I am imprisoned in Kaifeng Mansion

"People are performing arts in Wazi, and they just came to Bianjing not long ago." Han Zong said that he saw this trick was interesting when he went to a friend's banquet four days ago, so he specially sent someone to ask about the place, and planned to send people to Bianjing when he held a banquet another day. Please join in the fun.

Taking advantage of the situation, Han Zong invited Han Qi to his house for a banquet two days later, "To celebrate my high school, this is a small banquet. There are not many people, and they are all familiar friends."

Han Qi nodded in response.

Cui Tao asked Han Zong to tell her where to find the person who knows the magic butterfly technique.

"I'll take you there." Han Zong said immediately.

Han Qi stayed behind, and there are still many aspects of the case that need to be thoroughly investigated.For example, all land deeds in Bianjing City must be stamped with the official seal. When it comes to house deed transactions, the government will collect deed tax and supervise the filing. The relevant archives of Kaitai Rice Shop in the yamen must be searched for verification.

When Han Zong heard that Han Qi was not going, he was a little happy. Without him, it would be easier for him to get along with Cui Tao.

At this moment, Wang Siniang and Ping'er haven't left, mainly because Ping'er got stuck after seeing Han Zong.Although Wang Siniang is aggressive, she is also a soft-hearted person, and understands Pinger's mood at this moment.So she didn't urge Ping'er, let her go to see Han Zong, anyway, he was someone she would never get, so she could only take a second look.

"You go with her." Han Qi told Ping'er coldly, then turned and went back to the rice shop.

Ping'er was concentrating on taking a sneak peek at Han Zong, but she didn't react when she heard Han Qi's order, and then she got excited, and hurriedly handed the head to Wang Siniang, then quickly tidied up the broken hair at the temples, and wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeve Tears, try to keep yourself dignified and good.

Li Cai also followed Cui Tao, so that Cui Tao could order him when he had something to do.

Han Zong only brought along one entourage named Zhuzhao.

Cui Tao looked at the servant several times, she remembered that when Han Zong showed up a few times before, it seemed that he was the one who waited on him personally.In his twenties, he was neither ugly nor handsome, neither fat nor thin, neither tall nor short. He had such an ordinary appearance that he had no sense of existence.

"Like him? How about sending you off?" Han Zong followed Cui Tao on horseback to Washe. During the ride, he naturally noticed that Cui Tao was paying extra attention to his followers, and asked Cui Tao after getting off the horse.

"I just think he looks familiar." Cui Tao frowned in thought.

"He looks like many people." Han Zong smiled without any special reaction.He pointed to the miscellaneous building in front, and told Cui Tao that the person she was looking for was there.

Seeing Han Zong like this, Cui Tao knew that this entourage named Zhuzhao had never appeared in front of her.Otherwise, Han Zong, who had checked several times to see if she had lost her memory, would have been keenly aware that she might be recovering her memory and reacted.

At this time of year, Washe is the busiest at night.The business of the Miscellaneous Building focuses on the night, but the daytime is when most people in their building rest and sleep.But at the moment, there are also a few young apprentices playing a few times on the stage outside the building, but it is not exciting, they are symbolically soliciting business, and occasionally some passing by will take a look and leave.

Cui Tao and others followed Han Zong to the back building. It was very quiet and no one was seen.Zhuzhao went to call for someone, and after a while, the shopkeeper hurriedly came to greet him, but it could be seen that his face was still tired, and his bun was not neat, a little frizzy, one could guess that he might have just woken up.

When shopkeeper Yu came over to greet them with a smile, Cui Tao smelled a faint scent of marijuana on shopkeeper Yu.

While Han Zong was talking to the shopkeeper, Cui Tao went to chat with Zhuzhao: "Did you hear what your Erlang said just now? If he really sent you to me later, would you like to follow me?"

Zhu Zhao humbly nodded to Cui Tao, expressing that he obeyed Han Zong's orders in everything.If he really followed Cui Tao in the future, he would also serve her faithfully.

He is a qualified servant, Cui Tao then asked Zhuzhao: "How many years have you served Han Erlang?"

"The villain has been by Erlang's side since he was a child." Zhu Zhao still said humbly.

