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The person Zhao Zhu wanted to find was Qiu Jian.

This person is an official to the Minister of the Privy Council, and he is the effective subordinate of Li Chang, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council.The investigation of the clues of the corruption case finally fell on Li Chang. Zhao Zhu's subordinates collected clues quite smoothly, and now they have enough things to send Li Chang to the [-]th round of prison.

But Li Chang didn't do anything.

He didn't seem to know that someone was checking him, he should go up to the court, he should do things, and there was nothing unusual in front of people.Zhao Zhu felt that something was wrong. If Li Chang really wove a big net, eroding the entire Daxia officialdom, and Guo Wei was sent to prison, how could he not be abnormal at all?

It doesn't seem like he is too calm, but the news sent by the dark guards said that Li Chang often had nightmares at night, and even began to secretly write a suicide note and arrange for his family... obviously knowing that there was danger.

But he didn't have the slightest intention to resist. Zhao Zhu even thought that if he took people to Li Chang's mansion to arrest them and ransack his house now, Li Chang would not run away, and maybe he would plead guilty on the spot.

Sometimes things go too smoothly is not good news, because it may be someone else's deliberate bureau.In the corruption case, Zhao Zhu and Emperor Taijia worked hard for two years, secretly investigated, changed officials quietly, and carefully watched the officials' movements, just to catch the mastermind behind the scenes.

After working for so long, it would be a pity and embarrassment if the real mastermind was not caught in the end.Then he went to the back, Zhao Zhu Zhao was cautious, he had to find that man out!

He stared at many people, trying to analyze their actions, waited patiently for a long time, and finally got the good news: Qiu Jian ran away.

As Li Chang's capable subordinate, the two of them were very close. If Li Chang was really the mastermind behind the bank corruption case, it's impossible for Qiu Jian not to know about it. He is a very important person.But Qiu Jian suddenly disappeared for no reason, Li Chang still didn't respond, he only sighed a few times, notified the Shangjing government office and Wucheng soldiers and horses to look for him, and then did nothing.

Li Chang didn't do anything, Qiu Jian was still hunted down...

Zhao Zhu changed his mind and found this situation very interesting.

Qiu Jian ran away for no reason, as if he wanted to betray someone. Li Chang was not unhappy, and even showed a worried and sad face. Does that mean that it was not Li Chang who Qiu Jian wanted to betray?

Is it because of the dog-eat-dog within the small group that caused this result, or is there someone else behind the greed for money?

Of course, Qiu Jian's behavior may also be due to other reasons, such as personal grievances, but the corruption case is more likely.As long as there is a little hope, Zhao Zhu will not let it go!If he is right, this is the opportunity. Qiu Jian turned his back on the Lord, so he just voted for him, right?Just use some comforting means to ensure its safety...

Zhao Zhu's men stared at all the people involved in the embezzlement case. After Qiu Jian escaped, he got the news immediately, but Qiu Jian was very cunning. Of course, it might be because he was not strong enough to watch him, so Qiu Jian quickly left Zhao Zhu's men. The subordinates only judged from the chaotic scenes and bloodstains that Qiu Jian was being hunted down.

This incident happened the night before yesterday, and Qiu Jian still hasn't shown up. Zhao Zhu's subordinates are stepping up their search. Now that the location has been confirmed, Zhao Zhu can't wait any longer. What he has to do now is to do it himself and find Qiu Jian. !

Finding someone is not a matter of fighting, as long as you keep your feet on your feet and don't forget the tracking skills in your mind, you can go on and on. Zhao Zhu thinks that with his ability, it's not a big deal to bring Lu Li along.

Doing a single and repetitive thing for a long time will always be boring. Is it a change to bring a daughter-in-law?

Zhao Zhu hugged Lu Li hard and kissed him before going out, satisfied everywhere.

Lu Li is also very happy, everyone is busy recently, it is rare for two people to be together.I met Shen Wansha at the door, and the moment Shen Wansha asked for help, Lu Li actually wanted to refuse.

