"Su Dongpo said well: 'I don't know the true face of Lushan, only because I am in this mountain. Miao Yizhen sighed lightly: "Alas, Liu Shenzhu and the others just blindly searched the inn, but did not pay attention to the situation around the inn! This practice is tantamount to 'a blind man touching an elephant,' and of course he cannot 'know the true face of Lushan'! As everyone knows, the key point in cracking this case is precisely to 'leave this mountain' in order to get a glimpse of the true appearance! Therefore, this point is the biggest mistake in their investigation of this case. ”

"Everything in the world is interconnected. The best way to study the development and change of a thing is not to study the thing itself, but to study the things related to it. The change of the thing itself is only its appearance, and the change of the thing related to it is often the internal factor that affects its change......"

"My lord said it very well!" Although Gao Jinlou didn't fully understand what he was talking about, Xu Jinshan had already patted his ass just now, so he was naturally not far behind, "After listening to what the adults said, it is really better than reading a book for ten years!"

"Really?" Miao Yizhen glanced at him lightly, didn't bother to pay attention to him, turned his head to look at Zhao Yanhao, and asked, "Yanhao, do you like to read on weekdays?"

"I don't like it. ...... I've only read some martial arts books, or Buddhist scriptures, and so on, but I haven't read much of the other books. ”

"In the future, you should read something else. Miao Yi really said: "Reading can not only gain knowledge and make people more wise, but also cultivate people's temperament and gain inner strength!"

Zhao Yanhao said solemnly: "Yes." Thank you Uncle for your teachings!"

"I can't talk about the teachings, but it's true!" Miao Yizhen said with a smile: "Liu Shen arrested them because they read less books and didn't have enough wisdom, so they couldn't solve this case." ...... Yan Hao, you are a martial arts wizard, with your current cultivation, there are few opponents in the world......"

Zhao Yanhao hurriedly waved his hand to interrupt him, and said sincerely: "What did Uncle Shi say?

"Hey, my own family, you don't have to be humble!" Miao Yizhen smiled, and said with a straight face: "Uncle Shi, my qualifications are dull, my cultivation is limited, and I have nothing to do! But I understand a truth, so I want to tell you: No matter what you do, if you want to reach the highest level, in addition to having fanatical preferences, there is also a very important point - wisdom. So, you have to read more and gain more wisdom. Only in this way can your martial arts be taken to the next level......"

"Hehe, the topic is far away. Miao Yizhen smiled: "Continue to talk about this case." ...... Yan Hao, do you still have any doubts?"

"Yes. ...... I wondered, didn't the inn move eight and a half feet forward? ...... But why didn't they find out about it?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Xu Jinshan's eyes lit up, "This flaw is really not small!"

Miao Yizhen said unhurriedly: "There are three reasons:

First, Wuli Inn is a lonely inn, and there are no other buildings around it as a reference, so it is not easy to find this problem.

Second, the escort team arrived at the inn at night, so there would be a vague sense of the specific location of the inn, so it was impossible to distinguish the difference between eight and a half feet.

Third, Liu Shenzhu only arrived on the sixth day after the crime, that is to say, what they investigated was the inn after the move, and of course they couldn't find out about this problem. ”

"Has the local government sent someone to help?" asked Xu Jinshan.

"I sent a few catchers, but they didn't notice it. Miao Yizhen sighed lightly: "I think that only people who live in this vicinity,—— such as the old farmer,—— who are familiar with every plant and tree in this area, can find out about this ......problem."

Zhao Yanhao, who was thinking about it, suddenly said: "Uncle, the little nephew still has a question: since the inn has been moved, why is it still on the side of the road? Is it that the inn was not on the side of the road before, and it became like this after it was moved? Or was it on the side of the road, but after moving over, it occupied the road, so it was rerouted?"

"Of course you can't change the route, it will become a big flaw!" Miao Yizhen gave him a thumbs up and said with a smile: "Yan Hao, it's really good that you can think of this layer! Let me tell you the reason: because the inn moves parallel to the avenue!"

