The spring light swayed across the city wall, and music and music filled my ears.
Whoever sings water tunes, the bright moon fills Yangzhou.
Or
A fine horse is better for leisure, a daughter is better for traveling in secret
With a hundred thousand guan tied around his waist, he rode a crane down to Yangzhou.
Yangzhou is always a prosperous and prosperous city in people's hearts, but as soon as Yang Qingyuan entered the city, he felt a sense of desertion in Yangzhou city.
Although there were still many people on the streets that were originally bustling with traffic, all the passers-by were walking in a hurry, with fear and uneasiness.
Yang Qingyuan put down the curtain and said to Liu Wangshu and Zhou Zhiruo who were in the car at the moment, "There must be something wrong in Yangzhou City!"
This weird atmosphere was felt not only by Yang Qingyuan, but also by everyone present.
Including two technical geeks, Tang Shenwei and Li Binhu.
"Dan Lin!" Yang Qingyuan called softly.
"The students are here!" Upon hearing this, the leading female detective handed the reins of the horse to her colleague, and then came to the side of the carriage.
"Why don't you go to Yangzhou Liumen Branch and ask what happened in Yangzhou recently?"
"yes!"
Chen Danlin is an outstanding graduate of the Dali Temple Criminal Law Academy and a leader in female arrests at the Six Doors Headquarters. Of course, she can also see the slightly weird atmosphere in Yangzhou City.
After saluting, Chen Danlin headed towards the government office in Yangzhou City.
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Indeed, major crimes occurred repeatedly in Yangzhou city.
At first, there was just a missing girl, and Liumen Yangzhou branch started investigating it as an ordinary flower-picking case.
But as the number of missing people gradually increased, Yangzhou Liumen also discovered that something was wrong.
One night, eleven girls disappeared in a row.
At this point, Yangzhou Liumen Branch can conclude that this is definitely not the work of the same person.
After all, he had to steal eleven people in one night and perform eleven strenuous exercises. This was obviously not something he could do normally.
Including the time spent going back and forth, taking a shower, and taking off clothes. On average, the actual time a person is allocated is only the time for a cup of tea, which is very unreasonable.
People who enjoy tea time cannot be flower pickers!
When the investigation of the six doors was launched, more and more people disappeared. Not only the young girls who had not left the court at the beginning, but also married young women and women who had been married for many years began to disappear.
And the location has also spread from the surrounding villages and towns of Yangzhou Prefecture to the city of Yangzhou Prefecture.
More and more people are involved in the six gates of Yangzhou, and even people from the city defense army and some Jin Yiwei from Dongzhen Fusi are assisting in the investigation.
The originally bustling Yangzhou night market was also closed and changed to a curfew.
With the cooperation of many parties, Yangzhou Six Gates finally achieved something. They arrested three unidentified robbers who robbed women.
However, although they were caught, these three people died mysteriously after they were taken to jail and before they could be tried. It was suspected that their blood vessels burst.
After these three people were captured, women in Yangzhou still disappeared from time to time.
Qian Ren, the chief arrest of Liumen in Yangzhou, knew that he was unable to solve the case, so he reported it to the court and asked for help from Dali Temple and Liumen headquarters.
Then Dali Temple sent Su Youming to investigate the case.
…
In front of the gate of Yangzhou Liumen Branch, a dashing woman with a ponytail holds a long sword and stands tall.
"I wonder if the girl is reporting the crime? Or providing clues?"
Outside the Six Doors, the guard on guard saw Chen Danlin's appearance and knew that this was a practitioner. He must have something to do when he came to the Six Doors, so he asked first.
"Six doors chasing the wind, Chen Danlin!"
Facing the guard's questioning, Chen Danlin took out a token from her waist, which was also a token that could prove Chen Danlin's identity.
Zhuifengping is responsible for arresting criminal thieves from all over the Great Zhou Dynasty. His status and authority can even be compared with that of the chief arrester of the Liumen branch.
In other words, these people are the reserve talent pool for the chief arrest of the Liumen Branch.
The Wind Chaser can be promoted to the Wind Chaser by virtue of his merits and breakthroughs in martial arts. After passing the assessment, the Wind Chaser will become the chief catcher of the reserve branch and can take charge of one side.
"My subordinates have seen Capt. Chen!"
After confirming that Chen Danlin's identity was correct, the two of them immediately saluted.
"I was ordered to come here because I have something to ask. Who is in charge of the six gates of Yangzhou at this time?!"
"Back to Chen Capt. Qian Ren, Chief Capt. Xuan Fu, went to the bank of the East China Sea to investigate a major case. Among the six gates at the moment, Mr. Su Youming from Dali Temple is in charge."
"Su Youming?!"
Chen Danlin never expected to meet her classmates here.
She and Su Youming both graduated from Dali Temple Criminal Law College, and Su Youming was two years older than her.
However, Su Youming was a prominent figure in the Dali Academy of Criminal Law at that time. Not only was he known as the first person to infer and investigate the case, but he was also favored by Di Zhiyuan, the young minister of Dali Temple, and accepted him as a disciple. He was envied by many people.
