Kaifeng Mansion's Little Boss

Just now there was an example of fake Bai Yutang pouring tea poisonously, so of course this tea should not be drunk.

The King of Xiangyang would certainly not be so stupid as to poison Su Yuan and Zhan Zhao to death on the spot, but there was no guarantee that he would not poison or Gu worms.In short, in order to completely protect their own safety, neither Zhan Zhao nor Su Yuan intends to take this risk.

Su Yuan sniffed hard and sniffed it, then frowned and asked, "What's the smell?"

She turned to look at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao also frowned, smelled it, covered his nose with his hands, "Yes, what does it smell like?"

King Xiangyang narrowed his eyes and looked at Su Yuan and Zhan Zhao quietly.

The servant who served beside King Xiangyang sniffed and smelled it, but he didn't smell anything.Just as he was about to raise an objection in bewilderment, he heard Su Yuan speak first.

"Back in and out, it seems to be floating in from the outside."

Since the smell comes in bursts, maybe the position where he was standing just didn't smell it?The servant followed Zhan Zhao and Su Yuan out of the cabin.

There was a moderate wind blowing on the river, which made people's sleeves fly.

"No smell, our house doesn't smell anything." The waiter sighed.

King Xiangyang also came out later.

At this time, Zhan Zhao and Su Yuan had already walked to the side of the boat, bent over as if they were looking for the smell seriously.

When Su Yuan turned around, he shouted to King Xiangyang in surprise: "My lord, be careful!"

As soon as the voice fell to the ground, countless white chrysanthemums fell from the head of Xiangyang King, and several other silk ribbons fell down and wrapped around the body of Xiangyang King. One of the green silk ribbons directly covered the head of Xiangyang King. The two ends of the belt were blown up by the wind, making a rattling sound.A few white chrysanthemums fell scatteredly, and two of them landed on the green head of Xiangyang King, which looked extremely funny.

Both Su Yuan and Zhan Zhao pursed their lips to avoid laughing out loud.

"What's going on!" the servant shouted and hurriedly helped King Xiangyang tidy up.

"I'll go and have a look." Su Yuan immediately declared herself brave, and with a light leap, she climbed to the top of the cabin to check the situation.

After being tidied up by the servants, King Xiangyang looked very unhappy and stared at Zhan Zhao coldly.

Zhan Zhao greeted King Xiangyang politely: "My lord, do you feel unwell? Do you want to go into the room and rest first?"

The King of Xiangyang snorted and said to his servant, "Let me deal with all the people who arranged the boats!"

Holding a hook knife tied with a rope, Su Yuan jumped down from the cabin.

"I found the reason. Some thieves threw the hook knife on it, and the hook knife broke the silk ribbon and the rope tying the chrysanthemums." Su Yuan explained.

"It seems that it's not the craftsmen's fault, please be merciful, my lord." Zhan Zhao begged humbly.

"For no reason, why would someone throw a hook knife?" King Xiangyang looked at Su Yuan questioningly.

In fact, he wanted to ask more, 'I'm afraid it's yourselves acting', but he didn't have any evidence, even if he was a prince, he couldn't just say it and frame the court officials.

Su Yuan presented the hook knife with the rope to the king of Xiangyang, "The rope is still wet, which means it has just been stuck to water. This knife is probably lost by the diving thief who was tracked down by the officials. The diving thief may have seen this ship. When the boat stopped, I wanted to try to climb onto the boat."

"Not good! The thief must still be nearby, and the officials have to catch it quickly, or he will run away again!" Su Yuan hurriedly cupped his hands and bid farewell to the King of Xiangyang, expressing that they were going to catch the thief.

The King of Xiangyang looked at Zhan Zhao and Su Yuan speechlessly, and after saluting hastily, he quickly jumped back into their boat and ran away.

After the boat sailed away, Zhan Zhao praised Su Yuan for his cleverness, then pulled out a white chrysanthemum from his sleeve, and said to Su Yuan, "Send it to you?"

Su Yuan looked back at Zhan Zhao in surprise.

Zhan Zhao then took the flower back and explained: "I know you don't like it, I'm just kidding you. I don't know if this branch will be saved if it is planted in the soil."

