The search for the deceased's head began.

And when those officials were looking for the head, Su Wuming called the doorman of the Cao Mansion, and he needed to know how the murderer got in.

The doorman of Caofu is an old man in his sixties, his body is already a little rickety, but his ears are very dexterous, when Su Wuming found him, he was sleeping, because he was only responsible for guarding the door at night, so he usually rested in the room during the day.

The old man's name is Ah Bing, he is lonely, he has been guarding the door in Cao Mansion for several months, although he is old, but he is very competent, during his vigil, nothing has ever happened in Cao Mansion, of course, last night was an exception.

After finding Ah Bing, Su Wuming asked, "You didn't rest last night?" ”

Ah Bing was a little nervous, and after hesitating for a long time, he shook his head: "I occasionally take a nap, but most of the time I stay awake." ”

"And what did you hear yesterday?"

"No, I was lying in the small room by the door last night, and I didn't hear anything!"

"Haven't opened the door to anyone?"

"I didn't ...... No! Ah Bing was a little nervous, and his eyes were slightly wandering.

Su Wuming frowned slightly, thinking that if Ah Bing didn't hear any movement, then the murderer must be in the Cao Mansion, but the people in the Cao Mansion, who would think of killing Cao Yunxing?

"When did you start your duty?"

"From the beginning of the hour to the end of the hour."

couldn't ask anything from Ah Bing, so Su Wuming had to take someone away.

After leaving the Cao Mansion, Nangong Yan asked, "Su Lang, do you say that the murderer is someone from the Cao Mansion or someone from outside?" ”

"It's all possible!"

"But Ah Bing didn't hear any movement, Cao Yunxing's courtyard showed no signs of being crossed, and no one entered the gate, so the murderer must be from Cao Mansion!"

"What the lady said is right, but what if the murderer lurks in Cao's Mansion during the day?"

"This ......" Nangong Yan was speechless for a while, but soon, she raised an objection: "This situation is unlikely, although the Cao Mansion is big, but an outsider will break in, it will definitely be discovered, right?" ”

Su Wuming nodded: "There is indeed a possibility of being discovered, but this possibility cannot be ruled out, and it is ......"

"And what?"

"And I think Ah Bing has something to hide from us, he must have opened the door yesterday, but he refused to say it."

"He opened the door for the murderer?" Nangong Yan was a little surprised.

Su Wuming smiled: "I'm not sure if that person is the murderer, but he did open the door to someone, and he opened the door but refused to reveal the truth, then that person must have a very high status in the Cao Mansion." ”

After Su Wuming finished speaking, Wen Wan'er smiled lightly: "Is what Xianggong wants to say about Cao Geng and Cao Yin, the two brothers?" ”

"How could the lady think of the two of them?"

"When Xianggong asked just now, I noticed that although Cao Geng said that he had been staying in the room with Wei Ying, many questions were answered by Wei Ying, but he deliberately pushed back, so I think it must have been that Cao Geng was not at home at all at that time, so he let his wife answer; As for Cao Yin, he didn't prove it at the scene, so he naturally had to be suspicious, and in the entire Cao Mansion, I am afraid that there are only two Cao Geng brothers who can make Ah Bing afraid to tell the truth! ”

After Wen Wan'er finished speaking, Nangong Yan hurriedly echoed: "Sister Wen, what you said is so right, I think this time Xianggong will lose to you!" ”

Wen Wan'er smiled lightly: "Sister, Xianggong expected it a long time ago, but he just said it through my mouth!" ”

A woman like Wen Wan'er, no matter when, wants to protect her man's face and dignity.

And just as the two of them were saying this, Lin Yun hurriedly said, "Master Su, since you suspect Cao Geng and Cao Yin, let's investigate the two of them." ”

Su Wuming nodded: "It's okay, you and Jiang Ying go to investigate and see where Cao Geng and Cao Yin were last night!" ”

After Jiang Ying and Lin Yun received the order, they left in a hurry.

And not long after the two of them left, Su Wuming saw Gu Nianbai running in the direction of Cao Mansion in a hurry, and several people met on the street, Gu Nianbai was sweating profusely, and after seeing Su Wuming, he didn't care about saluting, and hurriedly asked, "Su ...... Master Su, I heard that Brother Cao had a murder in his family, who ...... Who was killed? ”

In addition to being nervous, Gu Nianbai was also worried, Su Wuming saw that he was willing to be a friend like this, and he couldn't bear it for a while, but after Gu Nianbai calmed down a little, he still told what happened in Cao's mansion, after Gu Nianbai listened, his expression suddenly became sad, and said: "Uncle Cao was killed, Brother Cao must be very sad, I ...... Should I comfort him? ”

Su Wuming glanced at Gu Nianbai and said, "It won't help you to comfort him now, I think it's better to wait for Cao Geng to figure it out before going to him, since we have met, it is better to find a place to sit, it just so happens that I have a few questions I want to ask you." ”

Gu Nianbai nodded, and then followed Su Wuming into an inn, because it was not a meal now, so there were not many people in the inn, after everyone sat down, Gu Nianbai hurriedly asked, "What does Lord Su have to ask Xiaosheng?" ”

"That's right, you and Cao Geng grew up together, and you must know him very well, what kind of person do you think he is?"

