"Zhou Tai, Han Dong, when you were on duty in the front yard, did you ever see any suspicious characters entering the inn?"
"Let alone a suspicious person, even if a fly flies by, we will knock it down."
"Then between the time Master Cao left the inn and when he came back, did anyone enter his room?"
"Guard Yang went in."
Zhou Tai and Han Dong said in unison.
Song Che and He Qiu looked at each other and understood each other.
"Do you know why Guard Yang went in?" Song Che asked.
Zhou Tai thought for a while, "It seems that Mr. Cao was missing something and asked him to come back to get it. He came out after a while."
"The study window——"
He Qiu was about to ask, but Song Che held him down, shook his head to indicate that he would hold off for the time being, and then said to the guards in the front yard: "Go down and call the guards in the backyard, Hu Zun and Nie Tong."
The front yard goes out and the back yard comes in. Song Che asked the two people in the front yard what he had just asked, and then asked the back yard again, and got exactly the same answer.
After retreating to the backyard, he summoned the other two guards, Xu Wei and Zhong Gan, and learned from them that including Yang Xin and Li Cheng, the eight guards often worked in two shifts, taking turns in the front yard and back yard;
But since Yang Xin and Li Cheng went out with Cao Tian today, they could only watch alone one after the other. Sometimes they would have free time to drink water or go to the hut.
The killer's martial arts skills must be very good, and the guard's ability to soak in urine is enough to make him escape into the elegant house and wait for the enemy.
Finally, Song Che summoned Yang Xin and Li Cheng.
"Wei Yang, I heard that you had returned to the inn and entered Lord Cao's room. What was it for?" Song Che asked.
Yang Xin said: "Master Cao fell in love with a jade hairpin in Baiyulou and wanted to take it back to give to the daughter of the family. However, Baiyulou did not accept the money, so Master Cao ordered me to come back and get the cash. This matter between Li Huwei and Baiyulou The boss ladies can all testify.”
"According to your colleagues, it seems that you were not on duty at the inn from the first watch to the second watch," Song Che asked, "Where have you been?"
Yang Xin snorted coldly, "Uncle Song, right? If you suspect that I killed Mr. Cao, then I really can't praise your brain... As a transporter guard, if my master is assassinated, I will not be able to escape. Punishment, how could it be a murderer?”
"Guard Yang," He Qiu said coldly, "You will answer whatever I ask you. If you answer the question again, I will have no choice but to take you back to the Suzhou Mansion Court."
Yang Xin's face was gloomy, and he took a long time to explain: "I just went to Runfa Gambling House to try my luck. If you don't believe it, you can go to the gambling house to check. I also lost fifty taels of silver in it."
"Please stand down."
Yang Xin hummed and exited the darkroom.
After that, Song Che asked Xu Xiao to go to Runfa Casino immediately to verify, and the result was indeed true. Yang Xin never left the casino for an hour when Cao Tian was killed.
"What should we do now? Everyone has an alibi. Could the murderer be an outsider?" He Qiu frowned.
"Master He, don't be anxious, I have another plan to make him reveal his true colors!"
Song Che whispered a few words in He Qiu's ear. He Qiu raised his head and had to accept: "Where did you learn these conspiracies and tricks?"
It's not that the hero doesn't read "Three Kingdoms", Song Che certainly won't tell him that these conspiracies and intrigues were all learned from a novel.
…
He Qiu ordered people to carry Cao Tian's body back to Suzhou Mansion, then gathered the team and left the inn.
The third update has passed.
As the inn was the location of the crime, all relevant personnel had already evacuated, leaving only a few people guarding the outside.
It's a waste of time.
It’s late at night and people are tired.
Suddenly, I saw a figure carrying a ladder and a broom, sneaking along the courtyard wall and entering the pavilion.
The figure went up to the second floor, gently pushed open the door of the elegant house, put the ladder against the wall, then climbed up the ladder to the beam, and quickly swept the dust on the beam with a broom.
However, he didn't know that someone was watching his every move in a tall building thirty feet away.
"The clown has jumped." Song Che put away the telescope and smiled at He Qiu beside him.
He Qiu breathed a sigh of relief and waved to Xu Xiao and other government officials who were ambushing in the alley downstairs: "Arrest them."
Xu Xiao rushed out of the alley with more than 20 government officials, quietly approached the backyard of the inn, and quickly surrounded the pavilion.
Xu Xiao flew over the eaves and walked over the wall, jumped up to the second floor in two steps, kicked open the door, pulled out his official knife, and cut the ladder in half.
The sudden intrusion scared Yang Xin to the point where he almost stumbled and fell. He looked at Xu Xiao in panic, "Xu Dutou? What...why are you doing this?"
Xu Xiao sneered and said nothing.
Several government officials held torches and blocked the windows and doorways.
"Wei Yang, you didn't sleep in the middle of the night. What did you do on the beam?" Song Che stepped into the elegant house with He Qiu with his hands behind his hands.
Yang Xinqiang pretended to be calm and explained: "I heard the news that the murderer of Mr. Cao may have been ambushing on the beam. I thought there might be his footprints on the beam, so I came alone to collect evidence."
"Since we are collecting evidence, why don't you hold a lamp? And why are you holding a broom?"
"The moonlight is bright tonight, so there is no need to hold a lamp. I am using the broom to clean up cobwebs." Yang Xin waved the broom pretendingly and said with a smile, "Look, the beams of this house have not been swept for a long time, and there are cobwebs everywhere..."
Song Che smiled coldly, "Then did you see the footprints on the beam?"
