On the second day, after Xiao Ji and Huo Dong prepared their toolboxes, they rushed to the eastern capital with the carriage that Zhongshan Zuolang came to pick them up.

Inside the carriage, Huo Dong packed up the utensils in the toolbox to make sure that nothing was left behind.

Xiao Ji looked at the people outside the car window and said to Nakayama Saro, "Nakayama-kun, I heard Yoshinaga-sama himself say that his mother used to be from Sakura Castle. ”

Zhongshan Zuolang paused, and then said: "Yes, Yoshinaga-sama's mother is a royal nobleman. ”

"A year after giving birth to Yoshinaga-sama, she passed away due to a serious illness. ”

After speaking, Nakayama Zuolang's hands were clenched into fists, although he just looked out of the car door, his eyes were full of coldness and unwillingness.

In Xiaoji's opinion, this inadvertent action can only show that the cause of Yoshinagata's mother's death may be suspicious.

"It's no wonder that Yoshinaga-sama has such a heavy attachment to Sakurajo. Xiao Ji said.

"He was so young that he had nothing to rely on, so he could only follow me every day. When Nakayama said this, the expression on his face softened, revealing a rare gentleness.

Xiao Ji asked, "Yoshinaga-sama's father?"

"Prime Minister Yoshinaga is the important minister of the Maharaja, and he is also his right-hand man, where can he have time to take care of family affairs. ”

"He rarely saw Yoshinaga-sama. Zhongshan Zuolang said coldly.

Xiao Ji didn't continue to ask, after these three words, he basically already knew the relationship between Ji Yongtian and his relatives.

Perhaps it was for this reason that he preferred to be close to Nakayama Zuolang, after all, he was just an older brother who was seven years older than him.

About an hour later, the carriage finally arrived at the gate of the eastern capital.

Nakayama opened the curtain of the carriage and took out the talisman hanging from his waist to show the guards.

Then he got out of the carriage and changed the coachman, and continued to drive towards the city.

Because this case is a top-secret unsolved case, no outsider can interfere or participate, even if he is close to the scene of the crime.

The streets of the Eastern Capital City are bustling and bustling, and most of the merchants come here from other cities.

After all, this is an ancient city with a history of 300 years.

Although it is not the main city, it was once the capital of the first generation of the Great Monarch of Dongyingzhou.

However, it is far from the coast, so it was only regarded as the second largest capital, and the capital was moved to Sakurajo Castle, which is near the sea.

This entire eastern capital city can be said to be the castle of the Yoshinaga clan, because the first person to fight the castle lord is Yoshinaga and grass.

To this day, Yoshinaga can be said to have a stable and lasting position and power.

"Two, the Ruyue Painting Gallery has arrived. Nakayama said outside the carriage.

Xiao Ji and Huo Dong got out of the carriage and followed Zhongshan Zuolang to the closed gate of the Ruyue Painting Gallery.

"Half a moment after the murder of Yueshan Songyang, this place has been controlled by the public case government, and all the scenes are very intact. Zhongshan Zuolang opened the door and said to Xiao Ji and Huo Dong.

Xiao Ji nodded and said, "Okay, hard work." ”

After saying that, the three of them pushed open the gate and walked in, and the first thing they could see was the mess in the front yard.

All kinds of scrolls, papers, brushes and other miscellaneous items lay on the ground, and the easels staggered to and fro, so no one cared about them for four days and nights.

Huo Dong opened the toolbox and took out two pairs of cloth pockets and two gloves made of fish bladders from inside, and handed them to Xiao Ji and Zhongshan Zuolang.

Xiao Ji and Nakayama Zuolang also put a pair of cloth pockets on the soles of their shoes and put gloves on their hands.

"Mr. Zhongshan, what is the conclusion of the basic investigation?" Huo Dong walked down the steps, looked in the courtyard and asked.

Nakayama said: "On that day, there were three exhibitions in the Ruyue Art Museum. ”

"One is here, and the exhibits are all very ordinary paintings painted by Songyang in the moon shirt, and the value is only within three hundred taels of silver. ”

"The second place is the front hall, where the paintings on display are of relatively high value, and the content and standard are also different from these. ”

"The third place is the second floor of the exhibition hall, and the world-famous "Phantom" has not yet been unveiled. ”

Xiao Ji and Huo Dong looked in the direction of Zhongshan Zuolang's finger at the exhibition hall on the right, and there was a faint evil aura.

"Can you please take Mr. Zhongshan into the exhibition hall to investigate?" asked Huo Dong.

"Naturally, please. Nakayama Zuolang walked in front and went to open the door of the exhibition hall first.

When the door opened, Xiao Ji saw the blood stains on the ground in the front direction at first glance, he walked over and squatted down to take a closer look, and said, "Dongzi, you come to see this bloodstain." ”

Huo Dong also squatted down with the toolbox on his back, and he measured the blood with two fingers.

Then he looked up and analyzed, "This blood stain is splashed from the second floor." ”

"Just look at the width of the bloodstain, and the speed at which it splashes on the ground is very fast. ”

Zhongshan Zuolang thought for a while and said: "In this way, Yueyi Songyang was beheaded very quickly. ”

Xiao Ji nodded and said, "For the time being, we can say that we will go to the autopsy next and make a conclusion." ”

Huo Dong suddenly ran towards the second floor, and Xiao Ji and Zhongshan Zuolang hurriedly followed.

They came to the black veiled easel, where a large stain of blood had long since dried.

"Where's 'Phantom'?" Huo Dong asked.

Nakayama said, "Behind the black yarn. ”

"No, it's gone!" Huo Dong said with great certainty, pointing to the easel behind the black gauze.

"Impossible, from the time of the incident to the present on the second floor, only me and Lord Yoshinaga have been here. ”

"No one has touched the painting. Nakayama immediately retorted.

Xiaoji said: "Zhongshan-kun, uncertain things, Dongzi will not say casually. ”

When Nakayama Zuolang saw the firm eyes of the two, he suddenly felt bad in his heart, maybe what they said was right.

He didn't hesitate any longer, stepped forward, and lifted the black veil to look at it.

Sure enough, as Huo Dong said, the famous priceless work "Phantom Face" disappeared out of thin air!

"W-how can this be?"

"Could it be that someone stole the painting?" said Nakayama Sakuro.

Xiao Xi shook his head and said, "No." ”

Zhongshan Zuolang was puzzled: "What does Xiaojun mean?"

Huo Dong thought for a while and said, "Mr. Zhongshan, is there another deceased person in this unsolved case?"

"Yes, but she was scared to death by herself. Nakayama said.

"However, she is the only one who has seen the severed head of Yueyi Songyang, right?" Huo Dong leaned on the fence on the second floor, looked down, and said.

Nakayama Zuolang nodded and said, "That's right. ”

Therefore, her death will not be as simple as being scared to death by herself. Xiao Ji said.

Nakayama said: "I was very suspicious of her death at first, but then I asked people around her. ”

It is said that she became insane after seeing the severed head, until she finally died under the tree in her house. ”

Xiao Ji looked at Huo Dong, and then said to Zhongshan Zuolang: "It seems that we have to go to this woman's house to investigate first." ”

"Okay, I'll go back to the public case office to post an investigation. Nakayama said that he was about to go out.

Xiao Ji stopped him and said, "If the Gongzhan Mansion comes forward, how can something that has sunk to the bottom of the water float up!"

"What do you mean by Xiaojun, you want to investigate secretly?" asked Nakayama Saro.

"Exactly. ”

"Since someone in the family has died of madness, then there will be a wish for the peace of the house. Xiao Ji nodded and smiled.

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