Chapter 4: Beauty is like jade
Shen Yan followed closely all the way, and the two quickly went out of the city, seeing that Zhao Wuwu was running faster and faster, he couldn't help but complain.
"I said the surname is Zhao, are you in a hurry to reincarnate? Just you are defenseless, if there is an ambush ahead, you will be cold without me!"
He said this, but he still flicked the whip in his hand to catch up with Zhao Wuwu's speed.
Mochizuki Pavilion is a pavilion about ten miles away from the castle of Kamigaoka, and is mostly used for passers-by to rest. Although there are not many pedestrians passing by on weekdays, there are only a few people, but I didn't see the slightest shadow of people on the road today.
The two dismounted a hundred meters from the pavilion, and it seemed that the pavilion was empty.
"I thought there would be any clues, grandma's...... It's not going to be smashed, is it?"
Shen Yan couldn't help muttering in a low voice, as soon as the words fell, he felt a cold wind coming from behind, he turned around to dodge, but the person who sneaked up on him disappeared, and he could only hear silence around except for the sound of the wind.
"Which bastard who doesn't have long eyes dares to sneak attack the master, what kind of hero is sneaking around, if you have the ability, we will fight it alone!"
The surrounding bamboo leaves fell with the wind, and when they were about to fall to the ground, they were suddenly injected with strength and began to tremble. Suddenly, a cold air attached to the surroundings, turning the bamboo leaves into snow-white blades and flying towards Shen Yan.
He quickly drew his knife and turned over to dodge, and the more and more of those leaves showed no tendency to plummet, and they seemed to be directed at him alone. Zhao Wuwu has never been good at martial arts, so he can only tighten the reins and hide behind the horse and watch quietly.
The front finally blocked a wave, and a new wave came roaring, and the bamboo leaves gathered one by one into a huge hurricane and flew towards Shen Yan, he quickly turned into a shield, and then desperately resisted with his sword. However, this small shield was too weak under the pressure of the hurricane, and seeing that the shield was about to be crushed, he finally couldn't help but close his eyes and shouted.
"Master, I'm wrong, I'm wrong, can't you, spare your life!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the hurricane shattered in an instant, turning into snowflakes and scattering. Immediately afterwards, an old Taoist priest wearing gossip clothes floated down in the gentle breeze, and he picked up the dust in his hand and shook Shen Yan's face.
"You kid, if your martial arts don't rise, you will kneel and beg for mercy!"
Fortunately, Shen Yan guessed early on that he could transform the ice array at any time, and with such a powerful momentum, he could still leave room for him not to hurt him in the slightest, except for his master Lu Jingyi.
He half-smiled and lowered his head and muttered in a low voice: "Master, don't you dismiss me in front of outsiders?"
The two of them were chatting happily, but Zhao Wuwu on the other end focused his eyes on the stone table in the middle of the Moon Pavilion, and there seemed to be a scroll on it. He stepped forward, and the moment he picked up the scroll, the thread that was tied to it slipped off, and the painting unfolded.
The painting is a woman, this woman's face is like the moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, her temples are like a knife, her eyebrows are like ink paintings, and her cold eyes are like fairies standing on top of the blue water and cold pool.
In addition, there is also a sentence on the side of the painting: After parting, memories meet, and several soul dreams are with you.
Although the painting is not signed, it can be seen that the person who painted the painting must have loved this woman deeply, because every stroke on the painting is vigorous and full of emotion. and this woman's eyes, with a touch of sadness in the coldness, make people look at it without realizing that they are distracted.
Shen Yan came up curiously and looked east and west.
"Master, where did you get this painting to look good, you used a secret weapon to lure us here, didn't it just to show us the painting, this is not your usual style?"
"What nonsense, I see that you kid wants to be beaten again! As a teacher, I just have something to look for you, and I just happened to see you sneaky here, so I just want to test whether your kung fu has improved!"
After Lu Jingyi finished speaking, she picked up the wine jug pinned to her waist and swallowed it twice, and then smashed it twice, feeling very comfortable. Shen Yan couldn't help but shake his head, he was really an old drunkard, he didn't forget to take a bite wherever he went, he looked at the woman on the painting and suddenly froze.
"This woman looks a little familiar, as if she has seen it somewhere...... She is a well-known talented woman in Shangqiu City, and it is said that she has been smart and clever since she was a child, not to mention that she is exquisite in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and her unforgettable appearance at first sight alone can make countless men in the city lose their hearts. ”
Is it so exaggerated? Zhao Wuwu looked at him with disdain, and his expression seemed to say: The young people nowadays are really exaggerated enough! But Shen Yan didn't see it, he was still talking in a serious way.
"It's a pity that she has been selected as the show girl of this year, and she will enter the palace in a few days. Such a beauty enters the palace, it is a phoenix that falls on the branches, and it is only a matter of time before she becomes a concubine or something!"
Zhao Wuwu didn't listen to it originally, but when the word 'show girl' entered his ears, his misty head suddenly brightened.
That's right, he found that he had overlooked an important point before, and the biggest correlation between the three cases was the show girl!
The commonality of the first two deceased is that one participated in the screening of show girls but was unsuccessful, while the other is confirmed to be in the list of show girls, and the identity of the third deceased has yet to be confirmed.
"Brother Shen, I wonder if your house has a roster of show girls in your jurisdiction this year?"
When Shen Yan heard this, he patted his chest proudly and said, "Of course this is there, my father received a decree from the palace a few days ago, and I just happened to see it!"
Lu Jingyi glared at him, he touched his white beard, and then picked up the floating dust and knocked Shen Yan's head hard.
"You kid, when can you understand kung fu so thoroughly, and you won't beg for mercy if you can't beat it! But the teacher came to you today to ask you to help me pay attention to a Taoist priest named Liu Ming, who is swaggering and deceiving everywhere in Shangqiu City under the banner of our Cloud Guandao Temple!"
Shen Yan squinted his eyes and whispered, "Master, is this kind of trivial matter worth your special trip?" I think you want to take the opportunity to go into the city to get more wine and bring it back!"
Shen Yan said, quickly dodged the dust swept by Lu Jingyi, and lay behind Zhao Wuwu.
At this time, a team of people led by Shen Cong'an rushed over, and Lu Jingyi's originally dim eyes instantly lit up.
"Oh, my old friend, I miss you after seeing you for a long time!"
Shen Cong'an walked up, approached him in a serious manner and whispered: "You old pimple, didn't we just drink together a few days ago, why do you remember my family's green plum brew again?"
Lu Jingyi's eyes widened, and she quibbled: "Look at what you said, isn't that a day like a day of not seeing each other? But I'm ...... I've been running all the way here, and I'm really getting a little thirsty!"
Shen Yan looked at his elderly master, who obviously looked like a fairy wind and bones, and he was dressed in a serious way, how could his words match his external image so badly?
"But Yan'er and I are still investigating the case here, and it's not too late for us to go back when the case is over!"
As soon as Shen Cong'an's words fell, Shen Yan muttered: "It's over, the person who lost the hidden weapon didn't look at it, and there was nothing in the pavilion except for leaving us a painting." ”
"In that case, then leave a few people to investigate around to see if they can find any more clues, and the rest of them will go back to the house with me!"
While Shen Cong'an was talking, the group set off to return to the city, and Lu Jingyi followed him and kept chanting: "I told you, when you go back, you have to let them dig out that green plum brew and put it in that ice cellar, and then take it out for two hours, it tastes absolutely good......!