Chapter Twenty-Six: Arresting People According to Portraits

As soon as the words fell, He Zhutou walked in quickly, and reported after seeing the ceremony:

"My lord, the shopkeeper and his companions of the Drunken Immortal Building have been brought here, and I heard that Wei Jichen was killed, saying that there is something important to report, do you want to go to the court?"

Liu Renli looked at Zhou Heng and pondered for a moment.

"Go to the side hall, Zhou Gongzi and Zhou Yi'an will go with the official to listen."

He Zhutou said yes and turned around to arrange.

Zhou Heng knew that today's matter, if he didn't get to the bottom of it, he wouldn't be able to leave, so he didn't say much, since he helped solve the case, let's show some real skills.

"Yi'an, you still have this charcoal pen and cardboard, prepare one for me."

Zhou Yi'an hurriedly ripped off the leather apron on his body, and a diagonal cloth bag was exposed, and a few charcoal strips and a stack of cardboard pasted on a thin wooden board were taken out from it.

With their things in hand, the two followed Liu Renli directly to the side hall, where the master and He Zhutou were already in the hall.

Before they could sit down, the shopkeeper walked in with a cousin who seemed to be swinging, and the two of them quickly fell to the ground.

Shopkeeper says:

"Lord County, I just heard that Wei Jichen was killed, the grass people thought that this person seemed to have credit in the store half a month ago, so he quickly checked the accounts, and the cousin heard that when he went to the wine shop to deliver food, he saw a man appear in the wine shop, and the grass people didn't dare to delay, so they hurriedly brought the cousin over to declare the customs."

Liu Renli shook his fingers and waved his sleeves.

"Oh, you two are even, tell me what you have seen!"

The cousin who was lying on the ground, his body trembled even more, and he quickly kowtowed to the ground.

"Adults are clear, small ones are ...... I don't know what to say about the little ones! ”

Liu Renli raised his eyes and glanced at He Zhutou.

"Help the cousin up!"

He Zhutou stepped forward and helped up the cousin on the ground, although this kid stood up, the tremor on his body did not subside, and he was obviously frightened.

"Don't panic, everything is in charge of the official, just let you tell me what you saw, why is this so?"

When the cousin heard this, he quickly lowered his head, and after a long time, he still didn't explain what he saw, at this time Liu Renli and He Zhutou were a little impatient, and when they saw their faces, the cousin was even more nervous.

Zhou Heng sighed, if he wanted Liu Renli to ask like this, he wouldn't be able to ask anything in a day.

He glanced at Liu Renli, saw that he was looking at himself, and hurriedly clenched his fists and said:

"Do you want students to ask?"

Liu Renli nodded, "Then there is Lao Zhou's son, ask on behalf of the official!" ”

Several people's eyes fell on Zhou Heng, Zhou Heng got up and walked to the side of the cousin, pulled him to his seat, and let him sit I am afraid that he will be even more afraid, it is better to stand steadily.

"Do you know Wei Jichen?"

The cousin raised his eyes to see Zhou Heng nodded, he didn't need to say anything, just answered whether it was or not, it was still easier.

"Yes, the little one knows Boss Wei."

"He's a regular visitor to your Drunken Immortal Tower?"

"Not a regular customer, just come two or three times a month, the food ordered by the guests are ordinary dishes, and every time the account is hung, the first settlement in March, is a careful silver master, so the small memory is more profound."

Zhou Heng nodded, it seems that this Wei Jichen is not an ordinary door-picker.

"Did Wei Jichen ever ask someone to send a banquet?"

The cousin shook his head, "Only this time, on the third day of the eighth month, he carried a bamboo basket with more than a dozen yellow catfish in it, saying that he asked the small one to make it, and ordered seven signature dishes, and left two taels of silver directly without hanging the account, saying that it was ready to be sent." ”

Zhou Heng raised his eyebrows, two taels of silver is not a small amount, no wonder this cousin has a deep memory.

"You sent it?"

"Yes, it's not far away, and the small one is carrying two food boxes and sending them over."

"You see someone else in his store?"

The cousin nodded, then shook his head.

"When I sent it, Boss Wei personally opened the door and placed the plates, and when the small one was about to leave, the back hall lifted the curtain, and a person came in, and when he came in, he smiled and said, Oh, Daddy also called so many dishes, and today is a blessing. The little one just glanced at it and hurried back. ”

"Daddy?"

