Daily life in Kaifeng dormitory

"You mean..." Murong Changqing was a little surprised, and said: "Could it be that there were no bandits at all, but the eldest son-in-law of the Yang family guarded himself and stole things, and then blamed them on the bandits?"

Ni Yexin snapped his fingers and said, "Don't you think this is possible? Otherwise, why would the bearded bandit be imprisoned so far away when the crime happened?"

Murong Chang said affectionately: "What you said is indeed reasonable."

Ni Yexin added: "There are many possibilities, so I want to go to the Longevity Storehouse to take a look first. After all, this is the place where the whole thing started. I always think it's strange that the bandits ransacked the Longevity Storehouse."

The two of them were walking on the road. The sun was about to set and the market was about to close. Many people came and went, all carrying their things and preparing to go home. It seemed quite lively.

Ni Yexin said: "This place is much more prosperous than where your junior brother lives."

Murong Changqing didn't like lively places very much, so he walked forward without looking sideways, Ni Yexin walked behind, suddenly caught up and patted Murong Changqing on the waist.

"What?" Murong Changqing asked blankly.

Regarding Ni Yexin's martial arts skills that he considers himself a master, in fact, Murong Changqing noticed it the moment he caught up. If he hadn't restrained himself, he would have overturned him absolutely subconsciously.

Ni Yexin laughed and said, "Is the corn usually wrapped around your waist? It didn't follow you today."

When the corn is not here, Ni Yexin is so happy that he will die, so that he will not be suddenly frightened by the corn.

Murong Changqing suddenly smiled, but the smile was malicious, and said: "Corn? It's left in the yamen."

"Ah?" Ni Yexin said: "Look at how fierce it looks, will it frighten the police officers in the yamen?"

Murong Changqing smiled kindly again, and said, "No, Corn only likes to play with popcorn."

Ni Yexin: "..."

Master Ni suddenly turned around and wanted to run, he suddenly felt that his own popcorn was in danger in his sleep.

Murong Changqing grabbed Ni Yexin by the collar and said, "Where are you going?"

Ni Yexin said: "Go back and save Popcorn, it's still so small, it hasn't grown into a mighty police dog yet."

Murong Changqing said: "Let's go, stop talking nonsense, and investigate the case. Otherwise, I will let the corn swallow the popcorn."

Ni Yexin said: "Hero Murong, have you heard the story about the cobra swallowing a whole sheep and then starving to death? You see, your corn is so fine that it will definitely starve to death after swallowing popcorn."

Murong Chang said affectionately: "Try to know."

Ni Yexin: "..."

The two of them walked to the Longevity Store as they talked. It was quite a big shop, and there were always people coming and going.

They were well dressed, especially Murong Changqing, the shopkeeper noticed them as soon as they entered the door.But the two of them didn't come to look at things, but to investigate the case.

It has been a long time since the Longevity Library was looted. The shopkeeper did not expect that there would be an official to inquire, but he still told the two with a good attitude.

It's just that it was ransacked and lost a lot of things. This matter is not honorable, so the shopkeeper obviously doesn't want to talk about it.

The shopkeeper said that it was a long time ago. Although the Changsheng library is big, it is nothing compared to other businesses of the Yang family, so this small business is handed over to the son-in-law of the Yang family. Miss Yang will not Inquiry.

The shopkeeper got up early that day, and he came to the Changsheng Library early in the morning to see how the accounts were doing. When he arrived at the door, he found that something had happened. He said that the Changsheng Library had been robbed and the eldest son-in-law was injured. , is unconscious.

The shopkeeper said: "I didn't see what was going on, but the longevity library was really emptied, and it was smashed in a mess. The things that couldn't be taken away were all smashed, alas."

The shopkeeper said that he didn't see the eldest son-in-law when he came, and he had already been sent back to the manor for medical treatment.Said to be the eldest son-in-law who was first discovered by a servant.

That night the eldest son-in-law didn't return home at night, and the eldest lady of the Yang family woke up in the middle of the night, and found that her husband hadn't come back yet, and she didn't specifically say where she was going today.So the eldest lady of the Yang family got up, and asked her servant to go to the place where her husband usually goes to find someone.

Later, the servant found the eldest son-in-law in the Changsheng library, and said that the eldest son-in-law was covered in wounds, lying in a pool of blood, surrounded by smashed things, which was very scary.

The general situation is like this, no matter how many shopkeepers are, they don't know.

Ni Yexin asked: "Is there a record of the lost things?"

"Yes, yes." The shopkeeper said: "After the accident, I sorted out the account books and showed them to Miss Yang. But because she was still unconscious at the time, the lady was not in the mood to look at it and lost a lot of money. The lady didn't say anything."

"Can you show it to me?" Ni Yexin said.

The shopkeeper went to get the account book, and quickly handed it over to Ni Yexin, a thick booklet.

When Ni Yexin opened it, her eyes were dazzled, as if it had everything, including porcelain, jade and jewelry.

The shopkeeper was very sorry when he saw the account book, and said with a sad look: "There are many good big porcelain vases, which are placed in the corner over there, but they are too big. I guess the bandits don't have enough manpower. There are only two people, so there is no other way." It’s a pity that it was taken away, so it was smashed. By the way, there are still several antiques over there, and they were all smashed, and there are very few big ones left.”

Ni Yexin flipped through the pages quickly, then stopped suddenly, and said, "Shopkeeper, what does this snake pattern dagger look like?"

