Chapter 22: The Mysterious Token

Shen Lingjun was stared at by Yang Fang's burning eyes, and had the illusion of being a national treasure, raised his hand to rub his forehead, and waved his hand at Zhou Shaoqing.

"Let's talk about things first, what do the people who committed suicide have in common, and why do you think there is another hidden story behind these suicide cases."

"That's the case, the two people who died at the beginning were from Banxi Street, they were the owner and proprietress of the Cangji paper shop, and they hanged themselves on the beams of the store in the middle of the night, and the next day someone passed by and saw two hanging figures from the window only to find that the autopsy was determined to be a suicide, and no trace of someone breaking into the inner room could be found, so the official classified it as a suicide case according to the usual practice.

But five days later, there was another murder on Lan Yuting's side, the deceased was the old man of the Zhou family, I heard that I don't know why the old man Zhou lost all his family property overnight, and he couldn't figure it out for a while, so he chose to commit suicide by throwing himself into the lotus pond in his yard, and as before, there was no trace of murder. ”

Shen Lingjun took a sip of tea, nodded, signaled that he was listening, and asked Zhou Shaoqing to continue.

"There are a succession of people who commit suicide, three of them are husband and wife, and there are nine others, among the fifteen people, there are eleven men and four women, ranging in age, the oldest is seventy-one old man Wu, and the youngest is called the fifth girl who is only eighteen years old."

"Three couples, the age gap is also very large......" Shen Lingjun rubbed his chin with his fingertips, his eyes narrowed slightly, like a lazy cat in the afternoon, and like an eagle that was always dormant and ready to strike.

Hearing Zhou Shaoqing say this, Shen Lingjun also said that something was wrong, to say that people who commit suicide are nothing more than these two situations, one is to survive in embarrassment and have no way out, and the other is to get rid of illness as soon as possible.

But as the saying goes, it is better to die than to live, even if a husband and wife are not so concentric on the road to death, in other words, if there is a couple who commit suicide together, it may be normal, and it is somewhat intriguing to appear three couples at the same time.

"Eighteen-year-old fifth girl, which family is the young lady?"

Zhou Shaoqing's fair face was a little embarrassed, and she coughed dryly: "She is the number one brand of Piaoxiang Pavilion." ”

"She didn't do well with this brand, and the old bustard forced Liang to become a prostitute?"

"Nope."

"Is that being cheated out of money by my lover, and I am disheartened?"

The corners of Zhou Shaoqing's mouth twitched, Ling'er's imagination is so rich, she is worthy of being a person from a big place at the feet of the Son of Heaven such as Luoyang.

"Not really."

Shen Lingjun slapped his big palm on the table: "Then there must be a problem!" ”

"The drama is ruthless and the bitch is unrighteous, the eighteen-year-old girl sits firmly on the top of the Piaoxiang Pavilion, in addition to her own appearance, she must be a tenacious and sleek character, you say, such a person has neither unhappiness nor has he met a scumbag lover who cheats money and sex, how can he suddenly find death if he can't figure it out."

Yang Fang nodded, and the admiration in his eyes gushed out, and sure enough, it was Lord Shen of Dali Temple, and he found out the problem in three or two sentences.

"Well, Ling'er, you're right, but the reason for the death of the five girls is exactly the common point I want to mention."

Shen Lingjun raised his eyebrows slightly: "Shaoqing, are you saying that these suicides all died for one reason?" ”

"Yes." Zhou Shaoqing held the teacup in both hands, his face sank, covered with a condensation, his lips were as bright as peach blossoms, and he said in a deep voice: "Everyone died overnight for some reason, and suddenly all the money was gone. ”

"Scattered all the ......wealth overnight" Shen Lingjun's eyes lowered slightly, and the water vapor showed a layer of dusty temperament, his fingertips rubbed the edge of the teacup, and his mouth followed with a mutter.

"My lord, there is an exception." Yang shrank his head and shrunk his head, and he couldn't speak well.

Shen Lingjun raised his eyes and looked over, snapped his fingers, and pointed a finger at Yang Fang: "Say." ”

Yang Fang was slammed into it, his face was red, and there was a sense of happiness that was valued by idols filled his chest, and his brain was a little dizzy, but fortunately, his thoughts were still clear.

"Lord Hui Siqing, the oldest deceased is named Wu Bin, the big guys call him Old Man Wu, he is an old scoundrel on the street, everyone in Changzhou City knows it, everyone knows about it, and many people call him a fraudulent money, but because the old lady Wu of the previous generation is a good person who is kind and charitable, the big guy is tolerant everywhere, plus this old man Wu is drunk all day long with a dog skin plaster, who cares about sticking to you, so he is helpless against him.

A few years ago, the old man Wu didn't have the eyesight to bump into Yun Qing, the little young master of the Yun family, and was beaten half to death and thrown to the yamen, we adults found a doctor to treat him, and then closed it for more than half a year, but as soon as he came out of the yamen, he simply sat at the door of the Yun family, and did not leave, the little young master of the Yun family came up in one breath and almost kicked him to death directly. In the end, it was the Yun family who took a few hundred taels of silver before sending this plague god away. ”

Zhou Shaoqing sighed: "There is indeed such a thing, Wu Bin's family turned out to be one of the four major families in Changzhou City, and the hard work of Old Lady Wu in this life was defeated in his hands." ”

For the scoundrel, if you just beat him, he simply beats the snake with the stick, scolds him, the other party doesn't feel pain at all, it's best for you to do something or something, okay, now you just wait, don't give Lao Tzu money, just give Lao Tzu a pension.

