Even the female shopkeeper didn't expect that the vulture would move so fast.
On the second day after returning to the city lord's palace, rumors spread that Yazdan was called into the meeting hall by the city lord because of problems with last year's tax accounts, and was then controlled by the guards there.
However, he was not sent to the Presbyterian Church for trial, but after being searched, he was locked up in a very nice guest room in the palace, where he was served good wine and good food.
At this time, Lu Jing was investigating people who left the city more than 20 days ago with the female shopkeeper.
According to Lu Jing's guess that night, someone should have taken something from the ancient tomb, which caused the disaster.
The simplest way is to see who has left Malazar Khan before the disaster occurred.
Elsewhere, this kind of investigation would be nearly impossible.
Because for a city, there are probably tens of thousands of people coming in and out every day, and it is almost impossible to find out among them those who have been to the ancient tomb.
However, Malazar Khan is located in the Mingsha Desert and is almost isolated from the outside world. That is to say, there are some connections between several oasis cities. Considering the harsh natural environment of the desert, the caravan basically only travels back and forth once every six months.
Therefore, it is not too difficult to find out who has been out of the city more than twenty days ago.
Coupled with Lu Jing's current status as a hero, it is very convenient no matter what he does.
The two quickly found the guards on duty, and with their cooperation, they listed about two pages of parchment with names of people who had been out of the city more than twenty days ago.
Most of them are just on the edge of town.
Then Lu Jingxian crossed out a person who left the city.
This possibility is not impossible, but with the power of that man in Malazar Khan, there is no need to take such a risk. After all, the desert is dangerous. If he accidentally steps into a pit of quicksand, there will be no one who can pull him out.
Then Lu Jing highlighted people who had been out of the city more than once in the past period.
After repeated exclusions, Yazdan’s name suddenly appeared on the list.
He took people out of the city thirty days ago, about eighty days ago, and half a year ago. And that time half a year ago, he took about twenty guards with him at one go. However, in the end, less than ten people came back. Many people He still had injuries on his body.
Therefore, the guards guarding the city also remembered it very clearly, and even asked if they wanted to see a doctor.
As a result, it was later discovered that Dr. Jia Simin, who often treated patients in the City Lord's Mansion, was in the team and looked a little serious.
Yazdan's theory at the time was that he encountered bandits when he was out.
"Have they found the ancient tomb?" the female shopkeeper said, "Sure enough, Yazdan is the instigator of this disaster."
However, Lu Jing was not in a hurry to draw conclusions. He just asked for Dr. Jia Simin's address.
Then he and the female shopkeeper rushed there non-stop. As soon as they arrived at the alley where Dr. Jasmine lived, they found the door of his house open.
Lu Jing rushed in first and saw a mess inside, as if he had just been robbed. Lu Jing rushed into the back room and saw Jia Simin and his wife lying in a pool of blood.
Both of them had been dead for at least half an hour.
In other words, as soon as Lu Jing and Nada went to find the guard guarding the door, the killer came here.
The female shopkeeper couldn't help but gasped when she saw this, "Is Yazdan being forced into a panic? He dares to kill people and silence them in broad daylight. Is he afraid that his search for the ancient tomb will be exposed?"
"If he was afraid that his search for the ancient tomb would be exposed, he should have killed Jia Simin long ago instead of delaying it until now." Lu Jing shook his head.
"And isn't he already under house arrest? Logically speaking, there is no reason why he can react so quickly."
"Who killed that person?" Nada asked.
Unfortunately, Jasmine, whose body had gradually cooled down, could no longer answer her questions.
Fortunately, Lu Jing knew where else to find the answer.
"Go to the pharmacy." Lu Jing said, "I just saw that Dr. Jasmine's home does not have a place to store herbal medicine, so when he treats people, he must get the medicine from a nearby pharmacy."
After a pause, Lu Jing continued to explain, "It's understandable that Yazdan brings guards out of the city, but it's too abnormal to bring a doctor with him. If you want to treat a knife wound, it's enough to bring the corresponding herbs and tools. It's not necessary. Bring the doctor himself with me. I want to see who Jia Simin has treated during this period and what medicines she has prescribed.
"Go now, the killer probably hasn't thought of this yet."
So the two of them rushed to the pharmacy across the street without stopping. The good news was that it was indeed safe and sound as Lu Jing said.
However, the female shopkeeper was still a little uneasy, because what happened before showed that she and Lu Jing were being targeted, and it seemed that every move they made could not be hidden from the other side.
In the dark, it was as if there was an eye watching them.
Fortunately, Lu Jing seemed to be very calm. Once again, he used his high reputation in the city to easily obtain a ledger that ordinary guests could not see.
It is specially used to record Dr. Jasmine's recent medication.
Naturally, Lu Jing and the female shopkeeper couldn't understand the large number of names of herbal medicines, so after getting the account book, they just flipped through it and asked the pharmacist directly.
"What are these herbs used for? Are there any special ones?"
The pharmacist was stunned when he heard this, "Well, most of them are used to treat a few minor diseases. If you want to talk about special... the many herbs he has asked for in the past six months... are used to kill people."
"Use it to kill yourself?"
The pharmacist nodded, "He asked me about a rare herb a few months ago. It only grows on quicksand. It is very rare. I don't have it here, so he must have gone out of the city to look for it. Do you know if you have found it?"
Lu Jing suddenly thought of something else, "Then the medicine he got from you last week was not only for death, but also for treatment and other things?"
"He didn't ask me to get medicine, he just got some spices."
"Spices?" Lu Jing's expression changed slightly, and then asked, "Jia Simin has been responsible for treating patients in the City Lord's Mansion. Do you also get the medicine for the City Lord's Mansion from you?"
The pharmacist nodded again and said proudly, "My place is the largest pharmacy in the city. It has the most complete range of medicines and the best quality. The City Lord's Mansion has also stored some medicines before, but I don't want them to go bad. If I find it troublesome later, I just If they take it directly from me, I will also leave the best-looking ones to them.”
"I understand." Lu Jing felt suddenly enlightened.
However, the female shopkeeper on the side was still a little confused, as if she didn't understand what Lu Jing understood.
Then she heard Lu Jing say to her again, "I know who caused this disaster. I was almost deceived by him and Shrike before."
