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Lu Li first explained why he guessed that Chief Wei's questioning of the confession was not going well.

"Wei Butou is very upright, has a great sense of responsibility, and is very capable. He is a trustworthy person who handles practical things." Lu Li knew a little about this person, having contacted Zhenyue Murder Case.He may not be as unique as he is in autopsy or reasoning, but he is bold and careful, and he is very efficient.At that time, the confessions of the Yu family, especially the members of the Yu family, were all obtained through his quick and effective organization and arrangement. It was also because of these facts that he was able to go back and forth on the details to make the whole case clear.

"Such a person is responsible for handling the case independently. After receiving the clues we gave a few days ago, he must have paid attention to Mu's car and horse dealer immediately, waiting for Li Gui who may appear. As soon as Li Gui appears, he will immediately Go to ask for a confession, and if you get the real news, you will definitely visit Li Tong immediately." Lu Li and Shen Wansha walked side by side, motioning him to look at the face of Captain Wei, "There is a major progress in the case, but he is not happy, why?"

Shen Wansha rubbed his chin and fixedly looked at Wei Butou.

Wei Butou has a square face, broad lips, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and is upright. He has a very suitable temperament to be a Butou, and he can even be praised as a human being, but if he is good-looking... it would be too contrary to his will.Wei Butou is well known for his self-knowledge, he has cultivated a cold and sharp aura over the years, and ordinary people dare not look at him, but now he is stared at by a tender young master who is like a golden doll, he is a little embarrassed, Taking a step back, he pressed his fist to his lips and coughed lightly.

That's it, the serious expression is not less.

So...how did Little Lizi see whether the flat face was happy or not?Shen Wansha thought it was amazing.

Lu Li understood the meaning in his eyes, and explained with a slight sigh, "Whether a person is happy or unhappy, eyes can't lie."

Walking fast all the way, just in front of the carriage, Lu Li stepped into the carriage first, noticing that the carriage was not very spacious, he subconsciously glanced at Zhao Zhu who was walking at the end.

Zhao Zhu's expression was very indifferent, as if someone owed him tens of thousands of taels of silver, his eyes were full of arrogance, and he would not let anyone go, including Lu Li.

Lu Li raised his eyebrows and sat straight into the carriage without any expression.

Shen Wansha looked at Lu Li, then at Zhao Zhu, and punched his palm, he understood!

Little Lizi can perceive the subtle mood changes of such a strange thing as King Ping. No matter how powerful the headhunter Wei is, he is still several levels behind King Ping. How could Little Lizi not be able to see it!

Shen Wansha hurriedly jumped into the carriage, sat down next to Lu Li, his big sparkling eyes were full of admiration.

Lu Li didn't pay attention, and was still explaining to himself, "Catcher Wei wears more regular clothes for convenience when he is on business. Recently, he is busy with the beheading case and is running around. I have never seen him wearing official clothes, but today he wears official clothes. Yes. In the previous chat, the headhunter Wei mentioned that the governor is very friendly and never minds his subordinates being informal, especially the hardworking headhunter. He said that this kind of "disrespect" has been done many times, and he laughed at himself. Good luck to meet a good boss, otherwise he might not be able to be promoted to the head of the whole life, so deliberately wearing the official uniform should not be because of seeing the governor."

"He came to look for me at the order of the governor, with peaceful and sincere eyes. When Li Tong's name was mentioned, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and his eyes were dissatisfied. It was obviously not because he was dissatisfied with the governor for interrupting his interrogation, nor did he dislike me joining the investigation, but I'm just dissatisfied with Li Tong."

"How did Li Tong offend him and make him emotionally frustrated? I agreed to handle the case with him, with a positive attitude, and I also clearly pointed out that you have convenient conditions, young master, which may make Li Tong more cooperative. —”

"Everything shows that he has run into trouble with Li Tong." Lu Li stretched his brows and eyes, and smiled at the corners of his lips, calmly and calmly, "I can't think of anything other than the possibility that the confession is unfavorable."

Wei Butou was slightly stunned, his observation was meticulous, and his analysis was sharp!

