After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 272
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 for it!"

The three should be, and started a carpet search.

However, Hong Chenglue was obviously professional enough in this area. The four of them worked together to search for a quarter of an hour, not letting go of every crack in the bricks. They 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 was rickety and her mouth was deflated, but her movements were very flexible. She stood firm when she staggered, and turned to escape.

Mao Tao picked up her collar and pointed 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?"

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

"You are also a resident of this alley?"

"Be louder!"

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

The ten copper coins rattled in He Lingchuan's hands: "Take the bounty 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 a few 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 came in first to find out, and then I reported it to the police. .”

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

"Ah, I remember that several things happened that day. First, 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 borrowed 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. In the end... hey wait, where did you say you came from?"

"Xiazhou Mansion."

"Older than the officials here?"

"Big." Jiao Taiweng said softly, "much bigger."

"Oh, after those officials came in, 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 a leg stuck out from the kitchen floor. I felt something was wrong and reported it to the officials."

"In other words, you were the first to arrive at the scene?"

"Uh, so be it."

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 two fingers 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 was especially good at frightening old women in the villages and towns.The old woman stopped cheating and playing tricks: "That, that is at my house."

The four then followed her home.

This old woman lived diagonally across from Hong Chenglue. There was only one old man in the house, and she hadn't 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 were bottles and cans, rotten wood, long hemp ropes 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.

As expected, all the pots and pans of the Hong family are 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 hadn't been used yet.

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

"Then, should it 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 few people then swaggered 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 very 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 was more than two quarters of an hour before someone sneaked into the alley, checked that no one was around, jumped over the wall and jumped into the old woman's courtyard.

The old woman was digging firewood for cooking in the yard, when suddenly the back of her neck was pinched, and a low voice came from next to her ear: "What did those people ask just now?"

"Ah..." Why is there still someone here?The old woman was terrified, "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.

When she turned her head, she saw a man lying on the ground, and a smiling Maotao stood behind him.

"Sure enough, there is still eyeliner in the town." The young master 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 awakened 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 and almost fell in.It was Mao Tao who supported her again.

This old woman is too obsessed with cracking the door.

"Ah..." This time even she felt a little embarrassed, not knowing 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?"

"I have this 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, so what the boss didn't have was money?

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

After dozens of breaths, she came back, and there was an old man beside her, not sixty years old, thin and thin, but his back was still straight.

"This is my old man, he has worked in the mine for two years, Lu familiar!"

He Lingchuan invited the two of them in: "What did the old man do in the mine?"

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

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

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

"Ah yes, it saves effort. We have been doing things with gunpowder here 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 unused."

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 you do such a stupid thing? If you blow up your house, it won't be worth it."

"Uh..." The old woman next to her was embarrassed, "Could the gunpowder you mentioned be hidden in black and white jars?"

After decades of husband and wife, 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 11st, bow and thank you.

　
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