A little weak chicken came to Dali Temple

Chapter 73 073 Double Corpse Case (5)

After three days, there were guests in the three inns who hadn't brought their luggage for more than 20 days.

"One is in the south of the city. They are about the same age. According to the people at the inn, they are a master and a servant."

Yeats denied, "The material of the clothes on the two deceased persons is the same, which means that their identities are equal."

Teng Chong guessed, "Perhaps the murderer changed the servant's clothes to cover us up?"

"That possibility is not ruled out," she said. "Next."

"There is also an inn near the North City Gate. There are also two young people. They went out together. They said they were visiting friends outside the city and then returned to the city that night. They didn't return for more than 20 days. The inn did not come to Jingzhaoyin Report missing persons."

"Did the inn say where the guests are from?"

Teng Chong replied: "The innkeeper heard that their accent is from the Jingling area."

Strictly speaking, Jingling also belongs to the land of Wuyue. Could it be these two people?

Yeats asked, "Where's the last couple?"

Teng Chong said: "It's also near the north of the city. There was only one person who registered at the inn, but in fact there were two people staying there. The innkeeper asked them to go through the formalities, but the one who registered threw a piece of silver directly."

"A bar of silver?"

"Well." Teng Chong said, "The shopkeeper thought that they had no money to save one person's accommodation fee, but they turned out to be generous, and they got a ten taels of official silver in one ingot."

In the long history of thousands of years, whether it is the court or the people, they have settled with silver and copper coins, but in fact, among ordinary people, copper and broken silver are widely circulated, and even broken silver is also a big family. Only, common people in the folk either use copper or barter, and almost never use silver ingots. Only the official treasury of silver or merchants will use silver ingots for large-scale transactions.

A man is obviously rich, but he only registers one place to stay in the hotel. Are they trying to save trouble, or are they trying to avoid trouble?

"Have you found out what your identity is?"

Teng Chong nodded, "I found it." His expression was a bit complicated.

"Where are you from, what identity?"

He sighed, "It's Lei Honghao, the eldest son of the Lei family, a great merchant in Pinghu County, Yuedi. The unregistered one is his younger brother, Lei Hongming."

It was beyond everyone's expectations.

Yeats immediately asked, "Does the inn know that they are big merchants in Pinghu?"

"When registering, the shopkeeper asked them if they were from the family of Lei Honghao, a big silk merchant in Pinghu. Lei Honghao, who registered, shook his head and said no. It just happened to be a surname. I took this name to Jingzhao Yin's household registration office to check. He is the Lei family of the big silk merchant."

"A big merchant like this must have servants when he travels. Have you found them?"

Teng Chong shook his head, "This is the strange thing. The inn where the two of them lived, the people in the inn finally believed that they had nothing to do with the Lei family, a big silk merchant, because they didn't even bring a single servant. Compared to Lei's family, a big silk merchant, the silk clothes they wear are better than ordinary people, so in the end the innkeeper didn't care too much, as long as they give money, they can say anything."

Yeats frowned: "How long did the two of you stay at the inn?"

"For more than ten days, I was out at night every day. When I came back, I asked you to draw a portrait so that I could take the portrait to various casinos for investigation."

Yeats and Teng Chong came to the inn next to the North City Gate. Through the storekeeper's memory, Yeats drew a portrait of the two, and then showed the portrait to the little boy. He immediately specified, "Yes, it is these two people."

The identity of the deceased was finally confirmed.

"Quickly go to the major casinos to check, as well as all the shops in the capital that buy a lot of silk."

With the direction of the case, Teng Chong and others got motivated immediately.

Yeats thought of something, and immediately called him to stop: "A big merchant like this must have a house in the capital, you go and check, maybe the servant is in the house."

"Yes, I'll take someone to look for it right away."

In two days, Teng Chong led people to find not only the casino where the Lei family brothers were in and out, but also the Lei family's mansion in Beijing, where the servants were indeed placed, but they heard that the master had been dead for more than half a month, and they couldn't believe it. Dare to believe, "Impossible... This is impossible, they have already hidden out, how could they be..."

The steward realized that he had slipped his tongue, so he quickly stopped.

Yeats stared Lingling at the old steward, "I haven't said it yet, can you escape the Lei family, or escape the Dali Temple trial?"

"Small... small..." The steward was so frightened that he sweated profusely.

"You killed that man." Yeats suddenly frightened him.

The old manager was so scared that he peed his pants, "No...no... how could I kill the future head, my family is all loyal servants of the Lei family."

