falling outside, and there is no sign of it stopping. Wen Yu looks out of the window, thinking about what is going on with Mengyang worriedly. It is impossible to escape the fate of being submerged.
Although the case could not be found out, everyone still had to eat and sleep, and everyone gathered in the hall again.Unlike the previous few times, he had no intention of speaking at this time, and the atmosphere was strangely oppressive. The whole hall could only hear Lu Benze coughing again and again.
The food was served one by one, and everyone ate with their heads down. Suddenly, there was a sound of heavy footsteps. It turned out that Qiu Jian was limping with the support of the postman.Unlike everyone's downcast, he looked a little happy and hummed.As usual, Tang Qiao couldn't understand him, and said sarcastically: "Master Qiu is not lying in the room, and he has the leisure to come to eat with us. I don't know whose little lady is here to make you so worried."
Qiu Jian ignored him, but said loudly to Wen Yu: "Master Wen, I'm here to apologize to you, I'm sorry that I lied when you came to me for questioning, I didn't lie on the bed all the time. "
Wen Yu's attention was attracted, and he quickly asked: "Then where did you go, but what do you want to explain?"
Qiu Jian laughed loudly: "My lord, in fact, I also pissed on the west window, and all of it was at the door of Tang Qiao's room hahahaha!" Head Yang said with a dark face, "Qiu Jian, why are you crazy!" Isn't Tang Qiao's room his room!There is something wrong with Qiu Jian, right?
Being teased like this, Wen Yu felt rather irritable in his heart. Xu Jing gave Qiu Jian a cold look, saw that he was still smiling, threw the chopsticks in his hand, and hit Qiu Jian's intact leg directly. Qiu Jian fell to the ground and fell to the ground.
Tang Qiao made a mocking sound from the side, Qiu Jian was annoyed, but both his legs were injured and he couldn't get up for a long time. In the end, Mr. Yang couldn't bear to look down on him. Take it back to the room.Everyone didn't say anything in the end, and went back to their room to sleep after eating sullenly.
On the morning of the third day, Tian Ju sent someone to call everyone for breakfast, and not many people came.The same goes for Wen Yu and others, who would rather eat in the room, so Tian Ju had to let the postmen send them over one by one.
Wen Qiong took the meal and called the two people on the side to come over.Yes, under Wen Qiong's offensive, Wen Yu finally agreed that the three of them would share a room.Of course, Wen Qiong slept on the floor by himself, but he still had a sweet bed with his own Ji Qing.Wen Qiong burst into tears, always feeling that her elder brother was getting rougher with her every day.
Before the three of them finished eating, Tian Ju ran upstairs panting and pushed open the door, then looked at the three of them, unable to speak for a long time, Wen Qiong was startled, and immediately felt that Tian Ju's appearance was a bit strange. interesting.Helping him to sit on the chair to help him calm down, he joked: "I said, Lao Tian, what's wrong with you, isn't it dead again?"
Then, seeing Tian Ju's frightened face, Wen Qiong was stunned: "No, no way..."
Tian Ju said in a trembling voice: "My lord, my lord, go and have a look, Qiu Jian was killed!"
Although Wen Yu had been prepared in her heart, she still sighed when she heard the news, and went to Qiu Jian's room with Xu Jing.While walking, Wen Yu thought in her heart, why this post station was cut into a back shape, and the sound insulation is so good. Although they agreed with Qiu Jian to be on the second floor, they didn't notice that Qiu Jian was killed one by one. I believe that the murderer took a fancy to this point so he was unscrupulous.
When Wen Yu saw Qiu Jian, he was lying on the ground with a dagger stuck in his back.Wen Yu groped around, but didn't find anything special.Three days later, another person died, and they were still trapped in the station and could not escape.Many postmen and servants broke down and cried, and Wen Yu was disturbed by the noise.After asking everyone about their itinerary, let them all disperse.
Why did the murderer commit crimes so frequently?Wen Yu couldn't figure it out.He planned to start from the beginning. Since there are no clues now, he should start the investigation of Lu Xiang's murder from the beginning of everything. Wen Yu called Xu Jing and Wen Qiong, and the three of them searched Lu Xiang's room together.
The result was still the same as before. Wen Yu checked the door bolt carefully and found that there were indeed traces of being scratched. This also proved that Jia Da did not lie, he did come in after prying open the door.
Wen Qiong was puzzled: "If Jia Da really didn't kill the person, then this is a secret room. Where could the murderer be?"
Wen Yu looked around, shook his head and said, "There is no secret room to kill people in this world. There are too many places to hide people in the room, such as the beams, under the bed, in the wardrobe..."
Wen Qiong was terrified: "In other words, when Jia Da came in, the murderer was probably hiding somewhere and watching his every move. My mother, this is too scary!"
Wen Yu continued: "The next thing is very simple. I asked others before, and they said that the first person to come in was Lu Benze, and the second one was the postman who was keeping watch at night. But who came and who went? One can tell clearly that the murderer is likely to show up later and mix in. But why did he kill the other two..."
Wen Yu still couldn't figure it out.Suddenly someone knocked on the door, who will come to them at this time, several people looked at each other in blank dismay.It was Wen Qiong who went to open the door and found Tang Qiao standing at the door.And he was not wearing the shackles at this time, and he was still standing outside with a smile.Seeing them say hello: "What? Don't you invite me in?" After speaking, without waiting for everyone to speak, he walked into the room with long legs, and sat on the chair carelessly.
Wen Yu gave him a lot of care, and asked, "I don't know what Mr. Tang came to see us for?"
"It's nothing, just to explain some old things between me and Lu Xiang." Tang Qiao spoke casually but surprisingly.
"What? You knew Lu Xiang before?" Wen Yu was shocked.Tang Qiao nodded, then fell silent for a while, and told the whole story.
