Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 565 Companionship
The head of the deceased was beheaded and his clothes stripped.

It is very difficult to identify the deceased through the corpse.

However, it is not impossible.

The dead man's fingers were slender and clean, obviously someone who had never done heavy work, and Murong Bai's situation, so this man must also be a scholar.

There are only a few hundred scholars in Chang'an, so it's not difficult to find out who came if you check them one by one.

After the people from the Ministry of Punishment and the Jingzhao Mansion started to act, they quickly confirmed the identity of the deceased. He was indeed a scholar named Zhang Sanqian.

Zhang Sanqian’s family was not well-off, and he could barely make ends meet. However, Di Zhixun and the others found out after investigation that although Zhang Sanqian’s family was not well-off, the inn he stayed in Chang’an City was not bad. I can't afford a hotel like that.

Moreover, according to some of Zhang Sanqian's friends, Zhang Sanqian usually spends a lot of money, and besides inviting friends to drink and eat, the most money he spends is to buy some soaps, perfumes and other things. It has a fragrance and is simply a friend of women.

But where Zhang Sanqian got the money from, everyone doesn't know in detail. Anyway, according to his friends, Zhang Sanqian has never obtained money by writing or physical strength.

In other words, the money in his hand came a little strangely.

After collecting these information, Di Zhixun, Luo Jiashan and others looked at each other, very confused.

"Tell me, why did this murderer kill people, and why did he kill scholars? Could it be that he just didn't care about the reform of the imperial examination, so he deliberately found trouble?" Luo Jiashan was completely confused now, very helpless.

Di Zhixun frowned, but he was not in a hurry to speak. He rested his chin in thought, and after a long time, he suddenly stood up.

"Master Luo, where do you think this three thousand money came from?"

"I don't know that."

Luo Jiashan pouted, if he knew that Zhang Sanqian got so much money from there, he wouldn't have to worry about it.

However, Di Zhixun smiled: "Actually, Zhang Sanqian's method of getting money is very thoughtful, that is, women. He is a big man who doesn't care about childbirth. He dresses himself up like a lady in a brothel. Why is it not to seduce women? ?”

When these words came out, Luo Jiashan's expression changed slightly, and he said: "You mean to say that the murderer killed scholars because they bullied women?"

"No, Murong Bai was killed for seducing women, and Zhang Sanqian was killed probably for seducing women."

"Basically, you can just talk about how to catch the murderer." Zhang Sanqian was a little impatient, Di Zhixun thought for a while, and said: "Simple, let's spread the news, just say that Zhang Sanqian has a companion by his side." Shutong, the companion Shutong went to Jingzhou to help Zhang Sanqian, and he will be back soon, after the murderer heard the news, he was bound to be uneasy and wanted to do something to Shutong."

"Student boy, why did the murderer attack him?" Qin Wu next to him suddenly asked in confusion, Di Zhixun curled his lips, and then said with a smile: "Brother Qin Wu followed Lord Hou, so he didn't learn to be smart. "

Qin Wu rolled his eyes, but then he suddenly understood again.

A book companion probably knows the situation of his son best, such as where the money is and what kind of women he usually hooks up with. After all, sometimes, the school boy may have to help others.

The murderer was very worried about coming back with the student boy, and then told the yamen servant about the situation, otherwise the yamen servant knew that Zhang Sanqian usually seduced that woman, wouldn't he know who the murderer was?

"I'll arrange it right away."
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Some news spreads very quickly, such as gossip.

Zhang Sanqian likes to seduce women, and then gossip about getting money through women is a very good topic of conversation for even the well-informed Chang'an people.

Therefore, this news spread quickly and widely in Chang'an City.

And at the same time that the news spread, the news that he had a school boy with him also spread.

Dusk, dusk.

The cicadas were still singing, and the weather was getting hotter and hotter, as if a heavy rain was coming.

Outside Chang'an City, a man who looked like a book boy was hurrying towards Chang'an.

And just as he was walking in such a hurry, a tall man walked up to him. He was carrying a shoulder pole on his shoulders, and there were some vegetables in two baskets.

The man was wearing a sun-shading bamboo hat and buried his face in it. Anyone who didn't know him would think he was a vegetable farmer selling vegetables.

The book boy didn't care, just walked like this, and soon the two got closer, getting closer, the book boy still didn't care, just walked with a little excitement.

And at this moment, the vegetable farmer suddenly pulled out a knife from the basket and slashed at the book boy. The knife was an ordinary machete, but it was sharpened very sharply.

Just when the knife was about to hit the book boy, a sharp arrow suddenly shot through the air from a distance. The sharp arrow was as fast as flying, and there was only a whizzing sound, and the sharp arrow hit the vegetable farmer's arm, and the knife was lost immediately. With force, it fell to the ground with a bang.

The situation changed suddenly, and the vegetable farmer knew something was wrong, so he no longer cared about killing people, and ran away. However, just as he was about to turn around, another sharp arrow came.

The sharp arrow was very fast, and this time it hit the vegetable farmer's thigh, and the sharp arrow hit the thigh. The vegetable farmer lost his balance and fell to the ground with a plop. When he was struggling to get up, the yamen servants rushing out from all around had already knocked him down. surrounded.

Soon, Di Zhixun and Luo Jiashan came out.

"As expected, you were fooled." Luo Jiashan laughed, and then ordered: "Take it away!"

The yamen servant stepped forward and controlled the man. At this time, Di Zhixun and the others finally got a clear look at the man's appearance. Although he was tall and big, he didn't seem to belong to the kind of hostile person. On the contrary, His face was quite peaceful. Although he was arrested at this time, he showed no signs of struggling, as if he had accepted his fate.

The murderer was brought back to Chang'an City, the Prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. After Qin Tian and Han Xiao heard that the murderer had been arrested, they finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then hurried to the Prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

In the interrogation room, Qin Tian and others were sitting. The murderer was tied to a pillar. Qin Tian glanced at him and asked, "What's his name?"

The murderer refused to answer. At this moment, a jailer stood up and said, "Master Hou, this man's name is Hou San. He has been imprisoned in the Ministry of Criminal Justice for more than a year. He was only released a few days ago. I didn't expect him to be released just now." If he is released, he will kill people and cause trouble, inferior people must not be spared lightly."

Everyone was a little surprised to hear that Hou San was still a habitual offender.

But before Qin Tian and others opened their mouths, Hou San suddenly burst out laughing. The laughter was so wild, rude, and inexplicable that it made people want to beat him up.

(End of this chapter)