City patrol soldier Jin Ruo squatted on the ground and carefully measured various traces on the ground with a string. Ling Zhiyan stood aside and observed, and found that this man did have some rules. The string in his hand was like a magical soft ruler, measuring The techniques and directions were dazzling. Every time he measured a trace, he muttered as if he was calculating something.
Everyone in the world knows that Jiangnan is full of outstanding people, and indeed it is so. Unexpectedly, there is actually a crouching tiger, hidden dragon among a small patrolling city guard.
Thinking of this, Ling Zhiyan couldn't help but glance at Hua Yitang, only to find that Hua Yitang was staring at Lin Sui'an with a frown. Ling Zhiyan followed his gaze, and Lin Sui'an was even stranger, crossing his arms and staring at the patrolling soldier Jin. Ruo, the corners of his mouth seem to be smiling but not smiling, the corners of his eyes seem to be squinting but not squinting, and his expression is quite scary.
Is there something wrong with this city patrol? ! Ling Zhiyan was startled, and after observing Jin Ruo again, she found a problem.
Jin Ruo sweated a lot, and big beads of sweat slid down his temples and wet his clothes. At this time, the climate in Yangdu was pleasant, and his clothes were thin. This amount of sweating was abnormal.
Suddenly, Lin Sui'an laughed, and Jin Ruo shivered and almost broke the rope in his hand.
Hua Yitang puffed up his cheeks and shook his fan angrily.
Jin Ruo stood up and continued to explore along the street. Lin Sui'an followed him five steps away. Hua Yitang followed three steps behind Lin Sui'an. He shook his fan faster and faster, which made him feel faster. Fan out the fire.
Ling Zhiyan: "..."
It seemed different from what he imagined.
This strange following relationship lasted for a stick of incense until Jin Ruo's investigation was over.
"Judging from the traces left at the scene, it was an ordinary single-driving carriage that transported the body," Jin Ruo said, standing outside the wall of Lingsanfang and pointing to a piece of ground. "The carriage stopped here for a while, and then walked along the Keep moving forward."
Everyone followed Jin Ruo to the middle of the road. Jin Ruo pointed to the ruts on the ground and said, "The car is parked here. Two people got out of the car to carry the body."
Ling Zhiyan: "How can you be sure there are two people?"
"The length of the steps and the distance between the feet can show the height, and the depth of the shoe prints can show the weight," Jin Ruo pointed to the left and right sides, "Both shoe prints were left by men, one was more than eight feet tall, and the other was five to six feet tall. Between the feet, the shoe prints are parallel and forward, and the marks are deep. It is obvious that two people were carrying the torso of the corpse at the same time, and then they placed the limbs of the corpse around." Speaking of this, Jin Ruo frowned, " One thing was strange. When they were placing the limbs, they walked back and forth two or three times, and there were traces of dragging."
Hua Yitang: "They should be measuring the distance between the limbs and the torso."
Ling Zhiyan: "Why do you do this?"
Hua Yitang: "How did I know?!"
"Can you trace where the carriage went?" Lin Sui'an asked.
Jin Ruo shook his head, "When we left the closed city area, the tracks and tracks were so complex that it was impossible to tell."
"anything else?"
"Their pace is steady, not too slow."
Lin Sui'an praised in his heart. This guy's on-site trace detection ability is obviously several levels higher than that of the Biluo stall owner. She has reason to suspect that this is the ancestral skill of the Jingmen sect, and these traces also confirm the previous speculation. The murderer is likely to be related to the government office. The insiders had contacts and knew that the city patrol soldiers would not patrol here, so the process of abandoning the corpse was very leisurely. It also shows that the murderer was thoughtful and well-planned. He used these complicated methods to dispose of the body, probably not just to vent his feelings, but because he had a reason to do so.
Lin Sui'an had a hunch that this reason might be the key to solving the case.
When he returned to the government office, it was already past lunch time. Lin Sui'an was so hungry that he thought it would be good to take advantage of the government office's work and lunch, but he was shocked as soon as he entered the side hall door. shocked.
There is a huge table in the room. It is the same style as Huazhai in terms of color, thickness, and area. There is a dazzling array of dishes on the table. There are plates of chicken, duck, and fish, the aroma is fragrant, and various snacks have strange shapes, and golden cups. The silver chopsticks were stacked neatly, and Mu Xia stood at the table with her head lowered and a perfect professional smile.
"Shiro, lunch is ready."
Hua Yitang invited Lin Sui'an to take a seat, and he sat down calmly while waving his fan. Ling Zhiyan lifted her robe and sat next to Hua Yitang.
Hua Yitang: "Hey!"
Ling Zhiyan quickly picked up a piece of fish for herself and said: "I have heard that Yangdu's delicacies are famous all over the world. Today I saw it and it is indeed well-deserved. Thank you Shiro for the hospitality." He did not forget to greet his two subordinates, Ming Shu and Ming Feng were even more polite, saying After saying "Thank you for the treat", I started to devour the food, my appetite was quite good.
Hua Yitang's face turned dark.
Ling Zhiyan was so invisible that Lin Sui'an felt that she should stop being tense and waved to Jin Ruo, "Let's eat together."
