Chapter 167: Plans
The examples given by Shen Wansha are very appropriate, the type of work is relatively special, and it requires a lot of effort.
Lu Li praised this, "The young master is smart. β
Shen Wansha's eyes were bent into crescent moons, his small chin was raised, and he drank the tea in the teacup in one gulp proudly, and threw the empty teacup in front of He Lianyu again, "That's!" The young master is the smartest gentleman in the capital! β
Helian Yu took a handkerchief to wipe the water stains on the corners of Shen Wansha's lips, and the smile in the peach blossom eyes was about to overflow.
Shen Wansha glared at him, "What, you're not convinced?" β
Helian Yu shook his head again and again, and poured the teacup back into Shen Wansha's hand, "Accept, why don't you accept it, the young master is the most powerful." β
"Humph!" Shen Wansha tilted his head proudly, his expression was very proud. After Lian He Lianyu finished wiping his mouth, he wiped his hands with one finger at a slower pace...... None of them expressed dissatisfaction.
Zhao Zhu, who was shown affection, expressed his dissatisfaction.
Obviously it's the same situation, why can Helian Yu, who has been here for a few days, be able to touch his little face and touch his little hands slowly, but he can't even tell his daughter-in-law a look! Not to mention touching the little hands, now even if you are closer, Lu Li has to raise her claws and beat people!
Seeing that Helian Yu finally wiped all his fingers for Shen Wansha slowly, he put away the handkerchief in a good time, took the teacup that Shen Wansha had drunk half of, and drank tea as if nothing had happened......
Zhao Shu felt that his eyes were going blind!
He also wanted to......
Staring at the teacup in front of Lu Li for a long time, he took a deep breath and quietly moved his hand over - Lu Li picked up the teacup one step ahead of him.
Zhao Zhu: ......
Lu Li slowly took a few sips of tea and nodded slightly, feeling that the tea tasted quite good. The entrance is not astringent, the aftertaste is sweet, moistens the throat and quenches thirst, it is really the best quality. Seeing Zhao Zhu's stunned eyes without comment, he still didn't understand, "What's wrong?" β
Zhao Zhu: ...... "It's nothing. β
β¦β¦ All right. Lu Li looked at Shen Wansha with a smile, "Let's continue to analyze." β
Shen Wansha's eyes lit up, "Mmmm! β
Helian Yu rubbed his fingertips against the teacup, "At present, combined with all the clues, Mei Niang is still the most suspicious. β
"That's right! She has been to all the places where there are dead, and she is still a cook......" Shen Wansha's eyebrows were sharp, "Don't look at it, it's a woman, her figure is quite thin, people practice child's skills, such a big iron pot can be moved, and she definitely has the strength to cut off her head!" β
"But no matter how strong she is, she is still a woman after all," Zhao Shu tapped the desktop with his fingertips, his eyes deep and his voice indifferent, "She has the strength to cut off human heads, but it is difficult to have the endurance to abandon corpses." β
Seeing that Lu Li's gaze fell on him, Zhao Zhu's waist was straighter, his head was slightly raised, and his jaw line was tighter, "Find out where the deceased is located, track him, subdue him by means, torture him β‘β‘for at least five hours, and then kill him, cut off his head, and abandon his body...... In this case, the path of abandoning the corpse is a secret passage, long and closed, which woman can have such a good body? β
"Unless you know martial arts. And I've noticed, Mei Niang won't, you have been following her for a few days, you should also know. Moreover-" Zhao Zhu's voice was elongated, "Drunken Eight Immortals is a tavern, business is booming, Mei Niang is in charge of the chef, and she will also take private work in Xiu Mu, how much time does she have to do crimes?" β
Shen Wansha was struck, frowning his little eyebrows, a little wilted, "Yes...... She didn't have the time to commit the crime......"
"Also," Zhao Zhu's voice was deliberately lowered to make his voice more low and beautiful, "In the Yuanlai Inn, Xiao Er confessed that he saw a figure through the window in the middle of the night, and the figure was tall...... Mei Niang is very short. β
Then no one spoke, and the room fell silent.
