Kaifeng House Small Dining Table

Some of the Taoist priests who watched did not see the body of Taoist Master Ziyan, but after seeing it now, they couldn't help sighing and were quite shocked.

"What happened? So many people are here?"

The male voice is somewhat familiar.

Zhao Hanyan looked up, and the person who squeezed in from the crowd was Jiang Wangji, deputy envoy of Dali.

When Jiang Wangji saw Zhao Hanyan, he was stunned for a moment, never expecting to meet her here.

Then two more pilgrims came over.

One was wearing brocade clothes with green bamboo pattern, fair skin, and spoke very elegantly, with a polite smile on the corner of his mouth when he spoke.He then poked his neck to look in, and when he saw Zhao Hanyan and Bai Yutang, he was also stunned.And the other man who came with him was tall and tall, and he was also stunned when he saw Zhao Hanyan.

The shopkeeper Xue of Sanchun Building, and Li San, the woodcutter of Kaifeng Mansion, how could they be here?

Before Zhao Hanyan could ask, shopkeeper Xue covered his mouth with his hand in surprise, and asked first.

"Why are you two officials here? Is the Taoist Master Zi Yan in this coffin? I heard that he was robbed by a thunderbolt, but I didn't expect it to be so miserable."

Zhao Hanyan asked them to explain why they came here.

Shopkeeper Xue: "Recently, Sanchun Building's business is getting better and better. I'm here to fulfill my wish."

Li San: "Because of being ill for a long time, my family members urged me to come and watch it. After Taoist Master Ziyan gave me the practice last night, I felt refreshed and much better today. I was thinking about coming to thank Ziyan. Daoist Yan, but Daotong told me just now that Daoist Ziyan went to the Tribulation Immortal last night, I don’t believe it, so come and have a look.”

Bai Yutang turned his eyes to Jiang Wangji, and asked him coldly, "What about you?"

"I came to offer incense with my little prince. I heard that Ziyan Temple has beautiful scenery, so I came here to enjoy the scenery." Jiang Wangji explained.

This also shows that Duan Silian is also watching, but because he slept late last night, Duan Silian is still resting at the moment.

Several well-known people came to Ziyan Temple by coincidence, and the poem left by the black hand behind the scenes led them to Kaifeng Mansion. Zhao Hanyan felt that this must not be a coincidence, and there was a big strangeness in it.

"Yo, why is this so lively?"

Another familiar male voice sounded from outside the crowd.

Zhao Hanyan was sure that she must have heard this voice before, and she had a very special rascal air, but suddenly she couldn't remember who it was, but it must be someone she knew.This should also be the deliberate arrangement of the mastermind behind the scenes.

Bai Yutang also felt the same as Zhao Hanyan, so they both looked over at the same time, and made way for the Taoist priests and the rest of the pilgrims who were watching.

The person who came was the cook who died before the Kaifeng mansion. Xie An, the son of Xie Dashan, was wearing a half-worn soap-colored cloth coat, the belt was not fastened, and it was hanging loosely. Did not wash.

Seeing the 'acquaintance', Xie An opened his mouth in surprise, and planned to ask Zhao Hanyan angrily.But in the blink of an eye, he saw Bai Yutang beside him, and he was immediately frightened, so frightened that he didn't dare to say a word.

After Zhao Hanyan confirmed that it was Xie An, he became even more certain that it couldn't be a coincidence.This time the man behind the scenes didn't know what kind of medicine they were selling, but it could be seen that it was absolutely different from the previous three times.

Duan Silian, Jiang Wangji, Xie An, Shopkeeper Xue, and Li San, these three people have different backgrounds, and they have no intersection, and some of them have crossed the border. The only thing in common is that they all know her and Bai Yutang.

So the murderer should have changed his tactics this time, instead of specifically targeting revenge.Perhaps this was not done by 'Ou Jichun', but by the real mastermind behind the scenes.

If the mastermind behind the scenes deliberately lured these people together, she and Bai Yutang must be one of them.

