42. Skinny monkey

After listening to my words, Uncle Mei raised his head and asked, "Rong Sheng, what do you mean?" ”

I said: "There are a large number of tomb robbers in the shopkeeper Wang, and the backbone members of the gang must all come from other places, but eighty percent of the people who usually let out the wind, scatter the soil, dig holes, and touch treasures are locals. It is impossible for dozens of them to be outsiders, and such a scale is too large to easily attract the attention of relevant departments. ”

When Uncle Mei heard this, he immediately nodded and said, "That makes sense!" Our town is a place where birds don't, and there are usually no outsiders coming over at all, but if a large group of outsiders suddenly come, they will definitely startle the snakes. Those rats are very shrewd, and they will never show this horse's feet! ”

I added: "In addition, the rats who look out for the wind and scatter the soil need to show their heads frequently, and inevitably meet with the people of the town, these two kinds of work cannot be done by outsiders, and only the locals will not arouse suspicion." ”

After saying this, the tiger baby squinted her eyes and asked me, "Brother-in-law, what do you mean by scattered soil?" ”

I hurriedly explained: "The rats who rob the tomb have to rob the hole, and the soil layer around the ancient tomb is different from the ordinary soil, such as green plaster mud, white plaster mud, rammed earth mud and the like, if these soil are seen, they will detect that someone is robbing the tomb, so it must be scattered in all directions little by little, so as to avoid being discovered." That's what loose soil does. ”

Uncle Mei then added: "Those who scatter the soil must walk around in order to scatter the soil that has been punched into the hole, and this movement will inevitably be seen by others." If it is a foreigner walking back and forth, it must arouse suspicion, so the pot holder often has to find a local mouse to do this work. ”

After listening to my and Uncle Mei's analysis, Hu Wazi immediately said: "Okay, I'll take the brothers to arrest all the rats in the town and ask them all!" As long as I have done grave digging and digging graves, I will not let go of any of them! Wait! ”

Uncle Mei hurriedly stopped and said, "Stop!" You melon baby! Isn't that a scareless snake? There are so many rats in the town, can you catch them all? When the time comes, let them hear the wind, and they will already run away! ”

I also persuaded: "That's right, it's best not to mobilize the army, if you want to arrest people, you have to strike accurately, and you can get it at one time!" ”

The tiger baby asked me, "How did you get it at one time?" How do I know which rat is involved in this? ”

I thought about it, turned my head and asked Uncle Mei: "Uncle Mei, could the Tuxing Sun we caught in the mausoleum at that time be a local?" I heard him speak Trump, with a local accent. ”

Uncle Mei nodded and said, "It's possible!" Even if he doesn't live in the town, he is also a person from the Sichuan and Shu areas, and if the shopkeeper Wang is recruited locally, it is indispensable to let Tuxingsun match! ”

I hurriedly said to Hu Wazi: "Hu Wazi, there is a nickname in this batch of rats called Tuxing Sun, but he himself is not surnamed Sun, but surnamed Rao, rich Rao, you secretly send brothers to investigate to see if you can find a mouse who is closely related to Tuxing Sun, they must know some inside information." ”

The tiger baby replied decisively: "I know! Rest assured, within a day, I will catch someone! ”

With that, he brought a gust of wind and walked out of the courtyard in the blink of an eye.

I hadn't completely subsided my fever at this time, and after talking to Uncle Mei and Tiger Wazi for a while, I began to sweat profusely.

When Uncle Mei saw it, he hurriedly cooked me a bowl of noodles and let me eat it while it was hot, and fed me a piece of antipyretic medicine, so that I could sleep with my head covered after taking the medicine.

Although I had slept for five days, I was still very sleepy after taking the antipyretics, so I lay down in bed and slept again, and when I opened my eyes again, it was already dark.

The fever reducer worked, and when I woke up, my temperature returned to normal.

Just as I was about to go to find Uncle Mei, I suddenly heard the sound of a car outside, and then the low and angry roar of the tiger baby came in from the door.

