Liling City, prison.

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In mid-April, the hotter the weather became, and the jail was packed with people, and the smell was so bad that people were sick.

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These people were all involved in the construction of last year's city repair, and more than 200 people have been arrested one after another in three days, and although after being interrogated and recorded, they will be released if there is no problem, but the speed of arrest is still much faster than the speed of releasing people.

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To be precise, these people are not suspects, but more like witnesses, and they need to be cross-examined before they can be concluded.

And before the conclusion is reached, for those who are not particularly suspicious, how can they arrest all these people?

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It would be impossible to say that these people have no grievances.

Repairing the city was originally an extra labor assigned by the governor's mansion, and it was only a few wages per day, not to mention the hardships and hardships, and now they have to be arrested and put in prison, these people are naturally complaining.

The more they complained, the more pleasing someone became, because their complaint also gave someone some details about the time of repairing the city, including clues such as the staffing inside.

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As an investigator, the ability to collect and analyze leads is essential.

Li Moyi tried his best to live in it, asking a few words from time to time, whether he was intentional or not, and soon knew a lot of clues.

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Li Moyi was combing through the news he had heard in the past few days, and the archer Li Mu had already quietly walked over, secretly stuffed a cloth bag in, and then walked away casually.

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As soon as Li Mo put away the cloth bag, he hid in the corner.

When I opened it, there were three fragrant steamed buns, I couldn't help laughing, I opened my mouth and was about to eat, but an old man next to me smelled the fragrance and came over without skin and face.

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"Big brother, how about selling one to Lao Er?"

The old man took out a few dirty coins and secretly stuffed them into Li Moyi's hands.

Li Moyi was slightly surprised, then glanced around, hid the cloth bag back in his arms, and said nervously, "I don't know what you said.........

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The old man was in a hurry at the moment, pointed to the sick woman lying in the corner, and pleaded: "Big brother, you are doing well, my old mother is sick, no matter how hungry she is, I know that you have a way in the official residence, don't worry, I won't say it........."

As soon as Li Mo followed his fingers, the sick woman was lying wilted, her face was pale, her lips were chapped, her hair and straw were messy, and she was so weak that she didn't look like a man.

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This prison was originally divided into Yin and Yang rooms, but now that so many people have been arrested, there is no place to squeeze them, and some elderly women are no longer so fine, so they can only be stuffed into one room.

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Li Mo froze in his hand, then took out a steamed bun and secretly stuffed it to the old man: "This distant cousin is just a jailer, he didn't help much, he can only secretly fill his stomach with some food, don't talk nonsense, you know!" ”

The old man nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and wanted to stuff the copper coin again.

Li Moyi waved his hand impatiently and said, "Forget it, take it and eat it, everyone is like this, you can't be hungry anymore!!"

Li Mo blocked the copper coin back, thought about it, poured half a bowl of water, and handed it to the old man together.

The old man thanked him in a low voice, and then hurriedly brought water and steamed buns to his old mother to eat, and after a while, he moved back to Li Moyi's side.

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"Big brother, which foreman are you under it? How do I look at my eyes........."

The people under Xiao Baiyan's hands have been beaten several times, and the Liling Mansion Governor's Mansion has not done anything else during this time, just to catch these construction labors, so the old man also thought that Li Moyi came in because of this.

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As soon as Li Mo saw that the old man's eyes were bright, not like ordinary labor, he asked tentatively: "There are four or five hundred people to repair the city, and a certain is just an ordinary hard laborer, what is strange that Mr. doesn't recognize.........

The old man smiled and said: "The little old man is the man at the head of the city, and he cooks with the old mother, and those bitter haha have to get food from me, can I still recognize it?" Besides, before the little old man became this guy's husband, he was an iron-clad gentleman, and he didn't have any other skills, and he still had the eye to read people's faces and words. ”

When Li Mo heard this, his heart suddenly rejoiced. If this old man really has such a background, then he must know more than others, because Mr. Kanxiang's observation is much more detailed than others!!