Gu Nianbai hesitated a little and said, "Why did Master Su ask this question?" ”

"Just answer!"

Gu Nianbai was a little uncomfortable, he put down the teacup he picked up again, and after a long time, he spoke: "Brother Cao is very business-minded, and he is very good at doing business, but sometimes he is a little arrogant, and he doesn't look down on ordinary people at all, and he ...... it."

"It's okay for you!" Seeing that Gu Nianbai was a little hesitant, Su Wuming hurriedly encouraged.

"And Brother Cao likes it very much...... I love to see others inferior to myself! ”

"But he still helped you?"

Gu Nianbai smiled a little self-deprecatingly: "It is precisely because I am not as good as him that he helped me, because being with me gives him a sense of success, a few days after I returned to Qiantang County half a month ago, he went to find me at home and said that he would help me open a private school; Since I was a child, he has always been better than me, I thought that I would enter Beijing to get a reputation in the exam, even if I didn't have Brother Cao's money, but at least I had an official rank, so that he would no longer look down on me, or help me to satisfy his kind of fun, but I took the exam for three years and fell to Sun Shan, and he was naturally very happy when he learned about it. ”

Gu Nianbai suddenly said these words, which surprised everyone, and at this time, Nangong Yan suddenly asked: "But you know that he is such a person, why do you still accept his help?" ”

Gu Nianbai sighed and said, "I failed to take the examination three times, and I don't have any skills, so I don't accept Brother Cao's help, don't you want me to beg on the street?" Besides, I am used to Brother Cao's behavior, so he is willing to help me, and I accept it. ”

Hearing Gu Nianbai say this, Nangong Yan didn't know what to do, at this time, Su Wuming continued to ask, "After we separated yesterday, where did you go?" ”

"Originally, I wanted to invite Brother Cao to sit in my private school for a while, but he said that he still had something to do, so he didn't sit down, and then the two of them separated!"

"Do you know what Cao Geng is talking about?"

"I don't know, I've been in Chang'an City for three years, and I don't know much about his affairs in the past three years."

Gu Nianbai had nothing to say, so he got up and said goodbye, saying that he wanted to go to Cao's Mansion to have a look.

After Gu Nianbai left, Wen Wan'er suddenly said: "Then Cao Geng treats Gu Nianbai like this, do you think this Gu Nianbai will want to kill Cao Geng because of this?" ”

"This is very possible, but now Cao Geng has nothing to do!"

"Then is it possible that he was the murderer who killed Cao Yunxing?"

Su Wuming touched his chin and said, "Why did he kill Cao Yunxing, does he have the ability to kill Cao Yunxing?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, but they couldn't answer this question, it is said that with Gu Nianbai's figure, it is really hard to imagine that he can kill people with an axe, and it is so late, he can't enter Cao's Mansion at all!

Unless the person Ah Bing is protecting is Gu Nianbai.

After leaving from the inn, several people went to the county office, they arrived at the county office, that Qian Sheng hurriedly greeted him, and then took out an embroidered purse, Su Wuming saw Qian Sheng take out a purse, a little puzzled, and asked: "Lord Qian, what are you doing?" ”

Qian Sheng smiled lightly: "Master Su, this purse was found in the grass of Cao Yunxing's courtyard, but when we asked the people in Cao Mansion, they all said that it was not their own, Master Su, do you think it is possible that this is left by the murderer?" ”

Su Wuming took the purse handed by Qian Sheng and looked at it, and saw that there was a lotus flower embroidered on it, and there was nothing else, after putting the purse down, Su Wuming asked, "Has Cao Yunxing's head been found?" ”

Qian Sheng was a little embarrassed and was about to shake his head to say no, but at this time, a servant hurriedly ran over, knelt down and reported: "My lord, Cao Yunxing's head has been found!" ”

Everyone was overjoyed, and Qian Sheng hurriedly asked, "How did you find it, and where is that head now?" ”

"The head is now in the house of a girl named Qingqing, and the way to find it is very peculiar, this morning, the neighbors near Qingqing saw that there were blood stains on the wall of Qingqing's courtyard, and felt very suspicious, so they pushed the door to check it, but when they broke in, they just saw Qingqing burying the head, and those neighbors saw it, and immediately prepared to report to the official, and on the way to report to the official, they met their subordinates, and the subordinates went down to see the head, which was similar to the appearance described by the Cao family, so let a few brothers look at the Qingqing, and I came back to report."