This man was a coachman. He took their young master to the river that night. After the young master got on the boat, he walked around nearby.

Little did they know, they saw a horse approaching quickly. The man was dressed in black. After dismounting, he took off his black clothes at the corner, picked up a stone, wrapped it and sank it to the bottom of the river, and then boarded the boat.

Since the person's name and address were recorded in the records, the King of Qi asked someone to bring the person over for questioning.

The man was the coachman of the businessman Wang Fu's family. He said: "The villain always goes to the river several times a month, because my young master is in love with a girl, and the villain sends him there every time. After the young master gets on the boat,

Because of the cold weather, the villain couldn't just sit in one place and wait, so he would bring a pot of wine, and after drinking it, he would walk around to beat the cold. The villain remembered that it was very cold that night and there were few guests, so he walked to the gatehouse.

When I was there, I saw a man in black running over on horseback. Most villains would not pay attention to this, but because he was wearing black clothes, the villain thought it was a little strange, so he took a few more glances. After all,

Anyone who comes to play here will dress up as much as possible. After he sank his black clothes to the bottom of the river, he got on the painting boat."

"Can you see his appearance clearly?" King Qi asked urgently.

The coachman shook his head, "I can't see clearly because the place where he is standing is relatively dark, but I can see that he has a jade ring on his thumb."

"Which boat did you board?"

"It should be Chun Niang's painting boat." The coachman thought for a while, "It might also be Mei Niang's boat. Anyway, it's just these two boats."

Fu Cheng was about to send someone to ask, but someone came to report the case, saying that Chun Niang from Xisu River was found dead in her home. It was Hua Fang's mother who discovered it. In addition to Chun Niang, even Chun Niang's serving maids were dead.

The body was stinking by the time he arrived, and it looked like he had been dead for more than three days.

When King Qi heard this, he couldn't help but feel discouraged. He finally found some information, but it was lost here.

Yu Wenhao took a closer look and said: "It took about three days for the person to die. In other words, Chun Niang was killed only after we found Lu Yuan's horse. The murderer knew the direction of our investigation very well."

"Fifth brother, I don't understand why the murderer wanted to get on the boat? Wouldn't it be better to just leave?" King Qi asked.

"At that time, the Ministry of War had already led people to chase him. He walked out injured. Once he encountered the pursuer, he would not be able to run away. It would be better to hide in the boat for a while and wait for the news to pass before leaving."

Yu Wenhao asked people to go to Chun Niang and fish out the black clothes from the river to see if there were any clues.

Chun Niang lived with her maid in a rented house by the West River. In the past, Chun Niang would receive guests in the boat and only go home to sleep during the day, rarely interacting with the surrounding people.

And everyone knows what she does for a living and generally doesn't like to associate with her.

Hua Fang's mother said that Chun Niang hadn't come for two days, and at that time she thought she was pregnant, because after picking up the guests that night, Chun Niang said she had a stomachache, so maybe she was pregnant.

The girl who painted the boat came to Yuexin to have a rest, so her mother did not rush her and just asked other girls to take the place of Chun Niang.

There are usually only one or two girls in this kind of small boat, and at most there are only three or four girls. However, because Chun Niang has good looks, good talents, and has regular patrons, she is basically the only girl in this small boat.

, she didn’t come to work, so she asked someone to take her place.

My mother went to Jingzhao Mansion to give a statement. She said that she was not painting the boat that day, so she did not see the strange guest.

Mother was also a little dissatisfied with Chun Niang and said: "Ever since I got married to a noble person, I have always asked for leave every now and then. I have asked for leave for seven or eight days in a row this month. I didn't expect that something like this would happen now. This is terrible.

What should I do? The money for the boat has not been paid off yet. I said at the beginning that I couldn't just use her alone. But now it's fine, and I still owe more than a thousand taels of silver that I haven't paid back. What should I do?"
Chapter completed!