"It's not too early, Yanqing, you go home early to rest, I will allow you to rest for a few days, and when you have recovered your body, you will come to the top of the house."

Guo Xiande patted Lu Yanqing's shoulder and said with concern.

Although Lu Yanqing is no longer in danger of life, after all, he has just recovered from a serious illness and his body is relatively weak, so he is not suitable for duty in the yazhong; It is better to take care of your body first, so as not to aggravate the condition due to overwork.

"Thank you, Lord Prefectural." Lu Yanqing thanked him, it would be good to rest for a few days.

"No need to be polite." Guo Xiande smiled kindly, then looked at Ge Changwu on the side and beckoned: "Let's go, follow me to see how the investigation of that case goes." ”

Hearing this, Ge Changwu bowed slightly, "Yes, my lord." ”

"Oh, what's the case?" Lu Yanqing asked curiously.

Ge Changwu did not hide it, and responded loudly: "Yesterday, a cloth merchant passed through the city and stayed at the Luo'an Inn, but died mysteriously at night, and the cause of death has not been ascertained until now; This cloth merchant travels back and forth between Beijing and Hangzhou all the year round, and has a cloth village in Chu Jingcheng, which can be described as a family wealth, and is good friends with many adults in Chu Jingcheng. ”

"The adults in Chu Jingcheng were extremely angry after learning about this, and they limited us to three days to solve the case, if we can't solve the case by then, I'm afraid we will be questioned!"

Ge Changwu frowned, his expression slightly anxious and helpless.

"Do you need my help?"

Although Lu Yanqing has no detective experience, he was born in a family of double police officers, and he was deliberately guided by his parents to become a policeman since he was a child, so he learned a lot of knowledge about criminal investigation under the influence of his parents.

It's just that Lu Yanqing, who lacked the company of his parents since he was a child, was not interested in being a policeman, so when he filled in the volunteer application in college, he secretly enrolled in his favorite Chinese department from his parents, but the criminal investigation knowledge in his mind did exist.

With his advanced way of thinking about criminal investigation, he may be able to gain something in the case, so Lu Yanqing asked.

Judging from Ge Changwu's expression, this case can be described as quite tricky.

Before Ge Changwu could speak, Guo Xiande on the side waved his hand and said, "No, Yanqing, you better go home and cultivate well, if you are tired and leave a hidden disease, it will not be good." ”

"What the county commander said is right, you really shouldn't work too hard at Yanqing."

Since even Song Yuanzhen said so, Lu Yanqing didn't want to insist too much, so he had to give up.

didn't be stunned any longer, Guo Xiande left in a hurry with Ge Changwu, and only Lu Yanqing and Song Yuanzhen were left in the courtyard.

"Confucian, what are your next arrangements? If you are fine, can you sit at home with the boy? Thank you for saving your life, and for staying at home for a night, you have a lot of questions to ask you. ”

Lu Yanqing invited very sincerely.

Seeing that Lu Yanqing respected him so much, Song Yuanzhen was in a good mood, and even agreed, "I planned to visit my best friend in Chujing on this trip, but it doesn't matter if it's a day or two in the evening, in that case, I'll go with you." ”

"Thank you, Confucian." Lu Yanqing thanked him, and he was overjoyed.

Although this Song Yuanzhen is far inferior to himself on the way to Confucian cultivation, he has been on the way to Confucian cultivation for more than 30 years, so there is naturally something worth asking;

What's more, this Song Yuanzhen is his own life-saving benefactor, Lu Yanqing is not that ungrateful, and it is normal to leave his life-saving benefactor at home to eat and stay for a night.

"Confucian master, please."

As he spoke, Lu Yanqing made a gesture of please, wanting to lead the way in front.

But at this moment, Song Yuanzhen suddenly raised his hand and interrupted: "Wait." ”

"What's wrong, Confucian?" Lu Yanqing asked suspiciously.

Song Yuanzhen smiled mysteriously when he heard this, and then walked straight to the two corpses of the snake demon and carried it on his arm, "You can't forget to take this good thing away." ”

"Oh? What's the use of this? Lu Yanqing was puzzled.

"Snakes can be used as medicine, and using it to make you soup will make you recover faster; And this snake demon is a treasure all over the body, its snake gall can cure a hundred poisons, snake teeth can ward off yin and evil, snake skin can be made of armor, snake bones can be forged magic weapons, not to mention can be exchanged for three taels of silver! ”

"I see."

Lu Yanqing nodded again and again when he heard this, this is considered to be a long insight.

The two walked out of the yamen and walked towards Lu Yanqing's house.

Passing by a restaurant on the way, Lu Yanqing spent 20 yuan to buy some food and a pot of peach blossom stuffed for the two of them to enjoy.

Although Lu Yanqing's monthly income is only three dollars of silver, Lu Yanqing lives by himself after all, and his expenses are not large; The perennial accumulation can be regarded as a small savings, and there is no pressure to invite Song Yuanzhen to have a meal at all.

After buying wine and food, Lu Yanqing took Song Yuanzhen to his door.

Lu Yanqing's home is not very far from the county government, and it is only a quarter of an hour's walk away.

Lu Mansion, more than ten years ago, was also a big family in the city, the yard was three in and three out, and there were seven maids, three nurses, and one doorman in the house.

But today's Lu Mansion has long lost its former glory, the gate courtyard is slightly dilapidated, and the courtyard has also been occupied, leaving only one hall and two ear rooms; Although it is not big, it is enough for Lu Yanqing to live and entertain guests.

