In the middle of the night, there are many lonely graves near Qingzhu Mountain, and the "atmosphere" is so good that it is a mess.

Zhanzhao held a shovel in one hand and Bai Yutang in the other, and ran to "dig the grave" in a big way.

Bai Yutang has been self-reflecting all the way, he raised this cat so well, he is full of energy, so he is changing his way to make trouble, who is to blame?

There are indeed a lot of graves under Qingzhu Mountain, and several shadow guards scattered to search, and soon, they found Yan Feng'er's tombstone.

The shadow guards rolled up their arms and sleeves and wanted to dig.

Pang Yu ran over with a basket and hurriedly waved his hand, "Oh, I said that you Jianghu people don't pay attention to it at all!" ”

While speaking, Pang Yu lit the incense candle flame, sprinkled some paper money, and worshiped Yan Feng'er's grave, chanting words in his mouth, "Feng'er, Feng'er, I'm Pang Yu...... Don't blame me for bothering us...... We also want to find out the cause of your death, if you are really killed, I will avenge you, so don't blame ......"

After Pang Yu finished tossing, he felt that he had a bottom in his heart, so he asked everyone to dig up the grave.

Several shadow guards dug in and quickly dug up the coffin.

Glancing at the coffin, Gongsun asked, "Why is it a thin coffin?" ”

Pang Yu also felt angry, "No, who will do it for her!" Feng'er was beautiful when she was alive! Besides, how much money she made for Haotianlou! A thin-skinned coffin buried her? Why don't you take the cold sweep swept up the matter! ”

Everyone also thought it was a little strange.

The shadow guards pried the coffin open, and when the lid was lifted, everyone looked inside...... And he saw that the coffin was empty, and there was no body.

"Huh?!" Pang Yu blinked and asked Pang Fu, who stretched his neck to look at the excitement, "Are you sure she's dead?" ”

Pang Fu also scratched his head, "I heard what the maid in Haotianlou said!" The people of Haotianlou all know that Yan Feng'er is dead! ”

"Look at the tombstone, this is indeed her grave." Bao Yan pointed to the tombstone, "It shouldn't be wrong." ”

"What about the corpses?" Zhan Zhao wondered.

Gongsun held the lantern, inspected the inside of the coffin, shook his head, and said, "There is no one in this coffin!" When I was buried, it was an empty coffin! ”

"So......" Bai Yutang felt a little better, although he stepped on the mud, but fortunately, he didn't have to look at the carrion, "Is Yan Feng'er not dead or is the dead body not buried?" ”

And all the people were puzzled.

"If not, where are the people?" Zhao Pu frowned, "There's something strange here. ”

……

Outside the gate of the Imperial City of Kaifeng Mansion, Zou Liang rode in all the way, looking very hurried.

The soldiers and horses brought by Zhao Pu were stationed outside the imperial city, and Zou Liang and Ouyang Shaozheng would go to see it the next day, and the soldiers still had to practice, which was the tradition of the Zhao family's army.

In addition, in order to strictly prevent the ghost-faced people from coming out to disturb the public security of Kaifeng, these soldiers and horses were divided into groups to inspect the imperial city, and the results of the inspection were also reported one by one.

Zou Liang hurried back to Kaifeng Mansion after he was done, and just after running a short distance from the city gate, he saw a red figure jumping out of a pharmacy in front of him.

Zou Liang smiled slightly, just by looking at his figure, he could tell that it was Lin Yehuo, and he was followed by Su Qing, who was carrying a shield, carrying a large bag in his hand.

Lin Yehuo didn't know what Lu Dao bought, but he was in a good mood, striding with his sleeves flicked, his long black hair swaying and shaking, looking from behind, lively and coquettish.

The corners of Zou Liang's mouth were a little more provoked, he smiled faintly, and urged the horse to run over.

When I ran closer, I heard Su Qingzheng complaining, "Are you going to study and not to do business, why do you buy so many supplements?" ”

Lin Yehuo touched his face and gave him a blank look, "What do you know, you have learned a lot of books!" The book has been sitting for a long time and smells musty, so incense can't be missing! Then after sitting for a long time, your legs will be thick, so buy a few better mats! Also, there are bugs in the books, what should I do if they bite me? To rub the ointment. The most important thing is that I am tired from studying! To eat more tonic sauce purple skin is good! I also want to buy more hay to soak in the bath to save the smell of ink. ”

Su Qing grinded his teeth and followed aside, and his heart said that you should do it! I've never seen a boss like you. While thinking about it, Su Qing was still helpless for herself, and everyone was busy with serious things in Huofeng Hall...... Although Huofeng Tang doesn't have anything serious every day, he has to accompany this second-hand hall master everywhere. Today, Zou Liang was still busy with business, and no one taught him a lesson.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard the sound of horses' hooves.

