Volume 3 Chapter 17 This place is silent
Except for the little catcher who found the body, Zhao Wu'an arrived at the scene the fastest.
Of course, this was not for other reasons, but he happened to be standing at the window, so he jumped directly over the window bar and arrived at the scene of the crime.
It had rained the night before, and the dirt behind the inn was still a little damp. A man in a fox mask was lying on his back in the dirt with his face to the sky, bleeding from his seven orifices. Zhao Wu'an stepped forward and leaned over to investigate, and found that although his body was warm, it had long since lost its breath.
Not far away, the little catcher who found the body was cowering in the corner with a frightened face.
Because the Nie family stayed in the inn, Su Qinghe could no longer leave everyone in the lobby, so he could only retreat for the time being.
Now this little catcher should be assigned to guard the place behind the inn, but this quality of being frightened when he sees a corpse is really not suitable for being a catcher.
Having said that, fear is human nature after all, and this catcher is also very young from the looks of it, not yet the crown, at most only nineteen years old.
This reminded Zhao Wu'an of the little catcher he met in Jiuda Temple, and he also remembered the little Shami Debing in the temple.
After all, it is a place where he has lived for nearly ten years, and even Zhao Wu'an cannot have no feelings for Jiuda Temple. But in the blink of an eye, he has left Jiuda Temple for half a year, but he has never heard the slightest news about it on the rivers and lakes, and he doesn't know what this temple has become after that night.
His mind only dimmed for a moment, and Zhao Wu'an quickly came back to his senses, knowing that all of Su Qinghe's subordinates had heard of the prestige of his white-clothed backpack, so he didn't shy away from it, and asked straight to the point, "When did you find out?"
Seeing Zhao Wu'an come up to ask, Xiao Zhu's face turned pale with fright, and he trembled and said, "It's just, just ...... just now."
Zhao Wu'an frowned and said unhappily: "Be specific." ”
His displeasure seemed to have become a signal to wake up Xiao Catch, so that he finally realized his identity, and quickly shook his head, still in shock, and said: "I just changed shifts before a stick of incense, and I inspected this meadow, and when I turned around, I just saw a black shadow jumping down from the upper floor, and I was startled. ”
It turned out that he saw this man fall from the upstairs, and it was no wonder that he exclaimed. Zhao Wuxin's unhappiness with this fast catcher was slightly reduced.
"Where did it come from?" he looked up at the four rows of windows of the inn, "I was at the door of Room C, but I didn't see any dark shadows falling. ”
Xiao Yu quickly shook his head, then stretched out his hand and pointed to the top of the terrace: "From the top floor, it fell from the very edge." ”
Zhao Wu'an looked up at the terrace, compared the position of the body of the fox masked man, shook his head, and said, "This is not quite right. If you look at the position where he fell, it is clearly facing the C-shaped room. ”
Xiao Yu was stunned for a moment, frowned, and said in disbelief: "How can this be?" I'm sure I'm not mistaken, maybe...... Is it the wind, or whatever......"
Zhao Wu'an glanced at him, with a slightly confused look in his eyes.
The solitude between the two did not last long. Soon, a group of people led by Su Qinghe had already walked out through the back door, followed by both fast catchers and ordinary travelers, including the Nie family and Hu Buxi.
It's no surprise that they'll come together. After all, Xiao Zhukuai's exclamation, big or small, if there is no leader, these ordinary guests will not rush to the scene to see what is going on.
Before Su Qinghe could get close to the corpse, Zhao Wu'an approached him and pretended to be calm: "Don't investigate this person's death." The people behind him must be coming for me. ”
Su Qinghe glanced at him suspiciously, but Zhao Wu'an went against him, patted Hu Buxi's shoulder, and said meaninglessly: "Let's go, Su Zhutou has arrived, so we don't have to meddle here." ”
He was about to leave, when Nie Junhuai, who was standing in the crowd, suddenly sneered, and said meaningfully: "You are really everywhere, Zhao Jushi." ”
Zhao Wu'an didn't care, his face was as usual, and he quickly passed through the crowd and disappeared.
Su Qinghe glanced at Nie Junhuai, knowing that he couldn't shake these old rivers and lakes with his strength, so he gave up the idea of persuasion, sighed lightly, walked to the corpse, leaned down, and reached out to remove the mask on the man's cheek.
After all, it is a human life, and it is imperative to confirm the identity of the deceased.
Five fingers touched the edge of the mask and pulled it back, but it couldn't.
Su Qinghe was stunned, increased his strength, and almost tore the mask off the person's face, but the mask still stood still, and it was firmly clasped on the face of the deceased.
A sense of fear slowly rose from Su Qinghe's heart.
"Su Zhutou, what's wrong?" Xiao Zhutou on the side saw that Su Qinghe didn't move, and was a little puzzled.
"Nothing. Su Qinghe shook his head, his eyes were full of confusion, "It's just this mask...... It felt like it was glued to his face. ”
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There is a rule that applies to everyone, regardless of age or gender.
That is, if something happens somewhere, and people are not constrained in their movements, they will move to the place where the accident happened.
There are not many guests living in this inn now, but most of them are in a state of idleness because of the theft of the directory, and as soon as they hear that there is a murder in the back room, they flock to the back door of the inn. Inside this four-story Xuan House, the building was empty for a while.
