Half River Autumn Moon and River Spring [Rat and Cat]

After the questioning, the two returned to Kaifeng Mansion.Zhan Zhao was thinking about what Linzi said all the way, and found that Linzi was indeed very problematic, but he couldn't find any breakthrough in what he said. He couldn't say in front of people that you had an affair with Boss Yang. Love is broken by a child, this way, that, and that tear the face, not to mention that people will not admit it, and a child's words are not counted in court.

Could this Linzi be the person behind the scenes, or is there another person behind him?

When they arrived at Kaifeng Mansion, the two were planning to find something to eat. When they passed by Gongsun's door, they saw a large vat at the door of his room. Zhan Zhao felt curious, so he went over to have a look. It was dark inside except for water. None, and then I saw the lights in Gongsun's inner room, Zhan Zhao went to look again, and saw Gongsun put several bowls of water on the desk, and there was something in each bowl, and Gongsun was holding A small knife, very serious and focused to engrave something.

"Sir, what are you carving?"

Zhan Zhao leaned on Gongsun's window sill lying on his stomach, looking eager for knowledge, Bai Yutang followed suit, and found that what was in the bowl and carved in Gongsun's hand were the seeds sent by his elder brother.

"These seeds brought by Bai Jintang, I suspect they are some kind of extinct aquatic plants in ancient times, all of their shells have a layer of hard material that prevents them from germinating. I soaked each of them in water for a day today. , Now the outer skin is quite soft, I plan to help him peel off the hard layer, so that if there is no accident, it will germinate in a few days." Gongsun did not lift his head, and focused on the few seeds.

Zhan Zhao became interested, and then asked: "In ancient times? What is it? Can you eat it?"

Bai Yutang at the side looked helpless.

Gongsun took one and looked at it carefully for a while, and said uncertainly: "I think it should be a lotus-like plant, but I'm not sure which one it is. To be sure, at least wait for it to germinate, tsk, But I have to say that Bai Jintang is quite capable. This kind of thing can't be obtained even if you have money, and it's very difficult for someone to grow him alive. I'm not sure. It would be a pity if he couldn't live Yes... I heard Mr. Bao said that the emperor had sent someone to cultivate it, but it happened that the weather was bad that year, and none of them survived. At that time, I felt sorry for the youngest, but the emperor's seeds seemed to be tributes from other countries. Yes, the famous and the expensive belong to the famous and expensive, but they are not ancient, this is really rare!"

Zhan Zhao asked again: "Sir, what is the big vat at your door used for?"

"When they germinate and grow almost, I will move them to that tank to take care of them, otherwise they will not grow."

Zhan Zhao nodded: "Mister is thoughtful."

"However, some plants will become very dependent on their own environment after staying in one place for a long time. Once they are not adapted to the migration, they will wither and wither immediately. I have never encountered such an ancient plant before. I don't know if it will be like this. Be as careful as possible." Gongsun said while carefully handling the shell of the seed.

Zhan Zhao nodded thoughtfully.

"By the way," Gongsun said calmly while continuing the work at hand, "The case is about to go to trial. If there is no new progress, the brother in prison will be in trouble."

"Don't worry, sir."

After the two went to the kitchen to eat, Zhan Zhao went to the cell alone.

I haven't seen Su Liran for a few days. Although he is wearing a prison uniform, he looks very clean, but he is thinner than before. However, the cough on his body seems to be cured. It seems that Gongsun's treatment is indeed very effective.

Seeing Zhan Zhao's arrival, Su Liran stood up and greeted him, there was no such embarrassment and embarrassment of the prisoner when he saw the officer, as if an old friend had come to the house, and the polite and familiar greeting.

Zhan Zhao was also not polite, and asked very bluntly: "How has Mr. Su been these few days?"

Su Liran said with a smile: "The cell is no better than the guest room, it smells a little bit more humid."

Zhan Zhao looked around and said, "There is no way to see the sun, and the musty smell. Earlier, I suggested to Mr. Bao to take out the bunks in the cell to dry. Mr. Bao took a look at me at that time, and then sent I went to Wulipo to sweep up the bandits, you don't know, Wulipo is far away from the capital, it took me half a month to go back and forth..."

Su Liran laughed out loud: "Master Zhan came here to see me, isn't it to complain to me about the prison in Kaifeng Mansion?"

Zhan Zhao smacked his lips, and said, "That's not true, I mainly want to see you and chat with you..."

"Then try to see if I'm the real murderer behind the scenes?"

"..."

"Master Zhan, you don't have to shy away from it. If I were standing in your position, I would have the same suspicion. The murderer is undoubtedly Boss Yang of Ji'an Medicine Store, but he was undoubtedly instructed by others, and the real mastermind behind the scenes is something else. people."

