The situation was worse than expected.
When Rou Qian'er and the people of Fijiaofang went to Dali Temple to testify for Tatar's crimes, Rou Qianer's maid Yingtao left Fuxingfang, and just at this time, Jin Ruo was trapped in the secret room of Huangyuan. All the disciples of Jingmen went to support the search, which happened to be the blank area of Jingmen's surveillance. Therefore, when Lin Sui'an asked about the whereabouts of Cherry, the Jingmen disciples all looked at a loss.
Jin Ruo immediately arranged for Ding Kun and Jing Sect disciples to inquire about Ying Tao's life experience and whereabouts. Ling Zhiyan immediately returned to Dali Temple and prepared to interrogate Rou Qian'er overnight. Hua Yitang was unwilling to give up and stayed in Rou's house and searched it carefully again.
This house is a three-entry garden. It has one door in the main hall, two doors in the main wing, nine doors in the side wing, one door in the kitchen, one door each in the woodshed and warehouse. Each door is clean and tidy. , spotless, the ground seems to have been washed by water, and the candlelight reflects on it. This cannot be cleared up in a day or two, but must be prepared in advance.
Fang Ke found several boxes of lip balm similar to Huachun balm on the dressing table in Rou Qian'er's bedroom. At best, it could only convict Rou Qian'er of using banned spices indiscriminately, but it was of little use.
Lin Sui'an held the candlestick, squatted next to Rou Qian'er's dressing table, wiped his fingers on the ground, and sighed softly.
It would be great if there was a luminol reagent. No matter how long it takes or how it is cleaned, the blood stains will show up.
Jin Ruo personally knocked on the walls and floor. This was a very ordinary house. There were no secret passages, no secret rooms, and no traces of murder or corpse hiding.
"Hey, I still don't believe it. Can he wash away all the clues?" Jin Ruo scratched his chin and turned around, "Unless it's a ghost!"
Hua Yitang rummaged through Rou Qian'er's wardrobe without ceremony, and kept mumbling, "This man is really sick. He doesn't even have a set of men's clothes. Could it be that he really thinks of himself as a man?" Is the woman alive?" He glanced at Jin Ruo and said, "If you have time to wander around here, why not check Rou Qian'er's family assets and account books."
With a word that woke up the dreamer, Jin Ruo was so happy that he ran out like a gust of wind, apparently to investigate all the carriages and ships under Rou Qian'er's name.
"Silang, the situation is not good," Mu Xia came back from the next room. The furniture and supplies next door were all the favorites of young girls. It was Yingying's bedroom. "The clothes and commonly used accessories in Yingying's wardrobe are all gone."
Etta: "Escaped."
Fang Ke: "Young Tao is the closest person to Rou Qian'er. He should know something..."
"Isn't Cherry the real culprit?" Hua Yitang threw away Rou Qian'er's skirt and clicked his tongue, "Could it be that Cherry is also a man disguised as a woman?!"
Lin Sui'an: "..."
Brother, your imagination is too big, right? !
"Cherry is indeed a girl." Tianshu came in sweating profusely and hugged Lin Sui'an. "Cherry is an orphan. The neighbor said that Rou Qian'er bought it from the market in Xishi three years ago. , I was only twelve years old when I bought it back, and was thin and small. Rou Qian'er is very good to Cherry, just like a daughter." After a pause, "Yesterday at the third quarter of the year, a Jingmen disciple saw Rou Qian'er's house. The carriage passed by Sishunfang and I confirmed that the driver was Tao Tao."
Lin Sui'an: "Sishunfang?"
Where does this workshop come from?
"Sishunfang is on the west side of Nanshi," Hua Yitang said, "Are you taking Zhongqu Avenue?"
Tianshu nodded.
Hua Yitang: "Going south along Zhongqu Avenue is Changxia Gate. Going east from Sishunfang, crossing Chunshun Street is Yanchun Gate. Going south is Yongtong Gate. Going west is Yongtong Gate. Dingding Gate, but no matter which gate she went to, she couldn't reach it within a moment of time. The Dongdu City Gate was closed in Xuchu, and she didn't have time to leave the city. She should have gone to a certain village and hid."
"As long as she doesn't leave Dongdu City, it will be easy," Tianshu said. "I will immediately notify a few elders and ask them to lead the brothers to guard several city gates in Dongdu. As long as she goes to the city gate, she will be caught. .”
Hua Yitang's fan slowly drew circles on the dressing table, just like when he was calculating the geographical portrait of criminals. "She will definitely go to a more familiar place to hide temporarily. Rou Qian'er often goes to Nan City and Bei City, but We just came out of Nanshi. Jingmen disciples are all over the place. It shouldn't be Nanshi..." He paused and looked up at Tianshu, "Does Rou Qian'er have any other houses or shops in Dongdu?"
Tianshu: "We haven't found anything yet."
Hua Yitang narrowed his eyes: "So, it should be near Beishi..."
"Hua Yitang," Lin Sui'an suddenly had a guess in his mind, "do you remember Qu Siniang?"
