Southern suburb of Qinzhou.
The city was bustling with activity, but a murder occurred here.
A peasant woman was hanged from the beam of her house.
The scene has been controlled by officers and soldiers, and Qi Ying is investigating.
He was wearing armor and had a sword hanging on his waist. He first looked around the corpse, then picked up the corpse's fingers and looked at it, squinting slightly.
Then, he turned around and looked at the owner of the house here and said, "You mean, you just came back from working in the fields and found your wife hanging herself from the beam?"
"Yes." The man replied, looking a little nervous.
Qi Ying lowered his head slightly and glanced at his feet: "Since you are working in the fields, why are your shoes so clean?"
"Ah?" The man became nervous and unnaturally shrank his feet back. Then he forced himself to calm down and said: "The ground...the ground is dry and there is no soil, so it is still clean."
"Oh." Qi Ying responded. This reason barely made sense. He didn't say anything more about it, but said casually: "I just observed that your left hand has more calluses, but your right palm is relatively smooth. , he should be left-handed."
"This, yes." The man could not hide this, he could only admit it, because there were many onlookers around, including many people who knew the man, who could prove it at any time.
"What about your wife? Is she also left-handed?" Qi Ying asked again.
"His wife is right-handed." Someone from the crowd watching outside the house interjected.
"Very good." Qi Ying nodded and tugged on the hanging rope, "Did you see that the angle and direction of the knot are all tied by the left hand? Don't tell me that your wife used it before she committed suicide. Left hand."
"This, this, how do you know this?" The man was already a little panicked.
"Bold!" Qi Ying suddenly shouted: "This woman was obviously killed and then hung from the rafters. How dare you make excuses!"
As he spoke, he also tore off the man's coat, "What is this!?"
There were several clear scratch marks near the man's chest.
The latter was in a panic and quickly covered his coat.
Qi Ying raised the arm of the corpse and pointed to the nails of her right hand: "The wound on your chest matches the blood stains between this woman's fingers! This can only mean that the two of you had beaten each other before this woman died!" If I were you, I would never make such a stupid mistake after killing someone!"
All kinds of inferences had made the man completely collapse, and he knelt on the ground with a thud. He couldn't hide it any more, and cried with snot and tears: "It's all because of this shrew who is too unreasonable, the villain is just confused for a moment... …”
"Take it away!" Qi Ying raised his head directly towards the soldiers.
"Yes!" The men took the order and stepped forward to tie the man up.
Seeing the murderer being taken away, the crowd of people watching outside began to point and talk in low voices.
Qi Ying fetched a basin of water in the courtyard. When he was washing his hands, his attendant came up and said with a shy smile: "Brother Qi, murder cases in your hands are almost always solved within a day. With your ability , No one in the entire Wuwei Mansion can match you, no wonder Lord Ye values you so much."
"Okay, stop flattering me." Qi Ying wiped his hands, and just as he was about to leave, another soldier hurried over, cupped his fists and saluted: "My lord, the headquarters is calling for you urgently."
"Ah?" Qi Ying was stunned for a moment, then called out to his subordinates: "Come back!"
When he rushed back to Wuwei Mansion, Ye Cheng was still pacing back and forth anxiously in the hall with his hands behind his back. When he saw him, he quickly greeted him: "Xiao Qi, come on, come on."
"What's wrong, sir, what happened?" Qi Ying entered, curious.
Ye Cheng pulled him to sit down next to him and said straight to the point: "Something big has happened. Today, the queen went out to play, but she didn't expect that in the sea of people, the fan pendant was stolen by thieves. I have to find it within five days." ah."
"Ah? How dare a thief steal the Queen's fan pendant?" Qi Ying was surprised.
Ye Cheng said: "Can the thief know the identity of the empress? If he knew, he would die!"
As he spoke, he looked around, leaned forward slightly, and lowered his voice and said, "That jade pendant has the pattern of the Lu family."
"What!?" Qi Ying's face changed and she said in shock: "Then this matter is serious, maybe other accidents will happen."
"This is where the stakes lie." Ye Cheng agreed, "So it must be retrieved."
"Then, when and where did the empress go missing?" Qi Ying asked.
After Ye Cheng told the location and general situation of the incident, he couldn't help but ask: "How about it, can I find it back within five days?"
"Dongjie Market..." Qi Ying thought for a while, looked at Ye Cheng and said, "Don't worry, sir, it won't take five days, at most two days, there should be results."
"Oh?" Ye Cheng was overjoyed when he heard this. Qi Ying's ability goes without saying, otherwise, he wouldn't have summoned him to handle this matter.
That night, the East Block was a place where dragons and snakes mixed together.
The hall was very lively. A local gangster nicknamed "Old Snake" was drinking with a group of young men.
Not long after, a rogue ran in in a panic and shouted in a trembling voice: "Oh no, Mr. Snake, that King of Hell is here!"
King of Hell of Qi is the name given to Qi Ying by the three sects and nine sects in Qinzhou City.
It can be seen from this that its deterrence is great.
When he heard this, the old snake immediately put down his wine bowl and stood up abruptly. He was still in a mood and even more nervous: "What did you say? You're so good, why did King Qi Yan come here!"
Everyone drinking in the hall also felt their Adam's apple slipping, swallowing secretly, and the sound of pushing cups and changing cups stopped immediately.
Before the boy could speak, footsteps could be heard outside.
Qi Ying strode in alone, dressed in casual clothes.
Seeing him, the old snake quickly forced a smile, went up to him and said, "Oh, Mr. Qi, why are you here?"
"I'm just asking for a favor from you." Qi Ying immediately sat down in front of a banquet. When the people next to him saw this, they stood up in a hurry.
Hearing this, the old snake continued to smile and said: "Master Qi, just ask me, I will never refuse if I can help."
Qi Ying glanced at him and said straight to the point: "At around noon today, in the area of East Market and street performers, someone stole a fan pendant. Do you know?"
The old snake was stunned and quickly replied: "How could this little guy know? Mr. Qi, please stop joking."
"Who the hell is kidding you!" Qi Ying glared and said in a cold voice: "The sneaky people in Qinzhou East District are all following you for a living, check it out immediately!"
"This, Mr. Qi..." The old snake looked embarrassed.
"Let me remind you, this jade is of great importance and you cannot afford it!" Qi Ying interrupted him, stood up directly and said:
"Tomorrow morning, hand over both the man and the jade, otherwise, you will all die and no one can save you."
(End of chapter)
