"A horse is long, a fish is short..." Shen Yu scratched his forehead habitually and murmured to himself, "What part of the horse is long? What part of the fish is short? If the two places are combined, is it the correct answer?"
Xu Zhen couldn't help but scratch his head, always feeling that there was something wrong with Shen Yu's words.
"Xu Zhen," Song Zhili came to Xu Zhen at this time and asked, "Why...did you guess it again? Do we need to send people to search Racecourse Street?"
"No need, sir!" Xu Zhen did not forget to salute, then shook his head and said, "It's definitely not Racecourse Street!"
"Oh?" Song Zhili raised his eyebrows, "Are you so sure?"
"Long and Chang have different pronunciations," Chen Houlu analyzed on the side. "Besides, Machang Street is so big, isn't it too general?"
"Master Chen is right." Xu Zhen quickly agreed.
In fact, Chen Houlu was only right about one thing. Xu Zhen judged the other thing through the monk's micro-expression.
Although the monk was noncommittal at the time, the slightly drooped corners of his eyes and the slightly content look in his eyes still showed that Xu Zhen's guess was wrong.
"The horse is long, the fish is short..." Song Zhili thought carefully and asked Xu Zhen again, "So... what do you think it means?"
Xu Zhen shook his head again and answered truthfully: "I haven't guessed the humble position yet. These four words are not like crossword puzzles."
"Alas," Song Zhili shook his head and sighed, "It's really a wave of ups and downs! I'm thinking, if I heard the four-word riddle said by the monk before, could I solve it like Xu Zhen did?"
Song Zhili's words may sound difficult to understand at first, but when you think about it carefully, they make perfect sense.
After all, Song Zhili is a scholar, so he is naturally very interested in this kind of word game.
It can also be seen from this that Song Zhili was full of suspicion of Xu Zhen, but also a bit jealous.
He was a little dissatisfied that Xu Zhen, a young detective who had never been to school, could solve word puzzles easily.
At this time, the doctor had been invited to the Yamen. Song Zhili quickly arranged for people to carry Magistrate Tong to the back room, and then let the doctor treat him.
At the same time, Cheng Xiao had also made arrangements to imprison the monk and returned to the lobby to resume his duties.
"Captain Cheng," Song Zhili said to Cheng Xiao, "The identity of this monk is also very important. We must first know who he is before this case can be easily investigated!"
"Yes!" Cheng Xiao nodded, "I will arrange for someone to paint the monk's portrait and check his identity."
"We only have one temple in Yanping County," Song Zhili reminded, "call a monk to come over and identify it. Do you recognize it?"
"yes."
"Also," Chen Houlu added, "since this monk brought Magistrate Tong back to Yanping County, it means that the hatred between them should have happened here. So this monk is most likely a local in Yanping County. Where are the people.”
"I understand, I'll do it right away, but..." Cheng Xiao nodded in agreement, and then asked, "Two adults, the riddle that the monk just said... do we also have to check it first?"
When the riddle was mentioned, the two adults looked at Xu Zhen again, but Xu Zhen still shrugged helplessly, saying that he really couldn't guess it.
"It really doesn't work," Chen Houlu came up with an idea, "Shall we call a few scholars from Xuanwu Academy to come over and help with research?"
"Well..." Song Zhili nodded, "It seems that's the only way to go!"
"No, no, no, sirs," Cheng Xiao said hurriedly, "You seem to have misunderstood me. The monk's riddle is so simple, and we already know the answer."
"What!?"
This time, even Xu Zhen was quite surprised and looked at Cheng Xiao with everyone.
"What?" Cheng Xiao was surprised, "Don't you know?"
Everyone looked at each other, especially Song Zhili, who had read poetry and books, and his face turned red.
"Horse length means horse intestines? The intestines of the intestines," Cheng Xiao explained. "Yu shortness is the dialect here, which means fish maw. Fish maw can be made into isinglass."
"Ah?" Shen Yu was stunned, "Eating? How can it be food? Isn't it right? Aren't monks vegetarians?"
Xu Zhen was also quite surprised and asked quickly: "Then... what do these horse intestines and isinglass refer to?"
Cheng Xiao looked proud, thinking that you, Xu Zhen, had also asked me for advice.
"Sanyang..." At this time, Fu Bin behind him said, "Sanyang horse sausage is very delicious. They are the only one in the county who makes this."
