"It's kerosene!" , Cao Xiaohui curled her right index finger in front of her nostrils.

"Let's go, let's go back!" , Nie Xiaohu put the shredded paper with gunpowder in the corner of the wall into the baggage.

Back in the front hall, Mao Guangjian hurriedly greeted him.

"Tiger Head, count it three times, and there are a total of fifteen fireworks in the backyard."

"I see", Nie Xiaohu nodded slightly.

Another catcher also stepped forward and whispered: "Chief catcher, Sister Cao, it has been verified over there in Cuihong Courtyard, there was indeed a guest in Xiaocui in Cuihong Courtyard last night, according to Xiaocui's confession, that guest was an old man named Jin Manpo." ”

"Good work, brother!" , Nie Xiaohu smiled and nodded.

Caught up and bowed, clenched his fists and retreated.

Nie Xiaohu glanced at everyone in the Shen family, looked at everyone's puzzled eyes, and asked with a smile: "I'm curious, why do you all think that the murderer is a ghost, can any of you tell me?" ”

The subordinates standing on both sides looked at me and I looked at you, and they all bowed their heads, and none of them made a sound.

"I'll tell you," Zhao said with a sigh.

"Just over a month ago, a subordinate named Zhaocai in the family was careless in grabbing the wrong medicine when he was helping to catch the medicine in front of the counter, so the master reprimanded him and deducted his monthly money for half a year.

After that, from time to time, some people said that they had seen ghosts under the tree, and everyone said that it was the ghost of fortune, so the lord also specially invited the monks of the White Horse Temple to come and do the rituals. ”

"I see!" , Nie Xiaohu nodded, and then said loudly, "Now, I'll find out the 'ghost' who killed Master Shen!" ”

"Tang Yibin!"

After the Pose was set, Nie Xiaohu began his opening remarks.

"As long as it's a crime, there will be loopholes, and all I do is find out the loopholes," Nie Xiaohu said with a smile as he tapped his fingers on his thighs.

"Laicai, now I'll tell you where your loopholes are", Xiaohu looked at Laicai mockingly.

"Is that him?" , a group of subordinates all looked at Laicai, and their eyes were full of surprise.

"You... Do you want to wronged me when you see that I am young and new? Lai Cai looked aggrieved and said with a trill.

"Last night I played the flute by Laifu's side, you all saw it, I rushed up when the master was killed, the murderer was obviously the ghost, he fell from the sky, and disappeared after killing the master, everyone present at the time saw it, how could it be me?"

Many of the people present nodded thoughtfully, and looked at Nie Xiaohu with puzzled eyes.

Nie Xiaohu sneered and said, "Since you don't admit it, then I'll talk about your trick of pretending to be a ghost and killing people!"

First of all, this starts with Master Shen asking you to go to the counter to grab medicine yesterday afternoon. Yesterday afternoon, Master Shen felt a little uncomfortable, so he wrote a prescription and asked you to go to the counter to grab the medicine, but because of your carelessness, you mistakenly caught the angelica in the prescription as a strychnine, which is why Shi Qizheng couldn't get it right when he took inventory. ”

"I see!" , Shi Qizheng nodded suddenly in realization.

"Although you are new here, you must have heard about the fortune, when you found out that you caught the wrong medicine, you were afraid of being fined for the month, so you rushed into Master Shen's room, wanting to get the medicine back, when you went in, you happened to see Master Shen drank all the liquid in the bowl, you thought it was medicine, but in fact it was ice porridge, which you didn't expect."

"Oh~~~", Qiuchen suddenly interjected, "No wonder he rushed into the master's room in a hurry yesterday!" ”

"And whatever!" , the maid Dongmei also said, "Yesterday afternoon, after I boiled the medicine and brought it to the master, he asked me where the medicine was outside, so that's what happened!" ”

Nie Xiaohu smiled and continued, "Next, he came up with a plan to pretend to be a ghost and kill people. He first stole one of the fireworks that Fufu bought, dismantled the fireworks, and made a simple gunpowder bag from the gunpowder in the fireworks, and then took down three paintings hanging on the wall in his room, brushed all the back of the paintings with ink and kerosene, and rolled the three paintings into a large paper tube, which could cover the whole body. When all this was ready, he secretly hid the paper tube on top of the big tree in the backyard.

