Luoyang West City, east of Houzaimen Street, south of the south wall of Waiguo City, north of Guangli Street.

The originally crowded West Market has now been directly taken over by Dali Temple at this time.

Even though the livelihood of countless traders is at stake here, the people of Dali Temple still forcibly take everything over.

Brutal and unreasonable.

Both the traders and the common people who came to buy and sell were driven into the houses, and the entire street was completely forbidden.

In the northwest of Xishi, at the door of a pharmacy named Sujia, a corpse of unknown origin fell on the stone steps.

At a closer look, the entire corpse had been completely charred by the flames.

Li Xuan jumped down from the fast horse, his eyes quickly swept away, and he immediately determined that the death of the deceased was almost the same as that of the Tiangong Temple and the group of mages.

All of them were completely charred by the flames from the inside out, which can be judged by the different degrees of burning of the body parts.

The capture and work of Dali Temple have begun a simple inquest.

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"Luoyang three cities, south city, west city, north city." Dai Xing stood beside Li Xuan, his eyes swept around: "Huke who came from Chang'an, the first stop will be in the West Market, some ordinary goods will be distributed here, and then the really precious goods will be transferred to the South City and the North City."

Most of the merchants in the southern market are from the south, and most of the southerners are rich and noble, and they can sell for more prices.

The North City is close to the Imperial City, and most of the entrances and exits are noble, and it is also an ideal place to sell goods, and there are some things that only they can pay at a starting price. ”

"So this deceased, where did he come from, Chang'an, the south, or the local?" Li Xuan pointed to the medicine basket next to the charred corpse, there were still a lot of herbs in the medicine basket, and said in a low voice: "Did he come down from the nearby mountain?" ”

Luoyang is located between the mountains, there are Pi Mountain in the north, Song Mountain in the east, Kunshan Mountain in the west, Funiu Mountain, Bear's Ear Mountain, Waifang Mountain and other mountain ranges in the south, there is the Yellow River in the north, and the north of the Yellow River is Wangwu Mountain, Taihang Mountain, etc.

A medicine picker picked medicine from a nearby mountain and went straight to the West Market, but he didn't expect to be murdered.

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"According to the pharmacy guy's confession, the deceased's name is Zhou Pu, from Nanzhou, he is a merchant who sells medicines, he went out of the city and entered Luoyang today, and he came to the pharmacy to sell medicines."

The catcher of Dali Temple stood aside and said quickly,

"Nanzhou, why do pharmacists from Nanzhou come to Luoyang to sell medicines, and they are still single pharmacists?" Li Xuan felt that things were getting weirder and weirder.

Nanzhou, formerly Nanchuan County, belongs to Bazhou.

In the second year of Wude, he landed Nanzhou and governed Nanchuan County.

The territory is full of mountains and rivers, and it is famous for its specialty oranges.

Bazhou is on the side of Yizhou, and from Yizhou down the Yangtze River, it also has to pass through Nanzhou.

A pharmacist from Nanzhou, who traveled thousands of miles and just came to Luoyang, was directly killed, why is this?

"Go and ask, what kind of medicine is the deceased selling here?" Dai Xing nodded at the previous catcher, who immediately entered the pharmacy.

How could an ordinary pharmacist be directly poisoned by someone else with a powerful poison?

The only purpose could have been for the drug he was carrying, a drug brought in from the Southern State.

"The year of the back basket of herbs is not short, and it can indeed be sold at a good price after a long journey to Luoyang. However, even if they are not in Nanzhou, they can be found in other places, especially in the nearby mountainous city of Luoyang. It takes a lot of effort to transport it here, and it costs even more so to store it properly. ”

Li Xuan narrowed her eyes slightly: "If you really have this time, why don't you sell things in Chengdu?" ”

"Unless someone has already paid a lot of money for a certain medicinal herb, everything else is just piggybacking." Dai Xing immediately followed Li Xuan and analyzed it.

Li Xuan nodded, stood on the side of the corpse, and said while gesturing: "Look at the direction of the corpse, it should be outward, this is just out of the pharmacy, he was killed, this is someone who doesn't want him to leave here alive!" ”

"The question is, how could such a Nanzhou pharmacist be so similar to the death of a first-class mage?" Dai Xing frowned tightly.

