Cao Thief

Chapter 150 Suspiciousness 13
In the middle of the night, it began to rain.

The weather in Haixi is like this, it can change as it says, it is hard to figure out.

The rain was not too heavy, but the patter made the temperature drop a lot.Cao Peng threw two pieces of charcoal into the brazier and fiddled with the charcoal fire with a tong.The flames made his face red and hot.But I still feel a little cold in my heart.

An almost unbelievable thought lingered in Cao Peng's mind, making him unable to calm down.

If this is the case, then the problem is serious!

Tuk Tuk Tuk…

The door was knocked lightly.

"Who!"

Cao Peng woke up suddenly, raised his head and asked.

"Youxue, it's me!"

An old voice sounded, causing Cao Peng to get up quickly

He walked to the door and opened it.Seeing Puyang Kai standing on the porch outside the house, seeing Cao Peng open the door, Puyang Kai smiled slightly.

"Youxue, haven't you rested yet?"

"Mr. Puyang, why do you..."

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a figure flashing around the corner of the corridor.

Cao Peng had sharp eyes and recognized at a glance that it was Wang Mai's figure.

As if he understood it all at once, he smiled wryly, and shouted towards the corner: "Brother Hutou, don't hide, I've already seen you!"

Wang Mai walked out from the dark place, with his head down, like a child who has done something wrong.

"You Xue, don't blame Ah Mai, he also cares about you."

Cao Peng shook his head, and stepped sideways to make way for him, "Mr. Puyang, come in and talk... Brother Hutou, come in too. It's raining outside and it's so cold, yet you still wake up Mr. Puyang. I'll tell you that I'm fine. You... come in and talk."

Pu Yangkai and Wang Mai walked into Cao Peng's room and sat down.

Cao Peng took down the clay pot from the hook of the brazier, and poured a bowl of hot water for Puyang Kai and Wang.

"Well...why does this water taste so strange?"

"Ginger soup!" Cao Peng smiled, "It's a bit cold, so drink some ginger soup to keep you warm. Mr. Puyang, please go first."

After speaking, Cao Peng also sat down.

His bedroom is very simple, with a bed, a bookcase on one wall, a desk and three couches.

"Youxue, I heard from Ah Mai that you encountered a headache?"

Cao Peng hesitated for a moment, "Actually, it's not a headache... It's just that there is a problem that I haven't figured out. Or rather, I haven't been able to confirm it."

"Oh?"

"Mr. Puyang, do you still remember that I mentioned the pirate spies?"

"Well... remember."

"This matter has to start with Chen Sheng." Cao Peng took a sip of ginger soup, sorted out his thoughts, took out a piece of hemp paper, and drew a few circles on it.

"Back when Feng Chao said that his father Feng county magistrate was killed by a strongman, we all thought it was Chen Sheng. But later I found out that Chen Sheng should have nothing to do with this matter. Whether he is arrogant or unreasonable, But I don't think he has anything to do with the strongman. The reason is very simple... If Chen Sheng is related to the strongman, there is no need to fight any economic war or public opinion war with us. Anyway, he also killed the county magistrate, and directly found someone to raid the sea Xi, just kill us. With his temperament, why would he take so much trouble?"

Pu Yangkai nodded, "Go ahead."

"If Chen Sheng wasn't the one who killed Magistrate Feng, then who was?
There is another question. Not all the county magistrates in the past were as strong as County Magistrate Feng, so why were they all killed strangely?Feng Chao said that County Magistrate Feng offended Yan Xiao.Well, County Magistrate Feng offended Yan Xiao, so did the other county magistrates offend Yan Xiao?In the past few years, the county government office has been vacant, but there is one person who lives in the county government office as a gatekeeper and has not yet received a salary.

I thought there was a problem here. "

Pu Yangkai's complexion gradually became serious.

He is not a fool, how can he not hear that Cao Peng has something in his words.

"Youxue, you mean..."

"Mr. Puyang, I was just wondering. After we got rid of Chen Sheng, I found this from Chen Sheng's study."

Cao Peng picked up the copper coin and pushed it down in front of Puyang Kai.

"Fish Kiss Copper Town!" Cao Peng said softly, "Feng Chao told me that this copper town has a long history and originated from the construction of Li Guangli in the Haixi Kingdom. Since then, the Haixi Kingdom has become Haixi County. This Fish Kiss Copper Town The town, like the treasure of the town government, has been handed down.

At the same time, Feng Chao also mentioned to me a treasure left by Li Guangli back then.

Originally, I didn't connect these things, but Feng Chaoyi said that I suddenly had a very weird idea.If, I mean if... this treasure really exists, and this copper town is the key to finding it.There is a person... Well, I don't know who it is now.This person accidentally learned about the treasure, and even heard about the Yuki Copper Town.So he came to Haixi County to search for this treasure in secret... Later he found out the whereabouts of Yukissong Town, so he..."

Cao Peng made a gesture of wiping his neck, and Puyang Kai immediately reacted.

"You mean, the deaths of several county magistrates are related to the treasure?"

"Ok!"

Puyang Kai's complexion changed.

"Youxue, keep talking."

"I've been wondering who this mole is.

He must meet several conditions.First, the family background should be rich, even if it is not the upper family, but at least it can have no worries about food and clothing.Otherwise, this person will not be able to contact the county government office; secondly, this person must be famous and have a good reputation; thirdly, he can enter and leave the county government office without being suspected... He indeed discovered the town of Yukissong Unfortunately, County Magistrate Feng suddenly handed over the copper town to Chen Sheng.Therefore, after the death of magistrate Feng, this person could not find the whereabouts of Tongzhen, and soon a new county magistrate came.

