When the shopkeeper heard Chen Jinbao's words, he was puzzled, he always thought that the figure that his child said was just wrong, after all, everyone in the ghost house was spreading, and one was more evil than the other, and the ghosts described by those who had seen ghosts were not the same, so although the shopkeeper believed in the ghosts, he did not believe that there were ghosts in the house. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"What do you mean, sir?" The shopkeeper asked.

Chen Jinbao smiled and said, "Haha, you will know when the time comes, maybe you will need your young master to go to the yamen to testify in the future." ”

The shopkeeper was even more confused, and just wanted to beg Chen Jinbao to explain clearly, but Chen Jinbao said: "Farewell." "Just left, the shopkeeper had no choice but to send it off.

At this time, Chen Jinbao and others were going to the deceased's house to ask, and Chen Jinbao was also full of expectations for this, because the deceased had been dead for nearly two days, which was equivalent to being missing for two days, and no one in their family went to the yamen to report the case in the past two days.

On the way, Wang Fugui walked up to Chen Jinbao and said, "Master, do you have a clue?" ”

Chen Jinbao shook his head and said, "Not yet, because I feel that there are still a lot of clues missing in this case." ”

Wang Fugui nodded and said, "Master, do you think that the young lady of the wine shop is very suspicious?" ”

Chen Jinbao stared at Wang Fugui with puzzled eyes, in his heart, Wang Fugui should not say such inconsequential words.

"What do you say? It's not that the murderer you said is a practitioner, the young lady herself is a girl, and she is only fourteen years old, even if she is a practitioner, it is impossible to hurt an adult man. ”

Wang Fugui shook his head and said: "No, no, no, master, I don't mean that, I don't mean that the young lady kills, I mean that the young lady went crazy when she ran to that house and came back, even if she is really crazy, do you say that she saw something we don't know so she went crazy?" Of course, it's really crazy to say that, but if she's pretending to be crazy, you say........ Do you remember the hair we found in the house, and if she was pretending to be crazy, would it be hers? ”

Chen Jinbao stopped at once, and all the catches behind him stopped, and he didn't know what was going on, and after a while, Chen Jinbao got up and walked forward again.

"Hmm...... Rich, what you say makes sense, but some things don't make sense, first of all, what can a fourteen-year-old girl have with a thirty-one-year-old man? The only thing that can be explained is that this little girl is just an accomplice who was pulled in, and from the current situation, the main culprit is likely to be the shopkeeper of the wine shop, because only he is the easiest to pull the wine shop lady to commit the crime, but there is a question, why did he have to pull his daughter to commit the crime, if it is to confuse our eyes, it will be even more unreasonable, it is said that we don't know that there are dead bodies in the house, it is the rotten Confucian scholar who told the master that there are ghosts in the house and we went, He must not have known beforehand that we would suspect him, how could he be prepared to let us see his daughter's madness before we arrived? What's more, the rumor that his daughter is crazy was originally what you heard from the bun seller, why did he create this kind of rumor? And most importantly, why did he make his daughter an accomplice? ”

After Chen Jinbao said this, he and Wang Fugui both fell into deep thought, Chen Jinbao touched his chin, Wang Fugui bit his thumb, and a group of catchers walked on the street.

"Hmm!" The sound came out of their noses at the same time.

Chen Jinbao put down his hand to touch his chin, Wang Fugui took out his biting thumb, and the two stood on their feet and looked at each other and said in unison: "Let his daughter pretend to be a ghost!" ”

The catchers who followed behind were startled, and then stopped, not knowing how the two of them were startled.

"Wait a minute, Fugui, one thing makes sense now, but there are still some things that don't make sense." Chen Jinbao said.

Wang Fugui nodded, and then said: "Yes, master, if you don't say anything else, just say that the corpse that suddenly appeared in the house doesn't understand what's going on." ”

Chen Jinbao touched the back of his head and said, "That's right, and some of what that rotten Confucian scholar said is not credible, because he was not the only one who went in that night, but he didn't know it." ”

Wang Fugui bit his thumb and continued: "Master, I have an idea now, do you think that the deceased did not die in the house, but was killed and moved to the house?" ”

Chen Jinbao nodded and said, "I've thought about this possibility, but even if the deceased was executed elsewhere and then transported to the mansion, the key is how did it appear in the hall for no reason?" ”

After hearing this, Wang Fugui frowned, and said, "Master, the apprentice has the courage to say a word, we may have to ask about this matter." ”

Chen Jinbao set his eyes on Wang Fugui, and Wang Fugui was stared at so much that he didn't dare to look at Chen Jinbao's eyes.

