Mercenaries and Adventurers

Zhao Ji led the militia Davos to the outside of the only tavern on this glass street along with the crowded flow of people.

The militiaman Davos is a young militiaman about twenty-five to thirty years old. His body looks solid and his face looks relatively stable.

On the way to the tavern, Zhao Ji told him about the work that will wait for a while. He Davers didn't need to do anything, he just took the small handful of copper coins that Zhao Ji gave him and played casually at the gambling booth, as long as he didn't lose all the coins quickly. As for Zhao Jiji himself, he mainly inquired and discovered news clues, and the militiaman Davers only needed to cooperate with Zhao Ji's work.

When he came to the door of the tavern, Zhao Ji stood still, first handed a small handful of copper coins to the militiaman Davos, and asked him to keep them, so that they would not be wasted for nothing later, as it was not easy for him, Keel, to make money.

While giving Davos coins at the door, Zhao Ji glanced at the door of the tavern. The door of the tavern is made of long wooden boards, which is different from the one-piece wooden door used by ordinary residents. The door of the tavern is a double door, which is the kind that opens from the middle to the left.

After Zhao Ji glanced at the gate, inspiration suddenly popped up in his mind, and he thought of something. He dragged the militiaman Davos to the door of the tavern, and Zhao Ji carefully watched that the door was blocked on the side next to the wall. Sure enough, at the height of a normal person's hand, Zhao Ji found several faintly visible fingerprints of fresh blood.

This door is on the left side of the gate. Zhao Ji gestured next to the bloody fingerprint, and it turned out to be the fingerprint of his left hand.

Smiling, Zhao Ji pointed to the bloody fingerprints found by the militiaman Davos. Seeing Davos's surprised face, he asked Davos to call Mr. Fu Lun over to see the discovery.

The militiaman Davos nodded, and turned to find Mr. Fulun.

Zhao Ji leaned against the wall of the tavern, thought for a while, and went to another wooden door of the tavern, and sure enough, he found a bloody fingerprint. After gesturing, it should be a few fingerprints on his right hand.

Soon, Mr. Furren and Militia Davers came over. Zhao Ji pointed to the bloody fingerprints on the door to Mr. Fu Lun: "Look, there are bloody fingerprints on the two doors that opened the door. Although it is not very clear, it can be confirmed that it was left when the door was opened from outside the door stained with blood. .”

Mr. Fullen leaned forward to take a closer look, and then buckled a little bit down and rubbed it together: "Indeed, it's fresh blood no more than a day old. It seems that although the murderer wiped his blood-stained hands on his clothes, his There's still a lot of blood on my hands that hasn't been wiped off."

"Can it be said that the killing of Mr. Cardo is indeed related to the gambling stall in this tavern? It seems that he sneaked out at night, and he did come to gamble. The question is, why does he insist on Woke up in the middle of the night and came here to gamble?" Zhao Ji asked.

"This is not something I can answer. I have to go to the murderer and ask."

"I have a little question."

"Keel, ask."

Zhao Ji raised his question: "It's like this. We can see that the murderer opened the door to enter the tavern, but aren't taverns and gambling stalls open all day? Why are the doors closed?"

Mr. Fullen and Militia Davos froze for a moment, then laughed. "Haha, you seldom go out at night recently, right? It's autumn now, and the temperature drops rapidly at night. Although it's open all day, everyone will close the door to ensure the temperature in the house, but it won't Close the door."

Hearing such a simple reason, Zhao Ji patted his head. After understanding such a simple reason, he reflected that he still lacked experience, especially life experience.

"It seems that the murderer who killed Mr. Cardo is most likely here. Mr. Furren, please wait at the door for a while. Davos and I will go in and check the situation now."

Mr. Fullen nodded, and went to the booth next door to ask for something to eat.

He started to eat slowly, it seemed that he didn't eat his lunch.

As soon as Zhao Ji and the two entered the tavern, Zhao Ji noticed that there were a few rough-looking people sitting on the side of the wooden stairs leading to the second floor in the tavern. It is estimated that the thugs of the gangsters are guarding the gate here.

Zhao Ji asked Davos to lead, and he followed behind. After all, he himself is still a young man who is only sixteen or seventeen years old at this time. Although there is no habit here that does not allow younger people to gamble on the table, young people of his age are generally more keen on pursuing girl.

When passing the bar of the tavern, Davos ordered two glasses of beer for the bartender, and shared a glass for himself and Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji rolled his eyes secretly. The cost was either his own money or he was generous. The beer was pretty good, slightly higher than the beer Zhao Ji usually drank.

Holding beers, the two walked to the second floor of the tavern under the watchful eyes of several gangsters. When Davos went upstairs, he raised the wine glass in his hand at the thugs and said a toast.

Zhao Ji didn't quite understand, but the thugs who sat in the tavern all day did understand, and immediately smiled and went to the bartender's side to beg for beer.

"What did you say just now? They ran to ask for a drink?" Zhao Ji asked the militiaman Davos in a low voice as he went upstairs.

Davers smiled: "I'm talking about 'mountain-like wine barrels'. This sentence means that as long as you ask for a drink at the bar, you will be given a glass. I just saw three thugs who gave the bartender five A person's drink money."

Zhao Ji raised his eyebrows and recorded these little tricks, maybe they will come in handy sometime.

