Late that night, Xu Zhen was analyzing the circumstances of the fake Wei Yulang case in his study and trying to figure out the criminal's psychology.
In the next room, the young daughter-in-law Youmeng and Huniu Shen Yu had already gone to bed.
In the past few days, Shen Yu has been guarding Xu Zhen's house every night, and he has been doing his duty conscientiously.
Even though the Daxuan Dynasty was relatively open, it was still very damaging to the reputation of an unmarried girl staying at a male colleague's house every night.
Even though Xu Zhen has a daughter-in-law in name only, it doesn't always sound good if word spreads about it.
In the past few days, Xu Zhen had also heard some people in the Yamen gossiping, saying that Shen Yu was doing something with him, that he had slept in the same bed a long time ago, and so on.
But the more this happens, the more it shows Shen Yu's sincerity, which is really commendable.
Moreover, Xu Zhen was also worried that even if Song Zhili no longer attacked him, there was no guarantee that those wandering eastward would not bear grudges against him.
With Shen Yu here, I feel much more at ease.
As for reputation, since other girls don't care about it, why should I bother myself? No big deal, just repay them in the future...
Putting aside Shen Yu's thoughts, Xu Zhen turned his attention back to the case of fake Wei Yulang.
To be honest, this case is very bizarre.
The perpetrator's skill and courage are shameful.
You know, maids and servants are good at chatting. Once they find out that two Wei Yulangs were there that night, wouldn't he reveal his secret?
However, this person seemed to have already figured it out. The Wei Yulang family was very strict with their servants. One was to provide them with designated areas of action, and the other was to not allow them to discuss the master's family affairs.
Therefore, the matter was never revealed. No one knew that two Wei Yulangs appeared at home for three nights.
It can be seen that this person knows the Wei Yulang family very well and must be a relatively close person. Moreover, this person must be somewhat similar to Wei Yulang at least in physical appearance.
In addition, Xu Zhen also thought of one thing, that is, this person must be very obsessed with Mrs. Wei. He must be deeply attracted by Mrs. Wei's beauty and cannot extricate himself, so he would take such a desperate risk.
Therefore, this fake Wei Yulang must have met Mrs. Wei many times before impersonating her.
Or perhaps, this person is also a member of the Rama clan and has some kind of complex and admiration for Saina, Princess Rama...
Thinking of this, Xu Zhen put a list in front of him. This list was the guest information of Wei Yulang's three banquets.
When Xu Zhen saw this information, he couldn't help but feel dizzy, but he saw that more than half of it contained foreign names.
Tsk tsk...
He gradually realized that this case was not as easy to handle as he thought. With so many foreigners, it would be very troublesome to investigate.
It seems...Xu Zhen then thought that he might have to start with the art of disguise and Jianghu tricks.
This person not only disguised himself as Wei Yulang, but also used some kind of hallucinogenic method to put Mrs. Wei into a psychedelic state and unable to extricate herself. This way, Mrs. Wei would not find out that he was a fake.
Disguise, Jianghu tricks...
Xu Zhen wondered if he needed to find someone from the Jianghu community for consultation?
Why?
Suddenly, he remembered the book "The Way of Demons", which seemed to contain some information about the art of disguise.
In recent days, because Shen Yu was present, he had not studied this book carefully. Seeing no one around, he quickly took out the book.
As a result, after some searching, he found the relevant content.
After reading these contents, Xu Zhen's blood suddenly boiled, as if he had discovered a new world.
The tutorial on the art of disguise in the book is very detailed. If you follow the tutorial and find someone with painting skills, he should be able to disguise himself as another person!
In addition, there are more than a dozen illusion methods recorded here, including incense, whose characteristics seem to be very consistent with Mrs. Wei's description.
Wow!
Leaving aside solving the case, if I could get these materials, wouldn't I be able to become a flower-picking thief?
Looking further back, the book also records thousands of skills, gambling skills, deception skills, medical skills, etc., all of which are very practical and useful. It is indeed a genuine time-travel training manual.
In this way, this book "The Way of Demons" is indeed quite demonic!
What is recorded here is not only the knowledge of the previous world, but also many unknown secrets of the world in the current world, as well as various ingenious prescriptions.
It can be seen from this that even if the author of this book is a time traveler, he is by no means an ordinary person.
The more Xu Zhen looked, the more frightened and strange he became.
Why did the author give such a wonderful book to his grandmother?
Is the author really his grandfather?
The book says "gift to the bright moon". Is this bright moon really my grandma's name?
Grandpa kept a sweetheart in the golden house and took care of grandma. After grandma raised the child, she ran away from home again...
So... where did grandma go?
Are you looking for grandpa?
What was the reason that made her run away from home regardless of her family?
Could it be that she is no longer alive?
Otherwise, her parents have passed away and she has never come back to see them?
However, if grandma was a pretty girl forty years ago, she would be in her sixties at most now, right?
Will she appear in front of him one day?
otherwise……
Xu Zhen felt that he needed to investigate his life experience. If he could find his grandparents, it would be of great benefit to him.
How about...asking the elderly people next door to learn about the situation?
No, it can't be done.
He quickly thought that his identity was too sensitive. How could these old people next door who loved to gossip tell the truth to him?
Therefore, it is better to find an intermediary to help you investigate this matter.
Who to look for?
Why?
Isn't it true that my aunt is the best choice? Letting this gossip queen take action will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.
But... what should I say to get my aunt to take action?
In this way, Xu Zhen thought about it three times in the middle of the night before finally going back to his room to rest.
While lying on the bed, his brain did not rest. Even when he finally fell asleep, it was not easy. He had many dreams in a daze.
One of the dreams was particularly strange. He actually dreamed that Hu Niu Shen Yu actually crawled into his bed in the middle of the night...
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The next day, the Yamen ordered Mao.
In order to avoid suspicion, Xu Zhen and Shen Yu traveled at different times.
When Xu Zhen stepped into the Yamen, Shen Yu was already standing in the queue.
However, as soon as he entered, Xu Zhen found that the atmosphere was wrong again.
But everyone in the yamen was facing towards the center of the lobby, looking at something strangely.
Looking along the way, Xu Zhen finally saw a monk kneeling there!
It was a young monk with a rough face, wearing a severely faded and patched monk's robe, sitting cross-legged and meditating in the middle of the hall.
He closed his eyes slightly, quickly twirled the rosary hanging on his chest in his hand, and muttered something in his mouth.
"What's wrong?" Xu Zhen asked Fu Bin, "Are you here to beg for alms?"
"Alchemy?" Fu Bin shook his head and said, "And he's even exorcising ghosts!"
"Brother, senior brother," at this time, Shen Yu quickly ran to Xu Zhen and told the truth, "How strange, this great monk surrendered himself!"
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