Cai Yan lifted the right hand of the corpse directly, and his bold appearance made the corners of Qin Ke's eyes twitch slightly, "You see, although the flesh on the arm is stiff, it is still different from ordinary people, and judging from the calluses in the tiger's mouth, you should practice martial arts all year round." ”

The corpse examined by the tiger himself naturally did not know this point, so he nodded and said: "Yes, I guess that this person is the inner line of these barbarians hiding in the warehouse, presumably these barbarians are passing the news through him, but no matter how I check, it seems that I can't find out which family this person belongs to, it seems that he is just a Jianghu person who has been wandering in the market all year round." ”

This is also normal, after all, there are so many people in and out of Jianye City, although the number of cultivators in this world is only a few out of a thousand, but in a big city like Jianye City, even the gangs in the rivers and lakes have many cultivators.

The employer does not have to use his most core people, so it is naturally difficult to find out which noble person he is behind the scenes.

But what Cai Yan wanted to say was not only that, just when her hands moved slightly, the guy's fingers were also lifted up by her: "Although you made a pickled embalming with lime, there is a smell of spices on his hands, and there are some red crumbs in his nails." ”

"Spices?"

"Yes. You men may not know very well, but I have smelled this spice, its name is "Kasumi Dye", and it is red in color, and the hands and feet of the dyed people will be pale red for several days, hence the name. But even in the Tang Kingdom, this spice was very expensive, so it was very rare. Cai Yan explained sentence by sentence.

"Maybe the warehouse happened to have a batch of these spices? After all, the warehouse itself is a place where goods gather, and it is normal to have spices. "Gongsun left the road.

"Unlikely, even in the Tang Kingdom, such spices are very expensive. Cai Yan shook her head, she was born in a wealthy family like the Cai family, and she naturally knew more about Xia Ran than Gongsun Li, "What the case file says, this is just an ordinary small warehouse, where can I have the ability to enter such goods." ”

After the tiger lowered his head to examine the corpse's fingers, he recalled in his mind what this corpse looked like when it was found, "But I have inspected the entire warehouse, whether it is the barbarians or the goods in the warehouse, the spices are there, but there is absolutely no sunshine staining. ”

Cai Yan laughed again and said in a low voice: "Another special feature of Xia Dye Spice is that once it is made and stored for half a month, the taste will change from strong to quiet, and the red color will become lighter until it becomes white. This nail is so conspicuous, so the incense shop is generally advanced materials, and it is mixed when it is in place. ”

"So, this person must have been in contact with someone in half a month, so he came into contact with Xia Dye, or rather, this person himself wears Xia Dye on weekdays?" Qin Ke pondered.

"Smart, next time I will reward you with a bunch of sugar gourds to eat. Cai Yan blinked his eyes and reached out to touch Qin Ke's bun, but he thought that his current hand had just touched the corpse, so he only laughed shallowly.

The tiger suddenly raised his head, and then shouted hoarsely, and immediately outside the door, a school guard in a black robe lifted the felt cloth and walked in, and said respectfully: "My lord." ”

"Go immediately and check out where the materials of Xia dyeing spices have been in Jianye City for half a month. ”

"Yes. ”

Cai Yan quietly waited for the tiger to give orders, then stood up and clapped his hands and said, "Then let's go and see first, which incense shops in Jingwu have made Xia Dye in the past half a month?"

Qin Ke also thinks so, although Xiangfang may not necessarily be a good clue, no matter where this person came into contact with Xia Dye, but at least through Xia Dye Spices, you may be able to find out who is behind the scenes.

"Good. The tiger's heart was naturally excited, but Qin Ke, Cai Yan and others still had to suppress their mood in front of them, so they nodded heavily, but then his gaze fell on Gongsun Li.

"In that case, this girl should go with us. Tiger said slowly, "Maybe she can still provide clues at some point." ”

The so-called clue naturally refers to the barbarian who escaped.

Although Gongsun Li agreed, his body was involuntarily stared at by the tiger's cold gaze.

The incense shops in Jianye City are not as many as Ding'an City in the Tang Kingdom, after all, compared with the extravagance of Ding'an City in the Tang Kingdom, Jianye City is more like a city that has always maintained a calm pace although the rich and noble families are all over the place, Zhuge Wanling himself advocated frugality, and even issued decrees many times to prohibit excessive extravagance in some festivals to entertain guests, and the result naturally led to some families slandering behind their backs.

But in this way, Qin Ke and the others were much more relaxed.

After some inquiries about many incense shops, everyone learned that there are about five incense shops in Jianye City that can make xia dyeing, mainly distributed in the south and north of the city, and it is one of the favorite places for official ladies.

But the four of them checked a few incense shops, but the answer they got was that they had not sold Xia Dye at all in the near future, and this answer also made them a little disappointed.

And until the last one, the tiger was already a little impatient, and walked directly to the counter with a swagger, facing the shopkeeper who was fighting against the account books on the abacus: "Shopkeeper, I want to know, within this half a month, who has taken the Xia dyed spices from you, it is best to show us the account books." ”

The shopkeeper was stunned at first, and then smiled a little reluctantly: "Guest, this is ......"

But the next moment, a token had already crossed in front of him, and the tiger's voice was as cold as a piece of ice, with an unquestionable taste: "The school affairs are doing things, and I understand the reply." ”

So the shopkeeper of Xiangfang almost went to the counter and turned up the account books.

"He seems to be quite skilled. Cai Yan had seen this scene several times along the way, and couldn't help but purse his lips and smile.

But Gongsun Li only felt disgusted by Hu's behavior, after all, he was a little frightened by Hu's cold gaze in the school office just now, and he couldn't help but scold fiercely at this moment: "You know that you are bullying." ”

"I'm just fighting for power, but I'm by no means deceiving, if something really happens in Jianye City, I'm afraid it's not a good thing for Xiangfang. ”

Hearing the tiger's sudden answer, Gongsun Li immediately closed his mouth, but he didn't think that the tiger was separated by some distance, his ears were still sensitive, and the faint answer startled Gongsun Li subconsciously shrank and approached Cai Yan.

This is probably the natural fear of the Jianghu people in Jianye City for the government.

Qin Ke didn't think that what Hu said was wrong, but he felt that Hu seemed to be a little withdrawn, or that there was something hidden in his heart, but when there were private matters about others, he couldn't ask.

After a while, the shopkeeper picked up the account books of Xiangfang, and explained to everyone while rummaging through the account books: "To say that within half a month, there are orders received by our Xiangfang, but because it is a little complicated to make Xia Dye, most of them have not had time to send them out." ”

Cai Yan just glanced at the account books a few times, and then rolled his eyes: "You just just say that there is one more that has been sent out, and it saves us from checking the account books again." ”

The shopkeeper's face turned red, knowing that he had more nonsense, so he could only say honestly: "Gao family." ”

"Which Gao family?" Qin Ke's ears pricked up, and he subconsciously felt a little ridiculous.

"Of course it's that Gao family, Jing Wu only has a few Gao families, and the other few broken families can't afford to use good things like Xia Ran. The shopkeeper replied.

Indeed, there is only one truly prominent Gao family in Jing Wu.

That is the scholar clan behind the general Gao Changgong, the Gao family headed by Gao Cheng.

You must know that Gao Changgong has always been Zhuge Wanling's best friend, and the Gao family has always been Zhuge Wanling's firm backing.

Could it be that there is a real intention to rebel?

"No way. Qin Ke subconsciously said.