Su Cheng's coercion and inducement finally frightened the group of people.
At first, these people just saw other people trying to storm the city gate and thought they had an opportunity. Now that they saw Su Cheng coming with so many soldiers and making the matter so serious, they naturally did not dare to think about going out again.
Under the protection of the group of soldiers, these young men returned to their respective inns.
Fortunately, these inns were all on the same street. Su Cheng took Liu Changfeng to personally arrange for soldiers to guard them and ensure that no place was missed in each inn.
After doing this, an hour later, when he returned to the Plum Blossom Building, Su Cheng's face still didn't look very good.
"My husband, you are back. I heard that all those people are back. My husband, you are so awesome!"
Shen Youwei greeted him, gave him a thumbs up and handed him a handkerchief.
Su Cheng took the handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his forehead, and then said in a deep voice: "How is the situation here at Meihua Building? There is nothing unusual or suspicious among the government officials?"
Shen Youwei curled her lips and shook her head: "No, these government officials are very honest. Although some people complained a few times, they all felt that they were not trusted."
Magistrate He from the side quickly echoed: "Master Hou, these government servants are all locals. They all hope that Meihua County will develop. It is impossible to kill people at this time."
"Besides, they have been busy these days, basically working in teams of two and two. It should be impossible for anyone to act alone last night."
There is indeed some truth to this sentence. It is impossible for people in Meihua County to cause trouble at this time, otherwise they will be scolded to death by the local folks.
Su Cheng pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Yang Lingxuan: "Ms. Yang, is there anything going on with the people in Meihua Building?"
Shen Youwei and Yang Lingxuan were left behind. One of them was responsible for watching the yamen servants, and the other was responsible for watching the girls in Meihua Building.
Yang Lingxuan smiled bitterly: "It hasn't been discovered yet, but now all these girls are very panicked. If the murderer is not found for a long time, they will not dare to do business here."
"Even the remaining two oirans are hiding in the room with panic faces and cannot come out."
The girls at Plum Blossom House had never seen such a situation before. Many of them were even frightened to tears. If the murderer had not been caught, who would have dared to open the door to receive guests?
Su Cheng couldn't help but narrow his eyes after hearing this. It seemed that the matter was more serious than he thought.
A murder case has turned the Plum Blossom Building into this. It has a bad reputation and the young men outside don't dare to stay here.
If the murderer is not found in the shortest time, once the matter continues to ferment, the people in the city will start to worry. After all, the county is so big, what if the murderer starts killing again at night?
Who wouldn't be afraid of such a cruel murderer?
Thinking of this, Su Cheng rubbed his temples and said slowly: "The matter has reached this point, but we still don't know the other party's motive for killing and the means of committing the crime."
"The murderer doesn't seem to be killing for money or sex. What's left is hatred and random killings. But Feifei, a brothel girl, shouldn't have any enemies. In the end, there are only random killings."
"But if it is a random killing, there is no need for the other party to notify those young masters in the morning. This is inconsistent with the motive of the crime. The purpose of this person leaking the murder is to create panic and disrupt the opening of Meihua Building!"
"If we think backwards from the fact that the other party wants to disrupt the opening of Meihua Building, then the real purpose of the other party is probably to target me!"
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone present changed drastically. No one expected that Su Cheng would make such a bold guess.
Magistrate He turned pale and was filled with fear.
Who dares to target the Marquis at this time?
You must know that the current Marquis is unparalleled in the limelight, and he is also the newly appointed prefect, and he is on good terms with the governor and the two adults. Who dares to take action against the Marquis at this time?
But since the other party has already taken action, he must have calculated all of this. If the other party can ignore the identity, status and connections of the Marquis and take action, he must be a big shot.
Magistrate He even wanted to cry when he thought about the unreasonable disaster he had suffered this time because of the other party's fight.
This is really a fight between gods and mortals.
"Master Hou, then...then what should we do now?"
Magistrate He had a bitter look on his face: "Now that the situation has reached this point, if we can't find the murderer, I'm afraid the mastermind outside will send someone to pass the news to the governor and Nie Tai."
"Once Taiwan sends people over, we won't be able to hide it even if we want to."
Even Liu Changfeng said solemnly after listening to Magistrate He's words: "Master Hou, are you worried that the person who took action this time is related to Zhao Kangyu?"
When Shen Youwei heard this, she couldn't help but stare: "Isn't that guy dead? How could it be related to him?"
Yang Lingxuan shook her head, a thoughtful look flashed in her eyes: "Mrs. Su, don't forget that Zhao Kangyu trained dead soldiers. Judging from Zhao Kangyu's official position, he cannot afford to raise dead soldiers. It is very likely that he
They were trained by the people behind them.”
"Now Zhao Kangyu has been silenced because the Marquis discovered the dead soldier, but the people behind him will definitely not let the Marquis go. If this incident is really aimed at the Marquis, it must be this person."
Each of their analysis made sense, but Shen Youwei couldn't understand it.
Shen Youwei rolled her eyes: "Having said all that, it has nothing to do with the murderer. Even if the murderer was instigated by someone else, what we have to do now is to catch this person, not speculate on the person behind it."
"After all, the murderer is the most important thing. If this person was ordered by someone, then the person behind him is definitely not here. What we have to do now is to catch the murderer and then follow the clues to find the person behind him, right?
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"How about this? Send people to search. The county is so big anyway, and the city gate is closed. Are you afraid that the murderer will not be found?"
Shen Youwei has such a temperament. She feels that it is useless to discuss it now. It is better to search door to door.
"no!"
Su Cheng shook his head and said with a serious face: "We don't know who the murderer is. Even if we search door to door, we won't be able to find any clues. Moreover, this will easily cause panic among the people."
Upon hearing that her suggestion was rejected, Shen Youwei rolled her eyes: "This won't work, and that won't work either. After so much time was wasted, the murderer would have been hiding long ago!"
As soon as these words came out, Su Cheng suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind. He suddenly raised his head and looked at the crime scene on the third floor, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
"Madam, your words reminded me!"
After saying that, Su Cheng went straight to the crime scene on the third floor.