On the square table, Helian Yu and Lu Li sat opposite each other, from his point of view, Zhao Zhu's chest muscles in this posture are very obvious, and the muscles on his arms are also very powerful, so what Lu Li can see...... The estimate is about the same.
The peach blossom eyes were slanted, and Helian Yu glanced at Zhao Zhu meaningfully.
Zhao Zhu's eyes looked back sharply.
Yo, I want to hook people!
Stay where it's cool, don't worry about it!
Do you want Xiao Wang to help?
Dare to do bad things, this king will destroy your Motuo tribes!
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The eyes of the two intersected for only a moment, but the collision of various meanings was very unambiguous.
Helian Yu held back a laugh and touched Shen Wansha's head, "Even if Mei Niang is not a murderer, she must have nothing to do with the murderer." The young master is right, every place where the deceased appears, Mei Niang passes by, it can't be so coincidental. β
Shen Wansha suddenly became energetic, and tugged on Lu Li's sleeve, "Little Li, what do you say?" β
Lu Li crossed his hands against his chin, his eyes thoughtful, "I also think that it is unlikely that Mei Niang is the murderer, but she must be related to the murderer." We can try to find the intersection of the two. β
"But these days, I've been tracking and monitoring Mei Niang with the stars, and I haven't found too many suspicious points." Shen Wansha wrinkled her nose, "She is a cook, there are many customers in the store, and she does private work, and she welcomes the people who are sent there, almost everyone knows Huajinfang, and they can talk, and the relationship network is too big and too wide." β
"Then let's change the angle," Lu Li's lips raised slightly, and his eyelashes flashed slightly, "Who are the deceased?" β
"Official," Shen Wansha blurted out, "It's still you who determine the characteristics of the bones!" β
"Yes, it's officials, but are they officials?"
"It has been confirmed that there are the most seven or eight grades, and there are also six grades, but there are no five grades above." Shen Wansha recalled the resume of the deceased, and didn't understand what Lu Li was doing when he suddenly mentioned this.
"The silver corruption case β‘β‘, to be able to frame such a big corruption case, the people behind the scenes, the people involved in the mastermind will not have very little power," Lu Li reminded, "In contrast, these officials who died in this case are probably just small minions." β
Shen Wansha was confused, "The murderer hates the silver corruption case so much, why only kill the little minions and not the big officials?" β
Helian Yu's fingertips moved slightly, "Because the murderer can only kill the little minions." β
"Yes, the murderer's social level is too low, and the information he can get and the target of the tyrannical punishment can be tracked down, all of which can only be achieved by the best efforts of his class." Lu Li's thoughts fluctuated in his eyes, "The question now is, what role did Mei Niang play in this case, was she an accomplice, was she inadvertently calculated, or something else?" β
"So the point is that Mei Niang travels on weekdays." Zhao Zhu looked at Shen Wansha and He Lianyu with stupid eyes, as if to say: What have you done these days? Just change clothes and play every day? Do you have something to do?
"We are carefully monitoring Mei Niang every day! She really has too many connections to see any suspicions! Shen Wansha was very aggrieved, "She has a kind personality, never embarrasses others, is kind and charitable, likes to help others, believes in Buddhism, is very pious, except for being too nagging, there is really nothing bad about it, not like a widow who has been hurt at all!" β
Shen Wansha glared at Helian Yu angrily, "Come on, isn't that the case!" β
Helian Yu picked a piece of lotus leaf cake and fed it to Shen Wansha's mouth, so that the young master was dissipated, and said with thinking in his eyes, "Mei Niang's husband died in an accident, and that accident, Wei Zhutou found out, it was also because of the silver embezzlement case, which everyone must know." Originally, such a widow should be depressed and gloomy, but Mei Niang has a good personality, tenacity and bravery, so she can be independent and come to this day, I don't think it's impossible. If she is an accomplice and an accomplice to the murderer, I don't believe it. β
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Helian Yu repeated in detail what he had seen in the recent surveillance of Mei Niang.
"You say...... Mei Niang will talk to the Buddha every night? Lu Li noticed this detail.
