The Republic of China Conspiracy Records

Chapter 23 Su Muzhe (7)

For some reason, there were surprisingly many people who came to me to write letters that afternoon. I leaned on the table in the store and wrote more than ten letters in a row. When I straightened up, it was already dusk.After I finished writing the last letter, I was happy in my heart. While putting the letter in the envelope, I said to the shop owner: "I have written so many letters in a row today. If these days are like today, I don't have to be brazen enough to ask the shop owner to spend money on the road." gone."

It was an old man who wrote the letter, and without waiting for the shop owner to respond, he said, "The patrolling horse passed through Yutian Town, but was robbed of its burden. If you don't give an explanation to the gentleman, no one will dare to come here in the future. We can't help you. Now that you have recovered your burden, you can only do your best to take care of your business."

Only then did I know that they had learned about me so they tried their best to patronize me. This is a place where the folk customs are simple and honest. I was moved in my heart and hurriedly handed over my hands to thank me. After I sent them all away, I troubled the owner to leave. After finishing dinner with a bowl of noodles, I went back to the back room to rest.

The clothes I changed yesterday were draped at the end of the bed. The owner must have come in to tidy up the room and helped me put them on.The clothes were left for a day, but some of them dried themselves.

It was quite dark at night, and I thought I would wash it tomorrow, so I turned on the light and lay down on the bed, thinking about the things about the Su Mu family, and I just waited for the sleepiness to come before I surrendered.Unexpectedly, after tossing and turning on the bed for a long time, he couldn't fall asleep, and lay down so tired that he had to get up again in the dark, took the tub and clothes, and was going to wash in the yard behind.

It was dark all around, I fetched water from the well, and was about to pour the water into the tub, when the backyard door suddenly creaked and opened by itself, and then someone came in tiptoely from outside.I was startled, thinking that a thief had entered the store, and was about to yell at him to repel him, but the person didn't pay any attention to me sitting in the corner, and went straight to the room where I lived.

He didn't hesitate at all, and my heart moved, thinking that this person is coming after me, so I held my breath to see what he was going to do.After the man entered my room in the dark, I was about to follow him to have a look, when there was another babbling sound from the backyard door, and another person came in.

The hotel tonight was really lively, I became very curious, and wondered if the two groups of thieves were to fight, would I still have to come forward to persuade them to fight?
The person behind me also walked along my room. The person in front just realized that there was no one in the room, and the person behind entered the room.Then someone yelled: "Who are you?" It was Qiu Yehong's voice.

Qiu Yehong has already received the letter, why did you come to me again?Who is that person in front?

While I was in doubt, the two people in the room had already wrestled. The person who came first shook off the person who came later and rushed out of the room. At this moment, I suddenly found that this person was carrying my clothes on his back. burden!

It turned out that he came to return the burden, perhaps after taking the letter, he didn't want to bear the notoriety of snatching the patrol horse, and wanted to return the burden secretly.However, wasn't the burden snatched away by Qiu Yehong's accomplice? How could Qiu Yehong's tone sound like he didn't know this person?

The man ran away after leaving the door, and Qiu Yehong followed closely behind.There was an uproar in the store, which woke up the owner, and hurriedly lit a lamp to see me.When I saw the burden appear, I didn't have time to talk to the shop owner, so I hurriedly chased it out.

The two people in front were chasing one after the other, and they seemed to be very familiar with the terrain of the town.After I chased them out of the hotel, it was winding around and it was dark, so I lost track of them not long after.When I stopped and was about to see where it was, suddenly another torch was lit in front of me, and there were people coming towards me, and there were quite a few of them.

Dazed by the flames, I was squinting to see who was coming, when I heard the other side exclaim: "Why are you here, sir?"

As soon as I heard that the voice belonged to the mayor, and the people holding the torches were Xiang Yong, I hurriedly said: "The mayor is here, could it be that this place has already reached Su's house?"

"It's near Su's house. I heard footsteps just now, so I came to have a look, but I didn't expect it to be Mr. What happened, why did Mr. come here in the middle of the night?" the mayor asked.

I told him what happened in the store, and the mayor was also surprised and asked: "Someone went to Mr.'s room in the middle of the night and wanted to return the burden, but bumped into Qiu Yehong again, and Qiu Yehong Doesn't seem to know the other party?"

I nodded, both of us wondered who that person could be, at this moment, a woman suddenly yelled hysterically in the night, the voice was sharp and miserable, shattering the tranquility of the night.

The mayor and I turned around at the same time, the mayor's face changed drastically, and he lost his voice: "The Su family!"

This voice came from the Su family behind us. The mayor hurried towards the Su family before he had time to talk to me.At this time, the entire Su family was alarmed. The mayor stepped forward and called for the door. It took a long time before someone came to open the door. The mayor pushed him away and asked, "Who screamed just now? Eldest young mistress, are you all right?" ?"

The person who opened the door saw that it was the mayor, his face was pale, and he said in panic: "The eldest young mistress is at the side room."

The mayor said: "What happened, why did someone scream?"

The man shivered for a moment, and said with a mournful face, "Guan Shi Su is dead!"

We were all taken aback at the same time, and I quickly asked, "The one who yelled just now was obviously a woman, but why did Guan Shi die?"

"Guard Su's death was discovered by the old lady. The old lady was frightened, so she screamed in fear." The man replied, constantly wiping the sweat from his forehead with his hands.

The mayor and I looked at each other, and the mayor turned around and said, "Take me there!"