Get together, how to ensure not to part?

Zhao Hanyan suddenly realized something, and looked at Bai Yutang.Bai Yutang also understood, grabbed the sword in his hand and immediately went down the mountain, Zhao Hanyan also ran out.

Seeing this, the rest of the government servants also hurriedly followed. Everyone came out of the Taoist temple, looked down from a high position, and found that the only suspension bridge at the foot of the mountain leading to the outside of the mountain was surrounded by flames. Not strong.

Everyone was quiet for a moment, and then they heard someone shouting halfway up the mountain.

The gatekeeper Daotong was sitting under a tree lazily. He saw that the officials who had just come out were stuck at the gate, and he was curious. He came over to have a look, only to find that the bridge below was on fire. He hurriedly shouted, let the People go to fight the fire.

Zhao Hanyan and Bai Yutang went down first, and the Taoist priests followed with water basins and buckets to put out the fire.

But when they arrived, the wooden planks on the suspension bridge were basically burned and almost gone, leaving almost only a few hanging iron chains.

The two yamen servants who were originally left in charge of watching the bridge reported guiltily to Zhao Hanyan: "Just now someone shot an arrow from the forest, and we immediately chased after them. When we entered the forest to search, we heard the sound of fleeing footsteps. The sound chased away, and after searching for a while, I didn’t see anyone, and when I came back, I found that the bridge was on fire.”

"Tuning the tiger away from the mountain is obviously premeditated." Bai Yutang said.

At this time, the Taoist priest named Donglin explained: "It doesn't matter, the iron chain will not burn out, and it will still be able to walk after laying new wooden boards. We will go back and prepare some wooden boards later."

"It's not that simple." The purpose of burning the bridge is to destroy the bridge and cut off the only way out.The murderer is not an idiot. He just burned the planks, but it can only hinder the effort for a moment. Besides, if it doesn't work, he can still leave by climbing the iron chain. What kind of destruction of the bridge?

Bai Yutang looked around, took the bucket in Donglin's hand, and threw it casually at an iron chain. The iron chain swayed from side to side, and then the part near the other end of the bridge suddenly broke, hitting the bottom of the ditch.

Everyone was startled when they saw this, how much force is needed to hit the chain with this bucket, and the chain broke!If people step on it, what's the deal?He would definitely fall into the deep ditch below immediately. The river at the bottom of the ditch is not deep, and there are many river rocks. If he falls like this, his brain will definitely burst.

Apparently the chain on the other side of the bridge was broken.

Dong Lin was shocked, and thanked Bai Yutang gratefully for saving his life.

Bai Yutang glanced at him indifferently, then turned around to discuss a solution with Zhao Hanyan, "It's not too difficult to go down to the ditch, cross the river and then climb up, as long as those knives, ropes and claw hooks, anyone with a little kung fu can do it .”

"Don't climb!" Dong Lin hurriedly explained, "Because of being attacked by thieves several times in the temple, this spring, the head of the Ziyan Road got some poisonous thorn seeds and asked us to scatter them on both sides of the river. Now the poisonous thorns have grown Come out, there are climbers on the cliffs on both sides of the river bank. If you are cut by that thing, you will faint and vomit, or you will be poisoned and die.”

The rest of the Taoist priests agreed that this was indeed the case. Even if they suffered the slightest fainting, they fainted halfway up the cliff, and they fell to their deaths.

"You Ziyan Daoist is really... thoughtful." Zhao Hanyan couldn't help but sigh in admiration, and couldn't help but wonder how afraid the late Daoist was of being stolen, so he would come up with such a "self-confident" way.It may not be possible to guard against thieves, but it is very safe to surround your own people inside.

"Then this is all I have now." Zhao Hanyan took out from her sleeve the rattle arrow she brought with her when she went out, "But it's too far away from Tokyo city, and it's impossible for the yamen to see us and come to meet us with this, so we still didn't Use. At the moment, we can only wait to see who comes here, find out the situation here, and ask him to help deliver a message. Or wait for other people in Kaifeng Mansion to realize that the situation is wrong, and then come to rescue us."

