Kaifeng Mansion's Little Boss

Early in the morning, white fog covered the sky, and the range of clear vision was at most three feet away. If you go further, you will not be able to see clearly, let alone see the sun that should have risen in the east.

The mist condenses into water droplets on the willow leaves, washing out a fresh emerald green color.When the breeze blew, the wicker slowly swayed lazily twice, and then threw a few drops of water on the ground.

Bai Yutang worked and rested as usual, and got ready to practice martial arts after getting up early.As soon as he opened the door, he saw Su Yuan hovering at the door.

Su Yuan turned her head immediately when she heard the sound, and greeted Bai Yutang with a smile.

Seeing her crooked eyebrows and smiling face, Bai Yutang felt that this morning was not without sun.

Bai Yutang: "What's the matter?"

"The fifth master gave this to me?" Su Yuan shook the little wooden figure in his hand.

The clothes worn by this little wooden figure were exactly the men's clothes that Su Yuan wore when he first met Bai Yutang.That's why Su Yuan guessed that the little wooden figure should be given to her by Bai Yutang.

People, after being given a gift anonymously, it is inevitable to wonder who the gift giver is.It was too late last night, so it's not good to bother, so Su Yuan came this morning to verify.

"En." Bai Yutang agreed.

Su Yuan thanked happily, looking at Bai Yutang with bright and dark eyes, "Yesterday was the Qiqiao Festival—"

"This wood carving is also one of Jinhua's specialties. I packed my luggage yesterday and realized I forgot to give it to you." Bai Yutang immediately explained.

"Oh." Su Yuan nodded, "Then fifth master, hurry up and practice martial arts, I won't bother you."

Bai Yutang watched Su Yuan off, and then found that Su Yuan suddenly looked back at him and smiled at him.Bai Yutang deliberately shifted his gaze, looking at the willow tree by the wall.

Zhan Zhao came over and asked Bai Yutang to go to the school to practice martial arts together, but found that Bai Yutang was standing on the stone steps, staring at the willow tree in a daze.

Zhan Zhao frowned and thought about it, then quietly walked into the courtyard, stood beside Bai Yutang, and followed him to observe the willow tree.

"is there a problem?"

Bai Yutang suddenly came back to his senses, frowned and cast a displeased glance at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao still raised his eyebrows at him in puzzlement, waiting for Bai Yutang to tell him the answer.

"Could it be that you saw the key to the lamp ball case from this willow tree?"

Zhan Zhao remembered that Mr. Bao told them yesterday that they could recall more details of the case, and maybe they could find the key clues to solve the case from the details.Unexpectedly, Bai Yutang was more serious than him, and had been thinking about this matter early in the morning.

"Ah, I remembered. Those Taoist god-like human-shaped lanterns used in Xiantian Festival are all made of wicker! But what does this wicker lantern have to do with the case?"

Bai Yutang glanced at Zhan Zhao again, and walked out holding the knife.

Zhan Zhao immediately followed and continued to analyze the case with Bai Yutang, "I only know that compared to bamboo lanterns, big wicker lanterns are heavier, more stable, and stronger against wind."

Bai Yutang suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"Since it is a ball of wax, it is easy to roll, and it must be fixed to prevent it from falling when carrying or installing the lantern. I remember that the file of the case mentioned that the ball of wax was not fixed by rope or other means, but just stuck in the head of the Taoist god's paper lantern."

"Yes." Zhan Zhao saw that Bai Yutang was finally willing to reveal, and immediately asked Bai Yutang, "You mean that the lantern tie is also related to this case?"

"Whether it's related or not depends on whether the way of tying the lanterns at the Xiantian Festival in previous years is the same as this time." If they are different, the suspicion is relatively high.

Instead of going to the school to practice martial arts, Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao went directly to the Ministry of Rites to check on the lantern.

The result of the inquiry was exactly what Bai Yutang suspected.

For the past five years, the Huangshang Xia family was in charge of making the lanterns for the Xiantian Festival, but this year is an exception. The Suji Lantern Workshop of the Huangshang Su family is in charge of making the lanterns, and the way of making the lanterns is completely different from Xia's.

