"Big brother, there is a particularly beautiful chick, look at the kid next to her with a poor and sour face, big brother, if you don't make a move at this time, when will you stay?" There were a few gentlemen in the restaurant not far from the two who were drinking, and a young man sitting by the window with a drunken face saw Su Mubai, and his eyes lit up.

The young man sitting across from him was a little too handsome, he just sat there, and the eyes of the whole floor involuntarily fell on him, even if it was a man.

When this handsome young man heard this, he turned his head to look, and happened to see Su Mubai's flawless pretty face, and his heart beat uncontrollably. But after seeing the figure beside her who tried to make the beauty laugh but kept failing, the young man shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The famous flower already has a master, so don't take the love of others." ”

The young man on the opposite side was not angry: "I don't agree with the eldest brother's statement, that poor sour boy can't even compare to the eldest brother's finger, since ancient times, beauties are worthy of heroes, and they are capable people, according to the younger brother, only a suave noble son like the eldest brother is worthy of such a fairy." ”

Another young man beside him mocked: "People are talented and beautiful, when will you get this monster to oppose it? A fairy like that can actually be blue-eyed to that kid, he must have something very outstanding." Let's just go down and block the way, I'm afraid it won't become a little minion who rushes up to provoke the storyteller and is slapped in the face, and then the fairy looks at that kid even more differently, what do we want. ”

The handsome young man smiled bitterly and raised his glass: "Don't talk about that, come, continue to drink." ”

At this time, Wu Qiao, who was hanging out with Su Mubai, didn't know that he had missed a good opportunity to slap his face and pretend to be forced.

He accompanied Su Mubai to wander around, and when he walked around, he found that the shop in front of him was full of people, and when he walked closer, he saw that Zhao Hao, who had left in a hurry an hour ago, was also here.

Zhao Hao was frowning and talking to his colleagues, when he looked up and saw Wu Qiang and the others, his eyes lit up, and he walked over quickly:

"Brother Wu, what a coincidence. ”

Wu Qian arched his hand: "The two of us consumed food after dinner, and we happened to come here, I don't know why this place is full of people, but what happened?"

"Brother Wu came just in time, and there was a murder here. A Hu merchant in the Western Regions died at home, and the guy in the store who reported the crime said that he was killed, and Brother Wu was well-informed and just helped us take a look at the situation. ”

"Oh, then you have to take a look, Brother Zhao, lead the way. ”

"Please. ”

Zhao Hao took the two to the back room of the store,

"When the guy in the store reported the crime, he said that there was a big business today, and he couldn't be the master himself, so he went to the back room to find the boss, but when he entered the back room, he found that the boss was dead. I've seen it just now, and it's supposed to be suicidal. ”

"Impossible!" the guy red-eyed, "I saw someone come to the boss in the afternoon, and it took a long time for him to come out, I was busy taking care of the business at that time, and I didn't notice who it was, I just remembered that it was a man!"

"But the scene is very neat, and there is no trace of a fight at all. Zhao Hao shook his head, "And he also left a suicide note." Besides, you are the only one at the scene who has seen someone coming, and I also found a person to do an autopsy, Brother Wu, let He Chengzuo come and tell you. ”

Wu Qian nodded.

He Yanzuo, who was standing on the side, walked over: "Wu Shaoxia, Zhao Zhutou, according to my judgment, this Hu Shang Conti should have died yesterday (21:00~22:59), the cause of death was suffocation, according to the traces on the neck, it should be the rope hanging from the neck of the deceased." ”

Zhao Hao was dissatisfied with the guy and said: "It's the time (19:00~20:59), if you did see someone before reporting the crime, then the murderer stayed in the house for more than ten hours after killing someone, according to common sense, this is impossible." ”

The guy didn't listen and still yelled that the boss was killed.

Wu Qian ignored it and walked into the back room. There is also a back door in the back room of this house, connected to a courtyard, the yard is surrounded by walls on three sides, and outside the wall is the downtown area, there is only a well in the yard, and in the corner is a thatched house, and the boss died at the mouth of the thatched house.

He had blonde hair and sat against a wall with a rope around his neck, with a cushion underneath him.

"This place of suicide is really chic. Wu was speechless.

