I am imprisoned in Kaifeng Mansion

The first body part to be found was the left foot, and Wang Zhao had already ordered people to search the nearby streets and alleys.

"We found the head, it's Jian Mingyue!" Li Cai ran back and forth panting.

In less than an hour, the entire body was assembled.

This time, not all the body parts were wrapped in rice bags. Except for the burlap bag for the head, other parts of the body were directly discarded and exposed in the alley.

After Cui Tao pieced together the body parts, it can be seen that there are obvious bruises on Jian Mingyue's neck, her face is bluish purple, her eyes are protruding, and there are punctate hemorrhages under the palpebral conjunctiva, which is consistent with the death symptoms of mechanical asphyxia. They were also cleaned.

"The time of death should be before dawn this morning." Cui Tao said after checking the corpse spots and rigor.

"The time of death is similar to Yuan Feng's. The murderer seems to like to do it in the middle of the night and throw the body before dawn." Han Qi concluded.

"Perhaps it has something to do with his personal work and rest habits. Of course, it may also be because everyone sleeps more soundly in the second half of the night, and it is not easy to be discovered when he does some illegal things."

Cui Tao did not forget to tell Han Qi that the cutting of the body parts this time was not as neat as before, but overall it was indeed caused by an ax or similar ax-like cutting.

"But it's a little sharp."

"Now that the whole city is looking for portraits of him, where can he hide and dismember his body?" Wang Zhao scratched his head, hating this Chen Shanming's cunning, and even more hated that he dared to blatantly throw his body around when he was wanted by the government.

Whether Chen Shanming's motive for killing Jian Mingyue was because he discovered the relationship between Jian Mingyue and shopkeeper Yu, or whether he had originally killed Jian Mingyue because of the Butterfly Magic Technique, is still unclear.But what is certain is that Chen Shanming's approach to Jian Mingyue must have something to do with the magic butterfly technique.

"Back then, since the one-armed man surnamed Chen asked Yuan Che for the Butterfly Illusion Art, he probably didn't know about it. Now that Chen Shanming also knows the Butterfly Illusion Art, he must have obtained it from Jian Mingyue. It can be seen on the stage It is not something that can be accomplished in a day or two to be skillful enough to be able to move east and west, and quickly disappear under the eyes of everyone. Jian Mingyue also said that it takes about ten years to practice this kind of magic butterfly technique. "

Cui Tao felt that Chen Shanming and Jian Mingyue had known each other in the early years, so they could start investigating from this aspect.But the trouble is that Jian Mingyue's hometown is in Suizhou. To find out this point, it will take many days to go back and forth to Suizhou.After finding out the relationship between Chen Shanming and Jian Mingyue, Chen Shanming might have fled to the ends of the earth long ago.

"The murderer cleaned the corpses after killing people. This is worthy of attention. Judging from the situation of his abandonment of the corpses, he did not have any feelings for the corpses of the two deceased. He did not cherish them so he divided them and abandoned them on the street. .

There may be three reasons for cleaning: first, to avoid blood dripping and leaving traces when throwing the corpse; second, because of a certain habit, it must be cleaned;

The dismemberment scene of the last murder was in Mipu, and there was nothing special at the scene, so the third clause does not meet.There are many ways to keep the corpse on the ground without bleeding, but the murderer must choose to wash it. I prefer to think that he has the habit of doing this. "

Wang Zhao and others were puzzled as to what Cui Tao's analysis could ultimately explain.The fact that Chen Shanming likes to clean corpses is a bit perverted, but it seems that he can't find anyone based on this, right?

"The last time I searched the rice shop, I found a butcher's knife in the kitchen." Seeing that everyone didn't understand what Cui Tao meant, Han Qi added an explanation.

Everyone suddenly realized that Chen Shanming might have something to do with the butcher business!After slaughtering cattle and sheep, butchers will wash and process the carcasses of cattle and sheep, and then cut them into pieces.

It's a little bit fresher today.

In the past, Han Tui officials were always reticent, and their speech was too simplistic, which made everyone confused. It needed to be explained by Mrs. Cui.Today's situation is reversed, it is Han Tuiguan who is helping Mrs. Cui to explain.

