Chapter 118 118, Find the Cousin

A group of several people rushed out of the city and headed straight to Longmen Academy. They walked for more than half an hour before arriving at the main entrance of the academy.

The academy here is the Emperor's Academy.

The students here are called disciples of the Emperor.

The gate here is not something that anyone can enter casually. The students who can get admitted here are all talented and learned pillars of the country.

Emperor Liang has always paid great attention to the talents and moral character of his students. Whether they are literary talents or martial arts talents, as long as they can catch the emperor's eye, they can be used where they should be used.

By using talents in an eclectic way, Emperor Liang has done far better than other kings in this matter.

Therefore, the safety of the academy is naturally very important.

Emperor Liang had arranged guards in the academy. Most of these guards were adapted from the elites of the army, and they were able to protect the safety of the academy.

For the safety of students, visitors from outside are not allowed in without permission.

Fortunately, Xiao Qiyu is here.

Showing his case-handling badge given by the emperor, Asuo shouted and opened the way:

"The Third Highness is handling the case and no one is allowed to stop it."

The guard guarding the door immediately knelt down to greet him.

On the way to Longmen Academy, Mu Yunjiang thought a lot.

Before entering the academy gate, she said everything she thought to Xiao Qiyu: "Your Highness, there is still the fragrance of osmanthus in the incense ink. It must be that the person likes osmanthus tea and uses water soaked in osmanthus to grind it.

So, please ask Your Highness to ask someone to check who in the courtyard likes to drink osmanthus tea——"

"Asuo, call all the students and teachers immediately and ask them carefully..."

Xiao Qiyu immediately gave an order.

Asuo immediately took orders to leave.

Mu Yunjiang took the paper and sniffed it again, but changed his previous judgment:

"Wait a minute, the back of this paper is still stained with beef soup, but it has dried completely, but he still uses it, or it means that he is not a student. Most of the students here are decent, and they use the dirty paper to write on

The probability is not high...because the paper here is free to use.

"So, he should be a handyman. When entering the side door, it is not easy to attract attention, and he also knows where to hide people and is not easy to be found... Most students live in a room with several people, and they always use the main door when entering and exiting. If they go to the side door,

On the contrary, it stands out..."

Mu Jiang was stunned when she heard that. It was just a piece of paper, and she could find out so much information?

How on earth did she do it?

"Okay, let's go to the dining room first.

"Just in the past few days, the academy has made sweet-scented osmanthus cakes and sent them to the palace. This represents the students' feelings for the emperor. The academy makes them every year.

"To make osmanthus cake, you need to use a lot of osmanthus. There is an osmanthus forest in Longmen Academy. Every year when the osmanthus blooms, osmanthus cake will be made. The osmanthus will be made into osmanthus sauce. The sauce can also be used to make tea... so this ink is sweet.

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"In addition, beef soup is cooked in the dining room every few days.

"The stewards in charge of the kitchen will use fragrant ink and sandalwood bamboo paper, but sandalwood bamboo paper also has grades, and this one is not of high quality at first glance.

"There is a place in the dining room that is a desk for registering daily ingredients. On the desk are the Four Treasures of the Study.

"However, most of the people who work in the kitchen are illiterate. Except for the manager and the deputy manager... very few people will go near the desk.

"So, just call these two people over and ask..."

This is Xiao Qiyu's reasoning.

This was exactly what Mu Yunjiang was thinking.

The two of them work together very well.

Originally, when they came here, there were almost no other particularly directional clues, but after their inference, they had a general direction.

"Asuo, hurry up..."

Xiao Qiyu immediately gave the order.

"Yes. I'll go right away."

Asuo immediately ran in familiar with the route.

Two years ago, they handled a case here. At that time, a black cat murder case occurred here, so Xiao Qiyu was particularly familiar with the situation here.

By the time they arrived at the dining room, Asuo had already captured the manager and deputy manager.

