"I said a few brothers", Nie Xiaohu sat on the chair after returning to the fast room from the county lieutenant's study, "The county lieutenant has spoken, and there is an official document on it, saying that the recent activities of selling illicit salt from Luoyang to Kaifeng have been rampant, and the county lieutenant has asked us to strictly investigate it, and once we are caught, we will not tolerate it." ”

"Tiger head, this is difficult", Shi Yuning shook his head and said, "This private salt is much cheaper than official salt, and the people are happy to do it, I guess no one will say it, it's not easy to do!" ”

Mao Guangjian and Liu Zhenxiao also nodded frequently.

"If it's not easy to do, it has to be done", Nie Xiaohu pouted, "From Ming'er, everyone will go to the street to inquire around to see if they can find some useful news." ”

"Oh, listen to you!"

As Shi Yuning said, after three days, the five people were stunned and didn't hear any useful news, and when the people heard that it was to check the illegal salt, they were all secretive and silent, so worried that Nie Xiaohu also scratched his cheeks.

In the evening of that day, the five of them went around for a day, but still found nothing, and when they were walking back, they suddenly heard someone shouting loudly not far away.

"Come on! Kill! ~~~”

Nie Xiaohu's spirit suddenly perked up, and immediately rushed in the direction where the sound came from, after crossing a street, Nie Xiaohu saw a middle-aged woman standing there shouting loudly on the side of the street, and the surrounding residents also walked out of the house to surround it.

"Get out of the way, arrest and handle the case quickly!" , Shi Yuning shouted at the crowd.

When the onlookers heard the shouting, they turned their heads to look over, and when they saw that it was Nie Xiaohu and the others, they hurriedly divided into two sides and made way for a passage.

"What's going on?" , Nie Xiaohu came to the woman's side and asked with a serious face.

"Murder, it's inside!" The middle-aged woman pointed to the courtyard behind her with her hand and said with a frightened face.

Nie Xiaohu didn't wait for her words to land, people had already rushed into the courtyard, Tang Yibin and Shi Yuning also rushed in after him, and Mao Guangjian and Liu Zhenxiao stood at the gate of the courtyard to maintain order.

The door was wide open, and as soon as he entered, a strong smell of blood came to his face, and Nie Xiaohu subconsciously covered his nose.

A middle-aged woman was lying on the ground, her eyes wide open, dead and dead. A sharp blade cut a diagonal cut in the neck, blood flowed from the ground, a blood-stained kitchen knife was discarded next to the corpse, and the deceased's right hand held an emerald green jade bracelet tightly. The back door of the house was open, and the furnishings were in good order, with no signs of theft.

After inspecting the scene, Nie Xiaohu walked out of the house and came to the courtyard gate, where the middle-aged woman who shouted loudly was constantly telling the onlookers a "thrilling" story she had experienced.

"What's your name?"

"The slave Cao family is the neighbor of the Wei family."

"Wei?"

"Oh, it's the one who died in the house."

"How did you find out that Wei was killed?"

"That's right, just more than half an hour ago, just after dinner, I was washing the dishes and chopsticks in the house, and suddenly I heard a noisy sound from the neighbor's house, that is, Wei's house, I was curious, so I came to the yard, I found that a black shadow ran out of the back door of Wei's house, and then there was no movement.

I felt very puzzled, so I came to the door of her house and called a few times, seeing that no one answered, I pushed open the door of the courtyard and entered, the door was hidden, as soon as I opened the door, I dropped my mother! I saw Wei lying in a pool of blood, I was so frightened that I ran out screaming, this is not you! ”

"Do you see who that person is?"

"No, the sun has set, and I can't see my face clearly, only a man."

"What about Wei's husband? Where is he and what does he do? ”

"He, his name is Jiang Junli, he works at the ferry outside the city, helps people carry goods, and usually goes home for three or five days."

"What is the relationship between their husband and wife, do they often quarrel?"

"As far as Jiang Junli earns money, I estimate that the relationship between their husband and wife is not much better", Cao Shi pouted disdainfully, "I haven't seen a quarrel, Jiang Junli won't come back for three days." ”

After returning to the fast capture room, Nie Xiaohu stared at the jade bracelet in the deceased's hand and fell into deep thought.

After a long time, Nie Xiaohu got up and said, "Xiaoshi, tomorrow you take this bracelet to the jewelry stores in the county to take a look around, see which store this bracelet is sold from, and who is the person who bought the bracelet?" ”

"Understood!"

"Little Maozi, Little Liuzi!"

"Tiger Head!"

"Early tomorrow morning, you will go to the ferry outside the city and bring the deceased's husband Jiang Junli back to me!"

"Understood!"

The next morning, Mao Guangjian and Liu Zhenxiao returned to the fast catching room with a middle-aged man, who was not tall, thick and dark, wearing a white shirt, black shoulders, and a white rimless round hat, looking at Nie Xiaohu with a confused expression.

"It looks like this person is a Muslim", Nie Xiaohu looked this person up and down.

"Where are you from?"

"Back to the adults, the little ones are from Lingzhou."

"Hmm", Nie Xiaohu nodded.

"Do you know why I called you?"

"Little I don't know", Jiang Junli shook his head.

"Yesterday evening, your wife Wei was killed at home!"

"What!"

When Jiang Junli heard this, his face showed a satisfactory shock.

"It's... How is this possible? ”

"Where were you yesterday evening?" , Nie Xiaohu asked as he stared at Jiang Junli's eyes.

"At my friend's house," Jiang Junli said without thinking.