"Be honest! Don't make a sound! Dare to shout at Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will break your neck! ”

I quickly rolled over and got out of bed, put on my clothes and walked out.

I saw that the tiger baby was carrying a thin man like a chicken, and he was coming in from outside the door.

The thin man had a blue nose and swollen face, and was obviously severely repaired by the tiger baby, he had thief eyebrows, sparse hair, and his appearance was not good.

When I looked closely, I saw that his ten fingers were thin and long, the muscles on his belly were full, and the cracks between his nails were full of black mud.

Although I am not like Jiang Yongguang, I am an expert at catching rats, but when I saw the hands of this thin man, I immediately recognized him as a tomb robber.

Seeing me come out, the tiger baby said in a deep voice: "Brother-in-law! Caught! This kid is Tuxingsun's apprentice! The last two months have been active in our town! ”

I was overjoyed when I heard that.

If you catch Tuxingsun's apprentice, you will have hope to find out the murderer of Aunt Mei, and if you find out the murderer of Aunt Mei, you will have hope of finding the whereabouts of Sister Xiaomei!

At this time, Uncle Mei also heard the movement and walked out, and when he saw that the tiger baby had caught a big living person and came back, he was a little flustered at first, but he quickly returned to normal, pondered for a while, pointed to the cellar in the yard, and said, "Throw him into the cellar!" lest the neighbors hear it! ”

I glanced at Uncle Mei with admiration - sure enough, the ginger was still old and spicy.

The tiger boy obediently grabbed the thin man, dragged him into the cellar, and tied him up with the hemp rope hanging on the wall in the cellar.

Uncle Mei pulled a wire, connected a light bulb, and hung it in the cellar to illuminate.

I followed them down to the cellar and closed the cellar door, so that no matter how much noise we made inside, the neighbors would not be able to hear it.

When the three of us arrived, the thin man begged for mercy desperately: "Good man spare his life!" Heroes spare their lives! I'll give you whatever you want, just want to leave me a cheap life! ”

Uncle Mei asked Tiger Wazi: "Who is this person?" ”

Hu Wazi said in a deep voice: "I don't know what his real name is, everyone on the road calls him Thin Monkey, the Tuxing Sun surnamed Rao you are talking about is his master!" He followed Tuxingsun through a lot of fights and made a lot of money. ”

Uncle Mei nodded, walked over to look at him, and asked, "Are you really Tuxingsun's apprentice?" ”

The thin monkey looked at Uncle Mei timidly, and said weakly: "I am, I am really...... Ladies and gentlemen, has my master offended all the heroes? There is a debtor and a debtor, you should seek revenge from him! I have a very average relationship with my master! He took in a bunch of apprentices, and the one he looked down on the most was me! You're looking for the wrong person! ”

Uncle Mei's face was impassive, and he said lightly: "Okay, wow, then let's go find your master." But your master is a thief! There is not even a shadow, where do we find it? You tell us, where is your master now? ”

In fact, we all know the whereabouts of Tuxingsun, and he is now afraid that he has been drowned in the ancient Shu tomb.

But Uncle Mei deliberately asked this, just to set the words of the thin monkey.

The thin monkey cooperated, and hurriedly replied in a low voice: "Heroes, I don't dare to lie to you, to be honest, I don't know where my master is......"

As soon as he heard this, the tiger baby instantly turned his face, stepped forward and kicked him in the chest, kicking him on his back and falling to the ground.

"Mom sells batches! Still not honest? I see you're a toast and don't eat and drink! ”

The thin monkey couldn't breathe for a long time after being kicked, and fell to the ground and struggled for a while before he said with a bitter face: "Good man! Don't fight! I didn't lie to you, I really don't know where my master is! All I know is ...... A few days ago, he talked about a big deal, saying that he had caught a high-ranking man's car and wanted to go to the bottom of the Tuojiang River to make money...... Make good money! ”