After the Fairy Disappeared

  Chapter 275 Young Master is really a genius

  When Hong Chenglue left, it was impossible to take all these rural household items with him, right? He was invited back to be the chief general at the invitation of the Beja country, not to be 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 deliberately cleaned. Hong Chenglue doesn't want us to find useful clues here. So, you all stared at me, look hard!"

  The three should be, and started a carpet search.

  However, Hong Chenglue was obviously professional enough in this area. The four of them searched together for a quarter of an hour, not missing every crack in the bricks, and even found a hidden compartment in the wall beside the bed, but they just couldn't find any useful personal items.

   "At that time, he had already killed three officials, and he wanted to clean up the place immediately, and he had to leave with his paralyzed wife in his arms, um—" He Lingchuan suddenly saw Mao Tao winking at him, so he nodded.

  So Mao Tao tiptoed to the edge of the courtyard door, and slammed the door—

   "Oops", a little old woman fell into the door.

  Her back is rickety, her mouth is deflated, but her movements are very flexible. She stands firm when she staggers, and turns to escape.

   Mao Tao picked up her collar and brought it directly in front of He Lingchuan.

  He Lingchuan folded his arms and said: "The state government is doing business, are you here to eavesdrop?"

   "Huh?" The old woman stretched her ears, her face was blank, and she turned up the volume loudly, "What are you talking about!"

   "Are you also a resident of this alley?"

   "Speak up!"

  Mao Tao smiled, and said to He Lingchuan: "Boss, this old woman is deaf and blind, let's ask someone else."

  Ten copper coins rattled in He Lingchuan's hands: "Bring the bounty to you to be sincere."

  When the old woman saw the ten copper coins, her eyes straightened immediately, and her voice became quieter. After all, this represented several days of full food: "Ah, I can hear it, I can hear it! What do you want to ask?"

   "Do you know Hong Chenglue and his wife who live here?"

The old woman nodded: "Yes, I often come here to visit. Ah Jin can't move in bed, and I often pour water for her to drink. A homicide happened here a few days ago, and I, I first came in and found it, and then I reported it to the police. .”

   "How did the murder happen, do you have any clues?"

   "Ah, I remember several things happened that day. First, the heads of those boys from the Liu family were beheaded, and 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 Yaping is borrowing courage from the sky. After stealing the military rations a few days ago, he went from house to house to distribute the rations. Do you think he is some kind of unborn robber?" The old woman smacked her lips, "He was arrested. In the end... hey wait, where did you say you came from?"

   "Xiazhou Prefecture."

   "Older than our officials here?"

   "Big." Jiao Taiweng said in a low voice, "much bigger."

   "Oh, after those officials entered the door, they searched for more than just food! Several rabbit feet were confiscated from my house. My lord, can you help me find them?"

   "Aren't there several things that day?" Mao Tao reminded her, "What else?"

"After Hong Chenglue came back, I heard Ah Jin's crying. At this time, three more officials came suddenly, holding locks in their hands. Are they trying to arrest people? But when these three entered his house, they never came again. came out."

The old woman smacked her lips: "After a while, a carriage stopped at the door of Hong's house. The people who got off wore satin and looked like businessmen, and they also entered the small courtyard of Hong's house. 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 say."

   "Oh, I just found it strange. Why didn't the three officials come out? Then I opened the door and went in to see, and there was a leg protruding from the kitchen floor. I felt something was wrong and reported it to the officials."

   "That is to say, you were the first to arrive at the scene?"

   "Uh, sort of."

  He Lingchuan smiled: "Since you were the first to come in, you took all the pots and pans in the kitchen, right?"

  How can the old woman admit it: "I'm not, I don't!"

Mao Tao patted her on the shoulder, startling her a lot: "Hey old woman, we need things from the Hong family as physical evidence. If you dare to hide it, you are covering it up. If you are a fellow criminal, at least **** must be pinched off!" After finishing speaking, press the button Holding her finger, there was a "click" sound from her mouth, which made the old woman tremble with fright.

  He Lingchuan didn't even bother to laugh, but this kind of nonsense is especially good at scaring old women in towns. The old woman stopped cheating and playing tricks: "That, that is at my house."

  The four followed her home together.

   This old woman lives diagonally across from Hong Chenglue. There is only one old man at home, and she has not returned yet.

  As soon as He Lingchuan stepped into her house, he smelled a greasy, old smell, and then saw her house and yard full of countless sundries.

  There are bottles and cans everywhere, rotten wood, long hemp rope, 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 of them into the house and rummaged around to find them.

  The pots and pans of the Hong family are all with her.

   There are many other odds and ends, and she said they all belong to the Hong family. Reminiscent of Ah Jin being bedridden and Hong Chenglue often going out, this old woman must be taking advantage of his house.

