In previous years, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, it will be hot for a while. This year, it is a little abnormal, this Mid-Autumn Festival has just passed, and it is so cold that I want people to wear thin jackets. Xing Ruyi rubbed his hands together and opened the door of the shop. Before dawn, most of the shops on both sides of the market were closed, but some people gradually gathered on the street. Most of these people are low-class workers or hawkers who make a living.

"Ruyi girl." When she opened the door, she heard a deep male voice calling her name.

Xing Ruyi turned around and bumped into Chang Tai's cold face.

"Lord Chang."

"I'm not an adult, I'm just catching fast."

"Then I told you to catch fast? It sounds a little awkward, as if it's very raw. ”

Chang Tai was slightly stunned and said, "Call me Chang Tai." ”

"Chang Tai?" Xing Ruyi silently thought: "That's it, if you don't mind, I'll call you Brother Chang." ”

Chang Tai looked at Xing Ruyi and didn't speak, in Xing Ruyi's opinion, his attitude at this time was acquiescence.

"Brother Chang called me for something?"

"I want to ask Miss Ruyi for help." Chang Tai took out a pearl from his pocket and handed it to Xing Ruyi: "I want to ask Miss Ruyi to help take a look at this pearl." ”

"What's wrong with this pearl?"

"No, I just want to ask Miss Ruyi to help see how this pearl is."

"I'm not an expert in pearl identification, and I only know a little bit about this pearl."

"It's okay, Miss Ruyi just says what she knows."

"The quality of this pearl should be judged from four aspects. The first is to determine whether the pearl is natural or cultured. The second is to determine whether the pearl has been artificially treated, such as dyeing or something. The third is to determine whether the pearl came from the sea or from the lake. Fourth, look at the details of the pearl, such as the lines that grow on the surface.

The pearl you gave me, Brother Chang, belongs to the bead, and it is a naturally formed bead. The surface of the pearl is smooth and delicate, there are no obvious flaws visible to the naked eye, it belongs to the best in the pearl, and this is a sea pearl, not a freshwater pearl, its preciousness, I am afraid that only the princely general's mansion has it. ”

"Got it." Chang Tai nodded and took the pearl back.

"Can I ask, where did you buy such a good pearl, Brother Chang? If the price is right, I'd like to buy one too. ”

"It's not bought, it's picked up."

"Picked up? Oh my God, Brother Chang, your luck is too good. Xing Ruyi almost looked at Chang Tai with a look of adoration.

You must know that at this time, pearls can be regarded as a very rare thing, especially pearls of such good quality, which are really only available in the princely general's mansion and even the palace. Chang Tai is a small catcher, you can pick up such a one, it's just a koi carp, okay.

"Murder scenes." Chang Tai spit out four words coldly.

"Homicide...... Scene? ”

"There was a murder in the Yuelai Inn, and a monk from Tubo suddenly disappeared. Three days later, a passer-by smelled the stench, followed the stench, and saw him buried in a grass pit next to the moat. The monk was stabbed several times, but no blood was found at the scene, possibly because the killer threw the body there after committing the crime. This pearl was picked up near the grass pit where the monk was buried. ”

"This case sounds a little bizarre."

Chang Tai continued: "It's a bit unusual. The Tibetan monk is a little different from our Middle Earth, but no matter how different it is, this monk should not have pearls on his body. This case has caused a lot of uproar, and because a Tibetan delegation has entered Beijing recently, the authorities have given a deadline and demanded that the case be solved as soon as possible. ”

"You have to have a clue to solve the case as soon as possible, this monk from Tubo, I'm afraid it's not easy to investigate."

"It's not easy, it's really not easy." As he spoke, a slightly shorter catcher walked in. Early in the morning, it was so cold, he actually ran out of sweat: "There is no clue at all in this case, but I am anxious and panicked." No, as soon as Brother Chang left, the master scolded us for being bloody, and Brother Liu muttered a few words, and was beaten by the master. ”

"You old man is unreasonable."

"The master is upset, and we are also upset. The shopkeeper said that a few of us who should be arrested quickly don't want to solve the case. In the past few days, I haven't done anything, so I'm busy catching the suspect. This suspect has arrested a lot, but there is no evidence to prove that they killed this Tibetan monk. ”

"Is there a clue in this Yuelai Inn?"

"It would be nice to have it." Xiao Yu quickly pouted: "The shopkeeper of this Yuelai Inn, the man, including the horse feeder, cooker, and night incense in the inn, have been brought to the mansion by us." All those who should be interrogated have been interrogated, and nothing has been found. It is said that this monk should not go to the city to live, even if he goes to our Luoyang, he should go to the temple to borrow it. But after all, they are not local monks, they are foreigners. We don't know the rules of Tibet, and we don't know if the monks of Tibet can stay in the inn. People gave money, and the innkeeper couldn't drive people out, so he could only open a room. ”

"That's right, there is no rule in this court, saying that monks are not allowed to stay in the inn."