In order to keep the white chrysanthemums fresh for several hours, the white chrysanthemums on the painting boat are wrapped with wet clay into a small ball, then wrapped with sheep intestines, and then tied together one by one for decoration on the boat .Time-consuming and labor-intensive, but the ingenuity of the craftsmen can be seen.

"As long as the roots don't die, they should be able to live." Su Yuan said.

Zhan Zhao agreed, "Then our Fifth Master Bai is much tougher than this chrysanthemum, so he will be fine."

"Of course, he will be fine." Su Yuan turned his head to look at the river, his eyes lost focus for a moment.

Seeing Su Yuan like this, Zhan Zhao finally understood why Su Yuan and Bai Yutang were together.In fact, the two of them are very similar sometimes, both of them have a cold or calm expression on their faces, and they are also very stubborn, but in fact they care very much in their hearts.

After the boat arrived at the shore, Su Yuan immediately jumped ashore, and seeing that there was one more government servant waiting on the shore, he knew that there was new news.

"The identity of the deceased has been ascertained. It is Xu Yin, the treasurer of Tianxiang Building. Xu Yin likes to dress up as a woman on weekdays. He's a madam, even when he's used to shouting, he almost forgets that he's a man.

During the day today, a few girls in a building saw a handsome man in white clothes who looked like Fifth Master Bai coming down from the second floor, and they rushed towards him, and then the man left in a hurry through the back door.Presumably, the red rouge on his clothes was accidentally rubbed on at that time. "

"Unexpectedly, the identity of this fake Bai Yutang turned out to be the boss of Tianxiang Building." Zhan Zhao said with emotion, "Then Xu Yin is a ghost, he should be regarded as the first-class killer of the Bai team."

"It may be more than that." Su Yuan cited Xingyang Suji Medicine Store, and the original Dong Er Steamed Bun Shop, "The shopkeeper is a ghostly person, and the whole shop is a haunt for ghosts."

Zhan Zhao's eyes lit up, "Maybe there will be a big harvest this time."

Tianxianglou ranks among the best brothels in Tokyo City. Compared with Suji Pharmacy and Dong Er Baozi Shop, they are both small sesame-sized shops.Apart from Xu Yin, there must be big fish in Xianglou this day.

Before Su Yuan left, he glanced at the painting boats on the river.

"what happened?"

"The boat is heavily guarded, and only people like you and I can take the opportunity to throw a throwing knife without being noticed. If Jiang Ping is allowed to dive on it, he will definitely be sent to his door and arrested. It is the Empress Dowager's boat, and the crime must be very serious. Big." Su Yuan said.

"This Xu Yin is too calculating." Zhan Zhao sighed with emotion that the killing methods of the Bai team's killers are really hard to guard against.Pretend to be someone else, or insidiously poison, or instigate and instigate with one or two sentences, and successfully use the hands of others to complete the killing task.

Before getting ready to mount the horse, Su Yuan asked Zhan Zhao if he also thought that the King of Xiangyang looked familiar, a bit like Wang Yu.

"There is a little bit of it, but after a closer look, I can't tell what it looks like." After Zhan Zhao sighed, he changed the topic, "But there is one thing, it's very direct."

Su Yuan asked where.

Zhan Zhao won't get on the horse for the time being, because what he wants to say should not be heard by outsiders.He walked up to Su Yuan and said to her in a low voice: "The name of the king of Xiangyang is Zhao Jue, and the word Jue is Wang Yu. I didn't expect the two names to be directly related, but this is too bold .”

"It's a bit too direct," Su Yuan sighed, "but many smart people are arrogant, and we can't detain a prince just because of this name."

Exhibit is awe-inspiring.

"Just now when the King of Xiangyang saw us boarding the boat, although he felt embarrassed, he didn't say any probing words or look anxious and angry. Instead, he mostly played jokes. If he really has something to do with Wang Yu or Gui Jianshou, If he had known about Jiang Ping's plan to deliver it to our door today, he should have known that the plan had failed and that Tianxianglou was in danger of being exposed when he saw us coming."

