The arrival of Xu is Shen Congrong and the others made Jin Yu see the hope of solving the case, trotted all the way to the study, picked up the map and ran back, pushed open the door and gasped: "My lord, this is the map of this town." ”

Feng Muge stepped forward to take the map, asked Jin Yu to sit down and rest on the side, and then put the map on the table next to Shen Congrong. Jin Yu took a breath and wanted to drink saliva, but found that he had forgotten to let the servant serve the tea, and was about to let the little servant prepare tea, when the little servant came in with the tea, Jin Yu thought that this might be the tea that Shen Congrong let his subordinates serve, smiled awkwardly, took the tea and let the little servant go down first.

After pouring the tea separately, Jin Yu asked, "I don't know if you want a map?"

Shen calmly took a sip of tea and said: "Of course, we want to draw out the places where all the missing people lived, the places they passed before they disappeared and the places they might pass by, and see if they have been to any places together." Seeing that Jin Yu was still a little breathing, Shen calmly cared: "Lord Jin first drink saliva to slow down, and then draw these routes on the map." ”

Jin Yu drank two cups of tea, then he felt a lot more comfortable, wiped his mouth, put the teacup aside and said, "Xiaguan will let the subordinate present pen and ink and draw the route." ”

"Hey, don't bother, just tell me the route each one took before they disappeared and where they lived. Shen calmly stopped Jin Yu and said.

Although he didn't see the pen and ink, since Shen Congrong had already said it, Jin Yu didn't dare to disobey, so starting from the first missing person, he told them all the routes and residences they passed before they disappeared, Feng Muge took out a wooden stick from his arms and drew all these contents on the map.

After all the routes were drawn, an hour had passed, Jin Yu looked at the lines of different colors drawn with a wooden stick on the map, and sighed mentally that it was indeed the person who was about to take over the position of Qin Tian Supervisor, this method was really godly.

"Lord Jin has worked hard, rest for a while, if you have any questions, I will ask you. Shen Congrong picked up the map and looked for the intersection of these people on the route and said.

Jin Yu answered and sat aside to rest, standing and talking for an hour, tired and thirsty, he poured himself a cup of tea, beat his legs and drank tea, enjoying a short rest.

The twenty-eight missing people lived in different parts of the town, and their routes were spread across most of the town, with the first six missing people intersecting on a street west of the town. Seeing that Jin Yu was almost resting, Shen said calmly: "Lord Jin, are there any shops or places on this street?"

Jin Yu looked at the position of Shen Congrong and said: "This is the main street, there is a pharmacy, the others are all residents, there is nothing special, of course we have checked that pharmacy, and none of the missing people have been there." ”

Shen calmly nodded, continued to look at the intersection of the missing people, and found that the seventh to the twelfth had an intersection on a street in the town, Shen calmly asked, "What about this street?"

Jin Yu thought for a moment and said: "This is also a street, it is the main road of the town, connecting the east and west of the town, this is the center of the town, there are many shops on this road, we checked at the time, these missing people have eaten in the Tianyue Tavern on that street, it is a well-known tavern in this town, there are many people who eat there, we have checked the tavern in detail, and there is nothing abnormal." ”

Shen calmly did not say anything, and looked at the remaining lines, the thirteenth to the twenty-eighth all intersected on a street in the east of the town. Without waiting for Shen to ask calmly, Jin Yu said directly: "This street is not very big, from this street to the south, there is a green building two streets away, but it is separated by two streets, and Xia Guan did not go to investigate at that time. ”

According to the performance of the map and what Jin Yu said, Shen calmly thought: "Twenty-eight people, there are three intersections, and they are either on the main road street or not far from the main road street, committing crimes in these locations is easy to attract the attention of others, it seems that you still have to go to the scene to see." ”

Rolling up the map, Shen said calmly: "Lord Jin, take this map first, these locations on the map will be checked in detail one by one, there may be people missing in the town, you are in the town guard mansion, and you can deal with it at any time." Oh, and also, the official stays in the Qingyang Residence by the dock in the east of the town, and the official's mount is still there, so you take the mount back to the mansion to feed, and you don't have to prepare a place for the official. ”

Jin Yu saluted and replied, "Your Excellency's order." ”

After explaining, Shen Congrong took Feng Muge to these locations on the map to investigate.

In the east of the town, at the intersection of the first missing person, Shen Congrong stood at the entrance of the street and looked at this street, the north and south straight streets, about 600 steps, there were eight families on the left and right, and the pharmacy at the north end of the street.

Walking along this street, Shen calmly looked at the surrounding environment, all the houses were closed, it was noon at the moment, and there was nothing wrong with eating. Walking from the north to the south, and in front of the pharmacy, Shen Congrong looked up at the plaque and went to the book.

Walking into the pharmacy, a strong smell of medicine came, there were a few people in the store who were grabbing medicine, the four guys were busy, and the arm of the shopkeeper at the counter was standing on the table to rest.

