Zhan Zhao and colleagues are walking in Shasha

Qin Tong took advantage of the cold moonlight to take a quick glance, but when his eyes swept over the window lattice, he couldn't help concentrating—there were a few drops of blood on the window lattice!She couldn't help jumping in her heart: in theory, in the murder case that occurred in the middle of the night, the doors and windows are the key places to investigate, and the yamen should not miss it.Qin Tong was puzzled in his heart, hesitatingly stretched out his hand to wipe the window lattice, and couldn't help laughing.

Where was the blood, it was clearly dark paint, but the moonlight was unclear, so she misread it.

Qin Tong sighed secretly that he was too nervous, and turned around to catch up with Zhan Zhao.The other party had already gone up to the second floor, and Qin Tong was afraid that he would get impatient, so he hurriedly stepped on the first step, and unexpectedly the old wood made a "squeak" sound.Qin Tong was frightened, and immediately stabilized his body. After waiting for a while, he saw that there was no movement upstairs, as if he hadn't disturbed anyone else, and he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.

She was about to lift her feet and go upstairs, when suddenly she saw Zhan Zhao's footsteps moving lightly, and after a few steps, she floated downstairs without making a sound.While admiring Qin Tong, he lowered his voice and asked, "What are you doing down here? I..." Before he could finish speaking, Zhan Zhao lifted her belt and pinched her under his arm. Upstairs, the movements were still light and delicate and silent.

Qin Tong couldn't help but blushed, and as soon as Zhan Zhao put him down, he stretched out his hand and pinched him severely, cursing in a low voice: "What nonsense, it's not like I can't go upstairs!"

"According to your movement," Zhan Zhao said with a low smile, "I'm afraid that even the pigs will be woken up by you." Qin Tong was so angry that he gave him a vicious look, and his chest was painfully hit by a beating heart.

After a long time, she spoke again, and said in a low voice: "According to Mrs. Xu, Mr. Xu was going out in the middle of the night, slipped on the stairs, fell down and died." Zhan Zhao saw that she was very angry, shouldn't If you make trouble again, you nod your head again and again.

"Then, why did Mr. Xu go out in the middle of the night?" Qin Tong said, frowning, and she looked around. The corridor on the second floor was dark, and there were several large vases standing against the wall.Elder Xu is also getting old, if Zhenruo goes out at night, how can he not disturb his wife who is resting by the side?

Zhan Zhao also had this doubt, he frowned slightly and guessed: "Perhaps the old man doesn't sleep well at night, so he wants to get some fresh air in the yard." He shook his head again as he spoke, always feeling a bit far-fetched.Just as he was in a daze, Qin Tong suddenly moved closer and pushed him, and said in a low voice, "Go over there first, walk over from the door, slow down your steps, and treat yourself as Mr. Xu."

If someone else heard this, they would have to blame Qin Tong for speaking out loud.Zhan Zhao knew Qin Tong's temperament, so he didn't ask much at the moment, so he walked up to the door of Xu Ling and his wife, then turned around and walked slowly towards the stairs. Appearance, there is still a bit of resemblance.

Qin Tong stared fixedly at Zhan Zhao, secretly thinking about what happened to Xu Lao that night.The two moved quietly, deducing the scene of the murder on the second floor.

When Zhan Zhao walked to the stairs, Qin Tong took a few steps back and said in a low voice, "It's really dark at night. If Dr. Xu really goes downstairs alone, it's not impossible to see that he stepped on the air."

"I don't think so." Zhan Zhao replied softly, "The entrance of the stairs is brighter than the corridor. If you really can't see clearly, I'm afraid it will be difficult not to make noise in the corridor to disturb others."

Qin Tong pondered: "I remember Zhao Catcher said that Mr. Xu never used crutches when he had an accident. His crutches are still in the bedroom."

"Exactly, this is what aroused Brother Zhao's suspicion." Zhan Zhao said, "Doctor Xu is not good at walking. He needs to use crutches during the day, let alone midnight. What's even more suspicious is that Doctor Xu didn't turn on the lamp, so he was like this." It has been smeared, how can it not be suspicious?"

Qin Tong nodded and said with a light smile: "If you really care about it like this, Mrs. Xu and Doctor Xu share the same bed, and Mrs. Xu gets up in the middle of the night to go out. She is young and not deaf and hard of hearing. How can she really not notice it?" She thought about it. Thinking, then said, "It was really a deep sleep, and I never heard the movement of getting up. That big living person fell down the stairs, and she can still dream peacefully on the bed?"

"What do you mean?" Zhan Zhao glanced at her, "Madam Xu is lying?"

Qin Tong nodded and said: "I think Zhao Butou is also suspicious of Mrs. Xu, but he was afraid of scaring the snake, so he never showed it in front of Mrs. Xu." She sighed, "If it wasn't for that Liu Canjun who intervened , I guess Catcher Zhao will probably send people to watch here every night, although Zeyan is heavily suspected, but if you think about it carefully, you will know that this case is not committed by him."

"You believe him." Zhan Zhao said softly.

Qin Tong glanced at Zhan Zhao, and snorted, "It's not that I believe him. I have been handling the case for so many years, how could I easily wash away his suspicion because of my personal relationship." She patiently explained, "As usual, people in the world are Killing someone in a few quarrels in anger probably won’t take the effort to pretend to be an accidental death. Leaving aside Zeyan’s temper, he wouldn’t leave and come back in the middle of the night to kill—he was so angry that he did it on the spot , can you stay until midnight? Even if this is the case, people in the Jianghu rarely push people downstairs, and most of them just kill them with a knife. Who would wait for the person to reach the stairs before doing anything?"

