In the middle of the night, it started to rain.

The weather in Haixi is like this, it is difficult to fathom when it is said that it can change.

The rain was not too heavy, but it was dripping, but it lowered the temperature a lot. Cao Peng threw two pieces of coals into the brazier and played with a tongzi. The firelight made his face flush and hot. But I still feel a little cold in my heart.

An almost unbelievable thought lingered in Cao Peng's mind, making him unable to calm down.

If that's the case, then it's a serious problem!

Tuk Tuk ...... There was a soft knock on the door.

"Who!"

Cao Peng woke up suddenly, raised his head and asked.

"Youxue, it's me!"

An old voice sounded, so that Cao Peng couldn't help but get up quickly, he walked to the door, and opened the door. I saw Pu Yang Min standing on the porch outside the house, and when he saw Cao Peng open the door, Pu Yang Min smiled slightly.

"Youxue, haven't you rested yet?"

"Mr. Puyang, how are you ......?"

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a figure flashing around the corner of the corridor.

Cao Peng's eyes were sharp, and he recognized it at a glance that it was Wang Mai's figure.

As if he understood all of a sudden, he smiled bitterly and shouted towards the corner: "Brother Tiger Head, don't hide, I have seen you!" ”

Wang Mai walked out of the dark period Ai Ai, with his head bowed, like a child who had done something wrong.

"Youxue, don't blame Ah Mai, he also cares about you."

Cao Peng shook his head and turned sideways to make a way, "Mr. Puyang, come in and talk...... Brother Tiger Head, come in too, it's raining outside, it's so cold, you still call Mr. Puyang up. I'll tell you I'm fine, you...... Come in and talk again. ”

Puyang Min and Wang Mai walked into Cao Peng's room and sat down.

Cao Peng took down the clay pot from the hook of the brazier and bought a bowl of hot water for Puyang Min and Wang.

"Well...... Why does this water taste so weird? ”

"Ginger soup!" Cao Peng smiled, "The weather is a little cold, drink some ginger soup to warm up the cold." Mr. Puyang, please first. ”

As he spoke, Cao Peng also sat down.

His bedroom was simply furnished, with a bed, a set of bookshelves on one wall, a bookcase and three sitting couches.

"Youxue, I heard from Amai that you have a headache?"

Cao Peng hesitated, "Actually, it's not a headache...... It's just that there's one question that I haven't figured out. In other words, there has been no way to confirm it. ”

"Oh?"

"Mr. Puyang, do you remember that I mentioned the matter of the pirates?"

"Well...... Remember. ”

"This matter has to start with Chen Sheng." Cao Peng took a sip of ginger soup, sorted out his thoughts, took out a piece of hemp paper, and drew a few circles on it.

"At the beginning, Feng Chao said that his father Feng Xianling was killed by a strongman, and we all thought that Chen Sheng did it. But later I found out that Chen Sheng should have nothing to do with this matter. He's arrogant or unreasonable, but I don't think he's related to strongmen. Well, it's simple...... If Chen Sheng is related to strongmen, there is no need to fight any economic war or public opinion war with us. Anyway, he also killed the county order, and directly found someone to raid Haixi and kill us. With his surname, how could he spend so many twists and turns? ”

Pu Yanghong nodded, "You go on." ”

"If Chen Sheng wasn't the one who killed Feng Xianling, then who was?

There is another question, not all of the past county orders were as strong as Feng County's orders, why were they all killed mysteriously? Feng Chao said that Feng County's order offended the salt lord. Okay, Feng County Decree offended the salt lord, so the other county orders, did the good and immortal go to offend the salt lord? In the past few years, the county government has been vacant, but there is a person who lives in the county government and guards the door, and has not yet received a salary.

I thought, there's something wrong with that. ”

Pu Yanghong's face gradually became solemn.

He is not a fool, he can't hear it, Cao Peng has something to say.

"Youxue, what do you mean ......"

"Mr. Puyang, originally I was just puzzled, until after we got rid of Chen Sheng, I found this from Chen Sheng's study."

Cao Peng picked up the copper town and pushed down Puyang Min's face.

"Fish Kiss Copper Town!" Cao Peng said softly: "Feng Chao told me that this copper town has a long history and originated from Li Guangli of the Haixi Kingdom. Since then, Haixi has become Haixi County, and this fish-kissed copper town, like the treasure of the town, has been handed down.

At the same time, Feng Chao also mentioned to me a treasure left by Li Guangli back then.

Originally, I didn't connect these things, but as soon as Feng Chao said it, I suddenly had a very strange idea. If, I mean if...... This treasure really exists, and this copper town is the key to finding the treasure. There is a ...... Well, I don't know who it is now. By chance, this person learned the news of the treasure, and even heard about the Fish Kiss Copper Town. So he came to Haixi County to secretly find this treasure...... Later, he found out the whereabouts of Fish Kiss Copper Town, so he ......"

Cao Peng made a movement to wipe his neck, and Pu Yang Min reacted immediately.

"You mean, the deaths of several county commanders are related to treasures?"

"Hmm!"

Pu Yanghong's face changed.

"Youxue, you go on."

"I've been wondering, who is this internal annihilation.

