Lu Taotao's sentence made the old cat shocked for a long time, and it took a long time to open his mouth before he could close it.

"Hmph, ask the Criminal Division about the case, do you dare not confess according to the truth?" Lu Taotao stretched out his hands behind his back, and swaggered in, imitating Su Ji's posture.

The old cat raised his head, still suspicious, "How many women do you, the criminal division?" "He hasn't heard of the reason that there are women in the Criminal Division.

Lu Taotao's eyes rolled, a touch of cunning flashed in his eyes, his right wrist flipped, and he took a sign and shook it in front of the old cat, "Mention the waist card of the criminal division, can this still be faked?" ”

The old cat's eyes were vicious, and he saw that this waist card was really true and could not be faked.

But when it comes to the Criminal Division, he is not completely ignorant, after all, he has been hiding in the shadows for a lot during this time, "The Criminal Division Si Cheng is the prince of Mengdu Yun Wangfu, and I have also taken two sides of Lord Nei Cheng Su, and the deputy envoy and consul in charge is surnamed Jiang, who is obviously an old man." ”

In this, it is impossible for any of them to match the three women in front of them.

Lu Taotao threw his waist card to play, "Who told you what kind of cloud bastard we are, Su Lao Thief and what old man, listen up, I am the first-class head catcher of the Criminal Division, and the red-clothed thug next to him is the thug of the Criminal Division, and the fairy beauty is of course the hostess of our Criminal Division, do you understand?" ”

Wufang took the lead with an eye knife, and Lu Anran wanted to cover Lu Taotao's mouth.

Lu Taotao straightened his chest, "How is it, is it qualified?" ”

The old cat's eyes kept turning, and he didn't know whether he was thinking about it or making all kinds of calculations.

Lu Anran's eyes glanced at the waist card in Lu Taotao's hand - where did it come from?

Lu Taotao grinned and leaned into her ear: "Old thief Su stole it over there." ”

Lu Anran held her forehead, she believed that Su Ji must not have found out yet.

"I can tell you." The old cat finally made up his mind.

Lu Anran also quickly responded: "If there are any conditions, you still have to think clearly before talking." ”

The old cat was stunned, but she didn't expect her to guess what he hadn't said later, and said, "This matter has something to do with you." ”

—

The old cat was untied, and he came back to the hall, and after they were all seated, the old cat began to speak.

"First of all, I really don't know who is behind the scenes, why don't you leave the royal capital and run for your life, because I am here for the real murderer behind the scenes."

The old cat is rough, and his eyes are blue and black when he is immersed in lewd women's color all the year round, but when he talks about it, his expression is full of solemnity that has fallen silent.

"I know that the first woman who asked me for a tattoo was called Jin Yu'e, and I also knew that she and Xianglan knew each other originally, and later gave Liu Chang and a tattoo, and Xianglan arranged it in the middle." This explains why the cleaning maid saw him having a 'private meeting' with Xianglan.

Lu Anran: "Why are you doing these things?" ”

The corners of the old cat's mouth pulled down, and he said in a deep voice: "You said before that I learned art from a master in Buzhuang, and later asked the master to punish me, but you don't know that he almost killed me, if it weren't for another apprentice, there would have been no such person as an old cat in the world." ”

The apprentice followed him longer than the old cat, but he had no talent for dyeing cloth at all, and was often beaten and scolded, and starved and fed, so that no one paid attention to him, so he secretly saved the old cat.

"After that, he and I fled." The old cat sneered: "They only sarcastically mocked my brother for not having a talent for color dyes, but they didn't notice that my brother had a pair of skillful hands that no one else in the world could match." ”

Later, the old cat was attracted to a tattoo artist because of his sensitivity to color, and the brother also learned the craft from the master.

"We didn't break off contact, after more than ten years of kung fu learning, we became famous in this industry, and it happened that my master died of illness, and the house was left to me, and we lived together on Jiaer Street in Tonglinfang."

The old cat has a bad habit of being greedy, and his brother is very greedy for money because he was hungry when he was a child, "Jiang Chao doesn't like to go out, stays at home and does all kinds of manual work, and later becomes famous, and only accepts the high list of silver taels, so he goes out even less." ”

Jiang Chao is the name of the brother who saved the old cat, they have no relatives anymore, and there is no difference between each other and their own brothers.

"Once, Jiang Chao told me that he was going out for a few days, and I was very surprised." The old cat understands his brother's character, and he will not leave the house half a step unless necessary, let alone live outside, "I naturally want to ask clearly, what he told me at the time was that there was a customer in the field who paid a lot of money to make a set of large cabinets and a stepping bed, and the object was too big, so he could only go to someone's house to do it." ”

Later, Jiang Chao reported a deposit to the old cat, and the old cat didn't have any doubts when he heard it, the other party gave it too high, no wonder Jiang Chao was difficult to refuse.

Lu Taotao didn't understand, "It's just a cabinet and a stepping bed, even the golden silk nanmu doesn't need to be so expensive, right?" Do you want to work so hard? ”

The old cat smiled quite smugly: "That's because you don't know my brother's craftsmanship, the furniture he made is not only beautiful on the surface, but also hidden in the most important thing." ”

There may be a mechanism hidden behind each plank, which can be used as a gadget when you have nothing to do, and you can protect your life in case of trouble.

"Interesting, I want it too." Lu Taotao's big eyes lit up.