"A loyal servant?" Yeats sneered, "A loyal servant who sees his master die in vain and doesn't tell the truth so that the government can catch the murderer?"

"I..." The old steward sighed at last, "It's a crime." Then he told the story of the master's evasion of debts.

It turned out that the Lei family had been in the silk business for three generations, and the first generation in Pinghu was a big family. They raised silkworms in spring and harvested silk in autumn. After the harvest in autumn, they transported them all the way north to the capital for sale through the Grand Canal.

Five years after the new emperor ascended the throne, all businesses became more stable and prosperous than the previous emperor. The Lei family expanded their business to two counties near Pinghu Lake. If the business is big, they need to invest. I bought silkworms from two counties and counties, but I didn’t receive more silk from two counties and counties in Qiuri. If I didn’t have any goods, I could go north, and if I couldn’t go north, how could I earn back the money I invested.

Several investors are about to withdraw their investment in Chunshang. The Lei brothers have already invested part of the money in Silkworm Fang, and part of the money in Gancheng Gold Mine and Hetian Jade, so there is no money left to return to the investors.

Forced into desperation by several people, he went north and hid in the capital on the grounds of selling silk.

Unexpectedly, investing in gold and playing with jade was popular in ancient times. Sure enough, there are things about investing in reverse, both ancient and modern.

Yeats asked again: "The two obviously owe a lot of debt, why do they still want to gamble?"

The old steward grimaced, "It's not that the second owner said he wanted to make a fortune, maybe he can pay off his debts."

How about a big family and a big business, still dreaming big dreams for money, winning silver in casinos, it is really not as good as dreaming.

Yeats sneered, "The master hasn't returned for more than 20 days, aren't you afraid of being killed by debt collectors? Why don't you go to the Yamen to report the crime?"

"We have persuaded everything that should be persuaded. The two masters don't listen to us at all. What can we do?"

Yeats stared at the old man's micro-expressions for a while, then took out the portraits of the middle-aged man with white beard and the other three, "Do you know these three people?"

The old steward looked carefully, shook his head, "I haven't seen it."

Yeats tried to find out the flaws in his micro-expressions. The old steward either really didn't know him, or he was too strong in his heart, so there was no flaw at all.

The case seems to be broken again here.

Yeats secretly adjusted his mood, "Tell me the names of several investors and their situations truthfully. If there is a half-truth, Dali Temple will be imprisoned, understand?"

"Yes, I will do my best to cooperate with Dali Temple to catch the murderer who killed our master."

After getting the investor's information, Yeats asked Teng Chong to send it to Mr. Lu, "Hurry up and apply to investigate these people."

Teng Chong glanced at Little Brother Ye with a delicate expression, swallowed what he wanted to say, "OK." He strode out of the office room.

Only now did Zhao Bai have time to ask slowly, "These investors killed the Lei family brothers?"

"Everything is based on evidence." Yeats unknowingly flipped through the evidence brought back from the crime scene last time, two pieces of talisman stuck to the soles of her feet, "If the investor failed to recover the debt and hired murderers to kill the Lei brothers , they will be so afraid that they will release the soul talisman?"

Yeats asked the expert who hung the hexagrams on the street about these two talismans, and they are indeed soul-suppressing talismans.

"If you failed to collect debts, would you do this?"

Zhao Bai shook his head, "No."

"Even if it's 10 taels?"

"Such an amount does not reach the point of repressing the soul."

10 taels is an astronomical figure for ordinary people, but for the well-known Pinghu merchants in the capital, this amount of money will not affect the Lei family, at most it will be a failure in the business of the Lei brothers.

Wait a minute, Yeats seemed to have thought of something, and hurriedly asked the old steward to come back, "Does Lei's family know that the two sons failed to raise silkworms and lost 10 taels?"

The old steward's hesitant expression said it all.

"Did the news of the murder of the two Lei brothers be sent to Pinghu?"

"It was delivered yesterday." The old steward sighed.

"How many days will it take for this news to reach Pinghu?"

"It will probably take half a month."

Pinghu is thousands of miles away from the capital, and in the era when news was delivered by horses, half a month was normal.

Yeats nodded, "If you have any new clues, come to Dali Temple to find me at any time."

"Yes, my lord."

In normal times, if you get the case request form from your subordinates, Lu Sicheng can exercise whatever power he should, but since he understood some thoughts of his immediate boss, this case request form has become unusual.

