Daily life in Kaifeng dormitory

Ni Yexin quickly stood up too, and said to Chi Long and Zhao Yin, "We'll be back in a while."

Chi Long scratched the back of his head and nodded, wondering what Hero Murong and Master Ni were going to do.

Murong Changqing and Ni Yexin left the room and turned to a place where no one was around, then Murong Changqing stopped.

Ni Yexin asked: "What's the matter? Hero Murong?"

Murong Chang said affectionately: "I did see that snake pattern totem in the church."

Ni Yexin said: "The person who left these totems is your subordinate, Hero Murong?"

"I don't know." Murong Chang said affectionately: "I also heard some rumors about the world, so I came here for a while. And it's very strange..."

Ni Ye scratched his head anxiously, he finally knew what it was like for others to listen to him.

Murong Changqing was thinking, probably remembering, his eyes were moving all the time, and he said: "I only saw this totem a few times when I was young, and I saw it in a book in the practice room. It should be the martial arts mentality handed down by my master's master. Logically speaking, there are very few people who have read this book. There should be no outsiders who know this snake pattern totem, and not many people in the church should know it, let alone teach it. outside."

Ni Yexin said: "It sounds quite mysterious."

Murong Changqing said: "And this snake pattern totem is somewhat related to the jade pendant."

"Ah?" Ni Ye was taken aback, and said, "Is that the jade pendant you gave me?"

Murong Chang nodded affectionately and said, "It's the jade pendant you lost."

Ni Yexin: "..."

Ni Yexin recalled it carefully, and said, "Could it be the same pattern? But it's not right."

Murong Changqing said: "The patterns are not the same, but the patterns are complementary."

"The patterns complement each other?" Ni Yexin's eyes rolled quickly, and he felt a sudden realization. No wonder he had a strange feeling when he saw the snake pattern totem for the first time just now.

The pattern on the jade pendant is not complicated compared to the snake pattern totem. The pattern is indeed complementary, but it should be incomplete and not that big, as if it is a part.

If the snake pattern totem is also made into a jade pendant, it should be able to be fastened together with Murong Changqing's jade pendant.

Murong Changqing said: "I have worn the jade pendant since I was a child, so when I saw the snake pattern totem, I had some impressions. It is exactly the same as the one Chi Long got, so it can't be wrong."

Ni Yexin said: "It seems that this matter involves a lot, from the rivers and lakes to the court, it seems that someone has set up a big picture."

Murong pondered deeply, now he was suddenly worried about the jade pendant that Ni Yexin had lost.

Ni Yexin patted him on the shoulder and said, "Hero Murong, it's not too late. Let's investigate the case immediately and see what's going on."

Murong Changqing nodded, then glanced sideways at his shoulder, Ni Yexin's hand was still on his shoulder, Murong Changqing reached out to knock his hand off, and then dusted his shoulder.

Ni Yexin: "..."

There were several murders in the vicinity, so Chi Long and Zhao Yin took them to the nearest south of the city.

There is a big house in the south of the city, Mr. Yang there is the leading benevolent person here, and his family is not ordinary rich.

Mr. Yang was a fifth-rank official when he was young, but he returned to his hometown when he was old.He has an older daughter and a younger son. The daughter is educated and sensible, and the son is smart and capable, and they all followed him back to the hometown.

The younger son is doing business here, and the business is doing well, and he bought a big house in the south of the city.Later, the eldest daughter met her younger brother's business friend, and recruited that man into the mansion.

Two years later, the younger son suddenly contracted a disease and died suddenly within a month.

This matter hit Mr. Yang hard, and it hit the eldest daughter too. After all, the whole family was supported by the youngest son. Once the youngest son left, the business would be messed up.

Mr. Yang and Miss Yang had a serious illness, and the business fell on the shoulders of the eldest son-in-law. Unfortunately, the eldest son-in-law is not capable, and the business became more and more chaotic because of him, and it did not improve.

After Mr. Yang recovered from his illness, he had no choice but to handle the business in person, and his eldest daughter also came to help, but he got better soon.

Later, the eldest daughter was mainly in charge of the business affairs, but she was a woman after all, so she couldn't come out often, so some troublesome matters were handed over to the eldest son-in-law and the housekeeper.

But in the final analysis, it is the eldest daughter who holds the power.

Along the way, Chi Long introduced the situation of the Yang Mansion to them. Ni Yexin was dizzy and said, "So, who died?"

Chi Long said: "A bandit is dead!"

"Ah?" Ni Yexin's eyes widened. He very much doubted whether his ears were broken. There seemed to be no bandits in those incidents just now.

Chi Long said: "So far only one bandit's body has been found, but the eldest son-in-law of the Yang family was kidnapped and has not been found so far. The Yang family suspects that he is dead."

Ni Yexin said, "How long have you been kidnapped?"

Chi Long said: "It's been almost half a month, little twenty days."

Ni Yexin's eyelids twitched. After such a long time, it seems that the possibility of the eldest son-in-law's survival is really slim, and the kidnappers don't run a charity organization. How could they raise the eldest son-in-law and wait on him for 20 days?

Ni Yexin said, "What does that have to do with the snake pattern totem?"

Chi Long said: "The kidnappers drew a snake pattern totem with blood on the wall of the Yang family to threaten the people of the Yang family."

"arrive."

Zhao Yin suddenly pointed to the front and said.

