If you remove the deadbolt and put it in a bright place, you can see very clear marks on the back of the knife.

"There's also by the door." Qiao Si pointed to the edge of the door.

Song Ning checked the two windows, and there was no trace of anyone entering: "If someone has entered the room, it can only enter through the main entrance." ”

"That's how it should be." Zhao Yi left the bolt on the door. The owner of the house here, a middle-aged man in his fifties, came forward and saluted, "Say hello to Lord Song and the officials." ”

"The villain's surname is Ma, and everyone calls me Ma Si." Ma Sidao, "This house was left to me by my father, and ten years ago, I earned some money and bought a big one at the entrance of Qianshan Hutong in front." ”

"Now I live there with my two sons. It's a pity that the house here is empty, so I will rent it out in the dental store. ”

Song Ning bowed his head and asked, "How did Gao Huan find your rental house, did he negotiate the price with you, what kind of person do you think he is?" ”

Ma Si thought for a while and replied: "I know that he is from Yangxin, and I asked when I was looking at the house, and I don't rent it to people who don't want to do it." ”

Later, when I asked, I learned that he was a scholar, although he couldn't pass the exam, but he was a real talent. The price is not talked about, because the price of the opening is really cheap. ”

Ma Si said again: "After he settled down, he didn't add anything, he used my old things." Later, he found a few students, and in his spare time he taught them to read and write. ”

"I see that he is not having a good time, it is really pitiful, and I gave him ten cents cheaper, so I should be watched by someone, so that I can ventilate the light and not get moldy."

Song Ning let him into the room and pointed to the clay jar on the ground: "Is this your thing?" ”

"This is really not, I haven't seen this jar." Ma Sidao.

Song Ning motioned for Wang Qingtong to put away the fragments and take them back.

"Where's the rope?" Song Ning pointed to the rope that was still on the beam.

Ma Si glanced at it with palpitations, and replied: "This, this rope seems to belong to my family, and it was hung behind a door when I used it before." ”

So saying, he opened the door, and behind the door was a nail with a hemp rope hanging from it.

"What kind of person do you think he is?" Song Ning asked.

Ma Si stood at the door, thought for a while and replied, "It's a little boring, I don't talk to people much." As he spoke, he asked the neighbors in the alley, "What do you think, I come to collect rent every month, and he won't talk to me." ”

"I don't talk much, really." Tong Chao, who was the first to find the body in the morning, said, "My son has been studying in his hands for a year, that is, every time he picks him up and says hello to him, there is nothing else." ”

"So is my family. But Mr. Gao is a very nice person, speaks slowly and is very easy-going. ”

Song Ning thought of the pitiful appearance of squatting at the mouth of the alley that night, crying.

What happened at the time to make him cry like that?

Song Ning asked everyone: "Did anyone hear any strange noises in the middle of last night, or saw any suspicious people coming in and out of here?" ”

"My lord, when did Gao Huan die?" An old man in his fifties and sixties asked.

Song Ning replied: "It's about between the time of the child and the end of the ugly time." ”

"I don't know if what I heard is useful," replied the old man, "I don't sleep much, so I get up and learn from you to exercise, and if I can't run, I'll walk around the city and come back." ”

"I got up at four o'clock in the morning, and while I was washing my face in the stove house, I heard a bang, and then someone closed the door."

"I didn't take it seriously, I thought it was like me who couldn't sleep and woke up early."

Song Ning asked, "Which is your home?" ”

"It's next door." The old man pointed to the door next door, sharing a wall of Gao Huan's room to the north with the house where Gao Huan lived.

Song Ning entered his door, and the old man said, "I was squatting here at the time." ”

His stove house has a large window, facing north, which means that when he squatted in the stove house, it was separated from the south room where Gao Huan was two rooms and two halls.

It's still far away.

So he's not very sure.

"I must have heard the voice, and it must have come from the front of the house, but I can't be sure if it's Gao Huan's." The old man said.

Song Ning said to Wang Qingtong: "You go and borrow a jar and drop it, close the door and try it again." ”

"Yes." Wang Qingtong went to find someone to borrow a jar, Zhao Yi maintained stability, and said to everyone, "Don't talk, listen to the sound coming from the room." ”

All should be.

Wang Qingtong dropped the clay jar in the approximate position, kicked the stool down and walked to the door, closing the door.

Song Ning squatted in the stove house next door, and could hear the muffled sound of the jar falling to the ground and the creak of the door closing.

If it's early in the morning, it should be louder.

"Is that the voice?" Song Ning asked.

The old man next door replied, "Yes, it's this thing that dropped something." ”

Song Ning and Zhao Yi glanced at each other, and neither of them spoke.

"Your Excellency, your Excellency." A woman in her forties ran over from Sanping Lane, "We just went to the torture hall in the morning to report the case, my house was burgled last night, I heard that you are here, so I came to talk to you." ”

"When are you going to send someone to my house to take a look?"