"Rich, what's the ..... Are you still suspicious of him? ”

Wang Fugui lowered his head, clasped his fists at Chen Jinbao and said: "Master, I know, the second is our own brother, you don't want to doubt him, and I don't want to, but now according to the inference, the problem is in him, and we really have to figure this out." Of course, this is just my reasoning, based on the fact that the wine shop lady is pretending to be crazy, if she is not pretending to be crazy, then the apprentice's inference will not work. ”

Chen Jinbao heard this, nodded, and said with a solemn face: "Then if that young lady is really crazy, and she is still shouting ghosts or something, isn't this .........?"

Chen Jinbao didn't say the rest of the words, Wang Fugui continued: "It's the wine shop lady who was scared crazy by the ghost." ”

Chen Jinbao fell silent, and Wang Fugui did not speak again, until he walked to the deceased's house.

"Knock knock..."

Chen Jinbao stepped forward and knocked on the door, and it was a family member who came out, and when he saw a group of catchers, he quickly pulled out of the door, stepped forward and bowed and asked, "I don't know who are you looking for here?" ”

Chen Jinbao said: "Is your master here?" ”

Jia Ding replied: "If you go back to the official master, the owner of the villain is not at home now. ”

Chen Jinbao asked again: "Then do you know where he went?" ”

The family replied: "The villain doesn't know, and the master usually doesn't tell his subordinates when he goes out." ”

Chen Jinbao smiled and said, "Then please invite us in, and by the way, call your wife." ”

Hearing this, the family looked puzzled and asked, "I don't know why the officials are looking for their wife?" ”

Chen Jinbao looked at the appearance of the family, maybe he thought that these people in the yamen were going to rob the people's daughters, so he explained: "This little brother, you relax, we came this time for the sake of your master, bothering you to invite us in, and then call your wife out." ”

When the family heard this, the expression on his face was much better, and he said, "Then the officials and masters, please come inside, and the villain will call Mrs. ”

After speaking, Chen Jinbao and others were invited in, and as soon as he entered the door, Chen Jinbao was startled by this house.

"Master, is this a house owned by people who have been in prison?" Wang Fugui said.

Chen Jinbao nodded and said: "Indeed, it is really strange that a person who has been in prison has this kind of house, and I will tell my brothers when I search later, and see if there are any treasures or anything like that, this kid died unjustly, these must be ill-gotten gains." ”

Wang Fugui nodded, and looked up at this house again, there are few families in the county that can compare to this one, it is really too magnificent, not to mention how well it is decorated, the place occupied by this land is big enough, and it is not an exaggeration to say that this house is ranked among the top five in the county.

At this time, a child ran over, grabbed Wang Fugui's legs, Wang Fugui was about to break the child away, at this time, a dignified young woman followed by two maids, although not to talk about the national color and fragrance, but also a small jasper, the child saw her and ran towards her, the young woman ordered someone to take the child away, and then stepped forward to Chen Jinbao and bowed and said: "Officials, please sit in the hall, the slave family immediately ordered someone to prepare snacks." ”

Chen Jinbao waved his hand and said: "No need, no need, there are a lot of us, I'm afraid we won't be able to sit down in the hall of your house, and the snacks may not be enough, and besides, we have something to ask this time." ”

The young woman smiled and nodded, and asked, "Then I don't know what the officials are talking about when they come to my husband?" ”

Chen Jinbao touched his chin and asked, "How long has your father-in-law been away from home?" ”

The young woman thought for a while, and then said: "Back to the official, the prime minister left the night before yesterday, and now it has been a day and a night, I don't know how the official knows that my father-in-law is not at home?" “

Chen Jinbao stared at the young woman and thought to herself, didn't she know that her man was dead?

"Madam, don't worry, don't worry, your father-in-law has passed away."

