"General Chongwu?" Liu Wu raised his head and glanced at him, "General Chongwu was also in Zhuo'ao that day?"
"Yes, he just arrived that day. He originally grabbed a box with us, but later he just sat down and drank together."
"You guys been drinking all night?"
"No, no, we drank until evening, when the Mustard Mountain Inn was attacked by thieves. Several teams were stolen. Two, no, three boxes of tribute gifts escorted by General Chongwu were also stolen. He was not in the mood to drink anymore.
We went to chase the thief." He Lingchuan answered truthfully, "After he left, we drank for half an hour and then went back to the house to rest until dawn."
"You guys slept all night and never left the guest room?"
Fan Shuang shook his head, and He Lingchuan smiled and said: "I slept soundly with the sound of wind and rain outside."
After drinking a lot of wine on a rainy day, what else can you do if you don't sleep?
This is a normal reaction of a normal person. If Liu Wu cares about this, at least thousands of people in Mangzhou and Zhuo'an did the same thing that night. How can he care about it one by one?
So he didn't hold on to him, and turned around and asked again: "Where is General Chongwu? When did you return to the inn?"
"At least after dawn, right? The sun has already risen." He Lingchuan thought for a while, "I got up later than usual after drinking, but I also had breakfast with General Chongwu."
Liu Wu nodded: "Has his tribute been recovered?"
"We have recovered them, and the other teams have also been recovered." He Lingchuan said with a smile, "Otherwise, how could General Chongwu have the time to have breakfast with me?"
"Who stole it?"
"Two little thieves. I heard that they stole things into a shabby village on the outskirts of Zhuo'an, and they were found by General Chongwu." General Chongwu's ability to track his prey is quite good.
Liu Wu's eyes flashed: "Have you seen these two thieves?"
"No, General Chongwu didn't escort these two thieves back to the inn."
"So, General Chongwu said it all himself?"
"Yes, but General Chongwu also said this was weird when he was having breakfast. How could two thieves steal so many valuables? He asked me to do some analysis."
"Oh? What did you say?"
"I said, if there is someone else who stole the property, maybe it is to confuse the public so that we can attack the real target in the inn." He Lingchuan picked up the leftover tea on the table to moisten his throat, "Then General Chongwu finished his breakfast.
Leading the team on the road."
Liu Wu thought for a while and asked again: "Is he riding a magical horse?"
"Yes, it's a beast called 'Mo Bai'. It has a black body, a white tail, and blood-red eyes. It's a rare and good horse!"
Liu Wu nodded: "Congratulations, Island Master, do you have any history with General Xue and Master Qi?"
"Yes." He Lingchuan answered very naturally. Even King Yao knew clearly about the conflict between him and Xue Zongwu. "Both of the two sub-helms I opened in Yao Kingdom had problems, and I was in dire straits. Fortunately, someone gave me some advice.
I went to General Xue to give him accommodating gifts, and the trouble was quickly settled."
Liu Wu smiled: "Master He is understating it, but I heard that many people died in Yangshan's Xian City branch."
He Lingchuan made no bones about it: "Yes, fire and water are ruthless, and the person who set the fire is even more ruthless, and he was able to kill so many innocent people."
"Although this matter has calmed down, Island Master He still feels resentful, right?"
"It's impossible to say that I'm not angry." He Lingchuan said lightly, "But I'm not the only one who is resentful? I bet there were quite a few people in Mangzhou who had issues with General Xue that night, right?
"
Liu Wu agreed with this statement. If we were to rank them by hatred, the He Island Master in front of him wouldn't even be in the top twenty.
"Have you ever seen General Xue during your trip eastward?"
"I've seen it." He Lingchuan would not hide any details that the other party could verify. "After crossing the Baili River, General Xue saw Commander Zhao and came over to say hello and also met with me. Brother Fan was also there at the time.
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Fan Shuang nodded repeatedly: "Yes, I'm here too."
Knowing that Liu Wu wanted to get to the bottom of it, He Lingchuan told all about his conversation with Xue Zongwu, and then asked Fan Shuang: "Brother Fan, did I miss anything?"
"It's very detailed." It was more detailed than he remembered.
It's just a few words of yin and yang, and it cannot be regarded as a suspicion of murder. After all, the clay statue is still angry. Liu Wu put away the pen and paper: "Okay, I am just doing a routine thing, please forgive me."
"We must cooperate and cooperate seriously."
Liu Wu still had many people to interrogate, and there were two of them in the three-stop inn. He left He Lingchuan's guest room, turned around, and knocked on someone else's door.
When he and several guards disappeared, Fan Shuang lowered his voice: "Brother He, could it be that he suspected..."
He Lingchuan put his thumb in front of his lips and said softly "Shh".
Fan Shuang was stunned and quickly shut up. How come these words were spoken directly without going through the brain?
Mostly because I felt too relaxed in front of He Xiao.
He Lingchuan said softly: "That's a matter between Commander Liu and Your Majesty. We don't need to speculate."
Fan Shuang nodded. He must not get involved in such a big event as Xue Zongwu's death.
But now that I think about it, General Chongwu benefited the most from the death of General Xue. Could it be that the murderer was really General Chongwu?
Ah, this, this!
Looking at his expression, He Lingchuan knew that he had fallen into reverie, so he patted him on the shoulder:
"We've been delayed for a while, let's go to Maochun Restaurant quickly."
While driving, Soul Mirror couldn't help but ask: "Did you expect that this case would still be found on you?"
He Lingchuan supported his head and rubbed his temples.
Fan Shuang was nearby, so it was inconvenient for him to say anything, but this action represented an affirmative answer:
yes!
The death of Xue Zongwu under his control was destined to be impossible to find the real suspect. The search in Mangzhou was fruitless, so the investigators could only expand the search scope, and it was very likely that He Lingchuan would be found.
Then what he has to do is to make himself look innocent and provide a convincing alibi.
This is the reason why he did not stay in Mangzhou, but took great pains to choose Zhuo'an. In order to further prove his innocence, he also arranged an alibi and witnesses.
Jing Jing asked again: "Have you long wanted to put the blame on General Chongwu?!"
He Lingchuan rubbed his temples again:
nonsense!
"Based on just a few suspicions, General Chongwu will be fine."
Fan Shuang: "Ah? Brother He, are you talking to me?"
He Lingchuan shook his head: "Nothing."
As soon as he saw General Chongwu showing up that night, he prepared this backup plan.
General Chongwu has extraordinary military power, and he also brings with him all the main forces and confidants in the army.
He also rides a good horse. A purebred beast can also see at night. Traveling eight hundred miles at night is not too much, right?
If the Yao Kingdom could trace He Lingchuan, they would naturally be able to trace General Chongwu as well - no matter how you look at it, General Chongwu is much more suspect than the island owner He.