"Not good."

What a familiar sound.

Liansheng looked up the stairs, and a man dressed as a scholar and wearing a scribe's scarf was shaking a fan and smiling as he walked up.

Yu Shizhao, it's you again.

Liansheng looked at him with an unkind gaze.

Are we two guilty brothers? Is it the murder that happened as soon as you appeared, or did it happen as soon as I showed up? Conan? Kanedaichi?

Yu Shizhao smiled brightly, and the corners of his mouth twitched when he was only shaking, and he didn't know how to call his direct boss.

In the end, it is the child of the fast family, Fang Sheng comforted Ye Sheng and a few other people who ate the meat, and he also came upstairs, Yu Shizhao turned his head and nodded at him, Fang Sheng instantly stopped, looked at the front in embarrassment, and shouted weakly, "Sister." ”

"Why do you see my cousin calling sister." Yu Shizhao and Yan Yuese, looking at Fangsheng for a while, hairy: Cousin, where is this, it doesn't matter.

Ma Zhutou was inspecting Li Xiucai's room, and when he saw another person coming in, he asked unhappily: "Who are you, who allowed you to come in?" ”

Qianji had no choice but to say on the side: "Me." ”

When Qianer arrived in this county, he went directly to a station in Jinyiwei. This horse catcher is a generation of brocade guards, the men in the family have been working in this county for several generations, and the second is naturally a good food, drink and hospitality, and when he heard the words, he bowed his hand to Yu Shizhao and saw the courtesy.

Qianji continued: "This ...... Sweet-smelling...... Well, Yu Xiu is Miss Gu's cousin. ”

This means that Gu Liansheng is covered by me.

Ma Zhutou nodded, and his subordinates understood.

Li Xiucai's room is no different from Liansheng Fangsheng's, not big, a bed, a table and a chair. There is no window, there is a large copper basin under the bed, Li Xiucai's package is still there, Ma Zhutou untied the wrapper, and saw that there were several old clothes inside, and there were more than three taels of broken silver and a handful of copper coins. There was a small rattan bookcase on the table, and Liansheng had been probing his brain to follow behind Ma Zhutou, since she was very familiar with Qianer, Ma Zhutou had a great tolerance for her.

At this moment, Ma Zhutou opened the bookcase and stretched his neck to look over.

Inside is a book of "Four Books", "Qi Min Yaoshu", "Classic of Mountains and Seas", "Notes on the Book of Water" and so on, pen, ink, paper and inkstone aside, Liansheng curiously picked up Yantai, very clean, this Li Xiucai seems to have not written at all these days.

Taizu Li Zicheng, the founder of the Great Shun Dynasty, was a peasant uprising, more pragmatic, abolished the Ming Dynasty's eight-share scholar system, and added an economic theory on the basis of the political theory, so the knowledge of agriculture and geography is also a compulsory examination question for the imperial examination.

Liansheng looked at the contents of the bookcase and felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

According to the scope of the imperial examination, these books are in the list of compulsory books for the examination, and they are the most basic textbooks. Look at the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, the pen is half-old, and the ink is very positive Hui ink, which proves that this Liu Xiucai is a very normal Xiucai, and he came to live here for the exam.

What's wrong?

Liansheng looked around again. Studied but cannot comprehend.

"What does this Li Xiucai look like?"

Ma Zhutou took the boss aside for questioning, and Liansheng pretended to chat with the shopkeeper casually.

"Hey, what does this man look like?" The shopkeeper scratched the back of his head: "I really can't tell the characteristics, it's quite ordinary, not ugly or handsome, medium stature, not tall, not short, not fat, not thin." What do you say? Now that I think about it, I can forget what he looks like if I don't see him for a day. ”

Liansheng understood, this Li Xiucai estimated that he had a super passerby's face, which was too ordinary, the kind that the bastard couldn't pick out. This kind of person is the most difficult to find out, and in time for this autumn test season, some unlucky students may encounter bad people before they wait for the place, even if the hotel is missing, the general innkeeper will not have nothing to do to report to the official, and this person may evaporate silently.