As soon as the young woman heard this, her eyes widened, and then she fell down, fortunately, there was a maid around her, Chen Jinbao just wanted to call the doctor, only to see the young woman wake up, knelt in front of Chen Jinbao, and cried and said: "Official, how did my father-in-law go, you have to be the master of the slave family!" ”

Chen Jinbao stepped forward to help the young woman up, and then said: "Madame, please get up quickly, this is the purpose of our trip, we want to know some information about your father-in-law, and what we want to know most is, why did he disappear for a day and a night, and none of you went to report to the official?" ”

The young woman wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said, "Official, my father-in-law is often like this, sometimes he goes out for a few days and nights and does not come back, but every time he comes back, he will bring a sum of money, and when the slave family asks him what he is doing, he says that he is going to another county to do business, so the slave family does not ask much." ”

Chen Jinbao frowned, touched his chin and continued to ask: "You never doubted what your father-in-law was doing?" ”

The young woman took a handkerchief and wiped her tears while saying: "Official, the slave family and the Xianggong are childhood sweethearts, fingers for marriage, when they grow up, the Xianggong said that they want to go out to earn money and come back to marry the slave family, who knows that this is six years, and finally one day the Xianggong came, and took a lot of dowry to propose, the slave family married him, at that time the slave family asked him what he was doing to earn so much money, the Xianggong said that it was to sell some rich people's favorite objects, the official, the slave family and the Xianggong grew up together, the Xianggong is not a bad person, please be the master of the slave family." After speaking, the young woman knelt down for Chen Jinbao again.

At this time, Wang Fugui leaned next to Chen Jinbao's ear and said, "Master, it seems that her man is going to disappoint her." ”

"Shut up." Chen Jinbao responded.

Chen Jinbao picked up the young woman again and said, "Madam, let me ask you first, do you know that your father-in-law once spent time in prison for stealing?" ”

The young woman took a big breath when she heard this, shook her head and said, "No, I have never heard the Xianggong mention it, the official, my Xianggong has really been in prison?" ”

Chen Jinbao nodded, the young woman cried louder, Chen Jinbao hurriedly advised: "Don't worry, madam, we came this time to investigate who the murderer of your father-in-law is, so we need to search the house to see if there are any clues." ”

The young woman nodded while sobbing, turned back to her subordinates and said, "You take the officials to the master's room." ”

"Yes!"

After speaking, the catchers all followed the subordinates to search for things, and Chen Jinbao was invited to sit in the hall, and the subordinates served Chen Jinbao a cup of tea and a plate of snacks, and Chen Jinbao ate and drank there alone.

At this time, the young woman sat on the main seat of the hall and asked Chen Jinbao: "Official, the slave family wants to ask, where did Xianggong die?" ”

Chen Jinbao put down the tea in his hand and said, "In that ghost house." ”

The young woman was shocked, and then asked, "Why did Xianggong go there?" ”

Chen Jinbao continued: "This is also something we can't figure out, maybe he was killed and moved there." ”

The young woman cried again, and when Chen Jinbao saw this, he asked, "Madam, I still want to ask, every time your father-in-law goes out, he doesn't say where he is going?" ”

The young woman replied, "No, never did, but just said goodbye and went out." ”

Chen Jinbao touched his chin and was thinking about what to ask next, when Wang Fugui ran over and whispered in Chen Jinbao's ear: "Master, there is a brazier in the deceased's study, and there are things like letterheads burned in it. ”

When Chen Jinbao heard this, he stood up and said, "Take me to have a look." ”

After speaking, the two turned left and right for a while and finally walked to the deceased's study, Chen Jinbao went in to take a look, the brazier was next to the desk, the ashes deposited in it were a little thick, it seemed that things had been burned more than once, and there were some ashes floating on top of the thick ashes.

"These must be freshly burned, right? Who burned it? Chen Jinbao asked.

"Master, it should be freshly burned, but the family members said that this room is only used by the deceased, and the family members generally do not come in, even if it is to be cleaned, it is only cleaned after the deceased orders it, and the family usually does not come in, so it should be burned by the deceased."

Chen Jinbao nodded, and asked again, "Did you find anything else?" ”

Wang Fugui replied: "I haven't found it, the books in here are nothing unusual, and these books are still like new, so they shouldn't have been turned much." ”

"Huh? Haven't flipped it? Did the deceased make so many books for the sake of pretense? ”

"Possibly, master."

Chen Jinbao touched his chin and thought about it, and then said to Wang Fugui: "You go and ask, the brothers will leave if they don't find anything, and besides, everyone must ask this time, don't fall behind again." ”

"Yes!"

Wang Fugui responded and turned around and ran, and this time Chen Jinbao felt that the case was getting clearer and clearer, but there were still a few things that were not clear, and the top priority was to go to the master and ask about the painting.