In fact, Leng Yi did this for another purpose, that is, to understand the Tu gang leader as comprehensively as possible, so as to finally decide whether to kill him.

Through this incident, he knew one thing, that is, in fact, the Tu gang leader was also on the side of his surname, and he hoped that his younger brother would seek fame through the justifiable imperial examination, so as to glorify his ancestors, rather than spending money and bribes to achieve his goals, which is worthy of respect.

Of course, just from this point to him, it does not mean that he is a good person, not a good person who should not be killed. Because in this world, there are no completely bad people, and there are no completely good people. Bad people do good things, and good people do bad things. The leader of the Tu gang has a commendable side in the matter of his younger brother seeking fame, but it does not mean that he has not violated his conscience and morality. And what Leng Yi wants to know most now is whether he has such a thing, or rather, how many such things he has, and whether he has reached a damn level.

He didn't want to kill innocents for money.

returned to Tu's house, because the small courtyard was reserved for Leng Yi to stay, Tu Er found another place to live. Leng Yi invited the porter Liu Po to the living room and asked, "Old man, let me ask you, when Madame came, was the second master in the courtyard?" ”

Liu Po said: "No." ”

"Then why didn't you say it before?"

"You didn't ask me before? I just asked what the lady had done since she came. But the second master went out before the lady came, and you thought I was verbose, and if you wanted me to ask what to say, I naturally only said what happened after the lady came, not to mention that I didn't ask. ”

Leng Yi smiled bitterly, at that time, the Tu gang leader did say this to Liu Po, so he said with a pleasant face: "Then you tell me about the second master's departure before Mrs. came." ”

"Before Mrs. came, first Xiaoshun and Ma Mian went out, and then the second master also went out, saying that he would go out and relax. After a while, the lady came. That's it. ”

"Second master, didn't he say where he went?"

"I didn't say it. Just talk about scattering your mind. ”

"Where he went, you know?"

"I don't know."

After Leng Yi asked, he asked the concierge Liu Po to go back.

After dinner, it was dark. The two maids who had been sent to serve lit a few lanterns under the porch, and the courtyard was dimly lit.

Leng Yi sat under the porch at the entrance of the lobby, looking at the gloomy lobby.

The light under the corridor shines on the floor of the lobby, while the place that does not shine on the inside of the lobby is dim and blurred, like a yin and yang face, which makes people feel gloomy.

Yin Eagle and Wei were both on guard outside the courtyard, and in the courtyard, except for the two maids, there were only Leng Yi, Cheng Luojie and Zheng Yan.

The maid stood under the porch and waited, waiting for the servant Leng Yi to go to bed in a wide coat. However, Leng Yi didn't want to go to bed so early, so he told the two maids that they didn't need to serve and could go back to rest. The two maids agreed, went down the corridor, and rested in the servants' quarters.

Zheng Yan was on guard in the courtyard, and under the corridor, there were only Leng Yi and Cheng Luojie.

Cheng Luojie moved a stool and placed it beside Leng Yi, sat down, took his arm, and sat on his shoulder. said: "Brother Yi, what do you want?" ”

"This case." Leng Yi said, "The case is here, and the line was suddenly disconnected, and I don't know how to investigate." ”

"Why?"

"The suspects who knew the situation at the scene were the maid Xiaoping, the porter Liu Po, Ma Mian, Xiaoshun and Tuwa, as well as Tu Er. But these people either have an alibi or cannot be the murderer. It's all ruled out, how can this case be solved? ”

"That's what outsiders do!" Cheng Luojie said: "When the three of them came in, there were only the maid Xiaoping and the old woman Liu Po in the courtyard, and the two of them were powerless to strangle Mrs. There is no third person in the yard, the victim was strangled to death, it is impossible to commit suicide at all, and it cannot be an accident at the same time, so the murderer can only be an outsider sneaking in! Speaking of this, Cheng Luojie hesitated again and said, "However, what you said is also reasonable, judging from the situation of the scene turning, there are indeed traces of forgery." Since it is a forgery, it can be shown that it was done by an insider, and then pretend to be an outsider. - I'm confused about who did it. - By the way, could it be someone else in the house who did it? ”

Leng Yi said: "As long as it is not done by someone familiar with the small courtyard, it is a foreign thief." Because the distinction between internal theft and external theft is defined by whether or not you are familiar with the situation at the scene of the crime. If the thief and murderer were done by someone other than the small courtyard of the house, he didn't have to fake the appearance of the thief outside the city, if he really wanted to fake it, he should fake it as an internal thief, and clean up all the places that had been turned over outside the property, which was logical. ”

"Could it be someone outside the small courtyard, and someone who is familiar with the storage of belongings in the small courtyard?"