Zhao Yanhao's eyes flashed, and he asked, "Uncle Shi, I remember that you said before: The inn is facing the avenue!"

"That's the way it is now. Miao Yizhen smiled and said: "I have checked the previous files, and the direction of the inn before the reconstruction was not as it is now, but parallel to the avenue. ”

"Oh, why do you want to sit in the other direction?"

"The innkeeper's statement is: the previous sitting direction is unlucky, so it must be changed. Miao Yizhen sneered: "This is just a trick to try to hide people's ears; Therefore, since the beginning of the investigation, I suspected that the location of this inn is not the same as before. ”

"As it turned out, it was exactly as I expected: we had dug a tunnel at the bottom of the pond that led to the belly of the hill on the right...... Do you know how big that secret passage is?" Miao Yizhen shook his head and sighed, and asked himself: "One hundred and thirty-eight zhang long, ten zhang wide, and one zhang high, enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people!"

The three of them were so amazed that they could hardly believe their ears.

"Tut-tut!" Xu Jinshan exclaimed, "What a big project this should be...... My lord, my subordinates are puzzled: Is the purpose of building such a large secret passage to rob this batch of treasures?"

"Definitely not!" Miao Yizhen said solemnly: "Do you know how long it will take to complete this project? It will take at least five years! Let me ask: Could it be that the builders were able to build a special treasure to rob these treasures before they knew the prophet? Obviously not, but for other purposes!"

"There's no purpose?...... What is it used for?"

Miao Yizhen glanced at him, and stopped talking.

"yes, what the hell was built for?...... Who built it?" Gao Jinlou didn't notice Miao Yizhen's expression, and asked.

"You ask me, who do I ask?" Miao Yizhen sneered and said slowly: "What can be imagined is: If there is no strong financial and material resources, how can such a large project be built......? What can't you do with it?"

The more the three of them listened, the more frightened they became.

"As for the installation mechanism, robbing that treasure is, of course, one of its uses! However, this is not a long-term plan, but a temporary intention......

"Uncle Shi, have you captured the shopkeeper of Nanie?"

"Of course!" Miao Yizhen shook his head and said, "It's just that the shopkeeper Nie is no longer the shopkeeper Nie of the past." ——The shopkeeper Nie is dead, and this shopkeeper Nie is his son!"

"Did he recruit it?"

"What kind of trick is it? Bite it: I don't know at all!" Miao Yizhen sighed lightly: "Perhaps, he really doesn't know!"

"Ah?...... Isn't that the clue broken?"

"Hehe, what's the matter if it's broken?" Miao Yizhen clasped his arms to his chest and said confidently: "Look at it, within a month, the truth will be revealed!"

"Uncle Shi, have you found out?...... Could it be that the Nangong family really did it?"

"Yes. Ninety percent sure!" Miao Yizhen's face turned cold, "So, I'm going to leave tomorrow and go to the Nangong family to get the stolen goods!"

"Take the dirty?...... Uncle Shi, after so many years, will those thieves ...... It's already been spent?"

"Never! You know, those treasures were all registered and handed over to the imperial court. The thief must know that the imperial court has been investigating and secretly visiting, so how can he dare to use it? Isn't that looking for death?"

"My lord, do you think they will invite skilled craftsmen to change some rare treasures into a different style, and then take them out and sell them?" Xu Jinshan's eyes flashed.

"No! As long as those rare treasures are cut and carved, they will become waste!"

"Hehe!" Gao Jinlou said with a smile: "This Nangong family is really, it took all its might to rob it, but it didn't dare to use it!

"This is greed to cause trouble!" Miao Yizhen glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally, which made his heart suddenly nervous, "Perhaps, they didn't think of this layer at all before robbing the treasure, or maybe they wanted to wait until many years later, when the imperial court had forgotten about it, and then take it out and enjoy it slowly......"

