Lin Sui'an saw the thieves' markings for the first time. To be honest, he was completely confused.
There are squares, rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, wavy lines, crosses, hooks, circles, dots, asterisks, some circles with dots, some stars with crosses, some a string of dots, and various combinations of symbols. , use a thin charcoal pen to draw on very inconspicuous places, such as under the threshold of the back door.
If it weren't for Yun Zhongyue's guidance, laymen like them wouldn't have been able to discover it.
Lin Sui'an really wanted to ask what these symbols meant, but seeing the arrogance of Yun Zhongyue shaking his shoulders and legs, he really didn't want to ask. Hua Yitang was probably going through a fierce psychological struggle just like her. He glanced sideways at Yun Zhongyue, closing and opening the small fan in his hand, opening and closing again, opening and closing faster and faster, da da. Da, da da da, made Magistrate Song break into a cold sweat.
"Ahem, I dare to ask Master Yun, what do these symbols mean?" Magistrate Song asked.
Yun Zhongyue smacked the flower seeds, lifted her robe and squatted down, pointing at the combination of dots, lines and circles under the threshold and said: "At the third hour of the lunar month, there is a heavy flow of people, the back door is loosely guarded, and there are no vicious dogs in the house."
Magistrate Song was very impressed, "He really has a specialization in the art."
Hua Yitang couldn't help it anymore and squatted down, "What do you mean by putting dots in the circle?"
Yun Zhongyue: "This house is a key target."
"What about one short vertical dot and three horizontal dots?"
"Represents the time of stepping on the spot."
"Where's the squiggle?"
Yun Zhongyue had no choice but to say, "Hua Shilang, as the saying goes, cats have their own ways, rats have their own ways. Be your dandy and join the army, and don't try to steal our thieves' jobs."
Hua Yitang said, "Stingy."
"In other words, this thief came to the back door of Huazhai at three o'clock on a certain day." Lin Sui'an said.
Mu Xia: "Chenchu to Chen is the time for the kitchen to do shopping. There are many people in the back alley, including those who deliver vegetables, meat, rice, oil and water. If it had been half an hour earlier, there would still be many people. There is a history of pouring night fragrance."
Hua Yitang stood up and asked, "Where are the other marks?"
Yun Zhongyue didn't answer. His attention was attracted by the prints posted on the back door. Two gorgeous door gods of iron-blooded flowers and wealth were showing majestic and charming smiles to everyone.
Yun Zhongyue laughed out loud, and Lin Sui'an turned his face away: Taishe is dead!
Hua Yitang: "Hey!"
Jin Ruo ran over, "Ita and I also found the mark, in the kitchen."
The mark on the kitchen is different from before. There is a combination of triangle and rectangle, which is painted on the wall of the stove. If you don't look closely, you will definitely mistake it for ashes.
Yun Zhongyue held her arms and translated, "At three o'clock at noon, there is no one in the kitchen, and the nursing home is sleepy. I also recorded the location of the kitchen."
"This thief came to the kitchen in the afternoon of a certain day?" Hua Yitang glanced at Mu Xia, "Are there often outsiders coming in and out of the house around noon every day?"
Mu Xia looked stern and said, "I'll ask the resident steward to come over right now."
The crowd continued to search along the signs, and found various combinations of symbols at the base of the latrine wall, on the water tank in the water room, on the door panel of the vegetable cellar, and on the rockery in the garden. As they went deeper and deeper into the inner house, the combination of symbols It also became more and more complex, especially the various combinations of squares, rectangles and triangles. This time, even Ita could guess it.
"This is the structural diagram of the house, it's too much!"
Yun Zhongyue: "Such a big house, I can feel it so clearly. This little thief has come more than once, maybe several times a day, so I am very patient."
Lin Sui'an: "If this is the case, it means that this person's identity can not only enter the kitchen, but also go deep into the inner garden without suspicion."
Magistrate Song: "Could it be that he is really a family thief?"
Hua Yitang shook his head, "On the contrary, the fact that this thief visits the place so frequently means that he is not someone from the Huazhai."
Yun Zhongyue: "I am a novice and my memory is not good. If it were me, I wouldn't need such a complicated mark at all. I can remember it in my mind after just one turn."
Everyone glared at Yun Zhongyue.
Mu Xia came over with the resident steward. The resident housekeeper is named Mouton. He is forty years old and is the resident housekeeper of Hua's 250th house. When the house is vacant, he is responsible for the daily maintenance of the house, personnel management, item procurement, property accounting and other specific affairs. Xia better understood the situation. He probably listened to Mu Xia's explanation and brought a booklet with him when he came to report.
The book contains a list of people who come in and out of the flower house, including the name of the visitor, the time of entry and exit, and specific matters. It even records where these people have been to the flower house. The work is not without details.
