Attack Jade (攻玉) - Chapter 81

[Chapter 52 [Added a period of Ada’s psychological work… (1)]

After breakfast, Teng Yuyi was busy watching around, seeing the talismans buried inside and outside the wall, it was like a reassurance pill in her heart, with Lin Chengyou’s formation to protect her, she didn’t have to worry about ghosts disturbing her at night.

I don’t know if this formation can resist the weird man’s sorcery. If so, she and Duanfu would not have died so miserably in their previous lives.

While walking around, Cheng Bo came over and said, “The craftsmen who fill the pond are here. Ladies, let’s go back to the pool first.”

Du Tinglan was reading a book in the pavilion over there

. In the pond, there are many willows planted by the pond, and there is a charming scenery in the spring. What do you do when you fill it up.

“Don’t you like this pond very much? Every time you went back to Chang’an when you were young, you would sit by the pond to fish. It’s a pity to fill it up.”

Teng Yuyi coughed. She had long forgotten the taste of fishing when she was a child. The desperation of struggling to die in the ice water is unforgettable. She must put an end to all hidden dangers. The first object of transformation is this pond. If it wasn’t for the delay of a few days to avoid the corpse evil, she would have already made people do it.

“As soon as I saw the water in the pond, I had a headache. I wanted to turn it into a cuju field.” Suddenly, he found that Cheng Bo was winking at him. Teng Yuyi knew that Cheng Bo had something to report, so he pulled Du Tinglan to the ground. Body, “Sister, the craftsmen are coming in, let’s go back to the inner courtyard to talk.” The

sisters returned to Tan Shangyue, Du Tinglan went back to the room to choose embroidered handkerchiefs for Gui Er, and Teng Yuyi changed into men’s clothes and went to practice swords in the courtyard.

Huo Qiu was sent to follow Du Shaotang, and Duan Fu officially took over the task of teaching Teng Yuyi’s martial arts. Cheng Bo came just after teaching a few tricks. Teng Yuyi was worried about the things he asked Cheng Bo to inquire about, so he hurriedly invited Cheng Bo to his small study. : “Is there something going on in the West Market?”

Cheng Bo nodded: “The pig iron store that Peng Yugui said is open, and the poppy named Zhuang Mu is also in the store.”

Teng Yuyi’s heart was pounding, and Peng Yugui was dying He said that the silver wire was given to him by Zhuang Mu, and as long as he stared at this Zhuang Mu, He Chou couldn’t find out the details of the man in black.

She died tragically at the hands of this person in the previous life, and in this life, she must preempt it.

She took a few steps with her hands behind her back: “Have you checked all the details of Zhuang Mu? Is he the same as the owner of the pig iron shop?”

Cheng Bo said, “The owner of the pig iron shop is named You Migui Azan, He is a Sogdian Hu who fell ill a month ago and returned from his illness last night. The Hu people with the surname ‘Yumigui’ have been doing business in Chang’an since 30 years ago. It has been nearly ten years, and there is nothing suspicious on the surface.

“As for Zhuang Mu, this scumbag, he came to Chang’an only the year before last. Therefore, he did not worry about making a living. He originally worked in a pig iron shop in Dongshi, but because the boss was too old to close the shop, he came to Xishi to make a living. At that time, Yumi Gui was short of manpower. Mi Gui’ work done. This man has no wife and no children and is short-tempered. He likes to drink and gamble for money on weekdays. Every time he loses, he has to fight with others. Teng Yuyi asked, ”

Where is Zhuang Mu this month when You Migui closed?” ”

Zhuang Mu lives in the shop on weekdays, but the old slave once ordered someone to quietly climb over the wall to go in and have a look. Zhuang Mu has not returned to the pig iron shop this month after the door was closed. Fang has also searched, but has not seen any trace of him. There are many people in the workshop, and it is impossible to guarantee that if the investigation continues, the old slave has no choice but to stop first, but the old slave is sure that Zhuang Mu has not appeared in the East and West cities for a while. ”

Teng Yuyi wondered: “One month is not too short, there must be a place to live.” Does this person have relatives in Chang’an?

