Chapter 21 Among Us
Author: Scarvin French Fries
Everyone in the room looked a little subtle, but no one else was as impulsive as Li Si. If it were common sense, it would be considered a big deal to lose more than thirty taels of silver, but now it seems so insignificant compared to the murder case.
Chen Ningyu quickly came to his senses and stepped forward and separated the two of them and asked Zhao Yang, "How did you lose the silver?"
Zhao Yang passed by Chen Ningyu in a little panic and looked at Li Si, then said guiltily: "I put the wallet and the letter in the cabinet... I just... I just found that the wallet was lost when I received the letter."
Chen Ningyu asked again: "Have you ever left the room tonight?"
Zhao Yang said carefully: "I have been to the toilet once."
Chen Ningyu walked towards the windowsill, looked at the half-open window and said, "Don't panic, there may be a turning point in this matter, but now it is urgent to find the murderer who killed Mrs. Fu."
Zhao Yang nodded repeatedly and stuffed the letter into Chen Ningyu's hands.
So everyone gathered to read the letter, but after looking carefully for a long time, he still couldn't find any clue.
At this time, Su Chen said, "I remember something. When I heard the name of this song, I asked if it was related to love. This is how the woman replied to my 'Shrike, swallow, how could it be love?' Now when I look at this song again, I realized that it is indeed not like love."
Tie San also said: "But what is this related to the murder case? If we look at this song, it seems to be about revenge, but if it is revenge, how can a rich lady connect with the retired captain?"
Everyone felt more and more confused.
It was not until then that Chen Ningyu folded the letter and put it in his arms and said, "What you said may make sense, but now things are probably not the most important."
"What is important when the captain sees it?" Zhao Yang said curiously.
Chen Ningyu said: "Although the murderer killed someone and abandoned his body in a deserted house, you have forgotten that only this inn can accommodate him in this radius. On such a thunderstorm night, the murderer is not an iron man. How can he sleep in the wilderness?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was surprised and suspicious, and they swept into the faces of others. Finally, Zhao Yang said, "Don't joke with the headmaster."
But when he heard Chen Ningyu say again, "This is not just a guess. If you think about it carefully, you are mostly invited by others when you come here, but why doesn't the invitation show up?"
Of course, everyone had nothing to say, only Tiexan said: "In the opinion of the headmaster, the person who sent the letter was actually here, but he was just hiding between us?"
Chen Ningyu nodded and said, "It's a pity that few people in this inn are willing to tell the true origin."
No one spoke.
At this moment, the inn owner Zhang Jinshan suddenly came in and said that he had cooked some hot tea on the rainy night and asked everyone to go downstairs to warm up his body. But when everyone sat down in the lobby, no one went to touch the tea. Even if Zhao Yang wanted to reach out to hold the cup, Chen Ningyu stopped him.
Zhang Jinshan's face was awkward.
The atmosphere was solemn, and Su Chen smiled and said, "If Boss Zhang wants to poison you and me, he will have already started during dinner. Why should he wait until now?"
As he said that, he picked up the cup and drank it.
Everyone saw that he had drunk tea for a long time and did not have any abnormalities, so they drank tea one after another to relieve the cold and quenched their thirst.
There are many people in the store, and there is no need to drink tea, but most of them are cow drinks. However, Li was urged to boil water again after a while.
Although what Su Chen said may not be credible, as the only woman in the store who was free to move at the time of the incident, everyone naturally would not be completely relieved of Li. However, after careful observation, Li's hair and clothing were dry and had no water stains, and it was not like he had been wet with rain.
"Boss, what's wrong with your shoes?" Chen Ningyu suddenly asked when everyone was a little relieved.
Everyone was frightened and then looked at Li's shoes, and then they found that the soles of the pair of shoes were wet.
"I'm..." Li was stared at by everyone and explained nervously, "I accidentally spilled some when I fetched the water..."
Zhang San glared at her and asked, "Isn't it really that I went out to step on the water at night?"
"No...No..." Li argued.
At this time, Zhang Jinshan stepped forward and protected Li and said, "Of course she didn't go out. If she went out, how could her hair be clean? What's more, I'll testify."
Zhang San sneered: "If you say you are a couple's black shop, you can't say it's right..."
The atmosphere became anxious again.
Chen Ningyu said: "Okay, don't argue anymore. If the trouble starts, it will only allow the murderer to take advantage of the loophole."
Shen Hui said: "Captain Chen is right. The more we are, the more we should be together. As long as we get together, even if the murderer is skilled in martial arts, we will not be able to do anything to the enemy."
"That's right, it's right!" Zhao Yang nodded repeatedly, "The murderer didn't dare to attack in the store. I'm afraid he was just afraid. As long as everyone stayed together, he would have no choice but to take advantage of it."
Su Chen said: "This is indeed a good way. Everyone is in the lobby, and I'm afraid they will be safe tonight."
Although Zhang San and Li Si did not speak, the expression on their faces also agreed.
Chen Ningyu said to Zhang Jinshan: "Then I'll bother the shopkeeper's bedding to the lobby." He said to everyone, "We are in groups of three to supervise each other. If there is suspicion, we can also be alert."
Everyone said it was.
Chen Ningyu ordered: "I'm sorry, the shopkeeper's wife had a lot of suspicion of water on her shoes, but Shen Daxia was very experienced, so Shen Daxia and the shopkeeper and his wife were in a group."
Although Zhang Jinshan and his wife were a little reluctant, they thought that although they were suspected, Shen Hui was a famous hero in the world. With him, he agreed.
Suddenly, he heard Su Chen say, "I will be in the same group as Captain Chen."
Chen Ningyu frowned at him, and then heard Su Chen whisper in a low voice: "I know Captain Chen is in doubt about me. If he puts me elsewhere, he may be unsure. Why not let you rest assured."
Chen Ningyu was silent. Su Chen refused to explain the origin and was at the scene of Fu Qiuqin's corpse. Although there was a woman who attracted him, this was his one-sided statement. He really wanted to keep him next to him to monitor him, but now the other party took the initiative and made him feel a little restless.
But he quickly calmed down and said, "Yes, then you and I, Li Si, will be the group."
Li Si frowned and said, "I have Zhang San to join me."
Chen Ningyu said: "You both have martial arts skills. If you join forces, I'm afraid the third person will be helpless, so you must disassemble it."
Zhang San and Li Si looked at each other, then looked at Chen Ningyu's soft sword around his waist, but he still recognized it.
Zhang Santie San Zhao Yang, Xiaomei and Shen Hui's two entourages were also asked to form one in a group.
Zhang Jinshan and his wife brought the bedding to lay it for everyone, and then they sat down again in groups, looked at each other, and felt silence again.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!