Shilipo is in the northwest of the capital, close to Chuzhou, where it is populated and full of shops. Looking up to the northwest is not far from Langya Mountain, to the south, it takes less than half a day to enter the city.

Speaking of Chuzhou City, it is a very famous place, it is the old emperor Zhu Yuanzhang worked shirtless, harvested the first pot of gold in his life of the feng shui treasure land, and the Song Dynasty literati Ouyang Xiu sang the drunken man to know the beautiful water. Shilipo Post Station is in the southeast of the town, at the foot of the mountain, the scale is not very large, usually only a dozen or so post soldiers.

Originally, because it was close to Beijing, the official road was spacious, and it was convenient to enter and exit, and the post soldiers who had just come out were busy hurrying and returning from afar, so few people patronized it on weekdays!

More than a dozen post guards raised chickens and ducks, because the Ministry of War stipulated that post station soldiers were not allowed to leave their posts without permission, and those who violated the order were beheaded, and they did not dare to run around, and they were idle and panicked. Seeing a stranger **** happily beat his maternal uncle.

Coincidentally, at dusk on this day, the imperial court sent to the Western Regions Snow Mountain to welcome Dugu's defeat of the honor guard to Shilipo, because after a few months of travel, eating and sleeping in the open, there is no fixed place to live, people are really sleepy and tired, so some people suggest that they rest here for the night, take a bath to fill their stomachs, and enter the city early tomorrow morning?

Someone immediately stood up and retorted, saying: It takes midnight to walk to the palace, and you still want this and that, and you still eat a big meal and cucumber vegetables after the whole routine, and ****** cold?

The crowd was chattering and arguing.

In the end, it was the Dugu Great Swordsman who made the final decision.

The mighty guard of honor marched into the Shilipo Post Station, and the people and horses shouted happily, and they were boiling. When had a dozen or so postmen seen this scene? But it's not enough to be in a daze, this more than 100 people, more than 100 horses, and sedan chair men and miscellaneous servants, eating and drinking is not a trivial matter, the post guards asked the officials of the honor guard, and they immediately set out to rush to several restaurants and restaurants in the town to order food.

The small restaurant in the town suddenly took over such a big business, so naturally he was so happy that he hurriedly got up and poked the stove to make a fire and stir-fry vegetables in hot oil. The rice washing in the back, the soup in the soup, and the steamed buns, buns, and rice are not limited to what kind of steamed buns, buns, and rice are loaded into the car as long as they are eaten.

These are easy to do, but the more difficult thing is the diet of Dugu's predecessors.

Because the great sword master has been a vegetarian for many years, he does not touch meat, and the utensils and tableware must be clean. This is one of them, and then there is Shilipo because of the remoteness, the green vegetables stored in the restaurant, most of them are mountain dishes and wild mushrooms, which are not pleasing to the eye. In the end, it was decided to send a person to the vegetable market on the outskirts of Beijing on horseback to purchase fresh lotus roots, green bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, and daylily.

That being said, the left and the right are rushing, and it is already dark when the people who buy vegetables come back.

The master of the restaurant put on an apron, washed the pot and stove shovel, hurriedly prepared vegetarian dishes, and when everything was done, put it into a clean food box. A few post guards were clustered to deliver food to the station.

When a group of people pushed food and drink in the dark, carrying food boxes into the Shilipo Post Station, they found that the lanterns inside were tall and bright, the horses were chewing grass on the side of the trough under the lights, the vehicles were parked on one side, and the doors of each house were wide open and the lights were on, but they did not hear the noise of people. There was no movement at all.

Silent.

It's strangely quiet, it's scary!

The owner of the restaurant was impatient and roared: "Ah, people?" Several post guards looked at each other, staring at each other with big eyes, stunned. After a while, they woke up, and each ran into the house of the post station, and looked around, only to see the red candle with a high fever, empty, and not even half a shadow of a person!

The honor guard of more than 100 people and the Dugu Great Sword Master evaporated under their noses.

The postman exited the room, not knowing what to do.

After being busy for a long time, the owner of the restaurant was furious and shouted at the post guard: "What's the matter, the meal is ready and no one is seen?

"What are you shouting, this is going to lose people, and no one can escape?" The post guard was angry in his heart, and he was not angry: "The court blames it, and all of them have to move their heads, and you still have to worry about a few small dollars!"

When he said this, the boss also felt furious: "Then you don't look for it, maybe they are gone?"

"Where are you going? There are so many horses and vehicles?"

"There is still a shadow of a bird flying by, let alone more than a hundred people. ”

"It's strange to see the hell!"

The owner of the restaurant and the guy stepped back: "We don't want money, let's go back." ”

"Whoever dares to go! Several post guards guarded the gate, pulled out the steel knife in their waists, and made a gesture: "There is such a big incident in the post station, it must be reported to Ying Tianfu immediately, and then the state government will quickly come down to investigate the case, and you and the others are all witnesses? ”

The owner of the restaurant was immediately discouraged: "What's the matter, it's a dog skin plaster, and it's still sticky?"

Cheng Liangjia and Feng Letai led a large number of arresters to rush to Shilipo at noon the next day, completely blocking the post station, inspecting the scene, and taking witness testimony, and they were very busy. Because Tang Yu was a newcomer, he was assigned to a group of Lao Lin and Xiang Jincheng, searched all the utensils, supplies, furnishings, and layouts in the post station, and filled out the form for later use.

Lao Lin squinted, scraped off the scale on the inner wall of the teapot and bowl with a small silver knife, wrapped it in paper, and put it in a cloth bag.

Tang Yu carried the evidence bag.

Catch a quick item and check the water source next door.

Lao Lin leaned over again, carefully inspected under the wooden bed, and even if he saw a piece of cloth or a fingernail, he carefully picked it up, sorted it into categories, and put it into his pocket. Tang Yu's face was full of doubts, hesitated for a long time, and said: "Brother Lin, I don't understand, there is a sentence I want to ask you......?"

"The competition is imminent, and more than 100 people from the chief judge and the honor guard have disappeared for no reason, what a big deal. Tang Yu worried, "Once the saint is blamed, who can bear it? Such a big lump of difficult things, why, I see that the two head catchers and everyone are not in a hurry or annoyed, slowly and leisurely, in and out of the spirit, full of red light?"

Lao Lin sat on the bed and smiled: "Tang Yu, don't blame the old brother, I said you, you, you are still young." ”

Tang Yu hurriedly asked, "What did Brother Lin say?"

"Let me ask you, what do you rely on to investigate the case?" Lao Lin asked again.

"By clues, of course. ”

Lao Lin shook his head slowly.

Tang Yu was surprised: "Isn't what I said right?"

"Clues are essential, of course. Lao Lin added, "But when it comes to investigating the case, you still missed the most important thing, money." Collecting physical evidence, searching for clues, pursuing them with arms, and apprehending criminals -- sometimes not only across counties but even across provinces, head-to-head confrontations are inevitable, casualties are inevitable, the deceased need to be compensated, and the meritorious ones have to receive awards.

"What does this have to do with solving crimes?"

"It's a big deal. ”

"Really?" Tang Yu became more and more puzzled.

Lao Lin said "um", and said: "Haven't you heard, the emperor is not in a hurry, and the eunuchs are in a hurry." So what's the hurry, take your time, when is the above in a hurry, he urges you, over and over again, this thing will be ** not far from ten......"