This man was a coachman, and he sent their son-in-law to the river that night, and after he got into the boat, he walked around the neighborhood.

As everyone knows, I saw a horse coming quickly, the man was dressed in black, and after getting off the horse, he took off his black clothes at the corner, picked up a stone, wrapped it and sank to the bottom of the river, and then got on the painting boat.

Because the name and address of this person were left on the record, the king of Qi asked someone to bring this person over for questioning.

The man was the chauffeur of the merchant Wang Fu's family, he said: "The villain will always go to the river several times a month, because my son is good with a girl, every time the villain is sent, after the son goes to the painting boat, because of the cold weather, the villain can not sit in a place and wait, he will bring a pot of wine, after drinking it and walk around to drive away the cold, the villain remembers that night was very cold, there are fewer guests, when the villain walked to the gatehouse, he saw a man in black riding a horse and ran over, the general villain will not pay attention to these, But because he was dressed in black, the villain felt a little strange, so he took a few more looks, after all, people who came to this place to play, would try their best to dress up, when he sank the black clothes to the bottom of the river, and then went to the painting boat. ”

"Can you see what he looks like?" King Qi asked urgently.

The coachman shook his head, "I can't see it clearly, because it's dark where he's standing, but you can see that he has a jade wrench on his thumb." ”

"Which boat did you get on?"

"It should be Chunniang's painting boat." The coachman thought for a while, "It could also be Meiniang, anyway, it's these two." ”

Fu Cheng was about to send someone to ask, but someone came to report the case, saying that Chun Niang in Xisu River was found in the house, and it was found by the mother of the painting boat, except for Chun Niang, even Chun Niang's maid died, and the corpse stinked when it was found, and it seemed that she had been dead for more than three days.

When King Qi heard this, he couldn't help but be discouraged, and finally found some information, but it was cut off here.

Yu Wenhao understood it before and after, and said: "The person died for about three days, that is to say, Chunniang was killed after we found Lu Yuan's horse, and the murderer knew the direction of our investigation well." ”

"Fifth brother, I don't understand, why did the murderer go to the painting boat at that time? Wouldn't it be better to just walk away? King Qi asked.

"At that time, the military department had already led people to chase him, and he walked out with injuries, once he met the pursuers, he couldn't run away, so it was better to simply hide in the painting boat for a while, and wait for the wind to pass before leaving."

Yu Wenhao asked someone to go to Chunniang's side, and then asked someone to salvage the black clothes in the river to see if there were any clues.

Chun Niang and the maid live together, live in a house on the edge of the West River, the house is rented, in the past, Chun Niang picked up guests in the painting boat, only returned home to sleep during the day, and the surrounding people rarely interacted.

And everyone knows what she does for a living, and generally doesn't like to associate with her.

The mother of the painting boat said that Chun Niang had not come for two days, and she thought that she had come to the moon letter, because after picking up the guests that night, Chun Niang said that her stomach hurt, and she was going to come to the moon letter.

The girl who painted the boat came to the moon letter to rest, so her mother didn't urge her, and only called other girls to replace Chunniang.

In this kind of small painting boat, there are generally only one or two girls, at most three or four, but because Chun Niang's appearance is good, her talent is good, and there are fixed benefactors, so she is basically a girl in this small painting boat, and she will be replaced if she does not come to work.

When my mother went to Jingzhao Mansion to make an offering, she said that she was not in the painting boat that day, so she did not see the strange guest.

Mother was also a little dissatisfied with Chunniang, and said: "Since I beat a nobleman, I always have to ask for leave every now and then, and I have asked for seven or eight days in a row this month. The silver of this painting boat has not been paid off, I said at the beginning, I can't use her alone, now it's okay, I still owe more than a thousand taels of silver to pay it back, what should I do? ”

As she spoke, her mother paused to wipe away her tears.

When King Qi heard this, his heart suddenly moved, and he asked, "She hasn't been there for seven or eight days this month?" So on the eighth day of the first month of this month, is she on the painting boat? ”

Mom shook her head, "The woman doesn't remember, I have to go back and look at the record to know that the woman has written it down." ”

"Come on, take my mother back to watch it together, and see if Chun Niang is on the painting boat on the eighth night of the new year." King Qi immediately gave the order.

Yu Wenhao gave King Qi an appreciative look, his mind was meticulous.

Yu Wenhao was relieved to hand over the clues here to him and Fu Cheng, and he continued to take people out to investigate.

However, although King Qi thought of an important point, the news brought back by the head catcher disappointed him, because it was Chun Niang who was on the painting boat on the night of the accident, not the person who replaced him.

Now the only clue is in the black clothes that sank at the bottom of the river.

The head catcher salvaged the clothes, which were wrapped in a large stone, wrapped and tied with their sleeves, anyway, if there was not a big torrent, it would basically not be washed away.

The cloth of the clothes is very good, and it can be seen that it is not a night dress, but a black brocade robe made of fine stitches, and there is even embroidery on the cuffs.

There was a cut on the left shoulder of the garment, soaked under it for a few days, the blood was gone, and a piece of the placket was cut off, it is believed that the man in black used to bandage the wound on the shoulder, and he hid in the alley, probably to bandage the wound so that the blood would not flow down and be followed.

The material is good, there is embroidery, and it is not a night clothes, so it can be seen that he took a black dress from the closet and put it on, and then covered his face and came out.

In other words, the whole theft plan was not premeditated, but improvized.

"Can the material be traced?" King Qi asked.

Fu Cheng took a look, "Although it is a precious material, these materials are sold in many silk villages, and it is difficult to chase." ”

King Qi fell into a melancholy, looking at the only evidence, talking about the confession that can be nothing, five feet eight tall, with a jade wrench, black clothes, good martial arts, several people in the ability to fight the army, and seriously injured two people, the most important thing is that this person was recognized by Lu Yuan, Lu Yuan was defenseless against him, that must be what Lu Yuan knew and believed.

Who will it be?

King Qi had guessed King Ji before, because King Ji's martial arts were good and his height was also in line, but with his person, it was absolutely impossible to do such a dangerous thing in person, he raised so many people, just send one or two at will.

Fourth...... Could it be the fourth?

But there are also many people under the fourth brother, why should he take risks himself?

For a while, he was in a predicament, and King Qi racked his brains and couldn't think of a way to find out the man in black, so after thinking about it, he went back to the house to change his clothes and walked around the painting boat by himself.

He wanted to find the murderer for Lu Yuan too much, or rather, he wanted to help Yuan Yongyi do something to make up for the guilt in his heart.

He didn't bring a stone lock, so he rode his horse to the Xisu River alone.