Gao Tianshun thought for a while and said: "I left after the store closed yesterday evening, and the two bosses were still discussing things on the third floor, and there was no one else except him. ”

"Two bosses?" , Nie Xiaohu repeated suspiciously.

"Yes, Nie Shen doesn't know, we have a total of two bosses in Wanbao Pavilion, one is called Chen Jinfeng, and the other is called Chu Zehao, the one who fell to his death, and Wanbao Pavilion was built by him at his joint expense."

"I see", Nie Xiaohu frowned and nodded.

At this moment, a middle-aged woman walked in outside the door, with two maids, the middle-aged woman looked haggard and panicked, and as soon as she entered the door, she saw Chu Zehao's body parked on the first floor, and immediately screamed and pounced.

"My lord! Why did you just leave! How can we live if we are left behind......"

The middle-aged woman hugged the corpse and wailed.

"This lady, people can't be resurrected after death, please mourn and change", Nie Xiaohu said softly while motioning to Shi Yuning to close the door with his eyes.

The middle-aged woman sobbed and turned her head, and when she saw that it was Nie Xiaohu, she hurriedly stood up, covered her nose with a handkerchief, and said intermittently: "Original... It turned out to be an official... The official, the concubine Yao, has seen the official", said lightly.

Nie Xiaohu nodded slightly and asked, "Mrs. Yao, is the deceased your master Chu Zehao?" ”

"Exactly", Mrs. Yao choked up and nodded.

"Where were you last night and what did you do?" , Nie Xiaohu stared at Mrs. Yao and asked.

"How?" , Mrs. Yao was stunned for a moment, frowned slightly, and looked at Nie Xiaohu with puzzled eyes.

"This official, do you suspect that it is me? Didn't my lord fall to his death when he went downstairs? ”

"Mrs. Yao, I'm just doing a routine, please answer my questions."

"Oh, that's right," Mrs. Yao nodded lightly, and said, "I didn't go anywhere last night, just resting at home, and both maids can testify." ”

Nie Xiaohu immediately looked at the two maids next to him.

One of the maids hurriedly said, "My wife didn't go out all day yesterday, and she fell asleep shortly after dinner, and it was our two serving ladies who slept. ”

Nie Xiaohu lowered his head slightly and thought for a while, then asked, "Mrs. Yao, does your master have any enemies?" ”

"Official, are you saying that my lord did not fall to his death, but was murdered?" , Mrs. Yao's eyes widened and she looked at Nie Xiaohu in surprise.

"There are many doubts in this case that have yet to be investigated, and at present, I am only suspicious, and I ask my wife to cooperate."

Mrs. Yao shook her head and said in a mournful voice: "My lord is kind and kind, never grudges with others, and I have never seen him blushing with others on weekdays, where can there be any enemies?" ”

"There is another question, Mrs. Yao, who told you that Chu Zehao had an accident, and how did you know that he fell to his death?"

"It was Xiaoshun who told me, he just ran to my house in a panic, and when he entered the door, he shouted that the master had fallen to his death from the stairs of Wanbao Pavilion last night, and I hurried over."

"Xiaoshun? Who is Xiaoshun? ”

"Oh, it's him, his name is Gao Tianshun", Mrs. Yao pointed at Gao Tianshun with her hand.

"He works as a buddy in the shop during the day, and serves the young master at my house at night."

"Oh?" , Nie Xiaohu turned his head to look at Gao Tianshun, who was standing on the side.

"How are you sure that Chu Zehao fell to his death?"

"This?" , Gao Tianshun looked a little uneasy, lowered his head and bit his lower lip and whispered: "I saw the old man fall at the corner of the stairs, and I thought it was..."

"None of the people present here today can make a public statement, so as not to cause unnecessary panic!" , Nie Xiaohu said in a deep voice.

"That's right! Official, I'm also about to look for you, look at my memory, my brain is messed up! Mrs. Yao's face suddenly showed an anxious look again, and her hands grabbed Nie Xiaohu's sleeves uncontrollably.

"What's wrong, say it slowly", Nie Xiaohu waved his arm slightly, and his brows furrowed even tighter.

Only then did Mrs. Yao realize her gaffe and quickly let go of her hands.

"Official, save my son, he was kidnapped last night!" After speaking, Mrs. Yao cried loudly, her knees were weak, and she was about to kneel.

Nie Xiaohu hurriedly stepped forward to support him, "Mrs. Yao, don't worry, speak slowly!" ”

Mrs. Yao's eyes were full of tears, and she trembled and took out a piece of paper with a few lines written on it from her bosom and handed it to Nie Xiaohu.

Nie Xiaohu unfolded it and took a look, only to see that it was written: "Chu Guoliang is in our hands, if he wants to live, tomorrow evening will bury five hundred taels of silver under the big locust tree behind the Chenghuang Temple three miles outside the city, we will release the person after we get the money, if it is reported to the official or the money cannot be obtained out of time, we will tear up the ticket." ”

"Who gave this to you? How did it happen? Nie Xiaohu suddenly felt that the situation was serious and asked seriously.

Mrs. Yao said while crying: "Yesterday evening, after dinner, Guoliang he told me that he had something to go out, I didn't pay much attention to it, who knew that he didn't return overnight, I found this letter in the living room at home this morning, because the master was not there, when I was in a dilemma, Xiaoshun came to tell me that the master had an accident, and this is how it happened." ”

After speaking, Mrs. Yao cried loudly again: "Official, my Chu family is the only seedling, if he has three long and two short, I won't be able to live, please save him!" ”

Nie Xiaohu put away the letter, comforted Mrs. Yao a few words, carefully went through the existing clues in his mind, and waved his hand, "Let's go, go to Chen Jinfeng's house!" ”

When he went out, Nie Xiaohu glanced at Gao Tianshun meaningfully, Gao Tianshun was obviously frightened by Nie Xiaohu's glance, trembled all over, and lowered his head deeply.

When Nie Xiaohu and the five of them came to Chen Jinfeng's door, they saw that the door was not closed, so they didn't make a sound, and walked in directly.

"You are Chen Jinfeng?" Nie Xiaohu looked at the busy back of the man and suddenly asked in a loud voice.

"Huh?" , Chen Jinfeng was frightened, hurriedly turned around, and saw five catchers walking in, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, but quickly stabilized.