That day when he had nothing to do, he went to the Town God's Temple. There was an ancient tree in the Town God's Temple, which was said to be particularly effective.Dedicated men and women can write their wishes on the ancient tree and hang them on the ancient tree. Of course, Tang Qiao dismissed this. He just missed the snacks in the Town God's Temple, so he went there to look for food while there were few people. When he got there, he suddenly found the tree There was actually someone crying. After all, Tang Qiao's identity was sensitive, and he habitually hid himself to observe secretly.
The crying person looked only fifteen or sixteen years old. After seeing his face clearly, Tang Qiao whistled in his heart. He had traveled all over the world for so many years and had never seen such a beautiful woman. He turned around and left.
Tang Qiao was so itchy from the beauty's cry that he stepped forward and opened the beauty's new lottery. He regretted it as soon as he did it. What's the difference between this and a perverted villain? He secretly despised himself, but since they were all opened, Just look at what the beauty wrote.
Tang Qiao opened the paper sign with a playful smile, and his expression became solemn as soon as he took a look.I saw that small paper sign with "Help" written on the front and "Let me die" on the back.The densely packed small characters make people feel cold when looking at them.
Tang Qiao himself is a nosy person, otherwise he wouldn't be able to choose to roam the rivers and lakes to fight for justice, so he decided that he should take care of this matter.He found out that the beauty's name was Lu Xiang, a native of Peng County, whose parents had both died since childhood, and was adopted by Lu Bence, a famous scholar in Peng County.In recent years, he has been studying in a famous school in Chengdu.
Now that Tang Qiao decided to take care of it, he simply took care of it to the end, so he made a fake identity, pretended to be a student and sneaked into the school to be a classmate with Lu Xiang, and even used tricks to live in a dormitory with him. He didn't deal with it very well, but then the relationship gradually improved. After several months of investigation, he found out that Lu Xiang's life was not good. He really didn't have a good life!
With excellent grades and exceptionally handsome looks, he can be said to be dog licking everywhere in the academy, and someone would fight just to say a word to him.Moreover, he has a bad temper, and he will be short-tempered at every turn. After a long time, Tang Qiao will inevitably feel a little bored. It is estimated that the bookmark before was just a child moaning without illness. In the end, Tang Qiao bid farewell to the teacher and chose to leave here.
Before leaving, he even had a quarrel with Lu Xiang, which made Lu Xiang cry angrily, and threatened that he never wanted to see him again.
"Later, for some reason, I chose to surrender to the government, and then you all know that I ran into him here by accident." Tang Qiao put away his previous indecency, looking a little dazed: "He also saw me, but Don’t open your eyes soon and pretend you didn’t see it, maybe I’m scaring him with the shackles on.”
Tang Qiao laughed at himself, and then said: "I don't know that these things about me have nothing to do with Lu Xiang's killing, but I know that Mr. Wen is a man of great wisdom. I have heard many stories about Mr. Wen on weekdays. I can't figure it out, but I beg my lord to investigate this matter thoroughly and don't let Lu Xiang die in vain."
Wen Yu froze after hearing what he said, and said in a hoarse voice for a long time: "I see, Mr. Tang's information is very useful. I would like to thank you here first. I need to confirm some things, Lu Xiang... I will give him justice."
Tang Qiao got up and bowed to him, and then returned to his usual idle manner: "Okay, I'm going back after I've finished talking, and Mr. Yang will probably go crazy when he wakes up and sees that I'm not here. What do you want to do?" The one who handles it can come to me, Mr. Wen~" Wen Yu nodded, and then went to the other two murder scenes to investigate.
During this period, Wen Qiong and Xu Jing were always by his side, but neither of them spoke. After all, they have been together for so long, and they can still feel Wen Yu's mood.Wen Yu at this time was something they had never seen before, like a volcano that was so angry that it would erupt at the slightest stimulus. "Now, everything is clear." Wen Yu's eyes were full of undercurrents.
At night, just as Lu Benz was about to go to bed, he heard a postman outside the door calling him, saying that Mr. Wen had something important to discuss.
Lu Bence put on his clothes and went to find Wen Yu under the leadership of the postman.The postman walked in front, and Lu Bentse was behind. Along the way, Lu Bentze felt more and more wrong, "Little brother, why haven't we arrived after we've been walking for so long? Does Mr. Wen live here?"
The pale lantern shone on the faces of the two of them, and Lu Benz was horrified to find that the postman in front hadn't even moved his facial expression from the beginning to now, as if he was a dummy without breathing. "Who are you! Why have I never seen you!"
When Lu Benz asked loudly, the postman forced out a very weird smirk.Hoarse voice said: "Who am I? I am the one who wants to kill you!" He threw the lantern and reached out to grab Lu Benze.
Suddenly, flames suddenly lit up around them, and a group of people surrounded them.Wen Yu came from the dark: "Mr. Lu is in good health?" He asked coldly.Lu Benz's face was gloomy and he did not speak.
Wen Yu then said to herself: "It's strange, how can Mr. Lu keep pretending to be sick when he is so outstanding?"
Tian Ju beside him looked shocked: "What... what does this mean? Didn't Mr. Lu get up when Jia Da died? And someone watched him from the beginning to the end."
Wen Yu shook his head: "It's not from the beginning to the end. The postman left for half an hour to decoct the medicine. Although half an hour may be a bit difficult for us ordinary people to kill and come back, but for Mr. Lu who is engaged in martial arts Master, there is more than enough time."
Seeing that he couldn't pretend anymore, Lu Benz simply smiled and said, "That's right, I killed Jia Da. If he killed my son, I will take his life with my own hands!"
Wen Yu resisted the urge to curse, and said with a sneer, "Stop putting on a fatherly face, Lu Benz, don't you think you're disgusting?"
