"This person's name is Han Wei, he is a gangster in the county, he does some petty theft on weekdays, and occasionally he gets money out of nowhere, and he also comes to my store to stay for one night and enjoy it, so everyone knows him."

Xiaohu nodded, then knelt down and carefully examined the body.

There were no injuries on the corpse except for a ruptured skull, and there was no doubt that it was killed by a fall, but at the neck of the body, Xiaohu found a slight bruise.

"It should have been knocked unconscious first, and then pushed down from the roof of the building and fell to death", Nie Xiaohu looked at the bruise, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly.

Xiaohu searched the corpse's clothes again, but there was nothing but a key.

This is a brand-new copper key, there is no rust on the key, the edges are as if they have just been polished, shiny, Nie Xiaohu took the key and looked at it, and took it into his arms.

After inspecting the body, Nie Xiaohu asked the shopkeeper to arrange for someone to transport the body back to the fast room, and then entered the inn and came to the top floor. At the end of the corridor on the top floor, there is a section of stairs leading to the roof, Xiaohu went up the stairs to the roof, and the roof was surrounded by the family with torches, although it was the middle of the night, the red light on the roof reflected the sky, bright as day.

Xiaohu saw a girl lying in the center of the roof, Mao Guangjian and other three people were surrounding the girl, there was an old man next to him who had fainted, several people were busy there to pounce on his chest and pat his back, Xiaohu recognized the old man at a glance, it was a famous rich man in the county, named Zheng Jingtao, seeing this scene, Xiaohu already knew that the girl must be Miss Zheng's family.

Xiaohu came close and carefully observed the girl. The girl in front of her has a pretty face, dressed gorgeously, with a milky white beaded hairpin on her head, which is made of precious mutton fat jade, and the hairpin head bead flower is a green gemstone the size of a cat's eye, and on her chest is a string of crystal clear gemstone necklaces, which sparkle under the light of torches.

The girl was lying on her back on the ground, her expression was serene, her hands were folded and flat on her chest, as if she was asleep, and there were obvious pinching marks on her pale neck, apparently she had been choked by someone and suffocated to death.

Nie Xiaohu took a closer look and found that a paper corner was exposed from the girl's folded hands, so he carefully pulled it out, it was a note, which read, "I will never come to you again." Han Wei".

Xiaohu looked at the note and frowned.

At this time, Zheng Jingtao had woken up leisurely under the help of everyone, opened his red eyes angrily, and gritted his teeth and said, "Who is it?" Who killed my daughter, I'm going to tear him to pieces!" ”

"Old man Zheng, who is the deceased?"

"It's a little girl."

After Zheng Jingtao finished speaking, he suddenly noticed the note in Nie Xiaohu's hand and asked, "What is that?" ”

"I found it from Ling Ai's hand", Xiaohu finished speaking, and handed over the note.

Zheng Jingtao hurriedly took it, "What does this mean?" ”

"Is it Miss and the man..., the man first strangled the young lady, and then jumped off the building to commit suicide?" , Someone next to Zheng Jingtao read the note and whispered.

Zheng Jingtao grabbed the man's collar and shouted angrily: "If anyone dares to ruin my daughter's reputation, I swear that he will not die a good death!" ”

No one dared to say anything anymore, and the man who was grabbed by the collar was already shaking like chaff, his lower body was soaked, and a stream of liquid flowed out of his trouser legs.

"Old man Zheng, I think this matter is strange, and the murderer should be someone else." , Xiaohu said.

"Humph!" , Zheng Jingtao pushed the man to the ground, and said slowly, "What Nie Zhutou said is just as I thought, even if I scatter all my family wealth, I will find out the murderer to comfort the little girl's spirit in the sky!" ”

Xiaohu hugged his fists, "Old man Zheng, you will see the outside world, Nie is not talented, he is the head catcher of this county, and it is my duty to maintain law and order, since Ling Ai was killed, I should do my best to find out the murderer!" ”

"So Zheng thanked him first!" , Zheng Jingtao was about to bow as he spoke.

"Old Man Zheng, don't do it!" , Xiaohu hurriedly held on, "Now we have to deal with the aftermath of Ling Ai, and leave the matter of investigating the murderer to me!" This note is important physical evidence, and please give it to me for safekeeping. ”

"Okay", Zheng Jingtao nodded, and handed the note to Xiaohu, "Come on, bring the body of the young lady back, if anyone discusses this matter, they will bear the consequences!" ”

"Yes!"

Zheng Jingtao staggered and led the people away.

Nie Xiaohu surveyed the roof of the building again, and then came downstairs.

At this time, the crowd of onlookers downstairs had dispersed, and the corpses on the ground had been carried away, and the street suddenly seemed deserted.

"Boss, has Miss Zheng opened a room?" , Xiaohu asked.

"No," the shopkeeper shook his head.

"Is she here to find someone?"

"I don't know about this, we never inquire about the privacy of our guests, which is one of the reasons why our inn is doing well."

"And when did she come?"

"She came early this morning, and she was so dressed and so beautiful, so I was very impressed."

"Is she alone? Don't have a maid with you? ”

"No, just one person." The shopkeeper shook his head in affirmation.

Xiaohu nodded. Then he asked: "When did Han Wei come and open the room?" ”

"Han Wei came twice, once near noon and once near evening, and he didn't open the room."

"What is he doing here?"

"How do I know this, I can't interrogate every person who comes in, can I? Who's going to come to my store in that case? The shopkeeper looked aggrieved.

"Boss, didn't you say that Han Wei occasionally comes to your store to enjoy it?"

"That's right," the shopkeeper nodded.

"Can you show me the register of his previous houses?"

"Wait a minute, I'll find you"

After speaking, the shopkeeper hurriedly ran into the counter.

"Look, this is the registration he came to the hotel two months ago." After a pillar of incense, the shopkeeper brought a thick register book to the two of them, pointed to a page that had been turned and said somewhere.