Although it was not raining, Mr. Kewen walked out into the street, suddenly stretched out the big black umbrella, and turned around and walked towards the bookstore. When he reached the door of the bookstore, he saw that there was only one person in the courtyard, and the young man was still eating.

When Mr. Wen walked to the door, he put away the big black umbrella. Then he quietly walked behind the young man and said softly: "Zhiqiu, I suddenly remembered something, Ji Zhengyi hasn't come to class for a few days recently, I went to his house to look, and found that the door was locked. No matter how much I knocked on the door, no one answered, do you know where he went?"

Zhiqiu was suddenly frightened by the voice behind him, he coughed a few times, swallowed the food in his mouth, and said helplessly: "Sir, where do I know, although Ji Zhengyi is on Yushui Street, but we rarely meet, I think you can ask Xu Jing, he and Ji Zhengyi are closer." ”

Mr. Wen nodded and turned to leave.

After the man with the umbrella left, Zhiqiu put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand and looked at the sky thoughtfully. The eldest lady was just finishing cleaning up the bookstore and was about to close and go back to bed, when she caught a glimpse of Zhiqiu in a daze, and strangely didn't interrupt her, but just silently went to clean the dishes and chopsticks.

When he finished cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, Zhiqiu came back to his senses, he got up and stretched, patted Yan Yu'an on the shoulder rarely, and said that it was hard work.

The eldest lady was stunned, she forgot to speak, and when she wanted to scold a few words, she found that Zhiqiu had long since disappeared.

After Zhiqiu got out of the bookstore, he wandered slowly down the street and walked towards his house. When he walked home by the moonlight, he looked left and right at the door a few times, and then gently closed the door again.

Zhiqiu's figure jumped to the roof, and then lay there.

He said softly, I have something to look for you, and a man in black slowly walked out of his room.

Zhiqiu smiled: "This time I thought you flew out of another rooftop." He closed his eyes, "Help me find out where Ji Zhengyi has been recently, and check his background, etc.... Check me again about the Taoist priest who sold me beads, he shouldn't be simple. ”

The man in black quipped inexplicably: "Back to the young master, I can't fly, that's something that only a great god can do." ”

"Get down to business. Zhiqiu said slightly embarrassed.

The man in black said slowly: "I have already checked the identity of that Taoist priest, but I haven't found anything except that he came to Gusuzhou three years ago. In addition, Ji Zhengyi has already left Suzhou. ”

Zhiqiu sat up from the roof and said in surprise, "Oh?

The man in black nodded slightly.

Zhiqiu's face was expressionless, and he said in a deep voice, "Why don't you tell me?"

The man in black was much more serious at this time: "I don't think it's necessary. He paused for a second and continued, "The master's order is nothing important, and you must not be disturbed. ”

Zhiqiu let out an "oh", turned his back, waved his hand, and let the man in black leave.

After the man in black left, Zhiqiu sat on the roof and looked at the moon.

In that case, how many people are left on Yushui Street, and who will go next?

It's a pity that the moon can't speak either, and no one tells him the answer.

On the dock of Suzhou, a girl in a dark green skirt faced the wind with her hands behind her back, followed by a fat man.

The girl's face was expressionless, just staring blankly at the seaside, but the fat man next to her had a very serious expression. The dark green girl seemed to feel hungry, took out a string of sugar gourds from her arms, took a bite, and said coldly that the wind was a little strong.

When the fat man heard this, he shouted to several guards with knives not far away to bring their clothes.

Who knew that the dark green girl smiled and waved her hand again, saying no need. The fat man looked confused, and then the girl said, "I just want to see your attitude." She took another bite, "Seems to be quite obedient?"

The fat man also laughed twice and said that it was for sure.

"Help me keep an eye on the individual. The girl suddenly said in a serious voice.

"Miss, may I ask who you are going to see?" replied the fat man respectfully.

"Yushui Street... Zhiqiu. ”

The fat man agreed.

The sound of the waves tapped on the dock and kept making noises, and the girl closed her eyes as if she was slowly enjoying the sound of the waves, when a guard with a knife came over softly and whispered a few words to the fat man, who kept nodding his head.

Then, the fat man didn't seem to dare to disturb the girl next to him, but said in a very small voice: "Miss, I still have government affairs to deal with, so I'll go first." It was only when the fat man saw that the girl nodded slightly, and then he quietly left again.

Since Governor Liu threw the big and small affairs in the city to Yuan Tong, the latter was so busy every day that he couldn't even squeeze out time to eat. But he enjoyed it a lot, according to the people around him, this general judge has lost several pounds in the past few months, but it seems that Yuan Xiuyuan was very happy after hearing this discussion, and he was full of enthusiasm to do things.

Just now, the guard with the knife told him that three people had died in a row on the east side of the city, all of them at night, but they had no criminal records before, and they had not heard any family members report the crime, so the identities of these three people were unknown. Yuan Xiuyuan didn't dare to be sloppy when he heard the news, so he prepared to go to the scene to have a look.