The person in charge is Li You.

The deputy in charge is Yan Lu.

One is fat and the other is thin.

They were pushed to the ground by the people brought by Asuo.

Mu Yunjiang came to the desk in the dining room and looked at the paper on the table. Sure enough, there were traces of soup stains on it. It was very light, but it could still be seen on the edges.

The ink also carries the fragrance of osmanthus.

"Tell me, apart from you, who has ever written on this position? Used paper. Just in the past two days..."

After exchanging glances with Mu Yunjiang, Xiao Qiyu started asking.

"Elder Ji, the nursing home guard, said he was writing letters to his family and used the paper and ink here..." Manager Li answered without thinking.

"Why do you remember it so clearly?" Mu Yunjiang asked.

"Because Lao Ji was a little strange that day. After finishing writing, he went back to his room to sleep early. He went out again in the middle of the night and didn't come back until dawn. I saw it when I got up to go to the toilet at night. Lao Ji is the head of the guard, and usually only works during the day.

Yes, I usually don’t participate in patrols at night..."

Manager Li was very detailed.

"Where is Lao Ji now?"

"Should be patrolling. When you came in, he had just brought someone with him and walked past the kitchen..."

Xiao Qiyu immediately ordered: "Asuo, bring this person over immediately."

Before Asuo could go to get someone, someone outside responded: "Your Highness, Third Highness, Chief Ji Wei has returned to his room. He said he was going to pick up a letter and was going to send it to the inn..."

When Xiao Qiyu and Mu Yunjiang heard this, they felt bad and shouted in unison: "Take us to his room quickly. He is going to run away..."

This tacit understanding made the two look at each other again - it was nothing, it was just that they were so in tune with each other.

The head nurse of the academy has a private room, unlike other nursing homes where he lives in a single room.

Soon, they arrived at Lao Ji's room.

Asuo walked in front and kicked open the door. The furnishings in the room were very simple, with a bed, a table and a cabinet. You could see the whole thing at a glance, but the wardrobe and drawers all had signs of being turned over.

"He took the money and wanted to run away. Asuo, search for him immediately. Hurry..."

Xiao Qiyu hurriedly ordered.

Asuo immediately took the people there.

Everyone also withdrew to hunt down Lao Ji who wanted to escape.

At this time, a whine came from under the bed. The sound was very light, so light that everyone could ignore its existence.

Mu Yunjiang heard it with her sharp ears. She stopped leaving and leaned over to listen attentively. When she looked down again, she found that there were signs of displacement at the foot of the bed. Apparently, it had been moved before. He hurriedly called to Xiao who was about to run out.

Qi Yu:

"Your Highness, there is a problem down here...move the bed quickly."

Xiao Qiyu returned and asked people to come over and help.

There is nothing under the bed.

Just dust on the ground.

But the dust seemed to be sprinkled on purposely, not like it had accumulated normally.

There is obviously less dust in the seams of the blue bricks than in other places, as if someone has deliberately sprinkled the dust, but some force has shaken these bricks, causing the dust to sink into the seams, so at a glance, the seams of the bricks are all exposed.

came out.

Under normal circumstances, there shouldn't be these slits.

Mu Yunjiang turned around to find a bamboo pole and knocked on the ground. Sure enough, it was empty underneath. He immediately removed the bricks and discovered to his surprise that there was a large black coffin under the bricks.

Opening the coffin, the person lying inside was not the person they were looking for - Mu Yuncheng.

He was wearing civilian clothes, was tied tightly, and his mouth was gagged. His eyes were round and his face was flushed. He was knocking on the coffin with his hands. His wrists were already black from being tied for a long time.

It was green, which showed that he spent a lot of effort to make this sound.

Unfortunately, the soundproofing is so good that even when you enter the room, you may not take the sound seriously - there are many rats in the academy, so the rattling sounds are normal. People walking by outside are naturally not allowed to listen.
To be continued...