Kaifeng House Small Dining Table

Bao Zheng looked at Zhao Hanyan and Zhan Zhao: "I still have official duties, so I will trouble you two."

"My lord, you are welcome." Zhan Zhao and Zhao Hanyan bowed their hands together, and then took leave.

Not long after the two of them left the main hall, they saw a man in normal clothes approaching towards him, about thirty, with an impressive bearing.Zhan Zhao immediately led Zhao Hanyan out of the way, saluted and called "Master Yan".

It turned out that this was Yan Shu.

Zhao Hanyan wanted to take a closer look at it, but she didn't have time to look at it because someone flashed by.

When Zhao Hanyan was in elementary school, she was in the second stage of middle school ahead of time, and she was willing to be sentimental, feeling that no one in this world understood her.Yan Shu was the poet she liked the earliest. At that time, she felt that the hatred and hatred in his poems were especially suitable for her emotions at that time, so she liked him very much.Later, Zhao Hanyan checked Yan Shu's personal information and found that he was a prodigy since he was a child, and grew up to be famous. Not only is he good at Ci, but also other experiences are very good.

Although she grew up later and the term 'idol' was far away from her, but after all Yan Shu was someone she admired, so it was inevitable that she would be a little excited when she saw him.

Zhan Zhao noticed Zhao Hanyan's strangeness, tilted his head and smiled and asked her what's wrong.

"Huh?" Zhao Hanyan asked in confusion.

Zhan Zhao: "A little blushing."

"Maybe I was a little nervous when I met the adults just now." Zhao Hanyan rubbed his face with both hands, turning his head to avoid Zhan Zhao's gaze.Ancient people would not understand how crazy fans would be when they saw idols. It’s not bad to blush like her. It’s not bad if you don’t rush to take a bite.Besides, she only worships Yan Shu in the "talent", how sensible.

"Let's go quickly, there is still a case waiting for us." Zhao Hanyan changed the subject.

Zhan Zhao immediately agreed, and asked Zhao Hanyan carefully if he could ride a horse. If not, he could take him for a ride. Anyway, men don't shy away from anything, so just get to the scene of the crime as soon as possible.

Zhao Hanyan immediately said: "I will."

The volume is a little higher than usual.

Of course, Zhan Zhao noticed the abnormality, and glanced at Zhao Hanyan, guessing that she was still nervous because she was going to the crime scene as a police officer for the first time, so he reassured her not to worry.

"The usual response is that if you behave like the last case, you don't have to push yourself too much."

Zhao Hanyan was reviewing his lack of stability, almost revealing his flaws.After hearing Zhan Zhao's words, he nodded in relief, and then rode with him, leading Zhao Hu and others to the Zhuangyuan Building.

Zhuangyuanlou is one of the best restaurants and inns in Tokyo. It produces more than a dozen kinds of wines such as Jiannanchun and Zhuyeqing. It is said that one of them is very likely to be selected as a tribute wine. The poets often visit the hangout place, which is very high-end.There are two buildings in Zhuangyuan Building, which are built adjacent to each other. One is a restaurant and the other is an inn.Drinking in a restaurant requires a minimum of three taels of silver per table, while staying in an inn requires a minimum of five taels of silver.The Tianzihao room is the best room in the Zhuangyuanlou Inn, and it costs 30 taels of silver for one night, which is enough for an ordinary family of three to spend ten years.

This time, the deceased in No. [-] Tianzi Room of Zhuangyuan Building should have some identity.

After reporting the case, shopkeeper Liu of Zhuangyuan Building ordered the waiter of the store to guard the scene of the crime outside, and no customers were accepted in the lobby.Shopkeeper Liu waited eagerly outside the inn.

Seeing Guard Zhan and others coming, shopkeeper Liu hurried over to greet them, briefly explained the situation, and invited them in.

"This guest officer checked in yesterday, but he didn't tell me what his name is. He only brought one entourage with him and he was very hot-tempered, but today he disappeared. After he checked in last night, he called two girls from Wanchunlou Came here to accompany the drink, the two girls left before midnight, and asked the waiter to serve him tea, and he was still alive and well. After that, the door was closed and rested, until this morning, the waiter watched the three poles of people in the sun Before I got up, I wanted to knock on the door and ask if I still wanted breakfast, but I didn’t want to open the door as soon as I pushed it, and I saw him...he was hanging on the beam."

Shopkeeper Liu said as he led Zhan Zhao and others to the door of No. [-] Tianzi room.When he said the last sentence, shopkeeper Liu just arrived at the door, looked up and saw the corpse, so he stuttered in fright.

The corpse was hanging on the beam, just facing the direction of the door. It was naked, and there were many obvious strips of red bruises on its body. In some places, the skin was bleeding. It was obvious at a glance that it was caused by the whip.

Zhao Hanyan also noticed that there were marks of whipping on a key part of the lower body of the corpse. Judging from the number of red marks on the skin around it, it should not be less than seven or eight times.Compared with this place, other parts of the body are considered "sparse".

With such an eye-catching corpse hanging on the beam, it's no wonder that shopkeeper Liu, who has a mouth that welcomes visitors from all directions, stutters after seeing it.

"Thank you, shopkeeper." Zhan Zhao thanked him politely, and immediately told Zhao Hu to ask the waiter who was the first to discover the deceased to see if there were any missing clues.He then ordered Chao Mahan to put down the body, and specifically told the two of them to pay attention not to touch the rope buckle, but to cut it off with scissors.

