"Huh?"
Bi Twelve was stunned for a moment.
Looking at Ji Qingzhu and Gu Yu again, he found that they had turned their heads to one side and no longer looked at him.
The scene was quite embarrassing for a while.
However, Bi Twelve was thick-skinned enough, so he didn't care too much.
A carp flipped up from the ground when it was erect, and then coughed twice.
"Ahem, shopkeeper, I really tried my best."
"Well, I know, you just have limited abilities." Ji Qingzhu replied, but Feng Mu looked at Luoxia River: "The Luoxia River can lead directly to the outside of the city. I'm afraid it will be difficult to catch up."
"Perhaps Ruyan will not leave the city immediately." Li Suijiu also looked at Luoxiahe: "She should gather the remaining Shuimang ghosts in the city before leaving."
"How can I see it?"
"Because she is not willing to give in. When she left just now, she said, 'I, Ruyan, will definitely take back today's revenge.' In this case, she alone is not enough."
"That makes sense!"
Guyu nodded in agreement: "If it is as Huaijin expected, we may be able to ambush at the location where Luoxia River leads to the outside of the city and wait for the enemy."
"Good strategy." Bi Twelve agreed.
"..." Ji Qingzhu did not answer, but looked at Li Suijiu: "What do you think of Huaijin?"
"What we can think of, Ru Yanzi can also think of." Li Suijiu replied directly: "Actually, I think it is more likely that she will go through the city gate."
"Go through the city gate? This is absolutely impossible." Bi Twelve immediately shook his head: "After nightfall, the city gates are closed and there are government soldiers guarding them. How can we get out of the city?"
After finishing speaking, Bi Twelve looked at Ji Qingzhu.
As a result, he found that Ji Qingzhu was looking at him as if he were a fool.
Bi Twelve's face was filled with questions: "Am I right?"
"Who attacked you just now?" Ji Qingzhu asked.
"Mr. Wang...ah, I understand!" Bi Twelve finally came to his senses: "Nine out of ten of those government soldiers like to visit brothels, so there must be water ghosts in them."
"It's not too stupid." Ji Qingzhu nodded, and then said: "Huaijin is right. After listening to Huaijin's analysis, I also think that Ruyan is more likely to go through the city gate. However, There are four city gates in Yinhua Mansion. If there is another Shuimang ghost wandering around inside..."
Ji Qingzhu didn't say the next words, but looked at Li Suijiu with his phoenix eyes: "Does Huaijin have any good ideas?"
"The Yinhua Mansion is too big. It's really difficult to know where Ruyan is hiding. However, there is a plan that we might try."
"What's the plan?"
"The core of this plan is not you and me, but Tong Xiaotang."
"Tong Xiaotang?" Ji Qingzhu finally understood after hearing this: "Do you want to take advantage of Tong Xiaotang's paper-tying skills?"
"Yes."
"Okay, then we will act according to Huaijin's plan. Whether we can lure out Ruyan depends on luck." After thinking about it, Ji Qingzhu nodded.
But, suddenly, she felt like something was missing.
Looking at the side of Li Suijiu again, it was empty.
Ji Qingzhu tilted his head: "Eh? Huaijin, where is your cat?"
"My cat is behind me." Li Suijiu was a little confused. Looking behind him, there was no cat anywhere.
Why is it missing?
Li Suijiu was also a little confused: "Hey, where is my cat??"
Where has Qian'er gone?
At this moment, Yang Jian and three old men came over.
"Shopkeeper Ji, there are so many Shui Mang ghosts in Yinhua Mansion now, what should we do?"
"Please rest assured, Mr. Yang, Huaijin has already thought of a solution just now." Ji Qingzhu said: "We will find all the Shuimang ghosts as quickly as possible."
"That's very good." Yang Jian nodded and looked at Li Suijiu: "If it weren't for Huaijin, I would probably have to drink that poisonous tea today. Yang Jian would like to thank you for saving me!"
"Your Majesty, you're welcome." Li Suijiu returned the greeting.
Yang Jian glanced at Li Suijiu with deep meaning, but didn't say much. He just turned to Ji Qingzhu again and said, "Thank you for your hard work tonight, Shopkeeper Ji."
"This is my duty as a night watchman." Ji Qingzhu nodded slightly.
"Okay, I will be waiting at the Yamen tonight. All officials in Yinhua Mansion are at the discretion of Shopkeeper Ji!" After Yang Jian finished speaking, he turned and left.
This was the first time Li Suijiu heard Ji Qingzhu mention his identity.
Night watchman?
Although I don’t know what this identity means, I think it has something to do with catching ghosts and subduing demons. It is probably a special department in this world.
