The house is not big, the furnishings in the house are quite simple, there is a wooden bed in the corner of the house, the position on one side of the wooden bed against the wall is a wardrobe, there is a table in front of the window on the left side of the door, and there is a pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table, everything is normal.

The only thing that makes people feel awkward is that there is a large water tank directly below the beams, and there is a small half tank of water in the water tank, and in addition to this, there is a small wooden bucket poured at the base of the wall, and a long rope is tied to the handle of the wooden barrel.

Nie Xiaohu leaned down to observe the ground next to the water tank, there were a few water stains scattered irregularly on the ground, although it had evaporated, there were still a few small damp places on the ground.

Nie Xiaohu lifted the small wooden barrel at the base of the wall again, the barrel was empty, Nie Xiaohu reached out and touched the inner wall of the barrel, the inner wall was wet, and there was a small hole the thickness of a reed rod at the bottom, and a rope sleeve was tied to the end of the rope tied to the handle.

"I see!" , Nie Xiaohu looked at the rope noose, nodded, and the corners of his mouth raised.

"Get me a ladder!"

After a while, the two catchers walked in with a wooden ladder, and Nie Xiaohu leaned the wooden ladder against the beam of the house and climbed up the ladder.

The beams of the house were covered with a thick layer of dust, but there was an obvious trace of friction on the dust, and looking at that trace, the smile on Nie Xiaohu's face became even stronger.

"Brother Tiger, look!"

After Nie Xiaohu got off the ladder, Cao Xiaohui walked in from outside the door, followed by two fast catchers, who carried a thick roll of rolled felt in their hands.

"Open!" , Cao Xiaohui said.

The felt was opened and spread out on the ground, and a dagger covered in blood appeared inside, and there were large blood stains on the felt.

Nie Xiaohu picked up the dagger and looked at it, the blood stains on it had dried up, Nie Xiaohu put the dagger close to his nose and sniffed it, and then leaned down to carefully observe the blood stains on the felt, and then stood up with a smile.

"Where did you find this?"

"On the carriage in the yard."

"Carriage?" , Nie Xiaohu stepped out of the door.

On the left side of the house was a carriage parked, the horse had disappeared, and the curtains hung from the front and back of the carriage.

"The felt is in the carriage," says Cao.

Nie Xiaohu lifted the curtain and looked into the carriage, a faint fragrance immediately penetrated into the nostrils, Nie Xiaohu's brows were furrowed, and he looked carefully in the carriage, and found that there was a small pinch of ashes in a corner of the carriage, like the incense ashes left after the incense burned out, and there was nothing else in the carriage.

Nie Xiaohu pointed to the ashes and said, "Let me test it and see what it is?" ”

After Nie Xiaohu finished speaking, he glanced at Chen Yujian and Fang Kangyang, intentionally or unintentionally.

"Young Master Fang, I remember you said that you ate a bowl of noodles and then went back, right?" , Nie Xiaohu asked with a smile.

"Yes", Fang Kangyang nodded.

"Where did you eat it and how did it taste?"

"I ate it at a small noodle restaurant over there in Renhe, and it tasted average."

"Oh", Nie Xiaohu nodded, "What time did you eat noodles?" ”

"It's about midnight!" , Fang Kangyang thought about it and said.

"My two brothers are also hungry, they like to eat noodles the most", Nie Xiaohu pointed to the two catchers next to him and said with a smile: "Why don't you work hard and take them to that noodle restaurant to try?" ”

After Nie Xiaohu finished speaking, he glanced at the two of them, and the two of them understood, and without waiting for Fang Kangyang to react, they immediately stood by Fang Kangyang's side left and right.

"Good! Good! Fang Kangyang nodded and laughed dryly, then turned around and left.

"My lord, is it him?" , Chen Yujian looked at Fang Kangyang's departing back and asked in disbelief.

"Yes or no, sooner or later!" , Nie Xiaohu smiled and reached out to take the corpse grid handed over.

"The two deceased were killed at the same time, at about midnight, and the cause of death was that the head was cut off with a guillotine; The ashes in the carriage are indeed incense ashes, and it is a kind of incense, which has a peculiar fragrance, and can cause people to fall into a coma after inhaling a large amount, and is the usual tool of crime used by the small people who jump off the beam. ”

"It's all clear now!" , Nie Xiaohu grinned after reading the corpse.

"What is all clear? Why don't I understand at all? Cao Xiaohui asked with a frown.

"Do you see anything special about this barrel?" , Nie Xiaohu picked up the small wooden bucket and handed it to Cao Xiaohui's eyes.

"And that water tank", Nie Xiaohu pointed to the big water tank in the house again.

"Nothing special, huh?" , Cao Xiaohui looked at the barrel a few times and shook her head gently, "It's just a barrel with a leak at the bottom!" ”

"What do you see what's on the barrel?" , Nie Xiaohu prompted.

"Rope, this is normal, ordinary people have such wooden barrels in their homes!" Cao Xiaohui looked at the rope, "This is the kind of wooden barrel used to draw water from the well, of course it has to be tied to the rope, what's so strange about this?" ”

Nie Xiaohu smiled slightly, "Is there a well in that courtyard?" ”

"This?" , Cao Xiaohui reflexively looked around, and then shook her head, "No." ”

"What about the water tank?"

"The water tank is also very ordinary, nothing special," Cao Xiaohui said, shaking her head.

"The water tank is very ordinary, but where is it?" , Nie Xiaohu continued to say inspiringly.

"Don't say it, after you say this, I also think the location of this water tank is a little strange, most people put the water tank in the corner of the wall, so that it does not take up space and can keep it cool, but this water tank is placed in the middle of the house, it is really a bit special!"

"Look at this dagger again", Nie Xiaohu smiled and handed the dagger full of blood to Cao Xiaohui's hand.

"It's not blood, it's paint!" , Cao Xiaohui almost shouted after carefully looking at the dagger.

"Da Da Da", at this moment, a sound of horses' hooves sounded outside the courtyard, and Nie Xiaohu and the others turned their heads to look over.