The weather in Jinling City is always like this, and it is like a steamer in summer.

I sat in the shop and counted the copper coins in my purse, which was the method that Nan Ya told me, and he said that if you feel hot, count how much money you have, and count and count that you will wear a fur coat.

Don't tell me, this method ...... It's useless at all, it's pure nonsense, I feel like I'm almost turning into a dumpling.

By the way, Nan Ya is my brother, and my name is Nan Jiu.

With the funding of Nanya, I opened a shop, the store is called "Yishui Pavilion", engaged in more miscellaneous things, helping people tell fortunes, interpreting dreams, overtaking people, solving all kinds of strange forces and confusion that people encounter, and even seeing a doctor and delivering a baby, I will accept this kind of business, as long as I give money.

My grandfather was a monk and had a lot of skills, and I learned a lot from it. Therefore, in less than a year, Yishui Pavilion has a lot of fame in Jinling.

And Yishui Pavilion happened to be near the Gongyuan, so many scholars came to me to calculate their future.

"Is the Ninth Prince here?"

Hearing a girl shouting outside the door, I wiped my sweat, put away my money bag, simply arranged my clothes in front of the bronze mirror, and hurriedly went out to greet the guests.

The girl looked to be in her early twenties, wearing a long light green dress, with a graceful figure and a slender body.

Melon seed face, high nose bridge, red phoenix eyes, cherry mouth, very beautiful, should be the best-looking girl I have seen so far. She has taken all the advantages that a beauty should have.

The girl bowed to me, her lips lightly opened, "The little woman has seen the Ninth Prince." ”

I waved my hand slightly and replied to her, "Girl, please be seated." What does the girl drink, the tea is free, and the cold wine is ten cents a glass. ”

Although the girl is good-looking, I am in business, the price is clearly marked, and the child is not bullied, and I will never let you drink cold wine for free just because you are beautiful.

The girl frowned lightly and shook her head slightly, "The ninth prince doesn't need to bother, I came to the ninth prince to discuss business." ”

As she spoke, she took out a gold ingot and put it on the table, "This is a deposit, if the ninth prince agrees, I will pay the ninth prince another hundred taels of gold." I just don't know if Jiu Gongzi dares to take this business? ”

I was a little upset to hear her say this, which obviously meant to look down on people, but at the same time I was very interested.

I am also a little famous in Jinling, and the other party bluntly said whether he dared to accept it, which shows that this matter is not trivial.

"Girl, it's not me who says big things, if the whole Yingtianfu doesn't even dare to ...... me" Jinling is another name for Yingtianfu, and now most people like to call it Jinling Nanjing or Yingtianfu. I've been used to shouting with my grandfather since I was a child, and I also say Jinling in front of my acquaintances.

But in front of outsiders, it is still necessary to avoid it, because the title of Jinling belongs to the legacy of the previous dynasty, and it will inevitably fall into the mouth.

Before I could finish speaking, the girl spit out four more words, "Cheng Fu murder." ”

I was stunned, "What did the girl say?" ”

The girl's left eyebrow picked deftly, "Cheng Fu murder, what's the matter?" Nine sons are scared? ”

The murder case of Chengfu is a strange case that no one in Jinling City knows. Half a year ago, Chengfu, located on Zhengyang Street, was tragically destroyed overnight.

It is said that there were seventy-three people in Chengfu, but only nine corpses remained, and the rest disappeared out of thin air and have not been accounted for so far.

At that time, I was called by the pretending to help with the autopsy.

Except for the old man of Cheng Mansion, who was stabbed to death by a sword, everyone else was caught and killed by wild beasts.

In order not to cause panic, the yamen directly came to the conclusion at that time, saying that someone imitated the sharp weapon of the beast's claws to kill people, and later arrested a few Jiangyang thieves to replace the crime, and the case was closed.

I am sure that those people were indeed killed by wild beasts.

What's even more bizarre is that some good people went to investigate the murder of Cheng Mansion, and all of them were killed. The cause of death was also being caught by a wild beast.

And various folk rumors have also made the Cheng Fu murder case even more weird.

Some people say that the Cheng family is a descendant of the Lang General in Faqiu, and they robbed too many tombs, damaged Yin morality, and were retaliated against.

Some people also say that it is a demon who is causing trouble, and it is even more exaggerated to say that Mrs. Cheng ascended to immortality and took others to soar.

Later, the imperial court sent people to seize the Cheng Mansion. The residents who originally lived on Zhengyang Street have also moved out.

I heard that this case was taken over by someone from the Jinyi Wei Soul Division, so I wrote a letter to Nanya, who was the commander of the Jinyi Wei Soul Division, to learn more about this case.

As a result, Nan Ya's reply was just two words, "Don't care." ”

In addition, I don't like to deal with people in the court, so I don't pay attention to this matter anymore.

As for those strange and chaotic claims, I don't believe them anyway.

"Nine Princes?" The girl probably saw that I was stunned, and shouted again.

I frowned slightly, "Why did the girl want to investigate the murder of Cheng Mansion?" ”

"Didn't the Ninth Prince not ask where he came from or why?"

This is a rule I set, because many people who come to me to do things have unspeakable secrets, so in order to reassure them, I set a rule, not to ask, not to ask why.

