Suspect in Jinling

"Kuang Botou," Liu Lier was wearing men's clothing, with a slight limp on his feet. In Yingtian Mansion's valet room, it was a woman's bow to Kuang Jian, "Jiaojiao told me about your decision with the fourth master." Thank you very much, if it wasn't for some urgent matter tonight, my little girl would never appear in Yingtian Mansion to be an eyesore."

Kuang Jian frowned slightly, there were many things tonight, and he didn't have the time to exchange pleasantries, so he spoke directly to Zhenggang: "You said you saw the head teacher of the Taiping Sect?"

Yu Daijiao said: "It's not me, it's Liuli. She should have seen the head teacher of the Taiping Sect."

As he spoke, he confirmed to Kuang Jian: "Kuang Jian, do you still remember? You ruled out the killer who killed my father before, and those who knew about his review of the old case were himself, fourth master, you, me, and Master Xiaosha, Xiaosha. Master Kill mentioned this to his adoptive father, and later he confirmed it to the Taiping Sect. The result of the confirmation was that the Taiping Sect Xu and others did not receive any assassination missions, but when he questioned, his adoptive father seemed to have left Jinling, went to the north. I have been thinking, is it possible that after his adoptive father knew about it, he did not inform his subordinates to act but did it himself? Master Xiaosha would not doubt his adoptive father, but there is indeed a possibility, right? ?”

Kuang Jian nodded: "Yes."

And Sha Xiangyue later analyzed the characteristics of the murderer who killed Yu Sinian to Kuang Jian: he was between 35 and 45 years old, had been in and out of Huai'an Mansion and Jinling City between March and April, and had at least ten years of experience as a killer As mentioned above, he was very courageous when committing crimes, even calmly.Although the murderer's portrait was scribbled at the beginning, it partially overlapped with the image of the head teacher of the Taiping Sect, but there is too little evidence, and Kuang Jian has no direct motive evidence to prove that his adoptive father will attack Yu Sinian. After that, the Taiping Sect The head teacher evaporated from the world and his whereabouts became a mystery, and he would not guess in this direction out of thin air.

Kuang Jian: "Go ahead and tell me what you saw."

Liu Lier: "At the end of April this year, my daughter saw a man in Huai'an Mansion."

Kuang Jian: "Huai'an Mansion?"

Liu Lier: "Yes, after I left Jinling, I went to Huai'an Mansion. I originally wanted to deliver a letter to Mr. Yu, explaining the whole story of the Qinhuaihe case so that he wouldn't scold Jiaojiao when he returned to Ning, but I didn't expect that on the night of April 21st Out of town suddenly, I..."

Before Liu Lier finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the house, followed by Zhang Hua's anxious voice: "Kuangtou, something has happened!" The two little girls were disturbed and couldn't help looking out. Jane walked out with her brow pressed down, and received a sentence head-on:

"Kill the craftsman... he escaped!"

The two girls in the room were shocked, they stood up at the same time, and quickly looked at each other, and they both saw awe-inspiring shock in each other's eyes.

The old bookstore, people go to the empty room, the edge of the shelf, a heavy chain that has been removed and a black clothes thrown on the ground.

Yudaijiao and Liu Lier carefully looked inside the door. When Kuang Jian rushed over, the fourth master had already arrived. Besides them, there were a few other servants. The fourth master walked around the room, looked at the The trajectory of Xiangyue's escape.

Zhang Hua stood by the window and bowed his head to admit his mistake: "It's because of my subordinate's dereliction of duty, he is willing to take the blame and arrest people."

"Catch someone?" Fourth Master turned his head, Qing Lingling asked: "Where are you going to catch someone? Someone in the house will arrange it for you?"

This was obviously a rebuke, but the fourth master's tone was indifferent, as if it was nothing at all, he turned his head to look at Kuang Jian who was squatting on the ground checking his clothes and chains, and asked, "Captain Kuang, do you know how to kill someone?" Where can the craftsman go?"

A black broad back faced everyone, Kuang Jian hesitated for a moment, and the voice came a little hoarse: "I don't know."