Zhan Zhao couldn't help attacking Bai Yutang, patted him on the shoulder, and marveled at how intelligent he was, how he could think of the details of wicker lanterns from such an ordinary thing as looking at willow trees, thus discovering another important clue in the light ball case.

"You're so smart, you're extremely intelligent, and you're unsurpassed in understanding!"

Bai Yutang: "..."

This time it was just a sideways attack.

But it was absolutely impossible for Bai Yutang to explain to Zhan Zhao the real reason why he was fascinated by the willow tree at that time, so let him misunderstand it.

He wiped the shoulders touched by Zhan Zhao with a handkerchief, his face was still indifferent, naturally he would not be moved by Zhan Zhao's praise.

Seeing Bai Yutang's calm appearance as usual, Zhan Zhao couldn't help applauding inwardly, feeling that he was indeed a young boy.It is an honor for him to work with such a person.

"I didn't expect this matter to involve the Su family." Thinking of the Su family of the imperial merchant, Zhan Zhao couldn't help but think of Su Yuan.

Then they must not hide this matter from Su Yuan, they told her first, and then the three of them reported the situation to Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce.

Coincidentally, at this time, Su Fangming sent someone to Kaifeng Mansion to deliver a message, asking Su Yuan to go to Xianrenlou to meet him today at a convenient time.

Su Yuan immediately took Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao to Xianrenlou.She asked Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao to wait in the lobby first, and she went up alone to have a look first.

Su Yuan originally thought that Su Fangming called her so coincidentally because he was well-informed and planned to explain the situation of Suji Lantern Workshop.Unexpectedly, as soon as she opened the door and entered the private room, the first sentence Su Fangming said was "You guessed it right".

"What did I guess right?" Su Yuan didn't react for a while.

"You guessed it right about what happened back then." Su Fangming recounted all the conversations between Su Jinjing and Li Shi that he overheard before to Su Yuan.

"Fate commits Gusha, and those who accompany him will have a narrow escape, and will not die well."

Su Yuan repeated the commanding words of Taoist Wangchuan in a leisurely tone, raising his eyebrows in surprise.

That seems pretty accurate?

In the doomsday game, those teammates around her were either wiped out by the harsh environment first due to lack of ability; 'Accompanying her' is not just 'nearly dead', a more accurate term is 'no one survived'.In short, in the end, she was the only one left to pass the level to the end, so it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a "lonely ghost".

Yuanshen lived until she died at the age of nine, and then she came, which just happened to fulfill the first sentence: fate committed Gusha.

Su Fangming heard Su Yuan repeating this sentence on purpose, and thought that Su Yuan was caring about Taoist Wang Chuan's order to her, so he hurriedly persuaded her not to care about these things.

"There are quite a few people in this world who were born on the same day and at the same time in the same year, but I haven't seen that they all have the same fate. So you don't have to believe this thing, let alone be affected by it. I have lived in Taoist temples for so many years since I was a child, and I have heard it through my ears and eyes. There are many things that I have never believed in."

"I think this Daoist Wang Chuan is quite powerful, and it might be interesting to ask him to do some calculations." Interest flashed in Su Yuan's eyes.

Seeing that what she said was true, Su Fangming knew that his worry just now was unnecessary, "You don't care?"

"He told the truth." Su Yuan said frankly.

Su Fangming frowned, not sure if Su Yuan was forcing a smile to speak with such an attitude.In short, thinking about her experience and suffering since she was a child, Su Fangming couldn't help feeling sorry for her, and even more aggrieved by her.

"That's not true. Su Feng's death has nothing to do with you. People are born, old, sick, and die. This is the nature of heaven and earth, and no one can change it. The matter of Mrs. Xu's mother and son has nothing to do with you. They are treacherous, self-inflicted, and cannot live. This What's the point of blaming innocent people instead of wicked people?"

Su Fangming didn't care whether Su Yuan cared or not, he would try to persuade him again.He also said that if these things were changed, Su Yuan should be called "the fairy who punishes evil and promotes good", because wherever she is, the wicked will have nowhere to hide and will suffer retribution.

"Hey, I like that statement!" Su Yuan applauded.

