Zhumen Hangui

Chapter 142
Lord Yang questioned all four of them, and they all said that Wang Wei was not far from them at that time.

Because of the urging of the boatman, they even rushed to eat.After eating, I didn't have time to rest, so I started paddling.

"Then did he leave halfway?" Su Yizhao couldn't help asking when Master Yang wanted to bring the rest of the boatmen to ask.

All four shook their heads, but after a few breaths, one of them thought of something.

"Wang Wei seems to have left for a while, but he came back soon."

"Do you know what he did? How long has he been there?" Master Yang asked immediately.

"I don't know! Just for a while, about half a stick of incense?" The boatman replied after thinking carefully.

The paddling cabin is on the bottom floor. How long does it take to walk from the bottom floor to the upper cabin?Su Yizhao carefully recalled the structure of the ship.

On the first day on the boat, she felt very fresh. She wandered around on the boat, and now she only had a rough structure in her mind.

She knew there were two paths from the lowest level to the cabin above, but she didn't know how far.

There are rules on the ship, the passengers are not allowed to go to the cabin below, and the boatman in the bottom cabin is not allowed to come to the upper deck without permission.

"Wang Wei, where did you spend that half stick of incense?" Lord Yang shouted.

"My lord, the grass-roots are going to the toilet! I just had my meal, and I don't change people for less than an hour, so I have to go to the toilet first."

Wang Wei's explanation was expected by Su Yizhao. She glanced at shopkeeper Zhou and then at Mr. Yang.

Master Yang saw that Su Yizhao had something to say, so he quickly calmed down and asked, "Young master, do you have any doubts? But it's okay to say!"

"Thank you sir!"

After thanking Su Yizhao, he asked, "Master Zhou! How long will it take to go from the bottom cabin to the upper cabin at the fastest speed of an adult man?"

Shopkeeper Zhou thought for a moment when he heard the words, "It will probably take half a stick of incense, but there is a door in the middle, and there are guards on weekdays. The boatman is not allowed to come up, unless there is an unexpected situation."

"But you want to call the watchman for questioning?" Shopkeeper Zhou asked with a wink.

Master Yang answered first: "Go and bring him!"

"If the boatman confirms that no one came up from the bilge, then Wang Wei and the boatman can be ruled out as suspects. Besides, half a stick of incense can't do much."

Master Yang frowned and analyzed, only thinking that this case is really tricky.

He has little experience in solving crimes. He is only in charge of grain transportation, farmland, water conservancy and litigation on weekdays. Although he is also involved in murder litigation, solving a case is unprecedented.

"My lord, it's easier for us to start with people familiar to the Yao family, and then expand!" Su Yizhao was optimistic about the lack of progress for a long time, and felt a little anxious.

"Alright! If you have any great ideas, you might as well say them out. If it works, that would be great!"

Mr. Yang was very surprised by Su Yizhao's intelligence, it happened that he didn't have any clue at the moment, so it's better to listen to this kid.

"It can't be called a good opinion, but it's just some doubts."

"Your Excellency has been investigating Wang Wei's suspicion just now, so Master Du and Nanny Wang are next. Why don't you ask shopkeeper Zhou to bring someone to verify whether what Master Du and Mrs. Wang just said is true. Master Du said that he went to the deck. And Mrs. Wang also said that she was resting in her room, so I wonder if there is anyone to prove it?"

Su Yizhao saw Master Yang nodded, so he said again: "My lord, please send someone to find a cabin for these passengers, ask them individually, and make a record."

"That's right! But the manpower is insufficient now, can the guards brought by Master Su be borrowed?" Master Yang thought that he only brought two followers, so he asked cheekily.

"A grown-up wants to employ someone just to order, how can a student refuse?" Su Wenqing was also very kind at the moment, and readily agreed.

The boatman did not meet Su Yizhao's expectation, no one came out of the hold, so Master Yang let the boatman go back.

Next, Su Yizhao focused on the boat passengers, and this inquiry gave some clues.

"As for this couple, I don't think their relationship is so good!" A woman in her thirties held her veil and thought for a moment and replied.

"Oh? How did you know that? But what do you know?" Su Yizhao was pacing here, and asked quickly when he heard this.

Su Yizhao remembered this woman, she lived in the room next door to Master Du and his wife.

"It's only been four days since I got on the boat, and I heard the husband and wife had quarreled twice. Mrs. Yao was crying even more, scolding and crying."

When the woman heard Su Yizhao's question, she immediately became energetic.

It doesn't matter that Su Yizhao is still a child, he said it with joy.

The room Mr. Du lives in is just an upper room, not a private room, so the sound insulation is naturally worse.

"Do you know what they are arguing about?" Su Yizhao sat down beside the woman and asked kindly.

"I didn't listen carefully at first, but wasn't it boring on the ship? I just leaned against the deck and listened to what they were arguing about."

The woman paused, twisted her body, and wiped the sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief, as if she couldn't bear the heat in the cabin.

Seeing this, Su Yizhao immediately presented the curling bottle that Uncle Zhong had just brought, and the woman looked exactly like her, and immediately smiled.

Unexpectedly, this woman still has the habit of listening to the wall, it seems extremely boring.

Su Yizhao's sensibility made the woman more enthusiastic, so she stopped being tricky and started talking.

"I didn't hear clearly, but I could vaguely hear her crying and complaining that Mr. Du had lost money in business, and that the whole family had to go back to their ancestral home to live. She also said that she had stayed in the capital for more than ten years, but she came back so disheartened. "

Master Du mentioned this before, Su Yizhao nodded, motioning for the other party to continue.

"Hearing her mention her natal family, it seems that her natal family used to be a wealthy family, and her parents subsidized her a lot of money just to let them gain a firm foothold in the capital. Now that their business has failed, they have no face to face their parents when they go back."

The woman thought for a moment, "The second quarrel was last night. I was woken up by them. I couldn't fall asleep, so I leaned over to listen."

As she said that, she moved closer to Su Yizhao, "Mr. Yao said that Mr. Du lied to him, and that all the shops and houses in the capital were sold out, and he still kept it from her."

"I probably didn't expect it to come to this point, alas! This business is also precarious! If you don't handle it properly, you will go bankrupt!"

The woman was filled with emotion, thinking that her family only had a small shop, but luckily they had fertile land.

"Have you heard how you found it?" Su Yizhao felt that this was a key clue, so he asked eagerly.

The woman thought for a long time, and finally remembered something.

"Should have seen the mortgage deed? At that time, she only heard her questioning Master Du, mentioning this in her words, and the sound of slapping the table."

Su Yizhao wanted to check Master Du's cage, but it would be inappropriate for her to bring it up.

Only when Mr. Du's suspicion becomes bigger, will he have a chance to check it out.

(End of this chapter)