Chapter 61: Creating Conditions and Going Up
"You killed those three people?" The shock on Su Xian's face had not yet disappeared.
"The one who killed the two militiamen was another internal security killer. He was killed by me again." Yang Zhilan explained in detail the background of the city wall murder case.
It turned out that the internal security killer was also a subordinate of Xiaoge Ling.
This time Princess Lanling traveled to Youzhou to take charge , and Xiaoge Ling rushed to Youzhou in advance to eliminate possible dangers along the way.
Before Xiaogeling set off, there were also internal security killers walking in front.
The internal security killer who was killed was the one walking in front. He accidentally discovered Yang Zhilan's whereabouts, and in order to force her to show up, he committed the murder on the city wall.
"So that's how it is..." Su Xian nodded.
"Sir, please take me to the government office." Yang Zhilan stretched out her hands, willing to be tied up.
Su Xian turned his head and stared at her with a frown.
Should we say that she is innocent? Or is she retreating to advance?
In fact, for a moment just now, he did have the urge to capture Yang Zhilan and take her to the yamen to claim the reward.
But then I killed this impulse...
Yang Zhilan didn't have to be honest with him... So, she was not a scheming person who was retreating to advance.
"In the city wall murder case, the two militiamen were innocent. And the killer is dead, so I don't think you did anything wrong."
Su Xian turned his back, which was considered as rejecting the proposal.
Yang Zhilan's eyes twitched, and she slowly retracted her outstretched hands.
"I was thinking that if the murder case on the city wall is not solved, there will be no peace in the city. Maybe tomorrow the bailiffs will come to search for the suspect." Su Xian turned and looked at her, frowning and said, "And it is not convenient for you to see people at the moment. It is not very convenient after all."
Yang Zhilan fell into deep thought. After a while, she said calmly, "There is a way."
Su Xian's eyes lit up and he asked, "What's the solution?"
Yang Zhilan took out something from her pocket, showed it to Su Xian, and said, "Pass this."
Su Xian took a closer look and found that it was a jade plaque that he had searched from the young leader last night. It was two inches long and one inch wide, with the words "Neiwei" engraved on one side and a blooming plum blossom on the other.
Yang Zhilan said last night that this kind of jade token is the identity certificate of the inner guards.
But it does not indicate official rank or position, it only shows that the owner of the jade token belongs to the inner guard.
"How to operate?" Su Xian asked.
"According to Daliang law, if the case involves internal security, the local government has no right to handle it . They only need to report it."
"In other words, we use this jade tablet to prove that the murdered man in black was from the Inner Guard. This case involves the Inner Guard, and the local government has no right to intervene, so naturally they don't have to bear the crime of an unsolved murder case?"
"Yeah." Yang Zhilan nodded.
"Great!" Su Xian clapped his hands and looked at Yang Zhilan with a smile, wanting to share the joy with her .
However, Yang Zhilan's face was calm, as if the words just now were not said by her.
Su Xian's mouth twitched, but he still smiled. He rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "The problem now is how to properly deliver the jade token to Tang Ju."
…
A quarter of an hour later.
Su Xian strode out the door and onto the street.
At this time, the sun has broken out of the shell, and the golden morning sun shines on people and feels a little warm, but after a while, it will become scorching hot.
There were more people on the street, some setting up stalls, some opening shops, some shopping. The noise was bustling and it was quite lively.
But all the constables and police officers on the street had disappeared, which was beyond Su Xian's expectations.
Su Xian's home was at the end of the street, the most remote and deserted area, so he walked towards the middle of Jiaolou Street.
When I went out, the sound of grinding mill in Liu Huixiang's house next door had stopped, but the shop door was not open. I guess the master and servant were making soy milk in the kitchen.
Su Xian walked to Manager Luo's antique shop and stopped. There were many people here and it was not far from his home, so it was an ideal place.
"Nephew Su!" Shopkeeper Luo was a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, dressed in official clothes, a little plump, waving a folding fan in his hand, looking leisurely and comfortable.
"Manager Luo." Su Xian greeted him, then stood in the middle of the street and shouted at the top of his voice: "Neighbors, neighbors, I have something to say. It's very important. It's about the murder case on the city wall!"
"What the hell is wrong with that nerd?"
"Is it about the murder case on the city wall?"
"Go, go, go, go and listen to what the nerd has to say."
“…”
When the detectives were searching house to house this morning, news of the murder that had occurred on the city wall a few days ago spread.
Moreover, the place where the murder took place was right next to the city wall of Jiaolou Street, very close to the residents on Jiaolou Street, so people were very sensitive about it.
Su Xian shouted loudly, and instantly attracted people from all over.
"Nephew Su, what are you doing?" Shopkeeper Luo squeezed into the crowd and advised, "The murder case on the city wall is extremely important to the Ming Mansion. Nephew, please don't try to attract attention."
"Yeah, nerd, you should go home and study hard."
"I heard that the Ming government's hair is almost turning white because of this case. It's not common to see the detectives and police officers searching the whole city this morning..."
"Because Princess Lanling is coming soon!"
" I see ……"
“…”
Seeing that the building was about to fall, Su Xian clapped his hands to attract people's attention, and then said loudly: "Thank you for your concern, the students' actions are not sensationalism, but the result of careful consideration."
The crowd was stunned for a moment, still thinking it over?
Su Xian continued, "I know the clues to the city wall murder case!"
The street was quiet for a while. Shopkeeper Luo was the first to break the silence. He frowned and said, "Nephew Su, although the reward offered by the Ming Mansion is as high as one thousand taels, but..."
"Manager Luo, I know you're worried, but I do have a clue about the city wall murder case." Su Xian said calmly, "I don't know whether this clue can solve the case, but it's a clue, right?"
Seeing Su Xian speaking so seriously, everyone became interested and asked what the clue was.
Su Xian coughed and told everyone a story on the street -
One night a few days ago, Su Xian suddenly heard the sound of metal clashing while he was in a daze. He thought he was dreaming.
Then he heard a ding sound coming from the roof, as if something fell from the city wall. Su Xian didn't care about it, thinking it was a dream.
But after learning about the city wall murder this morning, Su Xian recalled carefully and found that the time of the crime was exactly the night he had the dream!
The point is, the sound of metal clashing is fine, but what puzzled Su Xian was the sound coming from the roof, as if something had fallen on it.
Now that I think about it, that might have been something that the killer accidentally dropped from the city wall when the murder happened.
That thing is very likely to be an important clue...
After hearing this, the onlookers fell into deep thought. It was Shopkeeper Luo who broke the silence first: "Nephew Su's house is right below the crime scene!"
"In that case, the thing that fell on the roof might actually be an important clue!" Someone nodded.
Su Xian suppressed his laughter and said solemnly, "That's right, so I decided to climb onto the roof and look for that thing. But this case involves too many people, so I would like to ask all the neighbors to be witnesses."