This is the theft that Zhao Yi said. Song Ning asked, "When did you see the thief?" ”

"In the middle of the night, when I woke up from my dream, I seemed to see a shadow passing by my bedside, my man was not at home, I was so scared that I didn't dare to squeak."

"After a while the man opened the door and went out, and I dared to get up, and my silver bracelet and ring had been stolen. Fortunately, there is no money at home, otherwise it will definitely be stolen. ”

"At that time, the stick rang out on the third watch."

The thief is the son who does not come in when he steals and commits crimes.

Song Ning bowed his head and said, "You wait, we'll go to your house later." ”

The woman should be.

Song Ning stood at the mouth of the alley again and said to the neighbors: "If you have any clues, just come to the yamen and tell me." ”

"If it's useful, give it a reward."

Song Ning and the others.

When she finished speaking, an old woman said: "My lord, Mr. Gao seems to have been married, but his daughter-in-law and children are dead." ”

"The woman is a matchmaker, and she passed by here in the second half of last year and asked him, and he said it at the time, and said not to tell him about family affairs in the future."

Song Ning raised his eyebrows and asked, "He said he couldn't get married?" ”

"Yes, he said that he would guard them for the rest of his life."

Song Ning bowed slightly, and turned back into the room, Zhao Yi was already in the room, she asked, "Do you see the tablet?" ”

"Nope." Zhao Yi walked around the room, and there was no tablet or anything to commemorate him.

They also searched the body of the deceased, but they did not.

The deceased said that he was guarding it for his wife, but there was no item about the woman in this room, nor was there any child.

"Ma Four." Song Ning asked, "You have been to his house, can you recall that there is anything missing from his house?" ”

Ma Si shook his head: "My lord, I don't go in often, but ...... But you can ask the students in class. ”

Song Ning smiled: "Look at me, I didn't expect such an important thing, thank you very much." ”

Ma Sile waved his hand and said no thanks.

Proud to be able to help Song Ning.

Song Ning asked people to bring over the three children who were taking classes here, the eldest of the three children was eight years old, and the youngest was six years old, all boys.

The three children didn't know how to be afraid, so they entered the room on the south side, and as they walked, they all shook their heads: "It seems that there is nothing missing." ”

"My lord, we have been in Mr.'s bedroom twice, and he has very few things, so we don't know if there are any things missing."

"Then go to the study."

The three children walked around the study, and the youngest pointed to the top of the cabinet and said, "My lord, yesterday there was a basket made of bamboo strips here, and there was needle and thread in the basket. ”

The eldest child chimed in: "Yesterday I tore the crotch of my pants, and my husband sewed my pants." ”

As he spoke, he pulled his pants to show Song Ning.

"There's a basket missing." Song Ning checked, there was no needle and thread left on it, "Is this basket Mr. Gao's?" ”

The eldest child replied: "Yes, it is Mr. Gao's, there are a few needles and a few rolls of thread in it, and sometimes his clothes are broken, so he sits here and mends his clothes while listening to us read." ”

"Got it." Song Ning walked to the edge of the table and pointed to the pen holder, "Do you know how many pens there are on it?" ”

"Four!" One of the children said, "One of the three of us, one for each of us, and the oldest for the gentleman." ”

Song Ning raised his eyebrows and said, "Now there are only three." ”

"Huh?" The three children gathered to check, counted and counted, and after one took one, the youngest child said, "My lord, Mr. is gone." ”

Song Ning looked at Zhao Yi, Zhao Yi raised his eyebrows and said, "What is missing, a basket of bamboo strips, a brush...... What's the connection? ”

"I don't know." Song Ning asked the three children, "Is Mr. rich?" ”

The three children shook their heads together: "No! The gentleman only has money for food. ”

Song Ning bowed his head: "Thank you three, I'll ask you again if you have something, is it okay?" ”

"Absolutely!" After the three children finished speaking, they went out and left.

Song Ning went to the kitchen, Zhao Yi opened the lid of the pot, and there were chopsticks in the pot through the water, and there were plates on the chopsticks, and half a steamed bun was placed in the plate.

There was a plate of salted dried radish and boiled vegetable soup in the cupboard, and there was no smell yet. There is still dry wood in the stove, and there is no rice in the rice jar, but there are about two catties of rough noodles.

"Nor can it be concluded that he has no money." Zhao Yi and Song Ning said, "I just asked, a child's bundle is ten yuan a month plus five catties of noodles. ”

"He is still out writing letters to people and copying books for data, and in two years, he can save a little money."

Song Ning and Zhao Yi said: "You mean, the clay jar is filled with money?" ”

"You don't think so?" Zhao Yi asked.

Song Ning replied: "Yes, I think so too. ”

"Let's go back first and check on the thieves of last night's generation." Song Ning said.

At present, there is a high possibility of burglary and homicide.

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Today is Monday, and July is coming to an end~~