Zhan Zhao immediately thought of something, and said in surprise, "You mean—"

Su Yuan nodded, "I think Xu Yin's actions today don't seem to have been planned for a long time, but more like what he did personally."

If what happened today was Xu Yin's impulsive behavior, there would definitely be many loopholes to investigate.

"We should surround Tianxiang Tower as soon as possible, investigate thoroughly, and catch them by surprise!" Zhan Zhao immediately got on his horse.

The two rode their horses together and galloped to Tianxiang Tower.

The dynasty has led people to surround the inside of Tianxiang Building, and completely controlled all the people in the building.From the outside, there is no problem with Tianxiang Tower, and there are even two servants standing outside the building with smiles on their faces to pick up customers.

"Master Bao said that there might still be fish that slipped through the net, so he ordered us to enforce martial law inside and continue to open the door to welcome guests. All people who enter, regardless of their identities, must be investigated as suspects." Dynasty explained.

Both Su Yuan and Zhan Zhao nodded, praising the comprehensiveness of this method.

Gongsun Ce is checking the roster in the hall of Tianxiang Building, checking the life experience of every singer and dancer in the building, and interrogating them one by one.

Zhan Zhao stayed on the first floor to help Gongsun Ce, and Su Yuan went up to the second floor.

"The guests are all on the second floor, Mr. Bao is pressing them down." Wang Chao led Su Yuan the way, while whispering to Su Yuan, "This is probably the first time Mr. Bao has entered the brothel, and he is not familiar with many places."

"So you pointed it out?"

"Of course." Wang Chao responded smoothly.

"You're finished." When Su Yuan walked past Wang Chao, he said clearly.

Wang Chao froze for a moment, then patted his thigh in annoyance.Whoops!How could he have forgotten that officials are not allowed to visit brothels, his pointing just now is tantamount to exposing himself.

When they reached the second floor, Su Yuan saw many sons of officials and nobles, and then he understood why Bao Zheng wanted to suppress the situation on the second floor.There are quite a few dudes among these officials and noble children, with bad tempers, even in the face of the mighty Yan Yi Bao Zheng, they still jumped, accusing Bao Zheng of imprisoning them for no reason.

"You are all suspected when you enter this brothel, and you were detained as suspects. There is a reason for this." Bao Zheng corrected.

"Then may I ask Master Bao, what happened in this brothel to imprison innocent guests like us?" Wei Hailiao, the youngest son of the Minister of the Ministry of War, spoke.

Su Yuan glanced at him, and found a man with his head bowed beside him, whose figure looked familiar.Su Yuan moved a few steps, looked carefully, and then recognized that this person was Du Yi.

"It turns out that Fourth Master Du is also here." Seeing that he wanted to hide from her, Su Yuan called his name out loud.

Only then did Du Yi raise his head embarrassingly, and saluted Bao Zheng and Su Yuan politely and embarrassingly.

When Bao Zheng saw Du Yi, he frowned visibly.He probably didn't expect that this junior whom he was very optimistic about would come to the brothel to fool around with those dudes.

"I'm here for the first time."

Du Yi also wanted to explain that he didn't want to come, but his friends forced him here because they saw him depressed.Before he came, he didn't know that the place he was going to was a brothel, and when everyone told him to get off the car, it was really hard for him to turn around and leave.

But Du Yi felt that if he explained these words at this time, it would be inappropriate to shirk responsibility on his friends, so he didn't say it.

"It's okay, everyone has a first time, Master Bao is also a first time." Su Yuan comforted Du Yi.

But these words obviously did not play a consoling role, Du Yi lowered his head even deeper in shame.Mr. Bao came to the brothel because of investigating the case, how could he be the same as him.

Bao Zheng couldn't help but glance at Su Yuan.Although what Su Yuan said was the truth, why did he feel that when Su Yuan said this, he seemed to be joking about him?

Wei Hailiao took a special look at Su Yuan, "Hehe, this must be the legendary Su Judiciary, right?"

After Wei Hailiao finished speaking, he took a special look at Du Yi. It turned out that this girl was the source of Du Yi's depression. At first glance, she seemed a bit unusual.

