Zhou Qi has been busy choosing the location of the store in Xijing recently, as well as deploying personnel for the Xijing branch, because this is the internal affairs of Tianyi Pavilion, Xu Jing rarely participates, and when she saw Zhou Qi stop her, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows slightly.

Zhou Qi chuckled, gestured to a few men behind him and said: "These are the stewards of the caravan raised by our Zhou family, the Zhou family has a total of three caravans, one of which is dedicated to taking the outer route of the Saiwai and purchasing medicinal materials for us, and two caravans, one is dedicated to the route of the south and southwest, and the other is dedicated to the route of the northwest."

They had just come back with a batch of new goods in the past few days, so I invited them over, intending to ask them to purchase more rare medicinal materials for the Xijing branch. see if there are any medicinal materials that they need to help purchase, and they can bring them up by the way. ”

In Xijing, they must be mainly engaged in the business of rich and noble families, and the more rare medicinal materials, the better.

Zhou Qi obviously told the man behind him about her identity, and one of the rough-looking men with a full beard laughed and said, "This must be the who is highly praised by Zhou Dangjia!" I heard that thanks to the help of, the Xijing branch of our Tianyi Pavilion can be reopened. My name is Hu Da, and I specially lead the team to go outside the plug, what do want for the medicinal materials outside the plug, just bring it up! I will definitely bring it back to the when I go up the knife mountain and down the sea of fire! ”

Other men also greeted Xu Jing one after another.

Xu Jing looked at them, but was stunned for a moment, and said, "You are caravans taking different routes, and each route takes a different amount of time, right?" Why did you come back at the same time? ”

Hu Da was stunned for a moment and said: "Xu Niangzi is right, it is difficult for us to be so united on weekdays, but now it is August, the weather is slowly getting colder, and the caravan generally does not continue to move in winter, and they are all going back to their respective homes to find their own mothers-in-law." Some other caravans that take the short route or the southern route may be able to go again before the year, just like Liu Dazhi, haha, he specially led the team to the south and southwest, and he will set off again in a few days. ”

As he spoke, he patted a tall, thin, dark-skinned man beside him vigorously and laughed heartily.

Xu Jing suddenly, with a flash of inspiration, stared at Hu Dadao tightly: "You mean, but any caravan that takes the northwest route or the outer route will not go out again after coming back in July and August?" ”

Hu Da was frightened by Xu Jing's inexplicable serious eyes, and was stunned for a while before he said: "Generally speaking, it will start to snow in the northwest and outside the Saiwai around October, and sometimes it will be earlier. The caravan goes to the outside of the Saiwai, at least half a year, to go to the northwest, at least three or four months, if you have to go out at this time, it is easy to encounter heavy snow when you come back, and you can't go home is second, mainly dangerous, of course, there are some people who want to make more money, rich and dangerous, willing to take the risk of going more, but there are few such people.

However, not all caravans return in July and August, caravans generally start in early spring, and caravans return from July to September. ”

I see, I see!

Xu Jing secretly suppressed some excitement and continued to ask: "Saiwai is in the north, so the caravan departs from Xijing, usually through the north gate, but is so?" If you go to the northwest, do you take the west gate or the north gate? ”

Hu Da became more and more troubled and didn't understand what this was asking for, scratched his cheek and said: "The caravan to the northwest generally starts from the city gate in the west, where there is a big road leading directly to Danzhou, an important town in the northwest. No, are also interested in running a caravan? ”

The corners of Xu Jing's mouth were already raised, and when she heard this, she shook her head and said, "No, I asked these for other purposes, Xie Hu Langjun." Zhou Dongjia, I have an urgent trip out, and I will list the medicinal materials I need tonight and hand them over to you. ”

After Xu Jing finished speaking, he didn't care about the bewildered expressions of the others, turned around and walked quickly out the door.

She got it! Why did the murderer always commit crimes in January and February, and why, the victims he killed in January and February were generally found in the west of Xijing, but Qian Honglian, who was killed at the end of July, was found in the north!

She got into the carriage and came to Xiao Yi's house again, and told the attendant of the Xiao family that she was in a hurry to find Xiao Yi.

She waited in the room for a long time, Xiao Yi hurriedly walked in, Xu Jing didn't have time to talk to him, she saw Xiao Yi with a calm face, and said, "Xu Niangzi, I just wanted to send someone to find you, and the new victim found out." ”

Xu Jing was stunned, "The new victim won't be found in the north of Xijing?" ”

Xiao Yi was slightly stunned, with an incredulous expression, "How do you know?" The new victim, like Qian Honglian, was also found near Famen Temple. ”

And so it was!

Xu Jing took a light breath and said, "I understand, I'll go with you, how did I know about this, I'll tell you on the way." ”

On the way out of the city by carriage, Xu Jing told Xiao Yi about the information she had just asked for from Hu Da, and the more Xiao Yi listened, the more solemn his face became, and finally he said with a deep face: "In other words, the murderer is likely to be a person in the caravan, and it is a caravan that specializes in the northwest area." He usually returns to Xijing at the end of the year's activities in July and August, goes home through Xijing, and then comes to Xijing from home around January and February, and sets off from Xijing to the northwest.

Every time he returned to Xijing, he would habitually kill someone. ”

"That's right, he went home from the north gate, indicating that his home is likely to be in the state town to the north."

Xu Jing said: "It shouldn't be difficult to find people who fit these characteristics. ”

Xiao Yi came back to his senses and looked at Xu Jing with a faint smile, "It's not difficult, all the caravans that want to operate in Xijing must be filed with the Department of Commerce, and their offices also need to be stamped by the Department of Commerce. ”

Xu Jing's face was overjoyed, and she finally saw the dawn of solving the case, and she couldn't help but say a little cheerful, "That's good." ”

Xiao Yi couldn't help but shake his head lightly and said with a smile: "It's just that I didn't expect you to find a breakthrough in this case so quickly, which Dali Temple has not done for five years." ”

Xu Jing only smiled faintly and said, "It's just my luck." ”

Although ordinary people don't know much about the rules of caravan activities, if Dali Temple is willing to spend a little more effort, it may not really be able to find out.

And, to be honest, the pattern of a serial murderer tends to become clearer as he commits more crimes, and it is not easy to find out the pattern when he does not commit enough crimes in the first few years.

It took a long time to get from the city to the outside of the city, and the carriage traveled for more than half an hour before finally reaching the place where the deceased was found.

It was a small forest at the foot of Famen Temple Mountain, Xiao Yi took her all the way to the depths, near a bush, surrounded by more than a dozen officials, among which there was a middle-aged man in a scarlet official uniform, seeing Xiao Yi who came over, he hurriedly greeted him and said, "Xiao Shilang is here." ”

As he spoke, he also saw Xu Jing following Xiao Yi, and was slightly stunned, "This lady is ......?"

"I've seen Yao Shaoyin, she is the one I specially invited to come."

Xiao Yi said lightly, as if he didn't see everyone's surprised looks, and said, "Where is the deceased?" ”

Yao Shaoyin could only temporarily suppress the curiosity in his heart, and motioned to the official beside him to let go, and said: "The deceased was hidden in the bushes, which was found by a nearby farmer when he went up the mountain to collect medicine in the morning. Although the saint handed over this case to Xiao Shilang to be responsible, if there is anything that needs the help of our Xijing Mansion, Xiao Shilang does not need to be polite, although he speaks. ”

Xiao Yi nodded and thanked him, and walked over.

Xu Jing followed closely behind him, and when she saw the dead person lying in the bushes, Rao was mentally prepared, but she couldn't help but gasp.

(End of chapter)