Dragon Pattern Roll Set

Zhan Zhao and the others went to find Shen Yan, but they were interrupted by unknown attackers during the questioning.

However... After being frightened, Shen Yan fell into a state of confusion. At the same time, everyone unexpectedly found a strange tattoo on Shen Yan's back.According to Lin Xiao's previous description of the tattoo on his father Lin Ziwen's body, it can be inferred that the tattoo on Shen Yan's body should be the same as that on Lin Ziwen's back, or slightly different.

Because the three-headed Jintuo has three complete heads, Lin Xiao said that his father's tattoo only has the head in the middle, and the shoulders are empty on both sides.But at this time, the tattoo on Shen Yan's back that everyone saw, the right side of the head is on, the left side and the middle are empty, so... it is more likely to be a set!

Zhan Zhao looked at the incoherent Shen Yan, frowned, took two steps, stretched out his hands, and patted Shen Yan's ear.

Shen Yan shuddered suddenly, and felt his ears buzzing.

Zhan Zhao used internal force to slap that palm. At this moment, Shen Yan should be temporarily deaf, unable to hear anything.

Shen Yan's eyes were instantly dark... When he understood, the surroundings also became quiet.

Gradually, Shen Yan came back to his senses, except for a slight tinnitus in his ears, he returned to normal.

Gongsun was curious, what is Zhan Zhao's ability?

Bai Yutang and Zhao Pu understood... Because Zhan Zhao inherited Yin Hou's bloodline, he has better control over his internal energy than ordinary people. Yin Hou can freely use his internal energy to create the Magic Sound Jue and Demon King Flash. The principle is to transform the internal energy into other Form, through sound or light, vibration, etc., to affect others.

Shen Yan was confused just now and had fallen into a state of loss of control. Zhan Zhao was like using internal force to create a sound that stunned him. When he regained consciousness, he would naturally wake up from the lost state. It was indeed effective.

Shen Yan was still breathing a little short of breath, sweating profusely.

Two shadow guards helped him up and let him sit on a chair.

Zhan Zhao looked at the empty box, and at Bai Yutang—guess what he lost?

Inexplicably, Bai Yutang thought of what Wang Xiaopang told them just now, Xie Yiting lost his soul when he lost something, maybe what he lost was a painting, so... Could it be that what Shen Yan lost was also a painting?

"What did you lose?" Zhao Pu asked curiously.

Shen Yan lowered his head, and said for a long time, "Drawing..."

"What painting?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Shen Yan raised his head, suddenly seemed to think of something, stared at Zhan Zhao for a while, and then said to himself, "So... Xie Yiting didn't cause the murder because of the stolen goods? I was wrong. ?”

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, and said, "Xie Yiting also lost something important, it seems to be a painting."

Shen Yan was stunned for a moment, then puzzled, "How could Xie Yiting have paintings... Could it be that he also has them? It's no wonder..."

"No wonder what?"

Seeing that Shen Yan hesitated to speak, Zhan Zhao followed closely.

"Where's Ziwen?" Shen Yan asked, "You asked me about Ziwen just now, did something happen to him?"

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang rubbed the center of his brows, feeling a little tired from listening, can you explain it once and for all?

"Lin Ziwen died ten years ago." Zhan Zhao said.

Shen Yan was stunned for a moment, the shock on his face seemed to be unbelievable, then he lowered his head, the sadness in his expression did not seem to be fake, so everyone deduced that he and Lin Ziwen should still be friends.

Zhan Zhao asked, "Your original name was Shen Botao, but later you changed your name and lost contact with your family. Why?"

Shen Yan was at a loss, "I... have done some bad things in the past."

"Shen Yan." Zhan Zhao said, "I don't care what you did in the past, many people have died so far, you'd better say something, for example, why do you and Lin Ziwen have this tattoo on their backs? For example, what is your relationship with the old Jin family house, and what painting did you lose? Why is it so important?"