Lin Yehuo reached out and touched his nose - the sound of the horse's hooves sounded so familiar!

Sure enough, as soon as I turned around......

Su Qing's expression was a little happier - Zou Liang rode a horse and had already arrived at him.

"What did you buy?" Zou Liang asked.

Lin Yehuo squinted at his horse and hooked his finger at him, "You come down." ”

Zou Liang was puzzled, "What are you doing?" ”

Lin Yehuo raised his eyebrows, "Give me a ride for a while!" ”

Zou Liang frowned, "Why are you riding?" ”

"I haven't ridden a horse for a long time, and I'm in good shape." Lin Yehuo grabbed the reins of the horse and was about to grab the horse with him.

Zou Liang stretched out his hand to pull him, "Then you come up." ”

"The premise for me to go up is that you come down first!" Lin Yehuo pouted, that means - who rides with you!

Su Qing has always ignored the two of them, and has already walked away quickly with his things, and said in his heart, hurry back to Kaifeng, put down his things and go back to his room to sleep!

It's just that he was walking, and a gust of wind passed, along with the night wind, bringing a smell of blood, which was quite strong.

Su Qing was stunned, stood in place and carefully distinguished-it was really bloody!

Lin Yehuo and Zou Liang couldn't stand the quarrel with the horse, so they walked forward with the two of them, and when they walked to Shuqing's side...... Suddenly, the horse's hooves stopped.

Lin Yehuo was still tugging on the reins of the horse, but he didn't watch out for it suddenly stopped, and Zou Liang was also a little puzzled, so he saw that his horse began to pace, and seemed to be a little anxious.

Zou Liang is riding a black horse, this horse was picked up by Zou Liang, and I don't know what breed Lu Dao is, but it doesn't seem to be accepted by the horses, like Zou Liang, alone.

Zou Liang rode it to fight in the north and south, this horse never barked, as if it was dumb, the body was thin, but the speed was extremely fast, and it was also very spiritual, in short, Zou Liang was very close to it.

This horse is called the seventh day of the first month, because when Zou Liang picked it up, it happened to be the seventh day of the first month, and Lin Yehuo called it a stuffy egg, because this horse was as stuffy as Zou Liang.

Most of the war horses can sense danger, especially they are very sensitive to the smell of blood, and Chu Qi is pacing and shaking his head, looking a little uneasy.

At this time, Zou Liang and Lin Yehuo also found something abnormal, Lin Yehuo touched his nose, walked to the side of Su Qing, and with him, stared at a deep alley on the side, the smell of blood came from inside, and according to the intensity of the taste, there should be a lot of blood.

"What's that?" Lin Yehuo asked Zou Liang, "Butcher shop?" ”

Zou Liang frowned, his eyes narrowed slightly, "It's human blood." ”

"You can smell it?!" Lin Yehuo and Su Qing were curious.

Zou Liang glanced at them speechlessly, and walked into the alley.

Lin Yehuo and Su Qing also followed.

The light in the deep black alley was extremely dim, and Zou Liang stopped after walking a few steps, and stopped the Lin Night Fire that came up by the way.

"What?" Lin Yehuo asked.

"I feel like I've stepped on something." Zou Liang whispered.

"What's that?" Lin Yehuo is quite beautiful, "Shit?" ”

Zou Liang frowned, "like a water ......," he said, he took out a fire fold and blew it up on the ground.

Lin Yehuo also squatted down, and with the light of the fire fold, he saw that Zou Liang's feet were indeed stepping on a puddle of water, but it was just ...... The water was darker and felt a little thicker.

"Blood!" Lin Yehuo said and looked up...... Then he saw a face appear in front of him, a distorted, woman's face, and her eyes were looking straight at him. Pale face with messy hair around it. Placed on the ground in a strange pose.

"Wow!" Lin Yehuo screamed, squatting and pointing ahead, "Woman's head!" ”

Zou Liang took out a communication arrow from his arms, which was also a fireworks used by the military camp for lighting at night, and raised his hand and threw it into the air......

