The words "cut the throat with a knife" calmed everyone at the scene. Lin Zhutou rushed out of the house and said hurriedly: "West of the city? Could it be that the deceased is Lin Guiqiang? ”

Hearing Lin Guiqiang's name, He Huan only felt that the blood in his body seemed to be drained in an instant. "He Huan" doesn't know Lin Guiqiang, but "Lin Xiyan" knows this person. He was Lin Guqing's subordinate, and he was quite reused by the second room three years ago, and she didn't pay much attention to it after that, until she heard his name again today.

"Do you know Lin Guiqiang?" Xie San looked sideways and looked He Huan up and down.

Feeling that everyone in the yard was staring at him, He Huan hurriedly shook his head, glanced into the house, and asked in a low voice: "Could it be that He Daxu was also cut by a knife?" ”

No one answered He Huan's question, Lin Zhutou glanced at her, suddenly jumped up, and said in a panic: "Go to Luo Lijun's house!" ”

He Huan didn't know Luo Lijun, but she knew that the ships that were robbed by pirates three years ago were not only the Lin and He families, but also the Luo family, but the proportion was not much.

As if in response to Lin Zhutou's eagerness, a catcher stumbled into the yard, panting and said, "Catch the head, it's not good, Luo Lijun is dead, and his neck has been wiped." ”

Overnight, the atmosphere at the scene became more and more solemn, and Lin Zhutou asked He Huan with a calm face: "Did He Daxu tell your family that no matter how much principal your family makes, as long as the ship returns to Hong Kong, there will be three times the profit?" ”

He Huan was stunned for a moment and nodded. In a blink of an eye, she said to Lin Zhutou: "As far as I know, in addition to the Lin, He, and Luo families, the Qian family and the Lu family also pooled together money three years ago—" She stopped abruptly. He Daxu obviously coaxed the Wei family, but the silver was given to Lin Guqing by He Baichu. Could it be that all the money has gone to Lin Guqing's hands? Her face turned pale. Ruolin Guqing was convicted of fraud...... She didn't dare to think about it. I just feel cold in my hands and feet.

Lin Zhutou looked at He Huan with burning eyes. Word by word, he asked, "Miss He." How did you know that the Luo family, the Qian family, and the Lu family all participated? ”

"I ...... I just overheard my cousin mention it. Lin Zhutou, the Qian family and the Lu family...... Will? He Huan thought about it for a while, and felt that it was wrong. Three years ago, the Lin family was at the end of their rope, so it wasn't pretended. Lin Guqing is definitely a victim!

Lin Zhutou didn't answer He Huan, just looked at her blindly.

Xie San didn't know the details of Lu Dao three years ago, he only knew one thing: Lin, He, Luo, Qian, Lu, the rich families in Jizhou City, except for Shen Jinglun, were all involved. He cleared his throat and asked Lin Zhutou how to find out that He Daxu, Lin Guiqiang, Luo Lijun and others were involved.

Lin Zhutou glanced at He Huan suggestively. replied: "Third Master Xie, it's almost done here." It's better to go to the Qian family and the Lu family to ask about the situation first, after all, human life is at stake. After that, he ordered his subordinates to go to the other two places to protect the scene, and ordered his servants to inspect the corpses in turn, and then ordered his subordinates to send He Huan out of the alley, only to tell her that when he was done, he would go to He's house in person and ask in detail about He Daxu's contact with He's family.

He Huan got into the carriage, and his mind was like a mess. She thought she had figured it out, but the whole thing was like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger, and it was impossible to see what secret was hidden in the center of the snowball.

In the bumpy ride of the carriage, the words "cut throat with a knife" repeatedly appeared in He Huan's mind. Inexplicably, she thought of Li Wenpo, who was cut by the black scarf man in front of everyone. There must be some kind of internal connection between the black scarf man and the overseas incident three years ago!

"Stop!" He Huan ordered loudly, "Go back to He Daxu's house." She doesn't know how to handle cases, she just wants to ask if He Daxu's wound is the same as Li Wenpo's fatal injury.

On the other hand, Xie Sanmu sent He Huan back to He's carriage quickly. He asked Lin Zhutou in a suppressed voice: "Lin Zhutou, you took Miss He away, do you think that the murder is related to the He family?" ”

"Not really." Lin Zhutou shook his head affirmatively, "Although I haven't examined the corpses of Luo Lijun and the others, judging from He Daxu's wounds, the perpetrator is fast, ruthless and accurate, he must be a person who practices martial arts, not to mention the old and weak women and children of the He family, even He Baihai will definitely not be able to do it." ”

Xie San nodded, and the old words were recalled: "Lin Zhutou, although I don't know what happened to Lu Dao three years ago, you must have discovered that today's matter involves all the rich families in Jizhou City, except for Shen Jinglun's family. ”

"Third Master Xie, you don't know anything about this." Lin Zhutou motioned for Xie San to talk to him as he walked. After the two of them walked out of the alley and got on horseback, Lin Zhutou continued: "Uncle Shen's family has ancestral teachings, and although maritime trade is profitable, it is also risky. When Uncle Shen's grandfather was alive, the Shen family was strictly forbidden to participate in it, but at that time, there were still people from the Shen clan who used private property to buy shares. When Uncle Shen is in charge, he ordered that no matter whether it is public or private property, he must not participate in it, otherwise he will be expelled from the Shen family. Therefore, what happened three years ago must have nothing to do with the Shen family. ”

Xie San faintly heard the taste of appreciation in Lin Zhutou's tone, and said with a smile: "Listening to Lin Zhutou say this, you are very familiar with Uncle Shen?" ”

"It's hard to say that you know each other." Lin Zhutou shook his head again and again, and sighed: "Everyone says that Uncle Shen is cold and arrogant, and he only talks about rules and things, not about feelings, according to the following point of view, this is an advantage, in fact, he is a person who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside." He knew why Xie San stayed in Jizhou, and he said this to him on purpose.

