[Chapter 20 - Private Accounts] It is better to go to the night together

The missing man's name is Sun Man, a ruffian in the city, who has no home or friends, so no one knows when he disappeared. It was still the neighbor who saw the list posted by the government, saying that he needed to pay more attention to any recent abnormality, so he hesitated to report the case to the government office, so as not to be innocently implicated.

The emperor is in Dayan City, and Xu Zhiqiu naturally does not dare to slack off. When Chu Yuan went to the official mansion, the official had already brought a little widow back, looking at her eyebrows and eyes, she knelt in front of the hall and trembled all the time. When he saw the emperor, he was even more panicked, and he didn't say anything else, only kowtowing and shouting grievances.

The people in the city saw that Sun Man and the merry little widow who sold tofu were a little unclear, but it was none of their business, and no one thought of meddlers, at most they joked after dinner. As soon as I heard that the person was gone, naturally the first reaction of the big guy was related to her.

Halfway through the trial, another onlooker remembered that he had seen Sun Man in the afternoon before yesterday, and he picked and bought flowers next to the merchant's burden and said that he wanted to send a good look, but he never saw him again. The little widow shook like chaff, and also said that she had an appointment with Sun Man for a private meeting the night before, but she didn't see anyone come after waiting all night, and then she heard that it was a fire in Yeshantang, and when he was going to see the excitement, because this kind of had happened beforehand, he didn't take it to heart, and the rest of the things were really unknown.

"What are Sun Manke's physical characteristics?" Chu Yuan asked.

"Back to the emperor, this person is a splash in the city, and his right leg was broken a few years ago for molesting a woman from a good family, and after the injury recovered, he walked with high and low feet." Xu Zhiqiu said.

Chu Yuan nodded, and after whispering a few words in Sixi's ear, he took people to the good hall.

The twenty-six corpses were still neatly placed in the courtyard, and a moment later, Duan Baiyue also rushed over.

"Which corpse is different from the rest of the people?" Chu Yuan asked.

"Far left." Duan Baiyue said, "Sixi just said that there was a gangster missing in this city, but he? ”

"Ten haves*." Chu Yuan stretched out his hand to lift the white cloth, but was held by his wrist.

Duan Baiyue said: "If you want to check anything, leave it to me." ”

"The missing man's name is Sun Man, he is tall, in his thirties, and has a bone wound in his right leg." Chu Yuan withdrew his hand and did not insist on seeing it with his own eyes.

Duan Baiyue squatted down and carefully examined the corpse again, and at the knee of his right leg, there was indeed an old knife wound that had been deformed.

"That's right." Chu Yuan frowned, "But there is only one person missing in the city, except for Sun Man, who are the other twenty-five corpses?" Also, where did the old man in this good church go? ”

"You and I are both new to Dayan City, and there are some things that the people in the prefect's yamen know best." Duan Baiyue said, "Why don't you go to the study of the government first?" There are a lot of hidden compartments there, and you might find them. ”

"How do I open the mechanism?" Chu Yuan asked.

Duan Baiyue smiled: "There is a way, you might as well try it." ”

In the afternoon, a young man was taken to the inn, looking very thoughtful, tiger-faced, and his hands were full of hard calluses. He is the best carpenter in the city, Tian Yu, who was originally making coffins for the old people in Shantang, but he didn't know why he was brought here, and he didn't expect to see the emperor with his own eyes, and he couldn't help but feel uneasy.

Chu Yuan motioned for him to be flat, and asked Sixi to sit on the tea.

Tian Yu was flattered, and the whole person became more and more cramped.

At the same time, Duan Baiyue was also in the study of the mansion, scattering a bottle of thin spider silk-like wood beetle into the gap of the dark grid. Within three days, most of the wooden drawers will be eaten by these small insects, and outsiders will only think that they are termites, and they will not think that someone is deliberately doing it.

Xu Zhiqiu is still uneasy, but it has nothing to do with Sun Man's bizarre disappearance, after all, he is just a gangster, and if he dies, he will die, which is not a big deal. What he was really worried about was that he didn't know what the purpose of the Heavenly Brake Sect would be next, and what he would use to force himself to do something.

Duan Baiyue stared until dark, and when she saw that she was as usual, she left the house and returned to the post house.

Chu Yuan was wearing a robe and was taking medicine.

Duan Baiyue frowned, stepped forward and sat on the edge of the bed: "Uncomfortable? ”

"Back to the king of the southwest, the emperor is fine." Sixi's father-in-law hurriedly arrived, "It's just that I can't sleep well at night, so Lord Yegu prescribed a few medicines and told me to take them every ten days." ”

"If your body is fine, how can you not sleep well." Duan Baiyue took the empty bowl from him.

"What's going on in the yamen?" Chu Yuan asked.

