Chapter 16: The Bigfoot Child
"You see, Song Yi's footprints are obviously much deeper than those circled here, do you think that with my master's weight, the footprints can be shallower than Song Yi's?"
"But these footprints have dried out a bit, so can't they look shallower than before because the sun has been in the sun for so long? Or is it because the rain has washed away a lot of the surrounding mud? β
Song Qi stood up and patted Song Yi's head, crossed his waist and said
"Are you stupid, if that person came to commit a crime and kill someone when it was raining or before, how could it be possible to leave such clear footprints in such a heavy rain last night"
"It seems to be ha"
"What do you mean by what it seems to be, that is! Learn a little."
Song Yi stomped the footprints he had just made, gritting his teeth and looking at Song Xiu
"Yes, yes, Teacher Song Xiu!"
Song Xi looked at the enclosed footprints, looked left and right and couldn't see any other clues, Song Yi stretched out his hand and touched the shoe prints
"How long have you been wearing those shoes?"
Song Xiu snorted and pouted
"It's not the pair I gave before, he's so picky, if I don't give it to him, he'll buy a new one?"
Song Yi pulled Song Qi in front of him
"Are you wearing the shoes you are wearing now? What's in your store? β
"That, this, you come here"
Song Xiu greeted the little guy next to him, "Master, haven't you bought new shoes recently?" β
The little guy scratched his head and said with some embarrassment
"Yesterday, Lord Ear and Eyes said that the shoes you gave before are old, let me go to you again... I want another pair."
ββ¦β¦β
Song Xiu pursed his mouth, thinking that he knew that this old man would be uncomfortable if he didn't take advantage of himself, Song Yi looked suddenly realized and pointed at Song Xi with a trembling finger, Song Xiu also stretched out his hand and put his index finger on Song Yi's mouth, with a smirk on his face
"Shut up, cutie"
Song Yi took Song Xiu's hand away and hit Song Xiu's head hard
"Are you naΓ―ve, is this your sole print! Didn't you say that you designed everything in your house? Oh ~ you! You're so shameless, Song Xiu."
After speaking, he also held his forehead with his hand, sighed Song Xiu reacted and climbed to the shoe print to observe carefully
"It's true, no, it's not! Song Yi, I love you! β
Song Qi hugged Song Qi's face and kissed it fiercely, turned around and ran, Song Qi was frightened by Song Xiu, stunned in place, and his little face turned red
"Oops, I ran the wrong way, this way"
Song Yi told the little guy to go to the prison to find his eyes and ears, and asked him to think about whether there was anything wrong, and he took Song Xi to a place
This is a private horse farm, specially for feeding those dignitaries with the rest of the horses, these horses either have incurable old diseases or are old and no longer suitable for running horses, horse breeders are also relaxed, as long as they walk the horses every day, feed the horses, clean the stables, there is nothing to do
The horse farm is divided by a crystal clear river into two horse farms, north and south, which house horses of different classes of officials
Song Yi took Song Xiu to walk by the river, Song Xiu was not careful, he didn't know what was under his feet and slipped and fell, fell into the water, and half of his clothes were soaked
Song Yi saw Song Xiu like this, and hurriedly helped him up, Song Xiu grabbed Song Qi's hand tightly, trembling slightly, Song Yi looked at Song Xiu worriedly, and apologized vigorously, how could he forget that Song Xiu was afraid of water
Song Xiu shook his head and said that it was okay, and asked Song Yi to take him into the racecourse, after all, the master's matter could not be delayed
"Lao Liu!"
Song Yi walked to the door and shouted inside, and after a while, a man in his forties and fifties came out, and as soon as he saw Song Yi, he bent down and said earnestly
"Yo, the little prince came to see Ah Nuo again, come on, please come in"
Song Yi waved his hand and pulled Song Qi over
"Let's get clean clothes for us."
Lao Liu was not very surprised when he saw Song Xiu like this, he must have been used to it, and stretched out his right hand to show them the way
"Little prince, this son, please come here"
After Song Xiu changed his clothes, Song Yi took him to a stable
"What are you bringing me here for?"
Song Yi shook the horsewhip in his hand
"What do you see after looking at that footprint for so long?"