The old cat's smile faded, "I left home more than a year ago, and I haven't seen him since." ”

Lu Anran heard something, "This case has something to do with him?" ”

"Jiang Chao is very trustworthy, he said that for twelve days, then he will definitely come back on that day, but he didn't." The old cat said slowly: "There was still no news until fifteen days, I searched for the address he left, and when I inquired, I found that there was no family at all!" ”

At this point, the old cat remembered what Jiang Chao said earlier, and felt that something was wrong.

The old cat searched for several months but was not heard from, "until I saw a silver ticket in Qiongxian Tower." ”

—

Imperial Palace, Linhua Palace.

Wang He gently pushed open the door of the temple, the benzoin inside had burned to the end, he opened a crack in the window slightly, and heard movement behind him, and immediately turned around and knelt on the ground: "The slave has woken up Your Majesty, the slave should die." ”

The emperor rubbed his eyebrows, opened his eyes, and a pair of tiger eyes became sober from the turbidity, "What time is it?" ”

"Just arrived."

"It's time to start." The Emperor stretched and took a sip of the tea on the table.

The king lowered his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, the prince of Nangong is waiting outside." ”

"When did you come?"

"At the end of noon, he asked the servants not to alarm the emperor."

The emperor closed the tea bowl, and a faint smile appeared on his face, "This kid is much more sensible than my sons." ”

The king did not dare to answer, but the emperor said again: "Let him in." He got up and bowed back and withdrew.

As soon as Nangong Zhi entered the main hall, it was full of the smell of benzoin burning, and after saluting, he said, "Has the emperor slept badly recently?" ”

The emperor got up from the dragon chair, walked down the steps and said: "It's okay, I was shocked by a dream last night, and the king made a fuss, so he didn't let the imperial doctor check the pulse, and he lit incense during the lunch break today." ”

Wang Ji sneered, "The emperor's dragon body cannot be neglected, and the slaves dare not be careless." ”

Nangong Zhi echoed and said: "What the prince said is right, the national plan is covered, and the safety of the society is all on the emperor. ”

"You, you, come and count the falls." The emperor raised his index finger, pointed to the guide palace, and said with a smile: "Wang, do you think I will make him a tour of the south and the north or something to make my ears clean for two days." ”

The king listened to the disgust in the emperor's mouth, but his face was full of smiles, and then he said with a smile: "The days of patrolling outside can be long, and the servants are afraid that the emperor will be worried about the son of the world when the time comes." ”

The emperor raised his hand and scolded with a smile: "You can also go, I will eat all the inside and outside." ”

The king knew that the emperor and Nangong had something to say, so he bowed and retreated, and when he closed the door of the palace, the second prince came from afar, and the king put down the knocker and shook off the dust, just as the second prince also walked to him, and saluted: "The slave asks the second prince to say goodbye." ”

The second prince looked at the door of the palace: "Father hasn't woken up yet?" ”

Wang He kept a smile: "Please also invite the second prince to come back later." ”

When the second prince left, he didn't know whether he regretted it or breathed a sigh of relief, and his steps were even brisker than when he came.

Wang He shook his head secretly, in comparison, Nangong Zhi is talented, young and promising, no wonder the emperor favors it, whether it is the crown prince or the second prince, he is still a little too young and can't hold his breath.

However, Wang Yuguang glanced at the door of the palace and quickly stopped these thoughts, which was not something he could figure out at will.

In the hall, the emperor's hand was clapped on Nangong Zhi's shoulder, and he said seriously: "There is a sentence I said just now that is not a joke. ”

Nangong Zhi raised his eyes: "The emperor wants to let his ministers out of the royal capital?" ”

—

In Jiqingfang, the old cat took out a silver ticket worth one hundred taels from his cuff and handed it over.

Lu Taotao snatched it and turned it over, the top line of words 'Zhengtong Silver Number', the left line of small characters 'Anzi No. 10 Zero Jiu', the middle is the silver ticket denomination 'one hundred taels', and the rightmost corner has the words 'Daning Seventeen Years'.

"Isn't it just a silver ticket?" Lu Taotao threw it to Lu Anran, "It's too stinky." ”

Lu Anran had a sensitive nose, and immediately smelled the greasy smell, incense powder, and sweat smell that were contaminated by contact with different people on it......

The three of them looked left and right, it was indeed an ordinary one hundred taels of silver tickets, which may be a surprise to the poor, but the few people present obviously would not lose their temper for a mere one hundred taels.

"Are you sure this silver ticket has something to do with Jiang Chao's disappearance?" Lu Anran asked?

"Nature." The old cat didn't hesitate at all, and affirmed: "Because this silver ticket was made by my brother Jiang Chao!" ”

Lu Anran subconsciously vetoed: "Impossible, this dynasty has always been the Ministry of Industry to mint money, and the papermaking institute under the Ministry of Household Province prints banknotes, all of which are under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and private individuals are not allowed to print them." ”

The old cat said: "Of course, the real money you are talking about is this process. ”

"Is this a counterfeit?" Lu Anran's pupils shook slightly, "The paper money process is complicated, it is difficult to forge, not to mention, the counterfeiter must also be able to get Sichuan paper, but all dynasties have always prohibited this logistics to buy." ”

"I told you that my brother is a craftsman." The old cat emphasized: "There is no craftsman as powerful as him in the world. ”

Lu Taotao snatched the hundred taels of silver tickets and looked at them over and over again, "I don't see the difference." ”

Whether it is the pattern, the paper or the gravure print used for anti-counterfeiting, it is exactly the same as the real thing.

The old cat stared at the silver ticket, "Only I can see it, because he is asking me for help in this way." ”