When Hong Chenglue left, he couldn't have taken all these local belongings with him, right? He went back to be a general at the invitation of the Bejia Kingdom, not a cook in another town!
He Lingchuan focused on the bedroom: "There is blood on the floor of this room, and the whole room has been cleaned deliberately. Hong Chenglue doesn't want us to find useful clues here. So, you all keep your eyes open and look for it!"
The three of them started a carpet search.
However, Hong Chenglue was obviously professional enough in this regard. The four of them worked together for two quarters of an hour to search for every crack in the bricks. They even found the hidden compartment in the wall beside the bed, but they could not find any useful personal items.
"At that time, he had already killed three officials. He wanted to clean up the place immediately, and he had to leave with his paralyzed wife in his arms. Well -" He Lingchuan suddenly saw Mao Tao wink at him, so he nodded.
So Mao Tao tiptoed to the courtyard door and pulled the door sharply——
"Oops", a little old woman fell out of the door.
She has a rickety back and a slumped mouth, but her movements are very flexible. She can stand upright with a stagger and turn around to escape.
Mao Tao picked up her collar and lifted her directly in front of He Lingchuan.
He Lingchuan crossed his arms and said, "The state capital is doing something, are you here to eavesdrop?"
"Ah?" The old woman stretched her ears with a confused look on her face, and raised her voice loudly, "What are you talking about!"
"Are you also a resident of this alley?"
"Louder!"
Mao Tao smiled and said to He Lingchuan: "Boss, this old woman is deaf and blind. Let's find someone else to ask."
Ten copper coins swayed in He Lingchuan's hand: "Bring the reward will show your sincerity."
When the old woman saw these ten copper coins, her eyes immediately straightened and her voice became softer. After all, this represents several days of food: "Ah, I can hear it, I can hear it! What do you want to ask?"
"Are you familiar with Mr. and Mrs. Hong Chenglue who live here?"
The old woman nodded: "Yes, I often come here to visit. A Jin can't move in bed, so I often give her water to drink. There was a murder here a few days ago, and it was me. I came in first and found it, and then reported it to the police."
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"How did the murder happen? Do you have any clues?"
"Ah, I remember a lot of things happened that day. First, the heads of the Liu family boys were beheaded, and then the government came to search for food. Oh, even my family..."
He Lingchuan interrupted her: "Wait a minute, why did the government come to search for food?"
"Liu Yalin borrowed his courage from heaven. After stealing the army rations a few days ago, he went to distribute food from house to house. Do you think he is some kind of unworldly thief?" The old woman smacked her lips, "He was caught, and the government said that the army rations must be returned.
As a result...Hey, wait a minute, where did you say you came from?"
"Xiazhou Mansion."
"Is he older than the officials we have here?"
"Big." Jiao Tai said in a loud voice, "much bigger."
"Oh, after those officials came in, they searched for more than just food! Several rabbit feet were taken away from my house. Sir, can you help me find them?"
"Didn't there be several things that day?" Mao Tao reminded her, "What else is there?"
"After Hong Chenglue came back, I heard Ah Jin's cry. At this time, three more officials suddenly came with locks in their hands. Are they trying to arrest someone? But after these three people entered his house, they didn't go back.
Came out."
The old woman smacked her lips and said, "After a while, a carriage stopped at the door of Hong's house. The man who got off, wearing satin and looking like a businessman, also entered the Hong's courtyard. After more than half an hour, Hong
The couple got into the carriage and left. I asked Hong Chenglue where he was going, but he still refused to tell me."
"Oh, I just thought it was strange, why didn't those three officials come out? Then I opened the door and went in to take a look, and there was a leg sticking out from the kitchen floor. I felt something was wrong and reported it to the official."
"In other words, you were the first to arrive at the scene?"
"Well, that's right."
He Lingchuan smiled: "Since you were the first to come in, you took away all the pots and dishes in the kitchen, right?"
How could the old woman admit: "I'm not, I didn't!"
Mao Tao slapped her on the shoulder, startling her: "Hey old lady, we need things from the Hong family as physical evidence. If you dare to hide, you are covering up. If you are an accomplice, at least two fingers will be cut off!" After speaking, press the button
He held her finger and made a "click" sound in his mouth, which made the old woman tremble all over.
He Lingchuan was too lazy to laugh, but this kind of lies was particularly effective in scaring old women in villages and towns. The old woman stopped being cunning and said, "Well, that's at my house."
The four of them followed her home.
This old woman lived across the street from Hong Chenglue. There was only one old man in the house, and he still hadn't returned home.
As soon as He Lingchuan stepped into her house, he smelled a greasy smell of old dirt, and then saw her house and courtyard filled with countless debris.
There were bottles and cans everywhere, rotten wood, hemp ropes, and torn bags... He thought he had entered a garbage dump.
Has this old woman never lost anything in her life?
She led the four people into the house and started looking around.
As expected, she has all the Hong family's pots and dishes.
