Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 14 Detective Huang Donglai

Huang Donglai got a ticket to go to the high-speed rail gang this time. Although it doesn't go directly to Luoyang, he can go directly to Xuzhou from Luzhou.

It just so happened that the horses he and Sun Yixie got from the bandits were a little tired, and it was time to change them.

He originally planned to stay in Luzhou for one night today, prepare some medicine in the inn room, sell the two horses tomorrow morning, and then set off in the coach of the high-speed rail gang in the morning.

No idea... After he bought the ticket, went to the pharmacy to get the medicinal materials, and when he returned to the inn, he found that there was a large group of onlookers gathered around the entrance of the inn for some reason.

Huang Donglai squeezed through the crowd and walked in, when he was about to step in, he was stopped by two officials.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing? Didn't you see that we are handling the case here?" Although the official who stopped Huang Donglai had a low position, he spoke in a tone and official authority.

"I live here." Huang Dong replied back.

"Oh?" Hearing this sentence, the officer's face changed a little, "Live here?" He looked Huang Donglai up and down, "Which room do you live in?"

"Go to the end on the second floor." Huang Donglai said.

"What?" Hearing this sentence, the official howled, "Brothers! Hurry up and take this too!"

Before he finished speaking, five or six officials rushed out of nowhere, and rushed towards Huang Donglai without any explanation.

Huang Donglai thought to himself that he hadn't done anything, how could he just get caught like this?

He didn't say a word, he held the medicinal materials in one hand, and used the other hand to make moves with one hand, and cleaned up those people in two or three strokes.

In fact, the combat effectiveness of these officials and yamen servants is not much different from that of the bandits in Zoumazhai, or even worse, because the yamen servants recruited in the yamen were basically selected from the local hooligans.

Of course... the kind that is indiscriminate, it doesn't work either.What the yamen needs is a hooligan with seniority, reputation and connections; only such a person can suppress good people, scare foolish people, and play tricks with unruly people.

But these officials can only deal with ordinary people. When they meet people from the martial arts like Huang Donglai and come from a famous family, they have no choice.

At this time, it is necessary to "capture the head".

Capturing the head is not something ordinary hooligans can do... At least it must be a person with a famous name on the green forest road, or a knight who was once famous in the rivers and lakes, or a coach transferred from the army, etc.

Therefore, the martial arts of the head-hunting and the ability to handle affairs are beyond the reach of ordinary yamen servants.

In addition, headhunters are also divided into sizes.

Some big head catchers only need to report their names, and even the heads of the high-ranking sects have to give three points of face; to give money...

Zhou Butou of the Luzhou city county government is neither big nor small, and his martial arts are neither high nor low.

Today, he personally led the team to handle the case, and when he heard the clamor downstairs, he rushed down with people, only to see Huang Donglai beat his subordinates to the ground.

"Stop!" Zhou Butou's words were actually nonsense, even if his subordinates wanted to fight, they would not be able to beat them, but when he said these words, it felt like he sold Huang Donglai's favor.

"This young hero..." Zhou Butou looked at Huang Donglai's age and skill, and knew that this person must be from the Jianghu, and most of them were educated by famous teachers, so he paid attention to his tone when he spoke, and tried his best not to lose the official style. To be respectable, and to give the other party some face, in short, neither humble nor overbearing, "...I am the headhunter of Luzhou City, my surname is Zhou and my name is Wu, and I haven't asked for advice yet..."

"Huangmen in the middle of Shu, Huang Donglai." Huang Donglai didn't do anything wrong and had no reason to hide anything, so he clasped his hands and gave his name immediately.

"It turns out to be the young master of the Yellow Gate. I'm sorry and disrespectful." Zhou Butou also cupped his fists in return, and continued, "My subordinates are clumsy and reckless. I hope Mr. Huang will forgive me." When he said this, he glanced at those The subordinates who were still lying on the ground pretending to be incompetent and afraid of being beaten again said sharply, "Okay! Get up for me, I have already shown mercy, don't pretend to be embarrassing there."

Huang Donglai was indeed merciful. After all, these were officials, not bandits. If something went wrong, he wouldn't be able to explain it.

"Zhou Butou speaks seriously." Huang Donglai was very face-saving when he saw the other party, so he naturally wanted to give him a step down. "You brothers are also business-like, and I hope you will forgive the rudeness of the younger generation."

Don't look at the nonsense that can't be more fake, but the two sides still have to say everything about the scene. Only when they have given each other enough face in front of the people watching the excitement, can they sit down and talk slowly; otherwise ... Either these officials will not be able to hold their heads up in front of the people from now on, or Huang Donglai and the government will fight to the death and end up with the court.

To make a long story short, after the two parties finished their performance, Zhou Butou invited Huang Donglai into the inn for a detailed talk.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Huang Donglai went in, he saw Sun Yixie squatting in a corner of the inn lobby wearing a pair of shackles, and his trident had already been confiscated by an official on the side.

"Eh? Brother Sun, why are you handcuffed?" Huang Donglai immediately looked at Sun Yixie with some gloat and smiled.

"Shut up for me!" Sun Yi replied unhappily, "I'm doing this to cooperate with the official's case, and I deliberately don't resist!"

