Dreaming back to the Tang Dynasty, I was working as a detective in Chang'an

This Deng Shaoxing was really a tough talker and even though he was tortured in court, he only admitted that he had killed Chen Ping and his wife, and no one else was involved.

When asked where Chen Ping's body was now, he said sometimes it was in Dongcheng, sometimes in Xicheng. He sent people to look for it, but couldn't find even a hair on it. He just wanted to die quickly and took care of the matter alone.

It's a bit difficult to handle, and he won't let go, but this also shows that there must be a big secret behind him.

We investigated Deng Shaoxing’s family background. He came to Chang’an ten years ago, started as an apprentice, and became the shopkeeper of a well-known pawn shop in Chang’an. This shows that this person is not only very diligent, but also very smart.

He married a wife and had children, and has been living in Chang'an city. However, a month ago, his wife and son suddenly disappeared. He told outsiders that his mother in the countryside was old, and although there were people taking care of him, his son Shang Xiao needed his wife to take care of him, so they all moved back to the countryside. As for which countryside, no one knew.

It seems that he has made all preparations, so he is going to die now.

The reason for the murder given by Deng Shaoxing is ridiculous, but we have no direct evidence to refute him, so we cannot establish a case for the time being.

How to get him to speak? The meat of this hob is definitely not good. After using it severely, there is no good meat anywhere in the body, but I still grit my teeth and refuse to open my mouth.

I don't dare to torture him anymore, I'm afraid he will die in prison, so I have to look for new clues.

We arrived at Deng Shaoxing's pawn shop. At this time, the boy was putting up the door and preparing to close the door. He was a little unhappy when he saw us, because the shopkeeper was not here for the past two days, so he could close the shop early, go to a nearby casino to play a few games, and then go to Zui Chun Pavilion for a sip of flower wine, so he didn't want to be too happy.

"Masters, the shop has been closed. You two should go somewhere else." He had already issued an eviction order.

"This little brother, we are not here to pawn a pawn, we are here to discuss a business with your shopkeeper that will make you a sure profit without losing any money!"

"This is a good thing. It's a pity that our shopkeeper is away for business. He may come back in a few days. How about you two wait a little longer. I have invited friends to play a few games, so I won't serve you two. You are good to go. .”

"Since this little brother is so elegant, we just came to Chang'an and want to find a place to have fun. We might as well go together and let's chat while walking."

"That's fine, but it's just fun, I don't have any money to lend you."

"It's okay, it's okay, I have it here." I patted my bulging trousers and said with a smile:

"Haha, little brother, you are joking. I see that I am also a cheerful person, so we will make you a friend. Let's play a few games. If we lose, it will be ours. If we win, it will be all yours. In the future, when doing business with the shopkeeper, we will inevitably need to Helping with the mediation.”

"You two are really looking up to me. If you need help in the future, just ask."

The fat man and I fawned over this little guy and came to a small casino.

Of course, this night made the boy feel the pinnacle of his life. He won nearly 1000 taels of silver. With these 1000 taels of silver, he could stop being a boy and open a pawn shop by himself.

He directly regarded the fat man as a god and knelt down to kowtow to worship his master. The fat man quickly stopped him and said:

"Absolutely not. You are just lucky today. I think we have almost won. Let's leave quickly, otherwise we will be in trouble soon."

After winning so much, of course the young man didn’t dare to keep it all for himself. He said he would split it [-]-[-] with us. I smiled and said:

"I told you, Fatty, that I want to be your friend. Just keep the money. I hope you can help us in business in the future."

"If I had Fatty's craftsmanship, what kind of business would I be doing?" the young man admired sincerely.

The fat man said: "Nine out of ten bets will result in loss. We also had great luck today. We are happy today. Let's find a place to have two more drinks?"

"Okay, okay, you two brothers can choose any place and I'll treat you!"

After saying that, the three of them happily came to Zuichun Pavilion in Pingkangfang.

The three of them drank and exchanged glasses. After a while, the boy became drunk, and we felt that the time had come.

I asked:

"Are we brothers?"

The boy said inarticulately: "Yes, yes, yes, let's bow down now." After saying this, he got up from the table drunkenly and was about to kowtow to us.

"As brothers, do we have to not lie to each other?"

"Yes, whoever tells lies will die badly."

"Okay, then let me ask you, where is your shopkeeper? Why is he not in the store after we have been looking for him for several days? Is he visiting a relative?"

The boy made a "shh" gesture with his finger on his mouth, and whispered:

"Let me tell you a secret. Our shopkeeper has been arrested by the government. He probably won't be able to come back for a while."

"Oh? How come you are involved in a lawsuit after everything is fine?"

"I heard that he killed someone. You don't know that our shopkeeper usually doesn't even dare to kill chickens. How could he kill someone?"

"Then why does he still say he killed him?"

The young man put his mouth to my ear and said: "He was drunk once and told me that someone pretended to be him to kill someone. He said that this time he was in trouble. He asked me to guard this store and said that he would If he can come back alive, he will definitely repay me. If the shopkeeper can give me some food, I will be satisfied. "

"Did he say who impersonated him to kill people?"

"No, I thought he was drunk and talking nonsense. I also drank too much that day, and the next day I just changed the story."

"Who does your shopkeeper usually get along with?"

"He is a man of few words. He doesn't have many friends. His best friend is Mr. Tan next door."

"Who is Mr. Tan?"

"He and our shopkeeper grew up together, and later they moved in together and became neighbors."

"Did anything special happen during the time when your shopkeeper went to surrender?"

The boy poured himself a few more drinks, and his words were no longer easy to say:

"It's nothing special, except that Mr. Tan came to Rangli to have a meal with the shopkeeper the day before, and the next day, our shopkeeper went to the Yamen."

"What does Mr. Tan do?"

"He runs a casino. The place we just went to gamble is owned by him."

It's a casino again!

Li Zixing is a casino owner, Wang Chuangbei is also a casino owner, and now Mr. Tan is also a casino owner!

These people related to the murder case either owned casinos or knew people who owned casinos, so Chen Ping's murder must be inseparable from the casino.

Now I continue to follow the thread of the casino, and eventually the truth will come to light!