Money can really do whatever it wants

Probably due to fate, Ximen Chuuxue met the same person three times in one day.

The first time was when he entered the city in the morning, he rode his horse and passed by the gate of the city. A tall man in green clothes was pushed by the gatekeeper and almost hit his horse.

The drooping head made it difficult to see the expression on his face, only the blue bird that was resting on his shoulder was startled and flew away, making a clear cry.

He frowned and didn't care.

The second time we met was at noon, just in time for lunch. Yingbinlou was the best restaurant in this not-so-prosperous, but definitely not-small city.

Ximen Chuuxue is not short of money, he can even be said to be very rich, a rich and very particular person will certainly not treat himself badly.

The waiter in the restaurant has sharp eyes, and you can tell by his clothes that he is not an ordinary person, not to mention that he still has a sword hanging from his waist, so this kind of quack is not to be messed with.

The moment he saw him, Xiaoer habitually raised the most enthusiastic smile on his face. At the same time, he pushed the person in front of him down the steps, and said very quickly: "Go, go, you can't even fool me!" We’re here, we don’t have money to eat, how can we treat our Yingbin Building as a philanthropic hall?!”

After finishing speaking, he had already walked towards Ximen Chuuxue to greet him, and the person who was a little bit harsh a second ago immediately became thoughtful and flattering.

Changing faces is faster than flipping through books, which is barely an advantage.

The hearing ability of martial arts practitioners is naturally not bad. Although the other party's voice was very low, when he crossed the threshold, Ximen Chuuxue still heard the words coming from behind him clearly.

"I told you that we are going to be kicked out, but if you still don't believe me, let's give up now, obediently come and eat steamed buns with me, um - at most, I will buy you a bowl of soup."

Ximen Chuuxue's footsteps paused slightly, and he looked back, but what he saw was a figure from the back, who raised his hand to tease the blue bird on his shoulder, his voice was full of smiles.

If Yingbinlou is the best restaurant in the city, then Ruyilou is the best brothel here, even more famous than Yingbinlou.

It is said that an oiran named Ruyi once appeared in the building. She was so beautiful and famous that she became popular all over the country. Whether it was a dignitary, a noble, a famous son, or a hero in the rivers and lakes, they all bowed down under her pomegranate skirt.

Whether the rumors are true or not is unknown. After all, it happened hundreds of years ago. However, Ruyilou, a place where skin and meat are traded, can indeed be called a place with a long history. It has been a hundred years since the founding of Daqing. He came a long way.

This is where Ximen Chuuxue will stay tonight.

Usually at this hour, the building would have already heard the sound of silk and bamboo, and the wine was rotten, but tonight it was extraordinarily quiet, a bit too quiet.

Because tonight's Ruyi Building was taken over.

The person who bought it was sitting on the low couch by the window. Even though the couch was decorated softly and comfortably, it was the most suitable existence for people to lie on, relax and sleep, but it couldn't attract Wanmei Villa. the master.

His back was still straight, just like the sword beside him, no one or anything could make him bend his back.

Yiniang gently and meticulously dried his freshly washed hair. The man in front of him was as cold as ice. Even after taking a hot bath, he couldn't dispel the chill covering his body.

This made her unable to make fun of the previous guests as she did in the past, but was full of caution in every move.

When her hair was completely dry, Ximen Chuuxue waved her back, then picked up the documents beside her and looked at them. It recorded Chen Liu's recent whereabouts, and Chen Liu was the person he was going to kill this time. .

Yiniang glanced at him, lifted the corner of her skirt and left the room, but came back after a while, followed by two maids.

The three of them lit the candles in the house one by one, and the bright lights completely dispelled the rising darkness.

Yiniang looked around secretly by the light, this is her room, every arrangement in the room is very familiar to her, delicate, gorgeous, rich, even the sweet scent in the air is the same.

But this is nothing different from before, because with one more person, it becomes the difference between heaven and earth.

She doesn't read many books. Compared with the previous oiran lady who is proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, she is an oiran purely based on her appearance and ability to please guests, so she is not very good at describing, but she still has some eyesight Yes, such a person may never see another one in his life, and he is incompatible with this brothel and Chuguan's pleasure-seeking place.

The sky was completely dark, and the place that was once bustling in the past was rarely quiet, except for the faint sound of insects and birds. ,

Just when everyone thought that this quiet night was about to pass away quietly, a scream completely broke the peace of the night.

