"My lord, are you here for the murder of the theater troupe last night? In my opinion, this murderer is their internal person, and the root can't explain anything else. ”

Song Qing smiled awkwardly, "What's the matter, the shopkeeper, have you also heard about this case?" No, it's only been less than a day.

The shopkeeper said, "What's wrong with not being in a day?" Last night, the matter spread, and it was very big, I guess, and now the whole county knows about it. ”

"My lord, since you are Song Tixing, then you have to solve this case, after all, who is not old and old? Besides, if you don't catch the other party, maybe someone will be killed?"

Song Qing nodded, "Shopkeeper, you haven't told me how many blacksmith shops there are in the entire Longzhou City." ”

The latter had a head in his head, "My lord, you are stumped by this, Longzhou is a big city with a population of tens of millions, you said that there must be a hundred blacksmith shops, right?"

Song Qingxin said that this is really the case, now things are difficult to do, a hundred, how much time will be wasted looking for them one by one? And it doesn't always work.

Leaving from the shop, Song Qing said: "Let's be like this now, Deputy General Chao, you immediately go back to the barracks and take a few people and then squat outside this troupe, mainly squatting on this person who pretends not to disassemble the blade."

"And my lord."

"As for the next, if he has any trouble, such as leaving the troupe and returning home, then you will follow Song Mou, but you can't startle the snake, it's best to find his address."

"Yes, my lord." Ran out towards the lieutenant general.

"Miss Yueyue, as for the two of us, then it's simple at the moment, we just need to continue to look for the blacksmith shop, but we don't need to look for every one, we just need to look for ten miles around the troupe."

"Got it, sir."

They acted immediately, searched the street for a while, and then found another blacksmith, which was sweating and smoking, and in this weather, it was a little hot.

Song Qing and Tang Yueyue watched outside for a while, and then after they stopped, they walked in.

smiled: "In the cold weather, if you can have some warm fire, even if it is work, then you won't feel very tired, two masters, I don't know what you are building?"

One of them smiled: "The guest officer is serious, I am just a coolie, although the temperature is not high, but tired, I have to go through thousands of knocks every day, and my body can't stand it at all."

"Moreover, not only is it tired, but it also can't make much money, and in the long run, the body can't stand it at all, no, the body has been overexerting itself for a long time, and now there is something wrong." Song Qingdao: "Since there is something wrong, why don't you change jobs?" After all, the body is the capital, and if something goes wrong, it's a lot of it, don't you say?"

The two sighed, the body is important, but the stomach is equally important, without a job, what do you eat? Not starved to death?

"Guest officer, I see that you are a full man who doesn't know that a hungry man is hungry, you don't have a backache when you stand and talk, you don't feel tired to watch people carry burdens, and if you don't have a job, the two of us brothers will be hungry in less than a month, what to eat."

"Don't look at the population of Longzhou is 10 million, but you don't know how many people can't eat enough, they only dare to eat two meals a day, and they can only eat one fifty percent full, I said adults, this is not a minority."

Song Qing was silent at the moment, although he knew this question, but when he heard it with his own ears, he already felt a lot of tremors in his heart.

It seems that all this is not as good as it seems.

"Both, since this is the case, then I would like to ask, how much silver can you earn in a month after you work so hard every day? It can't be less than five taels.

"Five taels? If I have five taels of silver, hehe, won't I have dozens of taels after a year? That's not enough to go without work for a month. ”

"Guest officer, it's difficult to do business now, there are hundreds of blacksmith shops in the entire Longzhou City, how many people do you say are willing to make weapons or household utensils? Isn't it?"

"In the whole Longzhou, most of the blacksmith shops are like us, and they can only get food and clothing for a month, but it's not bad, in this troubled world, as long as you can't starve, you can't freeze to death."

Song Qing had nothing to say, this was a fact, and he couldn't find the words to refute it.

Taking out the blade from his arms, Song Qing said, "Two, I don't know if someone in your shop has come to build this thing recently?"

They took a closer look and then shook their heads, "Guest officer, we've never seen this thing before, let alone built it, by the way, who needs such a knife?" As soon as these words came out, Song Qing knew that the two of them had come for nothing, and he didn't get any news, but it was certain that at least he learned that the life of the people here was not as good as he imagined.

Tang Yueyue was unwilling, "Two masters, take a closer look, are you sure you haven't created this kind of item?"

