Soon, Yang Chen glanced at Huang Feng and asked, "Do you think two ordinary women can kill a big man so easily?" Also, with the relationship between them, there is really a way to take Chen Zhigao's life, that is, poisoning him, which is much simpler than assassinating him on the street, and it is even more difficult to be detected. ”

"Well, this ......" Huang Feng smiled a little embarrassedly: "It seems that I think too much about it." ”

"You really think too much, I'm going to Chen Zhigao's house just to ask them something." Yang Chen said, and walked towards the depths of the alley.

As Huang Feng said, the location of Chen Zhigao's body was indeed very close to his home, and he had already arrived in front of his house after only a few steps. This Chen family is indeed a solid family in the entire alley, not only the door is much wider than others, but also the door paint on it is still new. It's just that now the door is hung with a white veil, which looks a little heavy.

Soon after knocking on the door, a servant woman came to open the door, and then looked at the two men outside the door with some suspicion: "Dare to ask ...... two of you"

"We are from the county government to investigate the case, this is the fourth master of the yamen, and I came today to ask some things about the two ladies of your family." Huang Feng was the first to speak, explaining his intentions. When the servant woman heard this, she hastened to invite them into the door, and then called a maid beside her, and told her to go inside and make a sound.

When Yang Chen and the others followed the servant women into the living room with the same white veil and couplet, two women in filial piety clothes had already greeted them one after the other. Walking in front was a woman in her forties, who was the same age as Chen Zhigao, looking ordinary, while the younger one behind her had a bit of a look. Both of them looked sad, obviously they had just cried, and their eyes were red, and the latter was even more pitiful.

Yang Chen and the others first gave them a salute, then entered the hall, picked up three sticks of incense in front of the spirit, and solemnly saluted the deceased After offering incense, they turned around and said to the second daughter who returned the salute to them: "The festival mourns and changes." Then he got to the point: "We are here for the murder of Chen Zhigao." ”

When the two girls heard this, they burst into tears again, and the eldest woman Chen said with a little choked: "Two adults, my lord died unjustly, I hope you can give the little woman justice......" As he spoke, he knelt down with the others and immediately kowtowed.

Seeing this, Yang Chen hurriedly stepped forward and helped him: "Mrs. Chen doesn't have to be like this, since it is a case in my Biguan County, I will wait for the official office to make decisions for you and find the murderer who harmed people." After a good persuasion, it was not until they calmed down a little that he said again: "But this also requires your cooperation, and the official still needs to ask you some details." ”

The two women glanced at each other, and then Chen replied: "My lord, as long as the little woman knows, I will not hide it." ”

Yang Chen nodded with satisfaction, and then asked: "Chen Zhigao is in the earth and stone business, do you know who he has a close relationship with on weekdays?" Have you made any enmity with others? ”

"My lord, we are just women in the family, and my husband never told us about outside things. As for resolving grievances or anything, I haven't heard him mention that he has a grudge against anyone. ”

"Not at all?" Yang Chen frowned a little unpleasantly.

At this time, the concubine who had been keeping her head down and didn't dare to look at others suddenly secretly pulled Chen: "Madam......"

"What did Xiaoyin think?" Chen understood, turned his head to look at her, and said.

This woman named Xiaoyin looked very timid, and even at this time she didn't dare to raise her head, but replied softly: "Just two days before the incident, the master said a few words in front of the slave family because he was drunk...... I remember that he said that this time it was not easy to handle, and a person named Zhang or something would not let him go easily......"

"But what is Zhang?" When Yang Chen heard this, he immediately came to his senses and asked.

When he asked him like this, Xiaoyin looked even more nervous, and she almost buried her head in her chest, but she still replied softly: "The master was drunk at the time, and his speech was not too clear, and the slave family didn't listen carefully, so he ......"

"Then who he has been doing business with lately, and why he went out on the day of the incident, you always know, right?" Yang Chen asked again helplessly.

The two women glanced at each other again, and then shook their heads again: "We only know that he did take over a big deal recently, but what it is, he doesn't say, and we won't ask." ”

"You ......" Huang Feng immediately pulled down his face dissatisfied, and wanted to reprimand a few words, but was stopped by Yang Chen by patting his shoulder: "That's it, it's no wonder they." He could see that Chen Zhigao was the only one in the family, and the two daughters had almost no status, so it was naturally impossible to know what her husband was busy with on weekdays.

