Liaozhai: I just want salted fish with invincible magical powers

Chapter 157
Wu Zuo shook his head and said: "There is no scar on the whole body, so the villain suspects that she died of a disease."

"There is no scar? Is there any abnormality, such as red and swollen anus?"

"The little man carefully looked at it several times, and there is really nothing unusual."

"Is there a back door here?"

"No, there is only one main entrance and two windows."

Hu Qian carefully looked at the position of the window and the main entrance, then checked the position of the door, and finally confirmed it.

The body had not escaped through a window, and most likely not through the front door.

He nodded, and then said, "Look around to see if there are other passages here."

Wang Shisan and Wu Zuo checked immediately.

He took the opportunity to go to the dark place, stretched out his hand, and the white hair immediately got into his sleeve.

"My lord, the medicine in this morgue is pungent, and there are no rats."

"What about outside the door?"

"The little one searched carefully for a long time, but he didn't find any trace of the mouse."

Hu Qian nodded, looked outside the door and said, "Where does the road at the door lead to?"

Wu Zuo said: "To the east is the county government office, and to the west is Erqian Hutong."

Hu Qian asked curiously: "Erqian Hutong? How did it come up with such a name? Is there any allusion?"

"Yes, it is said that a long time ago, there was a brother of the Qian family, who were very benevolent and talented. Both brothers became high-ranking officials. Later, they returned to their hometown, and their relatives renamed this alley as Erqian alley."

Hu Qian nodded, and then said: "Take someone to take the person who delivered the note. All the people in the inn are blocked inside, and no one is allowed to come out, waiting for the trial."

Wang Shisan took the order to go, Hu Qian thought about it, went back to the backyard of the county government office, asked Rong Ning'er to change him into casual clothes, and then took Hu Jiu to the Cangchun Building.

Seeing that he was dressed in extraordinary clothes, the bustard immediately came up to meet him, "Oh, my lord, you came here before noon.

The girls were overworked last night, and they had to wait for a break. "

Hu Qian waved his hand, "Are you coming in with me?"

"Me?" The bustard was stunned for a moment, and then said ecstatically, "Master, you have the best eyesight among the people in Guobei County.

Back then, I, Sai Jinfeng, was also a well-known figure in the brothel world..."

When she entered the room, she was about to reach out to touch Hu Qian's belt, but Hu Qian immediately took a step back and sat on the stool, "My official is Hu Qian, the magistrate of Guobei County, and I have met him before."

The old bustard was surprised again, and then smiled and said: "It doesn't matter who you are outside, you are our guest when you come here, don't worry, sister will take good care of you."

Hu Qian said angrily: "What nonsense! I'm here to ask about Xiaoyu!"

Only then did the bustard regain her composure, and immediately her face darkened, "Didn't I say everything? What else do you want to ask?"

Hu Qian said, "How is your relationship with Xiaoyu?"

"Hey, that's your question.

I taught Xiaoyu as my own daughter. I thought I could eat her for a few more years, but I didn't expect to die so soon. "

"What do Xiaoyu usually like to do? What do you eat? Is there any disease?"

"this……

If you like to do...

Xiaoyu is a very well-behaved child who usually likes to pick up customers.

The food is also very ordinary, nothing special. "

"Is there any abnormal behavior in that? Is there any illness or something."

"No, she has been fine and the guests are very satisfied."

Hu Qian said: "What happened that night, please tell me carefully."

The old bustard said: "That afternoon, the waiter from Tongsheng Inn came over and handed over a note, saying that a customer asked Xiaoyu to go out.

At night, a small sedan chair came to pick up Xiaoyu.

So I let Xiaoyu go, but the next morning, the waiter in the inn came to say that Xiaoyu was dead. "

Hu Qian said: "Then have you seen the appearance of the four bearers?"

"Didn't look carefully."

"If you see it again, will you recognize it?"

"it should be OK."

Hu Qian nodded, "Take me to Xiaoyu's room."

Arriving at a room on the second floor, Hu Qian turned around, and what he saw were nothing more than some accessories commonly used by women.

"Did Xiaoyu bring any gold or silver with her when she left?"

"No, it's all in her room. I put it away for her later."

"Is there anything special?"

"No."

After looking at it for a while, Hu Qian still didn't find anything of value.

While asking, Wang Shisan suddenly ran over and said that the customer from Tongsheng Inn had disappeared.

Hu Qian glared at him, then hurried to the inn.

The place where the dead body used to be at the door has been blocked by several benches.

Although they were dead, there were still some guests in the inn who hadn't left, and they couldn't leave even if they wanted to.