As for Chen Danlin, she is not bad either. She is a beauty who is famous on the beauty list of the Dali Temple Criminal Law Academy. She is also very talented in martial arts. She was arrested by the six sects and Wu Wei Bo Liu Dufeng accepted her as a registered disciple.
"Excuse me, please tell Mr. Su that an old friend is here to visit."
"yes!"
A moment later, a voice came from the door, "But Junior Sister Chen is here!"
Su Youming, the head of the Ji Ming Qiu Department of Dali Temple, walked quickly out of the six doors.
"Senior Brother Su, long time no see!"
Chen Danlin held a long sword and waved to Su Youming.
"Hahaha, come on, follow me in quickly!"
The two old friends were naturally overjoyed to reunite. After sitting down and exchanging greetings, Su Youming asked, "Why is Junior Sister Chen here?!"
Su Youming did not ask if there was a case. There were rules and disciplines in Dali Temple and the Six Gates. Two units that had no jurisdiction over each other could not inquire about the case information from each other to prevent the case information from being leaked.
So Su Youming just asked tentatively.
"I originally followed the imperial envoy to Yizhou Daji, but this time I was ordered to accompany him to Yangzhou."
Chen Danlin's few simple words revealed a lot of content.
Su Youming had heard about following the imperial envoy to Yizhou to carry out work.
Yang Qingyuan, Marquis of Wuxiang, a young master of the crown prince, was appointed as the deposed envoy of Yizhou and was ordered by the emperor to take charge of the major plans of Yizhou.
Naturally, Chen Danlin came here on the order of the mountain chief. As for accompanying her to Yangzhou, Chen Danlin's status was neither high nor low, so the person who could accompany her must not be an ordinary person.
"Then why did Junior Sister Chen come here!?"
Chen Danlin looked solemn, and took out a token from her arms after hearing this, "I was ordered to come here to inquire about the Yangzhou case!?"
Chen Danlin's authority was naturally not enough to ask Su Youming about the case in Yangzhou, but Yang Qingyuan and Liu Wangshu were enough.
"This token..."
Su Youming took the token in Chen Danlin's hand, with an expression of surprise and surprise on his face.
This token was owned by the first batch of guests from Dali Temple, and in the direction of Yizhou, there was only one person with this token.
The guest of Dali Temple is Liu Wangshu, the former head of the Prison Department.
And this Chief Liu had retired to Wudang three years ago with the mountain chief. Her token appeared here. Could it be that the person who sent Chen Danlin here was...
Su Youming immediately became excited. The mountain chief who rebuilt the Dali Temple, established the Dali Academy of Criminal Law, and revised the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty was the idol in the hearts of almost all the students at the Academy of Criminal Law.
"Could it be..."
Chen Danlin looked at the change in Su Youming's expression and knew that Su Youming had guessed the identity of the person behind her.
As expected of the newly appointed Mingqiu Chief of Dali Temple, he had already guessed everything with just a token in just a few breaths.
However, Su Youming's words were interrupted by Chen Danlin.
"Senior Brother Su, I am here to inquire, please tell the truth!"
Su Youming was not a fool. Even if he knew that the mountain chief might not want to reveal his identity, he was just asking about the case.
This is normal. Before sending Chen Danlin, Yang Qingyuan didn't know that the person in charge here was Su Youming.
The police officers from the Liumen Branch of any other place would definitely pay a visit after learning Yang Qingyuan's identity and whereabouts.
Yang Qingyuan came here to ask for medicine to detoxify. It would be bad if too many people knew about it.
Therefore, although Yang Qingyuan did not say it clearly, Chen Danlin also knew that his identity was not disclosed to outsiders.
However, Su Youming was also a student of the mountain chief and a disciple of Di Shaoqing, so he could not be considered an outsider, so Chen Danlin still revealed some things to him.
Subsequently, Su Youming truthfully informed Yangzhou of the case.
"Yangzhou is an important financial and tax center in the southeast. Yangzhou's salt tax accounts for half of the world's salt tax. This matter must be investigated as soon as possible."
Once the salt tax is affected, not to mention the yamen in Yangzhou, even Di Zhiyuan, the young minister of Dali Temple, will have to bear the consequences of unfavorable investigation.
Although Chen Danlin is just a chaser, there is a political and economics course in the Criminal Law School.
"Now I have some clues, but... Junior Sister Chen, I wonder if you can ask for help from the peak and send some experts here. Among the people who committed the crime, there are also several masters of the Yuanhua Realm. I can use the masters of the Yuanhua Realm at this moment. , there are only three of us, so it’s not enough.”
Chen Danlin nodded and said, "I understand what Senior Brother Su means. I will definitely report the truth truthfully when I return."
Then Chen Danlin raised her sword and walked out of the six doors.
Yang Qingyuan and his party settled in a villa in Yangzhou.
This villa is located in the east of Yangzhou city. It is quiet in the bustle and covers a vast area. Its garden design also has a unique Jiangnan charm, which is worthy of Suzhou's clumsy administration.
This is Yang Qingyuan's personal industry.
He still liked Yangzhou very much, so he took a picture of a dilapidated garden and hired someone to design and build it. This is how this garden came into being.