Shen Wansha is used to it, and Lu Li used this kind of reasoning to convince him several times, but unfortunately he hasn't learned a little bit until now... But the little friend is always so good, it's hard work!

Zhao Zhu didn't get in the car, he didn't know where he got a horse, and it wasn't too hot in the sun, so he just rode along.

Lu Li quietly glanced out of the window... not feeling distressed at all!

Who told this guy with a thicker skin than a city wall to spank him!I didn't even know how to apologize after the fight. After waiting for so long and giving many opportunities, I still don't know how to repent!

ignore you!Sunburn you!The delaminated skin is down to see if the face can be thinned!

Having said that, after a long time, Lu Li still couldn't help but glance out of the window from time to time, paying attention to whether the person outside might faint from heatstroke.

Zhao Zhu couldn't get on the carriage. First, the carriage was too small. Even with ice, it would be uncomfortable for so many people to squeeze into one space. Second, I don't know what happened recently. With his handsome and slender body and his delicate and beautiful eyebrows, he couldn't help but react.

It's okay to react outside, when there are many people...isn't it a bit embarrassing?

In fact, King Ping also wanted face.

……

Headhunter Wei is responsible, diligent and responsible; Lu Li is capable, and his post-mortem reasoning is unmatched; Zhao Zhu...although he has a dark face, but with him around, safety issues and news channels are trivial matters.Everyone has their own things to do. Shen Wansha said that he should not lag behind, and should also use his light and heat to contribute to the cause of solving cases.

The one who can help right now is probably the Li family.

Then he rolled his eyes, and seriously popularized the Li family with everyone.

The Li family in Jingzhao Mansion is a well-known rich family, specializing in the grain and rice business. The grandpa’s family has grown steadily for two generations, and the scale is not small. I am afraid that the top spot in the circle will fall into the hands of the Li family.

Li Tong will be in his 40s this year, and he is good at doing business. Before Yu Tianyi fell, everyone flocked to him, but in the end, the one who got the most benefit was this fat man who seemed to be walking slowly behind.

A few years ago, Li Tong had the opportunity to be an imperial merchant, but he went around the capital and refused.He said that his ancestors had never had any great people, and his children and grandchildren were too young to see anything. If he went to the capital and accidentally filled in his old background, it was too late to cry. Why don't he just stay in Jingzhao Mansion and become a local rich man? What about the Li family? Development depends on the juniors. Anyway, if you don't grow in his hands, you can't lose in his hands.

……

Lu Li was thoughtful.This Li Tong didn't read too many books, but he was very cautious. He was a smart man.

When they arrived at the place, Shen Wansha posted a name sticker. After a cup of tea, Li Tong came out to greet him personally. Seeing the most conspicuous Shen Wansha, who was all dressed in gold and extravagance, he slapped his thigh, "Oh my little uncle, this What kind of warm wind brought you here? Come on, my Li family is really flourishing!"

Shen Wansha fits the image of the young master of the Shen family, the richest man in Daxia, and he chatted with Li Tong in a reserved and friendly manner.

The two exchanged a few words, Li Tong narrowed his eyes when he saw Butou Wei, and then snorted, as if to say 'Why are you here again', which seemed rather unwelcome.

But his actions and expressions were obvious, but he didn't show any disrespect or say any unflattering words, and politely invited several people into the door together.

Lu Li watched quietly, thinking about Li Tong's performance, what kind of person is this?

Thinking about it, his eyes wandered randomly, and unexpectedly fell on Zhao Zhu again.Zhao Zhu was standing beside him, three steps away from him, and was also looking over at this moment.

The eyes of the two intersected, as if a fire had started on the ground.

Lu Li's eyes flashed with anger, and he didn't know whether he was angry at himself who was always thinking about Zhao Zhu and was worthless, or because he was angry at Zhao Zhu for not doing anything these days and just not apologizing.

Zhao Zhu's slender eyes narrowed slightly, and the emotions in the black pupils were surging, as if there was a storm in it, seemingly peaceful but dangerous; it seemed to be suppressing something, the more obvious the suppression at the moment, the more violent it would erupt every day.

