MTL - Capture the Jade-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 artisan who fills the pond is here, ladies, let's go back to the pool first."

Du Tinglan was reading a book in the pavilion over there, when she heard the words, she was inexplicable: "Filling the pond?"

There is only one pond in the garden, and there are many willows planted by the pond. In the spring, there is quite a charming scene. What to 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 and 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, but the desperation of struggling to die in the ice water was unforgettable. She must put an end to all hidden dangers. The first object of transformation was this pond, if it wasn't for avoiding The corpse evil delayed for a few days, and she had 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 and talk."

When the sisters returned to Tan Shangyue, Du Tinglan went back to the room to choose embroidered handkerchiefs for Gui Li, and Teng Yuyi changed into men's clothes and went to the court to practice swordsmanship.

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 City?"

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

Teng Yuyi's heart was pounding, and Peng Yugui said before his death that Zhuang Mu gave him the silver thread. As long as he stared at 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? Are he and the store owner of the pig iron factory?"

Cheng Bo said: "The owner of the pig iron shop is Yumigui Azan, a Sogdian Hu who fell ill a month ago and only recovered last night. He has been doing business in Chang'an thirty years ago. Azan's pig iron shop has been in business for nearly ten years. From the surface, there is nothing suspicious.

"As for Zhuang Mu, the scumbag, he came to Chang'an the year before last. He claims to be a Uyghur native, but he speaks Chinese very well. Because the boss was too old to close the store, he came to the West Market to make a living. At that time, Yumigui was short of manpower, and Zhuang Mu has been working in 'Youmigui' since then. He likes to drink and gamble, and every time he loses, he has to fight with people. There are many people who recognize him in the workshop, but they don’t have deep friendships.”

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, and the few blocking workshops and fighting skills workshops he often go to. I have searched for him, but I haven't 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 to stop first, but the old slave is sure that Zhuang Mu has not been in the East and West markets for a while. appeared."

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 his whereabouts, Uncle Cheng? 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, and only after the investigation did we find 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 in the midst of the hustle and bustle, and the house price is expensive. There are many officials in Beijing who rent houses there, and the inhabitants are all honorable people. He had lived in Chun'an Lane for the previous month. If Zhuang Mu lived here, who would take in Zhuang Mu? By the way, I heard that someone died in Chun'an Lane last night. The yamen of the temple investigates the case."

"Dead?" Teng Yuyi's face became solemn, "Murder? Otherwise, why would Dali Temple be disturbed..."

"The person sent by the old slave didn't ask in detail, it may not be related to Zhuang Mu, but the old slave always thought it was a coincidence."

Teng Yuyi snorted: "Since Peng Yugui got that silver wire from Zhuang Mu, he expected that Zhuang Mu's skills would not be bad, it would be easy for him to kill someone. It's easy to say, he's out and I'm in the dark, I'll go and see what he looks like, Uncle Cheng, help me prepare the carriage and horse first."

She tried hard to recall the stature and dress of the gang of murderers in her mind. Zhuang Mu was able to provide the deadly weapon of silver wire, and maybe he was also 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 to set off after arranging the affairs of the house."

"You are the steward of the Teng Mansion, and you will inevitably attract attention when you go out." Teng Yuyi said, "Let Duanfu accompany me and bring some more skilled guards. By the way, can Grandpa come back today, I have something important to do. Talk to him."

Cheng Bo was still worried: "We are waiting for the military rations ahead. Yesterday, the master was still depositing the rations at Weihe Ferry. I don't know if I can come back today. Even if I come back, it is 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 because of the unsatisfactory food or the living. 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 horse: "It's getting late, take it out, I have to go."

"Absolutely not." The steward hurriedly said, "This treasure horse has a strong temperament and likes to deceive students. My lady is not familiar with it, so be careful of it."

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: "You don't recognize me because you see me in men's clothes?"

For the convenience of going out, not only did she change into men's clothes, but she also took off her usual sachets and skewers.

The little red horse let out a neigh, turned around and turned his **** 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 Store 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 the most advanced weapons are used. The price of the cold iron that I waited for was several times higher than that of the pig iron shop next to it. For this reason, there were still many horses parked in front of the store, and there was an endless stream of young gentlemen who came 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, her eyes kept on the opposite side, and she suddenly heard someone call out 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—"

Just as he was talking, someone turned his head and saw Lin Chengyou and Yan Sizhi, and hurriedly said, "Yan Sizhi and 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: "He died in an inn on the road from Tongzhou to Chang'an. The name of the inn is Ju'an Inn."

