Assassin peach does not change

The Yizhuang in the state capital of Yuezhou is actually in a rebuilt ancient temple in the suburbs.

There are several corpses waiting to be checked here, some of which are already decomposed, and a stench can be smelled from a distance without entering the door.

Jiang Yousi took Tao Buhuan into Yizhuang. This is actually an ancient temple. The front gate is not closed. There are several thin-skinned coffins in the open yard in the front yard, and some are wrapped in grass. You can see the exposed toes where the toe bones have rotted.

On the other end, some black hair can be seen, which is greasy and disgusting.

Going further inside is the bright hall of the Tathagata Buddha in the temple.As soon as you step inside, you can see the blackened golden Buddha statue of Tathagata. A long-handled broom is placed at the toes of the Buddha statue. At the same time, you can smell a stronger, more pungent and disgusting smell.

Jiang Youpan's five senses were already beyond ordinary people, and he couldn't stand the smell even more when he entered the room, he almost fainted, but suddenly someone handed him a black face scarf in front of him.

"This is a face towel specially made by Maigulou. It won't be so uncomfortable if you cover it."

"Thank you..." Jiang Youbo took it, but found that the scarf had a strange structure, and he didn't know how to tie it up for a while.

Tao Buhuan directly covered her mouth and nose with a black scarf and tied it on her: "This face scarf can prevent fog and poisonous gas, and it is stronger than the usual cloth. I improved the medicine powder soaked in it, which makes it more resistant to poison and It doesn’t hurt anyone, if you think it’s useful, I’ll prepare some more for you in the future.”

Sure enough, as Tao Buhuan said, the face scarf felt much more comfortable after wearing it.

Jiang Yousi refused Taobuhuan's kindness: "Although you invented this thing, it also left your mark.

If you find that the bone building is also used in other places, you will definitely suspect it, so I can no longer use it. "

Tao Buhuan knew her thoughtfulness, and said with a smile, "You should be more careful."

During the conversation between the two, they thought that there was no one inside, but at this moment, an old man inside suddenly raised his head from behind a corpse, and the two of them saw his face and were shocked.

When the old Wu Zuo saw people coming, he didn't say hello. Instead, he continued to dissect one of the maggot-ridden corpses on his own.

"Are the two of you here for identification or autopsy?" the old man asked.

"We're here for an autopsy. It should be a side room and a blood baby corpse from Mr. Zhang Nian's mansion that was sent the day before yesterday." Jiang Youpan said.

The old gangster stopped the man in his hand, raised his head and looked at Jiang Youbo and Tao with cloudy eyes.

"The two adults are late. The two corpses were found stolen early in the morning, and their whereabouts are unknown."

"What?! The body was stolen? Who stole it? Did it leave any signs?" Jiang Youpan asked in amazement.

"I don't know who did it. The body was just delivered yesterday. The old man was out to handle the case at that time. When he came back, it was dawn and the body was gone."

The old man replied, "Who are you two? Why are you asking about those two corpses?"

"I am Jiang Yousi, Tui Cheng of Dali Temple, and I am investigating the case of Zhang Nian, the envoy of salt affairs." Jiang Yousi showed his official badge. "May I ask where the body was parked last night?"

Now that the body is gone, there may be clues left where the body was buried.

"Those two places are reserved for the woman and the blood baby. The cleaner one is where the woman is lying, and the other one with a little blood is where the blood baby is."

The old Wu Zuo casually pointed across the corpses to the empty tunnel covered with straw mats.

At this time, Tao Buhuan reminded softly: "This old Zuo is crippled, and he is sitting on a wooden chair."

Jiang Youpan actually noticed it too, she heard the creaking sound of the wooden chair.

The two walked to the edge of the grass mat in the open space to check.

Most of the corpses here are unclaimed wild corpses, because brutal homicides are managed by the state government, and it is reasonable to arrange for burial after the inspection.

