Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 236
After listening to Xiao Er's description, Kang Xu nodded secretly in his heart.

Xiao Er's statement is almost the same as that of Zhao Shiwei, which shows that Zhao Shiwei did not lie.

"Do you remember what time it was?" Kang Xu asked.

Xiao Er thought for a while and said, "It's between the third quarter of the You hour and the hour of Xu."

After listening to this, Kang Xu nodded his thanks to Xiao Er, and then fell into deep thought.

"Brother Li, have you found any clues?" Tao Ruozhu couldn't help asking, looking at Kang Xu who was motionless like a clay sculpture.

"I don't have any clues, but I think it's a bit strange. Why did Lord Shangshu come outside the city at dusk? If you want to observe the people's sentiments, you can just observe the people in the city, and there is no need to go here." Kang Xu said suspiciously out.

"Could it be that the teacher felt a little tired when observing the people's sentiments, and then came here to drink tea and rest?" Tao Ruozhu asked suspiciously.

Kang Xu shook his head. According to the testimony of Xiao Er and Zhao Shiwei, it can be seen that Cui Huan stayed here for more than half an hour.

Tao Ruozhu also said that Cui Huan was a vigorous and resolute person, and he was always in good health. He would never rest for a long time because of walking a few extra steps.

Fortunately, the child still remembered the desk and chair that Cui Huan had sat on, so Kang Xu got up and walked over, sat where Cui Huan had been sitting, and looked around.

This set of tables and chairs is located directly under the hut, the front corresponds to an official road, and the left and right sides are respectively a narrow path.

From this perspective, people or things that appear on the three paths can be easily distinguished.

Kang Xu propped his chin with his left hand, and tapped slowly on the table with his right hand casually.

At this time, a passerby who was sweating profusely came in, and he shouted loudly: "I'm thirsty, Xiaoer, bring me tartary buckwheat tea!"

Xiao Er responded, hurriedly went up to greet him, and poured him a large bowl full of tea.

"Brother Wang, didn't you go back to your mother's house with your sister-in-law? Why did you come back so soon?" Xiao Er asked while pouring tea for the man.

"Cough, don't talk about it, it's really fucking bad luck. You bring me two baskets of buns first." The man said, took out a few copper coins from his pocket and put them on the table, angrily said: "I originally brought The daughter-in-law went back to her mother's house. When she walked to the mountain in front of her, she was so hungry that she couldn't bear it. We stopped and wanted to eat some dry food to fill our stomachs. kills."

Xiao Er carried the steamed stuffed bun wrapped in oiled paper, handed it to the man, and said with a smile: "Brother Wang, you are usually careless, but I didn't expect you to be afraid of smell! Then there is no need to come all the way from the mountain, sister-in-law alone It's not safe for people to be there!"

The man rolled his eyes at him, and said angrily, "You know what, it smells like rotten dog meat, and even the dry food is smelly, otherwise I wouldn't have come all the way back to buy buns."

Picking up the tea bowl and taking a few sips, he put down the porcelain bowl and said, "I have to go, it saves a lot of time, your sister-in-law must be hungry."

As he said that, the man left the tea shed with the packed buns in his hands.

"Xiao Er, who is he, and why is he so hot?" Xiao Wu asked curiously.

While cleaning up the porcelain bowl, Xiaoer replied: "Brother Wang is a woodcutter and a frequent visitor to my place. When he comes back from chopping firewood, he often drinks tea and rests at my place."

Xiao Wu snorted, and said with a smile: "I can't tell, this brother Wang really loves his wife. In order to prevent her from starving, he ran all the way back to buy buns."

Speaking of this, Xiao Er suddenly became interested, he put down the half-cleared table, and said: "You don't know about this, Brother Wang has a good wife! No matter it is windy or rainy, as long as Brother Wang goes out, he The daughter-in-law would always come to my tea shed to wait for him. Over time, this became a good place to wait for others, and then I built the hut."

"Brother Wang is really blessed to have such a good wife, this is really 'envy mandarin ducks but not immortals'!" Xiao Wu said with a smile while drinking tea.

"That is, I don't know if I can meet such a virtuous and virtuous lady." Xiaoer also laughed and sighed.

Kang Xu heard the conversation between the two clearly. Suddenly, a thought came to him, could Cui Huan stay here for a long time because he was waiting to meet someone?

Kang Xu told Tao Ruozhu what was in his mind, and Tao Ruozhu was stunned for a moment. He thought for a long time, but in the end he didn't think about whether Cui Huan had mentioned meeting someone.

However, all of this is just Kang Xu's conjecture, and there is no evidence to confirm it.

At this moment, guard Zhao walked in with a sullen face.

"I have searched all around, and there is still no trace left by any adult." His voice was still cold.

"What should I do?" Hearing Zhao Shiwei's words, Tao Ruozhu immediately rubbed his hands like ants on a hot pot, muttering to himself.

"Brother Tao, calm down." Kang Xu patted him on the shoulder vigorously. After thinking for a while, he said, "There are three roads here. Let's divide them into three groups and search along the roads with the tea shed as the center. Missing outside the city, no matter who kidnaps the adults, these three roads are the only way to go. As long as someone passes by, they will definitely leave clues."

This time Guard Zhao did not refute, but acquiesced to this method. After greeting Tao Ruozhu, he led people to search along the main road.

Tao Ruozhu led several people to search along the trail on the left side of the teahouse, while Kang Xu and Xiao Wu searched along the trail on the right.

The path was rugged and difficult to walk on. The two of them bent over and hunched their backs. They were blinded and couldn't find any useful clues.

At this moment, a gust of wind suddenly blew, and the surrounding leaves suddenly fell down.

Xiao Wu wrinkled his nose, his face suddenly became serious, he stood up and looked around, and said in a low voice, "Brother Kang, do you smell a bad smell?"

Kang Xu, who was looking down, raised his head from the grass. He sniffled his nose lightly, frowned and said, "It does smell bad. Could it be that someone poured manure here?"

"It's not the smell of feces, but... the smell of corpses!" Xiao Wu closed his eyes to identify it carefully, and said solemnly.

"Corpse smell?"

Kang Xu was stunned for a moment, but then he understood. At the same time, an ominous thought flashed in his mind.

"Brother Kang, do you think Master Shangshu will..." Xiao Wu's face was also a little ugly, and he also thought of Kang Xu's thoughts in his mind.

"Everything is unknown now, let's find the body first." Kang Xu didn't dare to think too much, and after a little thought, he immediately made a decision.

The two looked at each other and hurriedly searched for the smell.

After turning over a mound, the stench of corpses intensified. The smell was like carrion soaked in swill, which was disgusting.

(End of this chapter)