Chapter 15 Silver Moon Tower
In ancient society without high-tech assistance, if you want to solve a case, in addition to surveying the scene, the most basic and effective way is to visit and investigate.
After all, the eyes of the masses are the best surveillance.
Jiang Shouzhong first asked the Jingxian County officials to find all the people who were in Yunchu Gambling House between late midnight and early Yinshi last night, and conduct transcripts and interrogations.
Then some people were sent to question the residents of Laoyanzi Street near the Taoist Temple and the watchman last night to see if they had heard anything.
He, Lu Renjia and Zhang Yunwu went to Ge Dasheng's home to investigate.
Ge Dasheng lives in Antai Lane.
This street is located in a relatively remote area of the outer city, adjacent to Haijiawan, the home of the Beggar Clan.
Compared with other prosperous areas, the living conditions here are very poor, mostly idle people from the bottom of society gather, and the public security is relatively poor.
Especially after the snow melts, the potholed streets are filled with mud, puddles and filth.
Houses are also mostly built with bricks, wood and straw. Several dilapidated shops were built along the street, with mottled thresholds and a vague haze.
Occasionally, a few barks of dogs came from the alley, making the whole street even more deserted.
"Sneeze!"
Lu Renjia, who was walking on the muddy road, sneezed, rubbed his nose vigorously and cursed in a low voice, "Grandma, I really don't want to come to a place like this."
Shi Fuyu, the head of the street who was responsible for leading the way, smiled and said:
"After all, the people living here are dirty people, so the smell is inevitable. Sometimes those stinky rats from the Beggar Clan will come here to dig holes and sell their stolen goods, which makes the smell even worse."
While talking, , a dozen children gathered around.
"Uncle, please give me something to eat."
"Uncle, I'm hungry."
"You can give me a little money."
"..."
The ragged children each held a broken bowl, most of them were children under ten years old. In this severe cold weather, I have frostbite on my hands.
“Go, go, let’s go!”
The director waved his hand impatiently to disperse the children.
Zhang Yunwu couldn't bear it. Just when he was about to take out a few coins from his arms, Lu Renjia grabbed his arm.
Lu Renjia glanced at the closed house next to the street and whispered: "If you give it to us, we can't leave. It's important to do business. Let's wait until one day when we have free time to relax."
Zhang Yunwu was confused. Look at Jiang Shouzhong.
Many times, he listened to Jiang Shouzhong's advice.
Because my mother once said that he is stupid and prone to darkness, so if he follows Brother Jiang, he will not get lost.
Jiang Shouzhong ignored him and looked around with his bright sharp eyes, as if observing something.
Seeing this, Zhang Yunwu had no choice but to give up.
At this moment, a luxurious carriage drove slowly from the other end of the street, attracting the attention of several people.
The carriage is made of fine red cherry wood, and the spokes of the wheels are cleverly inlaid with gold threads, showing wealth. In the bright sunshine, it shines brightly.
The carriage was surrounded by four guards in black.
The guards are all women.
It seemed very out of place for such a luxurious carriage to appear in such a dirty and dilapidated street.
When the children saw the carriage, they rushed around it like wolf cubs who smelled the fishy smell.
“Come back!”
Suddenly, a low-pitched order was shouted from a half-open door on the right.
The children were stunned and went back obediently.
"It's from Yinyue Tower."
The owner of the street looked nervous and hurriedly pulled the three people aside.
Lu Renjia’s expression changed.
Who in the capital has never heard of the name "Yinyue Tower".
There is only the silver moon in the sky and on earth.
As the largest secret force in the capital, its master behind the scenes can even hold the title of "Emperor of the Earth" at the feet of the emperor, which shows that he has a profound background and strong power.
The businesses involved in Yinyue Tower are both overt and covert, and spread throughout the entire continent.
Both black and white have to be a bit polite.
The wheels rolled over the slush and drove slowly past Jiang Shouzhong and the other four.
