Shao Xi habitually put his thumb on his chin, "I just don't know what is in that armor that can make her willing to take such a big risk." ”

"Young Master, have you ever felt that my identity is a trouble?"

"What identity?"

"I'm a thief!"

"You? You're just a stupid thief who leaves a note for someone after stealing something. ”

"Hah! Isn't your purple kite girl going to leave a paper kite every time? ”

"This identity itself is not a trouble, the trouble is that now that Jiaku has been burned and Kuding has been killed, this account will definitely be counted on her head, and you should know very well what kind of people those people are."

Lao Wu put away his smile and said seriously: "Speaking of this trouble, it seems that we should talk about business." ”

Shao Xi asked the previous question again, "How are you checking over there?" What is out of the ordinary? ”

"When you asked about the case before, I listened to it from the side, not to mention anything else, but what I couldn't understand the most was why I chose to pick the lock at the front door if I wanted to sneak into the armory? Our line of work is able to go through the window without going through the door, leaving no traces and not seeing people, the main entrance is guarded by Kuding, and the main door is chosen to pick the lock, even a novice who has just entered the industry will not do this. ”

"So what did you find?"

"I asked the guard who guards the armor all the year round, and learned from him that in addition to rain, snow, and resurgence weather, the wind window above the armor is basically open all year round, which means that anyone who has a little experience in stealing will never go out of the door, but will choose to enter the armor through the wind window, which can avoid everyone's sight and save the trouble of picking the lock, I have also asked about the height of the wind window, even the worst thieves can enter the armor with tools."

Shao Xi paced back and forth in the house, as if thinking about something, "Now that there is no way to verify what is missing in the armory, have you ever found out who was near the armory at the time of the fire?" ”

Lao Wu replied without thinking about it: "Yes, the treasurer Liang Daoqian entered the Jiaku before the fire, saying that he went to check if there were any omissions in the patrol guards, and as soon as he left, the Jiaku caught fire. ”

"Humph! No wonder! He seemed to hate the purple kite to the core, thinking that the purple kite had stolen something from him, what could it be? ”

"What if that girl really stole something from Liang Daoqian? That must have something to do with the theft of the treasury silver a few days ago, because according to my inquiry, Liang Daoqian's daily official business is located in the treasury. ”

"It's a pity that I can't really ask anything from the purple kite, otherwise this matter can be explained."

Lao Wu thought for a moment and said, "The top priority at the moment is not to figure out these things, but how to clear the suspicion of this Jiaku matter from that girl tomorrow." ”

Shao Xi nodded in agreement with Lao Wu's idea, since the whole thing cannot be restored for the time being, then at least help Zi Kite clear the suspicion of murder and arson.

"Now it seems that it is not unreasonable that Qingshan County is rampant all year round, except for Xing Wenxin, most of the officials in this county are vegetarian meals, and when they see the wind and rudder, there must be some corrupt people who bend the law."

Shao Xi and Lao Wu summarized the clues they had collected and the judgment and analysis of the matter, and the two were so busy all night.

The next day, the county guard was in the house.

Chen Mohuai smiled with a smile on his face, and said politely to Shao Xi and Lao Wu: "It's really hard for the two adults, although the thieves have not been caught, and there is such a big thing in Jiaku, but it is really hard for the two adults to run away for half a night, so I will arrange a banquet below to thank the two adults." ”

Shao Xi looked at Chen Mohuai, listened to his yin and yang strange tone, and said in his heart: "I'll rub it!" This is a secret poke and poke irony, me and Lao Wu are incompetent! The person was not caught, the armor was burned, and a person died, and in the end nothing was found, and this pot wanted to be thrown to us? ”

"There is no need for a banquet, we are here today to discuss with you the many doubts in this case, if you have different ideas, please put them forward, but if there is any official in the county involved, I also hope that Lord Chen will not protect it."

"The two adults are really self-denying people, since this is the case, let's talk about the case first, Lord Shao can rest assured, if such a major matter involves county officials, the lower officials will definitely handle it impartially, and will never protect their shortcomings, please rest assured."

Shao Xi now said that the words from the mouths of these officials were like listening to the cries of ducks, and he glanced at the several officials present, and did not talk nonsense with them, and directly talked about the arson case in Jiaku.

"Judging from the clues we have so far, this case is not an ordinary thief who committed theft, accidentally killed someone and set fire, but someone inside the armor deliberately arranged and put it into practice, as if to destroy something and cover up something."

Chen Mohuai raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile, "Why did your lord say this?" Is there a reasonable explanation or evidence for making such a judgment? ”

"The first is the way to enter the armory, if a normal thief sneaks in, he must choose to enter through the wind window above the armory, and never choose the way to pick the lock at the main entrance guarded by the garage, because it is both risky and unnecessary."