"Because there are no more clues now, we have to wait for people from Suizhou to investigate Chen Shanming's past thoroughly. Then we will take the only situation as possible clues and try to investigate."

Since there is a strong distance limitation in message delivery, it is necessary to try to make up for this deficiency in other ways.

Cui Tao said that the murderer was very bold and careful. Since he dared to face the Kaifeng government to provoke him, he naturally had the advantage of self-confidence.In the face of this kind of murderer, what everyone has to do is to be more careful than him, and when the evidence is not sufficient, we must also diverge our thinking and make bold assumptions.Only in this way can they outrun the murderer.

Cui Tao immediately called on everyone to think about it, from their point of view, what other habits the murderer would have, and what behaviors this habit might lead to.

"He must have another place to hide. That day the government raided Mipu. Unexpectedly, although he managed to escape with the magic butterfly technique, he had no extra preparations. But the next day on the stage of Zaqu Building, He can still be seen wearing a special butterfly cape."

Han Qi said that the production of the cloak was very painstaking. From the paper butterfly to the hidden mechanism of setting the threaded scales, it would take at least a month.It is impossible for Chen Shanming to make such a cloak in just two days by himself.

"The fishing lines, paints, and paper used to make the butterflies are all very special. If you start to investigate from this aspect, you may also be able to find clues." Li Yuan suggested.

Immediately arrange manpower to check from two directions of clothing materials and butchers.

"Go and investigate in plain clothes to reduce the murderer's vigilance." Han Qi instructed.

After Wang Zhao agreed, he was about to take people away.

"I'll search with you." Cui Tao followed.

When Wang Zhao heard this, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, "With the eyes of Mrs. Cui, I guess there must be nowhere to hide from Chen Shanming's hiding place."

"Yes, yes, master, why don't you do a divination first to find out where the murderer may be hiding, where should we start?" Li Cai suggested flatteringly.

"Wow, wow." Cui Tao became a little excited when she heard the divination. She is not very good at the field of metaphysics, but she likes to pretend to be in this area.

Han Qi followed closely.

Cui Tao coughed, and immediately changed his face to educate Li Caidao: "Investigating the case is no joke. Facing the most vicious murderer, we should conduct a search with reason and evidence. What is it like to rely on fortune-telling!"

Li Cai scratched his head, not quite understanding why Cui Tao's attitude changed so quickly.

Cui Tao was the last to leave, and before leaving, she deliberately mouthed to Han Qi 'be back soon', then smiled at him and blinked, then turned and ran out lightly.

Han Qi lowered his eyes slowly, as if looking at the ground and thinking about something, but after a while, the corners of his mouth raised uncontrollably.

Cui Tao followed Wang Zhao to follow the line of the butcher, while Li Yuan and Li Cai were responsible for checking the line of the fishing line.

Cui Tao took out the old map that she drew a circle last time, and then drew on the map the place where Chen Shanming's latest corpse was dumped, and also marked the Zaqu Building where Jian Mingyue was located, and drew another big circle .

Wang Zhao leaned over curiously, "What is the basis for this?"

The rice shop they searched last time was indeed within the area surrounded by Mrs. Cui. It can be said that without Mrs. Cui's move, they would not even know who the murderer, Chen Shanming, is. No.

Cui Tao pointed to the backstreet of Zaqu Building, "In the case of being rounded up by everyone in Kaifeng Mansion, he can escape easily. He must be familiar with the terrain here. The same is true for throwing corpses. Of course, it does not mean that he will definitely be in the circle." In the circle, but the possibility is relatively high."

Wang Zhao nodded again and again to show that he was taught, and they first went to the butcher from the area surrounded by Cui Tao to inquire about the situation.If Chen Shanming really did the work of a butcher, there must be butchers who know that he is a fellow worker.

When Cui Tao and Wang Zhao visited the No.13 butcher, the butcher Er Shunzi was finishing slaughtering a sheep, skinning the sheep, and cleaning the sheep.Another end was scalded in hot water for plucking wool.

People in the Northern Song Dynasty liked to eat mutton with the skin on, but they seldom peeled off the skin.There is also a famous dish called mutton, which is boiled and sliced ​​into thin slices, and sprinkled with special condiments. It tastes full of peppery flavor, refreshing, and avoids the greasy taste of meat dishes.

