Dreaming back to the Tang Dynasty, I was working as a detective in Chang'an

Fuyaozi sighed and said, "It's all my fault that I'm not good at learning. When I was traveling that year, I learned a little bit from a Maoshan Taoist priest and knew some magic. As time went by, I gained a certain reputation. Come to me to set up charms to drive away ghosts." There were more and more people. But my senior brother said that I was not doing my job properly, so he drove me down the mountain. The person I hate the most in my life is him, but I can't kill him.

In fact, when you entered Qingya Pavilion, I had already noticed the red rope on the wrist of the young man next to you. When you took out the soul-catching talisman, you understood that it must be your senior brother who asked you to trouble me. All senior brothers must protect you. I want to kill all the people, so that I can not only get revenge, but also gain fame. I don't dare touch the one with this red string, so I have to use you as a trick. I wanted to make you go crazy and use your hands to kill the guy wearing the red string, but unexpectedly, I ended up harming myself instead. "

Let me go, without the protection of this red rope, I would really be a big injustice. I won’t hit anyone when I get angry. I am the only one with a bad temper. I really want to slap this guy in the mouth and feed him again. Chixiang, I was just about to step forward and hit this guy, but the fat man grabbed me and said:

"Don't fight yet. There are still many things you haven't asked?"

I suppressed my anger and asked, "Can you tell me about the soul-destroying talisman and soul-suppressing clothes this time?"

Fuyaozi lowered his head, sat slumped on the ground, and said feebly: "It was already very late at night more than ten days ago, and a man dressed as a young man came. Without saying a word, he asked me to put up a soul-catching charm. I also want a soul-suppressing garment. I know that the person who asked for these two things must have a good background and understand Maoshan magic, but I don’t want to cause trouble, so I asked him for a sky-high price. Who would have thought that this person actually Without counter-offering, he directly took out a few ingots of gold and gave them to me, which was higher than the price I asked for. When I saw that I was making a lot of money, I gave it to him."

I asked, "What's his name and where he comes from?"

Fuyaozi shook his head and said: "Those who work in our industry, especially those who make talismans, don't want people to know their names, so I didn't ask."

I said angrily: "Then you should know what he looks like and what characteristics he has, right?"

"I don't know what he looks like. He wears an owl mask, but he is tall and wearing a black robe. When he came, I handed him a cup of tea. He took it with his left hand and hid his right hand in his sleeve. I think he's either left-handed or has an injury to his right hand."

"Another point is that he does not have a local accent. He looks like someone from Suzhou. Although he tried hard to learn to speak Chang'an dialect, it is mixed with a Jiangnan accent. That's all I know. I really don't know anything else. I just want to I wanted to make some money, and I also knew that this spell only worked on dead people and it didn't violate any royal laws, so I sold it to him."

It seemed that no matter how much we asked, we couldn't find anything out, so we tied him up and prepared to take him back to the Chang'an County Government Office. The Taoist boy was already dead. After the Fatty's examination, it was determined that he had been strangled to death. There was no other suspicion, so we wrapped his body in a tablecloth and buried it in the yard behind Baiyunguan. It can be regarded as a good burial. .

Without further ado, we tied up Fuyaozi and asked him to ride a horse with me. The fat man rode the horse and returned to the county government office the next day. He was handed over to the county magistrate. This was an important witness, and There was also a murder case on his body, and the county magistrate temporarily detained him, waiting for his trial.

In the two days since we went there, the county government has posted Lin Wan'er's corpse identification report, but no one has come to identify it. I find it very strange that a big living person, and a very rich big living person, has been missing for more than ten years. It was really unexpected that no one came to identify the body.

Since no one has come to identify the body, we can only look for clues again.

The fat man cut off a piece of Lin Wan'er's tunic and used a special potion to wash away the blood stains on the clothes. At this time, it can be seen that the material of this tunic is very particular, made of silk, and has exquisite embroidery on it. , embroidered with a twining sunset flower, a very beautiful blue flower that looks quiet and refined. This is not like the work in Chang'an embroidery workshops. Generally, local embroidery shops or embroidery workshops will embroider graceful peonies or lilies, symbolizing good fortune and wealth. This should be from Suzhou.

That's right. Lin Wan'er was wearing a Chinese coat made in Suzhou, and the person who harmed him also had a Suzhou accent. Is there some connection? Or is it just a coincidence?

I said to the fat man: "There are many Suzhou silk sellers in Chang'an City. Lin Waner said she lives in Qujiangfang. I think I will definitely find relevant clues there."

Fatty and I came to Qujiangfang. It is not as prosperous as the East Market and the West Market, but the shops are also lined up in rows. They are basically two- or three-story wooden buildings. The first floor is used as a shop, and the second floor and above are either pubs or restaurants. Living at home is very lively.

There are eleven Suzhou silk shops in Qujiangfang. We took the pieces we got from Lin Wan'er's middle coat and conducted unannounced visits one by one. The fat man and I dressed up as businessmen and said they were cloth samples brought back from Suzhou. We wanted to find the same kind in the store, which would require a lot of quantity.