"Short fish can be made into isinglass," Cheng Xiao said. "There used to be a family called Luji that made isinglass, but they have gone bankrupt. We can check who is still making it now?"
"Oh..." Song Zhili nodded slightly, feeling that Cheng Xiao's analysis was quite reliable.
"Horse intestines and isinglass," Chen Houlu said, stroking his beard. "I have been in Yanping County for so many years, but I didn't know these two things existed. This is really strange."
"You should have a chance to try it," Fu Bin said. "I have never eaten isinglass, but horse intestine is really delicious. I heard that it was originally introduced from the Western Regions!"
"Okay," Song Zhili no longer hesitated and immediately ordered, "In that case, let's go check it out! This monk is not a good person, so we must not neglect him!"
"Yes." Cheng Xiao accepted the order.
"Also," Song Zhili warned, "we don't know the monk's purpose yet, so don't torture him until we find out."
"yes."
"Okay, let's do it!" Song Zhili said again, "I and Chen County Cheng will go see the Tong County Magistrate."
After saying that, the two county magistrates walked towards the inner hall, but after taking a few steps, Song Zhili suddenly remembered something and asked Cheng Xiao: "By the way, Mr. Cheng, you are also an old man from the Yamen. Do you know this county magistrate Tong?" ?"
"I know, I know," Cheng Xiao replied hurriedly, "At that time, Mr. Shen was still the catcher, and Tie Feng and I were both catchers."
"Oh..." Song Zhili nodded, "This is best. There must be an old man in the team, right? Let's figure this case out as soon as possible. Qiu Batian's matter is still waiting for us to close the case as soon as possible!"
"Yes!" Cheng Xiao promised again with his fists clasped.
The two county magistrates then continued to walk deep into the Yamen. They heard Chen Houlu introduce to Song Zhili as he walked: "Sir Song, you should call him Tong Changshi. After he left Yanping County, he was transferred to Shang Zhili. The state has made a long history..."
Seeing the two county officials leaving, Cheng Xiao immediately gathered his team and began assigning tasks to the detectives.
Since Xu Zhen was an important participant, he was assigned to the team that cracked the horse's intestines. However, this time the leader was Cheng Xiao himself.
Everyone ignored dinner and immediately rushed to the horse intestine workshop in the southwest of the county.
According to the information provided by the police, the owner of the horse intestine workshop is Liu Sanyang, who has been running the horse intestine business in Yanping County for more than 20 years.
Because the production process of horse intestines is complicated and the number of people who like to eat horse intestines is relatively fixed, they are the only one in Yanping County.
They don’t have a store, they just have a processing workshop in the alley.
Cheng Xiao had obviously bought horse intestines here and was familiar with the roads. He quickly arrived with a group of detectives.
However, upon reaching the door, they realized something was wrong.
But I saw that the workshop door was locked.
"Isn't that right?" Fu Bin said, "I remember Liu Sanyang lived here. How could it be possible to lock the door at this point?"
"Yes," Cheng Xiao said, "Even if Liu Sanyang is in trouble, the shop assistants will take care of the business, and the door should not be locked from the outside."
So, Cheng Xiao quickly ordered everyone to prepare to climb over the wall and enter the hospital.
However……
Cheng Xiao still forgot one thing. They took Huniu Shen Yu with them on this trip.
Before they were ready, Shen Yu knocked open the door with his shoulder!
Wow!
Not only did the door lock fall off, but half of the door fell off.
"I'll cut it..."
Cheng Xiao was so angry that he wanted to curse, but then he thought, they were here to investigate the case, not to arrest anyone. Since the door was open, let's go in and take a look!
However, before he could raise his hand to signal, Shen Yu had already rushed into the workshop with a whistle stick.
Cheng Xiao had no choice but to enter the workshop with others following him.
Bang!
The door of another room was knocked open by Shen Yu. When they entered the room and took a look, all the detectives felt their hearts tightening.
But I saw two people tied up in the room. Judging from their appearance, they must be workers from the workshop.
"Ohh Ohh ohh……"
When they saw someone coming in, they hurriedly screamed, and one of them kept gesturing to the back room with his eyes.
When Cheng Xiao saw this, he immediately opened the door to the back room, and before he even entered, he smelled the pungent smell of blood...
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