The most lively time of Yunlai Pavilion has just passed, and the men who have drunk the flower wine all night have come out one after another, and the are sending each other at the door, without the slightest hint of tiredness, and when they see Su Yan, they are happy to say, "Rare guests!" Early in the morning..."When I found that there was a handsome Xu Ziya, he giggled excitedly, "This little brother is here for the first time, right?" ”

Xu Ziya wore a bamboo hat and a veil to block it, and he just nodded politely. Su Yan helped explain: "People are still a little boy, the first time to come to this kind of place, don't be surprised by." ”

glanced at her and said, "What's not weird, my only recognize money, as long as they have money!" ”

Su Yan was in no mood to joke with him, and went straight to the point: "Have you had any suspicious people here recently?" ”

"Suspicious person? What do you mean, the one who comes to have fun behind his wife's back or the one who drinks flower wine and doesn't give money? ”

"He just doesn't look like a serious person."

' faces were almost squeezed into a crumpled ball, and they were very embarrassed: "There are many things that are not serious, your direction is also vague, it is better to take a look yourself, I don't have the time to help you find any improper people." ”

"It's good!"

"Huh!" She stretched out her arm to block the way, and warned Su Yan, "Don't interrupt my financial route, otherwise I will be in a hurry with you!" ”

Su Yan sneered, "Naturally, naturally." ”

After speaking, several people went in together. Xu Ziya passed by the and couldn't help but take a few more looks. felt uncomfortable, so they looked at him attentively, and a heavy flash flashed between her eyebrows and eyes.

Yunlai Pavilion is almost the same as the green building of Chucheng, it is the structure of the round sky, the pavilion is superimposed layer by layer, a total of four floors, each floor of the pavilion has six elegant rooms, and the female brand engraved with the name of the girl is hung in front of the door. Su Yan and Xu Ziya slowly entered side by side, walked through the lobby, and stood on the second floor and looked down. There are also a few sporadic male guests who stay in the lobby to listen to the music with morning tea, and the geisha sing I don't know what kind of song it is, but it is melodious and elegant, and it is also alternative in this gaudy place.

Xu Ziya counted the heads downstairs before asking her, "Which one is the murderer?" ”

Su Yan said with a bitter face: "I haven't seen the murderer again, how do I know." We should come back in the evening, and if we're lucky, the murderer might be among them, and we might be able to show him a little more. ”

"It's going to be triaged in a few days, and we can't wait any longer." Xu Ziya looked at Su Yan curiously, "It's good that Mr. Su is enthusiastic about helping others, but he didn't analyze this case in detail and got into it headlong, bumping into it like a headless fly, which can only be half the effort." ”

Su Yan said helplessly: "How could the investigation of the criminal department leak the news, what I know is the same as most of the rumors in the market, and I also felt that he should not kill people after knowing Nangong Lin's character." Thinking of checking it out, maybe you can find clues? ”

Xu Ziya's disgust was overflowing, "I think Mr. is too dull, he only knows how to go to the murder scene to investigate, but he doesn't know that there are many ways to investigate the case, it seems that I still overestimate Mr." ”

"I found that you don't usually like to talk, but once you hurt people, you will be full of stories. There's a fart, hurry up! ”

Xu Ziya smiled proudly, and then said: "Although we don't have much information, there is a lot to check about the deceased Jia Wedge. ”

"How do you check the dead?"

"The dead can still speak. Jia Wedge is a rich son, and the people who usually come and go are the children of the eunuchs, and these people are in addition to the hobby of fighting crickets, that is, drinking, so only Yunlai Pavilion is enough to match their identity. ”

"That's right, we're in Yunlai Pavilion!" Su Yan looked at him in shock, thinking that he was crazy and stupid, and couldn't help but shake his head in chagrin, he knew that he didn't bring him here, and said something useless.

Xu Ziya saw that she had a lot of complaints, so he explained: "Since you have come here to drink, it is impossible to leave no clues without leaving even a trace of who you have come into contact with, what you have said and what has happened, even a trace may be the main point of the case." ”

"So?"

"So, in the Yunlai Pavilion, who do you think is the person who is most likely to have the most contact with Jia Wedge?"

Su Yan suddenly realized, "I'm really stupid, the person with the most complete information was talking to me just now, and I still bothered to do this!" With that, he turned around and went to find the.

Xu Ziya breathed a sigh of relief and finally put the line on the line.

