Binon returned to his room and swiped the fire with a thud. As soon as she lit the candle, suddenly she screamed "ah-", her apricot eyes widened, her body quickly retreated, and the look on her face was terrified. She noticed that there was a person standing in the room.

"Miss Binong, you don't have to be afraid." The man turned around and said to her with a smile, he was Yang Muyun.

"You, who are you? Why is it in my room? Binon asked tremblingly.

"I'm from the government, so I have a few questions for you." Yang Muyun pointed to the chair next to the table, "Sit." ”

"What do you want to ask me? The little woman hadn't done anything wrong. Hearing that it was from the government, Binong's heart was relieved, but he still didn't dare to approach him.

Yang Muyun smiled, came to her, took out a rose-colored money bag and shook it in front of her eyes, "This is your thing, right?" ”

"Yes, it's mine, I lost it somehow during the day, how could it be in your hands?" Binon was in doubt.

"I found this ingot in your purse." Yang Muyun ignored her words and took out the piece of silver with handwriting on the bottom. "This is the treasury silver of the Salt Transportation Division, how can it end up in your money bag?" After speaking, his eyes stared at Binong without blinking.

"I, I don't know." Binong shook his head frequently, his face full of panic.

"If you can't say clearly, this treasury silver is suspected of stealing, then you have to go to the yamen with me." Yang Muyun said and took two steps closer to her.

"No, no. I didn't steal it. Lenon took two steps back and leaned against the door. Cold sweat was oozing from his forehead, "You make me think about ......"

......

"During this period of time, I have been chartered by a big official, and I have not accepted other guests, and this silver must have been given to me by him." Binong sat down at the table, stabilized his mood, stared at the candle and thought for a while, and said slowly.

"Who's that big official?" Yang Muyun asked.

"I don't know, the big official is through Li's mother bag me, every day around the hour, someone will lead me over, I first board a closed carriage on all sides, and then the carriage stops in a remote place, then someone takes me to a big room to wait for the big official. About half an hour later, the great official came, and after he had rejoiced with me, he was not in a hurry to go back, but asked me to stay with me. It wasn't until the fourth watch had passed that he had people send me back. ”

"How long has the carriage been running on the road?"

"About the time of a stick of incense."

"Oh." Yang Muyun stroked his chin and thought about the distance of this incense. Looking up and asking, "Are you familiar with that place?" ”

"The carriage was closed on all sides, so I couldn't see the outside and the place I went to was very remote, and there seemed to be a forest around it...... I hadn't been to that place before. Penon pondered.

"You said that in about half an hour, the great official came. Doesn't he live here? ”

"Yes, because every time I ask him to stay with me for a while, he refuses, saying that he has something to do and must go back before the fifth watch."

"Where is he from, what is his name, did he say what he does?"

"Listening to the accent should be local to Huai'an, as for what it is called or what it does, he never refuses to say."

"What does he look like, how old is he?"

"He has a square face, small eyes, and a beard on his lips and chin, and he looks like he's in his thirties!"

"Does he have someone pick you up every night?"

"No, sometimes I don't send anyone to pick me up for two or three days."

Yang Muyun slowly paced in the room, and only after a while did he raise his head and say to Binong: "Don't tell anyone about my coming to you, just act as if nothing happened." You must pay more attention to the situation of that big official, only when you catch him, can you clear your suspicion, understand? He said it to the end, and his voice became harsh.

"Yes...... My lord. Binon's voice trembled in response.

......

"Xiao Liangjun, you stay here and help me keep an eye on this Binong, and come to the Tianzi No. 1 room of Tongfu Inn to find me as soon as there is a situation." Yang Muyun said to Xiao Liangjun when he walked out of the Yicui Column.

"Yes, Childe." As soon as the words fell, a bag was thrown over, he quickly caught it, and pinched it with his hand, it was a bag of silver. "Gongzi Xie—" Xiao Liangjun hooked the corners of his mouth.

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Yang Muyun returned to the guest room, and as soon as she entered the door, she saw Zhou Mengnan sitting quietly in front of the dresser, and Su Yue was standing behind her and combing her hair seriously.

"Xianggong, where have you been, why haven't you come back all night?" Zhou Mengnan's face turned slightly sideways and asked.

