[Comprehensive Martial Arts] Daoist Mo's Whisk

The answer to this question is simple.

Presumably, there must be more corpses buried under the sand dunes.

As for where these corpses came from... It is not difficult to guess when you think of the hundreds of soldiers who disappeared from the Liao army.

"I don't know how the Seventh Prince will react when he finds out about this." Mo Qi frowned and did not relax, "Three days have not come yet, if I tell him now... I'm afraid he will raise his troops in an uproarious manner, and when the time comes... With the great chaos in the Northwest, we are at our wits' end and cannot continue to investigate the case."

Gong Jiu wrote lightly: "Since that's the case, don't tell him. First send the army to dig out the corpse of the Liao army. After three days, the case is solved and then handed over to him."

Mo Qi looked towards the boundless desert in the northwest, worried: "Quicksand is unpredictable, even boulders can be moved. If these corpses are caught in the quicksand and walk with the sand, there is a huge desert in the northwest, and it is necessary to find all the corpses." , three days is definitely not enough."

When Gong Jiu found the worms in the sand dunes earlier, he asked his men to dig on the spot, but they couldn't find the worms' caves.Not to mention the corpses of the Liao Army who had been moving with the quicksand for several days, they might have been washed away by the quicksand and scattered in different places in the desert.

Gong Jiu said casually: "So what?"

His mind was not on three days or three days at all.

The strange sense of dislocation just now was still haunting him.The extremely high self-esteem urged him to regain the initiative immediately, and to teach this presumptuous person a lesson, let this guy know how powerful he is, and then use absolute force to coerce this guy who doesn't know what to do He was driven to a dead end, there was no way to retreat, and he obediently became his own lackey.

But calculating and calculating, Gong Jiu couldn't help but think to herself: ...I have gone to dig out the corpses of the worms with my own hands, when will I be able to bear this bully?

This thought, which is completely different from other gloomy thoughts, has been hard to ignore since it popped up, scratching his curiosity to inflate desperately, and even squeezed out all the plots that were brewing from his head.

Taking advantage of Mo Qi's contemplation, Gong Jiu pretended to glance at Mo Qi's expression casually.

Mo Qi's complexion was not as affected by insects and rats as Gong Jiu thought, but a deep worry occupied his face and his eyes.

He was worried that Yumen had no generals at this time. If they made a wrong move and the Liao army declared war, how many innocent people would be burned to death in this war.

Mo Qi stopped talking.He took off the gloves, took the remaining pot of winter to drink, took the fire bag, boiled the wine dry, and then put the cleaned sky blue gloves into the queen horse's luggage.

After Gong Jiu slapped her palm, her "legs were sore" again, and she forcibly stuck to the back of Dahei's horse, unwilling to walk by herself.Mo Qi had no choice but to lend his beloved horse to Gong Jiu, took the reins by himself, and walked towards Yumen Pass on foot in the sunset.

The sun was slanting to the west, Gong Jiu didn't know what he was thinking, sitting on the horseback with his head down in a daze, but Mo Qi raised his head slightly, admiring the red glow of the desert.The golden-red sunlight outlines the undulating lines of his face, like a scroll.

Dahei stopped suddenly.

Gong Jiu frowned slightly in confusion, and looked at Mo Qi who had stopped in his tracks: "What?"

The city wall and arrow tower of Yumen Pass can already be seen from a distance, revealing a corner behind the undulating desert.The setting sun hits the uneven bricks and stones, setting off the shadow of the vicissitudes of life.

Mo Qi stared straight at the city wall and tower: "Look...the top of the wall and the top of the tower are sunken, as if something is missing?"

The area of ​​the depression is really too big, but the depth is not deep, so that when people stand close and look at it, it is almost difficult to detect it.But standing at the position of Mo Qi and Gong Jiu, looking at it in the setting sun, it is clearly a circular depression.

"The wild goose said...'The caravan lost its way, and the square plate is inlaid with jade. Don't give up the black jade, and never lead the way.'" Mo Qi looked at the depression and murmured.

