Although Li Mi doesn't know martial arts, his memory is still beyond ordinary people, and after reading the Liangyi Sutra only four or five times, he has memorized hundreds of words of exercises well.

Cao Shaocheng also explained the footwork and posture of the Liangyi Sutra, with the purpose of practicing qi, which is different from ordinary internal strength, and it does not require meditation.

Soon, under Cao Shaocheng's careful guidance, Li Mi finally got started, he touched the faint heat in the dantian, and was very surprised, "Ho, is this internal strength, then I can now step into the threshold of a martial arts master!" ”

Cao Shaocheng was both happy and worried: "It is easy to get started with the Liangyi Sutra, but it is extremely difficult in the later stage. ”

As the night deepened, after Cao Shaocheng instructed Li Mi Liangyi Sutra in the introductory exercises, the rest of the practice was learned and he went back to his room to rest.

Li Mi felt the existence of internal strength for the first time, and he was so excited that he couldn't sleep, he kept standing in the room and boxing to practice qi, and the heat in the dantian became more and more obvious.

Finally, after a period of physical and mental exhaustion, Li Mi fell asleep on the bed.

In the early morning of the second day, Li Mi couldn't wait to get up from the bed, and first played a set of police academy boxing to catch the enemy, and the fist wind was whistling, which was much more imposing than before.

In the process of boxing, the blazing sensation in his dantian became more and more intense, and Li Mi tried to pull it, and gradually he could control this heat to punch at will.

Before he knew it, he had reached the first level of internal strength described in the Liangyi Sutra and successfully entered the school.

Li Mi put away his fists, went downstairs for breakfast, and went out to Dali Temple with Cao Shaocheng again.

This time, the official guarding the Dali Temple recognized the two and said bluntly: "My lord, Lord Sizhi has not been in the yamen for the past few days, do you want to visit another day?" ”

After another trip in vain, Li Mi was a little helpless, but he could only say goodbye and leave, and when he asked the official to see Si Zhi, he reported that there was an old man in Wushan County who visited.

The official nodded and agreed, and on the way back, Cao Shaocheng said: "Rough days, Chen Tuo and Chen Sizhi have not been to Dali Temple for about five or six days, is it possible that he really went home to visit relatives?" ”

Li Mi spread out his hand, "That's too unlucky, we came to the capital on the front foot, and he went back to his hometown to visit relatives on the back foot, it seems that there is no fate to meet each other." ”

Although they were in the air twice, it did not affect the mood of the two, and they still turned their attention back to the serial murder case.

When he came to the Yamen of the Six Doors of Taipingfang, Shen Luozheng was worried and leaned on the side of the Bianjing sand table, holding a stack of documents in his hand, not knowing what to do.

In recent days, there have been many affairs in the yamen, and the commanders and envoys have gone to other places to supervise and inspect the cases, and the cases in the entire Bianjing City are piled up, and Shen Luo has to work hard to deal with the serial murder case, and also has to annotate the case, and the whole person has lost a lot of weight, and there is still a little dark under his nose that has stayed up late for a long time.

Seeing Li Mi and Cao Shaocheng coming in, Shen Luo rubbed his shoulders, and after taking a sip of tea to wake up, he couldn't wait to say: "Regarding the second murder, the identity of the deceased woman has been investigated, it is the proprietress of a tailor shop in Chongyi Fang, named Tian Xiaosui, this morning, her husband came to the yamen to claim the body. ”

As he spoke, Shen Luo handed Li Mi the paperwork about Tian Xiaosui collected by the six doors, and couldn't help but yawn.

Li Mi couldn't help but say, "If you don't want to sleep, shouldn't you stay up all night last night?" ”

Shen Luo nodded, "Now that the Queen Mother has issued an edict to solve the case within a time limit, the pressure is too great, I really don't dare to sleep, I am afraid that I will waste the time to solve the case if I fall asleep." ”

Li Mi said while looking through the documents: "You can't get the result if you stay up like this, and if you get confused, you will delay the judgment of the case." Don't worry, I have this case, you squint for a while, and I'll investigate the case for you. ”

Shen Luo declined, she pulled away from the topic and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Li Mi had a headache, "According to the investigation of her husband by Six Doors, when Tian Xiaosui was killed last night, he gambled money in the gambling house, and it is said that he won a lot, and many people can prove that he was there, and basically ruled out suspicion."

The response of the neighborhood and the surrounding shops to Tian Xiaosui is also good, Tian Xiaosui has a gentle temperament and treats people kindly, and has never had a conflict with people with a red face and a thick neck, and has never heard of a feud. ”

Shen Luo nodded, "After the investigation, all the suspected people around Tian Xiaosui have been eliminated, let alone have a grudge against others, but she was killed by the murderer by that kind of cruel means, is it just an unintentional move by the murderer?" ”

"It won't be an unintentional move, the murderer is extremely thoughtful, and he won't kill an irrelevant person casually with such a lot of effort. By the way, have you found out the relationship between her and Feng Xiu? ”

"There is basically no connection, the official is sealed and repaired to the book of the Criminal Department, Tian Xiaosui is just a flat-headed commoner, the status gap between the two is very big, if there is really anything to do with it, Tian Xiaosui will not be in the business of cutting cloth in the morning and greedy for darkness."

