"Let me ask you." Ye Meng squatted down in front of him and asked,"How did you get the money?"”
" I..." The beggar panicked when he saw Qi Lu glaring at him. He could not speak properly.
"Forget it." Ye Meng knew that he was trying to come up with a random excuse to fool him. "I advise you to tell the truth.”
Then, she pointed at Qi Lu and threatened him." This is a constable in the government office. If he's lying…you'll have to deal with him yourself."”Qi Lu also gave him a glare.
He believed that most people, especially petty thieves like him, were most afraid of people in the government. This was the same in ancient and modern times.
As expected, after she finished speaking. The little beggar immediately softened. He pleaded for mercy and admitted,"I sneaked in a few days ago when I was hanging around another bank."”
As he spoke, he recounted all his small crimes in detail. It turned out that this beggar usually roamed around and relied on the help of the passing people on the streets to survive. Sometimes, he would also do some things that he stole.
"Are you talking about the bank where the murder happened some time ago?”Ye Meng continued to ask.
"Yes, yes, it's that bank." The Pauper nodded and admitted.
"Then do you remember any characteristics of the old man you stole?”For some reason, Ye Meng felt that the old man the beggar was talking about was probably the old servant they had met before.
At this moment, the beggar thought for a moment and shook his head. Then, he nodded and said," That old man seems to be a servant in the bank from before. He seems to have worked for decades. It's just that he was lucky this time when the murder happened.”
"Very good." Ye Meng nodded. Her guess was right. Seeing that he had gotten the information he wanted, he gave Qi Lu a look.
Qi Lu drove the beggar away.
"Sigh, sigh? Shouldn't they let me go after I tell the truth?”The beggar didn't understand the situation at the moment and kept howling.
"Let you go? Did I say that?" " I'll talk to you about how to deal with the crime of stealing other people's property." Qi Lu pretended to know nothing.”
As he spoke, he escorted the beggar towards the yamen.
After dealing with the beggar, Ye Meng felt that all the doubts were now focused on the old servant. He felt that he could first investigate the identity of the old servant or the people around him.
After discussing for a while, the two of them inquired about the old servant's previous residence. Then, the two of them secretly entered the neighbor's house next to the old servant's.
The old servant's neighbors were a simple and honest couple. Ye Meng did not directly reveal her identity, nor did she explain why she was here. She just used the excuse that she and Qi Lu were passing by and wanted to ask for a drink of water, so she started chatting with the couple.
"Auntie, who lives next door to you? Why did it feel like the door was closed the entire day?”As they chatted, Ye Meng shifted the topic to the old servant next door and pretended to look outside curiously.
"Next door. It's an old man. I live alone." The woman was also a chatterbox, so she didn't doubt Ye Meng's words at all." He used to work at the bank over there. Now that the bank is in trouble, he hasn't gone anywhere else."”
"Then who is he now?"
"I'm not sure either. I heard that he's nostalgic and will go to the bank to take a look every day.”the old woman replied. "But speaking of which, this old servant is quite strange.”
"Strange?" Ye Meng felt that there might be something important, so she continued to ask. "What's strange?"
"It's nothing. It's just that this old man was quite nice before. He would come out to chat and joke with us from time to time.”The woman sighed and continued," It's just that recently, or more accurately, since half a year ago, he hasn't greeted us much. Usually, he only comes out when he's doing something. He didn't usually go out, and now that the money house was in trouble, he rarely came out.”
"Then did something special happen to him half a year ago?”Ye Meng felt that there might be something fishy going on, so she quickly asked.
" Special…" The woman thought for a moment and shook her head.
"I see." The clues were a little vague again, and Ye Meng was a little disappointed.
"Ah, right." The woman suddenly seemed to have thought of something." Half a year ago, he seemed to have disappeared for two days. People saw that he had gone to the back of the mountain. When they sent people to look for him, he had already returned home. When they asked him where he had gone, he only said that a relative had an emergency and stayed with them for two days.”
"Is there anything special about this?" " What?" Qi Lu asked, confused.
"There's nothing strange about that. It's just that so many of our neighbors have never heard of him having any relatives. Moreover, we don't usually see any relatives coming to look for him.”Madam shook her head and continued,"Anyway, I don't know."”
"Oh." Ye Meng nodded. In order to avoid suspicion, she continued to talk to her about other things. After a while, she suggested that they leave.
The couple even enthusiastically sent the two of them out.
After leaving the house, Ye Meng was basically sure that the old servant had been replaced by someone else. In other words, if she could find the real old servant at this time, she would have absolute evidence to prove that the old servant was a suspect.
"Ye Meng, what should we do next?”Qi Lu asked after they walked out of the alley.
"Next, of course, is to find a real old servant.”Ye Meng looked at him with a look that said," Why are you asking me this?"