But the state government has no funds to bury them in peace, let alone buy them a thin coffin. Most of the corpses are wrapped in broken straw mats and thrown into mass graves.

This is the case with the state capital, not to mention the county government in some small places.Maybe he didn't even have a straw mat, so he found a place to throw it away.

Jiang Youbi had never seen such a scene. Although she had lived in a desolate frontier, she was raised by her parents and elder brothers who loved and cared for her.

The several murder cases that were solved in Dali Temple also involved high-ranking officials and nobles.

Seeing such a scene now, looking at the two broken straw mats, I couldn't help but feel chills in my heart.

Tao Buhuan didn't seem to be surprised by this, but she just heard her cool and authentic: "These corpses are still whole corpses, and the government will come to claim and dispose of them. Those soldiers who died in battle were not so lucky. Their The corpse was abandoned in the wilderness, and was tortured to death by the enemy.

It's a pity that they once fought for the country, but in the end they couldn't even get the treatment of the shroud of horse leather. "

Jiang Youpan felt the resentment in her words, and also remembered that Tao Buhuan's father, General Zhenbei, was a soldier who died in the battle. Tao Buhuan may have heard such things too much, and thinking of her parents' end, she felt a little sad.

"Is there something on my face? What are you looking at me for?" Tao Buhuan touched his face and returned to his usual treacherous and cunning expression, "The body of the side room and the blood baby are gone, what should we do next?" what to do?"

Jiang Youbi avoided her provocative gaze, squatted down and stared at the straw mat.

The concubine died due to dystocia, so there were still some dried yellowish stains on her straw mat, which may be the amniotic fluid left at that time.

The blood baby had no skin when it was born, it was just a mass of flesh and blood, so his straw mat was stained with blood...

"There's so much blood, is that child really a monster without skin?" Tao knelt down without changing, reached out and wiped a little blood regardless of the dirt, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed, "It's not pigs, sheep, cows, etc. The smell of blood should be human."

Jiang Yousi also suspected that the bloodstain was fake, but since Tao Buhuan could smell it, let's dispel such worries for now.

"Can you tell where the blood comes from?" Jiang Youpan asked.

Tao Buchang smiled: "I've smelled these since the moment I entered the building, and I can tell them apart naturally after smelling a lot. There are many things beyond your imagination in Maigulou."

Jiang Yousi felt pity in his heart.

The old Wu Zuo interjected: "When the two corpses were brought over, I saw that the woman's stomach seemed to be torn apart, the wounds were uneven, her expression was hideous, like a ghost.

The child could not be seen as a human being, probably born less than a month old, a little small in size, with skin gone, but limbs and outlines could be seen. "

"You didn't do an autopsy directly?" Jiang Yousi asked.

The old man replied: "I haven't checked the dozens of corpses placed here and outside the house, how can I have time to check them?

Zhang Jiannian was an exception, because he was a senior official of the fourth rank, so he quickly sent it back to Xialian after the inspection. "

Tao Buhuan said: "This old man's eyes are cloudy and he's still a lame man. Just now I saw that the knife in his hand was trembling. Maybe he just dawdled around with a meager salary and didn't know how to examine it carefully.

If he could examine it carefully, how could he not even find the note hidden in Zhang Nian's throat?It can be seen that the old man can't believe it. "

Jiang Youpan was noncommittal, turned his head and asked Wu Zuo: "There should be another person here, where is he now?"

"What?" The old servant opened his cloudy eyes wide.

Jiang Youpan pointed to the long-handled broom under Tathagata's seat and said, "The broom handle is so long, you can't use it. There must be someone here, at least to do some cleaning work. He is now where?"

The old Wuzuo put down the knife in his hand, and looked at Jiang Youpan with cloudy eyes, "Aside from me, there is also a helper, Xiao Zhu, but he is not here for a few days and has gone back to his hometown in the countryside."

