Chapter 17: Kirin Izumo
Another drop of sweat cut down his cheek.
Tang Lingshu took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and looked at me.
A white handkerchief, I guess this handkerchief also has a faint scent of green tea. Shaking my head with a smile, I lifted my cuffs and wiped the sweat off my face.
Tang Lingshu also smiled and wiped the fine sweat on his face with a handkerchief.
Little Sesame ran over and asked me, "Miss, do you want to drink Yu Ice Tea now?"
I blinked, and she jumped up and ran back.
"Let's go, have some tea. I invited.
Tang Lingshu and I walked side by side and came to a rockery. The stone steps are very wide, and the two of them walk together without feeling crowded. The stone steps on the rockery lead to the top of the mountain, and the highest point is three stories high.
Tang Shengyuan was already sitting on a stone bench in the pavilion, with a bowl of rice juice in front of him. When Xiao Sesame saw me and Tang Lingshu coming up, he opened the cowhide wine bag and filled the two small bowls.
The wind dance in the sky gradually dispersed for nine days.
Take a sip of rain iced tea, which is cold in the mouth and slightly fragrant with rice. When the tea is in my throat, I feel the warmth of the wine.
Tang Lingshu sipped the rain ice tea, although there were no words, he could see the ease and tranquility in his expression.
Although the name of Yu Ice Tea is tea, it is actually wine. Tang Shengyuan couldn't drink rain ice tea, but the rice juice in front of him was carefully made by Magu, which was sweet and delicious. He drank one bowl and added another.
The little sesame took out the fire fold and lit the lamp in the pavilion.
When I looked up again, night fell quietly. As far as the eye could see, all the gardens and roads in the courtyard were lit up. The earth fell silent, and the wind clothed itself in a mysterious dance costume.
On a whim, Little Sesame began to tell ghost stories. I saw that Tang Lingshu didn't object, so I let her talk nonsense.
"There is a young lady, she cut her hair short for a while when she was a child, and the girls and ladies around her disliked her as a tomboy and didn't like to play with her, and there were no boys of the same age around at that time, so she could only play alone. ”
But one day, a strange little girl who was no more than two years older than her appeared next to the young lady, and she was willing to play with her, and the two of them went hand in hand. ”
"Incredibly, when the young lady's hair grows, the little girl will never be found again. Moreover, no one in the family had the impression of seeing the little girl except herself. Everyone around her said that she must have remembered it wrong, or because there was no one to play with her, she imagined a playmate out of thin air. ”
But an aunt who watched her grow up said that when the young lady was younger, she saved an injured white rabbit. The little white rabbit was very beautiful and unusual, and according to the description of the young lady, the mysterious little girl actually looked a little like the little white rabbit. My aunt guessed that maybe the little white rabbit had come to repay the favor. ”
Little Sesame said that the sound is colorful, and the hands are dancing. Tang Shengyuan seemed to believe it a little, but for some reason, he glanced at me halfway.
"Where did that little white rabbit go after it was healed?" Tang Shengyuan was really curious.
"Put it back in the woods, of course. "Little Sesame is not ambiguous at all.
Tang Shengyuan began to think seriously.
"Brother Shengyuan, don't listen to little sesame nonsense, she likes to tell ghost stories the most. I explained.
Tang Shengyuan glanced at Xiao Sesame.
Little Sesame snorted, unimpressed.
"It's getting dark, second brother, it's time for us to leave. Tang Lingshu said.
Little Sesame had to take out two lanterns as if they were playing tricks, and lit them, the lantern in the shape of a rabbit was given to Tang Shengyuan, and the lantern in the shape of a full moon was given to Tang Lingshu.
I stared at the lantern in Tang Lingshu's hand, how familiar it looked, isn't this my one? This little sesame seed is really not interesting, and he actually gave away his young lady's belongings privately.
Tang Shengyuan had just listened to the ghost story of the little white rabbit, and when he saw the lantern in the shape of a little rabbit, he was a little nervous, but his face was still very calm, and he walked in the front alone. Little Sesame followed behind him, almost covering her mouth and snickering.
Sending the two sons of the Tang family away, Xiao Sesame shook in front of me, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Miss, the boxing is not bad?"
I smiled at her a few times, calmed down on a face, lay on the chaise longue next to me, and crossed Erlang's legs.
Xiao Sesame frowned, clasped his hands on his chest, and criticized me: "Have you seen Leng Ye again recently, look at how many stinky things you have learned from him." ”
As soon as I closed my eyes, I couldn't hear anything. Probably.
The next day, Tang Lingshu saw that I was fine, so he said goodbye to Yuefu with Tang Shengyuan, set off, and returned to Zizhou while touring.