She sat down and took a piece of snack to eat, motioning for Su Fangming to sit down too.

Su Fangming sensed that Su Yuan had something to say to himself, wondering if Su Yuan wanted to recognize him as his elder brother?Then with a serious face, he sat down across the table very upright.

Su Fangming had already prepared his speech in his heart. He would take his second sister very seriously and promised to fulfill his elder brother's responsibilities.He has already thought about how to take care of Su Yuan in the future, how to ensure her life and other arrangements.

"Can the business of Su Ji Lantern Shop be under your jurisdiction?" Su Yuan asked.

Su Fangming was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Su Yuan to mention this suddenly. He replied in doubt: "I just checked their accounts a few days ago. I don't care about the specific operations. My father owns the staff. I'm only responsible for checking whether there are any problems with the accounts. .”

"Is there a problem with the accounts?" Su Yuan asked casually.

Su Fangming agreed, "The shopkeeper made fake accounts to steal money. I thought I couldn't see it. I ordered Lou the shopkeeper to fire him two days ago."

"I want to know his name and address, and the Kaifeng mansion needs to be thoroughly investigated in Lantern Square, but I don't want to make it public. Can you help arrange it?" Su Yuan asked again.

Su Fangming agreed, first order shopkeeper Lou to inform Su Yuan of the address of Ge Shao, the former shopkeeper of Suji Lantern Square, and then order people to go to Su Ji Lantern Square, find a reasonable excuse to close the store, and then open the back door, ordering The government servants, such as Dynasty, in plain clothes, went inside to investigate.

Su Fangming was slightly shocked when he heard Su Yuan say that Su Ji Lantern Square might be involved in the Xiantian Festival case.After hesitating for a moment, he told Su Yuan another clue he knew: Shopkeeper Lou had witnessed it, and Su Jinjing had seen a doctor in the Immortal Tower and died.

Su Yuan was surprised, "They actually met? Thank you for letting me know!"

The lanterns in Suji Lantern Square may be related to the Lantern Ball Case.

The flesh worm that Yi Buhuo is holding is related to the light ball case.

Su Jinjing just happened to see the doctor again.

Su Ji Lantern Square does not seem to be innocent either.

Su Yuan then asked Su Fangming, "You told me such an important clue, aren't you afraid that the Su family will be implicated if something happens?"

"Since I promised you, I will not break my promise. As for the fate of the Su family, I can only follow the fate."

It can be seen that Su Fang doesn't really value the family business, but he is very attentive in running the Su family's business.

Thinking about Su Fangming's childhood experience, Su Yuan couldn't help feeling that he was really more miserable than himself.

Zhan Zhao personally went to Lantern Square to find evidence.

Su Yuan and Bai Yutang went to the house of Ge Shao, the shopkeeper in front of Lantern Square.

Ge Shao is playing with children at home. He has six sons, and he is holding a three-year-old in his arms. The five boys playing Cuju in the yard range from 13 to [-] years old.

When Ge Shao heard that Su Yuan and Bai Yutang were officials in Kaifeng, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared.He put down the child in his arms, and sent his servants to take all his sons away.

"Guys, if a villain pleads guilty, will he be punished lightly?"

"Naturally." Su Yuan liked this kind of suspects who pleaded guilty on their own initiative, which would save a lot of trouble in the interrogation process.

Ge Shao went to the study to get the blueprint of the lantern, and showed it to Su Yuan and Bai Yutang.

"Two months ago, when the Lantern Workshop was preparing to make lanterns for the Xiantian Festival, a young man approached the villain and gave the villain this blueprint, telling the villain that as long as he made lanterns according to the drawing, he would give it to the villain. 3000 taels of silver for a villain."

"Do you know the identity of this person? The purpose of making the lantern like this?" Su Yuan asked.

Ge Shao shook his head, expressing that he didn't know.The young man didn't allow him to ask any more questions, but only asked him if he wanted to do this simple transaction.

"The villain has repeatedly confirmed and asked him that what the villain needs to do is to make lanterns according to the drawings, and there is no need to do any other redundant things. So the villain agreed to the man's request and took 1000 yuan first. The two silver bills were used as deposit, and after the lanterns were ready and shipped to the Ministry of Rites, he gave the villain the remaining 2000 taels of silver bills."

