Chapter 22: The Unpeaceful Situation
Chu Xuan's eyes suddenly became sharp.
"Ten years ago, Mo Huairen should have just participated in the Dirty Removal Sutra, right?"
"The two lived in the same inn, and they disappeared for about the same time."
"I heard that the Buddhist monks are very good at boiling their bodies, and their bodies are very strong, and this kind of organ must be a first-class organ candidate in Mo Huairen's eyes."
"Could it be that Mo Huairen targeted him and killed him? That Dirt Removal Sutra was obtained by him from Heng Hui? β
Chu Xuan chuckled in his heart.
The more he thought about it, the more he thought it was very likely.
"I'll take the time to go to the Jujube Tree Inn and ask, maybe I can get any clues."
"But that was 10 years ago, so I don't necessarily have to ask anything."
Chu Xuanmo rubbed his chin, remembered the dossier he had seen before, and sighed lightly, "The monk who killed the man by mistake is from Moyun Temple, and his legal name is Hengzhi, and he should be the same generation as that monk Henghui of Moyun Temple." β
"It's a pity that this Hengzhi has not been heard from since he fled to Yushan County, if only he could be found, maybe he could learn about Henghui's situation."
He shook his head, put the file back in its place, and left the library.
At this time, I happened to meet Zhou Jian and Zhu Yiming, who were returning from Zhoukou Town.
Zhou Jian asked, "What are the results of the investigation file?" β
Chu Xuan told Zhou Jian the truth about what he saw.
As for the information of Henghui, a traveling monk of Moyun Temple, not a word was mentioned.
Zhou Jian sighed lightly, "We didn't get any clues in Zhoukou Town, many people said that Zhang Zheng was usually kind and charitable, and everyone thought he was a good person." β
"He doesn't have any enemies at all, even if his father is a big family, he is not a rich and unkind person."
"How can such a person be murdered? Unless it's wanton killing......"
Thinking of this, Zhou Jian had a headache.
He waved his hand, "You two are tired too, go back and rest." β
"Yes!" Chu Xuan and Zhu Yiming both nodded their hands.
The two walked out of the county office together.
Chu Xuan was about to return to Qin Ji Pharmacy.
Zhu Yiming hurriedly said, "Brother, I'll invite you to dinner tonight, let's go to Tianxiang Building!" You taught me how to deal with the case by the way, your analysis in Zhoukou Town shocked me! I feel like my head is blown away by you! β
He likes to investigate and handle cases since he was a child, plus he is naughty, so he was thrown by his father to the county government and asked Zhou Jian to help discipline him.
He didn't expect that the newcomer would be able to arrest Chu Xuan so fiercely.
Therefore, I wanted to ask for advice in simple terms.
Chu Xuan's eyes lit up, "Huh? Brother Zhu has a treat? That's a good idea. β
Tianxianglou is the top restaurant in Yushan County.
It's just that it's a little more expensive.
So Chu Xuan hasn't been there yet.
Now that someone has a treat, it is natural to prostitute it ruthlessly.
Zhu Yiming smiled, "Even though you are open to eat, I still have a little free quota in Tianxianglou, and my father won't say anything." β
Tianxiang Building.
Diners at the door come and go, and it is very lively.
When Chu Xuan and Zhu Yiming came here, the little guy at the door hurriedly greeted them, "Second Young Master." β
Zhu Yiming bowed slightly, "I'll bring my colleagues over for dinner and arrange a private room for me on the third floor." β
"Gotcha, let's go, little one!" The little guy nodded again and again and ran as fast as he could.
Zhu Yiming led Chu Xuan directly to the third floor.
The third floor is an antique private room.
The dΓ©cor is delicate and restrained, just to cater to the preferences of the upper class.
Under the leadership of the little girl, the two went straight to a private room dotted with potted plants and rockeries.
This private room has a good view, and you can look out the window to overlook the houses below.
You can see the traffic on the street, pedestrians coming and going.
There is a sense of overlooking all living beings.
Soon, a servant brought a pot of hot tea for the two.
Zhu Yiming gestured, "Taste, this is the newly arrived Baiyun Snow Bud." β
Chu Xuan picked up the teacup, but did not drink it directly, but looked at it carefully, and then took a sip.
After drinking, nod slightly.
"The color is silvery white, the buds are fat and strong, the soup is yellow and bright, and the taste is fresh and mellow, which is good."
Zhu Yiming was shocked when he heard this, "I can only say two words delicious, how can you say so much?" Cattle! β
He leaned closer and coughed lightly, "Can you repeat it again, I'll write it down and let people use it as a signboard, this paragraph makes people want to buy it just by listening to it!" β
"I'll tell my dad this and he'll definitely praise me!"
