Chapter 356: The Case of Arrival at the Pawnshop (2)
As Qin Shaobai expected, the former owner of the pawn shop was dumped in a suburb ten miles outside Lin'an City.
What surprised them both was that the body was not just left there casually.
The body was dragged into a bush. It would be difficult to find it without looking carefully.
Qin Shaobai and the others also became suspicious when they saw traces of people trampling on the roadside. After searching for a long time, they found Boss Xiao's body.
"I heard that Boss Xiao sent his family back to his hometown early. Otherwise, he might not be the only one who died."
Zhao Bai asked people to go to the government to report the case, while looking into the distance, his voice was filled with ruthlessness.
Sure enough, his eyes fell on the corpse again.
"Shaobai, tell me, did they find what they were looking for?"
Qin Shaobai stood up.
He had examined the body carefully.
Boss Xiao died by slitting his throat with a sword.
Judging from the shocked expression on his face, he probably didn't expect to kill him.
His clothes were turned around in a mess, and it was obvious that the murderer had searched his body carefully after the murder.
Qin Shaobai's eyes fell on the luggage thrown aside again.
The luggage was also turned around in a mess, and except for some clothes, everything else seemed to have been taken away.
"Brother Zhao."
(Zhao Bai has asked Qin Shaobai not to call him General Zhao. The two of them treat each other as brothers.)
Hearing Qin Shaobai calling him, Zhao Bai quickly looked at him.
"Brother Zhao, look, there are two big boxes here, and there are traces of carriages on the road, which means that the boss drove the carriage on the road."
"You mean the driver got greedy and killed the boss?"
Qin Shaobai shook his head.
He quickly raised his head again and said to Zhao Bai: "That's what I'm worried about."
Qin Shaobai said that if the government did not investigate this case carefully, they would most likely think it was a robbery and murder case.
"Don't talk about the government. Even I think this is a robbery and murder case."
Qin Shaobai smiled and pointed at the wound on the corpse.
"The sword was clean and neat, cutting off his carotid artery directly. It was definitely not something a robber could do."
He looked at the boss's face again: "Look at his expression, he is even more shocked. I believe he only showed such an incredible expression after seeing the murderer. In other words, he did not expect the murderer to be such a person.
"
While the two were talking, Lian Le had already rushed over with the policemen from Lin'an Mansion.
The two looked at each other, agreed upon a common excuse, and then headed towards the police officers.
Unexpectedly, the arrester of Lin'an Prefecture turned out to be Li Xian.
What was even more unexpected was that Li Xian did not recognize Qin Shaobai at all.
However, what makes Qin Shaobai happy is that Li Xian has really matured a lot.
He actually squatted in front of the corpse for a long time, with some doubts on his brows.
Zhao Bai saw Qin Shaobai looking at the little catcher in front of him with joy, so he couldn't help but bumped Qin Shaobai lightly and pulled him aside.
"Do you know this head catcher?"
Qin Shaobai nodded.
"The son of Nanquan Li Xiaolin, the young master of the Zhenyuan Escort Agency."
"Oh, it turns out it's him. Why did he become the head catcher?"
The two were taken to the Lin'an government office, and they understood why Li Xian became the arrester of Lin'an government.
Because the person sitting high in the lobby is none other than Nanquan Li Xiaolin.
Zhao Bai's expression changed drastically.
"I really don't know what Zhao Kuo is doing? An old man is actually assigned to such an important position."
"Brother Zhao, don't underestimate this Li Xiaolin. He can be said to be both civil and military, not to mention, who is his master?"
Zhao Bai took a closer look and was really surprised.
The person sitting on the Master's table was actually Bi Zaiyu.
"With these two old gentlemen sitting in battle, at least there won't be any injustice in the lobby of Lin'an Mansion."
This is true.
If there were any loyal people in the Southern Song Dynasty, it was probably Li Xiaolin. I would never meet these people again.
When Li Xiaolin and Bi Zaiyu saw the corpse, they were stunned for a moment.
"Li Xian, go to Xiao's house quickly and see if there is anything strange."
After a while, Li Xian had someone carry in a dripping corpse, which was that of the drowned servant.
"Go and invite Mr. Song, the Chief of Punishment."
When Zhao Bai and the others heard this, they felt happy.