Helian Yu was stunned for a moment and nodded slightly, "She is very pious, and her mind is very pure, every night after washing and bathing, she will serve the Buddha with incense, and she kneels for an hour or two." It's too long, don't say anything...... Wouldn't it be too quiet? β
"What did she say?"
Helian Yu thought carefully, "...... What is the weather today, the scenery, who you have seen, what have you encountered, whether you are in a good mood or not, thank you Buddha for blessing or ask the Buddha to bless these tomorrow. β
"Have you ever gossiped?" Lu Li's eyes flashed slightly, "I mean, women have long tongues, they like to be short in the Taoist family, and if they see something new, they are always willing to tell others." β
"Is there a woman who doesn't have a tongue?" Shen Wansha was happy, "Mei Niang is also a woman, she is not young anymore, doesn't she just watch this joke every day?" Which mother-in-law steals Han, which father-in-law and daughter-in-law don't know, which family has eloped, which child is the species of the Wang family next door, but if you know, it's not good to tell outsiders, Mei Niang will chant to the Buddha. Fortunately, the Buddha is merciful, otherwise she would be so annoyed by her, and she would have been angry and guilty! β
"She usually takes on private work, can you say?" Lu Li's voice was low, as if he had a deep meaning.
"Say, why don't you say it," Shen Wansha tilted her head and thought back, "That day she went to Li Tong's house for a banquet, and saw that Li Tong actually knew the brother-in-law of the Jingzhao Mansion Governor, and the brother-in-law was secret, and took out the matter of her brother-in-law to brag, and Mei Niang listened to it, and when she came back, she told the Buddha." β
"So...... The intersection is here. β
Zhao Zhu looked sideways at Lu Li, her eyes were full of amazement, and her daughter-in-law was too thoughtful!
Shen Wansha still didn't understand, "What? Where is the intersection? Why? He shook his head, still unable to figure it out.
Helian Yu patted his hand and explained, "Mei Niang has a wide network, but the people she comes into contact with privately are special, and most of them are people with a certain amount of money and power. These characters bring all kinds of information, and Mei Niang is used to telling the Buddha what she sees and hears every night...... If the murderer knew some lists of embezzlement cases, and by chance found that Mei Niang could know the news he wanted, he would just squat outside Mei Niang's window every night to listen to her, and integrate useful information by himself, and there was no need to force and lure Mei Niang to conspire. β
"That's right!" Shen Wansha stroked her palm, "And Mei Niang's husband died in an unjust case related to the silver embezzlement case, no matter how self-aware she is, she is optimistic and open-minded, and she strives to forget about this matter, and she will definitely subconsciously pay attention to the news related to the silver embezzlement case, come back to the Buddha, and pray that the Buddha will punish these people!" β
"But how did the murderer know about Mei Niang's habit?" Shen Wansha made a bitter face again, "Although Mei Niang believes in Buddhism, she can't come out at all on weekdays, if it weren't for me to carefully monitor with the stars, I wouldn't have found it." β
Helian Yu couldn't figure it out, "Recently, we have been monitoring Mei Niang for almost twelve hours, and we have not found any suspicious people approaching, and Mei Niang is also very close to anyone." β
"Probably the murderer has been very vigilant recently and deliberately avoided it." Lu Li groaned, "So...... You have to think about it in the distance. β
Zhao Shu saw that Lu Li's feelings were slightly sinking, and leaned over a little, "You don't have to worry, haven't we read the file yet, after reading it in a while, I will get more clues." β
Shen Wansha immediately dismantled Zhao Zhu's platform, "But Xiao Lizi said, first sort out the facts of the case, and it is easier to look at the file and find someone!" β
Zhao Zhu's slender eyes narrowed, and his sharp gaze shot at Shen Wansha.
Although Shen Wansha didn't know what he had done wrong, he also knew that he had offended people by looking at King Ping's expression, so he subconsciously hid from Lu Li's side.
Helian Yu's comforting hand stretched out halfway and froze in mid-air.
Zhao Shu raised his eyebrows and looked at He Lianyu obliquely, and couldn't help but sneer: You're not very good.
Helian Yu: ......
