The yamen servant Zhang Haojie bought breakfast, pancakes and bean curd for everyone. Some people in the Wei Mansion began to eat, while others suppressed their hunger and refused to eat. Dozens of people gathered outside the Wei Mansion.
The conversation started early in the morning, and Li Guolou stood behind the door and eavesdropped. He never thought that people's imagination could be so rich, and that the ending he thought of would be answered by people outside.
After listening for a while, Li Guolou had the answer. It turned out that he was not a good person. The thief shouted "Catch the thief". It was Xiao Lizi who blamed the Ax Gang. Some people saw Xiao Lizi lifting a living person weighing more than 200 kilograms. Others saw Xiao Lizi.
It climbed over the high wall.
Li Guolou really wanted to rush out and argue with Big Mouth, but Ai Hai slapped him on the shoulder.
Ai Hai smiled and said: "Suspect, don't try to escape. You are not a good person either. People who are still hanging out on the street in the middle of the night are snitches and flower pickers. Don't tell me that you are a night watchman. I can expose this right away."
you."
Li Guolou smiled bitterly and said: "Is it easy for me? I didn't sleep all night. I was supposed to get a waist card today, but now I'm fine. I'm staying with the family of the deceased. I can't leave, and I can't do it. Let's do it.
Come on, don’t touch anything?"
Ai Hai looked at Li Guolou's attire, curled his lips and said, "When you came to the Yamen like this, we thought it was a fake foreign devil who was causing trouble. Tell me the truth, did you really go abroad to study? Or did you?
I earned some money by working as a coolie in Nanyang, and then I sold myself as a petty official when I came back. Look at your virtue, I asked you to collect protection money, and then you came back with your teeth knocked out."
Li Guolou said: "To be honest, I don't like wearing a silk mandarin coat. I can't move it around or it will get dirty. As for the green mandarin coat you are wearing, it looks quite majestic, but I haven't received one yet. This hat, I
I really don’t like it, it’s wobbly when I walk and it always feels like an eyesore.”
Ai Hai replied: "I don't like this hat either, but it comes in handy on rainy days. You don't have to worry about it if it rains. That's us. Hey... Little plum, you are quite good at making detours.
, I asked you a question, but you didn’t answer a word, but instead used my words. I’ll give you a piece of advice. Give it to Mr. Wu when you get to the Yamen.
A meeting gift and your outfit are all given to you by him. If you want to wear green clothes that are not moldy and a hat without holes, you must be filial to your commander. Our commander, Mr. Bao, has ten masters, each of whom is in charge of a different territory.
, some people cannot be offended, and some people should not be ignored. If you send red envelopes randomly, there will be trouble in the future. Do you understand?"
Li Guolou looked at Ai Hai's outstretched hand and knew that the old man wanted to teach him how to be a good man. Of course, the first step was to give him a red envelope. Li Guolou caught a crook last night and got some broken silver, which he could use now.
He handed over a broken piece of silver but there was no response. Ai Hai's palm was still open. Li Guolou added another piece and held Ai Hai's hand tightly with his right hand. Let Ai Hai not be greedy. If he is greedy again, he will hurt his brother.
emotion.
He sighed and said, "Brother Ai, we have a long way to go. Give the chief some face. I heard that the chief is here and his subordinates show him respect. Why did you do the wrong thing?"
Ai Hai chuckled, stretched his hand back, and said: "Yes, if you are my commander, I will show you filial piety. But the rules for entering cannot be broken. If you want to know the rules, you must also abide by them. Everyone should be polite to each other.
Be a responsible person and be kind to everyone. This is Mr. Bao's favorite saying. Our job
, I can't make a big fortune, and I can't starve people to death. Compared with other yamen in the capital, it's relatively easy. This time the Wei family is going to suffer. They are a rich family, and Mr. Bao is going to make a fortune. I worked hard all night, and I can't do it.