Cui Tao bought two catties of sheepskin from Er Shunzi first, then took out the portrait and asked him if he had seen Chen Shanming.

Er Shunzi washed the bloody knife on his hand with water, wiped his hands quickly, and looked at the person in the portrait.

"Hey, isn't this the youngest Chen?"

When Wang Zhao heard that Er Shunzi actually knew Chen Shanming, he asked him about the details excitedly.

"An apprentice who works with Butcher Zhang, does his work neatly and cleanly, which makes me envious."

Er Shunzi told Wang Zhao that cutting meat was a technical job in their business, and mutton was lean meat, to say the least.Pork is different. In many places, it is either too fat or too thin. If you want to sell a whole pig at a good price, you must have the skills to cut it.That is, wherever the customers point out, they will sell even the fat and thin ones.

Er Shunzi also said that for those who were apprentices with butchers, the work of cleaning cattle and sheep after slaughter was the most common thing they did, including cleaning and treating dirty and smelly sewage.

After Wang Zhao heard the words, he couldn't help but look at Cui Tao in admiration, and Mrs. Cui guessed that she was right!

Wang Zhao couldn't help thinking that Cui Tao's father had come to take her away two days ago.Wang Zhao sincerely hoped that Cui Tao would stay in Kaifeng mansion forever, how many cases would be solved and how many victims would be vindicated with her.After returning to Cui's house, the one-acre three-point land, only playing the piano and embroidering flowers every day, that is really a waste of talent.

After asking where the butcher's house was, Wang Zhao and Cui Tao went immediately.

Butcher Zhang was setting up a stall in the market to sell meat. When he saw Cui Tao and Wang Zhao, he thought they were guests and asked them which piece of meat they wanted.

"Three catties of lamb chops!" Cui Tao replied subconsciously.

"Okay!" Butcher Zhang immediately chopped the whole lamb chop into two with a knife and axe, and weighed it on the scale.

Both Cui Tao and Wang Zhao noticed that the butcher Zhang's butcher's knife was the same size and style as the one in Mipu's kitchen.

"Did you go to the blacksmith's shop to make this knife?" Cui Tao asked.

"Yes, my knife is very useful. I took two in total, and I gave the other one to my good boy." Butcher Zhang smiled openly, and asked Cui Tao if he wanted to chop the lamb chops into small pieces.

"No more lamb chops." Cui Tao replied.

Butcher Zhang was stunned for a moment, and turned around to look at Cui Tao wonderingly, "It's all been chopped off, how can the little lady go back on what she says?"

"It's not that I contradicted my promise, it's that the meat may not be very clean, so I can't eat it."

Cui Tao's explanation was better than no explanation, and Zhang Tuhu was immediately annoyed. He threw the ax on the cutting board and asked Cui Tao why his meat was unclean.

Wang Zhao took out the badge of the military patrol, showed the portrait of Chen Shanming to Butcher Zhang, and asked him if he had seen the person in the portrait.

Zhang Tuhu was stunned when he heard that the two belonged to Kaifeng Mansion, and he was even more stunned when he saw the portrait.While he hastily apologized, the person on Daoming's portrait was his apprentice Chen Laoyao.

"Did you not see the wanted portrait in Kaifeng Mansion?" Wang Zhao asked Butcher Zhang.

"What portrait?" Butcher Zhang asked in a daze. "We are butchers. We get up early and slaughter pigs and sheep before dawn. After cleaning up, we sell them on the street. After a day of selling, we are tired, so we go back. I just fell asleep and worked like this the next day. I really don’t have time to wander around elsewhere, so I really didn’t look at this wanted portrait.”

Butcher Zhang explained very sincerely, and Wang Zhao also believed him.After all, this portrait has only been posted for a day, and not everyone in the city pays special attention to it.When they questioned Er Shunzi, another butcher, Er Shunzi had also never seen the wanted portrait.

"He came to me a year ago and asked me if I needed an apprentice. He could do all kinds of dirty work. I didn't mean to take an apprentice. When I heard this, I thought it would be better to have more than one person to help with the work. , I really do the dirtiest and most tiring work for him. If I can do it well, I will take advantage of it.