We went to the largest silk shop on the street, and the waiter was very enthusiastic when he learned that we were major customers. He looked at the piece of cloth carefully and said that this kind of silk fabric was made of abundant materials and was of high quality. The store originally had it, but it was sold out and would not arrive until next month.

I asked the waiter if the embroidery on the silk was originally included in the fabric when it was purchased, or was it specially embroidered?

The waiter smiled and said, "Sir, don't be joking. We buy thousands of pieces of silk. How can we embroider all the silk? We found someone to embroider it later."

I then asked: "Can you help me see if this is done in an embroidery workshop, or is it done by women at home?"

The waiter looked at it and said, "This is Su embroidery. We don't have this kind of embroidery method in Chang'an. It must have been embroidered by the embroidery workshop."

I quickly asked: "Can you please help me find out which embroidery workshop has this kind of craftsmanship?"

The waiter looked at it carefully for a long time and said to me: "This embroidery work is very exquisite. The embroidery thread is extremely fine, no stitches are exposed, and it has a natural luster. The most obvious thing is, look at the blue flower on it. The sunset flowers are embroidered with kingfisher feathers, so they won’t fade no matter how you wash them, and the colors are exceptionally bright. Only Yijiangnan Embroidery Workshop in Qujiangfang can master this craft.”

Reminiscing about Jiangnan, it would be easy to deal with it if we knew this place. We resigned from the waiter in the silk shop and only said that we would wait for the goods to come back in two days before buying again.

We walked non-stop to Yijiangnan Embroidery House, which is a two-story wooden building with a large door and occupies four rooms. The upper floor is where the embroiderers work, and various Suzhou embroidery products are displayed on the first floor.

This embroidery workshop looks more majestic than ordinary embroidery buildings, and the embroidery lady is stunningly beautiful!

As soon as we entered the house, we saw a woman in her twenties, with her hair tied up in a high bun, very pretty. She was wearing a seven-color skirt, which was very soft and light, as if she was walking in a painting. This underskirt is a short shirt on top, a long skirt on the bottom, and a short-sleeved cardigan on the outside. It is made of fine silk and embroidered with various flowers. It is bright but not gaudy. When walking, the skirt is Swaying gently in the wind, it looked like a fairy, and I was actually a little obsessed with it.

The fat man thought I was a bit of a nymphomaniac, so he bumped me with his elbow and said in a low voice: "Watch your image, your dick is coming out."

I thought to myself, it turned out that the beauties of the Tang Dynasty were so beautiful. They were not fat as I imagined, but plump and light. She gave us a deep bow and asked with a smile:

"Two guests, here are all the embroidery samples. Whichever one you like, I will immediately arrange for the embroiderer to embroider it for you. The work is done quickly. Our embroiderers here have all been embroiderers for many years."

I asked: "Who are you?"

The embroiderer smiled and said, "I am the shopkeeper here, just call me Chunjiao."

I took out the piece of cloth Lin Waner was wearing, handed it to Chunjiao, and said to her, "We want to embroider something like this. I wonder which eldest sister in the workshop did it?"

Chunjiao took the cloth, looked at it carefully, and said, "Dian Cui's craftsmanship is absolutely superb. Only Lin Wan'er here has this skill."

I was shocked, quickly calmed down, and asked: "Oh, please invite Lin Wan'er, the embroiderer, to come down. We want to ask her to embroider a piece of silk. We want to give her a gift, so we can't be careless at all."

Chunjiao smiled and said, "It's really a coincidence. She got married a few days ago, and she married to Jiangnan. It's a good place. She doesn't have to suffer this hard work anymore."

"She's married? You didn't lie?" As I said that, I took out my policeman's badge.

When Chunjiao saw the badge, she looked panicked and said, "Yes, she is the best embroiderer girl here, and she is also very beautiful. She was spotted by a young man from Jiangnan who came here to do business. She spent a lot of money to redeem her body. I usually have the best relationship with her. I even bought her a generous dowry and sent her to the ship myself. What happened to her? "

I said seriously: "She is dead, and this piece of cloth was cut from the clothes she was wearing. The government posted a notice for two days to find the body, which clearly stated that it was Lin Wan'er. Why didn't you go and identify the body?"

The embroidery girl replied: "I also read the notice, but we really sent Lin Wan'er on the boat. All the girls in our embroidery building will see her off that day. They all are very reluctant to leave her. Thinking that after she marries far away, we will We will never meet again. And I thought it might be someone with the same name, but it couldn’t be her, so I didn’t go. If you don’t believe me, I’ll find Lin Wan’er’s release deed for you. The one she still has is with me. ." After saying that, he hurried upstairs.

Soon she came down with a piece of paper. It was indeed Lin Wan'er's release contract, and it was signed and pledged. I saw that Chunjiao's expression didn't look like she was lying, so I said to her:

"Then I have to trouble you to go to the Yamen to identify the body and see if it is Lin Wan'er from your embroidery workshop."