Everyone at the scene looked at each other in dismay, so Wen Yu continued: "I asked Mao Mao before, and he told me that although Lu Xiang beat him, he didn't hate Lu Xiang at all. At first, I thought it was a child's innocence. But just now I went to him again to understand the situation, guess what he said?"
Before everyone could react, he said to himself: "Maomao is often harassed by Jia Da because he works in the station kitchen. So he is very sensitive to such things. He told me that every time Lu Benz called him aside, Wen Talk to him in a soft voice, but the way he looks at him is exactly the same as Jia Da looked at him."
Everyone was in an uproar, and Lu Bence laughed loudly: "I thought you were going to say something? Are you saying that I have any un-lun thoughts about my son? Hahahahaha Mr. Wen, I really admire you, just rely on Just a few words to a little furry boy, and you can put such a big hat on someone!"
Wen Yu also laughed: "Of course I don't draw conclusions at will. I have always wondered why I committed crimes one after another and pinned everything on Jia Da. Why did I kill Qiu Jian? Later I saw Qiu Jian's room, I finally know the answer. Do you still remember what Qiu Jian said when he appeared in the lobby uncharacteristically that night."
Wen Qiong went on first: "Remember, Qiu Jian said that he pissed under the west window. Is there anything strange about that?"
Wen Qiong replied slowly: "It's nothing strange, but I opened Qiu Jian's west window and looked out, only to find that it was facing the room where Jia Da was held. Lou, accidentally witnessed someone entering Jia Da’s room to kill him. But he didn’t want to tell us, instead, he wanted to use the news to blackmail the murderer.”
Everyone realized this time that this is indeed the case. According to the layout of the room, this is the only explanation.
Wen Yu laughed mockingly: "The murderer reacted very quickly, and received the news almost immediately. After all, Qiu Jian is a martial arts practitioner, and he felt that he was not too afraid to deal with the murderer. But he never expected that our Mr. Lu With such high martial arts skills, he broke two legs and was killed just like that."
"Then why did he kill Jia Da?" Tian Ju couldn't help asking.
"Yeah, why?" Wen Yu also repeated, and then he called the postman who was watching the night on the day Lu Xiang died. Repeat it again at the end.
The postman stated: "I was halfway there that day and was about to rest when I heard a scream. When I opened the door, I found Jia Da and Mr. Lu in the room, and Mr. Lu was still crying with Mr. Lu's body in his arms... ..."
Everyone didn't hear anything wrong, and they were all puzzled.At this time Xu Jing said coldly: "The door."
All the people present were taken aback for a moment before they realized that, yes, Jia Da sneaked into Lu Xiang's room secretly. If Lu Benze was the second to go in, then he saw his son die tragically, what did he do? Do you still have time to close the door?The only explanation is that Lu Benze was in the room from the beginning.
Wen Yu added: "It was dark and windy that day and night, and Jia Da was frightened by the corpse.
At night, Wen Yu tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.Xu Jing next to him saw him like this, so he simply got up and lit the candle, and had a conversation with him.
Wen Yu said embarrassingly: "Please Ji Qing, you have to stay here with me so late."
Xu Jing shook his head: "It's okay, but what's wrong with you? If the rain stops tomorrow, we have to hurry, so I'm afraid you will feel uncomfortable tomorrow."
Wen Yu's concern for him was very helpful, he hesitated and said: "I don't know why, I just feel a little flustered, and there is always something wrong with this case.
Xu Jing draped some clothes on him and asked, "What's wrong?"
After sorting out her thoughts, Wen Yu said slowly: "I asked Tian Ju just now, this Jia Da was the little leader of a theft gang in Chengdu when he was young, and later their boss was arrested, because he was worried that he would be implicated, he stayed overnight I fled back to my hometown in the countryside. Later, because of his good craftsmanship, the cook before the inn was too old, so he was temporarily brought here as a helper."
Thinking of this, Wen Yu still finds it funny. Tian Ju is probably afraid that he will blame him, and repeatedly emphasizes Jia Da's identity.
Xu Jing was puzzled: "There is nothing strange about this. Jia Da himself is very masculine, and he has harassed all the better-looking young men in the station. He has a criminal record, and it is normal for him to commit a crime."
Wen Yu shook her head: "It's very strange. Let's talk about Jia Da first. Judging from the fact that he abandoned his good life and fled back to his hometown overnight, he must not be very courageous. I also asked some postmen who are often harassed by him. It has been proved that his so-called harassment is only in a frivolous way, and he has restrained himself a lot after being taught a lesson by Tian Ju, so it is very strange that this person dares to kill people."
"Maybe it was discovered by Lu Xiang during the obscenity and obscenity. Lu Xiang wanted to call someone, but he impulsively killed him by mistake."
Wen Yu admitted that there was such a possibility: "But don't forget, the reason we were woken up was because Jia Da was startled by Lu Xiang's body and yelled. If it was really the murderer, under normal circumstances it would not We should destroy the scene as soon as possible, turn around and run away, how could it be discovered on purpose?"
Xu Jing paused for a while, then said solemnly: "You are right, it is really strange, so what are you going to do?"
Wen Yu smiled wryly: "After all, this is a post station in Chengdu, and it is not under my jurisdiction. When the rain stops tomorrow, I believe that officers and soldiers will come here to take Jia Da away. I will tell them my doubts. That's the only way to go." Wen Yu sighed, thinking that this case would be handed over to a stupid official like Xingfu, she couldn't help but feel out of her wits.
Xu Jing thought for a while: "If you are worried, I have some old friends in Chengdu Mansion, you can let them pay attention to the progress of the case." Wen Yu nodded, and the two fell asleep.
Early the next morning, before Wen Yu woke up, she heard a commotion outside.He and Xu Jing hurriedly dressed and went downstairs, only to find that everyone was gathered around the gate of the post station. "What's the matter?" Wen Yu asked curiously.
