When I entered Hangzhou City, I realized how small Qingdi Township I had been to before.

Hangzhou is built on all sides, half brick and half wood, the middle of the brick layer must be mixed with loess tamping, three layers are connected to the avenue, there is a canal bubbling through on one side, and the West Lake is located on the west side of the city. There were five land gates in the walls, and three more gates were located on the water for ships to enter and exit.

Three people come from the west, take the road into Yongjinmen, three arch bridges are erected on the river, under the bridge is the water of Xizi Lake, the sound of small caravan oars is endless, and the tourists are endless. Zhao Wu'an looked at the couplet above the city tower in a daze, "Chang Yan is connected to Qingbo to see the water and sky, and the high-rise buildings are even surrounded by fireworks in the downtown area", and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.

"The gate of Hangzhou City, we are exquisite. Hu Buxi pointed solemnly, "Like rowing boats outside the Yongjin Gate, silk baskets outside the dam gate, fish baskets outside the Baiguan Gate, and incense baskets outside the Qiantang Gate, even I, a northerner, can still talk about it." Tsk, this Hangzhou city is really not ordinary. Boss, you see that there is Qiantang Gate, there are many Buddhist temples, anyway, I haven't been there, I don't believe this. He shook his head, like a local.

Zhao Wu'an smiled faintly: "You look like an old Hangzhou." ”

"Ouch, that's not it!" Hu Buxi patted his chest smugly, "Although I just became the head catcher of Liangzhejiang, I have lived in Hangzhou for five or six years. Oh, of course, it's still not as good as the boss's experience of traveling all over the country, as long as the boss is willing, Lao Hu will not go to the yamen in the past two days, so I will accompany you to take a turn twice in this Hangzhou city!"

Zhao Wu'an said: "I really haven't been to Hangzhou. ”

Walking through the deep wall hole, you can see the scenery of Hangzhou, and the five bridges and thirteen docks are exhibiting the banners, which are the local abundant Hangzhou textiles. Along the way, Zhao Wu'an also saw a lot of mulberry trees along the way. The peasant woman makes a living from mulberry and hemp, and the satin spinning woven out of it has its own beautiful color in the south of the Yangtze River.

"Then old Hu, I'll take you shopping!" Hu Buxi responded boldly, waved his hand, and strode in front of the meteor. Zhao Wu'an took a few steps forward and reached out to hold him.

"Let's investigate the case first. Zhao Wu'an's expression was complicated.

Hu Buxi was stunned.

Zhao Wu'an turned his gaze away, pretended to look at the small paper umbrella on the street, and said lightly: "The case is not clear, how can you have the heart to take me to have a good time in this area." ”

Although it has been a long time since they have been separated, Hu Buxi's indifferent posture is also very familiar to Zhao Wuan. Hearing him say this, Hu Buxi also realized instantly, put away his stunned expression, and said with a smile: "Okay, then I won't toss." If you are eager to investigate the case, this will take you to the yamen. ”

When he turned around and took another step, he was already solemn and composed. Dailou Sangyu slowly followed behind the two, deliberately leaving a short distance, and smiled shallowly.

Diagonally through half of the lively Hangzhou City, Hu Buxi took the two of them into the mansion with a wide courtyard. The yamen of the state city is really no better than the small township, and it looks like it is magnificent from the outside. Seeing that Hu Buxi was coming, the two doorkeepers bowed and saluted without the slightest doubt, and then opened the side door to welcome the distinguished guests in.

Zhao Wu'an asked Dailou Sangyu to go in before him, and finally glanced back at the noisy street market, and asked idly: "What has happened so much recently?"

The doorman didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly bowed his head and replied: "The sect master of the Tianxian Sect in Yuhang Town, who has been married to the Meng family for fifteen years, and this year also happens to be the eightieth birthday of the sect master's biological father. ”

Zhao Wu'an nodded, didn't make a sound, and raised his feet and entered the door. Hu Buxi didn't mention anything about this kind of major event on the way here, obviously he had other plans. Hu Buxi doesn't mention it now, and he will definitely say it in the future, but what was the purpose at that time, Zhao Wu'an was a little difficult to guess.