As the saying goes, those who are not afraid of horizontal are afraid of lai.

Shen Lingjun raised his eyebrows and smiled, it seemed that the little demon king of the mixed world was helpless when he encountered a scoundrel in the mixed world.

"Old man Wu has no other hobbies, just like a gambler, for the large and small gambling houses in Changzhou City, he is a frequent customer, from day to night, from this to that, he spends all his time in the gambling house." Zhou Shaoqing shook his head, wondering why someone was so obsessed with this.

"He rotates from one gambling house to another every day?" The teacup in Shen Lingjun's hand turned around, a little puzzled: "It stands to reason that all the gambling houses in Changzhou City are the same, there is not much difference." ”

Gambling house, even if you haven't been there, you basically know what's going on, not to mention that when he was in Luoyang, Shen Lingjun didn't go to the gambling house because he was in contact with various characters, so it was difficult to see that the gambling house in Changzhou City was not the same.

If you want to say that if the people in the gambling house drive him away, it can't be said, first, the gambling house is not closed day and night, one more Wu old man is less who will pay attention, and second, if it is driven away, it is impossible to let you in next time, you must know that each gambling house will invite a group of thugs, after all, the people who enter the gambling house are mixed, and no one can press the field for a while, so it is difficult to enter the blacklist of a certain gambling house, and it will be difficult to step into it next time.

"I don't know, anyway, he changes it every day, maybe it's more superstitious, try your luck." Zhou Shaoqing waved his hand: "Old man Wu has nothing in common with the deaths of others, but I added him because I think it's strange that he would commit suicide." ”

Shen Lingjun also agrees with this idea: "It is absolutely impossible for such a person to commit suicide." ”

Let's ask a person like Old Man Wu who doesn't even want a face, how can he not think about it, besides, if he wants to commit suicide, he was good at seeking death when the Wu family was ruined a few decades ago, and he has been alive for so many years, if he suddenly feels that life is hopeless, and he dies in silence, it doesn't make sense.

"Ling'er." Zhou Shaoqing straightened his face, wrinkled his brows, and his delicate face crossed a little solemnity that did not match it: "When the corpses were collected, a token was found on seven of them, you can take a look." ”

The pure golden token, the size of a palm, is carved with complex mysterious patterns around it, and three big characters are smelted in the middle: Immortal Society.

Shen Lingjun took it and weighed it: "It's a bit weighty, what is this?" ”

The token is generally used to pass and enter some specific places, Shen Lingjun is very familiar with this, and she also has two pieces in her hand, one is specially given by the emperor to enter the palace directly, and the other is the young master token that orders the demons on the mountain.

The former piece has been used by Shen Ling a lot of times, and the latter piece is probably very few that have been seen in this world.

Shen Lingjun had previously given Su Musha the gold medal the size of a small fingernail, which was actually a status symbol on Guishan, and holding a token meant that it was recognized by Guishan.

Others may not be able to see it, but Su Musha guessed it, which is why he is so happy.

"It's strange here, originally I guessed that the Immortal Society might be a certain sect assembly or something, but I sent people to ask the family of the deceased, but no one knew the origin of this thing, and I didn't hear what sect the deceased had been."

Yang Fang interjected and said, "A few subordinates have turned over Changzhou City, and there is absolutely no new sect that has anything to do with the name of the Immortal Society. ”

Zhou Shaoqing glanced at Yang and let you behave, don't steal the limelight!

In normal times, Yang Fang is absolutely honest, but now is his opportunity to perform in front of his idol, he can't let it go, especially if he wants to work hard to flip the image that was not so good before, he swallowed his saliva at the moment, stared at a pair of bull's eyes, and stared at Zhou Shaoqing with his neck, looking like Lao Tzu would never give in.

Zhou Shaoqing's glaring eyes were forgotten, he reached out and rubbed it, and pursed the corners of his mouth, Lao Tzu is not like you!

"What's even more strange is that after the suicide case, all the families of the deceased moved out of Changzhou City, and they were still in a hurry. And on the side of the Immortal Society, there are no clues at all, no one knows what it is, to put it bluntly, except for these seven tokens, everything seems to be non-existent. But the more this is the case, the more I think the key behind this is this fairy society! ”

Shen Lingjun narrowed his eyes, pinched his chin with two fingers, hooked the corners of his mouth and chuckled: "Immortals, it sounds a little interesting." ”

"Ling'er, I knew you would be interested." Zhou Shaoqing held his chin with both hands, his big eyes blinked, and his face was full of dedication.

"Interested, of course." Shen Lingjun tilted his head and looked Zhou Shaoqing up and down, not to mention how subtle his eyes were, and a meaningful smile was drawn at the corner of his mouth for a long time, "Shaoqing, this 'favor' of yours is in my mind, and you will not be missing." ”

'Bang~' Zhou Shaoqing's body staggered, his chin slammed on the table, and the cold wind blew through the back of his neck, which was gloomy and gloomy.

Just as he was about to say something more, a gust of wind suddenly fell in from the open window with a green shadow, as light as a leaf.