When Tian Ju saw him in front, he quickly saluted: "My lord, it rained all night outside. When I got up in the morning, I found that the river in front of me had surged, and a lot of rocks and soil on the mountain had been washed down. It may be difficult to go out." Wen Wen Yu walked to the door and took a look. Indeed, it looked muddy outside now, and what was worse, it was still raining.
Wen Yu had a headache, and it seemed that she would not be able to leave for a while.Fortunately, the post station had enough food and the house was well built, so they didn't have to worry about food and drink here and didn't have much trouble.And now that summer is coming, the water evaporates quickly, and you can travel a day or two after the rain stops.
Wen Yu didn't say much, but the two guards who were escorting the prisoners started to yell first, the one named Chief Yang had a stinky face, and the other yelled loudly: "It's so fucking unlucky, I'm about to arrive soon!" The time has been set, if we don’t send this bastard over there, wouldn’t our two brothers be punished! It’s all you bastard! Why are you so tired and hungry! Otherwise, we’ll be here by now!” He raised his leg to kick Tang Qiao beside him.
Unexpectedly, Tang Qiao looked lazy, but he was extremely agile, and he dodged the opponent's attack with a slight sway.Because the man didn't kick anyone, the inertia led his body to lean forward, and he fell to the ground with a sprained leg, holding his foot and screaming.
Head Yang hurriedly went to check, Tang Qiao was still adding fuel to the sidelines and shouted strangely: "It's terrible! The official beat someone! Oh, it hurts me to death!"
The people on the ground flushed with anger: "You..."
"Shut up!" Chief Yang roared angrily, and the two of them quieted down this time.
After inspection, the officer and soldier were indeed seriously injured this time. Although the bones looked fine, at least they would not have to go to the ground for a few days.
Mr. Yang arranged for the postman to wait for him to return to his room, and then gave Tang Qiao a lesson. It could be seen that Tang Qiao respected him quite a bit, and he didn't even reply when he was scolded, but just admitted his mistake with a smile.Sensing Wen Yu's gaze, Head Yang turned around and saluted him cautiously: "I made you laugh."
Wen Yu still had a good impression of this person: "It's okay, I don't know what crime Tang Qiao committed?"
Head Yang pursed his lips: "I wonder if my lord has heard of Jiangdong Bandit?"
"What? Tang Qiao is a Jiangdong thief?" Wen Yu was taken aback, and was speechless after receiving an affirmative answer.
The Jiangdong Bandit is a well-known chivalrous man in Shu. Although the word "Da Bandit" is in his name, he didn't actually steal much. He basically robbed the rich and helped the poor.He is even more famous because he often acts chivalrously, and when he sees someone bullying others, he will tease that person and teach him a lesson. Basically, he mainly makes that person make a fool of himself, and he has never killed anyone.
In Wen Yu's view, this is actually a very smart approach. Most of the reasons why the person being teased will make a fool of himself is his own stupidity, so even the officials don't care much about arresting him.However, Wen Yu always thought that the Jiangdong Bandit should be a middle-aged man. Seeing that Tang Qiao was only 20 years old, how young was he when he started walking in the rivers and lakes?
Tang Qiao noticed Wen Yu's gaze from afar, and saluted him exaggeratedly. Wen Yu laughed, "Then how did he get caught?"
Head Yang was silent for a while: "He went to the Yamen to confess his crime by himself."
"Ah?" Wen Yu was very surprised, but everyone has secrets, and seeing that there might be some unspeakable secrets in this person's nagging, he didn't pursue it.
It was raining more and more, and there was still lightning and thunder outside when we had dinner in the morning. Because he was worried about the loss of horses due to the collapse of the stable, Tian Ju actually led the horses in the post station into the hall.
Wen Qiong covered her nose and complained: "It smells like animals everywhere, and how can we eat!"
Wen Yu knew that he was always fond of cleanliness, and eating with donkeys and horses really challenged his bottom line of patience, so he didn't say anything about him.Tian Ju came over and nodded and bowed his head and explained: "My lord, please forgive me, the rooms are really full, and the bunk where we live in the gate of the post office has also been damp. If it weren't for the fear that the horses would get sick, they would have arranged these horses into our room."
Then he laughed bitterly at himself: "After all, the lives of these men are much more precious than ours."
Wen Yu felt sorry for the fact that there were fewer and fewer horses in the Ming Dynasty. During the heyday of Yongle, the number of official horses in the country was about 90. Now it is probably less than a quarter of the previous number. One is the military activities of the Ming Dynasty in these years. Very few. Second, a large number of nobles participated in horse smuggling and bought a large number of horses from the Fan clan before the government. When the official horse market opened, they either could not receive them, or they received low-quality horses, and the prices were extremely expensive.
In this general environment, horses are indeed more valuable than human lives.So Wen Yu signaled Wen Qiong to stop talking, and if she really couldn't eat, she could bring the food to her room.
Naturally, Wen Qiong didn't dare. Ever since he was kidnapped, he has become particularly sensitive to certain things. Now there is still a murderer living in this inn. If his elder brother was not too terrifying, he would even want to squeeze a bed with the three of them. bed to sleep!
Everyone felt a little idle after eating, and the smell in the hall was strong, so they all went back to their rooms to rest.Wen Qiong was restless, and after staying in the house for a while, she came to work as a light bulb, and the three of them stared at each other for a long time.
Wen Qiong suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and came up with an idea: "Hey, big brother, I saw some postmen here playing leaf opera before, or we will come to play too." A card game in the Tang Dynasty, with a total of forty cards.
When the Ming Dynasty first founded the country, they hated gambling. Zhu Yuanzhang ordered that if he was caught gambling, he would be amputated. At this time, do you want to touch the "leaf play card"?It's like gambling with your life!
