Jinling City has become more and more stable, and the rectification work has been transferred from Jinling City to several other prefectures in Gangnam Province. In addition to Suzhou Mansion, such as Shanghai Mansion, Changxi Mansion and so on are all carried out.

Rectification is not the goal of Xuantian Mansion, it is just a means to control the area under its jurisdiction. When the rectification is completed, the corresponding measures and rules and regulations will be gradually put in place.

The purpose of Xuantianfu is not to blindly suppress, but to nip in the bud all the sources that will cause riots. Absolute control over the jurisdiction is naturally a good approach.

Jinling has happened, and his subordinates have become proficient in doing things, and the nerves of each supervisor are no longer as tense as before. On the banquet, the beauties danced, Lu Sheng and Shen Ling stroked the piano and played the flute, and the song and dance were leveled.

Suddenly, a Xuan Tianwei mysteriously appeared, poked his head out and saw a few bigwigs playing with all their hearts and shrunk their heads.

"Come here!" Although Duan Fei's eyes were drunk and hazy, his eyes had not yet spent. Waving, the man hurried in.

"Commander, ladies and gentlemen, something has happened to Jinling City again. A bookstore caught fire not long ago, and the shopkeeper was burned to death on the spot. The fire had been extinguished by the brothers, but according to the brothers, the fire had come from something strange. ”

"The bookstore is on fire?" Lu Sheng's eyes flashed, and he instantly thought of the strange fire that Qingfeng Mengxue had.

"Let's go, take us around. ”

Lu Sheng and his party immediately got up, and Shen Ling left a silver ticket and hurriedly rushed to the place where the crime occurred.

Arriving at the scene, the people of Xuantian Mansion had already protected the surroundings, and outside the protective circle, the people were densely surrounded. The bookstore is located in the downtown area, and the neighborhood is full of shops and restaurants.

This street is called Xuezi Street, a street of ten miles, and it is divided into 12 colleges. There are academies, Mongolian academies, and women's academies. Therefore, it is good to start a bookstore business here.

The fire in the bookstore has been extinguished, but the bookstore has also been badly burned. Fortunately, the rescue was timely and did not spread to the houses behind him.

Lu Sheng fanned the smoke and dust in the air and came to the door of the bookstore. On the open gate, there were also traces of being burned by the fire, and inside the gate, a charred corpse lay inward on the ground.

"My lord, the books, calligraphy and paintings in the bookstore have all been burned, and all that remains is some chairs. This is the shopkeeper of the bookstore, called Wantong. But Wantong's death is a little strange, everyone has already arrived at the door, and they can't escape with their lives.

Moreover, the direction in which he fell was inward, and if the bookstore caught fire, he should have run outside. ”

"You're right. Lu Sheng slowly stood up, "This Wantong was indeed killed." After the killer killed someone, he knocked over an oil lamp and set fire to the bookstore. This method is exactly the same as Qingfeng Mengxue. ”

"What do you mean...... Can you link this case to Qingfeng Mengxue?"

"Yes!" Lu Sheng said without thinking.

"Lord Lu, this is too arbitrary, right?" Liang Yongren was a little surprised, "Even if it is a fire, the scene of the crime is similar, but the murderer may not be a person."

Besides, a teacher and a bookstore manager, can there be any connection between them?"

"Yes!" Lu Sheng said with great certainty, "Do you remember the information you gave me? about Mr. Qingfeng's life and interpersonal relationships." Mr. Qingfeng can be said to have scattered all his family wealth in order to run a school.

Later, Mr. Qingfeng had no choice but to sell calligraphy and paintings, and write books to make money. Most of his calligraphy and paintings were also delivered to this bookstore for consignment. Therefore, there is a connection between the two. ”

"What does Lord Lu mean?" Liang Yongren asked in surprise, "What kind of reason can the murderer be implicated in this way? Is this to kill all the people who are involved with Mr. Qingfeng? Even if the Nine Clans are punished, there is no such punishment." ”

"It shouldn't be a pure strain, it must be to cover up something. And what the murderer wants to cover up is what Mr. Qingfeng and Wantong know. Perhaps, MassMutual is not the last either. ”

"My lord—"

Whew-

A gust of wind whistled, and a Xuantian guard flew from its place at a rapid pace. "In the western suburbs, a fire broke out in a printing workshop, killing more than 20 people in the printing workshop. ”

"What?" Lu Sheng and the others' faces changed drastically.

When he went out again and came to the western suburbs, he looked at the tragic situation in front of him, and the faces of several people turned blue.

"Outrageous, outrageous! What kind of secret does the murderer want to hide? How mad ...... he is?"

Lu Sheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and the essence in his eyes kept flashing.

"Lord, my lords, and the brothers have already searched for it. The killer handled it very cleanly and left no clues. And the murderer's martial arts are very high, and everyone is killed with a sword.

The killer then piled the bodies together and burned them on paper and books from the printing house. It's just that the paper didn't burn for long, so these corpses didn't get burned or remained. ”

"What if...... Isn't it the corpse that the murderer wants to burn?" Lu Sheng said lightly.

"Lu Sheng, did you think of something? The murderer didn't want to burn the body and destroy the evidence, so why did the murderer have to do more?"

"What if the murderer wants to destroy the books in the printing workshop?" Lu Sheng turned around silently, looked at the sky and sighed.