Hua Yitang: "That blind girl?"
"She is the only victim who lives near the West Market, and the only market she frequents is the West Market."
Hua Yitang's eyes flashed, "She is the only victim who wanders outside Rou Qian'er's hunting area and safe area."
"At that time, I thought that the murderer went hunting in the West Market just on a whim, but now that I think about it, there is another possibility than the murderer suddenly changing his killing habits -" Lin Sui'an took a breath, "Abducting Qu Siniang" It’s not Rou Qian’er who’s here, but someone else.”
Hua Yitang narrowed his eyes: "You mean - cherry!"
Lin Sui'an: "If it were really a cherry, it would be a bit tricky."
Mucha, Ita and Tianshu heard questions.
Tianshu: "Ms. Lin, Hua Silang, what are you talking about?"
Fang Ke: "The scope of the murderer's activities that Hanashiro previously estimated was based on Rou Qian'er's habits. Now it has been replaced by Cherry. All the previously estimated ranges are not applicable."
Ita: "It doesn't matter, Shiro is super-powerful, you can count again."
Hua Yitang smashed the toothbrush, slapped his forehead with a fan, closed his eyes and frowned, and stopped talking.
Lin Sui'an knew why Hua Yitang was silent. There was a very important prerequisite for calculating the geographical portrait of crimes, which was to collect a considerable amount of basic data on the places where murders occurred. If there was only the data of one victim, Qu Siniang, it would not be enough to support his reconstruction. calculate.
Lin Sui'an thought of the scene that Gold Finger saw - no, heard - in Qu Siniang's memory. After thinking for a moment, he made a decision, "Hua Yitang, do you dare to gamble with me?"
Hua Yitang slowly opened his eyes, and his clear pupils fell on Lin Sui'an's face like water waves. He smiled softly, "Why don't you dare?"
The blind girl Qu Si's family lived at No. 46 Liutang Street, Guanglifang, on the north side of the West Market. They had a small door and a small household. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw that the street was full of courtyards like this, and they were all ordinary people from poor families.
It's almost midnight, the sky in the west is a heavy dark blue, and the sky in the east is a light white. In a quarter of an hour, the gate will be opened, and the huge Eastern Capital City will be busy. Lin Sui'an is in Qu Siniang The sound I heard in my memory was the hustle and bustle of the street market, and the time was just right.
Tianshu stood at the door of Qu Siniang's house and checked the direction. "There are two roads to the West Market from here. One goes from east to west, passes through Hongye Lane, goes around the yellow winding road, and goes out of the square gate. The other goes from Go west to east, cross the large span bridge of Tongjing Canal, and go straight south, exiting the square gate and leading directly to the West Market."
Hua Yitang: "Although it is close to the long-span bridge of Tongjing Canal, there are many cars and horses during the day, so it is not suitable for blind people to walk. Hongye Lane and Huangzhu Road have flat surfaces and few people. Qu Siniang should have walked there on weekdays. this road."
"Okay, let's go to Hongye Lane." Lin Sui'an tore off a piece of clothing and covered his eyes, "Let's start from the door of Qu Siniang's house and go to the West Market."
Her move was very abrupt, and everyone was a little surprised. Fang Ke hesitated to speak, Mu Xia kept a professional smile, and Ita gestured for a long time but didn't know how to express it. In the end, only Tianshu asked, "What is Mrs. Lin doing?"
"You're all here, let's try our luck. Maybe if you're lucky, you can hit cherries as soon as you turn a corner." Hua Yitang said with arrogance, waving his fan and walked up to Lin Sui'an, raising his arms, which was quite artificial Coughed twice.
Lin Sui'an heard it very clearly, and could even imagine Hua Yitang's expression, which must be "I am the only one who understands Lin Sui'an." He could also imagine everyone's expressions, "This dude must be... Bragging!".
Lin Sui'an put her hand on Hua Yitang's arm. The clothes were cold and soft to the touch. She could tell that they were valuable fabrics. Hidden under the expensive and gorgeous clothes were firm and steady arms. She heard Hua Yitang The voice said, "Hold on to me, let's go."
Lin Sui'an followed Hua Yitang forward slowly. She lost her vision and her other senses became extremely sensitive. She could hear Hua Yitang's footsteps, which were steady and small. They were completely different from his usual swaggering walking posture. Different, you can hear his breathing, very slow and light, mixed with low reminders from time to time, "There are stone steps ahead, not high, please lift your feet a little", "Be careful, there is water, it will be slippery", " There is a small pit", "Slow down, there is a corner", "Go straight"——
She heard the rustle of the silver-carved sachet ball rubbing against her clothes. The gentle fragrance of fruit and wood floated in the wind. The nascent sunshine broke through the morning mist and fell on her face. She heard the residents on both sides open their doors. , spraying water for cleaning, I heard the heavy gate creaking open, the heavy armor of Jin Wuwei walked over, the smell of camel dung hit my face, and the jabbering words hit my face. Hua Yitang stopped, leaned over, and quickly fanned beside her with a small fan, becoming a dutiful air purifier.