Cheng Bo shook his head. Teng Yuyi: ”

Without relatives, where can he hide as a scumbag who is wandering in the market, why can’t even you find out Cheng Bo’s whereabouts, he must have left Chang’an a while ago. ”

“This old slave is waiting to be carefully investigated. If Zhuang Mu stays in Chang’an, whether he lives in an inn or goes to Huajie Liuxiang to have fun, it will be a lot of money. His job as a pig iron dealer is definitely not worth it. The money was paid. Fortunately, after he showed up this morning, the old slave ordered people to inquire about Zhuang Mu’s whereabouts along the way. After checking all the way, he found out that Zhuang Mu seemed to have come out of Chun’an Lane in Chongzhengfang this morning.

” Chun’an Lane in Chongzhengfang? Where is that?”

“A place where nobles live, quiet amid the hustle and bustle, and expensive. There are many officials in Beijing who rent houses there, and the residents are all prominent people. , the old slave is not sure whether Zhuang Mu passed by there, or whether he lived in Chun’an Lane for a month before. If Zhuang Mu lived here, who would take in Zhuang Mu? By the way, I heard that Chun’an Lane died last night. When the old slave sent someone over, it happened to catch up with the yamen of Dali Temple to investigate the case.”

“Dead?” Teng Yuyi’s face became solemn, “Murder? Otherwise, why would the Dali Temple be disturbed…”

“The old slave sent him It may not have anything to do with Zhuang Mu, but the old slave always thinks it’s a coincidence.”

Teng Yuyi snorted: “Since Peng Yugui got that silver wire from Zhuang Mu, I expected Zhuang Mu to be good at killing him. It’s easy for him to be a person. Let’s not talk about this first. It’s easy to talk about this person when he shows his face. He is telling me that I am secretive. I will go and see what he looks like. Cheng Bo, please help me prepare first. Let’s go.”

She tried to recall the stature of the murderers in her mind. Zhuang Mu was able to provide the deadly weapon of silver wire, and maybe he was one of the murderers that night. As long as you see this person, you may be able to think of some important clues. .

“This person is dangerous, the old slave will accompany the lady after arranging the affairs of the mansion.”

“You are the steward of the Teng mansion, so it is inevitable that you will attract attention when you go out.” Teng Yuyi said, “Let Duanfu accompany me and bring some more skills. Good guard, by the way, can Grandpa come back today, I have something important to tell him.”

Uncle Cheng was still worried: “The front is eagerly waiting for the supply of military rations, the master was still depositing the rations at the Weihe Ferry yesterday, and today he is also I don’t know if I can come back, even if I come back, it’s probably late at night.”

“No matter how late it is, I’ll just wait for Grandpa.” In the past few days, she remembered a lot of things in her previous life, and she had to tell Grandpa that Peng Zhen might have joined forces with neighboring towns to launch a mutiny.

Before departure, Teng Yuyi specially walked to the stable to lead her little red horse. The little red horse ran around in the stable, more energetic than yesterday, but she didn’t care much about people, and only stared at Teng Yuyi with one eye. Before Teng Yuyi came to get close to it, it ran away.

“Don’t run.” Teng Yuyi waved at it leisurely, “Come with me to the West Market.” The

little red horse paced slowly in the stable, ignoring Teng Yuyi.

“Hey, didn’t you have a very close relationship with me yesterday? It’s the food or the living that is unsatisfactory. If you come out and tell me, I don’t believe that my place is not as good as Lin Chengyou’s stable.”

Then he instructed the steward in charge of the horses : “It’s getting late, bring it out, I have to go.”

“Absolutely not.” The steward said quickly, “This treasure horse has a strong temperament and likes to bully, and the lady is not familiar with it. It goes down.”

Teng Yuyi waved his hand: “My riding skills are very good, and I can’t break it.” The

manager refused to live or die, and the little red horse just walked back and forth.

Teng Yuyi looked down at herself, and suddenly smiled: “Don’t you recognize me when I changed into men’s clothes?”

For the convenience of going out, she not only changed into men’s clothes, but also put away those sachets she used to wear. , The incense sticks have been removed.

The little red horse let out a neigh, turned around and turned his butt towards Teng Yuyi.

Teng Yuyi touched the beard on her mouth, and it was too late to change back to women’s clothes. It seemed that she couldn’t get close to riding her little red horse today, so she had to ask the steward to give her another shorter purplish red horse and leave the house. Riding a horse and taking Duanfu and his party, they headed for the West Market.

