Kaifeng House Small Dining Table

Gongsun Ce agreed: "It is indeed not easy to do this. If the servants in the mansion cannot faint at the same time, the one who faints first will definitely arouse sober vigilance, and the latter will run out to ask for help. The servants of the big family are divided carefully. The manpower is scattered all over the mansion. Even if the medicine is used in the well water, there is no way to ensure that everyone can drink the water at the same time, so that one Chinese medicine coma. What method did the murderer use to make everyone unconscious at the same time? It’s hard to figure out.”

Bao Zheng pondered for a while, then nodded, he also didn't want to understand this matter.

Like Bao Zheng, all the people present made various guesses in their hearts, but each guess could not perfectly achieve the effect of making all the servants faint.

"It's not difficult to find out about this matter. You only need to ask the servants of these two families what they experienced together before they fell into a coma, and it will be easy to find out." Bao Zheng pondered.

Gongsun Ce echoed: "When Zhao Hu and the others come back from Chenzhou, they should be able to figure out what's going on."

"Chenzhou is far away, and it will take five days at the earliest to go back and forth." Zhao Hanyan tightened the thick sword eyebrows that she deliberately painted every day, "I'm afraid that something will happen during this period."

With this remark, everyone present fell silent.

"It can't be so evil, it's only five days, the murderer will kill people during this period?" Zhao Chao suddenly remembered the case of Ou Dachun last time, and asked with lingering fear.

Both Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce were not sure, but they both felt that Brother Zhao's judgment in this aspect was different from ordinary people, so they both looked at Zhao Hanyan questioningly.

Zhao Hanyan had already had a bad premonition in his heart, so he said what he said just now, "In my opinion, there is a possibility of more than [-]%."

"Seventy percent?" Wang Chao asked Zhao Hanyan puzzled, "What is the basis for Brother Zhao to make this judgment?

"First, we need to confirm one thing. The murderer has committed several crimes so far. Do Qian Shu's family, Zheng Hong, and Feng Zhixin agree?" Zhao Hanyan asked.

Ma Han pondered for a while, Zheng Hong died in the same way as Feng Zhixin, they were both naked and whipped and hung from the beams, such a special method of killing must be the same murderer.As for Qian Shu's family, because there is no file yet, we don't know how the family died, but the collective coma of the Qian Shu family's servants is similar to the situation in Zheng Hong's Bieyuan, so it should be possible to determine the Qian Shu family's death. The person who died and killed Zheng Hong was the same murderer.

After thinking about it, Ma Han nodded in agreement with Zhao Hanyan's statement.

"Really?" Wang Chao hadn't turned the corner yet, seeing Ma Han, Master Bao, and Mr. Gongsun all nodding, he bumped Ma Han anxiously with his arm, asking him to explain to him.

Zhao Hanyan didn't speak for a while, and after Ma Han finished explaining to Wang Chao, he continued: "The case of Feng Zhixin a month ago, seven days ago, and now. Judging from the time interval between the three murders and the changes in the location of the crime, the murderer is escalating. "

"Upgrade?" Mahan asked doubtfully.

"It means that the murderer is getting stronger and stronger." Zhao Hanyan corrected his words without changing his face, and continued, "The interval between the three cases is getting shorter and shorter. Everyone knows that. , Needless to say. Let me talk about the change of the place where the crime took place. Both Qian Shu’s family and Zheng Hong’s case took place in a private house. In the dead of night, and after all the people in the house were fainted, the murder was relatively speaking. The environment for the murder is relatively safe. Feng Zhixin’s murder took place in an inn in the downtown area, and although the surrounding guests are sleeping soundly, there is a risk of waking up at any time, but the murderer has no fear of this.”

Gongsun Ce nodded, "Brother Zhao's analysis is good."

"It's over." Wang Chao sighed, "According to Brother Zhao's analysis, the murderer may commit the crime within the next five days."

"There is another basis for the case of Ou Dachun. Ou Erchun is taking a similar path to Ou Dachun, but when Ou Dachun killed people, he was restricted by the weather conditions, while Ou Erchun was not. So compared to Ou Dachun, Ou Erchun is calmer and smarter. , be cautious and bold." Zhao Hanyan compared.

"It's over." Ma Han continued to sigh with emotion, "Ou Dachun's case was investigated with enough effort, but now there is another one who is more powerful than Ou Dachun. I think we will all have to run away in the next few days."

