The faceless corpse of the woman at the gate of the city has become a headless unsolved case.

All the evidence pointed to the Yuan Mansion, and all the clues were also telling Lin Hu that the faceless female corpse lying at the gate of the city was Yan Hong, the side room raised by the master of the Yuan Mansion outside. But now, Yan Hong, who was supposed to be lying in the side room of the Yuan Mansion who was supposed to be lying in the post station, was standing in front of Lin Hu alive, and the old man of the Yuan family was also lying in the backyard wing room as his side room said.

There was also a medicine bowl next to the couch, and there were still some medicine residues left at the bottom of the bowl.

Lin Hu felt that he had come full circle and returned to the original point, as a fast catcher, this feeling was not good.

"Can the official take a closer look?"

"It seems that Shopkeeper Yuan's illness will not be cured for a while."

"The master works hard, and he doesn't know how to support himself, so he is stunned to boil this small illness into a big illness." Mrs. Yuan, who was dressed in red skin, sighed: "As the saying goes, illness comes like a mountain, and illness goes like a thread, and this illness of the lord has to endure for a while." ”

"This shopkeeper Yuan has not returned to the door for a long time, won't Mrs. Yuan miss it? If Mrs. Yuan insists on finding a husband, Mrs. Yuan's small courtyard will not be able to hide it. ”

"If you can't hide it, you can't hide it, who doesn't have a side room. The lord didn't say it, because he was afraid that his wife would be sad, but according to my understanding of his wife, his wife is not such a stingy person, even if she knew, she wouldn't really be embarrassed for me and the lord. ”

"That's right, as far as Yuan's shopkeeper is concerned, I'm sorry for my hard work in the past few years. Since Madame is fine, I will take my leave. ”

"The official stays."

"Madame has something to say?"

"The official has worked this trip, if he goes back like this, it seems that my Yuan family doesn't understand etiquette. I have already instructed the girl to prepare the wine and food, and I ask the official not to dislike it, and use some casually before leaving the house. ”

"I won't eat this meal."

"Since the official doesn't want to stay for dinner, then try the bar that my master brought back from Shaoxing."

"Wine from Shaoxing?"

"Yes, the official will try it to see if it suits the taste." Mrs. Yuan picked up the wine on the table, poured a glass, and handed it to Lin Hu: "If the official lord likes it, I will ask the girl to prepare a pot for the official lord to take with you, if you don't like it, the slave family is not reluctant here." ”

"Then I'll take a bite, a small bite." Lin Hu wanted to excuse himself, but looking at the wine that had been poured, his heart was a little itchy.

After a few cups, I gradually became dizzy and a little unsteady on my feet. He held the glass in his hand, and felt that everything in front of him was wandering, so that he could not remember what happened afterwards.

When he woke up, he was in the inn, and the first person he saw when he opened his eyes was Yanagi.

"Boss, why are you here?"

When I got up, I still felt a headache, my eyelids fell straight down, and I dozed off uncontrollably and was about to fall down again.

"Don't sleep, something happened."

"Something's wrong, what's wrong?" Lin Hu dozed off, "Why is this Shaoxing's drunkenness so big, I remember, I only seem to drink three or four glasses, how can this head hurt as much as I want to lose." ”

"Yuan Ji Buzhuang Yuan Shilin's wife Ning Xin is dead."

"Who?"

"Ning Xin, it's the Mrs. Yuan you only went to see a few days ago."

"Mrs. Yuan." Lin Hu patted his head: "I remember, I went to see her, but when I saw her, she was still decent, and she didn't look like she was sick, so why did she die." ”

"She was killed."

"Killed? Homicide case. Has the killer been found? Lin Hu sat up strongly: "No, I'm so dizzy, I'm afraid I won't be able to arrest someone with you for a while." ”

"The killer has been found." Liu Sheng pressed his sword against Lin Hu: "You sober up for me and stand up." ”

"It's good to find it, if you find it, you will trouble the boss to send it to the yamen first, and I will sleep for a while, my head is really uncomfortable."

"Lin Hu!" Liu Sheng grabbed his clothes, "You're a murderer, do you understand?" All the evidence at the scene shows that you, Lin Hu, are the murderer who killed the wife of Yuan Shilin, the shopkeeper of Yuan Ji Buzhuang. ”

"What a joke." Lin Hu said that he was about to lie down on the bed.

"Shhh A bowl of water was poured directly on his face.

"Boss, what are you doing!" The water droplets fell on his face, and Lin Hu instantly sobered up.

"Ning Xin, the wife of Yuan Shilin, the shopkeeper of Yuan Ji Buzhuang, was found naked dead in bed by his subordinates, and it was a saber that killed Ning Xin, and that saber belonged to you Lin Hu. The people of the Yuan Mansion confirmed that you had been to the Yuan Mansion and had a conversation with Mrs. Yuan. ”

"Sabre?" Lin Hu looked around: "This is impossible, how can my saber appear at the scene of killing that person." It was two or three days ago that I went to see that Mrs. Yuan. Oh, yes, on the day we found the faceless female corpse outside the city, I followed the clues to find Yuan Ji Buzhuang, and then through the mouth of the little man, I found the Yuan family and met the lady Yuan. On that day, I did have a few words with her, but after saying that, I went out, and when I went out, it was the girl next to Mrs. Yuan who sent me out. ”

"Where did you go last night?"