Liu Renli stood up suddenly and asked:

"Have you ever heard that you really call Daddy?"

Xu has been a magistrate for a long time, and this Liu Renli really has a sense of righteousness, and suddenly shouted in his voice, Don't talk about the cousin, even Zhou Heng was taken aback.

The cousin fell to his knees, and 10,000 grass and mud horses flew over in Zhou Heng's heart.

Stretched out his hand and pulled the cousin up.

"Don't panic, if you hear anything, Lord Liu just wants to confirm it!"

The cousin nodded, his face was a little pale, and he moved towards Zhou Heng, raised his eyes to look at Zhou Heng with a comforting smile, so he was not too flustered.

Nodding slightly, he said, "Yes, it's Daddy, but the accent is the accent of Jinan Mansion!" ”

He Zhutou and Liu Renli glanced at each other, all of this was inferred according to Zhou Heng's inference, this person was simply amazing, from a few maggot shells to a live painting, it was really shocking.

But Liu Renli didn't dare to interrupt anymore, the hall was very timid, he asked, the goods were nervous for a long time, and he was in a hurry, and he didn't dare to squeak.

Zhou Heng picked up cardboard and charcoal, drew on the paper shell, and depicted the frame of a Chinese character face with a few strokes.

"I'll draw the person's appearance now, and if you don't look right, just say, let's change it together?"

The cousin nodded, but a little anxiously.

"This adult, the little one just glanced at it, but he didn't look carefully!"

Zhou Heng smiled, "Don't worry, I'll draw you and watch, you can take a look first, let's take our time, is this face shape correct, this person has a beard!" ”

The cousin bit his lip and recalled, "This person has a white face and no beard, he looks very young, his face is slightly thinner, and he is not so ......."

The two of you paint me I said, Zhou Heng continued to revise, the draft was completed, when the portrait was raised, Liu Renli was stunned, although he didn't know what kind of painting method this was, but the degree of realism was comparable to a person standing in front of him.

The shopkeeper also got up, came over to take a look, and exclaimed.

"This person is similar to Wei Jichen, but he is younger!"

Liu Renli had only seen Wei Jichen's corpse, and although he did not become a giant when soaked in wine, his appearance still changed slightly.

Zhou Heng just restored it according to the shape of the skull, raised the person's facial features to a higher position, and drew a mole at the position of the left eyebrow peak.

This shock is really beyond words, Liu Renli pointed to the portrait, looked at the cousin, tried to control his emotions, and made his voice softer.

"Are you sure this is the person you saw on the night of the third day of the eighth month?"

Zhou Heng gave the cousin an encouraging look, and the cousin stopped trembling at this time, and nodded vigorously.

"Yes, the little one confirmed, the man in this portrait is the one he saw that night, and when the man came to the hall with the curtain lifted, he didn't seem to notice the little one squatting on the ground to load the food box. Seeing the little one get up, he seemed to pause, and the villain still remembered that the person was half a head taller than Boss Wei and had a thin figure. ”

Liu Renli looked at the master who was making the record and asked:

"After the record was made, I asked the cousin to put his palm print on the testimony."

The master hurriedly sent the testimony to the cousin, and seeing that he was illiterate, he read the contents, and then the cousin pressed the palm print.

The shopkeeper of the Drunken Immortal Building and the cousin were taken by the master to receive the reward money.

Zhou Heng's cheeks trembled, he was rewarded for making a certificate, and he was busy with his work, isn't it...... Can you make some money?

At this moment, Liu Renli said to He Zhutou:

"Daoming, have you inquired about this Wei Jichen's mansion in Jinan Mansion?"

He Zhutou clenched his fists, "The subordinates have found out, and they can immediately take the messenger to arrest people!" ”

Liu Renli nodded, "Okay, then take the portrait and arrest people according to the portrait, and act quickly to avoid long nights and dreams, after all, it has been half a month since the incident!" ”

He Zhutou clenched his fists and said yes, "My subordinates will take the messenger to go!" ”

Saying that, he turned around and left, Zhou Heng licked his lips and breathed a sigh of relief, and before he could speak, Zhou Yi'an, who was standing next to him, fell to his knees.

"Uncle Shi is broken!"