After asking the students, Qian Butou turned his attention to the teacher.Except for Confucius who lives next to Tianyi Pavilion, the other five masters live in Yuewei House.Under the leadership of Lin Qiu, Qian Butou questioned the five masters one by one.

As Lin Qiu said, the whereabouts of the five masters are also clear.

Guan Xin went to the east courtyard to drink tea and chat with Bing Xin, and returned at Xu Shichu.

Master Zhang, who teaches arithmetic, went to the concierge to drink tea and chat with Lin Qiu, and didn't go back to his room to rest until it was almost Haishi.

Master Liu, who teaches music, stayed in his room to study the piano score, and even visited Yan Jun, his favorite disciple.

Master Qin, who taught riding and archery, punched once in the yard before dark, and then went back to his room without going out.

It should be noted that Li Xian, the master who taught painting and calligraphy, once went out for a trip and returned to the cottage before Haishi.

Li Xian also told Qian Butou that when it was getting dark, he met Wang Ziyu at the entrance of Xuexiang Garden, but the other party seemed to have something on his mind and didn't notice Li Xian, so he rushed to Xuexiang Garden in a hurry up.

Li Xian seemed to be very sorry for Wang Ziyu's death, shook his head and sighed, and said bluntly: "Oh, it's a pity, it's a pity..."

Qian Butou habitually looked at Li Xian's hands. They were a pair of typical literati's hands. They were thin and nimble. They must be very suitable for wielding a brush, drawing and inscribing poems, but they might not be strong enough to kill people.

Among the five masters, four are gentle scholars. If it is said that they have enough strength to kill people, only Master Qin who teaches riding and shooting.Needless to say, this former vanguard general of the Northwest Army had excellent martial arts, so Qian Butou deliberately left him alone for questioning.

Qian Butou asked: "General Qin, you said that you never went out after you returned to your room after practicing boxing. I wonder if anyone can testify for you?"

Qin Yu was naturally cold and serious, and he was serious and serious. When he heard the question of Qian Butou, he just said expressionlessly: "I, Qin, lives alone, and no one can testify."

Qian Butou asked again: "Have you had any contact with Wang Ziyu on weekdays? What do you think of him?"

Qin Yu shook his head coldly: "It's just an ordinary teacher and student, and I haven't had in-depth contact with him, so I don't have any opinion on him."

Qin Yu's answers were all concise and to the point, cherishing words like gold, and did not provide any useful information.

Qian Butou was a little reconciled and wanted to ask again, but Qin Yu didn't show any impatience, but Lin Qiu grabbed Qian Butou's sleeve and dragged him out.

"Why don't you let me continue to ask?" Qian Butou said.

"I don't think there is any need to ask any more questions. It must not be Master Qin who did it," Lin Qiu said.

"How do you know? He has the ability to kill, and there is no one to prove that he is not there, isn't there? Besides, Qin Yu lives in a room closest to the wall. With Master Qin's skills, he can completely kill people without being discovered. Under the circumstances, jump out of the fence, sneak to Xuexiang Garden, and then run back to the room in the dark after killing people."

Lin Qiu shook his head and said, "General Qin has been in the academy for three years. Although he is taciturn and indifferent and serious, he has always had a good teaching reputation, and he has never had any conflicts with students, nor has he had any enmity with Wang Ziyu. Moreover, Mrs. Qin has already married, and although his wife passed away two months ago, she has a son and a daughter under her knees. Mrs. Qin usually lives very well, and there are no messy relationships, and I have never heard of him as a manly man."

Qian Butou is still not convinced: "These are all appearances, maybe he is not like this in private? Knowing people and knowing faces but not knowing the heart."

Lin Qiu said: "You may not be aware of Master Qin's martial arts, but you should have heard that he was once known as the number one warrior in the Northwest Army, with unworthy courage. Once when a general was ambushed and surrounded by the enemy, Qin Yu Almost relying on his own strength, he desperately protected the general, forced a bloody path, and broke through the siege!"

"That's right, doesn't that mean he has enough ability to kill Wang Ziyu?"

Lin Qiu said: "Think about it, with his amazing martial arts, if he wanted to kill a scholar without martial arts, it would be effortless. How could he have the opportunity to call for help and alarm others?"

Qian Butou was stunned for a moment, and it really made sense after thinking about it.Old Master Confucius rushed to Xuexiang Garden when he heard two loud calls for help.If it is a real master, it must be a fatal blow, making people die silently, how can the dead make a sound?

"What you said makes sense..." Qian Butou touched his chin and sighed in embarrassment, "But after asking around, it seems that no one is suspected, so who is the murderer?"

"Why is Qian Tutou sighing?" Bing Xin walked over from a distance, followed by the supervisor Li Li and old master Kong.

"I've asked them all, but there doesn't seem to be any special clues." Qian Butou suddenly remembered something, and asked, "It was said that someone might have stolen the key to Tianyi Pavilion. You have checked Tianyi Pavilion to see if there is anything missing. ?”

