But Qiu Gubo didn't see anything from this face, he had never seen this face, and this kind of face was not conspicuous when thrown into the crowd, but he looked much older than himself, about early thirties.

Qiu Gubo clenched his fists and said, "Didn't you ask the honorable name?" ”

The man replied: "My surname is Lezheng, and my name is Xian." ”

Qiu Gubo asked again: "Why do you want to lurk in the dark ears?" And why did you find me? ”

Le Zhengxian said word by word: "The answer to the first question is "Jinling Jane", and the answer to the second question is that because I used to be a policeman, I can clearly distinguish who is a good policeman and who is scum." ”

Qiu Gubo smiled: "I'm a good policeman? ”

"According to the principle of the police, you don't count." Le Zhengxian said lightly, "But over the years, in my eyes, you are an absolutely good policeman from the perspective of ordinary people." ”

Qiu Gubo nodded: "Thank you for the compliment, so what is "Jinling Jane"?" ”

Le Zhengxian looked at Qiu Gubo: "You really don't know? ”

Qiu Gubo shook his head: "I don't know." ”

Le Zhengxian said: "It is a strange book, left by the Ming Dynasty, all written in the book is the art of war, but what is hidden in it, no one knows, but this book is a treasure that the earth masters and earth ministers have been pursuing, and my whole family died because of "Jinling Jane". ”

Qiu Gubo was stunned: "Your whole family?" ”

Le Zhengxian nodded: "My father was a famous coffin opener in western Sichuan, do you know the coffin opener?" ”

Qiu Gubo nodded: "Open the coffin in western Sichuan, master in western Jinxi, and drive corpses in Xiangxi, everyone knows this." ”

Le Zhengxian said: "Before I left home when I was a child, my father took the commission of a big family to open the coffin, according to the rules, I have to change my name and naturalize, although according to the rules I can't inherit the mantle of my father, but my father still thinks that changing my surname is disobedient to my ancestors, so he passed me on to a friend, and told me to learn some other crafts to make a living......"

Le Zhengxian's father didn't know that his friend, who didn't actually understand anything, didn't even know a single person, and after Le Zhengxian expressed his disinterest in everything, he finally let Le Zhengxian worship under a passing down-and-out teacher.

And the reason why the earth master accepted Le Zhengxian as an apprentice was not because of fate, let alone because Le Zhengxian was talented and intelligent, but because he was too hungry, as long as he accepted Le Zhengxian as an apprentice, he would be able to eat a full meal in that farmer's house for a period of time.

Troubled times are like this, everyone can't eat enough, who still has the mind to manage feng shui?

"I followed Master to learn the art of the Earth Master for many years, running around, but I didn't leave Sichuan, until one day, I heard the news of the accident at home, and immediately said goodbye to Master and rushed back to my hometown." When Le Zhengxian said this, he paused, and the scene he saw back then appeared in front of him.

Le Zhengxian stood at the gate of Yizhuang, looking at the empty Yizhuang, numbly listening to the narration of the old man in Yizhuang, he didn't know how much he listened, but he remembered that after hearing the burial place clearly, he immediately turned around and ran to the mountain.

Coming to the foot of the tomb mountain, Le Zhengxian looked over and saw dozens of new graves densely lined up from the bottom of the mountain to the halfway up the mountain, and the words of the old man of Yizhuang sounded in his ears at the same time: "It's really miserable, forty-five people from the Qu family died overnight for no reason." ”

Unprovoked death? How can so many people die for no reason? Le Zhengxian went back to Yizhuang to find incense wax paper money and tools, and after a simple ritual according to what his father had taught him in the past, he immediately prepared to dig up the grave to open his father's coffin, wanting to find out the cause of death.

Just when Le Zhengxian was about to make a move, several policemen arrived under the leadership of the old man in Yizhuang and stopped Le Zhengxian, the policeman who originally wanted to arrest Le Zhengxian, after hearing Le Zhengxian's explanation, told Le Zhengxian: "Don't dig the grave, let Ling Zun go into the ground, dozens of people in the Qu family were killed by someone in their sleep." ”

Le Zhengxian was shocked: "A knife to cut your throat? Murder? What bandits do? ”

The policeman shook his head with a bitter face: "The bandits are just asking for money and food, how can they be so ruthless." ”

Le Zhengxian hurriedly asked: "Who is the murderer?" ”

The policeman still shook his head: "Don't say who the murderer is, we can't find out." ”

Qiu Gubo heard Le Zhengxian's recollection of meeting the police, and hurriedly asked, "Why do you have to call it impossible to investigate?" Didn't you go to the site to see it? ”

Le Zhengxian frowned and said: "After my father became a naturalized Qu family, he has always been called the second master of the Qu family, and there is no contradiction between the Qu family, the internal strife of the Qu family is ruled out first, it can only be done by outsiders, and the scene is even more weird, the entire Qu family compound did not make any noise at the time of the crime, except for my father's house, there is no trace of fighting and killing in other places." ”

Qiu Gubo thought for a moment: "You mean to say that it was a professional killer?" ”

Le Zhengxian did not immediately affirm Qiu Gubo's words: "My father is a coffin opener, and his fist and foot kung fu is not counted as one enemy against a hundred, but at least there is no problem with one enemy and five enemies, but I looked at it in the side room where my father lived, although there were traces of fighting, but the traces were only from the side of the bed to the window, in other words, my father was killed by the other party within a few moves." ”

Qiu Gubo nodded: "Come prepared, the other party is a master of masters." ”

