Northern Song Dynasty: The City of Qingquan Mystery Case

Within a moment, the flames filled the sky, startling the people in the hall.Qianqing pulled Yi Xiangquan out in the chaos.Everyone put out the fire and dealt with the funeral. By the time the dust settled, the third watch had already passed.

Qianqing intends to drag Xiangquan back to Xia's house, but the two of them are in a daze, neither wanting to face Quze.She must have prepared meals and waited for Fu Shangxing to come home. He was closer than her own brother.

But Fu Shangxing never came back.

Xiangquan was speechless, limping along the alley.Silently, they both had the same thing in their minds.The alley at night is very quiet, and you can hear the slightly noisy sound of West Street.There is still lingering smoke there, pointing to the sky, as if announcing the end of something.

He closed his eyes tiredly, he was too tired.The few hours he experienced just now, like a few days, was like a dream, and he dared not recall it.

When you close your eyes, the sky is full of fire.Fu Shangxing was in front of his eyes, all of a sudden... all of a sudden, he disappeared.

Qianqing never thought that he would set fire to the lake.

Now, he dare not talk to Xiang Quan.

Xiangquan is afraid of fire—Dangtang Yi Xiangquan is actually afraid of fire!Ganqing shook his head, in his eyes, Xiangquan had never been afraid of anything.He's smart, he's far-sighted, he's experienced, he's got special education—but he's a young man in his twenties.

"It seems that you have something to say." Xiang Quan said suddenly.

"You have it too." Qian Qing replied.

Xiangquan stopped.He quietly turned around and looked at Qianqing: "I underestimated you, you are better than I imagined. I saw two corpses and two people commit suicide, but your mood doesn't seem to be affected much."

"To each other." Qian Qing muttered.He originally wanted to say "I didn't expect you to have something to be afraid of" as a mockery, but he didn't want to talk tonight, maybe because he was still in shock.

It was the first time in Qianqing's life that he felt great fear, which was incomparable to his previous fears.He is not afraid of strange robbers in green clothes, court officials, or sudden accidents—but he is afraid today.Under the shadow of death, human power is actually so small.

Yi Xiangquan was not a talkative person, when the two returned to Xia's house in silence, almost everyone fell asleep.

Naturally, these two people couldn't sleep, they wanted to wait for the dawn, and they had to go to the Yamen of Yongcheng Mansion tomorrow.Gan Qing lit the candle, Xiang Quan looked at the candle.

The two of them just sat there.

Qianqing didn't feel sleepy, he stared at the furnishings at home.Ebony tables and chairs, famous paintings, gorgeous porcelain, elegant brushes and inkstones - these things are rarely taken seriously.

The wind gently blows the sycamore trees in the courtyard, the octagonal pavilion lies beside the rockery, and the water in the pool shimmers.The dark clouds in the night sky dissipated, leaving the stars lying in the night sky as fine as sand.

Gan Qing thought of that dilapidated backyard on West Street, where the smoke had cleared, lonely and dilapidated, and no one cared about it.

In that yard, the dilapidated swing and the tranquil black lake are a woman's eternal dream.But she, or they, were all buried in this bleak dream.Youthful and beautiful, pampered by parents, lively and healthy, sweet love—red letter and tourmaline, what do they have?They have almost nothing.

In contrast, Qianqing has almost everything.

Qianqing suddenly felt desolate, and he didn't know why.Yi Xiangquan glanced at him, and spoke first: "What are you thinking?"

"Where did the Tsing Yi Robber go?" Gan Qing prevaricated.

"I thought you were thinking of the four people on West Street."

Gan Qing snorted, and Xiang Quan continued: "Compared to this, the Tsing Yi Bandit is not so important."

"If it weren't for him, the city would not be banned, making people panic and restless."

"It will be over soon."

"End?" Gan Qing slapped the table, "The key to this operation is to catch the thief. If the thief is not caught, the rhinoplasty is gone, and so many messes have been made."