I thought I'd never been to Taneshu before, and I considered going along. The flying pigeon sent another text message at an inopportune time, saying: Kirin Izumo. So I dispelled the idea of going to Zizhou and said goodbye to the two of them one by one.
Before leaving, Tang Lingshu invited me to visit Zizhou when I had time, just like the last time I left a letter in Yunfu.
I readily agreed.
A person walked on the street, and when he looked up, he saw a wooden plaque, with gold characters on a black background, on which were written three vigorous and handsome big characters: Wo Mengxuan.
Fingers hooked a small folding fan from the sleeve and shook it into the threshold.
Today, the little rabbit himself went out to entertain a few exotic guests at the table and chair on one side, speaking in a language he didn't understand. No wonder, Xiaotu is not from the Central Plains, and he can't tell where he comes from, but he is born with a high talent for language, and exotic languages are all at his fingertips.
When the little rabbit saw me, he pointed upstairs with his eyes, which means that Leng Yijun is also picking up customers upstairs.
Business is so good? No, I have to ask my "brother" for some pocket money.
There were stairs on both sides of the back door on the first floor, and I picked the stairs on the right hand side to go upstairs. The second floor is a private room, where some business that is more private but does not need to choose another location will be discussed. Sure enough, although the sound insulation effect of the doors, windows and walls is good, calm down, I still heard Leng Yijun's voice. It seems to be getting to the point.
I lifted my feet and prepared to continue upstairs. Suddenly, I heard a door open behind me.
Turning his head, he saw Leng Yijun poking out a head, also looking at me, and asked me with a mouth shape: Is there something wrong with my brother?
I spread my hand and said not at all.
He waved at me, saying, "Let's play with myself."
I continued upstairs with the soft sound of the door closing behind me.
The third floor is also a private room, but the easternmost one is Leng Yijun's office. Every two days and the first two days of the month, Leng Yijun would listen to the guys in Wo Mengxuan report on their work in the past two days in this room.
Today is the day of his office.
I pushed the door open and entered, and saw that the tea set was already set on the tea table in front of the window, and the small tea stove was covered with a lid, and the charcoal fire inside had probably been temporarily removed.
Turn around and close the door.
Leng Yijun's desk had nothing but pen and inkstone, blank paper, and a ruler. Usually this place is not locked, so the business information will not be placed in the room, but by the hands of their own custody, each task list is executed and feedback, are directly into the warehouse for filing.
I opened the window, sat down at the tea table, tried the teapot, and it was still hot. I picked a teacup on the side and poured myself a drink.
From the window, you can see the front two street scenes, which are the bustling areas of Cheongju. If Chen Yifei is here, he will definitely like the scenery in front of him. I haven't seen him for many days, do you want to pass by Liuzhou to see him?
Just as he was thinking, someone approached and knocked on the door.
I didn't plan to answer, but suddenly shouted outside the door: "Second Miss." ”
"Second Miss" is what the people of Wo Mengxuan and Leng Mansion call me. Leng Yijun is my senior brother, and I am his only junior sister, so I am naturally ranked second. Usually there are many people here, and people in both places call me Second Miss.
"Come in. I replied.
The one who pushed the door in was the person who was lying in the dream, and I knew him. He has bright eyes and a muscular build, and is good at gathering intelligence and tracking.
Some of the strange people under Womengxuan's door are because Leng Yijun knows heroes, and when they were still in the people's nobody, they were brought back to Womengxuan by Leng Yijun, like a little rabbit;
"Ghost King, long time no see. "An Liqing's whereabouts are as elusive and elusive as a ghost, and the people of Womengxuan like to call him the Ghost King.
An Liqing smiled: "Second Miss, long time no see." ”
"Is it about the killers of the Underworld Battalion?" I asked.
