Chapter 418: The Murderer Trio
Since Hongli had already picked a horse, the three of them quickly paid for the horse and rode out of Luoyang City.
Hongli is still dizzy now, because, just now he used the two taels of silver he earned to buy Hongtian to win, although when he saw the horse come back, Hongday's odds had dropped from one to forty-five to one to thirty-five.
However, two taels of silver still got seventy taels, which also made Hongli happy for most of the day.
And I have to say that Hongli's intuition is really accurate.
Although the three of them got on their horses and left Luoyang City, if you look behind, you can still see the walls of Luoyang City.
However, who knew that in the evening of the next day, the three of them returned to Luoyang City in a prisoner car.
Speaking of which, it's Hongwang causing trouble again!!
It should be said that Hongli has always believed in Hongli's intuition, and he also feels that the farther away from Luoyang City, the safer it is, so what he and Hongli mean is that even if it is night, they have to hurry, and they would rather live in a broken temple than stay in inns and homestays.
But in the evening, Hongwang saw an inn and couldn't walk, proposed to stay for one night, anyway, now there is silver, not bad money, stay overnight, tomorrow and then hurry, by the way, tomorrow morning to buy some steamed buns and pickles, so that it is convenient to eat on the road.
In the past two days, everyone has eaten well, and it is true that it is difficult to bite the dry food, so Hongli also agreed.
Hongli agreed, and Hongli naturally had to comply with the big guy's request.
I thought, it's better to be careful at night, anyway, when you come all the way. It's all two people sleeping, and one person is on duty at night, so I can be on duty tonight, so that the two of them can have a good rest.
The plan was perfect, the reality was cruel, and the next morning, something still happened.
In fact, the inn is not far from Luoyang City, and it belongs to some people who take a night before returning to Luoyang City, or because they only go out of Luoyang City to stay for one night after noon.
Luoyang City is a city where people come and go more intensively, and the business of this inn is naturally good.
And the three of them were tragically dragged into a life lawsuit.
Due to its proximity to Luoyang City. The inn was built on the outskirts of the city. Therefore, it is called a large, and the whole inn is divided into two main parts, catering and accommodation.
And each part is also divided into three grades because of the different needs of guests.
Although the three brothers are making a lot of money. But. Nor can it be extravagant. But they couldn't bear the kind of shop that shared a room with many people, so they chose the mid-range.
Wrap down a middle. There is a big kang, there are more people, and it is okay to sleep three or four, but only Hongli and Hongwang are slept, and the two naturally sleep comfortably.
When they were about to check out and leave the next day, they were stopped by a scream, and next door to them, there was a young girl who was killed by J.
And this young girl's companion, there is another one, although his clothes are also disheveled, and he has a knife wound on his body, but it is said that there is still a breath left.
Since there was a homicide, the three brothers who were neighbors next door were naturally forcibly left behind, after all, everyone in that courtyard was suspicious.
"Look, I've said it all, don't stay, okay, there's trouble, my instincts won't lie to me!!" Hongli sat down and said angrily.
Isn't this a delay, look, because there is no silver, it has been delayed to go to the northwest, and if it continues like this, what if it is found by Amma??
Hongwang and Hongday will naturally be fine, the seventh aunt and the eighth aunt are such kind people, as for the eighth uncle, he hurts this only sister-in-law in his bones, which is like his own little pitiful!!
Which family's sister-in-law is like himself, who was beaten up by his own pro-Ama??
Originally, as long as we mixed up in the northwest and had a good time, even if we were beaten by Ama again, plus confinement, we would admit it.
But now, alas......
"Hongday, you didn't sleep last night, or else, sleep for a while, you were so tired yesterday that you panicked." Hongwang didn't bother to pay attention to Hongli's clamour, so he turned his head and said to Hongday.
These days of getting along, I also understand a truth, most of what Hongli says is nonsense, you can ignore it, as for Hongday, you can still listen to it!!
It's strange, obviously Hongtian is the youngest!!
Hongtian nodded, originally planned to let the two of them lead the horse and run today, and he would lie behind Hongli or Hongwang to rest for a while, but now that something happened and he couldn't go, it was okay to sleep for a while.
At noon, the yacha and the servants came.
The little second of the inn was very enthusiastic and beckoned more than a dozen officials to eat with tea.
However, who knew that the people were extremely enthusiastic about their work, and they actually said that they would do things first and then eat, which instantly made the three brothers feel that after returning to Beijing, they would praise the prefect of Luoyang Mansion to their respective Amma.
Look at people's work attitudes!!
The three Hongli brothers, as the next door to the family, were naturally interrogated by the officials.
