Nie Xiaoman suddenly shook his head and said, "No, Jingmo, you are in a hurry again." I also know that this woman holds an important element in this case. But it's a clue that we can't use lightly. If we do not thoroughly understand the boundaries of the walls on all sides and the lines in front and behind, and then rashly knock on this most important central door, it will be in vain. ”

Jing Mo also admitted that Nie Xiaoman's words did have a good reason, and he was really a little anxious. But there are too many questions in front of me, and it's hard to be stuffy like this.

For example, how suspicious is this woman?

Could she have known about her husband's murder?

Or is it collusion?

Or is she just scruples about other reasons, so she doesn't want the truth of this case to be revealed?

If this woman was really complicit, did she take a direct part in these horrific acts? Does she have anything to do with the supposed murderer in the donkey cart after all? And what is the relationship between her and Zhao Leren?

These are all unsolved questions, and Jing Mo doesn't know if Nie Xiaoman has any thoughts on these issues. However, at this time, an unexpected fork occurred.

At this time, Lieutenant Pu walked in sweating, and Jing Mo's question had no chance to be raised.

According to Su Jingmo's observation, this fat man's self-confidence is too heavy, and his vision and speculation are inevitably paranoid. This time, without Nie Xiaoman's intervention, he used irrefutable reasons to destroy his paranoia, and it was really not easy to get the fruits of cooperation when working with this kind of person.

Since Jing Mo has this opinion, he really doesn't attach importance to Pu Fatzi's work. But it was unexpected by Jing Mo. The information that Pu Fatzi brought back this time was considered very important in Nie Xiaoman's eyes, which was unexpected by Jing Mo.

Pu Jiaoren said loudly with a slightly arrogant and self-satisfied expression: "Lord Nie, dare to ask you if you have settled the question of the Taihang hound?" ”

Nie Xiaoman stood up slowly, his spirit was clearly suddenly lifted by the stimulation of these words. Nie Xiaoman looked at the county lieutenant, shook his head cautiously and said:

"No, I don't. Have you already gotten any news? ”

"Exactly. I dare say this news is very important! He wiped his sweat.

"Oh, then, you can really get the first credit!"

Jing Mo heard that this was Nie Xiaoman's heartfelt praise, and there was no element of sarcasm, because his eyes and tone gave obvious evidence. Of course, Pu Jiaoren has an unbearable and pleasing expression. However, he did "make a big difference" in this regard.

Nie Xiaoman then asked, "Brother Pu, how is the dog Cang'er?" Is it already dead? ”

Lieutenant Pu was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically: "Ah, it turns out that my lord, you already know?" ”

"Was he killed by a bird?"

"Yes and no. Because it's not actually a bird's gun, it's a short gun... How do you know? ”

Nie Xiaoman didn't answer, he looked at Jing Mo on the side, and continued to ask, "Where is the dog corpse?"

"It was inserted into a ditch on the west side of the road, and it was not covered and buried. It's about half a mile away from the road. There was a countryman named Huang Si Cripple, who talked about it in the town teahouse this morning, and was heard by one of my people, so he took Huang Si Gouzi to the county office. I asked about the dog's dark coat, and immediately went to see it, it was really the Taihang hound named Cang'er in the Niu family. Now that I have placed the dead dog in the yamen, do you want to take a look, my lord? ”

When the county lieutenant of Pu recounted the discovery of the dead dog, Nie Xiaoman carried his hands behind his back and kept pacing around the room. He didn't seem to hear or answer Lieutenant Pu's last question. So he walked for a while, and then suddenly secretly exclaimed, and then, he suddenly stopped, turned back sharply, and asked Pu Jiaoren a series of questions.

Nie Xiaoman said: "Yes, I really want to take a look." Brother Pu, did the dog get hit by two birds?

Lieutenant Pu suddenly widened his round eyes, changed his face again, and looked at Nie Xiaoman blankly. After a while, he replied, "Yes, there are really two bird bullet holes." But—but—my lord, how do you know? Are you ahead of me——? ”

Nie Xiaoman's breathing also seemed to speed up. He ignored the fat man's question, and rushed to ask himself: "Did one of the guns hit the hind leg of the dog—alas! Alas! We don't have to talk about it anymore! Just check it out! ”

Nie Xiaoman's nerves seemed to be too excited, and his movements were a little abnormal. He didn't wait for Pu Jiaoren's agreement, so he took his hat and pulled Pu County Lieutenant away.

In an instant, the two men had left the tanuki garden.

Nie Xiaoman's excitement, Jing Mo can understand. The reason why Xiaoman's spirit was so excited was that he had clearly felt some major stimulation. The main cause of this stimulus must be some new powerful hypothesis in his brain.

However, how would Xiao Man know that the dead dog had been shot twice? Of course, this is not within the scope of Su Jingmo's understanding. But Jingmo really hopes that after Xiaoman returns, these mysteries can be broken.

Unexpectedly, Nie Xiaoman went out this time, delayed for an hour, and when he came back, it was already completely dark.

When Nie Xiaoman returned to the raccoon garden again, his spirit became more and more nervous. Xiaoman's usual unchanging concentration in the face of chaos has disappeared at this time. Jing Mo felt that the information he had discovered in this hour was more important than his previous question, so he asked him a serious question.

Xiao Man said proudly: "Jingmo, my speculation has been partially confirmed!" Tonight, you must give me a helping hand in gathering another important piece of evidence. If so, my assumptions will be valid, and the case will be over in no time!

It seemed that Nie Xiaoman's spirit was very excited; But because of this last sentence, Su Jingmo's spirit was also contagiously excited. However, Su Jingmo's countless questions had not yet been spoken, and Nie Xiaoman suddenly said a few words that were uninteresting.

Nie Xiaoman said, "Jingmo, I ask you to be a little patient, don't force me to explain to you now." If you ask me what I've done, I'll tell you a little bit about it. I went to the county office, and sure enough, I saw two bullet holes in the dog's corpse: one in the head, and the other in the left hind leg. I've seen that Zhao Leren again. He has now been sent to prison. ”

"How's he doing?"

"Since he was arrested on suspicion, if he was not tried by the yamen, he naturally could not be released casually. Later, I went to the site where the dog carcass was found. The ditch was mostly dry, and it was just below the road. There was a mud path four or five feet wide next to the road. The dog had clearly rolled down the mud path, which was still stained with blood. I also found several wheel marks on the mud trail that looked the same as the ones we had found before. ”

Speaking of this, Nie Xiaoman stood up and said, "Don't talk about anything else for the time being, isn't it time to have dinner?" We have a late night meal and a lot of work to do. ”