Chapter 79: The Inn Was Murdered

  The weather is very pleasant at the end of summer and beginning of autumn. The streets of Tianchang County are bustling with activity at all times.

  The news of a tyrannical chief clerk arriving in Tianchang County spread throughout the entire county within half a day, and everyone who heard it dared to be angry but not dare to speak.

  If it were an ordinary steward, they would have made a big fuss about it long ago. But this steward has someone backing him up, and the person behind him is not even afraid of Bao Quan. What can ordinary people do?

  They sometimes wonder, if this clerk has committed a crime, would Bao Zheng truly be impartial and fair?

  The next morning, Hualang and others got up and decided to go to the Gongsun medicine shop to take a look. If Wang Song came to make trouble, they would tell him that even if Wang Song's father was the prime minister, he dared to kill him with his understanding of Bao Zheng.

  But they had not left the detective agency when they saw a yamen runner hastily running towards them. The runner was in such a hurry that he didn't stop to catch his breath, and anxiously said: "Flower... Master Flower, something big has happened... Wang, the chief clerk, has been killed... murdered at the inn."

  Upon hearing this news, everyone was shocked at first, although also delighted. Wang Song is dead, such a person should have died long ago.

  However, they were delighted but did not show it, and instead hurriedly asked: "Isn't the Wang Zhubu in the government office? How can he die in an inn?"

  At this time, the yamen runner's breathing had stabilized, and he said: "That Wang Zhubu looked down on the living conditions of the yamen and insisted that he wanted to live outside. It's possible that he hasn't found a house yet, so he's temporarily staying at an inn."

  "After a moment's thought, the flower boy immediately said: 'Take us to see!'"

  The yamen runner nodded and said as he walked: "Magistrate Bao is already at the scene. He's the one who told me to come find you."

  It's a big case, and the deceased is the son of Wang De, the governor of Qingzhou. This makes the case even bigger, and Hualang feels a hint of unease.

  That was a hostel called Ke Si Fang, the hostel had two floors in total. The upper floor provided accommodation, and the lower floor was the kitchen and dining area. Ke Si Fang Hostel has always been very popular and expensive because everything here is of the highest quality.

  It's very comfortable living here, no wonder Wang Song refused to live in the county government office and chose to live here instead.

  Wang Song's room was the first one at the corner of the second floor, and several yamen runners were already standing here. At this time, Bao Zheng was searching for clues in the room. After Hua Lang led his men in, Bao Zheng hurriedly came forward and said: "Brother Hua, you've finally arrived."

  Hualang roughly swept around and said: "Brother Bao, have you found anything?"

  Bao Zheng nodded: "There is no sign of a fight in the room, it seems that after the murderer came in, he succeeded with one knife and then escaped by breaking the ship."

  After Bao Gong finished speaking, Hua Lang observed the room and found that there was indeed no sign of fighting in the room. The window facing the street was wide open, and it seemed that the murderer had jumped out from here after committing the crime.

  But all of this is just a facade. Huā Láng feels that things won't be so simple, Wáng Sōng is not an ordinary person, how could the murderer kill him easily?

  At this time, Wang Song's body was lying on the bed, his clothes were a bit disheveled, or it could be said that they were almost ***, and on his chest, a dagger was inserted, the dagger was cold to the touch, but it looked very ordinary, it was hard to tell anything from it.

  Hualang came to the bedside to examine the body, vaguely feeling that something was not right, raised his head and glanced at Wenmeng and Huawan'er, then shook his head and re-examined the body.

  The dagger was wiped on his chest, and the blood from the wound flowed out, staining his clothes red. However, the amount of blood that flowed out wasn't much. The corpse had already stiffened and turned cold. Huā Láng used a silver needle to examine his throat and found that the needle had turned black. Everyone who saw this was shocked.

  After the examination, Hualang got up from the bed and said: "From the stiffness of the corpse, Wang Song was killed at midnight yesterday. However, Wang Song was not stabbed to death with a dagger, but died of poisoning. Although there is a dagger on the deceased's body, I believe it must have been inserted after the deceased's death, because the blood flowing from the deceased's body is not much. If Wang Song had not died at that time, his struggles would have caused a lot of bleeding, even covering his entire body and the bedside. But look, the blood only flowed so little."

  Everyone nodded slightly in agreement, but there was a bit of confusion. At this time, Wen Meng hurriedly asked: "Was the murderer one or two? If the murderer had already poisoned Wang Song to death, why did he stab him again?"

  At this point, Hualang also couldn't explain it, and what he currently knew was still too little.

  After a long while, the flower boy continued: "By Wang Song's bedside, I smelled a faint jasmine fragrance, which means that there was a woman here last night. Where is Wang Song's follower, Doggie He?"

  When the crowd heard Hualang's words, they finally understood why Hualang was staring at Wenmeng and Huawanyu earlier. He had smelled a fragrance in the room, but there were only two women in the entire room, Wenmeng and Huawanyu. If the fragrance didn't belong to either of them, then it must have been left behind by another woman who was here last night.

  Everyone searched everywhere but couldn't find any trace of the dog. Bao Zheng saw this and immediately ordered a search for the dog.

  At this time, Bao Gong asked: "If a woman enters the inn, the people in the inn must be clear. Why don't we ask the old boss of the inn?"

  Before long, the innkeeper was summoned by the bailiffs. The innkeeper was a fat man and he was very nervous at this time. After arriving on the second floor, he was so afraid that he didn't dare to say a word. Hua Lang saw this and smiled faintly: "Innkeeper, don't be afraid. If it wasn't you who killed the person, County Magistrate wouldn't blame you. Today I called you here just to ask you a few questions. Yesterday night, was there a woman who came looking for Wang Song?"

  The inn owner nodded repeatedly: "That's right, there was a beautiful woman who came to find Wang Song, but the woman was brought by Wang Song's followers, we don't know that woman."

  "Do you still remember what that woman looked like?"

  "She's beautiful, and that woman looks very pretty, giving people a sense of elegance."

  Such adjectives are as good as nothing. The flower gentleman was somewhat angry and said angrily: "Describe the woman in more detail, don't use adjectives."

  The innkeeper was frightened, nodded repeatedly and said: "That woman has a melon-shaped face, her eyebrows are like distant ink, her small mouth is like a cherry, her eyes are big, and there is a mole at the corner of her eyebrow, which adds to her charm."

  Listening to the boss's narrative, he is extremely knowledgeable and interested in women. Hualang smiled faintly in his heart, a boss of an inn, who can also be considered as a rich man, going out to play with women, understanding more about them, it's not impossible at all.

  A woman with a mole at the corner of her eyebrow should be easy to find.