If we have fulfilled our responsibilities, Mr. Bao will not treat us badly when the time comes. Do you understand this? Your broken silver will be rewarded."
Li Guolou exclaimed: "Ah! Even after the death of the head of the Wei family, the family still has to lose money. Where does this come from? It's unjust."
"Shhhhhhhh..." Ai Hai rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Xiao Lizi, please speak softly. Nowadays, there is no business that does not rely on its backers to make money, and it is not us who ruined the Wei family. We caught the murderer
The Wei family has been comforted, so don't express it. Otherwise, this official matter will be ruined.
If the judgment is not settled, it will be postponed until next autumn. If there are some changes in the emperor's family, and there is a great liberation, the Wei family will not get nothing, but there will be endless troubles. There are rules for this, Master Wu will come forward
I will talk to Grandma, we just have to do our job well."
Li Guolou asked: "Brother Ai, what if someone from the Wei family colludes with Man Youyou?"
Ai Haidao: "We are not robbers, we will destroy people's families. We have rules for everything and we will not mess around. Could it be that if we swallow up Zhenbaoxuan, who will come to fight official affairs in the future? It's like collecting protection money.
, who can’t afford to pay such a small amount of money? This is the root of the imperial city, and there are no big corrupt criminals. If the eunuch An Dehai gossips about the emperor, aren’t we, Mr. Bao, looking for death? The whole house is full of harmony, and harmony brings wealth.
, Do you understand? Bangchui.”
Li Guolou asked: "According to what you said, the Ax Gang also wants to give gifts?"
Ai Hai said dissatisfied: "You are just a stick when you say that you are a stick. If the words "axe gang" are left in the document and are seen by the people above, who will benefit? I am afraid that Master Han has gone to the Yamen to inquire about the news. Yao Cuo
I'm praising you in my belly as a little lucky star. Not only did you catch the crook for him, but you also let him make a lot of money. If there is a case in the future, he will take you with him. As for who you offended, I won't tell you because you are so smart.
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Ai Hai laughed a few times and walked away to greet a carriage at the door. Wan Wuzuo jumped out of the carriage with two apprentices. Wan Niangqing, who was in his fifties, moved vigorously and looked at Li Guolou at first glance.
When the two met for the first time in their lives, they didn't like each other.
In the yard, Ai Hai told Wan Nianqing the facts of the case, but Wan Nianqing just nodded and listened without saying much.
After Ai Hai finished speaking, Wan Nianqing asked: "Has anyone seen the crime scene?"
Ai Hai said: "Ma Dequan and I looked at the body and did not come close. The newcomer Li Guolou has seen the scene, but he has not touched the body. Also, Xu Xiaohu, the deputy general manager of the Wei Mansion, has visited the dead Wei Wen
There was no pulse, and others said they had never been near the body."
Wannianqing ignored Li Guolou and glanced at Li Guolou's face without a glance. He put on his gloves and mask, carried his tools and stepped into the south room. Two apprentices followed him step by step. One of the apprentices held his hand.
The person holding the pen inside is the one who makes the pen.
Li Guolou didn't want to be shy. Regardless of the bad faces of several gangsters, he also followed Nanfang. Another apprentice shouted: "You! Don't come near the scene."
Li Guolou nodded and bowed, and said with a smile: "I'll just take a look in the living room and make sure I don't touch any footprints. You are busy with your business, I won't disturb you."
Co-author Fang Kaixin was in his early twenties. He was originally a gravedigger in a cemetery. He regarded his current job as sacred. He glared at Li Guolou fiercely and hated Li Guolou for destroying the scene. In the eyes of the three co-workers, Li Guolou
Lou was the redundant person who made the scene a mess. It was Li Guolou who didn't know the importance and left bloody footprints on the ground.
Seeing Fang Kaixin rubbing out the bloody footprints on the ground with rice paper, Li Guolou said awkwardly: "Brother Fang, these are my footprints."
Fang Kaixin didn't even raise his head, and said angrily: "I know this, you don't need to say anything."
