Chapter 144

Zhang Zhou's nose is very painful and has become red and swollen. Fortunately, the accompanying medical officer diagnosed no fracture. After dressing and dressing, Zhang Zhou organized people to find a wing room in the backyard and began the interrogation of the suspect.

The thief is now black and blue, his hands and feet are firmly tied, and he moans against the wall!

Zhang Zhou sat on the chair with a golden knife.

"Talk about it! Take the initiative and everyone can save some trouble. If you force me to do it, I promise you can suffer ten times more than the suffering in the Yamen."

The man looked at Zhang Zhou, frowned and said in pain: "Sir, the little one is just greedy for money for a while, so he entered the house to steal some property. There is nothing else. He also begged the uncle to raise his hand and spare the little one. The little one will never dare again!"

Although he has an attitude of pleading guilty and seeking perfection, Zhang Zhou won't believe his words at all.

"Oh, what did you steal?"

"The little one went into several houses and found nothing. Fearing to be found, he escaped from the yard. As a result, he was blocked by you."

"What's your name and where are you from?"

"My name is Liu Qi. I'm an unemployed vagrant with no Jianghu background. Please spare me this time, sir!"

Zhang Zhou smiled coldly. As a result, his nose hurt, which made his heart more upset. He scolded: "do you want to muddle through? With your skill, you are definitely an old Jianghu! You won't be honest if you don't suffer!"

He told the two squires, "don't run out of means at once. Play slowly. It doesn't matter if you die!"

"Don't worry, sir! Let this thing know what life is better than death!"

"Remember to shut your mouth and don't make ghosts cry and wolves howl!"

"I understand!"

Liu Qi struggled and begged and shouted, "Sir, please forgive the little one. The little one will never dare again! Wuwuwuwuwu..."

His mouth has been blocked with rags.

Zhang Zhou ignored the guy and went out of the house. Qing'e had changed her new shoes and stood outside the door. Seeing Zhang Zhou coming out, she ignored herself. I don't know why, there was a trace of grievance in her heart and didn't speak. Then Zhang Zhou went all the way to the front yard.

Under the courtyard wall outside the residence are flower beds surrounded by low fences. There are several guards looking for them. The leader is Lao sun, who was born in criminal arrest. When he saw Zhang Zhou coming, he hurried forward to salute.

"Did you find anything?"

"Report back to your excellency. It seems that this man's body method is very light. No obvious traces are found at the root of the wall. He should jump out in one jump. He is definitely not an ordinary thief!"

"Well, is there anything else?"

"There are some, but the characteristics are not obvious!"

"Tell me!"

"Footprints were found in several nearby houses, but they are not new."

"Can it be left by former workers?"

"No, the footprints are clear and there is no trace of procrastination. It must be left by those who have martial arts. In addition, many traces of exploring the ground have been found in this area!"

"What do you mean?"

Sun Li led Zhang Zhou to the door of a room. In order to avoid damaging the scene, several people did not enter the room. Sun Li pointed to the brick floor and said: "There are many marks of wooden sticks beating pestles on the ground, which seems to be checking whether the ground is compacted. If it is done by craftsmen, it will be cleaned after completion, and there will be no such marks! In addition, many pestle pits caused by wooden sticks have also been found near the house! So my subordinates think this is not normal."

Zhang Zhou thought and said, "go take off the boy's shoes and compare them! If it's him, it means he didn't mean to come once, and he has other purposes!"

"What should he be looking for?"

Sun Li said that Zhang Zhou also recognized this conjecture, but he couldn't figure it out.

"What is he looking for?"

Zhang Zhou could not help but frown and affected the injury of his nose. He took a painful breath of air-conditioning and gently covered his wrapped nose with his hand.

Sun Li glanced awkwardly at Qing'e and quickly lowered his head; Qing'e bit her lips and turned her face to one side; Zhang Zhou coughed deliberately and said, "find some more people to help and expand the scope to see if there are any other discoveries. Be careful and don't ignore any details."

Sun Li was ordered to leave.

Zhang Zhou took Qing'e, who was silent, and began to slip away from the wall. No matter what the reason was, it was really uncomfortable for people to go in and out of their own residence. Whether to make a family here was his own business, but it was absolutely impossible for others to be so unscrupulous.

