After noon on the sixth day of the new year, Su Jingmo finally returned to Jinling with a confused heart, and immediately rushed to the gluttonous cat to find Nie Xiaoman.

Unexpectedly, he pounced, and Nie Xiaoman had already gone out. According to his old servant Wei Pu, Xiao Man was in a hurry to return to Jinling, and originally planned to meet with a person surnamed Wen, but it was unsuccessful. Now Xiaoman has been outside, probably still going to find this person surnamed Wen.

At the end of the day, Jing Mo didn't meet Nie Xiaoman. It wasn't until after the end of the evening that Nie Xiaoman sent Wei Pu to send a text message to Jing Mo, telling Jing Mo that he had met Wen Zhixin, the second shopkeeper of Yutai Pawnshop. Xiaoman originally wanted to learn about the past experience of Yingniu Yizhi and his wife from this Wen Zhixin, but unfortunately it was fruitless.

According to Wen Zhixin, although he and Niu Yizhi are cousins, they have not heard from each other for several years. In the spring of this year, Niu Yizhi suddenly came to him, claiming that he was married and was preparing to find a secluded place to engage in the business of square goods.

Wen Zhixin rented him the inkstone study. As for the circumstances and past history of their couple's union, Wen Zhixin is not clear. He only knew that it had been less than a year since Niu Yizhi returned from doing business from afar.

There is also Niu Yizhi's slight inheritance, and his husband and wife's life depends on this inheritance. Regarding the stranger in the red shirt who went to the pawnshop to inquire, Wen Zhixin also admitted that it was true. However, Wen Zhixin didn't know that person, but looking at his sturdy figure and dusty state, it seemed that he was from a military background.

That person also speaks with a Hangzhou accent, and it seems that he has something to do with Niu Yizhi. The man didn't say his name at the time, only inquired about Niu Afu's whereabouts, Wen Zhixin knew that Ah Fu was Niu Yizhi's milk name, guessed that the person's intentions must be bad, and immediately refused to know, and denied that he had any relationship with the surname Niu. But afterwards, Wen Zhixin told Niu Yizhi about it.

So Nie Xiaoman's hopes can be said to have been all dashed. As for when the case will end, he only gave Jing Mo the words 'wait for the time'.

Three days passed.

Jing Mo hadn't gotten the news of Nie Xiaoman's end yet, Jing Mo couldn't help but start to be impatient again, it seemed that his full of mysteries still couldn't be broken.

Finally, on the night of the ninth day of the first lunar month. Nie Xiaoman gave Jing Mo a message of comfort. It is said that the donkey cart in which the murderer had ridden had been found in a rice field near the corner of the road. This was reported by Pu Jiaoren, which shows that the murderer fled in a donkey cart at that time, and then lost the cart and fled on a fast horse.

At noon on the tenth day of the first lunar month, Nie Xiaoman handed Jing Mo another piece of news, which seemed to be more important. Nie Xiaoman got the information of Hu Defu, who was in charge of monitoring the Yanying study, that on the eighth day of the new year, the hostess Hua Yuwu had dismissed the thirteenth human rights of the old family, and at the same time, she had sent the maid Li Ma to visit the Zhao Leren in the yamen.

Therefore, it re-aroused Jing Mo's suspicion of this woman and a man.

After a few more days like this, it was not until the evening of the 16th that Nie Xiaoman gave Jing Mo an important letter, and Jing Mo's depression and disappointment for many days regained his spirit. Xiaoman said in the letter that he asked Jingmo to rush to Chuzhou as soon as possible, and said that the final conclusion of the case was expected.

Jingmo then hired a mule cart and drove there overnight. After sleeping in the car, the next morning, I finally set foot on the land of Chuzhou again. Nie Xiaoman was already waiting for him at the intersection of the town, and as soon as Nie Xiaoman saw Jing Mo, he quietly pulled Jing Mo into the crowd before he whispered and began to speak.

Nie Xiaoman said apologetically: "Jingmo, I'm sorry. I know you've been having a hard time these days, but it's a last resort. You can always relax today! In fact, the anxiety in my heart is not lost to you. But the final conclusion of this case cannot but wait for the natural development, otherwise 'if you want to hurry, you will not be able to reach it', and it may be a bad thing. ”

Jing Mo smiled: "Then this 'natural development', is it now going to be like what you said, and the case can be closed?" ”

"Yes, I'm confident this time, and I dare say it's going to be over soon."