After listening to Su Yan's series of words, watched her non-stop mouth move, her eyes hurt, and she hurriedly stopped: "Wait a minute, let me drink a cup of tea and wake up." ”

"Don't waste time! This matter is related to the lives of my students' families, and I can't ignore it! For now, you are the only one who can help. Jia Wedge usually comes to you to drink and have fun, can you notice who he drinks with? ”

shook their heads, a little embarrassed, "How did I think of it?" There are so many rich and noble people who come in and out of my place, and if I remember them all, I won't be tired to death! ”

Su Yan sighed helplessly, "Yes, the last clue is gone." ”

pulled the handkerchief, suddenly remembered something about Jia Wedge, and hurriedly told her, "I remember that a few days ago, probably the night of Jia Wedge's accident, Mo Xuan went to Yin's Mansion to play tunes, or my Li Hong from Yunlai Pavilion escorted it, Jia Wedge and Nangong Lin quarreled with the Immortal Pavilion is exactly the way they must go, however, Mo Xuan was in a hurry to go to Yin's Mansion and did not stay." But when Nangong Lin was arrested, this Li Hong actually went home, and now that I think about it, I always feel strange. ”

Su Yan listened in a daze, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed and pulled the to find this Li Hong.

"Sir, what are we doing here?" Xu Ziya looked inside from the crack in the door with the seal affixed and asked Su Yan curiously.

Su Yan stood at the fork in the road outside the Immortal Pavilion, inspected the two narrow alleys on the left and right, and asked Li Hong beside him: "What do you mean, do you mean that Nangong Lin drank wine?" ”

Li Hong replied diligently: "Exactly, that night I escorted the girl to the Yin Mansion and drank in the tavern, after drinking out, I met Nangong Gongzi sleeping dead on the side of the road, when he had a wound on his head, the smell of wine, I didn't worry, so I guarded him for a long time, and when he woke up, I helped him go to the pharmacy in Yonghefang in the west of the city. ”

"You still have to pick up Mo Xuan after drinking?"

"Yes."

"So how do you know when to pick it up?"

Li Hong was a little embarrassed: "The villain has no memory of the hour, usually after drinking and then going to the gambling house to play a few handfuls, the time is just right, every time it is like this, it never overtime." The villain only remembers that he guarded Nangong Gongzi for about two or three minutes that night, by the way, you might as well ask the guys in the tavern, maybe they can know the time when Nangong Gongzi left. ”

Su Yan also thought of this, and immediately set off to the tavern that Li Hong said, but ......

The guy looked at Su Yan, his gaze shifted to Li Hong, and he suddenly frowned and raised his vigilance: "The old man from the Criminal Department has come to ask, if you want to know, ask yourself!" ”

Su Yan didn't expect a guy to be so cautious, and wanted to get to the bottom of it, so he was dragged out by Xu Ziya: "The case is not over yet, then all the evidence must be kept secret, the tavern has naturally been warned, it is impossible for them to leak information to us, especially Li Hong, who wraps himself in such a ghostly appearance, looks even less like a good person, and makes it difficult for others to be our accomplices, go and report the case!" ”

Su Yan looked at Li Hong's ghostly look, and couldn't help but sigh that this person was really sorry for his life!

Li Honggan smiled: "Don't be surprised by the two of you, there is an old man in the villain, and he doesn't dare to act rashly." ”

Su Yan's head is big, there are too few clues at present, I only know that Jia Yu died at the ugly moment, if he can't ask the time when Nangong Lin left the tavern, I'm afraid this case will not be investigated!

"Not really, since there is one more Li Hong, everything will definitely turn around!" Xu Ziya rarely boosted morale.

Su Yan said: "At present, I can only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor," she suddenly remembered that Xu Niang said that he fled home as soon as he had an accident, and couldn't help but ask him: "Nangong Lin's case, why don't you go to be a witness?" ”

Li Hong replied embarrassedly: "More is better than less, although I escorted him to the pharmacy that night, it was also out of sympathy, but now is different, if I testify for him, whether I win or lose, I am afraid of causing trouble!" You also know that whether it's the Jia family or the Nangong family, they are all officials, this..."

"So you made a shrunken turtle?"

Li Hong was very angry when he heard Su Yan's accusation: "The Jia family has no queen, and they are all counting on Jia Wedge alone, and now that he is dying, it is natural that someone will take his life to resist his life, how can he let Nangong Lin go!" Wouldn't I come forward to seek death! ”

Xu Ziya interrupted their dispute: "Don't talk about this yet, didn't Li Hong say that they also went to the Chengxi Pharmacy, let's hurry up and take a trip, what if we have an unexpected gain?" ”

The three of them did not stay any longer, and went to Yonghefang Pharmacy according to the route given by Li Hong, and met the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper remembers the events of that night very deeply: "That night, that night there were only two guests in my shop, the son and the little brother beside him, Nangong Gongzi had a head injury, but it was not a big problem, he was prescribed some injury medicine, and he went back after resting for a while." ”

Su Yan hurriedly asked, "When did Nangong Lin come, and how long did he stay?" ”

"Old man, I'm busy boiling medicine, so I don't have time to think about the time when they came, but they stayed for a while, about two quarters or so."

