Chapter 94 Case
After dinner, Shen Yu calculated the time and left with Pei Chunli.
When I walked out of Shiyue Pavilion, the waiter came out from the alley next to it and it seemed that the things were still there.
It was already dark and there were fewer people on the street.
Fortunately, there is no curfew, so we can move freely.
Xiao Er's brother is called Sanfu. He runs an inn in Beijing. This kind of inn is very popular among people coming to Beijing from all over the country. The price is reasonable and the location is good.
When they arrived at the inn, Sanfu took the two of them to a room in the backyard.
"These are all the things that guests left behind when they stayed at the hotel," Sanfu said. "Sometimes guests come back to pick them up, but sometimes they just leave them here if they don't come back. If no one comes to pick them up by the time the time comes, they'll just be thrown away."
Walking around the shelves, Sanfu pointed to one of the rows and said, "Here, this is their stuff. It's all here."
Chen Yu picked up the dagger and gently opened one bundle, then the second, the third...
Soon something was wrong.
Chen Yu turned around, looked at Sanfu and asked, "What kind of people do those people look like?"
Sanfu recalled and said, "There were four people in total. Three of them looked to be in their thirties, and one was a little older. But they were all very tall, about this tall."
As he said this, he measured his height on his body, and his height was about half a head taller than Sanfu.
"That person is very strong, like..."
Chen Yu asked, "Like a martial artist?"
"Yes!" Sanfu said firmly, "They are all fierce and ferocious, and they look like they are not easy to mess with. They speak in a very vulgar way and order the guys around."
Shen Yu frowned.
This is strange. They don't sound like people who are easy to bully, so why would they go to Beijing to file a complaint? Normally, it should be someone else who filed a complaint against them.
Chen Yu's mind turned, "I heard that someone came here to steal before?"
Sanfu had heard about this generous young man from his younger brother Sixi, and thought that this good thing had finally happened to him today.
So he quickly replied: "It was robbed."
"Are these the only bundles that have been turned over?"
"Yes, just these few."
"Did you lose anything?"
Just as Si Xi was about to interrupt, he was blocked by Chen Yu's eyes.
"No." Sanfu replied.
Chen Yu asked: "Why are you so sure?"
"You don't know."
Fu bent down slightly and said, "I checked these things before putting them in. I'm sure nothing is missing."
"Are you sure?"
"Sure!"
Chen Yu stared into Sanfu's eyes, "But there is clearly something missing here."
Sanfu's eyebrows jumped, "Master, what do you mean by this?"
Chen Yu used a dagger to pick up something from the bag and threw it at Sanfu.
Sanfu picked it up in a panic and asked in confusion, "What is this?"
"Arm binder." Chen Yu said, "Although it is not made of fine iron, it is not an ordinary object. It is normal for ordinary people to be mistaken for it."
"This..." Sanfu held up his armband and asked, "But what does this have to do with whether something is lost or not?"
Chen Yu's eyes were sharp. "Take a close look at the arm tie. There are knife marks of varying depths on it, and the degree of wear and tear on the leather rope shows that the arm tie has been used for a long time. You said that they look like martial artists, and this is exactly in line with what you said."
Sanfu looked at the arm restraints and found that they matched the size. The leather rope was so worn that it was almost broken.
Si Xi was confused. "What does that have to do with losing things?"
Chen Yu turned the dagger in her hand, "Since you are a martial artist, you should have a sword on you."
Sanfu's face turned pale.
Chen Yu glanced at his face, "Isn't that right?"
Sanfu said nervously, "They did come with knives, but they took them away when they left the next day."
"Really?" Chen Yu smiled, "Who would bring a knife with them when filing a complaint with the emperor?"
"Maybe I didn't go out to file a complaint to the emperor that day." Sanfu broke out in a cold sweat.
Chen Yu: "That's also possible."
Sanfu felt a slight relief, but then he heard the young man in front of him ask.
"But since you brought a knife, why did you forget the arm bandages?"
Si Xi suddenly understood.
His brother had a habit of stealing things. Most of the time, when he saw that the guests had not returned, he would steal things from other people's bags. This was obviously not the first time he had done this.
Si Xi slapped San Fu in the face, a little anxious, "Why are you lying in front of the master? What's going on?"
Sanfu glanced at Chen Yu nervously, "I..."
"Don't worry." Chen Yu said slowly, "If you tell the truth, I won't arrest you and take you to the government, but if I find out that you lied even a word, be careful of your tongue.
Boss, I don’t like to hear lies.”
Sanfu swallowed, walked to the door and looked around, confirming that no one was back, and said in a low voice: "They did not bring the knife when they left. I stole the knife."
Chen Yu guessed that it was probably because Sanfu didn't know the value of the item and didn't realize that the armband could be sold for some money.
"Where's the knife?"
"Sold, sold." Sanfu stuttered.
Chen Yu asked coldly, "Since you said they are all fierce and evil, and look hard to mess with, if you dare to steal and sell their things, aren't you afraid that they will come back to you?"
Sanfu was so nervous that he didn't know how to start.
Chen Yu approached step by step, "Because you are sure that they will not come back, you dare to act recklessly. Did you kill them?"
Sanfu yelled, "I didn't!"
Si Xi quickly covered his mouth with his hand, "Keep your voice down, tell me what's going on?"
Chen Yu was generous and in just a month he was able to make Si Xi more money than he could earn in several years. Si Xi had already regarded him as his master in his heart, and following the young master, he had no worries about having no money to spend.
Thinking of what he had seen, Sanfu's legs and feet went weak and he sat in the corner, holding onto a shelf.
He murmured, "It's not me. It's too, too scary."
"Young master, I'm watching at the door." Si Xi said as he walked to the door and stared at the movement outside through the crack.
Chen Yu squatted down in front of Sanfu, "Tell me, from beginning to end, without missing a word."
Sanfu raised his head and looked at the beams, squeezing out a few unclear words from his throat, "That night..."
There was a part of Sanfu that he did not lie about. Those people did come to Beijing to file a complaint, but he did not finish what he said.
Sanfu was a thief, but he was not greedy. Even if he stole a customer's purse, he would only steal a small amount of change, which made it difficult to be discovered.
That night, Sanfu was lazing around in the next room and heard a few people saying that they were going to file a complaint with the emperor. They also said that they were going to find a certain adult who was said to have connections.
The next morning, the four men went out.
"Actually, they have come back." Sanfu said.
Chen Yu asked: "When?"
Sanfu recalled what had happened before and began to tremble all over.
"I came back at midnight and knocked on the door at night. I was lazy and took a long time to open the door."
Sanfu did not open the door directly, but peeked out through the crack and saw an extremely horrifying scene.
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