After that, Li Canghai left the scene of the murder and came to a guest room next door.

The three people who were originally seen at the scene of the murder were all invited to this room at this time.

The shopkeeper stomped back and forth anxiously, the Confucian had a gloomy face, and the woman was crying and crying.

Seeing him enter, the shopkeeper immediately greeted him and asked, "My lord, how is the matter investigated, has the murderer been found?" ”

Li Canghai motioned for him to be quiet, and then asked, "The deceased was killed, who found out first?" ”

"Yes, it's me." The woman said with tears in her eyes.

"What do you have to do with the dead? And when was the deceased found dead? Li Canghai put his hands behind his back and asked in a deep voice.

"My name is Liu Cuier, and I am the master's concubine. This morning, the master left the inn early in the morning, but when I returned, I saw the master dead in bed. Cui'er said as she sobbed.

"And where were you when the dead died?" Li Canghai touched his nose and asked.

Liu Cui'er's face suddenly appeared a little embarrassed, she stirred the silk silk with her hand, and said in a low voice: "I...... I'm in the upper thatched house. I had a bad stomach last night, and after the master left, I had unbearable abdominal pain, so I went to the thatched house. ”

Li Canghai's brows furrowed slightly, Liu Cuier's words were not leaky, and even blocked the possibility that he wanted to ask for witnesses.

After all, it is unlikely that someone will prove it well.

"Who are you, and why are you in the dead man's room?" Li Canghai turned to the Confucian student.

The Confucian squinted at him and sneered disdainfully, "Who are you?" Why did this son answer you? ”

At this time, Chang Tou had already asked the others, walked in, and just heard the words of the Confucian student, and immediately became angry.

"Boy, this is the county magistrate of this county, you'd better be honest with me, otherwise this head catcher wants you to look good!"

Hearing Chang Touyi's words, the three people in the room were stunned.

The shopkeeper saluted again and again, and said with a sneer: "It turned out to be the county commander, disrespectful and disrespectful, and the little one thought you were the master, and the greeting was inconsiderate, I hope the lord will forgive me!" ”

For the shopkeeper, the master of the state government yamen is still far from the prestige of the county order, after all, the county order is the biggest official in this land, so it is natural to have a good relationship.

Confucian Sheng's face changed, his expression became respectful, and he hurriedly stood up and saluted Li Canghai: "Late Sheng Zhuo Bufan has seen the county commander. ”

Li Canghai saw that he was wearing a shirt and that the official did not kneel, so he asked, "Are you a showman?" ”

"Back to my lord, the late birth is a member of the Tianbao Nine Year Institute." Zhuo Bufan bowed slightly and said.

Li Canghai glanced at him, and then asked, "What is your relationship with the deceased?" ”

"Back to my lord, the deceased is my brother." Zhuo Bufan sighed and said with a sad face.

"Where were you at the time of the crime?" Li Canghai looked at him in surprise, squinted his eyes and asked.

"My lord, I was studying in my room at the time of the crime, and I never stepped out of the room, until I heard the screams, and I didn't know that my brother was killed." Zhuo Bufan's eyes flashed with tears, and he gritted his teeth and said: "My lord, my brother has always been easy-going, but he suffered this catastrophe, I hope my lord will find out the murderer and give my brother justice!" ”

Li Canghai nodded, "The official will find out the truth about this matter and give justice to the deceased, but you said that you didn't leave the room, but who can testify?" ”

Zhuo Bufan was stunned, and he said with some embarrassment: "I have been studying in the room in my later life, where is the witness?" ”

At this time, the shopkeeper suddenly interjected: "My lord, this little two can prove it." ”

Li Canghai touched his nose in surprise and motioned to Chang Tou to bring the shopkeeper.

As soon as the shopkeeper saw Li Canghai, he immediately knelt down, kowtowed, and said, "The little one doesn't know if the adult is coming, and I hope the adult will forgive me for the offense." ”

After all, Li Canghai is not a person of this era, and he is very disgusted with kneeling. He waved his hand, asked the shopkeeper to stand up, pointed at Zhuo Bufan, and asked, "Let me ask you, he said that he was studying in the room, and you might testify for him?" ”

The shopkeeper bent down and said, "Back to the adult, the little one had delivered water to several guest rooms before the murder, and when he passed by the guest officer's room, he did see the guest officer in the house." ”

"Did you see it with your own eyes?" Li Canghai's brows furrowed slightly.

"It's the little ones who saw it with their own eyes." The shopkeeper lowered his body, but he was a little uncertain in his words, "It's not ......." ”

"But what?" Li Canghai clasped his hands in front of his chest and asked in a deep voice.

"The small one is seen through the window, but in fact, I only saw the figure of this guest officer." The shopkeeper replied honestly.

Zhuo Bufan glanced at him, and said with a slightly gloomy face: "Do you suspect that your adult killed his brother in late life?" ”

"The official is just a routine inquiry, you can rest here for a while, and the official will come when he goes." With that, Li Canghai left the guest room, and called the shopkeeper away by the way.

"My lord, I've asked everything, but no one has found anything abnormal." Chang Tou followed behind him and told him the results of the inquiry.

Li Canghai nodded, turned to the shopkeeper and said, "Shopkeeper, you will tell the official about the situation at that time." ”

"Back to my lord, I was cleaning up the clutter on the second floor, and when I heard someone shouting, I immediately ran over. After entering, I found that Boss Zhuo was killed on the bed, and his concubine was slumped on the ground, and then Zhuo Gongzi also came in ....... ”

Before he could finish speaking, Li Canghai opened his mouth to interrupt his words and asked, "You said that Zhuo Bufan followed you into the room?" Are you sure? ”

The shopkeeper was stunned, he thought about it for a moment, and said with some uncertainty: "This...... I didn't care, after I entered Boss Zhuo's room, Zhuo Gongzi appeared right after that, didn't he follow me in? ”

Li Canghai knew in his heart, he asked the hour, and thought that Di Qing might still be sleeping, so he asked the shopkeeper to wake up Di Qing, and he went to Zhuo Bufan's room.

Zhuo Bufan's room was downstairs, and he pushed the door open and walked in.

Everything in the room was in order, and on the round table were a few books, as well as a few poems.

The whole room didn't look abnormal, Li Canghai couldn't help but wonder if his guess was wrong, he pulled out a round stool from under the table, and wanted to sit down to think about whether he had missed something.

Unexpectedly, there was a fist-sized hole in the middle of the stool that was pulled out.

Li Canghai stared at the stool, his brain turned rapidly, and suddenly his heart moved, as if he had figured out the key, and turned to look for it in the room.

After a while, he found two sticks, one long and one short, and inserted the long sticks into the hole, and found that they fit perfectly into the hole.

The corners of Li Canghai's mouth rose slightly, and a gleam suddenly flashed in his eyes.

When Li Canghai walked out of Zhuo Bufan's room, Di Qing rubbed his sleepy eyes and walked out of the room.

"Canghai, why are there so many servants, what happened?" Di Qing hadn't come back to her senses yet, and asked with a yawn.

"There's a homicide, follow me." Li Canghai said, and pulled Di Qing to the deceased's room.

Hearing that there was a murder, Di Qing instantly sobered up a lot, and her eyes flashed with excitement.