"Then how can I win people's love?" Cui Tao sighed with a smile, "Seeing that you are a good person, I will take good care of your Erlang."

Han Zong finished chatting with shopkeeper Yu from Zaqulou, turned around and listened to what Cui Tao and Zhuzhao had said, and said with a smile, "It's rare to care about me once."

Cui Tao smiled, noncommittal.

Ping'er had no chance to talk to Han Zong because she was riding a horse.Seeing that Cui Tao was paying attention elsewhere, she hurriedly said to Han Zong: "If Han Erlang needs me in anything, I can help."

Han Zong ignored Ping'er and talked to Cui Tao about business.

"He picked up work and went to Lin Shangshu's house early in the morning, and he will be back soon."

Han Zong then told Cui Tao that the person who knew the magic butterfly technique was Jian Mingyue, if you don't ask me, I don't know, but now I know that she is a woman, and when she performs on weekdays, she always wears men's clothing to show people, just for the sake of convenience Save trouble.After Han Zong finished speaking, he took a look at Cui Tao who was also wearing men's clothes now.

"You two are somewhat similar in this regard."

Cui Tao became even more curious and wanted to meet Jian Mingyue.

The shopkeeper of Zaqulou prepared a private room, and invited Han Zong and Cui Tao to rest in the room and wait for a while.He also ordered people to serve good tea and snacks, it can be seen that it was all for Han Zong's face.

After Cui Tao took a sip of tea, she said to Han Zong, "It's not good."

Han Zong was stunned, and then took a sip of tea, "The taste is a little bit bad, I'll ask someone to fetch some good tea from my car to make for you."

"I think this miscellaneous fun building is very impressive. How can there be no good tea? I'm afraid you, Han Erlang, don't have enough face." Cui Tao sighed, and then asked Han Zong if he wanted to make a bet. If he went to the shopkeeper Yu to question him, he would definitely There will be better tea to be served.

This is a common behavior of businessmen, and Han Zong didn't think it was unusual for shopkeeper Yu of Zaqulou to do this.But if he can bet with Cui Tao, no matter how he loses, he is willing to cooperate.

Han Zong agreed, so he planned to call shopkeeper Yu.

"You go talk to him for a while, I think this place is a bit strange, I want to go around this floor." Cui Tao looked around mysteriously.

Han Zong agreed, and then went downstairs.Zhu Zhaoben also wanted to follow, but Cui Tao arranged to watch the wind at the stairs on the second floor.Seeing that Han Zong had no intention of objecting, Zhu Zhao naturally followed his words.

After Cui Tao took a few symbolic glances on the second floor, he walked up to Zhuzhao and asked him what kind of food Han Zong likes to eat on weekdays.

"Crab Stuffed Oranges, Poppy Milk Fish." Zhuzhao told Cui Tao, "Erlang will definitely eat these two dishes every once in a while."

"These two dishes are exquisite, and they are easy to get in Bianjing Xu. But when he was in Dengzhou, could he also eat these?" Cui Tao asked.

Zhuzhao shook his head, indicating that he had never been to Dengzhou, so he didn't know.

"Didn't you follow him to serve him since you were a child, why didn't you take you with you when you went out? Are you in poor health?" Cui Tao asked pretending to be surprised.

"When Erlang travels, he likes to travel alone, and he rarely brings people from his residence with him." Zhu Zhao replied.

Cui Tao was about to ask again when she heard footsteps downstairs.

Han Zong is back.

Han Zong asked Cui Tao with a smile: "Can you see something?"

"Of course." Cui Tao confidently agreed, pointing to the room at the far end on the west side of the second floor, and told Han Zong that there was a problem there.

Han Zong raised his eyebrows in surprise, and then walked towards the room Cui Tao was pointing at, feeling nothing special about it.He turned his head and glanced at Cui Tao, then pushed open the door.

Cui Tao looked at Han Zong with wide eyes in surprise, surprised that he pushed the door so directly.This is Zaqu Building, not his own home, so casual?Saying 'take care' hastily, she turned and ran.

When Han Zong was wondering, he heard movement from inside the house. He walked in and took a look, and then a woman screamed.