"How does it end? Could it be that the murderer - one"

"yes. The murderer is coming soon. Keep your eyes open and see. ”

Jing Mo couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this, he had no clue who the murderer was. Nie Xiaoman obviously had already decided that he seemed to be waiting for the murderer to come out of the crowd at this moment. The question of "who is the murderer" was already on my lips, but I had no chance to say it.

At this time, the golden morning sun sprinkled on the noisy street, under the shadows of the colorful trees, the years were mottled, the people who came and went, who knew whom, and who met whom.

Countrymen get up early, not to mention that it is not very early at this time, and people come and go on the streets, and the river is endless. The steps of going out to work are steady, and they greet people they know enthusiastically, and the pace of doing business is brisk, and from time to time there is a burst of laughter like silver bells.

After a while, Nie Xiaoman pulled the corner of Jing Mo's clothes, whispered "here", and squeezed out of the crowd and stood in the front row. Jing Mo also hurriedly set his eyes in the direction that Xiao Man was looking at, and identified in the bustling crowd to find out if there were any suspicious characters. After a while, Jingmo's expectations were really met, and he was a little surprised.

Jing Mo saw a brightly dressed woman wearing a brocade-trimmed blouse and cloud shoulders walking out of the intersection.

It is clearly Niu Yizhi's wife Hua Yuyu!

What the? Could it be that the murderer is this woman? Such a tragic murder case is actually a woman, or a beautiful and weak woman, a masterpiece of one hand?

It's incredible!

Jing Mo was amazed, and saw that Nie Xiaoman also raised his toes, using his keen eyes to look for something in front and back of Hua Yufu. But he didn't seem to have the intention of intervening to stop him, his lips opened slightly, but he didn't say anything, and a look of disappointment hung over his face.

At this time, Fahrenheit had already left the exit, followed by only two servants, pointing to a few baggage baskets, and walking along the bluestone road into the distance. Nie Xiaoman said to himself suddenly. "Strange! How did she come out alone? Odd! …… Odd! ”

This sentence explained Jing Mo's doubts, the murderer should not be this woman, but there was someone else, Jing Mo couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Then Nie Xiaoman beckoned to Jing Mo, preparing to follow the woman's whereabouts, but Xiaoman suddenly looked back and immediately stopped. Jing Mo also followed Nie Xiaoman's line of sight, and there was a thin man wearing a red felt hat and a long-sleeved green coat, who also hurriedly emerged from the crowd, as if following this woman.

Nie Xiaoman's eyes flashed, he pulled Jingmo's sleeve, hurriedly took a step, walked to the man's back, stretched out his hand, and gently patted the man's back. Jing Mo thought that this person was probably the murderer. Unexpectedly, the man turned his head, which made Jing Mo extremely disappointed.

This person is actually Hu Defu, the head of the capital, but after changing his clothes, Jing Mo couldn't distinguish it for a while. Nie Xiaoman and Hu Defu whispered a few words, then nodded and continued to move forward, closely following the woman's trail.

In a moment the woman had gone far away, and stood in the street beside the breakfast stall, and stood still looking to the right and left, as if she did not know where to go, and as if she were waiting for someone to answer. Of course, the three people here also stood still, but the whole body of the three of them was tense to a certain level, and the six eyes looked at her surroundings without a moment.

At this moment, Jing Mo saw a small sedan chair stop in the distance, and a man wearing a narrow-sleeved shirt with a plate collar stepped down from the sedan chair and rushed over to greet the woman. As soon as Jing Mo saw the attitude of the two of them greeting each other, he immediately knew their relationship.

The man was of moderate stature, wearing a high square scarf on his head and a soap-colored pan-collared shirt, looking very much like Zhao Leren. Jing Mo's heart couldn't help beating suddenly. Is it really him? And how do we tell Cen Mingkai? However, when Jingmo took another step forward and looked carefully, he saw that the person had a very white face, but he was not Zhao Leren with a black and red face.