Yan Xi nodded and put the jade gourd in his hand on the table, "Be this jade gourd." ”

The pawnshop owner picked up the jade gourd in his hand and looked at it again and again, then opened his big palm and stretched out five fingers.

Yan Xi was overjoyed, she didn't expect such a small jade gourd to be worth so much silver, she smiled and asked, "Fifty taels?" ”

The boss shook his head and said, "Five taels!" ”

"It's only five taels? Unsuitable! Yan Xi glanced at the boss with disgust, it seems that he is not a connoisseur of goods.

Yan Xi picked up the jade gourd and was about to leave, but she didn't expect the boss to stop her again.

"Hey! Wait a minute! ”

Yan Xi thought that the boss was about to increase the price, she turned around happily and said, "Twenty taels of deals!" ”

The pawnshop owner pouted, he walked up to Yan Xi, and said suspiciously: "Girl, the jade gourd in your hand is not yours, right?" ”

Yan Xi was a thief, her eyes grunted, and she said, "No...... If it's not mine, can it be yours? If it's not right, it's not right, what nonsense? ”

Yan Xi held the jade gourd tightly, her palms were sweating, and she wondered how the pawnshop owner knew that this thing was not hers?

"Wait!" The boss grabbed Yan Xi's arm and said in one breath: "This jade gourd belongs to Imperial Physician Huang and Mrs. Huang, the two of them have come to my pawnshop several times, and every time I see this jade gourd hanging on their waists, how can it fall into your hands now?" Say! Did you steal it?! ”

Facing the boss's questioning, Yan Xi panicked, she didn't steal it but picked it up! But when she thought about it, she didn't know if what the boss said was true or false, why did she believe him?

Yan Xi shook off the boss's hand and said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense here!" I think you just want to rob my jade gourd so you said this on purpose! ”

"Good! Then let's go to the government! The pawnshop owner rightly grabbed Yan Xi's arm and made a gesture to take her to the government.

Yan Xi was anxious, and she shouted, "Someone! It's indecent! Someone's coming! ”

Yan Xi's shouts attracted a lot of onlookers, and everyone pointed at the pawnshop, and they didn't know why the boss and the girl in the pawnshop were pulling and pulling in front of the public.

Li Shenlong stood in the crowd and watched the excitement, Yan Xi was Shen Jingkai's concubine, and there should be no shortage of silver on weekdays, and there should be no stealing.

The scene was chaotic, Yan Xi pushed the pawnshop owner hard, and after breaking free from the restraints, he took advantage of the chaos to escape.

"Oops...... Don't run......" The pawnshop owner walked to the door, only to find that Yan Xi had been buried in the sea of people.

……

Yan Xi ran out of breath, and she couldn't run anymore, so she had to stop in the alley on the side of the road to rest.

Suddenly, a shadow fell in front of her, and a man descended from the sky to block her path. Yan Xi was surprised, the person in front of her was actually 'Li Shenlong' who was cheating with her? No, it was Sun Dacheng who was cheating on her who was disguised as Li Shenlong, and the person in front of him should be the real Li Shenlong.

"You...... What are you doing? ”

Li Shenlong propped himself up on the wall with one hand, and he bared his teeth and smiled: "Then where did the jade gourd come from?" ”

"What's the matter with you?!" Yan Xi glared at him fiercely, then bypassed him and continued to walk forward.

Li Shenlong asked rhetorically: "If you didn't steal it, how could you look like a thief?" Yan Xi's eyes dodged, there must be something greasy in this, maybe this jade gourd is really not hers.

Li Shenlong insisted on getting to the bottom of it, which made Yan Xi impatient, and she said angrily: "I picked it up!" ”

Li Shenlong jumped lightly and landed beside her, he crossed his hands in front of his chest, stared at her hand holding the jade gourd, and said, "Even if you pick it up, it's not yours, where to pick it up!" ”

Yan Xi sneered, and the corner of her mouth glanced at him: "Why should I listen to you?" ”

She rolled her eyes and walked on, and before she could take two steps, a large fist struck the tip of her nose in the breeze.

Li Shenlong looked fierce and scared her: "Just because I have a big fist!" Either get beaten or get your stuff back! ”

Li Shenlong sighed in his heart, it seems that he still has the potential to be a gangster!

Yan Xi was frightened by Li Shenlong's serious appearance, he didn't look like he was joking, if he rejected him, maybe this fist would collapse his nose.

Yan Xi swallowed her saliva, she handed him the jade gourd in her hand in a panic, and said, "This was found near the dog cave in the east of Ling Mansion, when this jade gourd was taken out by a black cat, you ...... Take it yourself and return it to the cat! ”

Li Shenlong put away his fist and took the jade gourd handed to him by Yan Xi, just now the owner of the fortune pawnshop said that this thing belonged to Imperial Doctor Huang and Mrs. Huang, could it be that Imperial Doctor Huang or Mrs. Huang accidentally dropped the jade gourd near Ling Mansion? That's it, instead of being suspicious here, it's better to go back to Huguo Villa and ask someone.

……

Li Shenlong returned to Huguo Villa and happened to meet Dugu Shaobai, and there was a crying woman standing beside him.

Mrs. Huang wiped her tears with a silk handkerchief, and choked up: "Lord Dugu, my father-in-law's whereabouts are unknown, and my children and I are very worried about him, Lord Dugu...... You've got to help me...... Woowoo woo ......"

