While Lang Po and Song Zhi were chatting happily, Ji Yunshu and Jing Rong went to the city office.
They had just entered —
Li Cheng saw him from afar and hurried over to welcome him.
"Aiya, you're finally here. I've been waiting for you all morning."
Ji Yunshu and Jing Rong looked at each other. As they walked inside, they asked, "Did you find anything?"
"Found it!"
"What did you find?"
"Let's talk inside." When they entered the back hall, Li Cheng quickly handed her a piece of paper and said, "According to what you said, I sent someone overnight to look for a place similar to the doornail. Finally, God helps those who wait, and they actually found it. Look, the address is written on it. You can go there at any time.
。”
Ji Yunshu took a look at it.
The address was written on it.
After investigating, there were a total of three places that were similar to the door nails.
In the entire Gaoding City, there were only three of them.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go take a look first. "
Li Cheng was also anxious. Hearing this, he naturally didn't want to waste time.
He hurriedly said, "Alright, alright, alright." Turning his head, he instructed the guard, "Lead the way."
The guard replied, "Yes!"
Hence —
Li Cheng, along with several old officials and a group of guards from the city's department, went to one of the addresses on the list.
It was a market in the east!
Usually, those rich families wouldn't even come here.
At this moment, the place was bustling with people!
Moreover, it was morning, so it was even more crowded.
The vendors on both sides of the street had already started to display their goods.
In order to buy fresh vegetables and meat, the commoners had also arrived early.
Because it had been snowing heavily recently, the ground was wet and muddy. Those who passed by would undoubtedly complain a little. Because there was too much snow, the cloth shoes of the pedestrians were also soaked. Some of the snow even splashed onto people's robes, causing some people to quarrel with each other.
Along the way, there were all kinds of people.
Chirp chirp chirp!
Dogs barking, chickens crowing, children shouting, peddlers shouting …
It was also Li Cheng's first time coming to such a place. The places he had set foot in were all rich areas. Originally, he was a little obsessed with cleanliness, but because he was anxious to solve the case, he couldn't care less about these things.
The guard led them through the crowd and kept moving forward.
Along the way, he shouted, "Make way, make way!"
When some of the commoners saw that they were officials, they took a few steps back. However, because there were too many people, even if they made way, there was not much space for them to pass.
"What's going on? Why are there so many officials here? "
"Yeah, what's going on?"
"Could it be that someone died somewhere else?"
"Don't talk nonsense, you jinx."
"Then why do you think there are so many officials here?"
"…"
"Could it be related to the two recent murders?"
A cacophony of voices could be heard from the surroundings.
There were all sorts of guesses!
Jing Rong shielded Ji Yunshu behind him so that she wouldn't be hit by anyone.
Li Cheng also volunteered to stand beside Ji Yunshu.
"Young Master Ji, you're small and easily injured by others. I'll protect you from the side so that others won't dare to come close."
Oh!
Ji Yunshu politely nodded at him.
Unbeknownst to Li Cheng, Ji Yunshu's hand was tightly gripping Jing Rong's sleeve.
In her heart, only Jing Rong could give her the greatest sense of security.
Soon, the leader of the guards stopped and turned around. "Lord Li, it's here."
Everyone stopped.
It was in front of a pork stall.
At this moment, there were two women buying meat. The butcher was chopping meat with a large knife. Just as he was about to weigh a piece of meat, he saw a group of officials surrounding his stall.
The meat in his hand fell onto the chopping board.
He was bewildered.
At that moment, he almost thought of all the bad things he had done in the past.
Could it be that … he was short weight when he sold the meat?
Or did he charge too much and refuse to return it?
Wait a minute.
But no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't think of anything he had done that would alarm the officials.
He asked in a trembling voice, "Lord … officials, you all …"
He was scared out of his wits!
The fat on his body couldn't help but jiggle a few times.
Li Cheng's face was solemn. He first glanced at him, then asked the guard, "Where?"
The guard pointed to the wall behind the butcher and said, "That wall."
Wall?
Li Cheng looked in that direction.
He realized that the wall was covered with pork.
The pork was fresh.
Huh?
Li Cheng was puzzled. "Where are the things that look like the nails?"
The guard replied, "Lord, look carefully. The meat is hanging on those things."
Hmm.
He looked carefully.
Just as expected!
The pieces of fresh pork were hanging on the round cement that protruded from the wall.
Ji Yunshu and Jing Rong also looked over.
They found it too!
But the butcher was dumbfounded.
He asked again, "Lord, what are you doing?"
Just as he asked —
The two women who were there to buy meat quietly slipped away.
They didn't want to get involved with things related to the officials, lest they get into trouble.
Then, Li Cheng snapped his fingers.
He ordered, "Go, quickly take down the meat hanging on the wall."
Thus, a few guards went from the front of the pork stall to the back and took down the pieces of pork hanging on the wall.
The butcher panicked. He wanted to stop them, but they were officials, so he asked anxiously, "You … What are you doing? Don't touch my pork. "
Then, he picked up the knife meekly.
Although he was a coward, he couldn't touch his meat.
Li Cheng glared at him and said immediately, "The officials are working."
This sentence could be used everywhere!
The butcher said, "My Lord, I didn't do anything illegal. I was just killing pigs honestly. They were all beasts! What has it got to do with me? "
Li Cheng uttered two words slowly, "A murder case!"
A murder case!
"What?"
There was an uproar when the surrounding people heard this.
The butcher was stunned. "A … murder case? Lord, are you mistaken? Is killing a pig against the law? "
Li Cheng raised his brows and replied, "Of course it's not against the law to kill a pig, but this official said … you might have killed someone."
Killed someone?
The butcher's hand trembled.
His eyes widened.
He shook his head. "No, I … I didn't kill anyone. Lord, I'm innocent, I'm innocent!"
Li Cheng said, "Whether you're innocent or not, I'll interrogate you later. Stand aside."
"I …"
"You still dare to hold a knife? Why? Do you want to kill someone?" Li Cheng looked at the knife in his hand aggressively.
Uh.
The butcher loosened his grip.
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