"My lord, can I go to the master first and tell the young lady about Senior Brother Hu's death?" , Hong Jincheng asked cautiously.

"Go ahead!" , Nie Xiaohu nodded.

"Hey, thank you, sir!" , Hong Jincheng bowed and bowed, and then left.

It didn't take long for Cao Xiaohui to return with three husbands.

"Take them to identify the body and see who they saw him the night before?" , Nie Xiaohu said.

"Good!"

Cao Xiaohui led the three of them into the room, and they all came out after a while.

"Brother Hu, he said he had met Hu Mingquan," Cao Xiaohui said, pointing to one of the husbands.

"The little one's name is Zhao Er, and he is on duty in the area to the south," Zhao Er hurriedly said.

"Did you see the dead the night before?"

"I've seen it, I've seen it!" , Zhao Er nodded hurriedly and replied.

"Where and when did you meet?"

"In the grove next to the vegetable market in the south, when I walked there around the ugly hour the night before, I suddenly felt a little sick in my stomach, so I thought about going into the grove to solve it, and I didn't want to bump into him."

"What was he doing at the time? Are there anyone else around? ”

"No, he's alone", Zhao Er shook his head and said, "It scared me at the time, I asked him what he was doing alone in the woods so late, and he replied that he was waiting for someone, I thought it was a young man who was having a private meeting, so he didn't ask much." ”

"Are you sure it's him? Did you read that right? ”

"Can't be wrong! I remember it really! ”

"Well, you can go!" , Nie Xiaohu waved his hand.

The three groomers saluted in unison and turned to leave, and at this moment, Shi Yuning and the three of them also came back in a hurry.

"How's it going, did you find it?"

Shi Yuning nodded, and then whispered a few words in Nie Xiaohu's ear.

"Let's go! Go to Li's house! After hearing this, Nie Xiaohu smiled and waved his hand.

In the living room of the Li family, Nie Xiaohu and Cao Xiaohui sat on the top, while Li Xiaoling, Hong Jincheng and Zhou's mother stood together.

After being silent for a while, Li Xiaoling couldn't help but blurt out: "I didn't expect it to be him!" ”

"What are you talking about?" , Nie Xiaohu stared at Li Xiaoling and asked.

"My lord! It turns out that the murderer of my father is really Senior Brother Hu, no, Hu Mingquan? ”

"Why do you say that?" , Nie Xiaohu smiled.

"Isn't that clear?"

Li Xiaoling's face showed an angry expression: "Hu Mingquan, he must have reprimanded him for his adulteration in the silver bracelet, so he held a grudge, and after killing my father, he was worried that the matter would be exposed, so he committed suicide by drinking poison, didn't you search for a bow and crossbow from his house?" Isn't that obvious enough? ”

Nie Xiaohu smiled slightly, ignored her words, and then asked, "Do you have a bow and crossbow at home?" ”

"Huh?"

Li Xiaoling obviously didn't expect Nie Xiaohu to ask like this, she was stunned for a moment, and then nodded and replied: "Yes, there is a handful, which my father bought to prevent thieves, but except for occasionally taking it out to play, it has almost never been used, and it has been placed in the innermost storage room on the second floor." ”

Nie Xiaohu immediately stood up and said with a smile: "Everyone is here later, I'll come when I go!" After speaking, he turned around and went up to the second floor, and Cao Xiaohui also followed closely.

went up to the second floor, the two came to the door of the innermost room, the door was not locked, Nie Xiaohu pushed the door open, and the two walked in.

There are many miscellaneous items piled up in the room in a disorderly manner, including boxes, vases, painting scrolls and other items, all of which are stacked haphazardly in the room, and the floor is relatively clean, and there are no footprints.

"Here!" , Cao Xiaohui pointed to a small bow and crossbow hanging on the wall behind the door.

Nie Xiaohu stared at the bow and crossbow on the wall, and then carefully observed it from top to bottom, and when he saw the ground, Nie Xiaohu's gaze stopped, and then slowly squatted down.

Cao Xiaohui also squatted down, looked at the ground carefully, and saw that there was a cockroach on the ground, but it had been trampled to death and turned flat.

"How long have you seen this cockroach die?" , Nie Xiaohu asked.

"It won't be more than two days, and it's not dry yet!" , Cao Xiaohui replied while staring at the cockroach.

"That's it!" Nie Xiaohu stood up happily.

"Did this dead cockroach tell you who the murderer was?" , Cao Xiaohui looked surprised.

"This is evidence, let's go to the study and see!" , Nie Xiaohu smiled mysteriously.

Entering the study, Nie Xiaohu walked straight to the left side of the door, stretched out his hand and picked up the calligraphy and painting hanging on the wall, and there was a shallow pit on the wall behind the painting.

Nie Xiaohu hung the damaged ancient painting on the table again, and the small hole on the ancient painting happened to overlap with the small pit on the wall.

"It's all clear now!" , Nie Xiaohu rubbed his hands happily.

Back in the living room on the first floor, Nie Xiaohu walked to the center of the living room, and after scanning back and forth a few times, Nie Xiaohu smiled coldly and asked, "Do you explain it yourself, or will I tell it for you?" ”

"Who? Say what? Hong Jincheng asked in confusion.

"Tang Yibin!"

Nie Xiaohu pulled over the chair beside him.

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.

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

"My lord! No... Are you mistaken? How could it be me? Hong Jincheng looked innocent.

"You live next door to Hu Mingquan, and he is a senior brother, he is naturally defenseless against you, it is easy for you to find him for a drink last night, and take the opportunity to poison him!" , Nie Xiaohu said with a smile.

"My lord! Just because I am a brother with him, and we live in the same courtyard, you say that I am the murderer of him? This... This is too funny, isn't it? ”

Nie Xiaohu smiled coldly: "Let me ask you, does Hu Mingquan have a cat?" ”

"Cats? Aang, yes! He's got a flower cat, what's wrong? ”

"That's right!"

Nie Xiaohu Yile: "When we were surveying the scene, we found that the cat was locked in the closet, I thought at the time, this is the room where Hu Mingquan lives, so this cat must have been locked in by him, but why did he keep the cat in the closet?"

If he wants to kill himself, then he should let the cat go, put it in the closet and then kill himself, wouldn't it starve the cat to death? Therefore, I judge that Hu Mingquan did not commit suicide, but was poisoned to death!

So who will the murderer be? There was a flask and a cup on the table, and since he had not killed himself, it must have been two people who had drunk each other, and the murderer had poisoned him and then taken his own glass.

Since it is a drink, then the murderer must be someone Hu Mingquan knows, and since he is a familiar person, then this murderer is already about to come out, isn't it? ”

Nie Xiaohu stared at Hong Jincheng coldly, his gaze was like ice.

"My lord! Brother Hu, he knows more than one person, why do you think it's me? Hong Jincheng was unconvinced.