Only the dark green girl was left listening to the sound of the waves on the beach.

The sound of the tide comes and goes, and the past comes down in the heart.

The dark green girl took off her shoes, ran barefoot to the river, and from time to time lifted her feet towards the waves, with a smile on the corner of her mouth.

Hey, little Zhiqiu, how long can you hold on?

Yuan Xiuyuan and his entourage came directly to the east of the city, this place is a small alley, the deceased leaned against the wall, there was not a drop of blood on the ground, from the appearance of about twenty-five or six, the physique was strong, there were knife marks on the neck, there were no other injuries on the body, the scene was well protected, and there were no traces of fighting.

At this moment, there was not a single person around the deceased, but there were three people from the government guarding it, after Yuan Xiuyuan walked over, he looked at the corpse carefully, but found nothing, he turned his head to look at the guard with a knife beside him, the latter understood and said in a deep voice: "My lord, this person is a martial artist, the realm is not low, and he can also mix with centurion in the army." ”

Yuan Xiuyuan nodded, and at this time, one of the people from the government came over and said: "My lord, you also know the specific case, I just want to add specific details, after we received a report from the people that someone died in the alley, we immediately sent someone over, and found that there were knife marks on the deceased's neck, that is, the knife marks you see now, but there was no blood, not only on the wound, but not even a drop on the ground." But it's very strange, how can this person die without bleeding from his wounds? We also feel very puzzled, we have not encountered such a situation before, my lord, you have seen a lot, I wonder if it was a disciple of the sect who made the move? This sword technique is obviously not done by ordinary people. ”

Yuan Xiuyuan still nodded and didn't talk. After carefully squatting down and examining the body, he ordered the three officials to carry the dead away, and asked them to hang a missing person notice at the gate of the city to see if anyone claimed it. If someone claims it, after finding out the identity, it spreads to the people around them with the deceased's network as the center, so as to find the murderer. If it is not claimed, it will have to be investigated separately.

After the three of them carried away the body, only Yuan Xiuyuan and the guards with knives were left in the alley. The fat man looked directly at the latter, the latter was stared at a little unnaturally, he smiled and said: "Hehe, or adults are smart, of course I know this killing method, this method comes from the Ghost Domain Sect, this sect is good at using knives, and they all use a big knife, killing people never sees blood, all are a knife." ”

Yuan Xiuyuan was puzzled: "Oh, how big is that big knife?"

The guards with knives probably made a comparison, but they were only a few centimeters shorter than Yuan Xiuyuan.

Yuan Xiuyuan was surprised: "With such a big knife, why is the scar on the deceased's neck so small?"

The guard with the knife slowly explained: "I don't know the specifics, but it must be the secret of their sect, this sword method is really no one else except them, maybe there are masters who kill people without seeing blood, I can use the sword I believe, this is a knife... There really has to be a Ghost Domain Sect. ”

Yuan Xiuyuan didn't think about it, and then said: "Then you will be fully responsible for this case." ”

The guard with the knife pursed his lips and said, "My lord, how do you know that I can beat the murderer?

The fat man laughed and said loudly: "If you die, I will bury it for you, and the dignified guards with knives are still afraid of death?"

The guard with the knife held his head in both hands and muttered: "I'm afraid, I'm afraid of dying early, isn't this someone who hasn't married a daughter-in-law yet?"

Yuan Xiuyuan pretended not to hear, and walked forward with steps, the big knife behind him faintly sounded.

When Yuan Xiuyuan arrived in the mansion, he saw the man in the courtyard playing chess alone.

Hand in black and white, one son at a time.

The fat man walked over, looked at the chess game, felt interested, quickly ran to the small room and got a chair, and after moving to the yard, he sat on the chair with a black chess in his hand.

Liu Xinxing glanced at the fat man, didn't speak, and continued to play chess.

At the time of half the incense, the fat man was sweating profusely and admitting defeat.

Liu Xinxing got up and said, "Do you know why you can't form an army in the time you have half a stick of incense?"

The fat man shook his head.

Liu Xinxing pointed to the sky, and the fat man looked confused.

Yuan Xiuyuan thought about it carefully again, and asked cautiously: "Does this mean that your chess skills are like immortals in the sky?" The prefect, who had been resting for a few months, stared at him fiercely. The latter laughed and continued: "This refers to today's weather, cloudless and peaceful. ”

Liu Xinxing said with a smile: "It's not bad, I didn't mistake you, something happened in the past few days, I came to the mansion in broad daylight, and I was absent-minded when I played chess." ”

The fat man held his head in his hands and said deliberately relaxed: "It's okay, I'm just a little tired, something has happened in the past few days." ”

Liu Xinxing said in a deep voice: "Oh, it's really just a trivial matter? You have only been here once in the past few months. This shows that you have dealt with things quite easily in the past few months, so let's say, what is it? I'll give you an analysis. ”

Yuan Xiuyuan thought about it, so he told Liu Xinxing about the incident of the three people who died in a row in the east of the city.

Liu Xinxing listened while reviewing the chess game just now.

Black in both hands.