As for who the "family" let, it is still a dilemma. His own industry is deeply rooted in Hezhou. If Guan Yuniang and Tang Yuer settle in Kyoto, it will cause great inconvenience in management. The main reason is that Zhang Zhou is extremely excluded and puts himself as the "center" Tang Si Niang is now learning from Lao Huang, and her affairs are not suitable for public exposure.

In my heart, the Hou family's repair is really hot. I can't tell Zhao Qiying that this family is uncomfortable!

Unknowingly, he came to the end of the courtyard. After passing the wall, he was the prince's house. Zhang Zhou turned back, but suddenly stopped, looked back at the wall, turned back and looked at the direction of his own courtyard door, and was silent. Suddenly he said, "Qing'e, go out with me!"

After that, he ran out again regardless of the image.

Qing'e gave him a resentful stare, but still followed him out. The two men came to the street and roughly found the location of the incident just now. Zhang Zhou stood at the root of the wall and looked up at the top of the wall.

"Do you remember where that man jumped off the wall?"

Seeing his serious tone, Qing'e also put aside the messy ideas in her mind and seriously replied, "remember, it should be here!"

"Don't say yes, I want to determine the location!"

Qing'e carefully recalled and identified, walked more than ten steps in the direction of the prince's house, and was very sure: "it's here!"

Zhang Zhou looked at the distance between the place and the gate of his residence, and if there was meditation.

The prince's residence was rebuilt by Zhao Qiying with the newly bought courtyard. According to the system, the scale of the prince's residence and the prince's residence is absolutely different. In terms of the horizontal span of the courtyard, the length of the courtyard wall of the prince's residence should be twice that of the prince's residence. In other words, for example, if the distance between the two main gates is 300 steps, of which 200 steps are the boundary of the prince's house and 100 steps are the boundary of the Hou's house.

As like as two peas, Zhao Qiying built the two mansions. Zhao Qiying, who was just as close as he had to prove the relationship with Zhang Zhou, had made the two walls of the mansion as identical as the whole.

"Are you sure? This is very important!"

"Well, sure!"

The wall is about ten feet high. Zhang Zhou looked and asked, "can you jump up?"

"What do you want?"

"I want to make sure whose yard is behind this wall!"

Qing'e's voice was light and low, but there was no doubt: "turn your face!"

Zhang Zhou's stomach is full of Feifei. You can go away with your clothes! But he turned his head and heard the sound of the wind in his clothes. Turning back, Qing'e had stood on the wall. Then, like a fairy falling into the dust, she fell down again, much more handsome than the thief.

"How's it going?"

She frowned, shook her head and said, "it's hard to recognize. This is the wall between the two houses!"

Zhang Zhou determined his guess!

Liu Qi admitted that he was stealing from his yard, but he didn't find any new marks. And through various signs, Liu Qi must be hidden. Just now, when he was sliding behind the wall, Zhang Zhou suddenly thought that Liu Qi might not have gone out of his yard! If you came out of your own yard, it's nothing. If you came out of the prince's house, it's two different things! Liu Qi's skill is extraordinary, so there are many possibilities!

Now after Qing'e's confirmation, Zhang Zhou can't be careless!

At ordinary times, he would choose to talk to Zhao Qiying about it directly, but tonight is people's wedding night! It's obviously inappropriate to find someone, but I don't dare to delay. After thinking about it, he said to Qing'e, "come with me to the prince's house!"

Qing'e didn't ask, just follow.

All the people in the prince's residence have been busy all day. Now they finally stop. They are tired and exhausted one by one. However, the steward in charge of front yard affairs obviously has something to deal with and has not rested.

The steward didn't recognize it at the beginning. Zhang Zhou with a large patch on his nose was still good when he sent it out. The change was too sudden! It was determined after careful identification.

"Hou ye, are you...?"

"I'm sorry to bother you. I need your help!"

"Marquis, today is a great day for his Highness the prince. The new talent will sleep soon. I'm afraid..."

The steward thought Zhang Zhou was looking for the prince.

"You misunderstood. I'm looking for you, not the prince!"

"Oh, what can I do for you?"