At the gate of the West City, just in time for the opening of the Fangmen, Teng Yuyi dismissed the rest of the guards ahead of time, making them deliberately a few steps behind him, and he took Duanfu and led his horse to the market place.

Yumigui Pig Iron Shop is located in the most lively row of shops in the West City. The shops display all kinds of high-quality snow-light coercive weapons, swords, knives, lances… All these are readily available, and it is said that they use The price of the best cold iron is several times higher than that of the pig iron shop next to it. For this reason, there are still a lot of horses parked in front of the shop, and there is an endless stream of young gentlemen who come to choose weapons.

Teng Yuyi walked around the neighborhood, walked into the cloth shop opened by a barbarian, went up to the second floor and found a place by the window to sit down, and ordered the store to bring up the softest material in the store.

While waiting, she kept her eyes on the opposite side, when she suddenly heard someone shouting in a rough voice, “Zhuang Mu.”

Teng Yuyi looked intently, and saw an unusually short, dark-skinned man coming out of it: “What’s the matter?”

***

In the main hall of Dali Temple, many officials and yamen gathered, all covering their sleeves and noses.

Two corpses were placed side by side on the ground. It seemed that they were the couple sent from Tongzhou. They should have been dead for a while, and the thick shroud could not hide the pungent smell of corpses.

Next to the corpse, an official from out of town was busy presenting the case: “The man’s name is Wang Zangbao, who is in his 20s this year, and the woman is Bai, who is in his 20s this year. Both of them are from the same prefecture and sell cooked food For a living (Note 1), Wang Zangbao’s craft of cooking cooked food is ancestral. The business in the store was very good, but unfortunately he fell into the bad habit of cockfighting last year, and he lost a lot of money one after another in gambling. Several local rogues have attracted a lot of right and wrong. Wang Zangbao is unbearable, and wants to take the opportunity to quit the problem of cockfighting and gambling, so he simply sells the shop and brings his wife to Chang’an to make a living. Sin, Bai Shi is still five months pregnant—”

As he was talking, someone turned his head and saw Lin Chengyou and Yan Sizhi, and hurriedly said: “Yan Sizhi, Lin Pingshi. This is Liu Facao from Tongzhou.”

Liu Fa Cao had heard of Lin Chengyou’s name long ago, so he took the initiative to greet him and said, “Lin Pingshi, Yan Sizhi, and a subordinate Liu Mou have long admired the name.”

“Liu Facao has worked hard all the way.” Lin Chengyou cupped his hands, and immediately turned to look at the corpse on the ground. There was a suffocating aura above the corpse, and the couple had been turned into ghosts for a while.

He took a few steps to the side of the corpse, squatted down and lifted the shroud, Rao Shi held his breath in advance, still turned his head away due to the smell of the corpse.

Someone in the hall vomited, and several yamen covered their noses and handed Lin Chengyou their handkerchiefs.

Lin Chengyou waved his hand and said no, and turned his face again to take a closer look. It was the corpse of a young and strong man, his face was already showing signs of decay, and there was a bowl-sized wound on his chest, as if it had been pierced by a sharp weapon.

“Where were they murdered?” Lin Chengyou asked.

Liu Fa Cao quickly replied: “Died in an inn on the road from Tongzhou to Chang’an. The name of the inn is Ju’an Inn.”

It is consistent with what Chen Erniang said in the story. Lin Chengyou inspected the corpse: “What is the cause of Wang Zangbao’s death?”

“Xinmai Broken. The murder weapon should be a pig-killing knife, which passed through the chest, killing him with one slash. Besides, there are no wounds on Wang Zangbao’s body.”

Lin Chengyou inspected Wang Zangbao’s body and lifted the white cloth on the other side.

It was a young woman with a huge umbel-shaped wound on her abdomen.

Lin Chengyou’s eyes were fixed on the edge of the wound. He was right. Like the young woman named Liniang in the morgue, the wound was torn open with bare hands.

This is worth pondering. When killing Wang Zangbao, the murderer obviously had a knife, so why did he use his hands when taking the embryo.

Suppose the two cases were committed by the same murderer—

“Liu Facao, on which day did the Wangs and his wife be murdered?”

“The night of the fifth day of the third lunar month.” “It’s

been 20 days.” Tongzhou is not far from Chang’an , Kuaima only needs five or six days, the murderer can completely kill in the same state, and then come to Chang’an to commit the murder.

