"Let's talk about Hong Jincheng first, he is twenty years old this year, his family lives in Donghong Village outside the city, he has no background, his parents are ordinary people, his family has two acres of thin land, and he only went to the Li family two years ago as an apprentice; Hu Mingquan, 21 years old this year, lives in Hujiazhuang outside the city, but is not a local, wandered to Hujiazhuang ten years ago, and was later adopted, without a father or mother, and went to the Li family as an apprentice five years ago. ”

"So these two are innocent?" , Nie Xiaohu frowned.

"I don't know if I'm innocent, but this Hu Mingquan has some relationship with Li Shunzhang."

"Oh? What is the origin? ”

"His adoptive father's name is Hu Runxuan, and he is Li Shunzhang's junior brother."

"Hu Runxuan!" , Nie Xiaohu's eyes lit up.

"What? Do you know this person? Cao Xiaohui asked curiously.

"I know a little bit, you go on", Nie Xiaohu nodded.

Cao Xiaohui recounted the emotional entanglement between Li Shunzhang and Hu Runxuan, which was basically the same as what Shi Yuning said.

"Alas! This Hu Runxuan is also a seed of infatuation! After speaking, Cao Xiaohui couldn't help but sigh lightly.

"It's kind of interesting now!" , Nie Xiaohu was happy.

"Interesting? What's the point? Cao Xiaohui was confused.

"I have a bold hypothesis, and if this assumption is true, then everything makes sense!" , the corners of Nie Xiaohu's mouth raised slightly.

"What assumption?" , Cao Xiaohui hurriedly asked.

"Tiger Head!" At this time, Shi Yuning walked in quickly, followed by a person.

Nie Xiaohu saw that the person following was none other than Hong Jincheng.

"Tiger Boss, he said that he has an important situation to report to you!"

Nie Xiaohu's brows furrowed slightly, "So early, what's the important situation?" ”

"Your Excellency!" , Hong Jincheng first bowed and gave a salute.

"I suddenly remembered something last night, and thought that it might help you solve the case, so I came in a hurry early in the morning!"

"What's the matter?"

"The night before yesterday, that is, the night my master was killed, I couldn't sleep in bed, so I got up and went to find Senior Brother Hu, wanting to find him to drink two drinks with me, but I patted the door for a long time, screamed a lot, and no one answered, and later I found out that the door was locked, and Senior Brother Hu was not in the house!"

"When was that?" , Nie Xiaohu's expression immediately became serious.

"It must have been around ugly hour, and not long after I got back to the house, I heard the bang!"

"Why didn't you say such an important thing yesterday!"

"I... I was a little nervous and forgot... Forget," Hong Jincheng said with a little fear.

"Where is Hu Mingquan now?" , Nie Xiaohu stood up.

"He should still be sleeping in the house, he is usually sleeping at this time, and when I came, I took a special look, and his door was not opened, and the outside was not locked."

"Lead the way!"

Under the leadership of Hong Jincheng, Nie Xiaohu and others came to the door of a small courtyard, and there were only two main houses in the courtyard.

Hong Jincheng opened the courtyard door, and after everyone entered the courtyard, Hong Jincheng pointed to the door on the right and said, "This is Senior Brother Hu's room." ”

Nie Xiaohu nodded at Shi Yuning, Shi Yuning understood, and immediately stepped forward and stretched out his hand to knock on the door.

"Open!" Before Shi Yuning's second word could be spoken, the door was slammed open, and even Shi Yuning herself was stunned.

Shi Yuning let out a "huh", stepped into the house, and then immediately retreated.

"Tiger head! Man is dead! ”

"What?" , Nie Xiaohu immediately rushed in.

"Huh?! Die... He's dead? Hong Jincheng was stunned.

The furnishings of the room were quite simple, a wooden bed, a table, a wardrobe against the wall, two chairs in front of the table, and nothing else.

Hu Mingquan was lying on his back on the ground, bleeding from his seven orifices, and the blood turned black, and it could be seen at a glance that he had died of poisoning.

There was a white porcelain wine jug and a wine glass on the table, and there were still some residual wine stains in the wine glass, just when Nie Xiaohu was carefully observing the situation in the room, suddenly a strange sound came from the wardrobe against the wall, and it sounded as if something was scratching the door of the wardrobe with its claws.

Shi Yuning and the others immediately became nervous, and Mao Guangjian also pulled out the Tang knife on his waist.

"What people! Come out! Shi Yuning yelled at the cabinet.

No one answered, but the frequency of tickling on the door became faster.

Shi Yuning, Mao Guangjian, and Liu Zhenxiao slowly walked to the door of the closet, and the three of them looked nervous, and each drew his saber and prepared to deal with emergencies.

"Pick the door open with a knife!" , Nie Xiaohu stared at the wardrobe and said.

Shi Yuning stretched out his long knife towards the wardrobe door, while Mao Guangjian and Liu Zhenxiao raised their knives and stared at the wardrobe with fierce eyes.

The door to the wardrobe was opened, and I heard "Meow!" A shadow burst out of the wardrobe like lightning, startling the three of them!

"It's a flower cat!" After the three of them saw what came out, they all breathed a long sigh of relief.

Nie Xiaohu and Cao Xiaohui also looked at each other and smiled, shaking their heads slightly.

At this time, the autopsy had been completed, and the corpse was handed over.

"You search carefully", Nie Xiaohu finished speaking, looking at the corpse.

The time of death was around midnight last night, and the cause of death was poisoning, and the poison was detected in the flask and glass on the table, and it was exactly the same as the poison in the body of the deceased.

"Could it be that he committed suicide by drinking poison?" , Cao Xiaohui said with a frown.

"Tiger head, look!" At this time, Shi Yuning took a small bow and crossbow and handed it to Nie Xiaohu's eyes.

"This was found under the bed!"

Nie Xiaohu took the bow and crossbow and looked at it carefully, this was a brand-new bow and crossbow, the style was very ordinary, no different from the one sold in the weapons store.

After carefully looking at this bow and crossbow, the corners of Nie Xiaohu's mouth curled slightly.

"Little Stone, come here!"

Then Nie Xiaohu whispered a few words in Shi Yuning's ear, Shi Yuning nodded, beckoned to Mao Guangjian and Liu Zhenxiao, and the three of them went out immediately.

"Xiaohui, you arrange a few brothers to find me all the husbands who worked in this area the night before yesterday!"

"The night before yesterday?" , Cao Xiaohui was stunned.

"Yes, the night before yesterday!"

"Got it!" , Cao Xiaohui nodded in agreement, and also turned around and went out.

Nie Xiaohu looked around the house, looked at the bow and crossbow in his hand, and then nodded and came to the courtyard.