Chapter 6: A Mysterious Piece of Evidence
What can be in a belly pocket? When Tie Chong asked this sentence, he felt a little blasphemous against Miss Zhou.
In the Yuexiang Inn, the master Liu Tianxiong drank a cup of tea, and when he put the teacup down again, the official he sent out had already returned.
The official walked quickly to Liu Tianxiong's side and said, "According to Mei Xiang of Cuihong Mansion, she did sleep in the same bed with Chu Tianpeng last night, but Chu Tianpeng didn't do anything to her, and fell asleep. At night, Mei Xiang heard the sound of someone breaking the door, and she was about to scream, but she was knocked unconscious by the man in black who broke in with a violent palm wind. Other things, Mei Xiang said that it is not clear. ”
Liu Tianxiong said in surprise: "I didn't expect that there are really many masters in Ping'an County." Someone actually has such a powerful palm style, this master really wants to meet him. ”
Liu Tianxiong looked at Chu Tianpeng, who was standing on the side, and said: "Chu Tianpeng, this master has already sent someone to ask Mei Xiang, Mei Xiang said that you really didn't look like a man last night, after drinking a cup of tea, you fell asleep next to the pillow, therefore, this master is sure that you have nothing to do with Ning Tianxiang's death."
Chu Tianpeng said excitedly: "Master, God is broken."
Liu Tianxiong laughed and said, "Don't be complacent too early." Because your dagger has become a murder weapon, you also have to tell this master some information you know, and help this master solve this case and make up for it. ”
Chu Tianpeng had a smile on his face, and suddenly his face sank, and said, "Master, I remembered, I fell asleep last night because I drank the tea sent by the shopkeeper, Master, do you think there is a problem with the shopkeeper?"
Liu Tianxiong looked at the crowd standing at the gate and said, "Immediately summon the shopkeeper."
When the shopkeeper was escorted to Liu Tianxiong by two officials, he turned pale with fright, knelt on the ground, and said with a sad face: "Master, the little one really didn't kill anyone!" The little one just gave a pot of tea to Chu Tianpeng. Last night, from closing his eyes to opening his eyes, he didn't leave the small room for a single step! ”
Liu Tianxiong slapped the teapot and said sharply: "Who said that you killed someone, this master just wanted to ask you a few things."
The shopkeeper then had the spirit and said, "Oh, it turned out to be asking a few things!" I just said that I didn't kill anyone, and my master can't say that I killed people! It's okay, Master, if you have any questions, just ask, I will tell you the truth. ”
Liu Tianxiong suddenly asked: "Shopkeeper, how did you pour the drug into the tea, charm Chu Tianpeng, and use a dagger to kill people, and recruit from the truth!"
"Ahh The shopkeeper shuddered in fright, immediately knelt on the ground and buckled his head, and said, "Master, the villain is wronged!" Where did the villain have any drugs, and he never poured the drugs into the tea. Master Ning Tianxiang is kind to me, the villain has not repaid the favor, how can he harm the master? ”
Liu Tianxiong wanted to bluff the shopkeeper, but the result made Liu Tianxiong very discouraged, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Then you should tell me, how is your master kind to you?"
The shopkeeper's little eyes opened and said, "Yes." Last year, the villain failed to find relatives in Ping'an County, and the coils on his body were used up, and he was infected with the wind and cold, and he had no money to invite Langzhong, and finally fainted at the door of Yuexiang Inn. Ning Tianxiang, who was the shopkeeper, felt that I was pitiful, and he not only paid me to invite Langzhong, but also took me in. The little one who received the life-saving grace of the shopkeeper and never repaid it, how could he harm the shopkeeper. If I knew who killed the shopkeeper, I, Liu Xiaodong, just don't want this cheap life, and I want to avenge the shopkeeper. ”
Liu Tianxiong knew that no matter how much he asked, he couldn't ask any result, so he wanted to find a breakthrough from somewhere else, and said, "Liu Xiaodong, let me ask you, did the pot of tea you give Chu Tianpeng directly to Chu Tianpeng after taking it out of the kitchen?"
Liu Xiaodong thought about it for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said, "Master, I remembered, when I was serving tea to Chu Keguan, I suddenly had a stomachache. I put the pot of tea on a table in the aisle, and when I was done, I brought it over. Oh, by the way, master, could it be that someone in the middle of this is doing something in that pot of tea? ”
Liu Tianxiong pondered: "If someone really did something in that pot of tea, then the purpose of the person who drugged it was obvious, he wanted to stun Chu Tianpeng, and then borrow Chu Tianpeng's dagger to kill people at night, and lead the murderer to Chu Tianpeng's body."
Chu Tianpeng looked at Liu Tianxiong excitedly and said, "Master Mingjian." How could Chu be a murderer, it must have been that the person who drugged me saw the dagger in my boot in advance, so he thought of a poisonous plan to borrow my dagger to kill people. ”
Liu Tianxiong felt that this clue was gradually becoming clearer, and said, "That's it." After the murderer first stunned Chu Tianpeng, he took the dagger from Chu Tianpeng's body at night, and after killing someone, he hid the dagger in a conspicuous stable, the purpose of which was to make us believe that the owner of the dagger was the murderer. ”
Chu Tianpeng said even more excitedly: "Master is smart, this is a naked frame-up, if I knew which bastard framed me, I would definitely scrape him alive."