"Lady, guess?" Yang Muyun yawned lazily, tensed his nerves all night, and suddenly as soon as he relaxed, he felt very sleepy.

"You men, what better place can you go at night?" Zhou Mengnan seemed to have a smile on his face.

"It may not be a good place to go, but I'm a good person."

"Poof-" Su Yue couldn't help but laugh.

"Yes, you're a good person, not a good thing." Zhou Mengnan glanced at him.

Yang Muyun was silent, and the men who scolded each other with women were either fools or madmen. He went into the bedroom, lay down on the bed, and was about to close his eyes and sleep for a while, when he heard a knock on the door outside.

The door opened, and Su Yue's voice was heard, "Miss Yao, you're here." ”

"Sister Zhou—"

"Shhh

"I'm sorry," Yao Bichen lowered his voice an octave, "Sister Zhou, my sister has found a good place to go and wants to invite you to go with me!" ”

"This-" Zhou Mengnan's voice paused, "Su Yue, you go in and see if the old man is asleep, and if not, just tell him." ”

Yang Muyun hurriedly snored.

"Miss, listen, the master should be asleep."

"Okay, Su Yue, you stay, I'll go out with Miss Yao."

"Miss, I want to go with you too."

"Then how can it be done, the master has to leave someone by his side to serve."

"Miss, the master is already asleep, you just let me go with you!"

"Sister Zhou, you have to have someone around you, so let Su Yue follow."

......

There was a soft closing of the door, and silence returned to the room.

Yang Muyun's sleepiness disappeared, Yao Bichen came to Zhou Mengnan early in the morning, it is difficult to say that it was not due to Yao Chuxi's instructions. Ever since Binong found the treasury silver of the Salt Transportation Division, Yang Muyun felt that there must be something wrong with Huai'an's salt class, and Yao Chuxi was a treat and a gift, which made Yang Muyun suspicious of him. If it weren't for the discrepancy with the appearance of the person described by Binong, Yang Muyun would even suspect that the big official was

Yao Chuxi.

Yang Muyun sat up from the bed, feeling tired in his heart, it stands to reason that he can ignore these things, and Jinyiwei's duty is mainly to detect the misdeeds and rebellion of officials. As for the anti-corruption, there are the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Dali Temple and the Criminal Department. But the problem is that this case has brought him into it, and it is his character and mission to investigate the case involving him to the end.

He stood up and looked out the window, Su Yue helped Zhou Mengnan to follow Yao Bichen into a carriage and drove west. Watching the carriage drive into the distance, Yang Muyun was about to retract his gaze, when he inadvertently caught a glimpse of several familiar figures.

"Isn't this He Dongxun, the magistrate of Huai'an Mansion?" I saw him and several of his subordinates dressed in civilian clothes, watching a funeral procession pass by, shaking their heads as they watched.

Yang Muyun felt a burst of warmth in his heart, and he felt that he was no longer alone. He walked out of the door, hurried out of the inn, and turned to leave with He Dongxun and the others.

"Lord He, we meet again." Yang Muyun smiled at him.

"Oh? It's Lord Yang, why are you here? He Dongxun was surprised to meet him here.

"Can Lord He get acquainted with this deceased?" Yang Muyun glanced at the funeral crowd and did not answer He Dongxun's question.

"Lord Yang, take a step to speak." He Dongxun looked at Yang Muyun with complicated eyes.

The two of them came to a remote corner of a tavern and sat down. Several of He Dongxun's subordinates went to guard outside the hotel.

"The deceased's surname was Zeng, 48 years old, who lived in Renhe Lane, and was bedridden for a long time due to tuberculosis. Half a month ago, his family took him to Master Jin Chan of Ganlin Temple, and Master Jin Chan gave him a bowl of Buddha porridge, saying that it could cure all diseases. After he drank it, he didn't cough or wheez, his face became ruddy, and he could walk on the ground without help......" He Dongxun said in one breath and paused here.

"There is no medicine in this world that can cure all diseases, and there must be something strange in this bowl of Buddha porridge." Yang Muyun blurted out without thinking.

He Dongxun cast a glance of appreciation.