"Brother, I don't think your vision is very good. Women don't stay in the back house, they show their faces like this every day, and now they even come to the brothel, how can they marry back as a normal woman? You don't feel comfortable in the house."

In order to save face for his brother, Wei Hailiao deliberately whispered to Du Yi at a volume Su Yuan could hear.

Du Yi hurriedly grabbed Wei Hailiao's arm, telling him to stop talking.Wei Hailiao pushed him away and turned to Su Yuan with a provocative face.

Su Yuan laughed, and asked Wei Hailiao in a friendly tone: "A woman who is ordered to investigate a case is considered to be in public, and she is uncomfortable in the room, so does going to court count?"

Wei Hailiao immediately agreed: "Of course forget it! It's still worth going to the court!"

After the words fell, Bao Zheng and some of the officials and nobles present who responded quickly looked at Wei Hailiao quietly.

Wei Hailiao was stunned for a moment, wondering why these people looked at him strangely.

Du Yi reminded him in a low voice that the empress dowager had been in court for several years in order to assist the young emperor.

Wei Hailiao was stunned, feeling that half of his soul had been taken away in an instant, and he knelt down as soon as his legs softened, and apologized and said that he had just spoken nonsense.

"I think Mr. Wei is very sober." Su Yuan said, "It doesn't seem like he was drinking too much and was bumped on the head, so he had a brain problem and was talking nonsense."

"No, I'm not sober, I drank too much, I bumped my head." Wei Hailiao hurriedly turned his head to find a pillar, and slammed it hard twice, his head was red and swollen, and he fell down in a daze.

The boys hurriedly supported them, and begged Bao Zheng to show mercy and spare their drunken master's nonsense just now.

Bao Zheng turned his head to look at Su Yuan, with a look of accountability in his eyes.

Su Yuan explained innocently: "Your Excellency saw it with his own eyes just now. He hit him by himself and has nothing to do with his subordinates. But there is still a way to wake up this fainted person."

Su Yuan pulled out a long needle from his sleeve and slowly approached Wei Hailiao.Before the needle penetrated the acupoint, Wei Hailiao's whole body felt tense, and he was pretending to be dizzy.Su Yuan mercilessly stabbed the pain point with one needle. Wei Hailiao immediately let out a howl like a donkey, and his legs were so painful that they lifted off the ground and turned up.

Su Yuan said to him in a volume that could only be heard by Wei Hailiao: "Are you comfortable? Who told you to be restless at home, obediently stay at home and keep your male virtues, and you must come to brothels, you deserve it."

"you--"

Su Yuan immediately pulled out the needle, got up and returned to Bao Zheng's side, "My injection can not only wake him up, but also treat his symptoms of kidney deficiency and night sweats."

Wei Hailiao was about to scold Su Yuan for hurting her on purpose, but when she heard what she said about treating kidney deficiency, he was very angry.What's worse is that the few disciples who were traveling with him couldn't help laughing when they heard this, as if they were laughing at him for his kidney deficiency!

He was so pissed off!Where did this woman surnamed Su come from? How could Du Yi fall in love with this kind of woman!

"Tianxianglou is very likely to be suspected of treason. We have reason to suspect that Tianxianglou has colluded with officials and nobles, so you are all among the suspects. Those who clean up themselves are naturally not afraid of being investigated. But those who have objections can raise them as soon as possible. It’s just convenient for us to focus on investigation.”

Su Yuan implied that he wanted to leave early by jumping up and down, but the suspicion was even greater.

Suspected of treason, this is a serious crime, and they just saw with their own eyes how Su Yuan dealt with Wei Hailiao, the rest of the officials and nobles did not dare to make mistakes, and obediently gave their confessions.

Bao Zheng asked Su Yuan: "Suspected of treason?"

"We saw the King of Xiangyang on the painting boat. Mr. Bao and Mr. Gongsun were too busy to attend to other matters in the mansion a few days ago. Aren't they investigating the suspected rebellion of the King of Xiangyang?"

Bao Zheng's face changed drastically after hearing the words, and he hurriedly led Su Yuan to a secluded place nearby to talk, "How do you know about this?"