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But Li Mo glanced at it one by one, and the old man stroked his sporadic yellowed beard and smiled.

——— mouth with missing front teeth, wrinkled face, unkempt hair, how can there be any bone fairy wind.

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"So that's the case, but the kid is disrespectful, Mr. Why don't you help the kid calculate a hexagram and see when the kid can escape this cage?" Li Mo said jokingly.

The old man knew the intention of Li Mo's words, but he didn't break it, just pretended to squint his eyes deeply, and then said.

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"I see that the little brother's clothes are clean, his face is radiant, and his eyes are bright, but he doesn't look like a coolie..............."

As soon as these words came out, Li Mo couldn't help but be surprised, but he underestimated the old man, so he continued to ask, "Oh? What does Mr. Kan do so-and-so do? ”

The old man snorted, nodded Li Moyi's forehead and said, "Little brother, your eyes are slightly black, your fingers are white and not red, and there is a corpse smell on your body, I think it should be a group head!!"

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Li Mo's eyes widened slightly, and he began to face this old man.

This group head is a pedestrian, although there is no disguise, but Li Moyi is extremely careful about his words and deeds these days, and he has definitely not been recognized by others at a glance.

Li Mo had to think that this old man's insight was really beyond ordinary people.

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"Dare to ask for your name?"

Li Moyi asked this, proving that the old man had received his attention, but the old man didn't have too much pride, and there was more vigilance in his eyes.

"Don't you dare to be, my name is Wang Longshang, and people give me another name."

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"Old? The name of the dragon is very domineering, why did it get the nickname of the old man? Li Moyi was also excited.

"Lao Er's real name is Wang Longshang, before he was Mr. Xiang, he was a barefoot doctor, so people call me Long Shangxing, this Dragon Shangxing is a traditional Chinese medicine, which has the effect of inducing vomiting, commonly known as vomiting, this vomiting is a little ugly, so others call me Lao ..............."

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This Wang Long is still a barefoot doctor, which made Li Moyi even more excited, and immediately asked: "The old gentleman is really experienced, I don't know what the old gentleman has done in addition to the husband, the gentleman and the doctor?"

Although Li Moyi asked casually, Wang Longshang seemed to be a little jealous, and hesitated slightly, and Li Mo smiled and said after he noticed it.

"It's the kid who is abrupt, it's offended, don't worry about the old gentleman..............."

As soon as Li Mo said this, Wang Longshang was a little embarrassed, and immediately smiled and said: "Actually, it's nothing, it's all in the past, people say that the grace of dripping water is all reciprocated, if it weren't for the little brother's steamed bun and a bowl of water, my old mother is afraid that she won't be able to hold on, and it doesn't hurt to talk to the little brother."

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Where did Li Moyi dare to say something with a steamed bun, he immediately waved his hand and said: "It's just a steamed bun, why should the old gentleman be worried, wait a while to talk to his cousin, and let him bring more medicinal soup in next time, but he is also a jailer, he can't say anything, the old gentleman has to pay for this medicine himself."

There are no good things born out of thin air in this world, if Li Moyi helps this old man for no reason, it makes him feel that Li Moyi has other plans, and now that Li Moyi said this, Wang Longshang was completely relieved.

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"It's best to be like this, Xiao Lao'er thanked the little brother first!!" Wang Longshang's tone became solemn, and he was giving Li Mo a gesture before speaking.

"I'm not afraid of the little brother's jokes when I say it, my Wang Long was originally a fallen talent, his family was rich in his early years, and he was also beautiful, but later he failed to succeed repeatedly, and he was resented by the enemy, and his family fell in the middle of the road, so he also fell.

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"But this book didn't last too long, because I met this old mother, into her house, followed my father-in-law Taishan to learn some medical skills, in the mother's medical hall to sit in the clinic, the old Taishan is also a wonderful hand rejuvenation of the miracle doctor, but unfortunately later for a princess to see a doctor, there were some mistakes, the family also suffered............"