Zhao Wu'an pulled Hu Buxi to go against the trend, and climbed towards the top floor without looking back. There was silence in the inn, only the sound of the footsteps of the two echoed.
was dragged forward by Zhao Wu'an, but Hu Buxi was inevitably puzzled.
"Boss, where are you going? I didn't even see how people died, so you know where to find the murderer?
"How he died, I don't really care at all. Zhao Wu'an said lightly.
"Hah, worthy of being the boss, he has already jumped out of the case itself, not in an inn but like an inn!" Hu Buxi was solemn and respectful.
Regarding this guy's farts that are shooting indiscriminately all the time, Zhao Wu'an has long lost his temper, and he doesn't refute, but he just said helplessly: "The corpse is wearing a fox mask on its face." Before a stick of incense, he was still talking to me on the rooftop. ”
"Oh, fox mask, that's not the one who made the leaves!"
Hu Buxi was naturally not stupid, and as soon as he heard Zhao Wu'an say this, he immediately changed his internal force to transmit the sound. If someone is around, if the cultivation is not enough, you can only hear a meaningless noise popping out of his mouth.
Zhao Wu'an nodded, and instructed Hu Buxi: "Take out the knife and prepare for a fight." ”
"Hmm, what's going on? There's someone on the roof?"
"Not necessarily, he will definitely choose the most convenient location to escape. Zhao Wu'an shook his head, "Actually, it's too late to block him now, but it's an essential stage for collecting evidence." ”
With that, the two of them had already ascended to the terrace. Zhao Wu'an had just left here half an hour ago, and there was even a tea cup he left on the only stone table.
Zhao Wu'an walked to the very edge of the terrace, looked down the railing, and just happened to see the corpse lying in the grass.
Su Qinghe was surrounding the corpse and began to do the exploration work. A little further aside, there was a large crowd of people, almost all of whom came to see the lively tenants.
"There are footprints on Yang Xie's windowsill, right?" Zhao Wu'an asked.
Hu Buxi nodded: "Yes, what's wrong?"
"Catch Yang Xie, no problem. Zhao Wu'an said lightly, "However, the roster is definitely not on her, nor is it in her room." ”
Hu Buxi looked surprised and exclaimed exaggeratedly: "What, what? What's going on, does this show the murderer? Boss, how do you see it?"
"That's why I said, you should read more books, and don't use busyness as an excuse. Zhao Wu'an glanced back at him helplessly, "Otherwise, let's do an experiment, but for now, arrest people first." ”
After that, Zhao Wu'an pointed to the old tree directly north of the inn, which had witnessed his fight with Su Qinghe, "You go over there." ”
"I'll go over there. Zhao Wu'an pointed to the west, "If you don't divide the soldiers into two ways, you can't catch this person." ”
Suddenly, Zhao Wuan clapped his hands: "By the way, I have to write something for Lao Su." ”
After speaking, he found a pair of paper and pencils out of nowhere, and wrote for a while on the table where he had been drinking tea, and specially covered it up to prevent Hu Buxi from looking at it, and then put it on the table.
"That's it. Old Hu, let's chase it to the north. ”
"But what did you write......" Hu Buxi was still a little curious after all.
"Don't look at it, get out. Zhao Wu'an had a cold face.
"Oh, oh, so ......" Seeing Zhao Wu'an's face, Rao didn't dare to stick to his cold ass anymore, so he obediently didn't turn his head and prepared to head north.
As soon as he turned around, Zhao Wu'an took off the sword box on his body, held it with one hand, and rushed up on the terrace, seeing that Hu Buxi was stunned.
When he rushed to the western edge of the terrace, Zhao Wu'an suddenly lifted his breath, and the thunderbolt exploded, and there was a sudden loud bang in the clear sky, and Zhao Wu'an jumped down from the terrace.
The white clothes disappeared with a swish. And the terrace, where there was no wind on all sides, suddenly gave birth to a yin wind, blowing at Hu Buxi, almost blowing off half of his beard.
"I'm a good one. Hu Buxi was shocked and pressed the half-stubble of his beard, which he regarded as a treasure, "Boss, you can't grow a beard yourself, and you can't do this to my old Hu Xin's hard work." ”
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On the official road a mile west of the inn, a carriage seemed to have been waiting for a long time.
The horses were bored and bowed their heads to nibble on the unpalatable grass on the side of the road, while the coachman sat upright on the cart, his hands clutching the reins tightly, and there was no hint of relaxation on his face.
The sound of creaking wheels was heard from behind the car.
Hearing this voice, the coachman breathed a sigh of relief and said lightly: "You are here." If it was a little more night, the pavilion master would have to be furious. ”
"Well, let's go. ”
The man in the wheelchair reached out and grabbed the railing of the carriage, and with a sharp force, he got up from the wheelchair and sat in the car, and then reached out again and easily carried the wheelchair into the car.
The coachman raised his horsewhip, "You came in time, and you weren't targeted by those Nie family members, right?"
"Don't worry, I've never let the Pavilion Master down. The man's voice was slightly hoarse, "Go directly, don't wait for Jia Qi." ”
"Not waiting?" the coachman was slightly stunned.
"She's been targeted, and she can't run away. ”
"Okay. ”
The coachman sighed and waved his whip, and the horse, which was still gnawing on the grass, was instantly in pain, and as soon as he craned his neck, he galloped towards the woods to the west.
In the twilight, the carriage walked through the plains, and there was silent thunder.