"You said that this Li Xiucai's family background looks good, how did you know? I don't think there's anything special about his clothes and bookcase. ”

"Hehe, say this, girl, don't take it to heart." Xiao Er smiled embarrassedly: "Just say you, live here for 200 wen a day, it's cheap." "yes, that's a good deal."

"Then you said that Li Xiucai lived in this day and handed over 200 Wen but didn't eat here, and ran out when he saw the sky, doesn't that mean that people are not short of that money."

"That's the truth. Since you don't have a lot of money, how can you live here? Seeing Xiao Eryi's lips, Lian Sheng hurriedly followed: "It's not that your store is not good, isn't he spending money in vain, and he still pays for food if he doesn't eat here." ”

"Who says it's not, or people will spend money to buy happiness."

Ma Zhutou also interrogated almost, the meat was ordered by the boss lady in the butcher shop of Lao Sun's house, because the weather was hot, it was eaten and delivered, and it was sent at noon, and it was washed and put into the pot, and no abnormalities were found when washing.

"Where's your lady in charge?" After listening to the situation on Ma Zhutou's side, Liansheng thought that he didn't see the boss lady.

"Oh, taking care of the puppies at home."

When Yu Shizhao heard this, he smiled evilly: "The shopkeeper's dragon horse spirit, you can still regenerate at this age." ”

"Alas, no, I only have an only son, twenty-five this year, but I was a little stimulated in my early years, and at this time I always ran out, and my mother and daughter-in-law were watching him at home." Boss Yuan shook his head and sighed when he talked about his only son's illness.

Human bones appeared in the pot of this inn, this shop must be sealed, Boss Yuan and the shopkeeper were seriously suspected, and Ma Zhutou ordered someone to take him to the yamen to take care of him first.

At this moment, there were already a lot of people watching the excitement outside, Yu Shizhao frowned and said: "There are so many people living in this store, do you have to find another place?" ”

"Everyone in this inn is also a suspect, and they are not allowed to leave until the case is solved."

"But we're all going to the provincial city for the exam."

The night was dead and alive, and his face changed when he heard the words.

Several candidates echoed along: "Yes, yes, we still have to go to the exam, and we can't be locked up here." ”

That's a problem!

Yu Shizhao glanced at Qianer, and Qianer said coldly: "I live here and watch them." You are given three days. ”

The horse catches the head and runs in tears, three days, give me three days!

As soon as several candidates heard that it took three days, they were relieved, and no one questioned why a catcher could directly order a head catcher.

Ma Zhutou was about to press the boss and the shopkeeper to return to the county office, when he saw a woman in her 40s panting and shouting, "You can see Feng'er." ”

"Feng'er, didn't you tell him to lock him up at home?" Boss Yuan was also anxious.

"In the morning, you just left, the daughter-in-law's mother's house came to say that the mother-in-law was sick, the daughter-in-law left in a hurry, I made a meal and brought it in, and saw that Feng'er was still sleeping, so I went to the backyard vegetable garden to be busy, and it was only at noon that I found that Feng'er was gone."

The lady of the Yuan family was anxious and had no owner, "I searched all over our house before and after, but I didn't find it." ”

Boss Yuan puffed and knelt down for Ma Catcher, "Master Ma, please, let me look for the puppy first, my family Feng'er will get sick at this time, and it is easy to have an accident." ”

Ma Zhutou hesitated to look at Qianer, and Qianer set his eyes on Yu Shizhao.

Our Lord Yu raised the same eyebrows, and asked in Liansheng's ear, "What do you say?" ”

"Me?" Lian Sheng looked at the pitiful appearance of Boss Yuan and his wife, and really couldn't bear it: "If everyone is watching him, he can't escape, it's better to find someone first, I always think this thing is very weird." ”

Hearing this, Yu Shizhao nodded at Qianer, and Qianer said, "Help Boss Yuan find his son first and then send him to the county office." ”

"Go to the county office? Why go to the county office? ”

The lady of the Yuan family still didn't understand what was going on.

"Hey, something happened to our inn, it's really unlucky." Boss Yuan shook his head and sighed.