Basically, Hongli and Hongwang slept very soundly, and Hongday was on duty at night, so after the official asked, he focused on asking Hongday.
"When we went to the store yesterday, it was probably the end of the day...... "It was not completely dark, we entered the store, booked a room, had a meal, and then we all took a shower, and when we came back, it was probably ......."
"Your brother just said this, you don't have to repeat it!" The official said speechlessly.
There are advantages and disadvantages of separate interrogation, that is, this kind of nonsense has to be listened to repeatedly......
Hongyang blinked and looked at the two officials, "Then when do I start?" ”
E-Niang has said before that if you want the case to be restored, you must say everything in detail, so that you can help others solve the case, maybe, it is just a very small and very small detail, which is the key to solving the case.
At that time, when I heard Eniang talk about it, Eniang's eyes were crystal bright, and she had a unique look.
At that time, I was still thinking that when I grew up, I would go to the criminal department for an internship!!
It's said to be a lot of fun!!
I treated Hongwang so well during this time, just to have a good relationship with him. After all, Uncle Ten is in charge of the criminal department, and he is not familiar with others, so he doesn't have to rely on Hongwang's recommendation!!
Of course, the best result is that Hongwang also goes to the criminal department for an internship.
"Let's start after your brother fell asleep." Guan Chajia said, anyway, the two little brothers have also said it before.
"Oh." Hongtian has always been a good baby, he has no temper, since people don't think they need to know, he doesn't say it, and then talks about his own business. "After the eldest brother and the second brother fell asleep. I was on duty at night because our luggage was stolen when we came from the capital......"
The two officials saw that Hongyang was about to talk about a trivial matter at length, so they said again. "That's it. Your eldest brother told us. Continuing to talk about the movement outside, you don't need to talk about your own business. ”
Help, which family will not be worth the night when they go out. Unless it's a person, or it's sleeping in a big bunk, otherwise, it's definitely going to be on duty all night, what's there to explain it, I've never seen three brothers who talk like this, and I don't want to listen to it again.
Hongwang was the first to tell them, and then it was Hongli's turn, they naturally didn't want to listen anymore, after all, you said that the two of you were sleeping, how could there be so much nonsense, but Hongli is a very persistent person.
In addition, among the three brothers, Hongli looks very difficult to mess with, not only is he tall, his skin is dark, and the muscles on his body tighten his clothes, plus Hongli Te doesn't like to be interrupted by others, so the two officials almost interrupted his words.
His eyes widened and looked at them, although Hongli knew that Hongli was not in danger, it was a paper tiger, but the official did not know, after all, his body looked like a practicing family, can people not be afraid?
There are too many times, and people can only let Hongli repeat Hongwang's words.
Of course, Hongli also talked about his hardships along the way, and specifically pointed out that the security outside Luoyang City is really poor, such as bandits or something, they were robbed before entering Luoyang City.
And now the two officials saw that Hongtian was a child with a red face and white lips, and his momentum was much weaker than Hongli's, so how could they let Hongtian say the nonsense they knew again, so let him get to the point.
The courtyard where they live is the chrysanthemum courtyard in the mid-range courtyard, and the location is quite elegant and quiet.
The whole courtyard is concave, and there is a big lotus platform in the middle, which is made up of stone tables and chairs, which can be used by guests to play chess, or make tea.
There are 30 rooms in the entire chrysanthemum courtyard, 15 on each side.
Hongzhi and they went late, and they lived on the first floor of the chrysanthemum courtyard, and it was still the room on the west side, or on the side of the stairs.
Although Hongday's room is only one room away from the crime scene, it is actually a bit far away.
After all, this is mid-range, and the room is still a bit big.
And in ancient times, people engaged in construction or something, and there was really no tofu slag project, especially for those who did business like this, when they were choosing materials, they were all picking good quality houses to build houses, and the sound insulation effect was particularly good.
"You didn't hear anything?" The official asked, it's too normal for others to be sleeping and not hearing it, isn't he not sleeping on duty at night!
"Brother Cha, if I heard it, why didn't I go out to see it? If I go out and look and open the door, will the person next to me not hear? Even if they didn't hear it, then my brother and sister would naturally hear it, it was very quiet last night, but the snoring of the person next door was quite loud, and it was a loud sound, and fortunately I was on duty yesterday, if it wasn't for my night, I guess I wouldn't be able to sleep, how could there be such a loud sound, like thunder......"
The two officials listened to it, and both rolled their eyes, what a drop, who said that young people are not verbose?
The average age of the three people just now is less than fifteen years old, one is more verbose than the other, if it is an old lady of fifty, we will admit it!!
It's really TMD!!
