Chapter 495: Murder in the Dead of Night (5)
"The good window is broken like this, this is a good pear blossom wood, it's a pity~~"
With the old craftsman's sigh, Cheng Ci's words were a little more dissatisfied: "I don't know which god killed it, I actually broke the window! Do you want everyone to eat sand with you? It's really disgusting! It's better not to let me know who this person is, otherwise I will break your dog's leg!"
It wasn't until Cheng Ci's complaints were over that Xiao Wuxian took the initiative to get up and welcome the old craftsman in, and said with a smile: "Grandpa, don't be angry with a junior like me, it's not worth it if you're angry." The junior didn't let you in the door on purpose, it was really just to make sure that this window could only be repaired from the inside. ”
The old craftsman stroked his white beard and said with a smile: "The climate here is not as good as your Central Plains! Sudden cold and heat are commonplace, so the walls are extremely thick. One is for heat insulation, and the other is for wind protection, and this window is naturally two layers inside and outside. ”
As he spoke, the old craftsman had already brought Xiao Wuxian to the cracked window, pointed to the gap in the inner layer and said seriously, "This young man, have you seen it?" The gap inside is much bigger than the outside, and you can see that it has been broken from the inside! The wall is as thick as the width of two strong men, so it can only be repaired from the inside!"
Hearing this, Xiao Wuxian nodded politely: "Thank you for explaining so patiently, the juniors won't bother you to repair the windows." ”
When he turned to face the diners again, his words were a little more confident and calm: "I think you all heard the words of this old man...... The murderer is among us! If this person is not removed, will you really be able to settle down? Maybe the next person to die will be all of you!"
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar at the time, and even more people have begun to clarify that they have definitely not killed anyone.
At the dinner table on the side, Fang Pu, who had been repairing his wounds all night, began to look like a dragon and a tiger again, and kept telling Gu Huaiyan about Dai Chun in the hall: "Brother Huaiyan, you and Cheng Gongzi insist that Dai Chun is the real murderer, do you have any evidence? What do I think, this Dai Chun doesn't look like a murderer!"
Gu Huaiyan said: "The murderer naturally doesn't write these four words on his face, and it's normal that Sister Pu can't see it." ”
Looking at Dai Chun, who was calm and calm on the table next to him, Fang Pu held his chin and muttered: "The murderer really doesn't write these four words on his face, but there must be a motive for killing...... What is her motivation?"
At the same time, Xiao Wuxian's two subordinates had already carried out the gold-inlaid corpse, only to hear Xiao Wuxian squat over and say, "The gold-encrusted corpse has become very stiff, and the time of death is about the second watch yesterday. Next, please report your whereabouts on the second watch yesterday. ”
After a while, Xiao Wuxian stood directly beside Ke Liuyun: "Let me talk about myself first! Because I haven't seen each other for a long time, yesterday on the second watch, Brother Liuyun and I have been talking about some interesting things we have experienced in the room. ”
"I can really prove this, we talked until the third watch. It wasn't until Brother Wuxian felt a little sleepy that I turned around and went to the Tianzi No. 1 room to chat with my buddies and brothers for a while, and went back to sleep in less than a stick of incense. ”
Next, Gu Huaiyan, Ruan Zhinan, and He Zhi proved to each other that the three of them had been chatting and talking together, and the same was true for Fang Pu and Xiang Yang.
The one who came forward to testify for Cheng Yinni was the owner of this inn - Cheng Ci.
"As you all know, Cheng Gongzi is none other than my master when I was a slave in the Central Plains. Therefore, on the second watch last night, our master and servant talked about the old relationship. Even if I didn't meet the city lord, I wouldn't bother to kill that kind of nouveau riche!"
Cheng Ci said that everyone is still very convinced, because the last thing she lacks is money.
The four brothers of wind, rain, thunder, and lightning can be said to be the four least suspicious people, because they live in the firewood house in the courtyard, although they can also shelter from the wind and rain, but the conditions are extremely poor.
But one thing is certain, they will definitely not be murderers, and this can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.
Immediately, the brown-haired man who was full of alcohol yesterday hugged the wine jar and said with a smile: "In Gengyang, after returning to the room last night, I drank a few glasses alone and was drunk and unconscious." If I hadn't heard a scream all of a sudden, I wouldn't have known that anyone had died here!"
"Do you have proof that you're drunk? Who saw it?" Seeing the excitement, the peach girl who didn't think it was a big deal seized the opportunity and became sarcastic, who made Geng Yang not a beautiful man!
In the face of Tao Yao's unwarranted difficulties and the speechless Geng Yang, Cheng Ci took the initiative to testify for him under the instruction of Cheng Yinnie's eyes.
"I can prove that he was indeed drunk, and it was impossible for him to go out and kill people on the second watch. Because the wine he drank was won by a wine merchant in Pinjinwo the year before, and it only took three glasses to sleep peacefully for an hour. ”
"It's not good to be your boss to make money, why do you like to meddle so much?" After muttering this sentence in a low voice, and glaring at Cheng Ci fiercely, Tao Yao Niangzi sat back very boredly, but she didn't forget to throw a wink at Gu Huaiyan: "Gu Gongzi, do you want to come to my room tonight to find me! How about we have a drink too?"
Gu Huaiyan, who pretended not to see it, quickly turned his head over after frowning, and Xiang Yang and Fang Pu, who had always been at odds with her, threw out the words "disgusting" at the same time.
After a while, Tao Yao Niangzi, Dai Chun, Gou Ruobai, Meng Shaomu and others gave their alibi certificates, and even the silver inlaid that had been suspected had Zhao Daliang testify for him, and the two of them were happily gambling on the second watch.
When it came to gambling, Zhao Daliang happily put one leg on the chair: "I originally just wanted to play for a while and fall asleep, but the interest of the silver brothers in gambling is really much higher than ordinary people."
In the end, he even lost all the five thousand taels of silver tickets on his body to me, hey~~ I haven't had such good luck when I'm so big...... I used to lose every gamble!haha......"
Zhao Daliang smiled very vigorously, and Xiao Wuxian took the opportunity to ask, "What do you mean...... You've always been losing every gamble, but you kept winning last night, and you won a whole five thousand taels of silver?"
After hearing this, Zhao Daliang, who was extremely excited, stretched out his hand to slap the table "bang", and showed a mouthful of big yellow teeth with a smile.