However, with the development of the urban economy in the Ming Dynasty, leaf opera has revived and penetrated into everyone's life.Wen Yu can be regarded as a witness to history, because he just wore it when the Leaf Opera started to become popular.
At this time, playing cards for scholars has become a child's play, and even Jinshi Juren will play cards whenever they get the chance.The current general environment is - you don't know how to play leaves, do you still have a face in the elite circle?
Wen Yu doesn't like gambling, but he doesn't object too much. The premise is that it has nothing to do with him. He narrowed his eyes and asked with a murderous look: "When did you learn this thing?"
Wen Qiong was stunned: "Ah? It will be very early, brother, didn't you ask me to teach you?"
Wen Yu was also said to be dumbfounded, and when he thought about it carefully, he suddenly realized that this happened before the original owner. At that time, the original owner was aloof and had no friends in Juren circle. Expand the social circle, but obviously failed in the end.
Wen Yu coughed in embarrassment: "Yeah, let's play for a while, will Ji Qing know?" Xu Jing nodded, and there are quite a few people playing with this in the inspection department.Wen Qiong went downstairs again and pulled Tian Ju up, and the four of them got together at a table and started playing.
Wen Yu has no brains in this area and is a non-chieftain, so he loses the most.Although Wen Qiong was very happy, her level was not very good. The whole table was played by the two of Xu Jing and Tianju the best.Seeing that all the spare money in his hand was about to be lost, Wen Qiong couldn't help begging for mercy: "Don't play anymore, brother Xu, you are too good, you won all my money!"
Wen Yu rolled his eyes at him: "Of course you, Brother Xu, play well, but your poker game is too bad!"
Wen Qiong complained secretly in her heart, the eldest brother is not as good as me, and I praised brother Xu, what kind of trouble are you going to make with your proud face!Everyone was chatting and laughing as they were about to go downstairs for dinner, when suddenly a postman knocked on the door: "My lord! My lord is not good! Someone died again, so go and see!" The four of them looked at each other and ran out quickly.
The person who died was Jia Da. His eyes were wide open and he was staring at the ceiling in horror, with a dagger stuck in his chest.Wen Yu observed carefully, because the time of death could not be confirmed because there was no operation, but judging from the degree of blood coagulation, it should have been a while.
In just two days, two people died consecutively in a small post station. The most important thing is that they can't get out now that the road is blocked. started to cry.
Wen Yu didn't speak, just looked at the crowd quietly, and then said calmly: "Everyone, I don't know when the rain will stop. Even if the rain stops, it will take a few days for us to leave. Now that two people are dead, the murderer is probably Hiding among us, I propose to investigate the case first. Otherwise, our own safety will not be guaranteed."
Wen Yu himself is the magistrate of Zhengzheng County. After getting along these days, he feels fair and peaceful, so what he said still has a certain degree of credibility.Everyone agreed, so Wen Yu began to record the statements separately.
He first asked Mr. Yang what he was doing when the case happened.Mr. Yang thought for a while and replied: "After the meal, I took Tang Qiao upstairs and went back to the room to rest. We are like adults, and we have two rooms for three people. In order to guard the prisoners, Tang Qiao and I sleep in one room. Jian lives in a room by himself." It turned out that the person with the sprained ankle was named Qiu Jian.
Wen Yu went to ask Qiu Jian again if he had been in the room when the crime happened, and if he had ever heard a sound.Qiu Jian smiled wryly: "My lord, look at what I can do with my legs. I have been sleeping since I went back to my room in the morning. Speaking of Jia Da's death, shouldn't the old scholar be the most suspicious? We all saw it at that time. , that man said he was going to kill Jia Da."
Wen Yu knew that he was referring to Lu Bence, so she didn't answer him, because Wen Yu had already learned that after Lu Xiang's accident, Lu Bence watched over Lu Xiang's body all night.This morning, he fell down due to the wind and cold, and he didn't see him when he was eating just now.But as a rule, he should still go to see Lu Benz, so he pushed open Lu Benz's door.
At this time, Lu Benz was lying weakly on the bed, his face showing an abnormal flush, and a postman next to him was helping him to get up.Seeing Wen Yu, Lu Benz hurriedly saluted.Wen Yu couldn't bear to see his weak appearance, so she approached and asked, "My condolences, sir, death cannot be brought back to life, and I believe that Lu Xiang's spirit in heaven does not want you to be like this."
Lu Benze's face was pale: "Thank you for your concern, I'm fine, but it's a pity that the bastard was taken advantage of, and his death was so easy."
Wen Yu looked at his sickness as if he was about to fall when the wind blows, and thought it would be inconvenient to disturb him, so he let him go back to bed to rest. Before leaving, he called the postman who was in charge of taking care of Lu Benz to one side and asked : "Mr. Lu has been resting in the house all the time."
The postman replied: "Yes, I have been unable to get up since the morning, and I never left except for decocting medicine."
After Wen Yu got the answer, she didn't speak. After thinking for a while, she went to the post station staff to find out the situation.There are not many people in this post station, and most of them are with others today, and there is no abnormality in Jia Da's side.
"That's strange." Wen Yu said to herself, "Almost everyone has an alibi. Could it be that Jia Da committed suicide?"
Wen Qiong suddenly shuddered and said tremblingly, "Could it be the ghost of that boy Lu Xiang who stabbed Jia Da to death?"
Wen Yu: "...Don't say that you are my younger brother outside, thanks to you, you still read the books of sages, and you are so silent, so can you stop talking nonsense!"
Wen Qiong scratched her head: "Otherwise, there must be other people hiding in the dark at our station."
Wen Yu frowned. It was possible. The entire post station was either big or small, and if someone hid it, it could be hidden, so he told Tian Ju to ask all the staff to search in the post station.But after searching for a day, nothing unusual was found.