There were many other bits and pieces, and she said they all belonged to the Hong family. Reminiscing that Ah Jin was in bed and Hong Chenglue often went out, this old woman must have taken advantage of his house.
For He Lingchuan, this was an unexpected surprise.
He looked through it, pointed to a comb among the miscellaneous items, and said, "This belongs to Hong's wife Ajin? Have you seen her use it?"
"Yes, yes." The old woman also came.
"Have you ever used it yourself?"
"No, no." Most of the things she got back had not yet been used.
He Lingchuan picked up the wooden comb and looked at the light: "Then the hair tangled on it is either Hong Chenglue's or Ah Jin's?"
"Then, that should be it, right?"
He Lingchuan then put ten copper coins on the table: "Is there anything else I should know?"
The old woman really thought about it seriously before shaking her head: "No more."
These people then walked away.
He Lingchuan sent Shan Youjun to the forest farm north of Bailu Town.
There were indeed signs that many people and horses had been there, and even the horse dung was very fresh, but the stables were already empty. Apparently Hong Chenglue succeeded with one blow and led the team away without catching chickens for them.
After they left, it took more than two-quarters of an hour before someone sneaked into the alley, looked to see if there was no one around, climbed over the wall and jumped into the old woman's courtyard.
The old woman was turning over firewood to cook in the yard, when suddenly she was pinched by the back of her neck, and a low voice came from her ear: "Why did those people ask you just now?"
"Ah..." Why are there still people here? The old woman was frightened, "They, they are from the state capital, and they want to ask about yesterday's situation..."
Before she finished speaking, there was a muffled sound from behind, and the hands squeezing the back of her neck loosened.
She turned around and saw a man lying on the ground, with a smiling Mao Tao standing behind him.
"As expected, there is an informant in the town." The young master had a clever plan and asked him to sneak back and wait for him. As expected, he came to the door to his surprise.
Maotao pointed to the man on the ground and asked the old woman, "Is this man from the town?"
She was shocked and shook her head vigorously: "I haven't seen it, I haven't seen it!"
Next, Mao Tao carried the man back to Hong Chenglue's empty room with a towel stuffed in his mouth.
When the prisoner was awakened by a ladle of water, the first thing he saw was Shan Youjun clenching his fists and walking towards him with a sinister smile...
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Less than two-quarters of an hour later, the courtyard door of Hong Chenglue's house opened without warning.
The old woman outside the door staggered again and almost fell in. Mao Tao helped her again.
This old woman is too obsessed with finding cracks in doors.
"Ah..." Even she was a little embarrassed this time, and she didn't know what reason to make up. At first there was some faint movement from the door, like someone being yelled with their mouth and nose covered, but then it became quiet, and she could hear it even with her sharp ears.
Can't catch it.
Maotao didn't care, "Old woman, do you know the mine in the northwest? The one that has been abandoned."
"A mine?" The old woman rolled her eyes, "I think I've heard of it?"
Mao Tao spread his hands and found another ten coins in his palm: "I just saved your life, do you still remember?"
The old woman sneered twice: "There is only a small mine in the northwest, and the mine stopped ten years ago. Do you want to go?"
"I have this idea."
The old woman stared straight at the coin in his hand: "That place is hidden in the jungle and it's hard to find. How about you pay more and I can find a guide for you?"
"Okay." Time is tight, and Maotao didn't bargain. Doesn't the boss have money?
"Then you wait." The old woman moved her bow-legged steps and walked out, and her speed was not slow at all.
She came back a few dozen breaths later, and there was an old man beside her. He was less than sixty years old. He was skinny and skinny, but his waist was still straight.
"This is my old man. He has worked in the mines for two years and is very familiar with it!"
He Lingchuan invited the two people in: "What was the old gentleman doing in the mine?"
"He does everything." Compared to his wife, the old man appears to be quite honest and answers all questions. "Quarrying, digging, digging roads, providing landfills, and planting explosives."
He Lingchuan was startled: "You still use explosives?"
Fashionable. He has been to the mines in Qiansong County, where mining is purely manual.
"Ah, yes, it is more labor-saving. We have been using gunpowder here for many years." In other words, it is an old traditional art. "Until the mine was abandoned, there was still a lot of gunpowder that was not used up."
Shan Youjun and others couldn't help but curse. Now they finally knew where the gunpowder that killed the officials of Dunyu's grain transport team came from.
Of course He Lingchuan also thought of it, his eyes flickered, and he asked the old man: "Do you still have any leftover gunpowder at home?"
"No, no." The old man waved his hands repeatedly, "How could you do such a stupid thing? If your home is blown up, it's not worth it."
"Uh..." the old woman next to her looked embarrassed, "could the gunpowder you mentioned be hidden in a black and white jar?"
After decades of marriage, the old man understood her expression and said in shock: "Don't tell me that you hid gunpowder at home! I obviously threw it away!"
The old woman smiled coquettishly: "It would be a pity to throw it away."
He Lingchuan snapped his fingers, God helped me.
"Then please find it for me." He looked at the people behind him, "We should say a word to Hong Chenglue and reciprocate."