[Comprehensive Martial Arts] Daoist Mo's Whisk

"...Yes, there is indeed a lot of money missing. Master Jiu is right." Sensing Gong Jiu's staring stare behind him, Chu Liuxiang agreed with Gong Jiu out of conscience for his own safety. one time.

He hastened to bring his words back to the original topic, "I carefully looked at Qian Shizhen's business income and expenditure items in the past two years, and found that the reason for his large decrease in income at the end of the year was that the supply of goods he supplied did not increase but decreased. Compared with the supply of goods from the previous year Compared with the volume, last year's supply volume has been reduced by more than half."

"Half less? Why?" Lin Qi's eyes widened.

Chu Liuxiang shook his head: "There is no record of this. Normally, since Qian Shizhen's silver income and jade supply in the accounts have decreased, not only has his money not become tighter, but he has become richer. times, the jade and silver that disappeared inexplicably must have flowed to some unknown channel to earn such huge profits for him. But this is just a guess, I didn't find it in his study, Find other useful clues."

Mo Qi, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "These people are involved in the interest relationship, and they didn't obtain extra money through formal channels. In order to ensure that the secrets are not leaked, there is likely to be a ledger that records all their transactions. , to check each other. Now, among the six people, five are dead, but no evidence can be found in their homes, so if this account book exists, it can only be on the only one left."

Everyone looked at Chu Liuxiang together.

This kind of secret search for clues can only be done by Chu Liuxiang.

Chu Liuxiang rubbed his nose with a wry smile, and responded: "Yes. But Daoist, you should first talk about what you and the ninth son discovered, so that I can learn more about the situation, so that when I go to Dongxun Wang Shizi's mansion to secretly investigate, perhaps More clues can be found."

Gong Jiu was noncommittal, and told Chu Liuxiang and Hu Tiehua what he and Mo Qi had seen and heard in the desert, as well as the depressions on the city wall and arrow tower they found.

Hu Tiehua's complexion was a bit strange, with a look of disbelief: "No way? Could it be that such a large piece of luminous dark green jade was really inlaid before the gate of Yumenguan? But no matter how precious this luminous dark green jade is, it is worth it. Not to mention the sudden extra money from these few people! Unless there is a jade mine in Yumenguan!"

Chu Liuxiang sighed: "Okay. That's how it is arranged. Tonight, I will go to Zhao Xian's mansion to check. He just came back. If there is really a problem, today and tomorrow are the best chances for him to destroy the evidence. Tomorrow morning, I will come back and discuss with him." After you tell the result of the night talk, you can talk to Zhao Xian again."

After Chu Liuxiang finished speaking, she went to the kitchen to find the cook and took some buns, and took advantage of the sunset that had not yet set, and set off without delay.

Everyone dispersed with their hearts full of thoughts. Mo Qi stood there for a while, then got up and walked to his courtyard.

In the courtyard, Tang Yuandao was staring at the "Tao Te Ching" in his hand with a face full of hatred and bitter hatred: "The sky is long, and the earth is long. The reason why the sky and the earth can last long is that they can't live on their own, so they can live forever. As a sage, queen... queen..." He stupidly yelled fiercely at the book in his hand, "Hou, hou, hou! I just can't recite it! I hate you, I hate you!"

Tao Te Ching will naturally not respond.

Mo Qi stood at the door, watching himself scolding the book, the angry little apprentice, the hard lines on his face softened a lot: "... Yuandao."

Tang Yuandao jumped up from the stone bench: "Master!"

The stinginess he had recited from the book disappeared immediately, and his short short legs ran quickly, and he ran into the room and brought out a copper basin: "Master, you have worked hard, wash your hands!"

Tang Yuandao observed carefully, when Mo Qi returned to the house at night, the first thing he did was go to the well to fetch water and wash his hands.

Mo Qi was full of worries, because the young apprentice's anger had dissipated a little, he walked up to Tang Yuandao, and took the copper basin: "There is no need to delay your time, just keep reading."

