"I dare to ask Madam Xia Hou, but Yang Langjun is back?" Huang Xianzuo couldn't help but asked curiously as he watched Mulan walk up to Xia Houyue who was sitting opposite and whisper a few words in her ear.
In order to solve this disappearance case as early as possible, Huang County Assistant not long ago followed Li Yu's order to ask Yang Qing to continue his assistance. However, he did not expect that Yang Qing was not at home early in the morning and did not know where he went. He had no choice but to go to the nearby Xiahou Mansion to ask, but he couldn't find out Yang Qing's whereabouts, so he had to ask Xiahou Yue to send someone out to look for him.
Xia Houyue shook his head and said: "I haven't come back yet, but there is news. According to the waiter at the Hu Cake Shop on Qian Street, Yang Langjun ate a few cakes there more than half an hour ago and then headed towards Beicheng."
Huang Xianzuo said: "Then it's very likely that Yang Langjun has already gone to the place we made an appointment with last night." After saying that, he quickly stood up and cupped his hands and said, "In that case, I won't sit here empty-handed."
Xia Houyue did not hold back and said: "County officer, go slowly. Please send someone to inform the little girl as soon as there is news."
"Of course, take your leave."
Before the three of them parted last night, they made an appointment to meet up in the alley where the murder weapon was found the next day. However, Li Yu and Huang Xianzuo arrived at the place on time and there was no sign of Yang Qing. They sat there and waited for a stick of incense but still did not see Yang Qing arrive. . The two of them thought that maybe Yang Qing had not gotten up because he was tired the day before and missed the appointment. Li Yu urgently ordered Huang County Assistant to go to Yang Qing's home to invite him over, but there was no one at home. Now that Huang County Assistant has received the news, he estimates that Li Yu has gone to meet up, but it was delayed for some reason. It is impossible to say that Yang Qing has joined Li County Lieutenant at this moment.
When Huang Xianzuo hurried back to the alley, he saw Yang Qing. At this time, he and Li Yu were inspecting the murder scene and talking.
"Yang Langjun, can you find a good meal next time?" Huang Xianzuo said breathlessly.
When Yang Qing came, he knew that Huang County Zuo had brought people to his home, so he quickly begged Li Yu to send someone to call him back. But now that Huang County Zuo was back, he must have missed the second group of people. Thinking of this, Yang Qing was also embarrassed and quickly apologized: "Lao County Zuo ran away for nothing. It is Qing's fault. I hope you can forgive me." Huang County Zuo naturally did not really blame Yang Qing, and he also hurriedly returned the favor. And asked curiously where Yang Qing had been early in the morning.
It turned out that Yang Qing was worried about this disappearance case, so he went back to bed last night and tossed and turned, and finally fell asleep in the middle of the night. Because he had something on his mind, he woke up early this morning. He remembered that yesterday he asked Huang County Zuo to send people to test how long it would take to travel between several places. I am afraid that the results were obtained after he returned home last night. However, in order to confirm his idea, he planned to experience it personally, so he simply went to those places to verify it for himself, so he delayed meeting Li Yu and others. After he arrived here, Li Yu told the thieves the results of yesterday's test. After comparing the two, it seemed that they were not much different from his own test.
"That's it." Huang County Assistant understood the whole story, and he admired Yang Qing more and more. This Yang Langjun was really a responsible person, and he took the trouble to verify it again in person, but he didn't know what the result would be. When he begged the thieves to come back and report last night, he had already gone home. This morning, Li Yu said that he would wait until Yang Qing came over before telling him anything, so he didn't know yet. He immediately asked curiously: "What will the result be?"
Yang Qingdao: "From the time Wu Er and Zhu Ba left Wang Tong last night, it took more than half a quarter of an hour to get to Zhu Ba's house, but it only took half a quarter to get here. And it took about two quarters to get to Zhu Ba's house from here. Of course. The time taken for the above journey is all the result of walking quickly. I think if Zhu Ba was a prisoner, he would not be running on the street. After all, although it was midnight last night and there was almost no one on the road, there were still many people. There is a high chance that you will meet watchmen, sergeants patrolling the streets, pedestrians, beggars, etc. If you are seen while running, you will attract too much attention."
Huang Xianzuo nodded and said: "That's true. But Yang Langjun, I remember yesterday that Zhu Ba's wife He said that Zhu Ba came home at 2:00 a.m., so how long did it take for him to get home? Will it be too long?"