Zhao Hao smiled and handed Wu Qiang a piece of rice paper: "This is the boss's suicide note, which is placed next to his corpse." ”

Wu Poor took the suicide note, which read: Dear Costa, I'm sorry for the trouble I caused you, the money can't be repaid, I have to apologize with death.

"Does he owe foreign debts?"

Zhao Hao explained: "Oh, he took a fellow from the Western Regions to do business, which is the Costa on the suicide note. They didn't have enough money at that time, so the boss Conte borrowed 30,000 taels of silver from the bank, and later the business failed and couldn't pay it back. I judged that he committed suicide because of this. ”

Wu Qian frowned and looked at the suicide note, and did not look back and ordered: "Brother Zhao, please send a brother to find that Costa." ”

Zhao Hao nodded and shouted to find Costa quickly.

Wu Qian looked at the suicide note and fell into deep thought. Looking at the traces of ink on the suicide note, the time of writing should be around the time of the previous day (13:00~14:59), the time of death is Hai Shi, plus there are no traces of fighting, it is indeed like suicide.

The guy was arguing with Zhao Hao: "Zhao Zhutou, the shopkeeper was really killed! He also made an appointment to go out this afternoon to discuss business!"

Wu Qiang noticed Xiao Er's words, and made an appointment to discuss business in the afternoon, but last night he specially prepared a rope and ran to the door of the thatched house, hung the rope on the door beam, sat and strangled himself, this boss ...... It was supposed to have been killed and then faked as suicide.

"Man," Wu Qiao beckoned the man over, "don't worry, you said that your boss was killed, so who do you think is the murderer?

The guy said resentfully, "That's Costa!"

Wu Qian sighed: "I can't determine the murderer yet, but I also suspect that he killed him." ”

"What do you say?" Zhao Hao was curious.

"When you came today, was the back room locked from the inside?"

"Nope. ”

"Will the murderer climb over the wall after killing someone?"

"No, the yard is surrounded by walls on three sides, and there is a downtown outside. ”

"This should be his killing," Wu Qiang analyzed, "People who commit suicide will not lock the door, and no one wants to commit suicide halfway to the end of the only time to be discovered." ”

Just at this time, the catcher came with Costa, who had a thick beard, brown hair, and dark blue eyes, and shouted as soon as he came: "Lord, the little one doesn't know anything!"

Zhao Hao rushed over with a fierce face and asked, "Where were you yesterday?"

Costa was so frightened that he trembled: "Official, the little one was drinking flower wine with his friends yesterday, and he had a conflict with someone and was beaten, you can see that my eyes are still green! At that time, everyone in the Qinglou could prove it to me!"

The guy ran over and grabbed Costa: "Catch the master, it's the one he killed!"

Costa blushed: "Don't smear people's innocence out of thin air!"

Wu Qian patted the guy and asked him to let go of his hand: "Don't worry, he can't go." You say he's a murderer, is there any evidence?"

"Catch up with the boss, I grew up with the boss since I was a child, and I know everything about the boss. Recently, the boss couldn't eat a batch of goods, so he pulled the murderer to do it together, they didn't have enough money, so the boss went to the money bank to borrow a loan, this person took the money, killed the boss, put all the debts on the boss, and got out with the money!"

Costa stalked his neck: "You talk nonsense!"

At this time, the hunter who was sent out to search for him was about to return.

"Your Excellency. Catch quickly walked to Zhao Hao's side and said softly, "That guy lied, the shopkeeper didn't make an appointment to discuss business this afternoon." ”

"Oh?" Zhao Hao glanced at the guy in surprise, shouted Wu Qian aside, and told him what he had ascertained.

Wu Qian asked the catchers to maintain order first, and walked to the door of the thatched house in the backyard alone.

"The guy lied, is the murderer the guy from this shop? Wu Qian squatted down to check the scene while thinking.

"Huh?" Wu Qian saw something next to the corpse and flashed again, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be a piece of fish scales.

He took a closer look at the rope around the neck of the shopkeeper Conte, and finally found what he was looking for.

I see, I already know who the murderer is. Wu Qiang stood up with a smile and walked back to the front room, where Zhao Hao was interrogating his buddy.