Song Ci has been wandering around all these years, but he didn't expect to return to Lin'an now.
With Song Ci watching over it, maybe this case can move in the direction they expect.
Song Ci hurriedly walked in.
His eyes turned around Zhao Bai and Qin Shaobai, with a hint of hesitation in his eyes.
However, he soon stood next to the two corpses and began to examine the corpses carefully.
"Back to Mr. Li, Boss Xiao was obviously killed with one sword. There should be no pain when he died."
When Zhao and Qin saw that Song Ci recognized the pawnshop owner, they couldn't help but look at each other again.
It seems that this pawn shop is indeed very unusual.
Song Ci walked to the old servant again.
"The old man was found in the small lake in Fuzhong?"
Li Xian nodded.
Song Ci opened the old man's mouth, but gently shook his head.
"Master Song found something wrong."
Li Xiaolin asked. He had already walked down the hall and rushed towards Song Ci.
"Master Li, please see, this old man's mouth is clean, there is no water stain, and there is no trace of algae or anything like that."
"That may be because the lake at Boss Xiao's house is kept clean."
Song Ci shook his head.
"No matter how clean the lake is, some substances will remain in the water. However, to be on the safe side, I suggest that an autopsy be performed on the old man."
When Li Xiaolin heard the word autopsy, his brows suddenly furrowed.
"Master Song, do you mean that this old man did not drown to death, but was killed and pushed into the lake?"
Song Ci nodded and examined the body carefully.
Suddenly he pointed at the old man's neck.
"Sir, look, there is a needle eye here."
"Master Song, are you saying that this old man originally died of poisoning?"
Unexpectedly, Song Ci shook his head again.
"Except for the needle hole, there was no external injury on the old man's body, but he also showed no signs of being poisoned to death. I guess he was drugged and pushed into the water when he was ignorant."
When everyone heard this, they all nodded in agreement.
Li Xiaolin's brows furrowed even more fiercely.
"If this is the case, it would be even more unbelievable. Such an old man has no martial arts skills. Can he just kill him with a knife or throw him directly into the lake? Why go to all this trouble."
"Master Li."
Qin Shaobai suddenly interrupted.
"Master, do you have something to say?"
Qin Shaobai never expected that Li Xiaolin would speak to him so politely.
He wanted to laugh a little, but finally held it back.
"Master Li, I have an immature idea and I don't know whether I should say it or not."
"Young Master, it's fine if you have anything to say. As long as it's helpful to the case, Li will be willing to listen."
Qin Shaobai cleared his throat.
"I would like to ask the head catcher, is the place where the old man was found located under a big willow tree?"
Li Xian quickly responded with a yes.
"Is it difficult to find it there?"
Li Xian raised his head, looked at Qin Shaobai seriously this time, and said yes again.
"I think this is the purpose of the murderer. They don't want people to discover that the old man was killed prematurely."
"Young Master is saying that this man killed an old servant of the Xiao family not for making money, but for other things. And this matter cannot be known to the government too early, right?"
Qin Shaobai nodded solemnly.
When Zhao Bai heard this, his face turned pale.
He immediately clasped his fists and said to Li Xiaolin: "Master Li, we brothers were just passing by, and we happened to find Boss Xiao. It seems that the case of the Xiao family is quite complicated. I hope you can find out the details and help Boss Xiao and this person."
The old man needs to redress his grievance. We old brothers still have something to do at the shop, so we will go back first."
Li Xiaolin wanted to stop him, but was stopped by Bi Zaiyu, who was silent all the time.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, brothers. If there is anything else going on with the yamen, our master will send someone to find you."
Zhao Bai quickly returned the gift to Bi Zaiyu, then pulled Qin Shaobai over and left the Yamen without looking back.
"No, Brother Zhao, why are you leaving in such a hurry?"
"Go and save people."
"Save people? Save who people? Where to save people?"
"The old servant of the Xiao family died in front, and Boss Xiao died in the back. Moreover, their bodies were deliberately hidden. If we hadn't searched carefully, it would have taken ten and a half months for the bodies to stink before they were discovered. They hid them
The purpose of the corpse is that they still use this time to find what they want."
"General Zhao is saying that those people are now going after the Xiao family? The account book is with some family members of the Xiao family?"
Zhao Bai nodded, but his expression became serious.