  For He Lingchuan, this was a surprise.

  He picked it up, pointed to a comb among the sundries, and said, "This is Hong's wife, Ah Jin's? Have you ever seen her use it?"

   "Yes, yes." It was also from the old woman.

   "Have you used it yourself?"

   "No, no." Most of the things she brought back have not yet been used.

  He Lingchuan picked up the wooden comb and pointed it at the light: "Then the hair tangled on it, is it Hong Chenglue's or Ah Jin's?"

   "Then, it should be?"

  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 walked away.

  He Lingchuan sent Shan Youjun to the forest farm north of Bailu Town.

   There are indeed many traces of people and horses staying there. Even the horse manure is fresh, but the stables have been emptied. Obviously, Hong Chenglue succeeded in one blow and led the team to slip away without catching chickens for them.

  After they left, it took more than two quarters of an hour before someone sneaked into this alley, checked that there was no one around, and jumped over the wall into the old woman's courtyard.

  The old woman was turning firewood for cooking in the yard, when suddenly her neck was pinched, and a low voice came from her ear: "What did those people ask 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 that pinched the back of her neck loosened.

  She turned her head and saw a man lying on the ground, with a smiling Maotao standing behind her.

   "Sure enough, there is still eyeliner in the town." The young master really had a clever plan, and asked him to sneak back halfway and wait for the rabbit, and he was really pleasantly surprised that he came to the door.

  Mao Tao pointed to the man on the ground and asked the old woman, "Is this man from the town?"

  She was still in shock, 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 over his mouth.

  When the prisoner was woken up by a ladle of water, the first thing he saw was Shan Youjun clenching his fists and walking towards him with a grinning grin...

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  In less than a quarter of an hour, the courtyard door of Hong Chenglue's house opened without warning.

  The old woman outside the door staggered again, almost falling in. It was Mao Tao who supported her again.

  This old woman is too obsessed with cracking doors.

   "Ah..." This time even she herself was a little embarrassed, and she didn't know what reason to make up. At the beginning, there was some faint movement coming from the door, like someone calling with their mouth and nose covered, but then it became quiet, and she couldn't hear it even if she sharpened her ears.

  Mao Tao didn't care about it: "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 seem to have heard of it?"

  Mao Tao spread his hands, and there were ten copper coins in his palm: "I just saved your life, do you remember?"

  The old woman laughed twice: "There is only a small mine in the northwest, and the mine stopped ten years ago. Are you going?"

   "Have an idea."

  The old woman stared straight at the copper plate in his hand: "That place is hidden in the jungle and it's hard to find. If you pay a little more, how about I find you a guide?"

   "Okay." Time was tight, and Mao Tao didn't bargain. Does the boss have money?

   "Then you wait." The old woman walked out with bowed legs, and her speed was not slow at all.

  After a few dozen breaths, she came back, and beside her was an old man, not yet sixty, thin and thin, but his back was still straight.

   "This is my old man. He has worked in the mine for two years, and he is familiar with the road!"

  He Lingchuan invited the two of them in: "What was the old man doing in the mine?"

   "Do everything." Compared with his wife, the old man seems quite honest, answering every question, "quarrying, digging, digging roads, repairing, and placing explosives."

  He Lingchuan was taken aback: "Are you still using explosives?"

   Trendy. He has been to the mines in Qiansong County, where mining is purely manual.

   "Ah yes, it saves effort. We have been using gunpowder for many years." In other words, it is an old traditional art. "Until the mine is abandoned, there is still a lot of gunpowder left."

  Shan Youjun and the others couldn't help cursing in a low voice. Now they finally know where the gunpowder that killed the officials of the Dunyu grain transport team came from.

  Of course He Lingchuan also thought of it, his eyes flickered, and he asked the old man: "Is there any gunpowder left in your family?"

   "No, no." The old man waved his hands again and again, "How can I do such a stupid thing? If the house is blown up, it won't be worth it."

   "Uh..." The old woman next to her was embarrassed, "The gunpowder you mentioned is probably hidden in a black and white jar?"

  Having been married for decades, the old man understood her expression, and said in shock, "Don't tell me, you hid gunpowder at home! I obviously threw it away!"

  The old woman smiled mischievously: "It's a pity to throw it away."

  He Lingchuan snapped his fingers, God helped me.

   "Then trouble you to find it for me." He looked at the people behind him, "We should say something to Hong Chenglue, and we should reciprocate."

   It's the 31st! I would like to trouble everyone to issue a guaranteed monthly ticket for next month, and vote for Jiufang from the beginning of November 1st, bow and thank you.

  (end of this chapter)