Li Mi frowned, the case seems to have encountered obstacles again, is it going to be like Feng Xiu, do you want to end here?

Is there really no way to find the clues left by the murderer?

Li Mi shook his head, he didn't believe that this would happen, there must be something missing, according to Lokar's law of material exchange, as long as a crime occurs, there will definitely be clues left.

Is there anything you haven't noticed?

Li Mi pondered for a long time, peeling back every scene at the scene of the crime in his mind, and sifting through layers of them.

Got it!

Li Mi's spirit was shocked, and he blurted out, "Bird! ”

"Birds?" Shen Luo and Cao Shaocheng both looked confused.

"Since the murderer kills people with birds, do you know where his birds come from?"

Cao Shaocheng was still confused by the second monk, he was not familiar with Da Zhao's laws, and said casually: "I bought it, or rather, I raised it myself." ”

However, Shen Luo instantly had an insight into what Li Mi wanted to express, she explained, "The laws of Zhao have strict restrictions on raising birds, and anyone who raises more than ten birds must report to the government and record files before they can be raised. And the birds used by the murderer to kill people are at least dozens of birds, which may leave 357 wounds on Tian Xiaosui's body. ”

Cao Shaocheng suddenly realized, "Therefore, it is very unlikely that the murderer will raise birds by himself, and raising so many birds will definitely take a great risk of exposure." But it is much safer to buy birds, and you can buy them as you go, saving time and effort. ”

Li Mi also nodded, "The murderer obviously has more than one means to prepare for the crime, and he won't have too much effort to raise a flock of birds." Therefore, from now on, the breakthrough of the case will be aimed at the big and small bird dealers in Bianjing City to find out the source of the murderer's birds. ”

Shen Luo immediately summoned a flag officer, and after explaining the task, the flag officer's eyes lit up, and his expression became more and more respectful when he looked at Li Mi, and he secretly admired it in his heart.

After the other party was ordered to leave, Li Mi continued: "It's one thing to find out the source of the bird, and then send someone to specifically question the families of Feng Xiu and Tian Xiaosui, focusing on asking whether these two people had contact with dogs and birds before they died, and then the enemy family will let them remember for a long time." Maybe it's a long-planned revenge plan, and the enemy isn't necessarily just now, but maybe a long time ago. ”

Shen Luo gave this task to another flag officer.

After the case finally made some progress, Shen Luo let out a sigh and took the initiative to sit on the chair, "I'll squint for a while, and when the news comes back, remember to call me." ”

Li Mi nodded.

Although the six doors were messed up by this serial murder case, and the morale of the government was sluggish, the efficiency of the work was still extremely high, and in less than an hour, the small flag officer hurriedly entered the door with a bamboo tube and respectfully handed the bamboo tube over.

Li Mi didn't wake up Shen Luo, he sighed, stepped forward alone to take the bamboo tube, and waved his hand to let him retreat.

Then Li Mi opened the bamboo tube, poured out the paper rolled into strips, and opened it for questioning the deceased's family.

Several concubines in the Feng Xiu Mansion have been married into the door in recent years, and they are not clear about the earlier things, but the housekeeper in the mansion has followed for a long time, and he carefully recalled that since Feng Xiu entered the officialdom, from the Metropolitan Procuratorate to Dali Temple, Jingzhao Yin Mansion and then to the Criminal Department, he has been promoted every year, even if there is an enemy, he is also a person in the officialdom, as for the little people, it is not clear, try to ask which official does not have a grudge against the little people?

Tian Xiaosui's husband's confession is basically the same, his daughter-in-law is a responsible woman, and she never does anything to offend people, how can she get into trouble with the same enemy as the dignified criminal department Shangshu?

However, another problem was solved, and the confession of this problem made Li Mi's eyes light up, and he had further inferences about the case.

According to Feng Xiu's housekeeper, two months ago, when Feng Xiu went out, he was blocked by a leper dog, so he ordered his servants to beat him to death in the street and throw it into the garbage heap.

And Tian Xiaosui's house was built a nest by the crow by the eaves a while ago, and it happened that the business of the tailor shop was bleak during that time, so Tian Xiaosui blamed it on the crow for building a nest, and stabbed the nest with a bamboo pole, and smashed it on the ground together with more than a dozen eggs in the nest.

From this, the reason why the murderer killed Feng Xiu and Tian Xiaosui has been explained in some way.

If the dog is killed, the murderer will let the dog bite him to death; Tian Xiaosui killed the birds, and the murderer let the birds peck her to death.

Give someone a taste of their own medicine.

The murderer made these two people taste the bitter fruits of their evil deeds, did he see himself as a messenger of justice?

Li Mi shook his head, killing dogs and birds is not an unforgivable felony, will the murderer uphold justice for these animals?

Or is it that the murderer is not used to these unjust acts, and he himself has suffered injustices, so he compares his heart and empathizes?

Li Mi couldn't figure out the connection for the time being, and at this moment, another flag officer had already run in with a bamboo tube.