Ximen Chuixue put on his clothes, picked up the sword beside him and went out.

The outside was already chaotic, some were ignorant and some were frightened, he ignored no one, and rushed towards the place where the screams happened.

Someone died in the building, and it was a very popular girl in the building. Her name was Li Xianxian. In the entire Ruyi Building, she and the Huakui lady Yiniang were the two most profitable cash cows.

Therefore, when Ximen Chuixue arrived, the old bustard of Ruyilou was crying with snot and tears. She was really sad. It can be said that there is no other comparison for Li Xianxian's death. She's more sad than anyone else.

Ximen Chuuxue ignored anyone and walked straight to the inner room. As soon as he stepped into the inner room, a bloody smell came to his nostrils.

He frowned, everything he saw made him, who is used to seeing blood, a little uncomfortable, and his stomach churns.

He endured it, covered his nose with his sleeve and took a few steps closer.

The originally beautiful face was distorted and ferocious, and the unclosed eyes were full of horror and fear. It was obvious that the other party had been greatly frightened before he died, and what was even more frightening was the abdomen of the deceased. A large hole was opened in the abdomen. All internal organs are gone.

Ximen Chuuxue knelt down and touched the exposed skin of the corpse. It was warm to the touch. It was obvious that she had just died, and her wound... His eyes were fixed, this wound was...

"It's a bite mark." A dignified voice came from behind, "It's not a wound made by a sharp weapon, but a bite made by a living person."

Ximen Chuuxue got up, looked at the young man in front of him who had just been grabbed by the bustard, and frowned, "So what? The murderer bit open her stomach and ate her internal organs?"

"I don't want to believe it either, but this is the biggest possibility." The other party gave a wry smile, and then said, "My next Jin Jiuling is a captor, who do you dare to ask?"

"Ximen Chuixue."

Jin Jiuling's expression froze. Sure enough, with this astonishing sword aura, I'm afraid you won't be able to find five in the entire world.He cupped his hands: "I have heard the name of the owner of Wanmei Villa a long time ago. I am very lucky to see you today."

Although the two have never met, they have heard each other's name because they have a mutual friend.

The owner of Wanmei Villa?Yi Niang just rushed over when she heard this sentence, she glanced over there and looked away, then pulled Hua Wu Niang's sleeve, and whispered: "Mom, it's messed up outside, you should go and have a look quickly Bar."

Although her voice was quiet, Jin Jiuling heard it. He looked at the flower dancer who was hiding at the door and dared not come in, and said, "Mom, hurry up if you have something to do. The most important thing now is to calm people's hearts. Tell them that everyone is safe tonight." With my permission, you are not allowed to step out of your room, and tomorrow morning, I will send an official to come over."

Hua Wuniang nodded repeatedly at the beginning, but when she heard the last sentence, she felt something was wrong, so she hurriedly said, "Why do you want the official to come again? Wouldn't it be possible if you were here?"

"Obviously it won't work." Jin Jiuling sighed, and said rather depressedly: "I have been lurking in the building for three days, and I haven't found any clues. Let alone, when Miss Li died, I didn't find any signs. This case is tricky and my abilities are limited."

The flower dancer opened her mouth, stomped her feet and said, "How can I do business like this?!"

"Let's stop the business for now." Jin Jiuling solemnly said coldly, "This is already the third victim. Three people died in one month. This is already a big case. What my mother has to do is to cooperate with me to find the victim as soon as possible." If there is a murderer, otherwise, whether this Ruyi Building can be opened or not is another matter."

Hua Wuniang's face turned pale, and she was helped out by Yiniang.

The night was dark and the stars were twinkling. The flower dancer spent a lot of time trying to appease the panic-stricken people. When she was free, her hands and feet felt weak. She glanced at the moonlight that she thought was pleasing to the eye half an hour ago, and gritted her teeth He made up his mind and said: "Go, call the master from the side courtyard, no, please come here."

"That charlatan?" Yi Niang frowned, "Mom believes him?"

"He said something would happen tonight, and now something really happened!"

"Maybe it's a coincidence?" Yiniang hesitated for a moment, then said, "Mom also believes in those rumors?"

"It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not, but you have seen the death of those people." The flower dancer shivered and said, "Does that look like a wound made by someone?"

