Chapter 49: The True Murderer
The blue light flashed, Rong Fei took out two sets of ordinary clothes from the jade ring and changed them with Gu Fengxiao, seeing Gu Fengxiao's eyes full of envy, Rong Fei patted him on the shoulder and said.
"Don't worry, I'll find a chance to get you one too."
Rong Fei wasn't drawing a big pie, he really planned to find an opportunity to make some magic weapons to enhance the strength of the Immortal Division. One of the five unique holy places, he couldn't even take out a decent magic weapon, which made Rong Fei, who was a head catcher, feel disgraced.
However, this kind of thing is in a hurry, and you need to touch the wronged bosses like Murong Qiushui and Qingyang Daoren a few more times.
The two changed into their regular clothes, put the saber into the jade ring, and walked towards the Changle Gambling House.
There were two shirtless men standing at the door of the gambling house, squinting their eyes, looking up and down fiercely a few times, and then letting them in.
When you open the thick curtain of the gambling house, there is a thick smell mixed with dry smoke, sweat, and alcohol. Gu Fengxiao twitched his nose a few times and frowned. Rong Fei was mentally prepared for the environment here, patted Gu Fengxiao on the shoulder, and whispered in his ear.
"Take it easy, don't show your feet."
Gu Fengxiao nodded, and looked around as Rong Fei put on a scoundrel look.
The gambling house is very large, and there are more than 10 gambling tables, which are dice shaking, pai gow, guessing odd and even, etc. There are less than ten people around each gambling table, and more than twenty or thirty people, shouting and scolding one after another.
The two of them turned around one by one, and Gu Fengxiao was about to ask Rong Fei what he was looking for here, when a person suddenly rushed out of the oblique stab and stopped in front of the two.
"Can the two officials take a step to speak?"
The person who came was a strong man in his thirties with a beard on his face, his eyes flickering, and he was not a good kind at first glance.
Rong Fei grinned silently and nodded nonchalantly.
The two followed the strong man to a hut, closed the door, and immediately cut off the noise outside and became quiet.
"The contemptible Chen Ergou is the manager of this gambling house. Forgive the contemptible, the two officials are tight, I don't know which yamen they are in? ”
The strong man asked with his fists clenched and asked.
"It turned out to be Brother Dog, and I will be fortunate to meet it. can recognize the identities of our brothers' official errands, this eyesight is not clumsy at all, where is the horse's feet exposed? ”
Rong Fei asked with interest.
"Normal gamblers come here with bright eyes, but the two of them have clear eyes, and at first glance they are not the kind of people who should be here."
Chen Ergou explained.
It turned out that this was the case, Rong Fei secretly reminded himself in his heart to pay more attention to this kind of detail next time he disguised, but he suddenly thought of the easy-to-tire transformation magic power that he had just comprehended.
Immersive performances, I seem to understand how and where this magic power is used.
However, this was not the time to think about this, Rong Fei took out the silver medal from the jade ring to prove his identity and showed it to Chen Ergou.
A city fox club rat like Chen Ergou is worthy of being well-informed, and when he saw the silver medal, he immediately guessed Rong Fei's identity, hurriedly took two steps back, and solemnly clasped his fists and saluted again.
"It turned out to be the most popular immortal in Kyoto in the past two days, Rong Catcher, just now it was a contemptible faux pas, Rong Catcher, please take a seat."
After that, he will go and order someone to serve tea and hospitality.
Rong Fei stopped Chen Ergou and said.
"Don't bother, our brothers have come to Guibaodi recently to inquire about the situation, and leave when they get a satisfactory answer, and never delay your business."
Chen Ergou originally thought that Rong Fei was here to ask for benefits, and was calculating in his heart how much silver was appropriate, and his face changed color when he heard this. His eyes rolled in his sockets for a long time before he asked cautiously.
"Whether the head of the Rong Catcher can say it clearly, the contemptible person must know everything and say everything."
"Hehe, Brother Dog is a smart person, it's boring to pretend to be stupid."
"This..."
Chen Ergou suddenly made a difficulty.
What I'm most afraid of is that the official is so vague, how can I say it? If you say too much, you will not be able to give face to the official, and you will not be able to do business in the future.
After all, ordinary officials have enough filial piety, and they are afraid of the power of the owner behind the Changle Gambling House, so they will not go too far.
This master is a ruthless man who even dares to arrest the household servant, and he even forced the drunken immortal house to lose money and do business, and he can't afford to offend him.
The gambling house, the green house, and the teahouse are the three most well-informed places, and if you want to talk about the recent things that happened in the shadows in Kyoto City, Chen Ergou didn't dare to say that he knew everything, but he also knew the inside story of most of them.
If you want to live a long time on the Tao, a strict mouth is the key.
Chen Ergou's mouth is very strict, but today Rong Fei came to the door in person, thinking that he would not be sent away easily, and he had to give some valuable news.
But what can be said and what cannot be said is something that needs to be carefully considered.
Chen Ergou's face was embarrassed, his brain was running rapidly, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, and he faintly guessed the purpose of Rong Fei's trip. Looking down again, the uppers of their shoes were stained with mud. The street in front of the gambling house is paved with bluestone slabs, and it is impossible to have sludge when you sweep it diligently on weekdays. However, the alley behind is a dirt road, and it had just rained the day before.
The people who live in the alley are mixed, and it is common for people to steal chickens and dogs all day long, but this kind of trivial matter will definitely not alarm the Immortal Division. There must be a big case, has there been any big case in the back alley recently?