Han Zong frowned and backed out.

At this time, the shopkeeper Yu rushed up and asked Han Zong what was wrong with concern, then he sniffled and his face was shocked.He lifted up his robe and rushed into the room.Then I heard the sound of being beaten and the woman crying from inside the house.Then, I saw a disheveled man with a bruised nose and a swollen face, running out with a disheveled face.

But shopkeeper Yu, who was beating people the whole time, didn't say a word, and then the woman stopped crying.

It seemed that he didn't want to make a big fuss and let others know that something scandalous happened here.

Shopkeeper Yu then came out angrily, only to find that Han Zong was no longer there.He was thinking about how to deal with Han Zong and explained the matter when Zhuzhao came and gave him a [-]-guan note, saying it was tea money.

Shopkeeper Yu immediately understood that Han Erlang didn't intend to make a big fuss, and the money was regarded as "compensation" for him, which was tantamount to telling him that he would keep it a secret for him.Shopkeeper Yu heaved a sigh of relief, but he no longer had the heart to deal with outsiders.Grabbing his wife in the house, he went downstairs to the backyard, naturally to make her settle the score.

Han Zong turned back to the original room, and saw Cui Tao and Pinger sitting at the table drinking the newly brought tea.This tea is quite fragrant, and it is indeed treasured by the shopkeeper.

Han Zong sat down opposite Cui Tao, and asked her, "How did you find out?"

"Coincidentally, the wind is blowing from the west today," Cui Tao whispered to Han Zong, holding his chin, "I smell Marixiang, and there are other smells."

Han Zong naturally understood what other flavors Cui Tao was referring to, but wondered how Cui Tao could understand them.But after thinking about it, she seemed to have been to Tianxiang Tower to do detailed work before, maybe she gained knowledge there.

"They are bold in broad daylight, and shopkeeper Yu is still there, even though he was sleeping before." Cui Tao felt that this was a bit strange, but there was no need to meddle in other people's family affairs.

Han Zong remembered that when Cui Tao ran away, the shopkeeper Yu hadn't come up yet, and he didn't even say a word when he was beating someone, the purpose was to avoid letting outsiders know about him.

Han Zong asked Cui Tao in surprise, how did he know that the messy men and women in the house were related to the shopkeeper.

"It's still a smell, and the shopkeeper also has Mo Lixiang." Cui Tao curiously asked Han Zong, what is the relationship between the woman and the shopkeeper.

"wife."

Cui Tao looked surprised, and then said in a serious tone: "You can report the case to Kaifeng Prefecture, and those who have a husband will be sentenced to two years."

"No need." Han Zong said.

"The shopkeeper Yu has a big belly." Cui Tao immediately changed his words to 'praise'.

Han Zong glanced at Cui Tao, not knowing what to say for a while.Her temperament has really changed a lot. She used to never react and judge such things like she does now.It seems that she was greatly stimulated during her imprisonment in Kaifeng Mansion.Also, how could she not be stimulated, places like prisons have always been dirty, otherwise how could she lose her memory.

Thinking of this, Han Zong frowned, and the hand that was originally on the table clenched into a fist in an instant.

Cui Tao noticed something was wrong with Han Zong and asked him what was wrong.

"It's my fault that I didn't protect you well and made you suffer so much in Kaifeng Mansion." When Han Zong said this, he kept his eyes on the tea bowl in front of him, and didn't look at Cui Tao.

Cui Tao knew that his behavior was not because he was lying, but because he was guilty and dared not look at her.

"What's the use of saying that now, it's already happened."

Cui Tao knew that she was in jail, and it might have nothing to do with Han Zong, it was not his responsibility.But since Han Zong had reservations about her explanation, she would not have any reservations about being rude to him.Fire the gun when it should be fired, don't you blame yourself, then blame yourself, who told you not to tell the truth?

Accepting Cui Tao's accusation, Han Zong clenched his fists even harder, as if he was going to kill someone right away.

Cui Tao asked Han Zong: "Do you dare to look into my eyes?"

Han Zong was startled, then looked up at Cui Tao.