I really didn't expect that he could do it all, and he did the work neatly. He came here early in the morning to help me kill the pigs and sheep, cleaned them up, and went back.It is said that there is a sick old mother in the family who needs to take care of it, and there is no wages for this year's work. I just hope that I can pass on the craftsmanship to him so that he can make a living in the future. "

Butcher Zhang saw that Chen Shanming was diligent and responsible, so he liked him very much, and occasionally gave him a catty or two of meat as a reward.It never occurred to him that such an honest and willing child would be the murderer of the recent famous dismemberment case in Bianjing.

"It's strange, it's just that you don't have time to see the wanted portrait, and the others who have seen him haven't seen it either?" Wang Zhao asked wonderingly.

Butcher Zhang thought about it carefully, then suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "Not to mention that I haven't noticed yet. When he was working with me, few people really saw him. Only Er Shunzi came to look for him in the early morning. Me, I introduced him to him. I usually work early in the morning, and there is no one, or someone is here. He is busy washing the smelly sewage, and no one likes to approach him, so I don’t see his appearance clearly. .Now it seems that he is deliberately guarding against others!"

"He came to my place yesterday morning!" Butcher Zhang stared at Cui Tao and Wang Zhao with frightened eyes.

Afterwards, Zhang Tuhu took the two of them back to his home.

Cui Tao asked Butcher Zhang to check if he had any tools or things missing.Since Chen Shanming wanted to take the risk of coming here after being wanted for the crime, he presumably wanted to get tools related to "slaughtering".

After all, ironware was not a common thing in the Song Dynasty. Blacksmith shops had records with the government, and there were restrictions on the sale and use of the utensils they made. Ordinary people generally had only one kitchen knife in their homes.This is not bad. In the Yuan Dynasty, there was still a terrible rule that ten households should use a kitchen knife.

But here in the butcher, the use of knives can be tolerated.

Butcher Zhang searched around immediately, and said in surprise: "The ax is missing. The ax is a bit curled and can't be sharpened. I put it aside and plan to go back to the blacksmith's shop to make it again. The one I use now is For the time being, I borrowed it from my father-in-law. Didn’t this bastard come to steal my ax to dismember my body?”

Cui Tao also saw the burlap bag at Zhang Tuhu's place, which was the same as the bag containing Jian Mingyue's head.

Obviously, Chen Shanming's murder of Jian Mingyue was premeditated.

"Inspector Wang, he didn't dismember the corpse here, right? So my meat is still clean?" Butcher Zhang asked Cui Tao and Wang Zhao for confirmation with a horrified expression on his face.

Wang Zhao glanced at Cui Tao, saw that she hadn't made a statement, and said in an uncertain tone, "Probably so."

"Before this morning, did he always come to work with you?" Cui Tao asked.

Butcher Zhang nodded, and then stomped his feet, "Yes, yes, he touched my sheep, my pig, and my knife and chopping board with his hands that had been divided into corpses, ahhhhhhhhh—"

Butcher Zhang was so angry that he was going crazy, with a disgusted expression on his face, he hurriedly said that he would replace these things.Then he faltered and asked Cui Tao and Wang Zhao if they could keep it secret, otherwise if the customers who bought his meat knew that the meat they had eaten had been touched by the murderer, he would not be able to do business.

"I have an eighty-year-old mother on top, and three babies waiting to be fed..."

"Okay!" Wang Zhao scolded, of course he couldn't guarantee such a thing.

"If you can provide important clues, we can assure you that we won't spread them out on purpose." Cui Tao's purpose in saying this is to hope that this careless Butcher Zhang can carefully recall all the details.

Apart from Jian Mingyue, Zhang Tuhu was the person who spent the longest time with Chen Shanming in close quarters.No murderer is perfect. For more than a year, Cui Tao did not believe that Chen Shanming had no flaws.

"Did he ever tell you where he lives?" Cui Tao asked.

"As I said, it's Zhuyu Lane in the north of the city." Zhang Tuhu said.

North of the city?Chen Shanming's body throwing activities are all in the south of the city, and there is the imperial city in the center of the city. The distance from the north to the south of the city is too far.

Cui Tao felt that it was unlikely that Chen Shanming's other residence was in the north of the city.Besides, he didn't even tell Butcher Zhang about opening the rice shop, and he didn't even say his real name, only saying that he was called 'Chen Laoyao', obviously not wanting to reveal that he had intentionally learned about massacres.Therefore, it should not be true for him to bluntly tell Zhang Tuhu that he lives in the north of the city.

