When Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang came out from Xiangzhuang after finishing their work, they met Xiao Wang who was knocking on the clock.

Xiao Wang yawned and greeted the two of them, "Master Zhan, Fifth Master, you are still busy so late."

Zhan Zhao nodded, and when he saw Xiao Wang looking curiously at the soldiers at the gate of Xiangzhuang, he waved to him, indicating that he would take a step to speak.

"Xiao Wang, do you know anyone from Xiangzhuang?" Zhan Zhao asked.

This Xiao Wang was similar to Xiao Liuzi from Taibai Ju. They were both clever and smart. Zhan Zhao often asked him for information. He usually asked for information. During the day, he looked for the waiter in the shop, and at night, he looked for the watchman!

Xiao Wang shook his head, "Mr. Zhan, this village is really weird! I don't even see them opening the door! I've been calling for so long, and I pass by here almost every night. Except for the frequent changes of lanterns, no one has come in or out of his house!"

"Change the lantern?" Master Wu subconsciously glanced at the dark entrance of Xiangzhuang. There was no lantern hanging under the eaves.

"Sometimes his house hangs white paper lanterns, sometimes yellow paper, green paper, red paper... There is no rule, they change often." Xiao Wang whispered, "It is said that the owner of this house has a strange disease and cannot see the wind.

If you are really sick, why don't you go see Mr. Gongsun for treatment? What kind of illness can't be treated well?"

"What about the other members of his family?" Zhan Zhao continued to ask, "Have you seen the assistants, maids, etc.?"

"No!" Xiao Wang shook his head, "In such a big house, there must be a butler, right? During festivals, the housekeepers of big families will greet us. This family has never seen anyone come out. The only time we saw a driver was

, still a mute.”

"What kind of car can we catch?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"It was an ox cart." Xiao Wang recalled, "It was quite a big cart, and I don't know what it was pulling. It was probably hay or something, and it was covered tightly with a raincloth."

Xiao Wang didn't know much, so he chatted with Zhan Zhao for a few words and then continued writing.

"Changing the color of the lanterns sounds like some kind of communication signal." Bai Yutang said, "I have heard that some sects selling Xiaoyao Powder use lanterns as signals."

Zhan Zhao touched his chin, "Go back and ask Mr. Feng to see if there is any particularity about the color of lanterns on the road."

At the gate of Xiangzhuang, Ouyang Shaozheng got a carriage and loaded it with broken bones, preparing to send them to Kaifeng Mansion.

Gongsun originally wanted to rush back for an autopsy, but Zhao Pu carried him away.

Zhao Pu visually inspected the car's skeletons, not to mention examining them. It would take several days to put them together piece by piece. It was already late at night. If Gongsun was allowed to go to the widow's house, who knows how long he would stay up before going to bed. Ninth Prince

I feel bad, his bookish family is so skinny, don't be tired all of a sudden.

Zhao Puduo had an idea and escorted Gongsun back to sleep. He asked Ouyang to find all the gangsters in Kaifeng Mansion and ask them to put the bones together first. Then when Gongsun wakes up tomorrow, he only needs to investigate the cause of death. It should be

Can do a lot less work.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang did not go with them. They had just seen the skeletons on the roof and were completely sleepless. Master Wu thought it was best to read something else to change his mind, otherwise he would probably have nightmares when he lay down.

The two of them walked back. The cold night wind blew, which made them feel a lot more comfortable. As they walked and chatted, they felt that everything they saw in Xiangzhuang had an indescribable weirdness.

"Why is there a 'wu' on Su Yun's forehead and a 'zi' on little Changsu's forehead?" Zhan Zhao felt that the development of the case was baffling. "What if Changsu had cheated her own death with Xiang Lian and defrauded Shen Yuelian?"

, why was the body cut into pieces and put into a rice shop again?"

Bai Yutang also felt that there were very few clues in this case. "There have been a lot of lawsuits over human life, but Da Changsu and Xiang Lian, who are the most suspected so far, were the first to die and be thrown into a rice shop."

"Speaking of Mipu." Zhan Zhao suddenly clapped his hands, "There is a suspect!"

Fifth Master thought for a while and asked, "That butcher shop Gongsun mentioned?"

"Yeah." Zhan Zhao nodded and came up with an idea, "How about we go visit the butcher shop?"

"Go now? Everyone should be asleep, right?" Mr. Wu felt that it was too early and the butcher's shop must not be open.

Zhan Zhao shook his head and shook his head, "You don't understand! Butcher shops kill pigs at this point!"

The fifth master was a little disgusted. He had just seen a pile of corpses, and now he was watching a pig being killed?

As soon as Zhan Zhao took his hand, he went to the direction of Mipu first.

"Do you know about the butcher shop business?" Bai Yutang asked.

"Well, the shop behind the Liujia rice shop should be the Zhou family's butcher shop. The butcher shop is run by two brothers, Mr. Zhou and Tuesday Hei, two big black fat guys who look quite fierce."

Bai Yutang remembered that the place must be quite remote, "Why is the butcher shop open in the alley?"

"It's quite strange." Zhan Zhao chatted with Bai Yutang and arrived near Liu's rice shop.

Mi Pu's barn was sealed. As soon as Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang arrived, they saw a figure on the roof flickering, a white shadow falling down, and a black shadow also appearing on the roof, waving to the two of them.