Chu Xuan smiled, and said in his heart that this person is really worthy of being the son of the big shopkeeper of Tianxianglou, and he is very business-minded.
So I repeated it to him.
This kind of remark was accidentally written down when he watched a documentary before, but he didn't expect to use it here.
Zhu Yiming hurriedly wrote it down, and immediately smiled.
Chu Xuan put down the tea cup and smiled heartily, "My father is a head catcher, he loves to taste tea, I follow him to hear and see, and this is the rough tea ceremony." β
"However, I don't like to drink tea very much, so it's better to eat meat and drink wine in a big bowl."
The predecessor's father, Chu Gang, did love tea, but he was only a vassal and elegant, and he didn't know anything about the tea ceremony.
However, anyway, Chu Gang is already dead, so naturally everything can be pushed on him.
Zhu Yiming gave a thumbs up, "My brother is really temperamental!" Actually, I don't know much about the tea ceremony, I only know beautiful women, good wine and food. β
He smiled, "Especially the new words you said before, such as the poisonous dragon drill, the two-headed dragon, and the two heavens of ice and fire, I always remember them." β
Chu Xuan also blinked.
Soon, a variety of dishes were delivered to the table.
In the middle is a large bowl of rice, which is exactly one tael of silver and a bucket of Sam Oh rice.
The grains are large and full-bodied, and the aroma is overflowing.
The dishes on the first floor of Tianxiang Building are relatively close to the people, a cheap plate of twenty or thirty Wen, and the expensive one is one or two silver plates.
But these dishes in front of me start at ten taels of silver for each plate.
One plate is equivalent to half a year's consumption of firewood, rice, oil and salt for a family of three.
Of course, these dishes are expensive, and there is a reason why they are expensive.
The ingredients they use are the best and the finest.
The cooking technique is by no means just a simple stir-fry like home-cooked food.
Some are crispy, some are delicious, and some are sour and spicy......
After eating a few bites, Chu Xuan felt that the aftertaste was endless, and his lips and teeth were fragrant.
"No wonder they all say that Tianxianglou is the first restaurant in Yushan County, I didn't think so when I ate on the first floor before, but now I believe it."
Zhu Yiming said with a smile, "As long as my brother is willing, you can come and eat as much as you like in the future, and it will be recorded in my account!" β
Chu Xuan was surprised, "It's not good, it's expensive." β
Zhu Yiming shook his head, "It's okay, it's okay, what Brother Chu just said about Baiyun Xueya is worth at least a thousand taels." β
Chu Xuan smiled dumbly.
After three rounds of drinking, the two gradually talked about the recent situation.
Zhu Yiming Xu was a little drunk, and sighed, "Brother, it's really not been peaceful recently, first there was a great drought, then a plague, and now there is a military disaster." β
Chu Xuan's heart moved slightly.
He had heard it before that there was a major drought in Wuzhou, south of Tongzhou.
Why is there a plague and a plague of war?
Zhu Yiming scratched his head, "There are many people who have died in the drought, and there will naturally be human plague, and it is still in Wuzhou." β
"As for the military disaster, it was the Ancient Lotus Sect over there that rebelled, and the imperial court sent out officers and soldiers to suppress it, and I heard from the caravan that there was a government in Wuzhou that had completely fallen into the hands of the Ancient Lotus Sect."
Chu Xuan was thoughtful.
The Ancient Lotus Sect, which sounds a bit similar to the White Lotus Sect, should be a cult organization with a similar nature.
Religion's ability to deceive people is indeed very great.
Those displaced people who had to flee due to drought and plague were the most suitable soil for the growth of the Ancient Lotus Sect.
"Brother Zhu, is the Ancient Lotus Sect distributed in our Tongzhou?" Chu Xuan asked.
Zhu Yiming shook his head, "Don't worry, the power of the Ancient Lotus Sect is limited to the three states south of Tongzhou, that is, Wuzhou, Cangzhou, and Songzhou. β
"What's more, although our Tongzhou suffered a little drought, the relief from the top was timely, there was no human plague, and there were no displaced people, even if the Ancient Lotus Sect wanted to do something here, it would be difficult."
Chu Xuan scratched his head.
That being said.
But he always felt that Zhu Yiming was like an old general on the stage at the moment, full of flags.
The more you say it's impossible, the more likely it is.
"By the way, does Brother Zhu know anything about Buddhism?" Chu Xuan suddenly asked.