To be honest, Jin Ruo looks quite upright, with an oval face and round eyes. Because he works outdoors all year round, his exposed skin is a healthy wheat color. He looks to be at most eighteen | nineteen years old. Originally, he was standing far away at the door. When he heard Lin Sui'an's voice, he was stunned for a moment, and then his face became full of alert.
What are you being wary of? Your bald tail has long been exposed.
Lin Sui made a mouth gesture: Stop pretending, big bamboo pole.
Jin Ruo sat down next to Lin Sui'an as if he had resigned himself to his fate, and started to eat voraciously, as if he had finished the meal without stopping.
Hua Yitang's face turned green, and he looked at Lin Sui'an with accusing eyes.
"It's a shameful waste. If there are more people to eat, there will be less leftovers." Lin Sui'an said.
"..."
Ling Zhiyan asked while eating: "Hanashiro, when can you give me the connections about the deceased people you mentioned before?"
Hua Yitang put down his chopsticks, obviously losing his appetite, and signaled Mu Xia to bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone, swept the dishes aside, and simply started writing on the dining table.
"The relationship between Yan He, Bai Shun, Jiang Hongwen and Feng Yuyi is the epitome of the relationship between the four surnamed families. The three families of Yan, Bai and Jiang followed the Feng family. The Bai family declined and relied on the little reputation of their grandfather to survive on the Feng family. The Yan family was Yang The rising business stars who have emerged in recent years are trying their best to expand with the support of the Feng family, and are in confrontation with the Pei family in Yangdu. The Jiang family and the Feng family are both scholarly families. The children of the Jiang family all occupy a place in the Feng family's private school. He enjoys a high reputation among the literary community."
Hua Yitang wrote quickly, and in just a moment he sketched out the relationship and power distribution map of the four families, "As for the power of the Feng family, Ling Sizhi must know it better than me."
Ling Zhiyan nodded, "Feng Guangji, the head of the Feng family, is an official in the Ministry of Etiquette. He is highly regarded by saints. The Feng family's literary family has a far-reaching reputation. Students from poor families aspire to it. In recent years, it has even become equal to the five surnames and seven sects. There are even people in the Eastern Capital. The saying that there are six surnames and eight sects has been solved, and the new surname is Feng."
Oh haha! What a rising star! Lin Sui'an listened with great interest.
"To be honest, the Feng family is in the limelight right now. All the families have to avoid it or try to cooperate with it. Only the Yangduhua family is going against his family." Ling Zhiyan glanced at Hua Yitang and said, "It is worthy of being called a spring in the water. "
I have to say that Ling Zhiyan's face is too advantageous, and she is born with perseverance and righteousness. If these words of praise come from other people's mouth, they will definitely taste like flattery, but if they come from his mouth, it will be like a hundred words. He was 100% sincere, and Hua Yitang's face lit up as he waved his little fan and screamed with pride.
"Ling started his career with military exploits, and he really has a unique vision."
"Silang is honored." Ling Zhiyan said, "So Ling thinks that if anyone in Yangdu City knows the Feng family best, it is the Hua family."
Hua Yitang stopped fanning, and Lin Sui'an almost laughed out loud.
The implication of Ling Zhiyan's words was: Don't fool me with these bad news, kid. What I want to hear is insider information.
Hua Yitang closed the fan with a snap, glanced at Ling Zhiyan, grabbed the pen and started writing again, this time faster, writing several pages in one cup of tea. He wrote a page, and Ling Zhiyan read a page. The more she looked at Hua Yitang, the weirder her eyes became.
Lin Sui'an was really curious, so he grabbed a page and found that the entries were all dry. In summary, there were four major items: time, place, person, and event.
[On the eighth day of June in the fifth year of Xuanfeng, Yan He and Pei Qilang and Pei Shijun fought in Hongzhuangfang over the territory of Xinjifang. One person was seriously injured, thirteen were slightly injured, and five fighting cocks died. 】
[On June 13th of the fifth year of Xuanfeng, Jiang Hongwen and Chen Zhu had a disagreement over their poems at the Four Seasons Tea House in Juanyufang. The two sides got into a fight, which later turned into a group fight, in which twenty people were slightly injured. 】
[On June 30th of the fifth year of Xuanfeng, Hua Yitang and Feng Yuyi met to play ball at the polo field. Three people were seriously injured and 28 people were slightly injured. The polo ground was closed for forty days. 】
[On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month in the fifth year of Xuanfeng, at the poetry meeting of Feng's private school, Hua Yitang and others argued with Feng Yuyi and others because of the unfairness of the poetry meeting. Five people were seriously injured and 46 people were slightly injured. Assisted stop. 】
Good guy, there are dozens of pages filled with the black accounts of these two gangs of dandies fighting each other for various reasons. The time records are detailed and the reasons for the quarrel are clear. It is breathtaking. What is even more terrifying is that there are hundreds of them. The record was actually written by Hua Yitang from memory.
What is the structure of this dude's brain? A little black book dedicated to holding grudges?
Ling Zhiyan's facial features were a little distorted due to shock, "These...are you specifically demeriting?"