"It's just out of personal curiosity, after all, the Cheng Mansion murder case is too strange and dangerous, and irrelevant people won't want to investigate. If the girl didn't want to say it, I didn't ask. ”

"Will the Ninth Prince agree or not?"

"I'll think about it, the girl will come back tomorrow at noon, and I'll give her an answer then."

The girl bowed again, "The little woman will come back another day." ”

After speaking, Lianbu walked out.

When the girl walked to the door, I hurriedly called out to her, "Stay here, don't know the girl's name?" How old is it? Where do you live? ”

The girl turned her head and smiled, "Tang Jinghong...... Nine sons, casually asking the girl's age is something that only matchmakers will do. ”

Looking at the back of Tang Jinghong's departure, I shook my head helplessly, why do you say that I have a bald mouth and ask so many questions one after another......

After Tang Jinghong left, I closed the shop and hurried to find my uncle.

My uncle owned a coffin shop in Jinling City, and he was a few years younger than my grandfather. And my grandfather is not only my grandfather, but also my master, so my uncle has become my uncle.

Uncle Shi's coffin was spread out on the outskirts of the city, and the place was quite large. For the sake of convenience, the court cooperated with my uncle and gave my uncle a certain amount of silver every month, so that my uncle could help deal with those murderers who were beheaded.

As well as the corpses of unknown people who died, they will be sent to my uncle for disposal.

Because of this kind of thing, few people are willing to do it, and few people dare to do it.

And Uncle Shi is a monk, and a monk doesn't believe in ghosts and gods. Taoist priests and warlocks did not exist at the earliest, and they all extended from the monks.

As soon as I walked to the door of my uncle's coffin shop, a chill hit me. It's not that the yin qi is causing trouble, in order to ensure that some corpses do not decompose, Uncle Shi will often use a large amount of ice cubes.

In addition to ice, special spices are used to mask the rotten smell of the corpses.

Still, there's a disgusting smell of rot.

When I entered the gate, I saw that my uncle was examining the body in the courtyard.

Uncle Shi raised his head and glanced at me, and beckoned to me, "Jiu'er, come on, come on, just in time, just sent here, Uncle Shi just happened to test you." ”

Uncle Shi is fifty-nine years old this year, and his beard is half white, but his body is still very healthy. Except for a round cataract (cataract) in the left eye, there is nothing wrong with the rest of the body.

I walked over to salute my uncle and looked at the corpse covered with a white cloth on the shelf.

"Male, about twenty-five years old, with calluses on the palm of his right hand, which should be caused by years of sword practice. There are three claw marks on the neck, more than an inch deep.

The pale complexion indicates a large amount of blood loss, and he did not blink his eyes before he died, and his eyes were frightened, as if he had been frightened.

Urine stains on your pants...... Not an ordinary fright, it seems. Fear of injuring the kidneys, after being frightened, the kidney qi is damaged, and it loses its solid intake.

Just ......"

I couldn't help but frown when I smelled the scars on the corpse's neck.

"Just what?" Uncle Shi took a wine gourd next to him and poured a sip of wine.

"This claw mark looks like it's caused by a big insect, why does it smell like a cat?"

"A tiger is a tiger, what a big insect, how long has the Tang Dynasty perished. You're making a lot of progress, tell me what you think. ”

In fact, the tiger is called a big worm, which was changed by Li Yuan in the Tang Dynasty, because Li Yuan's grandfather was called Li Hu, and in order to avoid it, he changed the tiger to a big worm. In order to avoid Li Yuan, the Longyuan Sword was changed to the Longquan Sword.

In order to avoid Li Shimin, Guanyin Bodhisattva changed to Guanyin Bodhisattva......

You see, the emperor doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, how can we monks believe in ghosts and gods.

I double-examined the body again, and found nothing else unusual, but I guess I guess the person was killed last night.

"Uncle Shi, is there a cat as big as a tiger in this world?"

"There are boat-swallowing whales in the sea, and Deng has a hanging sky. The world is so big that there are no surprises, even if there are really cats as big as tigers, what is so strange? ”

The whale that Uncle Shi said was a very big fish, but I had never seen it, and I had only seen it in books.

"This is to investigate the murder of Cheng Mansion again?"

"It's the eighth, and none of them survived." Uncle Shi shook his head and sighed, as if he was feeling sorry for these people.

I was just about to ask my uncle about the details of the murder of Cheng Fu, so he continued: "In the past two days, I heard that there is a girl who has asked people everywhere to investigate the murder of Cheng Fu, including many martial arts masters, and even heard that this girl used beauty to find someone to help. Ay...... The world is declining, and people's hearts are not ancient. ”

I coughed lightly twice and rubbed my nose with my right index finger, "That...... Uncle I didn't tell the story that the girl had just found me and asked me to help investigate the murder of Chengfu. Moreover, the human girl doesn't look like a person who sacrifices hue, how can it be as exaggerated as you say. ”

As soon as I finished speaking, Uncle Shi stared at me in surprise with his big eyes on the right, and his left eye was a round cataract, so he couldn't stare at it.

"You promised?"

I shook my head, "Not yet, this is not to come to find Uncle Shi to understand the situation, such a strange thing, I always feel itchy if I don't figure it out." ”

Uncle Shi's face changed suddenly, and his tone was a little angry, "Jiu'er, have you forgotten the rules set by your grandfather?" ”