on the carriage.

Sun Shaozong opened the iron box on his right, and took out a clay pot full of hot water from the middle of the two hand stoves, one cold and one hot.

Because it is put together with the hand stove, the hot water poured in by the next person when I go out in the morning is still forty or fifty degrees Celsius until this time.

After pouring some warm water on the handkerchief, soaking the mud on his hands, and rubbing it a few times, Sun Shaozong picked up the curtain and threw the handkerchief out casually.

After a while, I heard a commotion outside, but it turned out to be a roadside vendor and two beggars arguing over the fine brocade handkerchief.

Although this piece of handkerchief is nothing to the rich and noble, if the pulp is washed and sold to those who are broken to support the scene, it can also be exchanged for a lot of copper.

The noise was quickly forgotten by the carriage, and Sun Shaozong's mind returned to the current case.

In fact, according to the traces at the scene, the murderer can basically be locked, and there is no doubt that Su Xingfang is there.

But so far, the two most important things have been missing: motivation and evidence.

Needless to say, the lack of motivation is self-explanatory.

And although those traces can be connected in series to deduce that Su Xingfang is the real culprit behind the scenes, but to use this as a basis to win a Liupinzhi County, it will eventually return some weight.

Pity!

He was coaxed by him at the time, otherwise if he could have noticed something wrong earlier, he would have been able to find the rope on the mechanism from him.

In this way, the case is naturally ironclad.

It's too late to regret it now, so I can only find another way to collect other evidence.

Fortunately, although the string that pulls the mechanism can be disposed of, the marks on the body are not so easy to eliminate......

"Your Excellency!"

Sun Shaozong was pondering the case, and the official who was leading the way in front suddenly flew to report: "Su Zhixian is not in the county office, I heard that I went home with my uncle's corpse!" ”

Went home with the corpse?

Sun Shaozong thought for a while, then opened the curtain and ordered: "Go and call Jiang Laoqi, the head of the express shift in Wanping County." ”

The official agreed, turned the horse's head and rushed to Wanping County again.

Not long after, that Jiang Laoqi [Yunshui Lane Naked Corpse Case Appearance] was brought to the front.

Through the curtains, Sun Shaozong ordered his subordinates to give a horse to Jiang Laoqi, and ordered him to accompany him to guide him and rush to Su Xingfang's house.

That Jiang Laoqi has been the head of the team in Wanping County for more than ten years, and he has not fallen after four governors of the county, so he is naturally not a fool, so he heard that he was accompanying the guide, not leading the way, so he vaguely guessed that the eldest master had something to ask himself.

Therefore, he smiled first, told Zhang Cheng the general path, and then slowed down his horse and retreated to the position that was level with the window.

Sure enough, after walking about 100 steps, I heard Sun Shaozong ask through the car window: "What is the relationship between Su Zhi County and his maternal uncle on weekdays?" ”

"Okay!"

Jiang Laoqi smiled and said: "The master is respectful to Cao Zhutou, and I won't tell you that Cao Zhutou's wife died two years ago, and he was alone and had no children, so he simply moved to live in the grandfather's house." ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly felt that he was a little unkind to himself, shouldn't it make Master Sun mistakenly think that the grandfather did not distinguish between public and private, and sought benefits for his relatives, right?

It doesn't matter if Lord Sun misunderstands, but if it reaches the ears of the grandfather, what is good?

So he hurriedly went back to make up for it: "But my grandfather is a master who has a clear distinction between public and private, no matter how much he respects Cao Zhutou, it is only after the dispersal, and there is no room for difference in respect and humility on weekdays." ”

"If you really want to talk about it, Cao Zhutou is in our yamen, and he is still condescending."

"In terms of martial arts, more than a dozen catchers in our county add up, and they may not be his opponents."

"Essay collection, several scribes in the county praised him for his hard pen, and he deserves to be the uncle of the master of Jinshi!"

Hearing Jiang Laoqi's words, Sun Shaozong was silent for a long time, and then muttered: "In this way, this Cao Zhutou is really Qu Cai." ”

After a pause, he asked again: "By the way, this official heard that Su Zhixian's body is not very good, and this sudden accident happened, and I don't know if I can withstand it." ”

Outside, Jiang Laoqi was slightly stunned, and then said with a smile: "My lord, I'm afraid I've heard it, my grandfather has always been very strong, and he has been in the county for more than two years, and he has never taken sick leave!" ”

It's always been a good muscle......

Sun Shaozong chewed these words twice, and asked some trivial things casually.

That Jiang Laoqi replied as he walked, and when he saw a deviation, he suddenly pointed to the front not far and said, "My lord, the small courtyard in front is my grandfather's mansion!" ”

The voice was full of relief, obviously panicked by Sun Shaozong's question, and vaguely aware of the strangeness, so he couldn't wait to get out of the matter.

Therefore, after finishing speaking, he immediately drove forward and rushed to Su Xingfang.

The carriage slowly stopped outside the gate of Sufu, Sun Shaozong jumped out of the carriage and looked up, but saw that this village was not only remote, but also very narrow.

That's normal.

Su Xingfang was born in a poor family, and after he became a scholar in high school, he has been an official in the capital, and if he doesn't accept bribes wantonly, he can't accumulate much surplus wealth at all.

As soon as he glanced at it twice, Su Xingfang heard the news and came out, the official robe on his body had already been changed into a plain one, and he bowed a few steps away, but his mouth was full of doubts: "Isn't Lord Sun investigating the case?" Why did you go to the cold house again? ”

Sun Shaozong didn't rush to return the salute, but stepped forward with an arrow, grabbed Su Xingfang's wrist, looked down at his finger carefully, and then asked with a smile: "Su Zhixian, how can there be many red marks on your finger?" ”

"This ......"

Su Xing was ashamed, shook his head and sighed: "When my mother heard that my uncle had an accident, she picked up the commonly used whisk to scold Su when she worshiped the Tao and worshiped incense on weekdays, but she didn't dare to dodge, but my lady pounced on her to cover it, and Su was afraid of hurting her, so she grabbed the dust and lamented." ”

Speaking of this, he spread out the five fingers of his right hand, and generously showed the wisps of red marks on it: "This is probably what was left at that time." ”

This guy has already found a way to deal with it!

It seems that if you want to catch him this time, I'm afraid it won't be so easy.

Sun Shaozong stared for a long time, and saw that Su Xingfang was calmly looking at him, and there was no hint of flinching in his eyes, so he let go of his wrist and said with a smile: "I see, Su Zhixian is really a filial son!" ”

There was a hint of sarcasm in his tone, but Su Xingfang shook his head and smiled bitterly as if he hadn't heard it: "Su acted recklessly at some time and harmed his uncle's life, so what face did he have to talk about the word filial piety?" ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and let in: "This is not the place to speak, please come in Lord Shaoqing." ”