Chapter 357: Stepping Stone (3)

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"You are Su Hongyu?" , Nie Xiaohu asked. ใ€ๆ„›โ†‘ๅŽปโ–ณๅฐโ†“่ชชโ–ณ็ถฒ Qu ใ€‘

"Hmm", the girl turned back and nodded timidly.

"Where did this come from?" , Nie Xiaohu shook the wine jug in his hand.

"I... That's...", Su Hongyu stammered.

"Huh?" Feeling the slight vibration coming from the wine jug, Nie Xiaohu's brows furrowed, and then he turned the wine jug upside down, controlled it in the palm of his hand, and a roll of paper rolled into a stick slid out of the wine jug.

Nie Xiaohu unfolded the paper scroll, only to see the word "Chao Child" written on the paper.

"Chaomeng? What do you mean? Nie Xiaohu frowned and thought about it, then shook his head and handed the paper to Cao Xiaohui on the side.

"Do you want to talk about it now or go to the fast house?" , Nie Xiaohu stared at Su Hongyu coldly.

"I... I...", Su Hongyu looked embarrassed.

"I think you stole this flask, right? There is still blood on the bottom of the flask! โ€

"Nope! No! I didn't rob this flask! Su Hongyu hurriedly shook her head and said in a panic.

"Huzi!" At this moment, Tang Yibin ran over from a distance, with a serious face, followed by two catchers.

"What's going on?" , Nie Xiaohu hurriedly greeted him and asked in a deep voice.

"Someone just came to report that there was a murder in Shaojiazhuang outside the city!"

"Where are the people?"

"I'm waiting in the fast room!"

"Xiaohui!" , Nie Xiaohu turned his head and shouted at Cao Xiaohui.

"Brother Tiger!" , Cao Xiaohui walked quickly to the front.

"You deal with Su Hongyu's affairs, and go to Shaojiazhuang outside the city to meet me as soon as possible!" After Nie Xiaohu finished speaking, he handed the wine jug in his hand to Cao Xiaohui's hand.

"Got it!" , Cao Xiaohui took the wine jug, turned around and walked towards Su Hongyu, who was standing there trembling.

"You two, stay and assist Cao Zhutou!" , Nie Xiaohu waved his hand at the two catchers who followed Tang Yibin.

"Subordinates obey!"

"Let's go!" , Nie Xiaohu waved his hand.

It was an ordinary person from Shaojiazhuang named Shao Tianhua who came to report the case, and on the way to Shaojiazhuang, Nie Xiaohu had a general understanding of some of the circumstances of the case.

The deceased's name is Shao Zhuoran, male, 68 years old this year, is an old scholar, no children and no daughters, the family is average, and there is not much money, his wife died of illness in his early years, and two years ago he remarried a wife Lu, who is only 23 years old this year, and it was Lu who found the body.

"Here we are, here it is!" , Shao Tianhua pointed to a courtyard full of people and said.

Nie Xiaohu looked at it slightly, the courtyard was not big, there were only three main houses in a row, and the houses were in the middle of the courtyard.

"Everybody is quiet! The official mission is coming! An old man guarding the gate of the courtyard shouted loudly, and the crowd suddenly quieted down and consciously gave way to a passage.

"My lord! You're finally here! The old man greeted him with a smile.

"Who are you?" , Nie Xiaohu asked.

"The contemptible Shao Yifu is the owner of Shaojiazhuang!" , Shao Yifu brushed the beard under his chin.

"It turned out to be the owner of Shao Zhuang, disrespectful!" , Nie Xiaohu clenched his fists.

"Your Excellency is welcome!" , Shao Yifu hurriedly nodded and smiled.

"Has anyone ever been in?"

"No, since the Lu clan found the body, I have been staying here to ensure that no one has ever entered!"

"Good!" , Nie Xiaohu nodded, "Where is the Lu family?" โ€

"She is!" , Shao Yifu pointed to a young woman next to him who was wiping her tears.

"The slave Lu family, the cheap name Chunhua, has seen the adult", the Lu family said with a sob, and said a thousand blessings slightly.

"Where is the body? When was it discovered? โ€

"This morning, in the basement storage room," Lu replied.

"Lead the way!"

"Yes", Lu Shi nodded slightly, and walked towards the door first, followed by Nie Xiaohu and the others, after Nie Xiaohu and Tang Yibin and a few catchers entered the house, Shi Yuning and the others stood on both sides of the door, and Shao Yifu stopped at the door of the room with interest.

Entering the house, Nie Xiaohu and the others followed Lu Shi straight to the back kitchen, and on the ground on the right side of the kitchen, there was a square cover, which was open, revealing a swarthy hole.

Lu Shi took an oil lamp from the table next to him, and carried it into the hole, where there was a staircase that extended diagonally downward, and after about five or six steps down, there was another iron door at the step.

The iron door was now open, and there was a wooden planter stand at the doorway, and instead of a flower pot, there was an open iron lock and an iron chain, and a key was inserted into the lock.

Behind the iron door, there was a small secret room, the room was pitch black, only the oil lamp in Lu's hand emitted a dim light, under the reflection of the light, Nie Xiaohu saw an old man's body lying on the floor of the secret room.

"Go get some torches!" , Nie Xiaohu commanded.

Soon, the five catchers quickly carried torches down to the secret room, and the whole secret room was illuminated as if it were daylight.

The secret room is not big, square, three walls are two-meter-high wooden shelves, the wooden shelves on each wall are divided into three layers, the shelves are densely packed with books, and a small wooden sign is hung on the partition of each shelf, and the small wooden card reads "A, B, C, D, E, G, XIN, and Ren".

There is a square table in the secret room, there are four treasures of the study room on the table, a brush rests on the inkstone, Nie Xiaohu gently pinched the tip of the pen, it has dried up and hardened, there is still an oil lamp on the table, there is no lamp oil in the lamp, next to the table is a square stool, the stool surface is covered with a thin layer of dust, and the body is lying next to the square stool.

The floor of the room was covered with dust, and there were messy footprints everywhere on the ground, but it looked like a person's, the books on the wooden shelves were neatly arranged, and the tables were not messy at all, and there was a shallow layer of dust attached to the table, and there were no signs of a fight.

"Compare the footprints on the ground to see if there are other people's than those left by the deceased," Nie Xiaohu ordered.

Immediately, two of the catchers began to compare meticulously, and the servants began to examine the corpses.

Nie Xiaohu walked around the secret room, without leaving any corner, the books on the shelves were neat, there were about more than a thousand books, there was nothing else except books, and there were footprints on the square bench, which had obviously been stepped on.

Nie Xiaohu's eyes finally fell on the oil lamp on the table, as if looking at a rare treasure, no part of the oil lamp fell, the lamp body was made of copper, and it glowed with a green and faint luster under the reflection of the firelight, Nie Xiaohuzai looked at it carefully several times, then nodded and gently put the oil lamp back. Reading, a better reading experience.