Chapter 242 Eyewitnesses
Just as he was thinking this, the carriage suddenly started to move.
None of them were on guard, and Hua Niangzi hurriedly hugged the baby in her arms tightly to avoid falling.
The curtains were lifted and the cold wind blew in.
With the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, a plain-colored figure appeared in the carriage.
"Mother!" Yuanyuan stretched out her little hand towards the visitor for a hug.
Shang Wan took her over, lowered his head and kissed her soft little face.
Yuanyuan hugged her mother's neck and looked curiously at the big cloth bag twisting on the ground with her big eyes.
"What is this?" Hua Niangzi was so frightened that she retracted her feet on the stool, hugged her knees and looked around.
Mrs. Lou stretched out her foot and kicked it. The bag twisted more and more violently, and a "Uh-huh" sound came out.
"Mom, it's a person!" Mrs. Lou almost jumped up in fright and quickly retracted her feet.
Madam Shu regained her composure, and leaned closer to Madam Hua, "Shopkeeper Shang, why did you kidnap someone back?"
"Oh, I caught him by chance." Shang Wan said with a calm expression, "Maybe he is the murderer."
Girls: "!!!"
murderer! ! !
Seeing the girls looking at him with wide eyes, Shang Wan explained: "There are too many officers and soldiers in the compound, so it is difficult to interrogate them and they are easy to be discovered."
Girls: "..."
Then there’s no need to tie him back!
This is a murderer! ! !
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The carriage sped all the way back to Hongmei Inn. Madam Lou ran up to the second floor and opened the window of Shang Wan's room.
Shang Wan jumped up to the second floor with a big bag on his shoulders, turned over and entered the window.
"Quick, quick, close the door and close the window!" Hua Niangzi said, closing the window quickly for fear of being discovered.
Mrs. Shu also quickly closed the door.
Mrs. Lou held Yuanyuan in her arms and stared nervously at the cloth bag on the ground.
Mrs. Meng was pulled over with a confused look on her face. She was in such a hurry, what happened?
Shang Wan knelt down and untied the zipper of the cloth bag, revealing the person inside.
A handsome-looking young man who looked a little frail.
The young man struggled all the way, and his head was already covered with sweat. His eyes were wide open, staring angrily at Shang Wan with red bloodshot eyes, and he kept making "uh uh" sounds from his tightly gagged mouth.
"Who is this?" Mrs. Meng was so shocked that she leaned back. Why did she come back with someone kidnapped after going out?
Madam Shu took her arm to the side and explained in a low voice.
After listening to the explanation, Madam Meng's doubtful eyes wandered between Shang Wan and the man.
"Don't scream if you want to die." Shang Wan pulled the cloth from the young man's mouth and raised his hands at the same time, as if the young man dared to beat her if he dared to shout.
The young man glanced at her hands, glared and asked coldly: "Who are you? Why did you tie me up?"
"It doesn't matter who I am." Seeing that he didn't shout, Shang Wan put his hand down and stared into his eyes, "Did you kill the fat cook?"
"No." The young man's eyes flashed slightly, but his tone was very sure.
Shang Wan looked at his expression and said, "Let me change the question. Did you see the murderer?"
"No." The young man denied without thinking, but his eyes averted, not daring to look at Shang Wan.
Seeing this, Shang Wan turned her wrist, and a black dagger appeared in her hand.
The dagger turned beautifully between his fingers, and Shang Wan's lips curved in a cold arc, "Those who lie will have their tongues cut out."
The cold edge gently traveled against the young man's warm cheek, leaving a thin scar.
A trace of bright red blood flowed down the wound. A slight sting came from the wound, and it felt like an ice cube was stuck to the skin, and it was bitingly cold. The young man's tense body couldn't help but shiver, and his eyes couldn't help but follow the dagger.
"I ask again, did you see the murderer?"
The young man bit his lip, looking at Shang Wan's eyes as if he were looking at a dead thing, and an infinite chill rose from the bottom of his heart.
This woman was not scaring him, she was really going to cut off his tongue or even kill him.
The women who were watching were all shocked by the sudden evil aura on Shang Wan. Shang Wan now looked more like a murderer than the young man.
Lady Hua opened her lips slightly and wanted to say something, but Lady Lou took her hand and shook her head at her.
Here, the young man couldn't stand the evil spirit that seemed to be real, and he said calmly: "I, I did see a figure, and it disappeared in a swish. I didn't see the face. I'm not sure whether that person was the murderer."
Shang Wan stared at him for a while, making sure he was telling the truth.
"What are the characteristics of that figure? Is it tall or short, fat or thin, is there any conspicuous feature?"
The young man lowered his eyes and said, "I only saw it once, but I didn't see it clearly."
"It seems you really don't want this tongue anymore." Shang Wan narrowed his eyes, and before the young man's lips and teeth closed, he stabbed it in with the tip of the dagger.
The young man's pupils were so frightened that he was about to shout, but his tongue was pressed against something cold and hard.
Shang Wan was very measured. Even though the dagger had touched the young man's lips and tongue, it didn't cause any damage.
The young man tried his best to open his eyes wide and looked at Shang Wan imploringly.
"It's just a matter of three, next time this dagger will cut off your head." Shang Wan turned the dagger gently, which frightened the young man so much that he opened his mouth wide and was so stiff that he didn't even dare to move his eyes.
With the dagger drawn out, Shang Wan grabbed the hem of the young man's clothes and wiped the saliva on it.
The young man's Adam's apple rolled and he swallowed, and said in a hoarse voice: "He is neither tall nor thin. That man is missing a piece of his left ear."
"Where is it missing?"
The young man wanted to raise his hand to signal, but his hands were tied behind his back and he couldn't move at all.
Shang Wan used a clean dagger to test his left ear, starting from the tip of the ear, "Here?"
"No, go down."
"Here?" The dagger came to the middle of the ear.
"Yes." The young man answered while nervously paying attention to Shang Wan's movements, fearing that Shang Wan might cut off his ear by accident.
Shang Wan has no such plan for the time being.
"Since you are not the murderer, why are you hiding?"
As the dagger left, the young man breathed a sigh of relief. After seeing Shang Wan's methods, he did not dare to hide it anymore. He said honestly: "I am afraid that the murderer will come back to find me, so I want to find a place to hide first and come out after the officers and soldiers have completed the search."
"Are you stupid?" Shang Wan looked at him speechlessly, "You are hiding if others are not hiding. There is no three hundred taels of silver here. Why don't you tell others clearly that you have a problem?"
The young man was stunned, is that so?
Shang Wan continued to ask: "Why didn't you tell the officers and soldiers that you saw the murderer?"
"I didn't see it clearly, and no one testified for me. I was worried that they would regard me as the murderer."
This reason makes sense.
Shang Wan said: "Last question, what are you responsible for in the caravan?"
"Keeping accounts." The young man replied, "I am responsible for the accounts of the caravan. The owner wanted to sell the caravan and ordered me to handle the accounts. I was tired of doing the accounting and went out for a walk. Unexpectedly, I happened to see a figure. Get out of the house."
There was a look of fear in the young man's eyes, "I'm worried that he has seen me and will come back to kill me and silence me."
The girls looked at each other. If they were in the same situation as young people, they would probably find a place to hide or run away directly. Nothing is more important than their lives.
"Help me." Shang Wan put his hand on the young man's shoulder, smiling sweetly and kindly.
youth:"???"
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