With the whistling sound of breaking through the sky, the sound of arrows exploded in the sky, and in an instant, the surrounding area also lit up.

With this brief light, the three of them saw the situation in the alley and couldn't help it...... All mouth wide open!

I saw that in this short alley, there were several women's corpses lying horizontally, and the dead were all separated from their heads, which was extremely bloody and tragic. And there was blood all around the narrow alley and on the ground, so it was no wonder that blood could be smelled from afar.

"Is there a word on the wall?" Shu Qing asked, pointing to the opposite wall.

Zou Liang Yelin looked up at night and saw that this was a dead alley, and the wall at the end was not far away, and a few blood words were written on the wall, which was the Soul Eater ballad.

Lin Yehuo opened his mouth, and then began to jump, "Ah! It's so annoying to be open, it's so bloody! ”

Zou Liang wordlessly dragged him out of the alley.

Shuqing also put the big bag and small bag at the mouth of the alley, and at this time, he saw someone running over in the distance, it was Zhanzhao and others.

……

Zhanzhao and they dug the grave but did not find Yan Feng'er's body, and when they saw Zou Liang's contact arrow, everyone simply rushed over and saw the scene in front of them.

Zhan Zhao couldn't help frowning when he saw the corpses all over the ground - this is crazy!

Bai Yutang also frowned, as far as a Jianghu person was concerned, he felt that the methods were too cruel.

But the biggest reaction turned out to be Pang Yu, only to see the little marquis suddenly jump up, pointing to the head at the front and shouting, "Ah! Isn't this the Wan'er of Yaoxiang Pavilion! ”

And all the people looked at him.

"Yaoxiang Pavilion?" This time, Zhan Zhao also knew what kind of place Lu Dao was, "Just the Yaoxiang Pavilion in the west of the city?" ”

"yes!" Pang Yu felt incredulous, "Why are you dying here!" ”

Bao Yan crossed his arms and asked him, "Sister Yao again?" ”

"Oh, no, it's cooking!" Pang Yu stomped his feet.

"Cook?" Bao Yan raised his eyebrows.

Gongsun walked over and examined the corpse, and said, "They are all beautiful women in their twenties, and they don't look like cooks." ”

"Yaoxiang Pavilion is a private restaurant!" Pang Yu sighed helplessly, "These girls are super good-mouthed, sweet-mouthed, and good at singing and dancing, they only make one table of banquets every day, and basically only entertain princes and nobles, I have eaten a few times before, and the ham tofu made by Wan'er is amazing!" If she is going to die, who will hurt the heavens and kill this weak woman?! ”

"Who do you think the murderer is?" Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang shrugged his shoulders and gestured to the words on the opposite wall, "The murderer seems to be afraid that we don't know who he is." ”

Zhan Zhao also sneered, that ballad is really a soul-devouring ballad...... If it appears, it will be a river of blood.

"Except for Wan'er, are the other women also from Yaoxiang Pavilion?" Zhan Zhao asked Pang Yu.

Pang Yu didn't dare to look at it when he saw the blood all over the ground, so he looked around, Gongsun was conducting an autopsy, and held it up to show him.

Pang Yu was so frightened that he flashed back and grinned, "I don't know, I haven't been there for a long time." ”

"It should all be." Gongsun took off the waist card from the waist of the corpse, and there were the words "Yaoxiang Pavilion" on it, and each girl had a piece on his waist.

Zhan Zhao took a waist card and looked at it.

"There's a man here." Gongsun went to the innermost part and found the body of a man who had been crushed underneath.

Ochre and Purple went over to help him move the headless female corpse that was pressed against the man's corpse, and suddenly, the man moved.

Gongsun was stunned for a moment, stretched out his hand and patted the man's body, and heard the man scream miserably, begging for mercy, "Don't kill me, don't kill me!" I won't say anything......"

Everyone was amazed - alive!

Zhan Zhao jumped over and reached out to pull the man out of the pool of blood.

The man's face was covered in blood, and his hair was messy, but he could see that he was not young, he was in his fifties, and although his clothes were dirty, he could see that the fabric was exquisite.

Standing inexplicably, I feel that this person is a little familiar, where have I seen it?

This person seemed to be stimulated by something, and struggled desperately with his hands and feet to call for help, and what he said was, "Zhongyuan! Zhongyuan: I didn't mean to! It's none of my business, I'm forced to do it......"

