After dinner, after delaying another pillar of incense, Nie Xiaoman suddenly borrowed two old clothes from Cen Mingkai, and found two six-foot-long bamboo poles, but it didn't explain what it was.

Su Jingmo didn't know his intentions at first, but later saw him take out the iron hook of the tether from his leather bag, and then he guessed what work he was going to do after dinner.

It was supposed to be the first quarter moon on this night, and there was a half-visible crescent moon in the sky, but it was covered with a thin layer of puffy clouds, and the moonlight was not bright.

However, this point is very much in line with Nie Xiaoman's hope. Because after the two of them left the raccoon garden, Nie Xiaoman still passed on the gravel path behind the town, which clearly wanted to avoid the attention of others. The direction of travel of the two was originally towards the Yanying study of the house, but according to Jing Mo's expectations, this trip did not look like going to Niu's house.

Because the two of them not only changed their outfits, but the iron hook carried by Nie Xiaoman was originally used to fish for things in the river, so it can be seen that tonight's trip is definitely not to visit anyone.

Jing Mo remembered that Xiao Man had used this iron contract in the case of "Difficult Brothers", so Jing Mo guessed that this time it must be the same job. When the two of them reached the end of the gravel road near the east, Nie Xiaoman turned around and headed north, heading towards the small river.

Jing Mo secretly thought that Nie Xiaoman had said before that he had found a shallow depression by the river, and there was a hypothesis that the dog corpse was thrown and sunk. Later, Xiaoman deduced that the murderer did not have a reason for the Shenjiang dog corpse, because the hypothesis was not likely to be established, so he finally gave up the salvage work. But now that the canine corpse has been found, why does he bring it up again?

Jing Mo couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "What do you hope to catch?" ”

Nie Xiaoman clinged to Jing Mo's ear and said, "Be careful, don't say more." Our actions cannot be seen by anyone; Especially beware of the people in this inkstone study, you know. ”

Xiao Man paused slightly, and then said: "What we want to fish, as long as this trip is worthwhile, you can see it immediately." ”

The two of them quietly walked to the river. Nie Xiaoman took advantage of the not very bright moonlight to look at the beach. After a while, Jing Mo saw that there was a dark place under the moonlight that could not be illuminated, Jing Mo squatted down and took a look, and found the shallow depression!

This depression is an untidy rectangle, about a dozen inches in length, and it is estimated that the weight of the stone must be not small.

Nie Xiaoman gave one of the bamboo poles in his hand to Jing Mo, and whispered, "Try to probe the bottom of the river to see if there is anything soft." ”

Jing Mo looked at the shallow scars on the river beach, very much like someone had used the stones and sunk something. However, Nie Xiaoman only used the word "soft" to describe this sinking thing, and he still refuses to explain it, which inevitably makes people's hearts itch.

Jingmo couldn't continue to entangle, so he had to follow Xiaoman's words and take the bamboo pole to spy into the river. The river was not very wide, but there were boats during the day, and the deepest part of the river was about four or five feet deep.

Su Jingmo and Nie Xiaoman stood at two locations and explored the bottom of the river. Jing Mo thought to himself that the remains of this stone, if it was really as he expected, it was not moved by chance, but it should have been used by someone to sink something, then the place where this thing was placed must not be very far away from this shallow depression.

Sure enough, after a while, Jing Mo exclaimed, "Alas, Nie Xiaoman, it's here!"

On the side, Nie Xiaoman hurriedly ran to Jing Mo's face, looked at the shore again, and complained to Jing Mo repeatedly: "Why are you so breathless? If we alarm the people in the house, we're all gone! ”

Nie Xiaoman said, and also gently probed his own bamboo pole in the direction indicated by Jing Mo.

Xiao Man whispered to Jing Mo again: "Mmmm, yes, this thing is very similar-"

Jing Mo also replied in a low voice: "It's like a roll of cover." Could it be a corpse——? ”

Nie Xiaoman didn't answer, but put the bamboo pole on the river beach, took out the prepared iron hook, and began to throw it into the river. His throwing technique had also been practiced, and although he had not practiced it for a long time, he was still proficient. After Xiao Man threw it for the third time, the hook hooked something on the bottom of the river.

Xiao Man whispered again: "Jingmo, you pull this rope first and help me." ”

So, Jingmo and Xiaoman pulled the rope together, and gradually brought the things in the bottom of the river closer to the shore. In an instant, Nie Xiaoman bowed again, reached into the water, and pulled a wet package out of the water. After taking a closer look in the moonlight, he couldn't help but let out a whisper of surprise.

"Jingmo, Hu Defu's investigation and report are good! My speculation has been confirmed! Now if I say that this case has been solved, you can't say that I am too pompous! ”

Nie Xiaoman's voice was low and trembling, and his eyes were like blazing fire. Nie Xiaoman's state at this time, it was really like an old bachelor who had been fighting for forty years, and he hugged an eighteen-year-old girl all of a sudden, and he was so excited.

However, Su Jingmo was still inexplicable, and he didn't know what was important about this wet package after all, and Xiaoman actually thought it was the key evidence to solve the case.

Jing Mo asked in a low voice, "What is this package?"

"See for yourself!" Saying that, Xiaoman had already dragged the wet package ashore.

Jing Mo took a closer look, it was a few pieces of clothing tied together with ropes, tied to a boulder weighing more than 30 catties, and a more than three feet long Franco Bird Gun. The garment was a scarlet shirt. Jing Mo understood the meaning of what Nie Xiaoman said before, and saw that this dress must be the clothes worn by the murderer in the donkey cart that Hu Defu said.

Nie Xiaoman said in a low voice: "This bird gun and a suit of clothes - I think there are soft towels, drapes and other things in it are all important evidence in the case." Jingmo, don't be busy asking, let's take this bag back to the raccoon garden. I'm going to have to go to town and talk to the lieutenants and the like. ”

When Jing Mo returned to the raccoon garden with this wet bag and bird gun, he was suspicious in his heart. Since this bird gun is a murder weapon, there is a reason to abandon it, but how could this murderer's clothes sink in the river? Could it be that after the murderer committed the murder, he was afraid that he would be seen beforehand, and his clothes were easy to notice, so in order to avoid danger, he changed his outfit and sank his old clothes in the river to disappear?

But what was he wearing when he fled? Could it be that when he set out to commit the murder, he prepared two sets of clothes? And he changed his clothes, how could he be so careful, even the black satin shoes were completely changed? Jing Mo speculated about Nie Xiaoman's investigation again. On what basis did he know about the clothes in the river?

And what is the incredible effect of this heavy clothes after all, which makes Nie Xiaoman think that it is the key to the whole case? Jingmo's questions became more and more, and he finally couldn't solve them.

Jing Mo returned to the Tanuki Garden, brought the package into the bedroom that Cen Mingkai had arranged for the two of them, and sat quietly waiting for Nie Xiaoman to come back. After a pillar of incense, suddenly a Tsing Yi catcher sent two letters: one to Jing Mo, and the other to ask Jing Mo to hand it over to Cen Mingkai.

These two letters were written by Nie Xiaoman, and Jing Mo opened the text message to himself, which made Jing Mo feel an unexpected surprise.

Na Xin said: "Brother Jingmo:

Our business here is done. I must hurry back to Jinling now. Because of the lack of time, I can't invite you to go along. You can also go back as soon as possible tomorrow, and the package can be handed over to Cen Mingkai for temporary safekeeping.

As for the inside story of this case, it is not possible to rush to it at the moment. I'll be sure to keep you informed if there's anything else.

On the evening of the fifth day of Nie Xiaoman's first year, "