Leng Yi's heart moved, it seems that the relationship between the Liao Governor's Mansion and the Tu gang leader is not ordinary, and the person who can eat and drink with the prefect on the first day of the Lunar New Year is definitely not an ordinary relationship. No wonder Governor Liao would speak for the Tu gang leader before.

He pondered in his heart, the expression on his face did not change at all, and he listened intently to what the Tu Gang Master said.

Tu Gang Master said: "When I came back from eating, it was already dark, and I was also drunk and felt very sleepy, so I lay down and went to sleep." About two watches, I was woken up, and I couldn't say that my wife had been killed in my brother's small yard. I was so scared that I woke up. Hurry up and check it out. I saw that here in the main hall of the small courtyard, my lady was lying on her back facing the sky, her eyes were still slightly open, as if she was dead. There are obvious pinch marks on the neck. I was so angry and anxious that I went crazy, and I grabbed my brother and asked him what was the matter? He said that he did not know whether he had been studying his homework in the house, or if the servants had found out and called him, and he had arrived.

Leng Yi said: "On the night of the first day of the Lunar New Year, he was still reviewing his homework, he was really working hard." ”

"Yes, my brother has been working hard." The words of the Gang Leader were full of pride.

Leng Yi said: "When the Tu gang leader entered the small courtyard, who was in the courtyard?" ”

The Tu gang leader thought for a while and said, "There is my younger brother, the maid Xiaoping, the gatekeeper of the small courtyard, the Langzhong in the house, and Xiaoshun, Tuwa, and Ma Face came to call me, come back with me." A few of my concubines also came, crying at the door, and I didn't let them into the courtyard. None of the others let anyone in. ”

Leng Yi walked to the door of the main hall of the small courtyard at the scene of the crime and said, "When you found the body, what did it look like?" ”

"That's how you lie on your back." The Tu Gang Leader gestured and said, "It's here." ”

The leader of the Tu gang pointed to the specific location of the corpse in detail, his feet facing the door, and his head lying in the lobby.

Leng Yi glanced at the study next to him and said, "Brother Ling was studying here at that time?" ”

"Yes!"

"There's only a wall between them, and if there's a murderer here, will he not know about it?"

"Well...... he said he was fascinated by reading."

Leng Yi glanced at the hall, which was a little messy, and walked to the bedroom next to him, he was also annoyed and messy, so he said, "Is this what you turned or the murderer turned over?" ”

"It's the murderer, we haven't moved."

Next to him, Governor Liao said: "This mansion has been checked, and the dozen taels of gold put by the younger brother of the gang leader in the bedroom are missing, as well as some very valuable jewelry." ”

"A dozen taels of gold?" Leng Yi said, "What are you doing in the bedroom with so much gold?" Why not put it in the vault? ”

The Gang Master snorted coldly and said, "Why don't you put it in the vault, you don't need to ask more about this, you just need to help me find out the murderer!" ”

Leng Yi said lightly: "All the questions asked by this county are questions that must be known. Of course, if it involves the ** of the gang leader, you don't need to answer. ”

"Tu has nothing to do, Tu has thousands of gangs under his command, more than 100 cargo ships, countless gold and silver in each hand, and a dozen taels of gold is nothing! Do you need to put it in the vault? ”

"If it's your residence, that's understandable, but this is your brother's residence, and your brother is also a member of the boat gang?"

Tu Gang Master said: "So what? ”

Leng Yi said: "Gang Leader Tu, if you really want to solve this case, then please answer my questions truthfully, I will not ask some things that have nothing to do with the case at will." If you have this attitude, this case is really difficult to crack, it is the head of the six doors, and if you don't cooperate, you won't be able to solve this case. - I'm right, Yin Zhutou? ”

Yin Vulture hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Exactly." ”

The leader of the Tu gang said stupidly: "Okay, I will cooperate with you." - That's right, my brother is doing things in the gang, and he helps me take care of the accounts and money, are you satisfied? ”

"Didn't you say that he was devoted to hard study? Helping you manage money and accounts will take a lot of energy, how can you study hard. ”

"My brother is smart and can do two things at a time. Isn't it possible? ”

Leng Yi said: "May I ask what kind of business your gang mainly does?" ”

"Run freight."

"Oh," Leng Yi didn't ask them about the boat gang again, and said, "Please call the first person who found the body, this county will ask him some questions." ”

"Trouble!" The Tu gang leader muttered, turned back to the housekeeper and said, "Go and call Ma Mian, Xiaoshun and Tuwa." ”

The butler agreed, hurried out, and soon brought in three male servants. Kneel down and kowtow.

Leng Yi said: "It was the three of you who first discovered your wife's body?" ”

"Yes!" The three of them spoke together.

"What's the name of the three of you?"

