Chapter 67: Solving a Murder Case
Zhang Ergou's whole body stiffened when he heard this, but he didn't dare let Lu Guancheng see any clues. He could only lower his head and keep silent, trying his best to control his body trembling.

Seeing this, Lu Guancheng frowned slightly, but relaxed his brows after a moment and said with a smile: "If you do this well, I will give Xiaoyu some money, enough for you to live a peaceful life in the future."

After Lu Guancheng finished speaking, he waved his hand and said, "Go."

Zhang Ergou nodded immediately, "Yes, sir, I'll go now."

Lu Guancheng ignored him. Seeing this, Zhang Ergou quickly turned around and left.

After leaving Lu's mansion, Zhang Ergou kept walking with his head down and unknowingly arrived at the city gate. Many people were leaving or entering the city at the last moment before the curfew, and the anti-theft incident was even more lively than usual.

Zhang Ergou was about to start walking toward the city gate when he suddenly stopped and muttered to himself, "I can't go to Baihu Mountain. When Lu Guancheng finds out that Xiaoyu is dead, I will have to die on Baihu Mountain too."

"Oh yeah, I have to run away and get the silver!"

Zhang Ergou murmured, turned around abruptly and wanted to go home to pack his belongings.

He had just taken two steps when he felt as if he had hit a piece of iron plate. He took two steps back and fell to the ground with a bang.

Chen Huaian touched the armor on his body, looked at the fallen Zhang Ergou and asked, "Are you okay?"

However, Zhang Ergou seemed to have lost his mind. He hurriedly got up from the ground, ignored Chen Huaian, and ran away in sweat.

However, Zhang Ergou did not notice in his haste that the secret letter from Lu Guancheng to him had fallen to the ground from his arms.

Chen Huaian frowned slightly, looking thoughtfully at Zhang Ergou's back as he disappeared into the alley.

At this moment, Wang An's voice suddenly rang out beside him, "The thing that person dropped looked like a letter."

When Chen Huaian heard this, he saw a letter lying quietly on the ground.

Chen Huaian bent down to pick it up and looked at Wang An.

Wang An glanced in the direction where Zhang Ergou disappeared and suddenly said, "Follow him and see."

The two of them immediately took action and chased in the direction where Zhang Ergou disappeared.

As the two walked, Chen Huaian asked, "Sir, there is something strange about this letter."

Wang An took the secret letter and looked at it carefully. As Chen Huaian said, the letter was indeed a bit strange.

The envelope material is of high quality and is not what most people use.

And the sealing wax wrapped around the envelope is the most common and safest way of keeping secrets.

However, the envelope was blank, with no recipient or sender written on it, which gave people a very suspicious feeling.

Thinking of Zhang Ergou's distraught look, he didn't get angry even after being knocked to the ground. Instead, he ran away as if he was distracted, and didn't even notice that the letter in his arms had fallen out.

Wang An and the other man became even more certain that there must be something wrong with Zhang Ergou, so they quickened their pace.

However, in order to avoid misunderstanding, Wang An did not order Chen Huaian to open the letter and take a look until this time.

Fortunately, although Zhang Ergou was walking very fast, he lost his way, perhaps because he was distracted or because it was getting dark, and the road was gradually getting darker.

In short, Wang An and the other man chased for a while before they saw Zhang Ergou's back again.

The two men followed him silently until Zhang Ergou opened a gate and went in. Then Wang An and the other man looked at each other.

Chen Huaian nodded, took out a dagger from his waist, walked forward and put his ear to the door to listen.

After a moment, he made sure that there was no one behind the door, then he reached his hand into the crack of the door and pushed upwards to open the bolt.

Then he pushed it gently, and the gate creaked. Chen Huaian walked in first, followed by Wang An.

As soon as I entered the yard, I heard the sound of things being rummaged around in the house.

Wang An frowned slightly. Could it be that the person he had been following for so long turned out to be just a thief?
But there is no reason for a thief to carry such a strange letter. Even if it was stolen from somewhere unknown, with the thief's upbringing, he would only open it at the first opportunity, without waiting for the wax on your letter to remain intact.

However, a moment later, Wang An and the others' doubts were immediately explained.

All I could hear was Zhang Ergou mumbling to himself in a crying voice in the room, as if he was confessing to someone.

"Xiaoyu, don't blame me. It was an unintentional mistake on my part... Who told you to be so fickle? After you married me, you hooked up with that bastard Lu Guancheng!"

"That's fine, but you shouldn't humiliate me! I'm a man after all, how can I stand such humiliation from you..."

"Anyway, if you become a ghost, don't come looking for me. Go find Lu Guancheng. He's the one who killed you!"

Wang An's expression froze. Lu Guancheng, is he a ghost?
After looking at Chen Huaian, Wang An nodded.

Chen Huaian understood and immediately stepped forward and kicked the door open.

The door leaf hit the wall violently, making a loud "bang".

Zhang Ergou was already extremely nervous, and was frightened by the sudden loud noise, so he immediately fell to the ground. Soon, a pool of yellow liquid seeped out from under his crotch.

"Ah! Xiaoyu, don't come looking for me. If you want to find someone, go find Lu Guancheng!"

Wang An and Chen Huaian immediately rushed into the room and looked at Zhang Ergou, who seemed to be crazy, with solemn expressions.

Chen Huaian went up and grabbed Zhang Ergou, asking repeatedly: "Tell me, who are you!"

While Chen Huaian was asking Zhang Ergou, Wang An came to the bed and saw a stiff female corpse.

The female corpse was in disarray and there was a circle of purple marks on her neck.

Wang An immediately understood that he and Chen Huaian had accidentally uncovered a murder case.

At this time, Zhang Ergou, who was slumped on the ground, was still shouting like a madman, "Don't come to me, go find Lu Guancheng!"

"Xiaoyu, I didn't mean it!"

Seeing that Zhang Ergou seemed to have been frightened to the point of going crazy, Chen Huaian immediately raised his hand and slapped Zhang Ergou in the face several times.

These slaps actually had a miraculous effect.

Zhang Ergou had a red and swollen face and was staring at Chen Huaian with lifeless eyes. After a moment, he suddenly came to his senses and realized what had happened.

"Ah, you are a soldier?"

Chen Huaian was not surprised when Zhang Ergou revealed his identity. After all, he was wearing a black armor, and it would be difficult not to be recognized.

Zhang Ergou was in such a panic of being caught murdering someone that he did not notice Wang An standing next to him.

He hurriedly took out a handful of silver from a backpack and handed it to Chen Huaian tremblingly, saying, "General, I'll give you all this silver. Just pretend you didn't see me and let me go!"

"You are not a yamen runner anyway, and this matter is not your business. You might as well make a little money and forget about it."

Chen Huaian frowned and asked, "Let me ask you again, who are you?"

(End of this chapter)