"That's right. The innkeeper said that since the Tibetan monk settled in, he rarely went downstairs. In addition to asking the guy to send a pot of hot water to the room every day, he never asks for food and drink. This, can also be understood, after all, people are from Tibet, and the food used here may be different from ours. ”

"It's not possible, it's really different."

The innkeeper said that the first three days of the Tibetan monk's arrival were normal, and the man would send hot water once a day in the morning, at noon and in the evening, and go up after half an hour to take down the things that were delivered to the water. On the fourth day, when the man went to get something, he found that the water was still full, and after a few calls, no one in the room answered, so he brought back the water that had cooled down. The shopkeeper was originally worried, worried that the Tibetan monk would come down and make trouble. As a result, I waited all morning, but I didn't see anyone. At noon, according to the habit, I asked the guy to send hot water up, and I went to get it half an hour later, but it was still untouched. I sent it again in the evening, and it was still the same. The shopkeeper felt that something was unusual, so he personally went up to the door and inquired for a while, and waited for a long time without a response, and then opened the door. ”

"What's going on in the room?"

"I can't see any changes in the room, everything is neat, it seems that the Tibetan monk is an extremely ......" Xiao Yu thought for a while, "He is an extremely clean person." Anyway, if I stay at the guest house, it's impossible to keep the room like that. When we went, the Tibetan monk's belongings were still there, resting on the box on the right hand side of the door. There aren't many things, not like people like us. As for whether it is worth anything or not, we can't tell, but I guess that even a thief would not think of stealing his things. Why? Because it's not easy to sell, the pawn shops in this city don't accept this. ”

"Is there blood in that room?"

"No, we looked very carefully and didn't find any traces of blood, nor did we find any signs of a fight."

"Then, did anyone see this Tibetan monk going downstairs?"

"That's what makes us all wonder. This Tibetan monk, whether it is his appearance or body shape, is different from us Han people, it is said that this entry and exit should be very eye-catching. Strangely, we asked all the people in the inn, and they all said that we didn't see him go downstairs.

Also, this Yuelai Inn is not open in some remote place, it is very lively in front of the door, there are many sellers, we have also inquired, and we have also said that we did not see this Tibetan monk come out of the Yuelai Inn, but when he went in to live, he saw it. ”

"Well, what everyone said is true, the Tibetan monk has not come out since he entered the inn. Even if you come out, it's not the main entrance of the inn, but somewhere else. Otherwise, the people in the inn lied, and the Tibetan monk came out of the inn, but not when there were many people, or the Tibetan monk did not come out of the inn alive. ”

"Shopkeeper, what you said is the same as what we guessed, otherwise, don't open a rouge shop, and come to our yamen on an errand."

"Is it fast for your yamen to accept women?"

"It should have been received, but we didn't ask the master." Xiao Yu quickly smiled: "Otherwise, I'll go back and ask now." ”

"I won't go if you ask. What's so good about catching this fast? Running around all day doesn't make much money. A good-looking girl like me is suitable for staying in this rouge shop. It's okay to put on makeup, it's okay to do rouge, it's okay to listen to you tell me about the case here. ”

"It's also said that if I have a shop at home, I won't come to do fast fishing. This case is solved, it is the wisdom of being a master, and it is the master's business to be promoted and rich. If this case is not solved, it is the incompetence of those of us who should be caught quickly, the lighter ones are deducted, the heavier ones are beaten with boards, and the heavier ones are probably losing their heads. Alas, a hard life, a hard life. ”

Xiao Zhuai wanted to complain a few words, but he saw Chang Tai sweep him with the corner of his eye, he quickly covered his mouth, and made one for Xing Ruyi: "It's over, why do I say such things in front of the boss of our family." The pitiful expression.

"Have you checked the windowsill of the inn?" Xing Ru thought that the little catch was pitiful, and quickly turned the topic back to the case of the disappearance of the Tibetan monk: "If this Tibetan monk is skilled in martial arts, it is not difficult to jump from the second floor of the inn. If he walks through the window, he may have left footprints on the windowsill of the inn, or even on the exterior wall. Even if there are no footprints, there will be traces of climbing. ”

"Wouldn't it? It's so dignified, he doesn't leave the door and doesn't leave, what kind of wall do you climb. Xiao Yu muttered quickly, but Chang Tai had already stood up.

"Leaving the gate and not leaving, but climbing the wall, just shows that this Tibetan monk has a ghost in his heart, and what he came to Luoyang City to do is not a fair and honest thing." Xing Ruyi then stood up: "You can only say that you have to catch a quick house, saying that a Tibetan delegation has entered Beijing recently." ”