"But where is the real old servant?”Qi Lu touched his neck, not knowing what to do. After all, compared to Ye Meng, his analytical ability was always slower by half a beat.
In Ye Meng's words, his IQ was never on the line.
"He's just standing there waiting for you to call him.”Ye Meng rolled her eyes at him and said," Didn't you hear what that person said? After I went to the back mountain half a year ago to look for you, the old servant changed.”
"So, that old servant is at the back of the mountain now?”" What?" Qi Lu finally reacted. The next moment, he seemed to have thought of something and guessed," You mean he's actually no longer in this world?"”
"Yes." Ye Meng nodded. After all, it had been a long time, and since the murderer wanted to disguise himself as him, he naturally wouldn't let him stay. Moreover, he would not let a seventy-year-old man off easily if he dared to kill the entire bank.
"Then when are we going?" Qi Lu asked. He was completely following Ye Meng's arrangements now.
"Tonight." Ye Meng gave him a look and raised her eyebrows." Is there a problem?"”
"Tonight then." Qi Lu raised his hands in agreement. He had no objections.
The two of them thought about finding a place to eat and fill their stomachs before looking for it.
At night, Ye Meng and Qi Lu changed into light clothes and went to the back of the mountain that the woman had mentioned. The entire journey was pitch black.
"Wait a minute." Ye Meng seemed to have seen something and pulled Qi Lu to the side to hide.
A black figure flashed past in front of them. That person seemed to be doing something secretly. As he walked, he looked around cautiously. His actions were very suspicious.
" This person seems to be..." Qi Lu whispered from behind. However, before he could finish his sentence, Ye Meng nodded and gestured for him to keep quiet so as not to alert the enemy.
He saw that person digging something under a big tree. After a while, she knocked into a bag of things and left quickly.
Ye Meng saw that the man had gone far away and wouldn't be back for the time being, so she signaled Qi Lu to go and take a look.
Ye Meng felt that the man had covered the ground with mud, but it was still soft when she stepped on it. She knew that it had been dug not long ago.
Ye Meng squatted down, put on the rubber gloves she had prepared, and carefully groped around on the ground. Suddenly, something hard caught her attention.
She picked it up and signaled Qi Lu to turn on the flame. The light quickly illuminated their faces. Ye Meng looked at the thing in her hand and found that it was a silver ingot. On it, there was a remnant of the bank's seal.
It seemed that the murderer had hidden the property here. Ye Meng continued digging under the light. He found that there were many treasures inside. It seemed that the murderer had not completely transferred the property out. It seemed that she had to find evidence quickly and catch the murderer.
In case the murderer escaped. He also knew the art of disguise. Once he left this place and changed his appearance, it would be very difficult to find him again.
Ye Meng dug a few times and felt that it was enough. When she was about to get up, she smelled a familiar smell.
It was the smell of rotting corpses, even though it was extremely faint after half a year. With her years of forensic experience, she still asked.
"Qi Lu, that old servant should be here.”Ye Meng said in a low voice. If her guess was correct.
"What?" When Qi Lu heard her sudden words, he jumped up a little in fright." You said he's here?”
"What are you making a fuss about?" "Do you want everyone to know that we're here?" Ye Meng quickly asked him to squat down.”
"I'm sorry." Qi Lu also realized that he had spoken too loudly. He quickly patted his mouth and sealed it with a seal.
"Stop joking." Ye Meng hit him on the head." Now, quickly find a way to find his exact location."”
After saying that, he even reminded her," Be careful not to flip too much. It's easy to be discovered.”
Then, the two of them put out their tongues and carefully searched in the dark.
"Who is it?" At this moment, a cautious voice sounded. Ye Meng knew that this was bad. She didn't expect the murderer to turn back halfway because he was worried.
Ye Meng and Qi Lu were too focused on finding the old servant's body to notice.
His original plan was to avoid a direct confrontation with the murderer and wait for the opportunity to catch the murderer the next day. It seemed that it was not realistic now.
Qi Lu, now!" Ye Meng suddenly shouted, and Qi Lu instantly leaped up and dashed toward the murderer. That kind of notebook felt that something was wrong and was about to escape, but it was already too late.
The two of them immediately started fighting.
Ye Meng, on the other hand, noticed a wooden stick next to them. She quietly approached the two of them, trying to find an opportunity to sneak an attack.
At this moment, the murderer who was about to attack suddenly stopped. Ye Meng took the opportunity to knock down. The murderer fell to the ground.
After throwing down the stick to make sure that the murderer had completely fainted, Ye Meng clapped her hands and praised,"You're quite something."”
"Of course." Qi Lu took out three silver needles in his hand and pricked the fallen murderer. "Hmph, why did you sneak attack me earlier?"
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