But out of caution, Cui Tao asked Wang Zhao to send someone to check Zhuyu Lane.

Cui Tao asked Butcher Zhang to think about it again, but what other information could he provide them.Anything he said, that's fine.

Butcher Zhang frowned and thought about it carefully, and said to Cui Tao: "When he started learning art from me, he would bring me steamed buns from Mr. Sun's family every morning to honor me. He must be afraid that I won't keep him, so he pleases me. See I was happy, and even discussed with me, can I hand over all the slaughtering work to him."

Mr. Sun's family has a famous vegetarian bun filled with fungus and shepherd's purse, which is different from other families.Butcher Zhang has eaten it before, so he knew it was his family as soon as he ate it.

Cui Tao asked the old man Sun's house where the steamed stuffed buns were, and went with Wang Zhao.Cui Tao immediately ordered two buns stuffed with fungus and shepherd's purse, one for each of Wang Zhao.

"It tastes good!"

One bite is full of fresh fragrance, and the fungus has the reputation of "meat in the vegetarian", nourishing qi and nourishing blood, and the colloid contained in it can also clean up the garbage in the stomach.Shepherd's purse and the spleen improve eyesight and help digestion.

Wang Zhao is a carnivore, so he didn't have much interest in the vegetarian stuffed buns at first, but when Cui Tao said that the stuffing has so many benefits, he quickly started to eat it too.

"It's almost to Zhouqiao here, no wonder it sells steamed stuffed buns at night. Butcher Zhang's house is three streets away from here, and it takes two miles to the south to get there. Whether Chen Shanming lives in the north of the city or in Mipu, he always sells buns in the middle of the night. Coming from there, you have to cross Zhang Tuhu’s house on the wrong way, and then go south to buy buns, which is a bit too troublesome. From the north to here, you can pass by other night markets to buy buns, and the taste is also good. Not too bad."

Cui Tao didn't think that Chen Shanming respected Butcher Zhang so much that it was worthwhile for him to run away every day, insisting on coming here to buy buns to honor Butcher Zhang.

Wang Zhao nodded, agreeing with Cui Tao's analysis.

"So he should live near here, or a little further south. When he goes to Zhang Butcher's house, he should buy buns and send them there." Cui Tao drew another small circle on the map.

Cui Tao asked Wang Zhao to secretly investigate and find out all the butchers' houses within a five-mile radius centered on Baozipu and Zhang Butcher's house, and marked them.

Cui Tao instructed Wang Zhao to eat five buns in a row.She immediately bought another copy, said goodbye to Wang Zhao, and went back to Kaifeng mansion first.

"I've eaten five of these, isn't that enough?" Wang Zhao asked in surprise.

"Give it away." Cui Tao smiled at Wang Zhao, and then, holding the bun in one hand and the rein in the other, Le Diandian rode away.

Wang Zhao thought that Cui Tao brought the buns for Wang Siniang and Ping'er, so he didn't think much about it, and went about his own business.

When Cui Tao returned to Kaifeng Mansion, she sent the steamed stuffed bun to Han Qi while it was still hot.

Han Qi is still busy, so let Cui Tao wait for a while.

Cui Tao simply took the steamed stuffed bun and brought it to Han Qi's mouth.

Han Qi froze for a moment, then looked up at her.

"Government affairs are never finished, and when you become an official in the future, you will only be busy with more things. If you don't eat on time because of these, you will definitely starve to death." Cui Tao said to Han Qi, " The "Book of Filial Piety" has a saying: "The body is hair and skin, and the parents dare not damage it. This is the beginning of filial piety." If you don't cherish your body like this, you are not filial!"

"Don't dare to bear this name." Han Qi laughed, then stopped writing, intending to take the bun from Cui Tao's hand.

"Wash your hands." Cui Tao said.

Han Qi laughed again, had no choice but to wash his hands, and then sat at the table, eating buns obediently.

"This steamed stuffed stuffed bun is just right for Liu Lang, who has an irregular diet." Cui Tao sighed, and someone from the other side said that Lu Gongbi had sent a message, saying that Cui Mao was leaving, and asked Cui Tao if he would like to see him off.