Gongsun and the others breathed a sigh of relief, yes, it’s not enough to explain it once, hesitating!

"I have a tattoo on my back..." Shen Yan finally said, "Ziwen also has one on his back."

"Since there are three heads, it means there is one more." Zhao Pu asked, "Who else is tattooed on whose back?"

Shen Yan looked at the crowd, confused, "Three heads?"

Everyone frowned, did he not know, or did he deliberately conceal it?

Zhan Zhao motioned him to start from the beginning and tell what he knew.

"Ziwen and I are both from Hangzhou Prefecture. We have known each other since we were very young. We were admitted to Taixue together and came to Kaifeng together." Shen Yan started from the beginning, "I live in poverty. It’s the combination of supercilious eyes. I can come to Taixue to study thanks to the paintings Ziwen gave me. Three paintings, one is all the expenses during the study period, and one is enough for me to buy real estate after the imperial examination. I will live in Kaifeng. I used it in exchange for a few good words from the grand master, entered Yuanqing Academy, and have made some achievements today. It can be said that everything about me was given to me by Ziwen."

Zhan Zhao and the others frowned slightly.

"Back then, why did Lin Ziwen leave without studying at the Imperial Academy?" Bai Yutang asked.

Shen Yan sighed, and said, "Ziwen's talent is a hundred times better than mine. If he stays in Kaifeng to study, he will definitely become a leader in the future. When we entered Kaifeng, we also had great ambitions... However, the sky failed. We two bumpkins just arrived In Kaifeng, there were conflicts with a few students of Taixue, and later the quarrel came to the yamen. The other party had power and power, but the yamen was partial to the gang. Ziwen was so angry that he left a letter saying that he would rather study in the same academy as this kind of person. Don’t read it, so I left without saying goodbye.”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other.

Gongsun held his chin, "You have a bigger temper than me..."

Zhao Pu asked Gongsun, "If this situation changed for you, what would you do?"

Gongsun raised his eyebrows, "Of course I stayed at Taixue to study? Why do you want me to leave, the other party is a scum, okay? I just stayed at Taixue to suppress them and add to their troubles."

The crowd could not laugh or cry.

Zhan Zhao asked, "Will you take the fourth son to study in the Imperial College?"

Gongsun smiled and rubbed his son's buttocks, "That's different. Why do you study in Taixue when you have a fourth son? You don't want to be a prime minister! You don't have to worry about it!"

The fourth son hugged his father's neck and rubbed his face.

"Actually, Ziwen left just like that. I also think it's abnormal. It doesn't look like his character." Shen Yan said, "When I was studying, I had some letters with him a few years ago. He said that he was married and had children, and his life It's very good, so I don't have to worry about it. He also suggested that I stay in Kaifeng and don't go back. He said that several brothers in my family were fighting for property and were beaten to death. He suggested that I should not go back and simply cut off contact. I also listened to it After listening to his words, gradually, there will be no correspondence."

"After talking for a long time, how did you get the tattoos on your back?" Zhao Pu asked.

"It was a chance meeting between us when we were young." Shen Yan said, "About 30 years ago, when we were only thirteen or fourteen, because our parents died young, we often stayed together. Help with work. During that time, we worked part-time in several warehouses at the dock, helping to record goods and settle accounts, and we were busy eight or nine hours a day."

"One day, an antique black boat docked at the pier." Shen Yan continued, "That boat was huge and magnificent. There were three black snake heads on the bow, which looked a little weird. The boat stopped After the dock, there was no one transporting goods, no one getting on or off the ship, and it just docked quietly. At that time, many boatmen at the dock were talking about the ship, saying that it might have come from other overseas countries, but it must not be from the Central Plains anyway. Kind of. Ziwen and I finished our calculations late at night, and we wanted to leave, but when we went out, we saw this big ship not far away. We were too young at the time, so we didn’t know the heights of the sky and the earth, so we wanted to go on board and have a look. At worst, if someone finds out and kicks him down, at most he will be beaten."

