Chapter 126: The Coffin Shop
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather is a little cooler.
The news about the pit viper organization has been broken, and the people who sent it out have not found any clues.
Several people were killed in Qiantang County, although these people should be killed, but the murderers who killed these people, they didn't even see each other, Su Wuming faintly realized that he had met the enemy in his life.
The great enemy seems to know the danger, so he hides for the time being, but the great enemy is the great enemy, and if he does not get rid of it, he will always be the great enemy.
Su Wuming wanted to get rid of the pit viper organization, but now he couldn't do anything because they couldn't find any clues.
In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed since that incident, although everyone can't forget that incident, but they also know that blindly clinging to it is not good for them, so gradually, they have also relaxed a little, and their attention to pit vipers has also decreased.
The weather is getting colder and colder, and their cloth business is doing very well and the business is booming, which makes Su Wuming no longer have to worry about money.
On this day, Su Wuming and Nangong Yan went to the store to pick up Wen Wan'er and go home, halfway through, they suddenly saw the bustling and noisy in front of them, Nangong Yan usually likes to be lively, but now that they have met, how can they leave here?
Therefore, Nangong Yan couldn't help but say, picked up Su Wuming and ran away, but after running to the front, she immediately asked Su Wuming to leave, because what happened in front was too obscure.
It turned out that there was a coffin shop in front, and the owner of the coffin shop was crying at this time, crying that someone had stolen the coffin in his coffin shop.
Nangong Yan felt that the coffin shop was too unlucky, and wanted to pull Su Wuming to leave, but after listening to the words of the owner of the coffin shop, Su Wuming suddenly became very interested in this matter, or rather, he felt that this matter was very strange.
In this world, there are many thieves, some steal money and jewelry, some steal children and women, but it is rare to steal coffins.
Seeing the lively people, they talked a lot and expressed their opinions, but what they said was just their own speculation, and more of them were ignorant words, Su Wuming listened for a while, squeezed through the crowd, and said to the coffin shop owner: "The coffin in your shop was stolen?" ”
The owner of the coffin shop was not angry at this time, and when he heard Su Wuming ask this question, his face showed a trace of unhappiness: "Of course it was stolen, otherwise I would come out to tease you?" ”
Seeing that the boss of this coffin shop was so atmospheric, Su Wuming smiled lightly: "This is really a strange thing, I have seen stealing money and stealing people, but I have never seen anyone stealing a coffin." ”
"Yes...... But my coffin here was stolen! ”
Su Wuming smiled slightly: "I didn't doubt what you said, I just thought it was strange, now that your coffin here has been stolen, have you reported it to the official?" ”
"This ...... How to report this to the official, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that the county master will say that I am unlucky, and I won't investigate! ”
"What you said is not right, as an official, you have to benefit one party, even if the coffin is stolen, the county magistrate will not say that he will not be tried because of the bad luck of the coffin."
"Really?"
"Nature is true!"
The owner of the coffin shop had some hope because of Su Wuming's words, he weighed and thought about it, and finally nodded: "Okay, I'll report the case!" ”
The owner of the coffin shop pushed away the crowd and ran towards the county office, those who watched the excitement followed, Nangong Yan looked at Su Wuming with some curiosity, and said, "Su Lang, it's just that a coffin was stolen, is it necessary to report it officially?" ”
"Of course it is necessary, if someone steals the coffin today, it may be stolen tomorrow, and people like thieves are the most unaccustomed people."
Nangong Yan nodded as if she understood, and then asked, "Then what should we do now, should we go to my sister's place, or follow me to the county office?" ”
"I'll go to the county government alone, you go to the store, it's not early, and the two of you will go home together after proofing."
Nangong Yan was not interested in the coffin theft case, and after nodding, she went to the shop run by Wen Wan'er alone. Su Wuming followed those who watched the excitement and went directly to the county office.
At this time, it was already around dusk, and it was supposed to be time to rest, but after the coffin shop owner gave him a gift, Qian Sheng still let him enter the lobby, Su Wuming stood outside the hall, and after Qian Sheng saw Su Wuming, he wanted to invite him into the hall to talk immediately, but Su Wuming made a look at him and asked him not to take care of himself.
Qian Sheng didn't understand what Su Wuming meant, but he had to listen to Su Wuming's words.
After ascending to the court, Qian Sheng looked at the people in the hall and asked, "Who is kneeling in the hall, and what are you going to complain about?" ”
The owner of the coffin shop kowtowed and saluted, and said: "My lord, the villain Guan Ling, is a coffin shop, this afternoon the villain went to his own shop to see, and found that the coffin was missing, the villain came to report the case, please help find the thief." ”
In Qian Sheng's eyes, this matter was a trivial matter, he didn't want to investigate in depth, but Su Wuming was standing in the hall, if he did it hastily, I was afraid that it wouldn't work, so Qian Shengqiang cheered up and asked Guan Ling: "When was the coffin stolen?" ”
"Because the villain runs a coffin shop, so he is only in the store for one or two hours in the afternoon, and he is not in the store at other times, although there are not many people around the villain's shop, but there are also a lot, the villain asked them before he came, and they all said that they did not see any suspicious people during the day today, so the only time that may be stolen is last night."
