Chapter 26: Arresting People According to Portraits
As soon as he finished speaking, Captain He quickly stepped in and reported after seeing the ceremony:
"Sir, the shopkeeper and the clerk of Zuixianlou have been brought here. When he heard that Wei Jichen was killed, he said that he had reported important matters. Will he be promoted to the court?"
Liu Renli looked at Zhou Heng and pondered for a moment.
"Go to the side hall, Master Zhou and Zhou Yi'an will go with me to listen."
Captain He said yes, and turned around to make arrangements.
Zhou Heng knew that if this matter was not revealed, he would not be able to leave. He didn't say much. Since he asked to help solve the case, then show his true skills.
"Yi'an, you have charcoal pen and cardboard, so prepare one for me."
Zhou Yian quickly pulled off the leather apron on his body, and a cloth bag with an oblique strand was exposed, and took out a few charcoal strips and a stack of cardboard pasted on thin wooden boards.
Holding the things, the two followed Liu Renli directly to the side hall. The master and Captain He were already in the hall.
Before they could sit down, the shopkeeper walked in with a waiter who seemed to be swaying. The two of them quickly bowed to the ground.
The shopkeeper said:
"Mr. County Master, I just heard that Wei Jichen was killed. Caomin thought that this person seemed to have credit in the store half a month ago, so he quickly checked the accounts. The waiter heard that when he went to the restaurant to deliver food, he saw a man appearing in the restaurant. Caomin did not dare to delay, so he quickly brought the waiter to customs declaration."
Liu Renli paused his fingers and waved his sleeves.
"Oh, you two are on the same side. Let's talk about what the waiter saw!"
The waiter lying on the ground was shaking even harder, and he crawled on the ground and kowtowed quickly.
"Sir, I know what to say, the little one is not sure how to say it!"
Liu Renli raised his eyes and glanced at Captain He.
"Please help the waiter!"
Captain He stepped forward and helped the waiter on the ground. Although the boy stood up, his body shaking did not ease, and he was obviously scared.
"Don't panic. I have my own authority to make the decision. I just want you to tell me what you see. Why is this?"
When the waiter heard this, he quickly lowered his head. After a while, he still couldn't explain what he saw. At this time, Liu Renli and Captain He were a little impatient. When they saw their faces, the waiter became even more nervous.
Zhou Heng sighed, if he wanted Liu Renli to ask such questions, he would not be able to ask anything in a day.
He glanced at Liu Renli, saw that he was looking at him, and quickly clasped his fists and said:
"Why don't the adults ask the students?"
Liu Renli nodded, "Then I'll ask Mr. Zhou for help!"
The eyes of several people fell on Zhou Heng. Zhou Heng stood up and walked to the waiter, pulled him to his seat, and asked him to sit down and would be even more scared. It would be better to stand safer.
"Do you know Wei Jichen?"
The waiter looked up at Zhou Heng nodded. He didn't need to say anything, but it was easier to answer whether it was.
"Yes, the young man recognizes Boss Wei."
"He is a regular visitor to your Zuixianlou?"
"I'm not a regular customer, I just come here two or three times a month. The food I treat is ordinary dishes. I always pay the bill and settle it in March. It's a careful money man, so I have a deep memory."
Zhou Heng nodded, it seemed that Wei Jichen was not ordinary stingy.
"Have Wei Jichen ever asked someone to send him a table?"
The waiter shook his head, "Only this is the third day of August, he was carrying a bamboo basket with more than ten yellow croaker fish inside. He said he had made it for the young man to cook it, and ordered seven more signature dishes. He left two taels of silver without placing the account, and said he would send it to him after it was ready."
Zhou Heng raised his eyebrows and said that two taels of silver were not a small amount. No wonder this waiter remembered it deeply.
"You sent it?"
"Yes, the distance is not far, the little one brought two food boxes to deliver it."
"Did you see someone else in his store?"
The waiter nodded and shook his head again.
"When I was delivering it, Boss Wei opened the door himself and placed the dishes. When Xiao Er was about to leave, he picked up the curtains in the back hall and came in. He smiled and said, "Dad had ordered so many dishes, and he had a good time today. Xiao Er just glanced at it and hurried back."