Zhan Zhao knew that Zhao Pu had kept a shadow guard to keep an eye on him.

Bai Ying found out the general situation of the butcher shop. It was a butcher shop owned by two brothers from the Zhou family. There were two workers in the shop. They were both relatives of the Zhou family and natives of Kaifeng. The two brothers also had a house in the south of the city.

, neither of them got married.

"There are two brothers in the Zhou family. The eldest brother, Mr. Zhou, is very responsible, but the younger brother is very evil on Tuesday and is very lazy. In the past, he injured someone because of gambling and causing trouble. He spent two years in the cell before being released. After he came out, he was also uneasy.

They often cause trouble." Bai Ying pointed to the butcher shop, "The two brothers have a division of labor. Every morning on Tuesday, they go to the farmer's house to buy pigs. They go to the river before dawn to slaughter them, and then carry them back to the shop on a pole. He

Just do that little bit of work, and everything else is done by the boss.”

"It's Erhei who gets up early?" Zhan Zhao was a little puzzled, "Isn't he too lazy to get up so early?"

Bai Ying was happy, "He didn't get up early, he stayed up all night! That kid had a reverse day and night. He spent the whole night outside, gambling for money in the first half of the night, then visiting the brothels and drinking wine in the second half of the night, and played until dawn.

Go back to the shop and finish these things, then go back to the old house and sleep until after dinner in the afternoon."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both couldn't laugh or cry, this is...

As they were talking here, Qing Ying appeared on the roof at the corner not far away. Seeing Bai Ying and Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang standing on the roadside, he gestured to them.

Bai Ying went up to the room, followed by Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao. Qing Ying jumped up to their sides, beckoned to the three of them and squatted down, saying, "Here we come."

As soon as he finished speaking, a fat black man came around the corner with a wine jar in his hand, humming a little tune in his mouth, and walked over here with three swaying steps.

Bai Ying asked Zhe Ying, "You followed him all night, why did he go?"

Bai Ying curled his lips, "This kid is so capable. He spent the first half of the night playing around with money, and seemed to have won a bit. Then he went drinking with some friends and had a rowdy fight for the rest of the night. He ate two bowls of noodles and one cake for supper.

Plus ten steamed buns.”

Zhan Zhao couldn't help but admire - eating so much in one meal? How amazing!

The fifth master felt choked after hearing this. There was so much dry food, why don’t you just drink a bowl of soup...

There was a discussion here, and the figure beside him flashed, and Chi Ying also came.

Qing Ying blinked, while Bai Ying and Hei Ying were confused, "Aren't you leaving with Boss Zhou?"

Chi Ying nodded and pointed to the street corner on the other side. Everyone looked over and saw Boss Zhou walking over.

"Getting up so early?" Bai Ying was puzzled, "Didn't you just close the shop and go back after being busy until midnight yesterday?"

"That kid didn't sleep all night. I don't know what he was doing." Chi Ying was also very puzzled. "After he went home last night, he went to a restaurant to drink alone, and then ran to the incense shop to buy scented wax paper money. It seemed that he was going to visit the grave.

Look.

At the entrance of the alley, the two Zhou brothers had already met.

"Brother?" Zhou Hei was puzzled when he saw his eldest brother, "Why are you here?"

"The shop will be closed for the day today. You can go back and sleep." After Boss Zhou finished speaking, he took a bag and left.

Zhou Hei followed up, "Where are you going? Why don't you pick up a bag and leave the city before dawn?"

"I have something to do, please go home quickly." Boss Zhou waved to his brother.

Tuesday Hei said "tsk" and had no choice but to leave.

Just when Zhan Zhao and others were hesitating whether to keep an eye on the two brothers separately, they saw Tuesday dark coming back and waiting for Boss Zhou to turn the corner in the alley, so he hunched over to follow him.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang asked the four shadow guards to go to the shop and the Zhou family's old house to check for any clues while the two brothers were away, and they followed the two brothers.

Zhou Hei followed Boss Zhou all the way out of the city and came to a small river. He hid in the grass and watched his eldest brother walk to the river and put down the baggage.

Boss Zhou opened the bag, took out the scented wax paper money from it, lit a fire, and began to worship at the riverside. He muttered something, "Don't blame, don't blame...rebirth in bliss..."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also arrived in the woods.

This small river is very secluded, with bamboo forests on both sides, and the river water is quite fast. The place where Boss Zhou worships is a large open space, and there is a stone table and chopping board. It may be the place where pigs are killed on weekdays.

Bai Yutang was puzzled. He bought the scented wax paper and thought he was worshiping his ancestors or sweeping his tomb. Why did he come to the river to worship?

The Fifth Master looked at Zhan Zhao - Mao'er, who does he worship?

Zhan Zhao squinted his eyes and stared for a long time - could they be the pigs he killed?

Fifth Master stared at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao tilted his head - do you think so?

Bai Yutang nodded - go back later and build an ancestral hall for the seafood you ate?

Zhan Zhao was so angry that he reached out and pushed Bai Yutang.

As soon as Master Wu turned around, he stepped on a dead branch at his feet and heard a soft "click".

Both of them were shocked - Oops!

Sure enough, Boss Zhou heard it, stood up and shouted, "Who is it?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other - what to do?

But before they could change places to hide, they saw Tuesday Hei stand up from behind a bunch of short trees in front of him, and said "hehe" to Boss Zhou, "Big brother."
To be continued...