Chapter 8 The eighth chapter who is the murderer

The one standing at the door was actually Jin Ganoderma lucidum. As soon as Chu Liuxiang opened the door, her face blushed immediately, her hands were hidden behind her back, and she didn't know what she was holding in her hands, she wanted to speak but couldn't. Hu Tiehua sneered and said, "We're talking nonsense here, but we didn't expect Miss Jin to guard the door for us. It's really unbelievable." Jin Lingzhi bit her lip, turned her head and left, took two steps, then turned around suddenly, and said loudly: "Zhang San, come out." Zhang San immediately jumped out of bed, rushed out, and said with an apologetic smile, "What's your order?"

Hu Tiehua said coldly: "This servant is really obedient. It seems that even if Miss Jin asks him to kill someone, he will do so." Jin Lingzhi ignored him, took out a bag of things hidden behind her, and said, "You keep this bag for me." Zhang Sandao: "Yes." Jin Lingzhi said: "I just picked up this bag, you can open it to have a look, but if you lose it for me, I want your head." Zhang San said with a smile: "Miss, just don't worry, no matter what it is, as long as it is handed over to me, even the world's number one thief will never want to steal it."

Jin Ganoderma "hummed", turned back and pushed open the opposite door and walked in, and immediately shut the door heavily again with a "bang". Hu Tiehua said: "We really have the best thief in the world. You have to hold this bag tighter. It's not fun to have your head taken away." Before he finished speaking, another door on the opposite side was suddenly pushed open. Ding Feng poked his head out from the door, glanced at the baggage in Zhang San's hand intentionally or unintentionally, and said with a smile: "The three of you are not asleep yet. Is it?"

Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "Young Master Ding must be the same as us. If you move to a new place, it will be difficult for you to fall asleep." Ding Feng's eyes flickered, and he whispered: "I want to talk to Chu Xiangshuai about something, I wonder if it's convenient now?" Before Chu Liuxiang could speak, a door next door opened.The one who came out of the door was not Bai Candle, nor Gongsun Jieyu, but it was the Hook Chief. His face was blue, his eyes were straight, and he was still holding the black suitcase tightly in his hands. Suddenly, he saw Chu Liuxiang and Ding Feng standing at the door, and he was immediately surprised again.

Ding Feng said indifferently: "I thought Brother Gou really went to relieve himself again. I just wanted to introduce Brother Gou to a doctor who specializes in treating kidney deficiency and excessive urination." Hook's face was green and red, and he said in a low voice: "I was going to relieve myself, but when I passed by here, I suddenly wanted to chat with them." Ding Feng's eyes flashed, he stared at him, and said slowly: "Brother Gou and the two of them already knew each other, but I never thought of that." He glanced at Chu Liuxiang, and said with a smile: "Xiang Shuai, I'm afraid you haven't thought of it, have you?"

Hook Chief coughed dryly, and said, "I have only met them once or twice, and we are not familiar... not familiar..." As he was talking, he had squeezed through the door beside Ding Feng. Chu Liuxiang said: "Brother Ding, if you have any advice, please come here and talk, okay?" Ding Feng pondered, and said with a smile: "Everyone has been tired all day, and it's time to rest in peace. It's not too late to talk about anything until evening." He immediately shrank back and closed the door. The door over there was also closed, and Gongsun Jieyu and Bai Candle never showed up.

Hu Tiehua couldn't bear it anymore, and before the door was closed, she sighed and said: "It seems that people's hearts are really unpredictable these days, unexpectedly, Mr. Hook is not an honest person, he obviously knows Gongsun Jieyu and Bai Candle Yes, but he didn't show a thing when they got aboard." Zhang Sandao: "He kept saying that he was new to the rivers and lakes and knew no one except Chu Liuxiang. It turned out to be a lie. It turned out that he knew more people than us." Hu Tiehua said: "At first I thought he really didn't understand anything, would offend people, and cause trouble. Who knew he could hold his breath better than any of us."

Zhang Sandao: "Perhaps his appearance is all deliberately pretending to show us, so that we don't take precautions against him. In fact, he may have already colluded with Gongsun Jieyu..." Hu Tiehua suddenly jumped up and said, "No, no, I have to go and have a look." Zhang Sandao: "What's wrong? What are you looking at?" Hu Tiehua said: "Maybe he is the murderer, Gongsun Jieyu and Bai Candle are his second targets, and now they may have been murdered by him!" Chu Liuxiang had been thinking for a long time, and now he just smiled and said: "After the hook grows out, there are still people in the room who will close the door. Could it be that the dead can't close the door?"