In this way, we can understand why Ji Qingzhu was able to mobilize the government.
However, he was focused on the imperial examination and had no intention of joining Fu Shan Tang, so he naturally didn't ask any more questions.
Help is okay.
join in?
Forget it.
…
The scene of the defense meeting has been basically brought under control.
When no one dares to run around anymore, it is no longer a particularly difficult task to find the remaining water ghosts among them.
Bi Twelve and Guyu certainly have their own ideas.
Song Ding, Zhang Jia and other government officials also stayed behind to cooperate with Bi Twelve and Guyu's actions.
When everyone is screening the talents.
Ji Qingzhu looked at Li Suijiu and asked the question in his heart: "Huaijin said before that he knew how Zhao Si and Cui Wu died? Does this mean that they were both killed by Ru Yan?"
"That's right." Li Suijiu nodded.
"Why did Ruyan want to harm Zhao Si and Cui Wu?" Ji Qingzhu agreed with this conclusion, but she didn't understand the reason.
"Qian'er once told me that she went to Zhao Si's house that night, and since Shui Manggui's target was Yang Fuzun, he definitely didn't want to cause trouble before that. Qian'er got entangled with Zhao Si, and Ruyan would naturally Worried about arousing the suspicion of the government, he simply asked Zhao Si to hang himself, so that no one would think of ghosts worshiping him."
Li Suijiu explained.
And this can also explain why Zhao Si came to look for him after his death.
Because, in Zhao Si's mind, the cause of his death was because he stole a fish.
"I see, what about Cui Wu?"
"Cui Wu was taken to the Yamen after Zhao Si's death. Out of caution, Cui Wu also had to die!"
"Oh, what about you? Why did you hang yourself?" Ji Qingzhu looked at Li Suijiu.
"..." Li Suijiu.
In fact, he had figured out the reason why his predecessor had hanged himself.
It was probably caused by lingering in front of Cuihong Tower and being entangled with Ruyan.
However, his Shuimangcao probably wasn't given to him by Ruyan, because when Ruyan saw him tonight, he didn't regard him as a 'same kind'.
It can be deduced that the person who gave him Shuimangcao was probably 'Wang Wen' who had an affair with Ruyan, and it was probably given by the maid around Ruyan.
However, this predecessor probably misunderstood the maid's meaning and interpreted Mansheng as the afterlife, so he hung himself from the elm tree.
Well, he is really stupid and infatuated!
Of course, it was impossible for Li Suijiu to tell Ji Qingzhu this, so he directly replied: "Isn't Shopkeeper Ji always boasting about his intelligence? Why don't you guess it yourself."
"Haha, then I might as well guess where Wang Wen is now?" Ji Qingzhu smiled and did not pursue the matter further: "Speaking of Wang Wen, I have heard a little bit. It is said that he and Chu Zhongbai We are very good friends with Lu Xue, but we still attacked Chu Zhongbai and Lu Xue without thinking!"
Li Suijiu nodded.
The reason why Wang Wen poisoned Chu Zhongbai should still be the same.
He used Chu Zhongbai's talent and reputation to introduce Ruyan to Yang Jian.
But there's a problem.
Since the three of them are talented and famous, if Wang Wen participated in the argument together, the effect and persuasiveness should be better. But why did Wang Wen suddenly disappear?
etc!
Li Suijiu suddenly thought of a possibility: "I have a guess."
"What guess?"
"I guess Wang Wen has probably committed suicide!"
"Um?"
Ji Qingzhu blinked.
At this moment, a [passerby] walked over quickly.
"Thanks to the shopkeeper, we just sealed the Cuihong Building and found that Wang Wen was in the Cuihong Building, but he had already hanged himself in the building."
"This..." Ji Qingzhu was startled, and then looked at Li Suijiu: "How did you guess it?"
"Let's talk about it on the way, now I know where Ruyan is!" After Li Suijiu finished speaking, he took out the woodcutter: "And my cat should be there too!"
"Is Tong Xiaotang's paper-tying technique still useful?"
"What is useful cannot be wasted."
"good!"
…
Under the purple moon.
A black cat stood on the eaves, its two golden eyes shining brightly under the purple moon.
"Meow!"
With a meow, several wild cats looking for food under the eaves suddenly raised their heads, golden light looming in their eyes.
Immediately, several wild cats dispersed and ran around in Yinhua Mansion, meowing continuously.
"Meow!"
"Meow!"
There were screams everywhere, and more and more cats had golden light in their eyes.
A quarter of an hour later, the black cat on the eaves trembled and made an excited voice: "Found it!"