Xie San didn't know what he meant, "hehe" smiled, and only said: "I want to hear it in detail." ”

Lin Zhutou looked at the sun above his head, and said loudly: "Although I have met Uncle Shen and the late Grandma Shen a few times, I dare not say that I am familiar with them. If it were on weekdays, I wouldn't talk much about the Shen family, but I got the news last night that as early as more than a month ago, Uncle Shen quietly sent the Shen family steward to teach the nearby villagers how to prevent thieves from robbing the summer harvest of grain. As of last night, the nearby villages have set up sentry posts at the entrance of the village, and if they find anything abnormal, they will light a fire to warn them. Although the thieves are fierce, as long as the villagers are prepared, it is not so easy for them to slaughter the village again! Speaking of the last sentence, Lin Zhutou's tone was unconsciously contaminated with a bit of blood, as if he wanted to kill the thieves immediately.

After Xie San came to Jizhou, he heard a lot about the topics related to the thieves. In fact, when he was in the capital, he knew that there were thieves and pirates on the south coast of the Yangtze River. On weekdays, pirates only robbed ships coming and going, and during the summer and autumn harvests, they would go ashore and loot grain. As for the slaughter of the village, no magistrate ever reported it, and the imperial court did not know about it at all.

In fact, as far as he knew, the emperor also thought about suppressing bandits, but the pirates came and went without a trace, and the imperial court did not have soldiers suitable for fighting at sea, how to exterminate them? Now, the situation in the northwest is tense, and he has seen with his own eyes the fierceness and cruelty of the nomads in the northwest, and it is impossible for the imperial court to send heavy troops from there to guard the coastline, just for a few small thieves on the sea.

It is impossible for Xie San to say these words to Lin Zhutou. He could feel that overnight, Lin Zhutou's attitude towards him had changed.

Lin Zhutou saw that Xie San didn't speak, and said: "Xie Sanye, you are a rough person below, and you only know that Lu Dao tells the truth." Now that Xie Zhutou has returned to Beijing with Feng Jiyang's corpse to recover his life, and the black turban people are also dead, I don't know what else do you want to continue to investigate? ”

Xie Sanzhi said, his words were clearly the "eviction order", his face was a little unbearable, and he said bluntly: "Lin Zhutou thinks that the case is over, but it may not be, at least the murderers of He Daxu, Luo Lijun and others have not been arrested." Xie Zhutou returned to Beijing with Feng Jiyang's body to recover his life, which does not mean that Feng Jiyang has no comrades. On that day, it was Lin Zhutou who said that the black turban people were widows. ”

"Whether the black scarf people are Japanese or not cannot be confirmed now, but what is the truth of today's case, although I dare not say it clearly, it is not far from ten."

"Oh?" Xie San looked sideways, "Didn't Lin Zhutou just say, I don't know if the killing of He Daxu was a vendetta or a robbery?" ”

"I really don't know how to do this, but He Daxu and others are Feng Jiyang's subordinates, there is no doubt about this. More than three years ago, Feng Jiyang teamed up with the head Bai of the second room of the Lin family to coax Lin Guqing into the game, and deceived the He family, the Luo family and other rich families of more than 100,000 taels of silver. ”

"Why is Lin Zhutou so sure?" Xie San only felt that the whole thing was suspicious.

Lin Zhutou said affirmatively: "In the past few days, I have been investigating day and night, just to find out the truth. I believe that Feng Jiyang has been planning this matter since he arrived in Jizhou eight or nine years ago. He Daxu, Luo Lijun and others were his carefully selected subordinates. They are not only members of various families, but also greedy for money and profit, and they are easy to buy. And Feng Jiyang himself, as a broker Feng, went back and forth between rich families, and only by thoroughly understanding the situation of each family could he coax them to be fooled. ”

"Lin Zhutou, you said that the facts of the case are not far from ten, and I can't agree with you." Xie San shook his head, "Not to mention, it is a big suspicion that He Daxu and others were killed by someone." Don't forget, Feng Jiyang and Bai Guan are dead. It is impossible for a dead man to kill and extinguish his mouth. As he spoke, he saw that He Huan's carriage was turning around and walking back, and he couldn't help frowning slightly.

When Lin Zhutou heard Xie San's words, his expression was suffocated, and he said in a muffled voice: "They are the same party of the thieves, and everyone will be punished." ”

"Even if they deserve to die, the abuse of lynching is also against the law."

"Whoever killed them, of course the yamen will do their best to investigate, and will never let the murderer go unpunished." Lin Zhu's first sentence ended the topic, and then said: "Last time, Third Master Xie saw the suicide note of the Lin family's white steward, and he seemed to be very excited. Forgive me for guessing that you came to Jizhou, but it is related to a piece of jade pendant? Seeing that Xie San didn't admit it or deny it, he said again: "I said it just now, and I have met Uncle Shen a few times in Xia." If Third Master Xie thinks it is feasible, why don't you roughly talk about the appearance of the jade pendant, and pass on a message for you and Uncle Shen? (To be continued......)