Chapter Forty-Eight: The Taoist Temple is Besieged
Yang An came to the firewood room alone, but found that the old man was already inside, this time the old man was alone, the old man coughed twice, and said, "You are here!"
"Old-timer, are you waiting for me?"
"You should have guessed it!"
"I did guess it! During the day, the old-timers seem to have something they want to say but don't say!"
"It's actually very simple, look at his feet!"
Yang An didn't see anything after looking at it for a long time, so Old Man Song blew out the candle in his hand, and Yang An saw that the sick man's feet were slightly shining!
"This is the glowing powder you sprinkled, old man!"
"That's right, I didn't come out until after the third watch yesterday, which means that this person also went out at or after the third watch. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"I heard a cough during the third watch, so I followed out, saw your old man, and then followed all the way here, now I think that cough may be the cough of this sick man!" Yang An remembered what happened last night.
"I didn't cough, I was careful when I came out!" the old man explained.
"Could it be that I heard that cough from the sick man?"
"Possibly!"
"There is glow powder on his shoes, which means that there should be glow powder along the way, can we follow the glow powder to find the place where the murderer was killed, or will the murderer also have glow powder on his body?"
"Impossible, first, there is too little luminous powder on the road, it is difficult to see at all, not to mention that the moonlight is still very large tonight, and it is a cover for luminous powder, as for the murderer, the possibility of touching it is very small, first of all, the deceased and the murderer are face to face, and the murderer is very likely to find the luminous powder under his feet, so he is very careful. Even if the murderer doesn't find out, you see how much is not on his feet at all, and even if the murderer touches his feet, how much can he touch?" Old Man Song explained word by word and was very serious.
"In this case, it is very difficult to find the scene of the killing!"
"Actually, there is no need to find a place to kill people at all!"
"Why?" Yang An was puzzled!
"You should have found the scene of the first man's death, what did you find?"
"I know how to kill people, but there is still no progress on the murderer!"
"That's right, the murderer committed the crime at midnight, and everyone slept alone in the room at this time, which means that no one had an alibi. The method of killing people is also very simple, they are all killed with a sword, and the dead are two people who basically don't know martial arts, which means that as long as people with martial arts can easily kill them, that is to say, anyone can kill them. Looking at the method of dealing with the murder again, the first one, on the surface, was hidden in the straw pile, and then the Taoist carriage was dragged back by mistake when it went to mop the grass, and the other was simpler, thrown behind the Sanqing statue in the main hall, and there was no one in the main hall at night, so it was easy to do this, that is, everyone could do it. What does that mean?"
"The murderer and his cunning make it impossible for us to find out!"
"That's right, sometimes the simpler the murder method, the more confusing it is!"
"What does the old man mean?"
"Sometimes you can't be too rigid, you can't find any clues from the murderer's method of killing, you can start from the motive of the killing!"
"I've also thought about this, if you want to know the motive, you must know their identity, but they will never say why they came, now we only know that Zhan Wangyue and the gang are Jia Yidao's people, Song Cong and Song Hui, we don't know who they are at all!"
"There's only one way. The old man smiled mysteriously.
"What's the solution?"
"One word, wait, I'm sure they'll all be revealed soon. ”
"What kind of solution is this?"
"Be patient, young man!"
"I have one more question!" Yang An also smiled.
Say. ”
"What the hell are you, old man, I don't think you look like a businessman who has ever done a job!"
"Young man, I'm like them, I'll surface soon!" said the old man.
"Then I have one more request, you can take me as an apprentice!"
"What can I teach you? Needless to say, your martial arts are naturally very flexible, and I don't know how many times stronger than me, an old man who has been half-cut into the ground!"
"No, old man, your wisdom is very human, if you can teach the juniors, it will be of great help to the juniors in the future!"
"Even if my old man has wisdom, it is only a small wisdom, and the one who really has great wisdom is definitely not me! If you really want to learn, you don't have to worship me as a teacher, I will naturally mention something if I can. ”
"Thank you, senior!"
The days passed, but there was no further development of the case, and on this day these people sat together again and were suspicious of each other, when suddenly, a little Taoist priest came in and said, "Lord, we are surrounded by officers and soldiers, and it seems that there are thousands of people!"
Bai Yundao said: "The five errand officials, please be accommodating to Lord Song, and wait for the matter here to be over." ”
"It's not our people, and there aren't so many people in the entire Torture Yamen, and it's impossible for all of them to go out to arrest one person!" Bu Lie explained.
"Who could that be?"
"Just go out and have a look!"
"No need to go out, the prime minister is already here!" Saying that, hundreds of elite soldiers surrounded the entire backyard, and a gorgeously dressed middle-aged man walked in, perhaps this is the most gorgeously dressed person Yang An has ever seen, Zhan Wangyue and all his subordinates bowed down and said: "I have seen the minister!"
Everyone was shocked, this person was Jia Rudao? That's right, his son died, how could he not come, but the person who came was not good, not to mention that he brought so many officers and soldiers.
"Don't say so much, take me to see Cheng'er first!" Jia Rudao said.
"Yes!" Zhan Wangyue hurriedly took Jia Yidao to the firewood room.
"Cheng'er, my father told you not to come out, why didn't you listen, I know what you think, my father didn't blame you, and I didn't feel that you couldn't do anything, I just hope you grow up safely." Daddy, I regret that I didn't send someone to chase you back in the first place, so that you became what you are now......"
Everyone gathered outside the firewood room and looked at it.
"Xiangye, don't be too sad!"
"You still have the face to say, you are the number one master of the Prime Minister's Mansion, you are not dead, how can you let the son die?"
Zhan Wangyue hurriedly knelt down and said: "Xiangye, the villain is wronged, the villain said in the letter that the son went out in the middle of the night and did not inform us." ”
"Then you are also guilty of dereliction of duty!"
"Yes, yes, the villain is guilty!"
"Forget it, there is no way in the world now, has the murderer been found?"
"I didn't ...... Nope!"
"What are you eating, your master was killed, it's been five or six days, and the murderer doesn't know who it is, where do you put my face as a prime minister?"
"Villain...... Convicted!"
"What's the use of knowing the guilt, what I want is the result! Forget it, don't check it, kill them all!"
"Huh?!"
"Ahh
"They have a lot of martial arts masters, if they really make a move, we may not take advantage of it!"
"This prime minister brought 10,000 soldiers and horses from the five cities this time, and he can't clean them up?"
"Xiangye, this is different from fighting, I'm afraid that if I'm in a hurry, they will be unfavorable to Xiangye. ”
"Don't talk nonsense, do what I do!"