Chapter 60: Beasts
The Bamboo Garden House is a mess.
Zheng Yanqing first inspected the bodies of Mao Wang and his wife. Aunt Mao poured on the side of the pot, facing the sky on her back. The head had been hit hard, and the blood had stained the ground red; Mao Wang sat in the doorway, his back against the wall. An iron hammer used to make a fire pierced his body from behind. The honest and stocky face seemed to be filled with anger, and the eyes were even more round...... This is a little different from what Yan Qing imagined.
"Take me to see the other two bodies."
Xu Yansheng hurriedly took Zheng Yanqing and walked into a bamboo building.
This bamboo building was originally inhabited by Du Ruhui, and later Xu Shiji moved over and lived in it for a while. It seems that Mao Wang and his wife have not forgotten their identity. The study building used by Yanqing and the main building in the middle have never been inhabited. Some clues to this can be seen from the smooth porch.
According to Zheng Yanqing's original assumption, the two corpses in this house, one large and one small, could it be Mao Xiaoba?
But when he walked in and looked, he was stunned.
The big corpse, probably in his forties and fifties, was dressed in thin clothes, but it was extremely unfamiliar. Zheng Yanqing can guarantee that he has not met this person. And the other corpse, he recognized, was Yuwenya, Duoduo's brother.
How did Yuwenya end up here?
At this time, Xu Yansheng muttered softly in Xu Shiji's ear.
"Yan Qing, this person is Hu Lidie."
"What did you say?"
"Yan Sheng knows this person, it is the second boss of Dading Restaurant, Hu Lidie."
With a buzzing of his head, Zheng Yanqing was a little stunned.
"Xu Yansheng, do you see clearly? Is this person really Hu Lidie, the second leader of Dading Restaurant? ”
Xu Yansheng hurriedly stepped forward, bowed down and said, "Qi Zheng Gongzi, the little one is definitely not mistaken." During this period of time, the little one walked around the vicinity of Dading Restaurant every day and saw Hu Lidie with his own eyes. A few times, I even went out of my way to meet him.
He had a red mole on his left eyebrow, which I remember clearly...... That's right, it's this person, he's Hu Lidie. ”
"Why is Hu Lidie in my bamboo garden?"
Zheng Yanqing was furious. The deceased are Yuwenya and Hu Lidie, what about Mao Xiaoba?
"Did you see anyone else when you came?"
"No, when we came, the firewood in the stove burned to ashes, and it must have happened in the early morning or even earlier."
Shen Guang had been squatting next to the corpse, and suddenly stood up, "Childe, these two people died of poisoning." ”
"Poisoned?"
Shen Guang nodded, pointed to Yuwenya's corpse and said, "In his mouth, there is an almond fragrance, which should be caused by poisons similar to Heding Red." Look in this room, there's food all over the floor, and there's vomit. The child was deeply poisoned and died on the spot; The middle-aged man was relatively shallower in poisoning, and when he ran out, he died of poisoning. ”
Zheng Yanqing closed his eyes and rubbed his cheeks vigorously with both hands.
In my mind, a strange picture emerged: Mao Xiaoba wanted to poison the food, but Aunt Mao stopped him, accidentally fell, fell into a corner of the pot, and his brain burst; Mao Wang happened to come in, and after seeing this scene, he was furious and scuffled with Mao Xiaoba. As a result, he was pushed to the ground by Mao Xiaoba, and was killed by the iron hammer through his body.
Then, Mao Xiaoba brought the food mixed with poison to the bamboo building.
Hu Lidie and Yuwenya, who had been waiting here all night, devoured them. Because of Yuwenya's young age, he was killed on the spot. Hu Lidie should have sensed something and wanted to go out, but he died of poison.
This can also explain why the causes of death of Mao Wang and Hu Lidie are different.
Well, let's go a little further.
