My wife is the reborn boss

Chapter 10 Murder in the Secret Room of Hu Shang in the Western Regions
"Brother, there is a very beautiful chick, look at the poor face of the kid next to her, brother, if you don't make a move now, when will you wait?" There were a few dudes drinking in a restaurant not far from the two of them, A young man with a drunken face sitting by the window saw Su Mubai, his eyes lit up.

The young man sitting opposite him was too handsome, he just sat there, the eyes of the whole floor fell on him involuntarily, even for men.

Hearing this, the handsome young man turned his head to look, and happened to see Su Mubai's flawless pretty face, his heart beat uncontrollably faster.But seeing the figure next to her who was trying to make the beauty laugh but kept failing, the young man shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The famous flower has its owner, it's better not to take away the love of others."

The young man on the opposite side was annoyed: "I don't agree with elder brother's statement, that poor boy can't even compare with elder brother's finger. Only your noble son is worthy of such a fairy."

Another young man beside him sneered: "He is a man of talent and beauty, how can we get you, a monster, to object? A fairy like that can actually favor that kid, he must have something very brilliant. Let's go down like this to block the way, afraid Didn’t he become the little guy who the storyteller said he didn’t know how to go up to provoke him and got slapped in the face, then the fairy will look at that kid even more differently, what are we trying to do.”

The handsome young man gave a wry smile, and raised his glass: "Stop talking about that, come on, keep drinking."

At this time, Wu Qiong, who was hanging out with Su Mubai, didn't know that he had missed a good opportunity to slap his face and pretend to be aggressive.

He accompanied Su Mubai to wander around, and found a shop in front of him was full of people, and when he walked closer, he saw that Zhao Hao, the arrester who left in a hurry an hour ago, was also here.

Zhao Hao was frowning and talking to his colleagues, when he looked up and saw Wu Qiong, his eyes lit up, and he walked over quickly:

"Brother Wu, what a coincidence."

Wu Qiong clasped his hands together: "The two of us were eating and drinking, and we happened to come here. I don't know why this place is full of people, but what happened?"

"Brother Wu came just in time. There was a murder case here. A merchant from the Western Regions died at home, and the store clerk who reported the case must have said that he was murdered. Brother Wu is well-informed, so he happened to help us find out the situation."

"Oh? Then we have to take a look, brother Zhao, lead the way."

"Please."

Zhao Hao took the two of them to the back room of the shop,
"When the store clerk reported to the police, he said that there was a big business deal today. He couldn't decide by himself, so he went to the back room to find the boss. When he entered the back room, he found that the boss was dead. I've seen it just now, and it must have committed suicide."

"Impossible!" The man's eyes were red, "I saw someone come to the boss in the afternoon, and he came out after a long time. I was busy taking care of the business at that time, so I didn't notice who it was, I just remembered it was a man!"

"But the scene is very clean, there is no trace of a fight at all." Zhao Hao shook his head, "And he left a suicide note. Besides, you were the only one who saw someone coming at the scene, and I also asked Wu to do the autopsy. Brother Wu, let He Wu do it Let me tell you."

Wu Qiong nodded.

He Yuzuo, who was standing on the side, came over: "Wu Shaoxia, Zhao Butou, according to my judgment, this Hu merchant Conte should have died yesterday at Haishi (21:00~22:59). The cause of death was suffocation. According to the marks on his neck Looking at it, it should be the rope hanging around the neck of the deceased.

Zhao Hao was dissatisfied with the man and said: "It is Xu time (19:00~20:59), if you did see someone before reporting the case, then the murderer stayed in the house for more than ten hours after killing the person, according to Normally this is impossible.”

The guy couldn't listen, and still yelled that the boss was killed.

Wu Qiong ignored it and walked into the back room.There is also a back door in the back room of this house, which is connected to a yard. The yard is surrounded by walls on three sides, and outside the wall is the downtown area. There is only a well in the yard, and a hut in the corner. The boss died at the mouth of the hut.

He has blond hair and sits against a wall with a rope around his neck and a cushion under him.

"This suicide place is really unique." Wu Qiong was speechless.

Zhao Hao smiled and handed Wu Qiong a piece of rice paper: "This is the boss' suicide note, it's placed next to his body."

