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Chapter 118

It seems that this electrified warehouse was prepared for Zhao Chengqi, and this guy who ran out for some reason became his scapegoat.

"Is this person a clerk in your store? You said he shouldn't have the key to the warehouse, so whose key is this?" Su Yanqing asked.

The four stewards each untied their own keys from their waists, and each key had their names engraved on it.

No one lost a key.

Su Yanqing glanced over the key held by the dead man, but there was nothing, could it be copied?

The design of the warehouse lock is very delicate and complicated. There are two mechanisms. After inserting it, turn it half a turn, and the second mechanism spring will pop out. Turn half a circle before the door is opened. If someone who doesn't know the subtlety turns the key to the end, the mechanism will be triggered and the alarm bell will ring loudly.

"When you usually open the warehouse door, are there people following you?" Su Yanqing asked.

Zhao Chengqi and the four stewards shook their heads. The things in the warehouse are all valuable. If they are lost or stolen, it will cause huge losses to Changyu. The four stewards have worked in the Zhao family for at least 20 years , loyal to the Zhao family, extremely professionalism, and will never do anything to cheat.

The craftsmanship of the key is complicated, and it is extremely difficult to copy, at least it is impossible in a small town. This guy reports to the Changyu every day. Except for yesterday's leave between noon and afternoon, he never left the Changyu. It can be seen that the key should be It was given to him after someone else copied it.

"What's in the warehouse?" Su Yanqing asked.

Zhao Chengqi's first reaction was to stand up and want to open the door. The moment he touched the key, he suddenly hesitated. Su Yanqing said, "I just tried it, and the door is dead."

Zhao Chengqi still didn't take out the key, and cast a questioning look at his father Zhao Siyuan, Zhao Siyuan nodded: "People have died, and besides, there are only a few of us here, there is nothing that cannot be seen by others."

The warehouse door was opened, and there were not many things inside, only a few large wine jars standing on the ground,
Su Yanqing stood in front of a big vase, on which was written: "Yuxiu Grass, Luminous Flower."

"What are Yuxiu Grass and Luminous Flower, I've never heard of them before." He asked.

Zhao Chengqi replied: "This is a kind of herb collected from Miaojiang that the locals put in the wine brewing club. It is very rare. Other things in the warehouse are mostly rare objects collected from various places. Let’s try to brew new wine. If these things are of no use in the hands of ordinary people, they will be of greater value in the hands of brewers.”

"Your family's winery is the largest in this town, how many other wineries might compete with you?" Su Yanqing asked.

A steward said: "Sun's distillery in the west of the city, Wu's distillery in the north of the city, and the others are all small workshops."

"Even if the Sun family and the Wu family have stolen the new formula, they will not be able to compare with our Changyu number." Another steward said.

Su Yanqing compared the key in the guy's hand with the other five keys.

Judging from the cutting marks on the metal, there is nothing special about it except that it is new.

But including Zhao Chengqi and the four managers, they all said that the key was never given to anyone else.

"Brother, wasn't he drunk when he went back to Luo's house?" An abrupt voice came from the gate, and everyone looked towards the gate together. Zhao Chengping stood there imposingly, and walked over step by step.

"Brother, as the treasurer of Changyu, naturally has the key to the storeroom, and the storeroom key is such an important thing, of course, it is not as convenient to keep it anywhere as it is on the body. After being drunk and in a trance, the key is It's not still on me, I'm afraid the elder brother doesn't know that well." Zhao Chengping stood still in front of the crowd.

Originally, Zhao Chengping suddenly made a sound, which startled Zhao Siyuan, but after he said a few words, Zhao Siyuan was attracted by Luo's family and drunk, and turned his head and asked sharply: "Why did you go to Luo? Home?"

Zhao Chengqi opened his mouth and said, "When did I go to Luo's house?"

Seeing that he wanted to deny it, Zhao Chengping took out a piece of sealing clay from his hand. There was still half of the seal left on the sealing clay, and wrote "Zhao" and the next line was "Yue". Or the ink fonts, they all refer directly to the Zhao family's famous winter wine-Yueliu Shuang.

"Zhao's Changyu is brewed in winter, and the moon is frosty." Su Yanqing said in a low voice. Not long ago, he had just seen Changyu's number of distinguished guests, and the wine jars were constantly being shipped from various places like flowing water.Naturally, I was deeply impressed by the seal with water on the mud.