After Hu Lidie designed to frame the husky, he was afraid that the husky was strong in martial arts, and if he was not killed, he would definitely find him trouble. So he didn't dare to hide in the city, but ran to the bamboo garden and waited for the outcome of the matter.
Mao Xiaoba lured Yuwenya to Zhuyuan...... How exactly it was tricked, Zheng Yanqing couldn't guess.
Duoduo said that the husky is ready to leave and will definitely have a bag. And there is nothing in the bamboo building, that is...... Back then, Mao Xiaoba could ignore his father and mother and steal the jade belt.
Now, will he see the fortune and repeat the crime of the past again?
Yanqing to Mao Xiaoba...... No, maybe it should be called Mao Gongsui who doesn't know very well. But one thing he can be sure of is that this person should belong to the kind of people who are extremely selfish and unkind. If he can't even care about his father's life or death, what else can he care about? Five years ago, he could have done that; Five years later, he can.
Although such a picture appeared in Yan Qing's mind, in his heart, he was unwilling to admit it.
If that's the case, then Mao Xiaoba, Ken is really a beast!
"Childe, what should I do?"
Zheng Yanqing pondered for a moment, stepped forward and picked up Yuwenya's body, "Brother Xu, you go and report to Fang Fuyin immediately." ”
"Report the crime?"
"With so many people dead, can you hide it?
However, you all remember that only three people died, do you hear? It's three, not four. ”
Looking at Yuwenya in Yan Qing's arms, Shen Guang and the others all understood.
As for Xu Yansheng, although he doesn't understand the reason. But since Zheng Yanqing ordered so, he would not have an opinion.
In fact, the death of a few people, for them, it makes no difference.
After all, everyone and these deceased people don't have a particularly close relationship...... "Brother Shen!" ”
"Yes."
"You take this corpse and enter Longmen Mountain immediately...... Find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, bury him, and leave a mark. ”
"I'll go right away."
Shen Guang picked up Yuwenya's corpse, turned around and left.
Zheng Yanqing walked out of the bamboo building with the two brothers Dang Shijie and Dang Shiying. The three of them sat on the porch of the study building, silent.
"Young Master, who will do it?"
"Beast!"
Zheng Yanqing clenched his teeth and squeezed out two words from between his teeth.
I hope I'm wrong, otherwise...... You're really a beast!
―――――――――――――――――――― Fang Yanqian heard the report, and immediately called Yuwen Chengdu and rushed to Zhuyuan to check.
After verifying Hu Lidie's body, Fang Yanqian also felt a little puzzled, who did this kind of thing? Zheng Yanqing didn't know how to answer, because he didn't have any evidence to show that these people were from Mao Xiaoba. After walking a few laps in the bamboo garden, Yuwen Chengdu came back and told Fang Yanqian that before Zheng Yanqing and the others arrived, there should be five people in the bamboo garden.
Three died, and two more, where did they go?
But no matter who it is, they didn't associate this matter with Zheng Yanqing.
So after some interrogation, Fang Yanqian could only conclude: Hu Lidie hid here with his subordinates last night and was discovered by Mao Wang and his wife.
Mao Wang and his wife poisoned and wanted to kill Hu Lidie, but they were found unconscious and killed.
Hu Lidie was poisoned and died, while the other two escaped overnight.
There are many flaws in this conclusion. If you think about it carefully, it doesn't make sense at all. But Fang Yanqian didn't bother to continue to investigate. The husky is dead, Hu Lidi is dead, and he has basically achieved his goal.
As for Yuwenduo and Yuwenya's siblings, they should have fled...... Fang Yanqian didn't take these two people to heart, or rather, he didn't want to kill them all. Two children, what kind of waves can they turn over? Moreover, the emperor is about to return to Luoyang, and he needs to calm down the situation in Luoyang as soon as possible, so as to return to normal as soon as possible. Zheng Yanqing is not good at saying Mao Xiaoba's name, because it is likely to cause trouble. Therefore, when Fang Yanqian made a conclusion, he did not object, and even nodded his head again and again, hoping to calm down as soon as possible.
