Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 644 Tailor
In the courtyard of the Tongqu Inn, there are more than a dozen square tables neatly stacked, with pens, ink and papers on the tables.

Right in front of the table, Wen Qing sat in the middle, Di Renjie sat at the bottom and whispered to him, Wen Qing nodded repeatedly.

Wang Mang, Zeng Tai, Di Chun, Zhang Huan and others stood behind Di Renjie.

Standing behind Di Renjie, Wang Mang and Zeng Tai were also talking in low voices.

Zeng Tai asked: "Jing Yang, is there really no way for Yuan Fang to recover?"

Wang Mang sighed: "Yuan Fang has hurt his head. I'm afraid it will be difficult with my husband and I's medical skills!"

Zeng Tai's eyes dimmed slightly.

Suddenly, Zeng Tai said: "By the way, what did Yuan Fang mean by taking care of people just now? Is any of you sick?"

Wang Mang glanced at the people around him, and said in a low voice, "Let's talk about this matter after Mr. has finished handling the case."

Zeng Tai nodded slightly, and did not ask further questions tactfully.

While Wang Mang was talking with Zeng Tai, the head of the policeman came to the crowd, bowed and saluted, "My lord, all the tailors in the county have arrived, without missing a single one. Now wait outside the door!"

Wang Mang and Zeng Tai looked at each other and stopped talking.

Wen Qing nodded and said, "Bring them in."

The chief of the police took the order and left.

In no time, more than twenty tailors, led by the head of the police, filed into the courtyard, and Sun Xiwang was among them.

Everyone knelt down on the ground and kowtowed: "See the county magistrate!"

Wen Qing said: "That's all, everyone please stand up."

The tailors rose to their feet.

Wen Qing said: "It is not for any other reason to invite you to the inn today, but because the county will go to Yangzhou to pay homage to Lord Governor, so we need a set of official uniforms with large satin and silk flowers, and the design and workmanship must be very sophisticated. .

The county knows that you are all skillful hands in the county, so I set up a table at the Tongqu Inn, and invite you to use your ingenuity to draw patterns on the spot.

The county selects the best one and records it. "

All the tailors breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, and discussed in low voices.

Wen Qing glanced at Di Renjie, and Di Renjie nodded slowly.

Wen Qing said: "Now, please come to the table to draw samples."

Everyone agreed, and each went to the table to pick up a brush, dipped it in thick ink, and started to draw.

Di Renjie winked at Wang Mang who was behind him, Wang Mang nodded knowingly, and he walked back along the first table.

Wen Qing looked at Di Renjie puzzled, and Di Renjie smiled slightly: "My lord magistrate, wait a moment later, my nephew is as capable of solving cases as I am."

"Oh?"

Wen Qing raised an eyebrow.

Di Renjie smiled and said nothing.

At this time, the courtyard was silent, and the tailors in front of the table were concentrating on drawing patterns.

Wang Mang walked slowly in the courtyard.

Wang Mang carefully observed the hands of the tailors holding the pens.

suddenly.He stopped.

A left hand holding a pen came into view.

This person is exactly Sun Xiwang. He is leaning on the table and drawing with all his heart, his left hand holding the pen is nimble and light. After a while, a bust of a large satin official uniform has appeared on the paper.

Wen Qing and Di Renjie in the seat watched closely Wang Mang's every move. Wang Mang took a deep breath and slightly tapped Sun Xiwang's table with his hand.

From the eyes of others, he seems to have supported the table, but he continued to walk forward without saying a word.

At this time, Di Renjie, who had been following Wang Mang all along, smiled enigmatically.

Wang Mang continued to walk forward, his right hand holding a pen passed by his eyes.

At this point, he reached the last table.

Wang Mang let out a long breath, with a smile on his face.

At this time, the tailor in front of the second table said: "My lord, the little one has been painted."

The yamen servant next to Wen Qingchong waved his hand, and the yamen servant took the blueprint.

Then, the tailors handed over the completed drawings to the servants one after another, and after a while, all the tailors had finished their drawings.

Wang Mang stepped forward, Di Renjie smiled slightly: "Jing Yang, are you sure?"

Wang Mang smiled slightly and nodded: "Basically, it's certain."

At this time, Wen Qing was at a loss. He watched Di Renjie and Wang Mang playing riddles in puzzlement.

Di Renjie gave Wang Mang a wink, Wang Mang nodded slightly, took a step forward, and whispered something in his ear.

Wen Qing nodded, and said to the yamen servant: "Submit the blueprint."

The yamen servant presented Wen Qing with the drawings that had just been collected.

Wen Qing glanced at it hastily, picked out one from the inside, held it up in his hand and said, "Who painted this one?"

Sun Xiwang hurried out and said, "It was drawn by a villain."

Wen Qing nodded and said, "Very good, what's your name?"

Sun Xiwang said: "Sun Xiwang, the shopkeeper of the silk shop, the villain."

A slight smile appeared on Wen Qing's face, and he said to the yamen servant: "Please stay, shopkeeper Sun. The others can go back, and everyone will be rewarded the same."

The yamen servant agreed and ran to the tailors and announced loudly.

Everyone looked disappointed and followed the chief of the police out of the yard.

Sun Xiwang was the only tailor left in the yard, and he had a complacent look on his face.

At this time, Wen Qing and Di Renjie had walked to their chairs and sat down.

Wang Mang glanced at Wen Qing, who nodded slightly.

Wang Mang suddenly said, "Sun Xiwang, are you guilty?"

This question was very sudden, and Sun Xiwang was taken aback immediately: "My lord, what did you say?"

Wang Mang walked up to Sun Xiwang and said, "At four o'clock last night, you climbed over the wall and sneaked into the Tongqu Inn. In room C, you stabbed the person in the room with a steel knife, and then fought with another person. In the end, you Escape from the inn and return home."

Sun Xiwang trembled all over, stepped back two steps and said: "Big, big, what did the adults say, the little ones don't understand."

Wang Mang sneered: "Don't understand?"

As he spoke, he nodded to the yamen servant next to him, and the yamen servant came over holding the evidence tray, in which were the bloody steel knife and the emerald jade ring.

Wang Mang said: "When I was drawing just now, I saw that you were holding the pen with your left hand. This means that you are a leftist, right?"

Sun Xiwang nodded and protested: "Well, so what, left-handed people don't break the law. Could it be that the villain is guilty just because the youngest is a left-handed person?"

Wang Mang said: "You are left-handed, of course it is not against the law. But if a left-hander injures someone with a knife, it is against the law!"

As he spoke, he grabbed Sun Xiwang's left hand, and then picked up the bloody steel knife from the tray and said, "Hold the handle!"

Sun Xiwang was shocked, and had no choice but to hold the handle of the knife with his left hand.

Wen Qing, Di Renjie, Zeng Tai and others gathered around to take a closer look.

Sure enough, Sun Xiwang's left hand perfectly matched the bloody handprint on the handle of the knife.

Wen Qing, Di Renjie and others looked at each other and said in surprise, "It's really you!"

Sun Xiwang stammered and said: "I, I... my lord, I am wronged! Could it be that the bloody handprint of this left hand can stop minor crimes, and there are more than one left-handed person in Xuyi City!"

Wang Mang's gaze was fixed on Sun Xiwang, and he carefully observed Sun Xiwang's micro-expressions.

(End of this chapter)