After Hu Qian arrived, he immediately called the shopkeeper to him.

"What's the name of the shopkeeper?"

"The last name is Xu."

"Master Xu, where did the customer who handed over the note go?"

"My lord, that guest was still there yesterday afternoon, but disappeared when it rained heavily at night.

I don't know if I left the city or where I went. "

"Did he pay for the hotel?"

"Given it, there are actually some leftovers."

"So, it's a big-spending guest."

"You can't say that. Judging by his attire, he is actually quite ordinary. It's just that he has a lot of money on the cabinet."

Hu Qian was taken aback, "Oh? Did he say where he is from and what he does here?"

"They say they're here to sell tea."

"What is your name?"

"Qian Bohai, I don't know who exactly it is."

Hu Qian said: "Where is his room, take me to see it."

Shopkeeper Xu immediately took Hu Qian to Qian Bohai's room.

I saw that the room was clean and tidy. It was hard to believe that it was a place where a businessman who came to sell tea lived.

"After he left, was the room cleaned up?"

"Because there was a murder case, I haven't had time to clean it up yet."

Hu Qian nodded, and searched in the room again, but still found nothing.

When it was almost noon, Hu Qian arrived at the prison and met Qi Dacai, who immediately knelt down and said, "My lord, you are the magistrate, the grassroots are innocent!
The grass people didn't kill people!Also please adults see that there is still Gaotang's mother in Caomin's house, let Caomin go home. "

Hu Qian nodded, "Your mother is fine, as long as you really didn't kill anyone, I will definitely let you go."

Qi Dacai kowtowed again and again: "Thank you, my lord! Thank you, my lord!"

Hu Qian said: "What happened that night, you tell me in detail.

If you miss a little bit, you will be beheaded at that time, but no one will take care of your old lady. "

"Yes, my lord, the grassroots dare not miss anything."

He settled down and said: "That night, the four of Caomin were waiting for work on the side of the street, the waiter from Tongsheng inn came up, took the money, and said that he was going to pick up Miss Xiaoyu at the Cangchun Tower.

So the four of Caomin went, and when they got there, the bustard let Xiaoyu out, took a sedan chair, and went all the way to Tongsheng Inn.

After that, Caomin and others left, but unexpectedly, they were sued by Cangchunlou, saying that the four Caomin murdered each other.

What a great injustice! "

Hu Qian asked: "When did the waiter in the inn come to you? Is it morning, afternoon, or evening, and what time is it?"

Qi Dacai scratched his head and said, "It's afternoon, I can't remember the exact time."

Wang Shisan asked suspiciously, "My lord, is there any problem at this time?"

Hu Qian shook his head and continued to ask: "Have you ever seen the customer who handed over the note?"

"No, the waiter at the inn told us."

"You're sure you haven't seen that person, and you haven't heard of that person's name, have you?"

"This grassroots is very sure,"

"Okay! Let me ask you again, are you familiar with the little girl from the Tongsheng Inn?"

"Not very familiar, only talked a few times."

"Have you ever had any enemies with anyone recently?"

"No, the four of Cao Min are all honest and responsible people, and they have never made enemies with anyone."

Wang Shisan looked strange.

Didn't they interrogate the case of Xiaoyu's murder?

Why did they ask Qi Dacai instead.

But even though he thought so, he didn't dare to ask, lest he offend Hu Qian.

At this time, Hu Qian grasped a clue, but there are still some problems that have not been clarified.

"Leader Wang!"

"The little guy is here!"

"Go and bring back the waiter from that inn immediately, I want to question him personally!"

Wang Shisan was taken aback for a moment, but he still responded, and immediately took people to Tongsheng Inn.

Hu Qian returned to Houya, ate something quickly, and then asked Baitou to go to Tongsheng Inn to inquire about news.

There are no rats in the morgue, so it is impossible for the inn to be rat-free.

Rong Ning'er saw that he was so busy that he didn't even have time to eat, so she couldn't help but walked behind him and squeezed his shoulders and thumped his back.

"If Xianggong is too busy, go and invite Kong Xueli over."

Hu Qian said, "I'm thinking, but how should I speak?"

"Try again, if it really doesn't work, you just say you want to investigate the case of Master Nie and the concubine, there is no way he will refuse."

Hu Qian was taken aback, then patted her waist, "Okay! This is a wonderful reason!

Although there is some intention to deceive him here, in fact, I am indeed investigating the case of Mr. Nie, and the reason is not completely false.