Hu Tiehua was stunned, and smiled herself, and murmured: "It seems that I have also been infected by you, and I have become as suspicious as you." He glanced at Zhang San, and then said: "Why don't you open this bag and have a look?" Zhang Sandao: "Why should I open it to have a look?" Hu Tiehua said: "She said it herself, you can open it and have a look." Zhang Sandao: "But what if I don't want to?" Hu Tiehua said: "Don't you want to know what's in the bag?" Zhang San said lightly: "Maybe I have to wait until you fall asleep before opening it?"

Hu Tiehua was stunned again, she lowered her head in a daze for a while, then suddenly made a move like the wind, and snatched the bag in Zhang San's hand, and said with a big laugh, "I'm not Chu Liuxiang, I don't know how to steal, but I can snatch it!" ..." He tore off the burden three or two times, and the laughter stopped immediately. In the baggage is a piece of clothing. A gown stained with blood stains. The clothes were light blue in color, made of very good material, light and soft, and must be very comfortable to wear, but the front was splattered with blood.

Hu Tiehua changed color and said, "I've seen this dress before." Zhang San couldn't help but asked, "Where did you see it?" Hu Tiehua said: "Ding Feng was wearing this dress when he went to pick up Master Kumei that day." Zhang San's expression also changed, and he said movedly: "Where's the blood on the clothes? Could it be Xiang Tianfei? Could Ding Feng be the murderer who killed Xiang Tianfei?" Hu Tiehua said bitterly: "I have suspected him for a long time, but Jin Lingzhi listened to Ding Feng's words very much, why did he deliberately send this dress to us?" Zhang San pondered, and said: "Maybe she doesn't know it's Ding Feng's clothes, maybe..." Hu Tiehua suddenly interrupted him, saying: "Maybe this is Jin Lingzhi intentionally planted." Zhang Sandao: "Planted?" Hu Tiehua said: "She knew that we had found the pearl on the corpse, and that we were suspicious of her, so she purposely stole Ding Feng's clothes and stained them with blood to divert our target." He continued with a sneer: "If you wear my clothes to kill someone, could it be me who is the murderer?" Chu Liuxiang said: "But there are still two suspicious things about this matter." Hu Tiehua said: "Which two points?" Chu Liuxiang said: "Firstly, Jin Lingzhi is a rich lady, if she is asked to kill someone, maybe she will, but if she is asked to steal other people's clothes, she may not be able to steal it." Zhang San immediately said: "That's right, how would she know where Ding Feng's clothes are kept? Can she steal them?" Chu Liuxiang said: "Secondly, if she really wanted to divert our target, she wouldn't have sent this dress herself. A thief will inevitably have a guilty conscience." Hu Tiehua said: "Do you think this dress was deliberately placed where Jin Lingzhi could see it, so that she could find it so that she could send it here?" Chu Liuxiang said: "Of course it is also possible, but Ding Feng may also be the murderer. After the murder, the time was too hasty, so it was too late to hide the bloody clothes..." Zhang San interjected: "Master Hook and Ding Feng live in the same room, and no one is as convenient as he is to steal Ding Feng's clothes, so I think Mr. Hook is more and more suspicious." Hu Tiehua said: "Why don't you ask your mistress, where did she find this dress?" Zhang San shook his head and said with a smile: "I don't dare, I'm afraid of hitting a wall. If you want to ask, why don't you ask yourself? Don't you dare?" Hu Tiehua jumped up and said with a sneer, "Why don't I dare? Could she still bite me?" He rushed out in one breath and rushed to the door of Jin Lingzhi. But when he really raised his hand to knock on the door, his breath was gone. Thinking of Jin Lingzhi's hands on his hips and staring eyes, he felt a little hairy on his scalp. "She may have fallen asleep. If I wake her up, she should lose her temper. Why won't I lose my temper when others wake me up? Besides, knocking on a woman's door is also a great skill. It requires not only skill, but also courage, not everyone can knock it off." Hu Tiehua sighed, and murmured: "Everyone will meet tonight anyway, and it won't be too late to ask her after that." Most men have one good thing - when they dare not do something, they always find a good excuse for themselves, and they will never admit that they have no courage. There were only two beds in the room, and a floor bunk was also built. When Hu Tiehua went back to the room, there were already people asleep on the two beds. Zhang San crossed his legs and was muttering to himself: "It's strange, why didn't I hear the knock on the door? Could it be that Mr. Hu is not as courageous as I am? Knock on the door?" Hu Tiehua got angry and said loudly: "This is my bed! Why did you sleep on it?" Zhang San said leisurely: "The bed you sleep on? Who stipulates that you sleep on this bed? Is it stipulated by the governor's office?" Hu Tiehua gritted his teeth with hatred, but there was nothing he could do. He sneered and said: "The beds on the boat are like sleeping for children, they are short, narrow and small. For a dignified man like me, sleeping on the ground is comfortable. " As soon as he fell asleep, he jumped up again and shouted, "You are so insatiable that you even stole my