Everyone couldn't help raising their eyebrows when they heard this—you two nerds are quite courageous.

"The two of us slipped onto the boat just like that." Shen Yan said, "The boat was empty and no one was guarding it. It seemed that everyone on the boat had already disembarked. The cabin was locked, and we broke a door from the cabin. Looking in through the window, it was pitch black and I couldn’t see clearly. I saw a lot of boxes piled up there, some big and some small. I felt something was wrong, and I said to myself, don’t smuggle salt or buy and sell antiques. It’s not as simple as being beaten, and you might lose your life. But Ziwen was very courageous, and he was also very curious, so he pried open the window and went in.”

Everyone is sweating for these two nerds, haven't you heard that curiosity killed the cat?

"After we went in, we found those boxes were very heavy, so we opened one, and there was a golden Buddha in the box." Shen Yan said, "The golden light is exquisitely crafted, and it is priceless at first glance. I looked at the other boxes, Inside are Buddha statues made of gold. Although we can’t tell what kind of Buddha or Amitabha it is, it can be seen that it is very valuable. At that time, we both wondered why such valuable goods were still on the ship without looking for anyone. take a look."

Everyone thought about the warehouse in the White Mansion. Not only was it not guarded, but even your gold and silver were piled up like stones... probably rich, so be willful...

"We were planning to put down the Golden Buddha and run away quickly, because if someone finds out, they might say we stole it, wouldn't that be too bad!" Shen Yan said, frowning, "But at this moment, suddenly... Inside a large box, there was a sudden 'bang' sound, as if something was moving inside. It was a dead night, and the sound made both of us tremble. I was holding a golden Buddha that was going to be put back in my hand. As soon as I let go of this movement, I heard a 'bang', guess what?"

Everyone blinked.

"The golden Buddha that fell on the ground broke!" Shen Yan smiled wryly.

Zhao Pu frowned, "Is the gold broken?"

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang, and Bai Yutang touched his chin too—could it be the same as the golden Buddha dug out from the ground of the Jin family's old house that day, is it fake?

Sure enough, Shen Yan spread his hands, "That golden Buddha is fake! It's coated with gold on the outside, and the inside is made of stone, so it was smashed to pieces!"

Everyone looked at each other—is there any connection between the batch of fake golden Buddhas that Shen Yan was talking about, and the ones found in the grounds of the Jin family's old house?

"We both thought at the time, it's too bad! These people probably sell fake goods, or fake gold. In short, this posture should not stay for a long time, and I wanted to slip away... But before I ran away, the box in the distance rang again." Shen Yan said, "This time we can see clearly, the box is moving, what kind of living thing is locked inside!"

Everyone found it strange and continued to listen to Shen Yan.

"The box looks about the size of a coffin, or maybe it's a coffin at all." Shen Yan continued, "I wanted to drag Ziwen away quickly, but Ziwen followed like a demon and insisted on opening it. Check out the box."

Zhan Zhao Fu forehead, what should be done at this time is to leave quickly and report to the police, right?

"We went over and found that the box was locked, but there was a small box next to the box, so we opened it... There was a key inside." Shen Yan said, "Ziwen took the key... and opened the lock. "

Gongsun frowned, "It's really opened?"

Shen Yan nodded.

"and then?"

"Then..." Shen Yan said, rubbing his face with his hand, "This man is in the box, dressed in black, with a pale face, clasped hands on his chest, and a flute on his chest."

Everyone frowned—Xiao?

"The man's face and lips look like he is almost dead." Shen Yan said, "Ziwen wanted to reach out and touch his neck to see if he had a pulse, but he suddenly opened his eyes..."

Everyone was silent, and the fourth son crawled from Gongsun's arms to Zhao Pu's arms to hide. This was his habit when he heard terrible things.

"At that moment, footsteps came from outside the cabin, and it seemed that someone was rushing over." Shen Yan continued, "Ziwen and I were startled, but the man jumped out suddenly. I was really blind at the time! He Definitely not human!"