Lin Chengyou pointed to Bai’s abdomen: “I heard that you searched the neighborhood for several days after the incident, but did you find the fetus in Bai’s womb?”

Liu Fa and Cao shook his head with a pale face: “Xiaguan led someone to search. Every hilltop and every passing vehicle was cross-examined, not to mention the relics of the fetus were found, not even the murder weapon, according to the officials, the murderer should have escaped from the same state overnight.” The

officials showed a look of approval. , However, there are some doubts, Liu Facao is diligent in handling the case, and solving the case is just around the corner. In this case, why did you submit this case to Dali Temple?

If it is detected by itself, the Liu Fa Cao Kao evaluation will definitely be rated as “shangshang” in the coming year.

Liu Facao smiled bitterly and said, “To tell the truth, Xiaguan once suspected that Wang Zangbao’s enemies did it, and after investigation, the leader of Poppi Hou Er did hire a car to leave Tongzhou, and Xiaguan got the evidence, and put Hou Er and Hou Er together. His accomplices arrested the county government together, and after a few days of inquiries, Hou Er and others admitted that they wanted to teach Wang Zangbao a lesson, but they refused to admit that they had killed people. With the pig-killing knife, the motive and the murder weapon were there. The subordinate officials immediately put Hou Er in prison. But that night, the yamen began to be haunted, and Hou Er was actually frightened to madness. It was time for the couple to stop, but the trouble was getting worse and worse. People in the yamen could see the female ghost looking for something all night. The governor said that there might be something strange about this case, so he ordered the official to submit it to the Dali Temple as soon as possible. .”

Looking for something? Like Liniang last night, was she looking for her lost fetus everywhere? Lin Chengyou thought about it and asked: “The murderer sneaked into the room and killed two people in a row. No matter how careful you are, there will be some noise. What noise can be heard in the adjacent room of the inn that night?” “Yes.” Liu Facao

said, “Wang Zangbao and his wife were killed. That night, two non-local businessmen lived in the adjacent room. When they slept in the middle of the night, they were suddenly awakened by the cry of a baby. The two felt puzzled. They didn’t hear a baby next door before going to sleep. Why did they suddenly cry, I remembered Look, I suddenly felt that the room was extremely cold, followed by a strange smell, and then I didn’t know anything. When I woke up the next morning, I found out that the couple in the next room had died in the room last night. However, when the Tians and his wife were killed, it was probably the moment when the merchant heard the baby’s cry.”

Lin Chengyou was silent for a while. He used to think it was just a story made by a child, but now he knows it’s true, so he can’t help but re-examine these two strange cases.

In the past, he has also seen a lot of demons in the Qingyunguan classics. The purpose of this is nothing more than to quickly increase the demon power. As soon as the Nascent Soul is taken out, it enters the belly of the demon, how can it be emitted? cry.

Besides, how can a five-month-old fetus cry with a loud voice?

If it is the evil demon that makes a baby-like cry, it is not impossible, but it does not make sense. When it hurts people, it makes a strange cry, and it must not be afraid of attracting people, so why should it attract the two businessmen next door? Dazed, and escaped from the Tongzhou capital overnight.

Judging from this series of tactics, it is clearly not the work of a demon, but a murderer. Because he didn’t want to be investigated by the government, he took a lot of trouble.

Lin Chengyou got up thinking about it, if it was really done by a human, why did the murderer make the suspicion.

It was still early, and the senior officials of Dali Temple had not yet appeared. Most of the halls were young officials below Sizhi. While Lin Chengyou was inquiring about the case, none of the young officials went through the handover procedures.

This case involves two places in Chang’an and the same prefecture. It is really necessary to investigate and deal with it, and it is necessary to go back and forth. This same state’s Liu Facao has no clue in handling the case so quickly, and moving to Chang’an will only be more difficult. It is destined to be a thankless game It’s an errand, everyone obviously doesn’t want to take the job.

Lin Chengyou looked around, except for Yan Sizhi, who was carefully examining the corpse, the other bosses stayed far away.

He smiled, no need to be so obvious.

After glancing at those people, he said to Liu Facao: “Okay, I will be directly with Yan Si in this case.”

Yan Sizhi got up in a hurry, and said without thinking, “Please Liu Facao and Yan hand over the case. .”