"Yumen used to be called Fangpan City." Gong Jiu also saw the depression: "Could it be... that the legend of the luminous dark green jade, the legend of the horse lost its way, is it really true?"

"But—what does the legend have to do with the current case?"

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When Mo Qi and Gong Jiu returned to the mansion in a daze, Chu Liuxiang and Hu Tiehua had already been waiting for a long time.Gong Jiu first gave the order for people to lead soldiers to secretly go to the desert to dig up the corpses, and then sat down with Mo Qi and exchanged information with Chu and Hu.

"The reply letter from the Tianyan Sect has arrived, saying that the disciple who was expelled from the sect and wandered to Yumen Pass should be called Jiang Wuru. It is because behind the back of the sect, he used the unique secret method of the Tianyan Sect to create cruel danger for the wicked. He was expelled because of his hidden weapon." Chu Liuxiang showed Mo Qi and Gong Jiu the letter sent by Fei Ge.

"Although the Tianyan Sect is similar to the Tang Sect, they are all engaged in the business of concealed weapons, but the school's rules strictly prohibit disciples from helping evil people, doing evil things, and killing lives indiscriminately. It is said that the hidden weapons sold by Jiang Wuru are enough to kill people. It took more than a dozen people before it was discovered and destroyed by the Tianyan faction... But the world is a mess, and the government has nothing to do with this case." Hu Tiehua shook his head and sighed, "This guy is very cunning, and the Tianyan faction chased him down. It actually allowed him to escape safely, not only that, but also slipped to Yumen Pass to make trouble."

Gong Jiu glanced at the letter carelessly, then handed it to Mo Qi, went to the chief seat and sat down to rest: "Since the letter from Tianyan Sect has arrived, has Xuejiazhuang's reply letter arrived yet?"

Letters to Tianyan faction, Xuejiazhuang, and Bianjing were all tied to carrier pigeons and released at the same time.It may be some time before the carrier pigeon arrives in Bianjing, but the reply from Xuejiazhuang should have arrived earlier.

Chu Liuxiang was also a little puzzled: "No, maybe... was delayed on the way?"

He quickly put down this clue that had no progress for the time being, and asked Hu Tiehua to send Tang Yuandao, who had been forced to recite "Lao Tzu" in the hall, to his room, and then began to talk about what he had collected today. clue.

"Qian Shizhen's situation is different from other people. He is a jade merchant himself, not only him, the Qian family's ancestors have been in the business of selling jade for generations." Chu Liuxiang ran over with a look, and took a pen to record Lin Qi, "So he was already very rich before the few remaining people got rich."

"I asked the family members of the deceased, and they all said that they didn't know why the family suddenly became rich. These deceased only started to bring money, gold, silver and jewelry to the family last year, but they kept their mouths tight and never disclosed Where did the money come from?"

Chu Liuxiang sighed and shook his head: "Poor General Ma's child, he is still young and can't understand the meaning of his father's death. When I went, he was still running around the yard with his nanny..."

Compared with the current precariousness of Yumenguan, this bit of happiness seems to be particularly miserable and desolate.

Chu Liuxiang: "Let's not mention that General Ma for now. Think about it, Qian, Wen, Wu, and Jiang, if these four people get rich together and are killed together, they must have a very close relationship. And the relationship between them The family doesn’t know about the plan, so it must not have been planned at home. If that’s the case, where will they go to ‘conspire together’?”

Gong Jiu said lightly: "Wine, restaurant."

Major events between men are mostly brewed and fermented with wine.

Chu Liuxiang nodded: "That's right. So Hu Tiehua and I went to find the best restaurant in Yumen Pass."

After Hu Tiehua sent Tang Yuandao off, he just came in from outside the door: "Hey, it's an exaggeration to say that it's a restaurant. It's a tuyuan converted into a homestay. However, it is indeed the best restaurant in Yumen Pass."