The Yang family in the south of the city is not far away. At this moment, the gate of the Yang family is closed, and it looks a bit depressed, and there is not even a young servant who looks after the door.

They went up to knock on the door, waited for a while, and the servant opened the door, and invited them in when he saw them. It seemed that Chi Long and Zhao Yin had already been here, and the servant knew them.

Chi Long and Zhao Yin had indeed been here, and they had been here several times. After a round of investigation, they found no clues, so they had to wait for Ni Yexin to come.

The servant took them to the room where the eldest son-in-law lived. The eldest son-in-law and the eldest daughter lived in this courtyard before, which looked quite unique.After the eldest son-in-law had an accident, the eldest daughter moved out.

As soon as they walked in, Ni Yexin saw a blood-stained snake pattern on the opposite wall, which looked blood-stained. If it was seen suddenly at night, it must be very scary.

Chi Long said: "Master Ni, this is it."

Ni Yexin walked over, took a close look at the snake pattern totem, and suddenly said: "This snake pattern...why does the blood look fresh? Didn't it mean that the eldest son-in-law of the Yang family was kidnapped for twenty days?" Is it? Hasn't it rained recently?"

Ni Yexin reached out and touched the wall. Although the bloodstains were not freshly painted, they were well preserved.It's rainy in the south of the Yangtze River, and the bloodstains are exposed to the wind and sun here. It's incredible that they can be preserved so well in the [-]th day.

Chi Long said: "Yes, Master Ni, this totem just appeared suddenly a few days ago."

"What?" Ni Yexin said in surprise, "It just appeared?"

Chi Long nodded and said: "The kidnapper sent a letter for the first time. It was the second day after the son-in-law disappeared, asking the young lady of the Yang family to go to a place to redeem him with a bank note. The young lady went to In the end, the bank notes were gone, but the kidnappers did not send the son-in-law back. About fifteen days later, the kidnappers left this snake pattern totem for blackmail."

"Fifteen days apart?" Ni Yexin was even more surprised when he heard that it took such a long time.

"Lord Ni, look." Chi Long said, took out two pieces of paper, unfolded them and said, "It's these two bandits, the eldest son-in-law they kidnapped."

As soon as Ni Yexin lowered her head, she saw two portraits. The paintings were quite careful, and they looked like menacing men with big waists and round waists.

Ni Yexin was dumbfounded when he saw it, and said, "There are portraits of the kidnappers? Then why are we here? Tell the officials to arrest them."

Chi Long pointed to the man with the mustache on the left and said: "The kidnapper is dead, and his body was found a few miles outside the city. There were many stab wounds on his body, and he died in a fight with weapons, probably with another kidnapper. He was killed because of the uneven distribution of the spoils. The other bearded man was already looking for by officials, but there was no trace. But this matter is indeed related to the serpentine totem."

Ni Ye nodded and said, "Wait a minute. So someone witnessed the whole process of the kidnapper arresting the eldest son-in-law, or did Miss Yang see the kidnapper's true face when she went to redeem him? How can we have a portrait of the kidnapper? I'm really confused gone."

"It's Master Ni like this." Chi Long said: "These two bandits should be habitual offenders. They have stolen the eldest son-in-law more than once. There is a longevity storehouse in Yang's house, which is just over the market. The pawn shop of this Changsheng storehouse is usually managed by the eldest son-in-law. Some time ago, the eldest son-in-law was robbed on the way to the Changsheng storehouse. The two kidnappers threatened him to open the door of the Changsheng storehouse and loot the contents. There's almost nothing left."

"Have a criminal record?" Ni Yexin said.

Chi Long nodded and said: "Then the kidnappers wanted to kill the eldest son-in-law, but someone happened to pass by, and the two kidnappers ran away in a hurry. The eldest son-in-law was in a coma in the longevity storehouse, but was found and rescued by the servants. Later, the eldest son-in-law woke up Reported to the official and asked someone to draw two portraits of the bandits."

"So how can you be sure that the two groups of kidnappers are the same?" Ni Yexin asked.

Chi Long said: "This is what Miss Yang said. She said that when she went to redeem people for the first time, she only saw two tall men, who were a little far away and couldn't see clearly. There are beards all over the face, very recognizable, it must be the beard in the portrait."

Ni Yexin said: "Now we just need to find the bearded man?"

Chi Long scratched the back of his head and said, "That's about it."

"grown ups!"

The servant suddenly ran over with a policeman, who seemed to be in a hurry.

The police only knew Chi Long and Zhao Yin, and said, "My lords, another bandit has been found."

Zhao Yin asked: "Where is it? Have you been escorted to the Yamen?"

The catcher quickly shook his head, his face full of embarrassment, and said: "It is in the yamen, but not in our yamen."

"Ah?" Chi Long asked strangely: "What does this mean, it's the same as a tongue twister."

The policeman said: "We found this bandit in a small town more than 300 miles away. He is already in the prison of the Yamen. The local officials told us that the bandit was arrested a year ago and has been in the prison. , He has never been out before. It is impossible for him to suddenly come here to kidnap people."

"Ah?" Chi Long was taken aback and said, "What's going on?"

Ni Yexin was also a little surprised, and said: "So, the eldest son-in-law of the Yang family is missing, one of the kidnappers is dead, and the other is in prison? Add a snake pattern totem."

The case that sounded unremarkable just now suddenly became so interesting.