After Ge Shao explained what had happened, he went to the study to fetch the 3000 taels of silver note, offered it honestly with both hands, and begged Su Yuan and Bai Yutang on his knees to give him a light punishment for his voluntary surrender.

"The villain really didn't know what he was going to do. He thought it was just making lanterns. He could do it in any way. According to the drawing, he could get 3000 taels of silver for nothing. Anyway, what he made was just a lantern, and it wouldn't hurt anyone. It won’t harm anyone, so why not earn the money.”

Ge Shao then tentatively asked Bai Yutang and Su Yuan whether his behavior of taking money from people to make lanterns according to their requirements was considered a crime.He really just changed the way of making lanterns, and he didn't want to cause any trouble in the past.

"If the villain knows that making lanterns according to his drawings will harm people, he will not agree to any amount of money given to the villain!" Ge Shao kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Bai Yutang sneered, "It's possible that he didn't tell you the reason, but once you're old, you don't know the truth of 'there is no free pie in the sky'? Is there no purpose in promising you 3000 double benefits? You just It's because of greed for money, I don't want to think about the consequences."

"The villain really doesn't know that he is going to do bad things." Ge Shao repeated this sentence, crying.

It can be seen that Ge Shao actually knows everything in his heart. How could a greedy and cunning person like him not understand the meaning behind the 3000 taels of silver?

Su Yuan looked at Ge Shao suspiciously, and glanced at the three bank notes in his hand.

Ge Shao was still busy kowtowing to make amends, explaining repeatedly that he really didn't think so much at the time.

"More than 3000 taels," Su Yuan waved the three bank notes in front of Ge Shao's eyes, and said firmly, "It's less."

Ge Shao stared blankly at Su Yuan, as if he didn't realize the meaning of Su Yuan's words for a while, and also seemed to be pretending to be in a daze and hesitating to make a choice.

Su Yuan immediately confirmed from this that Ge Shao really lied about the amount of bank notes.

From the moment she met Ge Shao, she found that he reacted very flexibly. Even if someone as aggressive as Bai Yutang questioned him, he didn't appear flustered and sluggish, and he still insisted on defending himself with reasons he didn't know.How could such a person be in a daze when others framed him?Surely there will be an immediate plea for his innocence.

Su Yuan thought that Ge Shao was a habitual criminal who was greedy for money. When he was the shopkeeper of Su Ji Lantern Square, he was fired by Su Fangming for greedy for money, so he wanted to cheat him, but she really did.

"It doesn't matter if you don't recognize it. We will search your house carefully. I believe we will find surprises."

Knowing that he couldn't hide it, Ge Shao quickly kowtowed and confessed his guilt, crying that it was actually 4000 taels of silver. The young man paid half of the money, which was 2000 taels of silver, to him first, and then paid the other half after the matter was completed.

"The two officials also saw that the villain has six sons, and the housing prices in Tokyo City are rising day by day. In the future, the sons will have to marry wives and have children, and the cost will be huge. If the villain is arrested and jailed , there will be no man to make money in the family, and the life of the children will definitely be more difficult, and the villain just didn't say it for 1000 taels."

After Ge Shao finished speaking, he handed over the other 1000 taels of bank notes.

"It's really 4000 taels? Who knows if you still have it?" Su Yuan asked him.

"It's really gone, the villain is willing to swear on his life." Ge Shao raised his hand and wanted to swear.

Bai Yutang sneered, no one would believe someone like Ge Shao.Naturally, a thorough search of Ge Shao's home was carried out next, but no more silver notes with a denomination of 1000 taels were found, but it was found that there were scattered silver hidden in many corners of his home.

Ge Shao hurriedly stated that these were legitimate money he earned himself.

"You can't put all this money in one place. Once you lose it or get caught by a thief, you will be completely overturned, and nothing will be left behind." Ge Shao explained his way of keeping money.

Su Yuan nodded, thinking that this was the only reasonable sentence he said today.As a human being, we should plan ahead and leave more room for future.

