Gu Shenwei pondered the words of the prostitute Shen Yanshi, and didn't understand why she was meeting a child instead of two adults, and he suddenly remembered the Dongbao he knew, where killing and poking was both a means and an end, simple and direct.

Zhong Heng returned to the Beicheng Government Office, Tie Hanfeng led his apprentice to the south wall to settle down, he drank more wine than usual, saw more people, Gu Shenwei sat on the side and listened to the news that came one after another.

Xu Xiaoyi claimed that everyone knew him in Nancheng, it seemed to be true, everyone called him "little ghost", "boy", "little jumping bean" and other pronouns, but no one found the whereabouts of him and Xu Yanwei, the two sisters and brothers disappeared in Nancheng, and there were no similar corpses in the surrounding suburbs within ten miles.

"It's really strange, in Nancheng, even two ants can't hide from the eyes of these people. ”

In the middle of the night, the number of people who delivered the news gradually decreased, and Tie Hanfeng clenched his wine glass tightly, becoming more and more puzzled about this matter.

"Maybe they've taken refuge in the North City. Gu Shenwei felt that this was the only explanation.

"I thought of it a long time ago, but the two of them, a thief and a prostitute, are not qualified to enter the North City at all, and the records of the various city gates have also been checked, and no one of unknown origin has entered the North City. ”

Gu Shenwei had seen the guards of the northern city, and he had to register the name and confiscate weapons of everyone who entered and exited, even the killers of Jinpeng Castle were no exception, so it was indeed not easy for the sisters and brothers to sneak in.

"Unless they are burned to ashes, they will always be found. ”

After Tie Hanfeng said this, he poured a big sip of wine, and fell asleep with his head up, he never slept in bed, at least Gu Shenwei had never seen him lying in bed.

Gu Shenwei sat quietly, watching the drinkers staggering away and falling down groggy, silently calculating the time in his heart, there is no such profession as a husband in Nancheng, he felt that it was almost the fourth watch, and stood up.

"What for?" Tie Hanfeng asked as he stopped snoring and closed his eyes.

"Take a breath. ”

Gu Shenwei walked out of the tavern, went around in a circle, entered the city through another gap, walked a few streets randomly, confirmed that no one was following behind, and went straight to Liuren Alley.

The guests who bought the drunk have long receded, and the guests who bought the spring have just been satisfied, and they have walked out of the gentle townships, some people are complacent, and some people have mysterious whereabouts, they want to go home before dawn, and maybe they can find a reason to deal with the blame at home.

Gu Shenwei once again touched the non-existent handle under his waist, feeling the anxiety and uneasiness of his empty hands.

After another group of guests, Liuren Alley finally fell silent temporarily, the lights in the small building were extinguished one by one, and there were always some guests who were finally "stayed".

Gu Shenwei stood outside a few houses, next to the corner, observing Xu Yanwei and Shen Yanshi's small building, the former one had no lights inside and outside, and the latter one only had lanterns lit in front of the door, and the building was dark.

A quarter of an hour later, Gu Shenwei quickly ran to the door of Shen Yanshi's small building, the door was hidden, as if waiting for his arrival.

He gently pushed the door in, the layout here was almost the same as the small building opposite, he went directly to the back door, pushed it into a void, and then went upstairs lightly.

There was no servant, and he was probably sent away.

The door of the bedroom was also hidden, and Gu Shenwei listened for a while, and found that there was no sound of breathing inside, the sound of anyone's breathing.

Pushing the door open a crack, Gu Shenwei dodged in, and immediately saw two corpses, he quietly walked over, leaned over to check, it was Shen Yanshi and the mother-in-law who served her, a knife in one abdomen, and one in the neck was chopped.

The dead man's eyes were round and wide, even larger than before he was alive, emitting a faint light, losing his sense of reality, but it made Gu Shenwei's senses more keen, and a chill swept down his spine from the back of his neck.

He turned around and saw the man sitting in the corner, breathless like a dead man, but indeed alive.

"I wonder if the killer will ever come back. The man in the corner said.

"Maybe the killer is waiting for a scapegoat. ”

Gu Shenwei gave up his intention to escape, because the two knew each other, he just didn't expect the other party to be a master.

"Maybe the murderer is waiting for this good show. ”

Zhong Heng stood up and walked to the corpse, "It's another masterpiece of the Jinpeng Castle Narrow Knife, and the knife technique is similar." ”

"Not really. ”

"Oh?"

"Jinpeng knife technique is fast, and the knife in and out is only a matter of a moment, so the knife edge is very small, smaller than the width of the narrow knife. Shen Yanshi's wound was caused by a narrow knife, but the murderer stabbed in slowly and stayed for a while before pulling it out, so the knife edge should be larger. That mother-in-law, the wound was not deep, and she died of too much blood, which is not the style of Jinpeng knife method to kill with one knife. ”

After saying that, Gu Shen was also surprised to himself, he had seen countless corpses in Dongbao, and he had never paid special attention to the wounds, but the difference seemed to him to be so obvious.

"You're right. ”

Zhong Heng squatted down and even touched the wounds of the two corpses for a while, "When killing this woman, the murderer was very close to her, and it was likely that he was holding her with one hand and stabbing with a knife in the other. When killing the old woman, the murderer used the flat machete method that he was not good at. ”

"You believe me?"

This is the second time Gu Shenwei has asked different people the same question.

"Not necessarily, it's not easy to change the knife technique from slow to fast, but it's easy to change from fast to slow, and you discovered the murderer's flaws so quickly. ”

"What do you want?"

