Chapter 37: Rushing to the docks

"Yes. I had some suspicions at the time, but now it's confirmed. Nie Xiaoman replied and let out a long breath.

"I don't see why these sentences are false. I remember the letter saying that he saw Ying Yang coming out of Hanfei's house. But isn't that true? ”

"Yes, but he said that Eagle Yang was wearing an ultramarine robe, brown half-arms, and a red-knotted velvet hat. This is not true. Because Ying Yang later told me that when he went out that night, he was wearing a black fur coat and a pure scarf on his head, and his outfit was completely different. In addition, the timing does not coincide. Therefore, when he looked at the letter, although he did not dare to say it directly, he was sure in his heart that someone was framing him. ”

"Who do you think this anonymous letter is?"

Nie Xiaoman touched his chin and said hesitantly: "I can't answer this question at the moment, but I'm sure you'll know soon." ”

Jing Mo paused for a moment, and then asked: "And that Hangzhou woman Wang Zimeng, what does it have to do with this murder after allβ€”β€”"

At this time, someone suddenly knocked on the door of the study, and the voice was urgent, which caused Jing Mo, who was deep in thought, to jump up from the circle chair. It turned out that Wei Pu came to deliver the letter.

Who will send a letter at this time?

Jingmo asked, "Who gave you the letter?" What to say? ”

Nie Xiaoman didn't raise his head and said while looking at it: "It's Feng Zizhou." He was ready to go and asked me if I had left. It's almost time, and we should go. He put on his coat, opened the drawer, and took out a dagger with a fine carved bronze pattern, and put it in his coat pocket.

Seeing Xiaoman carrying a weapon, Jing Mo suddenly felt that the atmosphere became tense: "Where are you going now?" ”

Nie Xiaoman said categorically: "Catch the murderer!" ”

Jing Mo also stood up, thinking to himself, Xiao Man went to catch the murderer with a short sword, is there still a full martial arts show tonight? Sure enough, Nie Xiaoman continued: "I specially invited you here tonight, hoping that you can help me when I catch the murderer." ”

Jing Mo immediately responded: "Of course." But I didn't bring any guys, what other weapons do you have to lend me a hand? ”

Unexpectedly, Nie Xiaoman shook his head: "No need, I don't think there will be any big mess tonight." You don't need to bring a weapon, let's go. ”

As he spoke, Nie Xiaoman had already taken a square scarf and put it on, and waited for Jingmo to put on a scarf and go with him.

Outside the door, the northwest wind was whirring and blowing, blowing on the face like a knife, and it was really cold. Nie Xiaoman had already hired a two-wheeled carriage, he said a word to the coachman, and got into the carriage with Jing Mo.

Nie Xiaoman wrapped his coat tightly and sighed against the cushion.

Xiaoman lightly lifted the curtain of the car and looked at the wind and snow outside, and said: "In the past ten days, I don't know how many poor people have frozen to death in the city. What's even more lamentable, I am used to seeing the fallen lying in the corner of the wall, and sooner or later even sympathy is numb! Alas, the saints are unkind and use the people as dogs! ”

Jingmo is only silent, dark, completely dark. In this dark realm, a small number of people, relying on the blessings of their ancestors, or by taking advantage of their power and squeezing their hands, have grabbed a lot of wealth, and they have excessively lascivious pleasures in high-rise buildings and gold houses, while most of the people are only standing up to the rugged and skinny, fighting for their lives against the ruthless northwest wind!

It has been less than 200 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and it has already appeared like a dead tree and a rotten tree, how can it not make people worry.

The carriage drove in silence for a while, and Jing Mo couldn't help asking, "Where are we going?" ”

"Jubaomen Pier."

"Where do you go by night boat? It's not going to be going to sea, is it? ”

"Hahaha, where do you want to go, if it goes well, we just have to wait on the dock and wait for the murderer to throw himself into the net."

"Do you know that the murderer is going to escape by boat tonight?"

"I expected him to be."

"Huh? You just expected it to be so? ”

"Yes, but I'm not guessing it all out of thin air. I got the real news tonight, so I didn't expect it to be disappointed. ”

"So who is this murderer?"

"You'll be able to see it for yourself right away."