The fourth master took advantage of the situation and said to the guards in the house: "Now the four gates have the key, even if he can't get out, ask soldiers and horses to help search and arrest tomorrow."

The faces of the guards were a little subtle at once, but they were stagnant. No one said anything. Yu Dai remained calm and looked at their expressions.

The little girl from the Yufu is so smart, she has been able to find out what Yingtianfu is doing tonight after just a short time. It can be said that it is justifiable and reasonable, but no matter how strict they are, it is an unavoidable fact that they use the trust of the little killer craftsman to perform tasks. Even if no one says it clearly, they still feel a little guilty.

So they took advantage of the situation and raised their hands, just like they did when they sympathized with Liu Lier's experience, they turned a blind eye, closed one eye, and let it go.

The guards were full of mixed feelings, hesitating, and slowly dispersed. Yu Daijiao was still standing at the door. Although she was lost, she was still relieved that Master Xiaosha would not be affected by the Taiping Sect case—although she also understood that that People are decisive by nature, once they leave, the sky is high and the sea is wide outside, and they will never come back again.

The 15-year-old girl sighed softly, looked at the people around her, and then at Kuang Jian, who was still squatting beside the rack warehouse, and greeted in a low voice: "Kuang Tou, Liu Lier hasn't finished talking, we go back……?"

Kuang Jian responded in a low voice, and stood up on her knees. Yu Daijiao suddenly noticed something unusual, and stepped forward to look at him with concern, just in time to see Kuang Jian's upright shoulders trembling imperceptibly, with her hands wrapped around the bag. The clothes, which were obviously bitten through by the teeth marks, concealed a small mass of stripped flesh.

The jade belt was as delicate as if it had been hit hard, and at that moment she realized what Kuang Jian was looking at just now: the chain was not pried open, but was forcibly pulled from her hand, and Sha Xiangyue couldn't break free after waking up. Then he bit Kuang Jian's clothes and scraped off the muscles of his little finger.

Jinling City has four floors from northeast to southwest.

The innermost layer is Miyagi City, where the Emperor Yan lived before Yongle moved to the capital, and further outside is the imperial city, that is, the Baiguan Yamen Office, where the garrison yamen, the town government department, the six departments, and the Sanfa department are all located here. , and further outside is Yingtianfu City, covering the Qinhuai River and Yingtianfu Yamen, and the outermost layer is the outer gate including the Shicheng Gate, that is, the west area of ​​the city.

The perimeter of the Jinling City wall is the largest in the world, wide and tall. The first-level city walls of Daming Prefecture are usually between twenty and thirty miles. The walls of the ancient capitals of all dynasties rarely exceed forty miles. When Dingding Jinling was built, the outer wall of Jinling was built for 96 miles. The majestic and mighty Yanziji, the eastern foot of Zhongshan, Yuhuatai, Houhu and other places covered all the mountains, rivers and lakes around the city.

The wild cat whimpered, and a swift figure appeared under the west-slanting moon. He staggered a bit, held his hand tightly, and ran towards the north of the city quickly...

The circumference of the city wall is 96 miles, and it seems to be majestic and indestructible, but where there are gaps and where people can pass through, the government doesn't know, but someone always knows.

Chongli Street, Town House Division.

Jin Yiwei on Daping looked gloomy, and the little six sent back news that they had already heard about Ying Tianfu's situation: Ying Tianfu found the Taiping Sect's lair tonight, and wiped out all the leaders of the Taiping Sect, including the Secretary of the Zhenfu. The Jin family and Xu family who are looking for, previously searched for the red lotus tattoo, the dirty work was done by their town government secretary, which cost a lot of manpower and material resources, while Ying Tianfu and the others pushed the officials to cover up the heresy and dismissed them. Shangfeng criticized in public, but he didn't expect this group of people to make such a big commotion all of a sudden with their secret efforts.

At this time, Qu Bao hurried over the crowd and walked towards Li Mengliang.

Li Mengliang: "Are they all arrested?"

