This idea made Zhou Ze’s eyes lit up.

The murderer knew the way the Li family caused trouble. The doors and windows needed to be closed for three days. The Li family would not tell anyone about this. After all, it was not a glorious thing, and it was to prevent disasters and avoid disasters. Can it be effective if you say it?

Thinking of this, the fortune teller who suddenly appeared and left suddenly was even more suspicious, but killing people always had to be something or achieve something.

revenge?

The Li family has no enemies, and the neighbors are quite harmonious.

Early in the morning, Xue Ping went to Wangjiazhuang and asked around.

The Wang family has a bad reputation and hardly interacts with the villagers. Wang Cuier's brothers are either idle or gambling, and they pretend not to know each other, not to mention discussing relatives.

Could it be that Wang Cuier had an affair with that fortune teller?

It seems a bit far-fetched.

Zhou Ze shook his head, no matter what else, he had to look for clues now. Only by finding clues can the case be solved.

Without calling Lao Xu, Zhou Ze began to search carefully from the study. Zhou Ze read all the books and letters, and most of the letters were greetings. Li Silang had many friends and no debt disputes.

At the bottom of the bookshelf, there were some scrolls thrown out and looked at them. They were all calligraphy and painting works.

Unexpectedly, Li Silang was still an art-like person, but the scrolls were thrown here, which seemed a little indifferent. Generally, there was a special jar to fill it, which made it look more profound.

In addition to books, the most common one in the study is potted flowers.

Although it is winter, all the flowers are growing in moderation, and it seems that they have been watered too much, some leaves fall off, and a layer of dead leaves are sprinkled in the pot.

However, the branches and leaves are in good shape and seem to have been carefully managed, but they are neglected to manage them recently.

On the edge of the largest potted plant, there were two shovels, which seemed to be used to loosen the soil, but the soil in these potted plants looked very ordinary, the kind of sticky loess, and the edges of the pot were also dirty.

There were only a chair for meeting in the middle, and the scrolls hanging in the atrium were not spared. Finally, under the table where the offering was held, Zhou Ze found two secret walls.

One left and one right, pulled out with force, and there were rectangular things rolled up in it. I picked it up and pressed my hands with weight. I tore it open and found that it was a gold bar, and there was an envelope at the bottom.

The envelope was not sealed, and Zhou Ze took a look. This is a love poem. It comes from Li Silang's feelings whenever he crossed the river on a boat, and saw Wang Cui'er. The poem is very emotional. You can tell at a glance that Li Silang's love is deep and loyal.

Zhou Ze squatted under the confession table, and Lao Xu followed him over.

"Why are you hiding so many gold bars in my own home? It's not safer to put it in Curry. I looked at the silver warehouse in the backyard. They were doing a good job and were very strict in guarding."

Zhou Ze waved his hand to Lao Xu, and the two of them removed the things on the altar, then turned the altar one side, with four legs facing up, and the hidden space under the table was revealed at this moment.

The paint surface is complete, this is the lattice that the table originally brought, not an additional part. Zhou Ze lifted up the paper wrapped in gold bars, and the paper felt moist.

Zhou Ze paused, quickly opened the letter paper again, compared it carefully, and had a sure face.

"The gold bars were put in later, and in the past twenty days, the letter paper that was also placed in the hidden space was dry, but the paper that wrapped in the gold bars was damp, the same humidity as the paper stored in the study."

Xu Gongzhu quickly got up, walked towards the study, took a piece of paper, compared to this pinch, it turned out that the humidity was almost the same, and it felt soft and soft when he started. Although the letter paper was thinner, it was shaking and it was crispy.

"About twenty days, why do you say that?"

Zhou Ze looked at Lao Xu and smiled. When solving the case, he was really satisfied with someone who could ask questions. Now Zhou Ze is full of this feeling.

"It snowed for several consecutive days last month, and then it stopped for more than ten days and was still very dry. However, in the past twenty days, it has been raining almost every day. Look at the blue bricks on the ground in this room, which are all covered with a layer of water vapor."

Old Xu narrowed his eyes and looked around for a week.

"In this way, was the gold bar hidden by Wang Cuier?"

Zhou Ze nodded, thinking of Wang Cuier's family background.

