Qiao Ran, who had been paying attention to the expression on his face, naturally did not miss his slightly changing complexion, and couldn't help but nod when she saw this, and blurted out: "That's it." ”

The bookstore proprietor looked at her with a little more doubt in his eyes, and did not answer her words immediately.

The girl was not in a hurry, smiled, leaned against the wall with her arms crossed and looked at him leisurely: "If you can't remember, I can wait, you think slowly." ”

These words made the bookstore owner's face stiffen, his eyelids drooped, and his lips trembled, as if he was struggling with something. I don't know how long it took for him to finally speak.

"I ...... I did see something. He said without raising his eyes to look at Qiao Ran, but still looking at the ground.

This expression Qiao Ran was very familiar, and when he talked to him in Sande Bookstore before, he also had this expression when he flickered. It seems that it is up to her to judge whether the next words are true or not.

In all fairness, this man in front of me is not a veteran liar.

Xue Huai's case is the same as the previous Que Lou case, which almost happened before and after, and it was all taken over by her. However, compared with the cunning murderer in the previous case, the murderer in this case is quite inadequate.

However, no matter how ordinary the murderer is, he must investigate the case in accordance with the rules, and the motive and evidence of the murder are indispensable.

Qiao Ran thought in her heart, but didn't show half of her joy and anger on her face, she only listened to the bookstore owner talk about what she saw that day.

"When I went out of the teahouse that day, I saw a person talking to Xue Huai, he was wearing a black robe and a hat on his head, so I didn't see his face." The owner of the bookstore thought back to the events of that day and said, "It was snowing heavily that day, and it was normal to wear this outfit to make it easy to travel, but I don't know why, he was a little out of place compared to the others, as if he was more frightening than ordinary people." ”

Pingzhuang, who was silent on the side, couldn't help but speak at this time: "Murderous." ”

"What?" The owner of the bookstore was stunned when he heard this.

Qiao Ran glanced at Pingzhuang behind him, and said to the bookstore owner: "He said casually, you continue." ”

When Pingzhuang heard her say this, he couldn't help but pout: He didn't talk about it! Instead, I am sure that this feeling that makes ordinary people scared should be murderous.

So, that day, Xue Huai met a master of the rivers and lakes to seek revenge? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but straighten up and licked his lips excitedly: So, is this the reason why Master Qiao wants him to be involved in this case?

Think about it too! These officials in the yamen of Dali Temple only know some foreign kung fu, which is commonly known as fist and foot kung fu, which is not at the same level as him. To deal with this kind of master of the rivers and lakes, he can only rely on him.

Qiao Ran ignored Pingzhuang, who began to think crankily again, and only asked the bookstore owner to continue to talk about the events of that day.

"The man approached Xue Huai, I watched him say a few words to Xue Huai, Xue Huai's face turned pale, he didn't know what he said, he suddenly took a step back vigilantly, and then turned down the river."

When he was arrested yesterday, the little brother who was leaning aside and just talking about something "stupid" had already told him that Xue Huai died of a wound on his forehead, so it was Wang Linhan who killed him.

The owner of the bookstore recalled what he had just said, and after making sure that there were no flaws in it, his originally trembling voice gradually stabilized.

Whether Xue Huai died from a wound on his forehead or because of drowning, it had nothing to do with him.

The woman in front of her hummed, and did not continue to ask Xue Huai's actions after going down the river, probably because she felt that the person fell into the river, and there was nothing to ask except for struggling or something, so she asked the coachman and the little maid who followed Xue Huai.

"What about the two? What was you doing at the time? Xue Huai fell into the river, they are not puppets, they will not do nothing! Qiao Ran said.

When the landlord heard this, he hurriedly said: "Of course they won't do nothing, but they didn't do anything at that time because they couldn't do anything, because they were also pushed into the river by the man who wore a hat and raised his hand and slapped him in the face." ”

"Really?" The girl was noncommittal.

The proprietor of the bookstore looked at the girl's face and did not answer her for a while.

