The emperor's original intention was to let Er Hu assist Dali Temple in handling the case. Su Yu's main purpose was to come to Dali Temple to take care of Er Hu. Yu Zheng knew what Su Yu was thinking, so he used " It has nothing to do with it. One or two words were missing when the chamberlain delivered the message, but the meaning of the words changed.
Looking at Su Yu, who was younger than his daughter, Ding Yan had no choice but to hand over a file on the table.
"If you want to read it, girl, then go ahead and read it. This is the file on this case. We will go to the courtyard to take a look at it later. Miss Su and your dog can go with you."
"Master Ding, just ask someone to notify me when he arrives."
Su Yu didn't hesitate, took the file, found a stool next to him, sat down, and started to read through it.
Yu Zheng poured a cup of tea on the table nearby and put it next to Su Yu's hand so that he could drink it when he was thirsty. Erhu lay obediently at Su Yu's feet.
If he hadn't been so familiar with the furnishings in the room, Ding Yan would have suspected that the two of them were the owners of the room. Shaking his head and leaving the house, he didn't know what the emperor was thinking, but he actually sent a woman and a dog to help them handle the case. This was unheard of.
Su Yu carefully looked through the file. It didn't contain the details that Yu Zheng told her. The information she gleaned from the survivors was not in the file. It also recorded more than a hundred people found in the courtyard. The women, and many other women, described the appearance of the person who abducted them. This is the same as saying nothing. Everyone’s story is different, and people who have not studied painting seriously will not grasp the key points at all. There are only a few descriptions that come and go, and they don't play a big role in finding someone.
Here are the registered residences of each woman. Most of them are in Kyoto City, and the other half are in the surrounding villages.
Su Yu glanced at ten lines, quickly read the file in his hand, and handed it to Yu Zheng who was standing aside.
"Take a look too."
Yu Zheng took it, looked through it, and put it aside. At this time, there was a knock on the door.
"Master Yu, Miss Su, my master asked me to invite you two. We are about to set off."
Su Yu drank the remaining half of the tea in his hand, got up and went out.
"Erhu, let's go."
People in Dali Temple usually handle cases on horseback, but this time because Su Yu was inside, they specially arranged a carriage. Yu Zheng followed Su Yu in the carriage, and the group went to the small courtyard yesterday. There are officers and soldiers guarding the front and back gates of the small courtyard. When people from Dali Temple come over, they will immediately let them go.
"You guys, please search this yard carefully for me."
"Yes, sir."
As soon as Ding Yan led his men into the courtyard, they dispersed after giving orders, and suddenly there were only three people and a dog left.
Ding Yan looked at Su Yu.
"Miss Su, the emperor sent you to investigate the case. Now that you have arrived, you can take your dog to investigate."
"There's no rush. It's better to wait until your people check it before I let my dog check it."
The three of them entered a room and each found a stool to sit down on. This courtyard was unoccupied, so there was no tea to drink.
An hour later, when Su Yu's legs were numb, he saw someone coming in from outside.
"Sir, all my subordinates have checked and there is nothing suspicious."
"Are you sure you've checked everywhere?"
"Sir, we have checked everything. We even turned over the soil in the garden."
According to the previous search procedures of Dali Temple, the soil in the garden has been turned over, which means that there is really nothing suspicious about this yard.
"Miss Su, please."
The subordinates all said so, and Ding Yan still talked to Su Yu like this, which meant that he was deliberately making things difficult, but Su Yu didn't care at all. She was originally here to investigate the case.
"Two Tigers."
Su Yu shouted, and Erhu, who was lying lazily on the ground, immediately stood up, came to sit in front of Su Yu, and looked at Su Yu with his eyes.
"Let's go, let's go to the first room on the east side."
Su Yu still remembered that Yu Zheng said that those who were killed ran out of the first room on the east side.
As soon as Su Yu and Er Hu left, Yu Zheng followed him. Ding Yan also wanted to see if the dog was useful, so he followed him.
When they entered the room, they saw that the previous furnishings in the room were staggered, and even the tiles on the floor showed signs of being pried. The room had obviously been searched from top to bottom by people from Dali Temple. Su Yu raised his right foot and patted it twice, then snapped his fingers. Erhu received the order and immediately started searching the house. I saw it sniffing left and right, and finally stood in front of the only bed in the room.
"Master Ding, have your people searched this place?"
Ding Yan looked at the men following him.
"Go back to Miss Su. I've already searched it and even pried up the stone slabs under the bed."
Su Yu looked at the bed in front of him. This bed was just an ordinary bed. There were several boards placed on top of the four bedposts. When he lowered his head, he could see the bluestone slab under the bed. It was hard to tell that someone could be hidden here. However, Su Yu believed in Erhu and started to search. When Yu Zheng saw him, he also stepped forward to help.
"Master Ding, could you please call a few people to come over and move this bed aside."
The men quickly went out and called three people in. The four people moved the bed to one side together. Su Yu looked at Er Hu. Er Hu did not look at the position of the bed, but continued to stare at the bed that was moved aside by several people. Now Su Yu had an idea in his mind. He thought that the mechanism in this room should be on this bed. With the rockery mechanism in place, he didn't think it was impossible.
Su Yu threw all the mattresses and quilts on the bed aside, and the entire wooden bed was exposed. The wooden bed was really ordinary, but soon, the carvings on the bed immediately caught Su Yu's attention. , such an ordinary bed, but there are carvings on the bedside, it is obviously abnormal.
"Yu Zheng, come here and see if there's anything wrong with this carving?"
Yu Zheng took a few steps forward and thought carefully about the carvings on the bedside. He really didn't know what was carved on it. Su Yu also felt that it didn't look like carved flowers. It looked strange, as if it had been disrupted.
"upset?"
Su Yu suddenly remembered the modern nine-square grid. After looking at the chaotic patterns on the carvings, he immediately had an idea in his mind.
Just when he was about to reach out and touch it, he was stopped by Yu Zheng.
"Tell me what you want to do and I'll do it."
Su Yu did not refuse.
"See if this piece can be removed."
Yu Zheng took a closer look and found that the horizontal bar above the bed had some slight wear on both sides, which meant that someone often touched both sides. But why would a person sleeping on the bed often touch both sides? Obviously not It makes sense, so I tried it and couldn't get it off at all.
"Try pushing it to the left and right."
After hearing Su Yu's words, Yu Zheng pushed the horizontal bar to the left and right. When he first pushed it to the left, it couldn't move at all. When he pushed it to the right, the horizontal bar was completely moved to one side.
(End of chapter)