Bai Yutang frowned, "Not human?"

"He just lay flat like this, and then got up... Then he grabbed our shoulders with both hands, it hurt so much, the bones were about to break..." Shen Yan shook his head, "Then he flew out with us, broke through The window... I was hit by the window and passed out."

Everyone touched their chins—this encounter was very bizarre!That person is probably not a ghost, but it is true if his kung fu is good.

"When I woke up, I was lying in a stream, my clothes were soaked, and Ziwen was sitting on a rock next to me, dazed." Shen Yan said, "When I think about it, I feel like my whole body Soreness, especially in the back, it hurts like I have suffered multiple injuries."

Zhan Zhao asked, "Do you have a tattoo on your back?"

Shen Yan nodded, "I also felt very painful at the time, but I didn't think about the tattoo. I reached out and touched it and there was no bleeding. Ziwen sat across from me and asked him what happened. Where is that weird man?" Ziwen said he had left, but... I saw Ziwen was holding that long flute in his hand."

Zhan Zhao frowned, "Where's the man in black?"

"I also asked, and Ziwen told me that he had already left, and left Xiao for him, saying that he was grateful for them saving him." Shen Yan said, frowning, "But Ziwen is very preoccupied, I can see I figured out that he just made up two sentences to prevaricate me. But I didn’t ask too much, it’s good to save my life... Then I got up, and just stood up, I felt something in my arms, I reached out and took it out, it was a scroll .”

Everyone frowned—the scroll?

"I opened it and saw that there was a painting on the scroll." Shen Yan continued, "The painting is a picture of a snow scene, which is very beautiful, and the style of painting is almost the same as Ziwen's. money, so I don’t understand.”

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang thought that the painting style of the Lin family seemed to be passed down from generation to generation. If this scroll wasn't painted by Lin Ziwen, then it must have been painted by his relatives, right?

"Not only do I have a scroll of paintings in my hand, Ziwen also has a scroll of paintings." Shen Yan said, "And my paintings and his paintings can be spliced ​​together. It can be seen that they are cut from a whole painting. There should be other paintings in the two paragraphs that came out. At that time, I jokingly asked if this was also a thank you gift left by that person? Unexpectedly, Ziwen suddenly told me with a scary expression, this painting must be hidden, it cannot Let anyone know that I have it, no matter how poor I am, I can't sell it, and I can't see the light of day, once people know that this painting is in our hands, our lives will be lost!"

Bai Yutang was puzzled, "What exactly is the painting? Is it just an ordinary picture of a snow scene?"

"Well, it's a picture of a courtyard in the snow. It's very vivid, but I don't know where the courtyard is. It doesn't look like the current building, it seems to be an ancient painting."

"Ancient painting..." Gongsun frowned.

"Ziwen is rarely so serious, and I didn't pay much attention to it, so I took the painting home." Shen Yan sighed, "But when I went home to take a bath, my brother suddenly asked me why I tattooed on my body, and I still had such terrible patterns. , When I looked in the mirror, I was startled. I rushed to find Ziwen overnight, and Ziwen told me that he also had one on his back. He also said that this tattoo should be hidden well, so that no one else can see it. I I felt that he was talking about it, so I returned home full of doubts, entered the door, but found that the painting was gone.”

Zhao Putting his chin, he thought to himself that Nima's story really turned around.

"I searched everywhere, and later I heard from my sister-in-law that my third uncle entered my room just now and ran away sneakily." Shen Yan was helpless, "My third uncle is addicted to gambling, often loses so much that he has no money to eat, and borrows gambling money everywhere." , it must be that he thought the painting was good and sold it. I chased it to the pawn shop, but the man said that the third uncle hadn't come. Golden Snake Hidden Weapon."

Everyone looked at each other and glanced at the hidden golden snake weapon on the table. No wonder Shen Yan reacted so strongly when he saw the hidden weapon just now.