Wu Qiong took over the suicide note, which read: Dear Costa, I am sorry to have caused you trouble, the money has not been repaid, so I have to apologize with death.

Um?Wu Qiong came to his senses, "Does he have foreign debts?"

Zhao Hao explained: "Oh, he took a fellow from the Western Regions to do business, that is Costa in the suicide note. They didn't have enough money at the time, so the boss Conti borrowed 3 taels of silver from the bank, and later the business failed. For the money. I judged that he committed suicide because of this."

Wu Qiong frowned and looked at the suicide note, without turning his head, he ordered: "Brother Zhao, please send a brother to find Costa."

Zhao Hao nodded, and called a policeman to find Costa.

Wu Qiong looked at the suicide note and fell into deep thought.Looking at the traces of ink on the suicide note, the time of writing should be around Weishi (13:00~14:59) of the previous day, and the time of death was Haishi. In addition, there are no traces of fighting, which really looks like suicide.

The guy was arguing with Zhao Hao: "Catcher Zhao, the shopkeeper was really killed! He even made an appointment to go out to discuss business this afternoon!"

Um?Wu Qiong noticed what Xiao Er said, and made an appointment in the afternoon to discuss business. Last night, he specially prepared a rope and ran to the door of the hut, hung the rope on the door beam, and strangled himself while sitting. The boss must have been killed and faked to commit suicide. .

"Dude," Wu Qiong beckoned the buddy over, "Don't worry, you said your boss was killed, so who do you think is the murderer? Does your boss usually offend anyone?"

The guy said angrily, "That's Costa!"

Wu Qiong sighed: "The murderer can't be identified yet, but I also suspect that he killed it."

"How to say?" Zhao Hao was curious.

"When you came today, was the back room locked from the inside again?"

"No."

"Will the murderer jump over the wall after killing someone?"

"No, the courtyard is surrounded by walls on three sides, and there is a busy city outside. I asked just now and no one saw someone go over the wall."

"This should be homicide," Wu Qiong analyzed. "A person who commits suicide will not leave the door unlocked. No one wants to commit suicide halfway through, only to be discovered."

Just at this moment, the police came with Costa. He had a thick beard, brown hair, and dark blue eyes. When he came, he shouted: "Master, the little one doesn't know anything!"

Zhao Hao rushed over with a fierce face and asked, "Where were you at Haishi yesterday? Tell me!"

Costa was trembling with fright: "Master, I was drinking flower wine with my friends at Haishi yesterday, and got into a fight with someone and got beaten up. Look, my eyes are still green! At that time, everyone in the brothel could Prove it to me!"

The buddy ran over and grabbed Costa: "Master, he is the one who killed him!"

Costa blushed: "Don't defile people's innocence out of thin air!"

Wu Qiong patted the buddy and told him to let go: "Don't worry, he can't leave. You say he is a murderer, do you have any evidence?"

"Master, I grew up with the boss, and I know everything about the boss. Recently, the boss couldn't eat a batch of goods, so he dragged the murderer to do it together. They didn't have enough money, so the boss went to the bank to borrow money. The man took the money, killed the boss, put all the debt on the boss, and got away with the money himself!"

Costa poked his neck: "You are talking nonsense!"

At this time, the policeman who was sent out to search came back.

"My lord." The policeman quickly walked to Zhao Hao's side and said softly, "That guy lied, the shop owner didn't invite anyone to discuss business this afternoon."

"Oh?" Zhao Hao glanced at the guy in surprise, called Wu Qiong aside, and told him what he had found out.

Wu Qiong asked the policemen to maintain order first, and walked to the door of the hut in the backyard alone.

"The clerk lied. Could it be that the murderer is the clerk of this store." Wu Qiong squatted down to check the scene while thinking.

"Huh?" Wu Qiong saw something flashing next to the corpse, and after a closer look, it turned out to be a fish scale.

He carefully inspected the rope hanging around the neck of the owner Conte, and finally found what he wanted.

It turns out that I already know who the murderer is.Wu Qiong stood up with a smile and walked back to the front room, where Zhao Hao was interrogating the buddy.

"The business discussion in the afternoon was indeed fabricated by me. I wanted the masters to catch the Hu businessman and let him spit out the money he swallowed and return it to the bank." The man admitted, "But he must be the murderer! Money killed the boss!"