An older manservant introduced: "The villain's surname is Ma, because he has pockmarks on his face, and his nickname is Ma Face," pointing to a thin man and saying, "His name is Xiaoshun." Then he pointed to a Humpty Dumpty man and said, "His name is Tuwa." Tuwa is serving his wife, and Xiaoshun and I are serving the second master. ”

Leng Yi glanced at the Tu gang leader. Tu Gang Master said: "The second master is my younger brother, the second in line." My brother and I are the only ones in our family. ”

Leng Yi asked Xiaoshun and Tuwa to wait outside the small courtyard first, to ask one by one. He first asked Ma Mian and said, "You tell me in detail about how you found the body." ”

Ma Face said: "The night before yesterday was the Chinese New Year's Eve, the whole province was busy, did not sleep all night, yesterday arranged a rotational break, the three of us rested in the morning, after sleeping, got up in the afternoon to take over." In the evening, my wife came, and she didn't say anything, but went around and left......"

"Wait!" Leng Yi said, "Where were you at the time?" What are you doing? What is the purpose of my wife's visit? Make it all clear. ”

"Oh," Ma Yan said, "We sat and chatted with Tuwa and Li Laosan in the front hall......

"Chat? Didn't you take over? Chat is also your class? ”

The numb face was very embarrassed, and said: "That's the case, the first night was Chinese New Year's Eve, and after the New Year, everyone was very sleepy, so the next day the uncle and the second master were sleeping......"

"All sleeping?" Leng Yi turned his head and glanced at the Tu Gang Leader, "Didn't you say that your brother is studying hard in the study?" ”

The leader of the Tu gang said, "I, I was asleep at the time, and when I asked him later, he said so." ”

Ma Mian hurriedly changed his words: "Yes, yes, I said something wrong, it's the uncle who is sleeping, and the second master is reading." Because Xiaoshun and I are serving the second master, when the second master is studying, no one will disturb us, so we went to the front hall to talk to Li Laosan and them. At this time, the wife came in. We hurried up to greet us. But my wife only glanced at us, and without even saying a word, she left. ”

"Is she alone?"

"With the personal maid Xiaoping."

"She came to your antechamber and didn't say a word?"

"I really didn't say it. We were also quite confused. ”

"Then you go on."

"Yes." Ma Yan said, "After the wife leaves, we will continue to chat." After chatting for a while, Tuwa suddenly said, Mrs. is not here to see if we are lazy, we are chatting here, and we also reported to the master, so we must not break our legs. They dispersed and went back to wait. So we dispersed, Xiaoshun and I both want to come back here, Tuwa is to serve the wife, at the door to ask where the wife is going, the door maid said that the wife is coming here, so the Tuwa followed us to the small courtyard to find the wife. When we entered the courtyard, we felt that something was wrong......"

"What's wrong?" Leng Yi said.

"The door is open, and the porter Liu Po doesn't know where she has gone, and she is not in the house."

"Usually this little courtyard is closed?"

"Yes. Because the second master wants to study quietly, most people are not allowed to come here. The doors were closed. ”

Leng Yi said: "It's getting dark, what is the lady doing in the little uncle's yard?" ”

"This ......," Liao Zhifu looked at the Tu gang leader.

Tu Gang Master said: "My wife is very caring for my brother, and often shush the cold and ask for warmth. Coming to visit, that's a regular thing. ”

"That's right." Leng Yi said to Ma Yan: "You go on." ”

"Yes." "After the three of us came in, we didn't hear any movement, and we didn't see Madame, we walked until we reached the door of the hall, and we were startled to see Madame lying on the ground in the hall, motionless. Xiaoshun hurriedly went up, shouted twice, but there was no response, and he pushed with his hand again, but there was no movement, he sniffed, he didn't breathe, he was so frightened that he cried, and said, 'Oh no!' Madame is dead! Fast! Go and call the master! So I ran out and called my master. I woke up the old man and said this, the old man hurriedly came, and I followed, at this time, the second master and the housekeeper had already come, and they were talking in the courtyard. After the lord checked, the lady was indeed dead. The lord let the official report. That's it. ”

Leng Yi thought for a while and said, "How is Madame's popularity?" Are there any enemies? Especially the people in the house, do you have any grudges? ”

The Tu Gang Master snorted coldly and said, "What do you mean by this? My wife is a good person praised by everyone, how can there be an enemy? What you say is really inexplicable! ”

Leng Yi said: "When I ask, please don't interject casually!" ”

"You're ......!"

"Alright, alright!" Governor Liao was busy playing a round game, "The government investigates the case, it is necessary to ask a lot of questions, including whether there is an enemy or something, and any possible surname must be considered, so the leader of the Tu gang does not have to worry too much." Leng Zhi County has no other meaning. ”

The Tu Gang Master snorted in his nostrils, and then turned his face away and stopped talking.

Ma Mian hurriedly replied: "Our wife is really a good person, kind, very good to our subordinates, never reprimanded people with a straight face, we all say that she is the reincarnation of Guanyin Bodhisattva!" How can a person like his wife have enemies? Everybody respects her. ”

Leng Yi said to Governor Liao: "The younger brother of the helper, that is, the second master of the house, where was he at the time, and whether he was really in the study, I don't know if Lord Liao asked?" ”

"Asked. He said that he was indeed in the house at the time, but, because the first night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, with everyone to keep the New Year, did not close his eyes all night, was too sleepy, looked at the book, and fell asleep on the table. Later, he was woken up by Tuwa and learned that his sister-in-law was strangled to death next door. At that time, I was paralyzed on the ground in fright. ”

(To be continued)