At this time, an old man carrying a burden came over outside the door, he seemed to be very familiar with the shopkeeper, said hello with a smile, and squatted directly at the door.

The shopkeeper beckoned Xiao Er to fetch a big bowl of tea and asked, "Old man Li, it seems that business has been good recently, and you are willing to let me spend money on tea here?" ”

"It's okay, it's okay, it's just barely making ends meet, my son is filial, he has to work for me, let me come over and drink a sip of tea."

Old man Li replied with a smile.

"Speaking of which, your son is really good, since a year ago he took over from you as a ferryman, and there are a lot of praises from merchants, and in his spare time, he can also cast nets and fish, get some fish and shrimp and live and the like, sell them to idlers on the market, and get a subsidy for the family."

The shopkeeper shook his head, turned around and took the big bowl of tea handed over by Xiao Er, turned around and stuffed it into the old man's hand.

Old man Li took it with both hands and took a big sip.

He wasn't too hot, this mouthful of hot tea turned around in his mouth, and he swallowed it directly, and then opened his big mouth and spit out a hot breath, and the wrinkles on his face were relaxed.

It seems to be very pleased with the strength of the tea.

The two of them chatted, talked about trivial things, talked about their son, and talked about the joke about Bao Zheng's pig just now, and their expressions were very relaxed.

At this moment, a young man suddenly ran in the distance, his face was full of panic, and when he saw Old Man Li, he shouted: "Old Man Li, it's not good, your son asked someone to kill him, and the boss had a bloody wound on his neck, so he threw it in the back alley." ”

Smack!

The black ceramic bowl in Old Man Li's hand was directly shattered, and the hot tea splashed on his trouser legs.

He panicked, he didn't feel the heat at all, stepped forward and grabbed the young man, and shouted, "What did you say? Say it again! ”

"Your son is dead!"

Old man Li rolled his eyes, and his body fainted as soon as he softened.

This time, the teahouse was fried, and the little second brother with the shopkeeper, plus the audience drinking tea, were all panicked.

There was so much noise that I couldn't hear what people were saying.

The young man who reported the news stood there in a hurry, and he was also at a loss.

Qi Shan thought about it, threw away the melon seeds in his hand, stood up and walked over.

"Do you know where the body is, young man?"

"It's in the back alley, two steps away. The side of the Huangjia Money Village. ”

"Take me to see it!"

Qi Shan was full of momentum, his tone was unquestionable, and the young man couldn't figure out who Qi Shan was? However, judging by the way he was dressed and the tone of his voice, he was obviously a superior person.

He was a poor lad, and he couldn't afford to mess with such a person.

Just hesitated, and immediately agreed.

glanced at the old man Li who had passed out in a coma, as if he wanted to say something.

Qi Shan said: "Don't worry about him, let's go and see what the results are, so that we can talk to Old Man Li in detail, know in our hearts, and then report to the county master." ”

"Yes, yes, that's what you said!"

The young man thought that this was indeed the case, and his heart relaxed, leading Qi Shan to the back alley.

The distance is really not far, the alley is narrow, twisting and turning, walking for less than five minutes, there is a slightly more remote alley in front.

A young man fell to the ground on all fours, his complexion was pale, and there was a knife on his neck, and there were blood stains all around him, apparently from the blood running dry.

Qi Shan stood next to him and glanced at it, without touching it with his hands.

On the retina, a large amount of scan information appears.

Large quantities of fresh blood frequently appeared on the ground, intersecting with the shoe prints of the deceased.

Obviously, the two men had a fight.

Then he looked on all sides and found the only shoe print in the corner.

Seeing this, Qi Shan knew it in his heart.

He lifted his chin to the young man standing next to him and said, "Break his hand and take a look." ”

The young man was startled: "Ah, I don't dare touch the dead!" ”

Qi Shan looked at it for a moment and said, "You should be a porter, if the business is good, you will make forty or fifty wen a day." Listen to me and do things, I'll wrap you up for a day and give you a hundred wen, how about it? ”

"Is that true?"

"I can give you half first!"

Qi Shan said, and his right hand came out of the sleeve cage. In the palm of his hand was a small piece of broken silver, worth almost 50 yuan.

Raised his hand and threw it over, and the young man hurriedly grabbed it.

After looking at it twice, he put it away with a smile, and then didn't wait for Qi Shan to give another order, he leaned over directly and opened the palm of the corpse.