"This kind of possibility is not nothing, but it may be a small surname, because the Tu gang master has high hopes for this younger brother, and he has made this small courtyard alone for him to study hard, and even the servants have arranged men, and it is impossible to let others come in and disturb him. In addition, there is such a thing as the storage of property, except for the person close to him, even if outsiders come in, they will not know about it. ”

"Hmm!" Cheng Luojie nodded thoughtfully, "Then this case is indeed strange, judging from the situation of the fake scene, it is inferred that it was an internal thief, and it was done by someone who is familiar with the scene, but there are only a few people who are familiar with the scene, and the two personal valets are not at the scene, chatting with other valets, this has been proven, and when I came back, I came back with Mrs. Tuwa." Tuwa can prove it. So these two people did not have the time to commit the crime. And Mrs. often comes to this courtyard, and the maid Xiaoping who follows him may know the storage of property in the yard, but she is powerless to strangle Mrs., and the porter Liu Po does not have this ability. All the people who can become internal thieves have ruled out the possibility of committing crimes, so who strangled the deceased? ”

Leng Yi sighed and said, "Yes, it is precisely because of this that I found that this case is now in a desperate situation and there is no way to find an exit." ”

Cheng Luojie thought for a long time, and suddenly her eyes lit up, and she said, "Could it be like this?" - It was originally an external thief, and this external thief was very smart, and it was estimated that we reasoned about it, so we used our thinking to camouflage the scene, so that we mistakenly deduced that it was not an external thief but an internal thief? ”

Leng Yi said: "This thief murderer is very smart, and he knows from the way he led us to the end of solving the case, he is not an ordinary person, so it is not impossible to use this kind of trick to fool us." ”

"Then is our detection idea wrong from the beginning, we should expand the scope of detection to the entire inner house, and even to the Jiangyang thieves who have already appeared in Bazhou!"

Leng Yi sighed and said, "When the possibility becomes impossible, then the rest of the impossible will become possible." ”

"What do you mean?"

That is to say, after the possibility of the internal theft of the crime that we thought did not exist, the possibility of the external theft to commit the crime became possible, and the direction of investigation should be shifted to this aspect. - You're right. ”

Cheng Luojie smiled proudly: "I helped you think of it, how can you thank me?" ”

"How do you think I can thank you?"

"Of course, it's to do what we've always wanted to accomplish and have been interrupted repeatedly!" With that, Cheng Luojie hugged Leng Yi's arm tightly and clinged to the towering twin peaks.

Leng Yi smiled bitterly: "These days, you have searched my entire residence more than a dozen times, and even dug out the mouse hole to find it, you should know that I really don't have what you are looking for by me, so, Jie'er, you really don't need to use your body as a price." Because I don't really have what you want. I've reminded you of this before, and I have to remind you again now, I don't want you to call me a liar who takes advantage of your situation. ”

Cheng Luojie chuckled, tightened his arm, and said, "There is still a place that has not been searched." ”

"Where?"

"That box of yours!"

Leng Yi's heart froze, and he said, "Box? ”

"Yes, the little black box you asked Yin Vulture," Cheng Luojie said with a grin, "The box is very strong, and the lock is very strange, we can't open it." ”

Leng Yi was sure that what she was talking about was the lockbox with the sniper rifle, and in order to carry it for the possible task of assassinating the leader of the slaughtering gang, he brought this box, and asked Yin Vultures to carry it on the way. When you arrive, put it in your bedroom. He smiled and said, "The contents are not what you want, I'm sure." ”

"If we don't look at it, how do we know it's not?"

Leng Yi deliberately said narrowly: "You really want to see it, no matter whether the things inside are or not, you won't give me your body." ”

"Why don't you take my body first, and then open it for me to see? Okay? Don't worry, as long as it's not what we're looking for, it's a mountain of gold, and we won't want it. ”

Leng Yi looked at her, sighed again, and said, "Okay, but after I show it to you, can you leave me?" ”

"Why do you want us to leave?" Cheng Luojie was stunned.

"Because I don't want to be hunted down."

"Does it have anything to do with us leaving?"

"Absolutely." Leng Yi took her hand and said in words full of sincerity, "I believe that what you are looking for is also what the killers who are chasing me want, and it is because you follow me to protect me that you tell them that the things are with me, and they will hunt me down." If you leave, it will prove that the things are no longer with me, and those people will no longer come to hunt me down, and I will be able to live a peaceful life with my wife. ”

Cheng Luojie smiled apologetically and said, "We're sorry for the trouble we have caused you." However, whether to leave you or not is not for us to decide, it is up to the queen to decide. Moreover, if we leave you suddenly, the killer will not know immediately, and at that time, it was not our mistake to take advantage of the situation and kill you? I'll be guilty for the rest of my life. ”

Leng Yi listened to her sincerity, kissed her cheek sideways, and said, "Thank you for everything you have done for me." Whether it's purposeful or purposeless, it's grateful. ”

Cheng Luojie grinned, gave him a kiss back, and kissed him on the lips: "Then now, can you open it for us to see?" ”

(To be continued)