Not only is there no trace to follow on the fishing line, but even the fishhook can't do much, because the fishhook is neither too delicate nor too rough. Ordinary people with high hook durability will choose such a hook as a fishing tool.

Qu Quan held the gold thread fishhook in front of his nose and showed off, his eyebrows furrowed even tighter. "There's nothing strange about the taste..."

"Yes." Shuo Dendrobium nodded, "It has a faint fishy smell, and I can't find anything special. I can only know that it is a used fishhook."

"Can you let me have a look?" Ling Xueji, who had been standing aside for a long time, suddenly asked.

Shuo Shihu didn't seem to expect that this little girl would take the initiative to participate in the investigation. Although Qu Quan didn't shy away from bringing her by his side, it seemed that she had a special relationship with Qu Quan when she asked so openly.According to Qu Quan's words, Shuo Dendrobium was the least official of the capital city. Ling Xueji had already declared his family name before, and any official in Jinling City would immediately recognize that this name was Mrs. Shangshu's.But Shuo Dendrobium is not the case. Every day he listens to the people's grievances, reads the files and documents, and eats the wind, frost, rain and dew. He is least interested in some gossip in the capital, and has no time to listen.So he didn't know the name of his best friend's wife at all, so he didn't ask if Qu Quan didn't tell her.

Hearing that Ling Xueji wanted to see the evidence at this time, he did not agree immediately because of the cautious mentality he had cultivated in handling cases for many years.He was waiting for Qu Quan's reaction.

"Of course." Qu Quan's reaction was to hand the evidence to Ling Xueji without any scruples.

Well, without reservation?

Shuo Dendrobium was somewhat interested in Ling Xueji, after all, the person who could make the shrewd, fox-like Qu Quan entrust important evidence with such confidence must not be an ordinary person.

Ling Xueji smiled at Qu Quan, thanking her for her trust.Then he cautiously took the things Qu Quan handed over, trotted to the window and looked at it under the sunlight.

"Hey Dendrobium, it suddenly occurred to me that this corpse didn't appear out of thin air. Was there a corresponding disappearance of people before that?" Qu Quan found a chair and sat down, pouring himself a cup of tea.

Shuo Dendrobium shook his head, opened the seat for his handsome and taciturn master, and then sat in front of Qu Quan. "Not only is there no Jinling City, but the surrounding cities are also missing. The farther places are out of reach, and we are still doing our best to investigate."

Qu Quan handed her a cup of tea, resting his hand on his chin, the long hair that he hadn't had time to comb when he got up in the morning slipped down the back of his hand. "It's like finding a needle in a haystack."

"Ah! I found it!"

Qu Quan and Shuo Dendrobium heard the words and looked, only to see Ling Xueji happily walking against the sunlight outside the window, holding the gold thread fishhook in his hand and smiling like a child. "Come on, come on, I found something."

She stretched out her finger and pointed to the tip of the fishhook, "Look, the barbs on this fishhook are smaller than those on ordinary fishhooks. This fishhook is made with embroidery needles."

"Are you kidding me? Embroidery needles can also be used as fishhooks." Zhang Fei obviously didn't believe Ling Xueji's words. He was a little upset because of Mrs. Shangshu's sake, but it was because of his lord and Qu lord's face. I didn't attack her again, but now this girl is talking nonsense, it's just too outrageous.This is a yamen, not a place where her little girl plays house.

"Zhang Fei, listen to Miss Ling's words." Shuo Dendrobium shouted in a low voice, which made Zhang Fei shut up resentfully.

But despite this, Ling Xueji still felt a little dry in his throat.After all, this is the yamen of Jinling City, not the prefect's mansion of Wu County where she is allowed to mess around.She grew up in the prefect's mansion and didn't have much contact with outsiders. This time she came out with Qu Quan, but she was a little apprehensive. Although she knew that she was quite clever, she was placed in Jinling City, where there are many talents, facing Qu Quan and Shuo Dendrobium. This little ingenuity is simply a trick.Others trust her so much, let her get in touch with the evidence, she also wants to do her best to help, and when she found some clues, she got excited and didn't think too much about it. With a basin of cold water, I began to doubt whether my conclusion was too hasty.

The hand holding the fishhook froze in mid-air, and the scene was once very embarrassing.Suddenly, a soft and slightly cool hand held her hand that was about to become sore and numb in mid-air, and slowly put it down.Qu Quan did not take away the evidence in her hand, but looked at her with some encouragement, and said, "Just say what you think of. Don't worry too much. What we do is to plead for the people's life. Whether you're right or wrong, people will still appreciate you."

Ling Xueji's crescent-like eyes were absent-minded for a moment, and then a hint of determination appeared in her eyes. She nodded to Qu Quan, raised the fishhook and said, "Don't look at this fishhook, which also has barbs and ordinary fishhooks. It’s the same, but there is actually a very subtle difference. I used to be unable to leave the house without major incidents. The master my father invited to teach me martial arts is also a sword idiot, so I know some tricks, and I will ponder these things with the master when I am interested , one of which is to make embroidery needles into fishhooks."

"Sounds very interesting." Shuo Dendrobium smiled and motioned her to continue.

Ling Xueji pursed her lips and relaxed a little, "Just like casting a sword, you only need to heat and forge iron in a furnace, and the iron will become very tough, which can be used to forge swords and knives. If you want to finally To make a fishhook, you must first make it into a needle blank. Forge the iron that has become very tough before into a thin iron sheet, and then put it in the furnace to continue heating. At this time, the iron will start to soften and can be cut into a Strips of small iron wire can be made into needle blanks after being polished by a scorpion~”

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