Huang Donglai went to the high-speed rail to help the branch and bought a ticket this time. Although it was not a direct line to Luoyang, he could go directly from Luzhou to Xuzhou.
It just so happened that the horses he and Sun Yixie obtained from the bandits were already a little tired and it was time to replace them.
He originally planned to stay in Luzhou for one night today, mix some elixirs in the inn room, sell the two horses tomorrow morning, and then take the high-speed railway bus to set off in the morning.
Unexpectedly... After he bought the ticket, went to the drugstore to get some medicinal materials, and when he returned to the inn, he found that for some reason, a large group of people had gathered around the entrance of the inn to watch the fun.
Huang Donglai squeezed through the crowd and walked in. When he was about to enter, he was stopped by two officials.
"Hey, hey, what are you doing? Didn't you see that we are handling a case here?" Although the official who stopped Huang Donglai had a low position, his tone of voice and official authority were quite high.
"I live here." Huang Dong said back and forth.
"Oh?" Upon hearing this, the officer's expression changed a little, "Live here?" He looked Huang Donglai up and down, "Which room do you live in?"
"Go to the last room on the second floor." Huang Donglai said.
"What?" Upon hearing this, the official howled, "Brothers! Get this one quickly!"
Before he finished speaking, five or six officials rushed out from nowhere and rushed towards Huang Donglai without any explanation.
Huang Donglai thought to himself that he hadn't done anything. How could he be captured just like this?
Without saying a word, he held the medicinal materials in one hand and used the other hand to attack with one hand, and took care of those people in a few seconds.
In fact, the combat effectiveness of these government servants is not much different from that of the bandits in Zoumazhai, or even worse, because in those days when recruiting government servants, they were basically selected from local ruffians.
Of course... not even the dirty ones. What the government offices need are hooligans with qualifications, a certain reputation and connections; only such people can control good people, frighten ignorant people, and outplay unruly people.
But these officials can only deal with ordinary people. When they encounter a martial arts person like Huang Donglai, who is from a famous family, there is nothing they can do.
At this time, it is necessary to "capture the head".
Catching a head is not something that ordinary local ruffians can do... It must at least be a well-known figure on the green forest road, or a knight who has been famous in the world, or a coach transferred from the army, etc.
Therefore, the arrester's martial arts and ability to do things are incomparable to ordinary government officials.
In addition, head catchers are also divided into different sizes.
Some big catchers only need to report their names, and even the heads of high-ranking sects will give them three cents of face; while some small catchers are as small as eating wontons at a roadside stall in their jurisdiction. Need to give money...
Zhou Baotou, the official of the Luzhou City County Government, is neither big nor small, and his martial arts skills are neither high nor low.
Today he personally led the team to handle the case. When he heard the noise downstairs, he quickly led his people and rushed down. As a result, he happened to see Huang Donglai beating his men to the ground.
"Stop it!" What Zhou Captou said was actually nonsense. Even if his men still wanted to attack, they couldn't beat him. But when he said these words, it felt like he had sold Huang Donglai a favor.
"This young hero..." When Zhou Baotou saw Huang Donglai's age and skill, he knew that this person must be from the world, and he was probably from a well-known family, so he paid attention to his tone when he spoke, and tried his best to not lose his official status. In short, he is neither humble nor arrogant, "...I am the arrester of Luzhou City, my surname is Zhou Wu, I haven't asked for advice yet..."
"Huang Gate in the middle of Shu, Huang Donglai." Huang Donglai didn't do anything wrong and had no reason to hide anything. He immediately announced his name with fists in hand.
"It turns out you are the young master of the Huangmen. I am disrespectful and disrespectful." Zhou Baotou returned the salute with his fists raised and continued, "My subordinates are clumsy and act recklessly. I hope Mr. Huang will forgive me." After he said this, he glanced at those people. The subordinates who were still lying on the ground pretending not to be able to do anything, for fear of getting beaten up again, said sternly, "Okay! Get up now, I've already shown mercy, don't be embarrassed by pretending there."
Huang Donglai was indeed merciful. After all, these were official servants, not bandits. It would be hard for him to explain if they really wanted to make a difference.
"Captain Zhou's words are serious." Huang Donglai was very considerate when he saw the other party, so he naturally wanted to give him a step down. "Brothers, you are also doing official business. I hope you will forgive me for being rude to my juniors."
Even though it is all nonsense that cannot be more fake, both parties still have to make the situation come true. Only when they have given each other enough face in front of the people watching the excitement can they sit down and talk slowly; otherwise, they can sit down and talk slowly; ...Either these officials cannot hold their heads high in front of the people from now on, or Huang Donglai is at odds with the government and ends up at odds with the court.
To make a long story short, after the two parties finished the performance, Zhou Baotou invited Huang Donglai to the inn to discuss it in detail.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Huang Donglai entered, he saw Sun Yixi squatting in the corner of the inn lobby wearing a pair of shackles. His trident had been confiscated by an official on the side.
"Eh? Brother Sun, why are you handcuffed?" Huang Donglai immediately looked at Sun Yixie with some gloating and said with a smile.
"Shut up!" Sun Yixie replied unhappily, "I did this to cooperate with the official in handling the case, and I deliberately did not resist!"