"Three places, Qingfeng Mengxue, Jinling City Bookstore, and the printing workshop here. Just took out one, it seems that the flowers in the fog can't figure out what the murderer is going to do?

But what about connecting the three? Mr. Qingfeng is a teacher, and he also writes books. The books he wrote were sold by the bookstore, and even the bookstore took full authority to represent Mr. Qingfeng's copyright.

The fact that the printing workshop was still working so late showed that they were working overtime to print books. In this way, it means that the murderer is not destroying people, but books!"

"Book?" Everyone suddenly realized that if it was a book, it could indeed connect three cases with the same technique.

"However, what kind of book would make the murderer not hesitate to kill so many people? What kind of secrets are hidden in that book?" Lu Lifu hugged his arms, a little cold.

The simple Lu Lifu always thinks that this world is very beautiful, and she yearns for the gorgeous rivers and lakes in the mouths of poets, and the chic of the sword world. Even though she has now become an official lady, she still has not given up her desire for rivers and lakes.

However, after following Lu Sheng to become the secretary of the criminal prosecution department, she saw the bloodiness of the rivers and lakes and the ugliness of the world again and again. A world-famous genius who can frame others for himself.

For their own selfish interests, someone can frame the master and kill the senior brother. And now, for the sake of an unknown secret, someone has killed so many innocent people.

"It's just that we reacted too slowly, so that the murderer could succeed!" Liang Yongren said angrily tapping his palm.

"It cannot be said that we are slow to react, but that the murderer carried out it purposefully and planned. At first, we didn't even know what the murderer was going to do, so how could we get ahead of the curve? Lu Sheng, this case must be thoroughly investigated. ”

"Understood!"

"Let's go, it seems that I can't invite you to dinner in the future. If you eat once, you will have an accident. ”

"You can cash it out. ”

In the past three days, Lu Sheng has bought all the books about Mr. Qingfeng on the market.

After reading it, I realized that Mr. Qingfeng turned out to be a character like Pu Songling.

Even his life experience is exactly the same as Pu Songling's. Obviously a very talented person, but he failed the test. is obviously quite famous among Shilin, but he can't please the officialdom because of his arrogance and weirdness.

The books he wrote are all rumors and legends of gods and ghosts. However, it is not simply based on pleasing readers, and the stories in it mostly reflect reality, satirizing the court system and not thinking about the suffering of the people.

In Lu Sheng's view, Mr. Qingfeng seems to be drunk and sober, and seems to criticize the government and ask for the people's lives, but he is basically cynical.

When he thought he was awake, he didn't know that he was living in a dream. Before the age of twenty, Lu Sheng would think that Mr. Qingfeng's thinking was extremely correct, and perhaps many young people in their twenties would regard him as an idol.

But after the age of thirty, he will wonder if his views are partial and comprehensive, but now, Lu Sheng directly feels that what Mr. Qingfeng thinks is simply living in a dream.

Officials should eat chaff and drink scarce to ask for the people's lives? Then who else is an official? The rich should accumulate virtue and do good deeds and help the poor with excess money? Then who is still a rich man? Do the poor still have to fight? Those who commit Dayu will be punished even if they are far away? This can only be at a certain level, if this is the case, the entire Dayu will be dragged into the quagmire of war.

Especially when I saw a story with the meaning of a ghost fox, the Son of Heaven should cancel the privilege of the meritorious gate valve, and let the children of the rich family and the children of the poor family compete on the same platform? Everyone is 108,000 miles ahead of you at the starting line, and they are competing on the same platform? Aren't you afraid of directly cutting off the way out of the poor disciples?

Putting down the book, Lu Sheng rubbed his eyes, "Ideals are good, but to realize these ideals, it will be at least countless years later." Thinking about these at this time is whimsical. However, scholars who criticize the government and politics are not illegal, as for being cut down and eradicated?"

However, Lu Sheng still found some patterns in these books. Mr. Qingfeng's strange talk is published every year, and it is in July and August every year.

In this way, this year's talk of gods and ghosts should be around this time. In this case, the purpose of the murderer's murder is to prevent him from being born this year?

"My lord, Wantong will be funeral today, and the guests who will mourn will also go today. ”

"Got it!"

Lu Sheng said a word, changed into civilian clothes and quietly went out. Vantone is not only the shopkeeper of the bookstore, he still has some industries in Jinling City. Although it is not a rich family, it is also a petty bourgeoisie.

The white silk is fluttering, and there is an endless stream of guests who come to say goodbye. Wantong's two-room lady is generous to receive guests.

Although Wan Tong died young, fortunately, all four sons were adults. was originally a harmonious and happy family, but it was shattered in an instant.

"Brother Wantong, three days ago, we were still drinking and talking, but I didn't expect that it was only three days, and you and I were separated by yin and yang. Without you, who else would I be looking for books and paintings—"

As soon as Lu Sheng arrived at the scene, he heard a person lying on the coffin crying, which was heartbreaking.

This excited look was even sadder than his four sons.

"Who is this?" Lu Sheng said quietly to the people around him.

"His name is Dong Chengwu, and he used to be a storyteller at Donglai Teahouse. and Wantong are close friends, Wantong has good books, and he must let Dong Chengwu have a sneak peek first. Because the story is well-told, Dong Chengwu also has a family business in Jinling City, and even opened a teahouse on East Street. ”