In these days, it is difficult for the poor to live, and the dead are seen every year.

But if it is colder in winter, there are not too many people who die of cold and starvation.

From childhood to adulthood, the young man didn't know how much he had seen, and he was also arrested and forced to collect corpses, and the so-called fear of not touching the dead corpse was just an excuse for not wanting to get involved in this troublesome matter.

Now that you have money, how can you not be happy?

The corpse actually didn't die for too long, after all, it was broad daylight, even the alley was full of pedestrians, the young man found it early, and Qi Shan came over simply, and the corpse was still soft at this time.

With a slight force, the palm of the hand is broken.

In the palm of his hand were a few copper coins and two pieces of broken silver.

The total value is only seventy or eighty copper coins.

The young man thought for a while and said, "I met Li Erlang this morning, and he was happily coming out of Xijiekou, saying that he had sprinkled a net during the ferry in the morning and caught a lot of fish.

Come to think of it, this should be the money from selling fish. ”

Qi Shan nodded, noncommittal.

"Do you know who Li Erlang has a conflict with?"

"It's really hard to say, after all, Old Man Li is a land-sitting household, although the family is not rich, but his relatives are in Luzhou City, and ordinary people don't dare to bully him, his son Li Erlang is honest and willing to work, I heard that he was running business in other places, and then his father was older, so he came back to pick up the ferryman's class.

Moreover, Li Erlang is warm-hearted and likes to help people, and the big guys like him a lot, and I haven't heard of him having conflicts with anyone! ”

Qi Shan shook his head: "Think about it carefully, since he is a good person, then arguing with people will definitely be impressive, or has he ever hyped up who is a liar and asked the neighbors to be more careful?" ”

"Hey, hearing you say that, I really remembered something."

The young man clapped his palms and said, "Last month, he quarreled with a fisherman surnamed Cui at the street in front of him.

I didn't see it with my own eyes, but I heard from friends that it was a lot of noise. ”

"Do you know, why?"

The young man scratched his head: "It's been a long time, I don't know if I remember the string." It seems to be caused by a small thing to save people.

This fisherman surnamed Cui usually takes on some ferry work.

It seems that he once helped a money bank and transported four boxes of silver, and a wave came, and all four boxes of silver fell into the river, and the surnamed Cui helped them to catch them.

Then it was widely advertised that the box was full of silver, saying that this money bank was strong. ”

Qi Shan chuckled: "So, Li Erlang disagreed?" ”

In fact, a fool can see that at that time, the box fell on the surface of the river and floated directly, and it did not sink at all.

Others also laughed at the surname Cui, but Li Erlang likes to be more serious, and if he doesn't say that the surname Cui lies, there is no silver in the box at all. ”

"So the surname Cui quarreled with Li Erlong."

Qi Shan then asked: "So, which one is the money house that the surname Cui preached at that time?" ”

"It seems to be Liu's Qianzhuang, not far from the opposite!"

Qi Shan turned his head to take a look, then looked at the guise of the Huang family's money village next to him, and then asked: "These two money houses are so close, the relationship is probably not good!" ”

The young man shook his head: "It's a mortal enemy." There are contradictions every once in a while, and I heard that there have been fights at the door, and the government has a headache. ”

"That's it!"

Qi Shan threw out a small piece of broken silver, and the young man grabbed it, his face was a little inexplicable.

"Childe, what do you mean by that?"

Qi Shan turned around and said, "I'm going back to drink tea, you stay here, it seems that the government will soon send someone to collect the body, and then inspect the scene."

You wait a while to talk to Old Man Li, and say that it is very likely that the fisherman surnamed Cui did this matter, but the person behind it must be someone from Liu's Qianzhuang! ”

The young man exclaimed, "How do you know this?" ”

"Touch his arms!"

The young man inexplicably touched the corpse's bosom again and took out a slip.

He recognized it immediately and said, "This is the deposit certificate of the Huang family!" It's a pity that I'm illiterate, Childe, look at how much money he has saved on it? ”

"You don't need to look at it, it's definitely not much! However, it should be all the money that Li Erlang got when he was fishing, or a ferryman, and then saved it little by little.

You actually said that Li Erlang is a good person, and he is also a stubborn person, since you know that Liu's money is deceiving, you will definitely publicize it and let the neighbors pay more attention.

