The courtyard wall of Sister Qi's house is not very high, almost only one meter. Ye Xi checked the courtyard wall of Sister Qi and found that there were traces of someone climbing on the courtyard wall on the left, which was very new and obvious.

She called out to Dali Siqing, who was still asking questions in the courtyard, "Lord Qi, you come and see here, someone has climbed here!" She gestured to the wall.

Lord Qi, named Qi Zhi, is Dali Siqing, the judge of the case of the child's disappearance.

He has also encountered many cases of lost children in the past few years, but the total number is not as large as this time, and the total number of lost children this time is eight, plus the one lost last night, a total of nine.

After Qi Zhi came out, he took a closer look at the place she pointed to, it was indeed a new footprint, fortunately it didn't rain last night, otherwise the trace would have disappeared, he thought happily in his heart.

He ordered someone to rub a copy of the footprint template, "Come on!" Make a copy of this footprint! ”

Ye Xi is conjecturing that most people who usually steal children, according to psychology, will not choose to be far away, because they are not familiar with the geographical environment, and they are not familiar with the people in those places. There are, of course, exceptions. Since the murderer wants to steal the child, then he will not run too far, after all, it is too much time to waste, and he is not familiar with the other party's residence, so the disappearance of the child should be related to this group of people, she thought while staring at the neighbors of the group of eldest sisters.

She asked Qi Zhi, "Lord Qi, where is the scope of the child's disappearance?" ”

She paused and asked with a little doubt, "Most of the children won't be lost in the west of the city!" ”

She thought that if most of the children disappeared in the west of the city, then her own conjecture would be correct.

Qi Zhi was stunned, he nodded, "Those who lost their children are indeed in the west of the city, as the princess said!" ”

Ye Xi smiled and slightly hooked the corners of his lips, "The murderer is among them!" She confidently pointed at the group.

When the crowd heard this, they all looked at me, and I looked at you.

Ye Xi's eyes narrowed slightly, staring at a person in the crowd, who looked flustered, his eyes dodged, and he made a quiet backward movement, making a look of wanting to escape secretly.

Ye Xi sneered unconsciously, "Ho! I want to escape! He pointed in which direction, and the man's face turned pale with fright.

When Qi heard the reputation, he saw that there was really a person who wanted to escape. The other party looks average, has a mole in the corner of his eye, is wearing a coarse cloth coat, and has a pair of flat-soled black shoes on his feet.

He looked panicked, and was so anxious that he knelt down and pleaded guilty, "No, it's not me, it's not me, it's really not me, I didn't steal the child!" He pleaded eagerly.

Ye Xi smiled coldly, "Did I say that you stole the child?" Are you not self-defeating! She asked calmly.

Qi Zhi's face turned cold, "Someone! Arrest this person! His voice was loud.

The official listened to the order and grabbed the person, and Ye Xi said more coldly, "Lord Qi can compare his feet!" ”

The officials grabbed him, and the other officials dragged his shoes, comparing them to the footprints on the wall, and the results were exactly the same.

Qi Da angrily asked, "You are still quibbling, and you still say that it is not you!" Put him in prison for this official, and wait for his fate! ”

I saw that the person was still quibbling, "It's not a grass people, it's really not a grass people, the grass people are just, it's just ......" but he didn't dare to say the reason.

Ye Xi thought for a moment, "Lord Qi, don't worry, maybe it's really not him!" ”

Ye Xi was thinking that he was just a temptation, testing whether he was a murderer or a person who liked to peep. Moreover, in addition to the possibility of voyeurism and murderers, there is also a possibility, that is, to go in and steal.

After Ye Xi finished speaking, Qi still didn't understand, and stared at her, "What does the princess mean?" ”

Ye Xi sighed, how could there be such a confused official, the footprints matched, it was not necessarily the murderer, it was also possible that he climbed in and wanted to do other things, such as peeping at Sister Qi.

Ye Xi glanced at him, "Lord Qi, why are you so confused as an official?" Does the footprint match necessarily mean the murderer? Can't he do anything else if he climbs in? ”

Ye Xi was stunned and blushed when he said it.

She looked at the arrested man in front of her and said what he had just said, "You climbed into Sister Qi's yard last night, did you want to peep at Sister Qi!" She said affirmatively.

Her words made the other party indefensible, and she was so ashamed that her face was red, red, white, and blue, just like a paint bucket dyed with five colors, which was extremely funny.

These words made Sister Qi, who was standing next to her, suddenly blush. Ye Xi's words also aroused discussion among others, and they all whispered, so that's the case, I heard that this guy likes to spy on others secretly, and it turned out to be true.

Oh, yes! Oh, yes! I didn't expect this guy to do such a sneaky thing when he usually looks honest.

Qi Zhi saw the other party's ashamed face, and understood that he was said by the princess again.

Qi Zhi thought of this, and suddenly felt ashamed in his heart, the princess's level of investigating the case was much better than herself, and she thought more than herself.