……

Since Shen Wansha was the representative this time, after talking about some business matters, he asked, "I wonder if Yuanwai Li knows Si Xingying?"

Li Tong's family is rich, and they donated to the government early, so they can be called outsiders, but others should say that, but Shen Wansha is too much face.Li Tong put down the teacup with a flattered expression on his face, "How can you be so polite as my uncle? You can just call me by my name."

Shen Wansha smiled, "You are an elder, if you don't want to be ignored, I will call you uncle."

"You can't make it!" Li Tong really didn't dare to joke now, what is the status of the Shen family, how dare he let the young master recognize him as an uncle, "Young master is a well-known talent, etiquette is passed down from family to family... let's be outside the members, It's just a title."

"Does Mr. Li know about Si Xingying?"

Li Tong waved his fat hand, "I know." He answered very simply.

Butou Wei's eyes widened suddenly, and he just said that!When he came, the fat man said that it just didn't cooperate, and when he asked urgently, he said he didn't know!

"Don't you know, don't you know?" Wei catcher gritted his teeth.

"Oh..." Li Tong looked at Butou Wei, and grinned his white teeth, "I remembered again!" I just forgot when you asked, what's wrong!

Wei Butou took two deep breaths, don't ignore him at first.With Mr. Lu and Young Master Shen here today, everything will go well, and he can't make trouble because of his emotions.

"Are you related to him?" Lu Li raised his eyes.

Li Tong looked at Shen Wansha, and then at Lu Li. The relationship between the two...why does it seem that the latter is the priority?

Shen Wansha immediately added, "Si Xingying claims to be your relative, are you?"

Li Tong immediately understood that the person who should not be offended here is the delicate young man with clear eyebrows and gentle temperament beside Young Master Shen.Even Young Master Shen respected him, so of course he should respect him even more!

He immediately put on the most cordial smiling face, "The distant relatives who are far away are relatives when they get close, and ordinary people who go far away."

But he didn't know that King Ping, who had the highest status here, was staring at the back of his head, wishing to burn a hole in him with his gaze.

What is his princess doing looking at him like that!Old shameless!Be careful that I cut you alive!

Shen Wansha covered his mouth and sniggered, he could tell that King Ping and Xiao Lizi were arguing and making a fuss!

Lu Li held the teacup with his slender fingers, "Then Li Yuanwai and Si Xingying are closer or farther away?"

Li Tong had thought about it for a long time.When Catcher Wei came, he could still play it perfunctory. Anyway, he didn't do anything wrong, but he was just worried about getting burned. It didn't matter if he said it or not, but it was unusual for the young master of the Shen family to come to the door.

The young master of the Shen family has a well-established family, and he is someone who few would dare to offend in Shangjing, but it is not easy for this young master to help out with a case in the mansion....

He never thought that something would happen to Si Xingying.Although the man had a high opinion of himself, he was a bit cunning. He hadn't seen him for a few days, and he thought that this man was thinking of something else without anyone noticing it. Wrong, but now that I think about it, something really happened to that person...

He thought for a while, then glanced at Lu Li.

Lu Li's expression is calm and indifferent, his eyes are clear and bright, as if he can see the bottom at a glance, but if you look more, you feel that there is a water mirror in the bottom of his eyes, bright and clean, which can reflect everything in the world and all kinds of human nature.

People can see clearly, what you are thinking, what you plan to do, and whether you are lying or not, he can see clearly.

There was a 'thump' in his heart, his back was cold, his armpits were sweaty, Li Tong didn't understand why he would bow his head to a young man in an instant after many years of experience, but the fact was like this, he didn't dare to lie, he didn't dare to have If you hide it, otherwise you will die in the next moment.

Of course, he didn't understand that this was actually just because Zhao Zhu was looking at him like a dead person. When people's lives are threatened, do people always have instincts?

So the fact is that, quite smoothly, Li Tong told the whole story of his relationship with Si Xingying.

"Si Xingying and I have never met before. If it wasn't for him coming to the door this time, I wouldn't even know there was such a person. He is from Jiaxing. Climb up and become a Beijing official. But everyone knows where Shangjing is, and how can the officialdom be so messy? Without family background and financial resources, it is impossible to go far."

