At the city gate, people come and go, traffic is busy, and all kinds of vendors are selling all kinds of treasures.

As soon as he stepped into the city, Xiao Han was startled by the scene in front of him.

The bluestone-paved streets are wide and straight. The buildings lining the streets gleamed in the sun. Among them, there are many antique mansions, magnificent shops, and exquisite teahouses.

There are all kinds of antique calligraphy and paintings in the bazaar, there are rare treasures, medicinal herbs, and delicacies from the mountains and seas. Street performers hurriedly perform acrobatics to attract tourists.

Zhuang Shishi was fascinated by one of the mysterious mask tricksters, and under his skillful mask changing skills, it seemed as if he was in another magical world.

After a long time, Xiao Han saw that she was still focused on the trick of the magician, so he couldn't help but pat her on the shoulder and whispered, "Let's not stay, hurry up!" ”

She quickly came back to her senses, nodded at Xiao Han, and reluctantly walked forward with Xiao Han.

Soon, she returned to normal, nodded slightly to Xiao Han, and reluctantly followed behind Xiao Han.

They also saw the majestic palace in the middle of the city, standing in a solemn square. The main body of this palace is majestic with red walls and yellow tiles. There are two doors in front of the main hall, and the auspicious patterns of dragons and phoenixes are carved on the doors. And in the square in the center of the city, there is a huge lifelike jade dragon sculpture.

Finally they stepped into the door of a tavern and were greeted by the rich aroma of food and the noise.

The two pushed open the door and looked around for a seat in the dim, warm light. The tavern was bustling with people, mingling with the sounds of various wine glasses, laughter, and singing.

Finding a corner, Xiao Han pulled out a wooden chair for Zhuang Shishi to sit down.

He smiled and walked to the bar and ordered two glasses of wine and some side dishes.

After a while, Zhuang Shishi saw Xiao Han walking towards her, and hurriedly asked in a low voice: "I didn't have time to ask before, where did you come from the white-haired old man just now?" ”

Xiao Han's fingers tapped lightly on the table, showing a thoughtful look, and replied: "He is my second uncle, but we haven't seen each other for several years, and I didn't expect to meet him here." ”

Li Yan wandered around the Xuanlong Empire all the year round, seemingly in order to complete the task assigned to him by Fengji Sect, so he has always been elusive, and a figure like this who has seen the head and not the end of the dragon actually appeared in the capital of the Xuanlong Dynasty, which makes people have to wonder if something big has happened in Zhongzhou recently.

Zhuang Shishi saw Xiao Han's face was embarrassed, her eyes were staring at the tea cup in her hand, she couldn't help frowning, stuck out her tongue at him, and secretly scolded Xiao Han many times in her heart, because in the days when she was in contact with Xiao Han, Xiao Han always looked like she had something in her heart and often ignored her.

She looked at Xiao Han with a look of embarrassment, her eyes looked directly at the teacup in front of her, she couldn't help frowning slightly, and stretched her waist towards him, but she cursed Xiao Han countless times in her heart.

Zhuang Shishi has a delicate face, and the soft contours outline a flawless face. The slender eyebrows are slightly raised, outlining a sense of pride and confidence. It is precisely because of her beauty that so many talented people want to pursue her, but she refuses, saying that she just wants to travel the world and does not want to be bound by marriage.

This old man is also an understanding person, and when he saw his daughter's thoughts, he didn't say anything more. When the enemy invades, he will choose a remote corner and use his superb medical skills to treat the enemy, preparing to spend the rest of his life in peace.

Why use the word "prepare"? Because, some people don't get what they want!

These are the later words, after a few teas, Xiao Han has sorted out the previous thoughts.

He relieved himself, took a deep breath, and subconsciously looked around.

Business in the tavern was good, almost every table was full, everyone was talking and laughing, and some even began to brag about their strength.

He described the incident of beating His Majesty Xuanlong violently when he was young, and the description was vivid, as if he was watching a live broadcast, as if this was a real thing.

Xiao Han looked at this scene and couldn't help laughing, and he didn't know if it was because he thought this sentence was really a bit funny, and it made the person hear it clearly.