Only he, Gongsun Ce, Zhan Zhao, and Yan Chasan knew about the secret investigation of King Xiangyang, and they have not had time to tell others for the time being.One reason was that Su Yuan and Bai Yutang were getting engaged at that time, and they didn't want the two young people to be too busy.Second, I am afraid that if too many people know about it, it will accidentally leak the news.

Among the four, Bao Zheng didn't believe that anyone would not be able to keep the secret, so he told Su Yuan the news.

Su Yuan: "It was my master Wuwang who told me." If it can't be explained, it's quite convenient to put it on her mysterious master "Wuwangzhiren".

"Your master has been here?" Bao Zheng asked in surprise.

"Yes, I came to see me last night, and I was surprised to appear suddenly. Master and the old man not only didn't teach me to reveal my identity, but also praised me for helping Mr. Bao eliminate the violence and bring justice to the people, which is a good thing." Su Yuan agreed. road.

Bao Zheng nodded and praised Su Yuan's master for being broad-minded and upright.

"Master said that when he was traveling in Xiangzhou, he happened to meet Lord Yan who was investigating the King of Xiangyang, so he inquired about it, and learned that the King of Xiangyang fished the people, murdered and brutalized the people, and was suspected of forming a party and collaborating with foreign nations for treason. , and planned to help. But after he found important clues, he couldn’t find Master Yan, so he came to Beijing to look for me, and after telling me the news, the old man was going to travel around the mountains and rivers, and he went back in style.”

Su Yuan then explained that the reason why she guessed that Bao Zheng and Yan Chasan were in Xiangyang King together was because she found that after Yan Chasan came to Beijing this time, he always visited Kaifeng mansion frequently, and every time he closed the door to follow Bao Zheng spoke alone.When I contacted what her master said, I guessed it naturally.

Bao Zheng knew that Su Yuan was smart, so it was not difficult to think of these, so he hurriedly asked Su Yuan what the important clue was.

Su Yuan logically told Bao Zheng about the Chongxiao Tower early.

"The master said that the King of Xiangyang has a League Dan Lanpu, which is an important evidence of his rebellion. He put it in the Skyscraper Tower. If you take down the Sky Tower and get the League Dan Lanpu, you can punish the King of Xiangyang and his accomplices."

"Okay, great!"

At this moment, because he is in a brothel, the occasion is inappropriate, if he were in Kaifeng Mansion, Bao Zheng would definitely be full of praise and sigh happily.Regarding the matter of King Xiangyang, he and Yan Chasan were struggling with no evidence, and Su Yuan's clue immediately made them clear.

The Skyscraper Tower needs to be solved, and the case in front of it must also be solved.

After a thorough body search and cross-examination, no suspects have been identified from these guests for the time being.However, three suspects were found from the mouths of those noble children. These three suspects were all girls from Tianxianglou. And cross the rivers and lakes to organize ghosts to worry about ghosts.The person who provided this clue was Wei Hailiao, he acted well with his pictures, Lord Bao can spare him.

"At that time, I was in a conflict with the eldest son of the General Hussar's family. I made unscrupulous words and wanted to kill him. Fu Rong, the oiran of Tianxianglou, mentioned to me the sorrow of ghosts, saying that this Jianghu organization is terrible. Help me destroy the enemy, without shadow or form, so that no one will suspect me."

On the surface, Wei Hailiao is very domineering and domineering, and he has done a lot of bullying things, but at most he is powerful in his mouth. He has never hit or dealt with anyone with real swords and guns, let alone dare to treat people's lives recklessly.

"When Miss Furong told me, I pretended to agree, saying that I would consider it. In fact, I was very shocked. How dare I take human life.

What she told me at the time was that she knew a friend who could help me contact Guijianshou. I didn't know that she had something to do with Tianxianglou and Guijianshou. "

Du Yi testified beside him, "Brother Wei is just a trickster, but he is not really a bad person."

"The clue is very good, congratulations on getting the reward." Su Yuan looked at Wei Hailiao with raised eyebrows.

Wei Hailiao was so frightened that he dodged Su Yuan's eyes immediately, and subconsciously touched his lower back which was still aching.He regretted so much that he was lying on his stomach when he pretended to be dizzy before. If he was lying flat, wouldn't he be unable to pierce this place?

