Kaifeng House Small Dining Table

Yan Shu praised Bai Yutang for being right, and then looked at Zhao Hanyan and Bai Yutang with intense interest, "Then how do you guys think they should be caught?"

Bai Yutang looked at Zhao Hanyan.

Zhao Hanyan frowned, "I was wondering why Ou Dachun sent the deceased's belongings to the kitchen after murder. Ou Sanchun also wanted to send fingers and heads to the kitchen. But there is no case of Ou Erchun?"

"Maybe, but I don't know why the kitchen didn't receive it. Afterwards, Jin Shuilian didn't say a word about your interrogation of the mastermind behind the scenes. It must have been on guard and deliberately didn't confess." Bai Yutang replied.

Zhao Hanyan slightly opened her eyes and looked at Bai Yutang. She thought that Bai Yutang didn't pay much attention to the case, but she didn't expect him to understand and analyze it so deeply.

Feeling Zhao Hanyan's surprise, Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows and explained to Zhao Hanyan: "Is it strange? Since I'm a police officer, I always have to learn how to solve the case. You can't just think about it every time, and I'll be cold-hearted." Watch."

Zhao Hanyan was a little moved, and hurriedly handed over to Bai Yutang, "Thank you, Brother Bai!"

"Brother Han, you are being polite." Bai Yutang did not forget to add, "If you feel bad, you can make up for it with grilled fish."

When Yan Shu heard about the grilled fish, he smiled at Zhao Hanyan, and his eyes were a bit meaningful, as if the whole Zhao Hanyan he saw was a grilled fish.

Yan Shu's heartfelt voice: A person with a magnanimity like Young Master Bai would never casually talk about a bite. This grilled fish must be very delicious, but it's a pity that I won't be able to eat it right now.It seems that in the future, when I have free time, I will often visit Kaifeng Mansion, and I will go there during dinner, and Bao Zheng will naturally keep me for dinner.

Before Bai Yutang could get an answer, he turned his head and saw Zhao Hanyan looking at Yan Shu with a suppressed smile on his lips.Yan Shu also smiled, but he didn't look at Zhao Hanyan, he looked straight ahead without knowing what he was thinking.

Bai Yutang's gaze wandered back and forth between the two of them for a while, and he felt a little headache.

He didn't figure it out for a while, but at the moment he was sure that he wanted to solve the case as soon as possible, so that he could leave Ziyan Temple as soon as possible.

So Bai Yutang continued to discuss the case with the two of them.

"The other day when you mentioned that the Dachun Sanchun case had something to do with the kitchen, you seemed to have realized something, but now you have figured it out?" Bai Yutang asked Zhao Hanyan.

Zhao Hanyan didn't expect Bai Yutang to remember this, so he nodded, "The murderer targeted the kitchen of Kaifeng Mansion several times. I think the most likely connection is the case that happened in the kitchen before. I went to check the files of the Xie Dashan case afterwards."

"At that time, the Kaifeng government wiped out the Dayaoshan bandits headed by Qiu Hai. The bandit leader Qiu Hai was imprisoned and imprisoned in the Kaifeng government prison. Later, his wife Liu Shi disguised herself as a cook and came to the kitchen to apply and threatened Xie Dashan. She tried to rescue her husband under the pretext of delivering food from the cell. Xie Dashan did not give in, and immediately shouted and reported Liu, who killed Xie Dashan in desperation, and was executed immediately." Zhao Hanyan briefly described the process.

Yan Shu nodded, "This matter was also reported to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. I have read the file."

"Could it be that the black hand behind the scenes has something to do with Qiu Hai and the Liu family? The purpose of the black hand planning these cases is to frame the Kaifeng government?" Bai Yutang frowned, "If it's really a relative of Qiu Hai and the Liu family, he must be a bandit. How could Takeo Yamano take such a lot of trouble in revenge?"

"No one is born stupid. Those who study are not necessarily smart, and those who practice martial arts are not necessarily reckless." Zhao Hanyan turned his eyes to look at Bai Yutang, "Isn't Brother Bai just an example?"

"I both studied and practiced martial arts, neither belong to the two, but what you said is also reasonable." Bai Yutang thought about it seriously, "The mastermind behind the scenes wants to avenge them, but it must not be a deep hatred, old friends or something? "

Zhao Hanyan nodded, "Revenge is not his main purpose. If it's just simple revenge, just as you said, just swing the knife and think about how to kill people. The case of him planning and instigating four springs is much more complicated There must be another purpose, but while carrying out this purpose, there is a little bit of revenge in it, and the black hands are likely to have a better relationship with the Liu family."

"This is complicated." Yan Shu rubbed his head, then cupped his hands to Zhao Hanyan in admiration, "It's no wonder Mr. Bao values ​​you. Little brother Zhao's depth of thinking about things is really different from that of ordinary people."

"Master Yan praised you absurdly. I just love to think about it. I am also surprised that this can help solve the case. However, we still need to catch the mastermind behind the scenes as soon as possible. There was a stir in the court. The case of Ziyanguan’s 400 million taels of government money belongs to Ou Sichun’s case, and it seems that there is something bigger in it.” Zhao Hanyan guessed.

