The person Zhao Shu is looking for is named Qiu Jian-

This person is the official of the Privy Council, and is a powerful subordinate of the Privy Council Deputy Li Chang. The clues of the silver embezzlement case were traced, and finally fell on Li Chang, Zhao Zhu's subordinates collected clues quite smoothly, and now the things in their hands are enough to send Li Chang to prison eighteen times.

But Li Chang didn't do anything.

He didn't seem to know that someone was checking him, he should go up and down, he should do things, and there was nothing abnormal in front of him. Zhao Shu felt that something was wrong, if Li Chang really weaved a big net and eroded the entire Great Xia officialdom, Guo Wei was imprisoned, how could he not be abnormal?

It is not like saying that he is too calm, and the news sent by the secret guards said that Li Chang often had dreams at night, and even began to quietly write a suicide note and arrange for his family to ...... I knew it was dangerous.

But he didn't have the slightest intention of resisting, Zhao Shu even thought that if he took someone to Li Chang's mansion to arrest people and raid his house now, Li Chang would not run away, and he might confess on the spot.

Sometimes things go too smoothly and it's not good news, because it may be someone else's deliberate game. In the case of embezzlement of silver, Zhao Shu and Emperor Taijia worked hard for two years, secretly investigated, quietly changed officials, and carefully watched the movements of the official dynasty, just to catch the mastermind behind the scenes.

has been busy for so long, and it would be a pity and shame if the real mastermind was not caught in the end. Then he went to the back, Zhao Zhu Zhao was cautious, and he had to find out that person!

He stared at many people, trying to analyze something from the actions of these people, waited patiently for a long time, and finally got the good news: Qiu Jian ran away.

As Li Chang's right-hand man, the two of them are very close, if Li Chang is really the mastermind behind the silver corruption case, it is impossible for Qiu Jian not to know at all, this is a very important figure. But Qiu Jian suddenly disappeared for no reason, Li Chang still didn't react, only sighed twice, and notified the Shangjing Mansion and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division to look for it, so he didn't do anything.

Li Chang didn't do anything, but Qiu Jian was still hunted down......

Zhao Zhu's heart turned, and he felt that this situation was very interesting.

Qiu Jian ran away for no reason, as if he was going to betray someone, Li Chang was not unhappy, and even showed a worried and sad face, does that mean that Qiu Jian wanted to betray, not Li Chang?

Is this a result of dog-eat-dog infighting among small groups, or is there someone else behind the greed for silver?

Of course, Qiu Jian's behavior may also be due to other reasons, such as personal grudges and grudges, but the case of embezzlement of silver is more likely. As long as there is a little hope, Zhao Shu will not let it go! If he thinks correctly, this is an opportunity, Qiu Jian betrayed the master, just voted for him, right? As long as some means of pacification are used, their safety is guaranteed......

Zhao Zhu's subordinates stared at all the people involved in the silver embezzlement case, and he got the news as soon as Qiu Jian escaped, but Qiu Jian was very cunning, of course, it may also be that the strength to stare at him was not enough, Qiu Jian quickly got out of the sight of Zhao Zhu's subordinates, and his subordinates only judged that Qiu Jian was being chased and killed by people through the chaotic scenes and bloodstains that Guò tracked.

This incident happened the night before yesterday, Qiu Jian still did not show up, Zhao Zhu's subordinates are stepping up the search, and now there is a definite direction, Zhao Zhu can't wait, what he has to do now is to take action in person, be sure to find Qiu Jian!

Finding someone is not a fight, as long as the legs and feet don't stop, don't forget the tracking skills in your mind, you can keep going, Zhao Shu thinks that with his ability, it is really not a matter to bring Lu Li.

It's always boring to do a single repetitive thing for a long time, and it's also a spice to take your daughter-in-law.

Zhao Shu hugged Lu Li fiercely and kissed him and prepared to go out, and he was very satisfied.

Lu Li is also very happy, everyone has been busy recently, and it is rare for two people to be together. met Shen Wansha at the door, and the moment Shen Wansha asked for help, Lu Li actually wanted to refuse.