The eyes of several young officials showed that they were watching a good show, but Lin Chengyou just happened to handle a few cases, so he thought he was invincible. This kid doesn’t need to be afraid of tigers when he is a new born calf. Yan Wanchun also joins in the fun. The cases in his hands are piled up like a mountain, and he dares to take on such messes.

Lin Chengyou smiled and said: “Before the official handover, I still have a lot of questions to confirm with Liu Facao. These details may not be recorded in the case file, and Liu Facao must help him recall it himself. I’ll ask Liu Facao to rest in the backyard for a while. Go to Yingchun Alley in

Chonghua Square.” “Yingchun Alley in Chonghua Square—” Yan Si looked puzzled, “Isn’t that the residence of Liniang who was killed last night?”

“Yes, Liniang’s death. It’s exactly the same as the Bai family. I suspect that the same person did it, so I have to confirm one thing quickly. If Liniang was killed and heard the baby’s cry nearby, the two cases can basically be combined. Someone might be killed.”

As soon as these words came out, not only Yan Sizhi’s expression changed, but Liu Facao was also surprised.

Those officials acted as if they had nothing to do with them, and walked in lightly, Lin Chengyou had already walked outside, but suddenly turned back: “Hey, Wang Sizhi, Chen Sizhi, please stay, you guys. I see, there are too many trivial cases in the hands of Xiaguan, and now I have taken over this case, I really can’t do it, in order not to delay the handling of the case, the miscellaneous cases in the hands of Xiaguan have to be entrusted to the two seniors.”

Wang Sizhihe Chen Sizhi tried to shirk without even thinking about it, met Lin Chengyou’s smiling eyes, and swallowed his words.

Lin Chengyou’s eloquence is not hindered. When it comes to his ability to speak crooked truths, no one in Dali Temple can match him. Besides, what can Lin Chengyou do if he doesn’t take matters into his own hands? For the sake of his future career, how dare they openly challenge him.

Wang Sizhi has a more flexible mind than Chen Sizhi, so he hurriedly responded: “What is Lin Pingshi saying? Let’s turn the case over.”

Lin Chengyou smiled warmly: “Then there are two seniors.”

However, when the case was passed on to Wang Sizhi and Chen Sizhi, only one was Lin Chengyou’s case, and the rest were all Yan Wanchun’s cases.

The two are used to bullying Yan Wanchun on weekdays. They know that this person has always been honest and will never take the initiative to throw their case to others. Don’t think about it, this must be Lin Chengyou’s idea. , had to take it all.

***

When Lin Chengyou arrived at Chun’an Lane, Gong Fa Cao of Chang’an County was directing the yamen to block Liniang’s house. Hearing that Lin Chengyou was coming, Gong Fa Cao rushed out to greet him: “Why is Lin Pingshi here?”

Lin Chengyou rushed Gong Facao bowed his hands, “Yan Si and I will directly handle this case.”

After dismounting from the horse, he saw that Shu Liniang’s house was located at the end of the alley, which was particularly quiet and comfortable. Lin Chengyou stepped up the steps: “In addition to Liniang, the mansion also lives in Who are they?”

“There are only six masters and servants, besides Liniang herself, the two maids, the old doorman and the two cooks.”

“Liniang lives here alone? Where is her husband?”

Gong Facao The yamen at the back stepped back and said in a low voice, “She is a housewife raised outside by Zheng Pu (Note 2).”

Lin Chengyou looked at Gong Facao.

He didn’t believe that Gong Fa and Cao slandered at first, because Zheng Pushe was notoriously afraid of the inside, who would have thought that his old man had quietly raised some housewives.

“Li Niang’s surname is Shu, she is twenty years old, she is the niece of a long history of Shu in Jingzhao Mansion. I heard that she is quite proficient in writing and writing, and her appearance is very charming. She married someone the year before, but her husband died in less than a year. Because she had not yet conceived children and her husband’s family was not seen, Shu Liniang had to come to Chang’an to join her relatives and stayed in Shu Changshi’s mansion. Later, for some unknown reason, she was attracted by Zheng Pushe. After that, Zheng Pushe put Shu Liniang in place. Here, I will come to see her from time to time. Everyone in the alley knows about this, but it is hidden from Zheng Pushe’s wife. After Zheng Pushe got the news last night, he was so shocked that he almost fell off the horse. Appeared, hurriedly sent someone to ask the most useful servant around him to inquire about the matter, and also explained to the Chang’an County Office that the real culprit must be brought to justice as soon as possible.”