"It was probably left by Li Silang. She knew where to store it. If she changed to a more secret place, she probably wanted to keep some money to support the Wang family, but this amount was too much.

Thirty roots are thirty taels of gold, which is 300 taels of silver. Not to mention the Wang family, even for the Li family, these 300 taels are definitely a large amount. If you spend so much gold, it seems that Wang Cuier is preparing for her own way of retreat."

Old Xu was stunned.

"The way back?"

"You go and ask Li's mother if Wang Cui'er has plans to become a monk or a sister?"

Old Xu didn't move, Zhou Ze put the gold bar back to his original place, and looked at Old Xu beside him, not knowing what he was doing.

"What's wrong?"

Old Xu stared at Jinzi and asked:

"You said I borrowed five hundred taels from you, what did I do? Besides, how could you get five hundred taels of silver? Your father's salary is not very high, and there is no other income in the family?"

Zhou Ze paused.

Don’t say that Old Xu is not stupid, but his memory is a little confused. Zhou Ze stares at Old Xu.

"My whole family was killed and then imprisoned in the heavenly prison. After being released, the saint gave him the pension. Who knows which sister you want to appease? If you say you are urgently using the money, then use it. Now I keep asking questions. If you owe it, you don't have to pay it back."

Xu Gongzhu looked embarrassed and quickly grabbed Zhou Ze's sleeve.

Thinking back, I feel that I'm saying too much. It's really unauthentic to doubt a friend who has saved his life.

"Don't be upset, I can't remember anything, right? Don't worry, I'll pay back the money. I'll ask Li's mother now."

After saying that, Old Xu went out, Zhou Ze breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, this guy is very simple.

Looking around the room, Zhou Ze set his eyes on the bed.

After walking closer and carefully observing, Zhou Ze was very cautious about the bed. After all, no one knew whether there would be something hidden in it.

At this moment, Old Xu came in, following his mother Li, as if he was searching for clues by the Li family. Li's mother looked a little nervous.

"The civilian woman has met the Ming Mansion, and my daughter-in-law Cui'er told me a few days ago that Silang is gone and she doesn't want to enjoy her happiness at home. She heard that there is a Jiuhua Temple in Jingzhou, who wants to go there to be a Taoist nun to eat vegetarian food and pray for the Li family and to save Silang."

Speaking of this, Li's mother cried. The woman her son liked the most was moved by the mother because she could do this.

Zhou Ze nodded.

"It seems that the two of them are in love. Wang Cui'er knew about the marriage at that time and immediately agreed?"

Li's mother thought for a moment and shook her head.

"It's not the case. As far as I know, Cui'er initially disagreed with the marriage. Later, I asked Cui'er, and she said that the difference between the rich and the poor was too big, and that those brothers were not good people, so even if they got married, they would repay the kindness of raising them and never interacted with each other."

Zhou Ze nodded, and Li's mother was sent out by Lao Xu.

Seeing Zhou Ze staring at the bed in a daze, he also came over.

"What, what did you find?"

Zhou Ze shook his head and frowned. The room was empty at a glance, and there were not many decorations. The clothes and quilts inside were all new and not many. There were no other discoveries except these gold bars.

“No discovery.”

Old Xu looked at Zhou Ze.

"If you didn't find it, it means that Li Silang died from the river. Is there anything wrong with this?"

Zhou Ze stared at the bed.

"You search the bed carefully and see if there is anything hidden in secret. You always feel that something is missing, but you can't figure it out for a while."

Lao Xu held up the scabbard and kept beating. Not to mention that he actually found a secret wall. When he opened it, he could see three boxes inside. He took it out and opened it. Each box was filled with ten marks of brocade.

"This box used to be filled with gold bars, and it has been filled for a long time, and the brocade stuffed inside has been marked with traces."

Zhou Ze put down the box, and Lao Xu stood up. When he walked to the side, he found that there seemed to be a black spot in the carved spaces of the bed legs.

"Get the box!"

Lao Xu quickly got up and took the box over. Zhou Ze opened the box, took out the cotton swab, pulled a little cotton to make the cotton swab more slender. Then he got a little water and began to penetrate the black spot.

Without Lufeier spray, it is really difficult to find clues.

After gently wiping it twice, Zhou Ze pulled out the cotton swab, and saw some black debris on the head of the cotton swab, and a little red.
Chapter completed!