Chapter 68: The Suspect
"Seventh brother, when they died, it was probably between Shenshi and Youshi yesterday, and those two people in the Qingqiu Pavilion yesterday were definitely not them. ”
"Are you sure?"
"I'm pretty sure. ”
"Well, I think the two of them don't have the ability to harm Brother He. In this way, someone pretended to be them, and the pretense was very realistic, and even Brother He didn't notice it for a while. So much so that Brother He relaxed his vigilance and was poisoned. ”
Gu Qing said: "I think so too, I still have one more thing I want to trouble Brother Seven, please go back to the dart bureau and bring the dart master, let's completely control the Qingqiu Pavilion." ”
"This matter is not difficult, but I am afraid that Master Lu will come back, so it is difficult to explain. Duqi paused, and then said: "If there is any blame at that time, Brother Gu will push it on me." I must do something about Brother He to be at ease. If it weren't for Brother He's help that day, I wouldn't have been able to take pictures of the marrow wash. Moreover, Brother He has promised to hand over most of the silver darts, grain darts, and material darts in his hands to me to do it. Now that Brother He is gone, the person who takes over behind may not be so easy to talk to Brother He. So no matter who the murderer is, I will not spare him. ”
Gu Qing said: "Since the seventh brother is fine, let's start acting." As for the reproach of the master of Lu Yuan, that is also a matter for the future, and I will talk about it then. ”
Duqi said in a deep voice: "Okay, I'll go back and dispatch people." ”
Duqi's dart masters are all characters who go south and north with him, licking blood from the knife edge, and all obey orders, with strong action ability, they sometimes take over the work of protecting important people to travel, and their combat ability is not worse than the elite of the military camp.
This time, Duqi also brought the three cultivators that Gu Qing saw last time, because Duqi was the head of the Weiyuan Dart Bureau, and the three of them became important figures in the Bureau, and they were all Duqi's right-hand men.
It can be said that in order to find out the truth, Duqi spared no effort this time.
Of course, when the news of Duqi's revenge spreads, people on the road will only applaud when they hear it in the future, and their subordinates will be more cohesive.
After all, the dart industry is not only for money, but also for a righteous word.
Qingqiu Pavilion was quickly controlled by Duqi's people, and because Lu Yuan's people did not have He Qing in charge, the dragons were leaderless, even if they had some strength, no one organized them, and they did not dare to act rashly.
Moreover, Duqi is only in charge of the Qingqiu Pavilion, and for the rest of Lu Yuan, he will never step into half a step.
Therefore, the people in the park were panicked, but they did not set off a storm.
However, their actions will definitely be passed on to the owner of Lu Yuan by the ears and eyes left behind by the owner of Lu Garden.
Duqi can't care about this, anyway, he is already the core figure of Weiyuan Dart Bureau, and he is the real culprit of He Qing's death, and the master of Lu Yuan will know at that time, and it will be impossible to do anything to him.
Gu Qing sprinkled some medicinal powder in He Qing's room, and gradually some footprints appeared in it.
It is intricate and messy, and it makes people's scalps tingle.
Gu Qing identified them one by one and found the footprints that belonged to the two people who faked Chunxiang and Dongmei yesterday. However, Chunxiang and Dongmei were not small in their feet, so the fake people did not make a fuss about their feet, obviously not afraid that this incident would become a flaw in their fakes.
Of course, it can also be seen that He Qing's aesthetics of feet are very general. Gu Qing still prefers slender feet.
With some distracting thoughts, Gu Qing continued to concentrate. He found his imitation of "The Long Water and the Mountain" in a hidden corner of He Qing's room.
This painting is still smart, but He Qing is gone.
When Gu Qing made a fake that day, he noticed that the charm of the original real painting was on the fake painting he copied, and he found Yun Niang again and asked about the appearance of another painting, it turned out that the other painting was the painting that He Qing asked Gu Qing to imitate after the Purple Meeting that day.
Yun Niang said that He Qing called the painting "The Sky is High and the Clouds are Light", and He Qing has often observed it recently, so she is very impressed.
"I don't imitate "The Sky is High and the Clouds are Light" well enough, "Water Far Away and the Mountain is Long" is genuine, but the charm is in me. Since they are aiming for these two paintings, they will definitely study them carefully after they get them, and as long as they have a little knowledge, they will find anomalies. Gu Qing thought to himself.
"If they take the trouble to find something wrong with what they've gotten, they'll definitely find a way to look into it again. At least he won't leave Jiangcheng for a short time. ”
At the same time, Gu Qing also noticed one thing, in the Qingqiu Pavilion, he couldn't find the Liyan pen that He Qing photographed. This pen is extremely valuable, and He Qing is most likely to carry it with him at any time, at least in his own room.
What's more, the extremely shallow thumb print on the empty box can be left because there is a very special ink on it, which is difficult to wipe clean.
Of course, Gu Qing also found that the thumb print had already been treated, but it was only limited to the characteristics of the ink, and it could not be completely removed.
What's more, the ink is extremely shallow, even if Gu Qing has such eyesight, he has to look carefully to find it.
Therefore, the probability of ordinary people finding out is extremely low. But Gu Qing has used the Liyan pen in the end, and has some understanding of its characteristics, and thinks that the thumbprint is very likely to have something to do with the Liyan pen.