Li Tong frowned slightly, "Si Xingying is ambitious and ambitious, which is good, but he came here to persuade me to clean up the Jingzhaofu business district and take over Yu Tianyi's influence in Shangjing... He said he has connections and can Help, ensure that I develop faster, and even promise that as long as I don't want to, I won't ask for benefits, I feel something is wrong, and I didn't promise him."

"I'm thinking, it's not easy to mess around in Beijing. Yu Tianyi fell down because he harmed his first wife and was implicated in the evil things he did, but he is young and has no basic connections in the business circle from his ancestors. Well, the fact that going to the capital can hold its own is definitely not just because of the in-law relationship with the princess. There must be a deeper reason for this..." Li Tong looked determined.

Faced with the attraction of huge benefits, it is impossible to say that he is not tempted, but he has already made plans for this life, so he forced himself not to agree.

Besides, he didn't trust Si Xingying that much. These days, brothers have turned against each other a lot, let alone a relative who couldn't be farther away?If Si Xingying deliberately set up a trap to hurt him, who knows if he can get up if he steps into it?

So he had contact with Si Xingying several times, and they were still in the stage of testing each other.

"I don't know why he didn't show up again. He obviously didn't talk about it, so he should come to me again."

When Li Tong was speaking, Lu Li kept looking at him quietly.Li Tong's expression was very natural, he recalled the past carefully, and carefully analyzed his mentality at that time with them, which can be said to be full of sincerity.

He didn't lie.

Lu Li couldn't find anything wrong with it, but he felt something was wrong in his heart. Could it be because... Zhao Zhu happened to be standing behind Li Tong?

Li Tong was sitting and Zhao Zhu was standing. They were tall and presentable, and they looked at him with special meaningful eyes from time to time. It was impossible for him not to see them.

Lu Li closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and asked Li Tong, "Do you know that Si Xingying's alias is Sheng Yu? When was the last time you saw him?"

"Yes, he has repeatedly warned me not to call him by his real name. He gets very angry when he is called, as if he is facing a big enemy. He has a smooth temper. Logically speaking, he shouldn't be like this. He is called by his name. What is there to be angry about?" Li Tong recalled for a moment, "The last time I saw him was about half a month ago."

"I don't remember the exact date. I just remember that it was raining that day, and we met for a drink at the Zuibaxian wine shop. There were so many customers that day, and it was full in the afternoon, so we asked for a box. He wanted to continue to persuade I expanded my business and said that he met some great people in Shangjing, and as long as I wanted to, he would introduce me to him and ensure that I would not suffer any disadvantages.”

"When doing business, even if you refuse, you can't be very direct. It's too offensive, so I will talk nonsense with him, chatting nonsense."

"He's young after all, he's not too heavy, so I coaxed him. We talked for a long time about anecdotes about the sea, until Xiao Er came over and asked if he wanted more food." Li Tong suddenly laughed, "Xiao Er said that the time has passed, Si Xing Ying Jing jumped up in fright, and asked, "Isn't it already dark?" After getting an affirmative answer, his face turned pale and his body trembled, because he was afraid of the dark! Hahaha—”

"I never imagined that a man would be so afraid of the dark. When he knew it was dark, he would keep muttering to himself, saying that it was over, that he was going to die, that he was going to die...Of course I saw him before when it was dark. He's not even that scared!" Li Tong tried his best to stop laughing, and slapped his fat hands on his thighs, "Business can't be done with righteousness, I can't look at him so pitifully, can I? I just poured him some wine. Are you so cowardly? Sure enough, he won't be afraid when he's drunk."

"It's a pity that I only know his pseudonym Sheng Yu, and I don't know where he lives. He never told me, and I didn't ask. He was too drunk, I couldn't let him stay in the wine shop, but once he came I had other things to do that night and I couldn't go home right away. Secondly, I invited him before, and he clearly said that he didn't want to live in my house. I got a room and gave some rewards, please come and see Xiao Er in the middle of the night, and nothing will happen." Of course, he doesn't like this person either, and it is considered as benevolent to send him to the inn and give him the room money.If something happens later...it has nothing to do with him.Li Tong touched his nose and stopped talking.

