[Comprehensive] leaning on flowers and bamboo

Gongsun Ce walked back and forth twice, Hua Manlou stood aside and waited for Gongsun Ce to finish.

Frowning, Gongsun Ce asked, "Hua Man Lou, can you hear how many times I walked back and forth just now?"

You can't see it, you can only hear it.

The floor of the opposite room is the same as here. There is a person living next door to the room where the crime occurred. If there is a person, first determine the time of death of the deceased, and then ask the person next door if they can hear the sound of someone walking next door. If the sound of the floor is in the middle of the night, it must be very clear, as long as the people next door are not asleep, they can hear it.

But if the murderer was a martial artist, his footsteps should be as light as Hua Manlou's. If he couldn't hear the footsteps from the next door when he was awake, it could only mean that the deceased had indeed gotten into trouble before being arrested. kill.

Hua Manlou said: "My hearing is better than that of ordinary people. If you ask me, I will know for sure. You walked back and forth four times just now, and you can take a light step in two times, and you can take four steps each time."

"Yes, your hearing is better than the average person."

"Let's go over there and try."

"kindness."

The two walked out the door to the opposite side, came outside the room where the crime happened, and after talking to the police, the two brought one of the police officers to knock on the door of the next room.

A burly man came out from inside, seeing the two of them, he asked impatiently, "I've told the catcher everything I know just now, what else do you want to know?"

"Sorry to bother you, but we would like to borrow your room."

"Brother, you are a martial artist, did you hear any movement next door last night?"

What the two said made the big man dissatisfied, but when he saw the policeman following them, he stepped aside and said grinningly: "I didn't hear anything, the man is dead, what are you doing to me, you don't think I killed him, do you? But it was really a sharp sword to wipe the neck with a knife."

Hearing this, Hua Manlou said, "Your Excellency was there when you were watching just now?"

"Why, I can't go and have a look. The little boy in the next room is carrying a burden on his back. He has lived here for a while. He lived here when I came here. He was talking, and he didn't go out often. Don't go downstairs, just stay in the room, if the waiter in the shop didn't suddenly think of collecting money today, he probably didn't know he died in there, but this person is also strange, since he has been here for so long, no one has come to look for him."

"Who said no, you weren't at the inn when you left last time. I saw a rich-looking young man come here."

The sudden words made Hua Manlou and Gongsun Ce stunned at the same time, "Second brother, are you serious?"

"Hey, what did I lie to you? Of course it's true. I saw that young man was dressed in extraordinary clothes. I even went up and asked if I wanted to stay in the hotel or something, but he said he was looking for someone, and he lived in Room A of Tianzi. , I took him up and saw him enter the next room with my own eyes."

Gongsun Ce pondered and said: "Thank you, little brother, do you still remember whether the accent of that young master is from a local?"

"I recognize it. Our town belongs to Yangcheng. That son is the young master of Yangcheng magistrate. I heard that he will marry the county magistrate's daughter in a few days."

"...Hua Man Lou, you go back and forth in the room next door, stepping harder each time, brother, please sit where you had been the night before the crime, and listen to the next door until you can hear it , if you hear it, just knock on the table and I'll know."

"It's really troublesome."

Having said that, the big man still sat where he sat last night, listening to the movement next door.

The big man couldn't hear anything at first, but with the sound of Huamanlou's heavy footsteps, the big man suddenly said: "It seems so, I seem to have heard such a large and small movement last night, I didn't care, because it was late at night and felt I was very sleepy, I thought I heard wrong, so I turned on the lamp and fell asleep."

The Huamanlou next door came back when the big man spoke. Gongsun Ce nodded when he heard the big man's words, and walked out with a bamboo stick: "Thanks to the big brother just now, go back and watch, little brother. I was in trouble just now."

"No, no, Mr. Gongsun is a smart person. Your lord has said that, if you have any orders, Mr. Gongsun must obey."

"……kindness."

The two walked back, Hua Manlou led Gongsun Ce, and said in a low voice, "If the noise was heard by a big man, the person who walked back and forth in the room last night probably doesn't know martial arts, and is just an ordinary person."

"The deceased came from another place, but he knew someone from the local area. He was also the young master of the official family. He had a lot of friendship and allowed the other party to spend two hours here to visit him, but left quickly. What is the relationship between the two? Could it be that the deceased I came here to look for relatives, but why didn't I go directly to relatives' homes, but stayed in a hotel for a long time, because I was under the eaves, so I had no choice?"

Gongsun Ce returned to the room after thinking about it, and it was rare that he could find a place to sit down without fumbling.

With both hands folded on the table and brows close together, all doubts revolved around the deceased himself and the strange drug Hua Manlou discovered.

Who drugged him, sealed his throat with a sword...

The movement heard by the big man was made by ordinary people, and the murderer sneaked in to kill the deceased at that time.

"I don't know when the results from Wuzuo will come out."

"It should come out tomorrow."

"kindness."

Hearing this, Gongsun Ce suddenly stretched and stood up: "I just came here, I always have to go outside, maybe I find something."

Hua Manlou was taken aback. Gongsun Ce's laughing voice had not been heard for a long time, and Hua Manlou didn't react for a while.

Gongsun Ce heard that there was no movement from Huamanlou and said: "I met the case, even if I can't see me, I can still catch the murderer. Isn't this what you taught me?"

The voice with a smile came to my ears like a clear stream hitting the rocks and then sliding down the rocks. Hua Manlou smiled and stood up, waving his fan and said: "Since Mr. Gongsun has figured it out, what does Hua want?" I can't figure it out, but Gongsun Gongzi really surprised me that he was able to accept this matter in a short time."

"Because some people say that some things can't be seen, but more can be found."

The smile on Hua Manlou's face deepened, and he walked out side by side with Gongsun Ce: "After a while, you may not even need a bamboo stick."

"I don't have your ability to hear the sound and argue. If I lose it, I might not even know that there is a stool in front of me." The words seemed to be thrown away at once, and I felt a lot more relaxed, "Take your time, there will always be a day to adapt."

Hua Manlou said: "En."

The two went downstairs, Hua Manlou was thinking about what Gongsun Ce said just now.

Suddenly, some people understood why some friends around him were obsessed with whether he could recover their eyesight, because now he didn't want Gongsun Ce to be blind like this, and then slowly adapted.

In fact, Gongsun Ce is just... a 'stranger' whom he met not long ago.