For a moment, the two looked at each other.There was anger in one gaze, with some doubts.A pair of serious eyes, completely no longer full of smiles in the past.

Seeing this, Ping'er stared nervously at the two of them.She felt that Cui Tao's current attitude seemed to be different from usual, and she was worried that the two would fight.If there was a fight, she was very confused about which side to help.Han Zong was the man who made her feel different physically and mentally for the first time in her life, a feeling that she couldn't control herself.But Mrs. Cui has experienced a lot with her, and she is a friend of Jinlan who takes good care of her.Of course Mrs. Cui may not think that she is Jinlan's friend, but Ping'er has already decided so in her heart.

If there is a conflict between these two people, who should help?Ping'er struggled in her mind for a while, and finally she decided to choose Cui Tao's side.After all, it should be 'sisters are like siblings, men are like clothes', not to mention that this dress doesn't like her at all, it's all her uncontrollable wishful thinking.And her good sister, Cui Tao, doesn't care about her falling in love with Han Zong at all. It shows her stature and stature. There is definitely nothing wrong with choosing to hang out with Cui Tao.

After finishing the ideological struggle, Ping'er breathed a sigh of relief, and turned her body towards Cui Tao, planning to condemn Han Zong along with Cui Tao if there was an argument.

"Tell me the truth, do you have anything to do with Di Zang Pavilion?" Cui Tao locked Han Zong's eyes.

"Of course." Han Zong agreed.

Cui Tao was surprised that Han Zong agreed, and judging by his expression, he should not have lied.But then, when she heard another sentence from Han Zong, Cui Tao collapsed immediately, realizing that she had asked for nothing.

Han Zong: "I hate them because of you!"

Don't be afraid of people telling lies, but be afraid that the truth will be mixed with the false, making it difficult for you to distinguish the true from the false.

"Me too, because Mrs. Cui hates Zangge and those bastards. If we have a chance some other day, let's avenge Mrs. Cui together!" Seeing that the two of them didn't quarrel, Ping'er was finally relieved and agreed happily. Han Zong's words.

Han Zong glanced at Ping'er, and wanted to say something, but Cui Tao, who was sitting next to her, didn't say anything, just lowered his head and took a sip of tea.

"The man is back."

With a sound of candle lighting, the door was pushed open, inviting Jian Mingyue to enter.

Jian Mingyue is now dressed as a servant, dressed in blue and coarse cloth clothes, with a gray cloth headband tied up, with a slender figure and a round face. When she smiles, she is a bit delicate and cute, which makes her feel quite pleasing to the eye. happiness.

After Jian Mingyue politely greeted Han Zong and Cui Tao, she politely answered all Cui Tao's questions one by one.

It turned out that the reason why Yuan Feng's father paid off his foreign debts was not because of some friends who offered help.Instead, he sold the magic butterfly technique passed down from his ancestors to Jian Mingyue's father.

Jian Mingyue's father was a juggler for a living, and he didn't have much money saved all his life, but he never forgot the Butterfly Magic technique that he had seen with his own eyes when he was a child.So when he learned that the ancestors of the Yuan family had secretly passed on this technique, he went to Yuan Feng's father several times to ask for advice on this method.Yuan Feng's father always rejected Jian Mingyue's father because he wanted to follow the ancestral precepts.It wasn't until later that Yuan's parents were too aggressive in collecting debts and couldn't stand it any longer, so they agreed to Jian Mingyue's father's request.

"Why doesn't he learn this craft by himself, and he can exchange it for money." Ping'er asked puzzled.

"At that time, the Yuan family had changed from a low-level juggler to a scholarly family. Father Yuan probably couldn't lose face." Cui Tao guessed.

"It may be that I have never learned it, no way. This skill is not something that can be learned overnight. It takes ten years of hard practice. My father is old and can't learn it. So he taught me to practice hard for ten years before I learned it. It." Jian Mingyue explained.

Can Cui Taojian Mingyue reveal what is the most important thing to practice to learn this technique.

"Speed, the method of concealment, all the way." Jian Mingyue said so much, after all, she lives by this skill, and if she tells it all, she will lose her job.

