When Cao Yin came, the sky was already dark.

He looked a little nervous, and when he entered the living room, he trembled and trembled a little.

Su Wuming glanced at Cao Yin, and then said straight to the point: "We have investigated clearly, your father wants you to go to other places to support yourself, and even said that if you can't get famous, he will deprive you of the right to inherit the family property, so we suspect that you killed Cao Yunxing for your own interests, what do you have to explain about our suspicions?" ”

Cao Yin was even more nervous, he glanced up at Su Wuming slightly, and then hurriedly said: "Master Su is wronged, my father said something like that, I really don't want to leave Qiantang County, but I will never kill my father because of this, as a son of man, I can do this kind of thing there!" When Cao Yin said this, he suddenly saw the purse on the table, he had an idea, and hurriedly pointed to the purse and said: "Master Su, the murderer is really not me, the murderer must be the owner of this purse, and the owner of this purse is my eldest brother Cao Geng." ”

Su Wuming was taken aback, he didn't expect Cao Yin to suddenly talk about the purse, and he also said that the purse belonged to Cao Geng.

After taking the purse on the table in his hand and looking at it, he asked, "This is Cao Geng's purse?" ”

Cao Yin nodded again and again: "That's right, this is indeed my eldest brother's purse, I have seen him take it before." ”

"But when I found the purse, I asked you, why didn't you say it, but said it at this time?"

Cold sweat broke out on Cao Yin's forehead, and after a long time, he stammered: "At that time...... At that time, I was thinking of threatening my eldest brother with this purse and asking him to help me pay off the debt, if it wasn't for my eldest brother to help cover up, I would have been able to deduct money from the accounts of the house so easily. ”

At this time, everyone finally understood why Cao Yin was able to pay off those debts, and if he threatened Cao Geng with this purse, and Cao Geng was really threatened, does that mean that he is afraid?

If he hadn't killed, why should he be afraid?

After Cao Yin left, Nangong Yan asked, "Just let him go?" ”

"If you don't leave, can you catch him? Even if he is the murderer, now that we have no evidence, we can't help him. ”

Nangong Yan pouted and nodded, looking very cute, and then hurriedly asked: "If this purse is Cao Geng's, then his suspicion is very great, should we arrest him and ask?" ”

"I'll get him!" As soon as Nangong Yan's words were finished, Tang Xiong stepped out, and at this time, Jiang Ying and Lin Yun also tried their best to echo it.

But Su Wuming shook his head with a smile: "If this purse is really Cao Geng's, there is no need to alarm him for the time being, Jiang Ying, from now on, you always follow Cao Geng and see where he goes." ”

Jiang Ying didn't understand why Su Wuming didn't interrogate Cao Geng directly but wanted to follow him himself, but although Jiang Ying didn't understand, he didn't ask, and immediately responded, because during the period of following Su Wuming, he had been attracted by Su Wuming's indescribable charm.

At the beginning, the emperor sent him and Lin Yun to be Su Wuming's followers, and he did mean to spy on Su Wuming, but after being with Su Wuming for so long, the two of them both admired and admired Su Wuming, so the emperor had already forgotten everything about letting them monitor.

When Jiang Ying left, the sky was already dark.

For the next two days, Su Wuming and the others didn't do anything, just stayed at home and waited for news.

After noon that day, a servant hurriedly came and said that he had inquired about Gu Nianbai.

Su Wuming was overjoyed in his heart, and asked the official to tell him everything he had heard.

"Gu Nianbai left Qiantang three years ago to Chang'an to catch the exam, because he didn't win, he stayed in Chang'an for three years, but in three years, he still didn't win once, half a month ago, he returned to Qiantang again, and opened a private school in a secluded place in Qiantang County, because he sold the house to change the plate when he rushed to the exam three years ago, so he has always lived in a private school."

"And what does he usually do?"

"Teach children to read and write, sometimes compose some poems, and stay in private schools when they are usually fine." After the official finished speaking, he hesitated a little, Su Wuming saw him like this, and said with a smile: "What do you think of Gu Nianbai?" ”

The official was a little frightened, and hurriedly said, "Don't dare, it's just a little opinion of your subordinates." ”

"Tell me about it!"

"After the investigation of Gu Nianbai by his subordinates, he is a very boring and very peaceful person, people like him, his subordinates really can't imagine the scene of cutting off Cao Yunxing's head."

What kind of person Gu Nianbai is, Su Wuming also knows a little, people like him really don't look like people who can cut off people's heads, but Su Wuming's judgment has always relied on clues, and has never said that it relies on subjective assumptions, so when there is no definite evidence to prove Gu Nianbai's innocence, he can't rule out his suspicion for the time being.

Not long after the official left, Jiang Ying hurried back and forth, he had been following Cao Geng for the past two days, before there was no news, he would never leave Cao Geng and come back, and now that he is back, it means that he has found out the news.