Qu Bao nodded and whispered: "I'm caught, Jin Chizi, Xu Yu, Jin Zhang, and Zhu Shi are all here." After finishing speaking, Qu Bao listened to him, and the little mole at the corner of his eye moved slightly: "And..."

Jiang Xingzheng, who was one step away, looked sideways and looked over calmly. He didn't hear Qu Bao's words, but he saw Li Mengliang in the armchair raised his head: "...Are you sure?"

Qu Bao nodded vigorously: "This subordinate is sure, but I don't know where he went. This subordinate guesses that he should go to the west of the city..."

Xiaoqi didn't mention his name, but he didn't know who it was, but Li Mengliang shook the arm and stood up: "He will go to the west of the city, but he will go to another place before he escapes."

Speaking of which, Li Mengliang swept his eyebrows and walked to the Jinyiwei who had been waiting for a long time. The flames illuminated his face, and his majesty was somewhat sharp and dignified. It's time to be rewarded! You don't want other yamen to take away the limelight and merit!"

As soon as these words came out, the subordinates below were a little stunned: What?Any chance tonight?

Immediately afterwards, Jin Yiwei, who were whispering to each other, thought of Shangfeng's overwhelmed wrist in the Zigu case, collectively paused, and roared like thunder: "I don't want to—!"

Li Mengliang's aura was condensed, and his eyes were as unpredictable as a deep pool in the fierce fire. He smiled, but his expression was very cold: "I haven't finished catching the Taiping believers tonight, and the most important one is now haunting the north of the city. All of you are promoted and made meritorious deeds - pass on the command of the government!"

"Have!"

On the Daping, Yang Kui from a hundred households shouted loudly!

Li Mengliang: "The town government department is assembled tonight, all generals, set off from the north of the city!"

"Yes--!"

In the yamen on Chongli Street, 300 people responded in unison, and the sound was loud. Immediately afterwards, Jin Yiwei clenched his weapons tightly, and the whole team of hundreds of households shouted one after another.

Jiang Xingzheng was shocked in his heart. Seeing all the town officials mobilizing, he couldn't help turning to Li Mengliang, and asked in a low voice in the corridor: "My lord, are you going to fight against many people?"

Li Mengliang looked at the vast night in the north, and said calmly: "No, it's only against one person."

back lake.

There is a large lake in the north of Jinling City. It is not seen by the people because of the storage of the world's copybooks and editions. The government calls it Houhu. There are five small islands, and there are more than a dozen shelf warehouses for storing yellow books on the small islands. Since the Ming Dynasty, this place has been routinely repaired by Kufu every ten days. There are few people on weekdays, so the atmosphere is quite deep and peaceful.

Sha Xiangyue was leaning on the treasury of one of the small islands in Changzhou. The yellow books were sorted in thousands of characters. The place where he was standing was the house with the character "Xuan". Flipping the fragile yellow pages—

It was too reckless for him to break in like this. He didn't know how to find his father's yellow book in Huai'an Mansion 11 years ago. There were hundreds of rows of wooden shelves in front and back. In the dust, it was as if he had strayed into a vast ocean of books: the more anxious he was, the more he couldn't see clearly. Books were pulled out by his bloody hands and thrown away. His eyes were blurred, and there was an uncontrollable fluid It flowed continuously from his eye sockets. He stretched out his hand to wipe it, and the thick bloody smell flowed out from his "fingertips". A hundred years of history filled this yellow book library...

In the end, he simply fell to his knees, hunched, bent to the ground, his hands curled up, numb, his waist and abdomen twitched and painful, he felt that he couldn't hear anything, he couldn't even hear his own heartbeat, only a tightness The ringing in his ears, the sharp sound like a palpitation, was like a thousand insects and ants, piercing his skull over and over again, beating his brain until he couldn't breathe!

Just when he thought he was free, and was finally about to be free...

Suddenly, the sound of impatient footsteps cut through the silent night!Like a dog, he lay on the ground and gasped, his face stuck to the dusty books, barely opened his eyes, through the paper window, he saw the faint flames and figures, and then he heard those voices Shouting like thunder, those surrounding Cheung Chau yelled:

"Ghost Jianchou is inside—search inside!"

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