Zhao Chengping handed the sealing mud to Zhao Siyuan, Zhao Chengqi stood aside, and argued anxiously for himself: "It's just a piece of sealing mud, what can it explain, can't the people of the Luo family buy it for themselves? Besides, you still want to drink it?" There is a cooperation with the Luo family, last time I let you come to Changyu for a day, obviously I have coveted this shop, and I tried to get the shop in a different way, why didn't you do it?"

These words were almost rascal, Zhao Chengping didn't even bother to look at him, and pointed to the marks on that piece of clay: "Father, please look, what is on this piece of clay."

On the yellow clay and the straw-covered clay, there is a vague finger print, and there is a circle protruding from the base of the finger.On the other side, there are faint traces of being scratched by something.

"What does this mean?" Zhao Chengqi yelled, but suddenly he fell silent.

Zhao Chengping glanced at him, and said coldly: "Brother, why don't you put your left index finger on it for comparison? And..." He gestured with his finger on the scratched mark: "This is The traces of scratches by someone's fingernails, the dead Zhu kiln worker had this kind of mud between his fingers when he was found."

"Enough!" Zhao Siyuan shouted loudly, Su Yanqing snatched the piece of sealing clay from his hand before he could react, Zhao Siyuan glared at him, and he raised the sealing clay at Zhao Siyuan: "That's it!" It is important physical evidence and cannot be left in your hands."

Zhao Chengqi's whole body was like a deflated ball, standing slumped aside.

"What happened between you brothers, you actually want to do something like this! He is your elder brother after all!" Zhao Siyuan was heartbroken.

Zhao Chengping stood there respectfully: "Father, elder brother hasn't explained anything yet. This piece of evidence alone may not be able to explain anything, and elder brother may not have violated the law of the country. Why did father already believe that elder brother committed murder? Murder?"

Zhao Siyuan let out a long sigh: "There is no one who knows a son like a father. I don't know what he can do?"

Zhao Chengqi wanted to open his mouth to explain, but lowered his head weakly.

"Brother, if you don't tell the truth, it will be too late to complain." Zhao Chengping looked at his elder brother coldly.

"After all, you are the eldest son of the Zhao family, so there is no need to take the blame for the Luo family." Zhao Chengping said, "What did you do in the Luo family that day?"

Zhao Chengqi lost all strength and collapsed on the chair involuntarily. After taking a few deep breaths, he raised his head. His originally bright eyes lost all brilliance, his sight lost focus, and his whole soul seemed to be sucked away.

He slowly talked about his experience that day.

After closing that day, some acquaintances said that there was a party in the evening, and the people who attended were the owners or young owners of famous big shops nearby. Zhao Chengqi thought that if he could expand his network at the banquet, it would be helpful to the business. So I went straight away without going home.

At the banquet, he saw Luo Xinyuan. At that time, Luo Xinyuan had already accepted Zhao Chengping's order to make wine jars, so he casually asked Luo Xinyuan about Zhao Chengping's order. He didn't expect Luo Xinyuan to say anything to him. What, I didn't expect Luo Xinyuan to talk to him very enthusiastically, including what kind of craftsman he hired, how many orders he made, what patterns he used, and what shapes of utensils he used.

Zhao Chengqi was also a little surprised by this point. These are actually commercial secrets. Luo Xinyuan is also a businessman. How could he not understand this truth? Could it be that he deliberately talked nonsense to set him up and mislead him?
But later, Luo Xinyuan said that he would introduce the kiln worker to him. In the future, if Changyu needed to customize wine jars, it would be convenient. Zhao Chengqi wondered if he was too much himself. They are brothers and they are a family, so there is nothing to shy away from speaking and acting.

After the big banquet was over, Zhao Chengqi followed Luo Xinyuan to the town to pick up people. The timing was just right, and Zhu kiln workers were coming over.Luo Xinyuan lowered her voice and said to Zhao Chengqi: "I have an unfeeling request from my younger brother. I will not hide it from Brother Zhao. I forgot to reserve a room for this Zhu kiln worker. At this moment, the inn is occupied by foreign merchants who come to the town to order new year's goods. It's full, so I really can't arrange it for him. My family also has relatives, it's just a coincidence, I wonder if Big Brother Zhao can help me?"

Zhao Chengqi instinctively wanted to refuse: "It's not convenient for me to live at home."