Le Zhengxian also nodded: "Yes, after thinking about it, I think there is only one answer, the number of killers that night is at least five people, but no more than ten, after sneaking into the Qu family at night, they killed the rest of the Qu family first, and then dealt with my father last, because they are not completely sure that they will kill my father in a short time, and they are worried that when they deal with my father first, it will cause a noise and wake up the rest of the Qu family, so as to wake up the family members of the outer nursing home." ”

"This method ......" Qiu Gubo remembered the inn murder that night, "kill the others first, and then deal with the primary target last, and also perfectly avoid the family members of the outer courtyard, so this group of killers recognized Ling Zun knowing the whereabouts of "Jinling Jane", or "Jinling Jane" is in Ling Zun's hands?" ”

Le Zhengxian nodded: "What you said is the same as my later speculation, I didn't know about "Jinling Jane" at that time. ”

Qiu Gubo asked, "Wait, how did you later know that the killer was going for Jinling Jane?" ”

Le Zhengxian said: "I stayed in my hometown for a year, without any results, and then went to Rongcheng to become a policeman, and independently investigated the case of the slaughter of the Qu family, but there was no result, and then later, I met my master by chance on the street, and he took in another apprentice at that time, that is, my junior brother, I told the master what happened over the years, and the master pointed me out a way to find the ...... of the Dead Ear."

Where did you go to find the Ear of Darkness at that time? Le Zhengxian's master informed him that Styx was expanding his influence in Sichuan and looking for informants, and as long as he became famous as a policeman, Stygian would naturally come to his door.

Sure enough, Le Zhengxian handled the case with peace of mind, and was known as a detective in Rongcheng in just one year, and Styx also automatically came to the door, hoping to exchange news with Le Zhengxian, Le Zhengxian was not anxious, but according to what the master said, he went step by step, and waited to become the informant of Styx, and finally simply joined Styx to become a disciple, and then began to inquire about the tragedy of the Qu family.

Le Zhengxian said this and said with a wry smile: "Things are not as simple as I imagined, there are a lot of rules set within the ears, even if they are brothers who are friends of life and death, if they want to exchange information, they must follow the rules, otherwise it will be a betrayal, I can't take out so much money to buy the truth and information of the tragedy that year, I only bought the reason." ”

Qiu Gubo said: "The reason is "Jinling Jane"? ”

Le Zhengxian looked at Qiu Gubo and said: "That's right, it's "Jinling Jane", no matter how much news there is, I can't afford to pay so much money, people ask for twenty gold bars, and my savings at that time are only one gold bar at best." ”

"Wait!" Qiu Gubo thought of something, "Brother Le Zheng, when you talk about this, I don't understand something, since the group of killers went to "Jinling Jane" back then, why are there no traces of rummaging at the scene? Or do they know very well where the "Jinling Jane" is? But if they know where "Jinling Jian" is, they can just steal it directly, so why bother to kill dozens of people from the Qu family? Isn't that a contradiction? ”

Le Zhengxian said: "Brother Qiu is really a detective in Yongcheng, this is the weirdest thing about the whole case." ”

Qiu Gubo thought about it again: "Could it be that Ling Zun really knows the whereabouts of "Jinling Jian", and they forced Ling Zun to ask from Ling Zun's mouth before they killed him?" Or is that book in Ling Zun's hands? ”

"Maybe it's a forced question, but my father's character is stubborn, and he has always eaten soft rather than hard, so it's unlikely to be asked." Le Zhengxian shook his head and said, "You said that "Jinling Jane" is in the hands of my father, it is even more impossible, although the legendary book is divided into two volumes, but to record so many battles, it is roughly estimated that the total number is at least more than a hundred, so it is impossible for him to carry it with him." ”

Qiu Gubo understood: "In this way, there are only two possibilities, either they learned the whereabouts of "Jinling Jane" from their father, or they actually found nothing. ”

Le Zhengxian shook his head: "Who knows." ”

Qiu Gubo asked again: "Then why was Brother Le Zheng recognized by the people of the underworld today?" ”

Le Zhengxian explained: "Someone is informing, but I don't know who the informant is, but I thought of you for the first time, and the only person who can help me now is you." ”

Qiu Gubo said with a smile: "Brother Lezheng, although I am a police officer and investigating the case is within my responsibility, but your matter is too complicated and belongs to the affairs of the rivers and lakes. ”

Le Zhengxian also smiled: "Of course I know the difficulties of Qiu Yutan, so how about we exchange information according to the old rules?" ”

Qiu Gubo nodded: "Good idea, but what can you give me right now?" ”

Le Zhengxian said solemnly: "I have already helped you solve the murder case of Jing Wuye, you already know the truth of the matter, you don't deny this, right?" ”

This bastard, the abacus is really good. Qiu Gubo scolded in his heart, but he had to admit it: "Yes, I owe you, so what do you want?" ”

"Listen to me." Le Zhengxian said again, "I also want to tell you that a series of recent murders in Yongcheng, whether it is the Xingang murder case or the inn tragedy, are all related to "Jinling Jane", and "Jinling Jane" is related to a person named Wei Qiming. ”

Qiu Gubo stared at Le Zhengxian, although he wanted to judge the truth of these words from the other party's expression, but he couldn't see anything, and he couldn't judge, he could only believe that all this was true at the moment.

However, how could that "Jinling Jane" set off such a big storm?

Qiu Gubo asked, "Wei Qiming is in Yongcheng?" ”

"Nope." Le Zhengxian shook his head, "He's in prison on Snake Heart Island. ”