"This"
Song Xiu was full of thoughts about finding evidence to overturn the case for the master as soon as possible, and he didn't care at all about what was wrong with the shoe prints
Song Yi saw that Song Xiu couldn't say anything, so he knew that he didn't find anything, and looked at Song Xiu with a wicked smile
"Call Teacher Song, I'll tell you"
ββ¦ Teacher Song! β
Song Yi smiled proudly, and then became serious
"The shoe print is quite new, there is a fishy smell on the shoe print, and there are some green grass plants, I guess it is Houttuynia cordata, the fishy smell is the smell of Houttuynia cordata, and Houttuynia cordata grows by the river."
"What does this have to do with this racecourse?"
"Well, I still smell a... The smell of horse manure"
"And how did you know that it wasn't the man who rode to the river to walk his horse?"
Song Yi rolled his eyes
"Say you still don't admit it, what do you feel by this river, riding a horse to wrestle?"
"What do you think?"
"I think that person must be in this horse farm now, or, at least, he came before the killing, Lao Liu can't do anything else, and he should not forget to be the first"
"And how do you know it's this racecourse?"
"Because that's it, it's the closest to the river, and I'm also gambling"
"What did you find about the new shoe prints?"
"Not at all"
Song Yi scratched his head embarrassedly and pointed to the horse in front of him
"Ah glutinous"
Song Xiu recognized it, it was given to him by Song Qi, it was a horse that lost its left eye, and it was a very handsome horse, it was a very docile horse, but somehow I couldn't get used to Song Xiu, and when Song Xiu learned to ride a horse for the first time, he was a strong man, and the result was that Song Xiu never dared to ride a horse again, and it lost an eye
At this moment, a child-like figure came over with a bucket of feed
"Two young masters, please get up, ah, Nuo is going to eat"
As he spoke, he went around and poured the feed from the bucket into the manger, knocking the bucket on the side of the manger
"Little friend? Why haven't I seen you before? β
The people who took care of Ah Nuo before were all arranged by Song Yi personally, but this time Lao Liu changed people quietly
"Oh, you two are here, I was looking for you"
Song Yi was about to ask something, but Lao Liu hurried over, seeing Song Yi's doubts, Lao Liu explained with a smile
"This kid just came two days ago, saying that he was kicked out by the former boss, I saw that he was pitiful, so I took him in first, no, ah glutinous and docile, this kid is the first time to take care of these horses, so let him come here first"
Song Yi touched the child's head, and the child immediately grinned
"Do it well, and you will have more benefits in the future"
After the children left, Song Xiu fell into deep thought, and while thinking about walking, he knocked down the pillar of the stables without looking at the road
"What are you doing?"
"Song Yi"
Song Xiu turned around, not caring about hitting his red forehead
"I always felt that he was not a child"
Song Qi said that he went in the direction of the child's walk, and Song Yi followed closely behind
"Song Xiu, what did you find?"
"Just watching him speak, I think his teeth... It's not like a child."
"Teeth?"
"It's not jagged, it's too flat, and the sound is louder, I think he's bigger than we are."
"How do you know?"
"Bet"
The two didn't find the child, so they found Lao Liu and asked where he was, and Lao Liu's answer made Song Xiu more sure that the person was not simple
"Xiaolin, he goes out every afternoon, oh, it's this time, saying that he has made an agreement with an old friend, children, greedy for fun, I don't lack manpower here, so I went with him"
"Do you know where he went?"
"Yo, I don't know, he hasn't mentioned it to me."
"I know"
Song Xiu's eyes lit up, and he picked up Song Yi and borrowed a carriage from Lao Liu and left the racecourse
"Where are we going?"
"Tavern"
Song Yi was puzzled, and just wanted to open his mouth to ask Song Xiu and gave him the answer
"Criminal minds. The offender will return to the scene again for a period of time after the crime, and yesterday the boss was killed, I guess, he went to see his own work."
"The work? Song Xiu, are you crazy? β
Song Xiu didn't speak, and his hands were white because of too much force
"It's not that I'm crazy, it's him"
Song Yu and Song Yi rushed to the tavern as quickly as possible, and at this time, the tavern was almost complete because the evidence had been collected, and the guards at the door were also dispatched back
Before Song Xiu and Song Yi entered the door, they saw the child standing next to the outline of the tavern owner drawn on the ground, holding something in his hand and not knowing what he was gesturing
"That's how you killed your boss?"
As soon as Song Xiu entered the door, he shouted at the child, and pointed to Song Yi in the direction of the child's feet by the way
"Huh"
Song Yi couldn't help but be surprised, this kid is not tall, and his feet are really not small, you say it is a coincidence or not, this size looks like the ears and eyes