In chronological order, the outsiders who enter Huazhai mainly include Ye Xianglang, firewood delivery man, charcoal seller, vegetable farmer, and waiter from the butcher shop. These types of people come almost every day, but their scope of action is limited to the kitchen and Mihang. People who work in the restaurant come about once every half a month, sometimes in the morning, sometimes in the afternoon, and they only move around the kitchen area.
There is only one kind of person who is special, that is, the waterman. Sometimes he comes twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening. Sometimes he comes three times a day, morning, noon and evening. In addition to the kitchen, his path of action involves the water house, vegetable cellar, hut, and the last half of the house. Yue also went to the garden.
"Why do the senders come so frequently?" Hua Yitang asked.
Mouton: "Shiro didn't know something. The geographical location of Yicheng is special. It is relatively arid. There are no rivers or lakes, and most of them rely on well water. However, the well water here is highly alkaline. If the weather is bad, it will taste bitter, so The more discerning families in the city buy mountain spring water for their diet. The mountain spring water is the best in Neem Flower Mountain. It is ten miles away from Yicheng. It is not easy to transport and the freight is not cheap. Over time, many water delivery men were born in Yicheng to deliver water. To make a living. Because the journey is long and there are many people in Huazhai, the water delivered at one time is often not enough for one day. In most cases, it is delivered twice a day, or three times a day."
Hua Yitang nodded, "Why are you sending Shui Lang to the vegetable cellar?"
"Underneath the vegetable cellar is an ice cellar. The weather is getting colder and it will soon be time to make and store ice. We need to store some spring water for later use."
“Does the garden also use mountain spring water?”
"The rockeries in the garden are made of Taihu stone, which is expensive and likes the tide. Yicheng is dry and has strong winds and sand. Taihu stone needs to be cleaned and maintained frequently with water. If well water is used, alkali will be produced on the surface of the stone and damage the stone foundation, so every once in a while , it will be cleaned with mountain spring water. In order to welcome Shiro to move in this time, the cleaning started a week ago. "
Jin Ruo slapped his palm and said, "He's not running away anymore. These water delivery men are the most suspicious."
Lin Sui'an: "How many water delivery men are there who frequent the flower house?"
Mouton was a little embarrassed, "There are about seventeen or eight people."
"so much?"
"Some are in the morning, some are in the afternoon, and some are in the evening. Huazhai consumes a lot of water, so there are many people."
County Magistrate Song: "This is easy. If we arrest all these people and interrogate them one by one, we will be able to identify the little thief!"
"Hua is still in a hurry to go to Andu to take up his post. He doesn't have the time to review them one by one." Hua Yitang handed the brochure to Jin Ruo, "Give me a copy of the map of Yicheng."
Jin Ruo muttered, "How do you know I have a map?" He took out the map and handed it to Hua Yitang. Without Hua Yitang's orders, Mu Xia had already asked people to bring in tables, chairs, lamps, the four treasures of the study, and even the incense burner. Well arranged.
Hua Yitang rolled up his sleeves and lifted his robe and sat down, licking the tip of his pen full of ink, "Magistrate Song, except for the six members, have any other ordinary people's homes lost anything?"
Magistrate Song was stunned, "There are some, but they are all worthless things from ordinary people. Although the county government has made a record, they think the treasures of a few members of the family are more valuable -"
Lin Sui'an frowned and glanced over with a cold look.
Magistrate Song felt as if a bucket of ice water was poured down from his head, and his heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys were all frozen.
Yun Zhongyue sneered, "Chamber pots, bellybands, dog bowls, wigs, and hams are really valuable!"
Hua Yitang looked solemn, "To the common people, every stitch and thread in the home is precious. What County Magistrate Song just said just now is really not what a parent official should say!"
Magistrate Song was excited and hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Song made a mistake!"
"Go and get the filing dossier."
"Yes, yes! Come, get the file!"
"Please ask Magistrate Song to first mark the locations of the five members' families on the map."
"Eh? Okay, okay!"
After Magistrate Song finished marking, Hua Yitang asked Mouton to mark the route that Shui Lang must take to leave and enter the city. Finally, he marked Tian Guicheng's house with his own hand. He stared at the map and quickly measured something on the map with his left fingers.
This time not only Magistrate Song was confused, but Yun Zhongyue was also confused and asked, "What is Hua Silang doing?"
Jin Ruo: "The man surnamed Hua said that he is a close disciple of Taoist Master Shi Ye of Qixingguan Jinguangdong. He can calculate everything in the world with just a few fingers. Now he is probably calculating where the prisoner lives. .”
Yun Zhongyue's face twitched unnaturally, "Are you bragging?"
Jin Ruo shrugged, "Believe it or not, that's how the serial murderer in Dongdu City figured it out."
