Chapter 163: Suspicious Troupe

Gu's mansion was in a mess, and all the housekeepers and maids looked for a night, one by one, with dark circles under their eyes, yawning and walking through the mansion.

The two walked in and found that the old marquis's family also maintained the same as yesterday.

"Feiran, can there be Hongwen's whereabouts?" Gu Liansheng's eyes were bloodshot, and when she saw Ji Changge and Wen Jing coming, she hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

Looking at the anticipation in the eyes of everyone in the Gu family, Ji Changge said apologetically: "Not yet." ”

The old marquis's eyes instantly darkened.

"Liansheng, have you released the hanging red?" The old marquis asked.

"I've already sent someone out to post it, Dad, don't worry." Gu Liansheng said.

"You sent a bounty?" Ji Changge asked.

"Yes, as long as you can find Hongwen, you can give the old man as much as you want." The old marquis said.

Ji Changge shook his head: "You think so, the murderer doesn't think so, he must think that this is a trap, how can he automatically send it to the door?" ”

"He can find someone to collect money for him." Gu Liansheng said.

"Now that the child has been found, how can he be sure that you won't arrest that person and not give him a penny?" Ji Changge asked rhetorically.

Looking at Gu Liansheng's speechless appearance, Ji Changge continued: "If the murderer sees the reward, if he really wants to ask for money, he should not be indifferent, pay attention to whether there is an extortion note or anything like that in the house, if not, then the murderer's purpose is probably not to seek money, the reward should be withdrawn, I am afraid that the huge reward will cause a commotion among the people, force the murderer to be anxious, and it is likely to do some impulsive behavior." Hurt the child. ”

Gu Liansheng nodded: "Wait for a long time, if there is no movement, I will withdraw the reward." ”

Wen Jing walked into Gu Hongwen's room, everything was as usual inside, but there was no master, there were still unfinished calligraphy on the desk, a delicate sword hung on the bedside, and a long-lived lock made of gold and jade on the bedding, which was worth a lot of money, and the room was not messy at all. There was no sign of a fight.

"Strange." Wen Jing muttered to himself.

"Isn't it? Did Hongwen go with him of his own free will? Ji Changge also noticed that something was wrong, Hongwen saw a stranger coming in, and it was impossible not to react.

"Look at this handwriting, half of this diligent character is written. Hirofumi finds that someone is coming. Put down the pen. If it is in a panic and fright, the pen cannot be neatly placed on the pen holder. This person is at least someone Hirofumi is familiar with. Ji Changge asked.

"Wanyu." Ji Changge called out.

The maid hurriedly walked in: "Here." ”

"What was the young master doing when you left the room last night?"

"When the slave and maid left, the little master was writing, and the slave and maid were grinding ink, and the young master said that he was hungry, so he asked the slave and maid to find something to eat." Late Jade Road.

"Have strangers been in and out of the house a lot lately?" Wen Jing then asked.

Wanyu thought for a moment and said: "This is too much, the old man is on his birthday, the young master is about to get married, there are too many people in and out of the house, just like the newly built cage, which was also built day and night in this half moon, and there are countless vendors who deliver goods to the house." ”

"Could it be that an acquaintance takes revenge on the Gu family?" Ji Chang sang.

"There were so many people that night, it was not a good time to be in Lu, and how did the murderer take Hongwen out of Lu? The guards didn't find out that the young master was out of the house, and again, if it was an acquaintance, Xiao Tang saw it, he could take the child out of the house to play, and there was no need to kill Xiao Tang at all, this murderer was likely to know Hongwen, but Xiao Tang didn't know him, so it can be judged that it should not be a friend or acquaintance of the Gu family. Wen Jing analyzed them one by one.

Everyone was silent, and all seemingly possible scenarios were ruled out, what was the purpose of the murderer to capture Hongwen?

"There is also a murder weapon, it should be some kind of special tool, if you can know what the road is, you can narrow the scope of the search, and you can ......"

Before Wen Jing finished speaking, her eyes suddenly fell on the row of people in the corner, as if she saw a trace of fireflies in the dark, and she walked over quickly.

"What can it be?" Gu Liansheng said anxiously, but found that Wen Jing picked up the noodle man in the corner,

There are a total of eight noodle figures, which are the traditional eight immortals, which are strung with eight bamboo sticks and inserted on a wooden shelf, and the noodle figures are lifelike and colorful, as if they will fly from the bamboo skewers in the next second.