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

"The heart is broken. The murder weapon should be a pig-killing knife, which passed through the chest, killing him with one knife. Apart from that, Wang Zangbao has no wounds on his 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.

If the same murderer did both cases—

"Liu Facao, on what day did the Wang family get killed?"

"The night of the fifth day of March."

"It's been 20 days." Tongzhou is not far from Chang'an, and it only takes five or six days for a fast horse. The murderer can come to Chang'an to commit the murder after killing people in Tongzhou.

Lin Chengyou pointed to Bai's abdomen: "I heard that you searched the neighborhood for several days after the incident, but found the fetus in Bai's womb?"

Liu Facao shook his head with a pale face: "Xiaguan led people to search every hilltop and interrogated every passing vehicle, but not to mention the remains of the fetus, not even the murder weapon, according to Xiaguan, the murderer should He escaped from Tongzhou overnight."

The officials showed a look of approval, but they were a little puzzled. Liu Facao was diligent in handling the case, and the solution was just around the corner. In this case, why did he send 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 for a while 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, "On the night Wang Zangbao and his wife were murdered, two foreign businessmen lived in the adjacent room. When they slept in the middle of the night, they were suddenly awakened by a baby's cry. I have a baby, why did I suddenly cry? When I think about it, I suddenly feel that the room is extremely cold, and then I smell a strange smell, and then I don't know anything. I woke up the next morning and found out about the neighboring room. The couple died in the room last night. After inspection, the Tian and his wife were killed around the time the merchant heard the baby 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 handled the case so quickly and has no clue. 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'll go straight to Yan Si in this case."

Yan Si got up in a hurry and said without thinking, "Please Liu Facao and Yan to 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 Lane in Chonghuafang—" Yan Si looked puzzled, "Isn't that the residence of Liniang who was killed last night?"

"Yes, Liniang's death is exactly the same as Bai's. I suspect it was the same person, so I have to confirm one thing quickly. If Liniang was killed and heard the baby's cry nearby, the two cases are basically the same. If the case can be combined, then it is very likely that someone will be killed in the future.”

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

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 saw that there are too many trivial cases in the hands of Xiaguan, and now I have taken over this case, I really have no time to 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 Sizhi and Chen Sizhi were about to shirk without thinking about it, they looked at Lin Chengyou's smiling eyes, and swallowed their 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, and hurriedly responded: "Why did Lin Pingshi say this, 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 bowed to Gong Fa Cao: "I and Yan Si directly handle this case."

After dismounting and looking around, Shu Liniang's house is located at the end of the alley, which is particularly quiet and comfortable. Lin Chengyou stepped up the steps: "Apart from Liniang, who else lives in the house?"

"There are only six masters and servants, besides Liniang herself, there are the two maids, the old guard and the two cooks."

"Li Niang lives here alone? Where is her husband?"

Gong Fa, Cao Ping, stepped back from the yamen and said in a low voice, "She is a housewife raised outside by the servant of Zheng (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 dispatched the most useful servant around him to inquire about the matter, and also explained to the Chang'an County Government that the real culprit should 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, for fear of delaying the pursuit of the murderer.

"How many months is Shu Liniang pregnant?"

"It said it was just March."

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 another cook to take care of Shu Liniang. I haven't been 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?"

"It's Shu Liniang's two maids. After Shu Liniang had dinner last night, she said she was tired and rested early. The servants in the house finished their work and slept earlier than usual. She was woken up by the cold, it was the end of Hai Shi, Liniang would always call them to bring tea at this time, 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 **** 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?"

"After checking, all the servants and cooks were left behind. Although the old man at the gate had heard the news, he didn't dare to enter the inner room. For the sake of prudence, the servants took off their shoes and compared them on the spot. right."

Lin Chengyou carefully inspected the bloodstains in the house, and then went to the window and outside the court to explore.

"Have you searched the neighborhood? Have you found the fetus in Shu Liniang's womb?"

Gong Facao slowly shook his head.

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, when I asked, I found out that all the five servants fell asleep last night, and none of them heard the movement of the incident.

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 whether she had ever had a grudge against others in the past, or had a quarrel 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 Lane, and almost no one was walking outside.

After finally knocking on the door of the house next door, the consignee was already scared out of his mind, and before Gong Facao could ask a question, he wanted 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 wearing a low-grade green robe official uniform, he didn't care much, and just slammed the door: "The man and his wife are not at home. I don't know what the two officials want to ask."