pillow!" Zhang San smiled and said: "Since sleeping on the ground is spacious and comfortable, Haikuotian may be afraid that you will not be able to get up because you sleep too comfortably, so there is no pillow for you at all." Hu Tiehua was so angry that she gritted her teeth, rolled her eyeballs, and suddenly said with a smile: "It turns out that you are also like the old bug, and your nose is not good, otherwise how could you not smell the stench?" Zhang San couldn't help asking: "What stench?" Hu Tiehua said: "I just sat on this pillow and farted..." Before he finished speaking, Zhang San threw the pillow over. Hu Tiehua laughed loudly and said: "It turns out that you kid will also be fooled." Zhang San said with a straight face: "I may not believe what you say, but when it comes to farting, you are indeed the best in the world. Others fart in thirty years, and you don't fart as much in a day." There are too many facts that have happened in the past two days, it's too scary, and I don't know how many terrible things are about to happen, just tonight... Hu Tiehua originally thought that she would not be able to fall asleep. He heard that when you can't fall asleep, it is best to count by yourself, and you will fall asleep unconsciously after counting. This method is very effective for many people. He was going to count to ten thousand, and if he still couldn't fall asleep, he would go out and drink. He fell asleep when he counted to seventeen. Hu Tiehua was awakened by a knock on the door. The knock on the door was very soft, "Duk, Tuk, Tuk", it sounded loudly, as if it had been knocking for a long time. "The business of this house is good, and there are always guests coming." Hu Tiehua got up quickly, his head was still dazed, and he opened the door forcefully, ready to show his anger on the person who knocked on the door. Unexpectedly, there was not even a shadow of a ghost outside the door. "Duk, Duk, Duk", the voice kept ringing. Hu Tiehua collected himself, only to realize that the sound was not knocking on the door, but someone in the next room knocking on the board wall here. "What is that kid doing? Do you want to make noise so that others can't sleep?" Hu Tiehua also knocked hard on the wall, and said loudly, "Who?" Either Gongsun Jieyu or Bai Candle knocked on the wall, he didn't even have to ask. Sure enough, someone next door spoke. Hu Tiehua pressed his ears against the wooden wall, only then did he realize that it was Gongsun Jieyu's voice. His voice was very low, and he said word by word: "Is it Chu Xiangshuai? How about please come over and explain?" It turned out that he was looking for Chu Liuxiang. It seemed that everyone was looking for Chu Liuxiang these two days. Hu Tiehua was upset, and was about to scold him a few words, when she turned her head, only to find that both beds were empty.Chu Liuxiang and Zhang San didn't know where to go. The person next door was talking again, and said in a deep voice: "Chu Xiangshuai may not know who is next, but..." Hu Tiehua said loudly: "I know who you are, but Chu Liuxiang is not here." The man next door said: "I don't know where he went?" Hu Tiehua said: "This man is a rabbit, he is running around, the devil knows where he slipped off to." The man next door said: "Your Excellency is..." Hu Tiehua said: "My surname is Hu, why do you want to find Chu Liuxiang? Tell me the same." The man next door said, "Oh—" After he said "oh", there was no further text. Hu Tiehua waited for a long time, and the more he thought about it, the more wrong he became. Gongsun Jieyu had nothing to do with Chu Liuxiang at all, why did he suddenly find Chu Liuxiang?Moreover, he did not come here to speak in an aboveboard manner, it was a bit sneaky. Does he also have some secrets to tell Chu Liuxiang? "This old bedbug is becoming more and more useless, and slipped away by itself without calling me." Hu Tiehua squeezed her nose hard, and murmured: "I was not drunk yesterday, why did I sleep like a dead pig?" In fact, he himself didn't know that as long as Chu Liuxiang was by his side, he would sleep very deeply, because he knew that even if the sky fell, there would be Chu Liuxiang to support it, so he didn't need to worry about it. He quickly put on his shoes, and thought of going to the next door to ask Gongsun Jieyu, what did he do with Chu Liuxiang?I also want to ask how he recognized the length of the hook? But he knocked on the door for a long time, but there was still no response. The opposite door opened.Head Hook poked his head out and said, "Brother Hu, do you want to find them?" Hu Tiehua didn't turn her head back, and said coldly: "I have nothing wrong with me, if I don't look for them, why do I knock on their door?" Hook Chang smiled apologetically, "But both of them went up there just now, and I saw them go!" Hu Tiehua suddenly turned around, stared at him and said: "It seems that you pay attention to other people's actions." Hook Chang was startled, and said in a low voice, "I...I..." Hu Tiehua said loudly: "Since I recognized you, I have always regarded you as a friend, haven't I?" Hook Zi sighed: "I have always been very grateful." Hu Tiehua said: "Then I hope you will tell me honestly what you have to say, and don't hide it from me." Hook Zi said: "I have never lied in front of Brother Hu." Hu Tiehua said: "Okay, then let me ask