Su Yuan's nodding made Bai Yutang glance at her.

After handing Ge Shao over to the yamen servant, Bai Yutang asked Su Yuan, "Could you want to learn from Ge Shao and hide money everywhere?"

Su Yuan was startled, and looked at Bai Yutang warily.

"Why do you look at me like that?" Bai Yutang asked.

"I still want to ask you, why do you look at me like this? Am I such a boring person? Will I learn how to hide money from a prisoner?" Su Yuan asked back.

Bai Yutang took a deep look at Su Yuan and didn't answer.

Wang Chao and others have already searched Suji Lantern Square.

After many inquiries and investigations by them, it can be confirmed that the matter of the lantern is indeed the idea of ​​Ge Shao alone. He took the blueprint and asked the workers to weave the lantern according to the blueprint, and no one else had the idea.

"I don't understand, why bother to spend 4000 taels of silver just to change to this weaving method? Can't the wax ball be fixed in the lantern by other methods? This saves a lot of money, no Okay?" Wang Chao asked without understanding.

Zhan Zhao knew a lot about this aspect, so he immediately explained the confusion to the dynasty.

"Lighting lanterns on the Xiantian Festival is not a child's play. Those Taoist lanterns for gods and monarchs all have meanings. If one suddenly breaks, it will definitely annoy His Majesty and the Queen Mother who were watching the lanterns at Jinming Pond that night. Therefore, the Ministry of Rites has always had a practice. Before the lanterns are transported to Jinming Lake, the condition of the lanterns will be checked again, just to avoid accidents after the lanterns are lit.

Although there are three small officials in the Ministry of Rites who can commit crimes close to the lantern, they have to choose to put the wax ball into the lantern after the final inspection of the lantern and before transporting the lantern to Jinming.At that time, the Ministry of Etiquette was already busy, and there must be a lot of people coming and going in the warehouse. It was actually not easy to avoid people's eyes and ears. Only by shortening the time for inserting the wax balls as much as possible can there be a chance for success. "

The wicker weaving method in Ge Shao's drawing can perfectly hold the wax ball, which saves a lot of time.If it is the kind of lantern made by Huangshang Xia's family, the wax balls must be fixed with knots or other methods. It takes too long, and they will be easily exposed.

"It's such a meticulous calculation." Ma Han sighed, "Now that I think about it, I feel scared. Once this happened, countless flesh and blood worms suddenly flew out in the lively night at that time, eating people to death on the spot. What's left, there's only a skeleton left, how much panic should it cause."

Zhao Hu said: "How many flesh and blood worms are there? Could it be that there are as many as ants? There are medical services, light ball cases, and other places? It is really impossible to prevent."

"The refining of Gu worms is very troublesome, and it is not easy to get. Especially the flesh worms are very expensive. The blood worms in a wax ball are worth at least 5 taels. Even if such expensive things are bought with the money from the treasury, they are still expensive. There are countless, it is impossible to be endless, so there is no need to panic about it." Bai Yutang said.

Wang Chao, Zhao Hu and the others were not comforted by Bai Yutang's words, but felt horrified. A ball is 5 taels. Doesn't that mean that the mastermind behind the light ball case is very rich?

"But it doesn't rule out that people are raising Gu. If you raise it yourself, you will definitely save money. It won't cost that much money." Su Yuan proposed another idea, so that they don't have to feel scared.

Dynasty, Zhao Hu and others: "..."

It's even more terrifying, okay?

Don't you want as many insects as you raise in your own home?Moreover, people may not only grow blood worms, just like a vegetable garden does not grow only one kind of vegetable.Maybe they also have some other weird bugs that make people hard to guard against.

Bai Yutang: "Don't think too much, there can't be too many, chickens and ducks are prone to get sick if you raise too many, not to mention Gu, they have the nature of killing each other."

Everyone was still not comforted by Bai Yutang's words.

Su Yuan also looked at Bai Yutang suspiciously, feeling that what he said was a bit too general.

Bai Yutang, who didn't like to talk too much, opened his mouth again, this time the explanation was much more detailed and specific than the previous two times.