By the firelight, the beams were clean. Where were the footprints? But if there is no dust on the beam, doesn't it correspond to the fact that he cleaned it? Yang Xin rolled his eyes, pointed at one place and said, "Yes! Yes! Such a big footprint, it must have been left by the murderer!"
"Yang Xin!" Xu Xiao shouted: "You idiot, you fell into Mr. Song's plan of 'making something out of nothing'. I checked the rafters in the middle of the night and found that the murderer had already wiped away the dust. The news you heard was that Song My uncle deliberately released it to lure you into a trap!"
When Yang Xin saw what had happened, he jumped up and tried to escape through the window. However, as he was descending, Xu Xiao kicked him in the air, intercepted him from the air, and pinned him to the table with a chokehold!
"Swish, swish, swish!" Several white blades were placed on his neck in an instant.
"Yang Xin, as the personal bodyguard of the transfer envoy, you did not perform your duties to protect the Lord, but you murdered him. Now that things have happened, what excuse do you have!" He Qiu yelled.
Yang Xin loudly shouted injustice: "My lord, you are wronged! When Lord Cao died, the villain was having fun in the gambling house. You knew it clearly. How could I be the murderer?"
Song Che squatted in front of Yang Xin and said: "It is true that you did not kill the person, but you must be an accomplice. You came back deliberately, pretending to take the silver, but actually opening the window. As the captain of the guard, you are familiar with the guard's shift rules and know When there is a shortage of manpower during the alternation, there is an opportunity to take advantage of it...The murderer is the one you put in the house."
Yang Xin's head was sweating, but his mouth was not soft: "You haven't seen it with your own eyes, so why do you think I am an accomplice? Although I, Yang Xin, am not a high-ranking official, I am also an eighth-grade guard who feeds on the emperor's food. You, a profiteer, are just making this up." , falsely accusing an official of the imperial court, what crime should be committed!"
"Yang Guard, since you are on duty in Jingzhou, you should know the things in the officialdom better than me - someone must be responsible for Master Cao's death. As the captain of the guard, you failed to protect your master. You are guilty of dereliction of duty. The first is that as an accomplice, beheading is inevitable, but if you become the murderer of the imperial official, your whole family and three clans will be wiped out."
Song Che stood up slowly and stared at Yang Xin coldly, "If I were you, I would never take the blame for killing everyone and wiping out three clans."
He Qiu added at this time: "I think he is the most suitable. In this way, I don't need to spend energy hunting down the real murderer."
Yang Xin was sweating like rain, weighed for a moment, nodded and said: "It was the humble person who opened the window and let it go..."
"Where is the murderer! Who is he! Why do you want to kill the transporter! If you recruit him honestly, I can protect your whole family from being implicated!" He Qiu glared and scolded him, asking three questions in succession.
"he is--"
"Whoosh!"
Before Yang Xin could say anything, suddenly, a dart shot from the window and pierced Yang Xin's throat in an instant!
Yang Xin vomited blood and was speechless.
"Protect your lord and Aunt Song!"
"You're so protective, why don't you hurry up and catch the culprit!"
Leaving two guards to wait, Xu Xiao rushed out of the Yashe with the rest of the guards.
He Qiu grabbed Yang Xin's collar and asked loudly: "Who is he! Tell me quickly!"
Yang Xin's throat was broken, how could he still speak? He spat out a mouthful of blood and died suddenly with his eyes wide open!
"Bang bang bang bang..." There was a fierce exchange of weapons in the backyard.
Song Che looked out the window and saw a man in black holding two swords, fighting with Xu Xiao and other government officials. Sparks from the collision of the weapons were flying in the night!
The thief was so skilled in martial arts that he was able to resist nearly thirty soldiers with one person. He fought and retreated with ease. When he retreated to the courtyard wall, he swept through thousands of troops with one strike——
"Uh-huh!"
A stream of air was visible to the naked eye, instantly shattering the front row of service weapons!
Sword energy!
Mom sells batches! This martial arts world is becoming increasingly incomprehensible! Song Che cursed inwardly, pulled out his revolver, and aimed at the thief who was trying to escape over the courtyard wall.
"Pah! Pah! Pah..."
Six shots were fired in a row, hitting the thief on the right shoulder as he was falling.
"Hurry up!"
Xu Xiao led a few good men to climb over the courtyard wall to chase him. The thief was seen clutching his shoulders and jumping up and down on the roofs of various houses. With Xu Xiao and others' light skills, they couldn't keep up.
Not surprisingly.
Half an hour later, Xu Xiao returned disappointed.
"My lord, please forgive me. That man's martial arts skills are too high. We... were unable to catch up and let him escape."
"There are thirty people, and you can't hold one person down. What's the use of Suzhou government raising you!"
He Qiu vented his anger loudly, and all the government officials and guards had to lower their heads to be scolded.
"Sir, please calm down. The murderer is indeed very skilled in martial arts. Otherwise, he would not dare to kill in front of us. But he has been shot by me. Even if he does not lose his life, he will not be able to recover in a short time."
Song Che then said to the officials:
"For the current plan, the city gates and piers should be sealed, and anyone leaving the city should be strictly investigated. He is nearly eight feet tall, uses a sword with both hands, and must have calluses. These can be used as screening;
The government can issue a reward to reveal his physical characteristics to the public so that he has no place to hide;
He was shot in the right shoulder, and there is blood left behind. You can collect the blood, use hounds to sniff it, and start a manhunt in the city... With the dragnet and the earth under it, he has nowhere to escape! "