"Since that's the case," Zhan Zhao asked, "In your opinion, who is the one who would do such a cruel thing?"

Qin Tong was silent for a moment, and said softly: "I can't say, human life is at stake, how can I judge with a few words?"

"It's just a guess," Zhan Zhao raised his brows, "There's no one else around, so why don't you listen to me?"

Qin Tong then said: "Mr. Xu's fatal injury was at the back of his head, and there were many bruises all over his body. It can be seen that he really fell from the upstairs - but whether it was before or after he was killed is still open to question. Based on a few points, Mrs. Xu alone The possibility of committing a crime is very small, no matter how young she is, she is just a weak woman, if she really wants to kill herself, she will probably use some means of poisoning, and she will not confront Dr. Xu head-on."

"What about a sneak attack from behind?" Zhan Zhao asked, "Doctor Xu is old, if Mrs. Xu hit him from behind, it might be enough to kill him."

Qin Tong shook his head and said: "Mrs. Xu is short in stature, so it's not easy to sneak attack from behind. What's more, Dr. Xu is her husband, and Mrs. Xu may not have the guts to fight him—after all, she is a woman, so she is not as impulsive as a man. "

"According to your opinion," Zhan Zhao pondered, "Either someone else killed Mr. Xu, or Mrs. Xu had an accomplice."

Only then did Qin Tong nod, and said: "The maid in this family once secretly accused Mrs. Xu of adultery. As the saying goes, there are no waves without wind. If she is serious about her words and deeds, if there is nothing wrong with her words and deeds, forgive the servant for not daring to slander her in front of the officials."

"That's why you guessed that Big Brother Zhao would send someone here to keep an eye on him? Did he want to see if anyone came to Mrs. Xu?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Qin Tong nodded again and again, and said: "It is for this reason that Mrs. Xu must be uneasy when something like this happens. If there is such an adulterer, he will definitely come to see her after the limelight passes."

"Could it be that we still have to come here every night to watch?" Zhan Zhao couldn't help but frowned upon hearing this, "I have to go see Mr. Xue tomorrow morning, and discuss it with him at that time. It's up to the yamen to take care of it."

Qin Tong couldn't help laughing, and said: "I don't want to do these things, so I push it to others?" The two whispered a few more words, after all, it was inconvenient to stay in other people's homes, and seeing that there was nothing to gain, so Go back the same way and leave Xu's house.

At this moment, the night breeze was blowing, and there was a bright moon hanging high. Qin Tong couldn't help taking a deep breath, and sighed: "I don't know what happened to Zeyan. I think it's not good for him to chase him out today, but I can't stop him. Right now Can wait." He said with a long sigh.

"If that's the case, let's go to the inn to have a look, maybe he's gone back and I don't know." Zhan Zhao said, pulling Qin Tong up, and walking over there.

Qin Tong was stunned for a moment, and then said, "It's so late, I still need to trouble you."

"How can you and my brother still use such politeness?" Zhan Zhao said displeased, "If you are really polite, you didn't think of trouble me when you dragged me to visit Xu's house at night?"

Qin Tong chuckled and said, "I'm also worried that you and Zeyan won't get along. His temper doesn't mean to embarrass you, it's just to show off his strength to save face."

"Zeyan is still young." Thinking about Bai Yutang's temper, Zhan Zhao worried, "I don't know who is plotting against him this time. I'm afraid he will suffer in the future with his temper."

Qin Tong sighed: "That's right, I've talked to him several times, but I can't understand a word, and I don't know what kind of mind I have."

Zhan Zhao suddenly fell silent, and didn't speak for a while.Qin Tong glanced at him in surprise, and asked, "What, what are you thinking?"

"It's nothing." Zhan Zhao shook his head, frowned slowly, stretched out his fingers and rubbed the center of his brows, and sighed, "Maybe I'm a little tired, just now I was a little lost in thought."

Qin Tong didn't say any more when he heard the words, and the two walked briskly like flying to the inn.

Inn, late at night.

Bai Yutang slowly opened the door, the room was empty, it was no longer what it was before, the tables and chairs were overturned, and the floor was in a mess.He was a little cold, but he didn't have the strength to light the stove, so he just shuffled into the inner room.

There is still some warmth here, the bedding on the bed is messy, but the incense burner in the corner has been extinguished for a long time.Bai Yutang walked to the edge of the bed and sat down slowly, only feeling pain in his limbs and internal organs.He was in a mess, but for the first time in his life, he didn't care. He just leaned against the head of the bed and slowly bent his legs and hugged his knees, as if trying to drive away the chill.

Outside, a watchman yelled in a drawn-out tune, and the sound of muffled clappers and footsteps mixed with his heart.Bai Yutang moved, but bumped into something beside the pillow, he slowly lowered his head, and saw the hairpin he bought yesterday was on the bed.

He suddenly felt in a daze, just yesterday, he was still thinking about treating Qinglian well in the future.The doctor surnamed Xu doesn't want to come to see a doctor, he can ask for it, otherwise, he can always find a better doctor.

Bai Yutang never expected that their fate was so shallow.

Suddenly there was the faint sound of footsteps outside, Bai Yutang suddenly raised his head, stood up staggering suddenly and rushed out, pulling the door open.

Outside the door, Qin Tong was startled, and then said in shock: "Zeyan, what's wrong with you!"

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