Four joys and interest retreat.

"At most, three days, Xu Zhiqiu is afraid that he will have to look for craftsmen all over the city to make up the study." Duan Baiyue said, "Since Tianyu is the best carpenter in this city, there is no reason why he should not be invited into the mansion. ”

"Can he be trusted?" Chu Yuan asked.

Duan Baiyue said: "Naturally. ”

Chu Yuan nodded: "Hmm." ”

Duan Baiyue smiled: "Just a 'hmm', I don't want to ask why he is credible?" ”

"I don't want to." Chu Yuan leaned back lazily on the head of the bed.

"Also, there are too many things in my heart, and one less thing is one." Duan Baiyue covered the quilt for him, "Sleep, I'll go back later." ”

Chu Yuan turned his back to him sideways, and closed his eyes according to his words, probably because he had taken the medicine, and the quilt was really warm, and his breathing began to grow after a while. In the dream, there seemed to be a shallow temperature coming from the corners of his lips, and his brows wrinkled involuntarily, but it seemed to be just an illusion.

After returning to the inn, Duan Nian was waiting in the room.

"What did you find?" Duan Baiyue asked.

"Back to the prince, our people have been in teahouses all over the day all day long, talking to the people through the business of tables and chairs." Duan Nian said, "It sounds like Xu Zhiqiu's reputation in the city is not bad, even if he has no great merit, he is not a big deal, at most he is a little more lustful, not like a confused and faint official who has plucked his feathers." ”

"That's all?" Duan Baiyue sat at the table.

"Another thing, there are several families in this city, and the men of the family have said that they want to go out to do big business, and they have not been back for two or three years." Duan Nian said, "It's just that I keep asking people to bring silver tickets home, and I do make a lot of money, and the neighbors are blushing and inquiring, but they can't ask anything, and there are a lot of gossips." ”

"Big business." Duan Baiyue touched her chin, "The renovation and repair of the palace of the royal city are all handed over to the craftsmen of Dayan City, can there be a bigger and more eye-catching business than this?" ”

"Do you want to keep looking?" Duan Nian asked.

Duan Baiyue nodded.

Duan Nian received the order and wanted to leave, but was stopped again: "Go back and tell Master and Yao'er, I'm afraid that this king will not be able to go back until a while." ”

"Master Nan has already passed the word to his subordinates." Duan Nian said, "Even if the prince stays outside, it will be better if he doesn't go back for three or five years, and it doesn't hurt to stay for ten or eight years." ”

Duan Baiyue: "......"

What is love, how long is the wave, how long is the wave, how long is the wave?

In the Southwest Palace, Nan Mo Xie was feeding insects with Duan Yao.

"Master." Duan Yao squatted and moved towards him, "Who is my brother's sweetheart?" ”

"Little children, ask these adults what they do." Nanmo shook his head, "Play with your mud." ”

Duan Yao asked again, "Is it good-looking?" ”

"Beautiful." Nan Mo said casually, "If anyone dares to say that he is not good-looking, I am afraid that his head will be cut off." ”

Duan Yao opened her mouth wide in shock.

Is his brother blind, so cruel can he love?

Two days passed, on this day, Xu Zhiqiu opened the dark grid and pulled the drawer, and saw the sawdust falling down, and then looked closely, a lot of wood was hollowed out, so he hurriedly sent someone to find the craftsman.

Duan Baiyue leaned against the big tree outside the courtyard and watched as the master brought Tianyu all the way into the study.

"Lord Hui, it's because it's been a long time since the insects have been prevented that it will attract termites." Tian Yu inspected it and said, "Fortunately, only a part of the dark grid has been damaged, and it can be repaired in half a month at most." ”

Xu Zhiqiu nodded, watched him finish drawing the drawings with his own eyes, and then went out together.

That night, Xiang Yan sneaked into the small courtyard secretly, and took a copy of the drawings from Tianyu's hand back to the post station.

"It's really not a small number of dark grids." Chu Yuan said.

"No more." Duan Baiyue took the drawings from his hand, "Two days at most." ”

Chu Yuan nodded.

"Do you want to go together?" Before going out, Duan Baiyue suddenly asked.

Chu Yuan was puzzled: "Huh? ”

"Agent, do you want to go?" Duan Baiyue stretched out her hand at him, "It's very fun." ”

Chu Yuan: "......"

Frankly, he had never thought that he could do such a thing on his own.

But maybe because you haven't done it before, you feel like it's okay to give it a try.

So a moment later, Sixi's father-in-law was called into the room.

"Where are the emperor and the king of the southwest going?" Seeing the two neatly dressed, Sixi's father-in-law was puzzled.

Duan Baiyue said calmly: "Enjoy the scenery." ”

Chu Yuan: "......"

