Chapter 22: Clues

Seeing that the boss looked a little weird, his voice was a little urgent: "This is my inside-in-law, madam, you...... Why did you get out, let's go back and rest! ”

The woman glanced at him: "I've slept all afternoon, my brain is sleeping, won't I take a look at this business!" ”

You can see the family status with a glance, Xie Lingxu listened to the proprietress say

"What are you going to buy?"

Xiao Qixin: "Xie Shuo was killed yesterday, and we are here to investigate the case." ”

"Oh, Xie Shuo's dead ghost? He's dead, what are you doing here? ”

Xie Lingxu saw that the boss's face was a little panicked, thinking that he was afraid that the boss's words would cause trouble.

Xiao Qixin: "I heard that Xie Shuo often came here to buy wine before his death. ”

"Hmph, it's not, that drunkard comes here to drink two times in three days, and there are nine times out of ten on credit, and my old Li honestly and honestly sells him wine, no, where is it sold, it's simply a free gift, how much wine I drank in vain, and the IOU in black and white has not been repaid once."

The boss smiled unnaturally

Xie Shuo ...... He still paid back. ”

The proprietress gave her a blank look: "——, I said you are not stupid!" If you take so much advantage of others for nothing, you can't grow your brains! Thanks to Xie Shuo, the leper dog is finally dead, otherwise he would have to pit us for a long time! He died, and the world was peaceful. ”

"Lao Xie and the others are dead, so you can say a few words."

"I said, why are you always maintaining that dead ghost, Xie Shuo is cheap, he doesn't have no money, how much does the ancestral jade pendant on his body have to sell for in the pawnshop! That is, you are honest and want to eat white food from you! ”

Xie Lingxu's eyes lit up, "What jade pendant?" ”

Proprietress said: "That's it, his white marble pendant, say it...... The ancestral heirloom of the family refuses to sell it alive or dead, and it is like being a baby on the waist all day long. ”

Xie Lingxu pondered that he didn't find this jade pendant on the corpse, could it be that a wild beast ate it? Don't kill it! Otherwise, it was put somewhere else.

The proprietress began to complain to the boss about Xie Shuo's brazen behavior, and Xiao Qixin interrupted the conversation between the couple and asked

"Ahem...... When was the last time Xie Shuo drank here? ”

The boss scratched his head: "This ...... I can't remember this, there are many customers in the wine shop, and Xie Shuo usually doesn't give money when he comes to drink, so there is no account in the account book, it seems that it was just a few days ago! ”

Xie Lingxu thought to himself: A few days ago, this was too vague, I don't know if he really forgot or deliberately pretended to be confused. said directly with an oppressive momentum: "The wine in the jug on Xie Shuo's corpse is full, and he drank with you the day before yesterday, right?" ”

The boss suddenly remembered and smiled innocently

"Ah...... Good...... It seems like yes. He drank and left, is there anything wrong? ”

Xie Lingxu: "No." ”

The boss smiled again. Xie Lingxu felt that this boss seemed to be smiling habitually for a long time, and his apple muscles were stiff unnaturally.

The proprietress said, "Ladies and gentlemen, if there is nothing wrong with this, can you please come back?" You still have to do business in this shop, you are so aggressive that customers don't dare to come in. ”

Xie Lingxu asked the boss

"Where's your wine store?"

The boss was stunned: "Huh? ”

Xie Lingxu: "Tsk...... You have such a little wine on the wine cabinet, is it to buy wine or to exhibit? The wine is in the cellar, right? ”

The proprietress pointed to the back room and said, "Where is the place to put the wine, but the military masters don't buy wine, so they ask what the wine store does?" ”

Xie Lingxu: "Take a look." Boss, lead the way. ”

Looking at him behind the boss, Xie Lingxu felt that his right shoulder was obviously lower than his left shoulder, and when he walked and shook his hand, his right arm was also slightly unnatural, and the swing was smaller than that of his left hand.