Bai Yutang agreed, and now there is really no other better way.

Zhao Hanyan left four people waiting near the broken bridge this time, hoping they would come sooner.Send another group of people to search the mountain. Although there is little hope, they still want to find the murderer who just shot the arrow.

"Someone deliberately left us in Ziyun Temple. From now on, we must be more careful."

When Zhao Hanyan went up the mountain, he reminded the accompanying officials, and also told Bai Yutang to pay attention, and asked him not to underestimate the enemy because of his high skill.

Bai Yutang was really not afraid of these things, and nodded after listening to Zhao Hanyan's instructions.

The group then returned to Ziyun Temple.The people in the temple hurriedly asked how the situation was, and after learning that the Broken Bridge could no longer leave, both the Taoist priests and the pilgrims who were left behind were a little anxious.

After Jiang Wangji heard this, he hurried to report to his prince.Not long after, Duan Silian, who was dressed in an ivory white brocade robe, came pacing slowly.While reassuring everyone that there is no need to worry, he told everyone that he is the prince of Dali who brought many guards, and he will definitely protect everyone's safety.

Duan Silian had already learned from Jiang Wangji that Bai Yutang and Zhao Hanyan were here, looking around now, he only saw a yamen servant looking for the shopkeeper Xue and others to ask for a statement, but he didn't see Zhao Hanyan, so he asked Jiang Wangji Where did they go.

Jiang Wangji replied after asking: "I went to the resting place of Taoist Ziyan, I guess I should check the corpse first."

Speaking of the death of Taoist Master Zi Yan, Duan Silian sighed, "It's so scary to cultivate Taoism and cross the sky. He was fine yesterday, and I had a good chat with him!"

"This is the destiny of Daoist Ziyan, there is no way to do it, the little prince must not be sad." Jiang Wangji hurriedly persuaded.

"Let's go, let's check the situation over there first, and then go to Taoist Master Qingxi." Duan Silian said.

The two masters and servants brought more than a dozen entourages, and then rushed to the resting place of Taoist Ziyan. There was only one black corpse in the room, and there were two guards outside the door. I didn't see anyone else.

"Where are the two policemen?"

"Which two arrests?" The two yamen looked at Jiang Wangji puzzledly.

"It's the cook surnamed Zhao, and another one surnamed Bai." Jiang Wangji said.

"Ah, it turns out that Vice Envoy Jiang was talking about Little Brother Zhao and Fifth Master Bai. They went to Taoist Priest Ziyan's bedroom just after checking the body of the Taoist priest."

"Fifth Master Bai?" Duan Silian was surprised when he heard this title, and then became suspicious.

Before, he asked Jiang Wangji to inquire about the identity of the white catcher, but he only said that he was a catcher, and that he was not a local, and he didn't say anything special.

Duan Silian immediately felt that he had really dug up a piece of rough jade this time, which could be polished.But just now, the yacha actually called him Fifth Lord Bai, who can be called casually, and he was very respectful when he said it.

The Yamen looked at Duan Silian in confusion, "Could it be that the little prince also knows that Fifth Master Bai is the famous Chinchilla in the world?"

"He is Chinchilla?" Duan Silian was startled. He had heard of Chinchilla before, but because he always liked to hear the legends of Zhan Zhao, he didn't pay much attention to the matter of Chinchilla. After all, mice are definitely not as powerful as cats. , of course he wants to listen to the best.

Duan Silian is from Dali, and the two government servants certainly believed that Duan Silian didn't know the reputation of the Golden Retriever, but he really didn't know either.The two yamen gave two examples to explain to him how powerful this Bai Yutang was in Jianghu.

The more Duan Silian heard it, the more ugly his face became.When I thought about how I used to say that my status as a policeman was too low, and that he should not be unknown, I would make him more famous... Only now did I realize that my words were too self-indulgent, what a shame!He has been famous for a long time, why use him to mention it!