Of course Cui Tao knew that this kind of secret method that people spent their entire lives saving in exchange for the secret method would definitely not explain it to her in detail.She asked Jian Mingyue again if she would be willing to perform the magic butterfly technique for her on the spot, money was not a problem.

Jian Mingyue apologized and saluted, and said no, "Madam Cui, if you want to see it, why not come to Zaqu Building tomorrow to join Mingyue."

Jian Mingyue's Butterfly Show is now a feature of Zaqulou, but it doesn't happen every day, it happens every three days, and it will be the finale in the middle of the night.

"Okay, tomorrow I will definitely come to join you." Cui Tao agreed.

Han Zong immediately ordered Zhuzhao to book a seat with the shopkeeper, asking for the best place in the front row.

After leaving Zaqu Building, Cui Tao said goodbye to Han Zong.Although Han Zong is reluctant, he also understands that it is impossible for him to follow Cui Tao all the time.

"I think this case is a little tricky. Be careful and be safe," Han Zong instructed.

"Thank you, and you too."

Cui Tao turned around and took two steps, thinking of something, turned around and planned to call Han Zong to stop, but saw that Han Zong was standing there looking at her, and hadn't moved at all.

"That poppy milk fish, it's better to eat less."

The poppy milk fish dish uses poppies, which can be planted at will in the Song Dynasty. They are mostly used for ornamental purposes, and they are even used in dishes.But in the Qing Dynasty and modern times, it was something that killed people.

Han Zong was stunned for a moment, not understanding why Cui Tao made such an order. The reason why he loves this dish is because Cui Tao once loved to eat it.

"You don't like this dish now?"

"I don't know how to eat." Cui Tao's words were precise, and she said to Han Zong, "Don't cling to the past, life is too short, why wait until the end of consumption to realize that it's all for nothing."

Cui Tao persuaded Han Zong not to be obsessed with her because of the past.This was her kind words of persuasion to Han Zong for the sake of providing her with clues repeatedly.

Han Zong looked at Cui Tao in surprise, "How can you be sure it's the past? When you recover your memory, it won't be—"

"But according to what you said, it wasn't you who was on my mind when I had memories, but you were always wishful thinking." Cui Tao retorted, "So even if I regain my memory, the person I should look for will be Lu Gongbi."

Han Zong slowly closed his mouth, and he stared at Cui Tao, his gaze seemed to want to dismantle Cui Tao's body to see through it, to see if she had a conscience.

The dull pain in his heart gradually spread to his limbs, Han Zong twitched the corners of his mouth and smiled at Cui Tao.

"Aren't you in a hurry to go back to Kaifeng Mansion to investigate the case? Go quickly."

Cui Tao turned around and left.

Ping'er hurriedly saluted Han Zong farewell, she pursed her lips, her cheeks were slightly flushed, it was too easy for others to see what she was thinking.

Han Zong never looked at her, but only stared at Cui Tao's leaving back.

After withdrawing his gaze, Han Zong's eyes turned cold, and he asked Zhuzhao, "Can you find the miracle doctor?"

Zhuzhao shook his head, "The little one has sent as many people as possible to look for it."

"What did she ask you after I left just now?" Han Zong asked again.

Zhuzhao recounted the conversation between him and Cui Tao at that time.

Han Zong laughed, "Useless things, you don't know if you've been tricked."

Zhuzhao trembled in fright, and immediately knelt down to make amends and go to receive the punishment.

"Forget it, she can't figure it out, but next time—"

Zhuzhao immediately swore: "The little one is willing to die!"

……

Since Zhuzhao has been serving Han Zong since he was a child, why didn't he take him with him when he went to Dengzhou? "When Erlang travels, he likes to travel alone, and rarely brings people from the house with him." What kind of setting is this?

Looking at the way Han Zong likes to ride in a luxury carriage in Bianjing, enjoying everything, it is hard to tell that he is an independent person who wants to hone himself.

After Cui Taohui arrived in Kaifeng Mansion, he told Han Qi the doubts in his heart, and asked him: "If you were to be an official Han Tui, for what purpose would you do this?"

"There is something that is inconvenient for people around you to know." Han Qi replied.