Speaking of this, Wang Longshang couldn't help but be a little gloomy, sighed and continued: "I escaped with my old mother and hid in the mountain, so I avoided a disaster, there was no food or drink on this mountain, and I had no power to restrain the chicken, so I had to take refuge in a Chengshan Temple, because Xiaowen was literate and could find a doctor and ask for medicine, so the Chengshan Temple also took in my husband and wife."

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Li Mo was gradually attracted by Wang Longshang's words, as if the old man's life was like a frame of pictures flashing in front of him, this Wang Long's experience was not legendary, but it was also fascinating.

"Later, I became Mr. Xiangxiang, because I calculated a hexagram correctly, but I was kicked out of the stall by the other party, and I couldn't count it anymore, and I was sent to the Liling City team to fill the number, and after the expiration of the period, I became a man in the team, but I took pity on my old mother............"

When Wang Longshang said this, he couldn't help but look at the sick woman, his eyes were full of pity, which made people moved.

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Li Moyi didn't want to say anything, so he had to change the topic and say, "How did the old gentleman see that I was a pedestrian?"

Wang Longshang smiled, nodded at Li Moyi and said, "I not only know that you are the head of the group, but I also see that you are depressed, and I am afraid that you have been in trouble recently............

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This trick is very common——— first scare you into a catastrophe, and then leave you with hope of resolution.

If Li Moyi would not have taken it to heart in the past, but this Wang Long seemed to be a person who was suddenly unknown, and Li Moyi had other thoughts.

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"Old man, you can be regarded as right, I won't tell you, the kid is indeed a fool, didn't he find three female corpses at the city gate a few days ago, the chief of the mansion fell into the limit, but the kid is only a shallow learner, and he can't see the reason, he hit a few boards, and he was thrown into prison............"

Li Mo said half-truthfully, his face was full of grievances, but his heart was full of expectations.

Wang Longshang was silent for a moment, and finally hesitated and whispered.

"If this is the case, the little old man knows a little, but I don't know if I can help you............

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Li Mo didn't expect that he would be able to get clues from this old man named Wang Long.

If it weren't for that steamed bun and a bowl of water, Wang Lung probably wouldn't have explained the inside story to him with all his heart.

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"What does the old gentleman know, just say it and listen, if you can really solve the kid's troubles, the kid must be grateful!!"

As soon as Li Mo said this, Wang Longshang was also a little embarrassed, turned his head to look at the old mother behind him, and then sighed and said.

"These are all matters of human life, if it weren't for my brother's kindness to my husband and wife, I wouldn't chew the root of my tongue everywhere, but......... If this news is really useful to the little brother, I hope the little brother will find a way to release my sick old mother, it's not that the old man is thick-skinned, I'm really afraid that the old mother won't be able to survive anymore........."

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"Old gentleman, relax, whether this news is useful or not, the kid will ask his cousin to beg for accommodation from above, and let the old gentleman and sister-in-law out to recuperate, but cousin is just a jailer, whether he is up to the top or not, he doesn't dare to assert ........."

When Wang Longshang heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, grabbed Li Moyi's hand tightly, and said with tears in his eyes: "It's enough for you to have a little brother, it's enough!!"

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Saying this, Wang Longshang took out all the dozens of copper coins on his body and stuffed them into Li Moyi's hand.

Li Mo wanted to refuse, after all, the two old men still needed to see a doctor, but after thinking about it, Wang Longshang himself was a doctor, and he should have enough understanding of his wife's illness, and it was okay to grab some herbs to recuperate, but if he didn't accept his copper money, it was very likely that his identity would be revealed.

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Thinking of this, Li Moyi naturally accepted those copper coins.

Seeing that Li Mo had received the copper coin, Wang Longshang was really relieved.

Li Moyi simply gave him the remaining steamed bun.

Wang Longshang didn't give it to the old woman again, for fear that the old woman would break her stomach by eating pasta after being hungry for a long time, but let the old woman hold it in her arms and sleep peacefully.

