Liu Yijin found Erzhu and others and asked them to draw the home addresses of the victims and the places where they were injured.
Lan Yu'er looked at the content on the paper and frowned slightly.
"Is something wrong?"
Seeing Liu Yijin's suspicious expression, Lan Yuer shook her head and said, "Did you see something from up here?"
Liu Yijin looked at the oval circle above and said hesitantly: "What does this mean?"
"Except for a few who were victims in farmland, the other victims were actually not very far away. The reason why the other party chose Han Mansion as a base to kill people and hide corpses means that the other party was hiding in this small town. .”
"It doesn't make sense." Liu Xin said hurriedly: "Maybe the other party knew that there was no one in Han's house, so they just threw the body there casually."
"No one goes to Han Mansion, but beggars will find a suitable place for themselves. Compared with sleeping in the open air, Han Mansion is perfect for beggars."
"Another point is that these beggars were killed at different times, but judging from their facial expressions and muscle relaxation, these beggars should have been killed at night."
Lan Yu'er pointed at the beggars and said, "Look, compared to other people, the beggars' eyes do not have fear, but there is a light of excitement. What does this mean?"
Lan Yuer's words shocked everyone: "What does this mean?"
"It means these beggars have been teased, or something excites them, so their eyes show such a light."
"There are many ways a woman can excite a man."
Liu Yijin frowned: "But how to explain the deaths of several servants in the house?"
Lan Yuer said calmly: "There are many people going to the small shop to buy food. Everyone who comes in and out is suspicious, but someone who can make people so defenseless and without even a certain degree of resistance, do you think it will be possible?" Who is he?"
Liu Yijin's mind suddenly exploded: "That must be the woman in the store."
Lan Yuer shook her head: "It might be a big customer. You have to know that the people who can go to the store to buy food at this time are either from the mayor's wealthy family or from the restaurant. Only women like this will appreciate her." Be beautiful and care about your image.”
"I think you have already surveyed the footprints at the site. Are there only big footprints and no small footprints?"
Liu Yijin nodded: "Yes, and there are no traces of deliberate cleaning at the scene. We never considered that the murderer was a woman at the beginning."
"Perhaps the other party also considered this. When she went out to commit murder, she must have been wearing a pair of men's shoes, and the soles of these shoes are very soft and light. Farmers and working people would not buy such soft shoes. "
Liu Xin nodded, "Your analysis sounds reasonable, but there is one more thing at the moment, how can we find the murderer."
Lan Yuer's eyes looked at Liu Yijin: "The next step is up to you."
Qinghe Town is in a turmoil these days. Every household has begun to close its doors early. Even the watchmen on the street are no longer visible. Even in the pubs and restaurants, there are more waiters sitting and looking at them warily. Looking outside.
On the dark street, two figures walked slowly over. They were wearing shabby clothes, their heads were covered with weeds, and they exuded a disgusting smell.
They were begging in front of the open shops. Some people threw a few coins, and some threw one or two steamed buns on the ground. The two beggars hurriedly came forward, held the steamed buns in their hands, and swallowed them with big mouthfuls. With.
A carriage slowly stopped in front of the two beggars, and a water bag was thrown out of the carriage.
The curtain opened, and a maid with a cold face glanced at them coldly: "This is a gift from my wife to you, why don't you thank me quickly?"
The two beggars hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
The maid snorted and threw out a few more hard buns. The two beggars hurriedly picked them up and put them in their arms. One of them suddenly snatched one from the other beggar's arms while the other beggar was not paying attention. The two immediately fought each other. , the angry curses continued, causing people who still had shops on both sides to look outside.
The carriage slowly left.
Liu Yijin and others, who were hiding in the dark, kept staring at the carriage disappearing around the corner.
"Do you see clearly? Do you know the maid in the carriage?"
Lan Yu'er looked at Liu Yijin: "For three days, the same carriage will appear in various places in the town, and if it encounters a beggar, it will give out drinks and steamed buns. Don't you think it's strange?"
Liu Yijin frowned: "What's so strange about this? Maybe it means that people are willing to help others."
"It's not just about being helpful." Lan Yu'er said with indifferent eyes: "Have you ever seen a wife who comes out to give alms at night, and only gives water and steamed buns?"
Lan Yuer's words stunned Liu Yijin: "You mean there is something wrong with this woman?"
"Of course there are problems, and they are not small."
Liu Yijin waved, and Huineng, who was not far away, came over.
"Master, I'll trouble you this time."
Huineng whispered: "Don't worry, I'll go now."
Watching Huineng disappear into the night, Liu Yijin stretched his waist: "I have seen this carriage for three consecutive days, which means there is something wrong with the woman on this carriage. As long as we find whose house this carriage is parked, We can arrest people directly.”
"No." Lan Yuer shook her head: "Maybe there is something wrong with the carriage, but the real murderer is not this carriage."
Liu Yijin was about to speak, but Lan Yuer directly covered his mouth.
