Li Cheng rushed to the scene with great interest.
Along the way, he got some information from the officials.
The gate in the middle of the city gate had been blocked. The old merchant and his men were detained where they were. There were collapsed boxes and scattered stones on the ground.
There was also a carriage with a broken wheel behind them.
Before Li Chengren even got close, he shouted at the top of his lungs, "Where's the skull? Where is it? "
He panicked.
How could he miss such a good show?
The leader of the guards replied, "Over there!"
He pointed at the stones and the skull that had been put aside.
Li Cheng stared at it and then he was scared.
He was scared to death of that kind of thing!
So after looking at it from afar, he asked, "Who killed them?"
He went straight to the point.
The guard was stunned. He didn't know what to say.
Because he was not sure who the murderer was.
Li Cheng saw his confused face and raised his voice, "I am asking you a question! Why are you stuttering? "
"Your Excellency, I don't know yet. The skull was chiseled out of the stone, but the stone belongs to them." The guard pointed at the old merchant who was still shivering.
Li Cheng immediately stepped in front of the old merchant and asked, "So, you killed them?"
The old merchant shivered, "Your Excellency, I didn't kill them."
He held back his tears.
"But the stone is yours."
"But … the skull inside is not mine."
"You put it in!"
"I am wronged, Your Excellency. Even if I am very capable, I would not dare to do such a thing. Moreover, I don't have the ability to put a skull in a stone. Please be enlightened, Your Excellency."
Li Cheng touched his chin and thought for a while. He glanced at the skull in the distance and pondered for a while.
He asked again, "You really didn't know there was a skull in the stone?"
"I really didn't know."
"Then where did you get these stones from?"
"I'm in the stone gambling business. These stones are from the merchants in Ruili in the south, and then they are transported to Gaoding. I've checked these stones before they are loaded. There's nothing wrong with them, and they are not so light."
"So what you're saying is that the stone was swapped in the middle of transportation?"
"That's not right!"
"Why?"
"Because these boxes have never been opened after they were locked, and the keys are in my hands. No one can change them!" The old merchant said honestly.
Li Cheng squinted his eyes and thought for a moment before coming to a conclusion. "So, the biggest suspect is still you!"
After all the twists and turns, the suspect was still an old merchant.
Ugh!
The old merchant was speechless.
I don't know what to say.
He was indeed the most suspicious.
Li Cheng was very sure of his answer. "You can't explain it yourself. I'm going to arrest you until I find out the truth."
"Milord …"
"If you didn't kill anyone, I naturally won't wrongly accuse you. When the time comes, I will also give you justice." Li Cheng looked very mature.
The old merchant had no way of defending himself!
The stone was his!
He was also the one who checked the stones!
He was also the one who had been holding the key to the box!
Therefore, he had nothing to say.
He could only admit defeat for now.
The old merchant's assistants couldn't escape either and were all captured.
He was taken to the prison of the city department.
After they were taken away, the guard at the gate quietly asked Li Cheng, "Milord, what should we do now?"
He said, "Bring all these things back. I want to investigate slowly. I must get to the bottom of this."
He had a card up his sleeve!
The guard immediately poured a bucket of cold water on him and asked, "Where should we start investigating this case?"
This …
Li Cheng didn't know. The guard threw him a few more questions. "The deceased only has a skull left. We don't know who it is! Moreover, how did the skull drill into the stone for no reason? How did it drill into the stone? Moreover, the old merchant said that the stone had been checked before it was put into the box. The box was locked along the way.
So, when was the stone switched? "
Li Cheng's mouth twitched. This was really difficult for him.
The deceased only had a skull. How could he know who it was?
He wasn't the Emperor of Heaven!
While he was worrying, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a carriage behind him.
Why does it look so familiar?
He moved closer to take a look.
He carefully examined the carriage from top to bottom.
"Isn't this … their carriage?"
The 'them' he was referring to was Jing Rong, Ji Yunshu, and the others.
He was incomparably shocked.
His face lit up with joy.
Because Ji Yunshu was here!
That amazing woman who could solve cases by drawing skeletons!
With her here, how could he not be afraid of solving this case?
He quickly turned to the guards and asked, "Whose carriage is this?"
The guard answered, "It's a few young people."
"What's their name?"
"I … I'm not sure."
"Go and check!"
"Yes."
The guard turned around and checked the register of people entering the city.
Soon, he came back with a small booklet in front of Li Cheng. "It's a few merchants and a scholar who participated in the imperial examinations. His surname is Song, and the others …"
Before he could finish speaking, Li Cheng grabbed the booklet.
He took a look!
Sure enough, it's them.
He was so excited that his eyes narrowed into slits.
He was overjoyed.
He laughed.
The guard was stunned and asked in confusion, "Milord, what's wrong with you?"
He stopped laughing and threw the booklet in his hand to the guard. "Quickly go and find out where these people are in Gaoding. After you find them, quickly come and tell this lord. Remember, the sooner the better. "
"Milord, why are you looking for these people? Is it related to this case? "
"Of course it's related!" Li Cheng was very certain. He patted the guard's shoulder and said, "As long as we find them, we can solve the case."
He picked a high note.
Then, he waved his sleeves and swaggered off.
The guard still didn't understand.
'Could it be … they're the murderers?'
As soon as he thought of this, he immediately ordered someone to look for them.
Li Cheng excitedly returned to the city's department and waited for news.
He was very happy.
He had been thinking about leaving Gaoding to look for them when he had the chance. He didn't expect that they would come.
It was fate.
…
Song Zhi finally found the ancestral house according to the address given by Zhang Xiaobai.
It was in the east of the city.
It was behind an alley.
The house looked very hidden. If one didn't go inside, they wouldn't know that there was an ancestral house hidden in this place.
Because no one had lived here for a long time, the door of the ancestral house was covered in cobwebs.
But the door looked very sturdy. Other than being a little old, there was no damage.
Song Zhi was worried that the inside was too small or too shabby. He was even more worried that Ji Yunshu and the others wouldn't like it.
Unexpectedly, when he opened the door, it was very spacious inside.
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