But Luo Xinyuan said: "I know Brother Zhao has a house in Liuzhi Lane. I wish the kiln worker came from a poor background, so I just let him and the boy live in a room."

Not many of the Zhao family knew about the house in Willow Branch Lane, but Luo Xinyuan told the truth. Zhao Chengqi was worried that Luo Xinyuan would spread the matter to his father Zhao Siyuan.Parents are still alive, private property ownership, this matter is simply outrageous in the traditional view, he had to agree to this matter, and the house is not a servant from the family, so it is no big deal to let someone else go.

The three of them arrived at Zhao Chengqi's house in Liuzhi Lane, made a few side dishes, a few jars of wine, after drinking three rounds of dishes and five flavors, I wish the kiln workers looked at the jars of moonlight frost and said that Changyu is now The design of the mouth of the wine jar should be improved, which will greatly facilitate storage and transportation.

Zhao Chengqi was very moved when he heard it, so he went to the brewery. He wanted to find an empty jar as a sample, so that Zhu kiln workers could demonstrate where to improve, but unfortunately, a batch of wine had just been brewed, and all the empty jars were destroyed. Filled with.So he took a jar of wine that was still sealed with clay, and brought it to Liuzhi Lane, and asked the kiln worker Zhu to point it out.

When he lifted the sealing clay, the mark of the ring finger of his left hand wearing the ring was imprinted on the wet sealing clay. At the same time, the kiln workers accidentally scratched their fingers and left marks on the mud.

Zhao Chengqi casually threw Feng Ni out of the window, but Zhao Chengping finally picked it up.

"And then?" Su Yanqing asked coldly.

Zhao Chengqi's lifeless eyes suddenly showed a trace of confusion, and then panic.

After discussing the design of the wine jar, Zhao Chengqi felt that he had drunk too much, so he went out to vomit, rested for a while, and then returned to the house, but after being blown by the night wind, he felt even more dizzy.

He only remembered that he seemed to be drunk and paralyzed on the chair. Luo Xinyuan pushed him several times and called his name, but his whole body was weak. Although he was conscious, he could not move at all. His eyes were slightly open, but he did not blink, as if Already drunk to death.

Then, he clearly watched Luo Xinyuan say something to the kiln worker Zhu, who stood up and took off his thick cotton robe, revealing the fire amulet on his chest.

Luo Xinyuan shook his head, the expression on his face seemed to be very contemptuous and disdainful, and then he said something to Zhu Kiln Worker, Zhu Kiln Worker wanted to escape, but Luo Xinyuan grabbed him with one hand and pressed his other hand on his heart, Then, there was a sound like a thunderclap across the sky, and Zhu kiln worker's body fell limply to the ground.

Luo Xinyuan crouched in front of him, not knowing what she was doing.

"Then, Luo Xinyuan came over and stuck a strange talisman on my body in his hand. I didn't want to stand up at all, but I stood up by myself. My hands and feet didn't listen to me anymore. I picked up the knife and gave that knife to the kiln worker...I wanted to scream but couldn't, I wanted to let go, but my hand was holding the knife tightly."

Recalling the horrific scene that happened that night, Zhao Chengqi couldn't help but tremble all over, and could no longer utter a word.

There is no need for him to recall what happened later.

"Who did the throwing of the corpse later?" Su Yanqing asked.

Zhao Chengqi lowered his head, covered his face tightly with both hands, propped his elbows on his legs, and seemed to be huddled together: "It's me, I watched myself put the corpses on the cart one by one, and use Cover it with tarpaulin, push the car to Su Nu Lake, and then transport it to the boat. I wanted to row the boat away, but it always circled in place."

This series of events finally had a clue, but what Zhao Chengqi said about being manipulated by Luo Xinyuan was too bizarre to be used as evidence to reason.

Zhao Chengping recalled the first corpse found by Old Man Ye, and asked, "Brother, do you still remember what Luo Xinyuan was doing when you were moving the corpse?"

Zhao Chengqi shook his head: "I don't know. I only know that when I come in and go out again and again, he may be there or not. I don't remember."

That, could it be that Luo Xinyuan deliberately threw it there so that people would find out, and finally tracked it down to Zhao Chengqi in order to hit the Zhao family's business.

Looking at the deserted appearance of Chang Yu, one can tell that Luo Xinyuan's plan is quite successful.

(End of this chapter)