Looking in the direction of the finger, he saw a man in black clothes and a cloak walking hurriedly on the street ahead.
When the man passed by the beggar, he paused slightly and threw something away. After asking something else, he sighed slightly and walked forward.
Liu Yijin was also confused: "What is going on?"
The two beggars stayed on the street for a long time. Seeing that some of the shops on both sides were beginning to close, they disappeared into the night with their steamed buns in their arms.
Liu Yijin waited for a while, and Huiji brought the two beggars over.
Erzhuzi and Gouzi dropped the steamed buns in their hands on the ground, and collapsed on the ground panting, their faces turned pale.
Liu Yijin hurriedly said: "Can you see clearly?"
Erzhu was frightened for a moment: "I saw the face of that maid. She was a stranger. There was a nice woman's voice in the carriage, but I didn't see what she looked like."
"What about the latter one?"
Gouzi shook his head: "I couldn't see the face clearly, but this voice is very similar to the previous one."
"Like?"
Er Zhuzhu nodded and said: "Yes, it can be said that they are almost exactly the same."
This made Liu Yijin and Lan Yuer stunned.
The two voices were exactly the same, and no one was seen getting out of the car at all. How could the people in the car suddenly appear behind them?
"Did she ask you anything?"
"I asked them where they lived and whether they were hungry, and then gave us some scraps of silver to buy food for us."
"Then did you tell me where you lived?"
Erzhuzi said: "We are talking about Zhao Mansion."
Lan Yu'er frowned slightly: "You don't want to go to Zhao Mansion tonight."
Liu Yijin said hurriedly: "But I have already said that I will go to the Zhao Mansion. If I don't go, will my secret be exposed?"
"The secret will be revealed only after we go there." Lan Yu'er let out a long sigh: "Beggars have no fixed place to live, and there has been such a big thing in the town recently. Which beggar dares to live in a deserted place."
"Tonight, if you feel aggrieved, just find a place to sleep, but it must be at the door of a wealthy family."
Erzhuzi and Gouzi looked at Liu Yijin: "Brother Yijin, then we can only sleep at the door of Zhou's mansion."
After the two left, Liu Yijin looked at Lan Yu'er: "Then what to do next? Can't we just wait like this?"
Lan Yuer shook her head: "Of course we can't just wait like this, we still have to do a lot of things."
At night, the lights were brightly lit in front of the Zhou Mansion, and several maids and boys were bringing food and hot porridge to the homeless people.
Liu Yijin and Lan Yuer's carriage stopped at the door, and the beggars looked over curiously.
Liu Yijin waved, and Xiaorui came over wiping her sweat: "What's wrong?"
"These people are quite pitiful. I ordered them to cook more on the fire so that they can eat as much as possible."
A chorus of thanksgiving suddenly echoed among the beggars.
Liu Yijin and Lan Yuer walked into the courtyard. Wang Ying and Song Lian were waiting. When they saw Liu Yijin, they hurriedly greeted him: "How is the matter?"
"We have found some clues, but we still have to wait for the details."
Song Lian said anxiously: "It's a pound. It's not a good thing for these people to be around our house. What if the bad guy is hiding here and attacks us when we are not paying attention at night?"
"If all the beggars die here, then our Zhou Mansion will..."
Liu Yijin paused: "You are right, if there are really people from Maitreya Buddhism among them, they will not let this opportunity go unused."
"Then what do we do?"
Liu Yijin lowered his head and thought for a moment, then turned to Hui Ji and said, "Master, I have an idea, why don't you give it a try."
Hui Ji nodded: "This method is not bad. I think this is the way to go. I will ask the monks from Piaomiao Temple to come over."
Lan Yu'er on the side nodded: "It's appropriate for Piaomiao Temple to appear here. After all, with the relationship between Zhou Mansion and Piaomiao Temple, if you don't come, you will be suspicious."
As soon as Huiji left, Huineng climbed in from outside the courtyard wall.
"Master Huineng, how are things going?"
Huineng shook his head: "The carriage stopped in front of a small hotel in the town, but only one maid got out. I waited for a while but no one got off, and then I checked and found that the carriage was empty."
Lan Yuer frowned: "Master, can you see anyone nearby?"
"No."
Liu Yijin said: "Since we are staying in a place like a hotel, we can't escape them. This time tomorrow is the time for us to close the net."
In the yard, the maids and boys were boiling water, and in the open space at the door of Zhou's mansion, several convenient partitions were set up, with a small box placed outside.
"Although this method is not the most reliable, it is also the most effective. As long as these people wash up, you can find out whether they have Maitreya Buddha pendants in their necks."
Liu Yijin shook his head: "If these people carve Maitreya Buddha statues on their bodies, it will be troublesome."
Lan Yuer said: "It is very easy to distinguish between real beggars and fake beggars. Some people may be dirty on the outside, but they will be cleaner on the inside."
"We just keep an eye on these people."