"Serial murders not only bring about an increase in the number of dead, but also bring fear to the people of the whole city. If such cases happen frequently in Tokyo, not only our Kaifeng Prefecture will be questioned, but even the imperial power will be provoked." It means." Zhao Hanyan analyzed one more sentence.

"Provoking the imperial power?" Bao Zheng keenly felt the deep meaning in Zhao Hanyan's words. After raising his eyebrows and looking at Zhao Hanyan, he waved his hand and sent away Chao Dynasty, Ma Han and others, leaving only Gongsun Ce to accompany him, and then Ask Zhao Hanyan what he meant.

Zhao Hanyan: "Your Excellency, don't you think it's strange? As soon as Ou Dachun left, Ou Erchun came. Of course, you can fight these two cases with your ability. But if there are Ou Sanchun and Ou Sichun in the future... And with the number of rankings The murderer's crimes are likely to become more and more brutal, cautious, and difficult to decipher. The fear created by the murderer has penetrated the hearts of the people and brought panic. By then, Kaifeng Prefecture, which is in charge of criminal cases in Tokyo, will definitely be questioned. The people Condemnation, if there are more people in the court, if there are more people in the court, they will participate in the performance and bring a few officials of small and large to second. I am afraid that Mr. Bao will not be able to continue to sit in the court of Kaifeng Mansion, and he may be wronged become a prisoner."

Bao Zheng lowered his eyes, deep in thought, and did not say a word for the time being.

"This—" Gongsun Ce became a little anxious, took two steps, and approached Zhao Hanyan, "Brother Zhao is serious about what he said?"

"What do you think, sir?"

Gongsun Ce was taken aback, the news of Feng Zhixin's naked death in the Zhuangyuanlou Inn yesterday had indeed started to go viral in Tokyo.His father was the commander in front of the palace, and his tragic death under the eyes of everyone is bound to arouse discussion. As Zhao Hanyan said, if another case happens, it will definitely cause panic among the people.Not only that, those officials, noble concubines and princes of aristocratic families would sigh and worry after hearing about this incident, fearing that the same danger would happen to them as well.If there are three springs, four springs, five springs, etc., the consequences will be unimaginable!

Gongsun Ce turned around and said to Bao Zheng, "My lord, we have to guard against this matter, and we must investigate deeply as soon as possible to find out."

Bao Zheng nodded, raised his head and looked at Zhao Hanyan with a lot of praise, "Thanks to little brother Zhao for reminding me."

"Although the little brother is young, he sees things thoroughly and far-reachingly, which is admirable." Gongsun Ce said.

"When Erchun appears, everyone will think about whether there is something wrong, it's actually nothing." Zhao Hanyan worried, "I just vaguely feel that someone is targeting Mr. Bao."

The reason why Zhao Hanyan was very sure of this was because she was ordered by Emperor Zhao Zhen to 'monitor' Kaifeng Mansion and Bao Zheng.Although Zhao Hanyan didn't know who the people who successively joined Bao Zheng were, judging from the current events, someone must be targeting Bao Zheng.

"Bao has always done things with a clear conscience. He has never given anyone a handle. Those people can't help me. There is nothing to be afraid of. You two don't have to worry." Bao Zheng asked himself that he had never made any mistakes in his actions, and he was even more upright as an official. It is not his personal fault that the serial killer keeps appearing. We just need to make it clear to the Holy Spirit that those who want to catch him will be miscalculated.

"It is precisely because the adults acted safely and could not find any mistakes, the other party used this kind of twists and turns to go around. Being an official without mistakes does not mean that he is not guilty. Inaction and dereliction of duty can also be used as excuses." Zhao Hanyan said to Chaotang doesn't really understand those things, but he has stayed with Zhao Zhen for a long time in the past three years, listening to him talk about the bad things about Chaoshang, and he has been influenced to some extent.Zhao Zhen is a black-bellied person. As an emperor, he sees more problems than Bao Zheng.

Bao Zheng's heart shook.

"My lord, if you want to commit a crime, there is nothing to worry about. The enemy is in the dark, and we are in the light. It is better to be careful." Seeing Bao Zheng nodded, Gongsun Ce secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, we have already deliberated on this matter. When the time comes, you can take precautions in advance, and you must not let the thieves who aim at the adults succeed."