It's not that he doesn't want Shen Wansha to follow him, but he wants to let go of Zhao Zhu and Shen Wansha to play alone.I don't know why, but when the young master proposed to 'find someone for help', he flickered for a moment, subconsciously thinking that it would be best to separate.

But Zhao Zhu has already agreed...

So the three of them set off together again.

It was calm at first.After finding the approximate location, Zhao Zhu and his subordinates analyzed and judged, and determined every turning point, then Lu Li and Shen Wansha enjoyed the scenery and talked.

It was sunny after the snow, and the surrounding scenery was beautiful.The low wall is covered with thick snow, and the snow on the eaves reflects the sunlight, making it whiter and more flawless. The ridge beast on the roof is covered with light snow, the neck of Xiangyang is slightly wet, and the back of the backlight is thick with snow. Naive, not cute.

Lu Li was a little amazed, and asked his little friend what those were with great interest.

Shen Wansha is a native of the ancients, with a good family background and a lot of attention, and knows a thing or two about these things.He happily pulled Lu Li's sleeves, while gesticulating with his fingers, he looked around and commented cheerfully...

"It's a pity that your brothers from the Qu family are not here. They have studied the house deeply, and they will definitely be able to tell you what it is. They know a lot more than I do!"

"That's enough." Lu Li narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at the blue sky through the bleak treetops. The sun is so good, even if all the dead branches appear in his vision, it will not be unsightly. What's more, he knows A lot of interesting knowledge that I didn't know before...

"Thank you, young master!" He patted Shen Wansha on the back.

Shen Wansha saw that Lu Li was happy, and he was even happier, his proud little chest was raised high, "Master, you know a lot!"

"Ah."

After getting the affirmative answer, Shen Wansha threw his arms around his hips and laughed, "That's who the young master is! Hahahahaha!"

Lu Li smiled and played with Shen Wansha, and when he was happy, he went to pick up snow from other people's walls, made snowballs and patted each other for fun.It was cold in winter, but the two of them wore thick clothes and kept moving. Not only was it not cold, but their hands were still warm after pinching the snowball.

Seeing that Lu Li was playing happily, Zhao Zhu blushed, and asked his subordinates to stare at them. If the two were sweating, he would stop them. He analyzed and looked for the direction, while looking at Lu Li from time to time.

As expected, she was the daughter-in-law of King Ping, she couldn't be too beautiful!

……

Shen Wansha played around and began to open up new directions. He was no longer satisfied with small troubles, he ran farther, hid his body, and combined peek-a-boo with snowball fights!

When Lu Li wanted to find him, he would hide everywhere like a rabbit. If he didn’t look for him, he would jump out and wave to Lu Li: “Come on, come on, catch me~~~~”

Lu Li: ...

He didn't want to continue this kind of childish game, but the young master was very excited, and his eyebrows were flying with joy. He couldn't bear to refuse, so he had to put on a wooden face, and followed the young master's extremely loud "Come on, come on" time and time again. Catch me ah' stride.

Until the young master suddenly screamed.

"Little Lizi, come over quickly, there are dead people——"

Lu Li quickly ran a few steps and walked to Shen Wansha's side, "Where is it? Are you scared?"

Shen Wansha pointed at the dead body in the corner, "I saw him as soon as I turned the corner, I almost died of fright!"

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, the young master is not afraid." Lu Li only took one look at the corpse, and then patted Shen Wansha on the back to comfort him first, this sudden shock, don't be so scared.

Shen Wansha was a little embarrassed, and after that, he urged Lu Li to look at the corpse, "I'm fine, I'm not afraid, isn't it a dead person, and it's not like I haven't seen it before! I just came from the corner and looked at it with a blink of an eye. I was scared, but I'm fine now."

"Are you all right?" Lu Li looked at Shen Wansha seriously.

Shen Wansha's eyes were serious, he clenched his small fists, and his eyes were extremely firm: "It's all right!"

While the two were talking, Zhao Zhu also arrived.

Because the two had been playing wildly before, they had already run in front of Zhao Zhu. Zhao Zhu came here only when he heard the screams. He just wanted to ask what happened, but when he saw the dead body at the corner, he understood everything.