"Oh..." Huang Donglai said again, "So what are you doing? Peeping at the female guest taking a shower?"

"Get out!" Sun Yixie said, "I didn't do anything! Tell them to let me go!"

Huang Donglai didn't answer his words, but looked at Zhou Butou and said, "Brother Zhou, this is my brother who is traveling with me. I don't know what happened to him. Do you want to lock him up?"

"Oh? So it's Mr. Huang's friend?" Zhou Catcher turned his head and stared at Sun Yixie for a few seconds, then looked at Huang Donglai and said, "That's right, there was a murder case in a room on the southeast corner of the second floor. We came to investigate when we received the news..." He paused, "When we were interrogating the guests, because we saw that he was wearing a strange weapon, and he had a wicked eyebrow..." Zhou Butou blurted out, But in the middle of the sentence, I felt that it was not appropriate, and I swallowed it back, "...I thought he was a little suspicious, so I asked someone to handcuff him, and wanted to take him back to the yamen for questioning."

"Damn it! You don't have any evidence. If you judge someone by their appearance and handcuff them, is there any law?" Sun Yixie listened and immediately complained.

But there is one thing to say, the king's law at that time, when it was actually implemented, there was a lot of room for maneuverability...

If you want to be powerful and powerful, even if the government has evidence to prove that you have broken the law, you have to ask your superiors repeatedly before you come to arrest, and even politely wait for the servants to come in at your door to announce: "Master, the government is here. I'm dead, and I want to ask you to go back and ask a question."

If you have a cheap life, then I'm sorry, there are no arrest warrants or search warrants in modern society; three or five officials will enter your house as soon as they are kicked in, handcuffed and left. If you dare to resist, you will be beaten on the spot lame.

"Hehe...Brother Zhou misunderstood." Huang Donglai said, "Although my brother does not look like an honest person, he is not a bad person. Maybe you have heard of it... He is the son of the grandson of the Hangzhou Sun House, a fish market. Great descendants are also harmonious."

It doesn't matter whether you have heard of it or not. At this point, even if Zhou Butou has never heard of Sun Yixie's name, he will pretend to have heard of it, and then pretend to have a misunderstanding and let him go.

After Sun Yixie was unshackled and took back the trident, the three sat down and talked about things.

As the saying goes, no coincidence makes a book, after listening to Zhou Butou's narration, Huang Donglai knew that the guest who died on the second floor of the inn today was He Da.

A few days ago, He Da did not leave Luzhou City after he took the silver from the Zeng Mansion. He just found an inn to stay and never left the inn; the shopkeeper and waiter here can testify to this point .

But why He Da did this, no one knows.

Until today, when the clerk went in to bring him dinner, he found that He Da was already lying on the ground lifeless, so the people in the inn rushed to the yamen to report the case.

Those police officers were also unlucky, they just went to Zeng's mansion to carry the corpse in the afternoon, and when they got back to the yamen, the stools were not warm yet, and another murder case came to their door, so they had to come out again.

As for what to do after Zhou Butou led the team to the scene...that was simple and rude.

He ordered people to block all entrances and exits, and then knocked on the door of each room in the inn. If he saw anything suspicious, he would be arrested first, and those who were not suspicious had to be interrogated to see if there were any flaws in his words.

Sun Yixie... was arrested during this process.

After listening to what Zhou Butou said, Huang Donglai told Sun Ge the "ghost story" he heard from the old man on the side of the road not long ago. At the same time, he also asked Zhou Butou about the authenticity of the story; According to the old man, the whole story first came from Zeng Su, the housekeeper of Zeng Mansion, and the first person to hear this story was Zhou Butou.

In the end, Zhou Wu also confirmed that the content was basically true, but those vivid and immersive descriptions... Anyway, he didn't hear it when he heard it.

Obviously...that's what the common people added to the story in the process of spreading rumors, which is also a common thing.

The three chatted here, Zhou Wu saw that the time was almost up, and finally said: "Xiang Huang, Zhou has something to ask, but I don't know...whether it is appropriate to say it."

"Brother Zhou, but it's okay to say." Huang Donglai continued, "As long as it is within my ability, Donglai will do my best to help."

At this time, the names between Huang Donglai and Zhou Wu were also getting closer, which showed that the two sides talked very happily, and Zhou Wu could be regarded as a good friend.

"Su asked the Huangmen in the middle of Shu, there are so-called 'three unique skills'..." Zhou Wu went on to say, "They are lightness skills, hidden weapons, and...poison."

"Not bad." Huang Donglai replied.

"Hmm..." Zhou Wu nodded, "I looked at the crime scene earlier and found that He Da who died in the room was poisoned..."

"Oh?" Huang Donglai raised his eyebrows, "Could it be that Brother Zhou suspects me..."

"No no." Zhou Wudao, "How could this be..."

This was the truth, because Huang Donglai had no motive at all, and he had an alibi. Let's take a step back...With Huang Donglai's martial arts, he didn't need to use poison to kill He Da, let alone return to the scene of the crime after killing someone.

"I just want... Huang Xiandi is well-informed and well versed in poison theory." Zhou Wu continued, "Since you happen to be here today, can you please help me to check, what kind of poison He Da died of? poison?"

(End of this chapter)