It's not that he doesn't want Shen Wansha to follow, but he wants to let go of Zhao Shu and Shen Wansha to play alone. I don't know why, when the young master proposed to 'help find someone', he flickered in his heart, and subconsciously felt that it was best to separate.

But Zhao Shu has already agreed......

So the three of them hit the road together again.

It was calm at first. After finding the approximate location, Zhao Shu and his subordinates analyzed and judged, determined each turning point, and Lu Li talked to Shen Wansha to enjoy the scenery.

At the beginning of the day after the snow, the surrounding scenery is not beautiful. The low wall is covered with thick snow, the snow light on the eaves reflects the sunlight, more and more white and flawless, the roof ridge beast is covered with shallow snow, the neck of the sun is slightly wet, the backlit back snow is thick, the little auspicious beast is cute and cute.

Lu Li was a little amazed, and asked his friends with great interest what they were.

Shen Wansha is a native of the ancients, with a good family background and a lot of exquisiteness, and he knows a little about these things. He happily pulled Lu Li's sleeve, and while gesturing his fingers to look around, he commented happily......

"It's a pity that your Qu brothers are not here, they have studied the house deeply, and they can tell you what this is, I know a lot more than I know!"

"That's enough." Lu Li squinted slightly, looking at the blue sky through the bleak treetops, the sun was so good, even if all the dead branches appeared in his field of vision, it would not be beautiful, not to mention, he also knew a lot of interesting knowledge that he didn't know before......

"Thank you, young master!" He patted Shen Wansha on the back.

Shen Wansha saw that Lu Li was happy, and he was even happier, and his proud little chest was quite high, "Young Master knows a lot!" ”

"Hmm."

After receiving an affirmative agreement, Shen Wansha crossed his waist and looked up to the sky and laughed, "That's, who is the young master!" Hahaha! ”

Lu Li smiled and played with Shen Wansha, and when he was happy, he went to pick up the snow on other people's walls, pinched them into snowballs and slapped them with each other. It's cold in winter, but the two of them are wearing thick clothes, and they are moving all the time, not only is it not cold, but the snowball hand is hot after pinching.

Zhao Shu saw that Lu Li was happy to play, his little face turned red, and let his subordinates stare at it, if the two of them were sweating, let them stop, and he himself was analyzing and looking for directions, while looking at Lu Li from time to time.

Sure enough, it's the daughter-in-law of King Ping, it's not too beautiful!

……

Shen Wansha was playing and began to open up new directions, he was no longer satisfied with small fights, ran farther, hid his body, and combined peek-a-boo with snowball fights!

Lu Li wanted to go to him, he was like a rabbit and hid everywhere, if he didn't go to him, he jumped out and beckoned to Lu Li: "Come on, come on, come and catch me~~~~"

Lu Li: ......

He didn't want to continue this childish game, but the young master's interest was very high, and his happy eyebrows were about to fly, he couldn't bear to refuse, so he had to keep a wooden face, and again and again, followed the young master's extremely loud 'come, come on, come and catch me' strides forward.

Until the young master suddenly screamed bitterly.

"Little oak, come over quickly, there's a dead man—"

Lu Li hurriedly ran a few steps and walked to Shen Wansha's side, "Where is it?" But scared? ”

Shen Wansha pointed to the corpse in the corner, "I saw him as soon as I turned the corner, and I was almost scared to death!" ”

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, young master is not afraid." Lu Li only glanced at the corpse, and patted Shen Wansha's back to give him a smooth breath first, this startled, don't be scared.

Shen Wansha was a little embarrassed, and after that, he urged Lu Li to look at the corpse, "I'm fine, I'm not afraid, isn't it just a dead person, it's not that I haven't seen it!" I just came around the corner, and I was scared when I saw it, and now it's fine. ”

"Are you alright?" Lu Li looked at Shen Wansha sternly.

Shen Wansha's eyebrows were calm, his small fists were clenched, and his eyes were extremely firm: "It's really okay!" ”

When the two of them were talking, Zhao Zhu also arrived.

Because the two of them were playing crazy before, they had already run in front of Zhao Zhu, Zhao Shu came over when he heard the screams, and just wanted to ask what was wrong, but when he saw the corpse around the corner, he understood everything.

