When she came back yesterday, the housekeeper had already told Mrs. Xiahou about Qiu Wuhen's refusal of the gold. Mrs. Xiahou thought that there were outsiders at that time and it was not convenient to accept it. There was no one else at home today, so she would accept it. Unexpectedly, she still refused outright.

He even half-truthfully threatened to charge a hundred times the money. Of course, he was shocked. I couldn't help but feel grateful and awe in my heart, and I didn't dare to give him any more money.

At the same time, Mrs. Xiahou was anxiously thinking about how she could express her gratitude if she refused to accept this yellow and white thing. However, since Mr. Qiu would stay for a few more days, there was no need to panic about this matter and she would slowly think of a solution.

that is.

Qiu Wuhen returned to the room and drank a sip of hot tea first. After breakfast and having hot tea to warm up his body, he felt much better. So he asked the maid to call the housekeeper and asked him: "Do you know

I wonder which blacksmith shop in the city sells Chua’s knives?”

"Cai's knives?" The housekeeper was stunned for a moment, then said with an apologetic smile, "One of our master's blacksmith shops sold Cai's knives. This blacksmith's shop originally belonged to a blacksmith named Cai. Later, he sold the blacksmith shop after he left Yunduan County. Mr.

I bought it. Because Cai's knives are quite famous in Yunduan County, I have kept this name. Why did Mr. Qiu suddenly think of asking this?"

Qiu Wuhen's heart trembled. No wonder Yao Hulu asked him to investigate this case thoroughly before he could give him a way to treat Xia Houtian. As expected, there was a close relationship between the two.

Qiu Wuhen said calmly: "Please take me there."

The housekeeper quickly agreed, told his maid a few words and then took him out.

The store is not far from Xia Mansion. It can be reached on foot, so there is no need to take a car.

This iron shop sells all kinds of iron knives, including some daggers and other weapons.

Qiu Wuhen found a place that sold kitchen knives. There was a row of kitchen knives of various types, including those for cutting meat, ones for deboning, and ones specialized in chopping vegetables.

Qiu Wuhen quickly found a kitchen knife that was the same as the one in the coffin. It seemed that they were made in batches, and the styles were similar in weight and size. Of course, ancient kitchen knives were all handmade, and each kitchen knife had its own characteristics.

sex.

Qiu Wuhen said to the housekeeper: "Call the shopkeeper of this iron shop."

The shopkeeper came quickly. After listening to the butler's introduction, he knew that this was a famous doctor who treated the master. He was also accompanied by the butler himself. He didn't dare to neglect, so he nodded and bowed in greeting.

Qiu Wuhen said: "Do you register the things you buy here?"

"It's necessary to keep accounts. Master, are you asking about accounting?"

"I don't care about accounting. What I'm asking is if someone registered when they came to buy your kitchen knives?"

Qiu Wuhen had no hope for this. No one had registered everyone who bought kitchen knives. He just asked casually.

Sure enough, the shopkeeper shook his head and said: "That's not true. They all give money and take things and leave. It's not a valuable thing and does not need to be registered. If there is something wrong, we will accept it if you take it back and exchange it, because

The kitchen knife has the mark of our kitchen knife.”

Qiu Wuhen nodded, picked up a kitchen knife that was very similar to the chipped kitchen knife he found in the coffin, handed it to the shopkeeper, and said, "See if anyone has bought a kitchen knife like this from you.

Just a year ago."

Because Shitai had been in that tomb for a year, the bones had been buried for at least a year. In fact, Qiu Wuhen knew that of course he couldn't find it just by asking.

Sure enough, the shopkeeper shook his head and said: "I can't remember a year ago, let alone a year ago, even if I bought them in the past two days, I can't remember. Because there are still a lot of people buying kitchen knives, there are more than a dozen of them every day

Yes, this kitchen knife is very popular and is one of the best-selling items in our family."

Qiu Wuhen nodded. The results of the investigation were as he imagined. However, he had already expected this before coming here, but it would obviously be inappropriate not to investigate. If there are clues, they must be investigated. This is a basic rule.

Putting down the kitchen knife, Qiu Wuhen turned around and was about to leave without saying anything.

The store manager suddenly called Qiu Wuhen and said, "By the way, someone bought this kind of kitchen knife a year ago, and he even had a quarrel with us at that time. I was very impressed. I wonder if it will be helpful to you?"

"What's going on?"

"He said that the Cai family's knife should not be named Cai, but should be named Xiahou, because it is our Xiahou family's shop, why should it be called Cai family? Therefore, he insisted that we write the word Xiahou on the handle. I said this is why

It belongs to the blacksmith shop surnamed Cai. Blacksmith Cai sold this shop to us a few years ago and then left to go back to his hometown. Because everyone knows the name, I didn’t change it. But the entire Yunduan County knows that Cai’s Ironware is our Xiahou

Home, why do you need to write a word?"

"He refused to do it, saying that since it was sold by our Xiahou family, we must write it. There was a quarrel over this. The man was very fierce and screamed loudly, so we had to report it to the official. In the end, he gave up after the Yamen came.

, walked away with a knife."

Qiu Wuhen listened with interest, thought for a moment and said, "This man is so weird, why did he have to write Xiahou's name on the handle of the knife? Could it be..."

At this point, he stopped talking, but a word came to his mind: frame-up.

Did this person want to use the Xiahou family’s kitchen knife to do something, and then frame it for the Xiahou family? However, Cai’s kitchen knives are not only used by the Xiahou family themselves. Many people in the county, including people from all over the country, buy his kitchen knives.

It's gone, so there is no frame-up problem.

But if it wasn't a frame-up, why were these words engraved on the handle of the knife? Maybe this was just an incident that had nothing to do with this case, but no matter what, no clues should be let go. This is the most basic thing to solve the case.

criteria.

So Qiu Wuhen said to the shopkeeper: "What does this person look like? Do you remember his name, age, height, short, fat and thin?"

"About twenty-one or twelve years old. He is quite handsome. He looks like a scholar, because he is wearing a scholar's robe and has a few books. He is not tall or short, not fat or thin, and has a medium build.

It's been a while, so I can't remember his name clearly. I don't know this person, and I haven't seen him since. Our Yunduan County is only about the size of a palm, so many people look familiar to him."

"I can't remember his specific appearance, but I should be able to recognize him if he were in front of me. Because we had a long argument at that time, and he had a loud and menacing voice. If you just look at him, he doesn't look like a scholar.

.I also said, how can you scholars compete with us businessmen? Later, I felt that these words were a bit irritating to him."

Yunduan County is located in a remote mountainous area. There are not many people in the county, and there are only a few streets. And the Xiahou family's shop is on the main street. If this person lives in Yunduan County, then there is no reason for him not to show up. Because with people

There was a quarrel, so the shopkeeper should remember it more clearly. If this person passed by the door, the shopkeeper should be able to recognize him.

Qiu Wuhen came out of the blacksmith shop and asked the housekeeper: "Is there anyone selling thin wood coffins in the city?"

"Yes, there are two coffin shops, one sells high-quality coffins and the other sells ordinary thin wood coffins."

"Take me to see it."

The housekeeper didn't know why Qiu Wuhen was going to the coffin shop, and he was a little scared. "Coffin, who cares to ask this? Could it be that the master's illness is hopeless?"
Chapter completed!