"This, this, how did my sign end up there?" Tetel's face turned pale, and he hurriedly shouted, "No! Wrong! It's not my piece! Martha, where's my college badge? ”

During the period of Yuan Ri's rest, it has always been Massa who helps him keep his identity card.

Seeing this, Martha was also shocked, she hurriedly ran back to her room, and after a while, she looked panicked and returned with a wooden box in her hand: "The slave has always put it in it, and has never opened it, why is it gone!" ”

Zhenbei took the wooden box from her hand and opened it to see that it was really empty.

"This box is still locked, how can the wooden sign break through the wooden box by itself!" Martha trembled.

She and Qin Wuchen glanced at each other, and their faces were solemn.

"He said that in order to grant his wish, he needs to exchange something for it, and it is the hand of the devil!" Tetel suddenly looked frightened and muttered.

"What is the Demon's Hand?" Qin Wuchen said in surprise.

Tetel just wanted to explain, but thinking that once he mentioned this matter, Zhou Yufei would inevitably not be involved again, so he couldn't help but close his mouth tightly and shook his head again and again.

Qin Wuchen couldn't help but look at Zhen Bei, who shook his head slightly: "Lord Qin, this matter involves the reputation of some innocent people, before you have to confess this matter, can you please elaborate on the details of the case?" ”

Qin Wuchen pondered for a while and said, "It's okay." ”

It turned out that the deceased was actually the Qi Ji'er with the demon's hand that Tertel had met on the street before.

He was killed in the chamber last night.

Qi Ji'er came to Nanyang with three like-minded friends in some aspects, and they originally agreed to go to Lingshui Temple together today to ask the temple host for some Zen things.

However, after a long time of the appointed time, Qi Ji'er did not appear, and the three of them went to his guest room to check together, only to find that he had been dead for a long time!

After the three of them found the wooden plaque, after discussion, they felt that they should go to the government to report the case and seek justice for their fellow Taoists.

Zhen Bei followed Qin Wuchen to the scene of the crime and took a trip.

The room where Qi Ji'er was located was on the second floor, and when the three of them entered the room, the door was not bolted.

The window in that room was next to the avenue, because the first floor of the inn was a little lower than the street, and the window sill on the second floor was only five or six feet away from the ground, but anyone with a little martial arts could climb the window smoothly.

The deceased was wounded in the heart and was stabbed with a short blade, although the three Taoist friends all said that none of the "treasures" used by Qi Ji'er to do it were lost, only the silver taels on his body were lost, and the murderer must have killed for money!

Zhenbei was surprised to find that the demonic hand that Terter had spoken of was also missing.

What made Qin Wuchen feel puzzling was that Tetel, as the grandson of the king, had never lacked gold and silver, so why did the real murderer want to "rob money" as his motive for committing the crime, and deliberately leaked such a flaw, which would make people suspicious at a glance!

Zhen Bei knew that if she didn't tell her about it at this time, she was afraid that this case would only increase the difficulty of vain!

She avoided everyone and told Qin Wuchen about Tertel's wish to the demon's hand.

After hearing this, Qin Wuchen thought for a moment and said, "In this way, on the one hand, the other party used Miss Zhou's reputation to force Tertel not to tell the truth about the matter of the demon's hand, and on the other hand, he wanted to use that money as a guise to deceive everyone's sight!" Its true purpose is the hand of the devil! ”

Zhen Bei nodded and said, "There is another point, these three people have been with Qi Ji'er all the way and came here, and it stands to reason that they should have an extremely close relationship." But they didn't seem to know that the demon's hand existed! ”

"You mean, Qi Ji'er has been hiding from them?" Qin Wuchen said in surprise.

Zhenbei nodded and said, "It's just that he doesn't want people to know, why did he take the initiative to let Terter know about the existence of this thing?" ”

Coming out of the room where the crime occurred, Zhenbei saw Qi Ji'er's three companions.

To her surprise, since the three of them shared a common hobby of Buddhism, and the other three came from different backgrounds!

One of them was a member of the tribe of the Hundred Clans, who, like the nation of Tertel, lived by herding, and had been a herdsman before.

He was sturdy and tall, with the wild uninhibited shepherd's face on his face, and he met Qi Jier, who also studied Buddhist scriptures, and met to come to Nanyang, a big Buddhist country, to practice.

The other is a guest, whose identity is a prodigal son who walks the rivers and lakes.

This person is thin and delicate, and a scar that passes through his left eye to his ear is particularly abrupt.

He said that because he had participated in too many killings, he had some feelings in his heart, and after meeting Qi Ji'er and the others, he decided to put down the butcher's knife and cultivate his mind with them.

The last person was not tall and sturdy, and when they were about to arrive in Nanyang Kingdom, they met and met a hunter.

Since he was a child, he has been shuttling between Nanyang, Yongchuan and the border of Western Xinjiang, and he doesn't know which country he is.

Because he accidentally killed a pregnant white wolf who saved his life, his heart was very touched, and he wanted to use boundless Buddhism to wash away the sins he had committed!