Jiang Ying was still unsmiling, but her expression was excited when she spoke at this time.

"Master Su, I followed Cao Geng for two days, before noon today, I found that he quietly left the house, and went to a very secluded and hidden courtyard, the courtyard is a little deserted, no one should have cleaned it for a long time, Cao Geng went in and looked back and forth inside, and finally didn't seem to find anything, so he was very angry."

After Jiang Ying finished speaking, before Su Wuming could speak, Nangong Yan hurriedly asked, "Then what is Cao Geng looking for?" ”

Jiang Ying shook his head: "I don't know, after Jiang Ying left, I went into the courtyard to take a look, but I didn't notice anything." ”

Su Wuming smiled lightly, then got up and said, "In that case, let's go to the courtyard where Cao Geng went again!" ”

That courtyard was indeed as Jiang Ying said, barren and lonely, especially in this late summer and early autumn, there was an indescribable desolation, when Su Wuming saw such a courtyard, he really didn't understand what Cao Geng was doing here.

The door was ajar, and the weeds were growing wildly, almost touching the edge of the door, and a gust of wind blew by, and the door creaked.

Su Wuming pushed open the door and walked in, the sunlight shone into the house through the window lattice, and the shadows of the wall-climbing grass on the window were reflected on the wall in the house; The inside of the house is slightly cleaner, and there is even tea and some desserts on the table, which faintly gives people a hint of popularity.

Su Wuming walked into the inner room and found that there was a bed inside, and the bedding on the bed was a little messy, but the bedding was not dirty, not even a little dust, and there were still people living here not long ago.

When Su Wuming thought of this, he suddenly realized that what Cao Geng was looking for might be someone.

It's just that who is that person, why is he looking for that person, and who will it be in such a place?

Su Wuming felt the need to meet with Cao Geng.

The afternoon sun was a little quiet, but when everyone saw Cao Geng, they didn't have this quiet feeling.

The wind was blowing, and there was already a faint coolness, and Cao Geng's forehead was sweating, and he seemed to be a little afraid to look at Su Wuming.

Su Wuming sat in the living room of Cao's Mansion, looked at Cao Geng who was standing, and asked, "What do you have to say?" ”

Cao Geng shook his head: "The grass people don't understand what Lord Su means, and I ask Lord Su to make it clear!" ”

Su Wuming took out the purse and threw it to Cao Geng, and asked coldly, "This is yours?" ”

Cao Geng's expression was slightly flustered, and he stared at the purse without saying a word.

Su Wuming saw him like this, and said: "The courtyard you went to today has already been, and there used to be a woman living in it, who is she?" ”

Hearing Su Wuming say this, Cao Geng was suddenly startled, and the purse in his hand fell to the ground with a snap; Su Wuming's face was calm, his tone was cold, and he asked, "You'd better answer Lord Ben's words honestly, otherwise arresting you to the county government for interrogation will not be as simple as questioning." ”

Cao Geng is not a stupid person, so he naturally understands the meaning of Su Wuming's words, the county government asks, everything is done according to the regulations, and if it is not right, it will be punished.

Cao Geng hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded: "This purse is indeed the grass people's, but the grass people don't know how it ended up in the courtyard of my father's house, as for what Master Su said...... In the courtyard, there lived a lover of the grass people, but when I went to look for her today, I found that she had run away. When Cao Geng said these words, he was a little angry.

Su Wuming frowned and asked, "What's her name?" ”

"Fang Ya!"

"On the night Cao Yunxing was killed, where were you in Fang Ya, or where were you in Qingqing Girl?"

Cao Geng hesitated slightly, but after a long time, he replied: "Fang Ya is there!" ”

After listening to Cao Geng's words, Su Wuming's face suddenly turned pale, he didn't expect that Qingqing would make up lies to deceive them for this Cao Geng.

"Where have you been since you returned?" Although Su Wuming was angry, he still held back his anger and continued to ask.

"After I came back, I went back to my room to rest, I didn't go anywhere, Lord Su must believe in the grass people."

The corners of Su Wuming's mouth smiled slightly, and said: "Your purse fell at the scene of the murder, and you have deceived the official many times, I am afraid it will not be easy for the official to believe you." ”

Cao Geng's expression was gloomy, and after a long time, he let out a long sigh, he thought that Su Wuming would definitely imprison him.

But Su Wuming didn't do this, and after asking those questions, Su Wuming took people out of Caofu.

After leaving Cao's Mansion, Nangong Yan was a little incomprehensible and asked, "Su Lang, why didn't you arrest Cao Geng, now he is very suspicious." ”

"It's not impossible to arrest Cao Geng, it's just that we don't have evidence that he killed someone, and we can only lock him up first, so it's better to let him relax his vigilance for the time being, maybe it will be more helpful to us."