I'm Liu Bei.

The county seat of Anxi is twelve miles in circumference, and a north-south street divides the county into east and west.

The Tang Society is located near the midpoint of the North and South Streets. Starting from the Tang Society, seven miles to the west is the filial piety palace in Xu Shu's mouth - Zhongshan Mansion a hundred years ago. The area around King Xiao's Mansion is desolate, there are no half of the houses, and only a few dilapidated houses show that no one has lived in them for a long time.

Stepping on the dry grass on the trail to the rusty iron gate of the filial piety palace, the plaque with the book "Zhongshan Xiaowang" hung crookedly on the gate. Broken cobwebs stuck to a thick layer of dust, hanging from the plaque to the rusty iron door. A gust of spring breeze blew, and Xiao Suo's scene was incomparable, forming a stark contrast with the Tang Society just now.

Zhang Fei habitually shouted at the top of his voice: "Big brother, this is your ancestor's courtyard?" ”

I nodded without feeling. Except for a little feeling of the reason of prosperity and decline, there is no sadness at all, because the guilty must be punished.

Liu Sheng, the king of Zhongshan, and his descendants lived in the large courtyard in front of him until the catastrophe a hundred years ago, when the descendants were forced to leave. And the great-ancestor of "Liu Bei" is one of these descendants. If this yard had any thoughts, it would have guessed that I was not a descendant of its owner.

In one day with my mother, she told me no less than three times that she would shoulder the responsibility of being the Glory Lord. The picture is still vivid. Now, I have finally come to the place where the "ancestors" lived. A kind of admiration came to mind, and there was an urge to restore the former glory of the courtyard.

Xu Shu knelt down in surprise and said, "It turns out that you are the newly appointed Anxi County Commander." The grass people have eyes but no beads, please forgive your sins. ”

"Boss Xu, please get up. Do you remember the location of that fish tank? ”

Xu Shu stood up and said respectfully: "Remember, remember." Adults, please come with the grass people. ”

When I saw Xu Shu pushing the door, I stopped, "Don't enter through the main entrance." He turned around and asked, "What do you mean, sir?" ”

If it was really the first scene of Debrey's murder, then it is clear that the killer did not enter and exit through the gate. This evidence cannot be undermined now. casually made an excuse: "There are a lot of cobwebs here, and it is troublesome to walk over and get dirty clothes and change them, so I go over the wall and go in." ”

The walls of the courtyard were very high, about a few feet, but fortunately a few places had been damaged, so I easily jumped into the courtyard.

The yard was full of dead grass. In front of it is a large house, with several wings on both sides, and the doors and windows are broken, and you can vaguely see the pattern inside. Two faintly distinguishable paths run from the left and right sides of the house to the back.

Except for the squeaking of the dead grass under your feet, you can hear the sound of the lazy sun shining on the yard.

Xu Shu pointed to the big room in front of him and said, "This is the front hall, and after passing through it, there is a garden." The path on the left leads to the west courtyard, and the path on the right leads to the east courtyard. The fish tank is located in the north courtyard at the back of the garden. ”

As he spoke, he was about to push the door of the front hall, when suddenly the door burst open, and a black shadow jumped out at great speed, stabbing at Xu Shu with a flashing knife light.

Before I could react to how to make a move, Zhang Feiyue next to me rushed forward, grabbed the front of Xu Shu, and roared and punched the opponent in the chest. The black shadow's eyes suddenly flashed with incredible fear, and he gradually lost his expression, and the blood at the corner of his mouth overflowed, and a drop happened to drop on Zhang Fei's fist that he didn't retract. The black shadow's raised machete fell, and his body fell crookedly.

Surprised, I hurried forward, took off the black shadow's face cloth, and probed his snort, which was already out of breath.

Xu Shu woke up from his astonishment, rummaged through the corpse, and found a gold cake of five taels and a piece of bamboo slip. He looked at me and handed me the bamboo slip with a grin.

There are four words written on the bamboo slips: "Four paragraphs and one order." ”

I finally understood the look in the shadow's face before he died. The level of martial arts of the fourth stage and the first order was killed by someone with one move, which shows the high martial arts of the attacker. Squinted, I saw Xu Shushen mysteriously stuffing the gold cake into his arms.

Xu Shu thanked Zhang Fei and said, "Brother Lei is really good martial arts!" ”

Zhang Fei said: "What Lei Gong! My name is Zhang Fei. ”

Xu Shu said: "Hehe, Brother Zhang is good at martial arts." ”

I said secretly, "Not good. ”

Passing through the front hall, passing through the back garden, and arriving at the north courtyard, I saw the water next to the huge fish tank wetting the ground. Running to the front, Yang Yongtai, the county leader, floated on the surface of the water with his eyes wide open.

hurriedly carried him out, but the rescue was fruitless, and he immediately ordered Xu Shu to call the servant to come to the autopsy.

How could Yang Yongtai, the county leader, die here? With this question in mind, Zhang Fei and I roughly inspected the entire Xiaowang Mansion. The only special feature is that the three rooms in the east wing of the backyard are spotless.

There was a faint smell of fat powder in the first room, and a woman was supposed to live there.

There is no bronze mirror in the second room, no comb, and only men's clothes in the closet, presumably a man's room.

The third room was almost identical to the second, except that there were clothes for a young boy in addition to the clothes of an adult man in the closet.