"Flesh worms are not so vicious at first, they are similar to blood-sucking mosquitoes. If you want to get powerful blood worms, you have to kill one worm out of thousands of worms. So if they raise this worm themselves, it will be easier to track down.

Think about it, with this amount of flesh worms, how many jars do they need?How much space does it occupy?What kind of scene will it be?It might be bigger to buy it from various Gu raisers in Miaojiang, because if you raise it yourself, it will consume too much manpower and material resources, and it will be too eye-catching. "

Only now Wang Chao, Zhao Hu and others have completely understood, and they feel a little relieved.

"That is to say, no matter whether it is raised by oneself or bought, the mastermind of this case cannot escape two words: rich!" Zhao Hu concluded.

Everyone agrees on this point.

But since it was mentioned about being rich, the richest person related to this case is Su Jinjing.

"But if the chief envoy is Su Jinjing, why would he bother to spend 4000 taels of silver to get Ge Shao to make lanterns according to the new drawings. The lantern workshop is originally his, so why not just order it?"

Wang Chao scratched his head. He felt that it was unlikely that Su Jinjing was behind the scenes.

"I don't think so. As the saying goes, there is no business without profiteers, not to mention that Su Jinjing is the top type of businessmen. It is very likely that in order to avoid things being found out on him, he deliberately beat around the bush to lure Ge Shao. He is Ge Shao's boss must be very aware of Ge Shao's character, and knows that he is greedy for money and cannot refuse such a temptation." Zhao Hu also put forward his own ideas.

Zhan Zhao pondered for a while, and felt that what the two of them said seemed to make sense.

Seeing that neither Bai Yutang nor Su Yuan spoke, he asked them what they thought of these two viewpoints.

"Although Su Jinjing has seen the doctor's death, I don't think he did it." Su Yuan said.

"Su Jinjing is a businessman. It is meaningless for him to create such panic for the purpose of profit."

Bai Yutang agreed with Su Yuan's statement, and also thought it was not Su Jinjing.

"Furthermore, the portrait drawn by the three little officials pointed directly at Su Xi. Obviously, the mastermind behind the scenes deliberately targeted Su Xi. Su Jinjing would never have such great malice towards his own daughter."

"That's not necessarily the case!" Zhao Hu couldn't help retorting, but he regretted it a little after he said it, and carefully aimed at Su Yuan.What he refuted was the sentence about his own daughter. If Su Yuan was his own daughter, Su Jinjing would have great malice.

Su Yuan didn't really mind, she looked back at Zhao Hu, and was about to explain to him, but Bai Yutang spoke before her.

"She is not Su Jinjing's daughter. Su Jinjing only has one son and one daughter, Su Xi and Su Fangming."

Zhao Hu smiled again and again and replied, "Yes, yes, I just said something wrong, I said it wrong! I said it wrong! Everyone, don't be offended!"

"Indeed, Su Jinjing has no reason to plot against Su Xi and the Chen family's father and son, and put the Chen family's father and son in prison. After all, Chen Shilang is the minister of the Ministry of Industry and has a certain status in the court. The Chen family and his in-laws are very good for him. It's completely unnecessary, it's unnecessary." Zhan Zhao agreed.

Based on such an analysis, Su Jinjing's suspicion can basically be ruled out, but the reason for his meeting with the doctor must be clarified.

"I think the key to the case lies in Su Xi." Su Yuan said.

At this time, the artist had already drawn the appearance of the young man depicted by Ge Shao.

People don't recognize this portrait.

This man is around twenty years old... Su Yuan suddenly had an idea.

She asked Su Fangming to identify the portrait, and asked him if the person in the portrait might be Ding Sanlang.

After Su Fangming looked at the portrait carefully for a long time, he said: "Actually, it's not very similar. If I insist on it, I can only look like Ding Sanlang at most. Ding Sanlang's lips are thinner, his eyes are bigger, his eyebrows are not so thick, and his cheeks are slightly thicker. Be square."

Thinking about the young man that Ge Shao met two months ago, it is likely that his impression of his appearance is not so deep.

Su Fangming has a good memory, and he was very impressed with the first man who proposed marriage to his sister.