The man hurriedly responded, and led us through the front yard to the side room.The door of Steward Su's residence was open, and there were murmurs of voices coming from inside, including Su Mu's voice and Murong's voice.Let's take a few quick steps and walk into the room.Many people in the room were holding lanterns in their hands, and oil lamps were also lit on the table, illuminating the whole room brilliantly.

Steward Su was lying on the ground, motionless, blood was bubbling from a hole in his chest, and the blood flowed into a pool on the ground, looking like a strange flower, blooming towards the feet of everyone.I couldn't help but move my feet back, and then I raised my eyes to look at Mrs. Su.

Su Mu and Murong were helping Mrs. Su, comforting her in a low voice, while Mrs. Su's expression was dull, terrified, and at a loss.At this time, Su Mu saw us walking in, a little strange, and looked at us with consulting eyes.

Seeing that Murong was unharmed, the mayor and I couldn't help but look at each other.The mayor was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly explained that he was afraid that Qiu Yehong would commit another murder, so he took Xiangyong on patrol at night, and just heard someone screaming from the Su family, so he rushed over.Su Mu nodded thoughtfully, and then asked me why I was here. I told you about staying in the hotel, and I came after Qiu Yehong and another person.

"Qiu Yehong!" Su Mu gritted his teeth, his expression was always elegant, but now when he talked about Qiu Yehong, his face turned angry, and my heart moved, and I said, "The person Qiu Yehong chased just now is Manager Su? !"

The mayor was startled when he heard the words, and lost his voice, "It's Steward Su who took away the mister's burden!"

Su Mu remained silent, walked to the door, picked up a bundle, and handed it to me, it was the one I lost.I took the burden, looked at Steward Su on the ground, and already had a judgment in my heart.During the daytime today, Manager Su met me on the street, and knowing my embarrassment after losing my luggage, he thought of returning it to me at night, but unexpectedly met Qiu Yehong in the hotel.

The two chased all the way, Su Guanshi fled back to Su's house, Qiu Yehong broke in after him, and killed Su Guanshi during the robbery.The only thing that is puzzling is that Qiu Yehong has already got the letter, and I only have my personal belongings in this baggage, so why does he need this baggage?
Also, since he wanted the burden, why didn't he take it away after the murder?More importantly, Manager Su took away the burden, why didn't he hand over the letter to Su Mu, but to Qiu Yehong.

Could it be that Guanshi Su colluded with Qiu Yehong to blackmail Su Mu, and then the two had conflicts?

I was at a loss when I was thinking about it, when the mayor stepped forward to check the wound on Steward Su's chest, then turned to me and said, "There are two holes in the chest, very close to each other, pierced by scissors."

I looked at him inquiringly, and the mayor said again: "Qiu Tian'er was stabbed to death by scissors. The scissors in her room are missing, so she must have been taken away by the murderer."

"So Guanshi Su was also killed by the murderer who killed Qiu Tian'er?" I asked.

"Probably," replied the mayor.

At this moment, the old lady Su clutched her chest, let out a long breath, her legs went limp immediately, and almost fell to the ground, Su Mu and Murong hurriedly supported her.The mayor came over and asked her why she was here.

Mrs. Su answered with force, she was getting old and couldn't fall asleep at night, just now she heard the sound of chasing here in the room, so she got up to check and found that the chaser had entered the room of Manager Su, so she went this way I touched it, and wanted to ask what Manager Su was doing, but when I touched the room, I was startled, and someone rushed out of the room, almost knocking her to the ground.

After the man left the room, he rushed to the top of the wall in three or two steps, and climbed out of the wall. She didn't dare to chase after him, so she called Manager Su a few times at the door, and when no one answered, she went into the room. I lit the oil lamp on the table, and as soon as the lamp was turned on, I immediately found that Manager Su had died unexpectedly in the room. She was frightened for a moment, and she yelled loudly, which alarmed the whole family.

While talking, at this moment, Guanshi Su, who was in the pool of blood on the ground, suddenly moved, and then let out a groan. Everyone was listening to Murong's words, and when they saw the corpse on the ground suddenly start talking, they were all startled. A few timid women almost lost their legs.

I was also dumbfounded, and looked at the old lady Su in surprise, thinking that I hadn't seen how eloquent she was, how could she bring the dead back to life?After all, the mayor was a bit more mature, so after a moment of silence, he hurriedly shouted: "He's not dead yet, hurry up and call for a doctor!"

A Xiangyong hurriedly responded and rushed out of Su's house.At this time, when everyone heard that Steward Su was still alive, they gathered around one after another. The mayor asked anxiously, "Who is the person who hurt you? Is it Qiu Yehong? Why do you want to grab Mr.'s burden?"

Steward Su turned a deaf ear to his questioning, but looked around weakly. Seeing that Su Mu and Murong were both there, he raised his hand with difficulty and waved slightly towards them.Su Mu and Murong looked at each other, hurriedly stepped forward and squatted down, each holding his hand.

"Su Bo, do you have anything to say to me?" Su Mu said softly. From his expression, it can be seen that he has a deep relationship with Su Guanshi.

Steward Su closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief, then opened his eyes, and said weakly: "Young...Young Master." He couldn't breathe without saying a few words. Said: "Don't worry, don't worry. You speak slowly."

Steward Su smiled, nodded in relief, and said, "Su Fu... is no longer here..."

He suddenly mentioned Su Fu, and everyone was a little surprised. Su Guanshi murmured: "These words are not what I should say. I watched you two grow up. Su Bo has no children." , but I have always regarded you as my own children. Su Fu...it's a pity. Young Mistress..."

He called Murong in his mouth, Murong hurriedly responded: "I am here."

(End of this chapter)