Lin Chengyou thought to himself, no wonder Chang’an County handed over the case to Dali Temple that night, thinking that For fear of delaying the pursuit of the murderer.

“How many months is Shu Liniang pregnant?”

“It’s just three months.”

Lin Chengyou was taken aback, Shu Liniang’s child was actually younger than Bai’s month.

“Was Zheng Pushe here last night? Does he know that Shu Liniang is pregnant?”

Gong Facao: “According to Zheng Pushe’s entourage, Zheng Pushe already knew that Shu Liniang was pregnant, so he sent an extra cook for this purpose. Taking care of Shu Liniang, but recently hundreds of officials came to Beijing to report their duties, and Zheng Pushe was busy with official business, and has not come to Chun’an Lane for more than ten days.”

Lin Chengyou went straight to the inner courtyard: “Who was the first to find Shu Liniang’s body?”

” They are Shu Liniang’s two maids. After having dinner last night, Shu Liniang said that she was tired and rested early, and the servants in the house finished their work and slept earlier than usual. When they woke up from the cold, it was the end of Hai Shi. Usually at this time, Liniang would definitely call them to bring tea, but Liniang didn’t move. The second maid was worried and went into the inner room to look at Liniang, only to find that she was already dead on the bed. ”

Lin Chengyou thought for a while, when Liniang’s ghost broke into the Teng Mansion, it was about a child, that is to say, Liniang turned into a ghost immediately after her death.

No matter how heavy the grievances are, it won’t be like this, unless… someone touches it. The strangest thing is that Liniang went directly to the Teng Mansion instead of looking for the murderer.

Lin Chengyou thought about arriving in the inner courtyard, and the thick bloody smell rushed towards his face. He entered the inner room and bypassed the screen. The situation on the bed was shocking.

The ground was also covered with large bloodstains, interspersed with many messy footprints.

“Have you checked these footprints? Did you find any outsiders?”

“Checked, they were all left by the maid and the cook. Although the old man who was the gatekeeper came after hearing the news, he didn’t dare to enter the inner room. For the sake of prudence, I asked a few servants to take off their shoes on the spot for comparison.”

Lin Chengyou carefully inspected the bloodstains in the room, and then went to the window and outside the court to explore, turning around several times, even the dust in the corners. None of them were spared, but the murderer did not leave any traces.

“Have you searched the neighborhood? Did you find the fetus in Shu Liniang’s womb?”

Gong Facao shook his head slowly.

Lin Chengyou was silent, very good, Shu Liniang was the same as Bai’s in the same state, and the fetus in her womb just disappeared.

“Call all the servants in the house, and I will question them one by one.”

As a result, I found out that all five servants fell asleep last night, and none of them heard the movement of the crime.

Fortunately, after Lin Chengyou’s repeated questioning, everyone remembered that they had smelled a strange fragrance before going to bed.

This is consistent with what happened to the two businessmen at the time of the Tongzhou incident. Lin Chengyou asked the servants to describe the fragrance, but the servants couldn’t tell. Lin Chengyou asked Shu Liniang if she had ever had a grudge against others in the past, and if she had an argument with Zheng Pushe recently, and so on.

Neighbors obviously heard about last night’s massacre. In the early morning, they all closed their doors and closed their doors. There was a huge Chun’an Alley, and almost no one was walking outside.

After finally knocking on the door of the house next door, the consignee was already frightened, and before Gong Facao could ask a question, he could not wait to shake his head into a rattle: “Old slave doesn’t know anything.”

Lin Chengyou put his hand on the door and said with a smile, “Hey, don’t rush to close the door, we haven’t finished talking yet.”

Seeing that he was a handsome young man in a low-grade green official uniform, he didn’t care much. He just held the door tightly: “The man and his wife are not at home, so I don’t know what the two officials are going to ask.”

Lin Chengyou pushed the door open without a word, and drove straight in: “I came to inquire about what happened last night.

” After inquiring, Lin Chengyou spent a lot of time, and finally learned from one of the chef’s staff that when he woke up last night, the staff heard the baby’s cry.

“Are you sure it came from the wall?” Lin Chengyou asked.

