Chapter 69 The Story of Salt
"Self-death..."
Li Yi pondered for a long time, but could not figure out the reason why Qiu Ling committed suicide.
Moreover, if she committed suicide, how should she explain the half shoe print by the window?
Gan Ci whispered: "Can someone force her to commit suicide? Her eyes were red and swollen. She should have cried before her death. It is likely that she was asking for death was not her original intention."
Li Yi's eyes opened slightly, there was indeed this possibility.
The murderer sneaked into Qiu Ling's room and threatened her in some way...
Li Yi immediately stood up and walked towards Chu Ping and Chen Zhuo behind the screen.
"Chu Ping, there is something you need to do now." Li Yi said seriously.
Chu Ping, who was still smiling just now, immediately became solemn: "You said."
Li Yi said: "I need you to investigate Qiu Ling's life experience. Check if she has any living family or any man with good looks. If so, be sure to find that person."
Chu Ping responded, turned around and walked out of the room.
Chen Zhuo was a little eager to try it out, and he also wanted to do some serious things that could solve the case.
Unexpectedly, Li Yi said to him: "Why are you still here? Are you not guarding the crime scene upstairs?"
Chen Zhuo was stunned: "Brother Li, you have seen the crime scene, there is no need to stay there anymore. I also want to do something that can help you solve the case."
It is too boring to just guard a broken place.
Li Yi pulled the corner of his mouth and snorted: "Who said there is no need to guard it? Maybe there are some important clues hidden there. Go and take good care of it. If something goes wrong, you will be responsible!"
"Oh..." Chen Zhuo ran away in disgrace.
Li Yi snorted, but he didn't let you get what you want! A little brat, I could see clearly just now.
If you don’t take revenge, you are not a gentleman!
"Aci, pack up your things, you go back first." Li Yi shouted to Gan Ci after checking Qiu Ling's baggage.
There was nothing special in Qiu Ling's bag, basically some clothes and some small jewelry that were not expensive.
"It seems that she has really wanted to leave, but she didn't have time." Li Yi thought about it. Doesn't a normal person just want to leave after he has paid off his burden?
Gan Ci walked towards Li Yi: "Will we not go home together?"
"No, I still have something to verify. You can go back first." Li Yi shook his head and said.
Gan Ci nodded in disappointment: "Oh."
Gan Ci was about to go out with her bag, but as soon as she looked up, she was startled and shivered.
I saw half of my head at the door, one left and one right, and two people stared at Gan Ci's body with four eyes, and their eyes were mostly scrutinized.
"Two... two, is there anything...is it?" Gan Ci asked stutteringly.
"No, it's okay!" Miaomiao was discovered and turned around a little hurriedly. Although she was a little panicked, her tone seemed very tough.
I didn't peek at anything, they were all... they were all the vixen who looked first, I just... followed her to take a look...
Wenxiang looked at Gan Ci very vigilantly, and she asked in a warm voice: "Sister, are you a coroner in the yamen?"
"Yes." Gan Ci nodded gently.
Wenxiang approached slowly, she grabbed Gan Ci's hand and asked in a low voice: "My sister just saw the constable from the yamen coming in and out, and her expression was still very serious. Is the case very serious?"
Gan Ci shook her head: "I, I don't know very well..."
Wenxiang asked again: "Does sister know that Mr. Li? Isn't it all about the constable's case handling? Why can he get involved?"
Wenxiang actually didn't care whether the cases were serious or not. She just wanted to find out about Li Yi's background.
Gan Ci shook her head: "I...I don't know very well..."
Gan Ci didn't lie. She really didn't know why Li Yi came to handle this case.
Isn't he going to do business? In the morning, didn't he say he was not interested? Gan Ci was also a little confused, but she dared not ask.
Wenxiang did not get the answer she wanted, and was not angry at all. She continued to ask: "Sister, you just asked Mr. Li if you were going back together, what's your relationship?"
"Ah! I, I..." Gan Ci's breathing became rapid in an instant.
Miaomiao, who was eavesdropping on the side, pinched the corners of her skirt, moved backwards in the direction of them, and her two small ears stood up suddenly - she finally asked what she cared about.
She heard what Gan Ci asked Li Yi if she was going home together, and she couldn't help but become alert.
"I think Mr. Li is very considerate to you." Seeing Gan Ci's words, Wen Xiang went straight to the point, "Sister, are you Mr. Li's confidante?"