"Han Erlang described to me before that when I encountered trouble in the old house in Dengzhou, he brought the people around him to resist. Since Zhu Zhao and other servants of the Han family did not go with him, where did the people around him come from? Come?" Cui Tao snorted, "This proves once again that he lied."

Perhaps there was indeed another group of people who followed Han Zong and helped her resist the attack.Or maybe she didn't live in any old house at all, and there was no attack.

Han Qi heard Cui Tao mention the matter of Dengzhou, and said to Cui Tao: "I forgot to tell you about the news from the day before yesterday. The situation in Dengzhou has been verified. The government office tried to steal Dengzhou's salt transportation map, but the bandit escaped in the end and was not caught."

That is to say, the story of stealing pictures does fit Han Zong's previous description.

However, this does not explain the problem. If Han Zong had prepared his speech long ago, he would naturally understand the situation involving the government office, and the Kaifeng government might ask for evidence.It's still the same old saying, true and false are mixed, and he will pick the truth if it is easy to prove.

"There's nothing special about Jian Mingyue's place. But I didn't expect such a coincidence that her father is related to Yuan Feng's father." Cui Tao did not forget to tell Han Qi that Jian Mingyue will perform the Butterfly Magic at Washe tomorrow.She will observe carefully at the scene, and maybe she can crack the secret of the Butterfly Magic Technique.

Han Qi also told Cui Tao the information he got from his investigation.The shopkeeper of Kaitai rice shop is called Chen Shanming, who bought the rice shop a year ago and has been running it all by himself.Business is good and bad, but according to the shopkeeper of the neighboring shop, Chen Shanming doesn't care much about whether the business makes money.Occasionally, I will close the shop and go fishing by the river, saying that I will cultivate my body and mind.But once, he saw Chen Shanming selling fish in the market with his own eyes, saying that he caught it himself.The shopkeeper of the neighboring shop didn't expose him as he pretended to be afraid of losing face if he didn't catch any fish.

"It seems that his going fishing was just an excuse, but he actually did something else that is inconvenient to tell." Cui Tao sighed.

When searching the rice shop before, Wang Zhao and the others found the scene of dismemberment in the kitchen, as well as the murder weapon and axe.Cui Tao also noticed two suspicious things, one is an unnamed tablet, which has no words on it, but a butterfly is engraved on the top, the shape of the butterfly is basically the same as the tattoo on Yuan Feng's arm.There are also kitchen knives, which are different from ordinary kitchen knives. The front edge of the knife body is curved, which is a butcher's knife.

"This kind of knife is commonly used by butchers who slaughter pigs and sheep. Perhaps the murderer has indeed killed many things to train himself, but it may not be people, but livestock such as pigs, cattle and sheep?"

"Should have killed someone too." Han Qi handed the relevant case file to Cui Tao, "At the beginning of winter last year, the shopkeeper of the Anping tea shop on the same street as the Kaitai rice shop disappeared. Two months later, Bian Five miles east of the capital, someone found a severed arm that was not completely decomposed. According to Wu's inspection, the severed arm was at least two months old, and it was relatively intact because of the cold weather."

Cui Tao looked at the autopsy results on the corpse list in the case file, and found that the arm was cut off in a neat section, also from the shoulder.However, there are defensive wounds on the arm, indicating that the owner of the arm had fought with others before it was cut off.

At that time, apart from this arm, Kaifeng Mansion did not receive any other reports related to corpse parts.

Beasts are prone to starvation in winter, and after the body parts are thrown into the wild, there is a high probability that animals such as wild beasts and wild dogs will snatch them away and eat them. It is probably a good situation to have an arm left behind.

Because the arm was discovered two months after the shopkeeper disappeared, and no one knew who the owner of the arm was, so no one thought it was related to the disappearance of the shopkeeper.

"According to the merchants near the rice shop, Chen Shanming did have a dispute with the shopkeeper of Anping Tea Shop half a year ago." Wang Zhao reported the news he had just investigated to Han Qi.

It's a bit ridiculous to say the reason for this.The shopkeeper of Anping Tea Shop saw that Chen Shanming was tall, honest, and capable of running a rice shop by himself, so he felt that Chen Shanming would be a good hand in life.