The guy’s face turned pale: “Yes, the little one thought he heard it wrong, because there is no little son or little lady in the house, and he stumbled and listened to the toilet for a while before realizing that the cry came from the house next door. It came out. The little one thought at the time, could it be that the lady who lives alone has given birth to a child? It was cold at night, and the little boy shivered after standing for a while, and ran back to the room to sleep without thinking much.

” In addition to the crying of the baby, have you heard other sounds? For example, the cry for help, or the voice of a stranger?” The

man’s legs were straight and weak: “We have few cars and horses in Chun’an Lane, so we don’t make much noise during the day. It gets quieter at night, if there is any strange sound, the little one should be able to hear it right away, but at that time only the cry of the baby was heard.”

Lin Chengyou stared at the high wall between the two houses: “This place is quiet in the midst of the noise, If there are strangers here, it should immediately attract your attention, what strangers have you seen in the past few days?” The

man shook his head blankly, but a driver said: “Yes. The black man was wandering around the alley, and the villain happened to be driving by. He felt that this man was unfamiliar, so he took a few more glances. When the man saw me, he ducked and walked to another intersection. There are only eight mansions in Chun’an Lane. We are all familiar with who are the servants in each government, and we have never seen that man before.”

Lin Chengyou: “What does that man look like?”

“He’s not very tall. It only reaches the shoulders of the young master. He is black and thin, and there is a big scorpion on his right cheek.”

Gong Facao frowned upon hearing this. , Just listening to this description, how to find the whereabouts of that person.

Lin Chengyou was very patient: “Think about it again, is there something special about that person? What kind of clothes are you wearing?

” The man’s hands are red and big, and there are many scars on the backs of the hands and arms.”

Lin Chengyou stared at the driver: “What shape are the scars?”

“I didn’t see it clearly, but I only knew that the joints were deformed, a little… It’s a bit like a burn, otherwise the villain won’t pay much attention.”

Gong Fa Cao thought to himself, who would leave so many scars on the back of their hands and arms?

But he heard Lin Chengyou ponder and say, “A blacksmith? Or a bricklayer?”

Gong Fa Cao was taken aback.

Lin Chengyou asked for a pen and paper, drew a portrait according to the description of the coachman, and asked the coachman to confirm the location of the scar again and again before putting the portrait in his arms.

“Where is Lin Pingshi going?” Gong Facao followed Lin Chengyou out of the house.

Lin Chengyou got on his horse and said, “Let’s ask here first, I’ll go to the pig iron shops in the West City and the East City, and ask Gong Facao to hand over the transcripts of the people from the two houses to Yan Sizhi of Dali Temple.”

” No. ”

Lin Chengyou drove his horse straight to the West Market, thinking to himself, he hasn’t found out whether Hu Ji was really murdered by Lu Zhaoan, and there is such a big case, the case is so strange, it makes no sense to say that there is no evil at all.

Although Kuannu is capable, he does not understand the secret art of Minglu. It would be great if Juesheng and Qizhi came back. If Hu Jizhen’s strange illness was handed over to the two stinky boys, he could also take the opportunity to experience them once.

He was thinking about the days in his heart. The Taoist event in the Palace was over a few days before, and the two boys should be back today at the latest.

Coincidentally, as soon as they arrived at the gate of the West City, a small cart passed by Lin Chengyou’s horse, the spring breeze blew, and the child’s tender voice floated out of the car, which was very familiar to the ears.

“I bet, this senior brother won’t like it.”

Lin Chengyou’s eyes showed a smile, he flicked the reins, and blocked the way of the cart with his horse.

The driver, Ameng Yixi, said, “Sir.” The

door curtain was lifted, and two round heads emerged from the car: “Senior brother!”

It was Juesheng and Qizhi. The two were very happy and jumped out of the car.

Lin Chengyou got off the horse with a smile: “When did you come back?”

Jue Sheng said happily: “I came back last night, so I didn’t go to Chengwangfu to report because I was afraid of disturbing my brother’s rest. I went to Dali Temple in the morning to find my brother, Yan Sizhi. Said that the senior brother went out to work on the case, and Qizhi and I had nothing to do, so we went to the West Market. Why is the senior brother here?”

Lin Chengyou took turns rubbing the heads of the junior brothers: “I should ask this question, you don’t? Hurry up and record what you’ve seen and heard about the Palace, what are you doing here?”

Jue Sheng giggled, and Qi Zhi secretly hid his two fat hands behind him: “Don’t worry, Senior Brother, we’ll remember it on the way back, go back. Just show it to senior brother.”

