From Kowloon's Inheritance

Chapter 6 Tangqiao Lock

Talking about action is action.

The action was fast, and soon arrived at Zheng Tuhu's house.

Walking along the way, Li Mu asked about the inspector, and the inspector talked about Zheng Butcher's experience.

Butcher Zheng is not a pig killer. To be precise, Dad is a pig killer.Later, Zheng Tuhu left home to join the army as a young man, and when he came back a few years later, he was rich. He then settled in Yong'an Town, bought hundreds of acres of good land, opened a butcher shop, a cloth shop, a grain shop, etc. , I had a good time.

Soon, we arrived at Yongan Town.

The house where Butcher Zheng lived was gorgeous and elegant.

"Meet the Inspector!"

Butcher Zheng's wife came to welcome her with three concubines and a dozen servants.

The inspector is the director of the police station, who controls local security and belongs to the current management, and the authority is still higher than the county magistrate.

"This is the parents and officials!" The inspector stepped forward and said.

"Greetings, parents!" Zheng Tuhu's wife and three concubines came forward and said, a little fearful.Most of the county magistrates in this era are not close to the people, but they are daunting characters.

"Butcher Zheng is dead!" Li Mu said, with three concubines and a dozen servants.

"How is it possible, isn't Xianggong going out to visit friends!"

Butcher Zheng's wife couldn't believe it.

"Impossible, how could Master die!" A concubine said, "Master died like this?"

The other two concubines seemed to be stupefied with fright, unable to accept all this, trembling all over, unable to speak.

Walking into the house, the courtyard is very large, with three entrances and three exits, and there are peonies planted. Li Mu observed every corner, not letting go of a trace, and said, "Madam, my condolences! Mr. Zheng died very badly, his head was crushed. It was cut up on the spot and the body was thrown in the river, where it was not found until a few days later."

"Just confirmed the identity of the corpse!"

Li Mu talked about the case, observed a wife and three concubines, and suddenly said: "As long as a murderer commits a crime, he will leave clues. With the source of the corpse as the center, there must be a murderer within a radius of a hundred miles. A murder is nothing more than a few There are two types, one is vendetta, killing people because of grievances; the other is financial killing, killing people because of money. These two types occupy as many as eight layers of cases!"

"What are the other two floors?" Liu Qingchan asked.

"There are two levels, accidental killing and intentional killing!!" Li Mu said, "It's like a millionaire who robbed a farmer of five taels of silver one day, and was sentenced to ten years of criminal detention and exiled for thousands of miles. Besides, why do you say!"

Liu Qingchan said: "Needless to say, the official word has two mouths, whether there is reason or not, it all depends on two mouths. It must be a dog official who fabricates witnesses and physical evidence in order to obtain money!"

"Cough, cough, cough!" Li Mu said in his heart, scolding the bald man in front of the monk, please show me some face!
Li Mu said: "But the court, no! Under the county magistrate's judgment, the reason is that the person is mentally ill, and it is normal for a mentally ill person to do anything. It is not a crime for a mentally ill person to kill someone! In the eyes of a mentally ill person, everything in the world is possible !"

"What else?" Liu Qingchan asked.

"No way!" Li Mu said.For example, honorable people murder people, court dignitaries kill people, and no one dares to judge.It's just that these things can't be said, they are said to destroy the harmony of the court.

Observing everything, Li Mu walked to the middle of the study and said, "Madam Zheng, I want to look at your account books. If you kill people for money, it must be related to the account books!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Madam Zheng said.

Sitting on the chair, Li Mu flipped through the ledger, his colleagues calculated, and closed the ledger about half an hour later.

Liu Qingchan said impatiently: "But is there a problem?"

"There is a problem, but I can't say it!" Li Mu said.

As he spoke, he stood up and looked at the study.In the study room, there are all kinds of books on the bookshelves, including a collection of classics and history, and various art of war.Li Mu asked: "Officer Zheng, do you enjoy studying?"

Mrs. Zheng said: "Xianggong didn't have money to study when he was young. He always regretted that he didn't read enough. He often regretted that he didn't study. He bought a lot of books and kept reading. He also asked the scholars in the county for advice."

On the bookshelf, I saw several martial arts secret books "Tiger Roaring Golden Bell Cover", "Blood Knife Technique", "Falling Star Archery".

Li Mu took a general look, these three martial arts are all military martial arts, they don't pay attention to skills, do not pay attention to flashes, maneuvers and softness, but are simple and direct, with fierce and sharp shots, killing with swords and knives.

Finally closing the book, Li Mu nodded and looked at the wall without saying anything.

I saw a picture hanging on the wall, in the vast snow, a general bent his bow and set an arrow in the snow, and was hunting a fierce tiger.

"This is the picture of Emperor Yan hunting a tiger!"

Li Mu said, stepped forward to touch it and said, "This is a fake, no, it's an imitation!"

Mrs. Zheng said: "The picture of Emperor Yan hunting tigers is a famous painting from ancient times. It was originally stored in the royal treasury. This is just an imitation, but it also costs 500 taels of silver!"

Emperor Yan was an emperor in ancient times. The legend is the origin of martial arts. Many martial arts that are spread today are all from that era. Any paintings and works about Emperor Yan were originally collected in the royal family, or It is among some big families.

Some imitations are also expensive!
Li Mu stepped forward to observe, then stretched out his hand to touch it, took off the picture, and tapped it, the wall was hollow.

"Qing Chan, can you help me?" Li Mu said.

Liu Qingchan stepped forward, sucked in his palm, and three bricks flew out, revealing the face inside.

I saw that the wall was hollowed out to form a secret space. Outside was a portal made of refined steel. There were seven gears on the portal, and words were engraved on the gears.

Liu Qingchan said: "This is the Secret Pavilion, which is dedicated to storing precious and hidden things. Outside is the Qiqiao lock made by Shengong Pavilion. If the words on the lock match, you can open it; if the words don't match, you can't open it at all. "

"Qiqiao lock... Isn't this a combination lock?"

Li Mu thought.

In this world, many places are backward, but some places are advanced.

For example, Tangqiao lock is a combination lock.

Li Mu stepped forward and turned the wheel, and characters such as Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, and Si appeared immediately, and after one turn, they corresponded to the twelve earthly branches.

"Do you have the key to the Qiqiao lock?" Li Mu asked.

Mrs. Zheng said: "Only the husband knows, not the concubine!"

Li Mu said: "Qingchan, can you break the Qiqiao lock?"

"Qiqiao lock, there is almost no solution!" Liu Qingchan said: "The only way is to get the key! Maybe the disciples of Shengong Pavilion can open it...but most of them won't do it!"

Li Mudao: "I have a feeling that if you open the Qiqiao lock, you can get key clues to the case!"

As he said that, he observed carefully, recalling the methods of cracking the password box in later generations, and asked, "Can it be cracked by brute force!"

"No, absolutely not!" Liu Qingchan said: "Qiqiao Lock has gunpowder inside, once it is cracked violently, it will cause the gunpowder inside to explode and explode everything in the box!"

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