Wen Yu had a headache, Xu Jing came to comfort him. "Ji Qing, what do you think?" Wen Yu wanted to hear other people's opinions.
Xu Jing thought for a moment, and then returned: "Since two people died, and we are not sure about the murderer, there may be two situations. One is that the murderers of the two are the same person, and the other is that the murderers are different people. I prefer The second."
Wen Yu nodded: "I also thought about it. If the murderer is the same person, then there is no reason for him to kill Jia Da. The evidence is conclusive. Jia Da has now taken the blame for him. If I were the murderer, I would completely hide."
Then thought of something, Wen Yu frowned: "If there are two murderers, then the biggest suspect is Lu Benz, but this is impossible, he is watched, and Ji Qing, you haven't seen his look. I am worried that there is no Lang Zhong here, and I am afraid that he will not be able to last long if this continues. And..."
Wen Yu continued to analyze: "If the murderer is not Jia Da, why did he kill Lu Xiang?"
Wen Qiong spoke on the side: "It's not surprising to kill him, brother, think about it, how many times have I quarreled with him in such a short time yesterday, when we came, he and his father had already lived here for two days , how many people will be offended during this period, it is hard to guarantee that there will be no one who hates him."
Wen Yu thought it was the same, since it is better to start from here, so he interrogated the postmen one by one to see who had conflicts with Lu Xiang, and then found out that Lu Xiang was a real bear...... Basically every He has bullied every jailer, the little round face before was the worst, Lu Xiang beat and scolded him more than once to tell him to get away.
Wen Yu called Xiao Yuanlian to him, and the child was trembling with fright. Wen Yu tried to keep his tone relaxed, and asked, "What's your name, and how did you come to the post?"
The other party said timidly: "My lord, my name is Maomao. My father used to be a postman at the post station. Later, he was injured by the nobleman because he offended the nobleman. After that, the family couldn't take care of the doctor. Before he died, he asked Mr. Tian to take care of me. , and then I came to the station."
Wen Yu's heart tightened, and he sighed heavily. Indeed, although the post station worked hard, and sometimes it was a punching bag for officials, the living standard was much higher than that of ordinary people. It must have taken a lot of effort to enter the post station.Hearing about Maomao's situation, Wen Yu felt pity for the child even more, and asked: "The former Lu Xiang, I heard that he often bullied you, do you know what's wrong with him recently?"
Maomao was silent for a while, then shook his head and said: "I usually help out in the back kitchen, but yesterday I went to serve because there were too many people and I didn't have much contact with Mr. Lu. Although Mr. Lu sometimes beats me, but I never held a grudge against him, I felt he was a good guy."
Wen Yu was puzzled, but seeing Maomao's innocent face, she didn't ask any further questions.It may be that children think that everyone is a good person.Seeing that there was nothing to ask, Wen Yu asked him to go back.
The rain is still falling outside, and there is no sign of it stopping. Wen Yu looks out of the window, thinking about what is going on with Mengyang worriedly. It is impossible to escape the fate of being submerged.
Although the case could not be found out, everyone still had to eat and sleep, and everyone gathered in the hall again.Unlike the previous few times, he had no intention of speaking at this time, and the atmosphere was strangely oppressive. The whole hall could only hear Lu Benze coughing again and again.
The food was served one by one, and everyone ate with their heads down. Suddenly, there was a sound of heavy footsteps. It turned out that Qiu Jian was limping with the support of the postman.Unlike everyone's downcast, he looked a little happy and hummed.As usual, Tang Qiao couldn't understand him, and said sarcastically: "Master Qiu is not lying in the room, and he has the leisure to come to eat with us. I don't know whose little lady is here to make you so worried."
Qiu Jian ignored him, but said loudly to Wen Yu: "Master Wen, I'm here to apologize to you, I'm sorry that I lied when you came to me for questioning, I didn't lie on the bed all the time. "
Wen Yu's attention was attracted, and he quickly asked: "Then where did you go, but what do you want to explain?"
Qiu Jian laughed loudly: "My lord, in fact, I also pissed on the west window, and all of it was at the door of Tang Qiao's room hahahaha!" Head Yang said with a dark face, "Qiu Jian, why are you crazy!" Isn't Tang Qiao's room his room!There is something wrong with Qiu Jian, right?
Being teased like this, Wen Yu felt rather irritable in his heart. Xu Jing gave Qiu Jian a cold look, saw that he was still smiling, threw the chopsticks in his hand, and hit Qiu Jian's intact leg directly. Qiu Jian fell to the ground and fell to the ground.
Tang Qiao made a mocking sound from the side, Qiu Jian was annoyed, but both his legs were injured and he couldn't get up for a long time. In the end, Mr. Yang couldn't bear to look down on him. Take it back to the room.Everyone didn't say anything in the end, and went back to their room to sleep after eating sullenly.
On the morning of the third day, Tian Ju sent someone to call everyone for breakfast, and not many people came.The same goes for Wen Yu and others, who would rather eat in the room, so Tian Ju had to let the postmen send them over one by one.
Wen Qiong took the meal and called the two people on the side to come over.Yes, under Wen Qiong's offensive, Wen Yu finally agreed that the three of them would share a room.Of course, Wen Qiong slept on the floor by himself, but he still had a sweet bed with his own Ji Qing.Wen Qiong burst into tears, always feeling that her elder brother was getting rougher with her every day.
Before the three of them finished eating, Tian Ju ran upstairs panting and pushed open the door, then looked at the three of them, unable to speak for a long time, Wen Qiong was startled, and immediately felt that Tian Ju's appearance was a bit strange. interesting.Helping him to sit on the chair to help him calm down, he joked: "I said, Lao Tian, what's wrong with you, isn't it dead again?"