Yan Shu rubbed his temples again, "It's a bit complicated. I regret taking over this case. I knew I would leave it to Song Shangshu."

Bai Yutang and Zhao Hanyan looked at Yan Shu at the same time.

Yan Shu was stunned, and explained to them with a smile that Song Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Justice likes to accept such big cases, and the bigger the trouble, the more he likes it.

"As the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, at least you should respect your superiors." Yan Shu turned to Zhao Hanyan and Bai Yutang, "Is this the truth?"

Bai Yutang disagreed, and asked Zhao Hanyan, "Is that so?"

Zhao Hanyan nodded, "It is to respect the superiors." For example, when she was in the palace, she had to respect the two big bosses, the empress dowager and the emperor.

Bai Yutang: "..."

The smile in Yan Shu's eyes grew stronger, and he did not hesitate to praise Zhao Hanyan: "Good boy, your future is limitless."

Zhao Hanyan hurriedly thanked Yan Shu for her affirmation. She will definitely be an accomplished cook in Chinese food in the future. Of course, the goal now is to practice the basic skills and prepare home-cooked dishes first.

When it comes to cooking, Zhao Hanyan misses his own small kitchen in Kaifeng Mansion, "We can't just eat mushrooms in this Ziyan Temple all the time."

Yan Shu nodded again and again, "But Qiu Hai and the Liu family have already been punished. If we go to sort out and investigate the personnel relationship of the Qiu Hai and Liu family now, it will take a few days at least."

Bai Yutang reminded: "Dayao Mountain is only five miles away from Ziyan Mountain. If you go from the northern cliff of Ziyan Mountain to that side, the distance will be even closer."

"Really?" Zhao Hanyan didn't understand the field environment outside Beijing.

"You can go and see it at dawn, and you can see that mountain when you look north." Bai Yutang explained.

Yan Shu: "When you said that, I also remembered, it seems that the distance is very close."

Yan Shu sighed again, and expressed surprise that Zhao Hanyan's conjectures had been confirmed one by one, "If it's true as you said, Master Bao was behind all these cases to disrupt the court situation, that would be really...unimaginable horrible."

At this time, the soldiers who were in charge of salvaging silver in the cave came back to report that all the money at the bottom of the pool had been salvaged, and it was initially estimated that there should be more than 30 taels of silver.

"It's only 30 taels." Yan Shu was very dissatisfied, and asked the soldiers if they had checked every passage in the cave one by one.

There are many caves in the empty stomach area in the mountain, which were not explored at that time.

The soldier shook his head, "The night is too dark, the situation in the cave is complicated, and our number is too small, so we haven't checked everything yet."

"Well, continue." Yan Shu has no choice, there are only so many people at present, and the Ziyan Temple and the exit at the foot of the mountain have to be dormant. Those who can be used have already been used. There is no extra manpower for them to fill, so they can only let them I checked slowly.

"These coins are still ingots, with official silver marks on them, so it is impossible to circulate them in the market. Ziyan Temple is named for alchemy, but it can enter a large amount of carbon without attracting attention. This place should be used to remelt these silver coins It is." Yan Shu speculated.

"So the place where the silver is melted hasn't been found yet? Those poor people who were missing were forced to work? The bones at the bottom of the mountain must be the corpses of the hard workers who melted silver in Ziyan Temple." Zhao Hanyan continued.

Bai Yutang: "Dayao Mountain Qiuhai is in charge of robbing the silver, and Ziyan Mountain is in charge of melting the silver. Then who transported the more than 300 million taels of silver? Besides, if the mastermind behind the scenes is related to Qiu Hai and his wife, and they have nothing to do with it." Ziyan Temple is an accomplice, so why do you want to expose your own people?"

Both Yan Shu and Zhao Hanyan shook their heads in unison.

"It's bigger than I thought."

Zhao Hanyan grabbed the teacup, his dark eyes stared straight at the ground in front of him, and he was absorbed in thought.

Yan Shu also thought about it for a while, and got up to bid farewell to the two of them.After much deliberation, it is still necessary to arrange more manpower in order to find the hidden silver melting place in the cave as soon as possible and confirm their guess as soon as possible.

Yan Shu then arranged for his confidant Yuan Ming to borrow 200 people from the Tiger Riding Camp.

"What's wrong with you?" Bai Yutang waited for a while, but Zhao Hanyan did not make a sound.

Zhao Hanyan blinked, looked up at Bai Yutang, but still didn't speak for a while.

"What's the matter?" Bai Yutang's voice became softer.

"I seem to think things are simple." Zhao Hanyan picked up the orange on the table and peeled off the first layer of skin. "This is a big orange with a big flesh inside. Every case is divided into small petals."

Zhao Hanyan picked off the orange petals one by one.

Bai Yutang reached out and took one and stuffed it into his mouth, then turned his eyes and told Zhao Hanyan, "Then eat one by one."