Seeing Shen calmly entering the store, the shopkeeper shouted, "What medicinal materials does the guest officer need?"

Shen calmly walked to the counter and said: "Hu Sheng in Renshengtang in Xiajingcheng, the medicinal materials produced by our Renshengtang are in good condition, strong in medicinal potency, and cheap in price, if you want to expand the supply market outside Beijing, I don't know if the shopkeeper has any ideas?"

The shopkeeper has also heard the name of Renshengtang, and the pharmacies in the capital and around the capital are all supplied by his family, and even the emperor's medicine is taken from Renshengtang. The shopkeeper touched his chin and said, "It's not just that you open your mouth to say what the medicinal materials are, I have to see it with my own eyes to know." ”

Shen Congrong smiled: "Of course, I don't know what the best selling medicinal materials are, let's just compare." ”

The shopkeeper said: "Recently, the highest sales volume in the store is realgar, let's compare it with realgar." ”

As soon as he heard the realgar, Shen Congrong secretly said in his heart, and said with a smile on his face: "Okay, the snakes, insects, rats and ants along the way happen to have realgar all the time on their bodies, and the shopkeeper can take the realgar in the store to compare." As he spoke, Shen Congrong took out a medicine bag from his body, which was the realgar that Feng Muge bought yesterday.

The shopkeeper beckoned the guy to get a little realgar, and Shen calmly poured out some realgar from the medicine bag for comparison.

The shopkeeper twisted it with his hand, and found that Shen Congrong's realgar powder was more delicate and darker, and it was really better than his own. Patting off the realgar powder on his hand, the shopkeeper asked, "It's really good, I don't know what the price is?"

Shen said calmly: "The price is easy to say, but there is one thing I want to ask, now is not the season for large-scale snakes and insects, why has the sales of realgar in the store become higher?"

The shopkeeper replied: "Who says no, half a month ago, there was a sudden snake plague in the fields outside the town, and the crops planted by two families were gnawed by snakes, and the other families came to buy realgar." After the realgar is sprinkled, the fields are indeed fine, but they are worried that it will not last long, and they are also worried about the appearance of snakes in the house, so the sales of realgar have been particularly good recently. ”

Shen Congrong heard that there had been a snake in the field outside the town half a month ago, and he also bit the crops in the field, and asked in surprise: "The snake still bites the crops?"

The shopkeeper replied, "Who said no, if it weren't for the snake scales hanging on the crops, I wouldn't believe it, but how much is your realgar and how long it will take to arrive." ”

"Oh, twenty hangs a pound, a month to arrive. Shen Congrong casually said the price and time.

The shopkeeper frowned and scratched his head and said: "Twenty hangs, it will only arrive in a month, then forget it, I'm sorry for you." ”

Shen Congrong put away the medicine bag and said with a smile: "It's okay, I'll ask you again, where are the two pieces of land that were gnawed by snakes?"

"Oh, go straight two miles from the west side of town, and turn right one mile. Although the shopkeeper was strange and asked why he was asking so much, he still said it.

"Thank you, shopkeeper, farewell. Shen calmly arched his hand and took Feng Muge out of the pharmacy.

As soon as he got out of the pharmacy, Feng Muge asked, "Next, go to Zhenxi to see those two pieces of land?"

Shen Congrong glanced at the map and said, "Don't worry, let's go to this Tianyue tavern in the town first, and just have something to eat." ”

There were eight streets between Jinyitang and Tianyue Tavern, but they didn't need to turn a few corners in the middle along the main road, and in about two moments, they walked from Jinyitang to Tianyue Tavern.

With the approximate time in mind, Shen calmly walked into the Tianyue Tavern.

As soon as he entered the tavern, Xiao Er greeted him: "The two of you are please, there is a good private room upstairs." ”

Shen calmly looked around the lobby, and there was still an empty table by the window. Pointing to the table, he said, "No, we'll just sit there." ”

Xiao Er looked in the direction pointed by Shen Congrong and said, "Okay, two guests, you come with me." As he spoke, he led the two of them over.

After sitting down, Xiao Er asked, "So, what do you two eat?"

Shen Congrong looked at the menu in the store and ordered a few casually, and asked for a pot of tea, and Xiao Er left loudly with the name of the dish.

Sitting in the store, Shen calmly looked out the window through the window, and there were many pedestrians on the road, most of whom had just finished their work and had just finished eating and had just returned to work. Most of the people who eat in the lobby of the store are laborers.

Shen calmly looked at the pedestrians outside the window, while listening to the people in the lobby talking about their own affairs, searching for information that might be useful.

In addition to some anecdotes about the owners they saw when they were doing their own work and doing their work, these people talked about the most about a green building "Hu Yiyuan" in the town. Listening to the discussion of the people who eat in the lobby, there are a lot of orchids in this Hu Yi Garden, which are different from the women of the Qin Dynasty, and have unique styles.

Opening the map, Shen Congrong looked at the green building two streets away at the third intersection, and thought that Jin Yu had missed a very important place.