"So, they were all killed by the same person?"
Cheng Muyou lowered his head and pondered, "It is very likely that the method of killing is exactly the same, and the means of discarding the corpse are basically the same, both of which are discarded in the dead of night, so I judge that these two cases should be committed by the same person, but," he paused and raised his head again, "Why did he cut off the arm of the deceased?"
What can a dead man's arm be used for?
” Miss Yan also felt strange, and she didn't understand why the murderer took the deceased's arm.
As he was talking, a frightened cry suddenly came from the crowd, "Hey, Aunt Li, is this your family Rengui?"
” Before the words fell, a woman in her forties squeezed out of the crowd with a white face, and came to the corpse despite Shi Jin's obstruction, she quietly looked at the man on the straw mat for a while, and suddenly her feet were weak, and her body fell backwards, but fortunately, Cheng Muyou reacted in time, and rushed over to hug her, so that she did not fall to the ground.
He pressed the woman's middle hard, and shouted at Jiang Xixi while turning around, "Quick, take the eucalyptus oil." ” The woman was temporarily placed on a wooden table in the Heavenly Star Garden, and when she woke up, it was noon, and as soon as she opened her eyes, she struggled to rush outward, muttering "Rengui, Rengui." ” Jiang Xixi hugged her, "Li Rengui's body has been transported to Xin'an Mansion, and the government needs further examination before the body can be buried." ” The woman sat on the ground and howled, "This one has no conscience, you are gone, what will I do with the child." ” Cheng Muyou waited for her to cry enough, and then took a bowl of water and handed it over, "Drink it, if you get sick again, the child will be left alone." ” The woman saw Cheng Muyou personally bring the water, knelt on the ground and pulled his sleeve, "My lord, my father-in-law is an honest man and never grudges with others, who did such a cruel thing to him." ” Cheng Muyou helped her stand up and let her sit on a wooden bench, "When did Li Rengui disappear?"
” "The night before yesterday, he was a backman, carrying grain at the dock, doing their job, there was no fixed point, sometimes he would not come back all night, sometimes he was tired and sleepy, so he slept in the bathhouse, so he didn't go home for two days, and I didn't suspect it."
"Wait, what do you mean, Li Rengui usually comes down from the dock and will go to take a shower and drink some wine before going home?"
"Yes, my lord, this line of work is hard, and my arms and legs are tired, so Rengui likes to find a place to relax and go home."
"But this time, he went to the street, but never went back, which is exactly the same as Yuan Qi's whereabouts before he was killed."
Cheng Muyou said to himself, "He and Yuan Qi don't know each other, and the only similarity is that they have both been to the market.
He stood up suddenly, "It's a pity, you send Aunt Li home, and I'll go out." ” The docks were bustled with people, and the porters, shirtless, carried bags of cargo off the ships at anchor, and before they had time to breathe, they walked back down the deck and back to the ship, and then carried a bag on their backs.
Their wages are based on the quantity of goods, but there are only so many goods every day, and when you take a breath, the goods are carried away by others.
Therefore, these manual laborers did not dare to relax at all, for fear that they would carry a few bags less than others and not earn copper plates to support their families.
Cheng Muyou grabbed a young man who had just put down the goods and gave him a string of copper plates, so that he could calm down and talk to himself.
His skin, like that of the other porters, was tanned and shiny by the sun, and sweat ran down his thick neck, shining brightly in the sunlight.
"Li Rengui?
I've heard the name, but my lord, in our business, we basically do our own things, and we don't have time to communicate.
He wiped the sweat from his head and put away the copper plate with some embarrassment.
"I don't need you to know much about him, you just need to tell me where you usually go after you finish your work."
"What place?
It's nothing more than a bathhouse and a tea stall, and if you make a lot of money one day, you may even go to drink two cups, my lord, you know, we do manual work, and the money we earn is exchanged for our lives, and we are reluctant to go to those places where we spend a lot of money," he said to Nunu, the long street directly opposite the pier, "You see, there are small stalls on both sides of this street, and most of the people who consume there are dock workers, you will know when you go to see it." ” "Yes, Yuan Qi will not be willing to go to the wine store to consume, this is the second common point between the two of them."
He stood up, "Thank you, go back to work, otherwise the goods will be robbed by others." ” "My lord, if you ask such a few words, just give me a string of copper plates, a little careless" He took out the string of copper plates again, handed them over and did not take them back.
"Take it, it's not easy for you to come and go in the wind and rain."
"My lord, was Li Rengui really killed?"
Cheng Muyou turned his head, his eyes deep and bright, "Go home when you get off the dock, don't linger outside recently." ” A bowl of tea to drink the stomach, Cheng Muyou then felt refreshed, he looked at the surrounding groups of people sitting and drinking tea, and said that no wonder they all like to come here to drink tea, they only stayed on the dock for a while, they were already sweating, they worked all day hard, and they definitely hoped to find a place to escape the heat and have water to drink for the first time.
He stared at the owner of the tea stall, this middle-aged man was fat, he was tired and panting after pouring a few bowls of tea, he found a stool to sit aside, shook the pu fan, and watched the proprietress work alone.
If it is said that he killed the person, few people should believe it, Cheng Muyou picked up the empty bowl in front of him and shouted, "Boss, another bowl of tea." ” I wanted to let my daughter-in-law come over, but the owner of the tea stall seemed to have just recognized who the tea drinker was, so he respectfully walked over with the teapot and poured the empty bowl to the brim, "You are Lord Cheng from Xin'an Mansion, right?"
What a rarity.
As he spoke, his fat body had already sat down against the bench, "My name is Wang Cheng, and I have been setting up a stall here for more than ten years. ” Cheng Muyou took a sip of tea, "It tastes good, no wonder those porters like to come to you." ” "Hey, don't look at my stall is not very good, the tea can be used for all good goods, this is this year's new Longjing, the same as Tianxingyuan's, but the price is much fairer, you look at this water, mountain spring, sweet but not fishy, cool and delicious, after drinking, the waist does not hurt, and the legs are also" "Have you seen Li Rengui?"
Cheng Muyou interrupted him.
"Li Rengui?"
He thought about it for a while, "Don't say it, I really know it, you came to me for tea a few days ago." ” As soon as he said this, the table suddenly crooked, and a bowl of tea was buttoned on Cheng Muyou's body, soaking his clothes.