Kaifeng Cat and Mouse Detective Manuscript

"Of course not you."

If Bai Yutang would kill someone for no reason, Zhan Zhao wouldn't be standing here today.But since that servant can tell what he thinks is the murderer in front of the officials and the Si family master, maybe there is some evidence, so it's better to quietly listen to what he says next.

"That person is him!"

The servant stretched out his finger, looked at Bai Yutang, and suddenly, all the eyes of the room turned to the two of them.Zhan Zhao frowned slightly, and stood in front of Bai Yutang, with displeasure already in his voice, "You can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately."

"Apart from Bai Ying, did you see any other evidence that night?"

Si Quyin stopped Master Si from opening his mouth and asked, "Chen Guangzhuo may not have heard of the name Chinchilla, but Si Quyin has been doing darts all year round, so he mostly dealt with people from the Jianghu, even though Bai Yutang His method of doing things is a bit harsh, but he never kills innocent people indiscriminately. Besides, he also has a royal cat Zhan Zhao by his side.

"Yes, do you have evidence? You can't talk nonsense about this."

Although Detective Liu didn't know who the man in white was pointing at, he didn't look like a murderer at all looking at Bai Yutang's dignified appearance and integrity.

"This... villain didn't,? But he ran out from the pond that night!"

The servant shook his head, turned around and leaned even lower, his tone was swearing, not like a lie.

"I came out from there that night, but the death of a person has nothing to do with me."

Bai Yutang suddenly made a sound, stood up from behind Zhan Zhao, and truthfully explained what happened that night, but concealed the plot of Si Nianying's tryst with the man.

"You say it doesn't matter if it doesn't matter?!"

Chen Guangzhuo, who had been silent all this time, broke away from his servant and walked in front of Bai Yutang, already treating him as a murderer, "I can't find out if you check it out, and there is something wrong with the pond. Who else can do this kind of method except Jianghu people?" ? How many quacks are there in the Si family?"

"Hey, you have to be responsible for saying this!"

How could Bai Yutang be wronged by someone pointing his nose like this, he suddenly became angry, but seeing Chen Guangzhuo's appearance as a scholar, he finally held back, swallowed it all at once and ignored it.

"Fifth Lord Bai can't possibly kill someone," Si Quyin said.

"I'm afraid you're colluding with him!"

"Chen Guangzhuo! Nian Ying is my own sister. If she is killed, I want to find the murderer more than you!"

After a few words, the two quarreled.Si Quyin insisted that Bai Yutang was innocent, while Chen Guangzhuo, because of the strangeness of Si Nianying's death, insisted that Bai Yutang must be the murderer, completely forgetting that he needed evidence.

"Two, two! Master Si, this arrester thinks that since Mr. Bai is suspected, it's better to report to the officials first."

Catcher Liu quickly saw the two people in front of him who couldn't argue clearly, and gave him a wink like a yamen servant, telling them to pull Chen Guangzhuo away, and then said to Master Si who had been silent behind him.

"But, Mr. Bai will go to court with Detective Liu."

Bai Yutang was standing still, and before Captain Liu said quickly, he already had the idea of ​​reporting to the police, so he shook his head at Si Quyin, signaling him not to argue, and then said to Chen Guangzhuo who was being supported by his servant, "Chen Guangzhuo Don't worry, young master, since the matter is related to Bai, no matter what, I will definitely make it clear to you."

"For the time being, fifth master."

Si Quyin bowed to Bai Yutang, and seeing that both heads had no objection, Catcher Liu took Bai Yutang to the yamen, Zhan Zhao also followed.

Although the name of Yingzhou Town is a town, it is similar to a county.On the way to the Yamen, Zhan Zhao asked Si Quyin, and he heard that the county magistrate was considered a good official.

It was not the first time for Bai Yutang to come to the Yamen, but it was rare for him to kneel in the courtroom.Si Nianying's body has been frozen, and it will not be buried until the investigation of the case is completed.But the servant didn't know that his testimony was brought to court, the magistrate Hongmu slapped him, and when he asked what happened, he could only murmur, back and forth, saying what he saw Bai Ying that night.

Bai Yutang knelt on the side and winked quietly at Zhan Zhao, making a court case, as if he was here to play.

In the end, the county magistrate further verified that Bai Yutang needed to be temporarily detained.

It was the first time Bai Yutang came in this big prison, so Captain Liu quickly chose a room with a good location for the sake of the Si family.

The windows above the cell were now flooded with sunlight.Unlike the prisoners in other rooms who were moaning and sighing, after entering, Bai Yutang walked around in circles, wiped off the dust on the wooden board, and then sat on it and stared at the wall in a daze.

"Hey……"

I don't know how many sighs it was, Bai Yutang rolled from one side of the board to the other, and finally pulled a few hay stalks and twisted them around in his hands. After a while, a vivid cat appeared in his palm.

"Dead cat, thief cat, stupid cat!"

Bai Yutang put the palm-sized straw cat in the middle, and poked it with his fingers, muttering as he poked.

There were three or five yamen guards outside, except for the sound of footsteps back and forth, there was the sound of voices in the room next to it. The cat said that it would come over after a while, why is there no sign of it until now?Bai Yutang looked outside for a long time, then simply put the straw cat away, patted his clothes, jumped off the wooden board, and sat at the door.

