Li Guolou said: "Shopkeeper Shan, please continue talking, what is the implementation plan?"
Shantian Gu looked at the several big shopkeepers in front of him and said: "The main store suffered a loss of more than 9,000 taels from theft. After deducting the commission, it is converted into 8,000 taels. The main store itself bears half of the loss, and the other eleven branches share about 4,000 taels." The loss of one thousand taels is less than 400 taels per family."
"Oh! Each shopkeeper only lost four hundred taels!" Li Guolou said his heart easily.
Li Guolou has no concept of money. He can sell two houses for four hundred taels of silver. If he builds his own house, a courtyard is more than enough. These shopkeepers can't earn a courtyard all year round. They all stare at Li Guolou, who is dressed in a foreign style, with strange eyes. Capture the head. A well-fed man does not know that a hungry man is hungry. He does not feel pain in his back when he stands upright.
Li Guolou raised his head and said: "Shopkeeper Shan, how did more than 9,000 taels of medicinal materials become 8,000 taels? Who scooped it up this time?"
Shantian Gu held his breath and confided: "Senior Li, forget it. Don't talk about it outside. The shopkeeper who buys precious medicinal materials catches it with one hand. There are the most fishy things here. You understand."
"Oh!" Li Guolou raised his head and thought. The boss wants to take a bite of the meat of these shopkeepers. The boss himself is also cheating on the figures on the books. People are greedy, and even if a reasonable system is created, loopholes can be found in it. .
"Well, shopkeeper Shan, let's continue. What did you do next? What did your boss do? Why can't you think about it?" Li Guolou sat up straight for the first time and glanced at the thirteen disciples, his sharp eyes like He could see into people's hearts and could not help but make the thirteen disciples tremble.
Shantianya wiped his tears and said: "The next step is to have dinner. It is rare for so many people to get together, and the host always has to entertain us well. We will drink and chat here until we are drunk."
Li Guolou glanced at his servant Baishanfeng and asked: "Baishanfeng, are you sitting and drinking too?"
The old voice of Bai Shanfeng said: "Of course, I have watched most of these shopkeepers grow up, and I have deep feelings for them. I hate myself for not taking good care of the master. I just want to have a good drink."
The thirteen disciples began to cry again. This time, Li Guolou remained silent and looked at the thirteen backbones of Tongyi Hall. Most of them were domestic servants of Bai Renyi, their employer, and everything they had now was given by their master. But When the real master suffered a disaster, how many people were willing to share the trouble with him? The boss, Bai Renyi, unreasonably asked them to bear the loss of 400 taels of silver. He even cut out their hearts and turned over the table and scolded their mother. When the wings are hard, you can fight with them. When the master negotiated the price, he had long forgotten the oath he had recited so well.
"How did your boss Bayern Yi feel when he was drinking? Did he say that he wanted to commit suicide?" Li Guolou asked.
Shantianya choked up and said: "After drinking, who remembers what we said? Good words and bad words to express friendship. My boss has said that remembering the bitter and remembering the sweet, we should drink water without forgetting the well digger. Since the matter has been discussed, it is almost the same." Everyone took turns toasting to show their determination. By the end of the drink, everyone was talking nonsense. I can’t even remember how much.”
Li Guolou asked: "When did you drink until what time did you leave? Did Bayern Yi walk back to the room by himself?"
More than a dozen people began to discuss and discuss how late they would drink. Three shopkeepers couldn't stand the drink anymore and went to bed first. Two shopkeepers and their servants were so drunk that they were knocked unconscious by Shanfeng and were knocked back by others. They went to the hotel room to sleep. The remaining seven shopkeepers accompanied the owner, Bai Renyi, to drink until the end, probably until less than ten o'clock in the evening.
Li Guolou asked: "Did Bai Renyi go back to his room to sleep by himself?"
Shantian Gu said: "We helped him back to the room to sleep, and then we went back to sleep. In the morning, we called the door but it couldn't be opened. Then we opened the door and found that the owner had hanged himself."
The crying continued, and Li Guolou asked impatiently: "Shopkeeper Shan, how do you seven shopkeepers sleep at night? How do you sleep in one room?"
Shantian Gu said: "My boss and I share a room, and other shopkeepers who come to the capital sleep in a room with four people."
Li Guolou stood up and said: "The seven of you who have sent the boss off will follow me back to Bai Renyi's room."
The seven big shopkeepers followed Li Guolou. Li Guolou said in the corridor: "Hey, you two shopkeepers look very much like brothers, don't you?"
Two shopkeepers in their thirties, with narrow eyes and wide foreheads, strong builds, less than 1.7 meters tall, wearing silk mandarin jackets, are really two brothers, named Ma Qingke and Ma Qingshe. They live in the same house as another shopkeeper, Zhao Ye. room.
The deceased, Bai Renyi, was lying flat on the four-foot bed, covered with a sheet. A ray of sunlight shone into the room from the window, and Li Guolou had a mocking look on his face.
"The seamless layout, I think I can hide it from the outside world. What do you three say, Ma Qingke, Ma Qingshe, and Zhao Ye?" Li Guolou suddenly changed his face and looked at the three big shopkeepers who had their heads lowered.
"Mr. Li, we are very heartbroken! We are extremely regretful." Ma Qingke, the chief shopkeeper of Baoding Prefecture, spoke first, and the other two chief shopkeepers hurriedly agreed.
"You three, stop pretending. The deceased Bay Renyi was killed by you three!" Li Guolou said categorically. His words stirred up waves, and the room was filled with uproar and discussion. Some people panicked. Some people were eager to deny it, while more people couldn't believe what they were seeing.
Zuo Fang happily came over and whispered, "Xiao Lizi, you are not mistaken, there is no second scar."
