Infinite Cafetaria Chapter 372

Chapter 372 The non-existent murderer

Hearing these words, Chen Er's face suddenly changed and he shouted, "Woman, don't talk nonsense!"

The beautiful middle-aged woman suddenly didn't dare to speak anymore after being yelled at by him, and shrank back behind the sick man.

When Gu Qingyi saw this, he stepped in front of her and said, "Don't be afraid, as long as I'm here, no one will dare to touch you!"

After saying that, she asked the middle-aged beautiful woman, "Sister, besides Mr. Shen, did you see anyone else going out?"

"Ah, I don't know about the others. I went to bed after feeding." The beautiful middle-aged woman whispered.

Gu Qingyi combined Chen Er's previous remarks with the middle-aged beautiful woman's words.

If someone else left the ruined temple after Shen Zhou, the people from Xingtong Escort Bureau had no reason to hide it.

Because even if this can't completely eliminate Shen Zhou's suspicion, it can at least help more people share the pressure.

It seems that the case is very clear. Unless there is a killer lurking outside the temple, Shen Zhou is the murderer of He Qisheng.

Thinking of this, Gu Qingyi's eyes towards Shen Zhou became colder.

Shen Zhou's heart also sank, and he hurriedly said, "Okay, I did go out in the middle of the night, but it was because I was worried that the heavy rain would cause flash floods and destroy the plank road in front, delaying tomorrow's trip.

"I didn't see He Shaoxia after I went out. Chen Er just lied for me. I just don't want you to doubt me."

"How are you going to prove it?"

Shen Zhou thought for a while, "I went out to investigate and found footprints. Although some of them may have been washed away by the heavy rain, some are still there."

When Gu Qingyi heard what he said, he didn't think nonsense, and immediately walked out of the temple.

As expected, there were many messy footprints scattered in the open space in front of the temple.

Because it rained heavily tonight, the previous footprints and horse hoof prints had been almost washed away, and now only four kinds of footprints could be identified, all of which were left recently.

The two Songxi Sword Sect disciples first stepped forward to identify their own footprints. There were two remaining footprints. Ma Lu took off one of He Qisheng's boots, and the shape and size matched one of the series of footprints.

And the last kind of footprints left is that of Shen Zhou.

The string of footprints was indeed what Shen Zhou said. After leaving the ruined temple, he headed south all the way to the plank road, turned around and then returned to the temple.

Although there are some interruptions in the middle, the movement trajectory is still very clear.

Gu Qingyi checked the footprints and found that Shen Zhou had indeed never been behind the ruined temple as he said.

On the other hand, looking at He Qisheng's footprints, he went straight to the back wall when he left the house. It seemed that he was indeed going there for convenience.

From this point of view, the two of them went out one after the other, but they really didn't run into each other.

Hey, could it be that He Qisheng was really killed by someone outside the temple?

Gu Qingyi frowned, but except for the footprints of He Qisheng and the two Songxi Sword Sect disciples, there was no fourth kind of footprints under the back wall.

It can't be an internal fight between the Songxi Sword Sect, right?

Gu Qingyi looked at the two Songxi Sword Sect disciples with a strange expression.

The tall and thin disciple said with a dark face, "Gu Shenqi, what do you think we mean? Are we suspecting that we murdered our senior brother?"

Gu Qingyi did think so, mainly because judging from the footprints, there was no one else nearby.

Unless He Qisheng committed suicide, they are the two senior brothers who are most likely to be suspected.

Fortunately, Malu spoke again at this time, "Apart from Shen Biaotou and these two young heroes from the Songxi Sword Sect, there may not be anyone else who has been here."

"Ah?" Gu Qingyi was a little surprised, "You mean that the man named Chen Er of Xingtong Escort Agency lied again?" Chen Er immediately said, "I didn't lie. I didn't see anyone else during the night watch. When people go out, I think... He Shaoxia must have been killed by someone ambushing outside the temple! "

Ma Lu said, "Don't be so sure. I slept late last night and saw you keeping vigil. When you were keeping vigil, you faced the temple gate, right?"

"That's right." Chen Er nodded, "So if someone comes in or out, I will definitely be able to see it."

"But what if that person doesn't take the main entrance?"

"Um?"

"This is a ruined temple," Ma Lu said. "The ruined temple means that the temple has many holes. I walked around the temple before and found that there were holes in the walls and roof.

"If someone got out of these holes, you wouldn't be able to see them."

"This..." Chen Er hesitated, "Actually, I don't stare at the front door all the time. I look around every once in a while."

"But your attention is mainly focused on the people in the world, and even though there is a fire in the temple, you should be able to see three to four feet away from the fire. No matter how far away, you can only see a Probably the outline.”

"You mean..." Gu Qingyi raised his eyebrows.

"That old beggar." Ma Lu said, "Since I entered the temple, he has been lying motionless in the corner with a straw mat covering him. Most people will ignore his existence.

"If he sneaked out of the hole in the middle of the night, Brother Chen who was keeping watch at night would probably not notice him, because no one would pay attention to whether there was anyone else under the straw mat."

"Well, I really didn't pay much attention to the situation over there..." Chen Er admitted after recalling it.

"But there are no footprints of his here." Gu Qingyi's brows were still furrowed.

Malu raised his head and glanced at the roof, then asked Gu Qingyi, "If someone uses a hidden weapon to launch a sneak attack here and duel with He Shaoxia in a private mode, will the duel take place above or below?"

"In this case, it should be below." Gu Qingyi said, "Because the hidden weapon came into contact with He Shaoxia below, so the location of the battle is also below. If the attacker chooses the private mode, we in the temple will not be able to hear the sound of the battle. But they still leave footprints on the ground."

"Huh?" Malu was also stunned.

Mainly because he has just come into contact with the rules of this world and only has a partial understanding of many things.

But this way his reasoning was stuck, because if there was a sneak attack and the battle happened below, it would still leave traces.

Could it be that He Qisheng really committed suicide, or was he killed by two of his classmates?

There seems to be no other explanation besides this, but Malu still feels that there is a big problem with the old beggar.

Gu Qingyi obviously noticed this, and all other clues were cut off at this moment, so she decided to try her luck with the old beggar.

At least Malu's analysis in the first half is quite reasonable.

Everyone returned to the temple. Gu Qingyi walked to the corner where the old beggar was huddled and called softly.

"Old sir, wake up. I have something to ask you."

She shouted three times in a row, and raised her voice the last two times, but there was no response from the figure under the straw mat.

Gu Qingyi reached out and patted the old beggar on the shoulder, but the latter remained motionless.

Finally, the tall and thin disciple of the Songxi Sword Sect became impatient and lifted him up from under the straw mat, "Old man, you are pretending to be deaf and mute, right? Gu Shen is asking you a question..."

However, his voice stopped abruptly the next moment, because he was shocked to realize that the old beggar was already dead.

(End of chapter)

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