"Don't worry, Mrs. Huang, we will do our best to find your husband." Dugu Shaobai said.

Mrs. Huang? Li Shenlong looked at the jade gourd in his hand, and the pawnshop owner also said that this thing belonged to Mrs. Huang or Imperial Doctor Huang, and I don't know if it was Mrs. Huang in front of him.

Dugu Shaobai's gaze fell on the jade gourd in Li Shenlong's hand, this jade gourd was exactly the same as in Madame Huang's hand, he frowned and asked, "Li Shenlong, where did this jade gourd come from?" ”

"Oh, I took it from Yan Xi's hand, she said she picked it up near Ling Mansion." Li Shenlong replied truthfully.

Mrs. Huang burst into tears, she trembled and raised her hand to take the jade gourd in Li Shenlong's hand, and cried: "This ...... This is my father-in-law's ......."

"Ling Mansion?" Dugu Shaobai thought to himself, Ling Mansion had been raided eleven years ago, and now it is deserted, and even the surrounding households are very few, how could the jade gourd of Coptis ensemble fall there?

Dugu Shaobai looked down at the note with the word "hate" in his hand, hoping to find a clue from it.

Li Shenlong caught a glimpse of this piece of paper with the blood-colored word "hate" written on it, he touched his chin, thinking that this word "hate" is so familiar! The glyph of the word "hate" is exactly the same as the word "hate" engraved on the coffin of Ling Mansion, but it is smaller than the word on the coffin, should Imperial Doctor Huang ......

……

Dugu Shaobai and Li Shenlong came to the Ling Mansion. Even in the daytime, this Ling Mansion looked gloomy, with broken plaques, cobweb-covered eaves, and gates that were squeaked by the wind, Li Shenlong couldn't help but shudder.

Li Shenlong pushed the door of the Ling Mansion, but the door could not be opened, and it was locked from the inside.

Dugu Shaobai: "Let's go in with light work." ”

As the words fell, the two of them jumped up and flew into the Ling Mansion. Dugu Shaobai walked to the door, the door lock was wrapped around the iron chain a few times, the iron chain was rusty, it was covered with cobwebs, and it looked like no one had come in from the gate for a long time.

Li Shenlong walked into the room where the two coffins were placed, and beckoned to Dugu Shaobai: "Shaobai, this is it!" ”

Dugu Shaobai stepped into the house, which was dilapidated, covered with dust and cobwebs. There are two coffins in the center of the room, one coffin is engraved with the blood-red word "hate", the other coffin is engraved with the blood-red word "injustice", and there are several broken candles in front of the coffin.

Li Shenlong said: "Three days ago, in order to avoid Shen Jingkai's pursuit, I inadvertently entered the Ling Mansion, and the candles here were still burning at that time, as if they had just been lit. ”

Dugu Shaobai asked, "Did you find anyone else here that night?" ”

Li Shenlong shook his head and said, "There is only one black cat besides me." ”

There was a smell of rotting wood in the room, mixed with a slight smell of wine, and in the corner of the room was a bamboo basket for vegetables, and a wine bottle had fallen from the ground, the bamboo basket and the wine bottle were very new, and they should have only been brought by someone for a short time.

Imperial Physician Huang bought a pot of rice wine when he went out, Dugu Shaobai squatted down and picked up the wine bottle and smelled it, it was indeed the taste of rice wine.

Dugu Shaobai looked back at the coffin engraved with the blood-colored word "hate", he had doubts, why did he carve words on these two coffins?

Dugu Shaobai stood up, and he put his hands on the coffin lid, as if he was going to push the coffin lid open.

"Shaobai, you want to open the lid of the coffin?" Li Shenlong was a little worried, should the missing Imperial Doctor Huang lie in this coffin, right?

Dugu Shaobai nodded and said, "The two coffins here are very suspicious. ”

Li Shenlong closed his eyes, folded his hands and bowed to the coffin, and said straight in his mouth: "Amitabha...... Amitabha Buddha ......"

Dugu Shaobai's hand pushed the coffin lid open with slight force, and after pushing it away, there was a burst of corpse smell coming from the coffin, and as expected, Huang Lian was lying in the coffin with his eyes closed, and he had already lost his breath.

Dugu Shaobai looked at the coffin with the word "injustice" on the side again, and he didn't know if there was a corpse in this coffin.

He raised his hand and pushed away the coffin with the word "injustice", and there was a pile of white bones scattered in the coffin, and there was no human skull in this pile of dry bones.

The stench emanating from the coffin was so bad that Li Shenlong couldn't help but cover his mouth and nose. There is a token hanging in the waist and abdomen of this pile of bones, Dugu Shaobai took it off and saw that it was the token of the Tai Hospital, and on the back of this token, there was a "Ling" character engraved.

Dugu Shaobai was suspicious in his heart, could this be Ling Zhiyuan's bones? Ling Zhiyuan was originally a palace doctor, but he was beheaded for cheating with the former Empress Dongfang Bining eleven years ago, and then Ling's house was also raided. It is said that after Imperial Physician Ling was beheaded, his wife Lei could not bear the pain of losing her husband, and died within two years.

If this pile of bones is really Ling Zhiyuan, then why is he "wronged"? And why is Coptis "hate"?

It seems that the real culprit who killed Coptis may have something to do with the people of Lingfu......