It was said to visit the thatched cottage three times, but today, Ji Yunshu and Jing Rong visited the straw hut three times.
Because the beggar was full, he was satisfied and fell asleep.
Jing Rong used his hand to push away the straw mat covering his body.
A chill suddenly came over him.
The beggar hugged his arms and shivered. He sat up with a face full of anger. Just as he was about to curse, he saw Jing Rong and immediately beamed with joy.
He smiled.
Then he asked, "Lord Officer, is there anything good to eat? Meat buns? Or meat patties? "
He even licked his lips when he asked.
He looked like he was gluttonous.
His eyes lit up.
Jing Rong glared at him.
This person was really greedy!
He said, "Yes, of course, and there's a lot."
As he said that, he took out a silver ingot from his waist and tossed it in his hand.
The beggar stared at it, resisting the urge to snatch it.
"Lord Officer, this silver …" Is it for me?
Before he could ask the last few words, Jing Rong interrupted him.
Jing Rong interrupted, "As long as you're willing to cooperate, the money will naturally be yours."
"Okay, ask. As long as I know, I will tell you." The beggar's eyes were still staring at the silver ingot.
It could be described as "salivating".
Jing Rong held the silver in his hand and glanced at Ji Yunshu.
He signaled for her to ask.
Ji Yunshu stepped forward and asked seriously, "You must answer honestly."
The beggar swore, "Of course!"
"Okay, then I will ask you again. Are you sure you saw Du Mubai come out?"
The beggar nodded.
"That person was really him?"
"This …"
"Actually, you didn't see his face at all, right?" Ji Yunshu asked.
This question confused the beggar.
He recalled the scene and slowly went through it in his mind. Then he said, "I … I don't think I saw it clearly. It was very late that day, I … I didn't see it clearly."
He said weakly.
Ji Yunshu said, "Then carefully recall the situation at that time." "At that time …" The beggar scratched his head and patted it a few times. He tried hard to recall and put the scene together bit by bit. Then he said, "That night, when Du Mubai walked out, it was already very dark. He left in a hurry, and I was lying down at that time, so, indeed …
I didn't see his face! But the clothes he's wearing are exactly the same as when he went in. There's no mistake about that. But … he seems to have changed. "
"Changed sex? How should I put it? " "Before, when he went in, he kicked my bowl and even scolded me. But when he came out, he threw me a few coins. This is too strange. But at that time, I didn't think too much about it. Now that I have money, of course, I'm very happy. What happened before is naturally written off," the beggar said.
He had a righteous expression on his face.
Ji Yunshu asked, "What else?"
"No … no more."
"Think about it carefully."
"There's really nothing else!" The beggar said with uncertainty. Suddenly, he said, "Oh right … I remember now. When he passed by me, I saw that he seemed to have changed his shoes."
"Shoes?"
"It's different from the shoes he was wearing when he went in."
Ji Yunshu pondered and asked again, "You said that he left in a hurry, so he wasn't limping at that time, right?"
"Yes, he wasn't limping."
Ji Yunshu smiled, "It's just as I guessed."
The beggar didn't understand.
Ji Yunshu asked again, "Then do you remember how tall Du Mubai was when he came out?"
"Five feet two three, about the same as me."
Du Mubai's height, but according to the rope test, the murderer should be five feet seven inches.
So the person who came out should be Du Mubai.
However, Ji Yunshu didn't think so.
Her expression was solemn.
Then, she walked away silently.
Jing Rong threw an ingot of silver in his hand to the beggar.
The beggar held the ingot of silver and smiled until his eyes almost disappeared.
The two walked on the street.
Jing Rong asked, "Where are we going?"
"Wen She."
When they arrived at Wen She, the doorman was still standing at the door.
When he saw them, he quickly went up to them.
He asked, "Officers, you are …"
"Do you remember the night Du Mubai was killed and how he came back?" Ji Yunshu asked directly.
The doorman was stunned for a moment before he nodded, "I remember."
"Tell me the details."
The doorman said, "When Du Mubai came, there was nothing unusual. I even called out to him, but he didn't listen and walked very fast, so I …"
"Wait, you said he walked very fast."
"Yes."
"So he wasn't limping at all."
"It … seems so! That's strange. When he went out in the morning, he was clearly limping. "
"Then do you remember the shoes he was wearing at that time?"
"Shoes, the ones he wore when he went out."
"How tall was he?"
"Du Mubai? Five feet three. "
"I'm asking when he came back."
"The same!"
The doorman didn't understand why Ji Yunshu would ask such strange questions.
After asking, Ji Yunshu and Jing Rong looked at each other.
Then there was!
On the way, Jing Rong said, "Du Mubai was clearly a cripple, but when he left the alley and returned to the study room, he was very normal. How could a person with such a serious foot injury recover so quickly in a day?"
Ji Yunshu concluded immediately, "So, he's not Du Mubai, but the murderer!"
"But don't forget, the beggar and doorman both said that the murderer was five feet three, but after testing, the murderer should be about the same height as Bai Yin, five feet seven."
"Perhaps, I missed something?" She continued, "But no matter what, according to the hanging rope, Du Mubai really didn't commit suicide. But … if the murderer was the same height as Du Mubai, why would he tie such a high hanging rope? "
The two suddenly said in unison. "To confuse the public!" Ji Yunshu said, "The murderer wanted to make people think that he was five feet seven inches tall! In fact, he had already prepared both hands. If Du Mubai's death was not discovered, then everyone would think that he committed suicide. At that time, the murderer would be safe and sound! But if people found out that Du Mubai was actually killed, the authorities would definitely keep thinking about the murderer's height. It has to be said that the murderer is a very smart person. Secondly, the beggar at the door, once someone found out that there was something wrong with the hanging rope, they would become suspicious and go to investigate Du Mubai's whereabouts.
Naturally, they would find that beggar. Then, he would have the beggar to testify for him. And he was very lucky that he didn't have to use both hands, because everyone thought that he committed suicide! "
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