"Dad?"
Liu Renli stood up and asked:
"Have you ever heard it really, really called Daddy?"
Perhaps because he had been a county magistrate for a long time, Liu Renli really had a sense of righteousness. He suddenly shouted that he would not be a waiter, even Zhou Heng was shocked.
The waiter fell to the ground with a pounce, and ten thousand grass and mud horses flew past Zhou Heng.
Extend your hand and pull the waiter up.
"Don't panic, I just want to confirm if I hear something!"
The waiter nodded, his face turned pale, and he moved his feet towards Zhou Heng, raised his eyes to Zhou Heng with a comforting smile, so he was not too panicked.
He nodded slightly and said, "Yes, he is calling Daddy, but that accent is the tone of Jinan Mansion!"
Captain He and Liu Renli looked at each other. All of this was done according to Zhou Heng's inference. This man was simply amazing. It was really striking to infer these from a few maggot shells to a live painting.
However, Liu Renli didn't dare to interrupt again. The waiter was very timid. He asked, the guy was nervous for a long time, and he was anxious and didn't dare to say anything.
Zhou Heng picked up the cardboard and charcoal pen and drew it on the paper shell. He drew it in just a few strokes of a national face.
"I'll draw the person's appearance now. If you look wrong, just say, can we change it together?"
The waiter nodded, but was a little anxious.
"This adult, the young man just glanced at it and didn't look carefully!"
Zhou Heng smiled, "It's not a big deal, I'll look at you, you can see first, let's take your time, whether this face is correct, this person has a beard!"
The waiter bit his lip and recalled, "This person has a white face and no beard. He looks very young, with a slightly thinner face, not so square."
The two of them were drawing and saying that Zhou Heng was constantly revising the drawing, and the draft was completed. When he raised the portrait, Liu Renli was stunned. Although he didn't know what kind of painting method this was, the realistic level was as good as standing in front of him.
The shopkeeper also got up, joined in the fun and took a look, and exclaimed.
"This person is very similar to Wei Jichen, but he is younger!"
Liu Renli only saw Wei Jichen's body. Although she did not become a giant in wine, her appearance still changed a little.
Zhou Heng only restored the skull shape, elevating the person's facial features, and a mole was also drawn on the left eyebrow peak.
This shock was really beyond words. Liu Renli pointed to the portrait and looked at the waiter, trying to control his emotions and make his voice softer.
"Are you sure, this is the person I met on the night of the third day of August?"
Zhou Heng gave the waiter an encouraging look. The waiter no longer shivered and nodded vigorously.
"Yes, Xiao confirms that the person in this portrait is the person he saw that night. When the man lifted the curtain and came to the hall, he didn't seem to notice Xiao's squatting on the ground and putting a food box. When he saw Xiao's rise, he seemed to pause. The villain still remembered that the man was about half a head taller than Boss Wei and was thin."
Liu Renli looked at the master who was making the record and asked:
"After recording, let the waiter press his hand on the testimony."
The master quickly delivered the testimony to the waiter. Seeing that he was illiterate, he read the contents again. Then the waiter pressed his hand to print it.
The shopkeeper of Zuixianlou and the waiter were taken by the master to receive the reward.
Zhou Heng's cheeks trembled, and he had a silver reward for making a certificate. After working hard, can he make some money?
Just then, Liu Renli said to Captain He:
"Daoming, have you ever asked about this Wei Jichen's mansion in Jinan Mansion?"
Captain He clasped his fists, "The subordinates have found out and can take the servants to arrest people immediately!"
Liu Renli nodded, "Okay, then take the portrait and catch people according to the portrait. Move quickly to avoid the nights and dreams. After all, it has been half a month since the incident occurred!"
Captain He clasped his fists and said, "I will take the servants there!"
As he said that, he turned around and left, Zhou Heng licked his lips and breathed a sigh of relief. Before he could speak, Zhou Yian, who was standing next to him, knelt down on the ground.
Chapter completed!