The shopkeeper of Anping Tea Shop wanted to marry his daughter to Chen Shanming, but he didn't want to be rejected by Chen Shanming.The shopkeeper of the tea shop felt very humiliated, and since then he has disliked Chen Shanming very much, and even ridiculed him with words, and would speak ill of him to others in secret.For these, Chen Shanming did not respond.

But once Chen Shanming came back from fishing outside, the tea shop owner deliberately poured water on him, and pretended to be careless.Chen Shanming got angry that day and punched the shopkeeper of the tea shop.The shopkeeper of the tea shop clamored to ask him for money and compensation, otherwise he would sue the government.

Probably because Chen Shanming was afraid of going to the government, he agreed to the request of the shopkeeper in the tea shop and paid him ten pennies.

Ten pennies is not that easy to earn, it is very cost-effective.The shopkeeper of the tea shop has been complacent for a long time, and he talks about it when he sees people, so the merchants who do business in the whole street know about it.

On the day when the manager of the tea shop disappeared, everyone witnessed that Chen Shanming had been watching the shop at the rice shop.So when the Kaifeng government came to investigate, there were so many people who testified against Chen Shanming, but no one doubted him.The shopkeeper of the tea shop had quarreled with his father-in-law before he disappeared. At that time, the Kaifeng government focused on investigating his father-in-law, but in the end they didn't find out what happened, so they just let it go.

Cui Tao took a closer look at the alibi testimonials given to Chen Shanming by the merchants.At noon, Chen Shanming yawned again and again, telling others that he was a little sleepy.Soon after, everyone saw Chen Shanming sleeping at his desk through the open door of the rice shop.He buried his head under his arms and slept, and it took about half an hour before he woke up.

And it was at noon that the shopkeeper of the tea shop suddenly disappeared.His wife thought that he had something to do temporarily, so she left without saying hello. After waiting for a night without seeing anyone, she realized that there was a problem and went to Kaifeng Mansion to report the case.

"This Chen Shanming is a person who knows the magic butterfly technique. It's too easy for him to lay a dummy lying there while others are not paying attention."

Wang Zhao was a little puzzled: "But this kind of thing is also easy to deceive. Once someone really goes to the rice shop to call him, what will happen if he finds out that it is a dummy?"

"Since Yuan Feng's body was moved to Mipu for dismemberment, the shopkeeper of Anping Tea Shop may have been killed there as well. If someone came to the shop, he should have a way to 'come back to life' in time.

This is the subtlety of illusion. He has some unexpected tricks and small tricks, which make people easily be confused by what they see, and then let people ignore the existence of its flaws. "

Cui Tao couldn't believe Wang Zhao and others, so she went out for a while.

Afterwards, everyone saw Cui Tao took out a piece of red paper, folded it into a flower, and asked everyone if she believed that she would turn this paper flower into a real flower.

Of course everyone didn't believe it.

Cui Tao asked Li Cai to fetch the oil lamp, so that everyone could gather around Han Qi to see her performance clearly.

Cui Tao held the oil lamp in his left hand, and held a red paper flower between his fingers in his right hand. Then he used the oil lamp to light the red paper flower in his hand from the top, and then put down the oil lamp.She made a gesture with her left hand to show everyone that the paper flowers in her right hand were almost burnt out, and then her left hand fell next to her right hand.

Just when the paper flowers were about to burn to embers, suddenly sparks splashed, and a vermilion flower broke through the fire and suddenly appeared.And the remaining unburned red paper fell to the ground.

Of course everyone doesn't care about the falling paper, they only pay attention to the flower in Cui Tao's hand, it really is a real flower!And they still had an impression of this flower, it was the wild flower that Cui Tao dug from the wild two days ago and used it to decorate the 'Little Bridge and Flowing Water' in her yard.

Wang Zhao, Li Cai and the others were stunned, and even Han Qi narrowed his eyes slightly, a little surprised at what he saw.

"How did this happen?" Wang Zhao was shocked, looking at Cui Tao as if he believed that she was a magic fairy.

"Master, where in the sky do you come from? From the Buddha's side? Or from the Sanqing Emperor and the Jade Emperor?" Li Cai looked at Cui Tao bewilderedly and asked.

