Dragon Pattern Roll Set

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang followed a few yamen servants back to the city, surrounded by a lot of people at the gate of a jade shop.

Zhang Long and Zhao Hu were maintaining order, and a lot of yamen servants came, and Gongsun, who was carrying a small medicine box, was riding over on a black owl.

"Who's dead?" Gongsun asked as soon as he got off his horse. Hei Xiao flicked his tail and looked around, apparently looking for Zhao Pu.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang had just arrived, and shook their heads, indicating that they had also just arrived.

At this time, I saw a person from the mansion come out, it was Jiang Yi, another commander of the Imperial City Army.

Jiang Yi scratched his head, "I just changed shifts with Cao Lan, and we laughed at him this morning for being a bad guy. In the middle of the night, I ran into a murder case in a murderous house in a street. I didn't expect it to be my turn before half a day passed."

Both Bai Yutang and Gongsun silently glanced at Zhan Zhao - it seems that you are the one who is weak.

Zhan Zhao glanced at the two of them, what does that mean - you two are also suspected, don't blame me for it!

Zhan Zhao was making an expression of disgust, when Hei Xiao suddenly flicked his tail, and the swarthy tail hair flicked Zhan Zhao's face.

Zhan Zhao grabbed Hei Xiao by the tail and asked suddenly, "Did Duo Duo give birth?"

Gongsun and Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao who was holding Hei Xiao's face, and seriously asked, "Did Duoduo give birth? Is it a boy or a girl?" and sighed.

"Who is dead?" Gongsun took a step back and looked up at the plaque at the door, then touched his chin, "Zhaoyue jade?"

"Is the shopkeeper who died?" Zhan Zhao asked Jiang Yi.

Jiang Yi shook his head, "The shopkeeper's wife died."

Zhan Zhao was slightly taken aback.

"And the appearance of death is quite terrifying." Jiang Yi signaled Zhan Zhao and the others to go in and have a look.

Bai Yutang frowned when he heard that the death was ugly. He could help with the investigation, but there was no need to admire the corpse...

The fifth master was looking around, or else he would go to some herbal tea shop and wait for Zhan Zhao and Gongsun to come out after watching it...but Zhan Zhao grabbed his wrist and dragged him into the jade shop.

Fifth Master was also quite helpless, the cat's claws were too fast to be guarded against.

When he entered the yard and saw the corpse, Fifth Master regretted it.

Bai Yutang sighed, he knew he wouldn't be coming in... He was going to spit out the dinner the night before.

At this time, I saw a woman's body in the middle of the yard.The woman was probably in her 40s, kneeling on the ground.Her entire neck was broken, hanging limply on her right side.On the left side of the neck, there are two bamboo sticks inserted, and on the bamboo sticks, there are two fat toads that are as big as the mouth of a bowl, bloody and bloody.

Zhan Zhao opened his eyes wide and looked at the strange female corpse, and turned around, "The one who killed Xie Yiting seems to be a murderer, right? They both like to stick things in their necks, although one has paper flowers and the other Inserted a toad."

Gongsun knelt down to examine the corpse.

After a cursory look, Gongsun raised his head and said, "He died after his neck was broken."

After speaking, Mr. Gongsun added, "Toad's neck is also broken."

Bai Yutang looked at the two bloody toads with distaste, felt his stomach churn, and wondered why murderers these days were like this—killing as soon as they killed, why are they playing so many tricks?

Zhan Zhao called over the shopkeeper of the jade shop who was crying.

The shopkeeper is called Wang Shouye. The three brothers in the family all run a jade shop, and he is the second eldest.Wang Shouye lost his wife in middle age. His original wife was his childhood sweetheart. The two had a deep relationship. Ten years ago, his original wife died of a serious illness.Since then, Wang Shouye has been alone. About three years ago, he met the current wife, Mrs. Pei.

The lady who died in the yard was named Pei Qin. She was very beautiful. Even though she was in her 40s now, she still had a charming charm and a good figure.

Pei Qin was picked up by Wang Shouye when she was hiding from the rain outside the jade shop. At that time, she was penniless and sick, and she was very miserable.

Wang Shouye took her in.

After getting along day and night for a period of time, the two developed feelings.

Wang Shouye married Pei Qin.

Pei Qin never talked about her previous experience, nor why she ended up on the street so badly, and Wang Shouye didn't ask either.

At that time, many people advised Wang Shouye that although this woman is beautiful, her origin is unknown, don't be a romantic woman, it might be troublesome to keep her by her side like this.But Wang Shouye didn't listen. He felt that he had no wealth and power at his age, and he had nothing to covet. Besides, no one had anything bad to say about the past these days. Anyway, he looked at Pei Qin very well.

