Nie Xiaoman didn't ask any more, lowered his head and pondered again. The three of them didn't speak with their own thoughts, Jing Mo felt that Ji Tuiguan's views were too biased towards feelings, and reasoning was more than facts, which may not be facts.

Nie Xiaoman slowly inhaled his nostrils towards the fragrant mist in the air, as if he was carefully scrutinizing the new clues brought by Ji Shaoquan in his brain. It was getting late, the shops on the street were lit up, and the light in the study was dimming, which seemed to add some mystery.

Ji Shaoquan saw that Nie Xiaoman had been silent, and he seemed to be a little impatient. But in this silence, Nie Xiaoman actually took the initiative to speak.

Xiaoman said: "Brother Shaoquan, I think there is a suspicion in this that is very puzzling. ”

Ji Shaoquan hurriedly raised his head and asked, "What?" ”

Nie Xiaoman said: "Even if Tian Wenkai has already done such a thing, how can he admit it frankly?" Do you think that when he arrived at the inn, since no one saw him, why didn't he deny it and end up clean? ”

This is indeed a big suspicion, Ji Shaoquan closed his lips tightly and silently answered. He stared at Nie Xiaoman for a while before he said, "Do you want to say that it wasn't Tian Wenkai who stole the pearls?" ”

"Hmm. There are others. ”

"And who did this?"

Nie Xiaoman didn't answer immediately, and bowed his head again and was silent. His gaze shifted to the toe of his bast shoe, which was moving a little with a certain frequency.

Shaoquan asked impatiently: "Ouch, my Lord Nie, don't sell it, you said that there are two clues, so who do you say stole the pearl after all?" ”

Nie Xiaoman smiled and said, "I'm not selling Guanzi, it's just a person I suspect, you may not agree, so I'm a little hesitant." ”

Ji Shaoquan asked anxiously: "Then tell me, who is it?" ”

"I'm very suspicious of that Tian Mengzheng, I'm afraid this pearl robbery case is a trick he played."

Ji Shaoquan suddenly opened his mouth wide, looking very surprised, and even Jing Mo on the side was surprised. Although Nie Xiaoman's tone was as smooth as usual, his complexion was solemn, not like a joke. Jing Mo was most familiar with Xiao Man, and knew that he would not draw such a conclusion out of thin air, and was anxious to listen to his next words. But Ji Shaoquan preemptively urged Jing Mo to do so.

Ji Shaoquan asked, "Lord Nie, my good lord, how can you be suspicious?" What's the idea? Say it. ”

Nie Xiaoman was just about to say something, when Wei Pu suddenly hurriedly walked into the room and said, "Master Qiqi, someone is looking for you." ”

Nie Xiaoman was stunned for a moment and asked, "Who?" ”

Wei Pu pointed in the direction of Ji Shaoji and said, "I'm here to find the old man, and the person is outside." ”

Ji Shaoquan was surprised at first, then stood up and walked out. Jing Mo looked at Nie Xiaoman, and said in his heart, could there be any changes, but at this time, the door was pushed open again.

It was still Ji Shaoquan, he stuck out his head and said loudly to Nie Xiaoman: "This matter is really strange!" My men said that the old man had come to report again, and he said that the beads had been found—they had been taken out by the boy Mengzheng! ”

The news of Ji Shaoquan's words was unexpected by Jing Mo. Look at this situation, not only did Tian Wenkai, who likes to eat and wear, never steal the beads, but in fact the beads were not lost, but everyone was busy.

So what's going on here? Is it really like what Nie Xiaoman said, is it completely that kid playing tricks in it? But is there anything going on here? What is the purpose of this kid's trick?

Ji Shaoquan stood on the desk, his face was full of frustration, and he said stupidly: "Master Nie, it seems that what you said is true, but this kid is too hateful. What do you think he meant by this play? ”

Nie Xiaoman walked to the hanger, took off the square scarf and put it on, and replied: "The final truth is already in front of you, instead of guessing here, it is better to ask directly." Brother Shaoquan, are you interested in going on another trip? ”

Ji Shaoquan shook his head again and again and said: "I've been running for a day, and now no matter what the truth is, I can't work my legs anymore." When you understand, let me know. ”

Nie Xiaoman nodded and said, "It's okay." Jingmo, you accompany me on a trip. It's probably not too late to come back for supper. ”

So the three of them went out together, Ji Shaoquan found a sedan chair to go home to rest alone, Jingmo and Nie Xiaoman took a four-wheeled mule cart and went to the Tongfu Inn in Manzi Mountain. The car was in progress, and Jing Mo was repeatedly interrupted because of Nie Xiaoman's explanation, so he wanted to take this opportunity and ask him to explain the basis of the conclusion.

Jing Mo asked, "Xiaoman, how do you know that this is a trick played by Tian Mengzheng?" ”

Nie Xiaoman said: "I have already said that I originally had two important clues about this matter. One is Tian Wenkai, and the other is this child Tian Mengzheng. There are two suspicions about Meng Zheng: first, his parents went to watch the play together, and he didn't go, which showed that he had a plan. Because I saw that his spirit was lively, and he was obviously an active and awesome child, it can be seen that his headache last night was a lie. Otherwise, a teenager like him, even if he really had a headache, would never stop him from playing because of this. ”

"Oh, I see, so what's the second?"

"Second, I saw that his mother seemed to love him very much, and tried her best to blame someone else for stealing the pearls. The woman she spoke of going to the wrong room and a tall, black-faced man when she came ashore were all in this role. Therefore, although she was not complicit in the child, she may have suspected that the child had used her key, so she secretly conceived a ghost, and while worrying for her son, she tried to take the blame on others. Besides. While we were scouting, I saw Tian Meng looking at us with squinting eyes normally and secretly. However, I couldn't think of any purpose for him at the time, and later led to a suspicious Tian Wenkai, so it was inconvenient for me to say it immediately. ”

"So, what is the purpose of this kid after all, do you understand it at this moment?"

"It's hard to say. When this kid first came here, the time was very short, and he didn't seem to have any bad habits, so he wouldn't steal it and sell it for money. Maybe there is a woman involved in this, but I don't know. Fortunately, we'll find out soon. ”

Jing Mo thought for a while, and then asked, "According to what you said, since Tian Mengzheng had already hidden the beads before, why did he take them out by himself at this moment?" ”

Nie Xiaoman said: "This is very easy to understand. He didn't expect his father to find out about the missing pearl, and even if he found out, he probably wouldn't report it to the government. But now that he saw that the fake had come true, and the matter was big, he was still young after all, so of course he turned the rudder with the wind. ”

At this time, the four-wheeled mule cart had arrived at the Tongfu Inn, and the two got out of the car and went upstairs together, heading straight for Tianzi No. 13. When the two of them first arrived at the door of the room, Nie Xiaoman was about to raise his hand to knock on the door, but suddenly stopped, and shook his backhand to make a gesture, meaning to tell Jingmo not to move forward.

Jing Mo also stood up when he saw it. At this time, the bright light in the room was revealed through the crack in the window above the door. Someone inside spoke in a loud voice, with the sound of angry scolding and boxing on the table. Jing Mo heard that loud voice was Tian Youyu.

"I really don't grow! I really don't grow! This kid is too insignificant! ”

Boom! - This is the sound of hitting the table.

"He must have done it, it can't be wrong! Where has this rebel gone at this moment? …… How do you let him go? ”

Then came a woman's voice, with a somewhat weeping tone, it should be the lady of Tian Youyu.

"He's walking around the neighborhood, he's coming back soon, and you don't need to be so angry."

"Shouldn't I be angry? This kid is spoiled for you! You're covering him! ”