Just after the hour, Xu Zun and Zhao Yu came to the gate of Shangyuan City.

It is one level larger than the county government and is called the city government or county government.

When Xu Zun and Zhao Yu entered, they saw the officials bring out a group of Hualou girls with heavy makeup.

The girls lost their usual laughter and play, and their faces were full of an inexplicable fear.

Obviously, they were all invited by the yamen to identify the female corpse.

In order to identify the deceased as soon as possible, the body was placed in the side courtyard of the yamen all night and was not sent to Yizhuang.

Xu Zun and Zhao Yu walked straight to the side courtyard, wanting to ask about the identification of the corpse.

Unbeknownst to them, they saw a man in the courtyard, kneeling in front of the corpse and weeping bitterly.

"This ......"

Xu Zun took a closer look, but saw that this person was also wearing official clothes, but he didn't know him.

"Lord Tiren," Ju Ran, the head catcher, saw Xu Zun and hurriedly stepped forward, "What a coincidence that you came, the identity of the corpse has just been ascertained!" ”

"Oh?" Xu Zun's eyes lit up and he came closer.

"This is our Shangyuan City official Chen You," Ju Ran pointed to the man who was crying in front of the corpse, "The woman who was killed is his second room!" ”

Oh?

Yu Officials......

Xu Zun extracted his memory, and the officials referred to the officials who took care of the granary.

The second room is his concubine.

The woman who died in the Huguo Temple was actually a concubine of a courtier?

This......

"Your Excellency!" Chen You, the servant, held back his sadness, turned around and said hello to Xu Zun, and then said, "The side room is called Xiaoying, who disappeared half a month ago, and has already reported the case...... Woo......"

Chen You wept sadly.

"Chen Yuyi, don't be sad," Ju Ran asked, "You tell us in detail about what happened, where is this second lady of yours from?" ”

The reason why Ju Ran asked this was naturally to know, is this woman named Xiaoying from Hualou?

"Xiaoying's father is a groom in the barracks," Chen You said sadly, "and was introduced by someone to marry him as a second house."

"The two of us are in love and have a very good relationship, but half a month ago, Xiaoying went back to her parents' house to get some things, but she didn't return for a long time, and when I went to my father-in-law's house to ask, I realized that Xiaoying didn't go back at all!"

Oh?

Xu Zun and Ju Ran glanced at each other, obviously, this Xiaoying came from a serious family, not a person who fell into the dust.

This is very different from the monk's robe case ten years ago.

I don't know, why did the murderer pick Xiaoying as a target to kill?

Xu Zun looked at Chen You carefully, this person is nearly fifty years old, his temples are dyed white, it is naturally a beautiful thing to be able to marry such a young and beautiful woman as a concubine.

But...... Who can know that their married life will be happy?

After that, Ju Ran made a detailed record for Chen You, and asked Chen You to tell everything about Xiaoying.

Unlike the deceased in the monk's clothes case back then, Xiaoying not only never believed in Buddhism, but believed in Xuandao.

What's even more intriguing is that the place where Xiaoying used to go to burn incense is exactly - Qinglanguan!

However, Xu Zun knew in his heart that Qinglan Temple itself was the only women's Taoist temple in Shangyuan City, and almost all the women in the city who believed in Xuandao would go there to burn incense.

He was making a record here, but someone over there came to call Xu Zun, saying that Master Li Yan was looking for him.

So, Xu Zun asked Zhao Yu to stay and entered the inner hall of the yamen by himself, but saw that Li Yan and Taimin were already waiting anxiously there.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Xingtai, the military cavalry captain of the garrison, actually appeared in the inner hall.

"Ji Ying, I just heard that the Lu family bookstore is on fire?" Li Yan didn't wait for Xu Zun to sit down, so he anxiously asked about the situation.

"Yes."

Xu Zun unhurriedly found a place to sit down, and then told the three officials what happened last night.

"You...... I don't understand," Li Yan waved his hand, "why don't you take someone to investigate in a bright way?" Why do you have to go late at night? ”

"My lord," Xu Zun's answer was concise and clear, and left Li Yan speechless, "I went to Dudu quietly late at night, if I went in the daytime, what else could I find?" ”

"This ......" Li Yan frowned and turned his head to look at Taemin.

Originally, Taemin should have said a few words at this moment, but Taemin was still the same, looking very jealous of Xu Zun, and he didn't say a word with a blue face.

"Then ......," Yuan Xingtai asked, "Xu Tixing, have you seen any suspicious people?" Who the hell will light this fire? ”

"No," Xu Zun shook his head, "I didn't see anyone, the other party's skills are profound, and we didn't notice it." ”

"That's a problem!" Li Yan clapped his palms vigorously and paced back and forth, "I didn't expect that this unknown enemy is still very tricky, if so, how can we get back the daughter of the Hou Mansion?" ”

"How unreasonable!" Yuan Xingtai also slapped the table angrily, "In my Shangyuan City, there are people who disregard the law and discipline so much and become traitors.

"My lord, otherwise, let's close the city and conduct a city-wide search!"

"Never!" Li Yan hurriedly waved his hand, "If the city can be sealed, it will be sealed a long time ago!"

"The disappearance of the daughter of the Hou Mansion is indeed not a trivial matter, but if it is known from above that the city is closed for this reason, it will be impossible to say!

"I have a law, unless it involves a major event such as a conspiracy, rebellion or plague, the city can be closed and curfew, otherwise I will be held accountable!"

"That'...... Well," Yuan Xingtai said anxiously, "Now that the matter is over, we can only step up patrols and searches!"

"Alas!" He sighed, "The entire Shangyuan City, almost all inside and outside the city, why can't there be any trace of the daughter of the Hou Mansion?"

"Where else can this gang of thieves hide Miss Lu?"

"The point is," Li Yan thought of an important question and asked Xu Zun, "Ji Ying, now it seems that the disappearance of the daughter of the Hou Mansion is also related to the Lu Family Bookstore?"

"That gang of gangsters didn't hesitate to burn down the bookstore, they should be trying to cover up something, right?"

"Hmm......" Xu Zun nodded, picked up the teacup and took a sip.

The tea leaves are fragrant, and they are all high-quality teas.

"In that case," Li Yan complained anxiously, "You really shouldn't boast about Haikou in front of the Hou Ye!" With such a complicated situation, where are you going to look? ”

"Well, I'm looking, I'm looking," Xu Zun continued to taste the tea and said slowly, "Isn't it dark yet, maybe some miracle will happen?" ”

"Lord Xu, Lord Xu......"

As soon as the words fell, Ju Ran, the head catcher, rushed in from outside.

"Look?" Xu Zun smiled slightly, "Isn't this coming?" ”

Seeing that there were so many high-ranking officials at the scene, Ju Ran hurriedly greeted them one by one, and then said to Xu Zun excitedly:

"Lord Xu, I just sent someone to check on this Chen You, and there was a major discovery. Unexpectedly, before this Chen You was in charge of the granary, he was actually a jailer! ”

"Oh?" Xu Zun didn't react at the first second, and asked, "What's wrong with the jailer?" ”

"The place where he served back then was the Shangyuan City South Prison Prison," Ju Ran said excitedly, "The merciful monk back then was imprisoned there!" ”

"Huh!?" Xu Zun stood up suddenly.

If this Chen You is really the jailer who guards Liankong, will it ......

"What!? Mercy Sora!? At this time, Yuan Xingtai on the opposite side also stood up suddenly, and said in shock, "No wonder, I felt that something was wrong yesterday!" Tell me, is this really someone imitating the robe-killer? ”