"You said that Xue Huai was in the river by himself, and that person didn't push Xue Huai, not even Xue Huai, so why push two unrelated people into the river for no reason? Innocently provoke a lawsuit? ”

The bookstore's proprietor's face froze, and he heard the girl's mouth open and closed: "There is something wrong with your statement. ”

I don't know why, the feeling of cold sweat in front of her before is here again! Facing the girl's scrutinizing gaze, the bookstore owner hurriedly said: "I'...... I remembered that Fang Cai was a little nervous in the face of the adult's questioning, and he remembered it for a while. The situation at that time was that I was afraid of being discovered by the person, so I only dared to hide behind the banner of the teahouse and look secretly, and I couldn't see it really far away, but after seeing Xue Huai fall into the river, the coachman and the little guy were startled and rushed over, and the person was close at that time, so I took it for granted that it was the person who pushed it," the bookstore owner said, "Now that you are asked by your lord, I think about it, as if the person did not touch anyone, but Xue Huai seemed to raise his hand in the river and shouted 'escape' or something, and the two jumped into the ......river by themselves."

Originally, I was bent on saying words to deal with her previous sentence "He said something wrong", but I didn't expect the girl not only to listen carefully, but also to react faster than him, hearing this, she interrupted him unceremoniously, of course, as an interrogation official of Dali Temple, you don't have to be polite to the people in the prison.

"The two of them who jumped into the river turned out to know how to water?"

In the dim light of the prison, the girl's eyes looked a little dark.

The proprietor of the bookstore did not dare to meet her gaze, but only looked at the ground, as if the ground could be seen by him to see a hole.

He said, "I...... I don't know! ”

"Then I'll go out and ask Master Zhen." Hearing this, Qiao Ran turned back to Pingzhuang and said, "Ask him where he got the conclusion that the coachman and the little guy can't water came from, and whether the witness is reliable or not." ”

Although Chang'an is said to be "eight rivers around Chang'an" above feng shui, it is not a water town near the sea or such as Jiangnan, and whether there will be water or not, it is not always in the water for people to see and verify.

The water in Chang'an City is not rich enough to ask people to jump into the water every day to play, even on a hot day, and few people in the city will jump into the river. If someone did this, it would have to make a lot of people see the joke.

"It's human nature to be afraid of death, if you don't know water, most of you won't jump into the river by yourself, what is the difference between this and sending to death? So, I think those two people know how to water. Qiao Ran said.

When the bookstore proprietor heard this, he looked up at her uneasily, and after making eye contact with her, he looked away and continued to look at the ground and reply.

"And after that?" The girl asked, "The guy with the hat is gone?" ”

The owner of the bookstore was silent for a while before he said, "The one wearing the hat stayed by the bridge for a while before leaving, and I ...... I didn't dare to make a noise because I was really afraid, and I didn't dare to look into the river, for fear that he would turn back again, so I quickly crossed the bridge and went to Wang Linhan's house. When he said this, he swallowed his saliva, and the more he spoke, the smoother he became, "Then I met a little boy who lit a firecracker and was injured by a firecracker, and not long after that, I heard someone say that they had found Xue Huai, and you all know what happened after that." ”

The girl only chuckled when she heard this, and said, "You just ran to Wang Linhan and didn't say anything?" ”

The owner of the bookstore blushed and said, "I...... I'm afraid," he said, and couldn't help but look up at her again, "I'm really scared, at most I can't help death, I should ...... Don't break the law! ”

Seeing death and not saving is a matter of virtue, and of course it is not a matter of breaking the law. When Pingzhuang heard this, he couldn't help but snort coldly, and said, "But if you had said it earlier, you might be able to save people!" ”

The owner of the bookstore said: "I ...... I'm scared. ”

Pingzhuang, who looked at this cowardice, was really a little annoyed, and turned his head away, looking too lazy to look at this person's expression.

These scholars are really strange, everyone looks like they are skinny, but some dare to speak up and expose corrupt officials and corrupt officials, even if they die, and some of them are like this, but they refuse to say anything that can save a person's life in one sentence. I really don't know how to say it.

"That's good, it's pretty much right." The girl also spoke up at this time, but what she said next was really unexpected, "But do you want to hear about the day I saw?" ”

She...... See?

As soon as these words came out, not only the bookstore owner but even Pingzhuang was stunned. Did she see it? How can it be? That day, he came back to meet her after watching Uncle Jiu, she was taking that powerful strange girl and that yin and yang weird Zhang Tianshi to go out of the city that day, did she still have time to run to the old east gate to see Xue Huai fall into the water?

The girl looked at the surprise on their faces, and pursed her lips and spoke.