Tang Yuan said: "..."

"You still can't see it? I'm afraid your little apprentice would rather help you fetch another ten or twenty basins of water than take a look at the Tao Te Ching." Gong Jiu's voice came lazily from behind Mo Qi .

Tang Yuandao opened his mouth to refute, but found that he didn't seem to have anything to refute. If he refuted, he would be lying, so he could only pouted sullenly and pretended to be dumb.

Mo Qi frowned: "Why are you here?"

With his hands behind his back, Gong Jiu said casually: "I just came to remind you that this insect may be all over Yumen Pass underground, and the well water in my mansion is also underground water, so it may not be clean."

Mo Qi's face turned blue.

Gong Jiu looked like he suddenly remembered, and said lightly: "Oh, yes, you shouldn't care about it, Daoist, after all, you have bathed with this well water several times."

He threw down a few words that shocked Mo Qi's heart, and then walked away gracefully.

Gong Jiu used his light skills, and after walking far away, he quietly turned back, stopped in the nearby yard, and listened attentively.

There was a deathly silence in the courtyard.

After a while, the sound of a copper basin cracking suddenly exploded, and Mo Qi yelled in a low voice full of anger: "Gong-jiu!"

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On the second day, just after dawn, Chu Liuxiang returned to Gong Jiu's mansion.Everyone had already gathered in the hall for breakfast, and the room was filled with the aroma of meat buns.

Chu Liuxiang hastily reached out and grabbed a steamed stuffed bun, ate it in two or three bites, and said, "I seem to have found some clues."

Everyone looked at Chu Liuxiang together.

The old housekeeper quickly fetched a handkerchief and wiped Chu Liuxiang's hands clean.

Chu Liuxiang took out a few letters from his pocket: "I found these in the hidden compartment of Zhao Xian's study."

"One is a family letter to his grandmother, saying that he has found a way to make money in Yumen Pass, and has made a lot of money. The other is a thank-you letter to Jinling Wang Zhifu, saying that he is grateful for the past few days In the future, I will introduce him to a good deal that will make a lot of money every day, and there is also a silver note of 500 million taels in the letter. There is also a letter written to him by Vice General Wu." Chu Liuxiang said.

"Deputy General Wu asked Zhao Xian why General Ma, Qian Shizhen, and Master Wen were killed suddenly, and they even made a masquerade appearance to play tricks. Did Zhao Xian act for these people?" Chu Liuxiang asked the letter He unfolded the letter and pointed it out to everyone.

Vice General Wu's handwriting is very rough, it is the most classic dog crawling body, it makes people dizzy just looking at it.Everyone squinted their eyes almost unanimously, distinguishing the words that were about to overlap.

Hu Tiehua's eyes were almost closed: "'Did you deliberately use the horse to get lost, implying our business?'... Oh, look here, he said, 'Tell you, if you have an affair with Xixia, if this kind of thing is exposed , even if you are a relative of the royal family, you will not end well! We all have something in our hands, so don’t think about jumping off the boat halfway, killing people and smothering people, and taking all the benefits!'”

The amount of information in this passage is simply too great.

Mo Qi pondered: "It seems that the legend of Ma Mitu is indeed related to their business. The only thing that can match the number is probably the jade mentioned in the legend of Ma Mitu."

Hu Tiehua nodded: "It just so happens that Qian Shizhen is also a jade merchant, so the Taoist priest's guess is probably correct."

Lin Qi pays attention to something different from them: "Fornication with Xixia? What are they going to do with Xixia?"

Chu Liuxiang: "I speculate that it is possible that Qian Shizhen's inexplicably evaporated goods and silver were used for smuggling and trading with Xixia."

Gong Jiu rolled her eyes: "Did the letter just now say that they all have 'things' in their hands? Could this be the ledger guessed by the Taoist chief before?"

Mo Qi: "..."

Take advantage of, I hear you.

