Everyone didn't understand what Su Wuming's words meant, so Mi Cangqiong went out to do business, how to do business without going out of the city?

But Su Wuming didn't explain it to everyone, and those officials didn't ask, and just did what Su Wuming said.

In the middle of the night, the wind was a little colder, and Su Wuming stood in front of the window and shivered a little, it seemed that this year's winter came a little early.

There was no word all night, and early the next morning, a servant hurriedly came to report, saying that he had found the stolen coffin and Mi Cangqiong.

This news was a little strange, Su Wuming looked at the official who was sweating profusely because he ran too fast and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Back to Lord Su, didn't you ask us to withdraw all the people yesterday to search in Qiantang County, after a night of hard work, we finally found Mi Cangqiong in a narrow street that had been broken for a long time, but ...... It's just that the Mi Cangqiong we found is dead, and she is lying in the coffin that was stolen. ”

After understanding the officer's words, everyone was surprised, they looked at each other, they couldn't believe their ears, how could Mi Cangqiong lie in the coffin that had been stolen?

After thinking about it to no avail, Su Wuming decided to take someone to the scene of the crime.

There are not as many pedestrians on the street as in the past, I wonder if it is because of the cold weather.

The street where the coffins were laid was broken, narrow, and smelly, and it was so bad that no one would have walked on that street if they hadn't had to.

At this time, Qian Sheng and several officials stood outside the street, they covered their mouths, because of the bad smell and almost wanted to vomit, after they saw Su Wuming, they hurriedly greeted him, Su Wuming bowed slightly, and walked straight into the smelly and narrow street, because Su Wuming entered, Qian Sheng They were unwilling, and they had to follow.

The lid of the coffin was open, and after Su Wuming saw this, he asked, "Was it open when I found it?" ”

"That's right, that's it when I found out!"

Su Wuming nodded, then glanced at the deceased's body, after a glance, he was sure that the deceased was poisoned, but when Su Wuming had this thought, he found that the deceased was holding a wine glass in his hand, the wine glass was very small, and the inside was already empty.

Could it be that Mi Cangqiong committed suicide by taking poison?

Things are a little unbelievable, they have been to Mifu, Mifu is very big, Mi Cangqiong's two wives are also as beautiful as flowers, it stands to reason that Mi Cangqiong's life is very nourishing, and he has no reason to commit suicide at all.

Judging from the current situation, it is very likely that he committed suicide by taking poison.

But why did Mi Cangqiongyin commit suicide?

After rummaging through the entire coffin and Mi Cangqiong's clothes, Su Wuming and they didn't find anything, and all the valuable things on Mi Cangqiong's body were gone, which made people overturn the speculation just now, if they committed suicide by taking poison, where would the silver go?

I think that someone coveted the money on Mi Cangqiong's body, poisoned him for this, and then made it look like he committed suicide by taking poison, but if this is the case, there is another question, the murderer kills people, why put Mi Cangqiong's body in the coffin, isn't this an extra move? And this coffin was stolen by someone, stealing a coffin is not an easy thing, could it be that the murderer will steal a coffin specifically for the person who was killed in order to kill someone?

If the murderer really has this habit, this kind of thing is explained, the murderer is not unable to buy a coffin, but because he wants to kill someone, he can't buy it, because he will be recognized as soon as he buys it, he can only use the stolen one, although it is a little troublesome, but it is also safer.

When he was about to carry the coffin and the body away, the owner of the coffin shop rushed over, and after he saw the coffin, he repeatedly said that it was his own coffin, and asked him if he could get the coffin away now, Qian Sheng glared at him: "Didn't you see the deceased dead in the coffin?" This coffin is to be used as evidence, and I will wait until it is used up to say whether I will return it to you. ”

A coffin is not very valuable, but the owner of the coffin shop is a little sad, because for him, he makes a living by selling coffins, and the coffin is like his own beliefs, how can he not want it?

But he didn't have anything to do, who let him have a corpse lying in his coffin, the coffin shop owner sighed, shook his head and left.

When Mi Cangqiong's body was transported back to the county office, Li Jingdao was already waiting inside, looking at what he meant, it seemed that he would not miss any opportunity to embarrass Su Wuming.

After seeing the corpse, Li Jingdao asked, "Master Su, how are you going to investigate this matter?" ”

"Mi Cangqiong's murder has no clue for the time being, and his murder is related to the theft of the coffin, so this murder has become complicated, and if you want to investigate it clearly, you must spend some time sorting it out."

"In other words, you can't solve the case soon, you have to wait?"

Su Wuming shrugged: "Solving a case is never a matter of urgency, if you can solve the case in a hurry, then there is nothing unusual about solving this case?" As officials of the imperial court, we can't take solving the case as a child's play, if we have wronged a good person, not only the deceased cannot be seen, but we are also the one who has been wronged, I am afraid we will not be able to explain. ”

Su Wuming's words made Li Jingdao very faceless, and also made Li Jingdao speechless, after a long time, Li Jingdao got up angrily and left the county government with a flick of his sleeves.