Then, he said, "Well, there is a study or an account room in this house where he often stays, take us over and have a look." ”

Only then did the two girls answer, and Chen led them to a wing room in the backyard that was used as a study: "On weekdays, my husband is here to deal with his business affairs. ”

"Has the contents been touched lately?" Yang Chen asked again before entering the door.

"No, we've been busy dealing with the aftermath lately, and we haven't let anyone clean up here."

After receiving the reply, Yang Chen pushed open the door with satisfaction, and just before Huang Feng subconsciously wanted to go in, he was pulled by him again: "Wait." As he said this, his eyes had already swept around the room, but he found that everything was in order, no one had turned it over, and there was a layer of floating dust on both the desk and the bookshelf, which proved that Chen was right, and no one had come in for a while.

Under Huang Feng's puzzled gaze, Yang Chen stepped into the room and explained, "I'm here to make sure that no one else has broken into this house. If you're in such a hurry to get in, you won't be able to confirm it. ”

Huang Feng let out a sigh and followed into the house. And after this encounter, Huang Zhutou, who entered the house, didn't dare to rummage through things at will, just followed Yang Chen's side to see how he investigated. Since the other party showed his hands in front of the corpse and at the scene, he has greatly admired this fourth master, and naturally he does not dare to disobey his intentions.

Before entering the house, Yang Chen already had a certain idea, so now let's start with the bookcase where Chen Zhigao often sits. I saw that there were still a few account books on it, and when I opened it, it was just some incoming and outgoing accounts, and I couldn't see any problems. The others are some pen, ink, paper, inkstone and other four treasures of the study.

Looking at the entry and exit numbers written in the account book, Yang Chen sighed unconsciously: "Good words." It seems that Chen Zhigao has also read books. ”

Chen subconsciously continued: "My late husband did study in his early years, and he also took the exam. It's a pity that he didn't pass the exam in the end, and he didn't have the luck of his friend to get into the official family, so he could only inherit the family business and become a small businessman. ”

"Actually, it's not bad to be a businessman, at least you don't have to worry about food and clothing." Yang Chen casually comforted him, and the person turned to the bookshelf against the wall on the left hand side and looked at it carefully. The furnishings in this study are very simple, except for the bookcase and the bed by the window, only this bookshelf is worth searching.

Soon, though, he was disappointed again. There are so many books in this shelf that are subset of scriptures and histories, and there is nothing special about them at all. He even pulled out a few books and flipped through them, and found nothing else. It seems that at least no valuable clues can be found in his house.

After sighing helplessly, Yang Chen came to the final target, the bed. But even as he rummaged up and down, he still found nothing. In the end, he could only come to the bookcase, picked up the stack of account books that at least he couldn't see clearly, and said, "Mrs. Chen, this official has to take these back to the county government for verification first." But don't worry, after checking, these will definitely be returned to you. ”

"Your Excellency, please." Chen hurriedly agreed.

Later, they went to several other rooms in the house to search, and even the bedroom of the Chen family and his wife, as well as Xiaoyin's house, were not missed. But as a result, there are still no valuable clues. In the end, Yang Chen and the others had to leave with some stupidity.

After this inquiry, when the two came out, it was almost dusk. Looking at the gradually darkening sky, Huang Feng also sighed: "I didn't expect that today was a busy day, and this Chen Zhigao actually didn't have any clues to stay at home." By the way, sir, do you think he will still have an outhouse and put all the important things there? ”

Yang Chen looked at him and sighed: "You do have a lot of ideas, but it's obviously unrealistic. You have also seen that this Chen Zhigao is completely a character at home, and he is not a person who is afraid of the inside, even if there is a woman in the picture, just marry back, why bother with the outside house? ”

"What the adults say is that the small ones think too much." Huang Feng smiled, but then his face fell again: "In this way, the clues of the case are all broken again, how can this be good?" ”

"It's not that it's all without gains, at least we know from the two of them that Chen Zhigao has had a conflict with a person surnamed Zhang recently, and Chen Zhigao is obviously a little jealous of the other party. As long as you can find out who this person is, maybe you can find out the truth. Besides......" Yang Chen said, his footsteps suddenly stopped.

Huang Feng, who was following him, quickly stopped and asked, "Do you have anything else to discover?" ”

"If we want to have a harvest, we have to meet another person and ask him about something."

"But who is it?" Huang Feng found that he couldn't keep up with the rhythm of the fourth master again.

"It's the Li Gui who found Chen Zhigao's body." The corners of Yang Chen's mouth curled and gave an answer.