Su Yuan asked the painter to draw a portrait of Ding Sanlang according to Su Fangming's description.Then mixed in the portraits of other criminals, let Ge Shao re-identify the person.

Ge Shao quickly picked out the portrait of Ding Sanlang, and eagerly told Su Yuan that it was this person who gave him 4000 taels of silver and the blueprint.

So far, the case has finally made great progress.

They finally found evidence that Ding Sanlang was directly related to the lamp ball case.This shows that Ding Sanlang not only has emotional entanglements with Su Xi, but also has the evidence that the Chens and his sons accepted bribes. It is very likely that he is the mastermind behind the Dengqiu case, or someone behind him.

In short, Ding Sanlang played a vital role in the light ball case, and he must be a major insider, so we must find a way to catch him.

Everyone disagreed on whether to use Ding Sanlang's portrait to carry out arrests in the whole city and even the whole country.

Chao Chao and others felt that the iron should be struck while the iron is hot, and Ding Sanlang might not have escaped so far, so they quickly sent out portraits and captured Ding Sanlang in time.

Su Yuan felt that he could take a risk and not arrest Ding Sanlang for now, let Ding Sanlang continue to relax his guard, and then wait for news from Su Xi.

"Before, we didn't go all the way to arrest the city. That's because there was no direct evidence to prove that he was related to the light ball case. Now that we have evidence, is it too passive to wait and wait every day, hoping to wait on the sidelines?"

Wang Chao feels that what Ding Sanlang did to Su Xi was purely revenge for the rejection of his marriage proposal back then, and now that he has succeeded in revenge, there is no need to reappear.Moreover, the investigation of the Lantern Ball case in Kaifeng Mansion was tight, and the three officials of the Ministry of Rites and Shen Hui'an were all wanted. He must have been vigilant, would avoid the edge, and then went into hiding.

If the person who helped Shen Hui'an and the three minor officials hide was Ding Sanlang.Then they may live together with them, and they haven't escaped from the border of Gyeonggi.If the search is strengthened, there is a high possibility that people will be caught.

"Joke, the search has not caught anyone so far, what is the basis for your 'very likely' statement?" Bai Yutang asked sarcastically.

The passionate analysis of Wang Chao and others was half-cooled by Bai Yutang's words in an instant.

"Then dare to ask Bai Wuye, how likely is it to wait for Ding Sanlang to come to your door?" Zhao Hu boldly asked Bai Yutang, "Compared with our idea, is it possible that the waiter is bigger? If so , what is the proof?"

Bai Yutang remained silent.

There is indeed no evidence, but I believe in Su Yuan's judgment.

Seeing that Bai Yutang did not express his opinion, Wang Chao asked Zhan Zhao which side he supported.

Zhan Zhao rubbed his chin with a sneer, and intervened, "Both sides are quite reasonable, but they can't do things at the same time. I think we should let Mr. Bao and Mr. Gongsun decide at the moment."

So a group of people quarreled with Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce.

After Bao Zheng listened to both sides' reasons, he felt his ears buzzing and rubbed his temples.

Mr. Gongsun smiled gently and said, "It all makes sense."

Wang Chao and others: "..." The second Zhan Zhao!

Su Yuan took it easy, and after expressing her opinion, she stopped arguing.On the contrary, Bai Yutang, who was less talkative, confronted Wang Chao and the others tit for tat.

"If not, we should guard the checkpoints, send Ding Sanlang's portrait to the checkpoints, and conduct a secret search first? Then wait for Su Xi's situation, and if there is still no news, then conduct a large-scale search?" Zhan Zhao thought for a long time, and finally Thought of a 'best of both worlds' idea.

"No." Bai Yutang immediately vetoed, "No one knows if Ding Sanlang is still in other yamen in the capital. Once the portrait is distributed, even if it is not released to the public, it will be difficult to keep the news. If the government does not want him, he may still Show up and look for Su Xi. Once he is wanted, it will be difficult for him to show up again."

"That's not bad." Gongsun Ce nodded in agreement.

Zhan Zhao: "..."

Dynasty and others: "..."

Su Yuan yawned quietly and leaned against the pillar.