And not long after Li Jingdao left, Mi Cangqiong's wife rushed over, and after they saw Mi Cangqiong's body, they immediately cried, Su Wuming waited for the two of them to cry almost, and then asked: "Judging from Boss Mi's corpse, he and his possibility, he may have been poisoned to death, are you sure that he went out to do business, only the people in your house know?" ”

"We can't be sure about this, if the murderer has the intention to kill, as long as we pay attention to our master's movements at all times."

Su Wuming nodded, and then asked: "Boss Mi was poisoned, if he didn't commit suicide by taking poison himself, then someone must have persuaded him to poison him with wine, and the person who can make Boss Mi drink must have a good relationship with him, think about it carefully, does Mi Cangqiong have such a friend, and such a friend is likely to harm people's lives for money?" ”

The two ladies thought for a while, and finally said in unison: "Fan Qi! ”

"Who is this Fan Qi?"

"He is a friend of my master, but he failed to do business, and he needs money very much, he once came to the house to borrow money from my master, but the master refused him on the grounds that his capital could not be turned, my lord, could it be that he hated my husband because of this, so he killed him?"

After Mrs. Mi finished speaking, Qian Sheng nodded first and said: "If there is such a possibility, this official will order someone to arrest and interrogate that Fan Qi." ”

If what Mrs. Mi said is true, then this model is indeed very suspicious.

After a short time, the official arrested Fan Qi, he was a relatively thin man, after being escorted into the county government, his face was full of anger and nervousness, after he knelt down, he immediately shouted: "My lord, the grass people have not broken the law, why are the grass people here?" ”

Qian Sheng snorted coldly: "Have you broken the law, I will naturally know later, and the official will come to ask you, have you ever borrowed money from Mi Cangqiong?" ”

"That's right, the villain borrowed money from him, but he didn't lend it to the little one, could it be that the villain didn't borrow money and broke the law?"

"If you don't borrow money, you naturally don't break the law, but Mi Cangqiong is dead, and the official suspects that you killed him."

When Fan Qi heard this, he was suddenly shocked and said, "Mi Cangqiong is dead?" ”

Seeing Fan Qi's reaction, everyone suddenly had some doubts in their hearts, did he really not know that Mi Cangqiong was dead?

Through the examination of the corpse, Su Wuming knew that Mi Cangqiong should have been killed yesterday, so at this time, Su Wuming asked, "Where were you all day yesterday?" ”

All day, I am afraid it is too difficult to say that I can't prove an alibi, but after Fan Qi heard this, he was excited: "The villain went out of the city yesterday and didn't come back until this morning, but he was arrested by you as soon as he came back. ”

Mi Cangqiong died in Qiantang County, no matter how shrewd the murderer was, it was impossible to bring a corpse into the city, if what Fan Qi said was true, then he really had no possibility of killing Mi Cangqiong.

For this reason, Qian Sheng immediately sent someone to investigate whether what Fan Qi said was true.

The investigation soon had results, what Fan Qi said was true, when Mi Cangqiong was poisoned, Fan Qi was indeed outside the city, and everyone who lived with him could testify for him.

In other words, Fan Qi cannot be a murderer.

Qian Sheng was a little helpless, so he had to wave his hand and order the official to put it in, but said that after Fan Qi left the county office, Su Wuming smiled lightly, Qian Sheng saw this, and hurriedly asked, "Lord Su has noticed something?" ”

Su Wuming nodded: "Lord Qian, that Mi Cangqiong was poisoned by someone, don't you think that poisoning people doesn't necessarily have to be done yourself, if Fan Qi has a helper, then wouldn't it be necessary for Fan Qi to deal with Mi Cangqiong's corpse?" Mi Cangqiong has a lot of money on her, and for that money, it shouldn't be difficult to find a helper at all. ”

Su Wuming's words made everyone's suspicion of Fan Qi heavier, so Qian Sheng sent a servant to continue to follow up and investigate Fan Qi.

And just when everyone was full of confidence in this matter, an incident suddenly reached the county government.

It was a stall owner on the street, he was a jade seller, and a customer took silver to buy jade bracelets, and the two finally quarreled, and finally had no choice but to go to court.

This is just a small case of people's disputes, Su Wuming had no intention of jurying, but he couldn't stand Qian Sheng's repeated invitations, and finally agreed.

When the group entered the lobby, Qian Sheng patted the shocked wood and shouted: "Who is kneeling in the hall, and why did you go to court?" ”

As soon as the words fell, one of them immediately bowed down and said: "My lord, Du Deng, the grass man, is a businessman, today this person came to buy small goods, but he used fake silver to fill the number, I said that his silver is fake, but he did not admit it, and finally made a fuss." ”