Because now Ni Ye's mind is full of snake pattern totems, so he became nervous when he saw the word snake pattern, and couldn't help but look at it twice.

Murong Changqing beside him was looking around Changshengku, when he heard Ni Yexin's words, he also came over and looked down.

Sure enough, a serpentine dagger was recorded in the account book, but the specific situation was not written, which is quite vague.

The shopkeeper took a look and said, "Oh, it's this one. It's just an ordinary dagger. It's all rusty. It's wrapped in a piece of broken leather. It's so rotten that it doesn't even have a sheath. I still took it." , A few years ago, when I was not the shopkeeper, I received this."

Although the snake pattern dagger may have nothing to do with what they are investigating now, Ni Yexin asked the shopkeeper to explain it carefully, for fear of missing something.

The shopkeeper recalled it for a while before explaining it to them carefully.It is said that the person who came to be the dagger was a young gentleman, dressed well, and the clothes were bright and beautiful. At that time, the shopkeeper thought that there was a big guest.

After entertaining for a while, the man said that he wanted to treat it as something, so he took out such a snake pattern dagger.When the shopkeeper took a look at it, his heart sank. It was not a good item. An ordinary dagger was still rusty. The blade of the dagger was curled. .

The shopkeeper didn't want to accept it, but as soon as the boy opened his mouth, he wanted to treat the dagger as 100 taels.

The shopkeeper stared exaggeratedly, raised a finger, and said, "100 taels, not silver, but gold!"

Ni Yexin said: "Then my son thinks this is a good thing?"

The shopkeeper said: "I think he is just deceiving me."

The shopkeeper was a little unhappy at the time, and in the end he didn't want to do this business, so the young master succumbed and said that he didn't need 100 taels.

The shopkeeper sneered, and said: "In the end, I just gave him a few pennies for the dagger, and he didn't say anything, just put it here, and said that he would come and take it away after three years."

"So he didn't come to take it away, did he?" Ni Yexin asked after hearing what the shopkeeper said.

The shopkeeper nodded and said: "Let me do the math, it's been five years, and that young master hasn't appeared again. I don't think he will come to pick it up at all. As far as I can see, any of the accessories on his body can be any Jade pendants and fan pendants are all very valuable, how could they be short of a few pennies? I’m afraid I just don’t want it, and I feel it’s a waste to throw it away, so I threw it here.”

Ni Yexin asked again: "Shopkeeper, can you draw me a picture of what a dagger looks like?"

"This...it's hard for me." Although the shopkeeper said so, he still took a pen, ink, paper and inkstone to draw a picture for Ni Yexin.

The technique of the shopkeeper's painting was really poor, Ni Yexin took the paper and left with Murong Changqing, looked at it while walking, and said with a smile: "It's so funny, look at the painting by the shopkeeper, does it look like the Golden Snake Sword, with twists and turns. "

"Golden Snake Sword?" Murong Chang asked with a frown.

Ni Yexin said: "It's nothing, I almost forgot that you don't understand. When I was young, I often hid under the quilt and read martial arts novels secretly."

"Have a meal."

Ni Yexin was still looking at the picture of the snake pattern dagger in his hand, but when he heard Murong Changqing's words, he found that the people around him had disappeared, and when he looked around, Murong Changqing had already entered a restaurant.

Ni Yexin hurried to catch up and said, "Hero Murong, don't we go back to the Yamen for dinner?"

Murong Chang gave him a cold look and said, "I never eat from the government."

Ni Yexin suddenly realized, and followed Murong Changqing to choose a table and sit down.

The two of them sat down, Murong Changqing ordered, and Ni Yexin just ate. Anyway, looking at Murong Changqing's taste, he knew that he was particular about the dishes, so he didn't have to worry about the food being bad.

Ni Yexin looked at it for a long time, but didn't see anything, so he folded the paper carefully, put it in his arms, and patted it.

As soon as he looked up, he found that Murong Changqing was in a trance, not knowing what he was thinking.

Ni Yexin took a sip of tea, took out a pair of chopsticks from the chopstick holder, and twirled them back and forth in her hands, saying, "Hero Murong, actually, I've always wanted to ask you something."

"What?" Murong said affectionately.

Ni Yexin said: "When we first met, you were looking for something at Mr. Qin's house. What exactly were you looking for?"

Murong Changqing also poured himself a cup of tea and said, "It has nothing to do with you."

Ni Yexin said: "Although it has nothing to do with me, I always feel that you haven't found it."

"Squeak..."

Murong Changqing almost crushed the cup, obviously because of the pain from Ni Yexin's poke.

Ni Yexin said: "Actually, you can tell me, and I will help you find it. My mother told me before that when you encounter troubles, you can find a solution together, just like this chopstick."

Ni Yexin was still brushing the chopsticks in his hand, and said like a fool: "You can see that a chopstick is easy to break, but a lot of chopsticks are different. No matter how you fold it, you can't break it. This is everyone's strength. .”

"Ah……"

Murong Chang smiled sarcastically, and looked at Ni Yexin with eyes like an idiot.

Ni Yexin saw Hero Murong stretch out his hand calmly, took out a handful of chopsticks from the chopstick holder, held them in his hand, and then tapped lightly on the table.

"Snapped!"

"Whoa-"

A pair of chopsticks were all broken, it should have been broken by internal force, and the table did not move at all.

Ni Yexin: "..."

Ni Yexin didn't speak for a long time, and finally said in a low voice: "Hero Murong, you will have to pay for breaking the chopsticks."