Seeing the clothes on the corpse, his slender eyes immediately narrowed, and there was a faint cold light.

Lu Li noticed that his expression was wrong and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"In the message sent below, Qiu Jian's clothes have been carefully described."

Lu Li immediately understood, "The deceased is Qiu Jian?" ”

"Yes or no, you'll know if you see it." Zhao Zhu's eyes became solemn, and he turned around and walked towards the deceased.

Lu Li and Shen Wansha followed behind him.

The deceased was lying face down and his body was stiff, but because of the cold in the depths of winter, this was a sign that the corpse was dead or frozen, and it was not visible for a while. There was snow and water on the ground, and there were also pools of blood, freezing the deceased's body, clothes and the ground firmly, and Zhao Shu asked the guards to carefully draw a circle with thin knives before turning the deceased over.

Shen Wansha was curious to look forward, just in front of the deceased's turned face, he took three steps back with a 'ho', and patted his chest repeatedly, "What the hell is this!" I'm scared to death young master! ”

Lu Li didn't pay attention for a while, and was also taken aback, because the deceased's face was scratched by a sharp weapon, and the flesh turned out, and his face was covered with blood, which was very scary!

"So whether this is Qiu Jian, we don't know?" After Shen Wansha returned to consciousness, he asked such a question.

Zhao Shu squinted: "Most of the people who deliberately ruined their faces were not me." ”

"Get out of the way, I'll do an autopsy." Yes or no, you will know after testing.

Because of Lu Li's special work, in order to avoid any emergencies, as long as he goes out now, there must be a subordinate carrying his suitcase. Due to the wrong timing, Lu Li only took gloves and put them on, and conducted a rough examination of the corpse......

Soon, a smile appeared on his face, reassuring Zhao Zhu and Shen Wansha: "This person is not Qiu Jian. ”

"Really?" Shen Wansha stroked his chest to ease his breath.

Lu Li nodded, "Really." He opened the outer garment of the deceased, revealing the inner garment, "You see, the outer garment of the deceased is made of expensive and high-end fabric, but the inner garment is made of coarse cloth...... How would the average person wear it? ”

Shen Wansha stepped forward to take a closer look at the fabric, and touched it, "This is the new fabric woven in Hangzhou this year, thick and crisp, delicate patterns, restrained luster, ordinary people can't afford it, it can be used, even if it is to save face, the underwear will not be this kind of inferior coarse cloth." ”

"So, it's not the clothes of the dead." Lu Li pointed to the collar, cuffs, and belt of the deceased, "If you wear it yourself, the clothes won't be so messy and so wrinkled." ”

He untied the deceased's belt and examined his inner jacket and undershirt, which were slightly misplaced but mostly flat.

Lu Li concluded, "In addition to the outer shirt, what is inside is the deceased's own clothes." ”

He then looked at the characteristics of the deceased's hands and feet, "the palms and soles of the feet are wide, rough and calloused, and there is black mud between the fingers that has been deposited over the years and cannot be washed away...... No matter what this person does, he must not be an official. ”

Shen Wansha punched his palms with a stern expression, "So this may be a substitute ghost made by Qiu Jian!" It was Qiu Jian who killed him! ”

"There are a lot of possibilities. For example, Qiu Jian may spend silver to let the deceased change clothes with himself in order to escape, and the pursuer finds out that it is not him, and vents his anger and scratches the deceased's face; Or Qiu Jian himself looked for someone with a similar body, killed the scratched face, and then changed the deceased into his own clothes, and continued to stab several times to make the clothes match the wounds on his body......"

Lu Li looked at the wounds caused by several sharp weapons in the deceased's abdomen, "No matter what, Qiu Jian must have appeared here." ”

This is a hidden street, few people come and go, go out of the south two miles, is Shangjing South Street, this area is not a rich area, but it is very lively, there are markets every day.

Zhao Shu ordered his subordinates to divide a few people to collect the corpses, argued the direction, and continued to walk south with Lu Li and Shen Wansha.

Qiu Jian is a civil official, he doesn't know martial arts, and he probably hasn't killed anyone with his own hands, so he began to hide in this way, probably because he couldn't hide anymore, and the time was very urgent. Zhao Shu sent a team of guards to Lu Li and Shen Wansha respectively, and let them play by themselves.

