Su Zhuo's heart sank, and after a closer look, sure enough, it was Cao Liyi's body hanging on the beam of the room, moving back and forth. Qiu Gongren, www.biquge.info the pen %fun %pavilion, was also taken aback, and hurriedly beckoned people to put them down. Su Zhuo glanced around and saw that there were candlesticks on the four walls, and there was a section of candle in it that had not been burned. He lit the candles one by one, and the room suddenly became much brighter.

The servant originally heard the news of Cao De's death and hurried over, but happened to meet Cao Liyi's body, so he examined it on the spot. The corpse stinked, and he was a little bored with the dead man who had been watching for a day, so he took a quick look at it, and said: "The corpse is hanging on the beam, and there are no external injuries all over the body." His eyes were wide open, his face was pale, and his tongue was sticking out of his mouth. There was a strangulation mark on his throat, which was not handed over to the back of his head, and he did hang himself and died. As soon as he was sure that Cao Liyi had committed suicide, he had no intention of re-examining it, and got up and stood away.

Qiu Gongren glanced at the corpse and sighed: "Sure enough, it's Cao Liyi, is it because he knows that he can't escape the blame, so he hangs the beam and commits suicide......" After speaking, he sighed deeply again.

Su Zhuo listened to the words in his ears, and looked around the room, this secret room has four walls, no windows, only a small skylight on the roof, which is square to let in light and breathe. There was no other entrance to the chamber other than the passage through which they came.

He frowned, and suddenly thought that Cao De didn't seem to know about the existence of this secret room yesterday, and would anyone know about such a secret location? Su Zhuo had some puzzles that were difficult to solve for a while, so he walked slowly back and forth in the room. The interior layout is extremely simple, with only a desk and a chair.

The tables and chairs are very old, apparently some years old. A thin layer of dust had fallen on the table, and a small box had been placed on one side, unlocked. Su Zhuo was curious for a while, opened it and took a look, only to see that the box was full of gold and silver pearls, shining brightly under the candlelight.

Qiu Gongren also saw it and exclaimed: "Is this the money that Cao Liyi is greedy for? Not counting the jewelry, the gold leaf in it is worth a thousand taels of silver! This surnamed Cao is really not a thing!"

Su Zhuo was noncommittal, and suddenly saw an upside-down nail next to the treasure chest. The nails were shiny as new, they were nailed from under the table, and I don't know what to do with them. He inadvertently touched it with his hand, only to find that the nails and the surrounding table were clean, which made him very strange.

Qiu Gongren sighed and said, "Cao Liyi committed suicide in fear of sin, which can be regarded as evil retribution!"

Su Zhuo sneered faintly and said, "Does Lord Qiu really think that Cao Liyi committed suicide?"

Qiu Gongren was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Fang Cai has already experienced it, it seems that it is undoubtedly suicide?"

Su Zhuo didn't answer, squatted down, and re-examined the body. The scar on his neck was indeed caused by hanging, as he said. But he knew that Cao Liyi would never commit suicide, so he lifted the placket of Cao Liyi's clothes, and sure enough, there was a red and swollen mark on his chest, but the color was slightly lighter, and it didn't seem to be fatal.

Su Zhuo sighed, and whispered to himself: "It's the same scar again......" Suddenly, he glanced out of the corner of his eye, and saw Cao Liyi's right hand clenched, as if there was something hidden. Su Zhuo opened his palm and took it out, and it turned out to be the letter stolen by Yan'er.

Su Zhuo was secretly taken aback, and said to himself: "Strange ......"

Qiu Gongren was puzzled: "What's strange?"

Su Zhuo came back to his senses and said, "Oh, this corpse has already stinked, and it has been dead for a long time!"

Qiu Gongren was taken aback and said, "Dead for a day......?" Isn't that dead yesterday?"