Hua Yitang shook his fan, "Everyone in Yangdu knows that Silang of the Hua family is extremely intelligent and has a photographic memory."
Ling Zhiyan was even more shocked, "But I've never heard of Hanashiro participating in the scientific examination..."
Hua Yitang was very disdainful, "I'm just a dandy, why should I take part in Nalaoshizi's scientific examination?"
"..."
The chopsticks in Ling Zhiyan's hand were broken, and Lin Sui'an felt that he wanted to rush up and take a bite of Hua Yitang.
"From the fifth year of Xuanfeng to the eighth year of Xuanfeng, our grievances and grievances with the Feng family are all there. I am not saying that if we really wanted to kill Feng's gang, we would have done it long ago. Why wait until now." Hua Yitang said.
Ling Zhiyan: "Silang Huajia is quite honest."
Hua Yitang: "You can check these things by taking a walk around Yang Ducheng. There is no need to hide it. When we fight against the Feng family, we have always been upright and have a clear conscience, and we are not afraid of you checking it out. You and I Instead of focusing on us, check the places you can’t see.”
"What do you mean by this?"
"The crooked poem that Feng gave you before, the original poem was not written by me. I just borrowed flowers to offer to Buddha to add fuel to the fire. Less than a month after the poem came out, serial murders occurred," Hua Yitang suggested. Eyebrow, "According to your words, it is solid, real, strange and strange."
Ling Zhiyan thought for a moment, stood up, bowed to Hua Yitang and Lin Sui'an, and then left with Ming Shu and Ming Feng.
Hua Yitang breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the pieces of rice with chopsticks, and glanced at Jin Ruo, looking at him as much as he wanted.
Jin Ruokuang took two bites of mutton, stood up and said to Lin Sui'an, "Take a step to speak."
Before Lin Sui'an responded, Hua Yitang became anxious, "Lin Sui'an, we are partners! Is there anything I can't listen to?!"
"Ahem, let me introduce you. This is Jin Ruo from Jingmen." Lin Sui'an said to the two of them respectively, "I don't need to introduce you to this one, Huajia Silang."
Hua Yitang's eyes widened, and Mu Xia withdrew with a look, closing the door.
Jin Ruo: "How did you recognize me?"
Lin Sui'an: "I'm not blind."
"Don't be proud. If I didn't show up voluntarily, you wouldn't be able to find me even if you dig three feet into the ground."
Lin Sui'an nodded, "Oh. Tell me, what difficulties did you encounter that provoked you?"
Jin Ruo's face turned even darker, and he hesitated for a long time before saying, "There is a traitor in the Jingmen."
Lin Sui'an immediately became energetic: "Oh?"
Hua Yitang pricked up his ears.
"Why are you making such a gloating expression?" Jin Ruo snorted, "The traitor leaked the news about the Jingmen, and the two of you were almost killed."
Lin Sui'an: "..."
Hua Yitang's eyelids twitched: "Could it be that the one who sent the secret report to Zhou Changping was Jingmen?"
"The Jingmen does cooperate with the Yangdu government office, but the Jingmen has its own rules about what information can be sent and what information should be kept secret. Lin Sui'an is the master of Qianjing, and the information she wants is the highest level of confidentiality within the Jingmen. , will never inform the government." Jin Ruo frowned and said, "But for some reason, the news about Liuyue Tower leaked out. I urgently withdrew my disciples to conduct a thorough investigation, but did not find any clues about the traitor. Before identifying the traitor, All the disciples of the Pure Sect are suspected, and if I weren't afraid that you would... again, I wouldn't have come in person."
Jin Ruo's expression was quite tangled. She was obviously worried but pretended not to be worried. It reminded Lin Sui'an of the arrogant cat. She suddenly wanted to act violently and held it back.
"What's your position in Jingmen?"
Jin Ruo replied angrily: "Acting for the sect master."
Lin Sui'an: Ouch, he's actually a vice president!
"Where's the door owner?"
"It's temporarily vacant."
"What is the relationship between the Lord of Qianjing and the Jingmen?" Hua Yitang suddenly said.
Jin Ruo was furious: "It's none of your business!"
Lin Sui'an had guessed it a long time ago and simply pierced the window paper cleanly, "It turns out that Qian Jing is the token of the master of the Jing Sect."
Jin Ruoteng jumped up, his voice trembling, "You, you, you, you, you, do you want-"
Lin Sui'an raised his hands, "I am not interested in the position of sect leader. The previous agreement is still valid. As long as you can defeat me, I will give you Qianjing with both hands. But - since Qianjing is in my hands, I Can I make a small request?"
As he spoke, Lin Sui'an squinted his eyes and looked Jin Ruo up and down. Xindao thought that this kid was an extremely rare high-end talent in trace studies. If he didn't turn him around and use it for her, wouldn't it be a waste of resources?
Hua Yitang: "Yeah, cough, cough, cough!"
Jin Ruo's face turned green: "You, you, you, you, what do you want to do?!"
Lin Sui'an smiled what he thought was the kindest smile: "Partner with us and investigate the case together.":,,
