At the same time, in Shan Changfang, three streets away from Du's Bank, Yin Nuo was looking at the scattered clutter all over the house and frowned.
This is Shan Shuichang's residence.
When Yin Nuo led people in, there was no one inside. After rushing into the main room, they found all kinds of discarded and messy clothes and furniture in front of them.
Apparently Shan Shuichang made the final damage to this place before leaving.
"Yin Tou!" A policeman hurried in from outside the door, "We found the landlord, and the landlord said that Shan Shuichang only paid the rent here for three months.
The landlord also said that he didn't know Shan Shuichang very well. Apart from knowing that he was a luthier and a gentle scholar, he didn't know anything else. "
At this time, another panting police officer ran in, "Yin Tou, according to your order, I asked all the neighbors. Shan Shuichang never socializes with others, and they don't know when he will leave. Yes, where did he go again?"
Yinnuo waved his hand, signaling the other agents to quickly check the items left in the house.
A police officer stepped forward worriedly, "Yin Tou, that guy Shan Shuichang has been running for so long. If we are still here to look for clues, will it delay things? Otherwise, you can check here, and I will take a few brothers with me." Hurry and stop people at the city gates everywhere.
"I'm afraid Shan Shuichang has left Yanzhou City long ago after the incident. Casting the net now will only be a waste of manpower." Yinnuo frowned and walked to a long table by the window and twisted it with his fingers. There was dust on the table, "The house was only rented for three months, and the violinist's piano was missing. This shows that the current escape was premeditated."
The policeman scratched his head and said, "If he escapes without a road guide, he will definitely be caught by the local government. If he had been prepared, he would have set up an official road guide. Otherwise, I would go back to the Yamen to check Shan Shuichang's road guide records."
Yinnuo snorted coldly, "You can't find it."
The policeman looked puzzled, "Why?"
"Shan Shuichang is obviously a pseudonym he casually picked up after seeing Shan Changfang. The road guide that Shan Shuichang registered at the Yamen must not be his real name."
The policeman's expression suddenly changed, "But forging road signs is a serious crime in our Fengming Dynasty. Once verified, it will be a capital crime. Who dares to forge it for him?"
At this moment, Yinnuo's eyes flashed, and he suddenly noticed something flashing under the legs of the table in the corner.
He bent down and picked it up, only to find that it was a white jade pearl.
"Yin Tou, what is this?" The detective stretched his neck curiously.
Yinnuo's eyebrows jumped and he immediately asked the other detectives who were immersed in searching for evidence and clues, "Has anyone found a needle and thread?"
The detectives were stunned for a moment, and then one of the detectives turned back to where he was just now and scratched his head.
"Yin Tou, there is needle and thread here!" As he said that, he ran up to Yin Nuo holding a strand of thread.
The policeman next to him looked at the thread and suddenly felt a little strange, "Huh? This needle and thread doesn't look like it is used to sew clothes. It is much thinner and stronger. I don't know what material it is made of."
"This is the rope for a pearl necklace." Yinnuo's lips curved into a meaningful smile.
"Pearl necklace?" The detectives were even more confused.
Yinnuo put the rope and the single pearl into the brocade bag he carried with him, held the knife on his waist and walked towards the door, "A few days ago, Xiao Lizi, who was in charge of the paperwork at the inn, celebrated his mother's birthday and invited us brothers to go. Doesn’t mother wear a pearl necklace around her neck?”
The policeman who was approaching suddenly slapped his head in realization, "No, at that time we said that Xiao Lizi was so filial that he was willing to spend money to buy a pearl necklace for the old lady. If we were to be spared, we would just give him a silver jewelry, a gold jewelry Earrings and stuff.”
Yinnuo's eyes became more determined. In our Fengming Dynasty, we need guidance when traveling. But there is one thing that is more useful than road guides, and that is the documents for officials and their families at the inn. "
The policeman who was following Yin Nuo couldn't help but mutter to the brother next to him, "Why do I feel that Yin Tou has changed a little?"
"What's changed?"
“My speech and behavior have become a bit like the new one in the torture chamber—ouch!”
Before the detective could finish his sentence, he was hit hard by a "burst chestnut" on his forehead, which hurt so much that tears burst out of his eyes.
Yin Nuo withdrew his hand expressionlessly, "Talk! How am I like that sour scholar who can't even lift a knife? Your Yin Tou has always been so powerful, smart, and has a vicious eye!"
All the detectives laughed along with them against their conscience, "Yes, our Yin Tou is much smarter than that torture chamber, haha."
Yinnuo rolled his eyes at them angrily, walked out of the courtyard quickly, and ran towards Xiao Lizi's Yanzhou Station.
When he arrived at the inn, he heard the police officers asking about Shan Shuichang, the violinist. Xiao Lizi looked confused and said that he had never seen this person before.
It wasn't until Yinnuo threw the pearl in front of him along with the needle and thread that Xiao Lizi admitted hesitantly that he had been entrusted by someone to receive him at a post station along the way to the capital for a man named Jiulang. Documentation. You can stay at official inns for free along the way.
One of the detectives immediately spat harshly, "A straight mother-in-law, pretending to be an official's family member, lives in the inn in a swaggering manner. Not only is no one suspicious, but she can also eat and drink well along the way. If we hadn't been here to show off, , who would have thought of going to the inn to arrest people?”
Yin Nuo's expression turned gloomy, and his eyes became cold. "This kid is so smart. He dares to go to the capital at this time. I'm afraid there are other big shadows behind him."
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Yunnan No. 10: It’s time for a little footnote!
The road guide system and the phenomenon of free accommodation for relatives of post officials and their relatives are real occurrences in the history of our country.
In the late Ming Dynasty, too many corrupt officials took advantage of the inns, which angered Emperor Chongzhen.
Therefore, many inns across the country were ordered to be cancelled. As a result, a small official at one of the inns lost his job and faced a severe drought in the northwest. He had no choice but to fight for his livelihood.
He was the later famous Chuang King Li Zicheng O(∩_∩)O