Lu Yanqing took out the key from his sleeve pocket and opened the door to welcome Song Yuanzhen into the hospital. The yard is not big, but it is neatly cleaned and well organized.

A burly poplar tree stands on the west side of the courtyard, under which is a stone table and two stone benches; On the east side of the courtyard, there is a wooden shed, under which an earthen stove is supported, which is obviously the place where Lu Yanqing makes a fire to cook.

Tonight's moonlight is bright and bright, and the breeze is slowly mixed with the slightest spring cold, and the people who blow it are very comfortable.

Lu Yanqing took out the dishes and chopsticks from the cupboard in the hall, placed them neatly on the stone table under the poplar tree, and put the food into the dishes.

With the help of the light of the moon, a candle was saved.

And Song Yuanzhen was not idle, and walked to the pool and began to dispose of the corpse of the snake demon.

After Lu Yanqing arranged the meal, he ran over to make a fire and boil water to give Song Yuanzhen a start.

Song Yuanzhen shaved five or six catties of meat from this snake demon, it seems that they can't eat it alone, and the rest can be sold together with the treasure on the snake demon.

But just when Song Yuanzhen was cleaning up the snake intestines, he suddenly felt a cylindrical foreign body the thickness of his index finger, which made Song Yuanzhen frown.

Intrigued, he used his knife to dissolve the snake's intestines and remove the foreign object from it.

At this time, the foreign body was covered with fishy red mucus, and Song Yuanzhen was very disgusted and rinsed it with water.

Lu Yanqing, who was cooking the pot, also smelled this fishy smell, and hurriedly leaned over and asked with a wrinkled nose: "Confucian, why is it so stinky?" ”

Song Yuanzhen did not respond to this question, but handed the things in his hand to Lu Yanqing.

"Yanqing, look at what this is? Taken out of the snake demon's body, I can't see clearly in my old eyes. ”

Lu Yanqing took it with a curious look on his face and looked at it carefully in the moonlight.

This is a small wooden tube, although it is small, but the patterns engraved on its body are very complicated, and there are two gems inlaid with one green and one red on the top and bottom, and a slight abnormal sound can be heard from it when it shakes slightly, and there is obviously something hidden in it.

After listening to Lu Yanqing's description, Song Yuanzhen decided to let Lu Yanqing open it and take a look.

But the origin of this thing is unknown, and Lu Yanqing didn't dare to make a rash move; For the sake of prudence, Lu Yanqing planned to smash the small wooden tube with a stone.

Although this small wooden tube is very exquisite, it is a pity to smash it, but in comparison, it is still a small life, and Song Yuanzhen also agreed with Lu Yanqing's idea.

Without being stunned any longer, Lu Yanqing put the small wooden tube on the ground, picked up a stone and smashed it hard.

I only heard a crisp sound of "clatter", and the small wooden tube shattered in response.

Lu Yanqing saw that nothing unusual happened, so he cautiously stepped forward and moved the stone away lightly; I saw that the small wooden cylinder below had been broken and split at this time, and a piece of paper rolled into a cylinder came into view.

The paper was slightly yellowish, apparently old; Lu Yanqing picked it up, and when he unfolded it, he saw that there was a map drawn in it, which made Lu Yanqing suddenly brilliant.

In order to be able to see the contents of the note more clearly, Lu Yanqing took out the oil cup from the hall and looked at it with Song Yuanzhen with the help of the firelight.

This picture seemed very familiar to Lu Yanqing, and he always felt as if he had seen it somewhere.

After thinking for a while, Lu Yanqing suddenly realized, and told Song Yuanzhen on the side very excitedly: "Confucian Master, I know, this is the Spring Festival Mountain ten miles west of the city!" ”

"Oh? Spring Evening Mountain? ”

"That's right, it's Chunxi Mountain!" Lu Yanqing nodded in affirmation.

As a fast catcher, walking the streets and alleys is almost a daily must-do, and there is no place in Yongan County that Lu Yanqing has not been, so Lu Yanqing will look at this map so familiarly.

"But what is the purpose of this map?" Song Yuanzhen asked suspiciously.

"Could it be a treasure map?"

"That's what I thought too." Song Yuanzhen bowed slightly, his thoughts were the same as Lu Yanqing's.

"But the range of the Spring and Evening Mountains is extremely wide, and even if you know that there is a treasure hidden in the mountain, it is not easy to find it."

"Isn't there any hint on this paper besides the map?"

"Uh...... It doesn't seem to be. Lu Yanqing tried to stare at the paper with wide eyes, but there was nothing but the scribbled map on it.

"That's weird." Song Yuanzhen frowned and was puzzled, "Since you left a picture, why did you only give such a vague range?" Is this trying to be found? Or don't you want people to find it? ”

Song Yuanzhen's words woke up Lu Yanqing, this is really unreasonable, could it be that there is another mystery in this paper?

Thinking of this, Lu Yanqing's mind then came up with the water drop display calligraphy, the fire display calligraphy, and the light display calligraphy, all of which were learned from his parents, and they were also common tricks used by ancient people, Lu Yanqing planned to verify them in turn.

The light method is useless, the water drop method is useless, and then only the fire method remains.

Lu Yanqing carefully put the paper on the fire and lightly burned it, and a line of small brown characters immediately appeared, only to see that it read: "Transparent but not shining, the water is full of waves." ”

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