Lu Li and Shen Wansha thought that they didn't feel particularly nervous before, and it didn't matter if they played by themselves, but now that they are imminent, how can they put aside their business and go outside to have fun?

The two unanimously decided to stay and help.

Since Zhao Shu assigned them a guard team, they simply separated, one person in one direction, and searched carefully.

……

This time, it was still Shen Wansha who came first with the news, he found Qiu Jian, and the person who knew this person personally identified that it was indeed Qiu Jian himself, but it was just ...... This Qiu Jian also died.

Lu Li's heart sank when he heard the news. He thought that the corpse just now was not Qiu Jian, indicating their good luck, Qiu Jian would definitely be able to find it, and Zhao Zhu's affairs would definitely develop smoothly, who knew that in less than two hours, the situation would change again, and Qiu Jian was really dead!

Zhao Zhu must have been disappointed......

Lu Li let out a long sigh, turned around and let the messenger lead the way, let's go over and conduct an autopsy.

That's all he can do.

I hope it can help Zhao Zhu.

……

Lu Li was speechless at the scene in front of him, and asked the messenger, "Are you sure Shen Wansha is inside?" ”

The little guy bent over, with a little embarrassed smile on his face, "The little one is very sure, Young Master Shen is waiting for you inside, and Qiu Jian's corpse is also inside......"

The reason why the answers to the questions are a little subtle is because this place is really ...... It's hard to say.

It seems to be a very large garden here, with red walls and green tiles, delicate and beautiful, and the gate is carved and painted, with gold lacquer, which is magnificent, and the curtain and light yarn sway in the wind, and the color is also quite gorgeous. At the top of the door, there is a plaque with gold paint on a red background, and there are three big characters on it: Youyutai. The three words are written lingering and affectionate, soft as boneless, and fragrant.

Just around the outer wall, Lu Li heard the gong point, the sound of silk strings continued, and there was a beautiful and graceful singing voice, soft, charming and delicate, like a hook inside, and the end was tempting.

Obviously, there are servants living in it. From the analysis of style, it is still a servant in a general sense.

Lu Li thought that he had just passed by, but he followed the outer wall for a small half circle, and walked to the gate, and the messenger also said that the destination was here, please come in!

Seeing that Lu Li didn't move for a long time, the messenger thought that he refused to go in, feeling dirty inside, and the sweat on his head almost came down, "It's daytime, and Young Master Shen is inside, King Ping will come in a while, and there won't be any unclean pictures inside......"

Unclean picture...... What is the meaning?

Lu Li looked at the messenger in surprise. He came to ancient times, and all the brothels, brothels, and green buildings have seen it, but the style is extravagant, and the girls are bold, why is it different here, and you can see that kind of ...... Uh, the live version?

The messenger almost slapped his mouth, he shouldn't be talking nonsense!

He knew that this master was smart, so he resolutely shut up, didn't say what he shouldn't say, and just invited Lu Li in.

Lu Li didn't mean to embarrass people, he just stopped, but he was a little stunned in his heart, Shen Wansha was inside, he naturally wanted to go in.

Maybe the road he was going to take was cleared, Lu Li didn't see any weird pictures, he didn't even see a few people, and directly found Shen Wansha.

Shen Wansha was sitting at the table drinking tea, and when he saw him coming, he beckoned again and again, "Little oak come over and drink tea!" It's so cold outside, it's warm and warm to work again, and the prince hasn't come yet! ”

"Where's the scene?"

"Don't worry, I let people seal it, and King Ping guards it, and no one dares to trespass." Shen Wansha patted the chair, "Come on, sit down for a while." ”

Lu Li was indeed a little cold, so he went over and sat down.

There was a pot of tea on the table, three plates of small snacks, and Lu Li used some of them, so he felt that his spleen and stomach were much warmer.

The mood calmed down, and Lu Li began to look around. This is a private room with a window on the second floor, but this window is not the window where you can see the street view, and when you look down the window, it is a hall with light veils and curtains.