"There is no evidence to prove that he is the murderer, and I can't listen to your side." Zhao Hao suddenly realized, "You said you saw someone coming, and you said that the boss is going to discuss business in the afternoon, and you want to put the blame on Costa, so the murderer is you!"

"Wait a minute." Wu Qiong stopped the policeman who wanted to arrest the buddy, "The murderer is not the buddy, and someone else should be arrested. Am I right, Boss Costa?"

Costa's face turned pale: "You say I'm a murderer, do you have evidence!"

At this time, Wu Qiong asked Zhao Hao to send the arrester back to find someone, "My lord, fortunately, I brought back the owner of the ice shop."

Wu Qiong chuckled: "The last clue I was looking for came back."

He cupped his hands at the owner of the ice shop: "Boss, I wonder if there is only one ice shop in Anzhou City?"

The owner of the ice shop said modestly: "Don't dare, we really only have a small ice shop in Anzhou City. Because of the high cost of ice making, ordinary people can't afford it. Only the city lord's mansion has a relatively high demand, so only villains family."

Wu Qiong pointed to Costa and asked, "Then I wonder if this Hu businessman has bought ice cubes from you these two days?"

The owner of the ice shop nodded: "This Hu merchant came to buy ice cubes at noon yesterday. He bought a total of four pieces, which weighed thirty catties in total. Because not many people bought ice cubes, I have the impression that .”

Wu Qiong continued to ask: "In the weather like now, how long will it take for the ice cubes to melt when they are taken out of the ice cellar?"

"About half a day." The boss replied.

After Wu Qiong dismissed the owner of the ice shop, he turned to a policeman and said, "Please, this policeman, go to the scene of the crime and bring the rope used for hanging and the fish scales on the ground."

"Is this Costa really a murderer?" Zhao Hao asked in surprise.

Wu Qiong said: "That's right, Costa came to drink with the deceased with a box filled with ice cubes at noon yesterday. He put drugs in the wine, and after the deceased passed out, he carried the deceased to the door of the hut, and put the ice cubes Take it out and put it on the ground, put a cushion on it, put the deceased on the ice with his back to the hut, hang the rope on the door beam of the hut, put the other end around the neck of the deceased, and then he left.

As the ice melted slowly, the place where the deceased was sitting would slowly sink, and the rope around his neck would slowly tighten.

The time of death of the deceased was around Hai hour last night. At that time, about half of the ice cubes should have melted. By the time the body was found, the ice cubes had already melted, and because the weather was sunny and the temperature was relatively high today, there were no water marks left on the ground. "

Costa sneered: "Even if he was killed, what evidence do you have to prove that I did it?"

Wu Qiong gave him a sympathetic look, just at this moment the catcher quickly brought the rope and fish scales.

"You are in the aquaculture business. In order to deceive others, you transported the ice in the same box that usually transports fish and shrimp. The uncleaned fish scales stuck to the ice cubes. When the ice cubes melted, the fish scales fell to the ground."

Costa wiped the cold sweat from his head: "What kind of evidence is this, I'm not the only fish seller!"

Wu Qiong asked the policeman to raise the rope in his hand, and said with a smile: "I really don't cry when I see the coffin. You are so careful, and you even made an alibi, but you forgot. This Hu businessman who had contact with the deceased in Anzhou City You are alone, and there are two colors of hair on this rope, one is golden and the other is brown.

The deceased is blonde, you are brunette, who else would the murderer be? "

Costa was taken down by the arresters with a ashen face.

Looking at the cheering crowd, Zhao Hao sighed: "It's obviously nothing to do with them, why are they so excited? It's as if their family members were killed. It really doesn't make sense."

"Everyone likes to watch the excitement, killing and being killed, revenge and seeking revenge, what does it matter to carnival people.

It would be better if the blood splattered was higher, and the screams were worse. In the end, the common people clapped their hands and said that it deserved it, so they went home to cook and give birth, no matter what the reason. "There was no tone in Wu Qiong's words.

Su Mubai, who was silent from the beginning, turned his head to look at Wu Qiong's profile, not knowing what he was thinking.

(End of this chapter)