Yun Zhongyue's whole scalp twitched again. She didn't know what expression was underneath the human|skin|skin mask that could cause such a weird performance. She looked at Lin Sui'an again and lowered her voice, "Really or not?"
"Fake." Lin Sui'an said helplessly, "Hua Yitang uses a case-solving reasoning algorithm. To put it simply, it combines the crime location, the prisoner's daily habits and criminal psychology to calculate the most likely address range of the criminal. .”
The corners of Yun Zhongyue's eyes twitched twice, and the human | skin | mask almost fell off, but it quickly stuck back on, "You sound even more ridiculous!"
The county government file was delivered. Hua Yitang read the twenty lines at a glance and marked the map with pen and stroke. He took a deep breath and began to draw big circles, small circles, long lines, and short lines, playing chess. The city is not large in area, and the water delivery man's route of action is very regular, which is several times less than the calculation of the Dongdu murder case. In just a quarter of an hour, Hua Yitang locked the target, and with a little tip of the pen, "This thief's home is On this street."
Magistrate Song: "Ehhhhh?!!"
Jin Ruo took a look and said, "Oh, Nanchao Lane, not far away."
Lin Sui'an: "Bring the bookkeeper's booklet with you."
"Understood! Whoever the waterman in the book lives in this alley, is the Yicheng Snitch!" Jin Ruo's face was full of excitement, "Yita, Qinglong Suzaku, White Tiger Xuanwu, come with me to catch the thief!"
The group of people ran away cheering, and Magistrate Song finally realized what they were doing and hurriedly led all the bad guys to chase them out.
Hua Yitang sat on the Taishi chair with her feet raised, took the tea cup and took a sip.
Yun Zhongyue looked at Hua Yitang as if he were looking at a monster.
Lin Sui'an understood Yun Zhongyue very well. When she first saw Hua Yitang's criminal psychology portrait using geography, she was so shocked that she even thought that Hua Yitang was a computer genius.
Hua Yitang obviously noticed Yun Zhongyue's gaze, put down the tea cup, raised his chin, flicked open the fan, and began to sway proudly.
Yun Zhongyue rolled her eyes and turned to Lin Sui'an, "Won't Mrs. Lin go and help?"
"For a fake, Jin Ruo is enough." Lin Sui'an hugged Qian Jing and squinted at Yun Zhongyue, "Lin wants to keep an eye on the real thing."
Yun Zhongyue smiled and started walking slowly in the yard. Lin Sui'an followed suit, making sure that the distance between the two did not exceed Qianjing's attack range. If Yun Zhongyue made any move, he would kill her instantly with one strike.
While walking, Yun Zhongyue stopped in front of the kitchen door. There were also two prints of the God of Wealth with Iron-Blooded Flowers posted on the kitchen door. Yun Zhongyue stared at the paintings and was stunned.
Lin Sui'an's eyes circled around the prints and Yun Zhongyue's back, and his heart moved, "If you like this portrait of the God of Wealth, I will give you one. Hua Yitang bought hundreds of them."
Yun Zhongyue: "I don't want to stick it at home and have nightmares."
"If you don't like the God of Wealth, I also have a picture of the God of War, which is said to be able to ward off evil spirits, avoid disasters, and protect the homeland."
The moment he said these words, Lin Sui'an suddenly felt that the atmosphere around Yun Zhongyue had changed. It was an indescribable heaviness, as if his shoulders had been lowered by three points.
Yun Zhongyue slowly turned around, unable to see his true expression through the human | skin | mask, but Lin Sui'an could see his eyes, which were dark and deep, like spring water in the middle of the night, calm on the surface and undercurrent in the depths. turbulent.
Lin Sui'an frowned slightly, "The God of War has a mask on her face. I think she looks a lot like you."
Yun Zhongyue looked at Lin Sui'an quietly for a while, then the left side of his face twitched twice, making a strange smile, "Legend has it that the God of War who guards Yicheng holds a horse-cutting knife in her hand. Guan, no one can open it, one can defeat a hundred. It seems more like you."
Lin Sui'an was stunned, and his first reaction was: Damn it, the original body of this body doesn't have a third hidden identity in addition to the "Lord of Qianjing" and "Pojun", right? Are you kidding me? What about stacking buffs? She doesn't want to take on such a bloody script!
"Pa!" A folding fan of Fang Chun Ting Mei blocked Lin Sui'an's sight, and Hua Yitang squeezed in with an angry face, "What are you two doing?"
Lin Sui'an: "Huh?"
"His face is ugly and old. What's so good about him?!" Hua Yitang asked with round eyes.
Lin Sui'an: "..."
Brother, we are reaching a critical point in our conversation, what are you doing to interrupt us?
Yun Zhongyue burst out laughing, and Eta ran in happily, shouting, "Brother Jin is mighty, the thief has been caught!"
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