After the two got married, the past few years have been very good, the husband and wife are loving, Pei Qin is very virtuous, and her personality is also very gentle. Wang Shouye's friends who had criticized her before also praised her very much.

But who knew, Pei Qin was killed suddenly.

Wang Shouye was doing business outside just now, when he heard a maid screaming in the backyard, he ran back to see, and passed out at that time, he just woke up.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at Wang Shouye's sobbing, knew that the two of them were really close, and felt a little sympathetic to this gray-haired middle-aged man who had lost his two lovers.

But sympathy belongs to sympathy, and the case still needs to be investigated.

Zhan Zhao asked Wang Shouye, "Has Mrs. Zun offended anyone? Can you think of anyone who would harm her?"

Wang Shouye shook his head, saying that his daughter-in-law didn't go out of the house, and basically never saw any strangers, so he really couldn't think of anyone who would harm her.

"She was living on the street before she met you." Bai Yutang asked, "Could she be avoiding some kind of enemy? Did she mention it?"

Wang Shouye sighed, "I can also see that she has experienced a lot, but she never mentioned it, and I don't want to ask, who would have thought that it was a disaster of killing people."

"Do you know Xie Yiting?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Wang Shouye was stunned for a moment, and frowned slightly, "The owner of the Freehand Painting Gallery?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded, saying that there is a door!It seems that they know each other.

"We met a few times." Wang Shouye recalled, "He bought a few pieces of jade from my shop to engrave a seal, and asked me to appraise some jade articles for his friend, and help estimate the price."

"What kind of jade?" Zhan Zhao was curious.

"They are all Jade Buddhas. He has a friend who seems to specialize in Jade Buddhas." Wang Shouye said, "There are a few really good things, all of which were used in the court of the previous dynasty. I guess his friend must be either rich or rich. expensive."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other - Xie Yiting helped people sell the stolen goods, so it is reasonable to find someone who knows how to estimate the price.

"Has Madam Zun seen Xie Yiting?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Wang Shouye shook his head, "Of course I haven't. Xie Yiting and I are not friends, and my wife also avoids meeting people I know."

Hearing this, Zhan Zhao asked, "Shopkeeper Wang, to be honest, do you think your wife deliberately avoids seeing people, as if she is hiding from someone?"

Wang Shouye didn't speak, and frowned slightly. After a long time, he sighed and nodded, "She is indeed always cautious, as if there are people and things that are very scary, and occasionally she will wake up in the middle of the night and ask her what's wrong. She wouldn't tell either."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and then at Pei Qin's body. The other party's ability to kill people and leave without anyone noticing shows that the other party's skill is not low. If it has something to do with Wang Shouye, the shopkeeper must also run away. I can't lose... But I just killed Pei Qin but didn't hurt anyone else, which means it has something to do with Pei Qin's past.But now it is difficult to find out, Pei Qin is dead, Wang Shouye asked three questions, and the clues were cut off again.

In the end, Gongsun ordered the body to be carried to Kaifeng Mansion, and ran over to ask Wang Shouye, "The one stuck in Mrs. Zun's neck..."

Wang Shouye nodded and sighed, "It's simply inexplicable, everyone is dead, why do you want to humiliate her like this?"

"Do you know the meaning?" Gongsun asked.

Wang Shouye shook his head.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang visit Gongsun.

Gongsun spread his hands, the meaning is the same as putting paper flowers on Xie Yiting's corpse, the meaning is unknown!

Gongsun left the jade shop with Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, and asked them, "Where is the fourth son?"

Zhan Zhao said that he stayed in Taixue.

Gongsun looked at the sky, "It's time for lunch, I'll pick him up."

After thinking about it for a while, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang followed to the Taixue.

As soon as the three of them arrived at the gate of Taixue, they smelled a burning smell. Hei Xiao yelled twice and looked up.

The three of them looked up and saw thick smoke billowing inside the Taixue.

Zhan Zhao was surprised.

Gongsun jumped up, "Why is it on fire again!"

Bai Yutang shook his head.

In the distance, Jiang Yi led the Imperial City Army to kill him, shouting as he ran, "I said! What's going on with Tai Xue!"

Gongsun was a little worried, why did no one come out when it was on fire?

Everyone ran into Taixue to have a look, but they were stunned.

Tai Xue was indeed on fire at the moment, but it was obviously not a fire, but someone was burning something.

I saw several identical bookshelves placed in the middle of the empty yard, just like the one in Mrs. Lin's study, and they were also filled with useless books and files, which were placed in the same way as Mrs. Lin's bookshelf was before it was burned.

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows, "It's very smart."