Zhan Zhao smiled: "Since Mr. Su said so, there must be something to help him clear his suspicions. Someone Zhan would like to hear more about it."

"I really had nothing to do in the prison these few days, so I asked Mr. Gongsun for a map of the capital. Mr. happened to have a newly drawn map, so I gave it to you. The corpse has some understanding, and after several days of research, I finally discovered the secret of hiding the corpse, and every time the corpse is buried, it is actually to remind the next target."

"From this point of view, it seems that the murderer just killed without direction, but the murder stopped abruptly after the third case, which is a bit strange, and judging from the layout of the third case, it is simply anticlimactic. If it's not that the murderer's brain suddenly went bad, or the murderer betrayed the mastermind, the original purpose of the mastermind is by no means as simple as the three cases, then from this point of view, my role is rather embarrassing."

Zhan Zhao smiled and motioned for Su Liran to continue.

"It's embarrassing because I seem innocent to be involved in this case, but when I think about it, I seem to have something to do with every case, and now, in front of Mr. Zhan, it's more like I was involved with the murderer. There was a dispute, but the murderer used it to frame the mastermind who was imprisoned, but Mr. Zhan, if I were really the mastermind of this case, I would never sit here and wait for death, and the reason why I can sit here with peace of mind It is precisely because I believe that Mr. Zhan will return my innocence, otherwise, with my family background, the prison in Kaifeng Mansion will definitely not be able to trap mere mere mere things."

Zhan Zhao replied: "Originally, I just had doubts in my heart, and I wasn't sure it was you, Mr. Su, but what Mr. Su said made me feel that Mr. Su really had a lot to do with this case."

Su Liran paused, then asked hesitantly: "So, Master Zhan has other suspects?"

"In our business, suspicion is indispensable, but no matter whether you suspect it or not, it must be the evidence that can really make the case final."

"Yu Mao is worthy of being a Yu Mao. I thought that I already had a lot of experience with this case, but it seems that Mr. Zhan has already got three points. I am afraid that everything is ready now, and I only owe the east wind."

Zhan Zhao scratched his face: "Mr. Su is too famous. I have been running around this case for so many days, but you are only in prison to think that it is not easy to reach such a level. If Mr. Su is really the mastermind, I will never let you go." It’s impossible to figure out the case so quickly.”

Su Liran shook his head: "If I were really that powerful, I wouldn't be reduced to such a situation now."

Zhan Zhao said: "I'm really sorry, Mr. Su may have to be wronged here for a few more days."

"It's okay, Mr. Zhan can handle the case with peace of mind, I'm not so delicate and expensive."

……

After Zhan Zhao said goodbye to Su Liran, he left the cell. When he returned to his room, he saw Bai Yutang sitting there waiting for him to come back. After entering the room, Zhan Zhao habitually sat beside Bai Yutang and picked up the Tea is a big mouthful.

Bai Yutang saw that Zhan Zhao was gurgling to drink water, so he couldn't help but said, "Cat, drink water too quickly and easily choke."

"It's okay... cough, cough cough cough cough..."

Before Zhan Zhao finished speaking, he choked on water and started coughing. Bai Yutang hurriedly got up and patted Zhan Zhao's back a few times. Zhan Zhao coughed a few times and cleared his throat before smiling embarrassedly.

Bai Yutang said: "Have you gone to see Su Liran?"

"Yeah."

"Did you ask anything?"

Zhan Zhao sighed, and said, "Yutang, to tell you the truth, I have always suspected that the man behind the scenes might be Su Liran, and I even thought that there might be some conflict between him and Boss Yang. Therefore, not only did Boss Yang not follow his instructions to commit the crime, but it is more likely that Boss Yang wanted to put Su Liran in jail as a murderer. The person who committed the crime was put in prison... So there was a third case, and Boss Yang insisted that Su Liran was the murderer and wanted to put him to death..."

"And then? Now you've changed your mind again?"

"Well, I just wanted to test him out, but the result was a bit beyond my expectation."

"Oh? What do you say?"

"Su Liran is not as simple as I imagined. Your second brother's vision is really poisonous and accurate."

"You mean he has something to do with the case?"

"Tsk tsk, it's hard to say, but I don't think he should be the planner, because even the planner owes so much compared to him."

"Okay, if that's the case, shall we still monitor the third lady tonight? Since that Linzi is also very suspicious, we can also monitor him tonight."

Zhan Zhao smacked his lips again, and said, "There's no need for that, the third lady met Boss Yang last night and got angry."

Bai Yutang frowned and said, "How is it possible, we saw with our own eyes last night that the third lady didn't go out at all."

"No, the third lady did go out from under our noses, but we took it for granted that we forgot about it."