you, what is the origin of Gongsun Jieyu and that white candle? How did you recognize them?" Hook Zichang pondered for a while, then sighed: "Since brother Hu asked, I have to say it, but..." He lowered his voice, and continued: "This matter is of great importance, but the time is not yet ripe. I will tell Brother Hu, but I hope Brother Hu can keep the secret for me. Don't mention it in front of others." Hu Tiehua didn't even think about it, and immediately said: "Okay, I promise you." Hook Zi said: "Even Chu Xiangshuai..." Hu Tiehua said: "Since I have promised you, even in front of my father, I will never say it. I have always been more reliable than Chu Liuxiang in speaking, can't you trust me?" Hook Chang heaved a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "With Brother Hu's words, I feel relieved." He pulled Hu Tiehua into his room and tied the door. Ding Feng also went out. Chief Gouzi first asked Hu Tiehua to sit down, and then said in a deep voice: "More than two months ago, a huge case occurred in Kaifeng Mansion. General Zhenyuan, who escorted the tribute to Beijing from outside the pass, was originally stationed in the yamen of Kaifeng Mansion, but suddenly in the middle of the night He lost his head, and all the things that were going to be tribute to the court were also missing. The 120 people who accompanied him were all killed cleanly, and no one was left alive." Hu Tiehua suddenly said: "Since such a big event happened, why haven't I heard of it?" Gouzi sighed and said, "Because this case is too big, if it alarms the court, no one can afford it, so we can only suppress it first, and then report it when the real culprit is found out." Hu Tiehua frowned and said: "The perpetrator has not left anyone alive, his hands and feet must be very clean, and it may not be easy to find out." Hook Zi said: "But people are not as good as God. They think that the case is clean enough, but they don't know that God has left someone to be their witness, so that they will not escape the law sooner or later." Hu Tiehua said: "Who is it?" Gou Zichang said: "It's a concubine of General Zhenyuan. That night, she was sleeping in General Zhenyuan's room, and she couldn't escape their murderous hands, but when the accident happened, she just relieved herself behind the bed and found something changed , and hid on the bed, although I didn’t see the faces of the two men who committed the crime, I could hear everything they said clearly.” Hu Tiehua laughed and said: "It seems that women's lives are indeed longer than men's." Hook said: "According to her, two people, one old and one young, are responsible for the case. After the incident is completed, they are going to flee overseas and find a 'gold selling cave' to enjoy for the rest of their lives. I just based on this clue. Followed here." Hu Tiehua was surprised and said: "Listen to you, are you from the six doors?" Hook said long and loudly: "I'm not the official's headhunter, but just a personal guard of General Xiong outside the pass. This time I entered the pass, and I was ordered by General Xiong to investigate this case. .” He smiled, and continued: "Because I entered the General's Mansion when I was young, and never walked around outside, so I am very unfamiliar with the affairs in Jianghu, which made Brother Hu laugh." Hu Tiehua was already stunned, and then he let out a long breath, shook his head and smiled: "So that's the case! Why didn't you say it earlier? It made us almost blame you by mistake, and the one who caught the thief was regarded as a robber instead. Isn't it very wronged?" Head Hook smiled wryly and said: "Because the task I am taking on this time is extremely heavy and extremely confidential, so I dare not reveal my identity at will. Besides, Hai Kuo Tian, ​​Xiang Tian Fei, and Ding Feng are not the rules. People, if they know that I'm here to handle the case, I'm afraid it will be bad for me." Hu Tiehua nodded, and said: "When you say that, I have completely figured it out... Do you suspect that Gongsun Jieyu and Bai Candle are the two people who committed the crime?" Hook said: "That's right, the suspicion of these two people is too great, that's why I went to their room this morning, just to find out what they say." Hu Tiehua said: "What can you find out?" Hook Zi sighed, "People like them naturally keep their mouths shut. I went there, but instead of getting no results, I actually startled the snake. They must have seen my identity, I'm afraid..." His expression changed, and he remained silent. Hu Tiehua said: "Yes, since they have seen your identity, I'm afraid they won't let you go. You really need to be more careful in the future." He patted Hook Chang on the shoulder and said with a smile: "But now that I know about it, I will never allow them to do anything wrong again. You just need to rest assured." Hook Zichang smiled and said, "Thank you, thank you. With brother Hu's help, why should I worry about it? It's just..." He frowned again, and said in a deep voice: "The viciousness and cunning of these two people are comparable to others, and we have no real evidence to hold them now, so it's better not to act rashly for the time being." Hu Tiehua nodded, and said slowly: "But these two people have no reason to kill Xiang Tianfei. Could it be that their purpose is to kill all the people on this boat?"