After Gan Qing finished speaking, he put his arms on the table, listlessly, with a bit of reproach: "I thought you were very powerful, and it was impossible for the thief to escape."

"I said just now that the thief is not the key."

Gan Qing raised his eyebrows: "Don't make excuses, just run away if you run away."

Xiang Quan raised his brows coldly: "Run away? Heh, that thief has slipped under your nose."

"Of course, I shot him, but he ran anyway, of course—"

"I don't mean this," Xiang Quan said coldly, "Who knocked you out?"

For a moment, he forgot about it!

"Wait, the strange thief in blue is in the yard, so... that thief has an accomplice? I shot him at the inn, and then tried to run out, but his accomplice..."

Xiangquan sneered: "The Strange Robber in Tsing Yi has to run back and forth several times for such a big project. If only one person can't do it, this is the truth about the Strange Robber in Tsing Yi. He has stolen so many times, but the government didn't realize it. ——'The Strange Robe' is not a single person, but a group, at least two people."

Gan Qing was startled, and then asked lazily, "So what? You can't even catch it."

"Let me ask you, if you want to steal something, what should you do first?"

"Infiltrate the Yongcheng government office."

"Is it not easy to get in?"

"Then find a place to quietly stare at the Yamen of Yongcheng Mansion, step on the spot." Gan Qing just answered indiscriminately at this time, he had no intention of meeting the Tsing Yi Thief at all.Fu Shangxing died, what about Qu Ze?what will she doWhat should I do?

"So, stepping on the spot...where is it better?"

Xiangquan asked persistently, so Qianqing had no choice but to answer honestly.

"A place with a good view, close to the yamen, and not easy to be found—" He stopped suddenly when he said this, and immediately came back to his senses!

Xiangquan smiled: "The Strange Robber in Tsing Yi is exactly what you think. Therefore, the Fengshui Inn is the best place. It is close to Yongcheng Mansion, has a good view, and there are few people. They wanted to harm me a few days ago, and they just stayed there for a long time. In a certain room of the inn, they come out to release incense at night, and then sneak back to the next room. Therefore, no matter how the guards patrol the streets, they cannot be found.”

Qian Qing's heart was pounding.The Tsing Yi Robber is hiding in the Feng Shui inn?They actually hid opposite the yamen, next to Yi Xiangquan's room!What a shame!

"What about Father Zhou who is in charge of the inn? He doesn't care?"

"He has lived in Yongcheng for so many years. He is old and deaf. I guess he doesn't know anything. Just in case, I'd better ask him tomorrow."

Gan Qing was thinking about it in his mind, and suddenly, a figure appeared in front of his eyes.A small, inconspicuous figure.

"Uh... have you met Xiaoer from the Fengshui inn?"

Xiang Quan was stunned for a moment: "Then there is a waiter in the inn? I haven't seen it before."

"It's quite short, and it speaks in a high-pitched voice." Qianqing said in a panic. He remembered that he was lazy that day, and when he was eating stone pulp soup, he heard gossip from the waiter in the store.This week the shopkeeper went home alone on the day of the theft, the store should be empty.

However, the day I went to the inn to look for Xiangquan, I obviously met a waiter!

Ganqing patted his head, it was too dark that day, if it were someone else, he would not be able to see clearly.However, Qianqing has good eyesight and first-class ability to recognize people.Although the face was not real, if I saw that Xiaoer again in the future, I might recognize him.

Xiangquan raised his eyebrows and thought for a moment: "Guess who is that shrill waiter?"

Ganqing was confused, and said firmly: "It must be just a waiter—"

Xiangquan looked at Qianqing with a sneer, and seemed to regain his spirit: "Oh, you know it well, why are you so stubborn. Xia Qianqing, you are lucky! You are the only one in the world who can have a close conversation with the strange thief in blue , and have seen his true face."

Hearing the words, Qianqing blushed.

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