"How is it?" Hua Yitang's voice was like a ball of soft catkins, getting into his ears and itching.
Lin Sui'an ducked away a little, "There is no sound that is the same as in the memory."
"Could it be in the West Market?" Hua Yitang's fragrant voice came over again, "But the West Market won't open until noon." The distance was actually closer than before.
Why are you so close? She is just blind, not deaf.
Lin Sui'an simply stopped hiding and suddenly turned his head, intending to use his momentum to drive him away. The speed was too fast, the head was turned too sharply, and the tip of his nose hit something. It was soft and warm, the fragrance and body temperature of Hua Yitang. Suddenly he retreated a lot, and there was no movement for a long time. If Lin Sui'an hadn't been holding his sleeve in his hand, he would have thought he was scared away.
Mu Xia coughed heavily, Yita and Fang were silent, and Tianshu took a breath of cold air for some reason.
"Hua Yitang?" Lin Sui'an whispered, "Where is the person?"
"Yeah, I'm here." This time Hua Yitang's voice came from two steps away. His voice was sticky, as if he had a piece of candy in his mouth.
"Did you hear that 'oh-oh-oh-oh' sound?"
Hua Yitang said "Huh?" and was quiet for a moment, "No."
Lin Suijing was calm and listened attentively. The large group of camels snorting around him, the Hu merchants' chatter and Tang dialect mixed together, a gust of wind blew, and suddenly, all the sounds fell silent, distant, like a ballad. A similar "chant" floated over on the wind.
[Hey, hey-oh-hey-]
Lin Sui'an's ears twitched and his fingers pointed in the direction of the wind, "Where is that?"
Tianshu: "It's the direction of the dock at Houzaimen."
"I bought these camels of yours!" Hua Yitang shouted, and there was a commotion all around. Then, Lin Sui'an felt her arm being lifted up by Hua Yitang's hand, and her whole body moved. She jumped and turned to the door between the two plush humps. There was a fragrant Hua Yitang behind her. The position was too crowded. Her back was pressed against Hua Yitang's chest without even a gap. Tang wrapped his arms around her body, shook her body suddenly, the reins snapped, and the camel under her suddenly started running, passing through a crowd of exclamations and curses, facing the wind and the vague chants. , and started running.
Soon, Lin Sui'an heard the noise of people, the laughter of children, the sound of boiling water, the whirring of flags and flags, and the smell of sugar.
That's it!
Lin Sui'an pulled the cloth from his eyes, Hua Yitang stopped the camel, and the brown camel hair fell down. Hua Yitang sneezed three times in a row.
They stopped in front of a sweet shop. There was a plaque with the name "Xu's Sweet Shop" hanging on the shop. Next to it was a porridge shop with flags with blue background and white characters. The flags were clapped and the children were playing in the sweet shop. They were crawling in and out, laughing and making noise, lying on the counter and drooling. Not far away was the Houzaimen Freight Terminal. The boatmen were carrying heavy sacks, baskets and wooden boxes, and they were shouting slogans rhythmically. "Hey, eh - oh - oh -".
A woman wearing a headscarf and carrying a bag led three young boys out of the candy shop. The three boys were about five or six years old. They wore rag shoes with exposed toes. They were yelling like crazy when they were naughty. While screaming, she bumped into a diner outside the porridge shop. The woman apologized repeatedly. The diner waved her hands indifferently, stood up, paid and left. The woman turned around and called the three boys over, half of her face under the headscarf flashing away.
That was not Cherry's face. There were wrinkles at the corners of the eyes, and she looked a little older. Lin Sui'an didn't pay attention. Unexpectedly, at this moment, Hua Yitang suddenly pointed forward and shouted, "Stop her!"
Soon after, Lin Sui'an slapped the hump of his hand and jumped into the air. He jumped and landed opposite the woman. Qianjing's scabbard was wrapped around the woman's neck. The three boys who were beside the woman immediately Sayazi ran away without lingering.
Tianshu, Fang Ke, Mucha and Yita jumped off the camels and gathered around. Fang Ke frowned and looked at the woman's face for a moment, then his expression suddenly changed.
Only then did Lin Sui'an see clearly that this woman's body shape was very similar to that of a cherry. Her whole face was quite strange. Her forehead and corners of her eyes were full of wrinkles, but the direction of the wrinkles was very strange. It didn't look like it was formed naturally. The wrinkled peel and the dark mass on the cheekbones look like mold. There are two quite obvious tear moles at the lower corners of the eyes.
"There is a tear mole in the corner of the eye, an oval face, and a cherry mouth." Hua Yitang walked to Lin Sui'an, her clothes blown by the wind were as cold as frost and snow, "This is the real Rou Qian'er's face."
Following his voice, something extremely terrifying happened. The woman's face was like a piece of rotten pig skin, slowly peeling off and sliding down, and piled up on the woman's neck, turning out the rotten and long hair inside.
Below, is Cherry's young and plump face. :,,
