This man was a coachman. He sent their young master to the river that night. After the young master got on the pleasure boat, he walked around nearby.

Little did he know that when he saw a horse coming quickly. The man was dressed in black. After getting off the horse, he took off his black clothes at the corner and picked up a stone to wrap it and sank it into the bottom of the river. Then he got on the pleasure boat.

Because the person's name and address were left on the record, King Qi asked someone to bring him over to ask questions.

The man was the coachman of the merchant Wang Fu family. He said, "The villain always goes to the river several times a month. Because my son is in love with a girl, every time it is sent by a villain. After the young man got on the pleasure boat, the villain could not sit in a place to wait, so he would bring a pot of wine. After drinking it, he walked around to drive away the cold. The villain remembered that it was very cold that night. There were fewer customers. When the villain walked to the gatehouse, he saw a man in black riding a horse and ran over. Generally, villain would not pay attention to these, but because he was wearing black clothes, the villain felt a little strange, so he took a few more glances. After all, people who came to play in this place would dress up as much as possible. At that time, he sank the black clothes into the bottom of the river and got on the pleasure boat."

"Do you see his appearance clearly?" King Qi asked anxiously.

The coachman shook his head, "I can't see clearly because he is standing in a dark place, but he can see a jade ring on his thumb."

"Which pleasure boat was on?"

"It should be Chunniang's pleasure boat." The coachman thought for a while, "It might be Meiniang, but it was these two boats anyway."

The head of the mansion was about to send someone to ask, but someone came to report the case, saying that Chunniang in Xisuhe was found dead at home, and the mother of Huafang found it. In addition to Chunniang, even Chunniang's maid was killed. When she was discovered, the body smelled and seemed to have been dead for more than three days.

When the King of Qi heard this, he couldn't help but feel discouraged. He finally found some information, but it broke it here again.

Yu Wenhao learned about it before and after, and said, "It took about three days for the man to die. In other words, Chunniang was killed after we discovered Lu Yuan's horse. The murderer knew the direction of our investigation."

"Fifth brother, I don't understand why the murderer was on the pleasure boat at that time? Wouldn't it be better to walk away directly?" asked King Qi.

"At that time, the Ministry of War had already led people to chase him. He walked out with his injuries. Once he met the pursuer, he would not be able to escape. It would be better to just hide in the pleasure boat for a while and wait for the wind to pass before leaving."

Yuwenhao asked someone to go to Chunniang's side and then asked someone to salvage the black clothes in the river to see if there were any clues.

Chunniang lives with her maid, in a house by the Xihe River. The houses are rented. In the past, Chunniang picked up customers in a pleasure boat and returned home to sleep during the day, and rarely interacted with the people around her.

And everyone knows what kind of business she does, and generally doesn't like to interact with her.

The mother of Huafang said that Chunniang hadn't come for two days. She thought she had come to Yueshu, because after picking up the guests that night, Chunniang said that her stomach hurts, maybe she was coming to Yueshu.

The girl from the pleasure boat had a rest letter, so her mother didn't urge her, so she just called other girls to replace Chunniang.

In this kind of small pleasure boat, there are usually only one or two girls, at most three or four. However, because Chun Niang has a good appearance, good talent, and a fixed guest, she is basically the only girl in this small pleasure boat. She is not here to work, so she will be replaced.

My mother arrived at Jingzhao Mansion to serve as a confession. She said she was not on the pleasure boat that day, so she did not see the strange guest.

My mother was also a little dissatisfied with Chunniang and said, "Since I got married to a noble man, I have always asked for leave every now and then. I have been asking for leave for seven or eight days this month. I didn't expect that such a thing has happened now. What should I do? The money from this pleasure boat has not been paid off yet. I said at the beginning that I can't just use her alone. Now I still owe more than a thousand taels of silver to pay it back. What should I do?"

As my mother said, she stamped her feet and wiped her tears.

When the King of Qi heard this, he suddenly thought and asked, "She hasn't been there for seven or eight days this month? Then, is she on the pleasure boat on the eighth day of this month?"

The mother shook her head, "The civilian woman doesn't remember it. She has to go back and check the records before she knows that the civilian woman has recorded it."

"Come here, take your mother back and see if it's Chunniang on the pleasure boat on the night of the eighth day of the lunar month." The King of Qi immediately ordered.

Yuwenhao gave the King of Qi a look of admiration, and his mind was meticulous.

Yuwenhao was relieved to hand over the clues here to him and the Minister of the Mansion, and he continued to take people out for investigation.

However, although King Qi thought of an important point, the news brought back by the captain disappointed him, because the night when the accident happened, Chunniang was on the pleasure boat, not the one who replaced him.

The only clue now is the black clothes that sink at the bottom of the river.

The head catcher salvaged the clothes. The clothes were wrapped in a big stone. After wrapping them, they were tied with their sleeves. Anyway, if there was no big torrent, they would basically not be able to escape.

The fabric of the clothes is very good. It can be seen that it is not a night-mounted dress, but a black brocade robe with fine stitches, even embroidered cuffs.

There was a hole on the left shoulder of the clothes. It was soaked under for a few days. The blood was gone. A piece of it was cut off from the lapel of the clothes. I believe it was used by the man in black to bandage the wound on his shoulder. He hid in the alley, probably just bandaging the wound to prevent blood from flowing down and being followed.

The material is good and has embroidery. It is not a night-slide dress. It can be seen that he took a black dress from the closet and put it on, then covered his face and came out.

In other words, the entire theft plan was not planned for a long time, but was temporarily initiated.

"Can the material be traced?" asked King Qi.

The official looked at it, "Although it is a precious material, many of these materials are sold by silk shops, so it is difficult to chase."

The King of Qi fell into a state of melancholy. Looking at the only evidence, he talked about the confession that he could not bear. He was five feet tall, wearing a jade ring, black clothes, good martial arts skills, capable of fighting against several people in the Ministry of War, and seriously injured the two. The most important thing is that this person was recognized by Lu Yuan. Lu Yuan was not prepared for him, so he must have known and believed it.

Who will it be?

King Qi had previously guessed that King Ji was good at martial arts and his height was also in line with his personality, but with his character, it was absolutely impossible to take action in person to do such a dangerous thing. He raised so many people and just sent one or two of them.

The fourth brother... Could it be the fourth brother?

But there are many people under the fourth brother's command, why do you have to take risks yourself?

For a moment, he was in a dilemma. King Qi racked his brains and didn't even think of a way to pull out the man in black. So, after thinking about it, he went back to the mansion to change his clothes and walked around the pleasure boat.

He wanted to find the murderer for Lu Yuan, or rather, he wanted to do something for Yuan Yongyi to make up for his guilt.

He didn't bring a stone lock, so he rode his horse to Xisu River alone.
Chapter completed!