"Red...Red..." Gan Ci's face turned red in an instant. She lowered her head and dodged Wen Xiang's gaze, and said in a panic, "I, I don't know, really don't know!"
Gan Ci was weak and soft, and she just hoped that a gap would suddenly break out on the ground so that she could hide inside.
"Ah..." Wenxiang was confused by Gan Ci's question and asked.
Wenxiang still didn't give up and wanted to ask something more, but as soon as she spoke, Gan Ci could no longer bear it.
Gan Ci hugged her head and covered her ears while saying "I'm sorry, I'm sorry" apologetically, while running away as if flying.
Social phobia, social awesomeness, is just like that.
Wenxiang's eyes turned with the turbulent waves driven by Gan Ci's shaking and running posture. Then she was shocked. She looked down at herself and immediately became solemn: This person is so terrifying, he is a strong enemy.
She glanced at Miaomiao next to her again and breathed a sigh of relief: Fortunately, this is not my opponent for the time being.
Li Yi likes the abyss, but Wen Xiang still knows it.
Just as Wenxiang was thinking about it, Li Yi suddenly walked out of the house. He looked at Miaomiao and Wenxiang in confusion and said strangely: "Why are you still staying here? There is a girl here who has lost her life. Aren't you afraid?"
"I, I'm not afraid!" Miaomiao straightened her waist, but her voice inevitably trembled slightly, "Do you need to worry? Hum!"
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Wenxiang smiled: "I am naturally afraid of it, but with Mr. Li protecting me, I am not afraid of anything."
Li Yi: “…”
I have harvested today's portion of pride and green tea, which is simply double satisfaction.
Li Yi laughed and said, "Everyone goes back to their own houses quickly, don't think about these things, have a good rest, and don't stay at the scene of the case. It's not peaceful here recently, so you all take good care of it. It's best to live with people close to you and take care of each other to avoid accidents."
"The young man who is working hard is worried that Wenxiang will take good care of himself."
"Hmph! I'm not afraid of any accidents! But you, pay attention to your own safety. Miss... Although the matter of Miss asking you is more important, you must do it on the premise of ensuring your safety. Do you know? Hello! Did you hear it?"
"I heard it, I heard it! OK Meow Meow Muliang, yes Meow Meow Muliang!" Li Yi gave a solemn salute.
"Oh! I've said my name...ahhhh, big fool!" Miaomiao was furious, and her two small fists were waving up and down, as if she could blow Li Yi's head through the air.
She raised her foot and wanted to step on Li Yi's foot, but she knew she couldn't step on it at all, so the extended foot shrank back.
She wanted to make some harsh words, but she didn't know what she said had a great lethality. She hummed for a long time, but she couldn't say anything harsh words.
Wumiao was furious for a long time. Seeing Wenxiang staring at her, her face was quite playful, her thin face turned red in an instant. She didn't know how to save her face, so she turned around and walked away without looking back.
Seeing that he successfully made Miaomiao angry again, Li Yi was in a good mood. He laughed for a long time and said to Wenxiang beside him: "Miss Wenxiang, I have also said goodbye, I will see you next time I have the chance."
"Well, my son is walking slowly, I am waiting for you all the time~~"
...
When Li Yi walked out of Miaoyu Pavilion, he learned that someone had committed suicide in Miaoyu Pavilion and the yamen constables who had come late.
Thinking of having them place Qiu Ling's body, Li Yi completely relieved.
Looking up at the sun that was already eastward, Li Yi thought that it was almost three or four o'clock now.
His stomach started to growl, and Li Yi then remembered that he had not had lunch after he had been busy all day.
There was an old man selling sesame cakes on the roadside. Li Yi swallowed his saliva as he smelled the smell. He stepped forward and bought two for four cents, and started chatting with the old man again.
Li Yi swallowed a sesame cake in a few bites and started gnawing the second sesame cake. He smiled and praised, "Oh, this sesame cake is so fragrant. You can't make it in less than twenty years! How many years have you sold here?"
When the old man heard this, his face filled with folds of grinding and laughed: "More than twenty years, hehe, the old man has sold sesame cakes for forty years in this world! Anyone who has eaten our sesame cakes has never said it is not bad."
"Yo, forty years! Great!" Li Yi praised sincerely, "You have been selling sesame cakes all day for forty years, thanks to you."
