Song Yichang shook his head and went into the prison. He sat down facing Xiao Rong and said, "Brother Xiao, don't panic. I am Bai Yijie's friend. Yijie believes that Brother Xiao is definitely not a villain who can harm human life for the sake of face, so he asked me to rush to Daye to find out."

When Xiao Rong saw Song Yichang say this, he felt a little calmer, but then lowered his eyelids and said in a frustrated voice: "It's useless. I'm the last person to see the dead, and no one will believe what I say again."

"You must always sigh like this," Song Yichang said with his eyes narrowed, "I can see nothing except that you are a left-handed, have poor knowledge, like to eat candied fruits, and have a sweetheart who has made a private promise to kiss you. How can I help you clear your suspicion?"

Xiao Rong was shocked. Song Yichang had never met him, but suddenly said these things, which caught him off guard.

Song Yichang saw the position of his jade pendant, the traces of honey at the corner of his mouth, and the purse hidden under the corner of his clothes.

"Let me do this, let me talk about the situation of this case first." Song Yichang said: "If you don't know anything, please add it. About half a month ago, a murder occurred in a house on East Street, Daye County. According to the records of the local government office, even in recent years, this is a relatively prominent case in Daye County. The owner of this house was a family named Zhao who moved from Xuzhou five years ago to avoid war. According to his own introduction, he was a big businessman who made porcelain in Xuzhou. He had a wealth of wealth in his family. After arriving in Daye County, he was also kind and generous, and had a good relationship with his neighbors."

Xiao Rong nodded silently.

"The owner of this house, Zhao Tianren, also does a number of transactions, including selling wood. After his wood was collected, he placed it in the timber yard in the backyard. At the second update of the day, the neighbors saw that the fire in Zhao's house was on fire, and while he was rushing to help put out the fire, he notified the yamen to come to rescue. However, the Zhao family bought extremely dry high-quality wood, and the officers and soldiers of the yamen and neighbors could not save it. He watched the whole pile of wood burned into carbon slag before it was extinguished. The yamen asked the owner of this house to ask questions and investigate the fire.

The reason for this was that the owner of the house was missing and there was no trace inside and outside. The yamen runners found traces of fierce fighting in the master's study, and found that the secret lattice used by the owner to hide important items was opened. It was said that a treasure had been taken away by someone. A piece of inkstone stained with a small amount of blood was extracted at the scene of the crime. After investigation, it was found that the owner had received a guest overnight that night. The inkstone was proven by the servant to be the one that was carried by the guest."

"This guest," Song Yichang stared at Xiao Rong and said slowly, "It is Mr. Xiao Rong, the only grandson of Xiao Zhongkui, the richest family in Daye County."

"The yamen said that they had strong evidence that Mr. Xiao Rong had robbed money and killed people because of his anger. Therefore, he arrested Mr. Xiao first. In the subsequent further on-site investigation, evidence that was more unfavorable to Mr. Xiao was found. On the road leading to the timber farm in the study, blood was found and traces of dragging heavy objects forward. Sure enough, the burned and broken corpse was found in the ash pile of embers of the timber farm. The yamen organized the case based on these clues. It should be that the victim was hit by an inkstone in the study and killed him on the spot. The suspect pried open the secret lattice and took away the treasure, and then dragged the corpse to the pile of wood to burn the corpse to destroy the traces."

"That's right." said the head of the ban: "The constable reached a conclusion at that time. Mr. Xiao's crime as the biggest suspect was almost confirmed."

Song Yichang smiled meaningfully: "There are several points in between that that are worthy of careful consideration."

"I said that I didn't kill Mr. Zhao at all!" Xiao Rong said loudly: "All this was framed by someone!"

"Then." Song Yichang signaled him to calm down and said slowly: "You just tell me this question that has many doubts, okay?"

"State in advance, Mr. Zhao and I didn't know each other before." Xiao Rong said: "But we all know each other's names for a while. He and I like to enjoy strange stones. What I say is the kind that is particularly obsessed with."

"We like to play with stones. There is a meeting place in Daye County. We have always booked a restaurant in Daye County as an event location, and we often gather together to enjoy the strange stones. This Zhao Weng has many rare and interesting strange stones in his home and often display them at parties. But every time I go to a party, I always pass by him. It was not until the party the day before the incident that I could see the true appearance of this collector who is known as the Stone King."

"Then what does this Zhao Wengsheng look like?" Song Yichang asked with interest.