In a few days, senior brother will celebrate his birthday. They have saved money for a long time, and they took it out in the morning. They planned to buy a birthday gift for senior brother in the west market. Know in advance.

Lin Chengyou just pretended not to see the two winking, and led the two to the side with a horse: “Have you had breakfast?” “Have you had breakfast?”

“Have you used it, how about you, Senior Brother?”

Lin Chengyou raised his eyebrows, accidentally eating at Teng Mansion in the morning It’s too much, and I’m still panicking.

“It’s just in time for you to come back. There have been several conspiracies in Chang’an City recently. Kuannu and Yan

Sizhi don’t know Taoism. There is another matter for you to do.” Juesheng and Qizhi sighed: “Senior brother, please tell me.”

Lin Chengyou said. He briefly told them how Hu Jizhen suddenly lost his soul and soul, how he suspected that Lu Zhaoan was related to this matter, and two similar strange cases in Tongzhou and Chang’an.

“Senior brother originally wanted you to help investigate the truth about Hu Ji, but it happened that you came to the West Market. Why don’t you go and help your brother identify someone first.

” , Compared with my colleagues, you are somewhat more adaptable. There are too many pig iron shops in Chang’an and the two cities, and the West Market will be handed over to you. Senior brother will go to the East Market to inquire. If you see this man painted, immediately let Amen. Go to Dongshi to send a message to senior brother, remember not to make the other party suspicious, because he is very likely to be the murderer of two murders.”

Qizhi and Juesheng saw the appearance of the person in the painting and nodded seriously.

Lin Chengyou took the portrait back into his arms: “After finishing this matter, you will follow Lu Zhaoan.”

Jue Sheng scratched his head: “Senior brother, why did Shu Liniang’s ghost go to Teng Mansion?”

Of course they didn’t believe that Teng Yuyi would be related to the murder. But how could Li Gui come to the door for no reason.

Lin Chengyou was also thinking about this issue in the morning. Last night, Teng Yu said with certainty that all this was probably Lu Zhaoan’s conspiracy. The purpose was to murder Du Tinglan.

However, the Tongzhou case happened on the fifth day of March, and the Jinshi Banquet was held on the third day of March in Chang’an. Even if Lu Zhaoan had wings, he would not have been able to rush to Tongzhou to kill within two days. Assuming that the Tongzhou case had nothing to do with Lu Zhaoan, last night this happened. It’s not necessarily that he did the caesarean section, so how could he lead Shu Liniang’s ghost to Teng Mansion in the first place?

Unless Lu Zhaoan has another accomplice.

But what is he planning, is it worth fighting like this because he is afraid that Du Tinglan will reveal the fact that the two have been in love?

Intuition told Lin Chengyou that Shu Liniang was most likely going for Teng Yuyi, which made him even more confused, who did Teng Yuyi provoke, and why did such unfortunate things happen again and again.

Suddenly he thought of Ying Lingshi in his arms. In the morning, he only told Teng Yuyi not to leave the house at night. If she ran out during the day and encountered evil spirits, wouldn’t he be disturbed again.

Now that Juesheng and Qizhi are back, why don’t you give them the stone, but they stretched out their hands to the front and stopped again.

Jue Sheng and Qi Zhi were sent by him to follow Lu Zhaoan as soon as they came back, and then let them take care of Teng Yuyi’s side, it would be too much trouble, so let’s put him on him for the time being.

“What’s going on, we won’t know when these cases are investigated.” Lin Chengyou took out a few pieces of money from his sleeves and gave them to the two, “Buy some food for yourself outside at noon, remember to be cautious.”

Said Bi Shang After taking the horse, the horse went in the direction of Dongshi.

Juesheng and Jizhili put on their rational robes and entered the West Market with the crowd. Although the portrait of the senior brother only had a few strokes, it showed the man’s features one by one.

Stop and go all the way, as long as they see a pig iron shop, the two will walk around the store twice on the pretext of casting the sword of Taoism.

After checking several pig iron shops one after another, they never saw the person in the picture. They were hungry when they were walking, so the two went to the Hu Cake Shop to buy cakes to satisfy their hunger.

Not long after I came out of the shop, I passed a pig iron shop called “Yumigui”. The View of Absolutism and Abandonment of Wisdom

[End of This Chapter]