Moreover, Duan Silian also deeply realized that rats are not inferior to cats, and Bai Yutang's behavior style is more to his liking.

Unscrupulous, fast and ruthless, how happy!

But I just don't know if I can still bring such a famous talent under my command.If he was in Dali in the future, he would get twice the result with half the effort if someone like Bai Yutang helped him with his affairs.

With these small schemes in mind, Duan Silian hurried to find Bai Yutang in Zi Yan's dormitory.

But before he entered the courtyard, he was stopped.

"The case is being investigated inside, please don't come in, my little prince." Zhang Ling saluted and apologized.

"I'm not an outsider. I've lived in your Kaifeng Mansion for quite a while. Besides, I met Daoist Ziyan before he died. I can help you solve the case."

Duan Silian showed a 'tolerant and amiable' appearance again, but Zhang Ling couldn't be fooled.

Because Zhang Ling was once in charge of guarding Duan Silian's courtyard, he had already seen the true appearance of Prince Duan in private.So later, when Jiang Wangji asked him about the situation of 'Bai Bu Kuai', he didn't tell the truth, and just made a few ambiguous remarks to fool him. There was no particular reason, but he was too lazy to answer.

"My lord, please be considerate. This is the rule of the Kaifeng Mansion. Outsiders are not allowed to enter the place where the crime took place, so as not to damage the scene and miss the clues left by the murderer." Zhang Ling was determined not to be accommodating.

Duan Silian was very frustrated and angrily found out that his status as a prince had never been easy to use in the Kaifeng mansion, needless to say to Mr. Bao Zhan Zhao, the little cook didn't eat it, Bai Yutang was even worse, and there was another Zhang Ling .

Duan Silian pointed at Zhang Ling: "You—"

"What's the matter?" Zhao Hanyan came out of the alchemy room and saw something was going on here.

"My king wants to go in, but he won't let me in." Duan Silian deliberately called himself 'my king'.

"This is an important place for Kaifeng Mansion to handle cases. Why did Prince Dali come in?"

Zhao Hanyan asked a rhetorical question, and Duan Silian was so angry that he vomited blood.

"My lord, please go back to your room and wait." Zhao Hanyan said again.

"you--"

"Ah ah ah ah ah……"

Suddenly, a man's scream came from the courtyard next door.

Then I heard something slam into the door with a 'bang', then fell to the ground with a 'poof', and finally the sound of staggering footsteps.

Bai Yutang immediately came out of the house when he heard the sound, and jumped over the wall, while Zhao Hanyan and Zhang Ling walked around through the courtyard gate.

Duan Silian didn't care about getting angry now, and followed.

The courtyard where the noise was made was where Daoist Qingxi lived, and it was adjacent to that of Daoist Ziyan.

Bai Yutang was already standing in the hall, looking coldly at the fish tank in the middle of the room.

The fish tank has a blue pattern on a white background, and the pattern is a pattern of lotus and goldfish, which is lifelike.This fish tank is as tall as half a person, about as high as Zhao Hanyan's waist. It was quite beautiful at first, but now there is a person standing upside down and inserting it into the tank with his head down. The leaves were also messed up.

Looking at the clothing and figure of the handstand deceased, it is completely in line with Taoist Qingxi.

Zhao Hanyan asked Zhang Ling and others to move out the body to further confirm that the person was dead and that he was indeed Taoist Qingxi.

The cries of the Taoist priest who had just discovered the body had already attracted many crowds to watch, and they were all blocked out of the yard by the Yamen.

When everyone learned that Taoist Master Qingxi had also died, they were all terrified and started talking about it.Another person took the initiative to report that Xie An had come to Taoist Master Qingxi's room half an hour ago.

"I was wronged! The Taoist priest was not in the room when I came, I just took... I took the jade incense burner and left!" Xie An was so frightened that he hurriedly defended, not even daring to hide the theft.