"To be honest, the impression he gave is not eye-catching." Xiao Rong seriously recalled the scene at that time: "He is very small and a little vulgar, like a marten hiding himself under a gorgeous brocade dress. But when it comes to his collection, it is really amazing. He took three-dimensional stones that day, either majestic or exquisite or elegant, they are all rare products in the world."

Speaking of stone, Xiao Rong's eyes also lit up: "At that time, he stared at me, as if he was very happy. He told me that there was also a top-notch Shoushan stone in his home, which was a battle between dragons and tigers, and it was natural and extremely majestic."

"'That's so precious, I don't dare to show it to others easily,' he said."

"I said: 'It would be great if my uncle was there. He could see these stones of Mr. Zhao, but he still didn't know how happy he would be!"

"When it comes to this, my uncle is playing for Meng Dashang in Huangzhou. He is like me, a stone crazy person." Xiao Rong couldn't help but smile when he mentioned this uncle who was just like him.

"Then, Mr. Zhao invited me to his house to appreciate and play with this strange stone. But he regarded the strange stone as his life and would never take it out to watch during the day. He had to wait until the lamp was used to allow me to visit his house. So after I waited for the lamp, I went to the Zhao family mansion to visit..."

"Who is the one who opened the door for you?" Song Yichang asked suddenly.

"Is a middle-aged servant who looks quite strong."

"I think it's this person who accused Brother Xiao later." Song Yichang turned his head and asked the head of the team, who nodded to show his recognition.

"Stay on." Song Yichang said to Xiao Rong, and there was no sign of joy or sorrow on his face.

"The woman led me directly to the master's study. Weng Zhao was waiting for me in the study. When the maid left, he carefully closed the doors and windows. He moved the museum rack away, stretched out his hand and pushed the machine, revealing a secret wall."

"The secret grid is the strange stone. To be honest, don't look at me at the age of young. I have seen no more than 10,000 stones. I have never seen such a rare and magnificent strange stone. I believe that among the stones in the world, there will never be a second one that can be compared with it."

Song Yichang nodded simply. Obviously, he was not concerned about the rare stone, but just asked lightly: "When did you see it later?"

"When I encounter this kind of world-class masterpiece, I will definitely want to play and appreciate it. If I talk about my own nature, I am afraid that I will not be able to do it even if I hold it in my hand for three days and three nights. Unfortunately, Mr. Zhao is extremely stingy with this treasure. I only played with it for more than an hour, and he urged me to go back."

"'If you like it, I will always invite you to play around in the future. Why bother to rush today?' He said and pushed me out. I begged him a few times, but it didn't work. I could only say goodbye. When I left, the Shoushan stone was placed on the table and not taken back into the secret wall. I said goodbye to Zhao Zhai and quietly returned home because I was afraid of returning home late. I also secretly opened the side door with the configured key and slipped back to my room."

"So, when will you go home, none of your family can prove it?"

Xiao Rong nodded awkwardly.

"This is the general process of the matter." The head of the troupe said: "The county magistrate and the constable all construed that Mr. Xiao's words were not credible. The fact was very simple. After seeing the strange Shoushan Stone, Mr. Xiao could not resist the temptation of the strange Stone and tried to take it for himself. So he took advantage of the inkstone and hit Zhao Weng on the head with an inkstone to kill him, dragged the body into the wood farm in the back garden to burn the corpse and cover up the crime, and then fled with the Shoushan Stone."

Song Yichang smiled and said, "The analysis is reasonable, but afterwards, searched the Xiao family and the young master's room for details, and did not find that precious stone."

"Since the murderer dared to light the fire and burn the body, of course he would think that the government would conduct a large-scale search and it would be very likely to hide the stone elsewhere."

Song Yichang smiled and said, "That's how this case is simple. But I always feel that it seems a bit too simple. Just imagine if it were the head of the team, would you commit a crime when the master clearly invited you to appreciate the stones when a witness saw you enter the master's study? Wouldn't that be a clear notice to the government that you are the only suspect? Another point is that since the murderer thought of burning the body to cover up the evidence, why would he leave the inkstone as a clue so panickedly? To be honest, this doesn't make sense at all."

"There is nothing to explain. Young Master Xiao killed someone for the first time and was inevitably panicked. It is reasonable to forget to clean up the inkstone. Besides, you can't find any other possible criminal except Young Master Xiao."
Chapter completed!