If Su Yuan knew what Wei Hailiao was thinking, he would definitely tell him that he was overwhelmed and that there were more places to prick when lying flat.

On Gongsun Ce's side, by checking the life experience of the girls in the building, they found four women with suspicious past experiences.What is suspicious is that they can't explain where they have been and what they have done in the past anywhere from three to ten years.Or when explaining a certain experience, the words flicker, which is suspected of making up a lie.

Gongsun Ce is very knowledgeable and knows the local conditions and customs of various places. He only needs to ask about these flaws, and he can immediately identify them as fake.

In the middle of the night, when the interrogation and investigation were coming to an end, a middle-aged woman in coarse cloth sneaked in from the back door of Tianxiang Building and was captured by the government officials on the spot.

The woman first said that she had gone the wrong way and found the wrong door, and then she changed her mouth and said that her family was poor, so she wanted to come to Tianxianglou to pick up something and go back.

When the yamen servants asked the woman where her family lived, she couldn't answer.The yamen servant washed the woman's temples with oil, and then peeled off a piece of skin from the woman's face. Under the skin was the face of a young girl, who was only 20 years old.

In the end, a total of eight suspects were taken to the prison in Kaifeng Prefecture.

Because Gui Jianchou hid his suicide pills in an old way and was not replaced in time, none of the eight suspects succeeded in committing suicide.

However, when interrogating these eight women by torture, they encountered a bottleneck, and three of them simply bit their tongues and wanted to commit suicide and refused to speak.Even if the person is saved, it is not good to continue to use torture to see how determined he would rather die than surrender.

The other one directly cheated the interrogation, and lied that she would confess after seeing Xu Yin's body. However, after seeing the body, she suddenly took advantage of the servant's unpreparedness and committed suicide.

Among the remaining four women, only one woman confessed that Tianxianglou belonged to the ghost organization.Xu Yin is the leader of the white team, except for her, the other seven women are all the first-class killers of the white team.

The woman who confesses is the new apprentice of the oiran Furong, who is considered to be the third-class killer who is about to pass the examination.

"Tonight is my second mission. It is to attack the madam of Yihonglou. Recently, they have robbed a lot of business from Tianxianglou."

The woman said that she had poisoned the food eaten by the madam of Yihonglou, and the poison would take place in half an hour.

Ma Han led people to Yihong Building immediately, and found her body in the room of the madam.Before dawn, the madam of Yihonglou routinely sleeps until noon after eating, so no one has discovered her death yet.

"Will the rest be interrogated? Especially that oiran Furong, no matter how much you torture us, we are all covered in sweat, and she just doesn't say a word." Wang Chao wiped the sweat from his head and said with emotion , "I never thought that such a beautiful girl would be so tolerant. If I were her, I would have hired her long ago."

"Facts have proved that among these ghost killers, women are more loyal and tolerant of pain than men." Su Yuan waved his hand and let the dynasty forget it. Brainwashed."

"What do you mean by brainwashing?" Wang Chao asked puzzled.

"Being instilled into my brain with fallacies and heresies, I lost my own judgment and completely believed in these words."

After Su Yuan came out of the punishment room, he looked in the direction of the side door of Kaifeng Mansion.

When Wang Chao saw this, he knew that Su Yuan was thinking about Bai Yutang, so he comforted her: "There is no news so far, but it is good news. Bai Wuye will be fine."

Su Yuan nodded, still depressed.

"Fifth Master is back!"

Sun He had been squatting at the side door waiting, and when she saw Bai Yutang, she immediately rushed to report to Su Yuan.

Su Yuan's eyes recovered, and he asked Sun He, "Is it real or fake?"

"Of course it's true, can I still lie to the boss?"

Su Yuan: "I mean, is this the real Bai Yutang or the fake Bai Yutang?"

"That should be tested." Sun He immediately asked the little official to get a piece of oiled handkerchief.

"Just pour a pot of oil on his face, tell him not to report when he goes out, and not to obey the rules when he comes back, so let him test his face with oil."

After Su Yuan finished speaking, he ignored Bai Yutang who came in, turned around and left.