Seeing the clothes on the corpse, his slender eyes immediately narrowed, with a faint cold light.

Lu Li noticed that his expression was wrong, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"In the message sent below, Qiu Jian's clothes were described in detail."

Lu Li immediately understood, "The deceased is Qiu Jian?"

"Whether it is true or not, you can tell by looking at it." Zhao Zhu's eyes became serious, and he turned and walked towards the deceased.

Lu Li and Shen Wansha followed behind him.

The deceased lay face down and his body was stiff, but because of the cold in the deep winter, this was a sign of the death of the corpse, or it was frozen, and it was not obvious for a while.There was snow water on the ground, as well as pools of blood, which had frozen the body and clothes of the deceased firmly with the ground. Zhao Zhu asked the guards to make a careful cut with a sharp knife before turning the deceased over.

Shen Wansha was looking forward curiously, just in time to meet the turned face of the deceased, backed up three steps with a 'ho', and repeatedly slapped his chest, "What the hell is this! You scared the young master to death!"

Lu Li didn't pay attention for a while, and was also taken aback, because the face of the deceased was scratched by a sharp weapon, his flesh and blood turned out, and his face was covered with blood, which was very scary!

"So we don't know if this is Qiu Jian?" Shen Wansha asked such a question after returning from consciousness.

Zhao Zhu narrowed his eyes: "Most of the people who intentionally ruin their face are not me."

"Get out of the way, let me do an autopsy." Whether it is true or not, you will know after the autopsy.

Because of Lu Li's special work, in order to avoid any emergencies, whenever he goes out now, there must be a servant beside him carrying his work box.Due to the wrong timing, Lu Li only took out the gloves and put them on, and conducted a rough examination on the corpse...

Soon, a smile appeared on his face, reassuring Zhao Zhu and Shen Wansha: "This person is not Qiu Jian."

"Really?" Shen Wansha stroked his chest to breathe.

Lu Li nodded, "Really." He opened the outer shirt of the deceased, revealing the inner clothes, "Look, the fabric of the outer shirt of the deceased is expensive and high-end, but the inner clothing is made of coarse cloth... would ordinary people wear it like this?"

Shen Wansha stepped forward to look at the fabric carefully, and even touched it with his hands, "This is the new fabric weaved in Hangzhou this year. It is thick and crisp, with delicate patterns and restrained luster. Most people can't afford it. It is to save face, and the inner garment will not be this kind of inferior coarse cloth."

"So, these are not the clothes of the deceased." Lu Li pointed to the collar, cuffs, and belt of the deceased. "If I had worn it myself, the clothes would not be so messy and wrinkled."

He untied the belt of the deceased, and checked the jacket and inner clothes inside. These clothes were slightly misaligned, but most of them were flat.

Lu Li concluded, "Except for the outer shirt, the clothes inside are the deceased's own clothes."

He looked at the characteristics of the deceased's hands and feet again, "The palms and soles of the feet are broad, rough and callused, and there is black mud deposited over the years between the fingers that cannot be washed away... No matter what this person does, he must not be an official."

Shen Wansha beat his palms with his fists, with a serious face, "So this may be Qiu Jian's scapegoat! It was Qiu Jian who killed him!"

"There are many possibilities. For example, Qiu Jian may spend money to let the deceased change clothes with him, so as to escape, and the pursuer finds out that it is not him, so he vents his anger and scratches the face of the deceased; or Qiu Jian finds someone who looks similar, kills and scratches the face Then change the dead man into his own clothes, and continue to stab several times to make the clothes match the wounds on his body..."

Lu Li watched the wounds caused by several sharp weapons in the abdomen of the deceased, "In any case, Qiu Jian must have appeared here."

This is a hidden street with few people coming and going, two miles to the south is Shangjing South Street, this area is not a rich area, but it is very lively, there is a market every day.

Zhao Zhu ordered several people under his command to collect the corpses, discussed the direction, and led Lu Li and Shen Wansha to continue walking south.