Zhao Wu'an and Dailou Sangyu didn't have any luggage all the way, and the sword box was carried closely, Hu Buxi simply didn't give the two of them a chance to rest, and took them directly to a bright room in the side hall, and there were sentry officials everywhere outside the house.

Zhao Wu'an sighed: "In the end, Hangzhou, a small yamen, there are so many guards." ”

"This is not a recent big case, Assassin Shi asked from all sides, and I am also very annoyed, I don't want to be watched by them all day long. Hu Buxi took down a handful of files from the bookshelf and handed them to Zhao Wu'an, "Sit casually, Lao Hu doesn't have any great skills, in this small place, no one dares to say one and two." ”

Zhao Wu'an casually picked a chair and sat down, unloaded the sword box and put it beside him, Dailou Sangyu looked around, as if he didn't know where to sit, so he simply sat on the sword box with his ass, and gently tapped the side of the sword box with his verdant ten fingers.

Zhao Wu'an didn't stop it, and buried his head in the file.

The first person died last winter, and it was a cold winter, but he was burned beyond recognition in his bed, and his whole body was charred black, and you can imagine how painful it was when he died. The deceased's name is Xu Tangli, who moved here from Liangzhou in the northwest 20 years ago, lived alone in the northeast corner of Hangzhou, had a withdrawn temperament, and no relatives came to claim it for a long time after his death, and until the day before the body was found, someone testified that Xu Tangli had gone out. After the autopsy, it was found that there were no signs of poisoning, and he set himself on fire for no reason in the winter, and there was really no second explanation other than suicide.

"This case is closed?" Zhao Wu'an looked at the red circle at the end of the file.

"The case was already closed. There are very few clues that can be found at the scene, and the fire on the deceased's body can burn so fiercely that it is very likely that the body is smeared with fire oil. An empty barrel was also found in the corner, with traces of fire oil in it. Nothing was missing from the deceased's home, only a reddish mark on his finger. Hu Buxi sat in the Taishi's chair, his hands crossed on his stomach, and his expression was indifferent, "These clues are available in the back of the file." ”

Every time he posed this pose and showed this expression, Zhao Wu'an knew that this dead fat man with no lower limit was starting to get serious. Thinking seriously and practicing seriously, this was the case ten years ago and now, Hu Buxi has never slackened off in the slightest.

But two months later, on the fourth day of the first lunar month, another one died. ”

Zhao Wu'an turned the second page. The second deceased was found lying on the beach with a distorted expression, and after a dismemberment, a large amount of seawater was found in his lungs, apparently drowned. But the place where he fell was at the bottom of the levee, thirty feet from the sea, and even if the tide was high, it would not have been possible to wash him there.

In the throat of the second person, a ring was found, and the word Tang Li was engraved on the north side.

In other words, the ring on the body of the deceased Xu Tangli appeared on the body of the deceased Pang Hai. Zhao Wu'an said lightly, "Moreover, Xu Tangli was only removed from the ring after he was killed, so he left traces and was not scorched." Pang Hai was also found thirty feet from the sea. This means that the killer waited until both men were dead before leaving the scene. During the time when Pang Hai was drowning and Xu Tangli was burned, he had been watching from the side. ”

Hu Buxi nodded, pretending to be relieved: "It's worthy of you, there are only two people, and you have caught the characteristics of his murder." Pang Hai is different from Xu Tangli, his family is in Wenzhou, and he has also relied on the savings of his ancestors to collect a lot of industries, although he is an unpopular businessman, but he does have a lot of money. ”

Zhao Wu'an flipped the first two pages back and forth, frowning: "This Pang Hai, it shouldn't have anything to do with Hangzhou?"