"Maybe this medicinal herb merchant from Nanzhou already knew each other with a mage?" Li Xuan gasped violently.

Although the death of this Nanzhou pharmacist revealed a trace of the whole case, the word "pharmacist" faintly made Li Xuan realize that it seemed to point to a specific patient.

As for who this particular patient is, it cannot be said casually.

Maybe the mage was killed in order to kill him, and the rumors that the prince was just a cover-up.

"What does the prince mean that Master Yixing is also an expert in medicine?" The corners of Dai Xing's mouth couldn't help twitching.

Today's entire Datang has an extremely strong medical atmosphere.

From Emperor Taizong Li Shimin to the current Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi, they all suffer from serious wind diseases, and doctors from all walks of life often come to Luoyang to diagnose diseases, and even the medical saint Sun Simiao appears from time to time.

There are countless famous Taoist doctors, such as Li Xuanzang's teacher Wei Xuanzang, and the old heavenly master of Longhu Mountain.

Taoism is like this, and Buddhism is also not bad.

"Dai Shaoqing still remembers, we all feel that Tiangong Temple is not the permanent residence of a master of the line, if there is another place where he lives, then everything can be explained!" Li Xuan's voice was very soft, and only Dai Xing on the side could barely hear it.

"Elsewhere, elsewhere...... Hiss? Dai Xing chewed on these two words, not knowing what came to mind, and his face suddenly changed slightly.

"The people from the Zongxuan Agency must know." Dai Xing gritted his teeth with a face, he was in a hurry to go to the house on fire, but the Zongxuan Department still hid important clues.

Dai Xing immediately beckoned his subordinates to catch the fast: "You guys go immediately...... No, the interrogation of the people at the pharmacy should be more detailed, and ask who exactly comes here to buy medicine...... Forget it, I'll go myself! ”

Dai Xing suddenly realized that this information was very sensitive, and now was not the time to go to the Zongxuan Bureau, at least he had to wait for these cases to be concluded.

He glanced at Li Xuan, Li Xuan nodded slightly, and Dai Xing personally walked into the pharmacy

Li Xuan put his hands behind his back, followed behind Dai Xing, and slowly walked into the pharmacy.

This is a typical ordinary pharmacy, selling medicine on the first floor and treating patients on the second floor.

In normal times, there are definitely many patients and family members who come and go.

Only this kind of large pharmacy will spend a lot of money to collect drugs from Nanzhou.

Although today's Datang is rich in the world, few people go to the deep mountains and old forests.

In these places, there are some precious medicinal materials that are more than hundreds of years old, so there are many people who make a living by collecting medicines.

It's just that this industry is very dangerous, and the deeper you go into the deep mountains and old forests, the fewer you can get out alive in the end.

But the more you can come out of the deep mountains and old forests, the greater the real gain, and the same is true for this old medicine guest in front of you.

Li Xuan could almost conclude that what caused his death this time was probably what he took out from the deep mountains and old forests.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the shopkeeper went out of the clinic in the morning, and he hasn't come back yet!" Xiao Er of the pharmacy looked helpless.

Not to mention the case of the dead at the door, and just caught up with the boss who was not there, the people of Dali Temple still insisted that the guests of the pharmacy would not let them go, and asked one by one.

It was as if the murderer was among them.

"The shopkeeper isn't there?" Dai Xing frowned and looked at the catcher under his command: "Xu Tu, why didn't you report such a big matter before?" ”

"Lang Jun, isn't it too late?" Xu Tu's face was full of wry smiles, he turned sideways slightly, and in the entire pharmacy, countless arresters from Dali Temple were busy searching everything in the pharmacy, and they didn't have time to report it comprehensively.

"You ......" Dai Xing was just about to reproach, but at this time, Li Xuan stretched out his hand and pressed him, looking out of the door: "Don't you see that is back?" ”

At this moment, just as the pharmacy turned around, a gray carriage slowly stopped.

The curtain opened, and a burly, bald, long-bearded, and bulging middle-aged man was supported by a pretty girl in a purple skirt. ，，