Xu Ziya leaned against the door, half-believing his words, "Two moments, are you sure?" ”

"What are you saying about thinking that the old man is a liar?" The shopkeeper was so angry that he blew his beard and threw the herbs into the inner room. Su Yan hurriedly played a round: "Don't be angry, old gentleman, he is also worried about Nangong Gongzi, the more accurate the evidence, the better." ”

The shopkeeper reluctantly accepted this reason, but he still didn't have a good face: "I finished chatting with that son, and the medicine was boiled, and my medicine was strictly controlled for time, otherwise it would be bad!" Unlike this son, his bad conduct is outrageous! ”

Xu Ziya shrugged his shoulders and didn't take it seriously.

"What did he say?" Su Yan asked him.

"It's not a quarrel between friends, I'm tired of listening to the old man."

"Jia Wedge?"

The shopkeeper nodded, and then suddenly thought of something, and added: "The Criminal Department also came to ask before you, the same as you asked, and also asked the little brother who came with him at that time, but the little brother had a scarf on his head, and I couldn't see anything clearly about the old man, let alone his name!" ”

Li Hong looked at Su Yan, who was staring at him, and explained embarrassedly: "are very strict, the villain had a job at the time, and if he has been away in private for so long, once he is discovered, he may be punished, so naturally he can't be remembered." Fortunately, I kept a mind to disguise it, otherwise I would have been involved in this murder! But the villain is still afraid, if Nangong Gongzi remembers my appearance, and the criminal department will search the portrait to Yunlai Pavilion again, I am afraid that it will not be safe, so I will go home to hide. ”

These clues Su Yan knew, and the Criminal Department also knew, that they were not helpful to the current case, so he still had to go to the tavern to ask about the time when Nangong Lin left. Thinking of this, he was about to leave immediately without saying a word, but when he turned his head, he happened to bump into someone, Su Yan didn't stand firm, staggered back, and the person was quick and quickly hugged her.

Su Yan's eyes lit up: "Why are you here?" ”

Xilou Chunfeng smiled proudly: "Seeing that you are working so hard to investigate the case, it is natural to secretly take a hand." He held her steady, and said, "You don't have to go to the tavern again, the guy has already told me the time when Nangong Lin left, it's four o'clock." ”

"Four ......quarters of the hour," Su Yan connected all the clues, "Nangong Lin left the tavern at four quarters of the hour, and Li Hong accompanied him to sober up for two to three quarters, and then went to the pharmacy in Yonghefang in the west of the city to take medicine, stayed for another two moments, and finally returned to Jiuxiang Street ......"

"One and the other, two drunks, one of whom was injured, I'm afraid it will take two or three minutes to travel, right?" Xu Ziya analysis.

Su Yan nodded in agreement: "Indeed, it will take some time for us to walk smoothly on that road, not to mention that it was dark at that time...... In this way, when Nangong Lin returned to Jiuxiang Street, there was no time to commit the crime. Even if they walked faster, the shopkeeper and Li Hong remembered that the time was not right, and there would not be much difference, so the earliest time for Nangong Lin to return was also at two o'clock in the ugly hour. ”

"Then there is no time to commit the crime, just a moment, how to achieve murder, or in the back mountain?" Xu Ziya said.

"However, even if the time for the crime is gone, what about the evidence? By the way, where did that spike come from in the back mountain? She asked Xu Ziya.

"I know this, although the Criminal Department controls the news tightly, but they have investigated the Jade Workshop, and I think the evidence should come from there. But don't bother, the Criminal Department has already interrogated and determined that it is Nangong Lin's. ”

Xilou said: "The owner only came back last night, and they asked a few subordinates casually, how can they count?" ”

Su Yan shouted excitedly, "It's okay now, there's a turnaround!" ”

Li Hong interrupted: "According to what you mean, do you want me to testify?" ”

Su Yan spread his hands: "Otherwise, I will ask you to do something!" ”

Li Hong was so frightened that his face turned white, and he hurriedly begged for mercy: "The villain's life is not important, but there is an old mother in the family, I really can't offend the powerful, let the two adults let me go!" ”

Su Yan pressed his shoulder and said, "I know you are embarrassed, but saving someone's life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter." ”