Good view, good view. Sixi's father-in-law suddenly realized, and watched the two go out with a smile and a smile.

The night was cold, walking on the lonely long street, Duan Baiyue asked, "Is it cold?" ”

Chu Yuan stepped onto the treetops, and then fell into the courtyard of the government.

Duan Baiyue's expression was calm, and she took back her outstretched hand.

The courtyard was silent, and the study was not locked. Although there is no candle flame, the moonlight can also illuminate most of the surroundings. According to the drawings drawn by Tian Yu, Duan Baiyue quickly unlocked the chain lock and pulled out the hidden lattice drawers one by one.

The paper of the ledger was dusty, and it had obviously not been touched in years.

"The state capital and county chronicles of more than 40 years ago are probably left by the previous ones." Chu Yuan looked at a few pages and said, "It shouldn't have anything to do with Xu Zhiqiu." ”

"Since you are an undercover agent, you can't be impatient." Duan Baiyue said, "There are seventy or eighty hidden grids here, and you have to look for them one by one before you can make a final conclusion." ”

Chu Yuan opened another drawer, and several huge cockroaches poured out, almost hitting his hand, so he instinctively retreated.

Duan Baiyue shook his head, reached out and gently closed the drawer in front of him: "It's dirty here, I'll come." ”

The two were so close that they seemed to be able to feel each other's breathing, Chu Yuan's neck was hot, looking at his smiling eyes like a morning star, and he was a little angry with himself for no reason, so he simply turned his back to him and checked the drawer on the other side.

Duan Baiyue raised her eyebrows, didn't say much, and continued to open the next drawer.

The room was quiet, fine dust was flying around, and the tip of Chu Yuan's nose began to redden after a while. Duan Baiyue caught a glimpse of him wanting to sneeze but couldn't hold back his appearance, as if he was quite uncomfortable, just thinking about bringing people back first, but Chu Yuan had already opened a volume of accounts, and it looked like he had made a discovery.

"What is it?" Duan Baiyue stepped forward.

Chu Yuan motioned for him to take a closer look, the paper was very new, like something new in the past two years. There were some strange symbols drawn on it, and I couldn't tell what it meant.

"Words aside, what do you think this thing looks like?" Chu Yuan asked in a low voice.

Duan Baiyue glanced at it twice more and guessed: "Accounts? ”

Chu Yuan nodded.

"Xu Zhiqiu's private account?" Duan Baiyue sighed, "It seems that this prefect is really not just a matter of lust. ”

Chu Yuan hurriedly glanced at it twice, and wrote down the page he had opened. The sky outside has begun to brighten, and it is not advisable to stay for a long time, Duan Baiyue said: "Let's go, if you still want to see it, come back tomorrow night." ”

Chu Yuan nodded, carefully restored the qiē, and returned to the post house with him.

Sixi Gonggong was napping in the side room, and after hearing the movement, he hurriedly passed hot water, and asked if he wanted to prepare some food. After all, the emperor has been out all night, and he doesn't know what to do, maybe he will be hungry.

Chu Yuan shook his head, didn't care about speaking, and hurriedly took a pen and paper to reconstruct and trace those symbols one by one.

"If it's really words, it's well documented." Duan Baiyue stood behind him and watched, "But if Xu Zhiqiu came up with the ghost drawing talisman himself, I'm afraid he would have to start from elsewhere." ”

"Where there are accounts, there must be business." Chu Yuan said, "But listening to what the people said during the day, he didn't open a private business, and even if he really violated the rules and regulations, he could only make a living in Dayan City, and the son of a family who was a member of the imperial court would never even have to sell a few tables, chairs and benches secretly." ”

"It's hard to say if people are unpredictable." Duan Baiyue handed him a small bottle, "Smell it, your nose will breathe." ”

Chu Yuan: "......"

Looking at his red nose, Duan Baiyue sighed: "If we spy again next time, let's go to a clean place." ”

As soon as Chu Yuan uncorked the bottle, there was a smell of sky-high seasoning.

"Ahh

"Ahh Sixi's father-in-law hurriedly said outside, "The emperor is infected with a cold?" ”

"It doesn't matter." Chu Yuan was teary-eyed and dizzy, but his nose was really a lot.

Duan Baiyue couldn't help but smile.

Chu Yuan waved his hand and drove the person out.

After a while, Sixi's father-in-law brought hot water to serve and wash, and said that it was almost dawn, and the king of the southwest did not return to the inn, but lived in the empty room next door.

Chu Yuan: "......"

Duan Baiyue lay on the bed with her arms on her pillow, listening leisurely to the movement next door.

The small sound of water, the rustling of futon being lifted, and the sneeze of the nose not breathing.

Separated by a thin wooden wall, the distance was so close that it seemed to be lying together.

Duan Baiyue smiled and closed her eyes with peace of mind.