Sitting on the side, Xiong Dutou, who was in charge of the case, asked suspiciously: "But after we checked, the door lock of the armory is indeed open, if it is not pried open by thieves, who will it be?" ”

"Everybody thinks that the lock that was opened at the scene was picked by a thief, but you forget that the easiest way to open the lock is with a key, and anyone with a key can open the lock."

Everyone was in an uproar when they heard this, and Shao Xi was implying that the person who used the key to open the door lock that night was also extremely suspicious.

When Liang Daoqian heard this, he hurriedly stood up.

"Xia Guan did go to check the patrol guards of the armor last night, and also used the key to open the door of the armory, is it because of this that I will also be suspected by you?"

Shao Xi turned his head and glanced at Liang Daoqian, and said with a smile: "Lord Liang doesn't need to be so excited, I just said the way to open the lock, and I didn't say that the person who opened the lock is suspicious, as for who has what kind of suspicion can not be confirmed through one or two things." ”

Chen Mohuai also played a round on the side and said: "Treasurer Liang, don't be too sensitive, and listen to Lord Shao's words." ”

"The fire and the murder at the place of the crime are all in the armory, if the thieves' infiltration alarms the Kuding, but the Kuding does not have the key to the storehouse, how can he enter the warehouse? If it is a thief who kills someone and sets fire, please think about it, which thief will carry a long knife when stealing, and carry tung oil? If the purpose is not to steal, but to kill and set fire, then why burn the armor? Is there something in the vault that must be destroyed in order to cover something up in this way? ”

After Shao Xi finished speaking, the officials present had already begun to talk nonsense.

From the above, it can be inferred that when Kudin entered the first storehouse, someone must have opened the door for him and entered the first library with him, so a new question arises: if the arsonist killed the Kudin, why did the person who opened the door not die at the scene? Where is this man now? Why didn't you come out and explain what happened that night? Then there is only one possibility, and the person who killed and set fire to the arson was the one who opened the door for Kudin and entered the vault with Kudin. ”

After Shao Xi finished speaking, almost all the people present looked at Liang Daoqian.

Liang Daoqian's face changed at this time, and he stood up and shouted, "Lord Shao, what do you mean by this?" Doesn't that mean I'm the one who kills and sets fires? But why should I do that? I did open the door at the time, but I don't remember if it was locked when I left, maybe it happened that when the door was not locked, he opened the door and entered the first storehouse. ”

Shao Xi sneered: "Lord Liang's remarks are really far-fetched enough. ”

Liang Daoqian looked unconvinced, "If Lord Shao can't come up with a reasonable enough explanation, the lower officials can't accept Lord Shao's false accusations against the lower officials, I haven't said that I have made meritorious contributions in Qingshan County all these years, at least I haven't made any mistakes, and now it's not too child's fun to say that I killed people and set fires?" It is unacceptable to the Majesty. ”

"I asked him last night, and after he found out that the root cause of Kudin's death was that he pierced the whole person with a knife in the front and chest, and the person who could have such a strong force must be a man with strong arms, and perhaps he often practiced knife skills on weekdays. In addition, being able to stab him in the chest in front of Kudin and only use one knife means that he is an acquaintance, and if Kudin confronts the thief, this knife cannot be so clean, so it must be an acquaintance who suddenly kills Kudin when he is unprepared. ”

Hearing this, Liang Daoqian smiled, "In this way, Xia Guan has no suspicion, Xia Guan is just a civil official and does not practice martial arts, and Xia Guan is not familiar with Na Kuding, everyone present understands these things, is Lord Shao relieving me of the suspicion of murder and arson?" ”

Shao Xi smiled and said, "On the contrary, these two points prove that it is you." ”

Everyone present was stunned, because what Liang Daoqian said just now was indeed known to them, how could this become the basis for identifying Liang Daoqian?

Chen Mohuai also asked puzzled at this time: "Lord Shao, we all know what Treasurer Liang said, why did these two points become the basis for identifying Treasurer Liang?" ”

"I remember last night when I came to the mortuary to inquire about the results of the autopsy at the Jiaku fire, I reached out and pulled Treasurer Liang's arm, which was originally just an unintentional move, but as a martial arts cultivator, I immediately felt that Treasurer Liang's arm was solid and powerful, the muscles and bones were prominent, and there were calluses left by years of knife practice at the mouth of the palm of the hand.

Liang Daoqian sneered and said: "Xia Guan often wields some swords at home on weekdays, but it is only for physical fitness and has no practical use, if even this is the basis for identifying me as killing and setting fire, wouldn't it be ridiculous?" ”

Shao Xi glanced at Liang Daoqian, "If you want to prove whether you can do martial arts, it's actually not difficult at all." ”

"Oh? How to prove it? ”

"Because you don't want to die."

"You're going to kill me?"

"Are you going to let me kill?"