"Last night?" Lin Hu scratched his head: "Forgot, I should be lying in this inn." ”

"Well, let me ask you again, where did you go yesterday?"

"I went to Yuan Ji Buzhuang, that is, the courtyard that Master Yuan set up for the concubine outside. His concubine's name is Yan Hong, and she is the faceless female corpse that we initially suspected of dying outside the city. Just when I was about to leave the house, the concubine Yanhong of Master Yuan wanted to keep me for dinner. Who are we, the official who handled the case in the yamen, can he eat at the people's homes casually, I pushed it with special righteous words. Later, the little concubine had to toast me, and I was not a big man who pushed and shoved with a woman, so I drank. I swear to God, I drank a few glasses and people were dizzy. You say, why is this Shaoxing wine more powerful than our Luoyang wine? ”

"Lin Hu!"

"What I said is true!" Lin Hu raised a hand: "Really, boss, it's all true." If there is a sentence, oh no, it is half false, let the heavens even down a thunderclap to kill me. ”

"Let me ask you, since you are in the courtyard of the concubine of the Yuan family, how did you get to the inn and how did you get to the room?"

"This ...... I really don't remember, otherwise, let's ask the second child of this inn. Lin Hu scratched his head: "I'm drunk, I don't know about it, the second child in this inn can't also get drunk, and I don't know when my guest came, how did he come?" ”

"Come on, go and summon the inn's shopkeeper." Liu Sheng endured his temper and ordered someone to call the inn's junior second.

According to the innkeeper, when Lin Hu came to the inn, he was indeed very drunk, and it was he and the shopkeeper who helped him to carry it to the guest room. The innkeeper also confirmed that Lin Hu had never gone out since he arrived at the inn, and even before Liu Sheng arrived, he had never even stepped out of the door of this room. As for Lin Hu's sword, Xiao Er said that he had not seen it, he came empty-handed, and when he came, he didn't bring anything with him.

When asked how Lin Hu got to the inn, the shopkeeper provided a rather important piece of information, saying that Lin Hu had been sent back by a carriage. There was nothing special about that carriage, it was a very common kind in Luoyang City, and within a day, at least ten or eight cars could be seen. However, the driver who drove the car was more special, an old man wearing a black robe and wrapping his whole body tightly.

"Old man? Since it is tightly wrapped, how do you know that the other party is an old man. ”

"Because of the way he speaks, and the way he walks." The shopkeeper gestured with his hand: "He doesn't walk fast, and there seems to be something wrong with his legs and feet." The kind that always bends over and can't stand up. The speech is hoarse and ugly, like pulling the bellows in the back kitchen, or the kind that breaks the seal. ”

"Where did the carriage go after sending Lin Yu to the inn?"

"I went back the way I came, and we don't know where I went." The shopkeeper stole a glance at Lin Hu as he spoke, and said in his heart, how come the people in this yamen have come to arrest the people in the yamen, could it be infighting?

The doubts in the heart of the shopkeeper naturally did not dare to ask in person, Lin Hu couldn't remember what happened last night, as the person in charge of the case, Liu Sheng could only temporarily let Lin Hu be escorted.

Overnight, from a dignified catcher to a murderer, Lin Hu was puzzled and depressed. Before being taken away again, he asked tentatively: "Boss, can I go to the scene to have a look?" Perhaps, I can remember some of them when I get to the scene. This person, even if he is drunk, has to remember a little. I assure you, I was definitely framed and framed. The person who framed me was the little concubine Yanhong in the Yuan Mansion, and the Shaoxing wine she asked me to drink, the more I think about it now, the more it tastes. Can this southern wine be stronger than our northern wine? You know how much I drink, and I won't get drunk because I have a few drinks. Besides, you and I are both fast catchers, and what this fast catcher does is to arrest people, and this arrester can make such a low-level mistake? Killing people does not cover up the scene, but leaves the saber that can prove their identity there. Boss, do you think I, Lin Hu, am such a stupid person? ”

Liu Sheng glanced at Lin Hu, "Take him to the scene." ”

As a catcher, Lin Hu swore that he had never seen such a rough murder scene. A woman, her clothes half-peeled, lay on the bed, blood flowing from her body, spreading over most of the bed and finally falling to the ground. The blood stains are already half dry, but the smell in the air is getting worse and worse.

His saber slashed at the female corpse at a very strange angle. At that angle, it didn't look like a murderer, but like a butcher chopping bones and meat, but the knife didn't cut it off because it was blunt.

Lin Hu let out a sigh of relief, pinched his nose with his hand and said to Lin Sheng: "Boss, you and I have been together for many years, do you think this scene is like I am so good at catching and fixing it?" It's not exquisite, and it's ugly. ”