Speaking of this, he glanced at Zhao Yanhao, and said in a deep voice: "If you go to the Nangong family here, there will be many obstacles! Yanhao, are you willing to help Uncle Shi, me?"

"Uncle Shi, did you want me to help you handle this case by asking me to wait here?"

"Exactly. Miao Yizhen stared into his eyes and said softly: "If you are willing, I am very happy, if you are not, I will not force it, uncle." ”

Zhao Yanhao was embarrassed, and was silent for a long time, and suddenly said, "But I don't know if the abbot agrees?"

"Oh, don't worry about this, I will write to tell you immediately!" Miao Yizhen smiled: "Senior Brother Abbot understands the righteousness and will definitely agree!"

Zhao Yanhao knew that he couldn't push it back, and said helplessly: "Okay then!"

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Early the next morning, Miao Yizhen led dozens of brocade guards in civilian clothes to march towards Luoyang.

Everyone was on horseback, but a black tarpaulin carriage accompanied the procession, which seemed a little incongruous.

Zhao Yanhao followed Miao Yizhen's side, looked back at the carriage a few times, and finally couldn't help but be curious, and asked, "Uncle Shi, who is sitting in the car?"

"It's that old thief who is Dou Xingkong!" Miao Yizhen smiled: "This person is indispensable to the Nangong family!"

"Oh. Zhao Yanhao nodded, and vaguely understood the reason for taking him there: first, it was to testify against the treasure theft of the Nangong family, and second, only he knew the treasure hiding place of the Nangong family.

All the horsemen were the best river meandering horses, and they were running very fast. Not long after, the carriage was thrown dozens of feet behind by everyone.

The driver was a man in Tsing Yi in his thirties, although he was chasing after him like rain, he still couldn't catch up with everyone.

"Slow down! Wait for Geng Yun!" Miao Yizhen took the lead in reining in the horse and commanded.

Geng Yun finally caught up with the bumpy carriage out of breath, and a low groan of pain came from the carriage.

The crowd marched until noon and entered the boundary of Dengzhou.

The scorching sun was in the sky, it was very hot, Geng Yun was already sweating profusely, and along the way, the moaning sound from time to time in the carriage behind him made him even more irritable, and he couldn't help but scold: "Old thief Dou! What is it called! Annoyed Lao Tzu, kick your dog out of the car and feed the dog!"

Miao Yizhen smiled and persuaded: "Geng Yun, don't be impatient! There is a restaurant not far ahead." After dinner, I'll let Zhang Qingfeng do it for you!"

When I went back to Lixu, I saw the smoke curling over the jujube forest in front of me, and the restaurant with a bamboo fence courtyard loomed in the forest, and the yellow wine flag hanging in front of the door was waving in the wind.

Everyone dismounted next to the wine flag of the "Zaolin Restaurant", tied the horses to the jujube forest, and entered through the open firewood gate.

Entering the gate is a large courtyard, in which there are several large jujube trees with lush branches, which almost completely shade the entire courtyard in the shade, which is very pleasant.

There are seven or eight old gray tables in the courtyard. On the two tables, there are more than a dozen Jianghu guests squatting in big bowls of wine and eating food, which seems to have come all the way.

A Kuiwei brocade guard with an iron chain around his waist walked over and said, "Friends, I'm sorry!" and pointed to the two tables in the corner of the courtyard on the left and said, "Please, move over there; ”

The people at the two tables looked up at him in unison, and then at the large group of companions behind him, some continued to eat and drink with disdain, some glared at him angrily, and some showed a slight timidity, but no one answered.

"Did you hear that?" said the brocade guard with a stiff face.

A tall man in gray grabbed the steel knife on the table, stood up violently, and shouted angrily: "Where did you come from!

"Say it again: did you hear that?" the brocade-clothed guard grimaced, staring at his sword-holding hand, a murderous aura flashing in his eyes.