Yes, you did play the flute last night, but when the fireworks were set off, you snuck behind the tree, and no one would notice you, because everyone was looking up at the fireworks in the sky. ”

Hearing this, Laicai was obviously not as calm as he was just now, his eyes kept rolling back and forth, and his body trembled slightly.

Nie Xiaohu glanced at Cai, the corners of his mouth raised, and the index and middle fingers of his right hand quickly clicked on his thigh a few times, and continued: "After you climbed the big tree, you put the ink-coated paper tube on your body, took out the short knife hidden on your body in advance, and took the gunpowder bag in your hand, and jumped down when you saw the position of Master Shen.

When you landed in front of Master Shen, the gunpowder bag in your hand fell to the ground, and the gunpowder received the impact, so white smoke and fire erupted, and you quickly took off the paper tube on your body at the same time, and stabbed the short knife into Master Shen's chest.

You have done all this, and you have taken advantage of the panic and chaos in the backyard to blend back into the crowd, because you played the flute among them in the first place, so of course no one will suspect you, which is why the 'ghost' disappeared. ”

"I see!" , everyone present nodded their heads in a sudden realization.

"You... You are talking nonsense! Laicai's face was full of panic, and his words began to be unfavorable, "Witness... What about the evidence? What evidence do you have that what you say is true? ”

"I found ink on the leaves of the big tree, and I also found paper ash under the tree, and the smell of kerosene residue on the paper ash."

"It's... What does this mean? Laicai seems to have gained confidence again, "Is this just enough to prove that I am a murderer?" ”

There was a soft "poof", and a burden was thrown at Laicai's feet.

"This was found in your room, inside are the debris you left over from the fireworks and the brush for brushing ink and kerosene, presumably because you are pressed for time, you haven't had time to dispose of it!"

"This is a deliberate frame-up!" , Laicai almost jumped.

"Someone!" , Nie Xiaohu slapped the arm of the chair suddenly.

"Total headcatcher!" , and immediately two catchers stepped forward to stand still.

"Go check on him and see if there's any ink!"

"Yes!"

The two catchers walked a few steps to Laicai's side, and involuntarily examined his body carefully.

"Report the head catcher!" , a catcher said loudly: "There are ink marks on the cuffs, neckline, back, and hem!" ”

"What else do you have to say?" , Nie Xiaohu looked at the wealth coldly.

"It's... This is what I accidentally got on yesterday when I was practicing calligraphy! ”

"And what about your burnt eyebrows and hair?"

"Didn't I say it, that was when I rushed up to protect my lord, and I was burned by fire!"

"Humph!" , Nie Xiaohu snorted coldly, "Tianshun! ”

"Huh?" , Tianshun, who was standing beside Zhao, didn't want Nie Xiaohu to suddenly ask him, so he instinctively sighed.

"I ask you, is there any part of your eyebrows, hair, or body that has been burned by the fire?"

"No", Tianshun shook his head.

"Tianshun is by Master Shen's side, he hasn't been burned, and you rushed over from a distance, how could you be burned? Or are you closer to Master Shen than Tianshun? Nie Xiaohu looked at Lai Cai coldly.

"Me? This..."

Laicai was speechless for a moment, his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and finally, his legs were weak, and he fell to the ground with a "poof".

"I'm not afraid that the lord will deduct the monthly money to kill him", Laicai lowered his head and clenched his fists tightly.

"I know that the strychnine is highly poisonous, and if the lord takes the medicine I caught, he will definitely die, but when I rushed into the lord's room, I saw that the lord drank the whole bowl of medicine, there is no way, Hengzhi is a death, I can only take the risk of gambling."

Laicai wiped the tears on his face, choked up and said: "Originally, I was still holding on to luck, but when I saw the old man frowning and covering his stomach, I thought that the old man was poisonous, so... That's why I ......."