The rooms of these three people were all opposite the deceased's room, and it happened that on the night of the crime, there were only four of them who lived on the second floor.

"Did you hear any strange noises last night?" Qin Wuchen asked.

"I went to bed early yesterday and didn't hear anything out of the ordinary!"

All three of them spoke, and there was some displeasure in their tones.

Zhen Bei silently observed them on the side, thoughtful: "I heard that after you set the inn yesterday, you went your separate ways, can you tell one or two, where did you go?" ”

When the hundred people heard this, they finally couldn't help it, and said sarcastically: "It is rumored that Lord Qin is like a god in judging the case, and I will wait for the Nanyang Government to ask for it!" I never expected that the murderer would not be caught, but let this boy who popped out of nowhere, who had not yet been weaned, bite a few of us indiscriminately, how could it be that we hurt the Qi Jier brothers? Lord Qin's method of judging the case is really surprising! ”

The other two also helped to satirize.

Qin Wuchen was not annoyed, smiled faintly, and said: "Yes, this official has always judged the case like this, but all those involved in this case must be investigated clearly, so as not to wronged the good people and miss the wicked!" And this ancient brother, whose ability to investigate cases is higher than that of this official, was specially invited by me to help investigate the case. As you said, this is Nanyang Kingdom, and since the three of them have entrusted this case to the government, they should act according to the rules of Nanyang! You might as well remind the three of you that in our Nanyang country, those who obstruct and do not cooperate with the investigation of the investigation by the prosecutor will be sentenced to three years in prison for the crime of harboring the murderer! ”

The three of them changed slightly when they heard this, and they looked at each other.

After a while, the hundred people waved their hands and said, "That's it! We're going to withdraw the case! ”

Qin Wuchen looked calm, and said slowly: "The Criminal Department has already taken over the acceptance, and it is too late to withdraw at this time!" ”

Seeing the three of them at a loss, Zhen Bei smiled and said, "Don't misunderstand, the three of you didn't mean to ask you below." You are all people who have a heart for the Buddha and should know the cycle of cause and effect. Black can't be white, white can't be black. You keep saying that you are looking for Qi Ji'er, but you refuse to even cooperate at the slightest, do you have a ghost in your heart? ”

The hundred people sighed: "That's it! As Gongzi said, the virtuous cannot be destroyed, and the disaster will be destroyed! If it is beneficial to solve the case by saying what you did that day, why not tell the adult? ”

He thought about it carefully, and said, "After we parted in front of the inn that day, I went to the blacksmith shop that sold arrows and crossbows, and stayed for about an hour. After that, I went to the teahouse, listened to the storyteller, told the story of Miss Nalin's life, and had some lunch there. When I went out of the teahouse again, I found that it was getting late, so I hurriedly went to buy some sundries and returned to the inn! Dinner was also enjoyed alone in the room, and I did not set foot out of the room until this morning! ”

The prodigal son said: "I have experienced similar things to my brothers, except that I went to the teahouse first, and after lunch, I went to the blacksmith shop one by one!" ”

Orion said: "I have been staying in the room to sleep in the morning, and lunch is also sent into the room by Xiao Er, in the afternoon, I walked around the street, and I happened to meet Brother Liu from the blacksmith shop, so I returned to the inn together. As for dinner, the two of us worked together at the noodle shop opposite! ”

The prodigal son testified and nodded, "Not bad! ”

Qin Wuchen exchanged a look with Zhen Bei, and said, "Okay, the three of you have already known what the three of you said, and I ask you not to leave the imperial city in the next few days to assist in the investigation of the case!" ”

The three of them looked at each other and reluctantly replied "yes".

The teahouse where these two people went was the same one, and the army was the most famous one in the imperial city, because of the large number of customers in the teahouse, and the number of people in this place was too large, the shopkeeper only vaguely remembered that there were such two people, who had been to the teahouse, as for what they did here, how long they stayed, they did not pay attention.

The storyteller confirmed that he had indeed told the story of Miss Lin that afternoon.

As for the blacksmith's shop, because the owner of the shop was deaf and mute, it was quite difficult to communicate, and it took a great deal of effort for him to understand what Zhenbei had said, and he testified that the two men had indeed been to the blacksmith's shop, but they had only stayed for a while before leaving.

At this point, the rhetoric of Qi and Liu is quite different.

And because of the murder, the boss, who has been in a state of disobedience, must say: "That Orion guest, I have indeed stayed in the inn in the morning, and the little one went out, and when I went out, I happened to look up, looked at the second floor, and found that he was standing in front of the window." About an hour later, the little one came back to the inn, and he changed his position and was looking at the fragrant building.

It was already lunchtime, and the little one thought that he should be hungry, so he went up to inquire, and arranged for the kitchen to make some food and send it to his room. ”

Qin Wuchen asked, "Did anyone notice his whereabouts during the hour you left?" ”

The boss was stunned and couldn't answer, so he called the shopkeeper.

Xiao Er said: "At that time, the little one was just busy cleaning up, but he didn't pay attention to the guest's movements. ”

Qin Wuchen asked some more related questions, and then let them go to work.