Qiu Jian is a civil servant, he doesn't know martial arts, and he probably hasn't killed anyone with his own hands. He started to use this method to hide. It seems that he can't hide anymore, and the time is urgent.Zhao Zhu sent a team of guards to Lu Li and Shen Wansha respectively, and asked them to play by themselves.

Lu Li and Shen Wansha thought that they didn't feel particularly nervous before, so it was okay to play by themselves, but now that it was imminent, how could they put their business aside and go outside to have fun?

The two unanimously decided to stay and help.

Since Zhao Zhu assigned them a guard team, they simply split up and searched carefully one by one in one direction.

……

This time, Shen Wansha was still the first to send the news that he had found Qiu Jian, who was personally identified by someone who knew him, and it was indeed Qiu Jian himself, but... this Qiu Jian was also dead.

Lu Li's heart sank when he heard the news.He thought that the corpse just now was not Qiu Jian, which indicated their good luck. Qiu Jian would definitely be found, and Zhao Zhu's affairs would definitely go smoothly. Who knew that within two hours, the situation would change again, and Qiu Jian was really dead. !

Zhao Zhu must be very disappointed...

Lu Li heaved a long sigh, turned around and let the messenger lead the way, let's go to the autopsy.

All he can do is this.

I hope it can help Zhao Zhu.

……

Lu Li was speechless at the scene in front of him, and asked the messenger, "Are you sure Shen Wansha is inside?"

The boy bent over, with an awkward smile on his face, "I'm very sure, Young Master Shen is waiting for you inside, and Qiu Jian's body is also inside..."

The reason why the demeanor of the question and the answer is a bit subtle is because this place is really... hard to say.

It looks like a very large garden here, with red walls and green tiles, exquisite and beautiful. There are carvings and paintings at the gate, with gold paint, making it magnificent, and there are light curtains and gauze swaying in the wind, and the colors are beautiful. Also quite gorgeous.A plaque with red background and gold lacquer hangs on the top of the door, with three large characters written on it: Youyutai.The three characters are lingering and affectionate, soft as if boneless, and full of fragrance.

Just when he came around along the outer wall, Lu Li heard the gongs and gongs, the continuous sound of silk and strings, and there was a beautiful and graceful singing voice, soft, charming and charming, as if there was a hook inside, very attractive.

Apparently, there were actors living in it.From the analysis of style, he is still an actor in the general sense.

Lu Li thought he was just passing by, but he followed the outer wall for half a circle, and came to the gate, and the servant said that the destination is here, please come in!

The young man who sent the message saw Lu Li not moving for a long time, thinking that he would not go in, felt that the inside was dirty, and the sweat on his forehead almost came down, "It is daytime now, and besides, Young Master Shen is inside, and King Ping will come soon, there will definitely be no one inside." What an unclean picture..."

Unclean picture... what do you mean?

Lu Li looked at the messenger boy in surprise.He came to ancient times, and he has seen all the brothels and brothels. The style is extravagant, and the girls are bolder. Why is it different here? Can you see that kind of... er, live version?

The boy who spread the word almost slapped himself, he shouldn't be talking nonsense!

He knew that the master was smart, so he decisively shut up, not saying what he shouldn't say, and just kept asking Lu Li to come in.

Lu Li didn't mean to embarrass his subordinates, he just stopped, but he was a little startled, Shen Wansha was inside, so he naturally wanted to go in.

Maybe the way he was going to go was clear, and Lu Li didn't see any weird scenes, and he didn't even see a few people, so he found Shen Wansha directly.

Shen Wansha was sitting at the table drinking tea, and when he saw him coming, he waved repeatedly, "Little Lizi, come and drink tea! It's so cold outside, let's warm up before working, besides, the prince hasn't come yet!"

"What about the scene?"

"Don't worry, I've been sealed up, and Prince Ping's personal guards are protecting it, so no one dares to trespass." Shen Wansha patted the chair, "Come on, sit down for a while."

Lu Li was indeed a little cold, so he went over and sat down.

There was a pot of green tea on the table, and three dishes of small dishes. Lu Li also used some, and just now he felt that his spleen and stomach were much warmer.

