Queen's Detective

The ruined temple in the west of the city.

Yan Sanbai squatted down, lifted the white cloth, and a bloody smell came over his face immediately.Ling Ding behind him looked at it, and hurriedly covered his mouth. It's not like he hasn't seen a dead person before, but the whole chest was cut open, the flesh and blood turned out, and the viscera were cut off. At first glance, it's hard to look at .

Li Yan also covered half of his face with a fan, but he didn't retreat, but frowned slightly, and asked, "How is it?"

Yan Sanbai took a closer look, his eyes lingered on the knife mark repeatedly, and his expression was serious, "The murderer is not strong, and he is not good at cutting, so the wound here is not deep, because it can't be done with one knife, so he cut it repeatedly." The knife caused such a bloody appearance. The murder weapon should be something like a dagger. The strange thing is that there are no traces of fighting here. Li Qian should be as strong as the murderer, and there are no signs of binding on his body. Why didn’t he Revolt?"

Jia Qing stood a little further away, unwilling to look further, "That's right, Wu Zuo said the same thing, and Li Jian didn't die with a single stabbing. The murderer seemed to deliberately avoid the heart and stabbed him to death."

"That should be to keep the integrity of the heart." Yan Sanbai said.

Alone and a group of yamen servants couldn't help being speechless, this sounds weird.

Yan Sanbai stood up and looked around the ruined temple.This is a small temple, the only one, and it has been in disrepair for a long time. The house is messy, and even the Buddha statue has a thick layer of dust.There are still piles of rags piled up in every corner of the house, and there are still a few gray and black marks on the ground.

"Where are the homeless people here?" Yan Sanbai suddenly turned around and asked.

"A homeless man?" Jia Qing was stunned for a moment, and then replied, "When the body was found, there was no homeless man here."

Yan Sanbai pointed to the pile of rags and the gray and black marks, "Then how to explain these? There is no dust on the pile of cloth, it can be seen that someone has moved it, and the gray and black marks are also very new, it should be that someone made a bonfire to keep warm."

"This..." Jia Qing said: "The person who came to report the crime was a policeman. He passed by Xiaojie and found out that something was wrong when the smell of blood wafted out. When the yamen servants arrived, there was no one here."

"No," Yan Sanbai was very sure, "When it rains, the footprints on the ground will be obvious. There are a few shoe prints on the way in from the outside. One of them has a broken shoe and his toes are exposed. The footprints are different. But I only saw him enter the ruined temple, and there is no trace of going out at all. Man, he should still be here."

Jia Qing still couldn't believe it, but Li Yan ordered coldly, "Search for me."

After a moment.

"My lord! There is someone hiding behind the Buddha statue!" Two yamen servants dragged a person out from behind the Buddha statue. The location is very hidden. It is hard for ordinary people to think that people can hide in such a gap, so they ignored it at first. .

The one who was dragged out was a middle-aged tramp in ragged clothes, motionless, as if he was dead, but there was a happy smile on his face, which was very strange.

Yan Sanbai quickly walked over to check his breath, "He's still alive, it should be because he was drugged with hallucinogens."

"It's Bliss Powder, Zhongzhi will be immersed in the bliss fantasy in his heart, and it is difficult for ordinary people to break free." Li Yan recognized this medicine at a glance, "I saw it in Shu before."

"Is there any antidote?" Yan Sanbai asked.The homeless man didn't wake up after being dragged out like this, which shows that the medicine is very powerful.

Li Yan shook his head, "The person who has been recruited must stretch out the edge of life and death and be greatly stimulated before he can wake up."

"You can't cut him down, can you?" Ling Ding was puzzled, but seeing Yan Sanbai hesitated for a moment, he stretched out his hand, "Let me do it."

Ling Ding thought that Yan Sanbai really wanted to listen to him and slash the homeless man, so he quickly waved his hand to signal that he was joking, "Don't take it seriously, Mr. Yan..."

But Yan Sanbai didn't seem to hear his words, that slender white hand had already stretched out to the homeless man's neck, with five fingers stretched out to pinch the back of his neck, with a slight force, in the blink of an eye, he saw the homeless man Suddenly showing a painful and frightened expression.Within three seconds, he gasped heavily and woke up abruptly.

Ling Ding couldn't help but widen his eyes, what kind of effort is this?

"Cough, cough cough..." The homeless man was still in doubt, just now he was dreaming of the dream of returning home, but suddenly, the shadow of death enveloped him, and it really seemed like he was about to die at that moment.But the pain was short, as if it had never existed.