Li Guolou waved his hand and whispered: "Zombie ghost, step aside, I have evidence."
Wu Zuofang muttered happily, not daring to argue with Li Guolou in public, so he walked to the side. The two government officials standing guard at the door also stretched their necks and looked at Li Guolou. They had all checked the case. No suspicious points were found at the scene, and they all hoped that the case would be concluded soon so that they could go home and rest.
Li Guolou said: "Don't argue, and you three good guys, stop pretending. I will dig out the irrefutable evidence." He also said: "Shantian Valley, you shopkeepers, stay aside and listen to me. I’ll let you guys tell me one by one when I get the chance.”
The scene finally calmed down, and Li Guolou said: "Except for Shantiangu, everyone else among you is dissatisfied with Bayern Yidu, the boss. In previous years, they also made false accounts to defraud you of your money, so that you can't make much money after a year of hard work. This This time, we went even further and imposed the good shopkeeper’s mistakes on all of you eleven big shopkeepers. Some of them cursed, some made trouble, and some even had murderous intentions.”
The seven shopkeepers all lowered their heads and listened to Li Guolou's reprimand. Li Guolou paced back and forth and said: "The murder intention has been there since the first day of the meeting. Of course, most people just talk about it but don't mean it. But There are three people sleeping in a room here. They can't sleep at night, tossing and turning, talking about how to kill Bayern Yi without any flaws. Of course, they haven't made the final decision yet. They just have to wait and see whether Bayern Yi can kill him the next day. Repented and gave them the silver they deserved. (Slight pause) The result the next day was not much better. Bayern Yi still deducted nearly 400 taels of silver from them. This should have been discussed by Bayern Yi and Shantian Gu long ago. A good countermeasure is to first make a big hole that people cannot accept, and then to bargain for half and half. People are like this. If they think about the old relationship, they will accept the plan designated by Bayern Yihe Shantian Valley. The big shopkeeper of Shantian Valley, I Did you say something wrong?"
Under the gaze of everyone, Shantian Gu hesitated and said: "I didn't come up with this. The boss came up with this dirty trick to reduce losses. Everyone knows who our boss is, and I don't even say that everyone knows it. I'm just taking the lead."
Li Guolouyin looked deeply at the three murder suspects and said: "The next step is to make up your mind and implement the murder plan. The first step is to get Bayern Yi drunk until he is completely unresponsive. Look at this table, Can a drunk person climb up and stand on a small stool? He has fallen down a long time ago. Shan Tian Gu, please pick up a round stool for me and stand on the table. Let me see how many minutes you can stand?"
It's no problem for Shantagu, who is still hungover, to climb up the table, but it's still a bit difficult for him to stand on the stool. He's just shaking on it, and it looks dangerous, and he's about to fall off at any time.
Li Guolou said: "Zhang Haojie, help Shanda shopkeeper down. This rare good person in Tongyi Hall can't have any more accidents." Li Guolou made fun of the shameless Shantiangu. This man deserves to die, forcibly dragging these big shopkeepers into the trap. , to save his fate.
Li Guolou said: "You have all seen that it is impossible for a person to stand up after drinking a lot of alcohol. Being fat is even more dangerous for Bayern Yi. If he commits suicide, he will have to fall several times before he can commit suicide successfully. But Bayern Yi has no bruises on his body. The hanging was successful in one attempt, which means that someone hung him up. It is impossible for one person to hang the deceased Bay Renyi on the beam. At least two people are needed, and three people will be more stable. Ma Qingke, Ma Qingshe, Zhao Ye, you guys The cooperation between the three of them was flawless. He pulled Bai Ling, he pulled Bai Ling, he tied the knot, who cut the Bai Ling short, and who measured the height of the suicide, let me guess?"
Li Guolou stood in front of Ma Qingke and asked: "Shop Manager Ma, has anyone in your family ever committed suicide?"
There was a huge uproar, and one of the big shopkeepers said anxiously: "The wife of shopkeeper Ma committed suicide, and she hung herself from a beam. Mrs. Ma was ten years older than shopkeeper Ma."
The meaning is self-explanatory. Li Guolou was furious. His third grandmother, Yelia, was also ten years older than him and a wealthy person. Will he kill her one day just to get Yelia's money? Li Guolou is confident. Man Man, he is a tolerant person and will never kill someone just to get a woman's money. This is a matter of principle and he has faith in his heart.
Ma Qingke's pale face turned red from suppressing his anger, and he said angrily: "Mr. Li, please don't slander good people. I have never killed anyone. My family's sad affairs are none of your business!"
Li Guolou said: "I am a police officer. If someone kills someone, I will take care of it. It is my duty to seek justice for the deceased. Whatever you three, Ma Qingke, dare to do, you must dare to do it."
No one would admit it. Even if they were beaten to death, they would have to go to the Palace of Hell to redress their grievances. Even if they were beaten to death, they would retract their confessions. None of the three murder suspects admitted to killing anyone.
Li Guolou solemnly said: "You are determined not to defeat the Yellow River, but you think you have a good plan. You didn't expect that you would have left a ridiculous loophole long ago. Ma Qingke's loophole is right in front of you. Are you so smart that you didn't see it?"
Ma Qingke said: "Mr. Li, both of us brothers are good people and will not do anything harmful to nature. You cannot bully others and pour dirty water on our brothers. Talking about killing people and actual actions are two different things. We all understand the laws of the Qing Dynasty. example."
Li Guolou said: "Don't worry, I won't wrongly accuse a good person, and there won't be snow in the capital. I will show you the evidence. I believe you haven't figured it out yet. Are there any loopholes in the murder case?"
Li Guolou looked up to the sky and laughed, walked towards the door, and closed the two doors. The loophole in the secret room murder case was in front of everyone. Only Li Guolou discovered it, and no one could match his talent.