"Did you see any signs of the door being knocked open?"
"Lord Hui, there are coffins in the backyard and in the shops facing the street in front, the coffins in the backyard were stolen, and there is no trace of the door of the shop facing the street, that is, the back door of the backyard is open when the villain goes today."
After Qian Sheng asked a few questions like this, he felt that there was really nothing to ask, so he asked Guan Ling to go back first, saying that they would notify him when their county government had clues.
Guan Ling kowtowed and thanked him, and then left the county office, and when the lively people outside the hall were almost scattered, Qian Sheng hurriedly greeted Su Wuming and said, "Master Su, what do you think of this case?" ”
"Lord Qian, the official only thinks this case is extremely strange, and the others have no opinions."
"Then Master Su thinks how we should investigate next?"
"For today's plan, naturally I will find the coffin first!"
Qian Sheng bowed slightly, but soon, he found the problem and said, "Master Su, this is ...... I'm afraid it's not easy to find a coffin, and the coffin has no characteristics, where to find it. ”
This is a problem, Su Wuming touched his nose and said: "Stealing the coffin is nothing more than to put the corpse, Lord Qian sent someone to find it, and see where the dead person is, maybe the reason why the thief stole the coffin was because the dead person had no money to buy the coffin, so he went to steal it." ”
Qian Sheng felt a little embarrassed, but he didn't dare to refute it, so he had to nod his head.
After saying a few words like this, Su Wuming gave his leave; After Su Wuming left the county office, he didn't go to the store again, because it was not early now, and Wen Wan'er and Nangong Yan might have gone home.
However, when Su Wuming returned home, Nangong Yan and Wen Wan'er did not come back, at first Su Wuming didn't care, thinking that they might be walking slowly, or they wanted to sell things on the way back, women, they couldn't walk when they saw something to buy, whether it was a woman in the Tang Dynasty or a later woman.
The night was getting deeper, Wen Wan'er and Nangong Yan hadn't come back yet, Su Wuming couldn't calm down anymore, he was faintly worried, so he called Lin Yun, Jiang Ying, Tang Xiong and others out, and asked them to go separately to find someone, while he waited at home, for fear that Wen Wan'er and Nangong Yan would find no one at home when they came back.
But after waiting for about a stick of incense, Su Wuming couldn't sit down anymore, he found someone to give instructions, and then rushed out alone.
At this time, the entire Qiantang County has fallen into tranquility, the streets are empty, the occasional autumn wind blows, spinning a little bleak, the wind is mixed with fallen leaves, and it gives people a sense of loneliness, Su Wuming ran back and forth on the street, shouting the names of Wen Wan'er and Nangong Yan, so when he shouted and shouted, he suddenly wanted to slap himself a few times, if he and Nangong Yan went to the store together, this kind of thing would not have happened.
After running like this for a long time, Su Wuming came to the store, he knocked on the door of the store and asked the guy who lived inside, at that time, the guy was already asleep, they were sleepy-eyed, and they were startled when they saw Su Wuming, and after listening to Su Wuming's question, they were completely sleepy.
"Where did the two ladies go after the shop closes?"
The guy in the shop rubbed his eyes, looked a little flustered, and said, "After closing, the two ladies left directly, but we don't know where they went." ”
Hearing such an answer, Su Wuming had an inexplicable anger in his chest, but he knew very well that at this time, it was not the time to lose his temper, he glanced at those guys and ordered: "Hurry up and get dressed, go find the two ladies for me, and if you can't find it, you can't sleep." ”
The guys were extremely nervous, and they did what Su Wuming said, and after getting dressed, they scattered.
After leaving the store, Su Wuming went to the county government while looking for it, and after waking Qian Sheng up, he ordered Qian Sheng to send someone to find it, and he must find it, Qian Sheng agreed again and again, and then ordered to go down.
The night is deeper, there are stars and no moon tonight, Su Wuming is sweating profusely, he has never been in such a hurry as tonight, he almost ran all over the entire Qiantang County in one night, after Su Wuming used all the power that could be used, the originally quiet Qiantang night became no longer quiet.
Su Wuming searched for a long time, and just when he was looking a little desperate, a voice suddenly came: "Xianggong!" ”
It was Wen Wan'er's voice, but Su Wuming heard it at this time, but he was full of anger, he turned around and rushed over, he couldn't help but raise his hand, Wen Wan'er was a little scared, and hurriedly covered her face, but when she trembled, she was suddenly held in her arms.