"Where did you pick up this dress?" , Nie Xiaohu asked excitedly.

"So, do you believe me?" , the homeless man asked in surprise.

"Hurry up!" , Nie Xiaohu glared.

"Yes! Be! The homeless man nodded hurriedly and said, "I picked it up this morning in the woods by the river outside the city!" ”

"The woods by the river outside the city?" , Nie Xiaohu glanced at Cao Xiaohui meaningfully.

"Lead the way!"

……

"This is it!" Half an hour later, the homeless man pointed to a small empty patch in the woods by the river.

The clearing was very close to the river, that is, a dozen paces away, and there were many footprints scattered on the ground, as well as many broken branches, and from the pile of branches to the river, there were obvious traces of heavy objects dragging by.

On several branches, Nie Xiaohu also found a few silk threads, as if his clothes were torn off the branches, Nie Xiaohu carefully observed the footprints on the ground, and found that there were at least four people, some of whom were men's footprints and some of women's.

Nie Xiaohu looked around, and then asked, "Xiaohui, is this the downstream of the stone bridge this morning?" ”

"Well, yes, it's not that far, it's only about a quarter of an hour from here!" , Cao Xiaohui looked ahead.

"Very good!" , Nie Xiaohu patted the dirt on his hand and said with a smile.

"It's like there's a fight, but what does that mean? Isn't it normal for anyone who has fought here? Cao Xiaohui said with a frown.

"You're right, it's normal, but it's not normal to have this dress!" , Nie Xiaohu said happily.

"Clothes? Brother Hu, I'm really confused by you, isn't Wu Zhiyuan wearing clothes? ”

"Let's go, I'll explain it to you when I get back!" , Nie Xiaohu smiled and waved his hand, turned over and got on the horse.

"What should he do?" , a catcher said, pointing to the homeless man.

"Give him two taels of silver, let it go!" , Nie Xiaohu waved his horsewhip and galloped away.

"Brother Tiger, tell me quickly, what do you think?" As soon as she returned to the hall of the fast catching room, Cao Xiaohui asked impatiently.

"Actually, this matter is not complicated at all," Nie Xiaohu said with a smile.

"This morning, we did see the man fall into the river and be swept away by the river."

"Uh-huh!" , Cao Xiaohui nodded, her eyes wide with curiosity.

"If my guess is correct, the man who fell into the river must not be Wu Zhiyuan, but someone else!"

"You mean that person is pretending to be Wu Zhiyuan? Is that Lin Peihao? ”

"It's possible," Nie Xiaohu nodded.

"Go on!" , Cao Xiaohui urged.

"Let's assume that the person is Lin Peihao, he first secretly met with the Xia family last night and agreed on a plan. This morning, they tricked Wu Zhiyuan into the woods by the river outside the city, drowned him by the river, and then covered his body with branches and hid it by the river.

Then Lin Peihao put on the same clothes as Wu Zhiyuan, and went to the riverside stone bridge with the Xia family, pretending to be a couple who went out to play, which is what you and I saw this morning.

The two of them sat on the grass at the head of the bridge, not talking about love, but waiting for the arrival of witnesses, in fact, as long as someone saw it, no matter who it was, it just happened to be us! Nie Xiaohu smiled.

"And then?"

"Then under the gaze of you and me, Lin Peihao ran to the river and pretended to pick wildflowers, and then 'one was careless' and fell into the river. That Lin Peihao must be a person with excellent water nature, after falling into the river, he went straight downstream with the turbulent current, and after passing the place where Wu Zhiyuan's body was hidden, he swam ashore.

After going ashore, he dragged the body to the river and pushed it into the water, so that the person who fell into the river became the real Wu Zhiyuan, but when the body was dragged by him, the clothes on his body were torn by the branches and opened a few cuts.

Wu Zhiyuan's body was stopped by the fallen tree trunk after drifting for a short distance, which is why Wu Zhiyuan's clothes were torn several times, and there were no injuries on his body.

Then he changed out of the other clothes that he had hidden there beforehand, and as for the blue robe that was the same as Wu Zhiyuan's, he casually discarded it in the woods.

After changing his clothes, he rushed to Wu Zhiyuan's house and waited for our arrival at the gate of the courtyard, but he didn't expect that the blue gown that he discarded at will was picked up by the homeless man and taken to the pawnshop. ”

"What you say makes sense, but it's too mysterious, isn't it? If the matter itself is simply simple, even if Wu Zhiyuan fell into the river and drowned, there is nothing wrong with it? Cao Xiaohui pouted.

