"My lord, the villain went to the coffin shop to ask, Zhou Biao did wait in the coffin shop early in the morning, ordered a coffin for his father, and then left." A Shuntianfu catcher came back quickly to report.

"It seems that Zhou Biao is not lying." Cao Taidao.

"This can only prove that he did go to the coffin shop, but it can't prove anything else, and the case can't be preconceived." Wen Jing said lightly.

As soon as Wen Jing finished speaking, Ding Wu also walked in: "My lord, it has been ascertained that this pearl hairpin was bought by a woman from the Xu family's gold shop on the twenty-second day of last month, but the woman's shopkeeper said that he didn't know him, and the woman bought it and left." ”

"What does that woman look like?" Ji Changge asked.

"The shopkeeper said that he couldn't remember clearly, but she was just an ordinary woman with an average appearance."

"Keep searching, we must find out who this woman is." Ji Chang sang.

"Yes, sir." Ding Wu walked out after speaking.

"It shouldn't be Zhang Haifeng, she looks good, and the shopkeeper should have an impression, so who will it be? How did this hairpin get into Zhang Haifeng's hands? Cao Tai said.

"Could it be that the murderer took the pearl hairpin of his wife and concubine, borrowed flowers and offered Buddha to the deceased Zhang Haifeng?" Wen Jing asked.

"With this possibility, the top priority is to find the woman, which may be the key to solving the case." Ji Chang sang.

Suddenly there was a commotion outside the door, and the four catchers walked in with three men in tow.

"Let it go! Why are you arresting me?! A man said angrily.

The other two men were more honest.

"You are suspected of murder, who will you arrest if you don't arrest?!" Catch fast and say coldly.

"The old paper didn't kill anyone!"

"Presumptuous. How can there be a commotion in the yamen! If you quarrel again, you will hit twenty boards first! Cao Tai said angrily, using him here as his own backyard.

The man shut up, and the three of them fell to their knees.

"Lord Qiqi, last night, these three were not at home, and there was no alibi." Han Zhutou said.

"Report them one by one, and tell me where you were last night?" Cao Tai looked at the trio.

The three of them glanced at each other, you push me, I push you, and no one wants to speak first.

"Let's talk first." Cao Tai pointed to the middle-aged man on the far right.

The middle-aged man rolled his eyes twice, and said stubbornly: "Grass man Zhou Yungui." Having a drink at a friend's house last night. After eating too much, he slept at his house. ”

"Where is my friend's house? What is the last name? Let him testify to you. Cao Tai said coldly, looking at Zhou Yungui's appearance this time is lying.

Zhou Yungui's eyes flew wildly: "The surname is Li Mingyan, but he just went out for a hike." I'm afraid I won't be able to come back anytime soon. ”

"Drag the official out and hit fifty boards. See if he tells the truth! Cao Tai said angrily. This man is telling nonsense with his eyes open, and it seems that he will not tell the truth without frightening him.

When Zhou Yungui heard that he was going to play fifty boards, it wasn't dead. hurriedly howled: "My lord spares his life, the grass people are all recruited, the grass people went to the underground casino to gamble and gamble all night last night, if you don't believe it, you can ask the casino owner"

"If you go to gamble, you will gamble, what are you doing?" Cao Taihu wondered.

Zhou Yungui cried and said with a sad face: "The grass people lost the gamble, owed the gambling house 500 yuan, so they thought about going out of the old thousand, and from then on they would gamble on chopping their hands, but they didn't expect to win two handfuls, and they were discovered by the gambling house owner, and asked the villain to take 2,000 yuan to return it to him today, otherwise he would ask for the grass people's two hands, how can the grass people have so much money, the shop business is bleak, and they are about to close down, and the grass people want to escape, but they didn't expect to be caught by this bad brother just after packing up and preparing to go out." ”

"Go to the gambling house and check if it's true." Cao Tai said to a servant.

"My lord, if they come here to hunt down the grass people, you have to save the grass people! Those people are locusts, who specialize in sucking human blood! Zhou Yungui cried.

Cao Tai flattened his mouth, simply ignored him, turned to the man in the middle and asked, "What about you?" ”

"Hu Yu, a grass man, has seen an adult." The young man said.

"Well, tell me where you were last night?" Cao Tai looked at the Hu Yu in front of him, this one was much more educated than the one just now.

"Back to my lord, the grass people slept at home yesterday and didn't go out." Hu Yu said calmly.

"Is there a witness?"

"The people in the family can prove that the grass people have not been out."

Wen Jing looked at the handsome young man in front of him who looked polite, his expression was calm and unhurried, and he spoke slowly and logically, compared to the treacherous gambler just now, he was a person who could not be underestimated, but she didn't believe a word about what the young man had just said.

"What about you?" Cao Tai stared at the last young man who was trembling.

"Grass people Tong Tong Lei, knock on the adults." The boy shuddered.

Cao Tai looked at him nervously sweating profusely and said, "Tell me where you were last night." ”

"The grass people were unwell last night and went to bed early." Tong Lei said, his eyes were also shocked.

"Can anyone prove it?"