Xie Lingxu casually took the jar of wine, looked at it in front of him, and walked to the boss's right hand casually, "Boss, what kind of wine is this?" ”

Boss: "The girl has good eyesight, this is the fragrance of the cold pool made by the high mountain cold pool, which is clear and mellow, and full of stamina." ”

"Oh."

Xie Lingxu handed the wine back to him, and when he caught the wine jar with his right hand, the hand that handed the wine deliberately pressed down hard, and Xie Lingxu obviously felt that the boss's forearm suddenly became weak, and he seemed to be a little unbearable.

Xie Lingxu let go of his hand, "Boss...... Wounded on your hands? ”

The boss smiled: "Hey...... A few days ago, I accidentally injured my arm while moving wine. ”

"I see."

Xie Lingxu saw that the clothes worn by the boss were very loose, and the cuffs were still fat, thinking that this could fit the hands of five or six people.

Walking into the wine cellar, I saw that there were many wine jars stacked here, and the air was filled with the mellow aroma of wine, and I felt that just standing here for a long time could be drunk and dreaming of death.

The proprietress said enthusiastically, "These...... Lao Li just shipped it from our brewery a few days ago, and it tastes good! Do you want to open an altar for the military masters? ”

Xiao Qixin waved his hand: "No need." ”

Secretly shook his head slightly at Xie Lingxu. Xie Lingxu thought to himself, it seems that there is no blood here, and there is no trace of blood, but thinking about it, this doesn't mean anything, the blood stains can be disposed of, and the smell of blood, even if there is, is covered by the smell of wine in the house.

Looking around, I saw that the red cloth cap of a jar of wine in the corner of the wall was slightly more arched than the surrounding one, and the wine cap seemed to have been lifted, and the wall against it was also splashed with faint wine stains.

The proprietress said: "Our family's wine is authentic, how many jars do the military masters have?" Let Lao Li bring it to you! ”

Xiao Qixin: "Okay, no need. Yan Bi and Xie Lingxu glanced at each other.

Xie Lingxu nodded slightly: "The smell here is too big, let's go out." ”

The boss followed behind the Underworld Army all the way, his expression was quite flat, and he couldn't see any ups and downs in his mood.

Xie Lingxu walked to the wooden cabinet at the partition and stopped.

"Boss, what do you mean by putting a jar of wine in this halfway place?"

The other wines are neatly placed on the wooden cabinets on the walls on both sides of the partition, making clear their advantages and disadvantages. Could it be that this wine is not for sale, but for decoration? But where did anyone use jar wine for decoration?

Xie Lingxu stretched out his hand to lift the wine jar, and saw that a circular area on the cabinet covered with a thin layer of ash was spotless, but the size of the circle was half smaller than the bottom of the wine jar.

Xie Lingxu turned his head and asked the proprietress: "What did you put here before?" ”

Proprietress said: "I put a blue and white porcelain vase in the past, and I accidentally hit it a few days ago, and I saw that it was not good-looking, so I took the jar of wine and put it." ”

"Okay."

Xiao Qixin looked at Xie Lingxu with a strange expression, exchanged glances with her, and Lingxu shook his head slightly and spoke

"It's nothing, let's go back first."

Perhaps it is the nature of a businessman, and the proprietress seems to be obsessed with making a business

"Don't you really sell a few jars of wine, Master Jun? We're going to go out tomorrow, don't you buy this wine for nothing? ”

Xiao Qixin was stunned, "Go far away?" You've just shipped wine into the store and you're going to go out? ”

The boss spouted: "A few days ago, my father-in-law brought a letter, saying that there was something wrong with my body, and my wife and I had to go back to take a look." ”

"Then don't go yet." Xie Lingxu suddenly spoke.

"It's not...... Why? The proprietress asked, puzzled.

Xie Lingxu crossed his arms and said: "Originally, there were some things that I hadn't thought about clearly, and I was going to think about it again, but now that you are all about to run, you have to catch it first." ”