As soon as this person raised his hand, he smashed the table in front of him with a snap, pointed a finger straight at Xiao Han, and shouted angrily, "What are you laughing at?" ”

Seeing this, Xiao Han hurriedly stopped laughing, glanced at him, and didn't bother with a drunk person, stood up, hugged his fists and said: "Brother Tai's courage is really admirable!" ”

After hearing this, the man immediately laughed from ear to ear, burped, cast a wink at Xiao Han, "clicked", and returned to his seat.

What is going on, Xiao Han smiled bitterly and quickly shook his head, this is the reason why Xiao Han is reluctant to come into the tavern, after all, there are all god-like characters here, for example, today, they met a brother who had beaten the emperor.

Seeing Xiao Han breathe a sigh of relief, Zhuang Shishi couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle.

After a while, Xiao Er brought the meal.

Zhuang Shishi looked at the delicate food on the table, swallowed her saliva, and said, "Don't wait, eat quickly!" I haven't eaten a full meal in the past few days! ”

Xiao Han nodded, and also picked up chopsticks to pick up a piece of fresh pig blood to taste.

I saw that the tender pig blood came to Xiao Han's mouth, but he didn't open his mouth for a long time, but looked at it, and soon after, his brows were visibly wrinkled.

Zhuang Shishi noticed this scene and asked in a deep voice: "Xiao Han! Why don't you eat it? ”

"Don't you think pig's blood is redder than usual?" Xiao Han put down his chopsticks and asked.

Zhuang Shishi also picked up a piece, observed it for a while, tasted it in small bites, and then said: "I thought it was very fresh when I looked at the bright red appearance, but I didn't expect the taste to be like this." ”

With that, she spat it out, her face full of disappointment.

Pig blood is actually not new, Xiao Han muttered quietly, and then his eyes were firmly fixed on the plate of pig blood on the table.

Then he called the shopkeeper over and explained the current situation. The shopkeeper told the truth, and as expected by Xiao Han and others, this pig's blood was not fresh.

The shopkeeper's face was ashamed: "We saw that this pig's blood had been left for so long, but it didn't have any color at all, it was still so bright red, so we stayed!" ”

"How many days?" Xiao Han asked.

"Three days at least!" The shopkeeper said with a reluctant smile.

"What!" After Zhuang Shishi heard this, her mouth opened wide, her eyes widened, her brows were tightly locked, and her lips were pursed, as if she was trying her best to hold back the anger in her heart.

Her fingers clenched into fists, her knuckles white. The whole body also began to tense, as if it was about to burst out at any moment to release the anger in his heart.

Seeing that Xiao Han was indifferent after hearing this, she yelled at him: "Xiao Han! Won't you help me out of this bad breath? I'm really convinced, just thinking about the taste in my mouth before, I want to vomit! ”

Xiao Han raised his eyes, but this time his eyes were slightly calm and firm, without the slightest fluctuation or hesitation, as cold and ruthless as a glacier.

Under his calm and sharp gaze, the shopkeeper's forehead couldn't help but flow coldly.

He said tremblingly: "It's just that the ingredients have deteriorated, it's a big deal that I'll make a new one, why does the guest officer look like he wants to kill?" ”

Xiao Leng laughed, and then said, "Do you know what can keep pig blood blood-red all the time?" ”

"I seriously suspect that there was a murder in the back kitchen of the tavern recently!"

"How is this possible? How is this possible? How is this possible? Someone died, I won't know, guest officer, aren't you joking? The shopkeeper used three "how is this possible" to express his surprise at this time.

But Xiao Han didn't mean to deal with them, and he wasn't so careful. It's just that he is an occupational criminal, do we ignore his identity as a criminal policeman before his death.

In the day-to-day work of the criminal police, they need to carry out a lot of investigation and detection work. They will collect and analyze various clues, and gradually restore the truth of the case by investigating the scene, interrogating suspects, collecting evidence, etc. They need to be observant and analytical, able to uncover key information in subtle ways and connect seemingly unrelated clues.

Therefore, Xiao Han felt that something was wrong......