Qi Zhi ordered, "Arrest him to this official and put him in prison!" ”

With a frightened face, he knelt on the ground and kept begging for mercy, "The grass people are wrong, the grass people don't dare anymore, and I ask the adults to forgive their sins!" "Keep kowtowing and admitting mistakes.

Qi Zhi ordered in a cold voice, "Take it down!" ”

Ye Xi didn't expect that his murderer was not found, but he found another case, which can be regarded as a kind of harvest!

Ye Xi glanced at Sister Qi, her expression was calm and flat, "Sister Qi, where did you see the figure last night?" She gestured to the corner on her right.

Sister Qi nodded.

So Ye Xi came to the corner and saw that there were really footprints in the ground, and they were very deep, indicating that the person had been standing here for a long time. What is he standing here for? Is it to wait for a companion, or is there another purpose.

Qi Zhi walked over at the same time, and when he saw the footprints on the ground, he instructed the officials to rub a copy of this pair of footprints.

And he sent people to compare the people one by one, and found that none of them matched the footprints.

Ye Xi felt that the murderer might be more than two people, or even a gang, and they also had a base dedicated to guarding children. So many children are missing, if it is impossible for one or two people alone, after all, the children are still very young, and if they are caught, they will cry and make trouble, so the murderer will secretly detain that group of children, and the place of detention may be inaccessible, which is an extremely inconspicuous place that is not easy to be discovered.

Qi Zhi looked at Ye Xi and couldn't figure out the ins and outs, so he had to ask her, "Princess, what do you say should happen next?" ”

Ye Xi looked at him with an indifferent expression, "This is your case, ask what to do?" When Qi Zhi heard this, he blushed again.

Qi had no choice but to send people to search door to door in the west of the city to see if he could find clues.

Ye Xi shook his head, and complained in his heart, who is this looking for! came to investigate this case, how did you find a fool, it seems that the person who came to this person to investigate is also a fool.

Zhong Licong, who was eating dinner, suddenly had a sneezing, and the sound of sneezing was earth-shattering. A slight complaint in the mouth, who is scolding me!

Although this Qi Zhi is not an expert in handling cases, but you are able to use people, plus he is really doing things for the people, and he can't handle cases, you can learn more, the group of subordinates in his Dali Temple are quite capable of handling cases, and he knows how to use people well, so the group of people below still respect him. This is also the reason why Zhong Licong would let him investigate, it is better than sending a bastard who is corrupt and perverts the law.

Ye Xi and Yan Limei left the west of the city and returned to their shop. As soon as she returned, she immediately ordered, "Ah Mei, you go and send someone to check, which places in the west of the city are relatively few people, and it is easiest to hide people, after finding out, come back and report it to me, remember, this matter is going on secretly." Yan Limei nodded understandingly.

Ye Xi was thinking, if there were no clues in the west of the city, then he would have to search the entire Zhiwan City to see if he could find some clues.

Ye Xi also instructed, "When you find those places, send people to secretly monitor them, and don't startle the snake!" Yan Limei nodded, knowing it.

Ye Xi saw that it was not early, so he packed up his things and went back to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

In the evening, Yan Limei returned, and she told that there were four desolate places in the west of the city, a dilapidated Guanyin Temple, an uninhabited overgrown house, a small forest, and finally the less crowded Lekang Fang. The reason why there are relatively few people living there is because the people living in that place are all old, weak, sick and disabled, and all of them are poor people who can't even afford to eat, and I heard that it is a place that even beggars don't visit.

Ye Xi thought about it, among these four places, the best place to hide people is the poorest Lekang Fang, because no one could imagine where the murderer would build a secret place.

That said, it is necessary to explore other places before we can make a conclusion.

Ye Xi re-instructed Yan Limei to send people to check all parts of the city, and found that there was nothing unusual in other places, so he made up his mind to send people to monitor the four places in the west of the city.

Ye Xi told his eldest brother about this, and his brother was not at ease, but he couldn't stop her, so he had to tell her to be careful and not to hurt herself.

Ye Xi sent someone to tell Qi Zhi and asked him to pay close attention to the four places in the west of the city where there were few people.

Qi Zhi obeyed the instructions and sent people to secretly monitor those places all day long, and finally discovered that something was wrong with one of them.

That is the dilapidated Guanyin Temple, someone secretly quietly entered the Guanyin Temple, if you want to stay, there are so many inns in this city to live, why choose the broken temple. If there is no money, but the people who monitor it come back, those few people who often haunt the ruined temple, always like to go to the brothel to drink at night, so they can never be so simple.

So Qi Zhi ordered to act tonight to avoid the leakage of this matter, and he only told Ye Xi.

That night, Qi Zhi led a group of people to completely surround the Guanyin Temple, he rode on a horse, and his voice was loud, "Everyone listen, rescue the children inside, and don't let go of a murderer, otherwise the official will arrest him and put him in prison for life." The tone was slightly threatening.

He waved his hand, and everyone broke in, even the walls of the ruined temple were surrounded by people, which could be said to be impenetrable.

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