Chapter 44: The Great Dream of Spring and Autumn
The moon was dark and the clouds were low, the cool breeze blew, everyone swept away the tiredness, Huang Zhutou yawned, looked up at the sky, and then looked at the brothers around him, all of them looked sleepy, thinking that with Guo Rong's testimony they could quickly find out the clues to the murder, but the development of things was completely unexpected, seeing that the clouds in the east were about to be cut away by the dawn of dawn, everyone's last trace of energy was about to be exhausted, if it wasn't for the order, they couldn't wait to sleep on the ground.
Huang Zhutou glanced back at the room, and saw that at this time, Shopkeeper Li was looking at Qin Keqing with a frightened expression, and even the beard hanging down his chin was trembling, and perhaps his voice was slightly hoarse due to excessive progress. I only heard Shopkeeper Li ask in a voice that seemed to be someone holding the quilt with both hands: "Where are you going, where will I know!" ”
Qin Keqing looked at Shopkeeper Li in front of him with a smile, looking harmless to humans and animals, but in Shopkeeper Li's eyes, the shallow smile seemed to be a sharp sword straight into his chest! He suddenly stood up and said, "You went to Tortoise Shell Alley!" ”
Qin Keqing's jade hand patted and said with a smile: "Yes, I guessed it at once!" Looks like Tortoiseshell Lane is where you're most afraid of me going! It also happens that if you go half a quarter of an hour late, I'm afraid that Yichun Hall will really have to change the owner! Didn't you just say you wanted proof? Can I find evidence from my visit to Tortoiseshell Lane?"
Shopkeeper Li's face changed color, and he stared at Qin Keqing in front of him with a pair of eyes, and said slowly: "Even if you have been to Tortoiseshell Lane, I just happened to guess it!" What does this matter have to do with me, you can't just associate me with the interception and killing of Zhu Zhilian! ”
Qin Keqing said loudly: "I just said that Yichun Hall changed the hall master, and I didn't say who it was, and I didn't say who the two hall masters of Yichun Hall were!" You directly said that you intercepted Zhu Zhilian, and you also said that you had nothing to do with this matter? Not only do you have something to do with this matter, I'm afraid that the deputy hall master is also involved! I didn't expect this to be a surprise! Shopkeeper Li, you are really my lucky general! He laughed.
Shopkeeper Li's face sank, he took two steps back, pointed at Qin Keqing with his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Is it a bit far-fetched Miss Qin like this!" ”
Qin Keqing shook his head, walked to the door and whispered to Huang Zhutou: "The sky is already bright, you staying here will make people suspicious, now take the brothers to find a place to eat some breakfast and drink a bowl of ginger tea to get rid of the cold on your body." Then go back and rest, and stand here all night for the troubles of the brethren! With that, he took out an ingots from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Huang Zhutou!
Huang Zhutou looked at the ingots in his hand, was stunned, and arched his hand and said: "Thank you, Lord Inspector, Huang Zhi and the brothers, thank you Lord Inspector."
With that, he waved his hand and led the officials out of the Four Seas Inn
After everyone left, Qin Keqing turned around and came to the table and put the three-foot Qingfeng in his hand on the table, looked at the shopkeeper Li who was on the side and said with a smile: "What? Seeing that Shopkeeper Li looked dazed, it seemed that there were many things that he couldn't figure out, now just you and me, what can you understand, just ask, I should explain one or two for you! ”
Shopkeeper Li said with a puzzled face: "Don't say anything else, why let Huang Zhutou and them leave." ”
Qin Keqing said with a smile: "I said it a long time ago, there is a lot of involvement here, and it is definitely not something that he can participate in as a small head catcher!" That's why I let him go! ”
Shopkeeper Li said "oh" and said, "I see, what is Miss Qin going to do with me, the so-called Xiliang Fine?" ”
Qin Keqing reached out and picked up the teapot on the table, poured a cup for himself, took a sip and put the teacup down, and then stretched out his hand to signal Shopkeeper Li to change a pot of hot tea. Shopkeeper Li looked at Qin Keqing suspiciously, and asked, "Let me change the tea?" Aren't you afraid that I'll take the opportunity to run away? ”
Qin Keqing didn't raise his head, but said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Li is a smart person, naturally he won't run away under the pretext, am I right?" ”
Shopkeeper Li smiled and said: "Many people see me with you, if I am worried about my life, you will naturally be investigated, since Miss Qin conceals her identity, she naturally does not want too many people to notice you, so I am safer with Miss Qin now." Since I can protect me thoroughly, if I take out the general coarse tea to entertain Miss Qin, I will be a little ignorant, Miss Qin, wait a minute, I will make you a pot of high-quality tea, and by the way, get some refreshments, this toss must have been empty all night! With that, he stepped to the back kitchen to boil water and make tea.
