Chapter 15 The Murderer
In the early morning of the next day, Su Yao changed into plain clothes and left Huanmenglou through the back door. According to what Li Suifeng said, she went to the northeast of the city to inquire about the news. After Li Suifeng waited for her to leave, he excused himself by saying that he had rested too long and wanted to move, so he leaned on the back door of Huanmenglou and looked in the direction of Su Yao's departure.
Suddenly, a beggar in tattered clothes limped out of the back streets, stretched out the broken porcelain bowl in front of Li Suifeng, and said pitifully: "My lord, enjoy a bite to eat." "This beggar smells terrible, his body is full of fleas, mosquitoes and flies, and his hands and feet seem to be supposed. The maids near the back door had already run away, and a few even ran to call the turtle to drive people away. Only Li Suifeng didn't mind much, and took out three copper plates from his sleeve and threw them into the beggar's bowl.
The beggar hurriedly held the porcelain bowl to his chest, bowed his head and said, "Thank you, sir!" After the beggar left, Li shook his sleeves with the wind, took advantage of the fact that no one around him was paying attention, performed light skills, and left Huanmenglou in the blink of an eye!
After Li followed the wind for about two or three breaths, the maids in the backyard realized that the person was gone! They searched everywhere for a long time, but there was no one to be seen, and they immediately panicked. One of them said, "What can we do? Miss ordered us to keep an eye on him! Now that he is gone, Miss will be angry when she returns." Several maids were discussing the method, and Wen Ying, who was in charge of Su Yao's courtyard, came over. She looked gloomy and scolded a few maids: "We get together early in the morning and gossip, don't you know how to sweep the courtyard!" The maids hurriedly dispersed and said, "Sister Wenying, the son that Miss ordered us to take care of has just disappeared." ”
Wen Ying raised her eyebrows and asked, "The person is gone, what's the matter?" After the maid trembled and told what happened before Li Suifeng disappeared, Wen Ying scolded angrily: "You can't do such a trivial matter, you few, go to the steward to get twenty palms each!"
The maid could only admit the punishment and go obediently. The only one was bolder, and asked tremblingly: "Sister Wenying, what should I do with that person?"
Wen Ying glared at her and said, "If someone is lost, naturally you have to look for it, do you have to wait for the young lady to come back and be angry?" After speaking, she also hurriedly went out of the back door.
Li walked out of Huanmenglou with the wind, and did not go far, but went into an alley. In the alley, the beggar just now was waiting for him with a disdainful face. Seeing Li coming with the wind, the beggar said, "Boy, what do you want to do?"
Li Suifeng said: "Go to the Fuyun Inn and tell Jiang Ci that you don't have to come to me these days." If you want to find out the secret of the big case of the dart bureau, you will go to the northeast of the city to follow Su Yao, and don't easily reveal your whereabouts. ”
The beggar looked at Li Suifeng coldly and said, "Why should I help you, and why should my master help you?"
Li Suifeng said: "First, Jiang Ci is my friend. Second, the stakes are high and may endanger the stability of one party. Third, if he doesn't help me, why should he send you to wait for me nearby? ”
The beggar sighed and said, "If you have bad intentions, you will surely be the one who will be the one who will do evil." ”
"Thank you for your review. Li Suifeng smiled indifferently, performed light skills under his feet, and then drifted away. The beggar looked at the direction in which Li Suifeng left, frowned and said, "Young age, but already a light skill master?" He shook his head, pretended to be lame again, and ran towards the Fortune Inn.
After letting the beggar pass the word, Li Suifeng went straight to the Qianyuan Dart Bureau. The gate of the Qianyuan Dart Bureau had already been sealed, and only a few officials patrolled the surrounding area. There should have been a lot of vendors near the dart board, but now there are few passers-by, and even a few shops are closed, for fear of harming the pond fish.
Li Suifeng avoided the patrol officials and entered the compound of the dart bureau with light skills. The courtyard was even more cluttered than the night before, apparently caused by the people of the government who had searched it. Most of the bodies and exhibits were removed yesterday, leaving behind a dilapidated compound.
Li walked into the lobby of the dart game with the wind, and he could vaguely recognize the pink line marking the death of the corpse. There were still mottled blood stains on the walls, and some traces of knife blades or hidden weapons could be discerned on the toppled tables and chairs. Although the footprints on the ground had long been difficult to distinguish due to the many officials walking back and forth, Li Suifeng could still barely see a little. He followed the blurred footprints and the blades on the walls, tables and chairs, and the pink lines that marked the corpses, and walked back and forth in the game of darts. In the end, he stopped in the room where Yu Guangxiao, the master of the dart game, laughed.
After rummaging through his room for a while, he found an account book under the bed. After Li Suifeng touched the dust under the bed, he put the account book in his arms and left the dart game with light skills. Then, he went straight to the mansion of Siyun Mansion.
Li Suifeng did not use light skills to infiltrate the mansion. Trespassing on the government is a felony, and Li Suifeng is not familiar with the structure of the government office, in case he walks around in it and is bumped into by someone, it is not easy to explain. So, Li Suifeng stuffed a few coins of silver into the little official guarding the door, and asked him to inform Lin Zhenghou, the commander of the patrol. After a short while, he was taken into the palace by the officials.