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After the old woman fell asleep, Wang Longshang was relieved, and sat down next to Li Moyi again, squinting his eyes slightly, looking at the light cast by the skylight, as if he was recalling something extremely far away.

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"It was in November last year, I remember that it just started to snow, and it was the eighth and ninth days of the first month, I can't remember the specifics, because it snowed, so I couldn't go to the city wall to work, and the big guys were huddled in the shack at the base of the wall to roast the fire."

"Because Lao Er and I are the head of the gang, the oil and water are also passable, and the village officials who lead the team in each village are also polite to Lao Er, in short, they are all bitter haha, so everyone will take care of each other."

Speaking of this paragraph, Wang Longshang also smiled, although he had participated in the imperial examination and been a teacher, but because he had encountered too many twists and turns, he had become approachable, and he did not have any arrogance, and he should get along well with the village officials and the village laborers.

"After nightfall, the snow became heavier and heavier, and after eating, the big guys were roasted on the fire, and slept on the Chase bunk of the shack, and shivered with cold, and the old mother had chilblains, and I rubbed her with vegetable scalp for a while, and just after I fell asleep, I woke up the attendant of the overseer."

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"The overseer——— Master Nongbufeng, he came from a very big place, and the former governor specially invited him to design and guide the repair of the city, this lord was sent, and I didn't dare to slack off the old man, so I cut some cooked food such as braised pork according to the instructions of the farmer's entourage, warmed a few pots of wine, and sent it to the camp tent of the farmer."

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"Because it was the camp of the overseer, I didn't look at it or listen, and I didn't dare to raise my head, but I clearly heard the words of the three women........."

"Three women? Can you see your face? Do you still recognize these three women now?! Li Mo immediately asked,

However, Wang Longshang soon shattered his expectations.

"Lao Yu is just a gang leader, where do you dare to look around........."

"Those three are the concubines of the overseer?"

Li Mo thought that Wang Long would never be untargeted, since he took the initiative to mention it, I am afraid that it is related to the three female corpses.

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Wang Longshang shook his head and said: "This construction of the city wall is also a big errand, the overseer must be supervised by the guard, where do you dare to bring your own wives and concubines, and then the old man heard that these three women are nearby...... Sister Yinlou ........."

"Hidden Building?"

Li Moyi quickly understood.

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"Since you don't recognize these three hidden building sisters, why do you think they are the female corpses in the wall?" Li Mo put aside the distracting thoughts in his mind and asked straight to the point.

Wang Longshang snorted lightly, and then lowered his voice and said, "Those three Yinlou sisters stayed in the camp of the overseer for a night, and only left the next day, when the big guys were having breakfast, and many people saw the carriage leave.........

Saying this, Li Moyi became more and more puzzled, since everyone saw the carriage leave, there were hundreds of eyewitnesses who could prove that the three female corpses were not Sister Yinlou's, why was Wang Longshang more sure?

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Wang Longshang also stopped selling Guanzi, and continued to explain: "The carriage leaving does not mean that people must leave, the old man has no other skills, the eyes are still bright and poisonous enough, it snowed heavily that night, the road is full of snow, and the weight of the carriage is not .........deep."

"Are you saying that there is no one in the car, the overseer is just hiding people's eyes, and the three hidden sisters have not left?!!"

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"Exactly!! The old man set up a stall to look at the face, watching the cars come and go all day long, and he likes to look at the ruts when he has nothing to do, the size and depth of these prints, but it is a knowledge!! ”

As soon as Li Mo heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, firstly, because if Wang Long's sentence was true, then the three female corpses in the wall should be the three hidden building sisters, as long as they find the overseer Nong Bufeng, or the original entourage, they will be able to know the identity of the victim, and even force out the real murderer ——— Shun Teng!!

Moreover, Wang Lung actually studied the rut marks. It is enough to show that this old man, who is not amazing, is actually a wise and shrewd man with great insight.........

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