Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 329 First Arrival in Liuzhou
Liuzhou is located in the South of the Five Ridges, and is a large and densely populated city. Because of the timber produced here, the folks have the law of "eat Guangzhou, live in Suzhou, live in Hangzhou, and end in Liuzhou".

It was noon, and the streets were bustling with noise.

In front of the Qingyang inn, the state government officers and the third class of tolerance surrounded the inn, and the atmosphere was extremely tense.

The people onlookers looked into the inn with their heads poking around, pointing and discussing in low voices: "What's going on?"

"Last night, Qingyang Inn committed a murder."

"What, homicide?"

"Yes, I heard that two guests died in a guest room, both of whom were hacked to death."

"how do you know?"

"Early this morning, I went to Ziyang Street to buy goods, and happened to meet the owner of Qingyang Inn who went to the state government to report the case. He told me. At that time, his face turned pale with fright."

"This Qingyang Inn is usually quite quiet, how could such a thing happen?"

In one room, two bodies were lying on the ground.

Wen Kai, the governor of Liuzhou, knelt down and carefully examined the wounds of the deceased.

The wounds were all in the throat, more than two inches long, and the blood had coagulated.

Wen Kai stood up and looked around the room.

The furnishings in the room are very simple, only two couches and a dining table.

The owner of Qingyang Inn stood aside with a very nervous expression on his face.

Wen Kai turned his head and asked, "When did these two people enter the store?"

The boss hurriedly said: "Return to your lord, it was yesterday evening."

Wen Kai asked, "So, when did you find the body?"

The boss said, "This morning."

Wen Kai nodded, and said to Fa Cao beside him: "The blood from the wound of the deceased has solidified, so judging from this, the murder should have happened around midnight last night."

Facao nodded and said, "That's right. Lord Inspector, you see, the two deceased were killed by a knife in their throats. This kind of situation is rare."

Wen Kai nodded.

Facao said, "My lord, could these two have fought each other to death?"

Wen Kai shook his head: "It's absolutely impossible. First, there is no murder weapon in the room. Second, the two deceased fell head-to-head, which means that the murderer killed them face to face."

Fa Cao turned his head and asked the boss, "Did you hear anything last night?"

The boss said with a bitter face: "Back to the adults, the young one delivered dinner to the two guests last night, and the two of them locked the door. The young one also went back to the room to rest. Because of a busy day, he was very tired. I slept like a dead pig at night and didn't hear anything."

Wen Kai asked: "Who is on duty in the store?"

The boss said, "Ah, it's a dumb girl."

Wen Kai nodded slightly: "Call her here."

The boss continued: "Yes, yes."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and shouted outside: "Xiaofeng, come in quickly, your lord wants to ask questions!"

A very ugly girl walked in quickly, looking at the governor in a daze.

The boss jumped up and slapped her hard: "You bastard, you don't kneel down when you see Lord Inspector!"

The girl fell to her knees with a "plop" and kowtowed repeatedly.

Wen Kai quickly helped her up: "Okay, okay, get up."

The girl stood up.

Wen Kai asked gently: "Were you on duty last night?"

The girl nodded hesitantly.

Wen Kai then asked: "Did you hear anything in the middle of the night?"

The girl thought for a while, raised her head, and gestured.

The boss next to her gave her a brain and scolded: "Idiot, you gesture slowly, adults can't understand!"

Wen Kai's face sank: "Well! Don't scare her, step aside!"

The boss hurriedly stepped aside.

Wen Kai looked at the girl's gestures, pondered for a moment and said, "You mean, you heard the sound of someone falling to the ground?"

The girl nodded again and again.

Wen Kai and Fa Cao looked at each other, and then asked, "What happened next?"

The girls gestured again.

Wen Kai asked, "You knocked on the door, but there was no sound from inside?"

The girl nodded and gestured for a walk with her hands.

Wen Kai said: "Then, you left?"

The girl nodded.

Wen Kai took a deep breath, smiled and said, "Okay, you can go."

The girl turned and walked out the door.

Wen Kai said to Fa Cao beside him: "Last night, the murderer was indeed here."

Fa Cao nodded: "Your Excellency is wise."

Wen Kai turned around and asked the boss: "Did anyone else enter the store last night?"

The boss shook his head: "No, just these two guests. My lord, the shop closes at Youshi, and it has been closed at Xushi. Unless the murderer flew in by himself."

Wen Kai nodded, and said to Facao beside him: "Order the yamen servant to collect the body, and send it to the state yamen for inspection."

Fa Cao replied: "Yes."

……

There are people coming and going on the street, and the sound of shopkeepers hawking can be heard endlessly, creating a bustling scene.

The guise of a "hanging pot to help the world" doctor emerges from the crowd, and under the guise is a familiar face - Di Renjie.

He was dressed in casual clothes, with a shawl on his head, holding up the doctor's mask in his hand.

Behind them, Wang Mang, Di Chun, Zhang Huan, Li Lang, Yang Fang, Ren Kuo and others followed.

Di Renjie stood by the street, looking around.

Suddenly, Wang Mang stretched out his hand and said, "Hey, my lord, look, this is the Qingyang Inn."

Di Renjie looked intently, and sure enough, there was a plaque on the opposite side of the street with the four characters "Qingyang Inn".

A smile appeared on Di Renjie's face: "Let's go."

A group of people walked quickly to Qingyang Inn.

In front of the Qingyang Inn, the third class of yamen came out quickly carrying the dead body, and put the body on the carriage in front of the door.

Inspector Wen Kai and Fa Cao then came out, accompanied by the shop owner.

Wen Kai stopped in his tracks and said to the boss, "Do you remember what I told you just now?"

The boss nodded again and again: "Don't worry, my lord, if there is any movement, the little one will report back immediately."

Wen Kai said: "There is a murder case in Qingyang Inn, you are responsible for sitting down, so be careful!"

The boss shrank his neck in fright, and answered "yes" several times.

Wang Mang and Di Renjie were among the crowd watching quietly, Wang Mang said in a low voice, "My lord, something seems to be wrong."

Di Renjie nodded.

In front of the store, Wen Kai and Fa Cao walked quickly to the official sedan chair, the curtain of the sedan chair was opened, the two of them got on the sedan chair, the yamen servant yelled, and the official sedan chair set off.

The store owner returned to the store dejectedly, and the crowd of onlookers gradually dispersed after discussing.

Di Renjie said to the people behind him, "Go, let's go into the shop."

Wang Mang and his party walked quickly to the store.

The innkeeper came in, sat down on the bench, and thumped the table in frustration: "Damn bad luck!"

Behind him, the mute girl walked over silently with tea, just as the boss stood up abruptly, turned around and walked towards the counter, colliding violently with the oncoming girl. Splashed all over the boss.

The boss immediately became furious, and pointed at the girl's nose and cursed: "You ghost! Since you came, there has been no safety in this store. If you lose something today, you will die tomorrow. Sooner or later, this store will be defeated by you!"

The more he cursed, the angrier he became, he stepped forward and slapped the girl seven or eight times, making her stagger.

He was still angry, and kicked a few more times, cursing angrily.

At this moment, Wang Mang and Di Renjie walked in, only to see that the boss was kicking the girl fiercely.

The girl curled up to hide, but the boss kicked the wall, grinning her teeth in pain, and cursed: "You fucking ghost, I beat you, you still dare to hide, I let you hide, I beat you!" kill you!"

As he spoke, he picked up the top door bar, swung it up and threw it at the girl.

(End of this chapter)