Volume 6 Chapter 14 The Chamber of Secrets

Qiu Gongren's face changed greatly, standing at the door, he didn't dare to step into the door. Su Zhuo, www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, entered the door, squatted beside Cao De, looked at the scene carefully, and said casually: "The wine spilled on the ground has dried up, forming a watermark, and Cao De has been dead for more than an hour......" The person lying on the side, Su Zhuo, didn't know him, so he asked the guard: "Who is he?"

The guard was also stunned for a long time, and then he said: "He, he is a subordinate, named Cao Qi, is a smart and clever little guy, and often follows Lord Cao. ”

Qiu Gongren finally came to his senses and walked into the house. He didn't expect that there would be dead people, and he didn't bring the pretense with him, and he couldn't help but feel a little remorseful at the moment. He took a brief look, saw Cao De's death, and there was a pot of wine on the table, and guessed: "Cao De died of poisoning?"

Su Zhuo nodded, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in his heart, he didn't expect that this time he was one step behind everywhere, no matter where he went, the people related to the case must have been wiped out. He tried his best to restrain himself and force himself to calm down.

Qiu Gongren didn't know what Su Zhuo was thinking, and reached out to touch the body of the little guy. Su Zhuo grabbed his wrist suddenly, and said coldly, "What are you doing?"

Qiu Gongren was stunned for a moment, and when he saw Su Zhuo's eyes, he couldn't help but feel a little flustered, and said, "What's wrong?"

Su Zhuo's thoughts were chaotic, and he had already begun to suspect Qiu Gongren. Because only he knew all the insiders of Cao Liyi's case, and only he could enter the room of that inn without being suspected.

But he thought about it again and knew that he had guessed wrong. Qiu Gongren has been with him all day, and he can't get out of his body to kill people and kill people. But if not him, who would it be?

Su Zhuo said softly: "Lord Qiu, be careful, the corpse is only afraid of poisonous ......" He said this to hide Fang Cai's suspicions.

Qiu Gongren didn't think much about it, and said, "It's okay...... In my opinion, Cao De seems to have committed suicide by drinking poisoned wine, I don't know right? So how did this Cao Qi die?"

Su Zhuo said: "Does Lord Qiu think that Cao De committed suicide? I don't think so!"

Qiu Gongren was stunned for a moment and asked, "How can you see it?"

Su Zhuo pointed to Cao De's corpse and said, "These watermarks on his body are caused by the spilling of poisonous wine on his body. If he really drank poisonous wine by himself, how could he sprinkle so much on his body? There is only one explanation for this, that is, the murderer forcibly poured poisonous wine into Cao De's mouth. Cao had to struggle desperately, and then he would spill it on his body. ”

Qiu Gongren thought about it for a while, and said: "So that's the case, could it be that Cao Liyi did it again? Then this Cao Qi must have accidentally witnessed Cao Liyi's murder and was brutally murdered!"

Su Zhuo shook his head and said, "Cao Qi didn't die of poisoning, if it's really what you said, why didn't the murderer also pour him a cup of poisoned wine? Besides, his body has begun to stink, I'm afraid he died yesterday!"

Qiu Gongren was taken aback and said, "Yesterday?"

The guard said suddenly, "It seems that Cao Qi has indeed not seen ...... since yesterday."

Qiu Gongren slapped the table hatefully and scolded loudly: "This Cao Liyi!" He turned his head and rushed to the official who came with him: "Why don't you bring all the Cao family here?" They must know Cao Liyi's whereabouts, I have to ask today!"

Everyone took the order and went straight to the backyard to arrest people. After a short time, a group of weeping old and weak women and children were brought to Cao De's house. These people had never seen such a scene before, and they were so frightened that they were already paralyzed and fell to their knees.

Qiu Gongren asked sharply, "Do you know where Cao Liyi is hiding?"

Those family members cried loudly, but they didn't know. Qiu Gongren couldn't think about it for a while, and in the face of these women and children, he couldn't be ruthless and tortured. He looked at Su Zhuo helplessly.

Su Zhuo didn't have the heart to interrogate him, and he was full of doubts in his heart, and secretly thought: "Why did Cao Liyi kill Cao Qi yesterday? And why did he strip him of his clothes? The guard said that he didn't see Cao Qi yesterday, which means that it is impossible for Cao Liyi to leave the house pretending to be Cao Qi, so how did he leave?"

He suddenly reached out and tore off Cao Qi's shirt, only to see that there was also a purple-red lump on his chest. Su Zhuo gasped and was secretly shocked: "Sure enough, it's the same person again!"

Su Zhuo was confused in his heart, and he didn't know how to solve the mystery. Two days of sleepless work made him even more tired. He stood up, feeling a ache all over his body, moving his muscles slightly, and turned his head to look around the room. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Su Zhuo's mind, and the big case shrouded in fog that had been hovering in his heart suddenly popped up.

He exclaimed, "Study!" Before he could say more, he took the lead and ran towards the study.

Qiu Gongren didn't know why, so he hurriedly followed. When I rushed to the study, I saw that Su Zhuo was already standing in the courtyard and looking at the big house. Qiu Gongren asked, "What...... What's wrong?"

The corners of Su Zhuo's mouth returned to a sneer, and said, "When I came that day, I faintly felt that this study was strange. Haven't you seen it yet?"

Qiu Gongren was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's strange?"

Su Zhuo pointed to the study and said: "Look at this study, the room is four or five zhang wide, but when I entered the room yesterday, I found that the inner room was simply furnished, at most two or three zhang, isn't it strange?"

Qiu Gongren was reminded by him, and immediately realized this, and thought, "Could it be that there is another room in this house?"

Su Zhuo didn't answer, kicked open the door, and entered the room to look closer to the wall. He held a brush in his hand, and from time to time he gently tapped the wall with the barrel of the pen.

Qiu Gongren didn't dare to speak, Su Zhuo listened with his ear against the wall for a long time, and finally heard an abnormality. He checked back and forth around the area a few more times, and it was clear that one of the walls was hollow!

The wall was blocked by a bookcase, so there was nothing out of the ordinary. Qiu Gongren hurriedly called for someone to move the bookcase, and sure enough, he saw a small crack in the wall, which was originally blocked by the bookcase, and he couldn't find it at all.

Su Zhuo tried to push, but the wall didn't move. He knew that there must be another mechanism in this, and he frowned for a moment. He suddenly remembered the inkstone spilled ink on one side of the desk when he entered the room yesterday. At that time, Cao De was very strange, and he didn't know why the ink spilled out.

Su Zhuo frowned, and whispered to himself: "Could it be ......" He reached out and lifted the inkstone gently, but the inkstone did not move at all. He tried to turn it twice, and sure enough, he heard the creak of the machine slowly turning.

Everyone was shocked, but Su Zhuo ignored them and said secretly: "This mechanism is very exquisite, no wonder it is difficult for others to find out!"

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw the crack in the wall slowly open, revealing a small black doorway. The doorway is so narrow that only one person can pass sideways. Su Zhuo hurriedly said: "Hurry up and come in with candles!"

Qiu Gongren's subordinates hurriedly sent candles, and Su Zhuo took the lead, holding the candles, and walked sideways through the doorway, followed by Qiu Gongren. Passing through a narrow corridor, the front suddenly opened up and it seemed to be a large empty room. Su Zhuo took the candle flame and shone it around, and saw a figure cast on the wall, swaying, very scary.