Out of the house, Xu Shu and the servants rushed to the backyard.

Xu Shu said in a panic: "My lord, the body of the man in black in front is gone." ”

Turning his eyes to the fish tank, he noticed something unusual, but the corpse was still there.

Zhang Fei roared: "What! How could it be gone? It was still there just now. ”

I immediately ran to the front yard, and sure enough, the body of the man in black was missing.

Zhang Fei said: "Who moved the body?" ”

I asked, "Is there anyone in the backyard guarding the body of the county Cheng?" ”

He said, "No." ”

I immediately rushed back to the backyard, and as expected, the body of the county was gone.

How did you manage to remove two bodies in such a short period of time? What was the purpose of removing the body?

The case is getting more and more complicated.

Xu Shu ran over from the front yard and said, "My lord." The dust web of the courtyard gate has not moved, and it is certain that the body is still in the courtyard. ”

I immediately sent messengers to guard the backyard and then rushed to the front yard. I saw that the gate of the courtyard was still empty, and the dust net on it was not damaged at all. Carrying the corpse over the wall and out of the yard, the movement must be not small. Immediately ordered: "Look at all the corners of the courtyard, including the roof, and inspect them all." ”

When I went back to the fish tank, I always felt that the fish tank had changed, but I couldn't tell what had changed. The fish tank is square and large, enough to accommodate seven or eight people.

The goldfish inside swam around among the fish and grass, as if they had forgotten that they had just taken a life inside. Reach out and fish out a strip of aquatic plants, which is similar in texture compared to the tender aquatic plants in the sack. Could it be that Debrey really died in this vat?

To be on the safe side, I'm going to visit the King of Zhongshan Festival in the east of the city tonight to see if he has any of these young fish plants there.

After a search by the officers, the whereabouts of the body were not found. I knew that this was the result, and if it could be found so easily, there would be no need for the opponent to hide the body. What is there on the corpse that we can't know that is worth the trouble of the adversary?

In desperation, he had to order the messengers to guard the palace of the filial piety king, and at the same time told them not to go in, especially at night.

As soon as he returned to the county office, Guan Yu came to report that there was a discovery on the city wall.

On the west city wall, Guan Yu pointed to a piece of mud on the edge of the city wall and said: "It hasn't rained for more than ten days, and I have also asked, the patrol officer has not stepped on the mud on his feet here, and other people can't come up." You see, it's only half a mile from the moat where Debrey was dumped, so I have reason to believe that it was left by the murderer. ”

Zhang Fei said suspiciously: "It's just a piece of mud that hasn't dried, what can it be?" Can you lead us to find the murderer? ”

Guan Yu said: "It may not be possible. ”

I broke the mud off the wall tiles and held it in the palm of my hand to observe it carefully. There is a faint spicy smell of wine in the mud, and this wine is quite familiar. "It seems to smell of Zhao wine?"

When it comes to wine, Zhang Fei comes to the spirit. grabbed the mud and sniffed it again, and said excitedly: "Big brother guessed well, it is indeed Zhao wine." ”

Guan Yu continued: "Zhao wine is spicy and characterized by its difficulty in losing its taste, so it is volatile resistant. So much so that we could still smell it after the night. ”

I smiled and said, "I didn't expect that we were generals who led troops to fight, but we came here to solve cases, and we could be so handy." It's amazing. ”

Guan Yu said: "As long as you have wisdom, everything will go smoothly." ”

"What do you think you can get from this piece of dirt?"

Guan Yu said: "I heard that in the county seat, Zhao wine is only sold in Tang Society. ”

I immediately said, "Go!" ”

When I came to the big fish tank in the backyard of King Xiao's Mansion, Guan Yu and I lay on the ground and sniffed hard.

Zhang Fei said: "I thought I was going to Tang Society to drink, why did I come here to learn dogs?" ”

Guan Yu said angrily: "Hugh is talking nonsense. It doesn't seem to have the taste of Zhao wine. ”

I sniffed for a while and said, "Not really." ”

Zhang Fei shouted: "Big brother and second brother, can you explain what you are doing, I don't know what to do, if you don't say it, I will go to the side to practice martial arts." ”

Guan Yu stood up and said, "We're sniffing." Smell the smell of Zhao wine here. ”

I also stood up, stretched my waist and said, "If this piece of soil was left by the murderer, then the murderer must have stepped on the wetland sprinkled with Zhao wine." Now I suspect that this is the first scene of Debrey's death, and if the smell of Zhao wine can be found here, then it means that the soil came from here. This is the first scene of Debrey's death, which can be assured. ”

Zhang Fei said: "Now there is no alcohol here, does it mean that it is not the first scene?" ”

"The same cannot be said. However, the conclusions of the first scene need to be corroborated by other evidence. I said, "Let's go, it's getting dark, just go to the Tang Society for dinner, and I'll relieve your cravings." I heard the second brother say that you have been to Tang Society several times and have not been willing to drink, it is too expensive? ”

Zhang Fei said: "Some time ago, I spent the money of the Huang Gai brothers, so I'm always embarrassed. Now that my eldest brother is rich, I will drink a lot. ”

Guan Yu said: "Big brother, this case is getting more and more complicated. I have a feeling that the case has something to do with the decree we are looking for. ”