There is a slightly higher platform in the middle of the hall, and there are women wearing costumes and dressing up in pink Dai chanting and singing softly on it, and the water sleeves are dancing, and the willow waist is gently swinging, ** looming. The periphery of the hall is full of tables and chairs, and many guests are at the bottom, while throwing silver to the table and applauding, while eating tea and snacks on the table.

Shen Wansha was stunned when he saw Lu Li, so he leaned over with strange eyebrows and strange eyes, and asked him with a smile, "How is it, don't you wear less?" ”

Lu Lixin said no, he just showed his legs, he had seen a lot, "Hmm...... I'm really cold for her. ”

"There's a brazier underneath, how cold is it?" Shen Wansha leaned to the side with a thoughtful face, 'I see through you, I know that you are shy to change the topic, but who called me a friend and friend'.

Lu Li didn't understand, he smiled and explained, "So you can see more clearly." ”

Lu Li: ......

"You can take a look at it now, and when King Ping comes, hehe......"

Lu Li: ......

While the two were talking, the woman finished singing, bowed, slowly retreated, and another person stood on the stage.

When Lu Li saw this person, he almost threw up.

That stout body, fat belly, obviously a man, but dressed as a woman! No matter how evenly the powder is rubbed, no matter how bright the flowers are, they can't erase the feeling brought by the natural conditions, it's too terrifying!

"Just get used to it." Shen Wansha patted Lu Li's back to stop him, "This place...... Unlike other places, it is very distinctive. ”

"What are the characteristics?"

As soon as Lu Li finished asking this, someone came over to spread the word: King Ping has arrived.

Well, don't ask, let's look at the case first.

Shen Wansha pulled Lu Li out, and squeezed his eyes meaningfully at him: "I'll tell you when I go back, it's very interesting......

Originally, I wasn't very curious, but Shen Wansha's description, Lu Li was immediately curious, how was it so interesting!

Fortunately, there was a case to save him. As soon as he put into the case, Lu Li forgot about this curious little thing.

……

Shen Wansha took Lu Li and Zhao Zhu to the direction of the scene, and while walking, he explained the process of finding the body: "I was taking someone to look for Qiu Jian, and suddenly I saw a man who was sneaky and very suspicious, and I didn't find any clues anyway, so I simply followed him." The man ran very fast, as if he noticed that I was chasing, and he jumped three times and disappeared, and I felt even more suspicious, and I saw that the man seemed to have entered here, so I also came in. ”

"As soon as I came in, I knew I was in the wrong place, and I was about to leave, when suddenly there was a scream in this room, and I ran over and found that it was my mother who was cleaning the room who lifted the curtain to sweep the bottom of the bed, and was frightened by the corpse......"

Shen Wansha felt that something was wrong at that time, and immediately asked his subordinates to surround this place. He didn't dare to move himself, and commanded his most careful subordinates to move the bed away to see who the corpse was. Among the people sent to follow Shen Wansha, some people had seen Qiu Jian, and as soon as they saw the face of the deceased, they immediately recognized it.

After recognizing the deceased, Shen Wansha withdrew with everyone, and asked the guards to guard the surroundings tightly, especially the doors and windows, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, and at the same time, he immediately sent people to find Lu Li and Zhao Shu respectively to bring the news to them.

Shen Wansha did his best to protect the scene, and Lu Li rubbed his head and praised: "The young master did the right thing!" ”

Shen Wansha cocked his chin proudly, "Of course, who is the young master!" ”

Lu Li looked around the scene carefully, and then approached the deceased and took a closer look at his death.

The deceased was dressed in coarse cloth, which was very dirty, and it was very inconsistent with his temperament. Combined with the past, it is easy to guess that this coat is about the deceased whose face was scratched by Lu Li and the others found before.

The deceased was lying on his back, with an extremely deep wound in his throat, blurred flesh and blood, faintly visible larynx, and all the arteries were severed...... The cause of death is quite obvious.

But Lu Li looked around, and there was no large blood stain in the room. The only place where there was blood was the place where the deceased was lying on his back, and there were small pools of blood on the ground on the head and shoulders. But this amount of blood is too small, and if a person dies with his throat cut, he will not only shed this little blood.