He opened his eyes suddenly, and saw a gentle face looking at him.

"Are you all right?" he asked.

The man's voice was soft, and the homeless man unconsciously relaxed his vigilance, nodded, "It's okay, I'm fine..."

"You live in this temple, don't you?"

"yes……"

"Then do you remember what you saw before you fell asleep?"

"No, it seems not. I remember that it was very cold, and I slept in the pile of cloth, and then I began to dream. A very beautiful woman asked me if I would marry her. She is really beautiful, with fair skin. have to……"

"Cough." Yan Sanbai hastily interrupted him, this was clearly a dream, and it was not suitable to tell it in public.

The homeless man also realized this immediately, and his old face blushed, although the face was covered with dirt and could not be seen, "Then...then is now, who are you? Why are you here?"

The homeless man glanced around, saw the official uniforms of Jia Qing and the yamen servants behind him, his face changed drastically, and he couldn't help shrinking back, "Are you here to drive me away?! I finally found such a shelter You are coming to take it away again! Officials really don’t have a good thing!”

"Don't talk nonsense!" Jia Qing's face was ashen, and he secretly glanced at Li Yan, so as not to offend him.

"It's okay." Li Yan naturally didn't take these words to heart, but instead asked, "There is a special shelter in the city, why don't you go there?"

"I am a masculine man, why should I accept your charity?!" The tramp was very excited.

"But a murder case happened here, you should go to the shelter for a while." Yan Sanbai advised.

The homeless man still had a good impression of Yan Sanbai, he was skeptical after hearing this, he just fell asleep, how could there be a murder case.He proposed to take a look at the corpse, but he said that he didn't know what was good and what was wrong. The prince kindly asked him, but he still had such an attitude, so he went over and lifted the white cloth, "Look."

Ling Ding just wanted to scare him, but the homeless man took a look, and was so timid that he passed out directly.Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, all speechless.In the end, Li Yan beckoned and asked the yamen servant to come over and send him to the asylum.

There were no other clues to search for in the ruined temple, Yan Sanbai and Li Yan walked back side by side, while Ding went back to the palace alone.

Originally Li Yan wanted to take Yan Sanbai back to the palace to rest temporarily, after all his illness just happened.It's just that Yan Sanbai glanced at the sky, calculated the time, it was almost dawn, so he didn't want to go back to sleep.At this moment, the mind is active, just to sort out those clues.

The two went to Qianjiang Tower.

"My lord, can I talk to you about Miss Qin Sang?" Yan Sanbai's words were cautiously searching. After all, his confidante had a new death, and he was touching others' sadness.

Li Yan looked up at the bright Qianjiang Building in the distance, and said: "There is nothing I can't talk about. The first time Qin Sang came to Luoyang was three years ago. At that time, I had just arrived in Luoyang not long ago. Lou Xin had an oiran, and as soon as she danced Kyushu, I took a look. Qin Sang's appearance is indeed the best in Luoyang City, but what makes me most happy is that she is also a master of piano, so I often go to find her. She learns the art of playing the qin, and she becomes familiar with it after coming and going. It is true that she is a confidant in the way of qin."

Hearing that King Luoyang was so frank, Yan Sanbai smiled slightly and said, "Then...have you ever heard of her favorite person? Except that Dong Lang."

"No, I have never heard her mention anyone other than Dong Lang in the past few years. Sometimes I laugh at her for being dazed. How can the characters in the book be taken seriously, but she is really angry. I want to redeem her, she He also refused, saying that one day that Dong Lang would come to her. Thinking about it now, it's really strange."

From this point of view, Qin Sang was waiting for Dong Lang, and Dong Lang came, but Qin Sang died and left a curse.Could it be that Dong Lang betrayed her?Li Qian is Dong Lang?

"My lord, do you know what happened before Miss Qin Sang came to Luoyang?" Yan Sanbai asked.

"She kept secret about the past, and I was afraid to mention her sad things, so I didn't ask more." Li Yan thought about it carefully, and suddenly thought of something, "By the way, she has a jade pendant that she wears all the time. The mandarin duck pendant is like a token of love."

Could it be a gift from Dong Lang who came out of the book?Thinking of this, Yan Sanbai asked Li Yan to take the jade pendant and show him, maybe there would be some clues on the jade pendant.

The two walked slowly, and after a while, they reached the gate of Qianjiang Building.At this time, the sky gradually turned pale, and the golden bells hanging on the eaves of the light crimson building were blown by the wind and swayed gently. The crisp bells and birdsong opened up a new day.