Han Qi thought that based on Cui Tao's current attitude towards Cui Tao, he would not agree to go, but in the end, Cui Tao simply agreed.

"When the father returns home, the unfilial daughter should send him off with great fanfare," Cui Tao said.

"Which one do you sing?" Han Qi knew Cui Tao well, and knew that she must have a purpose in doing so.

"Sing the name of a filial daughter, and put him on the fire in the future." Cui Tao smiled mysteriously at Han Qi, let him eat first, and she went to prepare.

Cui Tao left very quickly.

Han Qi's outstretched hand hung in the air, and then he retracted it awkwardly. He could only silently taste the bun in his hand, the more he ate it, the more delicious it became.

Cui Tao made a list, took out her private money, and asked Wang Siniang and Ping'er to help her buy various Kaifeng specialties, and each item should be as much as possible.

At this time, Wang Zhao presented the situation of the butcher he had investigated to Cui Tao.

Apart from Zhang Tuhu and Er Shunzi, there are three more.None of these three were close to old man Sun's steamed stuffed bun shop, including Er Shunzi's house, only Zhang Tuhu was the closest to old man Sun's steamed stuffed bun shop.

This is why there are so many butchers, butcher Zhang must be selected.Waking up to work early in the morning, except for some insomniacs, who doesn't want to sleep more?Naturally, the distance is closer, so you can rest for a while, after all, Chen Shanming still runs a rice shop during the day.

The circle Cui Tao drew on the map shrunk again.

At this time, Li Yuan, who went to investigate the fishing line and other situations, came back. He told Cui Tao that Chen Shanming bought those things from a shop in Wazi.

"The shop owner only knows this, and it's useless." Li Yuan said dejectedly.

"It doesn't matter, we seem to have some clues here!" Wang Zhao comforted Li Yuan, and then he heard Li Yuan ask what the clues were. Wang Zhao couldn't explain clearly, so he asked Cui Tao to say a few words.

Cui Tao drew a circle again, which was even smaller than the last time, "These areas are the closest to Butcher Zhang's house, and it is also convenient to sell steamed buns at Mr. Sun's house. Dismembering corpses requires a relatively secluded and quiet place, so it should be a solitary place." He lives in his own small courtyard or a place where only he can move around. There are about thirty or forty households in this area, so you should inquire secretly, don’t make a fuss, and scare the snake away.”

"But if we inquire with the portrait, maybe we will be discovered." Li Yuan assumed that if they happened to ask Chen Shanming's neighbors, and then Chen Shanming heard it, he was afraid that he would turn into a butterfly and disappear again. up.

"Don't take the portrait for now. Chen Shanming is in Mipu all day, and he has to go to Zhang Tuhu's house in the middle of the night. He must not show up often at this residence. In addition, he deliberately hides this residence and his identity, so the neighbors around him probably don't know much about it. he."

"Then it should be more difficult to check." Li Yuan then said with emotion.

Wang Zhao immediately shook his head, "No, this kind of solitary and uninhabited house is more conspicuous in Guo Fang."

Wang Zhao immediately expressed that he understood, and first pretended to be ordinary people chatting secretly in the workshop to find out where this "abnormal household" was, and then looked for neighbors who might know Chen Shanming, and secretly asked him to identify the portrait.After confirming, he secretly monitored and came to report to Cui Tao to arrest him together.The reason why he did this was because he was afraid that Chen Shanming would turn into a butterfly and run away again. Of course, only Lady Cui could break his 'witchcraft'.

Half an hour later, Wang Siniang and Ping'er hired a carriage and returned with a full load, and asked Cui Tao to check what they bought.

"Don't look, it's okay or not, it doesn't matter." Cui Tao said coolly.

Wang Siniang and Ping'er nodded, thinking what Cui Tao said was very true.

"Oh, by the way, where is the bun?" Wang Siniang asked.

Cui Tao looked at Wang Siniang suspiciously.

Ping'er hurriedly explained: "Just now when we came back, we met Wang Wang, who said that Mrs. Cui bought us delicious buns!"

"Go and buy warm ones yourself." Cui Tao returned the money bag returned by Wang Siniang, and gave it back to Wang Siniang.

