Soon, the little maid took the original copy of the case file from the study, Jin Yu handed the copy of the case file to Shen Congrong, and he was about to say with the original, Shen Congrong opened the case file and said: "Don't worry, you sit down first, I will ask, and you will answer." ”

Jin Yu responded and sat aside, looking at Shen Congrong with the case file in his hand, ready to answer Shen Congrong's questions at any time.

Shen Congrong roughly flipped through the case file, so far, a total of twenty-eight people have disappeared, according to time calculation, the earliest person who disappeared disappeared from everyone's sight a month ago. These people have nothing in common, they are all out and about, some are in their own fields, some have disappeared from the owner after work, and some have disappeared after coming out of taverns and gambling houses. If you want to say the only thing in common, that is, before these people disappeared, they all brought a sum of money to the family, a lot of money.

Shen Congrong closed the case file and asked, "Lord Jin, after these people disappeared, how did you investigate their last whereabouts?"

Jin Yu thought for a while and replied: "Lord Bing, the first person who disappeared we only asked the neighbors, and also asked the people who were working in the fields at the time, and the neighbors all saw him go out, but the people in the fields didn't see him, we visited a few streets nearby, and they all said that we hadn't seen him." Then we put up a notice all over the town, and the second person who reported the crime came to report the crime after reading the notice. ”

After a slight pause, Jin Yu swallowed his saliva and said: "After having the second one, we attach great importance to it, and we have visited and questioned the merchant ships and several streets near the wharf and their neighbors that the missing person was with before he disappeared. ”

"Hmm, ten taels, what kind of work do they do, how many people do it?" Hearing that there were ten taels of silver, Shen Congrong felt that something was wrong, ordinary laborers only paid four or five dollars for carrying goods once, and the most they could do with a merchant ship was only one tael of silver, and ten taels of silver was really unusual.

"Uh... They went to Pinggu County to do work, the owner said that it was to transport flowers, and the owner gave a lot of money, a total of three hundred taels of silver, a total of ten laborers, but only one was missing, and the remaining nine laborers we checked later, they are still working normally on the dock, and there is no abnormal situation. Jin Yu thought about it for a while.

"Go to Pinggu County to transport flowers?" Shen Congrong suddenly thought that today Liu Hu said that the flowers in their store were bought from Pinggu County, so coincidentally, a laborer who was implicated in their store was missing?

Hearing Shen Congrong's question, Jin Yu asked, "What's the matter, my lord, is there anything wrong with Pinggu County?"

Shen calmly put the case file on the table, looked at it with one hand and said, "Oh, there's no problem, it's just that this is the second time this official has heard about this place today, and it seems that there is something in this place that wants to tell me." ”

"By the way, you said that the second missing person had just been paid ten taels of silver before he disappeared, had he ever investigated the Qinglou and the gambling house?" Shen Congrong did not dwell on this issue in Pinggu County for a long time.

Jin Yu replied: "Xia Guan also thought at that time that he took so much money, did he go to the Qinglou and the gambling house, although his wife, the workers on the dock and his neighbors all said that he was an honest man, but Xia Guan still went to check, this check, although he did not find the second missing person, but found the third missing person. ”

Shen Congrong rubbed his forehead and said: "According to the description of the case file, the third missing person is working at Sun Yuanwai's house in the town, and he just finished working at Sun Yuanwai's house before he disappeared. ”

Jin Yu nodded and said: "Yes, although the third missing person is a good gambler, but the neighborhood has a good reputation, and his work is done carefully and beautifully, so people often ask him to work, when we met his wife at the time, we also said that someone came to the gambling house to find him to work, so he didn't go home." ”

"But the man at the gambling house told you that he had won twenty taels of silver at the gambling house on the day he had paid his salary, and no one came to him to discuss his work, and the tenant outside the gambling house said that he had gone to a tavern, and the tavern man said that he was very drunk, and left the tavern at the beginning of the night, and the clue was broken. Shen calmly flipped through the case file and said.

"Ah yes, although we comforted the informant at the time and said that he might have met someone looking for him to work in the tavern, and he didn't have time to go home and tell her, but the third missing person was still a person who cared for his family, and it was the beginning of the year, and very few people were working at that time, and we also recorded it and kept looking for him. Jin Yu was very impressed by this person who was very good at gambling but was highly praised.

"Bring me a map of the town and show me all the routes that the missing people had taken before they disappeared, the places they had traveled and their homes. Shen calmly thought that to find out what these missing people have in common, we have to start from the intersection of their routes.

Jin Yu heard Shen Congrong's request, and went to the study to get the map in person.

Shen calmly asked Feng Muge: "Pastoral, you look at the file and tell me your opinion." ”

Feng Muge quickly scanned it and said: "Judging from the records of the dossier, there is no intersection between them, they are all ordinary people, and the places where they disappeared are different, and they have not been in the same place before they disappeared, but the only thing they have in common is that they have a good reputation." ”

"Good people can help others do something without making people suspicious. Shen Congrong wanted to drink saliva, but found that Jin Yu might have been too nervous and didn't let people serve tea.

Feng Muge thought for a moment about Shen Congrong's meaning and said, "Mr. means that this characteristic of theirs is exactly what the demons need, and use their reputation to control more people?", as he spoke, Feng Muge saw Shen Congrong's movements, so he went to the door to greet the little maid for tea.

After Feng Muge came back, Shen said calmly: "If there is no accident, the demon will definitely use this to control more people, but the problem now is that they have been missing for half a month, and even a month, which is not in line with what we think, of course, it may also be that the demon is familiar with people's lifestyle, to prevent rash borrowing of their skins and causing mistakes, but I hope they really go out to work." ”

Feng Muge nodded and said, "When the map arrives, we will be able to find what they may have in common, and soon, we will be able to find them." ”