Luoyang City is also called the capital of flowers. Spring is when all kinds of flowers are in full bloom. Yan Sanbai couldn't help taking a breath. There is a faint fragrance of flowers inside, which is refreshing.

However, he seemed to smell something unusual from the fragrance of the flowers.

Li Yan saw that there was something strange about Yan Sanbai, so he followed his gaze - that was the place where Qin Sang fell from the building, where the bloody words appeared.

However, because of the rain, the bloody words had been washed away, and a few flower petals were stained on the ground, and the previous terrifying appearance could not be seen at all.

Yan Sanbai seemed to have seen something, squatted down and stretched out his hands to touch the ground, the ground was very rough and felt slightly sluggish.

Putting his fingertips under his nose and twisting it, Yan Sanbai finally smelled the smell, "It's isinglass, I seem to know how the blood characters are formed."

Looking up, Li Yan's eyes also showed surprise, obviously he also thought of it.He then called the yamen servant guarding the Qianjiang Building, "Go and check immediately, which shops in the city are selling fish gelatin, and who has bought it, and report it as soon as you find it. Also, let Qin Sang's body be taken away by himself. bring the jade pendant."

The yamen servant hurried away, Li Yan and Yan Sanbai turned and entered Qianjiang Building.

The girls in the building got up one after another, and most of them looked haggard. Obviously, they didn't sleep well after such a big incident happened in the building.

But the arrival of the King of Luoyang was obviously a good medicine, and the girls immediately burst into smiles, and gathered around to call the prince.

Yan Sanbai was alert, and took a step back when he heard the first call of the prince, covering half of his face with the shadow cast by the curtain.As soon as Li Yan turned his head, he disappeared.

Hey, run so fast.

The waiter in the building was busy in and out serving tea and water to the adults, and when he walked past the curtain, he was suddenly grabbed by a hand in the darkness.

Xiao Er was about to speak out when he heard a gentle voice in his ears, "This little brother, I have something to ask."

When I turned around, I found that it was a very good-looking young guest. Xiao Er immediately put on a smiling face, "What do you want to ask, sir? I know everything about the girls in the building. I wonder which girl you have your eye on?"

Yan Sanbai rubbed his nose, "I'm here to investigate the case, you have to ask the prince over there about which girl you like."

Xiao Er looked back, okay, the girls were all haggard yesterday as if their own mothers died, but today they are alive and well again.

"Brother, do you know who has come to see Miss Qin Sang on weekdays?"

Hearing this, Xiao Er's expression became a little weird, and then he pointed at Li Yan, "My lord, are you joking, who in Luoyang City doesn't know that Miss Qin Sang is the prince's favorite, and who else dares to get involved? Jiu Niang also deliberately arranged Miss Qin Sang in the highest attic, where no man has gone up there except for the prince for a long time."

"Ah?" Yan Sanbai was stunned.

"Hey, Miss Qin Sang is also suffering. You said she was still cursing the heartless man when she died. Who is this heartless man?" Xiao Er seemed to be implying, "For several years, the prince has not redeemed her. , I don’t know why.”

"Isn't there another Dong Lang?"

Xiao Er waved his hand, "The characters in the book can't be counted. Could it be that he will escape from the book? Poor Miss Qin Sang is so infatuated..."

Xiao Er was very concerned about Qin Sang's injustice, but probably also knew that talking too much would lead to failure, so he stopped talking after a few words, and only begged Yan Sanbai to catch the murderer.

At this time, a sneering voice suddenly came from the second floor, "Hey, sisters are having a good time today, sister Qin is still watching from the ground."

Yan Sanbai looked up, and saw Qiuchan leaning on the railing, smiling at the people below.

The people below are not to be outdone.

"Who doesn't know that you, Qiu Chan, waited all night last night, so anxious that sister Qin would die soon."

"That's right, you are the most suspect in our building."

"Who doesn't know that you have a bad relationship with Sister Qin?"

Qiu Chan narrowed her eyes, with a cold smile on her lips, but she said leisurely, "Yeah, I see a lot of people are upset. But if I want to kill people, I must kill you little rascals first."

"You!" The girls downstairs trembled with anger.

Yan Sanbai and Li Yan glanced at each other—there was something going on.

"Am I wrong?" Qiu Chan raised her eyebrows, "When I see a beautiful man, my eyes glow green. Is it Xiaolang hoof or something. I said, why don't you look back at the man hiding behind the curtain, who is it?" If I don’t feel happy, I’ll give her the golden step on my head.”

Whoa!Yan Sanbai's eyes widened suddenly - he had already hidden so far, why did he still get involved?