Ten days ago.

The villager carried the vegetables to the gate of the courtyard on the top of Cuilin Mountain.

"Knock knock."

"Is Master Ye at home? I'm Lao Cai at the bottom of the mountain, and I'm here to deliver food today! ”

After Lao Cai finished shouting, he waited at the door for a while, and then heard someone coming from the courtyard.

It didn't take long for the door to open.

When Ye Fan saw Lao Cai, he immediately smiled and gave up: "Lao Cai, come in and come in." ”

The villager came in with the vegetables and looked at the courtyard, it was very clean, it should have just been cleaned: "Master Ye, is there anything you want me to help with in the past two days?" ”

"It's nothing...... But my antique chair is a bit wrong, so I want you to fix it for me. ”

"Hey! This little thing, what is the trouble is not troublesome! ”

Just as Lao Cai was repairing the chair, another group of people came outside the door.

"Ye Fan!" A man dressed as a warrior shouted the old man's name.

Ye Fan turned around and frowned at him, and took a few steps forward: "Is there anything wrong with you?" ”

"Ye Lao, you don't know me anymore?" At this time, a richly dressed young man walked out from behind the warrior.

Ye Fan's face changed slightly: "Lai guard? ”

"It seems that Ye Lao hasn't forgotten the contemptible."

Lai Yifa walked into the courtyard with his hands behind his back, saw a stone bench on the side, and sat down.

"I don't know what the old man is talking about when he comes up to the mountain to find me, an old man, with no lack of hardships?"

"It is said that Mr. Ye Fan's house has many exotic flowers and plants, so I will ask you to buy a small thing." The man beckoned, and the warrior on the side took out a bag of money and smashed it on the stone table.

Lai Yifa opened the money bag, revealing yellow and clear gold inside.

……

"As soon as I saw the gold, I knew I couldn't stay any longer, so I took my leave. I wanted to go back the next day, but I delayed it for a few days because of something at home...... I didn't expect to hear that Master Ye died yesterday. ”

After that, he sighed heavily, his face full of remorse: "If I had gone back to have a look at that time, or hadn't left at all, Master Ye might not have died......

Si Detective Xing stared at him for a while, and then spoke: "You gave us a very important clue, and someone will take you to receive the reward later." ”

As soon as he heard that there was money to take, the villager immediately got up and bowed three times in a row: "Thank you for your reward, thank you for your reward." ”

"Let's go back." The man waved his hand lightly, and the villager picked up his coat and walked out of the study.

Miao Miaomiao watched the little maid walk away with the villager by the window, and then looked back at the two people in the house: "According to what this person said, Lai Yifa is the last known person who has seen the deceased?" ”

"But he asked Ye Fan what to buy, what do you need to buy with gold?"

Si Yubai patted her head: "Naturally, it's a Persian scorpion basket!" The murderer has appeared, let's go, let's arrest someone quickly! ”

With that, he picked up the black cat and rushed out.

"Hey, hey! Don't bring an umbrella?! My freshly dried hair! ”

……

On Chang'an Avenue in the early morning, there were only two or three people on the road.

There was not even a breakfast shop on the street.

A villager, dressed in a cloak of smelters, carried the silver in his arms and walked into an alley.

"Master...... Aren't we going to catch Lai? Why follow this man? Miao Miaomiao asked puzzled.

Si Yubai followed into the alley, and when he saw the villager pushing the door into a courtyard, he immediately stopped: "Look, why does he, a farmer under the Cuilin Mountain, live in Chang'an City?" ”

"Could it be...... He's a fake?! ”

"The truth is not yet known, but the teacher can confirm that he didn't tell the truth or concealed something just now."

"How did you find out?"

Si Yubai pressed her head into his arms so that she would not be drenched in the rain.

"It hasn't rained for a month, and it only starts to fall in the middle of the night after the rainstorm, and if he comes from near Cuilin Mountain, he needs to hike for three hours, how can he remember to go out in such a heavy coat when it hasn't rained?"

"If it was already raining when he went out, but the city gate was only opened on the fifth watch, how did he, a villager who lives at the foot of Cuilin Mountain, come in?"

After being analyzed by him like this, Miao Miaomiao suddenly realized: "Do you say he wants to cheat the reward?!" ”

"It's not my money that's being cheated."

After saying that, Si Yubai strode towards the courtyard door, stretched out his hand and gently pushed, and the inside was already locked.

"I'll go up and have a look."

Miao Miaomiao got out of his arms as she spoke, and jumped lightly onto the courtyard wall.

The rain was still heavy outside, and the black cat was drenched again.

"You have to be careful......" he reassured.

"Don't worry." The black cat turned around and gave him a determined look, shook off the rain from his body, and jumped down.

The villager seemed to be asleep.

Miao Miaomiao poked open the window paper with her paws and looked inside with her laser cat's eyes open.

I saw a man lying on a wooden bed inside, this person was the villager who claimed to be surnamed Cai just now.

He held the bounty he had just received from the Detective's Mansion in his arms, and looked at it with bright eyes and giggles from his mouth.

"Meow~"

Faintly he heard a cat meow, but it was quickly drowned out by the sound of the rainstorm.

The man looked out the window and saw only a small black shadow swaying by the window.

"Woo~woo~"

This time the cry was louder and more terrible than before, like the cry of a terrible ghost, which frightened the man on the bed to sit up.

"Livestock!"

He cursed, picked up the iron rod at the head of the bed, and walked to the window.

Pushing open the window, the iron rod smashed at the black cat outside the window.

"Boom!"

The stick actually hit the window frame, and the wooden window frame was instantly smashed into a pit, and the sawdust scattered in all directions.

"I'll go, fortunately, the old lady is hiding fast!"

Miao Miaomiao flashed into the house lightly and went straight to the wooden bed.

"Livestock! Put it down! ”

The man saw the black cat pick up the bag of money and climb up the beam of the house with ease.

But you told me to put it down.

As soon as the black cat's mouth loosened, the bag of money scattered with a "bang".

Several copper coins rolled into the cracks of the bricks and disappeared in an instant.

"Livestock! Look at Lao Tzu won't stew you tonight! The man was so angry that he threw the iron rod in his hand at the black cat.

Miao Miaomiao easily dodged, and the iron rod hit the beam of the house and bounced back, smashing on the man's head.

"Boom!"

There was a muffled sound, and I saw the man fall straight back.

Blood poured out of his brain, bright red.

Miao Miaomiao approached him and stretched out her paw to probe his snort, which was very weak.

It's over, it's over!

Someone is going to die!

"Save ...... Help me! ”

"Master! Help me!! ”

Si Yubai, who was outside the hospital, heard the cry for help, and immediately kicked open the courtyard door and rushed in.

"Who dares to beat my apprentice?!" The man rushed into the house and looked around.

"Huh...... In vain? Are you okay? ”

Seeing Miao Miaomiao standing on the ground intact, he immediately picked her up, but he touched something sticky and greasy in his palm.

He looked down and saw that it was blood.

"Wow! You're hurt?! Si Yubai's face changed, and he immediately lifted her two hind legs and flipped her over, "Let Weishi see your wounds......

"Division...... Master ......" Miao Miaomiao was hung upside down with a bloodshot head and stars in her eyes, "I...... It's okay...... Not my blood ......"