fast and ferocious

Chapter 9 Xinyuan Inn murder case ([-]) [-]st update

Qin Wubing walked to a very remote corner of the county government office with a sullen face. This is the world of Old Zheng. Usually, few people come here, and the two dilapidated rooms look gloomy during the day.

Old Zheng was basking in the sun at the door, looked at Qin Wubing's face and said with a chuckle, "The money in your pocket is not protected?"

Qin Wubing didn't mind the dirt on the floor, so he sat down beside Old Zheng and asked, "Whenever you become an official, will your heart become more and more serious?"

"Of course! If it were you, you would be the same!" Old Zheng lowered his voice and said, "Our county magistrate can greasy crotch when he farts. Do you think he has restrained himself?"

Qin Wubing let out a long sigh, looked up at the sky, and remained silent for a long time.

Old Zheng sat with him like this, without saying a word.

Suddenly Qin Wubing turned his face to look at Old Zheng and asked, "Did you notice that the clothes on the inside and outside of the deceased are a little different?"

"You can ask me about the corpse, and about the clothes, you may be more useful if you talk to the wall than to me!"

"That's right! Are the dead man's shoes on? Can you see the problem?"

"Put it on! I don't see anything wrong, and the size is suitable."

"Although the underclothes of the deceased were old, they were made of high-quality materials, which were much better than the clothes outside. It means that his family may have had a good time before, and he changed the clothes made of good materials into close-fitting clothes. What's more, A pair of shoes, the heavy rain last night was enough to cause some water to accumulate on the street, but his shoes were very dry, which means that the place he went to last night was very close to the inn, whether he went or returned, he hadn't had time to get his shoes wet We are here, the humidity here is relatively heavy during this period, if the shoes are soaked, they may not be completely dry when I go."

"You told me this to let me catch up on sleep as soon as possible?"

Qin Wubing chuckled, and changed the topic: "Did Niu Er and the others come here just now?"

"I've been here, only Liu Qin and Zhang Zhu dared to step up and take a closer look, and they are not good enough."

"Liu Qin and the others are also here to help Niu Er and Xiao Wu to embolden them. They can describe them roughly. Now I need to know who the person who invited the deceased to dinner is! I don't know the guy in the restaurant, but it doesn't mean the guy in the restaurant doesn't know him. "

"Only two people?"

Qin Wubing nodded.

"Perhaps passing by."

"will not!"

"Why?"

"The deceased has very little money left. Not to mention going to Beijing for the exam, he has no money to pay for the rent! Besides, he only brought spring and autumn clothes, waiting to freeze to death in winter? You can't think of this when you go out, you can only say It was because he had figured out that there was a place on the way where he could get the money to go to Beijing! He happened to be in Jinghai County without money, but he lived in the inn all the time, smiling every day, very proud, you said, someone who can provide him with money Is it in our Jinghai?"

"That's the locals!"

"Not necessarily, the son of a local wealthy family, the guy of Haiyuexian is very likely to recognize him."

"Is that person rich?"

"It is said that it is dressed richly, and there is a emerald green jade pendant on its waist."

Old Zheng nodded and said, "It's not passing by, nor is it local... Hey, do you think the deceased was stolen on the way?"

"It's possible, but they should value money more than life. It doesn't make sense to lose the silver when all the clothes and guides are there! Even if a thief steals the guide, he won't let the clothes go. It can still be worn, and the guide is still very useful for some habitual thieves."

"That's right, don't take money seriously, I've only met you in my life."

"I don't want it for the house, I've only met you in two lifetimes!" Qin Wubing said and stood up: "I'm busy, if you find anything, tell me in time, the wine will be delivered to you today, don't worry about it." Let someone steal it!"

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Qin Wubing boiled a pot of water by himself and was about to make a pot of tea when he heard a faint and noisy sound coming from the gate of the yamen.

Qin Wubing thought that Niu Er and the others would come back soon, but he didn't expect them to come back so soon, let alone bring one of them back.

This man was dressed in a crescent white gown, with a emerald green jade pendant hanging from his waist, a fan was clutched in his hand, and there was a fluster in his delicate eyebrows pretending to be calm.

Qin Wubing stood in the courtyard of the front office and laughed loudly, and praised Niu Er and Xiao Wu fiercely.

Xiao Wu said proudly:

"We originally wanted to go to the Xinyuan Inn to find a wine shop to inquire about. We saw one on the way, and thought that since we passed by, it was fate, so we went in and asked, and we saw him. I saw the emerald green at a glance. Emerald green jade pendant!"

Niu Ermang added:

"This man's name is Yu Shicheng, a native of Shicheng Mountain, Mingzhou, a small merchant, and several small wine shops in the city are given wine by his family. I heard that his family has its own wine shop and brewing workshop in Shicheng Mountain."

Yu Shicheng opened the fan and shook it a few times, took out a few taels of silver from his pocket, weighed it in his hands, and then brought it to Qin Wubing, and said with a smile: "Buy wine for the masters."

Qin Wubing sneered.

Xiao Wu snorted coldly and asked, "Do you know who he is? For your little money, he leaks more than this every day through his fingers!"

Yu Shicheng had heard that there was a young seventh master of the Qin family in the Jinghai county yamen, he hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I don't know if it's the seventh young master of Qin..."

"Take it down, I'll ask questions!" Qin Wubing was too lazy to listen to nonsense.

Niu Er, just as Xiao Wu was about to step forward, Yu Shicheng yelled: "Wait!" Then he said to Qin Wubing flatteringly: "Xiao Qiye, my father has some friendship with the Qin family steward..."

"My Qin family has 30 to [-] people in charge, big and small. I don't know which one is the best friend of Mr. Yu's father? Oh, it doesn't matter. Does Mr. Yu have a reputation?"

Yu Shicheng shook his head.

"Look," Qin Wubing pointed to the main hall of the yamen: "Normal questions require you to kneel in the hall to answer, but now I just take you to the side room to sit down, and I will ask you to answer, why, do you want to kneel?"

Yu Shicheng waved his hands again and again, he could only follow Qin Wubing to the wing with his head down.

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Fang Rushan had received the news at this time, and hurriedly called his staff to the study. If the murderer was not from Jinghai, Fang Rushan should have breathed a sigh of relief, but this person is a merchant who has been doing business with Jinghai all year round. perturbed.

The two aides usually did not take away Qin Wubing's benefits, so they turned to Qin Wubing everywhere, and only said: "You don't need to worry too much, Wubing has his own measure!"

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(End of this chapter)