Lu Li patted Shen Wansha's hand and looked at him with a smile, "Don't worry, I've already thought of it." β
"Wow! Sure enough, the small oak is the most reliable! Shen Wansha cheered, "Say it quickly!" β
"You see, no matter at the beginning or now, the murderer's way of committing crimes is very uniform, he needs to track in advance, determine the habits of the deceased, at least when to eat and when to sleep, when to go where, I don't know this, he can't kill, right?"
Shen Wansha nodded again and again, "Yes!" β
"It's summer, it's hot, isn't it? But at first, it was in winter, and it was very cold. Lu Li's voice was soft, "It's the middle of the night in the winter of Shuzhong, it's not warm, the murderer wants to follow others, will he keep squatting on the street to get cold?" No, he will subconsciously look for a warm place. Winter nights, cold, where will men want to go? β
"Tavern." Zhao Shu squinted, "I would like to drink some wine to warm up." β
"That's right." Lu Li looked at Zhao Zhu appreciatively and snapped her fingers, "No matter how good Mei Niang's skills are, she is also a woman, and her gender is destined to not be accepted by large restaurants, so along the way, the location of her part-time work must be the same as the one she chooses now." β
"Tavern!" Shen Wansha slapped the table, "The murderer met Mei Niang by chance in a tavern, inadvertently noticed Mei Niang's habits, and then thought of the possibility of using it cleverly!" β
"Isn't it...... Too much of a coincidence? Helian Yu had an indescribable feeling, a serial murder case, a murderous murderer, how could the four of them, as soon as they say it, guess all the process and motives of the crime?
"I don't know!" Shen Wansha patted him arrogantly, "These speculations look simple, but they are actually guided and summarized by countless clues, you think it's incredible that you are stupid, the little oak is very powerful, and you have never missed!" β
"Ahem," Lu Li coughed twice, "Although it is a reasoning based on facts, it is indeed speculation, which may or may not be accurate." β
"Unless there is a very special accident, it must be the case." When solving the case, Zhao Zhu completely believed in Lu Li, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at He Lianyu with a proud and proud gaze, "The case is about to be solved, you can wait and see." β
"The murderer values the news that Mei Niang can get, and walks with him all the way, and now he must be in Huajinfang, if Mei Niang doesn't leave, he won't leave." Lu Li's gaze swept over the small mountain of files on the table, "We just need to find out who is on the same road as Mei Niang in these files." β
"But it's worth everyone's attention," Lu Li reminded again, "The murderer is cunning, and the head of the guard is clever in asking for confessions, after all, the distance is far away, and it is impossible to go to the local area to verify, so the murderer may lie." But most of the habits of smart people lying are a mixture of truth and falsehood, so when we search for the file, as long as there is a place that coincides with Mei Niang's path, we must pick it out. β
"The murderer must be among these people!"
Everyone thinks together, shares and absorbs each other's information, and the case is now clear and clear, which is the power of everyone!
Shen Wansha took the lead, everyone was full of energy, and one person divided a bunch of files, concentrating on brushing and reading.
It wasn't until they missed dinner and turned on the lights that several people stopped one after another.
Fewer than 10 files were singled out and put together.
"The murderer is here," Shen Wansha's big eyes flickered, very excited, "Who is it?" β
"It's a pity that we have to check them one by one." Helian Yu also wanted to know who the murderer was immediately, "If the murderer is smart enough, the catchers can't find anything new, and it may take a long time." β
"Do you want to have some fun?" Zhao Shu put his hands behind his back, his eyes flashed slightly, a little excited, and a little dangerous.
"Fun?" Shen Wansha tilted his head, looking interested.