Tao Buhuan praised Jiang Youpan: "You can see that there is another person here with just a broom, Mr. Jiang is really observant."

Jiang Yousi didn't take it seriously: "Someone who has lived will leave traces of life. If you don't find it, you haven't observed carefully enough."

After she finished speaking, she concentrated on examining it carefully, and saw a strand of extremely thin yellow hair on the straw mat, and then brought it to her eyes for a closer look, frowning slightly.

The old Wu Zuo glanced at it and said, "Maybe it's from the last corpse, but Xiao Zhu didn't clean it up."

Jiang Yousi didn't answer, and put the yellow hair into a cloth bag that he carried with him.

Except for adults who are sick, most babies have yellow hair.

Taobuhuan saw her movements and remained silent.She knew in her heart that Jiang Youbao must have an idea, but she held back and didn't tell herself.

"When will Xiao Zhu come back?" Jiang Yousi asked, "Where is his hometown?"

The old man replied: "About half a month ago, he said that his family introduced a girl to him and wanted to get married.

His hometown is in an unknown small fishing village in Runzhou, called Yuer Village, about two days away from here. "

After leaving Yizhuang, Tao Buhuan took a deep breath.Seeing that Jiang Youpan couldn't take off the mask, Tao went behind her and untied it for her without changing it, apologizing as he untied it: "The knots tied by the Maigulou method are tied by ordinary people. Just strangle yourself."

Jiang Youban didn't know what was wrong, once he felt that she was getting closer behind him, he felt dazed and at a loss.

Tao Buhuan didn't seem to notice anything wrong with her at all, and asked, "Where are we going next?"

"I'm going to write a letter to Runzhou first, and send someone to look for Wuzuo Xiaozhu. Then we will go to see the female salt merchant Xu Sanniang."

The façade of the Xu Mansion is relatively new, and after inquiring, I found out that the façade of the Xu Mansion was only repaired last year.

Xu Sanniang is a businessman by nature. After taking over the salt merchant business, she came up with a good way to dry salt. The salt produced is finer and whiter than that of other companies, but the output is very small and the price is extremely high.

But there are still many dignitaries who are willing to eat this fine salt and pay a high price to buy it.

So Xu Sanniang quickly emerged in Yuezhou and became a unique high-end salt merchant in the local area.

Jiang Yousi did not reveal his identity as Tui Cheng of Dali Temple, but introduced himself as a salt merchant, who came to visit Xu Sanniang, wanted to do business with Xu Sanniang, and only bought fine salt. Handed in.

After a while, a servant came from inside, and brought Jiang Yousi and Tao Buchang in person.

Tao Buhuan followed silently all the way, and there was another world after Xu's mansion entered.

It is roughly a courtyard with three entrances, a patio in the middle, a square layout, and two rows of wing rooms on the east and west. The north side was originally supposed to be a hall for receiving guests, but it was left vacant to set up a stage.There are several tables and stools on the south side, which should be used for viewing.

The housekeeper asked Jiang Youbi and Tao Buhuan to wait here. Jiang Youpan found a seat and just sat down. Tao Buhuan stood behind her and looked around the layout, finding the best observation and best defense position, and he was worried. Be safe.

A gong suddenly sounded on the stage, startling Jiang Youpan for a moment.Tao didn't change his mind and pressed Jiang Youpan's shoulder so that he could take Jiang Youpan away at any time, while his eyes focused on the place where the sound came from, alerting to possible accidents there.

"Guests, don't be surprised. My master likes to listen to operas. It just so happens that it's time for the show. The guests can sit down and watch a play with my master."

A middle-aged man came out to explain, and a girl following him brought out tea and poured tea for Jiang Youpan.

Jiang Yousi waited for the girl to finish making tea, but when she picked up the teacup, she accidentally knocked it over.

Tao Buhuan glanced at Jiang Youpan, knowing that she was repeating the old trick, and wanted to pretend to be dizzy and stay in Xu's mansion to continue investigating.