An Liqing smiled again and said, "Second Miss is worthy of having a seven-trick exquisite heart. ”
"There are very few killer organizations that can survive on the rivers and lakes for many years and are well-known to everyone. The Hades Barracks only operates at night, and it is quiet at night, and it is easy to hear some slight noises, so it is difficult to track them. ”
"Yucang sent an accident, and Wo Mengxuan must have spread the news from Pingcheng in Beizhou to Mocheng in Qingzhou as soon as possible. I received news the day before yesterday, that is, on the 25th day of Puyue, that the murderer of the Yucang Sect case would appear at the junction of Jiangcheng and Yucheng that night. ”
"The news will be sent from Pingcheng in Beizhou to Mocheng in Cheongju in three hours at the earliest, and after that, Lord Xuan will make arrangements and pass on the whereabouts news that he received again. The Pluto Battalion was not equipped with Maxima, and they only traveled at night, and the route was in the territory of Beizhou, starting from Pingcheng, passing through the mall, and then to Yucheng. ”
"So I guessed that the case of the Jade Cang Sect happened on the night of the 23rd, and in such a short period of time, it was able to lock the target and accurately predict their whereabouts after that, except for the Ghost King, there should be no second person. ”
An Liqing's personality was straightforward, and he nodded in agreement: "Yes, the case did happen on the evening of the 23rd. At three o'clock on the morning of the 23rd, the contact point in Pingcheng sent the news to the headquarters of Womengxuan in an urgent manner, and at the same time sent the message to the stations throughout the territory. As long as my whereabouts cross the city boundary, I will report to the headquarters of Womengxuan. Coincidentally, when I received the news, I was in Lucheng, the northernmost part of Yanzhou. At the beginning of the 23rd, I received a secret order from Lord Xuan to go to Pingcheng to find out the case. ”
"Half an hour later, I was at Wang Yifu's house. Their bodies have been taken away by the government for routine examinations and filings, so I focused on analyzing the various traces in the courtyard of the house and the bedrooms of several people. The places of death of several of the victims were sealed and the rooms were not far from each other. ”
"After inquiry, that night, Wang Yifu and his most favored concubine Wu lived together, in the West Courtyard, Wu had a son, who also lived in the West Courtyard, Wang Yifu's wife Zhang rested in the North Courtyard, another concubine Zhao and her daughter lived in the East Courtyard, and Wang Yifu's eldest son lived alone in the South Courtyard. Early in the morning of the 24th, the Jade Cang Sect had a collective morning exercise, and when the maids woke up their masters, they found that they were dead. ”
Wang Yifu's wife, Zhang, likes flowers and plants, and the four walls of the courtyard are covered with green grass. On the grass on the northeast side, several traces of trampling were found. It is inferred from the wound where the grass was trampled that the time was three quarters after the sub-hour. ”
"I heard that the Zhao family in the East Courtyard does not sleep well, and even if they light the sleep aid incense, they usually fall asleep after three minutes. And she always dreams and tosses and turns in her sleep. In this regard, her maid complained a lot, because she had to stay up late with her, and when she got up the next day, in addition to folding the quilt, even the mattress had to be tidied up together. The maid also said, don't look at this Zhao family's beauty, but unfortunately the sleep is poor, and the sleep is not good, so after the first child gave birth to a daughter, the lord was reluctant to come to the East Courtyard more. ”
"I entered this Zhao's room, but found that her mattress was not messy, only scratches on the position of her hands in a flat position. This shows that when she was killed, Zhao at least did not fall into a deep sleep, she heard the movement and saw the murderer, but she didn't have time to react, and after her hands tightened nervously, she stopped breathing. From this, I judged that the time of her death was about three minutes after the child. ”
"Zhao's daughter slept next door, and she should have been killed at the same time. ”
"Wang Yifu's eldest son inherited his father and loved women. Often beckoned a maid into the room around the hour, and the two of them tossed in the house until the time of the day. These things are handled by his personal servant. On the night of his murder, the prince also had a maid, but when he was found the next morning, he was lying alone on the bed, maintaining a sleeping position. The maid also defended herself by saying that she had not noticed anyone else while she was in the room. ”
"Prince Wang also has a habit. The reason is that he has a slight habit of cleanliness, and whenever he has sex with a maid, he will wipe his body in the room with hot water and towels that have been prepared, change his clothes and bed sheets, and throw them on the hanger, and his personal servants will take them away and wash them the next day. According to the information I obtained, the next morning, the little maid did see the changed clothes and bed sheets, which means that after the night was over, the prince was killed, after falling asleep quickly due to exhaustion. I speculate that he was killed, at least a moment later. ”
"Wang Yifu's concubine Wu's son is still young, only four years old, and he sleeps with his wet nurse at night. The wet nurse is not very old, she also gave birth to a child four years ago, and now she is in her early twenties. As the saying goes, it's not a family, you don't enter a family. The nurse is also a restless master. She looks a little good, and after feeding the child, she becomes more and more feminine, and she often has private meetings with the head of the yard after the little boy is asleep. This is more than half an hour. ”
"But it's hard to say about people's blessings, but half an hour of private meeting saved her life. I learned that the time of their private meeting was from 6 o'clock to 2 o'clock. ”
