The little loach really left the team halfway, he went to Qingcheng Mo's house to contact the design drawings. Ma Yangchen handed over the token left to him by Mo Yidi to Xiao Loach, and wrote a letter in his own handwriting, inviting Mo Yidi to the Moganshan camp for a gathering.

When he went down to Yangzhou again, Ma Yangchen was full of emotion.

Thinking of the first time I ate stewed crab roe lion head, thinking of Ye Zhiqiu, and thinking of catching the flying harrier Dong Lin in the fishing net, it seems to be yesterday, and I remember it vividly.

Thinking of Dong Lin, the corners of Ma Yangchen's mouth raised. Half a month ago, he quietly released Dong Lin. And the person who released Dong Lin was able to surprise everyone.

Ma Yangchen and his entourage dispersed in order to avoid people's eyes and ears. He and Dugu Xun did not enter the city, but found a house outside the city, pretending to be a young couple who traveled the mountains and rivers to spend the night. And Mo Yan and Jun Qianhua pretended to be northern merchants and entered the city first to inquire about the news and stayed at the Fulai Inn.

There are only two old people in the family where Ma Yangchen is staying, and the son of an apprentice who has not returned from a part-time job, and there is only one empty room at home.

The old man's surname was Li, and he was very embarrassed when he saw Ma Yangchen and the others, and said: "Although we are poor, the bedding is newly made for our son to marry his daughter-in-law, you can use it first." It's not easy to go out. ”

Ma Yangchen hurriedly said: "Old man, let's stay overnight, don't be too troublesome." This is for you. As he spoke, he took out ten taels of silver and handed it to Old Man Li.

Ten taels of silver is enough for an ordinary family to spend half a year. Old man Li hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't you dare to collect money." Old woman, you quickly clean up the room for the little couple. ”

The old lady was about sixty years old, looked very kind, and said with a smile: "I'll go now." Don't be stunned, go to the kitchen to cook a dish, there are no guests at home all year round, you must not see outside. ”

Ma Yangchen stuffed the silver taels to Mrs. Li and whispered: "This is for you, it seems that the uncle can't be the master at home." ”

Mrs. Li hurriedly said, "You kid." I really can't collect money. Our son is about the same age as you, so you can treat this as your own home, and you are welcome. ”

Dugu Xun took the silver, forced it to the old lady, and said, "You just take it, we are not polite, but because we are our own family, we should pay more." As for you, let it be your sons who go home and honor the second elder. ”

The old lady was puzzled: "Look what you say." Okay, old man, you go to the rich brother in the village to cut two catties of meat and come back, buy a chicken, make jar wine, and I will cook a few specialty dishes tonight, and we will have a meal with the children. ”

Old man Li agreed and left the house.

Dugu Xun made a grimace at Ma Yangchen, which means that I am still powerful. Ma Yangchen pursed his lips.

Ma Yangchen took off the luggage from the horse, put it in the room, and then looked at Dugu Xun, she had already accompanied Mrs. Li into the kitchen to choose vegetables.

Ma Yangchen had nothing to do, walked out of the yard, and came to the street.

The time agreed with Mo Yan is tomorrow, so I will wait for the letter. It is only about thirty miles away from Yangzhou City, and Ma Yangchen estimates that according to the footsteps of Bailongju, he can arrive in an hour. He returned to the small courtyard, took the horse feed from the horse's back, fed the horse, and washed his face by scooping water in front of the water tank. Just as he was about to enter the room, Old Man Li suddenly broke in and shouted, "Oh no, there is a dead person in the rich brother's family." ”

The old woman and Dugu Xun ran out when they heard the sound.

Old man Li panted and said, "When I went in, the lights were on in the house. I shouted a few times and no one answered. When I entered the door, Guo Youcai was lying there, with a lot of blood on the ground. He had a knife stuck in his body, and I didn't dare to look closely, so I quickly ran back. ”

Ma Yangchen glanced at the frightened old man Li and said, "I'll go over with you to take a look." Then he turned his head to Dugu and said, "You accompany your aunt to wait for us at home, and we will come when we go." ”

"Hmm. Dugu Xun nodded.

The two came to the head of the village. Ma Yangchen walked into the house, the light was still on, and he saw Guo Youcai lying on the ground at a glance, the blood on the ground had not yet dried, and the dagger on his chest...

Suddenly, Ma Yangchen was stunned, this dagger seemed to have been seen somewhere. He walked up to the corpse, squatted down, took a closer look, and remembered that there was such a dagger on Lin'an Tan Sihai's chest. Sure enough, the word "Feng" was prominently engraved on the handle of the knife.

Ma Yangchen looked around, the doors and windows were open, and there was no trace of a fight. That is, the dead and the murderer are recognized. The bed was turned over and the cupboard was opened. It seems that the murderer was looking for something.

Ma Yangchen stood up and asked Old Man Li, "Did you hear anything when you came in?"

Old man Li was frightened, and said in a trembling voice: "When I entered the door and saw the light on, I shouted, and when I heard movement in the house, I seemed to see a figure flash and disappear." ”

Ma Yangchen said: "The person is dead. You have to report to the officer. I'm a foreigner, so I'm suspicious. You first go and notify the local security and let him protect the scene. ”

Old man Li hurriedly went to the local security house to report the case.