"Then wait for Xiaoshi's news, as I expected, then Lin Peihao must have lied, he shouldn't have spent the night at the Fuyuan Inn outside the city last night!" , Nie Xiaohu said confidently.

"Tiger Head!" As soon as Nie Xiaohu's words fell, Shi Yuning's shout came from outside the door.

"It's back! It's really Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here! ", Nie Xiaohu said happily.

"Tiger Head!" , Shi Yuning, Mao Guangjian and Liu Zhenxiao entered the hall with a smile.

"How? So didn't Lin Peihao spend the night at Fuyuan Inn last night? Nie Xiaohu looked at the three of them with expectant eyes.

The three of them shook their heads in unison.

"What do you mean by shaking your head? Did I not spend the night somewhere or did I say it wrong? Nie Xiaohu stiffened his face.

"Tiger Head, you're wrong! Lin Peihao did spend the night in the Fuyuan Inn outside the city last night! Shi Yuning nodded and said.

"Cut!" , Cao Xiaohui immediately pursed her lips and looked at Nie Xiaohu with disdain.

"What? Have you found out? Nie Xiaohu asked in surprise.

"It's clear!" , Mao Guangjian nodded and said, "Lin Peihao's name is clearly written on the registration book of Fuyuan Inn, he stayed in the store around midnight last night, and left this morning!" ”

Liu Zhenxiao said again: "And we have asked the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper, and the Lin Peihao they described is very similar to the one I saw in front of the Wu family, it shouldn't be wrong!" ”

"Haha! Brother Tiger, you're finally wrong, right? Cao Xiaohui gloated.

"Could the tiger be wrong? No! Shi Yunning scratched the back of his head and shook his head and said.

Nie Xiaohu didn't speak, he frowned and thought about it, and suddenly, his eyes lit up.

"Little Stone, do you mean he left the inn this morning?"

"Aang, yes!" , Shi Yuning nodded.

"When we saw him in front of the Wu family today, it was already the middle of the hour, from the time of Mao to the time of the house, it was more than two hours, and from the Fuyuan Inn to the Wu family, it was only half an hour at most to ride a horse, he said that he waited in front of the Wu family for half an hour, and there was still more than an hour of time, where did he go during this time?" , Nie Xiaohu asked as if he was talking to himself.

"Maybe he went somewhere else, why did he have to tell you? People aren't being tried as suspects, so there's no need to say anything, right? Cao Xiaohui said.

"That's not right!" , Nie Xiaohu shook his head and said, "When I asked him why he was in front of the Wu family, he said that he set off from his house yesterday morning and had just arrived half an hour ago. ”

"I said Brother Hu, if Wu Zhiyuan was really killed, then the murderer could also be someone else, why are you so suspicious of this Lin Peihao?" , Cao Xiaohui asked puzzled.

Nie Xiaohu smiled and said, "Do you remember that I said that Luanchuan County is not close, how did he answer?" ”

Cao Xiaohui thought for a while and said: "He said that he set off from home yesterday morning and stayed at the Fuyuan Inn for one night at night. ”

"It's a big problem", the corners of Nie Xiaohu's mouth raised slightly.

"Little stone!"

"Huh?" , Shi Yuning was stunned.

"Let me ask you, Luoning County is not close to here, how would you answer?"

"Ang, it's not close!" , Shi Wei nodded blankly.

"You see, that's the answer of the average person, and if someone asked you that, would you say a lot of things like what time you started, where you started, where you spent the night, and so on?" , Nie Xiaohu asked Cao Xiaohui with a smile.

"No", Cao Xiaohui frowned and shook her head.

"Regarding Wu Zhiyuan's death, he just listened to what Xia said, and I didn't say anything, but he said a lot of such things, isn't it already obvious? He was telling me that he had alibi evidence and that Wu Zhiyuan was not killed by him! ”

"Hearing you say this, this Lin Peihao is really a bit of a problem", Cao Xiaohui nodded thoughtfully.

"Let's go, let's go to the Fuyuan Inn again, I don't believe I can't find any clues!" , Nie Xiaohu stood up suddenly.

"That's right, this one named Lin Peihao stayed in the store last night, and he left this morning, and he never went out after entering the store, so it's not wrong!"

The owner of Fuyuan Inn said with great certainty: "Our shop is small, and there are not many customers on weekdays, so I remember it very clearly!" ”