Then, seeing Tian Ju's frightened face, Wen Qiong was stunned: "No, no way..."
Tian Ju said in a trembling voice: "My lord, my lord, go and have a look, Qiu Jian was killed!"
Although Wen Yu had been prepared in her heart, she still sighed when she heard the news, and went to Qiu Jian's room with Xu Jing.While walking, Wen Yu thought in her heart, why this post station was cut into a back shape, and the sound insulation is so good. Although they agreed with Qiu Jian to be on the second floor, they didn't notice that Qiu Jian was killed one by one. I believe that the murderer took a fancy to this point so he was unscrupulous.
When Wen Yu saw Qiu Jian, he was lying on the ground with a dagger stuck in his back.Wen Yu groped around, but didn't find anything special.Three days later, another person died, and they were still trapped in the station and could not escape.Many postmen and servants broke down and cried, and Wen Yu was disturbed by the noise.After asking everyone about their itinerary, let them all disperse.
Why did the murderer commit crimes so frequently?Wen Yu couldn't figure it out.He planned to start from the beginning. Since there are no clues now, he should start the investigation of Lu Xiang's murder from the beginning of everything. Wen Yu called Xu Jing and Wen Qiong, and the three of them searched Lu Xiang's room together.
The result was still the same as before. Wen Yu checked the door bolt carefully and found that there were indeed traces of being scratched. This also proved that Jia Da did not lie, he did come in after prying open the door.
Wen Qiong was puzzled: "If Jia Da really didn't kill the person, then this is a secret room. Where could the murderer be?"
Wen Yu looked around, shook his head and said, "There is no secret room to kill people in this world. There are too many places to hide people in the room, such as the beams, under the bed, in the wardrobe..."
Wen Qiong was terrified: "In other words, when Jia Da came in, the murderer was probably hiding somewhere and watching his every move. My mother, this is too scary!"
Wen Yu continued: "The next thing is very simple. I asked others before, and they said that the first person to come in was Lu Benze, and the second one was the postman who was keeping watch at night. But who came and who went? One can tell clearly that the murderer is likely to show up later and mix in. But why did he kill the other two..."
Wen Yu still couldn't figure it out.Suddenly someone knocked on the door, who will come to them at this time, several people looked at each other in blank dismay.It was Wen Qiong who went to open the door and found Tang Qiao standing at the door.And he was not wearing the shackles at this time, and he was still standing outside with a smile.Seeing them say hello: "What? Don't you invite me in?" After speaking, without waiting for everyone to speak, he walked into the room with long legs, and sat on the chair carelessly.
Wen Yu gave him a lot of care, and asked, "I don't know what Mr. Tang came to see us for?"
"It's nothing, just to explain some old things between me and Lu Xiang." Tang Qiao spoke casually but surprisingly.
"What? You knew Lu Xiang before?" Wen Yu was shocked.Tang Qiao nodded, then fell silent for a while, and told the whole story.
That day when he had nothing to do, he went to the Town God's Temple. There was an ancient tree in the Town God's Temple, which was said to be particularly effective.Dedicated men and women can write their wishes on the ancient tree and hang them on the ancient tree. Of course, Tang Qiao dismissed this. He just missed the snacks in the Town God's Temple, so he went there to look for food while there were few people. When he got there, he suddenly found the tree There was actually someone crying. After all, Tang Qiao's identity was sensitive, and he habitually hid himself to observe secretly.
The crying person looked only fifteen or sixteen years old. After seeing his face clearly, Tang Qiao whistled in his heart. He had traveled all over the world for so many years and had never seen such a beautiful woman. He turned around and left.
Tang Qiao was so itchy from the beauty's cry that he stepped forward and opened the beauty's new lottery. He regretted it as soon as he did it. What's the difference between this and a perverted villain? He secretly despised himself, but since they were all opened, Just look at what the beauty wrote.
Tang Qiao opened the paper sign with a playful smile, and his expression became solemn as soon as he took a look.I saw that small paper sign with "Help" written on the front and "Let me die" on the back.The densely packed small characters make people feel cold when looking at them.
Tang Qiao himself is a nosy person, otherwise he wouldn't be able to choose to roam the rivers and lakes to fight for justice, so he decided that he should take care of this matter.He found out that the beauty's name was Lu Xiang, a native of Peng County, whose parents had both died since childhood, and was adopted by Lu Bence, a famous scholar in Peng County.In recent years, he has been studying in a famous school in Chengdu.
Now that Tang Qiao decided to take care of it, he simply took care of it to the end, so he made a fake identity, pretended to be a student and sneaked into the school to be a classmate with Lu Xiang, and even used tricks to live in a dormitory with him. He didn't deal with it very well, but then the relationship gradually improved. After several months of investigation, he found out that Lu Xiang's life was not good. He really didn't have a good life!
With excellent grades and exceptionally handsome looks, he can be said to be dog licking everywhere in the academy, and someone would fight just to say a word to him.Moreover, he has a bad temper, and he will be short-tempered at every turn. After a long time, Tang Qiao will inevitably feel a little bored. It is estimated that the bookmark before was just a child moaning without illness. In the end, Tang Qiao bid farewell to the teacher and chose to leave here.
Before leaving, he even had a quarrel with Lu Xiang, which made Lu Xiang cry angrily, and threatened that he never wanted to see him again.
"Later, for some reason, I chose to surrender to the government, and then you all know that I ran into him here by accident." Tang Qiao put away his previous indecency, looking a little dazed: "He also saw me, but Don’t open your eyes soon and pretend you didn’t see it, maybe I’m scaring him with the shackles on.”
Tang Qiao laughed at himself, and then said: "I don't know that these things about me have nothing to do with Lu Xiang's killing, but I know that Mr. Wen is a man of great wisdom. I have heard many stories about Mr. Wen on weekdays. I can't figure it out, but I beg my lord to investigate this matter thoroughly and don't let Lu Xiang die in vain."