He must meet several conditions. First, the family should be rich, even if it is not a superior family, but at least you can have no worries about food and clothing. Otherwise, this person will not be able to contact the county government; Second, the person must have a reputation and a good reputation; Third, he can enter and exit the county government without being suspected...... He did find out the whereabouts of Yuyue Copper Town, but unfortunately, Feng County Ling suddenly handed over this copper town to Chen Sheng. So, after the death of Feng County, this person could not find the whereabouts of Tongzhen, and soon a new county order came.

Several county commanders were mysteriously killed, and Xuzhou also fell into chaos, and no one cared about Haixi anymore.

At this time, it is the best time to find Copper Town. But how do he look for it? This requires someone to stay in the county office and not be suspicious. ”

"Mai Cheng!"

Pu Yang Min blurted out, and his face changed greatly.

Cao Peng smiled, "It seems that Mr. Puyang is very impressed by this person."

A cell boss who is forbidden to stay in the county government is theoretically suitable. His status is not too high, and he stays in the county government and is not suspected. When we first arrived in Haixi, I thought it was strange, what was Mai Cheng doing in the county government? ”

Pu Yang Min seemed to be a little excited, stood up and wandered around the room.

"Impossible, impossible!"

"What can't be?"

"Mai Gong was a doctor in Taizhong when he was the first emperor, and he was also a very moral person. How could he ......"

"Mr. Puyang, I'm not done yet. Sit down and listen to me. ”

Cao Peng got up, supported Puyang Min and sat down again.

"You say!"

Puyang Min stabilized his mind and calmed down.

Cao Peng gave him another bowl of ginger soup, and felt that his train of thought seemed to be much smoother all of a sudden.

When you are a criminal policeman, there is often a link of case analysis. To put it bluntly, it is to say the idea of solving the case, and everyone will pick up the missing pieces and fill in the gaps.

Cao Peng had been holding this matter in his heart before, and he couldn't find anyone who could speak.

Now, Puyang is here.

His character, his virtues, can be trusted.

After Cao Peng confided in him, he suddenly felt that his thoughts were clear again.

One link after another, ready to come out.

Cao Peng said: "To be honest, I didn't think about Dr. Mai at first. The person I suspect is Wang Cheng! ”

"Wang Cheng?"

"Yes!" Cao Peng nodded, "It's Wang Cheng."

When we went to Haixi, Wang Cheng was the first person to take the initiative to visit us, and he was also the one who announced that we were going to fight pirates and recruit soldiers to fight Xiangyong. As a result, it has caused the resistance of the whole county of Haixi to us. I was thinking, why would Wang become so active? After Chen Sheng's death, he asked again when we would suppress the pirates, which made me feel that he had an extraordinary passion for fighting pirates. Why? There doesn't seem to be any hatred between Wang Cheng and the pirates.

If I think about it from another angle.

At the beginning, he declared that we were fighting pirates to isolate us so that we could not stay in Haixi? ”

Cao Peng said this and smiled.

"He wants to get us out." Pu Yanghong narrowed his eyes.

At this time, Wang Mai also seemed to understand, "Ah Fu, according to that, Wang Cheng inquired for the second time, in fact, he wanted to find out the truth. ”

"Yes!"

Cao Peng said: "He has to figure out our goal." ”

"Youxue, you go on."

"From now on, I make a hypothesis.

Wang Cheng knew that Yujian Tong Town was not in the county office. But he is also worried that if we become bigger in Haixi, it will affect his plan to dig up treasures. So, he had to figure out what we were thinking. At the same time, he also wanted to confirm where the Fishkiss Copper Town was located. ”

Cao Peng's mouth was a little dry, so he picked up the bowl and took a sip of ginger soup to moisten his throat.

He drew circles one after another on the hemp paper, and in the last circle, he filled in the words KitKat Silver Technique.

"I didn't understand what it meant for Wang Cheng to give me so many rags.

Brother Tiger Head said something that made me suddenly wake up. He said that this fish kisses copper town, and it is also a KitKat silver skill. Wang Cheng declared to the public that my father was a hidden ink man, so I also liked these strange things, and asked those businessmen to collect things at home and give them to me to play with...... It's not that I want it, but he wants it! He wanted to see if Fishkiss Copper Town was hidden in the hands of the merchants.

But the result ...... He didn't know that Fish Kiss Copper Town was in my hands. ”

"So, you conclude that this Wang Cheng is deceitful."

"Well, that's pretty much it."

"No, no, Wang Cheng is Wang Cheng, Mai Cheng is Mai Cheng...... Mai Cheng is a member of the Mai Dafu clan, and he stayed in the county government because of Mai Dafu. There seems to be no connection between the two. ”

Cao Peng picked up his pen and drew a line on the circle with Wang Cheng's name written on it, which was connected with the circle with the name of Mai Xiong.

Pu Yanghong's face was very ugly.

Shook his head again and again: "Impossible, this is impossible!" ”

"Mr. Puyang, how long has it been since Dr. Mai showed up?"

"Uh, for a long time!"

"Last time my brother-in-law visited Mai's house, Dr. Mai didn't show up, right?"

"That's right."

"It stands to reason that the new county magistrate will show his face when he visits the local gentry, even if he is unwell. It's a courtesy...... As a doctor in Taizhong, how can Dr. Mai not know this? But he had the heart to ask Mai Cheng, but he didn't see my brother-in-law.

Don't you think there's something wrong here? ”

"You mean ......"

Cao Peng leaned on the bookshelf, looked up as if talking to himself, "What if Dr. Mai is not Dr. Mai?" ”

(To be continued)