Feeling relieved, Lu Li began to look around.This is a private room facing the window on the second floor, but this window is not the window that can see the street view. Looking down the window, it is a hall with light gauze curtains.

There is a slightly higher stage in the middle of the hall, and there are women in costumes and pinks singing softly on it, while the sleeves are dancing, the willow waist is lightly swaying, and the jade legs are looming.Tables and chairs are scattered around the hall, and many guests are below, throwing rewards on the stage to applaud, while eating tea and snacks on the table.

Seeing that Lu Li was stunned, Shen Wansha approached him with strange eyebrows, and asked him with a smile, "How about it, don't you wear less clothes?"

Lu Li thought he would show his legs, he had seen many of them, "Hmm... I feel really cold for her."

"There's a brazier underneath, why is it so cold?" Shen Wansha leaned aside with a thoughtful expression of "I see through you, I know you're shy to change the subject, but who called me a friend?"

Lu Li didn't understand, he smiled and explained, "This way you can see more clearly."

Lu Li: ...

"You can just take a look now, and King Ping will come later, hehe..."

Lu Li: ...

While the two were talking, the woman finished singing, bowed gracefully, then stepped back slowly, and another person stood on the stage.

When Lu Li saw this person, he almost threw up.

That stout body, fat belly, he is obviously a man, but he is pretending to be a woman!No matter how evenly the powder is applied, no matter how brightly the flowers are worn, it can't erase the feeling brought by the natural conditions, it's too scary!

"Just get used to it." Shen Wansha patted Lu Li's back to calm him down, "This place...is different from other places, it has its own characteristics."

"What characteristics?"

As soon as Lu Li finished asking this question, someone came over to spread the word: King Ping has arrived.

Well, don't ask, let's look at the case first.

Shen Wansha pulled Lu Li out, while winking at him meaningfully: "I'll tell you later, it's very interesting..."

Originally not very curious, Lu Li immediately became very curious about Shen Wansha's description, why is it so interesting!

Fortunately, there was a case to save him.As soon as he got involved in the case, Lu Li forgot about this little curious thing.

……

Shen Wansha led Lu Li and Zhao Zhu towards the scene, explaining how he found the corpse: "I was leading someone to look for Qiu Jian, when I suddenly saw a man acting suspiciously, and I didn't find anything anyway. The clue, so I simply followed him. The man ran very fast, as if he found that I was chasing him, and he disappeared after three sprints and two sprints. "

"As soon as I came in, I knew I was in the wrong place. I was about to leave. Suddenly there was a scream in this room. I ran over and found that the mother who cleaned the room opened the bed curtain to sweep the bottom of the bed. I was frightened by the corpse... ..."

Shen Wansha felt something was wrong at the time, and immediately ordered his men to surround the place.He himself didn't dare to move, and ordered his most careful subordinates to move the bed away to see who the corpse was.Among the people sent to follow Shen Wansha, some had seen Qiu Jian, and when they saw the face of the deceased, they immediately recognized him.

After recognizing the deceased, Shen Wansha led everyone to withdraw, and asked the guards to guard the surroundings tightly, especially the doors and windows, and no one was allowed to enter or leave. news to them.

Shen Wansha tried his best to protect the scene, Lu Li rubbed his head and praised: "Young master is very right!"

Shen Wansha raised his chin proudly, "Of course, who is the young master!"

Lu Li looked around the scene carefully, and then approached the deceased to observe his death carefully.

The deceased was wearing coarse cloth clothes, which were very dirty and did not match his temperament.Based on the previous events, it is easy to guess that this outer garment probably belonged to the deceased whose face was scratched that Lu Li and the others discovered earlier.

The deceased was lying on his back, with a deep wound on his throat, bloody and bloody, the throat was faintly visible, and all the arteries had been severed. Such a serious injury...the cause of death was quite obvious.

But Lu Li looked around, and there was no large bloodstain in the room.The only place where there was blood was the place where the deceased was lying on his back. There was a small pool of blood where the head and shoulders touched the ground.But this amount of blood is too small, if a person dies with his throat cut, he will not only bleed this amount of blood.