"That day Xue Huai was released from prison, you inquired about the news in advance and asked Xue Huai to meet in the teahouse to talk about "The Biography of the Scholar's Divine Brush", because the market was too urgent, you found Wang Linhan to ghostwrite the last volume early, and because you didn't know if Xue Huai could come out, you made a decision to end this "Biography of the Scholar's Divine Brush". Therefore, by the time Xue Huai was released from prison, you had already used the one written by Wang Linhan to find a printing craftsman to print the last volume. ”

There is a process of printing and typesetting, even if the printing craftsmen of Dachu have used the means of movable type printing, but this typesetting and printing is still a big project, and the money invested by the owner of this bookstore for the last volume of "The Biography of the Scholar's Divine Brush" is not a small amount, and then counting the cost of paper materials and labor, this money can not be spent in vain.

"Therefore, Xue Huai is not satisfied with Wang Linhan's continued proposal to rewrite it, you naturally won't agree, after all, it's a lot of money." Qiao Ran said and looked up and down the owner of the bookstore, she said, "Although "The Legend of the Scholar's Divine Writing" has made a lot of money, but to maintain such a bookstore plus the money invested in the end, you don't have a lot of money on hand, and your robes are edging, so it can be seen that you haven't added new clothes for a few months." ”

The bookstore owner's face is a little unpleasant, and it is always a little embarrassing to be seen through his embarrassing situation.

Qiao Ran didn't wait for him to speak, and continued.

Xue Huai was not satisfied with Wang Linhan's continuation, but because he was in a hurry to use money to get out of the Xue family, and he didn't like to write a book, he still liked painting, so he didn't insist, and only proposed that because the two of you didn't get his consent to continue to write "The Biography of the Scholar's Divine Pen", it belonged to his light, after all, judging from the level of the last volume written by Wang Linhan, if he came to write "The Biography of the Scholar's Divine Pen", I am afraid it would be impossible for this book to spread in the community, so he wanted to get his share of the money. Wang Linhan, who had worked so hard to finish writing, was furious because of this, he was originally impulsive and irritable, so he naturally went up and made a move on Xue Huai, and after beating him, he left in a huff. ”

Speaking of which, it seems that in addition to explaining the situation at that time in more detail, there is no big difference with Wang Linhan and the bookstore owner surnamed Zhao, so no one interrupted her.

The girl smiled and continued.

"After Wang Linhan leaves, you sit for a while and then leave." Qiao Ran said, "However, Wang Linhan left early, and he didn't see Xue Huai meet the person in the robe, but you did." ”

At this point, it's no different.

"The man in the cloak made you feel a little scared, and didn't dare to get close to Wang Linhan, so he used the banner of the teahouse to block himself from a distance to peek at the movement over there, you watched the man say a few words to Wang Linhan, Wang Linhan's face changed slightly, and then jumped into the river to escape regardless of it, it was not enough to jump into the river himself, he also let the coachman and the little guy jump into the water like him to survive."

Pingzhuang crossed his arms and heard this, and couldn't help but scratch his hair a little boringly. Isn't what Master Qiao said the same as what the bookstore owner said? What's the problem?

Thinking like this, the next words startled him.

"The man in the cloak looked at it for a while and then quickly left, and did not continue the pursuit, and now there was no one around, and you walked out from behind the banner of the teahouse, and when you passed the carriage that they stopped by the bridge, you could not help stopping, and then lifted the curtain and looked inside." The girl said lightly, "That "The Biography of the Scholar's Divine Writing" brought Xue Huai a lot of income and money, I saw on the deed you signed with Wang Linhan that you could only take thirty percent, he took seventy percent, and the remaining odd and scattered sent Wang Linhan away." ”

Although he was shocked by Lord Qiao's words, when he heard the word "send away", Pingzhuang couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth: This description is really ...... It's quite vivid.

"You only account for thirty percent, but the money is still invested in the printing and binding of "The Legend of the Scholar's Divine Pen", and he accounts for seventy percent of the money, but he doesn't need to care about these trivial things at all, so Xue Huai, who seems to be low-key and ordinary, actually has a huge amount of money. With his relationship with the Xue family, it is definitely impossible to leave the money in the Xue family, so he must carry it with him. Qiao Ran thought of those pure gold pen holders, inkstones and other things, and said.

"You also know his secret, so after seeing the silver money left by Xue Huai on the carriage, you moved to push the boat down the river!"

As soon as these words came out, the bookstore proprietor couldn't help jumping up from the stone bed with a white face, and loudly defended: "I didn't! ”