Chu Liuxiang looked at Gong Jiu: "We asked the boys there, have we met Ma, Qian, Wen, Wu, and Jiang before? Guess what they said?"

Gong Jiu's eyes are a bit unfriendly, and he doesn't want to play this kind of game.

Fortunately, Chu Liuxiang didn't intend to let Gong Jiu really guess, he continued: "They said that they had indeed met, but the number of times these five people were together at the same time was only once, and that was when they got together for the first time. Afterwards, General Ma never came again. And—in addition to the five of them, there is actually one other person who will show up at this banquet every time."

Gong Jiu: "Who?"

Chu Liuxiang: "The son of King Dongxun, Zhao Xian."

Gong Jiu was indifferent: "I haven't heard of it either."

Obviously, this prince is not someone who is on the stage, Gong Jiu doesn't care about this kind of little shrimp who is dispensable to him.

But this little shrimp, placed in Yumen Pass, is a real relative of the emperor.

Chu Liuxiang smiled slightly: "This prince Dongxun who traveled thousands of miles away and came to Ximenguan to live in seclusion, coincidentally sneaked away to Bianjing five days ago to play, and went all the way to Jinling with great fanfare, spending a lot of money on the Qinhuai River. I just came back from Jinling."

Lin Qi, who had been writing and taking notes, understood Chu Liuxiang's implication: "This son of King Dongxun, you are on a fast schedule?"

Even for Lianjiazi like Chu Liuxiang and Hu Tiehua, with galloping horses and few rests, it would take at least two days and three nights to go from Yumen Pass to Jinling.But this son of King Dongxun insisted on going back and forth on Yumen Pass, Bianjing, and Qinhuai River within five days just to have fun?

It is too much.

Mo Qi: "I want to cover it up."

"Isn't it because there is no 300 taels of silver here?" Chu Liuxiang agreed, "Now, five of the six people who used to have a drink and talk at the banquet are dead, and the only one alive is Zhao Xian, the son of King Dongxun. Even if he If you are not a murderer, you must know the secret behind the serial case."

He continued: "Besides, after I finished asking each family, I went to their study and bedroom to look around."

This time, it is obviously not the main entrance.

Chu Liuxiang took out two thick booklets from his pocket: "I haven't found any evidence of their connection with the Liao people, so I'll put this speculation aside for now. I found these two books in Qian Shizhen's study. It's his jade business, the account books of the previous year and last year."

Chu Liuxiang: "That's what I thought at the time - if Qian Shizhen gained extra wealth, it would definitely not have the slightest impact on his business at hand. Which businessman doesn't want to make more money by himself?"

"I think Qian Shizhen will definitely find a way to expand or enrich the supply of goods, and this will definitely be recorded in the ledger. So I went through his ledger for the past two years to see if there would be any clues, but found a It’s an abnormality that can’t be explained anywhere.”

Chu Liuxiang handed the account book to Gong Jiu, who was closest to him: "Look, at the end of the year before last, Qian Shizhen's total silver receipts were 3000 million taels, but the sum at the end of last year was only 300 million taels. How much difference is there? silver?"

Chu Liuxiang also just asked casually, and she just picked up random people to talk to during her reasoning, and only waited for Gong Jiu to report the answer of this simple arithmetic before continuing her long speech.did not expect……

The ninth son was suspiciously silent: "..."

Ninth Young Master hesitated: "...well... there is a lot of money short."

Everyone looked at him suspiciously.

Gong Jiu: "..." He endured the urge to snap his fingers, and tried his best to calculate in his head, "Two thousand seven?"

Everyone: "..."

Mo Qi: "...It's 700 million taels."

Gong Jiu: "..."

The perfect prince of Taiping, the cold and conceited ninth son, the only two weaknesses in his life.

One is Lu Chi, and the other is arithmetic.

The author has something to say: Gong Jiu can't even calculate 100-17... 3000 million minus 300 million, it's a few digits.

Unable to answer the ninth son: I think you want to die :)