There is no fixed office location in the government office, and only the old warehouse is used for patrol and rest. After Li Suifeng followed the official all the way to the old warehouse, he saw Lin Zheng, who was just about to go to the street to inspect. Lin Zheng stood at the door of the old warehouse and said to Li Suifeng: "Li Shaoxia, you are the only one alive in the case of the dart game, and you are wearing a night walking black clothes, I should have detained you pending trial." But with the eldest prince and Miss Su as a guarantee, I let you go. You're coming to me now, and if nothing happens, I'm not going to let you go. ”
Li Suifeng looked at Lin Zheng with a solemn expression, knowing that he was worried about the big case of the dart game, and most of his words were not joking at this moment. He hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Commander Lin, he is not talented in the next generation, but he has a lot of knowledge in the world's martial arts, and he can infer the martial arts path of the murderer from the wounds on the corpse. I don't know if Commander Lin can allow me to ......"
"You said you could infer the martial arts of the perpetrator from the scars?" Lin Zheng directly interrupted Li Suifeng's words, and there was a hint of surprise in his expression.
Li Suifeng said: "I don't dare to say that it is all in the middle, but it is also eight or nine and ten." ”
"Okay!" Lin Zheng waved his hand, and he was about to pat Li Suifeng on the shoulder. Fortunately, when he was about to fall, Lin Zheng suddenly remembered that Li Suifeng had an injury to his right shoulder, so he hurriedly stopped, patted him lightly on his left shoulder twice, and said, "You will follow me to the morgue!"
As soon as I entered the morgue, the smell of fish came to my nose. Li Suifeng hurriedly covered his mouth and nose and said, "Such a big case has been done with hard work. ”
Lin Zheng also covered his mouth and nose and said, "How can there be any fakes! Not long after the corpse was collected and delivered, the puppet was only roughly examined, and he was poisoned by the hidden weapon, and he is still recuperating at home! Several of my men were hit. Li Shaoxia is blessed with a great fate, and he can still survive being hit by a dart in the shoulder. ”
"This poison is the most common poisonous phase, from the toxicity of the characterization, it should be the Huangquandu of the Heavenly Gate, unless it goes straight into the flesh and blood, it will not hurt the life, just rest for a while. Li Suifeng said: "I have learned the way of medicine since I was a child, and I have some ways to deal with it, so I can barely save my life." ”
The joy on Lin Zheng's face became more and more. He said: "Li Shaoxia has real skills, and he knows the origin of the murderer's family just by the medicinal properties of the poison. I wonder if you can see any other clues?"
Li Suifeng lifted the white cloth covering the corpses, wrapped his palms around his palms with true qi, and said while examining the scars on the corpses: "If Commander Lin can tell me where these corpses were before they died, my inference can be more accurate. ”
"No problem!" Lin Zheng stood beside Li Suifeng, reminiscing and saying, "These two were found in the backyard stable......"
Li Suifeng inspected the corpse, while Lin Zheng described the location and scene when the corpse was collected for him. The two spent almost an hour in the morgue before they were able to examine all the more than 30 bodies.
Walking out of the morgue, Li Suifeng suddenly felt refreshed. While taking a big gulp of fresh air, he said, "Commander Lin is really powerful, thirty-four corpses, and he can actually remember the death and location of each one. ”
Commander Lin waved his hand and said, "As a patrolman, this is all basic. I wonder if Li Shaoxia can see any clues?"
Li Suifeng had already made up his mind in his heart, but he didn't rush to say the answer, but asked Lin Zheng two questions. "Commander Lin, where are the horses and chariots of the dart bureau now?
"Most of the vehicles were destroyed, and the few that were intact were confiscated from the government treasury. The horses were kept in the stables of the government and were either sold or confiscated. Lin Zheng said: "Wu Guanshan, the master of the Qianyuan Dart Bureau." He is bold and righteous, has the strength of six products, has a good personal relationship with me, and helped me subdue a few splashes who are picking quarrels and making trouble a few years ago. It's a pity that such a heroic man also suffered this catastrophe......"
"And what about his wine?"
"Wuguanshan wine is not good. He drinks a mediocre amount, and if he drinks too much, he will make trouble. Lin Zheng said thoughtfully: "However, since he accidentally injured seven or eight people while drunk a few years ago, he has felt guilty and rarely drinks alcohol. On the day of his accident, he was drunk and made trouble in Yongchang Restaurant, which is a little weird. ”
Li Suifeng nodded, meditating on his own.
"What is Li Shaoxia asking for?" Lin Zheng saw that Li Suifeng didn't speak, and asked, "Is it related to the case?"
Li Suifeng shook his head and said, "It's just a little doubt in my heart, and it has little to do with the case." He paused for a moment and said to Lin Zheng: "The perpetrator of the knife is the Mochizuki Sword Method, which should be above the Eight-Rank Grandmaster." The Huangquandu, which is quenched with the Gate of Heaven on the hidden weapon, should be a long yellow sand, and this perpetrator is also the strength of the Eight-Rank Grandmaster. The person who used his fist, after destroying the limbs of the person, broke the neck bone to kill people, looking at the degree of scars and bone fractures on the corpse, it should be a cross soul breaker, and the strength of this person is also in the eight-rank grandmaster. ”
"Eight-rank Grandmaster?" Lin said, "With this kind of kung fu and realm, most of them have some reputation in the rivers and lakes. It's just that Tianji Teahouse and Yeyu Restaurant are all famous and don't participate in this matter, and it is a little difficult to inquire about the news. ”
Li Suifeng said: "There are not a few masters who make good use of the Moon Gaze Sword Technique or the Cross Soul Lock Fist, but there should be only one eight-rank secret weapon master who quenches poison from the secret weapon of the Heavenly Gate and uses the yellow sand for a long time!"
"Who?" Lin Zheng asked busily.
"Poisonous sand darts, Zhen Sanhai. ”
"I'll order someone to investigate immediately!" Lin Zheng said, "It's good to have a clue about someone." ”
Li Suifeng nodded and said, "This person is ruthless and strong, please be more careful." ”