Lu Li also raised his eyebrows, "Play? β
"This case has dragged on for too long." attracted all the attention of Lu Li, delayed him to fall in love, and couldn't touch his little hand to hug his waist and kiss his mouth, Zhao Shu was very dissatisfied! So he suddenly came up with an idea, "Arrest all these people and ask for confessions collectively, the murderer with a weak heart is different from ordinary people." β
Shen Wansha's eyes widened, and his small fist waved, "That's right, it's okay!" When the time comes, some people will tell the truth, some will tell lies, and all the things they do on weekdays will be said...... It must be fun! β
Lu Li hesitated, "Pull innocent people into the water...... Not okay? β
Zhao Shu didn't feel bad at all, he didn't even understand why Lu Li hesitated, "These people are suspicious, let's clear the suspicion for them, isn't it?" Seeing that Lu Li's expression still disagreed, he added, "What we can do is more skillful, gather people in the name of stealing, ask for confessions, and be more low-key." β
"Yes, as long as there is a result!" Shen Wansha didn't think about this problem, what he was worried about was, "I'm afraid that the murderer is too powerful, too good at pretending, and he won't tell the truth without punishment." β
Helian Yu's peach blossom eyes flew obliquely, and the corners of his romantic eyes showed a cruel interest contrary to his usual gentleness and affection, "I know a lot of methods, which can make people feel the truth, but they are not as bloody as torture." β
Although these words were light, the implicit meaning was very unusual, and Lu Li and Shen Wansha looked at him with round eyes.
was robbed of the limelight, Zhao Zhu was very dissatisfied, and this king also had it! Thousands of years of dynasties have been passed down from generation to generation, and there are many more unknown means than this small tribe that has just risen!
The matter has come to this point, the opinions are three to one, and Lu Li has to agree even if he is a little hesitant. However, he resolutely did not approve of the use of torture, whether it was bloody or not, innocent people should not suffer such evil, so he once again used his brains to find a way.
"It's better to ...... Let the murderer stand up for himself? β
"Stand up yourself?" Shen Wansha shook his head again and again, "How is it possible?" He's not stupid! β
"As Zhao said, we can use tactics." Lu Li's eyes flashed slightly, "Cleverly locked them up together, creating the illusion that no one could escape, and saying that some murderers would be tempted to get out......"
Shen Wansha tilted his head, "What kind of words will make the murderer want to get out?" β
Lu Li's smile was dazzling, and he looked confident, "I know." β
"That's all about realism." Zhao Shu hugged his arms, "I can arrange it together with Wei Zhutou." β
"But everyone can't escape, and the murderer can...... want to run" Shen Wansha's brain was knotted, "It's impossible!" β
"How is it impossible," just arrange an internal response...... Lu Li looked at Helian Yu with burning eyes, "Can you pick the lock?" β
"Nature." As a qualified thief, lockpicking is a necessary skill, okay? He has been in the world of thieves for several years, and no one has done this job better than him! Helian Yu's peach blossom eyes opened into a mysterious smile, "Leave it to me." β
He had clearly guessed his approximate mission, and his face was full of confidence.
Escape Wansha still didn't understand, scratching his ears and cheeks, "Bad people, you are all bad people!" The words are all ambiguous, and the young master is in a hurry to die! β
At this time, Dabai also came over to join in the fun. Today, it was clear that the master was there, but it was very interested in Shen Wansha, and he screamed and threw himself on him.
Shen Wansha, who was angry, had no choice, so he took out a small gold coin from his arms, and threw the golden purse at Da Bai.
Lu Li: ...... The local tyrant is mighty!
In the end, it was Helian Yu who pulled away the young master who was running away, gently held him in his arms, lowered his head and whispered to him.
Shen Wansha gradually quieted down, then his big eyes flickered, his expression was smart and his voice was excited, "...... Really? Will it be so? β
Lu Liwan shook his head, touched his cooing belly, and went outside to find Xiao Er to order food to be delivered.
Everyone must be hungry...... The detailed plan also needs to be discussed and determined, and it can be done at the dinner table.
As soon as he walked around the corner, he saw Zhao Zhu who was hugging Dabai and not letting it run around.
The candle shadow swayed slightly, the light was as smooth as a pearl, and the man's eyebrows were stretched, and he smiled at him.
The man was too tall, and although his facial features were handsome, he was not delicate and delicate.
But inexplicably, Lu Li just remembered that poem.
Suddenly looking back, the man was there, and the lights were dim.
The tip of his heart throbbed, beating like a drum, Lu Li raised his head and looked at the sky.
Is he ...... It's time to wash your eyes.