"What should I do if I don't persist?" The old man straightened his neck, "Old man, I know this skill. If I don't persist, I will only starve to death."
"You have experienced a lot of things in the past forty years. Do you sometimes feel bored?" Li Yi said happily.
The old man put down the pancake in his hand and looked at Li Yi quietly for a while. Suddenly his expression changed, and he drove people like a fly: "Go and go, go wherever you come! No matter how bored you are, you won't go to your dormitory. The old man can't even have enough food and doesn't have the spare money to play with the women!"
Li Yi was in a mess for a while. Seeing that the old man always held the old waist with one hand and looked like he was helpless, he finally realized that the old man regarded himself as a vulgar aunt who was soliciting guests in front of the train station.
"Where do you want to go!" Li Yi was amused and crying, "I want to ask, how boring you are doing here to stand. Have you ever heard passers-by say something interesting in your spare time? I want to inquire with you!"
The old man was also stunned, his face turned red. He spat and cursed: "You guy, just ask for things, what are you bored when you ask the old man? Fight this strange twists and turns! Young people are not straightforward at all when doing things."
Li Yi smiled embarrassedly and said, "We really didn't expect that the life you have experienced will be so colorful!"
The old man gave Li Yi a blank look: "If you have any questions, please ask quickly. If you don't ask, leave, don't delay the old man's business."
Li Yi smiled apologized and asked, "We heard that the first richest person in Pingji County is the Su family, the second richer person is the Lin family. We don't know how to wash cloths and dye cloths, so we want to go to the Lin family to find a way out. I don't know what business this Lin family runs?"
The old man laughed and said, "Young man, it's a good thing you asked the old man. Otherwise, if you went to the Lin family, you wouldn't have to find any way to live, and it would be almost the same for your own death."
Li Yi's eyes changed: "How do you say this?"
"Do you know what business the Lin family does?" The old man pretended to be secretly waved to Li Yi, then he turned to his ears and whispered, "Salt!"
Li Yi pretended to be stupid and said, "What's wrong with salt? Don't fool me, what's the danger?"
The old man sneered: "So you young people just don't know anything, and you will come out to make a fortune when your head is hot. You think you can make a lot of money with just one handful of strength. You really don't know how to die!
The old man tells you that if you want to make a living, you must not find a salt seller, nor can you find the salt seller Lin family in Pingji County! It’s messy inside!”
"What? Do you know what happened to the Lin family?" Li Yi asked quickly.
"You know thirteen years ago..." The old man wanted to speak but stopped, and finally shut up, "Forget it, why are you talking to you about this? People in the past dare not mention this matter. Just remember, don't go to the Lin family, don't go to the Lin family, don't go to the Lin family!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! When the old man said this, Li Yi became even more curious: "You have said this to this point, just finish it. It's so good that you can speak and it's so hard that I can hear it. I will never tell the third person!"
The old man snorted and his stubborn temper came up: "You young man, the old man said he won't mention it anymore, you..."
Li Yi grabbed the old man's hand domineeringly and arranged three copper coins in his withered palm. If the old man refused, he stopped at that time.
Seeing the old man's turbid eyes flashing with the light of copper coins, Li Yi couldn't help but smile: "You always treat yourself as a storyteller under the overpass, treat me as a listener, and tell me a story. What do you think?"
The old man swallowed, he held the copper coin tightly, squinted his eyes and glanced around for a moment, then put the copper coin into his chest pocket like lightning, and then said with a smile on his face:
"middle!"
...
After listening to a few stories about the Lin family told by the old man, Li Yi left the Shaobing stall with great worries.
The Lin family runs a salt smuggling business. Li Yi is actually mentally prepared for what he will experience in such a business.
However, he guessed the beginning and the end, but he could not have imagined that the process would be so cruel and bloody.
Especially one of the stories, it makes people shudder after listening to them.
It turns out that although Pingji County does not produce salt in a lot of money, it also produces salt, but the output is not high.
The salt is mainly well salt produced in a small village. Although the mere well salt is not enough to supply people in a county, it is still popular with many people in Pingji County because of its high quality and low price.
At that time, the Lin family had just taken root in Pingji County. Although the well salt could not compete with it in quantity, it severely suppressed it in terms of price.
The Lin family and the village had negotiated several times, but they didn't make any negotiations.
So, after one night, no one in the village had ever come out.
Chapter completed!