After listening to Zhao Ping's story, Song Ruilong said: "Don't worry, if it was really the shopkeeper who killed your boss Ning Tianxiang, the county would definitely arrest the shopkeeper."

Song Ruilong asked Su Xianrong to take two servants to follow Zhao Ping to the Yuexiang Inn first, and he said to Wei Bixi: "Sister Bixiao, did you hear Zhao Ping's story just now?"

Wei Bixiao said: "Of course I heard it. At first, I suspected that this Zhao Ping was the murderer of Ning Tianxiang, but now I have dispelled this suspicion, because Zhao Ping has no time to commit the crime at all. On the night Ning Tianxiang was killed, he was resting at the Youlong Inn in Xiangfu County. ”

Song Ruilong smiled and said, "Sister Bi Xiao, you believe Zhao Ping's words like this?"

Wei Bixiao's eyes widened and said, "Brother Song is saying that this Zhao Ping may be lying?"

"Exactly!"

Wei Bixiao shook his head and said, "Impossible." There is a Cuihua Mountain between Xiangfu County and Ping'an County, if you want to cross Cuihua Mountain from Xiangfu County and rush back to Ping'an County, there is very little distance to ride a horse in the middle, and it takes at least five hours to rely entirely on foot strength. If Zhao Ping rushed back to Ping'an County from Xiangfu County in the evening, it would have been dawn early, and Ning Tianxiang's death time was probably at the time of the third watch, so Zhao Ping would not have had time to commit the crime. ”

Song Ruilong nodded and said, "From Xiangfu County to Ping'an County, if you don't pass through Cuihua Mountain, is there a shortcut to Ping'an County?"

Wei Bixiao said affirmatively: "No! Even if he is a flying man, it is impossible to kill people overnight and then return to Xiangfu County. ”

Song Ruilong pondered: "That is to say, Zhao Ping can't go back and forth from Xiangfu County to Ping'an County within five hours."

Wei Bixiao affirmed: "Exactly!"

Song Ruilong said slowly: "We have ignored a very important premise."

Wei Bixiao was puzzled: "What is the premise that Brother Song said?"

Song Ruilong said with a smile: "If Zhao Ping is lying, he will not be able to get rid of the suspicion of murder."

Wei Bixi seemed to understand what Song Ruilong meant, and said, "Brother Song, what you mean is that Zhao Ping may have been near Ping'an County all along, and he has never been to Xiangfu County at all."

Song Ruilong said: "Exactly! You will go to Xiangfu County with Master Liu now, go to Youlong Inn and ask, see if Zhao Ping has lived there? ”

Wei Bixiao said: "Okay! I'll go find Master Liu now. ”

In the Yuexiang Inn, there are no more guests.

Su Xianrong and Tou Tie rushed to the shopkeeper's room and searched it, but they didn't find anything suspicious.

Su Xianrong saw Song Ruilong walk in, she stepped forward and said to Song Ruilong: "Brother Song, look at it, no one has touched the furnishings in the shop's second room. After we checked, we found that the money bags of the shopkeeper were missing, and the money bags of the chef and two grooms were missing, and they couldn't be sure whether they were lost before going to bed last night or after they went to bed, but they found that the money bags were missing after they got up in the morning. ”

Song Ruilong said: "Then who was the first person to find out that his money bag was missing?"

Zhao Ping replied at the door: "They didn't find out that their money bag was missing, it was when I mentioned that the shopkeeper was missing, they remembered their money bag."

Song Ruilong searched Liu Xiaodong's room again, he found a few pieces of Liu Xiaodong's clothes in Liu Xiaodong's closet, he looked at those clothes and asked Zhao Ping, "These clothes, do you see if they are all Liu Xiaodong's?"

Zhao Ping glanced at it, picked up those clothes with his hand and looked at them, and said, "If you go back to adulthood, these clothes are Liu Xiaodong's."

Song Ruilong said: "Then Liu Xiaodong's body, in addition to the clothes he was wearing, were there any other clothes that he took away?"

Zhao Ping didn't know what Song Ruilong was asking for, he just answered truthfully and said, "Except for the clothes here, Liu Xiaodong only has one piece of clothing on his body."

Song Ruilong looked at the door and said, "Call the chef Spicy Jiutian over."

Spicy Jiutian was at the door, and after hearing Song Ruilong's summons, he immediately squeezed through the crowd and walked next to Song Ruilong, and was about to salute, but was blocked back by Song Ruilong with a fan.

Spicy Jiutian stood up and said, "The villain is the chef Spicy Jiutian." What do you command? ”

Song Ruilong said: "It's not a big deal, I just want to ask you, did you lose anything in the kitchen last night?"

Spicy Jiutian thought about it for a moment and said, "No." In the past two days, because the boss Ning Tianxiang died, there were no guests staying in the hotel. Everything in the kitchen was eaten by ourselves and nothing was missing. ”

Song Ruilong reminded: "For example, steamed buns, dried meat or something."

Spicy Jiutian shook his head and said, "No." There are a number of steamed buns in our inn, and whoever eats a few must also report. Although the boss is dead now, this rule has not changed. ”

Song Ruilong turned around, looked at Su Xianrong and said, "Rongrong, you follow Spicy Jiutian to the kitchen to see if there is anything missing."

Su Xianrong felt that Song Ruilong wanted to investigate the case of the disappearance of the shopkeeper, and why she wanted to check the situation in the kitchen was really a bit confusing, but Su Xianrong didn't ask much, because she knew that Song Ruilong must have his reasons for doing this.

After Su Xianrong walked out, Song Ruilong asked the others to retreat, and he only left Zhao Ping in the room of the shopkeeper.

Although the room of the shopkeeper is not large, there is a table and three chairs that can sit on people.

Song Ruilong sat on a table, and asked Zhao Ping to sit next to him, and said: "Steward Zhao, don't be afraid, there are some relatively ** things in this county, which are about Ning Tianxiang and his wife, therefore, this county has divided all the people, leaving only you."

Zhao Ping said with some gratitude: "The adults are thoughtful, and the little ones thank you for my boss and proprietress of my family."

Song Ruilong said: "You're welcome. I would like to ask, what is the relationship between your boss and the boss's wife? ”

Zhao Ping's eyes flickered, as if he was a little embarrassed, and said, "This ......"

Song Ruilong smiled and said, "What? Are you still embarrassed to say? Your boss is dead, if you don't say it, I'm afraid that your boss's grievances won't be able to get Zhaoxue. ”

Zhao Ping gritted his teeth and said, "Hey! Now, I can't care about the dignity of the master. Lord Song, to tell you the truth, my boss was cuckolded. ”

Song Ruilong was a little surprised, and said, "Then do you know who is the person who cuckolded your boss?"

Zhao Ping nodded and said, "I know." That person is our boss's fellow villager, he is also from the Northeast, he and the boss lady have known each other since childhood, it can be said that our boss was able to marry the boss lady because of that person. ”