Shen Wansha was anxious, "What about after that?"

"After that?" Li Tong spread his hands, "It's gone after that, and he never came to look for me again."

Shen Wansha: ...

Lu Li tapped the table with his fingertips, "Did you go to the inn and ask about his whereabouts?"

"I asked." Li Tong took a sip of tea, "Xiao Er said that the customer had already left when I went to see him the next day."

"What about at night?" Lu Li noticed something in Li's phone call, "You gave me a silver reward, did Xiao Er go to see it at night?"

"This..." Li Tong slapped his forehead with his fat hand, "I forgot to ask!"

Lu Li paused, then smiled again, "It's okay. Mr. Li, do you still remember which inn it is, and what's the name of Xiao Er?"

"Remember, it's next to Zuibaxian wine shop, Yuanlai Inn. But what's the name of Xiao Er... I didn't ask, I just remembered his left face," Li Tong gestured at his left face, "here, there is a mole It's black, big, and very obvious."

From this point of view, I have to go to the Yuanlai Inn... Lu Li's eyes were full of thoughts.

"Thank you Li Yuanwai." He stood up first and said goodbye to Li Tong. Now that he got the clue, he went to see it earlier.

Butou Wei agreed with him, Shen Wansha was also full of energy, and said that he must go, Zhao Zhu...it doesn't matter whether he agrees or disagrees.

A group of people left Li's mansion and hurried to Yuanlai Inn.

Xiao Er has obvious characteristics, and it is easy to inquire about it. Once you ask, you will know that it is a 16-year-old boy named Shuanzi.

It's a pity that Shuanzi is off work today and is not here.

Everyone's hearts sank, and it was Shen Wansha who reacted first, took out a silver coin and threw it over, "Young Master has something to ask him, can you invite him over for a question?"

The shopkeeper caught the silver and smiled, "Your nobles order, we are too happy, why can't we? The little ones will arrange it immediately!"

"Wait," Lu Li called to stop him, "You can leave this matter to the people below, we still have something to ask."

"Okay——" the shopkeeper beckoned a man to talk on the phone, the man nodded and left, and the shopkeeper stood in front of several people with a smile on his face, "Young master, if you have anything to ask, just ask!"

"Do you have a record of the guest's accommodation in your store? At that time, Shuanzi received the guest, which room the guest stayed in, maybe find out?"

"Yes!" The shopkeeper nodded resolutely, "Shuanzi is on night shift this month, and there are very few temporary visitors at night. If you just flip through the booklet, you will be able to know the rooms you are looking for."

"Great!" Shen Wansha immediately described to him the possible date, time, Si Xingying's appearance and characteristics, and the state of drunkenness at that time...

Thanks to the lack of guests at night, the shopkeeper quickly confirmed two rooms, both of which happened to be vacant right now.

Under the leadership of the shopkeeper, several people went to two rooms to have a look.

The first room faces the sun. Five people have lived in it for half a month. Several people looked at it carefully and went to another room.

This room is on the dark side, and the light is not very good. During the off-season of summer, the frequency of use is not high. Only one person has lived in it for half a month.

In a room of about ten square meters, there is only one canopy bed, one side is short, a rounded wardrobe, a set of Eight Immortals table and chairs, although there are few objects, the decoration is good, there are calligraphy and paintings on the wall, ornaments on the window sill, and white porcelain tea set , small wild ornaments, and a porcelain vase with a thin neck and round belly on the table of the Eight Immortals, with an artificial flower in it.

Such a place is considered luxurious and comfortable.

Lu Li walked into the room, first walked around the room carefully, then carefully looked at various ornaments and utensils, and finally came to the bed.

Noticing that the head of the bed was a bit dark... He bent down and squinted to take a closer look.

For a moment, the corners of his lips twitched, "Shopkeeper, do you have spirits and vinegar?"

He probably found the first scene where the deceased was killed.