Chen Ergou quickly remembered that he heard a gambler mention last night that an old couple had been killed at home the night before, and he suddenly had a direction in his heart.
Chen Ergou walked to the door but didn't open it, but opened a small window on the door panel and beckoned to Rong Fei.
Rong Fei walked over and found that through the small window, he could see most of the tables in the casino.
"On the left, the second gambling table playing pai gow is the one with a black face, his name is Xu Shilang, and he borrowed ten taels of silver to gamble and couldn't pay it back, so he didn't dare to come for a long time. I was thinking about taking my brother to block his door yesterday, but this kid took the initiative to find it and pay it back with interest, and he still had money to continue playing. ”
Chen Ergou stretched out his finger and pointed at the man, and then pointed to a tall and thin man in his forties on the side of another gambling table.
"Li Ada, who worked hard at the canal wharf, lost all his ancestral house last year, sold all his daughters-in-law and daughters to brothels, and lost them again in a few days. But the strange thing is that this guy doesn't know what kind of way he has found, and he can get a sum of money every few days. Don't hide it, I suspect this guy hasn't been a day or two. ”
Later, Chen Ergou pointed out that the two of them were the ones who suddenly had money and made a windfall in the past two days.
Rong Fei listened to Chen Ergou's introduction to the four of them, and asked after thinking for a while.
"Where do all four live?"
"There are three people who live in Xia Xing Lane, next to Chun Tao Lane. There is also a place where you live farther away, but if you come to the gambling house, you should take the path behind Chuntao Lane closer. ”
"Brother Dog, this has already guessed the purpose of this capture, it's really a good eyesight."
"Hey, hey, the head of Rong is too famous, how can you do it if you don't have any eyesight."
Chen Ergou rubbed his hands and smiled.
"Brother Dog, please bring Xu Shilang and Li Adaa over."
Rong Fei roughly judged the size of each person's feet according to the size and height of the four people, and after comparing it with the half of the shoe prints on the wooden fence in his memory, he finally locked the suspects on Xu Shilang and Li Ada.
"Rong Zhutou waits, I'll personally go and arrest those two guys for you."
Soon, Chen Ergou took the gambling house thugs to find the two suspects, and exited the room very sensibly and closed the door.
Xu Shilang and Li Ah cringed and looked at Rong Fei nervously, I don't know what angered this unknown master.
"Sit."
Rong Fei pointed to the stool behind the two and said.
"Don't dare, don't dare."
The two of them waved their hands and shook their heads in a panic.
"Don't talk nonsense, sit down."
Gu Fengxiao raised his eyebrows and shouted angrily.
The two of them were so frightened that they shuddered and hurriedly sat down on a bench.
"Lift your feet, raise them higher."
Rong Fei ordered again.
The two didn't know why, but they did it obediently.
Rong Fei squatted down and carefully observed the soles of the two of them, and then pointed to Li Adao.
"You, get out."
Li Ah Da escaped as if he had been amnestied, leaving Xu Shilang's eyes flickering and his expression becoming more and more nervous.
"What did you do the night before?"
Rong Fei no longer pretended, took out the token and shook it in front of Xu Shilang's eyes and asked.
"The night before... I... I drank too much and slept at home until dawn and didn't go anywhere. ”
Xu Shilang replied hesitantly.
"Where you drank, with whom, at the specific time, how much you drank, tell me in more detail."
"I bought a pot of shochu at a tavern near my home, and when I got home, I drank it alone. It was about a quarter of the hour, and after drinking, I fell asleep. ”
"What time is it when you go to the tavern to buy wine? But who have seen you, and who have seen you? ”
Rong Fei's tone became faster and more stern, and his body leaned forward slightly, staring condescendingly into Xu Shilang's eyes and asking.
"It was probably around the clock when I bought the wine, but I don't remember exactly what time it was. There were only the old shopkeeper and the shopkeeper in the tavern, and there were two tables of guests. ”
"Xu Shilang, you're not honest, are you? If we hadn't investigated, we wouldn't have come here to look for you. I have just gone to the tavern to ask, and the shopkeeper personally said that there have been no customers in the store since the day before yesterday, and it was not until the middle of the hour that two individual customers came to the door, but there was no one in these two individual customers. ”
Rong Fei didn't know which tavern Xu Shilang was talking about, and he hadn't seen any shopkeepers, everything was casually deceiving Xu Shilang.
Xu Shilang's face became more and more pale when he heard this, and in the face of Rong Fei's aggressive gaze, he lowered his head in fear and did not dare to look at him.
Rong Fei sneered, and was about to continue to ask, but Xu Shilang suddenly got up and ran towards the door.
Seeing this, Gu Fengxiao tripped over him with a leg trip, raised his hand to catch the shackles that Rong Fei took out of the jade ring and handcuffed Xu Shilang.
"Poor master... Poor master... I... I didn't want to kill anyone, so... It was an accident. I still have jewelry that has not been taken off, all to the two poor masters, just ask the poor master to let me live, I promise to abide by the law in the future. ”
Xu Shilang, who was pressed to the ground, cried and shouted.
Since then, it has become clear that Xu Shilang is the murderer of the old couple.
Escorting Xu Shilang out of the Changle Gambling House, Gu Fengxiao finally couldn't help the doubts in his heart and asked Rong Fei for advice.
"My lord, how did you know that the murderer was not the old man's nephew but someone else, and how did you know that you could catch the real murderer here in the gambling house?"