1. The case of Kaifeng Prefecture

This night, there will be a little unrest. I don't know how many people are sleeping peacefully, in Pu Cheng's room, he sat at the head of the bed, his eyes were a little distracted, as if he had something on his mind, and it took a long time to turn off the light. Pu Yi's room was directly opposite Pu Cheng's room, she secretly saw through the window that the lights in Pu Cheng's room were out, she was relieved, she cared about this brother very much, because Pu Cheng was the only relative in this world. These two sisters and brothers were originally the children of a large family, and they could have lived a stable life, but because their parents died one after another, only the two of them were left to rely on each other, and they parted several times in life and death, Xu Su's father Xu Changfeng took them in with pity. After they followed Xu Su to the mansion, although Pu Yi relied on his own ability to make an exception to become the chief catcher, but since the existence of Kaifeng Mansion, no woman has ever become a head catcher, and there are always gossips in the mansion. For her, just ignoring these rumors, she just wants to protect her brother, and it is enough to have a safe place.

Xu Su took Yazhi to decorate the room, he had some doubts in his heart, but he avoided saying anything, casually introduced Kaifeng Mansion to Yazhi and chatted about some short things in the parents by the way, and left. Xu Su knew that the arrest in Kaifeng Mansion was decided by the prefect Lord Zhang, and since Lord Zhang spoke, then this person did not need to be suspicious. Xu Su is not obsessed with one thing like Pu Cheng, he trusts Master Zhang, and he sleeps most peacefully this night.

In a blink of an eye, Mrs. Zhang was still worried about whether Mrs. Zhang was in danger, but Mrs. Zhang ignored Mrs. Zhang's concern and thought about Ya Cheng alone. He didn't want to let him know the truth after Yazhi's incident, maybe because he was worried that this sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy would be a painful blow to him after he found out, and Master Zhang himself knew in his heart that this was a delaying strategy, in short, he would understand this matter sooner or later, maybe it would be better to know in another way?

Yazhi extinguished the light, took off his coat and put it on the hanger, lying on the bed and unconsciously recalling the days in the Liang Wangfu a while ago. Before the attack on the Nalan family, Yazhi, who had reached the age of fifteen, was ordered by his adoptive father Nalan Rongque to leave home, which was a "compulsory course" for every man in the Nalan family who had reached the age of fifteen, and could not return home to receive the gift of the weak crown until he was about nineteen or twenty years old. Although Yazhi is an adopted son, he is no exception. It's just that he has a special task, which is to personally send his sister Nalan Zhishui to Liang Wangfu, when they just left home, Nalan's family was attacked, he always felt that his adoptive father Nalan Rongque seemed to know that there would be a fight, and when he learned the news, he turned back and wanted to investigate the matter, but he didn't expect that there were people chasing and killing all the way, they could be said to have fled to Liang Wangfu, and then returned to calm when they arrived at the palace, a lot of strange things, he wanted to know about this matter, Liang Wang did not say it on the surface, but recommended him to Kaifeng Mansion, which made Yazhi more sure that there must be an article。

The night had been spent with their hearts and minds, and in the early morning some birds flew down in the courtyard and flew away again. Yazhi had breakfast early, met Xu Su in the corridor, and went to Shensi Hall with him. After a while, Master Zhang and the Pu brothers and sisters also came.

"My lord, what bothers you?" asked Xu Su.

"Recently, a group of robbers have been causing restlessness. Lord Zhang helped his forehead.

"Robber?" Pu Cheng also frowned.

"Yes, because they are not people. ”

"It's not human, how do you say that?" Pu Cheng said.

"'Not a person' means that something suddenly disappears there, and you can't see who stole it. Twelve cases in a row are all in this way. ”

"But it's ordinary. If you see that thief, is it considered stealing?" said Pu Cheng solemnly.

