Dreaming back to the Tang Dynasty, I was working as a detective in Chang'an

Wu Xing and Ge Dazhi died in the same way. They were both poisoned in their meals and killed outdoors. However, Mai Laoguang and his wife were killed at home. Why did the murderer change the location of the crime? , there is another point that is also very puzzling, that is, why did the murderer kill Mai Laoguang and his wife, but the last two victims did not touch their families?

I said to the fat man: "Is Mai Laoguang's wife his original wife?"

The fat man said: "Yes, I asked the neighbors around and they said that Mai Laoguang and his wife came to Chang'an from Guangdong to do business together. They have been seen together since the opening of their Shaomai shop."

I slapped the table and said, "That's right. The serial murders in the past few days are all from Guangdong, and they only committed crimes against a few people who came to Guangdong 13 years ago. This means that among them There must be a connection between them, and this connection point is the key to solving the case."

Next, we went to Wu Xing’s home to talk to his wife.

Wuxing's house is located in a not noisy area on the outskirts of Beicheng. It has three north rooms and a small courtyard, which is very quiet. The room was exquisitely decorated, and it didn't look like a family that was short of money. His wife was also wearing gold and silver, and she looked wealthy.

We explained our bad intentions, and the woman started sobbing again: "Masters, my shopkeeper died unjustly. You have to make the decision with the poor girl." As she said this, she knelt down.

"That's natural, so we made this special visit just to understand the situation." The fat man said and helped her up.

I asked: "Sister, we want to know if anything strange happened in the past few days before your husband passed away?"

The woman said: "It's nothing special. Even in the past few months, he was always preoccupied and didn't pay much attention to me. At noon the day before his death, he said that a friend invited him to have a drink, and then he never talked to me again. did not return."

"Didn't he say who he was going to drink with?"

"I never dared ask when he went out drinking, but wait a minute, I have something to show you."

After saying that, she turned and went to the bedroom. After a while she came out of the bedroom with a piece of paper in her hand, handed it to me and said:

"Master, please take a look. I sorted out what my husband found. I wonder if it will be of any help to you in solving the case?"

I took it over and looked at it. It was an IOU. The general meaning was that I borrowed two thousand taels of silver from Wu Xingwen for a period of two months. This will be used as evidence. The signature is Mai Duanze, and the time was one day two months ago.

This Mai Duanze is Mai Laoguang, the dead owner of the Shaomai shop.

I asked, "Do you know this guy who owes your husband money?"

The woman shook her head: "I have never heard him mention this person, let alone know him. So I feel strange, who can owe my husband money so well? Sir, I can afford this money now." Want to come back?"

I said: "The person who owed money to your husband is dead. As for whether we can get it back, we have no say. We will take this IOU as evidence now. It will be returned to you after the case is concluded. You can take it at that time." Go to the county government office with the IOU to file a complaint and wait for news."

The woman groaned and said nothing.

On the way back, I asked the fat man: "This IOU shows that he and Mai Laoguang know each other. They have never had any contact. Why did this IOU suddenly appear two months ago? This is really strange." "

In order to verify the authenticity of this IOU, the three of us, Fatty and Tianbao, came to Mai Laoguang's home again. I found an account book at Mai Laoguang's house. He always remembered the running accounts. Because he never took credit, this account book was all income.

We brought the account book and the IOU back to the Yamen. Mr. Li in the Yamen was an old scholar. He was very knowledgeable about calligraphy and painting. After carefully comparing and appraising the two, he was able to confirm that the words on the IOU were indeed correct. It's Mai Laoguang's handwriting, belonging to the same person.

I asked his master, "How can you be so sure that it is the handwriting of the same person? Isn't it a copy?"

The master replied: "No, everyone has different writing habits and different strength. Even if someone imitates it, some features cannot be imitated. For example, look at the two liang of Wen Yin on this IOU. ', the last stroke of it is the stroke of 'human character'. Most people write with a stroke that is downward, but in this IOU and account book, the last stroke is a downward stroke first, and then an upward stroke. , so they all have a small hook. This is this person's writing habit. All his "two"s are like this. This wording habit is usually ignored.

Another point is that his writing is very powerful, almost penetrating the back of the paper. Whether it is an account book or an IOU, it has the same strength, which is difficult for anyone to imitate. Another point is that these two pieces of paper should have been bought in the same batch. Their materials and workmanship are the same. You can see that there are torn marks on this account book. Maybe this IOU was torn from this account book. "

This proves that this IOU was indeed written by Mai Laoguang himself, so the question arises again: "Why did Wu Xing suddenly lend money to Mai Laoguang? Is there any ulterior motive between them?"

But now that these two people are dead, does it mean that this secret has also been taken to the grave by them?

When we got home, we started discussing the case. I said to the fat man:

"Mai Laoguang, Wu Xing, and Ge Dazhi must have known each other. They came all the way from Guangdong to Chang'an and stopped communicating. It must be to keep a common secret."

The fat man said: "There is another strange thing. They haven't communicated with each other for more than ten years. Why did they suddenly contact each other two months ago?"

"Is there a possibility that this Mai Laoguang has some secrets about Wu Xing and asked him to borrow money two months ago. When the time limit was up, he didn't want to repay it, so Wu Xing killed Mai Laoguang and his wife in anger. Woolen cloth?"

Things here feel very messy, but they are inextricably linked. We believe that as long as we find a thread, it may be possible to explain everything.

At this time Tianbao strode in from outside, shouting that he was starving as he walked, so I quickly ordered Hui'er to cook. Xiao Tianbao sat down panting, picked up the teapot, took a few sips, and said, "There's good news. My friends helped me find the owner of the mandala flower!"

This was indeed great news. We were all so excited that we didn’t even bother to eat. Me, Fatty, and Little Tianbao, we ran out of the house together and faced Hui who was coming towards us. Son, said: "Let's not eat now. Let's eat again when we come back."

Huier was holding a tray with three bowls of noodles in it. She looked at us and ran out again. She sighed, turned back to the kitchen, and ran out of the kitchen again. She gave us a few steamed buns and told us to eat them on the way. Don't go hungry.

The fat man glanced at Huier, took a bite of the steamed bun, and said with a smile: "I'm really hungry, you are my timely rain!" After that, we walked out of the door while chewing the big steamed bun.