Chapter 26 - Who Said The Case Was Solved? (1/2)

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Furthermore, Chen Shaojun might even be involved in this.

Constable Ye glanced at Chen Shaojun and did not suspect anything. He quickly asked the next person.

Some people mentioned the scar-faced man, but it was just a normal transaction. No one would think that he was the murderer.

After collecting the evidence, Constable Ye didn’t find anything. Then, he asked casually, “Is everyone in your pawnshop here?”

“There are still the three official pawnbrokers, but they usually come after noon.”

“Oh right, there’s also the kitchen helper. He said that he ate something bad and hasn’t been here for two days.”

Constable Liu naturally didn’t dare to hide anything in front of the official.

“The kitchen helper? Who’s that?”

Constable Ye’s eyes lit up, thinking that he had found some clues.

“He’s Liu’er. However, he’s just a crippled old man. He shouldn’t have anything to do with this, right?”

Shopkeeper Liu explained.

“We can only know whether he was related to the incident after investigating.”

Then, Constable Ye asked for Liu’er’s address and rushed over.

Recently, many incidents had happened in the pawnshop. Thus, Shopkeeper Liu was also worried that there would be more incidents in the future. After warning everyone not to go out for no reason, he left in a hurry.

“Who do you think killed Mr. Shen?”

“Who knows?”

“Perhaps he had provoked some powerful person?”

“No matter what, he’s our pawnshop’s ticketing manager. He has plenty of money. Thus, it’s very normal for strong people to attack him because he’s rich.”

“I heard that Ticketing Manager Shen was originally a poor scholar. He had only entered our pawnshop for a few years, but he had already bought a large house with two entrances and two exits. It is indeed very easy for him to be targeted.”

“Then could he have offended someone?”

“After all, Ticketing Manager Shen is famous for being petty.”

“The slightest mistake from us apprentice pawnbrokers could result in his vengeance.”

“The previous incident that involved Zhang Wang was a lesson to everyone… Perhaps he provoked someone he shouldn’t have provoked and that person got his revenge?”

A group of apprentices gathered together and discussed animatedly.

There were also people who thought of Zhang Wang, who had been infused with a baleful aura a few days ago and whose life and death were currently unknown. They could not help but speak out in grief.

Did they feel sadness or pity?

Not at all.

Shen Lang was usually serious, petty, and vengeful. He also controlled the life and death of the apprentices to a certain extent. Everyone respected and feared him. Although they would not gloat over his death, they would not pity him at all.

“However, why did Lame Liu’er suddenly fall ill?”

“I’m not sure.”

“I haven’t seen him for the past few days and I was still feeling a little apprehensive. I never expected him to be sick.”

“What other reason could there be? Isn’t it because of his dead dog?”

“Its death was so strange. I think it either met an evil spirit or encountered a ghost.”

“Lame Liu’er is stingy and gluttonous, so he definitely couldn’t bear to bury the dog. He probably stewed the dog meat and ate it all. How could he not fall sick?”

“He’s lucky he didn’t die from an illness.”

It was Xu Hongtao who came over and said with a grin.

Although Xu Hongtao’s status was slightly higher than the apprentices and servants, he usually did not put on airs. Furthermore, he had traveled extensively in his early years and was very knowledgeable. Therefore, everyone was also willing to chat with him.

“The dog either met an evil spirit or encountered a ghost?”

“It was broad daylight at that time. How could there be ghosts?”

Some people immediately became curious.

The strangeness of that time made everyone mutter inwardly.

“Why not?”

“The reason why you don’t usually see them is that we are currently in the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty.”

“Do you know how many masters and experts there are in the capital?”

“There are many martial saints and Dao lords.”

“With them around, all demons and monsters would naturally retreat.”

“However, this doesn’t mean that there aren’t any demons or ghosts.”

“You should know that when I ventured into the pugilistic world, I went straight into the Ghost Realm. I’ve seen a ghost bridge get married, ghosts carrying a coffin, and a ghost seducing another ghost.”

Xu Hongtao spoke eloquently as he took this opportunity to recount his early years of experience.