Chapter 45: Murder Nursery Rhymes (9)

Su Yunkai, who had already read the files of the past two years in the morning, almost went through the case of the past half a month in his mind, especially a few days before the nursery rhyme appeared, he thought about it, but it didn't match, he was quite surprised, so he got up and asked Lord Xu, who was already waiting aside, "Half a month ago, what thefts happened in the county or around here?" ”

The days are not too far away, and Lord Xu can still remember, and replied, "There are no major theft cases, there are a few small cases, but all of them have found the thieves and the owner, and the cases have been closed." ”

"What about the robbery?"

"Nope." After he finished speaking, he hesitated, and the county next to him reminded him in a low voice, and he remembered, "There is a case, but the owner did not report the case, so it was not recorded in the file." ”

Su Yunkai immediately asked, "The owner didn't report the case?" Why? ”

Lord Xu replied, "Half a month ago, there was a team of dart masters escorting things to pass through Baiyu Mountain, and they were robbed by bandits. We wanted to take them back to the Yamen, but they didn't want to report the crime, so they hurried away. At the time, we were also surprised, but it may be that the things they escorted were not valuable, so they didn't track them down, after all, no one was killed, no one was injured, but they just lost something. ”

But whatever the dart master transported, it would not be worthless, Su Yun was happy and suspicious, and asked, "They didn't say what they lost?" ”

"It's just five ordinary vases, and it's not worth much."

Not to mention Su Yunkai, even Mingyue felt strange, "How many people are in their group?" ”

"Ten."

"Ten people to escort five vases? Which dart game has such a big pomp, and the dart money for a trip is not enough, right? ”

Lord Xu sneered, only then did he feel that he seemed to be too careless, he was busy handling cases nearby, and he didn't investigate deeply if they didn't report the case, "This subordinate doesn't know." However, it stands to reason that it is not enough to pay for darts. ”

Su Yunkai asked, "What kind of dart game is that?" ”

"Yunxia Town's Octagon Dart Game."

"Call the head of the dart and the ten people who were the bodyguards at that time, be quick, don't let them consult."

Things happened one after another, there was no ghost sister, no treasure, and a dart game was involved, and the villagers were puzzled and bored. In the end, the people take food as the sky, and it is past noon, and they are hungry, so they simply go home to eat.

The banyan tree is empty and empty, without the fence and the stone bricks, the banyan tree is even more vibrant.

Zhu Changrong is right, there is no evil in the world, and there are people who make trouble.

Su Yunkai and Mingyue bent out of the staggered tree roots, leaving four officials to guard them, and walked towards the village chief's house. It is quite far away from the county government, and I still live in the village, which is more conducive to handling cases, and it is easier to come out and see if there is a little wind and grass.

There were servants living in the village, and the village seemed more mysterious and quiet than usual, with few people talking loudly and many whispering.

It wasn't until the eleven people from the Bafang Dart Bureau arrived that the tranquility of the village was broken, and every household heard the sound and went to the village chief's house to see the excitement.

The head of the dart is a man who is about to be forty years old, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, a pair of arms that hug his fists and salute can be vaguely glimpsed through his clothes, his face is wide and his mouth is wide, and his voice is loud, "Yang Jing has seen an adult. ”

Lord Xu waved his hand to ask him to turn around, and bow to Su Yunkai first. Yang Jing is also an old Jianghu, so he naturally understands what he means, and turned to Su Yunkai smoothly, and then bowed to Lord Xu.

The movements are smooth, Su Yunkai sees it all in his eyes, and the dart head is a smart person. It's just that such a smart person, when the dart car was robbed, he didn't report the case, it can be seen that it is not the leader who is confused, but the reason for the incident, "Yang Jing, this official asked you, you lost a dart half a month ago, why didn't you report the case?" ”

Yang Jing replied, "At that time, the grass people did not

The man was in his early twenties, handsome, but tall and tall, and had also practiced kung fu, he stepped forward and said, "Yang An, the grass man, is also a dart master of the Bafang Dart Bureau, and he was the head of the team that day. The reason why the crime was not reported was because the thing was not expensive, so it was gone. ”

Su Yunkai asked, "Who is kidnapping you?" ”

"Masked with a knife, it looks like an ordinary bandit."

Su Yunkai was about to ask, but saw that his right hand fell when he hugged his fist to answer, and he trembled slightly when he held it high, as if he was injured, and frowned and asked, "Is your hand injured?" ”

Yang An smiled, "Yes, that day, when I saw that the bandit wanted to rob something, I raised a knife to stop it, and was slashed by the thief." Fortunately, they were able to fight them off with the help of their companions. ”

"Since you are injured, why do you insist on not reporting to the official?"

Yang An hesitated slightly, looked at his father, and saw his father nodding, he said truthfully, "At that time, the employer instructed that the things were for the old lady's birthday, and the old lady was ninety years old and couldn't stand the fright." If something is unfortunately lost, do not make a noise, lest the news reach the old lady's ears. So if we lose something, we lose it, and we don't want to pay for it, so after being robbed by the robbers, we went back. ”

"The dart bearer hasn't shown up either?"

"Nope."

"No one is bothering you?"

"Nope."