Li Guolou stretched his neck and looked towards the door of the bedroom, but he heard Dieffenbachia yelling angrily: "Who touched the corpse? Which plague god lied? Tell me the truth."
Under the gaze of everyone, Li Guolou confessed: "I moved a little bit. I didn't touch the knife. It was meant to be inserted to the end without caring about my business."
Wan Nianqing glanced sideways at Li Guolou and said: "You are dishonest, very dishonest. I will remember you. Be careful. Anyone who has trouble with me will be stink for the rest of his life."
Ma Dequan walked closer and whispered: "Little Lizi, don't offend Dieffenbachia. He will put the corpse odor on you. Where can you take a bath in the broad daylight?"
Li Guolou shuddered and looked at the three gangsters in horror. He didn't expect that he had violated the taboo, meddling in other people's business like a dog and a mouse, doing other people's work, just like killing his parents. Before these two feet stepped into the yamen, he
He had an enemy. He wanted to learn how to inspect the scene, but he didn't expect that in the yamen, there was a clear division of labor and everyone performed their duties. He was not praised for what he did, and Wan Niangqing didn't ask him a word, and already regarded him as nothing.
Li Guolou could only pretend to be a grandson, bowing his head and sticking to him with a playful and smiling face. He was naturally cheeky, and he could turn a blind eye when people gave him a bad look. As the saying goes, you can't hit someone with a smiling face. Evergreen's face looked much better and he rolled his eyes at Li Guolou.
A glance at Lou no longer makes it difficult for Li Guolou to act ignorantly.
Li Guolou winked at Ai Hai, and Ai Hai understood and said: "Master Wan, what did you find?"
Wan Nianqing still lowered his head to examine the body and said: "From the scene, it seems that the deceased was stabbed into the heart with a sharp knife. There were no other wounds. The deceased did not resist with his hands at such a close distance. One means that he was unprepared, and the other
One is that he did not expect that this person would give him a fatal blow. The murderer was very strong and could kill with one blow. This person was ruthless.
There were not many traces left at the scene, but these bloody footprints should have been left by the murderer. The other few were left by Xiao Lizi, and there were a few suspicious footprints that should have been left by people in the Wei Mansion.
Be careful when you come across bloody footprints made by others. As for the murderers, it's hard to say. It's possible that they left bloody footprints, not those of the murderer."
Ai Hai asked: "Master Wan, why is this?"
Wan Nianqing pointed to the knife pulled out from the corpse and said: "Because the murderer did not pull out the murder weapon, he stabbed it hard into the chest of the deceased and immediately pulled away. But there was a bloody blade on the Niu'er sharp knife, and he inserted it with all his strength.
The body of the deceased and the blade of the knife are bleeding out, and the murderer's hands must be stained with blood. So the footprints are secondary. The real evidence is the hands and clothes.
Mr. Ba, his face was covered with blood and his clothes were covered with blood. His clothes were stained with blood. I don’t know how to write that report? This case can be made into an ironclad case and no one can overturn it. As for Man Man
Whether Master Ba had any accomplices, it’s hard to tell from the scene, because the body has not been moved since the moment he was killed, only the little plum turned over once, so it’s still intact.”
The issue that Li Guolou was most concerned about was not touched on. He couldn't bear it anymore and asked: "Master Wan, how long do you think the deceased has been dead?"
Wan Niangqing skillfully looked at the deceased's eyelids and touched the deceased's body. After a long time of tossing, he finally said: "I can guarantee that the deceased's death time will not exceed three hours, which is six hours. Xiao Li, you are a stooge this time.
Lucky for you, we caught the murderer. How much profit can we squeeze out of the eight suspects outside? It all depends on Mr. Bao's methods."
Looking at the several policemen, they all snickered together. Li Guolou knew clearly in his heart that Wan Nianqing meant to take all eight people from the Wei family back to the Yamen and interrogate them again.