Chapter 377

He has rich experience in arresting and investigating cases. He looked at the names of the two and said, "This Yang Ming took the public inspection to the Yamen to stamp it, but as for this Li Qi, he didn't have it."

"How does the head catcher know?" Xiao Tuo asked.

"Because Mr. Hucao has been ill these few days, and the humble job just happened to have no tasks, so the lord transferred the humble job to the household registration office. The humble job is very sure, and he has not surpassed Li Qi. Moreover, you see, Li Qi's public inspection was only yesterday. I went to the Yamen to build it. How could the humble officer not remember what happened yesterday? Moreover, it says that he is from Zhangzhou, and he needs to pass through seven state capitals all the way to Beijing, but he only has three state capital seals, which means , His public inspection is forged, why did he forge the public inspection? Because he is a local, but all foreigners must have the public inspection, only the locals do not."

Xiao Tuo immediately asked the shopkeeper, "Do you still remember this Li Qi's appearance?"

"Remember, remember." The shopkeeper said quickly.

Xiaoer also said: "Your servant will also remember."

Liu Yue heard from the side, "Is this the one who lives next door to me? I remember it too. I've seen him twice."

"That's good, ask an artist to draw his appearance immediately." Xiao Tuo said.

Liu Yue said: "Why bother? I will draw it myself."

Her painting skills have improved recently, which can be verified.

"You?" Xiao Tuo looked at her in disbelief.

"certainly."

Xiaoer Zhang Luohao's study room, Liuyue recalled the person's appearance, and swiped a pen.

After a while, she picked up the scroll and handed it to Xiao Tuo. Xiao Tuo looked at it, frowned, and then showed it to the shopkeeper and Xiao Er, "Does it look like it?"

The shopkeeper and Xiao Er were taken aback for a moment, then shook their heads together, "It's not like that."

Liu Yue snatched it back and said angrily, "What's different? I look like it."

The shopkeeper said: "The eyebrows are not so dark, the face is not so square, and the eyes are not so big."

Xiao Tuo was speechless, and said to the head catcher: "You go and invite the painter, I'll go back and report to the lord first, when the time comes, we'll meet at the princess mansion."

Liu Yue packed up her things, looked at the portrait again, and found that it really didn't look like it, so she followed Xiao Tuo in desperation.

Xiao Er and the shopkeeper will naturally follow back. Three of them have seen the thief before, so this portrait should be very accurate.

Xiao Tuo and others returned to Prince Liang's Mansion, and everyone had already moved to the Princess Mansion, so they had no choice but to go to the Princess Mansion again.

When Murong Jie and Zi'an heard that the horns of the blood antelope were gone, they all changed their colors.

As soon as he asked about the situation, Su Qing brought Xia Lin, and Xia Lin also brought Yuan Cuiyu, Yuan Cuiyu accompanied him, and also wanted to visit the princess.

Prince An said: "Since someone has seen the thief, let's call it Cui Yuhua. She must be better at painting than the painter."

Murong Jie looked at his mother-in-law, "What do you mean?" He knew that she hadn't painted for a long time, so he didn't know if she would.

Yuan Cuiyu's heart knot was untied long ago, she said: "Yes."

Seeing that she agreed, Prince An quietly breathed a sigh of relief. He had always hoped that she could paint again, because it meant that she had abandoned the sad things in the past.

Yuan Cuiyu asked the three of them separately about Li Qi's appearance, and what the three said was somewhat different.

Murong Jie frowned and said, "It's clearly the same person, why did they say something different? How does this make the county master draw?"

Yuan Cuiyu smiled, "It doesn't matter, just integrate it."

In fact, the three of them said the same thing, but there was a problem with the expression. Yuan Cuiyu used to draw portraits for a period of time before.

I saw that she outlined an outline with a few strokes, and the outline must be correct, because all three of them said in unison that it was a face with Chinese characters, eyebrows, eyes, nose, and lips. His eyes are big, but Xiao Er says they are not very big, because he sees a lot of people every day, and he must have seen many people with big eyes, so he thinks that Li Qi's eyes are not particularly big.

After the painting was finished, Yuan Cuiyu handed the portrait to Xiao Tuo, and Xiao Tuo unfolded it in front of the three of them. The three of them were dumbfounded, pointing to the portrait and saying, "That's right, it's him, exactly the same."

Liu Yue was shocked at Yuan Cuiyu, she admired and said: "You have never seen him before, how can you draw such a resemblance?"

Yuan Cuiyu smiled, "Ordinary people have two eyes, a nose and a mouth, but the sizes are different, so it's not strange to draw them."

Xiao Tuo handed the portrait to the headhunter, and Murong Jie ordered, "Even if you dig three feet into the ground, you have to find this man, quickly."

"Yes, my lord!" The head catcher took orders and left.

Murong Jie personally gave the order, the yamen dare not be negligent, in addition to the yamen, there are patrols and guards also dispatched together, we must find this person in a short time.

Sure enough, there was news the next day.

After arresting this person, Liu Yue recognized him at a glance, "It's him!"

The man had bruises on his face, so he must have been tortured. The head arrester reported: "My lord, this man is called Zhang Qi. He is an exile in the market. He has confessed that he stole the horns of the blood antelope. The horn was given to the person who ordered him."

"Who ordered you to steal the blood antelope horn?" Murong Jie asked coldly.

Zhang Qi knelt on the ground, begging for mercy, "Your Majesty, the villain is only collecting money from people, and he doesn't know him. Come to the inn to check in, and then wait for the opportunity to steal the antelope horns from the next room, and after that, you can give the villain a hundred taels of silver, and the villain agreed because he was greedy for money."

"Who ordered you?" Murong Jie asked coldly as if he hadn't heard his excuse.

"The villain said, the villain doesn't know him, he came to find him himself." Zhang Qi argued.

Murong Jie raised his head slowly, his lips curled up with a touch of coldness, "Take him into the execution room, first chop off his fingers, if you still don't say anything, then chop off his toes one by one."

"yes!"

Zhang Qi was so frightened that he kowtowed repeatedly, "My lord, please forgive me, I really don't know, I have never seen this person before, please forgive me."

"Take it down!" Murong Jie snapped.

Xiao Tuo immediately dragged Zhang Qi down, Zhang Qi turned around and begged for mercy, looking really wronged.

Liu Liu couldn't bear it, said: "My lord, maybe he really doesn't know."

Before Murong Jie could speak, Liu Yue said: "This grandson must know that he is lying."

Liu Liu asked, "How do you know he's lying?"

Liu Yue snorted and said, "It's obvious at a glance. If he doesn't know this person, why is there only one word difference between the public test and him? It proves that the person who forged the public test knew him a long time ago and knew his name. Of course, this It can be said that the other party knows him, and he doesn't know the other party, but his eyes are dodging and his face is guilty, it is obvious that he is hiding something, I can see people very accurately, this cannot be wrong, I believe the prince thinks so too."

Murong Jie nodded, and looked at Liuyue appreciatively, "That's right, it seems that the leader of the Salt Gang really lives up to his reputation."

Zi'an laughed, these big men are very obscene in private life, but when it comes to serious business, each one is better than the other.