Finally, Wang Yifu and his concubine Wu family. Wu is very good at being a man, knowing that Wang Yifu's sleep is not very good, and he doesn't like to hear the sound of doors and windows opening and closing, so he re-ordered the doors and windows and door frames and window frames, using special soft wood, which opens and closes silently. But if the nails are long and sharp, it is easy to leave marks on them. ”
"I found marks of my fingernails on the door frame, and there was a highly toxic powder on them. Cai Qizhi never uses poison, and these highly toxic powders make me feel very strange. Comparing the direction and strength of the marks, I deduced the killer's gesture of opening the door and the posture of his arms, and further speculated that the murderer was half a head shorter than me. ”
"The weapon of Cai Qi's killing is to use a needle, usually a light and shadow, the needle is thrown into the body, fast and ruthless, killing people in ignorance. As a weapon, the needle is difficult to control and requires years of practice. If the murderer is not Cai Qi, these needles as murder weapons can only be pierced. ”
"The speed of the piercing is slow, and there will be pain, especially for Wang Yifu, who doesn't sleep well and has a martial arts background. Once Wang Yifu is awakened, the sensitive Wu family, who is sleeping next to him, will also wake up immediately. Therefore, the murderer needs to be cautious, either through acupuncture points or through the use of poison. ”
"Therefore, it is very likely that the murderer will use poison that the government cannot identify, and let Wang Yifu and Wu ingest it before the silver needle is pierced. The best thing to do is to let them inhale it together. ”
"As for the time of death, it is similar to that of the prince Wang, but it is a little different. Wu is extremely beautiful, and men are all moved when they see it. They closed the door and turned off the lights at half of the hour, and the movements of the two in the house were not small, and the maids who were close could hear it clearly. ”
Wang Yifu also has a habit, he will wake up when the time is about to pass, and once again have a chat with the concubine who is still asleep. On his sheets, I found two distinct, distinct traces of time. The next day, when the two men were found dead, they were sleeping on their own side and appeared to be asleep. Therefore, I speculate that the time of their death is around the time of the sub-hour. ”
I listened quietly to An Liqing's explanation, and although he was a little explicit, we didn't care. Probably because he had seen my murderous killing methods, he only regarded me as a ruthless Xuan master's sister.
So I continued to listen with a look on my face.
"Summing up the above time of death, in order, it should be that Wang Yifu and Wu were killed when they were in the son, then the youngest daughter, who was killed in the first moment of the child, the third to be killed by the eldest prince of the son, the time of death was the second quarter of the child, then the Zhao family and the eldest daughter, the time of death was the third quarter of the child, and finally the Zhang family, the time was the fourth quarter of the child. ”
"Regarding the identity of the murderer, I heard that there was a small servant in the courtyard that night and saw three skeleton shadows flying on the eaves, and I was almost stunned, so I immediately ignored it and ran back to the house to lie down. ”
"The size of the skeleton, coupled with the highly poisonous powder, I thought of the Hades Battalion, which was also a killer organization. went to Pingcheng to inquire carefully, and sure enough, someone in the forest at the junction of Beizhou and Hongzhou also saw three thin people. ”
"The Underworld Battalion is good at using poison, and they have recently developed a colorless and odorless poison that works by inhaling into the body. This situation further matched the Hades Camp and the Yucang Faction case. Based on what I knew about them, I deduced their route at midnight on the 24th, waited for the rabbits, and sure enough, I found them at the junction of Beizhou Mall and Hongzhou Lucheng. So I reported their evacuation route to Lord Xuan and continued to follow them. ”
"Late at night on the 25th, the three killers of the Pluto Battalion arrived at the intended location, and my mission was completed. An Liqing explained the process in detail, this is a trust in me, and it should also be Leng Yijun's order.
"Find out the truth in the shortest possible time and make everything possible, Ghost King, thank you for your explanation, I have heard it very clearly. I said.
An Liqing didn't know my other identity, the Blue Killer of Cai Qi Killing, but if he had seen the bodies of the three Hades Camp killers, he would definitely find traces of the death of these three people, which I had caused.
"Nothing else, I'll take my leave. An Liqing finally completed the new task assigned to him.
"Hmm. I nodded, and each fist clasped with him.
Looking at the sky, it has darkened unconsciously, and then look at the dripping stone carvings on the side, just after Shen, it seems that there is a heavy rain coming.
In order to avoid the rain, it is better for me to go home early.
Coming down from the third floor, passing by the second floor, I heard Leng Yijun still talking with the guests inside. I took out my finger-length flute from my waist and blew a string of bird calls to tell him that I had had enough fun and that I had gone home by myself.
Continuing downstairs, the bunny and the exotic guests are gone.
Going out, walking two streets, halfway through, suddenly a drop of rain fell on my head, followed by another drop. Soon, the ground was covered with large raindrops.
Isn't it? Suddenly I heard the exclamations of many women all around, and they were all frightened by the speed of the heavy rain.
I couldn't help it, and I laughed.
Just as I was about to lift my feet and perform a light effort, a delicate paper umbrella appeared on my head.
I looked up and looked to the side: the man was angular, unusually handsome, dressed in a dark blue robe, and looked at me with a cold face. Isn't this Yun Qinglin?
Ah, I remembered, Kirin Izumo, I didn't expect it to come so quickly.