They were very sure, "I said girl, I won't lie to you, since I said that I haven't seen it, naturally I haven't seen it, I won't lie to you, and there is no need to say it."

Song Qing and the two left in disappointment and walked on the street.

It seems that it is a little difficult to find evidence, and there is no doubt that this murderer may have been prepared for a long time, either in advance, or by himself.

Song Qing was embarrassed, and now he didn't know what to do, and the two of them were on the street for a whole day. found 10 blacksmith shops, but couldn't find any clues. When night falls, the number of pedestrians on the streets of Longzhou increases, most of them are out looking for work, and they are almost unable to open the pot, and without income, life will be very sad.

Song Qing and the others looked at these people, there was fire in their hearts, and they didn't know what to do next.

"My lord, it seems to be a false prosperity here, but compared with Lin'an, it is so poor, I am afraid that the local taxes will be taken away by the yamen.

Song Qing has nothing to say, he is not the governor of the county and the state, he can't help or solve this kind of thing, even Song Duzong will not ask, let alone himself.

"Let's go, Miss Yueyue, it's late at night, I can't continue to look for it, in my opinion, it's better to find an inn to eat something first, and then find a way tomorrow."

They continued to walk, and found the inn not far away and shouted for food, and then Xiao Er entered the house with a few small dishes, and the two began to eat.

"My lord, what do you think we should do tomorrow? Is this really difficult to solve?"

Song Qingdao: "It's not difficult to say that this matter is difficult, it's not difficult to say that it's not difficult, Miss Yueyue, you still have to rest assured, within ten days, Song will definitely take this case, and at the same time, if the Zhizhou here violates the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, Song will definitely not let him go."

After eating the food, Song Qing came to the windowsill and looked at the passers-by who came and went outside, and his heart fell into contemplation, he wanted to know, what is this life for? Is it for enjoyment? Or is it just to come to the world to experience hardships? He didn't know.

At the same time, in the yamen, in the cell, the fat man of the opera troupe has been imprisoned in the cell, his hands and feet are bound by iron chains, unable to break free, and at the same time, there are torture instruments are placed here.

He was scarred, some were left by the beating of his braids, some were left by the soldering iron, and now the whole person was very miserable, and he was out of breath.

Zhizhou Xie Kui said: "Liu Wu, now the official asks you, did you kill the person?" The official told you that as long as you admit it, you don't have to suffer so much, how about the official decide to give you a good time?"

Liu Wu said with a hideous face: "Dog officer, I didn't kill people at all, why do you want to put the responsibility on me?" You're a down-and-out dog officer, a dog officer. "Although I am working in the theater troupe, but I didn't kill the person, I don't know that the guillotine was transferred, otherwise how would I kill someone?"

Xie Kui sneered, "But you still killed the person, he really died in your hands, what else do you have to say now?"

"I said Liu Wu, you still admit it, now I can't help you, as long as you enter the yamen and enter the official, your life will be the official in the future.

"A word from this official can decide your life and death, and it can decide the life and death of countless people in Longzhou City, because I am the official, and the official is me, you people, what are you fighting with me?"

"Don't say that you have killed someone, even if you have been wronged, what can you do? Hehe, there are two mouths under the official word, one relies on eating and the other relies on saying, you are guilty or not, isn't it the official who has the final say?"

.“ .... Dog officer.... I curse you not to die well, and one day in the future, you will end up worse than me, do you believe it or not?"

Xie Kui didn't believe it at all, but he also chuckled, with disdain on his face.

"I'm sorry, I'm afraid that this official can't let you get your wish, this official not only has to live well, but also has to live a good life, I said can you believe it?"

"Hehe, I'm an official, you're a thief, do you think there is a contrast between us? Don't say that this official bullies you because he is the governor of the state. ”

"Liu Wu, this official will give you a chance now, that is, as long as you take the initiative to confess, and then admit the murder, then this official will decide to let you go? Otherwise, hehehe, you'll be miserable by then. ”

Liu Wu scolded angrily, he never thought that he would have such a thing, the problem is that the death of the troupe has nothing to do with him at all, and even he doesn't know who did it.

"Dog officer, let me tell you, I didn't kill people, if you still have a little conscience, then let me go, otherwise, sooner or later, I will let you die!"

Liu Wu's face was hideous, and he had already imagined many ways to kill this Zhizhou Xie Kui in his mind, but unfortunately he could only think about it casually at this moment.