Lin Fanghe arranged other affairs in the county office, and while pulling out the horse, he took six officials to the Chengxi Martial Arts Hall. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

When I was young, I came to the head of the Shen house.

Inside and outside the high wall, it has long been tightly guarded by soldiers.

Lin Fanghe entered the door, bypassed the shadow wall, and entered the lobby. Then through an ear door from the lobby, there is the study where several people last met.

There was a smell of sandalwood inside and outside the study.

Lin Fanghe raised his feet and stepped over the threshold, raising his eyes to scan the room. The study is square, wide and open, with four windows open on the wall, and the window paper is white and transparent.

In the center of the study is a large carved ebony bookcase.

The study room has all four treasures.

There is a copper candlestick on each side, and on it there is half a candle that has not yet burned out.

On the wall is a picture of a tiger descending from the mountain.

The shelves lining the walls are lined with books and antiques.

Lin Fanghe tucked up his robe and began to carefully inspect everything in the room. Drawers, walls, windows, scrolls, and two-hole ventilation ducts were not spared. Finally, in the dark compartment of the bookshelf, I found a delicate cardboard box.

He opened the cardboard box, which contained nine long squares wrapped in tin foil, neatly arranged in three rows.

Lin Fanghe placed the carton on top of the bookcase.

Pick up a square and use your long fingernails to cut it open, and inside it is an angular and swarthy thing. Pinched in the hand, it was a little soft. He sent it to his nose and sniffed it, and there was a slight smell of medicine.

Lin Fanghe shook his head, put the cube back, closed the lid of the box, and tugged it into his sleeve.

Turn around and walk out of the study.

There are two guards in the hallway.

He didn't stop, and made his way through the cloister to the backyard.

The pine and ancient cypress in the courtyard, the rockery strange stone, the pond contains clear waves, the prosperity is brocade, it is really a garden with pleasant scenery. The main entrance of the hall has been opened, and the officials are busy searching in and out.

Lin Fanghe raised his feet and was just about to go out, when Tang Yu came in and reported: "My lord, in the backyard, I found a suspicious place. Won't you go and have a look?"

"Lead the way in front of the head. ”

The two entered the ear door, passed through a black hole aisle, turned the first moon cave door on the right, and faced a neat bungalow.

There was a large iron lock hanging on the door, but it had been smashed open by the guards and thrown aside.

Tang Yu stretched out his hand to push the door open, leading Lin to let the crane into the house.

When I entered the house, I found that the entire row of houses had no walls, and it was extremely transparent. The room was empty. There is a thick layer of reed mats on the ground, which looks like a warehouse.

Tang Yu was surprised and asked, "Could it be that this is where those disciples in the martial arts hall practice and wrestle, and must fight with swords and guns?"

Lin Fanghe's face was gloomy and he said, "Not necessarily. You see that the cleaning here is very clean and clean, and there is not even a little dust on the reed mats, which is clearly still in use in the last few days. Martial arts practice, how good is the spacious hall in front, the air is smooth, and the body and mind are happy, why bother to toss in such a black hole?"

Tang Yu said: "Then is there a group of murderers and bandits lurking here, specializing in making a living without capital?"

Lin Fanghe smiled: "That's not a bandit's nest? In my opinion, this big tube house is a warehouse." ”

"Warehouse? Shen Wanshan opened a martial arts hall, and he didn't do business, why did he make such a big warehouse?"

"That's hard to say. ”

Lin Fanghe walked to the wall, stroked the brick surface with his hand, knocked lightly, and said, "Look at this, this house has only been built for a short time." Not more than one year. ”

The two men exited the house and hurried down the flat corridor to the inner courtyard.

I walked until I walked to a high courtyard wall, and at the end of it was a large iron gate, and on top of the iron gate was a large lock the thickness of an arm.

Tang Yu said: "I'll find two people and smash it open with a hammer!"

Lin Fanghe waved his hand to stop it, took out a crooked key from his arms, and held it in his hand. Approaching the door, I bent down and inserted the key into the big lock hole, twisted it twice, only to hear a click, and the lock spring jumped open!

He pulls the pin open and pulls it off.

The two of them held the handle hard, and with a rumbling sound, the heavy iron door opened.

Outside the gate is a wide and flat loess road, leading straight into the distance, and finally turned a corner, merging into the official road out of the city at the head of the white jade bridge.

Tang Yu looked at it and looked at it for a long time: "This Shen Wanshan, in the backyard of his house, opened an iron gate, and also built a road. What is the purpose?"

Lin Fanghe smiled silently.

Tang Yu said again: "Today is really the longest day, strange things are continuous, the inspector has arrested the whole city and cast a net to seize the evidence of the crime. The whereabouts of the gold jewelry were found, and Shen Wanshan himself shirked it in every possible way, and then fled mysteriously! Now in the backyard of his house, he actually found strange houses, heavy iron gates, and mysterious dirt roads leading to the official road, all of which really confused me?"

Lin Fanghe raised his eyebrows and said softly, "I seem to have suddenly become a little enlightened......

"Sir, tell me about it. ”

"Let's go, let's go back to the ya. ”

The two left the soldiers to guard the Chengxi Martial Arts Hall, mounted their horses, and returned to the county hall.

As soon as he entered the door, Master Gao reported that the two inspectors, Meng Shouyi and Fang Zheng, were waiting in the second hall.

Lin Fanghe hurriedly drank a cup of tea and walked into the back hall with Tang Yu.

When the two inspectors saw the adults, they hurriedly got up to greet them. Lin Fanghe waved his hand so that they didn't have to be polite, and he also chose a chair to sit down.

Meng Shouyi reported: "According to your wishes, we led a team of soldiers and quickly rushed to Dushan Town. The cargo ship that found Hongyuan Rice Shop in the wharf warehouse had already ordered them to stop the operation and wait for inspection - but they did not catch Shen Wanshan and the others......

Lin Fanghe nodded, feeling very satisfied.

Inspector Fang said: "Although we didn't find Shen Wanshan, we arrested more than 20 of his apprentices and brought them back to the county seat. ”

"Have you been interrogated?" Lin Fanghe was concerned.

"I asked Inspector Meng about it, and these people were all terrified when they learned that Master had committed a crime and absconded. I have no intention of hiding it for a long time...... Two people testified that on the night of Qixi Festival, they were each at home, and they did not go to the martial arts hall to drink with Shen Wanshan at all. Inspector Fang presented his pen with both hands.

"Oh, it turned out to be so. ”

"There is also an apprentice named Dayou who said that on the night of the seventh day of the seventh month, he bought two jars of 'Xinghuachun' and sent them to the martial arts hall to honor his master. As a result, he waited for more than half an hour, but there was no one at all. Inspector Meng was quite concerned, and also added, "Later, I asked the maid ring inside, according to her, Shen Wanshan went out early that night and was not at home at all......

Lin Fanghe gritted his teeth: "It seems that on these key issues, Shen Wanshan has been lying and deceiving us. ”

Tang Yu was so hateful that he said, "Hmph, I didn't think he was a good thing for a long time. ”

Lin Fanghe looked sideways at Fang Zheng and Meng Shouyi, and asked, "Where is Shen Wanshan likely hiding now?"

The two thought for a while and shook their heads together: "Since he is out of the county seat, this range is large." Maybe he will abscond. It will not be easy to catch the fish in the sea and the birds in the forest!" )