Alright, after finishing this case, I will go to Mingxin Temple to find him. "

After a while, Hu Jiu said outside the door that Wang Shisan had locked Er Shunzi back from the shop and was kneeling in the lobby now.

Hu Qian said: "Let him kneel for a while, and give him some psychological pressure."

After about half an hour, he put on his official uniform and went to the lobby.

When Shunzi first came, he still wanted to speak out for revenge, but after kneeling for half an hour, he didn't even have any strength left, and he just wanted to finish speaking and leave quickly.

Hu Qian was afraid of the gavel, and shouted: "Who is in the hall, please report your name."

"Back to my lord, Cao Min is Xiaoer Shunzi of Tongsheng Inn."

"Shunzi, let me ask you, the matter that Qian Bohai handed over the note to pick up Xiaoyu was done through you."

"Go back to your lord, yes."

"Before and after, from the beginning, if there is a half-sentence concealed, there will be a severe punishment."

Shunzi hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Your Excellency, you have learned a lot.

At noon that day, Qian Bohai ordered food to drink in the room, and after a while, he said that Cao Min should go to the Cangchun Building to deliver a note to pick up a girl.

Then he gave Caomin ten taels of silver and asked Caomin to find a sedan chair to pick him up.

Because this kind of thing often happened before, the grass people went. "

"Where are you going to the ***** floor?"

"Did you go to the Cangchun Tower first, or the sedan chair first?"

Shunzi said: "Go to Cangchun Building first, and then find Qi Dacai's sedan chair on the side of the street."

"Do you know Qi Dacai?"

"It's an acquaintance.

He often waited for business at the door of the inn, so he said a few words.

Cao Min thought about taking care of his business that day, so he handed over the job to him. "

Hu Qian nodded, waved his hand and said, "Okay, you can go back."

Shunzi kowtowed repeatedly as if he had been pardoned, and stood up suddenly, almost losing his footing.

When he walked away, Wang Shisan finally couldn't hold back his curiosity, and asked, "My lord, what is going on with this case?

The old bustard said that the bearer took the man away, and the bearer said that he had sent him to another place. Qian Bohai said that he did not see Xiaoyu. Xiaoyu died and his body disappeared. Now Qian Bohai also ran away.

It's another tea merchant from out of town, this has no clue at all! "

Hu Qian said: "Tea merchant, do you really believe that he is a tea merchant?"

Wang Shisan was taken aback, "What does your lord mean?"

"Guobei County has been in drought for a long time, and it is difficult for the people to drink water, so how many people will buy tea.

In addition, shopkeeper Xu said that Qian Bohai was dressed in ordinary clothes, but had a lot of money bet on the cabinet, which showed that he knew that he would live here for a long time. "

"What's so strange about this, since it's here to sell tea...

Even if it's not selling tea, but doing other businesses, it can't be done in a day or two.

Besides, businessmen value profits, and they are always cautious when they go out, lest they be watched by others, so isn't it normal to dress more ordinary? "

"Why did he flee in such a hurry, and how do you explain it?"

"This is simpler. I must have been afraid of being punished, so I ran away overnight."

Hu Qian laughed and said, "If you are right, then someone must be lying."

"Who?"

"Master Xu.

The purpose of Qian Bohai's visit, including his strange behavior, was all said by Shopkeeper Xu.

If, as you said, Qian Bohai's actions are all explainable, it means that shopkeeper Xu is lying. "

"Your Excellency, what do you mean, Shopkeeper Xu deliberately said this to make us doubt Qian Bohai?

In other words, shopkeeper Xu must have known about the severe drought in this county, so he didn't have to make up such a clumsy lie.

So, either he was lying, or Qian Bohai lied to him.

But my lord, the crux of the problem now is not where did Xiaoyu's body go?
There are no signs of damage to the doors and windows. Could it be that the corpse passed through the ground? "

Hu Qian smiled and said, "It's not impossible."

Just as he was talking, Qin Jia, the county magistrate, walked in.

"Master Hu, there are rumors outside that Xiaoyu's body walked out of the morgue and went out to seek revenge. This official has a friend who was terrified by this incident."

Hu Qian said with a smile: "Don't do anything wrong, and don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. They have nothing to be afraid of."

After finishing speaking, he pretended to understand, looked at Qin Jia and said, "Could it be you, the friend Mr. Qin mentioned?"

Qin Jia was taken aback, "Don't be joking, my lord, it's better to find Xiaoyu's body as soon as possible."

Hu Qian said with a smile: "It's too early to talk about the corpse at this time. From my point of view, Xiaoyu probably didn't die..."

(End of this chapter)