After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 1444 Doubts
"General Chongwu?" Liu Wu looked up at him. "General Chongwu was also in Zhuowei that day?"

"Yes, he just arrived that day. He was trying to grab a box with us, but then he just sat down and drank with us."

"You guys been drinking all night?"

"No, no, we drank until the evening, and then the Jieshan Inn was robbed. Several teams were robbed. Two, no, three boxes of tribute escorted by General Chongwu were also stolen. He was not in the mood to drink anymore, so he went to chase the thieves." He Lingchuan answered truthfully, "After he left, we drank for another half an hour, then went back to the house to rest until dawn."

"You slept all night without leaving the guest room?"

Fan Shuang shook her head, and He Lingchuan smiled and said, "I slept soundly with the sound of wind and rain outside as my pillow."

After a heavy drink on a rainy day, what else can you do besides sleeping?
This is a normal reaction of a normal person. If Liu Wu cares about this, at least several thousand people in Mangzhou and Zhuowei did the same thing that night. Can he care about them one by one?

So he didn't insist on asking, and changed the topic to ask: "Where is General Chongwu? When did he return to the inn?"

"At least it's after dawn, right? The sun has already risen." He Lingchuan thought for a moment, "I got up later than usual after drinking, but I also had breakfast with General Chongwu."

Liu Wu nodded: "Did he get his tribute back?"

"We have recovered them, and we have recovered the other teams' as well." He Lingchuan said with a smile, "Otherwise, how would General Chongwu have the leisure to have breakfast with me?"

"Who stole it?"

"Two petty thieves. I heard that they stole things into a shabby village in the outskirts of Zhuowei, and were eventually found by General Zhongwu." General Zhongwu's ability to track prey is quite good.

Liu Wu's eyes flashed: "Have you seen these two thieves?"

"No, General Chongwu did not take the two thieves back to the inn."

"So, General Chongwu said all this himself?"

"Yes, but General Chongwu also said during breakfast that this matter was strange. How could two petty thieves steal so many valuable items? He asked me to do some analysis."

"Oh? What did you say?"

"I said, if there is someone else who stole the property, maybe it's to confuse the public so that they can attack the real target in the inn." He Lingchuan picked up the remaining tea on the table to moisten his throat, "Then General Chongwu finished his breakfast and led the team on the road."

Liu Wu thought for a moment and asked again: "Is he riding a divine horse?"

"Yes, it's a barbarian named 'Mobai', with a black body, white tail, and blood-red eyes. It's a rare and good horse!"

Liu Wu nodded: "Island Master He, have you ever had any history with General Xue and Master Qi?"

"Yes." He Lingchuan answered very naturally. Even King Yao knew clearly about the conflict between him and Xue Zongwu. "Both branches I opened in Yao Kingdom had problems. I was in a state of panic. Fortunately, I got some advice and went to General Xue to give gifts and get some concessions. I was able to resolve the problem quickly."

Liu Wu smiled and said, "Island Master He made light of it, but I heard that many people died in Yangshan's Xiancheng branch."

He Lingchuan said bluntly: "Yes, fire and water are merciless, and the arsonist is even more merciless, he could do such a thing to so many innocent people."

"Even though this matter has calmed down, Master He still feels resentful, right?"

"It's impossible to say I'm not angry." He Lingchuan said calmly, "But I'm not the only one who's resentful. I bet there were quite a few people in Mangzhou that night who had a grudge against General Xue, right?"

Liu Wu agreed with this statement. If they were ranked by hatred, the island master He in front of him wouldn't even be in the top 20.

"Did you meet General Xue on your trip eastward?"

"Yes." He Lingchuan would not hide any details that the other party could verify. "After crossing the Bailang River, General Xue saw Commander Zhao and came over to say hello. He also greeted me. Brother Fan was also there at the time."

Fan Shuang nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, I'm here too."

Knowing that Liu Wu wanted to get to the bottom of the matter, He Lingchuan told him everything he had talked about with Xue Zongwu, and then asked Fan Shuang: "Brother Fan, did I miss anything?"

"Very detailed." Even more detailed than he remembered.

Just a few sarcastic remarks, can't be regarded as a suspicion of murder. After all, the clay statue still has some temper. Liu Wu put away the paper and pen: "Okay, I am just doing routine work, please forgive me, Lord He."

"You must cooperate, cooperate seriously."

Liu Wu still had many people to question, two of whom were in the Sanzhantou Inn. He left He Lingchuan's guest room and turned around to knock on someone else's door.

After he and several guards disappeared, Fan Shuang lowered his voice and said, "Brother He, could it be that he is suspicious of a serious..."

He Lingchuan put his thumb in front of his lips and made a soft "hush" sound.

Fan Shuang was shocked and quickly shut up. How could she say such words without thinking?
Most likely it was because she was too relaxed in front of He Xiao.

He Lingchuan said softly: "That's something Commander Liu and His Majesty have planned, we don't need to speculate."

Fan Shuang nodded. Xue Zongwu's death was such a big event that she must not be involved in it at all.

But now that I think about it, General Chongwu benefited the most from General Xue's death. Could it be that the murderer was really General Chongwu?
Oh, this, this!

He Lingchuan saw his expression and knew that he had fallen into reverie, so he patted his shoulder:

"We have already wasted some time, let's go to Maochun Restaurant."

While driving, Soul Mirror couldn't help but ask, "Did you expect that this case would eventually lead to you?"

He Lingchuan propped up his head and rubbed his temple.

Fan Shuang was beside him, so he couldn't speak, but this action represented an affirmative answer:
Yes!
Under his control, the real suspect in Xue Zongwu's death was doomed to be untraceable. After finding nothing in Mangzhou, the investigators could only expand the search area, and it was very likely that they would find He Lingchuan.

So what he needs to do is to make himself look innocent and come up with a convincing alibi.

This is why he did not stay in Mangzhou, but took great pains to choose Zhuoyu. In order to further prove his innocence, he also arranged an alibi and arranged witnesses.

Mirror asked again: "Have you been planning to put the blame on General Chongwu for a long time?!"

He Lingchuan rubbed his temple again:

nonsense!

"Based on just a few suspicions, General Chongwu will be fine."

Fan Shuang: "Ah? Brother He, are you talking to me?"

He Lingchuan shook his head: "Nothing."

As soon as he saw General Chongwu show up that night, he prepared this backup plan.

General Chongwu was an extremely powerful warrior, and he brought his most trusted men in the army with him.

He was also riding a good horse. A pure-blooded horse could see even at night. So it shouldn't be too much to travel 800 miles at night, right?
If Yao State can find out about He Lingchuan, they can naturally find out about General Chongwu as well - no matter how you look at it, General Chongwu is much more suspicious than Island Master He.