Gongsun Ce turned to look at Zhao Hanyan suspiciously, and wanted to ask her how she knew these things. It is impossible for someone without some court experience to analyze these words.But before he could say anything, he was hinted by Bao Zheng's cough to go back. Gongsun Ce expected that Mr. Bao did not doubt this, and it must be because of the identity of Brother Zhao.It seems that this little brother Zhao's identity is higher than he thought, not as simple as a son of an ordinary family.

Thinking of this, Gongsun Ce couldn't help looking at Zhao Hanyan more, and Bao Zheng also happened to look at Zhao Hanyan at this time.

Zhao Hanyan knew that his words aroused Gongsun Ce's suspicion, but Bao Zheng was probably fine, so he found an excuse to pickle vegetables and left first.Let Mr. Bao figure out the rest and explain it to Gongsun Ce.

"My lord." Seeing Zhao Hanyan leave, Gongsun Ce respectfully called out to Bao Zheng.

"He has a good status, and he knows that these things are really normal." Bao Zheng used the word 'normal' to imply Gongsun Ce.

Gongsun Ce immediately had an epiphany, knowing that Zhao Hanyan should be a high-ranking aristocrat, and he might be the heir of a powerful official or a royal family.But if his status is so noble, he would come to Kaifeng Mansion to be a cook, which is somewhat incomprehensible.

Gongsun Ce wanted to ask Bao Zheng again.

When Bao Zheng received Gongsun Ce's suspicious gaze, he immediately understood what he wanted to say, "This child is a bit special, you don't have to think about it. If you eat the food he cooks, you should understand that she is very interested in cooking." I am very passionate about it, otherwise how could I make such a simple dish so delicious."

When Bao Zheng said the latter sentence, he was smiling.

Gongsun Ce: "But my lord, there are many ways for him to come out and cook. Why did he come to our Kaifeng mansion?"

Gongsun Ce knew that he suspected Brother Zhao was not very good, but it was necessary to clarify this matter.

"Just in time for us to be short of cooks, I happened to hear about it. Where else can I go to be a cook in a restaurant? Look at his cooking style. Although he cooks delicious food, he is obviously still learning from simple ones. Since he is a student Who else would want him except Kaifeng, where we can't recruit a cook?" Bao Zheng naturally had no doubts about the character of the son of the Eight Worthy Kings, coupled with his eagerness for talent, the corners of his mouth always unconsciously twitched when he talked about Zhao Hanyan. laugh.

Gongsun Ce saw that the adults said so, and expected that the adults must have understood it secretly.Besides, he didn't want to know about the secrets of the noble family. Little Brother Zhao was a nice guy, and he didn't know his real identity, so eating his dishes would make him feel more at ease, so he put the matter aside and didn't want to delve into it further.

After a while, Zhan Zhao entered the door and asked, "Did brother Zhao tell his deduction?"

"Forget about it." Gongsun Ce suddenly remembered that the little cook said that he would wait for the autopsy results before talking about the characteristics of the murderer, but he just changed the conversation and went elsewhere, and he resigned because he was embarrassed.

"Then I'll ask." Zhan Zhao hoped to get more clues about the murderer from Zhao Hanyan's mouth, so that when he took Wang Chao and the others to search, he could narrow down the scope and be more precise.

When Zhan Zhao went to the kitchen, he found the familiar snow-white figure from yesterday reappeared, but it was sitting on the roof.When the people above saw him, they gave him a disdainful look, and then turned their heads to look elsewhere.

Zhan Zhao secretly laughed, but didn't say anything, walked into the kitchen, saw Zhao Hanyan was busy, and asked, "Is there a guest?"

"What guest?" Zhao Hanyan asked Zhan Zhao in confusion.

Zhan Zhao reckoned that Zhao Hanyan didn't know that there was Bai Yutang on the roof, so he smiled and pointed to the roof.

Zhao Hanyan glanced at Zhan Zhao suspiciously, wiped his hands, walked out, and then looked up at the roof.

Zhan Zhao was watching the excitement, turned around and saw a sliced ​​white radish on the vegetable plate, he took a piece and put it in his mouth, it was sweet and sour, "Well, have you ever pickled this radish? It's not the same as ordinary pickled radish? "

"Naturally." Zhao Hanyan replied casually, "This is called kimchi, not only radish, but also cabbage."

After Zhao Hanyan finished watching Bai Yutang, he didn't say anything, and went into the kitchen to make a fuss.

"It's interesting." Zhan Zhao immediately asked about Zhao Hanyan's business.

