The scene returns to Anyi. After Wei b drank a cup of original milk tea, he left the four girls to visit a few shops. Just when he was about to find an excuse to leave, he suddenly saw a city guard running past the store in a hurry.
Wei B immediately gave Xu Chu a wink and asked him to go see what happened. Xu Chu glanced around and felt that there was no danger in this rouge shop before he left.
"B'er, are you okay?" My aunt Wei Ning was also curious about what happened. The city guard team was running very fast.
On the contrary, my aunt Wei Min said with a smile: "What can happen, I'm afraid there are outsiders causing trouble again. It's very common during this period, usually it's trivial matters such as disputes over quotas of goods." My eldest aunt Wei Min opened a cloth shop in the north of the city, specializing in selling cloth and satin produced by the satellite city.
She was already used to this kind of thing. Several people looked at each other and smiled. If they were just making trouble without opening their eyes, it wouldn't be a big deal.
However, the development of things seemed a bit unexpected. Xu Chu had been gone for a long time and still hadn't come back. Just when several people were waiting anxiously, a city guard ran past the door of the store.
And this time the team members not only wore stab-proof clothing, but also brought spears and other weapons. Wei B frowned, feeling that things were not that simple.
Finally, Xu Chu ran back all the way.
"Sir, a murder occurred in an alley in the south of the city. The deceased were the former Tai Chang Ling's family... a total of nine people."
"What?!" Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Wei B asked solemnly: "Has the murderer been caught?" Xu Chu glanced at Wei Min and the four girls.
Wei B understood and walked to the door with him. Xu Chu said softly: "We haven't caught him yet. The dead family lived deep in the alley. The vendor who went to deliver food realized something was wrong. He called the door for a long time but no one answered. He leaned on the courtyard wall and looked in, only to find... uh ." Seeing Xu Chu stop mid-sentence, Wei B looked back and saw the two aunts curiously eavesdropping.
Wei B said angrily: "Aunts, you should go back first. There is a murder in the city. Before the murderer is caught, it is safer for you to stay at home." Wei B looked at the master and servant Liu He and hesitated for a moment. , still said: "You too, don't go out if you can, try not to go out, lest you meet the murderer." Liu Hexiu frowned, her ex-wife often reminded her, but she didn't expect a family of nine to die like this.
"Well, Mr. Wei, don't worry, we won't leave the courtyard even half a step before the murderer is caught." Liu He bowed and bowed.
The two aunts were not ignorant of the general situation. When they saw this, they agreed one after another. Wei B nodded with satisfaction, hailed two rickshaws at the door, and asked them to go back to Wei Mansion first.
After watching the four girls leave, he said in a deep voice: "Let's go, take me to the murder scene." Xu Chu advised: "Sir, why don't you go, in case the murderer is still nearby... …”
"It's okay, I said, I have the power to protect myself." Nine people died at once, and they were still on his own territory. Wei B felt that he had to take a look no matter what, maybe he could find some clues, and he would The murderer was brought to justice.
Not long after, the two took a rickshaw to the south of the city. The alley where the murder occurred has been surrounded by city guards, and irrelevant people are strictly prohibited from approaching.
Seeing Wei B coming in person, the team leader hurriedly asked someone to come up and clear the way. Wei B looked back at a mansion in the alley.
If I remember correctly, this mansion seems to be Lu Bu's property in the city. However, there should be no one living there now. Lu Ling moved to the Hot Spring Villa in the east of the city, and there are probably only a few servants at home.
Under the leadership of the squad leader, the two came to the scene of the incident. When you walk into the courtyard gate, you can smell the pungent smell of blood. After walking around the screen wall, you suddenly find nine corpses lying on the ground.
The oldest one is estimated to be about sixty years old, while the youngest one is only twelve or thirteen years old. He is a young boy with a tough head and a tough brain. He is already cold. There is a long bloody mark on his neck. The skin and flesh are turned out, and the bones can be seen deeply. It is very scary. .
"According to eyewitnesses, two people visited the owner of this house at three o'clock in the morning last night, and both parties seemed to be very unhappy, especially this person..." The team leader pointed to a strong man in his mid-thirties.
"Witnesses said that he was talking to the two people at the door. During the process, he spat at one of them, cursed a few words, then closed the door, and then the two people left." Wei. b nodded slightly, glanced at the middle-aged man lying on the ground, and found that he had the most wounds among all the people. There were seven or eight scars on his chest, as well as on his abdomen... Judging from the shape, they should have been caused by sharp weapons such as daggers.
Wei B was not a professional forensic doctor and could not determine the specific cause of death. However, judging from the extent of the male host's injuries, it was obvious that he was murdering to vent his anger.
"Where are the witnesses?"
"In case the murderer is wary of revenge, we have secretly sent the person to the guardhouse and found an artist to draw a portrait based on his description." Guard B looked at the team leader with admiration, nodded and said, "Well done." The team leader was flattered. A fist-cup salute.
Wei B looked around, walked to a calf-thick poplar tree in the southeast corner of the yard, pointed to the trunk and said, "This should be the murderer's footprints, as well as these prints on the courtyard wall." Xu Chu and others heard this. They all came closer, and the team leader exclaimed: "It's true, judging from the shape, the murderer probably climbed out with his right foot on the tree trunk and his left foot on the wall. He just supported it with his feet." He made a 'hmm' sound and ordered: "Send someone to check on the other side of the wall. The murderer may have left footprints on the other side." The team leader responded with clasped fists and immediately sent two people out to check.
As expected, uu found footprints on the other side of the wall, and unlike those in the yard, there were two different sets of footprints outside.
Unfortunately, Wei B was not a professional and could not judge the murderer's height and weight based on his footprints. I also observed the house and found that except for a few broken dishes, there seemed to be no traces of being rummaged elsewhere in the house. In other words, the murderer was not looking for money, but simply killing to vent his anger. This is a bit difficult. Done.
Just when Wei B was at his wits end. A city guard ran in with two portraits.
"Captain... I would like to ask Mr. Xu, have you met Governor Xu?" the captain asked hurriedly: "But the portrait has been drawn?" The team member nodded, presented the portrait with both hands, and said at the same time: "The witness said that yesterday The master of the house once mentioned a name when he was cursing someone."
"Oh?" Wei B and the other two looked at each other. The team members don’t dare to show off.
"He said that the host scolded him: Xu Fu, you poor man, do you really think of yourself as a hero?" The team member didn't know if he had some talent for acting, but his tone of voice sounded like an arrogant and domineering young man.
"Are you sure it's Xu Fu?" The captain's eyes lit up. Anyi County has strict control over outsiders. Generally, outsiders will register their name as a bamboo sign when entering the city for the first time. Now that they know the name of the murderer, it is not far away to catch the murderer.
The team member scratched his head,
"The witnesses are not sure about this. It may be Xu Fu, Xu Fu, Xu Fu... all possible." Hearing this, the team leader sighed helplessly. There shouldn't be too many people with these names. , it seems that we have to find a needle in a haystack again.
However, what they didn't expect was that Wei B suddenly asked: "You mean the murderer might be named Xu Fu?"