"But who knows the next day." Shen Yan said, "The yamen servant came to my house and said that my third uncle died."

Everyone was stunned.

"It's not just my third uncle who died." Shen Yan said, "That day my third uncle invited a few friends to gamble together, and together with his three friends, they all died in the room, and they were all killed by a palm. There is no shortage of pennies, so everyone suspects that it is seeking revenge, but there is one thing that is very strange..."

Before Shen Yan finished speaking, Zhan Zhao asked, "Does the other three have gambling money, but your third uncle doesn't?"

Shen Yan nodded, "That is to say, my third uncle intends to use this painting for gambling. Since the painting is back, it means that the one who killed them is the one who sent me the painting."

Everyone nodded, that should be the case.

Shen Yan was helpless, "I was terrified at the time, and ran to find Ziwen. Ziwen warned me again that this painting must be hidden, and anyone else who sees it will die. I am lucky this time, otherwise If I hadn't, my life would probably be gone... But I asked him what was going on, and he didn't say anything."

Hearing this, everyone was puzzled—what was Lin Ziwen hiding?

Shen Yan sighed, "Since then, Ziwen has been very kind to me. He often invites me to drink and helps me pay for my study. It looks like he owes me something. I've been worried all day long, thinking I want to hide that painting well, so that no one will find it. I lost contact with my family later, and it was more or less related to this painting. After so many years, Ziwen and I also broke up early. The painting has always been hidden in a hidden compartment, and I haven't taken it out, I don't know why it disappeared..."

After hearing Shen Yan's narration, Zhan Zhao and others were a little puzzled...Shen Yan didn't seem to know the meaning of this painting, only knew that life was at stake and should be hidden.But Xie Yiting is not the case. According to the girl of Xie’s family, Xie Yiting often admires paintings alone, which is similar to holding a hot potato. This means that Xie Yiting knows the value of this painting!

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao—according to Shen Yan, Lin Ziwen should also have such a painting in his possession, so does Lin Xiao have it?

At this time, I heard Shen Yan talking to himself, "Ziwen actually wanted to study at the Imperial Academy. I think he left the Imperial Academy because he was out of anger. There must be other reasons. He just didn't want to talk about it. It's a pity... He has passed away."

Everyone was silent, Lin Xiao said that it was his father's long-cherished wish to study at Taixue, it can be seen that Lin Ziwen had no choice but to leave Taixue!

After that, Zhan Zhao and others got up and took Shen Yan back to Kaifeng Mansion.

As they walked, everyone was thinking about it—the fake golden Buddha, the picture of the snow scene, the old house of the Jin family, several murders, the three-headed gold tuo, two tattoos... It seems that more and more clues are gathered together and can be connected in series , are inextricably linked with each other.However, what is the secret behind these clues?Among the thousands of threads, there is just one axis missing, and the clues cannot be connected together.

When they went back, everyone went to Mr. Lin Xiao's house, wanting to ask Lin Xiao about the painting.

As soon as I arrived at the door of Master Lin's house, I heard a melodious flute sound...

Shen Yan suddenly froze, and stood at the door stupidly, "Is Ziwen here?"

Everyone glanced at him, puzzled.

Gongsun said, "I heard from Bao Yan and the others before that Lin Xiao carried a hole flute, which sounds very nice."

"Lin Xiao..." Shen Yan was taken aback for a moment, then surprised, "Is it Ziwen's son?"

"Lin Ziwen mentioned it to you?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"No...he only told me that he had a son, not his name." Shen Yan was excited, "But we often chatted together when we were young, and Ziwen said that if he has a son in the future, he must add 'Xiao' to his name." 'Character."

Zhan Zhao wanted to knock on the door, but at this moment... Yao Yao, who was following Bai Yutang, suddenly looked up.

Bai Yutang and Zhao Pu also frowned... There was a burst of breath above their heads, someone stepped in before them!

At the same time, Lin Xiao's flute also stopped.