"Yes. This murderer has traveled all over the two provinces, and there is no common sense in killing people, but he clearly tells us that he did it. Hu Buxi said.

Zhao Wu'an turned the third page.

The third deceased, named Guo Feng, was killed on the fourth day of February, and a native of Yangzhou was hanged under an old tree on a barren mountain outside the city. He had learned some martial arts and worked as a gentleman in a martial arts hall in the city, but he died with a terrified expression. The back of the head was hit hard, and a piece of jade Ruyi stolen from Pang Hai's body fell from his feet, stained with blood. There are multiple strangulation marks on his neck and marks on his ankles.

"He was shot in the back of the head, maybe knocked out, and then he was taken out of the city. Zhao Wu'an said this, paused, and shook his head, "Yangzhou is prosperous, and the access control is not strict, as long as it is covered up a little, it shouldn't be too difficult." Then, when he woke up, he tied the rope and hanged him. ”

"Are you bold?" Hu Buxi raised his eyebrows with a serious face.

The fourth deceased, killed on the fourth day of the third month, was a middle-aged monk who became a monk on Kuocang Mountain in Taizhou. This time he died cleanly, he was directly hit in the back of the head by a stone, and then his head was smashed into a blur of flesh and blood, and the Diamond Sutra in his arms was gone, but there was a copy of Guo Feng's self-compiled fist scripture. According to the investigation, the monk's lay name is Deng Lei.

Zhao Wu'an raised his eyes: "According to their names, come up with a way to kill." ”

"That's right. Leaving is fire, and others are also dying in the place indicated by their names. Hu Buxi nodded, "But, the fifth person, he finally showed his feet." ”

Zhao Wuan flipped to the end.

The fifth deceased, Shi Huan, was found on a cruise ship in West Lake, with a pale complexion, a withered body, suspected to have died of respiratory exhaustion, and a bowl of viscous wine was still warm in the small red clay stove next to him.

"Wine is poisonous. Hu Buxi crossed his hands on the table, "There is no case in this part of the case, it's all in my head, you must know what I said, mulberry juice, iron wine jug, and nightshade." ”

Zhao Wu'an's brows furrowed.

"But this poison alone can't kill anyone. Shi Huan's case is very strange. Hu Buxi said, "The cabin is sprinkled with fragments of a Diamond Sutra, which should be determined to be Deng Lei's." We went to ask the fishermen at the wharf, and they all said that Shi Huan was alone when he rented a boat and left, only carrying a bottle of fine wine, and did not add fragrance to his red sleeves, saying that he wanted to swim in the West Lake alone and cultivate his talents in his chest. ”

"When did you leave?"

"Morning. The body was found at dusk. It was when the cruise ship returned to the port, and someone saw Shi Huan's boat drifting farther and farther, worried that he would not be able to return to deliver it, so he wanted to remind him, and then he found out about the tragedy. ”

Zhao Wu'an wrenched his fingers: "The cause of death is unknown, the way the murderer appeared and left is unknown, the time of death is unknown, the murderer tore a full full copy of the Diamond Sutra, there are no witnesses, and it is also very strange." ”

"There's one more. Hu Buxi said, "These five deceased, starting from Hangzhou and ending in Hangzhou, drew a big circle around the two Zhejiang roads. The spearhead of the murderer is directed at my two Zhejiang chief catchers. ”

Zhao Wu'an stood up and pointed to the page of Shi Huan on the file, "This case happened recently, and there are the most suspicious points, let's go to this scene to take a look first." After finishing speaking, he probably felt that the atmosphere was too dull, and said with a light smile, "Let's also take a tour of West Lake by the way." ”

Hu Buxi and Dailou Sangyu followed and got up. Zhao Wu'an put away the file, looked back and saw Dailou Sangyu's eyes shining, and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?"

"Not really. Dailou Sangyu replied briefly, "I just think that the appearance of the two of you investigating the case is a bit good-looking." ”