And Liu's money village hates this kind of person the most in order to make a fortune in business. With the motive to kill, isn't it simple to spend some money to find someone to do something? ”

Qi Shan spread his hands and said, "Of course, this is just a guess. If you want proof, you can ask someone to find the fisherman surnamed Cui and ask him to compare it with the shoe print. Then the truth will be revealed! ”

The young man looked along his finger and found a clear shoe print in the corner.

He scratched his head, and when he turned back, Qi Shan was already far away.

"This boy is really strange, after clarifying the matter in a few words, he left very satisfied. There are many problems with rich and noble people. ”

At this moment, a team of catchers quickly ran over from the street in front of them, and quickly surrounded the alley.

The young man immediately greeted him, waved his hands and shouted, "Head catcher, head catcher, I know who the murderer is!" ”

Qi Shan had already turned out of the alley at this time and returned to the teahouse in a hurry.

A piece of information crossed in his mind, and the so-called task of solving the case turned out to be 1% complete.

It's simple, you don't have to admit it to others, as long as you know who the real culprit is and tell at least one person, the mission is done.

In this way, my own inference just now is correct.

Qi Shan shook his head, in fact, there is nothing strange, how can people in this era have so many tricks in later generations, I really think that I am filming the ancient version of Detective Conan.

Back at the teahouse, a group of people were still discussing what had just happened.

Even Xiao Er and the shopkeeper have no intention of doing business.

The table that Qi Shan asked for was not moved at all, all the food and tea were still placed on it, and Qi Shan was happy and sat in his original position again.

I grabbed a handful of peanuts, slowly pushed them aside and threw them into my mouth.

The old man Li, who fainted at the door just now, has disappeared, thinking that he was sent to the official mansion.

After arguing for a while, the topic gradually faded away.

After all, it's a poor person, and it's not unusual to die a person, it's such a society, and one day no one will die.

Raised his hand to call Xiao Er, pushed the teapot over and asked him to change it to a hot pot.

Then he pulled the shopkeeper and asked, "The shopkeeper, I want to ask you about something." ”

"You say, this guest officer!"

The shopkeeper's smile seemed to have recovered from the sudden incident just now.

Qi Shan smiled: "I don't know if you can hear it, I am originally from the capital, and I came to Luzhou for fun, but I haven't played enough for two days, and I am going to find a place to live for a while."

I'm sorry you to recommend me a reliable tooth man! ”

"Hey! I thought it was so simple! ”

After saying this, the shopkeeper suddenly turned around and shouted. "Xue Manzi!"

"Huh!"

Someone in the teahouse said a long yes, and then ran out with a clang, a thin man.

This man was dressed in a scholar's robe, but it was obviously several times larger, and he wore it like a macaque and crowned, which made people laugh.

He didn't think it himself, he seemed to be very proud, he wore a scholar's robe, and he also held a fan in his hand, shaking and shaking.

Special sassy feeling.

The shopkeeper also looked at him dumbfounded.

"I said Xue Manzi, what's wrong today? Is your head burned by tea? Why are you still wearing a scholar's robe? Hurry up and take it off, take it off, what does it look like? ”

Xue Manzi said indifferently: "Don't care, who called the poor Xiucai the money that owes me, if you don't have the money to pay the bill, you can only take the clothes to pay the account, although I can't read, I can also pretend to be a first-class person when I put on clothes, let me enjoy it in two days." ”

"What a brute!"

The shopkeeper shook his head, and then said to Qi Shan: "Guest officer, you have also seen it, this is such a nonsense person, but he counts when he speaks, he never does business in vain, how much money he says is how much he wants, and how much money he wants to earn is clearly stated on the bright side, and he never does anything behind his back."

And he has a lot of things on hand, as long as it's not too far away, he has them here. Watch and talk to him. ”

Qi Shan nodded.

Subsequently, the shopkeeper said to Xue Manzi: "This guest of mine, if you want to find a tooth person, I will recommend you, don't cheat, smash my signboard, I can't spare you!" ”

"Yo, that's really thanks to the shopkeeper for taking care of my business, don't worry, if this guest officer says I'm cheating, you don't have to do it, I'll take the bowl and open it myself first!"

The shopkeeper laughed at him and looked at Qi Shan.

"Look, it's such a brute!"

Qi Shan smiled and waved his hand, and the shopkeeper turned around and went down.