Zhan Zhao frowned slightly-Zhongyuan?!

"Si Tong?"

At this time, I heard Zhao Pu suddenly scream.

The man was stunned when he heard the voice, and the man seemed to be more awake.

Zhan Zhao also recognized it at this time, no wonder he was familiar with it, he had seen it, and he was still one of the few officials he dealt with a lot, Si Tong, the waiter of the Criminal Department.

"Si-sama?" Zhan Zhao was a little speechless, "Why are you here?" ”

Gongsun took out a jar, opened it, and shook it in front of the man's nose, and a strong pungent smell came out.

Si Tong coughed twice, wiped his face, looked down, and screamed in fright, "Blood! I don't want to die, it's none of my business! ”

The shadow guard handed him a handkerchief, and Gongsun couldn't help but remind him, "You can't die, it's not your blood." ”

When Si Tong heard this, he came back to his senses, looked at both sides, saw Zhanzhao at a glance, and suddenly grabbed it, "Zhan...... Show Guards! Help! ”

Zhan Zhao looked at the panicked waiter of the criminal department, then looked at the corpses all over the ground, and pulled him out.

Si Tong's feet were weak, and he needed the support of two shadow guards to walk steadily.

Bai Yutang crossed his arms and watched from the side, so he asked Bao Yan, "The squire of the Criminal Department is quite a big official, right?" ”

"Hmm." Bao Yan nodded, "It's the third grade." ”

However, at this time, this three-grade Dayuan was embarrassed.

It was easy to recover a little from the trembling hands and feet, Si Tong wiped his face tremblingly, and when he looked up and saw Zhao Pu, he opened his mouth wide, "Wang...... Rajah! ”

Zhao Pu frowned and pointed behind him, "What's the matter?" ”

As soon as Si Tong turned around, at this time, the officials of Kaifeng Mansion had already arrived, and Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and others used lanterns to light up the alley.

After Si Tong saw it clearly, his eyes rolled white, and he almost turned his back on his breath, Gongsun hurriedly smelled the medicine for him, and frowned - this person is so timid!

After a long effort, Si Tong took a breath, and his face was whiter than paper.

Gongsun counted the number of people and said, "Four corpses with four heads, four are women, three are young, and one is older, in his forties. ”

As he spoke, Gongsun held up his head and showed it to everyone.

"Oops!" Si Tong was so frightened that he closed his eyes again, and Pang Yu jumped up again, "It's Liu Yaoxiang, the proprietress of Yaoxiang Pavilion!" She was originally a dim sum specialist in the palace! ”

Zhan Zhao patted the waiter of the criminal department who was only scared, "Master Si, do you want to explain?" ”

"I ...... I don't know anything, originally I booked the location of Yaoxiang Pavilion to eat today, but halfway through eating, my eyes suddenly went dark, and when I woke up, it was here! ”

Everyone looked at him, what does that mean - you can say this kind of thing when it's dark in front of you, but it's like this when it's dark in front of you, why are you scared like this? “

"Then what did you just shout 'Zhongyuan'? And say, 'Whatever happens to you, you're forced'? Bai Yutang asked him.

"Uh...... I...... I'm probably scared and confused! Si Tong's panicked expression eased slightly, coughed a few times, and stumbled to explain, although it sounded more like a cover-up.

Zhan Zhao frowned and looked at him, "Lord Si Tong, have you ever studied Taixue?" ”

Si Tong was stunned for a moment, then laughed twice and said, "Uh...... No, I haven't read it. ”

"Do you know Qu Zhongyuan?" Zhan Zhao asked again.

"I don't know!" Si Tong hurriedly shook his head and emphasized, "I don't know." ”

Everyone frowned and looked at the frightened waiter who tried his best to lie.

On the side, the little four sons who were sleepy sitting in Tianzun's arms couldn't help but say in their hearts - this person is so deceitful! Even he could tell that he was lying.

Si Tong seemed to be in a hurry to get out, and everyone didn't stop him, Zhanzhao asked Wang Dynasty Mahan to send him back to change his clothes, Zhao Pu glanced at Qingying and Chiying, that means - keep an eye on him! Look what the hell he's up to.

The two shadow guards followed.