"The grass people's mother can attest that she watched the grass people sleep." Tong Lei trembled.

"Do you know that Zhang Haifeng is dead?" Wen Jing walked up to the three of them and said, his gaze lightly sweeping over the faces of the three people.

Zhou Yungui looked surprised, Hu Yu didn't seem to have heard of this name, and Tong Lei trembled even more.

"When did she die?" Zhou Yungui was surprised.

"That's why the three of you were called around last night." Wen Jing said.

Zhou Yungui was even more surprised: "This adult, you don't doubt me, right?" I'm too busy to take care of myself now, where can I kill her, she doesn't have twenty pieces of silver in her house. ”

Wen Jing ignored Zhou Yungui and glanced at Hu Yu: "According to the neighbors of the Zhou family, you are very close to Zhang Haifeng, why did you hear that she died, but you didn't have the slightest sadness?" ”

Hu Yu sighed: "There have been several faces, but there is no deep friendship, men and women are not close, she is married to a wife, and being too close will damage her reputation, and when she hears the news of her death, she is also very sorry, but the person is dead, and grief will not help, but it will cause others to speculate for no reason." ”

Hu Yu's remarks defend Zhang Haifeng's reputation everywhere, but he seems to be a bit gentlemanly.

"You often go to Zhou's house?"

Wen Jing looked at Tong Lei and said, this Tong Lei looked like he was only thirteen or fourteen years old, it was difficult to associate him with the word murderer, but she knew that she couldn't judge people by their appearance, in her previous life, many cases were committed by minors, and her teens were the age of blood and strength, and there were countless cases of impulsive and radical behavior that caused the death of others.

"No, I didn't kill her!" Tong Lei said nervously, his pupils dilated, and his eyes were dazed.

"You like Zhang Haifeng, right?" Wen Jing asked.

It seems that he didn't expect Wen Jing to be so direct, Tong Lei glanced at Wen Jing blankly, and nodded subconsciously: "She is a beautiful and kind woman." ”

"Does she know you like her?"

Tong Lei shook his head, bit his lip and said: "I will pass by her door every day, just to see her, once she saw me outside the door, let me help her carry down things, I went in, and then I talked to her for a while, and then occasionally went in to sit down, I know that she is married, and there is a father-in-law who is paralyzed in bed at home, but she is not happy, her husband is very rude, and he will take her out of anger when he is in a bad mood, she is often beaten, and she is always suspected of stealing men, and they usually have nothing to say, Because she has not had children for several years, her husband often scolds her for being a hen that can't lay eggs, she trusts me very much, she treats me like a child, and tells me when she is in a bad mood. ”

This Zhou Biao often violently behaved against Zhang Haifeng, Wen Jing's impression of Zhou Biao in her heart was a little worse, and what she hated most in her life was a man who was domestic violence.

Tong Lei's eyes were full of tears: "Today I went to the street of her house as usual, but I found that there were many people around her door, it turned out that she was dead, I didn't dare to go in to see her, I stood outside the door for a long time, until you came and carried her body away, I didn't leave." ”

Maybe every boy at that age will have a sister who has a crush on him, but often before it blooms, it has withered, Wen Jing thought.

"It must be her husband Zhou Biao who killed her!" Tong Lei suddenly choked up, his eyes looking at Wen Jing eagerly.

"Calm down, we will definitely catch the murderer." Wen Jing said.

"You believe me, he has always suspected Sister Haifeng of stealing men and not being able to give birth to children, he must have killed Sister Haifeng, you should go and arrest him!" Tong Lei pleaded bitterly.

"Did she mention any other men to you? For example, the boy next to you. Wen Jing pointed at Hu Yu and said, this Zhang Haifeng seems to have regarded this Tong Lei as the object of confiding, maybe he once said something to him.

Tong Lei glanced at Hu Yu, his face turned red, and he bit his lip and said, "No." ”

Hu Yu's face changed slightly, and he was also busy: "This little brother also said no, he had already said it in Xia, and he only said a few words with Zhou Zhang's in Xia." ”

Wen Jing looked at the two of them, there were no three hundred taels of silver here, it seemed that he wanted to talk to Tong Lei alone, he must know something.

"Alright, you can go back first, and then summon you when you need to." Cao Tai faced the three.

The three stood up, patted their legs, and prepared to walk out.

"Zhou Yungui! You shit, fuck me out! ”

Suddenly there was an angry roar outside the door.

Zhou Yungui was so frightened that he hid behind Wen Jing with a "whoosh": "My lord, you can ask the grass people a few more questions, the grass people don't want to go out yet." ”

Wen Jing smiled bitterly, and said deliberately: "There is no question to ask, you better go out, otherwise you can only be locked up in a dungeon." ”

Unexpectedly, Zhou Yungui laughed unexpectedly: "That's better, beg the adults to lock up the grass people for a few months, and the grass people are willing to pay for the food themselves." ”

A few people couldn't laugh or cry, this guy used the dungeon as a refuge, forgive the gambling house thugs no matter how fierce they were, they didn't dare to kill in the Shuntian Mansion, this is a good way. (To be continued......)