But now is not the time to care about Gong Jiu's title. After Chu Liuxiang handed the analyzed letters to Gong Jiu, he said: "After I read this letter, I went through Zhao Xian's mansion again, but I didn't find any ledger. It's probably because this ledger is too important and deadly, so Zhao Xian keeps it with me all the time."

Mo Qi frowned: "The letter said 'we all have something in our hands', that is to say, everyone has evidence of fornication with Xixia. If so, where are the other people's books?"

"..." Chu Liuxiang took a sip of tea, "I'm afraid they all fell into the hands of the murderer."

He put down the teacup and unfolded the last letter: "Here is another one, a letter from the grandmother of Prince Dongxun's son. The letter said that the conditions of Yumen Pass are harsh and it is located at the border. You must go to Yumen Pass for any business. It's better to come back and be an idle son, and the current emperor will not treat their family badly."

Chu Liuxiang emphasized: "According to this letter, the son of King Dongxun didn't live in seclusion here early in the morning, but came here last year. Before that, he had been staying in King Dongxun's fief. , have never come to Yumen Pass."

Hu Tiehua stuffed another mouthful of steamed buns, and said vaguely: "It sounds like I know there is money to be made here, so I came here specially."

"Plus the letter between him and Wang Zhifu." Gong Jiu rubbed the green teacup in his hand: "Since that's the case, the whole clue will be connected."

The story goes something like this.

At the end of last summer, Qian Shizhen, a jade merchant, was suddenly dissatisfied with the status quo and decided to take a risk and make a fortune.So, he contacted General Ma, the guard of Yumen Pass, the head of civil affairs, military commander Wu Dalord, and not far away, he brought a royal nobleman as a backer, and secretly formed a smuggling chain of smuggling goods from the Central Plains to Xixia.

The road to smuggling is dangerous, Zhao Xiangui is a royal family, so naturally he can't take the risk by himself, the two adults, civil and military, and General Ma can't leave Yumen Pass at will, so he hired a "like-minded" person from the world who has the power to protect himself Escorting goods has become an inevitable choice.

But for some reason, perhaps someone in the smuggling chain was dissatisfied with his own vested interests, and started to kill, brutally murdered his companions one by one, and dumped their corpses in the desert, leaving Zhao Xian alone in the end.And the only survivor is very likely to be the perpetrator. That's why he specially went to Bianjing and Jinling to visit Bianjing and Jinling at the time of Jiang Wuru's death in the end, to create evidence of his alibi, and then buy the murderer himself.

"It's just..." Mo Qi frowned, "There are still mysteries unsolved. First, since General Ma is involved in this, why is his family still extremely simple, and where did all his money go? Second,..."

Gong Jiu continued: "Six people went together, five people died, and only one remained. If this Zhao Xian is the real murderer, then this case is too simple and too obvious."

Hu Tiehua stood up and wiped off the shortbread crumbs on his hands: "It's useless to sit here and daydream, let's meet this 'hermit' Prince Dongxun first."

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The place where King Dongxun's son lived in seclusion is located in the southwest corner of Yumenguan City.The house located in the farthest corner is not large in scale, but it is of course much more magnificent than the flat-headed houses next to it.

The style of the gardens in the same palace as Jiujiang is different. The mansion of Prince Dongxun is mostly decorated with mahogany.

When everyone arrived at the mansion of Prince Dongxun, there was a housekeeper outside the mansion urging the groom to prepare quickly, and then a middle-aged man in luxurious clothes came out of the mansion in a hurry with a thermos in his arms.

Lin Qi was on duty beside the emperor, and the nobles of the royal family recognized his faces. Seeing that the middle-aged man was about to get into the carriage, and seemed to be fleeing in fear of crime, he hurriedly raised his voice and shouted: "Young son of the king of Dongxun—stop! "

The author has something to say: Mo Daochang's little black book continues to thicken...

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So... who is the murderer:) The important clues of the serial case have basically come out, everyone can guess =. =