The cold and evil aura exuded by the four female guards gave people an invisible feeling of suffocation and depression. One of the female guards in black glanced at Jiang Shouzhong and the others with cold eyes, staring at them for a few seconds before withdrawing her frightening gaze.
Lu Renjia was even more nervous and did not dare to breathe.
The cold wind blew.
The golden tassels inlaid on the edges of the carriage curtains sway gently.
Jiang Shouzhong glanced up.
I only saw half of the snow-like pink neck in the carriage flashing away, and my skin was like gelatin.
Watching the Tu Emperor’s family’s luxurious carriage leave, the director of Antai Lane wiped the cold sweat from his head, and then brought Jiang Shouzhong and others to a dilapidated hut.
"Three adults, this is Ge Dasheng's home."
The frightened host's face was still a little pale, which showed how afraid he was of Yinyue Tower.
Jiang Shouzhong looked at the house with cracks in the walls.
A tattered curtain of indistinguishable color hung on the door of the hut, swaying in the cold wind.
Pushing the door open, a foul musty smell hit my face.
"Well, the holes made by mice in my Master A's house are not as bad as this shabby house." Lu Renjia covered his nose and pulled down the rag curtain, and opened the door to let in the moldy air.
The boss smiled and said: "This kid is a gambler. He spends more time in the gambling house than at home."
Jiang Shouzhong entered the house after the smell dissipated.
The room is dimly lit.
Except for some scattered daily necessities, there is no decent furniture, only a shabby bed in the corner.
The bedding on the bed is dirty and has not been tidied for a long time.
Jiang Shouzhong looked at the hut carefully and asked casually: "Has anyone else been to Ge Dasheng's house in the past few days?"
The principal shook his head, "I don't know about that. How about I ask the neighbors?”
Jiang Shouzhong waved his hand, "Old Zhang, you guys go together."
"Okay."
Zhang Yunwu responded and left with the principal.
Lu Renjia stood with one foot outside the threshold and looked at the direction in which the carriage disappeared. He frowned and said in confusion: "There might be a big shot sitting in that carriage in Yin Yue Tower, and he didn't know that there was such a mess. What to do in this broken place.”
“Just take care of our own affairs, why bother with so much.”
Seeing that the other party was still staring with his neck stretched out, Jiang Shouzhong kicked his butt and said, "Stop looking and search carefully to see if there are any clues in this room."
Lu Renjia stared, "Why don't you search "It's not like I have no skills."
Jiang Shouzhong pointed to his forehead and said angrily: "Don't you see that I am busy? How about you handle this case and I do the errands for you?"
"If you think it's dirty, just say so. Who doesn't know how to use your brain?"
Lu Renjia cursed, but he still rummaged through the messy hut honestly.
There is nothing he can do, he is really not as good as the other party in using his brain.
After turning the house upside down and finding no useful clues, Mr. Jia, who made himself smell bad, began to curse again.
About time for tea, Zhang Yunwu and the principal came back.
Zhang Yunwu walked to the stone steps and scraped the slush on the soles of his shoes, then entered the house and said, "Only He Daya has been here in the past two days, no one else has been here."
Jiang Shouzhong, who really couldn't stand the smell in the house, walked out of the hut and asked Zhang Yunwu: "Who is He Daya?"
"He is also a gambler."
The supervisor explained, "His wife hanged herself last year, leaving only a daughter at home. This guy used to have a good relationship with Ge Dasheng. The two often went out to gamble together, and later they had a falling out. Break up."
"Where is his home?"
"It's also in Antai Lane, not far from here."
Jiang Shouzhong patted Zhang Yunwu's sleeves off. With some dust on it, I looked back at the shabby hut, thought for a while, and said to the boss: "Take us there."
...
This area of residential houses is crisscrossed with alleys.
After turning two dirty narrow alleys, the group arrived at He Daya's residence, but were shocked to see the luxurious carriage from Silver Moon Tower parked in front of the courtyard gate.
The sound of men wailing and screaming for mercy came from the yard.
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