Yang Qing smiled bitterly and said: "Although this is a doubtful point, it can be explained by Zhu Ba. After all, at normal speed, it would take him about a quarter of an hour to walk home from where he broke up with Wang Tong. If he had been drinking the night before, I can't fault him for walking slowly because he was a little drunk after eating."
Li Yu also spoke at this time: "Mingzhi is right. It makes sense that it took Zhu Ba two quarters of an hour to get home. Besides, if Zhu Ba is a suspect, then he left Wang Tong and others and came here to kill Xinlan with stones. Injuring or even killing Xinlan, and then hiding Xinlan and then returning home, it would take at least three quarters of an hour, which is contrary to the fact that he returned home at two quarters of an hour."
Huang County Assistant heard what Li Yu said made sense, but he was a little confused. Doesn't this mean that Zhu Ba is also innocent? He immediately expressed his doubts: "County Lieutenant, Lang Jun, doesn't Zhu Ba also have innocence?" of?"
"No, Zhu Ba still has time to commit the crime." Yang Qing rejected Huang County Zuo's inference. He looked at the confused and questioning expressions of the two people and continued: "It does take two seconds to get to Zhu Ba's house from here. It's been a long time, but this is the time to take the main road that everyone usually takes. I have asked the people nearby that there are several shortcuts from here to Zhu Ba's house, but they only need to go through the streets and alleys. And I have chosen I tried walking through a secluded shortcut, but it only took most of a moment."
"It's actually less than when the avenue was in use!" Huang Xianzuo exclaimed.
Li Yu said with a smile: "I see, then Zhu Ba can come here within two quarters of an hour to commit murder and then take Xin Lan back home via a remote path."
"What Brother Ziyu said is absolutely true. Alas, it's just our inference. There is no evidence at this time." Yang Qing walked to a locust tree with his hands behind his back and sighed.
Li Yu laughed when he heard this: "It's not difficult to understand this. Zhu Ba has a motive and time to commit the crime. If he can't explain his whereabouts yet, this is already a serious suspicion. Brother Wei can detain him now until I believe he will not be able to confess truthfully under severe punishment."
Yang Qing smiled bitterly in his heart. He knew that this was the current routine method used by the government to solve cases. To be honest, Li Yu had already carried out a lot of evidence collection work under his influence. If he followed his usual case handling habits, after yesterday's questioning, he The initial suspicion is that Li Yu may have already had Wu Er and Zhu Ba tortured in court. Although this was a method in this era of backward criminal investigation technology, it could easily lead to defeat. He didn't want to see Li Yu use this method unless he had to, so he still wanted to try harder.
"Brother, don't be impatient. Almost no ordinary person can survive a severe punishment. In this case, he may be beaten into submission. This will also damage your brother's wisdom. We'll search and search again later." Yang Qing hurriedly persuaded him to stop. Li Yu, it would be bad if he really adopts this method.
Li Yu and Huang Xianzuo exchanged glances with each other, thinking to themselves that their wise brother was not only extremely talented, but also had a somewhat unusual way of doing things. Could it be that the son of a hermit master behaved in such a different way? Since Mingzhi has the confidence to solve the case, he must trust him. After all, using severe punishment to solve the case is not a smart method. Thinking of this, Li Yu smiled and said, "That's all. In that case, just as Brother Xian said, we will conduct another search."
"It's just Mingzhi, what should we do next?" Li Yu paused and asked.
"Brother, I thought that if Zhu Ba killed or injured Xinlan here, he would definitely hide it. But you know it only took two quarters of an hour for Zhu Ba to get home. This means that Zhu Ba hid Xinlan. There are two most likely places.”
Li Yu quickly asked: "Which two places are they?"
"One place is on the way from here to Zhu Ba's house, and the other place can only be at Zhu Ba's house." Yang Qing expressed his opinion: "So next, please ask my brother to continue to order people to follow these two Search carefully in the direction of the road."
Li Yu said: "I understand, Huang County Zuo, please tell me to go down."
Huang County Assistant on the side could no longer hold back after hearing Yang Qing's inference. He hurriedly responded and rushed to make arrangements for the officials.
"Mingzhi, come sit and wait." Li Yu couldn't help shouting when he saw that there was no news for a while, and Yang Qing was walking up and down in the alley again. Yang Qing also felt a little tired from standing, so he walked over and sat next to Li Yu. Not long after he sat on the bed, he asked for revenge.
"County Lieutenant, there is something discovered in the alley ahead." The person who came to report was the old Li Tou who discovered this place yesterday. It seems that with his rich experience in handling cases, he has made another major discovery this time.