The second floor of the tavern is divided into two parts, the inside part seems to be a place to recruit J, there are bursts of XX sounds coming from each individual small room, strong thugs stand against the wall, watching the different people sitting next to each other A J girl in her age group, a skinny middle-aged man who looked wretched and cunning when she saw Zhao Ji and her two coming upstairs, invited them to come and play.

"Don't pay attention to him." The militiaman Davos whispered to Zhao Ji.

The other part of the tavern's second floor is a larger room. The door of this room is open, and there are quite a few people crowded inside, gambling in full swing.

Zhao Ji and the militia Davos approached, sipping beer while carefully observing all kinds of people in the room.

Although Keir allowed Davos to play around with the money, he would not forget what they were here for this time. While pretending to look for a gaming table he likes, he secretly looked at the gangsters in the room.

Zhao Ji, holding the wine glass, walked unsteadily in this gambling booth, while looking at everyone in the room. He didn't think that the murderer returned to the tavern controlled by the gang, and that person was the one who did it.

If you think about it carefully, you will understand that if the members of the Vicious Dog Gang really killed Mr. Kaduo, then it would be too disadvantageous for them to do things. Wouldn't it be better to tie Mr. Cardo directly, whether it's beating and scolding or blackmailing his family, it's better than killing him directly.

Therefore, Zhao Ji didn't actually think that the gangsters did the murder. On the contrary, Zhao Ji thinks that this matter may be more of a passionate murder that is often said.

There are several pieces of information that can be seen.

The killer stabbed Mr Cardo with a small dagger. This shows that the murderer was not prepared to premeditate the murder, because if it was a murder, why would the other party use such a short dagger. Wouldn't it be more convenient to prepare a short sword, or a larger dagger?

The dagger that Zhao Ji himself is using now is a gift from Todd. The size of this dagger is nearly 30 centimeters in length. As far as Zhao Ji observed the wound on Mr. Cardo's body, the width and depth of the blade were very small, more like a dining dagger used in the wild. It can kill someone. Unfortunately, that wasn't the only attack shot.

The murderer stabbed many wounds on Mr. Cardo's body continuously. Although each of these wounds was not very serious, but with so many wounds, the bleeding alone caused Mr. Cardo to lose blood and die in a coma.

The locations of the wounds are all places with thick muscles on the human body, which can also be seen that the murderer did not intend to take human life. If you really want to take someone's life, you can directly attack the vital parts of the person. Even if one of those vital parts is injured, it is the key to life-threatening.

Zhao Ji could tell from the position of the weapon and the wound that the murderer was not a premeditated murder, but became agitated and attacked the sturdy Mr. Cardo with the dining dagger he carried with him. The place with thick muscle and fat was stabbed and attacked many times in a row, and then Mr. Cardo, who turned around and ignored him and did not call for help, returned to the place controlled by the gangster.

Zhao Ji took a sip of beer.

Mr. Cardo, who has a strong figure! Mr. Cardo who did not ask for help! The aim is to hurt people and return to the place controlled by gangsters!

Zhao Ji noticed three problems.

The first is the figure of Mr. Cardo. Mr. Cardo is a small businessman who makes and sells wigs. His customers are all people with some property status. Therefore, although Mr. Cardo lives in a poor area, he owns a big three-story house. There are not many children in the family, which shows that his family's property is not bad. As a result, he eats well and has a strong body that many commoners and farmers don't have. With such a figure and weight, it is not easy to attack the opponent.

Especially since the scene of the crime was in a small alley in the early morning without light.

This shows that the murderer's body must be as strong as Mr. Cardo's, maybe it can be a little weaker, but it can't be much worse. After all, if the difference is too much, when attacking Mr. Cardo, as long as Mr. Cardo breaks free, the murderer will not be able to stop him.

Secondly, Mr. Cardo, who was attacked, did not call for help. The place where Mr. Cardo was attacked was less than 50 meters away from his home, and the straight-line distance was even less than 30 meters. The place where he was attacked was surrounded by his neighbors. As long as he shouted for help, he might be able to get timely medical treatment and survived. Moreover, when he is attacked, he can also shout for help to scare away the murderer who attacked him.

But he didn't do any of these, just being attacked silently, lying on the ground silently, and then died silently.

Why?

Zhao Ji couldn't figure out the reason. After all, life is the most precious thing, so it would be a pity to give it up silently. Moreover, Mr. Kaduo still has his parents, wife and children, and he just left them to die. What is the reason for all this.

In the end, the murderer looked from his perspective, and after 'hurting' someone, he returned directly to the gang's tavern.

This is very strange. After all, according to Zhao Ji's previous inference, the murderer was not a member of the Vicious Dog Gang, after all, his tactics and style were not good enough. Since the murderer is not a member of the gang, why did he return to the tavern controlled by the gang after 'injuring someone' instead of returning to his home, or directly fleeing Kendall City and hiding outside the city for a while.

After all, although hurting someone is not a felony, in Kendall City, as long as the other party reports to the guards or something, the person who hurt someone will still have to pay money and spend a period of time in prison.

Zhao Ji judged that the murderer's behavior may be related to the reason why he attacked Mr. Cardo.

And for this reason, Zhao Ji had to search for it here. Being able to make someone attack another person is definitely not a small matter. The gangsters who are often here must know it, but they don't necessarily pay attention to it.

And this requires Zhao Ji to ask carefully.