Ma Zhutou took Boss Yuan and others to find Yuan Feng, Yu Shizhao grabbed Liansheng and asked, "What do you think is strange." ”

Lian Sheng shook his head: "I can't tell if it's Li Xiucai's room is a little wrong." ”

Until the evening, Yuan Feng was not found, and Boss Yuan and the shopkeeper had to go to the county government to spend the night, and they had to wait until tomorrow after the county master finished asking to determine whether they were locked up or put back first and were not allowed to leave.

Without the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper, coupled with the incident of this pot of human flesh today, the night of this inn is a little panicked.

Several candidates had to stay here for fear of being discussed, and it would be better for the two of them to share a room.

Lian Sheng sneered: "Are you sure the murderer is not among you?" ”

Everyone's eyes looked at Liansheng, and Liansheng spread his hands: "Don't look at me, the two of us only arrived at noon today." ”

Yesheng was so frightened that he pulled Fang Sheng and didn't let go: "Fang Sheng, you believe in the fifth brother, the fifth brother can't live with you tonight." ”

Fang Sheng agreed, and Yu Shizhao had already sent Qian'er to another restaurant to order a table of wine and food, and he sent it over at the moment.

He stretched out his lazy hand and waved: "Come on, for my cousin's sake, I'll treat you in the evening, you're welcome." ”

This table is full of chicken, duck and fish, and several candidates, including Yesheng, saw that there were ribs and braised pork on the table, and they all covered their mouths and ran upstairs.

"It's really unlucky, cousin, let's take a seat."

Fang Sheng glanced at Liansheng, but Liansheng was not polite and sat down directly.

The three of them all sat down, and Qian'er stood there upright. Yu Shizhao said: "Come on, don't make rules there, I'm a private interview with Weifu, you can just order it." ”

Qianer sat down and began to eat without saying a word.

In the past few days, for the first time to eat this good meal, the Liansheng sisters and brothers were lucky not to eat the human meat pot today, and they didn't care about eating at noon, and they had a great appetite at the moment.

Yu Shizhao poured a glass of wine: "Cousin, last time in the Hu case, the table was good, I toast you." ”

"My lord, I only have one cousin in my family." Liansheng reminded him.

"Haha, this isn't a micro-service, you have to find some reason to be close."

This is really ambiguous, Liansheng has always been like a dog who can't spit out ivory, and he doesn't go to his heart.

"I still have to pack my bookcase after eating, and I didn't have time to pack it at noon." Fang Sheng was a little embarrassed to see the scene, and he had nothing to say on the side.

"That's right! Bookbox! ”

Liansheng slapped the chicken leg in his hand on the table: "I remember." ”

"What do you remember?" Yu Shizhao saw that Liansheng's eyes were bright, and he knew that she must have discovered something.

"It's the book box, don't you think those books are too weird?"

"What's so strange, they are all essential books for scientific research."

Qianer is inexplicable.

"Yes, those books are all subjects that must be studied in the scientific examination, Qianer, you are a person who practices martial arts, if you want to compete with others, there are a few days to prepare, what will you do."

"Do nothing, I haven't lost yet." Qianji is quite confident.

"I said, what if your opponent was very strong?"

Qianer thought for a while: "Check and fill in the gaps, and go through all your own omissions." ”

After saying this, Yu Shizhao stretched out his thumb to Liansheng: "Okay, you're thinking well." ”

"General, Dashun is the third." Liansheng smiled smugly.

"What kind of dumb riddle are you two playing?" Fang Sheng was at a loss.

"Fangsheng, you are a little lacking in geography, so you go out with you all books on geography and terroir, right?"

"That's right, why am I carrying a strange burden with something I'm good at."

"But Li Xiucai's bookcase contains a subset of classics and history, as well as various representative books on geography, economy, and agriculture, and he seems to be showing people that he is a student who is going to take the autumn exam, isn't it strange?"

Lian Sheng continued: "Besides, since he carries these books on his back, he has not used the pen and ink inkstone, but the pen is half-old, and the traces of use are obvious. His bookcase was too well prepared, and it seemed as if he knew that one day it would be opened to prove his identity. ”

Yu Shizhao nodded: "If something is abnormal, it must be a demon, but this thing is too natural and it will seem weird." ”