Ma Yangchen returned to Mrs. Li's house and said to Duguxun: "Hurry up and get out of here." ”

The two were inexplicable.

Ma Yangchen said: "It's too late to explain, said on the way." Uncle Li went to the local security to report to the official, and someone came to ask about the accommodation, so there was no need to say more, just said that two strangers had been here. ”

Ma Yangchen roughly described the appearance and characteristics of Tan Sihai's two subordinates, and asked Mrs. Li: "Do you remember?"

Mrs. Li nodded.

Ma Yangchen thought for a while, took out two silver tickets from his body, and said, "You hide this five hundred taels, and after the matter passes, you and your wife will secretly move out of this place and rent a house in the city to settle down." The other one was handed to the catcher who came to the door, saying that it was given to you by those two people. I have explained to my uncle, what should be said and what should not be said, you just cooperate with him to say it. ”

Mrs. Li had no idea for a while, so she had to follow Ma Yangchen's words, put away the silver ticket, and sent Ma Yangchen and the others away.

looked at her home and looked at the place where she could hide things, Mrs. Li finally folded the two silver tickets in half, wrapped them in cloth, and hid them in her most intimate underwear, and patted them, as if she had completed a big thing.

Just after finishing his work, Old Man Li returned home.

"People are gone?"

"Well, let's go. ”

Old man Li breathed a sigh of relief and said, "There is such a big thing, and the village is all fried." You said that Guo Youcai moved here, and I didn't see who he had a grudge with, so why was he killed?"

Mrs. Li had something in her heart and didn't say anything.

Early the next morning, the county's catchers and servants rushed to the village.

The head catcher is called Daniel Zhang, about forty years old, and he bought this head catcher for three hundred taels of silver to the county master. I was drained of energy in the kiln last night, and I looked listless. The first time I encountered the case of a dead person, I was very nervous, and I couldn't show my timidity, so I had to bite the bullet and investigate.

Yang Xing, the local security guard in the village, followed him behind his buttocks with a shy face and recounted the case to him: "Last night, I was teaching the children that little rabbit cub didn't learn well, so he twisted the beard of Mr. Private School while he was napping. Mr. Private School complained to me, and I was so angry that I tied the little rabbit cub to a tree..."

"Getting to the point. Daniel Zhang looked impatient.

"Good, good. I was about to teach the little rabbit cub a lesson, when the old man Li in the village was Li Shouyi from the west of the village, and he came to say that Guo Youcai had been killed. I followed it and saw that the knife was fatal, but the person was still hot. I quickly found a few people and rummaged through Guo Youcai's house, but I didn't see anyone. ”

Daniel Zhang walked into Guo Youcai's house, looked at the messy scene, and scolded: "You pig head, the scene is messed up by you, how to find clues?" turned to the servant and said, "You go and see, how did people die? If there is nothing special, bury people first, look at the panic." ”

His surname is Tang, and he has been doing this for more than ten years and has rich experience. Tang Qizuo nodded, took out his belongings, and went to work.

Daniel Zhang ordered the following to catch quickly: "Search carefully and see if there are any clues." He turned his head and asked Yang Xing, "Take me to Old Man Li's house to have a look." He was the first to find a body and had to record a confession. ”

Yang Xing led Daniel Zhang and another catcher to Old Man Li's house in the west of the village. The old couple didn't sleep all night, and their eyes were bloodshot.

Daniel Zhang entered the door and looked at it and asked, "What happened last night?" I can tell you, dead people are big cases, you must think carefully. ”

Old man Li described the events of last night one by one, except for Ma Yangchen's overnight stay.

"What are you doing when you go to Guo Youcai at night?" Daniel Zhang said.

"Buy some meat. It's been a long time since I've seen meat at home. Mrs. Li hurriedly said.

"Yes, yes. It's to buy some meat. Guo Youcai's butcher shop has some leftovers to eat every day, and I also try my luck. Old man Li said.

Daniel Zhang didn't hear anything, turned his head and said to another catcher: "Let him sign and draw the charge, have you written down what he said just now?"

Catcher said: "Write it down." Then let the old man Li take the ink and press a handprint.

Daniel Zhang turned around again and said, "Don't talk nonsense to outsiders, don't hear it." When someone asks, they say they don't know anything. ”

"Yes, yes. Old man Li nodded busily.

Daniel Zhang walked out of the house, intending to leave, when he suddenly found that there were horseshoe prints in the yard, and there were horse materials dropped while feeding the horses.

"Someone from your family came last night?" Daniel Zhang asked Old Man Li when he turned around.

Mrs. Li hurriedly said, "No." No one has ever been. ”

Daniel Zhang waved his hand and said, "Arrest them both for me and be blind to Lao Tzu." Obviously, someone from your family came last night, and it wasn't alone, and the horseshoe prints are still there. Deliberately concealing it shows that you are weak-minded, not a party member but also an accomplice, arrest me. ”

Old man Li was so frightened that he knelt down and shouted, "My lord is wronged." Last night... Someone came last night, but we don't know who killed Guo Youcai. ”

Daniel Zhang snorted and said, "Then you tell me about the situation of the people who came last night." ”

According to Ma Yangchen's explanation, Old Man Li told the appearance of the two people.

Just as he was speaking, Tang Chengzuo flashed in, walked to Daniel Zhang's side, and said in his ear: "It's not good, something big happened." Guo Youcai is a eunuch. ”