If it is said that this case is troublesome for the magistrate of the county, Zhan Zhao can't stay here too long, and the date on Ai Hu's post will be reached in a month or so. Si Nianying's matter will be settled in three to five days at most. need to be resolved.Although Detective Liu didn't know Zhan Zhao's identity, but because Si Quyin was on the sidelines, he took him to meet the county magistrate after the court.

Yingzhou Town is very rich, and even the county government office is also magnificent. Zhan Zhao followed Captain Liu quickly through a rockery, and before he saw the county magistrate, he heard a mellow and melodious singing voice, and walked a few steps , under the pine tree in the courtyard, the county magistrate changed into ordinary clothes and was lying in the rocking chair with his eyes closed, tapping his fingers to the sound.

"Cough... my lord, my lord?"

Inspector Liu asked Zhan Zhao to wait here first, then stepped forward and bent down to shout a few times.

"what's up?"

The county magistrate frowned, opened his eyes impatiently, and told Detective Liu to hurry up and talk about something, so don't stand here and disturb him.

"Someone from the Si family wants to see you."

Inspector Liu didn't know the specific relationship between Zhan Zhao and the Si family, anyway, he came with Si Quyin, so he directly said that he was the Si family.

"The Si family? Come at this time? Let him come over."

The magistrate snorted, and wondered if the Si family had a clue. After waving the two girls next to him to go down, he straightened up and waited for Zhan Zhao to come over.

"But there are new clues?"

The county magistrate picked up the teacup, took a sip and asked with narrowed eyes.

"There are no clues for the time being. Zhan came here because he thought that this case should be left to me."

Zhan Zhao saluted him, then took out a gold medal from his pocket, and held it up in front of the magistrate with a humble face.

"what?"

The magistrate of the county rubbed his eyes, and was about to refute that he was nothing more than a man of the rivers and lakes, but he actually said that he would try the case, did he really treat the yamen as an inn? !It's a pity that before he could speak, he saw the golden sign in Zhan Zhao's hand held up in front of his eyes.

"This is it?" The county magistrate looked forward, only saw the part of "Roading in front of the Imperial Palace" on the gold medal, and suddenly opened his eyes, "Four four four four ranks?!"

"Hush," Zhan Zhao put his finger in front of his mouth, then raised his left hand, and placed the magistrate on the recliner again, signaling not to be too surprised, "My lord, Zhan has some important things to do when he is passing through Guizhen, how about The case will be handed over to Zhan, and within three days, he will be dealt with."

"You are Zhan Zhao?"

The magistrate put his palm on the handle, secretly thinking that he had also met this great god.Yingzhou is very close to Kaifeng, and he often heard that there is a royal cat Zhan Zhao in Kaifeng Mansion.Thinking of this, the county magistrate couldn't help but glance at Zhan Zhao again, this, this, this is not right, the man in front of him looks gentle and polite, and he can't be seen as vicious, but his brand is not fake, it can only be said to be a rumor Believe it or not!

"Exactly, what does the magistrate think?"

"Master Zhan, please!"

The county magistrate hurriedly got up, if Zhan Zhao took over the case, he would of course wish for it, no one knows that Lord Bao of Kaifeng Mansion is like a god in solving cases, and Zhan Zhao is Bao Zheng's right-hand man, how can those officials in the Yingzhou Yamen be better than him.

"Thank you."

Zhan Zhao didn't talk too much, and after a few words were settled, he turned around and left.When Zhan Zhao quickly stepped out of the yard, the county magistrate kicked Bu Kuai Liu, who was still in a daze, on the leg, and quietly pointed to Zhan Zhao to follow him.

Detective Liu has good eyesight, and seeing Zhan Zhao walking towards the cell, he ran over and opened the outermost iron door before he could make a sound, and then took the key to the room inside and handed it to Zhan Zhao.

There was a musty smell in the room, Bai Yutang held a blade of grass in his mouth, and moved his hands quickly. There were several grass cats and mice around him, and the mice were bigger than cats without exception.

"Yutang?" Zhan Zhao came over and knocked on the wooden barrier. Bai Yutang stopped his fingers and spat out grass blades, "Dead cat."

"How do you see that you are quite comfortable staying here?"

Zhan Zhao watched five or six cats and mice raise their eyebrows, and a mouse flew up from the ground with a slight movement of the sword tip, and landed firmly in Zhan Zhao's palm.

"Oh, it's pretty similar."

With round ears and a pointed tail, Zhan Zhao raised his hand, placed it on top of Bai Yutang's head, and stepped back outside the door with a smile on his face.

"Stinky cat!"

Bai Yutang slashed left and right and threw the rest of the cats and mice at Zhan Zhao, and they were all caught straight.

The sun was shining brightly outside the prison, Bai Yutang closed his eyes slightly, and opened them after he got used to it, and continued to walk outside with Zhan Zhao.Before going back, Zhan Zhao asked Detective Liu to tell the magistrate and Si's family that they would start looking for clues tomorrow.

"Cat, where do you think you can find it?"

The two walked along the street to the inn where they stayed temporarily the day before yesterday, but did not go directly to Si's house.At present, there is no clue about Si Nianying's death, and the most important person may be the man who had a tryst with Si Nianying that night.

"Let's start with Si Nianying's head. She will always keep something in her tryst with that man."

"You mean... the boudoir?"

The boudoir is the most active place for women who have not left the court, because most people will not go in.If the man who met that night was her lover, there must be something hidden, and if the man can enter and leave the Si family, there must be someone in the Si family who knows him.