Qin Keqing was so smart, as soon as he saw Shopkeeper Li's words and expression, he knew that he would never take risks and act rashly, so he looked at the rising sun outside the house, and thought in his heart: "This looks like a mess of Qingzhou City, as if someone is manipulating the overall situation behind the scenes, just like the accidental death of Steward Feng of Yichun Hall, as well as the bizarre death of the four people in the Four Seas Inn, and the interception and killing of Zhu Zhilian last night, and the interception and killing of Zhu Zhilian now knows that it was this Shopkeeper Li who did it!" Why were these four people killed at the Four Seas Inn? Who's the one who did it? I disguised myself as the old man that day to perform the dream induction technique, just to learn from it the strange things that happened when the bandit who was beheaded half a year ago, after the breakup of Yuelai Restaurant, the four of them should wake up within half an hour, right, why would the four of them die in the Four Seas Inn, and it is directly opposite me, is it that someone is passing on a message to me through the death of these people? If you check it again, how many of them will be the same? If that's the case, then the person behind this should be the one who organized me to investigate the bandits thoroughly! Or I thought about it too much, the door of the four people sent to the Four Seas Inn was for the shopkeeper Li to see, according to the existing clues, it can be concluded that the group of visitors living upstairs should be trading with the shopkeeper Li, and this group of people was introduced to the shopkeeper Li by Feng Zhihai, the brother of the Yichun Tang manager, and bought it at a low price and then sold it to Yichun Tang's procurement Feng manager, from which he obtained a lot of price difference! Compared with this, the brother of the Feng family should not know that this shopkeeper Li hit it off with the two in order to raise food and salary. This clue should be like this at present, yes, why the other three executioners were killed, it is still not very clear at present, according to the clues they have obtained so far, these three people were involved in the execution half a year ago, did they find something that should not be discovered? However, the Dream Induction Technique did not get any useful clues that day, and this problem cannot be figured out at present. And then there is, why did Shopkeeper Li intercept and kill Zhu Zhilian of Yichun Hall? If Zhu Zhilian dies unexpectedly, the most likely person to ascend to the throne is Deputy Hall Master Yao! Thinking about it, Qin Keqing suddenly slapped the table and said with a smile: "So that's the case!" If it's really as I think, then this shopkeeper Li is just a chess piece! It's just pushed out to be a target to cover people's eyes. As soon as the words fell, he heard the sound of the dishes falling to the ground, and looked at the voice, and the shopkeeper Li looked at him with a sad and angry face.
Qin Keqing looked at Shopkeeper Li's face and said with a smile: "It seems that you don't know that you are just a chess piece, do you fantasize about the day of success, ranking as the third prince, and enjoying the temple!" It's a pity that this pot is a good tea. After saying that, he shook his head and made a "tsk" sound with a regretful face.
Shopkeeper Li looked at Qin Keqing in front of him and said angrily: "Do you regret this pot of tea?" I still feel sorry for me Li! ”
Qin Keqing stretched out his hand, picked up the sword on the table, stared at Shopkeeper Li, and said slowly: "It's a pity, what do you say about this pot of tea?" What if I feel sorry for you? ”
Shopkeeper Li leaned over to pick up the debris scattered on the ground, and said with words in his mouth: "If you regret the tea, you don't have to, just make a pot, if you pity me Li, then I have something to say." ”
Qin Keqing crossed his arms in front of his chest, looked at the shopkeeper Li in front of him and said, "Then it depends on what you say!" ”