"I really made up the business talk in the afternoon, I wanted the old man to catch the Hu merchant and let him spit out the swallowed money and return it to the bank. "But he's definitely the murderer!" he killed the boss for his money!"

"There's no evidence that he's a murderer, and I can't take your word for it. Zhao Hao suddenly realized, "You said that you saw someone coming, and you said that the boss was going to talk about business in the afternoon, and he wanted to blame Costa, so the murderer is you!"

"Wait a minute. Wu Qian stopped the arrester who wanted to arrest the guy, "The murderer is not a guy, there is someone else who should really be arrested, am I right, Boss Costa?"

Costa's face turned the color of pig liver: "You said I was a murderer, do you have proof!"

At this time, Wu Qian had just asked Zhao Hao to send out to find someone to catch him and come back, "My lord, fortunately, I brought the owner of the ice shop back." ”

Wu Qian chuckled: "The last clue I was looking for is back." ”

He arched his hand at the owner of the ice shop: "This boss, I wonder if there is only one ice shop in Anzhou City?"

The owner of the ice-making shop said modestly: "Don't dare, we really only have one ice-making shop in Anzhou City." It's just that because of the high cost of ice making, ordinary people can't afford to consume it, and only the city lord's mansion has a relatively high demand, so there is only one villain. ”

Wu Qian pointed at Costa and asked, "Then I wonder if this Hu merchant has bought ice cubes from you in the past two days?"

The owner of the ice shop nodded: "This Hu Shang came to buy ice cubes yesterday at noon, and he bought a total of four pieces, adding up to thirty catties, because there are not many people who buy ice cubes, so I have an impression." ”

Wu Qian continued to ask: "In a weather like now, how long will it take for the ice cubes to melt when they are taken out of the ice cellar?"

"About half a day. The boss replied.

After Wu Qian sent the owner of the ice-making shop, he turned back to a catcher and said, "Please go to the scene of the crime and bring the rope used to hang yourself and the fish scales on the ground." ”

"Could it be that this Costa is really a murderer?" Zhao Hao said in surprise.

Wu Qian said: "That's right, Costa came to the deceased to drink with a box of ice cubes yesterday afternoon. He drugged the wine, and when the deceased had fainted, he carried the deceased to the door of the hut, then took out the ice cube and put it on the ground, put a mat on it, and then put the deceased in a position to sit on the ice with his back against the hut, and hung the rope on the door beam of the hut, and put the other end around the neck of the deceased, and then he left.

As the ice melts, the place where the deceased was sitting slowly sinks, and the rope around his neck is slowly tightened.

The deceased died at about midnight yesterday evening, when the ice should have melted about halfway, and by the time the body was found, the ice had melted, and because the weather was sunny today, the temperature was relatively high, and there were no water marks on the ground. ”

Costa sneered: "Even if he was killed, what proof do you have to prove that it was my hand?"

Wu Qian glanced at him with pity, and just as he was right, he quickly brought the rope and fish scales.

"You are doing water production, in order to hide people's eyes, you use the usual box to transport fish and shrimp, and the fish scales that are not cleaned in it stick to the ice, and the ice melts, and the fish scales fall to the ground. ”

Costa wiped the cold sweat from his head: "What kind of evidence is this, I'm not the only one who sells fish!"

Wu Qian asked the catcher to quickly raise the rope in his hand, and said with a smile: "I really don't cry when I don't see the coffin, you are very careful, and you also make an alibi, but you forget." You are the only Hu merchant who has been in contact with the deceased in Anzhou City, and there are two colors of hair left on this rope, one golden and one brown.

The deceased is blonde, you are brunette, who else would the murderer be if it wasn't you?"

Costa was arrested with a dead face, and was about to be taken down.

Zhao Hao looked at the cheering crowd and sighed: "Obviously it has nothing to do with them, why should they be so excited? As if it was their family who was killed, it really didn't make sense." ”

"Everyone likes to watch the excitement, killing and being killed, revenge and revenge, what does it matter to the revelryers.

It's best to splash blood higher, and people scream more miserably, and finally the people clapped their hands, saying that they deserved it, and went home to cook and have a baby, regardless of his reason. There was no tone in Wu Qiao's words.

Su Mubai, who had not spoken from the beginning, turned his head to look at Wu Qiang's side face, not knowing what he was thinking.