Li Li looked at Old Master Kong resentfully, and said, "It was a misunderstanding, and we found the key under Kong's bed later."

He originally suggested that a general search would be enough, after all, how could there be so many books to check one by one, but the old Confucius stubbornly insisted on a careful search, so they spent half a day rummaging through the Tianyi Pavilion, but they did not find any missing books .Later, it was Kong Hansong who ran over and told them that he had found the key under the bed.What a false alarm!

For such a big event as a homicide in the academy, old man Kong is still messing around there, really!

Li Li was quite dissatisfied, but considering the age of Confucius, it is inevitable that his memory will deteriorate. Sometimes he would even remember the names of the students wrong, making a lot of jokes, but Confucius is stubborn and refuses to accept the old, Everyone hated him too.

Qian Butou nodded: "Oh, it's best if you don't lose anything."

Since the key was not lost, everyone put the matter aside.

Seeing that Old Master Confucius was coughing badly, Bing Xin asked him to go back to rest first, and ordered Lin Qiu to go back to the dormitory to appease the students, leaving only the superintendent Li Li and Qian Butou, and the three continued to discuss the murder of Wang Ziyu, after all, this is the academy biggest problem facing.

Qian Butou didn't hide anything, and told Bing Xin and Li Li what he found out. After listening to Bing Xin, she frowned deeply, bowed her head and remained silent.

Li Li couldn't help but said anxiously: "From this point of view, there doesn't seem to be much progress, and the murderer is still unclear. But Wang Ziyu's parents have already learned about the situation and will come over to get him soon. How...how should I explain to them? "

Bing Xin pondered and said: "From the results of Qian's investigation, I think the murderer should not be someone from our academy. Think about it, our academy has always been peaceful, how could there be such a vicious thug? I guess, could it be an outsider? The gangsters who came in were interested in seeing the sex, and Wang Ziyu happened to be alone in Xuexiang Garden, so did the gangsters take advantage of it?"

Li Li also echoed: "Ah, what Shan Zhang said is reasonable! I think it must be the case. Our academy is full of people who read the books of sages. How could they commit such heinous atrocities? They must have broken in from outside." The villain who committed the crime, escaped at night! Oh, hateful, really hateful!"

"This...Of course, this possibility is not ruled out." Qian Tuotou touched his chin. On the surface, it seemed so, but in his heart, he felt that something was wrong. It seemed that there was something missing, but he thought about it carefully. not come out.

But Bing Xin seemed to have no intention of going further, she believed it was just an accident.To her, the death of a student was a major event, but more important than finding out the murderer was how to maintain the reputation of Jinjiang Academy, so that the academy's hard-won good reputation would not be ruined because of this accident.Fortunately, the deceased was the son of a commoner, so it was not too difficult to deal with the aftermath, and it saved her a lot of trouble.

Bing Xin has always been decisive, so she politely smiled and said: "Qian Butou has been busy all day, it's really hard work for you, a little care is not enough to respect."

Bing Xin winked at Jian Jia, and Jian Jia stuffed Qian Butou with a heavy ingot of silver ingots. Qian Butou repeatedly declined, but he couldn't push back Bing Xin's kindness, so he had to accept it.

Bing Xin edited another letter, entrusting money to catch the head to bring it to the county magistrate, expressing her intentions in a tactful way, and of course she did not forget to attach a considerable amount of money in the letter.

After a few days, the magistrate of the county closed the case and concluded that Wang Ziyu was enjoying the scenery in Xuexiang Garden at night, but unfortunately encountered criminals who broke in by accident and was killed.As for the gangster who committed the crime, the county will definitely continue to investigate.

The county magistrate ordered Wang Ziyu's parents to come and retrieve his son's body. Wang Ziyu's parents were honest common people. The county magistrate's assertion was well-founded. How could they dare to question it?

Bing Xin personally came to the door to apologize, and left 1000 taels of silver to Wang Ziyu's parents. This result can also be accepted.

Jinjiang Academy gave similar statements to students and parents, only saying that Wang Ziyu met a villain in Xuexiang Garden and unfortunately was killed.The academy also emphasized that this was just an accident, and the government is already tracking down the murderer.In order to protect the safety of the students, the academy specially spent a lot of money to hire guards with high martial arts skills to strengthen the defense of the academy and prevent criminals from breaking in and hurting students in the future.

Of course, such a statement does not completely reassure the parents who love their children. When the news of Wang Ziyu's death came out, several students were taken home by their parents, but because Bing Xin handled it very skillfully, she neither concealed the facts nor Shirk responsibility, and patiently answer parents' questions one by one.Her good attitude dispelled the parents' doubts and agreed with the college's statement. After all, accidents are always inevitable. As long as the college strengthens protective measures in the future, it will be fine if such things don't happen again.

As a result, most of the students stayed in the academy to continue their classes, and for the few students who were taken home, after some time, their parents found that everything in the academy was operating normally and there was no danger, so they let the students return one after another. School.After all, Jinjiang Academy is not easy to get into, and studies are important, so there is no delay.

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