After the two officials finished asking the three brothers, they let the three of them go to the courtyard and talk to the people who had asked them.
When all the people had finished asking, they showed the collected transcripts to their superiors.
After reading all the testimony and listening to the examination at the scene, their boss took the three brothers and almost twenty-three other suspects away.
Basically live on the first floor and take it all away.
For, according to the confessions of all the people, in the dead of night, no one heard the sound of footsteps, and the official messenger tried to take the stairs, and everyone knew that there would be a sound on the wooden stairs.
Since they were sober, no one who lived by the stairs heard them. That means no one has gone downstairs, and the suspect must be living downstairs.
And the most important point is that most of the upstairs residents are relatives of the deceased, or couples.
You have your own daughter-in-law, how could you go downstairs and kill that girl, although the girl is a little beautiful, but she is not so beautiful.
As soon as the official who took the lead said this, people including Hongli naturally quit and would stay at this inn. Not ready to go out and do business. Or maybe there's something going on.
Everyone was willing to take the initiative to stay just now, but they didn't want to get into trouble, after all, who proposed to leave at that time. Naturally, people will be more suspicious.
But now it's different. You said to take it to the Yamen. If you don't die, you will shed your skin, not to mention, the yamen is easy to enter and difficult to get out. If you are charged with a suspect, if you don't pay a few hundred taels or thousands of taels of silver, people will let you out?
Dream on!!
As a result, the people who were about to be taken away immediately became surging in the people.
"No, there's something weird about that." Although Hongtian couldn't tell what was strange, his intuition told him that something was wrong.
Although everyone was reluctant to leave, the officials all had some kung fu, and in addition, the officials all carried knives, and the people did not fight with the officials, so the twenty-six people were taken back to Luoyang in a prisoner car.
Some Luoyang locals were released after calling their relatives to guarantee and paying a bail of 300 taels of silver, and the rest were only two or three kittens.
In fact, the three brothers originally had enough silver, but unfortunately, in Luoyang City, they didn't know anyone, and in this situation, they said that their surname was Aixin Jueluo, and no one believed it.
Of course, they don't want to say it, otherwise, if it goes to the capital in the future, how can these three brothers gain a foothold among their cousins.
And after the official sent the three of them up and down, they threw them in prison.
"I feel like they're going to make us guilty." Hongli and Hongli said.
"Can't you, is there any royal law here?" Hongli is a typical Libra zodiac sign, with extreme demands for fairness and justice, and the sand in his eyes is unforgiving, and he is very angry when he listens to Hongday's words.
"What then? Hongday, do you know who the murderer is? Hongwang asked.
Hongwang was a little scared, although the eighth master was in charge of the internal affairs department, but the ninth master and the tenth master fourteen, which one was not a frequent visitor to his house, so he also knew something about things like the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Punishment.
And many things in the prison cell are similar to those in the criminal department, right?
As soon as he thought of this, Hongwang's cold air rose from the soles of his feet, and other officials had to pay errands, so it was normal to take the three brothers to blame.
Now, Hongwang only hopes that this case will break through the sky and send the three of them to Beijing, as soon as they enter the capital, it will be the world of the three of them.
It's a shame, but it's more important than losing your life!!
Poor self, still there, how can there be such a pitiful person himself!!
I knew that I was going to follow my cousins to spend all my days drinking, you said, if you die in battle when you go to the battlefield, we will still be glorious, but now, God, you are too TMD and blind!!
"Who the murderer was, I don't know, but I'm sure the murderer must have been someone known to the deceased." Hongyang said with certainty.
"How?" Hongli was a little puzzled, why Hongli was so sure.
"First of all, it's normal not to hear the sound of going down the stairs, and if he knows how to punch and kick, he can jump down, it's not that difficult......"
Before Hongli finished speaking, Hongli patted his thigh and said, "No, I can too, I can jump from the ground to the second floor when I was seven or eight years old, but I have to use external force, I have played with the hurricane since I was a child, and I have learned a lot of skills from it......"
Hongtian and Hongwang listened, they were speechless, we shouldn't have heard this, let the fourth uncle or Huang Mafa hear it, they must be mad, learn from the tiger, where do you know it, dear!!
"Hongli, you listen to Hongday's words, don't interject, Hongday, you continue." Hongwang's peach blossom eyes whitened his eyes, and Hongli said.
"Can I continue?" Hongli pretended to ask Hongli obediently, and after getting Hongli's affirmation, he continued, "In fact, if the murderer has the intention of killing, he can wrap his feet in a cloth, or the murderer is a woman!" ”
"No, what's wrong with a woman??" Now Hongwang also feels a little unbelievable.