Li Hong snorted: "For those of us who are poor, living is the most important thing!" Girl, I know you're chivalrous, but I'm just a miscellaneous man, just one life, no blessing from you! He looked at Su Yan bitterly, "I've already told everything I know, and you just said it, I don't have much effect on overturning the case, what's the point of me going or not?" You can solve the case yourself with the clues I said, why bother with the innocent! ”

"Innocent?" Xu Ziya felt funny, "If you stay out of the matter, how can you talk about innocence!" ”

"You! Don't deceive people too much! Whether I testify or not depends on whether I am willing or not, how can there be any reason to force it? ”

"Li Hong," Su Yan soothed, "You have concerns, we will not force you to testify, don't worry." For the rest, we'll check it ourselves. ”

Xilou asked her, "Just give up?" ”

Su Yan raised his head and stared at the sky and said, "Who said that, isn't there still the owner of the Jade Workshop." ”

Jade Fang, the largest jade business in Ruoshui, covers the entire Central Plains Continent, from the royal family to the families of officials, all of whom purchase jade from here. It was originally the courtyard of the former Chu king, and after Emperor Rong made Ruoshui the national capital, he rewarded it to the national teacher who was a smash hit at that time, and sold it to the current owner after several times. It is located in the south of the city, not far from the eldest grandson's house.

The arrival of the West Building brought the information on the murder case that the Criminal Department had just returned, which was similar to what she guessed, Nangong Lin did drink on Jiuxiang Street, and the testimony of the tavern shopkeeper was that he left at four o'clock, and the pharmacy shopkeeper also explained in detail the process of Li Hong escorting Nangong Lin to the medicine, but so far it has not been found who it is. According to these testimonies, Nangong Lin did have enough time to kill Jia Wedge.

Su Yan successfully met the owner of the workshop with the waist card of the academy, but this... In the courtyard where fallen leaves are piled up, there is only one gray-haired old man who takes advantage of the reddening sky to clean the yard.

Su Yan saluted respectfully and said, "Senior Su Yan, I have seen the old gentleman. Seeing this, Xu Ziya also arched his hand.

The owner didn't raise his head, and said in a deep voice: "I just returned to Beijing, and I heard that something happened to the Nangong family, why, you guys also came to join in the fun?" ”

Su Yan said: "You weren't there when the Criminal Department came to investigate, and the shopkeeper here is no more experienced than you, I'm worried that there are omissions in the testimony..."

The owner scolded: "What kind of thing are you, the one who dares to question me? ”

"The little girl is just a teacher in the academy, nothing..."

"Then you're even less qualified to question me!" The owner was so angry that he didn't listen to his explanation at all, threw a broom and said, "You are not from the Criminal Department, what right do you have to investigate the case?" Get out of here! ”

Su Yan was calm, arched his hand again and said, "Old man, I'm curious, do you recognize all the jade artifacts from the Jade Workshop?" ”

The owner of the workshop was angry, "I am the owner of the jade workshop, of course I recognize!" Not to mention a small piece of jade, it's who he sold it to, and I remember when he came to match the tassel! Do you think I'm really old and deaf? The old lady is old, and her brain is good! ”

Su Yanxi smiled and said: "Since the old gentleman said so, if he doesn't prove it, it will be really difficult to convince the public. ”

Xu Ziya on the side smiled secretly in his heart, but there was still a pool of stagnant water in front of him.

The owner calmed down and couldn't help but look at the little woman carefully: "You are young, and you have a lot of eyes!" You can investigate the case if you want, but you have to tell me, what is your relationship with the Nangong family? ”

"Nangong family?" Su Yan suddenly understood why this old gentleman was so excited from the beginning, and hurriedly explained, "The junior is just a teacher, and there is a Miss Nangong under the door, who is Nangong Lin's sister. Don't get me wrong, the younger generation is not the kind of person who doesn't distinguish between black and white for his friends, but he just thinks that this case is suspicious, and it is really difficult to ignore it. ”

"Doubtful? You mean, Nangong Lin is innocent? ”

"Lord Nangong is strictly disciplined, although Mrs. Nangong loves her son, she is not doting, in such an environment, Nangong Lin's character is basically not bad. Moreover, I have a witness to prove that Nangong Lin did not have the time to commit the crime! ”

The owner picked up the broom again, "Then you have a certificate, go to Dali Temple immediately, why bother to come to me again." ”

"Don't hide it from the old man, this witness is worried that he will attract death and harm his family, so he did not agree."