"I just caught a thief who came out over the wall. The place is at the wall between the two houses. I don't know whether that guy came out of the prince's house. I want you to show me!"

The steward was obviously surprised. Of course, he understood what this kind of thing would mean if it did come down! Lian hurriedly said: "the Marquis, come in quickly. I'll arrange someone to check it now."

The steward was still very efficient. After a while, more than a dozen palace guards were recruited, led by a middle-aged warrior. Naturally, the position of the royal residence is not ordinary and comparable. In addition to the official sergeants assigned by the court, there are also a large number of Wulin people to strengthen security!

"Lord Hou, let's check it first. The little one has asked someone to inform the chief steward and leader Jia, and they will come later."

Zhang Zhou felt that the management arrangement was very reasonable. After all, it was not a small matter. It was not appropriate to disturb the prince, but it was still necessary to call Lao Jia!

Without delay, under the guidance of the steward, more than a dozen people directly went through the house to transfer ownership and rushed to the corner of the front yard.

The wall was painted with white ash and looked very white. Zhang zhouzheng was going to ask people to lean over to explore the same flower bed under the corner to see if someone had a mark over the wall, but Qing'e stopped everyone's pace.

"What does this mean?" Zhang Zhou didn't understand.

Qing'e said in a very light voice, "although the man's body method is light, it can't reach the degree that such a high wall turns over, so there must be auxiliary tools!"

"Why didn't you say it when you were at home?"

"Don't want to say!"

Zhang Zhou is speechless!

Qing'e asked for a torch, stopped the crowd from approaching, and walked over very carefully alone. First the wall, then the flower bed, and finally squatting on the stone brick path, check it carefully! Zhang Zhou, who is close to the prince, is standing in the way, and others dare not say more!

But the guards of the royal residence explored other places first.

After a while, the bodyguard leader came over and said respectfully, "Lord, I've seen it all around. There's no situation!"

"That's good. Maybe I'm worried too much! Please wait a moment."

"What's the matter, Lord? You're also good for us. If there's anything wrong, we won't be the first to escape punishment!"

At this time, Qing'e waved to him and seemed to find something. Zhang Zhou hurried over and squatted beside qing'e. Qing'e pointed to the ground. Zhang Zhou looked carefully and found two very shallow friction marks. According to the width, Zhang Zhou suddenly thought of something.

"Is it a ladder?"

"Yes, it should be a ladder. No doubt, he uses a ladder to go up the wall. Naturally, there will be no traces in other places!"

"If it's a ladder... He must have an insider!"

This association makes it more certain that it is not a simple theft. Zhang Zhou quickly stood up, shouted to be in charge and asked, "where will there be a ladder here?"

"In order to repair the wall and roof, there are ladders in the craftsman's room!"

"Go and gather all the craftsmen there to take care of them! Also, is there a guard here to find out? Who is the person in charge?" Zhang Zhou asked again after giving orders.

"Lord, this place is my defense area. My men are responsible for defense tonight!"

The guard leader quickly answered.

"Where are the people? Are they all there?"

"It's all here!" the head guard turned back and began to count the number of people. Suddenly, "eh?" gave a sound.

"Where are the five and eight? Where are they?"

"They were here just now!" someone replied.

"He? Yes, find someone for me quickly! Be careful not to shout!"

Zhang Zhou narrowed his eyes and didn't know what to think. Soon, a guard hurried back and whispered in the head of the guard's ear. The guard leader was obviously surprised. He turned back and whispered to Zhang Zhou, "Lord, there's an accident. Old eight is dead!"

"Where is it?"

The bodyguard pointed to the direction behind him and said, "it's in a yard over there!"

"Go and have a look!"

Prince's residence was also newly built soon. Some small courtyards and houses around it were still idle. Lao BA's body was found in a corner of the courtyard.

After examining the body, a bodyguard reported, "old eight's neck was broken from the back. Not long after he died, old five hasn't been found!"

The guard chief looked a little nervous! I don't know what to arrange under the whispering opponent. Zhang Zhou didn't go to check the body, but walked in the yard and looked around!

"What is this courtyard for?"

"No use for the time being!" answered the steward.

"Oh!" Zhang Zhou nodded, took two more steps, then turned slowly, stared at the steward and said, "why did you come back so soon?"