"Where did these noodle men come from?" Wen Jing's eyes burned and he looked at Wanyu.

Facing Wen Jing's suddenly excited eyes, Wanyu said a little timidly: "The little young master said that it was given to him by a friend, and the slave didn't dare to ask which friend it was." ”

"Noodle man! It is also made of flour. ”

Ji Changge's eyes lit up, such a delicate noodle person is not something that ordinary people can pinch casually, the murderer must be a professional noodle pincher, there are very few noodle pinchers on this street, and the scope of the murderer has shrunk all of a sudden.

"What's wrong with this man?" Gu Liansheng said with a blank face.

"Flour was found in the homes of the two missing children, and we deduced that the murderer must be related to flour, but a lot of people who were caught making steamed buns and fritters before were not murderers, and the noodle man who appeared in Hongwen's room was probably given to him by the murderer." Ji Changge explained.

"Then you go to find this noodle craftsman, he must have deceived Hongwen." When the old marquis heard this, he hurriedly said, he heard clearly, this time he finally had a bit of an eyebrow.

"When did this man appear in the house?" Wen Jing looked at Wan Yudao.

Wanyu thought for a while and said, "The slave and maid can't remember clearly, it's been a few days anyway." ”

"Think about when you saw it!" Gu Liansheng said angrily.

Wanyu choked back tears, trying to remember what had happened in the past few days, and said for a while: "It's the day before yesterday." ”

"Are you sure?" Gu Liansheng's tone softened a little.

"Sure." Wanyu hurriedly said.

"When did the troupe come in?" Wen Jing turned to Gu Liansheng and said.

"Yesterday afternoon, they came in and set up the stage for the evening's performance."

Ji Changge looked at Wen Jing and said, "Do you suspect the people in the troupe? ”

"None of the possibilities are ruled out." Wen Jing was noncommittal, the only thing that can be determined now is that the murderer is a noodle pincher, how did this person get in, and how did he bring Hongwen out of the city?

Ji Changge whispered a few words to Ding Wu, and Ding Wu nodded and left.

The wound on Xiao Tang's body suddenly appeared in his mind, the size was a bit like a modern carving knife, and Wen Jing had a flash of inspiration in his mind: "That murder weapon should be a knife used to facet people, and the murderer picked it up and stabbed Xiao Tang casually." ”

"The people who carve the face are generally bamboo knives, and I have never heard of killing people with bamboo knives." Gu Liansheng said suspiciously, and a carved face man kidnapped his son, he couldn't think of any other purpose except for seeking wealth.

Wen Jing glanced at Gu Liansheng and said lightly: "Bamboo slices may not be able to kill. ”

"Two adults, it's important to find Hongwen as soon as possible."

The old marquis said in a hurry, he almost fell, he didn't want to know whether the murderer used a bamboo knife or an iron knife, he just wanted to know where his grandson was.

"Master Hou, don't worry, I have already sent my subordinates to look for it, and there should be news soon." Ji Chang sang.

The housekeeper suddenly walked in and whispered a few words to Gu Liansheng, Gu Liansheng glanced at him impatiently: "Put it aside for the time being, I will personally come to the door to explain the apologies from the Wen family, and you don't look at what time it is now and where Gu is up." ”

It turned out that it was about the marriage between Wen Jiuniang and Gu Liansheng, Wen Jing thought, no one is in the mood at this time, this is also human nature.

"Master Ji, I'll go back to the Criminal Department first to see if there is any news."

After Wen Jing finished speaking, he didn't wait for Ji Changge to speak, so he took Sun Yue and the others outside, and when he walked to the door, he almost tripped over the threshold, but fortunately, Sun Yue reacted quickly and held on.

Ji Changge's throat moved slightly, and he found that Wen Jing patted the dust on his clothes and continued to walk, smiling bitterly, every time she thought about things, other things were not in her eyes, if it weren't for the guards following her, he really didn't worry about letting her go back alone, otherwise either she would suffer, or passers-by would suffer.

I always feel that something is missing, leaving aside the absolute correctness, then the rest, even if it is unbelievable, is also a fact, it is just temporarily covered up by an illusion, the murderer must have been in the garden that night, and took Gu Hongwen away in full view of everyone, Wen Jing thought while walking.

"Sun Yue, you go to Shuntian Mansion to check when this troupe entered the city." Wen Jing said, her intuition told her that there was something wrong with this troupe.

"Yes, sir." Sun Yue left in response. (To be continued......)

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