"Zheng Gongzi!"
When Zheng Yanqing was about to leave, Yuwen Chengdu suddenly stopped him.
With a strange smile in his eyes, he pulled Zheng Yanqing aside, "At noon, we intercepted a merchant ship. ”
Zheng Yanqing was stunned and didn't understand what he meant.
"As a result, on the ship, we found a dead body from a box.
After verification, the dead body's name was Li Dewu...... Zheng Gongzi should have heard of this person. He was killed last night. ”
With a sigh in his heart, Zheng Yanqing secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
Damn, you forgot about it!
He has been through a lot of things throughout the day, and the whole person has been in a state of tension. The fact that Shen Guang killed Li Dewu last night has long been forgotten. Now that he remembered it, Shen Guang packed Li Dewu's body into a box and sent it to a merchant ship. Originally, the merchant ship was supposed to leave Luoyang at dawn, but I didn't think that what happened last night happened.
As a result, merchant ships naturally could not leave.
Today, the whole city is under martial law, and the inventory of passing pedestrians and boats is very strict.
He forced a laugh, "I know this man. ”
"Hehe, I guess Zheng Gongzi must know...... He was killed by someone, and he was killed by a master, with a single sword. I checked the guy on the merchant ship, and the guy said that the box containing Li Dewu's body was paid for by someone to load it onto the cargo ship and prepare to dispose of it after entering the river. Zheng Gongzi, what do you think about this matter? ”
"Uh...... What can I think? ”
Zheng Yanqing's heart was pounding.
"I've only met Li Dewu once, and I don't have any deep hatred with him. Although there was a conflict, it was because he insulted the Pei family's aunt, so I taught him a lesson. Later, I was so busy practicing all day that I never saw this person again. ”
Yuwen Chengdu nodded again and again.
"I also know that this matter has nothing to do with Zheng Gongzi, to be honest, I hate this Li Dewu, a talented and virtuous person.
I want to hear Zheng Gongzi's opinion on this matter, you say, who will kill him? Don't dare to be known? ”
Zheng Yanqing scratched his head, "Maybe he showed his wealth and was targeted?" ”
"Well, that's a possibility...... Will there be such a possibility, it is the white-clothed Maitreya who took a fancy to the goods on him, so he took the opportunity to do it last night. Later, when he found out his identity, he was afraid of provoking right and wrong, so he let people transport him out of Luoyang City and destroy his corpses? ”
Zheng Yanqing's eyes lit up.
He could hear that Yuwen Cheng was excusing him.
Although this explanation is not particularly plausible. But when it comes to Maitreya in white, who will really pursue it?
It's just that he doesn't understand why Yuwen Chengdu wants to sell this favor to him.
"Likely." Zheng Yanqing replied solemnly.
Yuwen Chengdu smiled, "Since this is the case, then I will report to Si Litai and finalize the case." Zheng Gongzi, thank you! ”
Zheng Yanqing hurriedly bowed his hand and said goodbye to Yuwen Chengdu.
"Yanqing, what was he muttering to you just now?"
On the way back, Xu Shiji inquired curiously: "It's that Tianbao general." I've heard that this guy is very powerful. ”
"Oh, nothing!"
Zheng Yanqing couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of Yuwen Chengdu. However, if you have nothing to do, you should be more careful. The question he needs to consider now is, how to explain this matter to Duoduo and Mao Xiaonian? Duoduo will definitely be sad to lose her only loved one in the world; And Mao Xiaonian is more likely to face a human tragedy. If she knew that the person who killed Mao Wang and his wife was likely to be her own brother, I don't know if she could bear it?
As soon as he thought of these things, Yan Qing felt that his head hurt...... Two women, two tragedies!
No, if the news of Li Dewu's killing spreads, I'm afraid that he will have to face another woman, Pei Shuying's interrogation.
(To be continued)