"The gestures of the illusion are very particular. The seemingly random words and gestures actually have a purpose. One side intentionally attracts people's attention, and the other side takes the opportunity to catch people by surprise. It will make you feel very magical and very unexpected. .”

Cui Tao then explained where the 'trick' of her little trick was.First, make sure that the burning paper flower, her hand, and the eyes of the viewer are in the same straight line. In fact, before lighting the paper flower, she pulled out the real flower from her sleeve and blocked the part of the flower with the palm of her right hand. The bottom part was fixed on her wrist with a hemp rope, but it was not very tight, it was just clamped, and it could be pulled out with a little twitch.

When everyone focused on the burning paper flowers, she pressed down the branches of the real flowers with her left hand, so that when the paper flowers were about to burn out, the real flowers would pop out quickly with the help of elasticity, thus giving A surprise effect for everyone.

Cui Tao told Wang Zhao that if they still don't understand, they just need to stand behind her and watch her operation.Wang Zhao and others naturally had to read it again to understand it thoroughly.It was only after this that I suddenly realized that this was a trick, and it wasn't that the burning paper flowers could really turn into real flowers.

"I admire everything, Mrs. Cui really knows everything! If you are not in Kaifeng Mansion, go to Goulan Washe, I am afraid you can make a fortune!" Wang Zhao sighed, a talent is worthy of being a talent, and you can do it anywhere Mix well.

Han Qi's gaze gradually moved up from the red wild flower in Cui Tao's hand to her smooth and pretty cheeks.He felt that it was unimaginable that Cui Tao had so many dabbles in the three years of his disappearance.This point has been completely lost, so that he doesn't bother to study it now, because what matters now is that she is here.

After Wang Zhao had an epiphany, he sent someone to search Kaitaimi Shop again, this time he would not let go of anything that might be related to tricks.After that, he found some threads of different colors in the utility room of Kaitai Mipu, including black, white, yellow, brown-red and so on.

Wang Zhao found that these lines just matched the environment of Mipu.For example, black lacquer tables, chairs and stools, white walls, yellow ground and soil walls, brown-red door panels, window lattices and so on.There are also some broken wooden boards with fine holes, and white phosphorus, and half a butterfly wing was found in the cracks of the branches by the wall, and after touching it carefully, I found that it was actually painted on paper...

Han Qi deliberately left Cui Tao to talk, and didn't let her go with Wang Zhao and others.

"Prefect Bao's request for pardon for you has been approved."

Cui Tao didn't expect it to be so fast. She originally planned to wait at the slowest half a year.This time she has been convicted of the crime of stealing the salt transportation map.Strictly speaking, it was an 'attempt'. Of course, it involved the court's salt transportation plan, and even the attempt was definitely not a light charge.

But Cui Tao has solved several major cases before, lobbying Wang Siniang to successfully confess Guihuaizhai to help the court suppress the bandits; undercover Tianxianglou to help the court wipe out Tianji Pavilion's sub-rudder in Bianjing; The Xinghua Lane case, the Jiao Corpse case, etc., all of which cannot do without her credit.

Cui Tao was confident that she would get a light sentence, so she didn't feel too nervous when she heard Han Qi say that there was a result.

Cui Tao took the notebook and read the red cinnabar reply on it: outstanding meritorious service, pardon not guilty.

"I'm not guilty?" Cui Tao didn't expect the people above to be so open-minded, and directly pardoned her. She thought she would stay in Kaifeng Mansion for a few years of 'heavy duty'.

"Well, you are innocent, you have regained your freedom, and you can leave Kaifeng Mansion now." Han Qi agreed.

Cui Tao looked at Han Qi in surprise after hearing the words.

Han Qi also looked at Cui Tao at this time, his face was as cold as jade, just like when he sentenced Cui Tao to beheaded in the court.However, compared to before, the way he looks at Cui Tao now is no longer business-like indifference, but faintly worried, and at the same time mixed with another kind of unidentified emotion.

"Your father got the news in advance from somewhere, and has arrived in Bianjing, ready to take you home." Han Qi continued.