"What about the steamed stuffed bun bought by the boss?" Wang Siniang scratched her face with her fingers, "It doesn't matter if it's cold, we can eat it, we don't mind it!"

"I ate it." Cui Tao moved her eyes and decided to take Wang Siniang and Ping'er to Mr. Sun's house to eat steamed buns.

"Why bother to make a special trip, Wang Wang said that he ate steamed buns with Mrs. Cui, and Mrs. Cui brought a portion later—" Wang Siniang was stunned by Cui Taofei's eyes before she could finish her sentence. .

The three of them arrived at Lao Zhang Sun's steamed stuffed bun shop, and Cui Tao followed Wang Siniang and Ping'er to ask for steamed stuffed buns.She beckoned Li Cai to tell Wang Zhao that if she had any news, she could come directly to Baozi Shop to find him.

Before dusk, Wang Zhao dared to come in a hurry and whispered to Cui Tao: "I really didn't expect 'far away from the horizon', and the 'abnormal household' is at the end of the alley in the back street of Baozipu. This is only the case with this family. We asked the neighbors about it, but occasionally we saw that person would be there in the evening, and it was hard to see his face clearly.

Our people have already pretended to be relatives visiting the house, and hibernating and monitoring two families near the house.At present, there is no movement in the house, but there are indeed people inside, and the window was opened and closed again.But it's hard to be sure whether it must be Chen Shanming. "

This kind of range deduction is not completely accurate, and there are also unexpected situations.If it is not confirmed that Chen Shanming lives in that house, the news of Kaifeng mansion arresting people in the alley will definitely spread.If we go to investigate the people in the outer areas of this area, we may scare the snake away and make this cunning 'butterfly' fly away again.

Cui Tao put on a straw hat and pretended to be a passerby to pass by the house, and found that there were many more flies in this yard than in other houses.The blood may be washed away from the surface, but the blood seeping into the soil and its bloody smell cannot be fooled by mosquitoes and flies.

The amount of flies in this house is too thick, and it is definitely not the amount attracted by killing a chicken or fish.

Basically, it can be determined with high probability that the person in this house should be Chen Shanming.It is the best way to lure people out in a way that does not startle the enemy, and hit them with a surprise attack.

Half an hour later, a donkey cart carrying swill lost control and rushed towards the gate of the house.The swill bucket rolled to the ground, and the sour smell of swill spilled out.Li Cai, dressed in white hair and white beard, jumped out of the carriage staggeringly. While holding his back and screaming for pain, he beat the donkey with a whip and howled, scolding the beast for doing evil.

Immediately, a tall man wearing a straw hat came out of the room, and he yelled through the door: "Get out, or I will report to the official and ask you to pay compensation!"

"Hey, how dare you report to the official?" Cui Tao asked in amazement.

Chen Shanming was stunned for a moment, then followed the sound and looked to the left, and saw a pretty face appearing on the wall of the neighbor next door.He recognized this face, it was the person who followed him in Kaifeng mansion when he was in Zaqulou.

Chen Shanming was shocked, and immediately ran towards the house.

Wang Siniang and Ping'er behind the wall had already raised the wooden spoons they used to scoop up dung and flour, and scattered them towards the door of the house.Chen Shanming ran fast, and just happened to be caught in the water.

Chen Shanming wiped the stinky feces from his face, and insisted on running into the house, naturally intending to continue to use his phantom butterfly escape technique.Cui Tao threw a handful of stones and hit Chen Shanming's back knee, and he immediately fell to the ground full of excrement.At this time, Wang Siniang and Ping'er continued to raise dung water and flour persistently.Therefore, Chen Shanming, who was lying on the ground, became a man covered with shit in a short time.

Wang Siniang laughed and said, "Look at him, it reminds me of the flour-wrapped peanuts that Mrs. Cui made before!"

Ping'er immediately scolded Wang Siniang for making nonsense, how could she face peanuts full of flavor and crispy peanuts with soy sauce in the future?

Chen Shanming got up persistently and wanted to run into the house, but was beaten several times by Wang Zhao, Li Yuan and others with wooden sticks, but he still struggled unwillingly.

"It stinks like this, and there are still flour hanging all over your body. Even if you escaped with the magic butterfly technique, you still attract people's attention and leave traces everywhere. Where can you escape?" Cui Tao asked.