Liu Tianxiong didn't find a breakthrough from the owner of the dagger and the shopkeeper, so he wanted to find another way, so he shifted his gaze to the shopkeeper and said, "Liu Xiaodong, this master asks you, where did your lord Ning Tianxiang's wife go?" Her husband is dead, so why shouldn't she just come and see her? ”
The shopkeeper said: "Back to the master's words." The proprietress is named Chen Xiaohong, with my lord for more than 20 years, but did not give birth to a son and a half daughter, my lord has long had the intention of remarrying his wife, yesterday afternoon, my lord has written the resignation, the proprietress took the letter of resignation, in a fit of anger, packed some simple luggage and went back to the northeast mother's house. ”
Liu Tianxiong feels that it is normal for husband and wife to quarrel, and couples for more than 20 years will turn their faces when they say that they will turn their faces, which makes it difficult for anyone to accept, no wonder Chen Xiaohong will go away in anger.
The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "The manager Zhao Ping has the best relationship with the boss, and he is a fellow villager, so the boss told Zhao Ping to catch up with the boss and send him back to his hometown in the Northeast safe and sound."
Liu Tianxiong pondered: "From Ping'an County to the northeast, you have to pass through at least three mountains, and robbers are rampant along the way, your master is so relieved?" Then the steward Zhao Ping will definitely be able to send Chen Xiaohong back to his hometown in the Northeast? ”
The shopkeeper said confidently: "At this point, the master can rest assured." Zhao Ping is usually the boss's personal entourage, but when he encounters robbers, Zhao Ping is the boss's bodyguard. His swordsmanship is skillful, and his light skills are also first-class, and more than a dozen martial arts masters are not Zhao Ping's opponents. After Zhao Ping rescued my boss from the robbers, the boss worshipped Chen Ping, and the relationship was naturally extraordinary. It can be said that if Zhao Ye was there last night, my master would not have been killed. ”
Liu Tianxiong sighed and said, "Maybe the murderer dared to do it when Zhao Ping was away."
The shopkeeper turned his little eyes twice strangely, and said, "So the person who killed my master must be someone from our inn, and he is a person who has a good relationship with the master to commit the crime?" But what is his purpose? ”
Liu Tianxiong glanced at the shopkeeper and said, "Okay, you can go down, if you think of something suspicious, you have to report it to this master immediately, understand?"
The shopkeeper nodded and said, "Well, the little one knows."
Liu Tianxiong asked for a long time, his mouth was also thirsty, he picked up a cup of tea, and was about to drink it, when suddenly he thought of a person, he whispered a few words to a servant behind him, and the official kept nodding his head a few times, and said "um" a few times in his mouth, and then clenched the big knife in his hand and walked out of the door.
Liu Tianxiong took a sip of tea and said, "You'll know who the murderer is right away."
In Zhou Shicheng's big yard, all kinds of flowers are blooming under the sun, and all kinds of birds are chirping, but they don't know that the owner is dead, and the owner's daughter is also dead.
Overnight, two people died suddenly, no matter how rich the family is, they can't afford it, so in the entire Zhou Garden, the sound of people crying in a low voice can be heard everywhere.
Song Ruilong took out his hand from Zhou Tianxiang's chest unhurriedly, and at this time Tie Chong saw a very strange object, and he said in surprise: "Ah! How could Miss Zhou hide this thing between his chest? ”
Song Ruilong said: "Didn't you see where Miss Zhou's hand was placed this time?"
Tie Chong looked at Zhou Tianxiang's Qianqianyu hand and said: "Her hand is tightly protecting her chest, and her subordinates just thought that Miss Zhou didn't want the other party to touch her chest, so she used her hand to protect it, it turned out that there was such a thing hidden there."
Song Ruilong tore open the letter that was taken out of Zhou Tianxiang's chest and said, "This letter must have a lot to do with Zhou Tianxiang's death, let's open it first and then talk about it."
The envelope was opened, and Song Ruilong saw that a love poem was written on the letter:
Evil!
I want to know you,
Longevity.
Mountains without tombs,
The river is exhausted,
winter thunder and earthquake,
summer rain and snow,
Heaven and earth are combined,
Dare to be with you!
After Song Ruilong read this poem, he also gently chanted two of the sentences: "The mountains are edgeless, the sky and the earth are together, but they dare to be with the king." ”
After Song Ruilong finished chanting, he sighed: "What a touching poem, the person who wrote this poem must be very dedicated and deep in his feelings for Zhou Tianxiang, so who is this person?"
Tie Chong opened his eyes wide and asked, "Isn't there a signature on the back of the love letter?"
Song Ruilong said: "If it is signed, do I still have to guess so hard?"
Tie Chong said: "There is no signature behind this love letter, so how do we know who this person who wrote the poem is?"