Zhong Heng retreated to the corner, sat on the soft chair, and pondered silently for a while, "I want to solve the problem." ”

"I thought you were going to find out the real culprit. Gu Shen was sarcastic.

"I just want to solve the problem. ”

"I'm your 'problem', do you have to solve it now?"

"No, Jinpeng Castle has given you three days, and I won't take a penny. ”

Gu Shenci longed for a knife by his side, but it was so strong that his throat was dry and itchy.

The two were silent for a while, and Zhong Heng suddenly spoke, "You didn't understand what I meant?"

"I don't know how to guess riddles. ”

The man in the corner let out a good-natured laugh, "The 'truth' is very different from the 'problem', let's use an analogy, someone in the house has lost a hundred taels of silver, and the person who tracks down the truth wants to know whether the silver exists, whether it has been lost, and who is the thief, and the person who solves the problem wants to conjure up a hundred taels of silver to satisfy everyone, and as for where the money comes from and who provides it, it is a trivial matter of no importance." ”

Zhong Heng's words were as incomprehensible as Tie Hanfeng's sentence "It's not about looking for the real culprit, but proving that he didn't kill the third person", Gu Shenwei seemed to understand and always felt that something was wrong.

"What is the problem you want to solve in this matter?"

"The problem I want to solve is to bring the real culprits to justice. ”

Gu Shenwei was stunned for a moment, and then understood that the other party was joking, which made him very annoyed, why couldn't things be explained clearly, and he had to go around in circles in a fog? He thought once again, how simple the killer world in Dongbao was, even Xue Niang seemed so sincere and straightforward.

Two men play dumb riddles between two corpses, neither asking why the other happened to be at the scene of the killing.

When it was almost dawn, Zhong Heng stood up again, this time preparing to leave, "I'm going to ask everywhere, what about you?"

"I want to ask too. ”

"Good. ”

The five prostitutes who originally belonged to the pot-bellied Buddha lived very closely, three in the north of the street and two in the south of the street, one was missing and one was killed, and Zhong Heng played the role of patrolling and reporting the funeral.

When the first prostitute heard the news of his death, she sat up from her bed and said as if in a dream, "Dead, and another dead, a man is more than a flower, but there is no running water to pay, and he is buried with a pinch of loess, and he is dead, he is dead." Then he fell asleep.

The second prostitute had a guest sleeping upstairs and was questioned downstairs, "If you want me to say, she is looking for death by herself, doing this business, just concentrate on making money, don't be ambitious, she is just too ambitious, just like the missing Shen Yanwei, aren't you the prince of Chaju killed by whom? What a coincidence, these two sluts happen to be the prince's favorite bitches, they fight to the death, I thought that the Xu family sister and brother were killed by Shen Yanshi." ”

"You didn't say it yesterday. ”

"Yesterday, my lord, I have a 'prince' to receive, so I'm not here. If you want to say that Prince Ju, he is not a good guest, although I am a bitch and should not arrange guests, but he is not my guest, of course, you say, don't you?"

"Yes, go on. ”

"He was too ruthless, so Xu Dad was willing to give his own daughter to him for scourge, and that Shen Yanshi, who was willing to do anything for money, if it were me, the mountains of gold and silver would not pick him up in front of me......"

The third prostitute had already learned of the death in advance from somewhere, and lit two pillars of incense for her sister downstairs, "Everyone wanted to squeeze into Beicheng, but they all went into the wilderness, Sister Yan Shi didn't pick up guests yesterday, she closed the door early in the morning, saying that she was too tired and wanted to rest." Alas, you don't care who killed her, you just want to know about the prince, I have nothing to say, and those who want to kill him can fill the alleys of Liuren. ”

Gu Shenwei wanted to find the servant woman beside Xu Yanwei, it is said that the one she sent away in advance, the prostitutes didn't know anything about it, but a mother-in-law reminded, "Go to Mrs. Xiao's side to inquire, Mrs. is the most pity for the old and the weak, and may have taken in Mrs. Li." ”

Returning to the cold street, Gu Shenwei felt that his heart was blocked, and he didn't vomit or feel unhappy, "That sister and brother, are they really the biological children of the big-bellied Buddha?"

"Well, so it's no surprise that they asked you to kill someone, it's a matter of time. ”

Gu Shenwei leaned against the wall, really vomited, stood up, and said, "Everyone knows his behavior?"

"This is Biyu City, everything you can think of happens here, and you will get used to it slowly. ”

Zhong Heng's tone was so calm that it made people angry, Gu Shenwei forced himself to calm down, he is not here to save the world, no one can save the world, the world will destroy itself, he thought.

In the entire Liuren Alley, the building where Xiao Fengchai lives is the most spacious and luxurious, in fact, she occupies three buildings by herself, and it becomes one.

Mrs. Xiao is resting, no one can disturb her, Mrs. Li next to Xu Yanwei is really here, but she can't provide many clues, Ju Gaotai is a frequent visitor to Xu Yanwei, but she is not the only guest, she was sent away in the afternoon of the day before the incident, so I don't know if Xu Yanwei has any guests that night, let alone who left the 1,000 taels of silver.

"A thousand taels of silver? I've never seen such a bold guest wife. ”

The two were about to leave, and Mrs. Li remembered something again, "A few days ago, there was a Mi Gongzi who often came, and he seemed to be really rich, if you want to say who can spend a lot of money, I think it is him." ”

Mi Gongzi comes alone every time, either wearing a robe or a cloak, acting secretively, except for Xu Yanwei, no one has seen his true face, there are often such guests in Liuren Lane, and it will not attract too much attention.

Gu Shenwei thought about this "Mi Gongzi", and a picture in his heart gradually became clear.