After hearing this, Chen Shanming accepted his fate and gave up struggling.

Wang Zhao ordered the yamen servant to draw water from the well, and Chen Shanming washed it a dozen times.The water in the deep well was very cold, and I poured it directly on my head, making Chen Shanming shivering from the ice.

"When Yuan Feng and Jian Mingyue were washed away by the water, they didn't feel anything at all. It's because you are happy that you can feel that you are alive."

Cui Tao ridiculed Chen Shanming, and went into the room to check the mechanism in the room, which was not as complicated as Jian Mingyue's design on the stage.It’s just that fishing lines and paper butterflies are arranged above the door. If you stretch out your arms and pull the fishing lines, countless fishing lines hanging on paper butterflies will fall down. Because the fishing lines are the same color as the background of the room, you can’t see the lines from a distance.

But the place to escape is not like Jian Mingyue's hiding in the dark compartment of the stage under her feet, but a rope with an iron hook hanging on the beam, and there is a "living hole" on the roof to get out.

I have to say that the design of the opening is ingenious, it can be opened like a skylight, but from the outside, it is no different from other tiled places.When it is opened, the tiles laid on the living opening will not fall off, and it is fixed.

After coming out of here, he took the rope to collect the fishing line tied to the butterfly, then covered the live hole, and then threw the rope with the iron hook on the big sycamore tree on the northwest side of the house, and the man caught it directly.Of course, those who can meet this hiding condition are required to be very fast and light. This is the kung fu that has been practiced for ten years.

And at this time, people who suddenly encountered the Butterfly Illusion Technique were probably still surprised at how the butterflies and people they saw disappeared, and they didn't even notice how the juggler escaped.

After Chen Shanming was captured and brought to justice, he was washed by well water dozens of times in the prison before he was able to change into a prison uniform and sent to the court for trial.As a witness, Yuan Che was so shocked that he couldn't speak when he saw Chen Shanming, because he looked so much like a one-armed man surnamed Chen.

Yuan Che burst into tears, and was so angry that he wanted to beat him, asking him why he didn't kill himself, why he killed his poor son.

"In order to support me and the elderly Weng Weng, Dad came to you to ask for the magic butterfly technique. It is something passed down by our Chen family ancestors, because your Yuan family ancestors cheated us in a gambling game back then. up!

When my father died, I was only three years old, and I was still naive.After Weng Weng heard the news, he cried and went to report to the official.Your father was a high-ranking official at the time, and when the county magistrate heard who Weng Weng was suing, and heard that there was no physical evidence, he just gave Weng Weng a slap in the face and sent him away.Weng Weng almost lost his life for this!Officials protect each other, this revenge can only be done by oneself!

Weng Weng told me that we must take back the treasures left by our ancestors in the future, and let you have a good taste, what is the pain of losing a child!In fact, I could have dealt with Yuan Feng's weak chicken a long time ago. I deliberately waited for the day when he finished his imperial examinations in high school, to make you regret, make you more painful, and let you have a good taste It's not as good as death! "

Chen Shanming showed no regrets at all, and even showed a hearty smile when he saw Yuan Che crying bitterly.

"The Yuan family has a grudge against you, and you want to avenge it. After so many years of planning, it can be regarded as a reason for murder. What about Jian Mingyue, what grudge does she have with you? She even taught you the art of illusory butterflies unreservedly." " Cui Tao questioned.

Chen Shanming snorted and said, "That bitch has been hanging out with shopkeeper Yu since she came to Beijing less than half a month ago. In fact, when she was with me when she was young, she was not perfect. She has endured for so many years and followed her , to curry favor with her, just to get back the treasure passed down by our Yuan family. This kind of dirty woman is not worthy of using our family's magic butterfly technique!"

Chen Shanming went mad by the end, and even began to criticize Han Qi and the government, saying that all officials in the world are black and should be shredded into pieces.

No wonder his behavior of throwing the corpse seems to be provoking the government.So far, everything has been explained.

Chen Shanming didn't survive the next day, and died under the guillotine.

……

The next day, Cui Mao left Beijing.

Cui Tao took Ping'er and Wang Siniang to wait outside Nanxun's gate early on to see Cui Mao off.

Cui Mao meets Cui Tao