When the people left, Zhanzhao asked the grandson who came out after the preliminary autopsy, "How is it?" ”

"These women should have been killed by people with very strong martial arts, and they were all beheaded with a knife, and the methods were quite ferocious." Gongsun shook his head while wiping his hands, "By the way, I also found a strange place, there is indeed a lot of blood on the body of that criminal squire, but it was not sprayed. ”

"So he wasn't there or was far away when these women were killed?" Zhan Zhao thought for a moment, "Then why is it that you are being pressed under the corpse?" ”

Gongsun shrugged, "Then I don't know what to do." ”

"He was surprised when he saw the body." Bai Yutang said, "And he said a lot when he was flustered!" ”

"Hmm!" Zhao Pu also nodded, "In addition to emphasizing 'it's none of his business', he also said 'I won't tell anyone, so don't kill him'." ”

Everyone carried the body back to Kaifeng, originally to dig a grave, but they didn't expect to pick up a murder.

When he arrived at Lord Bao's study, Zhanzhao told him what had happened.

Master Bao frowned slightly, "Did Si Tong really call the name of 'Zhongyuan'?" ”

Everyone nodded their heads and said - everyone heard it.

Master Bao touched his beard, "It seems like he knows something, but he was warned, so he didn't dare to say anything?" ”

"Or if you've done something bad, you can't say anything you want." Zhan Zhao poked a sentence, and everyone sneered, feeling that they had hit the point.

"Don't worry, I'll let the shadow guard keep an eye on him for a while to see what is going on with him." Saying that, Zhao Pu said to Zou Liang, "Catch him tomorrow and let him tell the truth." ”

Zou Liang nodded, "With a small amount of courage, it shouldn't be difficult for him to speak." ”

Everyone sweated for Si Tong, it was better to explain honestly.

"Si Tong hasn't studied in Taixue before, but he often goes in and out of Taixue." Master Bao thought back for a moment, "More than 20 years ago, he was a steward in charge of sorting out books in the Taixue Library. Back then, Zhong Yuan copied the book for a month in order to buy a jasper hairpin, which was arranged by Si Tong. ”

Everyone was stunned.

"In this way, he still dares to say that he doesn't know Qu Zhongyuan!" Zhan Zhao felt outrageous.

"Maybe it's freaked out." Bao Dadao, "Si Tong is the least courageous, his personality is very weak, and he is not particularly smart. ”

"Then how did he get on the text of the Squire of the Criminal Department?" Bai Yutang was a little curious.

"Yes." Gongsun was also puzzled.

"Because ......" Master Bao frowned slightly and glanced at Zhao Pu.

Everyone was a little curious, and they also looked at Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu hugged his arms and said, "Wang Feng recommends." ”

Everyone's eyes widened - has something to do with Wang Feng?

"This matter also gave the emperor a headache at that time." Bao Dadao, "There are a lot of talents in the imperial court who can take up this position, and this Si Tong has nothing to offer, but Wang Feng strongly recommends it." Wang Feng rarely recommends anyone, and the squire of the criminal department is not a fat man, and it is not a big novel, but it is not big, so the emperor still accepted his recommendation. Although Si Tong has not made any outstanding achievements over the years, he has no ambition and is very stable, so this position can be regarded as futile. ”

"The criminal department is poor and not fat." Zhao Pu also thought it was quite strange, "I have to be a servant of the Criminal Department, and I don't know what Lu Dao means." ”

Master Bao nodded, "I'll ask Taishi Pang to check tomorrow, he knows all the people in the six departments." ”

Everyone nodded.

That night, everyone in Kaifeng became very busy because of a horrific murder case, especially Gongsun, the corpses in the room were almost piled up, he didn't sleep all night to finish the autopsy, and his temper was a little short-tempered.

Zhanzhao and the others were also busy until the second half of the night before they went to sleep, and before dawn in the morning, they heard a crisp "Dangdang" bell ringing, as well as the loud voices of Chen Xing'er and Crescent Moon, "Get up!" It's time to go to school! ”

As soon as everyone heard this, the unified action was to pull the quilt to cover their heads, and rub the pillow by the way - what is this called!

Zhan Zhao hugged the quilt and looked at Bai Yutang, who was washing his face, and asked, "Do you want to think of an excuse to take leave and not go to school?" ”

After Bai Yutang washed his face, he stared at the set of Taixue student robes on the table with his arms crossed and looked at it for a long time, and asked seriously, "The school robe is too ugly so I don't want to go to school, what about this reason?" (ENDS)