Su Yunkai thought that he would be able to find the nursery rhyme suspect by finding the lost thing, but he didn't expect that he seemed to be in another stalemate. The person who carried the dart was obviously very worried about this batch of goods, otherwise he would not have to ask ten people to escort him. But it doesn't hurt if you lose something, and it doesn't seem to value this shipment very much. He pondered for a moment and asked, "What does that vase look like?" ”

If you want to hold a dart, you need to see the goods sealed with your own eyes with the dart board and the dart person, so as not to be transferred on the way, Su Yunkai believes that he must know.

Yang An replied, "Actually...... We don't know what's in there. ”

Su Yunkai frowned, "But when Lord Xu asked you, you said it was five vases. ”

"Yes, it's a vase. What the grass people said was that they didn't know, but they didn't know what was in the vase. When the box was sealed, it was obviously a white ceramic bottle with a wide mouth and a wide bottom, and the box was completely inspected, and there was nothing. But when the guards were on the second day, they found that the box was very heavy, but it had been sealed, and the rules were there, so they didn't open it to see. At that time, we also wondered why we had to hire ten dart masters to escort the vase, but if we did our business, we had to guard the guards if we were given money. ”

"Where's that going?"

"It is said that it was sent to the locust tree at the mouth of the dealer before May 1, and naturally someone came to pick it up."

May 1st? That's twelve days before the time limit. From here, it will take eight days to get past the whip. But I set off half a month ago, that is, as long as I arrived on May 1, near the locust tree at the mouth of the village, I am afraid that someone will be watching at any time.

――Why didn't you set a precise date?

――I care about vases, but it doesn't hurt if I lose them, why?

――Who are the bearers and the consignees?

Su Yunkai had just stepped out of the mist of the banyan tree with half a leg, and because of the dart car, he would be in the fog again, and he would not be able to get out for a while.

Are nursery rhymes and darts two different things, or are they simply related?

The matter of the dart game has not been clarified, and it needs to be left behind. Lord Xu didn't go back to the county office, so Mingyue naturally didn't follow. She was more at ease staying here, and she always felt uneasy when she was separated from Su Yunkai. The village was inhabited by three people at once, and the small village was even more discussed, and when night fell, the hustle and bustle of the day gradually disappeared, but there was a trace of dead silence.

Mingyue still lives in the village chief's house, and Su Yunkai didn't come to eat dinner, and the little grandson of the Zhu family wanted to call him, but she stopped him. After dinner, he still didn't come out, Mingyue took the food to the front of his room, and from the half-open window, his desk was full of case files, still pondering.

She had only stood for a while, Su Yunkai noticed someone outside the window, turned his head to look, saw the figure reflected in the window paper, and said tentatively, "Mingyue? ”

Outside, a figure walked past the window, and in a blink of an eye, the door was pushed open. Mingyue held the food in both hands, came in and turned around and hooked the door with her toes, and with a gentle push, the door closed, leaving only the gap that was not closed.

"You're in good health, I'm afraid you're hungry. But I'm afraid that you are thinking seriously and will break your train of thought. ”

"I'm hungry indeed." Su Yunkai replied, but he hadn't broken Fang Cai's train of thought, he asked with a smile, "Do you think there is a connection between the things hidden under the banyan tree and the things lost in the dart game?" ”

Mingyue put the food in front of him, put away the file on the table, thought for a while and said, "I think there is." You think, hiding things in the banyan tree, but not selling them, but making up nursery rhymes, poisoning people, and spending so much effort, it must be because it is inconvenient to sell it, and it is stolen goods. But the time when the stolen goods appeared and the time when the dart game lost things are not far apart, so I think it should be the same thing. ”

"Stolen goods...... I think those five vases are stolen goods in themselves. Su Yunkai took a sip of soup first, and used it as tea to moisten his mouth, "If it's a cheap commodity, the dart man doesn't need to ask ten dart masters to protect his body. ”

"But what if the vase, though cheap, is precious to the person who receives it?"

"Then I won't specify a random date, that's before the first of May. If you think about it, even if the dart car was not robbed and the mountain road in front was not blocked, the day when the dart car arrived at the banker's mouth was about 20 days earlier than the first day of the fifth month. If it's something precious, why not specify a date? Rather, you want to set such a general date? It can only show that this batch of goods is not precious, but it may be very valuable. ”

Mingyue nodded lightly and said thoughtfully, "According to what you said, it is indeed true, if it is not a meaningful thing for a private person, it will definitely be a treasure." But since it is a treasure and does not let the dart master report the crime, it will not see the light, it is stolen. ”

As soon as Su Yunkai said to her, his thinking became broader, so that no one could think hard, and his thinking was fixed on the wall, "According to the words of the dart master, there is indeed only a vase when holding a dart, and it is also a bottle with a wide mouth and a wide bottom. ”

"What's hidden in the bottle?"

"Well, if it's just jewelry, it won't be too heavy. Heavy and valuable, and won't jingle yet......"

"Then it's just gold and silver."

"Hmm." Su Yun didn't feel hungry in his stomach, "Then it's especially important to figure out where the money came from." ”

Mingyue sighed, "The chain buckles, nursery rhymes to the banyan tree, the banyan tree to the dart board, the dart board to the stolen goods, I don't know how many rings there are." ”

"Even if it is nine consecutive rings, one ring by one thorough investigation, one ring by one unraveling, there will be a day when it will be completely unraveled."