The owner looked at her, his eyes were full of doubts, and asked her: "I have asked everything that the Criminal Department wants to ask, and I have said everything I know, what else do you want to ask?" ”

"Ledger," Su Yan said excitedly: "You are not in Kyoto, such an important object as the ledger is placed in the most hidden place, presumably even the Criminal Department can't see it, this is what I want to see!" ”

There was a hint of surprise in the owner's eyes, and he didn't say anything, just waved his sleeves and motioned for them to follow him.

"After I came back, I learned that someone from the Criminal Department had come, and the jade pendant and tassel were from my jade workshop. The jade pendant that goes out from me is much the same, but the tassel is specially made, and every guest who buys the jade pendant will be equipped with a unique tassel, and everyone is different! ”

"The next person doesn't recognize you?"

"The next person naturally recognizes it, but the tassel that the criminal department came to ask is not complete, the part that can indicate the owner of the spike is gone, and the remaining piece is also unique in material, but the number of pieces sold is not a lot."

Su Yan recalled the information about the case and reasoned: "Most of the people who bought this jade pendant tassel in the jade shop are still in Ruoshui, and the rest of them have already left Beijing before the crime. The Criminal Department checked all these people who were still left in Ruoshui, and among them, only Nangong Lin's jade pendant had no tassels. But... What if someone frames him? Anyway, Suiko at the scene of the crime has lost the most critical part. ”

"Then this person must have been to the Immortal Pavilion, especially someone who has crossed paths with Jia Wedge!" Xu Ziya added.

The owner stopped at the door of the account room, looked back at them, and asked a little strangely: "That witness is afraid of getting into trouble, so aren't you afraid?" ”

Su Yan said lightly: "Naturally afraid, but what's the use of being afraid, I care more about the truth!" ”

The owner of the workshop sincerely admired this brave, resourceful, and upright woman, and finally showed a kind smile, and led them into a two-story attic, the ground floor was empty, but the second floor was full of bookshelves. The owner of the workshop called the attendants, found the account book that recorded Suizi's entry and exit, handed it to Yan, and said: "A total of thirty-one people have registered, including Nangong Lin." ”

After Su Yan looked through it, he found that the person 'Yin Yun' registered in it seemed to have heard of it somewhere. After thinking about it, after a few recollections, I finally remembered that this person was a character in the news of the Criminal Department brought by the West Building! The reason why Nangong Lin quarreled and even scuffled with Jia Yun was because Jia Yu and Yin Yun cheated him out of money. Su Yan closed the account book and asked the owner: "Who is Yin Yun?" ”

"This person is the son of Shaoqing of Dali Temple," Xu Ziya replied for him, "He also often goes in and out of the Immortal Pavilion, and he and Jia Wedge have teased crickets together." ”

Su Yan asked again: "Recently, Yin Yun has come to match Suizi?" ”

"There is no record, so naturally I haven't been here."

Xu Ziya asked Su Yan suspiciously: "Do you think the murderer may have forged evidence, but as far as I know, the things in the Jade Workshop are rare in the world, and not everyone can forge them!" I see, we were wrong from the beginning, Nangong Lin was a murderer! Maybe Li Hong remembered the wrong time, or maybe Nangong Lin bought a murder, no matter what, there can't be a mistake in the criminal department's judgment of the case, why do you have to overturn the case? Maybe Nangong Lin is a hypocrite, you don't know him! ”

"I think you're very strange, it was you who reminded me to go to Yunlai Pavilion at the beginning, why did you turn your face again now?" Su Yan didn't say anything, "I don't know Nangong Lin, and my understanding of him is limited to Jinqi, but for Jinqi, for the sake of the humble and kind brother in her mouth, I am willing to give it a try." But after checking and checking, I felt more and more that Nangong Lin could not be a murderer, if he really killed someone, he would definitely be scared in his heart, and he would have confessed his guilt under such torture! But he didn't. Especially the appearance of Li Hong has overturned the possibility of the time of the crime, I must investigate it and help Jin Qi save her brother! ”

The owner reminded them: "There is a dark market in the market that specializes in shady business, and maybe there is what you want." ”

When Su Yan heard this, he hurriedly said to the owner: "The owner of the house has shown great kindness to the Nangong family, I have thanked them first!" ”

"What's the hurry!" The owner stopped them, "How can it be so easy to set up a white wolf empty-handed!" ”

"The owner means ......"

"If the imitation spike is really from the dark market, the murderer must have spent a lot of money to buy off the handler, and you don't bring any deterrent things, how to find him, and how to catch his handle?" The owner beckoned to them, then staggered in the other direction, and said, "I'll make you something, and you may be able to take it." ”

Su Yan hurriedly saluted: "Thank you, old man!" ”