After issuing a military order in front of Xue Tongpan, Sun Tu told his subordinates about his situation, which made all the old yamen people admire him more and more despite their shock.
These people have been in Kaifeng Mansion for many years and have seen many unjust, false and wrong cases. Sometimes due to various reasons and concerns, a case that could have been used to find out the truth becomes an unjust case, and they have seen all this. But he could only choose silence. They originally thought that this was the way the world was, but Sun Tu's performance greatly exceeded their expectations. Because it was unique, it became even more precious.
But apart from admiration, everyone also knew that this case was still difficult, and Shen Liang frowned deeply: "Du Tou, there are still no further clues about this arson case. Can we really find out the truth? ? Where should we start?”
Others looked at Sun Tu uneasily, but he himself remained calm at this time: "Of course we started with Qi Xuanwen. The prisoner came for his shop, so the answer naturally lies with him. "As he said that, he turned around and walked out: "Let's ask him again to see what clues he can provide."
Immediately, Sun Tu led everyone to the inn where he had been yesterday. But as soon as I arrived near the inn, I found that there were a lot of people around, pointing and pointing. When I got closer, I heard some people talking about dead people, sudden deaths and other topics. This suddenly made Sun Tu's heart skip a beat. An extremely bad thought came to his mind. He immediately squeezed through the crowd and rushed directly to the inn.
Seeing this group of people in public uniforms approaching, the store owner with a sad face immediately came up to him: "Master, this is not a small store business. This morning, the clerk in my store wanted to give the man his last name." Qi's guest officer brought water, but when he entered, he found that the person had died in the room... "
"What did you say? A guest named Qi died here? What was his name? Was it Qi Xuanwen?" Sun Tu's expression also changed drastically, and he asked a series of questions.
Only then did the other party recognize Sun Tu. They had met yesterday, and Sun Tu had revealed his identity at that time. Now the store owner became more and more nervous: "Master Cha... didn't you just come here after taking the case? That dead man is indeed the guest officer named Qi Xuanwen, whom you met yesterday."
After getting the affirmative answer, Sun Tu's face became more and more gloomy. He took a deep breath before controlling his emotions, and then carefully scanned the people around him. The customers and clerks in the shop all looked frightened and uneasy, and they didn't even dare to make eye contact with him. After looking around, he said: "Where is he now? Take me there." Others behind him were stunned for a long time. No one expected that this only clue was also broken.
The store owner hurriedly agreed and led the way. At the same time, he kept saying that he was innocent. Obviously, something happened in the store that frightened him. Sun Tu, however, had a serious face and did not make any expression. It was not until he came to the guest room that he stopped the store owner who was about to enter: "Was this door open before?"
"No, that's right. When Xiao B from my shop came over, he found that the door was not closed tightly, so he pushed the door open and entered. As a result, he found that the customer was dead in the room."
Sun Tu nodded and asked everyone to stay outside. Then he walked into the slightly dark room. He carefully scanned the room and found that it was a rather simple guest room, except for the bed against the wall. Outside, there is just a table, two stools and a cabinet for placing items. At this time, there were no messy traces left after the fight in the room, and the deceased was lying on the bed, with no trace of injury or blood visible on the surface.
After making sure that nothing was missing, Sun Tu came to the body and looked down at Qi Xuanwen's body carefully. In just one night, the important witness who could still talk to him yesterday had lost his breath. His entire face was frighteningly white, his head was tilted to one side, and only the corner of his mouth still had a trace of blood.
Sun Tu only touched his neck with his hand and discovered that the cause of his death was the same as the two charred corpses he inspected last night. He also died from his neck being twisted! This made Sun Tu feel a twinge of regret. In fact, he should have been on guard. Since the murderer dared to kill people and set fires, there was no guarantee that he would not attack Qi Xuanwen, a key witness. It was only because things were undecided yesterday and he was a little tired that he ignored this key point, which led to Qi Xuanwen being subsequently silenced.
"Du Tou, why did he die?" Shen Liang asked anxiously in front of the door.
Sun Tu sighed: "He died after his neck was broken. Look at the door latch of this guest room to see if there are any scratches."
Shen Liang agreed, went into the house to check carefully, and then said: "Sure enough, someone used a sharp weapon to pry open the door at night, and there are still fresh marks on the door latch."
Sun Tu nodded: "The other party came here just to kill people and silence them. They did it very cleanly and left almost no clues."
"How can Dutou make such an assertion? Maybe he was murdered for money?" Lu Fang, who had been silent until now, suddenly put forward his own idea.
Sun Tu sneered: "If a thief sneaked into the house and was discovered before killing someone, it would be impossible for him to do it so cleanly and leave us no clues. What's more, there are the deceased's belongings wrapped in the cabinet, and those things have not been stolen at all. Signs of movement.”
Only then did everyone realize that there were indeed neat packages placed in the cabinet next to them, and they all nodded in agreement. Then everyone became even more uneasy: "Then who could this murderer be? Now that Qi Xuanwen is dead, haven't all the clues been broken?"
"Yes, they took risks just for this reason, but I believe that as long as a crime is committed, there will be loopholes." Sun Tu had already walked out of the house at this time: "Store, has there been anything strange in front of your door in the past two days? Are you lingering around all this time?" Apparently the other party didn't attack Qi Xuanwen until last night because he was looking for him. The other party was worried that the matter would be leaked, so he took the risk of killing someone.
The shopkeeper thought about it carefully, but still shook his head: "I really can't remember it. There are too many people coming and going in front of the shop every day, so we really can't pay more attention."
Sun Tu did not embarrass him, but asked him to call several other clerks in the store together, and then asked the same question. These people naturally looked trembling in front of the government officials. After a while, they all shook their heads to express that they had not discovered anything.
"Is there really no special person?" Sun Tu touched his chin thoughtfully. At this moment, another group of officials hurried over. The leader was Han Chun, another Dutou from Kaifeng Mansion. When he saw Sun Tu and others, he was obviously a little surprised: "Why is Sun Dutou here too?" here?"
After Sun Tu gave a brief explanation, the other party was even more shocked: "Is there such a thing? Then this case..." When he knew that this murder was related to the serious fire case the night before, he had the intention to retreat.
Sun Tu didn't want to but said, "I've done everything that needs to be investigated. Naturally, you, Han Dutou, will handle this case." After saying hello, he led the people away.
After leaving the inn, Shen Liang and others looked at him with some confusion: "Du Tou, have you already found the suspicious person?" Otherwise, why did he come out so quickly
Sun Tu shook his head: "There are no clues, not even the suspicious person."
"Then..." Now everyone was really uneasy. But Sun Tu smiled again: "But the more this happens, the more the problem is exposed. Do you think that if someone has been staring at Qi Xuanwen near this inn, will the store clerk not know about it at all? Maybe for a while They can’t find the problem, but at the end of the day, someone will figure it out.”
"This..." Shen Liang's expression suddenly changed: "Could it be the fault of a customer in the store, or even a clerk in the store?"
"No, I took a closer look just now. The store owner and the waiters are ordinary people, and those who can kill Qi Xuanwen and the three of them must be very skilled in martial arts. As for other customers, it is not likely. After all, if they bought the store yesterday, Leaving in a hurry early today can easily be suspected, and the store owner also mentioned it to us just now."
"Who is the murderer?"
Sun Tu glanced at the common people and pedestrians not far away, and said solemnly: "There is only one kind of people. Even if they are lingering in front of the store, they will be deliberately ignored by others, because they have always been like this, extremely inconspicuous!" Here, his eyes had fallen to a corner not far away, where a ragged and dirty beggar was sitting!