Lin Chengyou pushed the door open without further ado, and drove straight in: "It's natural to inquire about what happened last night."

It took Lin Chengyou a lot of time to inquire about this, 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."

"Apart from the crying of the baby, did you hear any other sounds? Like a cry for help, or the voice of a stranger?"

The guy's legs were straight and weak: "Our Chun'an Lane has few cars and horses, so it's not very noisy during the day, and it becomes even quieter at night. If there is any strange noise, the little one should be able to hear it immediately, but only the baby was heard at that time. cry."

Lin Chengyou stared at the high wall between the two houses: "This place is quiet in the midst of the hustle and bustle. If a stranger comes here, it should immediately attract your attention. What strangers have you seen in the past few days?"

The guy shook his head blankly, but a driver said, "Yes. The little man remembered that there was a short and dark man wandering around the alley yesterday evening. , The man saw me, and walked away to another intersection. There are only eight mansions in Chun'an Lane, and we are all familiar with the servants in each mansion, 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 has a big scorpion on his right cheek."

Gong Facao frowned when he heard it. There are thousands of people in Chang'an City. 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 coachman paused: "It seems to be wearing a short brown suit, nothing special, but this man's hands are red and big, and there are many scars on the backs of his hands and arms."

Lin Chengyou stared at the driver: "What kind of scar?"

"I didn't see it clearly. I only knew that it was all over the place, and even the joints were deformed. It was a bit...a bit like a burn. Otherwise, the villain wouldn't pay much attention."

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

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

Gong Fa Cao was stunned.

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: "Let's ask here first, I'll go to the pig iron shops in the west and east markets, and I'll ask Gong Facao to hand over the transcripts of the people from the two houses to Yan Sizhi of Dali Temple."

"promise."

Lin Chengyou drove his horse straight to the West Market, thinking to himself that he had not found out whether Hu Ji was really murdered by Lu Zhaoan, and there was such a big case.

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."

A smile appeared in Lin Chengyou's eyes, he flicked the reins, and blocked the way of the calf with his horse.

The driver, Amen Yixi, said, "Sir."

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

It was Jue Sheng and Qi Zhi, and the two were so happy that they rushed to jump out of the car.

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

Juesheng said happily: "I came back last night, and I didn't go to Chengwangfu to report for fear of disturbing my brother's rest. In the morning, I went to Dali Temple to find my brother. Yan Sizhi said that my brother was out to handle a case. I had nothing to do with Qizhi, so I just Come to the West Market. Why is Senior Brother here?"

Lin Chengyou took turns rubbing the heads of the younger brothers and sisters: "I should ask this question. If you don't hurry up and record what you see in the Palace, what are you doing here?"

Jue Sheng smirked, and Qi Zhi quietly hid his two fat hands behind him: "Senior brother, don't worry, we'll remember it on the way back, and we'll show it to senior brother when we go back."

In a few days, the senior brother will celebrate his birthday. They have saved money for a long time, and they all took it out in the morning. They plan to go to the west market to buy a birthday gift for the senior brother. The gift has not yet been selected, how can the senior brother know in advance.

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

"I've used it, how about you, brother?"

Lin Chengyou raised his eyebrows. He accidentally ate too much at Teng Mansion in the morning, and he was 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 handle."

Juesheng and Qizhi sighed: "Senior brother, please speak."

Lin Chengyou briefly explained to them how Hu Jizhen suddenly lost his soul and soul, how he suspected that Lu Zhaoan was involved in 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 were also in the West City. Why don't you help your brother identify someone first?"

He said, and took the portrait from his arms: "This person should know some sorcery. Compared with my colleagues, you are somewhat more adaptable. There are too many pig iron shops in the two cities of Chang'an, so the West Market will be handed over to you. "Senior brother, since he went to Dongshi to inquire, if he sees this man in the painting, immediately ask Amen to go to Dongshi to pass a message to his brother, and remember not to make him suspicious, because he is very likely to be the murderer of two murders."

Qizhi and Juesheng saw the person in the painting clearly and nodded seriously.

Lin Chengyou took the portrait back into his arms: "After finishing this matter, you should 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 handfuls of money from his sleeves and gave them to the two. "Buy some food for yourself outside at noon, remember to be cautious."

After he finished speaking, he got on the horse and drove the horse 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