"Oh..." Huang Donglai said again, "So what did you do? Peep at the female guest taking a shower?"
"Get out!" Sun Yixie said, "I didn't do anything! You quickly tell them to let me go!"
Huang Donglai did not answer his words, but looked at Zhou Captou and said: "Brother Zhou, this is my brother who is traveling with me. I wonder what he has committed. Do you want to lock him up?"
"Oh? So he is your friend, Mr. Huang?" Zhou Captou turned around and stared at Sun Yixie for a few seconds, then looked at Huang Donglai and said, "That's right, there was a murder in a room in the southeast corner of the second floor. We came here to investigate after receiving the news..." He paused, "When we were interrogating the guest, because we saw him carrying strange weapons, and because he had ugly eyebrows..." Captain Zhou blurted out, But halfway through, I felt something was inappropriate and swallowed it back, "...I thought he was a bit suspicious, so I found someone to handcuff him and wanted to take him back to the Yamen for questioning."
"Damn you! You have no evidence and you're going to handcuff someone based on their appearance. Is there any royal law?" Sun Yixie sat in the audience and immediately complained.
But there is one thing to say: the royal law of that year had a lot of room for maneuverability when it was implemented...
You have to be powerful. Even if the government has evidence to prove that you have broken the law, you have to ask your superiors for instructions again and again before they come to arrest you. You even have to politely wait for the subordinates to come in and announce at the door of your house: "Master, the government is here." I'm here now, and I asked you to go back and ask me a question."
If you have a bad life, then I'm sorry. Arrest warrants and search warrants in modern society don't exist. Three or five officers will kick in your door and leave in handcuffs. Anyone who dares to resist will be beaten on the spot. lame.
"Haha... Brother Zhou misunderstood." Huang Donglai said, "Although my brother doesn't look like an honest man, he is not a bad person. Maybe you have heard of it... He is the son of Sun Yuanwai of the Sun Mansion in Hangzhou. He is from the fish market. This is true for the great son Sun Yixi."
It doesn't matter whether you have heard of it or not. At this point, even if Zhou Captou had never heard of Sun Yixie's name, he would pretend to have heard of it, and then let him go by pretending to be a misunderstanding.
After Sun Yixie was unshackled and got the trident back, the three of them sat down and talked.
As the saying goes, nothing can be written without coincidence. After listening to Zhou Baotou's words, Huang Donglai realized that the guest who died on the second floor of the inn today was He Da.
A few days ago, He Da did not leave Luzhou City after taking the money from the Zeng Mansion. He just found an inn to stay and never left the inn. This can be testified by the shopkeepers and waiters here. .
But no one knows why He Da did this.
Until today, when the waiter went in to deliver dinner to him, he found He Da lying on the ground lifeless, so the people from the inn hurried to the Yamen to report the case.
The policemen were also unlucky. They had just gone to Zeng's Mansion to carry the body in the afternoon. They had not yet sat down on the stools to warm up when they returned to the Yamen. Another murder case came to the door, so they had to go out again.
As for how the case will be handled after Captain Zhou leads his team to the scene... that is also simple and crude.
He ordered people to block all entrances and exits, and then knocked on the door of each room in the inn. Anyone who seemed suspicious would be arrested first, and those who were not suspicious had to be interrogated to see if there were any flaws in their words.
Sun Yixie... was caught in this process.
After listening to what Zhou Captou said, Huang Donglai told Brother Sun the "ghost story" he heard from the old man on the roadside not long ago. At the same time, he also asked Zhou Captou the authenticity of this story; after all, according to the According to the old man, the whole story first leaked from Zeng Su, the housekeeper of the Zeng Mansion, and the first person to hear the story was Zhou Captou.
As a result, Zhou Wu also confirmed that the content was basically true, but those vivid and immersive descriptions... were not there when he listened anyway.
Obviously...it is common people who add their own filler and polish in the process of spreading rumors. This is also a common thing.
When the three of them were chatting, Zhou Wu saw that the time was almost up and finally said, "Brother Huang Xian, Zhou has something to ask for, but I don't know...if it's appropriate to say it."
"Brother Zhou, it's okay," Huang Donglai answered, "As long as it's within my capabilities, Donglai will be the one to help."
At this time, Huang Donglai and Zhou Wu also called each other a lot closer, which showed that the two parties were talking happily, and Zhou Wu could be considered a good friend.
"Suwen Huangmen of Shuzhong has the so-called 'Three Wonders'..." Zhou Wu continued, "They are Qinggong, hidden weapons, and...poison."
"Not bad." Huang Donglai responded.
"Well..." Zhou Wu nodded, "I looked at the crime scene earlier and found that He Da who died in the room was poisoned..."
"Oh?" Huang Donglai raised his eyebrows and asked, "Did Brother Zhou doubt me..."
"No, no." Zhou Wu said, "How could this happen..."
This is the truth, because Huang Donglai has no motive at all, and he has an alibi. To take a step back... With Huang Donglai's martial arts, there is no need to use poison to kill He Da, and there is no need to return to the scene of the crime after killing the person.
"I just want... Huang Xiandi is well-informed and well versed in poison." Zhou Wu continued, "Since you happen to be here today, could you please help me check to see what kind of death He Da had? poison?"