Zhao Hanyan also paid attention to the way the corpse was hung.One end of the thick rope was tied around the neck of the deceased with a dead buckle, and the other end was tied over the beam to a red lacquered post half a foot away.

While they were putting the corpses away, Zhao Hanyan observed and looked around the house.The walls, tables and chairs are all neatly arranged.The bed was messed up, but since the deceased had called the girl in Wanchun Tower to "do something" before his death, and also had to sleep at night, it was normal.

Nothing seemed out of the ordinary anymore.After Zhao Hanyan looked around the room again, his eyes finally fell on the unfinished bowl of tea on the table.

"How?" Zhan Zhao asked Zhao Hanyan.

"Wait for the autopsy results first." Zhao Hanyan said.

Zhan Zhao noticed that Zhao Hanyan was still staring at the teapot and teacups, and suddenly remembered that shopkeeper Liu had said just now that the deceased had ordered tea before resting, "Do you suspect that someone has drugged here?"

Zhao Hanyan nodded, "It's time to check."

Zhan Zhao agreed, and immediately ordered someone to do it, and then he continued to look at Zhao Hanyan, as if he was waiting for something.

"Why do you always stare at me?" Zhao Hanyan asked directly when he found something wrong.

"You seem to be different this time from last time." Zhan Zhao couldn't figure it out, "You made a conclusion after taking a glance last time."

"The last time I saw it was the murderer's second crime. Moreover, the murderer is different, the modus operandi is different, and the judgment method is also different. The first time a crime is committed, it always needs some evidence to assist, otherwise it is a wild guess." Zhao Hanyan explained After that, he looked up at Wang Chao who was squatting on the beam to check, "Brother Chao Chao, are the scratches on the beam serious?"

Wang Chao nodded and touched the rubbed surface, "A layer of skin has been worn off."

"How long?" Zhao Hanyan asked again.

Wang Chao measured it with his fingers and estimated, "It's about half a foot long."

"Mr. Gongsun will accompany Lord Bao to meet guests today, and the body will not be examined until later." Zhan Zhao explained.

"It doesn't matter, we can check other things first. The identity of the deceased is still unclear. I guess the two girls from Wanchun Building last night may know, and they can send someone to question him. Besides, there are many welts on his body Ask the guests next door to see if anyone has heard the abnormal noise in the middle of the night." Zhao Hanyan suggested.

"It's the same as I thought." Zhan Zhao agreed, and first arranged for someone to go to Wanchun Building to investigate.

After Zhao Hu got the statement from the waiter in the shop, he knocked on the door when he heard that Zhao Hanyan wanted to ask the customer next door.

A short and fat man lived in room No. [-] of Tianzi. He first complained about his bad luck. I didn't hear anything other than yelling."

"Man, yelling?" Zhao Hu stared at the other party intently, "It came from the next door? Didn't you go and see?"

"The next door, from the window!" The fat man exclaimed angrily, and then described in detail what the man shouted.

"Outside the window..." Zhao Hu was puzzled, and looked at Zhao Hanyan and Zhan Zhao inquiringly.

"Ask about Room [-] again," Zhan Zhao said.

Zhao Hu nodded, and knocked on the door of Room [-] again.

After waiting for a long time for no one to answer, I knocked again, this time with more force.

"Knock, knock, what's knocking, it's so early in the morning that you won't let people sleep!" Finally, a man's complaint came from inside the room, and the tone sounded very impatient.

Obviously it's almost noon now, and it's still morning...

Zhao Hu shrugged his shoulders at Zhao Hanyan, and complained in a low voice, "Who are the people living in this inn?"

The door opened with a sound of 'Dang', and a sallow and thin face protruded from the inside.

"It's just me, what's the matter?" The voice was a little higher, very horizontal.

Zhao Hu was about to scare him by yelling "the government will handle the case", when he heard his voice change, his voice suddenly became softer.

"Hey, isn't this little brother Zhao? Why are you here?" Jiang Ping opened the door wide in surprise, and extended an invitation to Zhao Hanyan, "Are you here to see me? Please come in, please come in!"

Zhan Zhao didn't know Jiang Ping yet, so he looked at Zhao Hanyan suspiciously, thinking it was some old acquaintance of his.

When Zhao Hanyan first saw Jiang Ping, he also wondered, how could it be such a coincidence?Then I remembered that when Bai Yutang gave her the jade pendant before, he had said that when she was in trouble, she would send a message to the shopkeeper of the Zhuangyuan Building. This is not surprising.

"He is Jiang Ping, I told you before." Zhao Hanyan and Zhan Zhao introduced, and then introduced Zhan Zhao to Jiang Ping, and at the same time explained the purpose of coming.

"Ah, it's Nan Xia, who has admired his name for a long time! He has admired his name for a long time! Please come in!" Jiang Ping looked Zhan Zhao excitedly, and respectfully invited him into the room.

After the four of them were seated, Jiang Ping briefly talked about what happened last night: "I didn't expect that someone died next door! Last night my brother came back in the middle of the night and beat me up when he came up. I couldn't beat him and ran away I went out, scolded him, and then slipped around. At about three o'clock in the ugly hour, I was really sleepy. About my brother should have fallen asleep, so I came back and saw that my brother was really asleep. , I will sleep in my own bed."

Tianzi Room No. [-] is a suite with two beds inside and outside.

"So it was you who made the noise outside the window last night!" Zhao Hu sighed.

Jiang Ping chuckled, nodded in recognition, "But when I lay down to sleep last night, I really heard some strange movements next door."

"What happened?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Jiang Ping: "Crack, crack, crack..."