Zhan Zhao investigated this series of disappearances and finally came across the first corpse in three months.

Then again, guard Zhan really didn't pick up this body.

There were many witnesses when the murder occurred, and almost everyone in the restaurant saw it. The shopkeeper, the diners, and the first batch of Imperial Army soldiers who arrived at the scene all told the story of the crime.

The case is actually very simple. Just now, three men in black wearing Wulongzhai clothes were sitting at Yuelai Restaurant for dinner. While eating, the three of them got into an argument for some unknown reason, and then started fighting.

Some gossipy guys also said they heard them arguing about something, as if they were talking about how the third grandma was doing. Visually, two of them were jealous and the other was starting a fight.

As a result, the three people made a noise and knocked over the tables and chairs, scaring away the diners. There happened to be a government servant who was drinking next to him. The government servant stepped forward to break up the fight, but he didn't know what he said. The three people suddenly joined forces to beat the servant. The four people pushed and shoved him.

At the end of the push, the yamen officer was pushed down, his head hit the steps of the gate, and he died on the spot.

At that time, many passers-by shouted "killer", and a group of imperial soldiers were nearby, so they rushed over to check.

When the three people from Wulong Village saw that the old man was dead and saw the Imperial City Army coming from a distance, they ran away quickly.

The Imperial City Army did not capture the three of them, but they saw the family emblem of Wulong Village and saw that the dead yamen officer was wearing the clothes of Kaifeng Mansion, so they hurriedly notified Ouyang Shaozheng and Kaifeng Mansion.

After Zhan Zhao heard so many people describing the incident, he asked, "Has anyone else been near him after he fell?"

Bai Yutang and Gongsun were also curious about this question - did someone put the half brick in the old man's arms, or did he keep it in his arms?

Now let's ask the shopkeeper and the waiter... It was a mess at that time, and there were indeed many people around. Everyone was busy catching the thief and reporting the crime. As for whether anyone had stuffed something into his arms, no one noticed.

Zhan Zhao then asked the shopkeepers if they knew the old man, and everyone said they had never seen him before.

Gongsun was also puzzled. The white-haired government official was still wearing the clothes of Kaifeng Mansion. He should be very eye-catching, but could this old man know the invisibility technique? Why didn't anyone recognize him or know where he came from?

, it’s so evil.

Finally, Mahan of the Dynasty carried the body back to Kaifeng Mansion, and Gongsun followed him back for an autopsy.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang didn't care about Lin Ye's anger at stealing the bamboo bear. They returned the same way and came to the outer wall of the post house to find the place where Chef Feng bumped his head just now.

Sure enough, I saw an empty space on the wall. On the wall that had just been stained with blood, someone had dug out half a brick.

Zhan Zhao held the brick against the hole and found that it was just right.

"There seems to be something inside." Master Wu saw a piece of white at the bottom of the hole in the wall, so he reached out and took it out.

All I saw was a piece of paper folded in half.

Opening the piece of paper, there were three words "Su Xinren" written on a palm-sized piece of rice paper.

"A simple person?" Zhan Zhao frowned, "Sounds familiar..."

"I heard that people with simple hearts are happy to count the morning sun." Wu Ye said, "There is this sentence in Tao Yuanming's second poem of Migration."

Zhan Zhao touched his chin, "Old Tao has been thinking about moving to escape the world all his life."

Bai Yutang made him laugh.

"Any ideas?" Zhan Zhao leaned over and looked at the three characters on the piece of paper. "The characters are quite delicate."

Fifth Master hesitated for a moment and said, "It feels like it was written by a woman."

"Can this be seen?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Fifth Master shrugged, "I feel like, go back and ask Bao Yan and the others."

Zhan Zhao looked at the brick in his hand, the hole in the wall, and then at the piece of paper. He frowned and asked Bai Yutang, "What's the connection?"

Bai Yutang also shook his head, "It was easy to find a suspect before, but he died on the same day, and the four missing masters were not found."

Zhan Zhao also scratched his head - it was inexplicable.

"Go to Wu Shanchuan?" Bai Yutang suggested.

Zhan Zhao spread his hands and said, "Based on the situation at the scene and the gathering of witnesses and evidence, just let the government officials arrest the people."

Bai Yutang also nodded, "Where does Wu Shanchuan live?"

Zhan Zhao clicked his tongue and said, "Kaifeng Mansion has records. Let's go back and see what the results of Gongsun's autopsy are. Then let Mr. Bao approve the arrest document. Let's go find Lao Wu to ask for someone!"

After saying that, the two of them rushed back to Kaifeng Mansion with bricks and notes.

As soon as I arrived in front of the Kaifeng Mansion, I saw a carriage parked at the foot of the steps, with the emblem of Wulong Village on the carriage.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other - Ouch?

The two quickly walked into the government office and asked the government servant guarding the door what was going on with the carriage below.

The yamen officer said that an old man had escorted three apprentices over just now, saying that he had come to Kaifeng Mansion to surrender, and that he had injured people in a fight on the street. I beg Mr. Bao to be given a lighter sentence.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were both a little surprised and asked, "Where are the people?"

"It's in the hall."

The two of them ran to the front lobby, and sure enough, Master Bao was in the hall. When they went behind the screen to listen, the master had finished asking questions and asked the yamen to take the three disciples from Wujiazhai to the prison to wait for their punishment.