As the so-called J kills J kills, J first and then kills!!
"And no one says that J and the killer have to be the same person." Hongyang gave one. Your stupid eyes.
"You mean J and kill are different people? And then the person who killed was a woman? But why do women kill them, wait, in the dead of night, J and killing are two groups of people, why don't we know? It's so strange that there's no movement at all? Didn't you hear? ”
Hongwang suddenly thought of a question.
"I didn't just say it, there is no sound, this voice refers to the cry for help and the sound of that or something." Hongyang saw that there was nothing to do now, so he might as well think about it, anyway, he couldn't figure out some things. Hence the words. Let's discuss and discuss.
If you really want to die, you have to be a ghost who understands.
"Wait, do you hear that other voice?" Hongwang felt that he had grasped the key point in Hongday's words.
"Hmm. The sound of the door opening. Hongtian said lightly.
In fact, I thought about it before and after. Suddenly I felt like I understood something. I'm not sure, though, it's mostly away from home. There's no need to be too nosy.
And now, Hongtian suddenly felt that he was fortunate not to say something, otherwise, he and the others would not be locked up, but directly tortured, and then put on death row, and then poured arsenic, saying that the three of them committed suicide in fear of sin.
They are smart, and they are not stupid, and when they saw the master of this yamen, they said a few words in Manchu.
I don't know if that master is a smart person, but if, as E-Niang said, the master in the yamen is the legendary Shaoxing master, then I can wait for someone to wait for the rescuers moved by E-niang.
However, Eniang's people are so stupid, she has been locked in the yamen for several days, and she hasn't come in to rescue, it's really useless!!
"The door opened, no wonder, you said that the murderer was known to the girl." Hongli held his chin and said, "Okay, why did the murderer kill people, I still know it, this is another question." ”
"Naturally, it's because that girl annoys people...... Hongwang replied casually, "Hongday, you just said that the door was opened, so J first or kill first?" ”
Hongwang suddenly felt that this question was very important.
If it's J first and then kill, I think it's better, if it's J first and then J, uh, well, so heavy, I can only say that I'm too convinced!!
"J first!" Hongyu smiled.
And on the seventh day when Hongday and the others were imprisoned, the thirteenth master connected with the people sent out by Ning Hua.
After the thirteenth master got the reply that day, he went to the fourth master's house, and the fourth master naturally sent his own people to bring back the unfilial son.
Thirteen saw that he didn't have a big deal in Beijing, mainly because Kangxi didn't send anything to him, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to bring the three children back, after all, there were some things, he could see that the seventh sister-in-law didn't want others to know.
The fourth master thought about it and thought it would be okay, so he entered the palace with Thirteen.
After asking for the order, Thirteen set off that night with his entourage and the people from the Fourth Master's Mansion.
Originally, the Thirteenth Master followed what Ning Hua gave, as well as the code left by Hongyang, and followed him to the outside of Luoyang City, and also to the inn.
They thought that the three of them were going to the northwest, so they walked along the official road, but they didn't see Hongday's code, and they heard that there was a murder in the inn before, so they turned back and ordered someone to inquire carefully.
After inquiring, I found out that the three Hongli were also arrested as murderers.
Whether it was Hongli or Thirteen, it was all dark, and the Thirteenth Master naturally didn't dare to go to the official mansion openly, so he went directly to the Ninth Master's shop.
Thirteen basically inquired about everything, and if you want to fish out the three of Hongli, you must borrow the power of Brother Jiu.
Compared with the forces in the capital and the south of the Yangtze River, the forces of the Ninth Master in the northwest have only been developed in recent years, and they have not invested much resources before.
However, it is not difficult to get three people out, after all, everyone knows that the number one or the second in command of Luoyang Mansion, one is greedy for money, the other is lustful, and it is not a thing.
As long as the money is sufficient, it is not difficult to release people.
Because, in front of the thirteenth master, the shopkeeper of the food and food fast, patted his chest and said cruel words, and he was sure to bring the three out safely.
After all, the shopkeeper naturally received a letter from the capital a few days ago, or a letter from the ninth master, and the shopkeeper naturally understood that if he could find the son of Hongwang, his future would definitely be bright and bright.
The ninth master's love for this nephew is no less than his own son.
But who knows, the shopkeeper went with a silver ticket full of confidence, but returned disappointed.
"What, murder felon, or J kill?" Thirteen has heard of it, but please, what is the identity of the three of them, if they are really people, will they come to this northwest?
What kind of beauty doesn't have in the capital?? (To be continued......)
PS: Today's birthday of the Su Lun family, the older I get, the less I love my birthday, which means that I am one year older, so sad......