Gongsun leaned over and picked up the little fourth son who was watching people set fire with great interest.

At this moment, Bao Yan yelled, "It's time!"

As soon as Bao Yan's words fell, Bai Yutang flicked his sleeves... According to the method he used to put out the fire before, he extinguished the fire.

Ge Qing, who was preparing to put out the fire, scratched his head, as expected, Bai Yutang's internal strength was strong...

So, everyone began to compare the leftover bookshelf with the one in Master Lin's study.

Zhan Zhao nodded, "Although this method cannot guarantee which book is lost, it can at least deduce which floor the fire started from."

Bai Yutang also nodded, "The situation was urgent, and the other party set fire to the books. They would definitely ensure that the floor where the books were lost was completely destroyed, and the other floors were used as a cover. No matter what, the first one to be lit must have been stolen. The floor of the book."

Bao Yan crossed his arms, "This bookshelf is full of student directories, one level for five years, about two volumes a year, placed in the middle, and students' test papers on both sides."

After comparing them with each other, they finally found one of the bookshelves that was basically the same as the one in the study.

"It's the fourth floor." Zhan Zhao said.

"Here is the list of students 20 years ago. Specifically, it should be 20 to 25 years ago." Bao Yan calculated.

"The fire oil should have been splashed on the left." Lin Xiao pointed, "The bookshelf inside is more severely damaged than the one on the right. If it happened suddenly, it probably wouldn't have occurred to me to mislead others in turn. A little, so I think it should be close to the list of 20 to 23 years, and one of them, or a few ... or all of them are missing."

Everyone nodded and felt that the inference was reasonable, so they all turned to look at Master Lin Xiao, wanting to ask him if he had any ideas.

But at this moment, Master Lin was sitting under the ginkgo tree, holding a cup in a daze.

Everyone looked at the old man's appearance and was a little curious - he didn't jump when some children set fire here, what happened?

Zhan Zhao looked around and asked the fourth son, "Where's Uncle Huo?"

The fourth son said, "Hua Chao has gone back to Kaifeng Mansion, just now Aunt Hong came to tell him to go back and take medicine."

Zhan Zhao rubbed his chin, "Take your medicine, it seems that you have a little cough recently."

Gongsun was curious, "What kind of illness is the sick scholar? It looks quite serious, why don't you let me show him."

Zhan Zhao spread his hands, "I don't know about this either. He was born with a little congenital deficiency, and it seems that he got worse and worse because of practicing kung fu. But I heard from my grandfather that the four great doctors of the Demon Palace, that is, your four masters gave him Immortals are planted in his body to save his life. Although he is weak, he cannot die. And Jiu Niang is taking good care of him."

The fourth son curiously asked Gongsun, "Daddy, what is an immortal?"

Gongsun frowned slightly, "Planting immortals is one of the oldest medical skills, which is equivalent to life-saving magic skills! This kind of medical skills has been lost, and I probably can't do it if I come, unless my four masters join forces. And the needs are precious. Medicinal materials are not available to ordinary doctors."

"Grandpa said the same thing." Zhan Zhao nodded.

"Master." Bao Yan ran over and poked Lin Xiao who was still in a daze.

Master Lin came back to his senses, and suddenly smelled a burnt smell, and jumped up, "Oh! It's on fire! Where is it on fire again!"

The crowd could not laugh or cry.

Pang Yu folded his arms and shook his head aside, "No wonder he didn't say anything when I asked him if he could light the fire just now, and he didn't hear anything at all!"

Master Lin managed to wake up, leaned over to look at the results of everyone's "experiment", stroked his beard and nodded, "Well, a good idea! Who came up with it?"

Bao Yan and the others pointed at Lin Xiao.

Mrs. Lin nodded, "This row is indeed the files from 20 to 25 years ago."

"Is there anything else?" Zhan Zhao hurriedly asked.

"There are stocks in Longtu Pavilion." Mr. Lin Xiao said, "I can't find them in Longtu Pavilion, and there are some in the palace."

"Oh, so there are so many archives?" Everyone looked at Master Lin.

The old man laughed, "Of course."

So, everyone decided to go to Longtu Pavilion to look for files, and by the way, look through the files of the old Jin family's house.

Zhan Zhao asked Master Lin Xiao again about the jade shop.Mrs. Lin didn't know Wang Shouye at all, let alone his daughter-in-law, but he panicked when he heard the way of death, "Why are there so many terrible murders these days, who would do such a thing..."

Zhan Zhao felt that after searching for a long time, there was still no clue, so he had to think of other ways.

Everyone was about to leave Master Lin and go to Longtu Pavilion, when a soldier in charge of guarding outside the door ran in, "Master Lin, someone wants to see you."