Yi Niang shrank her neck and stopped talking.

In the bedroom, Jin Jiuling was questioning, Xiaotao was Li Xianxian's servant girl, she was also the last person to see the deceased, and the first person to find the body.

It was her scream that broke the peace of the night.

The little girl was obviously very frightened, she was still trembling until now, her pale face was no better than the lying corpse.

If it wasn't for Jin Jiuling's tough demands, she would have gone as far as she could.

"Are you sure you've been sleeping in the outside room tonight and haven't taken a step away?"

Xiaotao nodded her head in a panic, "Girls can't leave people at night. Usually, Xiaoli and I take turns to watch the night. It's my turn tonight. I, I haven't left since I fell asleep."

"Did you hear anything?"

"No, girls usually yell when they get up at night or drink water, but they didn't yell at me today. When I was sleepy, I thought about it vaguely. I didn't expect... I didn't expect it to be like this... ..." The little girl couldn't hold back her tears.

Jin Jiuling turned back, looked at Ximen Chuuxue, and said: "The deceased's clothes were messy, his body was scratched in many places, his hair was torn off, and his fingers and nails were broken in two places. It was obvious that he had struggled violently before he died. It's impossible for the girl outside not to hear such a big commotion."

Ximen Chuuxue was silent for a moment, then said, "You mean this might not be the place where the crime happened?"

Jin Jiuling nodded, "It is very likely that the murderer jumped in through the window, knocked people out, went out to kill, and then brought the body back."

"Are you full?" Ximen Chuuxue sneered.

Jin Jiuling was helpless, he also knew that this logic did not make sense, but apart from this, he really couldn't think of any other possibility.

"There are no signs of struggle or fighting in the room, and there is even very little blood. It is absolutely impossible to be the place where the crime occurred."

"More importantly, the murderer's martial arts are definitely above mine. I have been lurking in the building for three days. The other party can come and go freely under my nose without letting me notice any abnormalities. He is definitely a master."

Speaking of this, he rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Vendor Ximen's swordsmanship is unparalleled, and I have to trouble the owner for this matter, so I can help you."

Ximen Chuuxue said in an indifferent voice: "You'd better find out the murderer first."

No one knows who the murderer is, so it's useless to say this.

Jin Jiuling rubbed his nose and smiled wryly, "It would be great if Lu Xiaofeng was here at this time."

Although that person was a little troublesome, he was a very good and useful little partner, especially at this time.

Ximen Chuuxue is a withdrawn person, he doesn't have many friends, the total number of zeros and zeros can only add up to three or five, and Lu Xiaofeng is definitely one of them.

Probably because he thought of his friend, his tense face eased a little.

"I don't think she's ever been taken out."

"Oh?" Jin Jiuling raised his eyebrows, "What is the master of Ximen's opinion?"

"It's not a good idea." Ximen Chuuxue pushed open the window, pointed to a small building not far away, and said, "That's where I'm staying tonight."

As the two most popular cash cows in the Ruyi Building, Li Xianxian and Yiniang are not very harmonious, but they are in a relationship like a ring, but they live very close to each other, and when the window is opened, they are facing each other bedroom.

"Do you think someone can come and go here at will without disturbing me? What's more, he even hugged someone?"

Impossible!No matter how strong the martial arts master is, they can't do this!

"Apart from the windows, there is only the door." Jin Jiuling's eyes naturally fell on Xiaotao. It seemed that it would not be very difficult to deceive a little girl who does not know martial arts.

The little girl shook her body and cried softly: "It's true that no one has been here. I didn't sleep deeply, because I was afraid that the girl would call me and I wouldn't be able to hear me. I would just take a nap when I was watching the night, and I didn't dare to sleep well. And I The door is locked at night, no one really comes in..."

"You locked the door?" Jin Jiuling frowned.

"Yes, yes!" The little girl nodded vigorously, "I lock the door every night."

"What about tonight? The door was locked all the time?"

"It's locked, locked. I didn't open the door until I found out that the girl was not well, and went out to call for someone..."

Jin Jiuling rubbed his forehead, knowing that this didn't make him think about anything, but instead made him more and more confused.

And at this time, the flower dancer came back, followed by a strange man.

Jin Jiuling's face darkened, a little dissatisfied, while Ximen Chuuxue raised his eyebrows. This was the third time he saw the same person today.