Chapter 60 The murderer is... me!
"Murderer fugitive...what murderer fugitive?" Su Xian forced himself to calm down.
He even wondered in his mind whether his uncle, the county magistrate, would help him escape the death penalty because he and Lao Su were classmates.
But he casually shook his head in denial.
First, murder is a serious matter after all, and it is not easy to get away with it.
Second, although Su Xian called Tang Ju his uncle, the relationship was not that solid.
While shaking her head, Su Xian thought again, why not just let Yang Zhilan carry her out of the encirclement, and then go far away and hide her identity...
"The murderer and fugitive from the City Wall Murder Case!" Captain Lin sighed and said while Su Xian was daydreaming.
"City wall...murder?" Su Xian was stunned. He had never heard of any city wall murder. It sounded like it had nothing to do with what happened last night!
Su Xian felt a little relieved.
Captain Lin immediately told Su Xian about the murder that happened on the city wall a few days ago.
Su Xian has a special relationship with the county magistrate Tang Ju, and Captain Lin knows it, so he is willing to spend so much time explaining it to an ordinary person. If it were an ordinary person, he would not explain it in person.
After hearing this, Su Xian felt greatly relieved.
It turned out to be another case, unrelated to what happened last night!
"Your Excellency will personally contribute one thousand taels to offer a reward to anyone who can provide useful clues in this case. Wow, that's one thousand taels! Even though I'm the captain of the police, I have to work hard in the wind and rain for a month and only earn two taels of silver." Captain Lin sighed.
"If anyone can provide clues, wouldn't it be like becoming rich overnight?"
Su Xian was even more envious. Although he now possessed a huge sum of three thousand taels of silver, he was so tired of being poor that he would never think that he had too much money.
Thinking back to a few days ago, he was very happy about the dividend of 1,000 wen of stinky tofu...
"Who says it's not true?" The envy on Captain Lin's bearded face disappeared, and he added, "That's not all. If anyone helps the Ming government solve this case, the Ming government will treat that person as a guest of honor!"
"Ming Fu of our Leshou County is not an ordinary person. He is a direct descendant of the Tang family in the capital. Being treated as a guest of honor by Ming Fu is equivalent to having a relationship with the Tang family..."
After Captain Lin finished speaking, he suddenly remembered that Su Xian in front of him also came from a prominent family and was naturally familiar with these tricks. It would be like showing off his skills in front of an expert if he talked about them here.
He was a little embarrassed, so he ended the topic immediately and said with a smile: "Anyway, if anyone can help the Ming government solve this case, this person will be able to walk sideways in the entire Leshou County in the future!"
"That's great." Su Xian was envious.
"Who said it wasn't?" After Captain Lin sighed, he found that he was still standing at the door, and Su Xian was still blocking the door. The two chatted for a long time in such a strange way.
Captain Lin suddenly looked serious and said, "Mr. Su, you have been blocking the door and not letting me in. Is it because there is a murderer hiding in your house?"
His words were just a joke, but to Su Xian, they caused a huge uproar.
Although the house did not hide a murderer, it did hide a top killer of the internal security forces who had no trace.
If Yang Zhilan was caught by Constable Lin, it would be troublesome...
Su Xian quickly calmed down and said with a smile, "Of course not, Captain Lin, you are joking."
As he said this, he opened the door.
He had no reason to refuse Captain Lin's permission to enter and search, and as a top killer, Yang Zhilan should be able to detect the arrival of Captain Lin and his men in advance and hide well.
With this thought, Su Xian felt relieved. He called for Captain Lin to bring a few detectives in to search everywhere.
Captain Lin also believed that it was impossible for Su Xian's home to hide a murderer, and that searching the house was just a matter of official business, so they chatted and laughed while searching.
Su Xian asked, "Why does Uncle Shi take this case so seriously that he is willing to spend a thousand taels as a reward and even treat the person who solves the case as a guest of honor?"
"Because of Princess Lanling!"
Captain Lin explained the key to Su Xian.
Generally speaking, Princess Lanling's inspection this time was even more severe than the inspection in Beijing.
Moreover, the news sent back from Weizhou last night completely dispelled Tang Ju's fluke mentality.
Hence the city-wide manhunt this morning...
While they were talking, the group went up to the second floor and first checked Su Xian's bedroom, finding no problems, and then came to the door of the study.
Su Xian was really sweating. Yang Zhilan was in the study. He didn't know if she heard the noise and hid herself. It would be terrible if she was discovered by Captain Lin.
Pushing open the door, a group of people came in one after another. Su Xian widened his eyes and looked around... It was safe. There was no sign of Yang Zhilan. She must have hidden herself.
so far so good.
Captain Lin brought several detectives and looked everywhere, from bookshelves to desks, but did not find any problems.
In fact, at this moment, Su Xian was sweating again.
Because there were stools on both sides of the table and bowls of porridge on both sides of the table.
If Captain Lin asked why there were two bowls, Su Xian would have to spend a lot of time explaining, for example: one bowl is for cooling, one bowl is for eating, etc.
However, the stools beside the table had been taken away and the porridge bowls had been put into the food boxes, so there was nothing unusual to be seen.
As expected of a top killer, she even took these details into consideration... Su Xian became more and more satisfied with Yang Zhilan.
"There is no problem!"
After Captain Lin searched all the rooms, he left with his men after saying a few words.
boom!
Su Xian closed the door and moved a piece of log to prop it up against the door, so that even if seven or eight people knocked on the door, it would not be easily broken open.
He quickly went upstairs and returned to the study, and found Yang Zhilan standing in the room like a wooden stake .
"Where were you hiding just now?" Su Xian asked.
"bedroom."
"So that's how it is." Su Xian nodded. The windows of the bedroom and study were not far apart, and Yang Zhilan could easily cross them with her skills.
Su Xian added: "It seems that I have to find you a suitable identity as soon as possible."
Yang Zhilan looked at him without saying anything.
Su Xian pinched his chin and thought for a long time, then said, "How about this, if you meet an outsider, you can say that you are my distant cousin, and that your family is in trouble, so you came to Yingzhou to seek refuge with me. As for household registration and the like, I will think of a way."
"Yeah." Yang Zhilan nodded.
When Su Xian frowned and thought hard about how to get a household registration, Yang Zhilan suddenly said, "I know who the murderer is about the murder on the city wall that the captain mentioned."
"What? You know who the murderer is?!" Su Xian was surprised.
"I know." Yang Zhilan's expression was calm, and there was no fluctuation in her voice, as if she was talking about a trivial matter like eating and drinking.
"Tell me quickly, who is the murderer?"
Su Xian was inexplicably surprised and turned around to meet Yang Zhilan's still bright eyes.
One thousand and two taels of silver, and being treated as a guest of honor by Tang Ju!
Just now Su Xian was still envious, wondering which guy would be so lucky. After all, one thousand taels of silver notes was not a small amount of money, and being treated as a guest of honor by the county magistrate was also a considerable backing.
But he didn't expect that the female bodyguard he hired by mistake last night actually knew who the murderer of the city wall murder was.
This is simply a blessing from heaven, and it is a double blessing.
Su Xian smiled and stared at Yang Zhilan, waiting for her answer.
"The murderer...is me!" Yang Zhilan's voice remained calm, without any emotional fluctuations.
"You?" Su Xian was stunned. His smile gradually froze and disappeared, turning into a look of astonishment and shock.