Zhao Hanyan just remembered, "The murderer is a woman who has been whipped and abused. She has old scars on her body. She is very vigilant when she walks and hates men. Will take the drug with me."

Zhan Zhao took another piece of radish, "Where did you come up with this inference?"

"Because women are very different from men in terms of stature and strength, when committing crimes, they seldom choose to face the head-on approach, and prefer 'roundabout' methods, such as drugging, sneak attack, etc. This is one. The second is that she appears In the inn, she was silent, covered with a black veil, and there were testimonies from the shopkeeper that she was wearing men's clothes but she was not tall, and the way she whipped Feng Zhixin's parts clearly reflected that she was a woman who could disguise herself as a man. The third is that when hanging the dead, there were scratches nearly half a foot long on the beam. If it was a healthy and strong man, even if he was a little short, he would easily lift Feng Zhixin, who was of normal weight. The scratches were short and light, but the scratches we saw at the crime scene were long and serious. It can be seen that the murderer lacked physical strength when lifting the body and repeatedly pulled the rope to grind the wooden beam.

As for the old scars on her body, when a woman takes revenge, she will try her best to take back the pain she has suffered.She is vigilant and hates men because of her instinctive reaction after being whipped and bullied by men.There is no need to explain the black gauze straw hat and the rope. " Zhao Hanyan replied.

"Thank you." Zhan Zhao nodded, bowed his hands to Zhao Hanyan, and then left to busy arrest the murderer.

At this time, Bai Yutang fell from the roof and walked into the kitchen. He took out a silver bell with two white jade beads on the left and right sides of the red string hanging from his arms. Bell jingle rang three times.

"It's for Lan'er, she can't speak, if she can't find anyone, just take it to listen." Bai Yutang explained.

Zhao Hanyan raised his sticky hand, indicating that it was inconvenient for him to pick it up.

"Then I'll take it to her myself." Bai Yutang turned around and left. After taking two steps, he turned around and came back. He went to the sink to wash his hands, picked up a piece of sweet vinegar radish and stuffed it into his mouth before leaving. .

Zhao Hanyan's expression changed from being puzzled to laughing. After thinking for a while, he took a piece and put it in his mouth. He wanted to taste how delicious the radish she made was.It turned out to be nothing special, just refreshing.

Because at noon, there was a meal at the public house, Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce were also in Kaifeng mansion at meal time, so there was no need for Zhao Hanyan to prepare anything.Mr. Bao originally intended to reduce Zhao Hanyan's work as much as possible. After all, he had to take care of the case and cook, and it was tiring to be busy on both sides.

So today's noon is about the same as usual, Zhao Hanyan just cooks the meals for the few people in their kitchen.She just came back from the court, and there was not enough time, so she simply made noodles and egg sauce, blanched some bean sprouts, shredded the roasted ham, put them together in a noodle bowl, and served them with sweet and sour radishes.Don't look at the simplicity of this bowl of noodles, because the most pure and natural eggs in Song Dynasty are used, and the eggs in the sauce are full of flavor, so a bowl of noodles is simple but very attractive.In the hot summer afternoon when people are so lazy that they don’t even want to open their mouths, cold noodles with water and fragrant egg sauce are the most suitable, together with bean sprouts and fragrant roasted ham, mix it up and eat it Not only refreshing but also tasteful.

Since Bai Yutang was there, Zhao Hanyan naturally did more and brought him a bowl. After all, he was a guest who came to give Lan'er a gift.

After a stick of incense, everyone sitting around the table was full. This time Li San took the initiative to pick up the dishes and wash the dishes.

Lan'er grabbed Zhao Hanyan's hand and pointed to the direction of the back door.

"Do you want to go out to play?" Zhao Hanyan asked.

Laner nodded.

"Okay." Zhao Hanyan took off the homemade apron, went to change clothes, and came to Lan'er.

At this time, Lan'er was already holding Bai Yutang's hand and waiting at the door. When she saw Zhao Hanyan coming, she happily raised her other hand and asked Zhao Hanyan to hold her too.

So Zhao Hanyan took Lan'er for a walk on the street with Bai Yutang with a strange feeling.

Halfway stopped at a sweet bean curd stand, Lan'er wanted to drink, Bai Yutang treated them, the three of them sat down to drink bean curd.Sitting at the next table was a woman in her twenties with a delicate face, wearing a plain blue and white dress, and drinking sweet bean curd.

The voice of the woman: After eating this bowl of sweet bean curd, I will kill that fellow!