Should he follow the normal procedure, or call back and let Yeats go over him to find Pei Shaoqing?
On the balance, Lu Sicheng acted as a 'bad boss' and threw his hands away in order to please his boss that he would have a chance of promotion after he arrived, "My lord said it was a matter of our capital, who do you want me to find for coordination? "

"..." Teng Chong was clearly thrown by Mr. Lu, and Lu Sicheng also felt that Pei Shaoqing and Ye Xiaodi hadn't seen each other for several days, so create opportunities for them, right?
He nodded, "I see." He picked up the request form and turned to leave.

What do you know?Lu Sicheng was puzzled at first, and then suddenly realized that he knew everything he should know, and he was the last one to know. Fortunately, he also knew, otherwise he wouldn't know how he died.

Yeats saw Teng Chong take back the request form, "Isn't it common for the Jingbu Temple Prime Minister to ask the people in the south of the Yangtze River to mobilize people to check a few people?" Could it be that she was asked to be a small judge?

Teng Chong put the request form on the table, with a look on his face that you don't understand.

"I understand!" Yeats was puzzled.

"..." Could it be that he didn't understand, Teng Chong was completely confused by Yeats.

"Do you want me to go on a business trip to Pinghu to investigate those debt collectors?" It is very common to go on a business trip to handle cases in modern times, but there are no planes here.

"..." Teng Chong almost shouted, why don't you understand?

"You want to take the opportunity of a business trip to visit Yanyu Jiangnan?"

It's all the same, seeing that the next duty time is up, Teng rushed away with his knife in his arms, Xiaodi Ye is doing whatever he wants, he has to go home.

This guy just left?

Zhao Bai was sitting at the work station, and the onlookers were the most sensible. He lowered his eyes, the sun was setting at dusk, and the light at the door gradually dimmed. His face was hidden in the dim light, and he was sick with depression.

Yeats looked at the documents on the table, this is...how could it be her business, and when he got angry, he patted the table, "Uncle Qin, Xiao Quanzi, let's take care of it too."

She doesn't care anymore, whatever she loves.

Walking to the door, seeing that Zhao Bai didn't move, "Master Zhao isn't leaving? Afraid I'll beat you up?"

Hearing this, it was like hearing the most beautiful fairy music, Zhao Bai's face instantly became alive, and he got up quickly, "What do you want to eat?" He came out from the shadows, smiled slightly, and the gentle and noble son sense of sight.

Yeats couldn't help interrogating: "Fifth Brother Zhao, you're not too young, aren't there any beautiful wives waiting for you to come home?"

Qin Dachuan quickly glanced at Zhao Bai.

His smile disappeared, and his face became visibly depressed.

No, it won't touch anything that can't be touched, she looks at Uncle Qin as if asking for help.

Of course Qin Dachuan would save Ye Zhi, and just as he was about to speak, Zhao Bai himself said, "My wife gave birth to a second child with dystocia..."

"I'm sorry, Fifth Brother Zhao, I..."

"It's okay." Zhao Bai comforted the uneasy Yeats in turn, "Everyone in the capital knows that I am a widower."

"..." Because she is not from the capital, so she doesn't know, Yeats can't wait to hit her clumsy head.

In the end, Yeats invited everyone to dinner at her newly opened hot pot restaurant. The hot pot without chili, though lacking in soul, but the various soup bases are hot and delicious!

After a meal, Zhao Bai returned to that gentle and noble son.

"Brother Ye has a business mind!" After eating, several people said goodbye at the door.

Yeats said modestly, "It's okay, okay."

Zhao Bai saw that he was very proud but pretending to be modest, which was very interesting, and couldn't help but: "Haha..." laughed.

Princess Ning'an found that her son returned home on time recently, and was neither tied up in official duties nor went out to attend this or that appointment. Finally, she was able to see her son every day.

It's just that this face... is a bit smelly!
"Are you in trouble?" As a mother, she cared about her son very much.

Pei Jingning opened his mouth and denied it, "No."

"That's a business failure."

"not at all."

Huh?Then why is this kid in a bad mood, was he rejected by his sweetheart?

Princess Ning'an's fire of gossip suddenly blazed.

"My son is not only the son of a princess, but also the most beautiful man in the capital. It stands to reason that no woman can resist, but there is still someone who can make my son frown. Could it be that she is Qing..."

Pei Jingning stroked his forehead, and if he didn't stop him, his mother could make up a storybook.

"Then what made you age so much?" Princess Ning'an stretched her head to look at her son's beautiful face with sharp horns.

old?Pei Jingning suddenly became ill, "Mother, am I very old?" 23 years old and unmarried, is it really old?

(End of this chapter)