"It seems that we can only ask Mr. Bao to make a decision." Gongsun Ce asked Bao Zheng to make a decision.He is just a master, and it is natural for Mr. Bao to make such a big decision.

Bao Zheng: "..."

But he really didn't like to make such a decision that he would probably regret when he opened his mouth!Mainly, no matter which option you choose, the opposite side may happen, and the probability is basically half and half.

And this choice seems to be related to which side he trusts more?Seeing how Wang Chao Ma Han and others looked at him eagerly, and how Bai Yutang looked at him indifferently, then he could only worry.

When Bao Zheng hesitated, he saw Su Yuan leaning against the pillar leisurely.

Bao Zheng's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked Su Yuan, "Are you very confident in your proposal?"

Su Yuan shook his head.

Bao Zheng was puzzled: "Then why are you so at ease?"

"Because I'm not the one who makes the final decision." Su Yuan said honestly.

Bao Zheng: "..."

Sometimes this girl can really poke lungs when she talks!

Gongsun Ce laughed a few times, busy trying to smooth things over for his apprentice, he changed the subject to mention the weather: "Today is really weird, the fog hasn't lifted all morning."

"Yeah, I can't see clearly everywhere." Zhan Zhao agreed.

Dynasty and others: "..."

These two are making love again!

"Tell me why you think Ding Sanlang will find Su Xi again?"

Bao Zheng asked Su Yuan to speak freely, don't mention any 'feeling', and be more specific.

"Since ancient times, infatuation has always been irritated by ruthlessness. Ding Sanlang responded to Su Xi's words exactly. In short, no matter what the reason is, Ding Sanlang has already slapped his face back. Su Xi has fallen into such a desperate situation, he should show up See her. If you are infatuated, needless to say, meet and understand your love. If you hate her because of love, show off your power in front of her, ridicule her, laugh at her, and see her regretful face, trying to be refreshing."

Su Yuan didn't know about others, anyway, she was the latter kind of person.If someone offends me, I will definitely offend him. After the offense is over, I will laugh at the other party and rub the opponent on the ground.

Bao Zheng: "..."

Gongsun Ce: "..."

Dynasty and others: "..."

Bai Yutang hooked his lips and praised: "It's wonderful, as it should be!"

Zhao Hu was in a position where he could fully observe the situation of Su Yuan and Bai Yutang.He glanced at Su Yuan, then at Bai Yutang, and found that the two of them had just looked at each other, as if they had found a kindred spirit.

He wanted to say a few words but dared not.

He felt as if two strange people had mixed in in their Kaifeng Mansion——

"My lord, something serious has happened!" A small official shouted loudly, with a bit of panic in his voice.

After the little official stepped into the hall with one leg, because he was too anxious, his feet were unsteady, and he staggered and fell directly.

"My lord, something serious happened!" The little official pointed outside in panic, which was in the direction of the east gate of Kaifeng Mansion, "It's dead!"

"say clearly!"

Bao Zheng led the crowd to go out, and at the same time ordered the little official to explain the process quickly and not to stutter.

"I don't know when, a carriage stopped outside the east gate. Because of the heavy fog today, the villain didn't pay attention to it before. Before noon, the villain was sent to the Ministry of punishment to deliver a message. When he came back, he walked from the east gate. Then I saw a carriage parked there. I didn’t feel anything at the time, I thought it was someone’s carriage, but I came to Kaifeng Mansion temporarily for business, and I would leave in a while, so I stopped there temporarily, and did not park the carriage at the stables there.

Afterwards, the villain had lunch and continued to guard the main gate.After about half an hour, the villain realized that the carriage was still there when he heard the horse barking.Then the villain suddenly reacted incorrectly. If the adult was doing something temporarily, there should be a driver waiting for the carriage, but the villain remembered that there were no servants waiting around the carriage at that time.The villain asked others again, and they all said that no one had visited Kaifeng Mansion in the morning.

The villain went to the carriage to check the situation, first spoke to the carriage, but no one answered, so he got into the carriage and lifted the curtain, only to find four dead bodies sitting inside!Their faces happened to be facing the villain, all of them had bruised faces and sticking out their long tongues! "