Su Zhuo nodded and said, "And Cao Liyi can't have committed suicide! There are doubts: First, if it was suicide, he would have committed suicide in the study, why did he hide in this secret room and hang himself? Second, there were no footprints on the chair under the place where Cao Liyi was hanging, which shows that Cao Liyi did not commit suicide by stepping on a stool at all. ”

"Thirdly, it was pitch black when we came in, but the candles on the walls were not burned. Fourth, you see that the hanging rope is rough and unbearable. If he hanged himself, the deceased would have struggled, leaving a bruise on his neck, but there was only one strangulation mark on the deceased's neck. Fifth, that day, I found that ink had spilled on the inkstone on the desk outside, and Cao Liyi loved it very cleanly and would never spill it. I think it must have been the murderer!"

When everyone heard him say this, they suddenly realized that even the servant was a little ashamed, just because he was lazy for a while, and he actually made such a big mistake. Qiu Gongren glared at him, did not speak, but had doubts about Su Zhuo in his heart, he couldn't imagine that a small head catcher in Chang'an was so knowledgeable, but I was afraid that he was not as simple as a head catcher!

He didn't break through the doubts in his heart and asked: "Liu Zhutou, since Cao Liyi did not commit suicide, then who killed him? If he died yesterday, doesn't that mean that Cao De and those few officials were not killed by him? Who is the murderer?"

Su Zhuo was silent, and the truth of the whole thing had gradually begun to be revealed. He needed to think through it from the beginning and connect all the threads. When the others saw him lost in thought, they didn't dare to speak again. For a while, the secret room was very quiet, and the night breeze blew in through the air holes, which was even more eerie.

I don't know how long it took, Su Zhuo suddenly raised his head, his eyes sparkled, and he said to himself, "I know!"

Qiu Gongren asked, "What do you know?"

Su Zhuo was just about to answer him, when suddenly there was a mockery outside the house, and a fat middle-aged man forcibly broke in. When Qiu Gongren saw the man's anxious appearance, his heart couldn't help but sink. It was none other than the largest money village in Licheng, the shopkeeper of Desheng Money Bank, Shen Cheng.

At this moment, the ugly time is about to end, and if nothing happens, it will definitely be a big deal. And Shen Cheng looks like this, something big must have happened. Qiu Gongren couldn't help but clench his fists with both hands, Desheng Qianzhuang affected the lifeblood of the entire Licheng, and most of the rich merchants' silver was stored in it. As long as there is a wind and grass in this Desheng Money Village, it will give him a headache. He was very nervous and hurriedly asked, "Boss Shen, what's wrong?"

Shen Cheng trembled and said, "Qian Zhuang...... The money bank, it's been stolen!"

Qiu Gongren was obviously taken aback, he knew about the protection of Desheng Qianzhuang, it could be said that it was tighter than the heavenly prison, how could it be stolen casually? He was busy convinced, and said, "You're not kidding, what did you lose?"

Shen Cheng emphasized again: "That's right! Tianzi No. 1 warehouse has been stolen!"

The only bit of luck in Qiu Gongren's heart was completely shattered, and his voice trembled a little: "Let's go...... Let's go, go quickly......" He walked out as he spoke, not even caring about what Su Zhuo wanted to say.

Su Zhuo also realized that the situation was not small, and followed behind Qiu Gongren, wanting to see what was going on. And he faintly felt in his heart that this matter must be related to Yan Linglong, maybe he could find her there!

Desheng Qianzhuang is located in the north of the city, which was the hardest hit place, but because of the high base and thick walls, it was not flooded at all. This is also the reason why Qiu Gongren was so shocked when he heard that the money was stolen. A few people walked along the avenue and passed through half of the city, and when they arrived, it was already dark. There were a few officials at the gate of Desheng Qianzhuang, but a team of heavily armed armor soldiers had already appeared.

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

Shen Cheng shuddered and said: "Don't hide it, my lord, what is stored in the No. 1 treasury of this Tianzi is the things of General Tunwei General Wei." He sent someone yesterday to say that he would send someone from the Licheng Dart Bureau to take things away when he was ugly today. We opened the storeroom just now, only to find that something was missing. We didn't dare to hide it, and we also sent people to the General's Mansion......"

Qiu Gongren only felt a headache, and was about to speak, only to hear a cold snort, Wei Sheng appeared at the door, he saw Qiu Gongren and Su Zhuo, the displeasure on his face flashed, and he said coldly: "Shen Cheng, you did a good thing!"