Perhaps it was due to the remnants of Blue Star. Although Yang Qingyuan disdained real estate, he still made some money through him.
After arriving in Dazhou, Yang Qingyuan also bought several mansions.
Of course, it's not with salary. He, Mr. Yang, is neither greedy nor possessive. With that little salary, he couldn't buy this garden even if he saved for a hundred years.
After Yang Qingyuan and others settled down, Chen Danlin also returned to the garden.
"How?! Is there a big case happening in Yangzhou?!"
"Confirming what the mountain chief has expected, a major case has occurred in Yangzhou and has alarmed the central government. The person in charge of investigating the major case in Yangzhou at the moment is Su Youming, the chief of the Mingqiu Department of Dali Temple."
This was also expected by Yang Qingyuan. Yangzhou was an important town in the south of the Yangtze River and an important financial and taxation center. Wang Hua and Yao Jie would not let anything happen to Yangzhou.
"What case is it?!"
"Recently, a large number of women have disappeared in Yangzhou."
Chen Danlin's words made Yang Qingyuan frown slightly. He subconsciously thought of the people from the Blood River Sect.
I learned from Zhou Zhiruo that Ji Xiaofu and others from the Emei Sect lost contact near Yangzhou.
And Yin Liting was with Ji Xiaofu before.
The two of them, one of them was close to Shu in the west, and the other was heading to the south of the Yangtze River in the east. They seemed to be completely opposite, but they were attacked at the same time. This couldn't be a coincidence.
The two of them must have found something.
Yang Qingyuan now wanted to give these two juniors a good beating. Yin Liting and Ji Xiaofu didn't know whether they didn't realize it or were too arrogant. Such a major event in the Blood River Sect didn't even inform the sect.
The two of them didn't even think about how the Blood River Sect's demonic power was so powerful that it took the two sects of Buddhism and Taoism to join forces to wipe it out. How could the two of them deal with it! ?
"By the way, Mountain Chief, Su Youming may have guessed your identity, so he just asked his students to ask for help from the Mountain Chief, hoping that there will be experts to support him! The group of criminals he is tracking down has many experts."
Yang Qingyuan nodded. When he suspected the Blood River Sect, the matter could not be solved by the Six Sects of Yangzhou.
"Then I'll make another trip and ask him to pursue the case with all his strength. If you have any trouble, please tell me. Don't act without permission. This case may be more difficult than he imagined. If you need experts, you can send someone here, Zhiruo He and Wangshu can both recruit him."
"Yes! Students go now!"
After hearing this, Chen Danlin stood up and headed towards the Six Gates of Yangzhou again.
Zhou Zhiruo, who was on the side, saw Yang Qingyuan's flash of frown and asked, "Brother Qingyuan, is there any difficulty in this case?"
Yang Qingyuan shook his head, with a deep look in his eyes, "We can't make a conclusion yet."
…
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Outside Yangzhou City, a magnificent and solemn temple stands here.
Jing Nian Zen is one of the holy places of Buddhism in the world.
The tenth year of Yongping reign of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty was the year when Buddhism was introduced to China. The Jing Nian Zen sect was founded by Celestial Monk around this time.
The original Jingnian Zen Temple was built in the south of the divine capital. Later, due to the war, it was moved to Yangzhou. The buildings in the temple totaled more than hundreds of rooms, just like a small city. In the middle, there are seven main halls and a hall that is three feet wide and deep, and as high as A small copper hall about one and a half feet long.
Except for the Bronze Hall, all buildings are covered with three-color glazed tiles, and the color is as new as new. In front of the Bronze Hall, there is a platform square that is as wide as 100 feet, made of white stone and surrounded by white stone railings. In the middle, a statue of Manjusri Bodhisattva riding a golden lion is enshrined. There are bronze statues of three generations of Buddhas including Medicine Master, Sakyamuni and Amitabha beside the niche. The colorful sculptures and gold ornaments are quite impressive. In addition to the four stone steps at the entrance and exit, there are five hundred Arhats evenly distributed, all made of gold and copper, and each one has a lifelike expression.
Not long after Yang Qingyuan entered Yangzhou, Jing Nian Zen Sect received the news.
"Zen Master, a swordsman from the Dongxuan Realm has entered Yangzhou City. He is suspected to be Liyue Sword Immortal Liu Wangshu, and he is accompanied by Zhou Zhiruo from Emei."
Jing Nian Chan Monastery has been rooted in Yangzhou for many years. In this base camp, their well-informed information is unmatched by anyone.
The Zen master of the Jing Nian Zen Sect, Lukong, has practiced "closed mouth Zen" for many years. He has not touched anyone in the past thirty years. He just motioned to the monks on the side to let him make the decision.
This monk is of moderate height, short, fat, and thin, but he always gives the impression of being as tall and straight as a pine or cypress.
His bald head was marked with ring scars, but his eyes were profound and calm, not showing off at all. He looks very young, but he seems to have lived for a long time.
Monk Ling Jin, junior disciple of Ling Kong, numerous masters in Buddhism, and the second master of Jing Nian Zen Sect.
(End of chapter)