Several county magistrates were killed strangely, and Xuzhou fell into turmoil, and no one cared about Haixi anymore.

This time is the best time to find Copper Town.But how did he find it?This requires someone to stay in the county government and not be suspected. "

"Mai Cheng!"

Pu Yangkai blurted out, his face changed drastically.

Cao Peng laughed, "It seems that Mr. Puyang is very impressed with this person.

Theoretically speaking, it would be perfect for a prison boss to stay in the county government office.His status was not too high, and he was not suspected of staying in the county government.When we first arrived in Haixi, I felt strange, what was Mai Cheng doing in the county government office? "

Puyang Kai seemed a little excited, stood up and wandered around the room.

"Impossible, impossible!"

"What's impossible?"

"Mai Gong was a senior official in the late emperor's time, and he was also quite a moral person. How could he..."

"Mr. Puyang, I haven't finished yet. Sit down and listen to me slowly."

Cao Peng got up, supported Puyang Kai and sat down again.

"you say!"

Pu Yangkai stabilized his mind and calmed down.

Cao Peng gave him another bowl of ginger soup, and felt that his thoughts seemed to be much smoother all of a sudden.

When a criminal police officer, there is often a case analysis link.To put it bluntly, it is to tell the idea of ​​​​solving the case, and let everyone fill in the gaps.

Cao Peng had been keeping this matter to himself before, and couldn't find anyone who could talk to him.

Now, Puyang Kai is here.

His character, his virtue, can be trusted.

After Cao Peng talked to him, he suddenly felt that his thoughts became clear again.

One link after another is about to emerge.

Cao Peng said: "To be honest, I didn't think of Dr. Mai at first. The person I suspect is Wang Cheng!"

"Wang Cheng?"

"Yes!" Cao Peng nodded, "It's Wang Cheng.

When we first arrived in Haixi, Wang Cheng was the first person who took the initiative to visit us. At the same time, he also declared that we wanted to fight pirates and recruit soldiers Xiangyong.As a result, the whole county of Haixi became resistant to us.I was thinking, why is Wang Cheng so active?After Chen Sheng's death, he asked again when we will suppress pirates, which made me feel that he had an extraordinary enthusiasm for fighting pirates.Why?There seems to be no hatred between Wang Cheng and the pirate.

If I think about it from another angle.

In the beginning, he declared that we were fighting pirates to isolate us so that we could not stay in Haixi? "

When Cao Peng said this, he smiled.

"He wants to drive us away." Puyang Kai narrowed his eyes.

At this time, Wang Mai seemed to understand, "Ah Fu, according to this, the second time Wang Cheng inquired, he actually wanted to find out the truth."

"Correct!"

Cao Peng said seriously: "He must figure out our goal."

"Youxue, go ahead."

"From now on, I make a hypothesis.

Wang Cheng knew that Yukissong Township was not in the county government.But he is also worried that if we grow bigger in Haixi, it will affect his plan to dig treasures.So, he had to figure out what we were thinking.At the same time, he also wanted to confirm where Yukiss Tong Town was. "

Cao Peng said that his mouth was a little dry, he picked up the bowl, took a sip of ginger soup, and moistened his throat.

On the hemp paper, he drew circles one after another, and in the last circle, filled in the words "Kit Kat Prostitution".

"I just didn't want to understand what Wang Cheng meant by giving me so much rags.

Brother Hutou said something that made me suddenly wake up.He said that the fish kissing Tongzhen was also an ingenious skill.Wang Cheng declared to the outside world that my father is the son of Yin Mo, so I also like these weird things, and asked those merchants to collect things in the house and give them to me to play with... It's not what I want, but he wants!He wanted to see if Yukiss Copper Town was hidden in the hands of merchants.

But in the end...he didn't know that Yukiss Copper Town was in my hands. "

"So, you conclude that Wang Cheng is a fraud."

"Well, that's about it."

"No, no, Wang Cheng is Wang Cheng, Mai Cheng is Mai Cheng...Mai Cheng is a member of Dr. Mai's family, and he stayed in the county government because of Dr. Mai's orders. There seems to be no connection between the two."

Cao Peng picked up the pen and drew a line on the circle with Wang Cheng's name, connecting it with the circle with Mai Xiong's name.

Pu Yangkai's complexion was very ugly.

Shaking his head again and again, he said, "Impossible, this is impossible!"

"Mr. Puyang, how long has Dr. Mai not shown up?"

"Uh, long time!"

"The last time my brother-in-law visited Mai's house, Dr. Mai didn't show up either, did he?"

"Yes."

"It stands to reason that when the new county magistrate visits the local gentry, even if he is unwell, he will show his face. This is a courtesy... As a doctor of the Taizhong, how can Dr. Mai not know this? But, he has the intention to ask Mai Cheng, but did not see my brother-in-law.

Don't you feel that there is more or less something wrong here? "

"You mean..."

Cao Peng leaned on the bookshelf, raised his head and said to himself, "What if Dr. Mai is not Dr. Mai?"

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Chrysanthemum Fertilizer, the general manager of the East Factory, made another masterpiece "Datang Chun" in 11 years.

书号 ： 1936955
A story that traveled through the spring of the 21st year of Kaiyuan, in Jinyuan County, Shuzhou, Jiannan Road, Tang Dynasty. Since then, Tianbao has become more romantic.

Let's look at the chrysanthemum fat and wonderful pen to give birth to chrysanthemums, which interprets Tianbao's wit and humor.

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