Zhao Hanyan also put a piece of orange into his mouth, "This time we only caught the big flesh, not the big orange. What I mean by the man behind the scenes is just the big flesh."

"Amazing, able to catch big flesh." Bai Yutang praised.

Zhao Hanyan knew that Bai Yutang was trying to comfort him, so he couldn't help laughing. "That's right, I'm pretty good."

"For ordinary people to investigate this case, it will stop when you go to Daotong. You can see so deeply, which is beyond the reach of others. Don't be too demanding on yourself." Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows, "I never demand too much on myself, only on others .”

"That's true." Zhao Hanyan agreed very much.

Bai Yutang glared at him.

Zhao Hanyan was even happier, he laughed, and temporarily put all the problems in front of him behind him.

"Why don't you laugh like before?" Bai Yutang asked.

Zhao Hanyan was puzzled: "What?"

Bai Yutang lowered his eyes, pretending to be casual and said: "It's nothing."

Hearing the faint sound of cock crowing from outside, Zhao Hanyan looked out the window, "It's almost dawn, let's go."

"Where are you going?" Bai Yutang asked.

"Search, there are so many mysteries in Ziyan Mountain. If I don't search thoroughly, I always feel that there will be omissions." Zhao Hanyan explained.

Bai Yutang called Zhang Ling, and the group started from the gate of Ziyan Temple and searched each room one by one.

In the end, everyone gathered in front of the mourning hall, and everyone reported that there was no result.

"Do you want to check it again?" Zhang Ling always felt that there might be something like a secret passage in the Ziyan temple, but it was hidden secretly, so everyone didn't find it.

"When Dong Lin died last night, the black hands did it. There were people guarding the outside closely, and it was impossible for others to come in from outside. But there were also people dormant inside the temple. How could he go to Dong Lin's room to inject medicine without being discovered? And This person is also very familiar with Donglin, so the two sat around the table and drank tea together." Zhao Hanyan said.

The two government servants in charge of monitoring Donglin both said that Donglin brought the tea back by himself, and saw him go back to the house alone, and did not see anyone else.

"Is there someone guarding the rear window?"

The yamen servants shook their heads. There were only twenty or so of them in total. Counting the officers and soldiers, there were less than forty people in charge of dormant watchmen. It was impossible for four or five people to guard a house. Only two of them could choose a secluded place. location, while guarding two or three adjacent houses.

Bai Yutang: "I've already asked. Last night, except for the doorman, everyone in the temple went back to their rooms to rest after dinner. Except for the occasional two people who ran out to pay respects, no one made any changes. , but it is not ruled out that some of these people escaped surveillance and committed murder."

"Kan Mendao was young and easily bewitched, so he dared to act in this situation. The child is bold but also has certain shortcomings. It is easy to confess after being caught, so the mastermind behind the scenes must know the result of his instigating Dao Tong. It just exposes its own existence.

We will naturally believe that one of the people in the current Taoist temple must be a black hand. We will definitely not let go of the opportunity to catch him and investigate everyone, then he is tantamount to exposing himself. "

Bai Yutang agreed, "That's right."

"This is not in line with Black Hand's usual 'smart' approach. I am more inclined to think that he does not exist in our eyes." Zhao Hanyan looked at the mourning hall of Taoist Zi Yan, and realized something, "So far, the only possibility is in our eyes. The person who does not exist in front of us is Daoist Ziyan, because his death method makes us unable to determine his identity. Now think about it carefully, whether the death method of the five elements is used to cover Ziyan with fire besides running through the whole case The difference in the way of Taoist priest's death? Otherwise, if he was the only one burned, it would be easy to be suspected. Elder Baiyun didn't feel sad when he saw Taoist Priest Ziyan die, and when he saw Taoist Priest Qingxi I shed tears. The three of them founded Ziyan Temple together, so they should have a very good relationship."

"Hearing you say that, it really makes sense."

"It makes sense."

After standing by the wall for a long time, Yan Shu came over and asked someone to re-examine the body.Because the body has been burned black, there is no way to identify its identity.Asking the Taoist priest to identify it again, I only feel that the body shape is very similar to the Taoist leader, and I can't tell whether the dark body is the Taoist leader Ziyan.

It was already broad daylight, and what was seen became clearer.Because there are towering old trees around the mourning hall, everyone didn't pay attention.Now Fang found that the back wall of Donglin's courtyard had been overturned, and it was the mourning hall.

Yan Shu immediately asked people to check the mourning hall and the courtyard for secret passages or hiding places. They checked all the walls, floors, cabinets, and beams again, but found no place to hide.

"He should have hid elsewhere, has he already gone down the mountain?"

Yan Shu: "It's absolutely impossible. Guanwai and Shanxia have already sent people to guard tightly. There are two obstacles. Unless he can fly, it is impossible to escape."

"I guess he originally wanted to escape through the secret passage, but it is also possible that he expected that the secret passage was discovered and left another escape route."

After Zhao Hanyan walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, he stretched his neck and looked at the charred corpse in the coffin.Her eyes fell, and finally fell on those burnt black hands, Zhao Hanyan sneered.