"It is highly likely that the murderer also took the pen. The thumb print must have been left unconsciously by the murderer when he opened the box, and the thumb print was the thumb of his left hand, indicating that it is very likely that his left hand was a dominant hand. It's just that he was careful and soon found out about it, so he made amends. Probably he doesn't have the same good eyesight as me, and thinks he's handling it clean. ”
Gu Qing sat and kept thinking, as if he was substituting for He Qing at that time.
He was in a good mood yesterday, so if the sound of the piano is beautiful, it is easy to revel in. When he relaxed his vigilance, the woman pretending to be "Dongmei" suddenly killed him.
As for why it is "Dongmei", because "Chunxiang" came with the piano on her back, and there are calluses left by practicing the piano on the fingers of Chunxiang's corpse, Dongmei does not have it.
So the one who plays the piano must be "Chunxiang".
Yun Niang said that "Chunxiang" painted thick eye makeup, combined with the sound of the piano before the two died, Gu Qing suspected that Chunxiang was a fake by the blind piano master, and the eye makeup was painted to cover up his eyes that were different from ordinary people.
Yun Niang also recalled that it was late at night, and under the dim candlelight, Chunxiang sat far away from He Qing and played the piano, with a headdress on her forehead. This can distract others from her eyes even more, and if you disguise it a little, it will be difficult to see the flaws.
After all, He Qing is a cultivator in the end, and the blind piano master is more likely to completely lower He Qing's vigilance.
It was a well-planned assassination.
It's just that before He Qing died, he should have taken out the magic weapon of the Liyan pen and left traces on the murderer's thumb.
"Brother Gu, I'm afraid I have to trouble you to go out in person. Duqi came in and said.
Judging from Gu Qing's analysis of the corpse, almost letting the dead man speak, and using the medicinal powder to show the footprints in the house, Duqi was already completely convinced that Gu Qing was more suitable than him to track down the real murderer.
And in this matter, Gu Qing showed unprecedented initiative. It was the first time Duqi had seen Gu Qing do one thing so seriously.
What's more, Gu Qing is still his savior, so he has always been the only one who calls others, and this time he was willing to be called by Gu Qing, and he also took the initiative to block people who wanted to come in outside.
Because someone in Lu Yuan couldn't wait for the reply of the owner of Lu Garden, they also notified the government.
Duqi blocked wave after wave of people.
From the officials, to the officials, and even the newly appointed wardens, they were all blocked by him outside the Qingqiu Pavilion.
"Xu Zhizhou sent his son-in-law Xu Qingteng here, if he doesn't give an explanation, I'm afraid that Xu Zhizhou may forcibly send someone into the Qingqiu Pavilion. With his strength, we may not be able to hold it. I thought about Xu Qingteng, wasn't he very close to you last time? Maybe you can ask him to give us a little more time. Duqi then said in a deep voice.
Gu Qing said: "Then I'll go out and take a look." ”
Xu Qingteng was just outside the Qingqiu Pavilion, followed by many officials and two cultivators.
When Gu Qing walked out, he looked at everyone's feet, anyway, if he had to develop this habit, he might run into the murderer.
Soon he arrived in front of Xu Qingteng, and subconsciously looked at Xu Qingteng's shoes, "The size is actually similar to one of the footprints." ”
However, this only aroused Gu Qing's suspicion, after all, there were still many people of similar size, and when he came out, he saw several dart masters whose shoes were similar in size to one of the two pairs of footprints.
Gu Qing just glanced at it, then looked at Xu Qingteng, and said with a surprised face: "Young Master Xu, how can you bandage your left hand." ”
Xu Qingteng said with a smile: "Gu Gongzi, I haven't seen you for a long time." I didn't have time some time ago, otherwise I would have come to you to discuss calligraphy and painting. My hands are fine, I just accidentally burned them. ”
Gu Qing nodded, and suddenly reached out to Xu Qingteng's forehead.
Xu Qingteng seemed to be frightened and took a step back.
Gu Qing smiled, spread out his palm, and a snowflake slowly dissolved on it, and he said, "It's snowing again, let's go to the door and talk." ”
Xu Qingteng said suspiciously: "Why is it snowing?" ”
It turned out that except for the snow on Gu Qing's hands, there was no snow in the sky.
Gu Qing said: "It should be going to fall, this piece of snow is an omen." You're golden, be careful of catching a cold. ”
Xu Qingteng said: "Well, let's go to the front and talk, Gu Gongzi, what happened to the Qingqiu Pavilion." ”
Gu Qing walked under the eaves and inadvertently looked at Xu Qingteng's footprints in the snow, which were quite light. At the same time, it does resemble a pair of footprints in the house.
He said: "Brother He's Qingqiu Pavilion was robbed and lost two extremely important paintings, he suspected that it was a thief, so he didn't trust Lu Yuan's people very much, so he asked Brother Duqi and me to help." However, Brother He drank too much wine yesterday and had a splitting headache, and after we came, he quickly fell asleep. But we now found out that the thief was quite stupid, and actually stole a fake. Now we are guarding this place, just in case the thief finds out that he has not stolen the original product and sneaks back. ”
Xu Gongzi was suspicious: "But the people in Lu Yuan said that this is not the case, they said that Steward He had an accident." ”
Gu Qing said: "If you wait for a while, I will wake up Brother He, after all, everyone else can not be seen, you are here, no matter how heavy he sleeps, he should come to see him, otherwise it will be too rude." ”