"Just the morning before yesterday, his family had cooked a meal, and when they saw that he had not gotten up for a long time, they went to call him, but he was already dead in his bed." After speaking, He Dongxun's face was heavy. "His family thinks that this is because he has reached his old age and is dying, and they don't think that it is caused by the demon monk's medicine."

"Did Lord He find any evidence?"

"I visited a few families who went to the Golden Chan Master to see a patient, and all of them said almost the same thing, that the Golden Chan Master first recited the sutra to make the patient's spirit become excited, and then applied Buddha porridge, so that the patient's years of depression were immediately eliminated, and the person became a hundred times more energetic."

"This must be an illusion, the demon monk must have used evil magic to make the patient enter the illusion first, and then used a mind-control drug to numb the patient's pain, stimulate the nerves and make it excited. Making patients feel that their illness is really well is actually overdrawing the patient's vitality in advance. ”

"It's a pity that no one will believe what you and I say, everyone thinks that the demon monk has superb medical skills, and he is the Buddha descending to earth." He Dongxun sighed.

"If Lord He insists on investigating that demon monk, he will definitely become the target of everyone."

"This is the sorrow of me as a magistrate, knowing that someone is collecting money and harming others, but I can't bring them to justice." He Dongxun's face showed a look of pain.

At this time, one of He Dongxun's subordinates walked in and whispered in his ear: "My lord, someone has come to you to report the case, saying that his wife is missing. ”

"Oh?" He Dong stood up and bowed his hand to Yang Muyun: "Lord Yang, you sit here, and the officials have to go back to the ya." ”

"Fine." Yang Muyun also stood up: "Now that I have nothing to do, I might as well accompany you on a trip." ”

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When he came to the signing room of the Huai'an Mansion Bureau, and saw the informant, Yang Muyun couldn't help but widen his eyes, and the person in front of him was actually Cao Shuisheng.

"Brother Shuisheng, why are you here, Yun Niang?"

"Yang Xianggong, are you there too......" Cao Shuisheng didn't care about talking to him more, so he immediately bowed down at He Dongxun's feet: "My lord, please save my wife, she ......"

"Come, get up and talk about it." He Dongxun stepped forward to help him up.

"My lord, it was late when I returned home with Yun Niang from Ganlin Temple yesterday, we fell asleep after eating, who knew that I woke up, Yun Niang, Yun Niang, she ......" He couldn't help sobbing when he said this.

"What's wrong with him?" He Dongxun asked.

"She's gone." Cao Shuisheng became excited again.

"Don't rush, speak slowly." He Dongxun comforted. "What anomalies happened last night?"

"Last night...... Cao Shuisheng pondered what happened last night, "After we went to sleep, everything around us was quiet, and nothing different from usual happened?" ”

"Was it the case all night?" He Dongxun asked in a low voice, "Think about it again." ”

"I slept well last night, and I slept until dawn......

"I slept well last night? Didn't you often fall asleep? He Dongxun interrupted him.

"That's not it, it's just that I have a habit of going to bed every night, that is, I get up in the middle of the night to make it easier." Cao Shuisheng explained.

"Is it every day?"

"Yes."

"Then you slept until dawn last night, but you never got up in between." He Dongxun's face became solemn.

"Yes, I'm also curious, maybe I was too tired to come back last night, right?" Cao Shuisheng is unknown.

"Let's go, this official will come to your house and have a look."

......

He Dongxun and Yang Muyun came to Shui Sheng's house.

"Lord He, have you ever smelled a trace of aroma in the room?" Yang Muyun glanced around.

"Although it is very faint, Xia Guan can still smell it." He Dongxun said contemplatively: "The residual aroma contains the flavor of mandala flowers and drunken fairy flowers, which are the raw materials for making ecstasy incense. ”

"Obviously, they were incense when they were sleeping, and the person who was incense took this opportunity to kidnap Yun Niang." Yang Muyun said.

"This is the third case of a woman missing since I took office."

'Were they all captivated and taken captive by the incense?'

Yes, there's always that familiar smell on the spot. He Dongxun pondered, "And they all have one thing in common, that is, they all disappeared after meeting Master Jin Chan. ’

And they're all beautiful, aren't they? Yang Muyun glanced at him. I would love to meet this Golden Zen master now. ’

'I'll go with you.' ’