"What did he steal?" Yazhi suddenly asked, "I'm afraid it's something that he stole is extraordinary." ”

"Yes, he stole a little girl about fifteen years old. Master Zhang picked up the teacup. "Actually, it's a disappearance, and there is no eyewitness. Twelve girls are missing, this number is the largest number of cases accepted by Kaifeng Prefecture, this number is staggering. There are even some ordinary people who think that this is not man-made, but that they have offended some ghosts and gods and received a curse. ”

"A person disappears for no reason, perhaps for its own reasons. But twelve people disappeared one after another, and there was something wrong with that. Pu Cheng said.

"Yes. If we don't act, I'm afraid there will be girls who will go missing. Master Zhang suddenly sighed as he spoke, "But it's very difficult to prevent this, Kaifeng is so big, how many families have this girl about fifteen years old." The number of people is too large, and some are difficult to start. ”

Yazhi sat there and listened to what Master Zhang said. He shook his fan gently: "There is also a way, you can first investigate from the missing person's home, and the family can draw some conclusions about the girl's appearance and characteristics at the time and place of disappearance." ”

"Yazhi, what you say is possible. Xu Su nodded.

"All we can do at the moment is investigate and wait. This can affect the speed with which cases can be closed. Yazhi said calmly.

"Well, that's the way it can be. Master Zhang said helplessly, he glanced at Pu Yi: "Pu Yi, you are the same age." Besides, you're not suitable for this case, this time you're going to do the logistics. ”

"Master Zhang, I can do it. Puy's expression was a little lost.

"Lord Zhang is also thinking about your safety. You don't think too much about it. Xu Su hurriedly comforted her. Yazhi looked at it in his eyes, and it seemed that Xu Su cared a little about Pu Yi. Pue didn't speak the whole time, and his expression was in a trance, as if he was a little uncomfortable.

"I also think what Mr. Zhang said is reasonable. In this way, I will replace you when I go out of the palace, and you can still participate in the case. In this way, it is not against the will of Master Zhang, and you can also participate. Yazhi got up, came to her, and said softly, "I don't know what Miss Pu thinks." ”

Poi looked at Yazhi, it was too dark last night, and when he came to her, it was the first time he could see him clearly. Pu Yi saw the white marble jade pendant engraved with the word "Nalan" on his waist, and suddenly his eyes were bright. Then Poi saw the saber on Yazhi's waist in a blink of an eye, and he was stunned, and did not answer Yazhi's words.

Seeing this, Yazhi felt a little embarrassed and said again: "Miss Pu?"

"Ahh Well, as you say. Poi reacted, hurriedly answered Yazhi's words, and turned his head away from him.

"Okay, that's it. Seeing that Pu Yi agreed, Lord Zhang didn't say anything more. At this time, an officer and soldier came in and said something in Master Zhang's ear. I saw him shouting, "Come in." "It was a short old man who heard the sound.

"This is the owner of the tailor shop, helping our new head catcher to tailor a new official uniform. After speaking, the prefect walked over to the bookshelf, took out a rectangular brocade box from below, and said to Yazhi with a smile: "This is a unique waist card for head catching, put it away." ”

"Thank you, sir. Yazhi took the box and opened it gently, only to see a sign lying quietly in the box, which was a waist card made of silver, with four big characters carved on it, Lishu font, and the word was black and colored. Under the illumination of the lights, what dazzling, domineering. Yazhi was shocked when she saw this waist card, Lord Zhang actually gave him such an identity, maybe because it was Lord Liang.

Then the short old man came in, took a long ruler and drew it casually, and opened his mouth to ask, "How tall are you?"

"Seven and a half feet. ”

"You broke into Kaifeng Mansion last night?" said the short old man, yawning.

"yes, that's right," Yazhi smiled.

The short old man's eyes flashed, and he also smiled, as if he knew something, and wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything, and then he suddenly said proudly: "You are really thin, you need to make up for it." ”

"Thank you, I have received your heart. Yazhi glanced at the short old man, with a heavy murderous intent. "You have to care about yourself, don't you? ”

"You...... Hmph!"