Zhan Zhao picked up the file recorded by his master and read it.

Wu Shanchuan surrendered with three of his disciples, and the content of the surrender was roughly the same as what the waiters in the restaurant said.

Two of the three disciples from Wulong Village were jealous over a woman. Their senior brother took them to dinner at Yuelai Restaurant, originally wanting to mediate between them.

Unexpectedly, they had a disagreement and started fighting. The senior brother was trying to break up the fight when a servant suddenly came.

However, there is a section here that no one knows.

According to the descriptions of the three disciples of Wulong Village, the yamen officer came not to break up the fight, but to provoke, saying that Wulong Village's upper beams were out of alignment and the lower beams were crooked, and the apprentices were as shameless as their masters.

The three disciples were irritated and wanted to argue with him, but they started pushing and shoving him. Unexpectedly, the yamen servant fell down and died without being beaten.

Wu Shanchuan said that a few disciples were young and ignorant and got into great trouble, but he heard that the yamen officer was also pretending to be a fake, and there was something fishy about what happened, so he took the disciples to surrender and begged Master Bao to give him a lighter sentence after he found out the case.

Zhan Zhao read the records in the hall, and Master Bao also finished the trial. Nian voluntarily surrendered in Wulong Village and had a good attitude, so Master Bao did not hold Wu Shanchuan responsible. He kept the three disciples involved in the case and detained them pending trial.

He asked Wu Shanchuan to go back and take good care of his subordinates. Master Bao didn't embarrass him anymore and let him go back.

Wu Shanchuan walked out of the lobby with a gloomy look on his face, shook his head and sighed before walking towards his carriage.

Then he heard someone calling him from behind.

Wu Shanchuan turned around and saw Zhan Zhao coming out.

"Oh, Master Zhan." Wu Shanchuan bowed to Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao invited Wu Shanchuan to sit inside and asked him something.

Wu Shanchuan nodded and followed Zhan Zhao into the backyard of Kaifeng Mansion.

In the yard, Bai Yutang was also there. The fifth master had just come from the widow's house. Gongsun's autopsy was almost over, and he said that the old man was indeed very old. The way of death was similar to what the restaurant owner described, and there was nothing wrong with it. As for his identity

I haven't found out yet, but Gongsun said that this man must not have been a government servant when he was young, because judging from his physical condition, he should be a scholar rather than a policeman, and his body is very weak.

Just now, Chef Feng from Taibaiju also came to recognize someone. The chef said that this person showed him the way.

Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang and Wu Shanchuan sat and chatted.

Wu Shanchuan was quite honest. He explained to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang about the "accidental encounter" on Beichen Lake just now. In fact, they wanted to get close to Xie Yan.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were puzzled.

Wu Shanchuan explained that his Wujiazhai had swallowed up a lot of land and people from Gaohe Village at that time. It had developed rapidly recently. There were several wharves he wanted to buy, but they all belonged to Xie Yan's father, Xie Guangyuan. Xie Guangyuan was a scholar, not

He likes to deal with people who practice martial arts, but what he loves most is his son Xie Yan. Wu Shanchuan feels that the opportunity is rare, so he wants his son to get acquainted with him, preferably as a friend, so that things will be easier for him in the future. But he has no choice but to have several sons

They are all rough people. They were just a little bit educated in literature when they were in the military, and they were also half-baked... It turned out to be self-defeating.

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were helpless - this is what love means...

Wu Shanchuan said that he knew he had offended the Tang clan, and he was angry at the time, but this time he came to Kaifeng really not to cause trouble. He was too brave to disturb the wedding of Tang Xiaomei and General You, so this time he brought

Many gifts, I just wanted to find an opportunity to recognize Mrs. Tang as a child, and improve the relationship with the Tang family. I originally thought it was a good idea, but who knew that something like this would happen...

"well……"

Wu Shanchuan was sighing.

Zhan Zhao asked him, "The waiter in the restaurant said he heard your disciples talking about the third grandma..."

Before Zhan Zhao could finish his question, Wu Shanchuan blushed, "Oh, it's hard to put it into words... It's embarrassing, it's embarrassing!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, then looked at Wu Shanchuan - What kind of embarrassing thing is this? You have done many embarrassing things, at least once or twice, tell me?

Wu Shanchuan scratched his head and said, "That's what happened. I took a concubine last year...well...she is what my disciples call the third mistress."

Zhan Zhao asked, "What's wrong with this third grandma?"

Wu Shanchuan's face changed color, "Just... call her Liu'er, she was originally my friend's wife..."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both raised their eyebrows - so did you steal your friend's wife?

Wu Shanchuan was embarrassed, "Oh, this... Liu'er and I really love each other..."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were also a little speechless, looking at Wu Shanchuan - you are already old, look at your little potential...

Bai Yutang asked, "Who is your friend?"

"Ahem." Wu Shanchuan was a little uncomfortable, but he still said frankly, "My friend is a bodyguard who is away from home all year round, so he asked me to take care of Liu'er. Liu'er and I started to have feelings for each other after we got to know each other day and night... Later, Liu'er...

I reconciled with him and then married me! Although there are some rumors in the world, Liu'er and I were not having an affair, and I didn't try to win over our brothers. She only followed me after we reconciled!"
To be continued...