Wen Yu froze after hearing what he said, and said in a hoarse voice for a long time: "I see, Mr. Tang's information is very useful. I would like to thank you here first. I need to confirm some things, Lu Xiang... I will give him justice."
Tang Qiao got up and bowed to him, and then returned to his usual idle manner: "Okay, I'm going back after I've finished talking, and Mr. Yang will probably go crazy when he wakes up and sees that I'm not here. What do you want to do?" The one who handles it can come to me, Mr. Wen~" Wen Yu nodded, and then went to the other two murder scenes to investigate.
During this period, Wen Qiong and Xu Jing were always by his side, but neither of them spoke. After all, they have been together for so long, and they can still feel Wen Yu's mood.Wen Yu at this time was something they had never seen before, like a volcano that was so angry that it would erupt at the slightest stimulus. "Now, everything is clear." Wen Yu's eyes were full of undercurrents.
At night, just as Lu Benz was about to go to bed, he heard a postman outside the door calling him, saying that Mr. Wen had something important to discuss.
Lu Bence put on his clothes and went to find Wen Yu under the leadership of the postman.The postman walked in front, and Lu Bentse was behind. Along the way, Lu Bentze felt more and more wrong, "Little brother, why haven't we arrived after we've been walking for so long? Does Mr. Wen live here?"
The pale lantern shone on the faces of the two of them, and Lu Benz was horrified to find that the postman in front hadn't even moved his facial expression from the beginning to now, as if he was a dummy without breathing. "Who are you! Why have I never seen you!"
When Lu Benz asked loudly, the postman forced out a very weird smirk.Hoarse voice said: "Who am I? I am the one who wants to kill you!" He threw the lantern and reached out to grab Lu Benze.
Suddenly, flames suddenly lit up around them, and a group of people surrounded them.Wen Yu came from the dark: "Mr. Lu is in good health?" He asked coldly.Lu Benz's face was gloomy and he did not speak.
Wen Yu then said to herself: "It's strange, how can Mr. Lu keep pretending to be sick when he is so outstanding?"
Tian Ju beside him looked shocked: "What... what does this mean? Didn't Mr. Lu get up when Jia Da died? And someone watched him from the beginning to the end."
Wen Yu shook his head: "It's not from the beginning to the end. The postman left for half an hour to decoct the medicine. Although half an hour may be a bit difficult for us ordinary people to kill and come back, but for Mr. Lu who is engaged in martial arts Master, there is more than enough time."
Seeing that he couldn't pretend anymore, Lu Benz simply smiled and said, "That's right, I killed Jia Da. If he killed my son, I will take his life with my own hands!"
Wen Yu resisted the urge to curse, and said with a sneer, "Stop putting on a fatherly face, Lu Benz, don't you think you're disgusting?"
Everyone at the scene looked at each other in dismay, so Wen Yu continued: "I asked Mao Mao before, and he told me that although Lu Xiang beat him, he didn't hate Lu Xiang at all. At first, I thought it was a child's innocence. But just now I went to him again to understand the situation, guess what he said?"
Before everyone could react, he said to himself: "Maomao is often harassed by Jia Da because he works in the station kitchen. So he is very sensitive to such things. He told me that every time Lu Benz called him aside, Wen Talk to him in a soft voice, but the way he looks at him is exactly the same as Jia Da looked at him."
Everyone was in an uproar, and Lu Bence laughed loudly: "I thought you were going to say something? Are you saying that I have any un-lun thoughts about my son? Hahahahaha Mr. Wen, I really admire you, just rely on Just a few words to a little furry boy, and you can put such a big hat on someone!"
Wen Yu also laughed: "Of course I don't draw conclusions at will. I have always wondered why I committed crimes one after another and pinned everything on Jia Da. Why did I kill Qiu Jian? Later I saw Qiu Jian's room, I finally know the answer. Do you still remember what Qiu Jian said when he appeared in the lobby uncharacteristically that night."
Wen Qiong went on first: "Remember, Qiu Jian said that he pissed under the west window. Is there anything strange about that?"
Wen Qiong replied slowly: "It's nothing strange, but I opened Qiu Jian's west window and looked out, only to find that it was facing the room where Jia Da was held. Lou, accidentally witnessed someone entering Jia Da’s room to kill him. But he didn’t want to tell us, instead, he wanted to use the news to blackmail the murderer.”
Everyone realized this time that this is indeed the case. According to the layout of the room, this is the only explanation.
Wen Yu laughed mockingly: "The murderer reacted very quickly, and received the news almost immediately. After all, Qiu Jian is a martial arts practitioner, and he felt that he was not too afraid to deal with the murderer. But he never expected that our Mr. Lu With such high martial arts skills, he broke two legs and was killed just like that."
"Then why did he kill Jia Da?" Tian Ju couldn't help asking.
"Yeah, why?" Wen Yu also repeated, and then he called the postman who was watching the night on the day Lu Xiang died. Repeat it again at the end.
The postman stated: "I was halfway there that day and was about to rest when I heard a scream. When I opened the door, I found Jia Da and Mr. Lu in the room, and Mr. Lu was still crying with Mr. Lu's body in his arms... ..."
Everyone didn't hear anything wrong, and they were all puzzled.At this time Xu Jing said coldly: "The door."
All the people present were taken aback for a moment before they realized that, yes, Jia Da sneaked into Lu Xiang's room secretly. If Lu Benze was the second to go in, then he saw his son die tragically, what did he do? Do you still have time to close the door?The only explanation is that Lu Benze was in the room from the beginning.
Wen Yu added: "It was dark and windy that day and night, and Jia Da was frightened by the corpse.
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