The next day.
Su Xian and Yang Zhilan went out early in the morning.
The wooden box came from a flower-picking thief captured more than ten days ago. Su Xian remembered that this thief had been handed over to Nangong Kui, so they went straight out of the city and rushed to the camp in the north of the city.
After entering the camp gate, go straight to the west side of the camp, where Nangong Kui, his torture instruments, dungeon, etc. are all here.
"Don't worry, Nangong Kui, I know him very well. Because of the 'Claustrophobic Method', he still owes me three favors. It's absolutely right for us to go find him."
Having just arrived at the west side of the camp, Su Xian turned around and explained to Yang Zhilan as he walked, perhaps out of boredom or wanting to show off.
In fact, Yang Zhilan knew about this but didn't say anything.
She is a very boring person, but she likes Su Xian to be talkative.
"Although Nangong Kui is not as good as me in terms of torture, he is pretty good... The flower picker fell into his hands. I'm afraid he even made a clear account of the things he stole when he was a child."
"Although the flower picker has been beheaded, Nangong Kui must know everything about him."
"So we will know right away where that wooden box came from...and then follow the clues. I believe we will find clues soon."
"..."
Yang Zhilan remained silent. When Su Xian looked at her, he could only say "hmm" in agreement.
After a while, the two of them came to the tent where Nangong Kui lived without any obstruction. When they saw two prison officials coming towards them, Su Xian waved to them:
"Excuse me, please tell me that Su Xian is here!"
"..."
Ever since Su Xian taught Nangong Kui the "Secret Method", Nangong Kui's coldness in front of him has greatly reduced, and he even called Su Xian "half master" in public.
So Su Xian has already imagined the scene of "Nangong Kui running out to greet him"...
The subordinate official hurriedly bowed and said:
"Su Wenxue, unfortunately, Her Royal Highness the Princess sent three arrests to Mozhou. They just left yesterday and are not expected to return until the day after tomorrow. What do you think of this, Su Wenxue?"
"Nangong Kui isn't here?" Su Xian was stunned for a moment.
"I don't know why Su Wenxue is looking for the three arrests. I can write a divorce letter to inform the three arrests."
"Oh, I want to ask him about the flower picker..."
Su Xian explained his purpose, rubbed his eyebrows and sighed: "But who would have thought that Nangong Kui is not here, and my clues have been lost again!"
Although Yang Zhilan on the side had no expression on her face, the fact that she missed the opportunity still made her feel depressed.
At this time, the subordinate official said:
"Su Wenxu, don't be anxious. Although the head of the three arrests is not here, Su Wenxue can check the files on this case!"
"Dossier!" Su Xian was startled again, then overjoyed, "Yes, that's right, why did I forget the dossier? Where is the dossier? I need to take a look at it immediately!"
"I don't want to delay Su Wenxu's investigation of the case. Please follow me."
The subordinate staff immediately led the way and walked in one direction.
Su Xian and Yang Zhilan immediately followed.
After a while, they came to a temporary building, which contained countless scrolls and books, roughly estimated to be more than a thousand.
Su Xian was speechless.
I thought that the Prison Department was really generous. He went to Youzhou with the army and brought so many books with him.
In fact, not all of these books were brought from the capital of God.
Nangong Kui followed Princess Lanling all the way from Shendu, especially after entering the border of Hebei Province, and dealt with countless officials, big and small, along the way.
Nangong Kui is responsible for the interrogation.
The files of each case, plus other supporting evidence, gradually accumulated more than a thousand pieces.
According to the regulations of the Department of Prisons, these files and supporting evidence need to be brought back to the Yamen for archiving, so Nangong Kui always keeps them with him...
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Su Xian looked around at the scrolls and books in the room and raised his eyebrows:
"With so many files, I'm afraid it won't be easy to find the one I want, right? It doesn't matter, you can look for it slowly."
The subordinate in charge of the files laughed, picked up a scroll from the table and handed it over with both hands, and said with a smile: "The files Su Wenxue needs are right here."
"So fast?" Su Xian reached out and took it, and saw that it was true.
"Because the second arrester just borrowed it a few days ago, the villain has not filed it yet after returning it, and it has been left on the desk... but I don't want Su Wenxue to come and borrow this file..."
The subordinate official shook his head.
"What?!"
Su Xian was surprised, "Did you say that the Second Catcher Thousand Faced Fox also borrowed this file?"
"Not bad! What is Su Wenxue?"
"Oh it's all right……"
"..."
The second arresting officer of the Prison Department, Thousand-faced Fox, is good at the art of disguise and investigating cases.
When the "Missing Case of Ten Thousand Liao Troops" broke out earlier, Thousand Faced Fox arrived, so Princess Lanling entrusted the case to him...
But he never thought that Thousand Faced Fox had also borrowed the Flower Picker's file.
This left Su Xian scratching his head, and he also felt a sense of urgency in his heart.
Could it be that the Thousand Faced Fox is also investigating the mystery of the disappearance of the inner guard Anzi?
Shaking his head and ignoring the matter, Su Xian concentrated on flipping through the files and started reading from the beginning.
…
A quarter of an hour later.
Su Xian and Yang Zhilan appeared in Yingzhou City.
To be precise, I was passing by.
Because they were rushing to the south of Yingzhou City, a few miles away.
According to the flower picker, the wooden box he stole came from there. Yang Zhilan recalled that during the process of arresting the flower picker that night, she also visited an abandoned house in the south of the city.
Taking the two factors together, Su Xian concluded that the abandoned house was the place mentioned by the flower picker.
It is also very likely that it is a temporary foothold of the inner guard "Youzhou Hall" in Yingzhou.
However, the two of them did not go straight to the city gate in the south of the city.
Instead, they came to a slightly remote inn in the city. According to Yang Zhilan, Xiaoge Ling's temporary residence in Yingzhou was here.
She clearly remembered that on the night when Su Xian killed Xiao Ge Ling, while collecting the body for Xiao Ge Ling, she also learned about this inn.
After burying Xiaoge Ling, she sneaked into the inn and searched it.
In the process, she discovered a metal box hidden under the bed.
Because Yang Zhilan was in a trance at the time, she did not take away the metal box, and she almost forgot about it later...
Therefore, if no one discovered the metal box, it should still be under the bed.
Su Xian and her came here to pick up the metal box.
In the carriage outside the inn, Su Xian warned Yang Zhilan, who was half leaning in: "Pay attention to safety, go back quickly, and it's best not to alarm anyone."
"yes."
"..."
Yang Zhilan nodded, leaned out her upper body, lowered the curtain, and then quietly walked into the inn...
Soon.
Yang Zhilan returned, entered the carriage compartment, and held a metal box as big as a human head in both hands.
Su Xian took it with a heavy hand and looked at it carefully. It looked like a relatively standard cube, probably made of fine iron, with strange patterns engraved on its six sides.
There's even a skull engraved on the back.
There is no trace of rust on the entire box. Judging from the smoothness of the surface, it has been "coated" for at least a hundred years and is an old item.