The carriage had arrived at the warehouse outside the dock, and the conversation ended here, and Xiaoman and Jingmo hurriedly walked in. All the way to the side of the fast-moving boat, accurate location.

"What, is anyone still leaving at night?" Jing Mo was a little puzzled.

"Starting from Jubaomen, you can pass through Qingliangtai, Stone Town, Lion Rock, Lion Mountain, Lime Mountain, and enter the Yangtze River. There are a lot of ships on this road, and sometimes it is more enjoyable to set off at night for this kind of large ship that transports people and goods. ”

Jing Mo looked at it again and found that this was the kind of bird boat with both people and goods, because it was equipped with multiple compartments, which could separate people and goods. Now the goods are still being loaded, the torches on the wharf are brightly lit, and the coolies who come and go are wearing only single clothes and putting a cloth on their backs, carrying, carrying, and carrying heavy goods in the cold wind, shouting to and fro.

However, there were already many passengers gathered around the station, waiting to board the ship. Nie Xiaoman wrapped his clothes tightly and blended in with the crowd, inspecting the people who came one by one.

Xiaoman asked Jing Mo in a low voice: "You also pay attention to the point, do you have someone familiar here?" ”

Jing Mo also looked around and replied, "No, you said that Feng Zizhou had already set off first." He also came to the docks? ”

Nie Xiaoman nodded: "He may already be here, let's go over there and see." ”

In front of a firewood room full of firewood, there were also many people coming and going, and Jing Mo saw that Feng Zizhou was really standing at the door of the firewood room.

Jing Mo wanted to get closer, but Nie Xiaoman hurriedly put his elbow under Jing Mo's ribs.

Xiao Man said: "You don't have to go over to say hello at this season, let's keep an eye on people first." ”

Jing Mo followed Xiaoman to the firewood room, and Nie Xiaoman greeted a boat boss in a black fur robe inside.

Nie Xiaoman said: "We're going to stand here for a while, can we get in the way?" ”

The boss of the boat smiled knowingly: "Okay, the two adults have business?" ”

Nie Xiaoman nodded and smiled slightly, and without answering, he walked in with Jing Mo. The place was indeed well chosen, and the people outside did not pay attention to the inside, but from the inside they looked at the passengers and sailors who went out through the gate, but they were all very clear.

Jing Mo said to Nie Xiaoman: "It seems that we have to wait, why don't you take advantage of the time to explain a few more doubts to me?" ”

Nie Xiaoman said in a low voice, "Now is not the time to explain. ”

"It's okay to say a few words."

"Wouldn't you want to ask the question, 'Who is the real culprit?'?"

Jing Mo said: "You didn't guess right this time, I just asked Wang Zimeng if it had anything to do with it, but Wei Pu interrupted me, and you haven't answered me yet." ”

Nie Xiaoman thought about it for a while, and then said in a low voice: "Zimeng is also as unrelated to Sima Yingyang's father and daughter. On the evening of the 28th, she did go to Han Fei to ask for a reply, but she didn't see her, and she really didn't go to Han Fei's residence in the middle of the night. The second half of her story is actually apocryphal. One of the knives she handed over was a fruit knife, and the blood on the knife was sparrow's blood. ”

"Really?"

"I don't think she needs to lie to me anymore."

"So, who is the woman in the fox fur that Kainan saw?"

Nie Xiaoman said hesitantly: "Well, I don't know." Oh, maybeβ€”well, maybe this woman doesn't matter. ”

Jing Mo asked again: "Then why did Wang Zimeng use this fake story to turn himself in?" ”

"The reason why she turned herself in was to assume that Liu Hanfei killed by mistake, in order to exonerate Yingyang's father and daughter."

"It's incredible! This woman also knows Yingyang's father and daughter? ”

"Of course I do. Not only acquaintance, but also very close. Otherwise, she wouldn't have risked turning herself in. ”

Jing Mo asked: "This really makes me think, is there any twists and turns in this?" ”

Nie Xiaoman muttered: "There are a lot of twists and turns, and they can't be explained in a few words...... Don't ask, the passengers are already boarding the ship. Let's keep an eye on it. ”

Nie Xiaoman stretched his neck and looked out, engrossed in the endless stream of passengers, and Jing Mo had to shut up.