Fan Yuan returned home and saw Zhou Nan and Lin Xu waiting for each other in the hall.
The two scholars thought that Qiao Ju had left the restaurant, but now they learned that he was buried in a sea of fire, and they were filled with grief.
Fan Yuan was drinking wine and eating side dishes while asking in detail about everything that had happened.
From time to time, he would blow his nose and throw it away, which made the whole nose red. Combined with his face and thin hair, it was shockingly ugly.
But he was sitting there, and occasionally when he raised his head, the light in his eyes flickered, and he seemed to be extraordinary again.
"The white-haired fisherman on the river bank is used to watching the autumn moon and the spring breeze... Ha, do you know where this Yang Shen and Yang Yongxiu live in far away territory?"
Zhou Nan said: "He seemed to have said that he would stay at the Yayuan Inn in the city."
Fan Yuan nodded and said, "Let's bury Jian Zhang in the next two days."
"Is it too hasty? Stop stopping the coffin?"
"After the burial, I have to go to Yingzhou to finish the unfinished errands for Jian Zhang."
Zhou Nan asked again: "The murderer..."
"I will investigate." Fan Yuan said: "You don't have to be sad. If you die, you will die. No one will die. An Dao, should you go to the brothel or go? Yuanjiang, don't show your face in front of your children when you get home. Don't be sad.
Jianzhang walks very quickly."
After saying that, he also chuckled.
Zhou Nan and Lin Xu were speechless, said goodbye and left.
Fan Yuan sipped a glass of wine, raised his head and twirled his thinning hair, and murmured: "Yang Shen... take off... you can be sure."
The adjutant named Ding Quan beside him asked: "I suspect Yang Shen killed Qiao Ju."
Fan Yuandao: "According to what Yang Shen said, I heard Qiao Ju talking about 'Chi Na' before he died. Hey, Mongolians are straightforward in doing things. Killing people with just one blow is not that troublesome. Even if what Yang Shen said is true
Really, it should be Qiao Ju who was looking for someone to assassinate Chi Na, but why was it Qiao Ju who died?"
Ding Quandao: "Is it possible that Qiao Ju invited the killer to meet him and didn't let him go?"
"This is not Qiao Ju's style. With his cautiousness, it is impossible for outsiders to hear. Therefore, 'Yang Shen' must be lying. I can almost confirm that this is what he did."
Ding Quan actually didn't fully understand how Fan Yuan made his judgment, but he couldn't ask him to explain it in more detail. He asked: "Yang Shen is the murderer, why didn't you tell Zhou Nan and Lin Xu?"
"They haven't become officials yet, so what's the point of telling them? It's just to make them feel guilty. Send someone to keep an eye on them. If Yang Shen dares to get close again, they will be captured."
"Are you going to Yayuan Inn to catch someone?"
Fan Yuan said: "Go and have a look, but in my opinion... you can't catch it."
"Why can't you catch it?"
"Ha, if someone is capable of doing these things, can you catch them so easily?"
"That?"
Fan Yuan looked thoughtful and said slowly: "The fact that he came to kill Qiao Ju just shows that Qiao Ju was right... They are going to Yingzhou, and the details of contacting them are hidden in Yingzhou Di's house. This is business, we
There is no need to be led by him, because some details mess up the fundamentals."
"How do we do that?"
"After I take over the affairs in Qiao Ju's hands, bury him, and then continue to Yingzhou three days later."
"But... Yang Shen won't catch him?"
"What is the most important thing in careful work? Identity. Only with identity can they accomplish things. This is the key." Fan Yuan said: "We know where they are going, and we also know that stopping what they want to do is more important than avenging Qiao Ju.
, why bother chasing them?"
Ding Quan said: "But I think we should still search it. According to common sense, this is the case."
"You can search if you want. It's fine if you can find something, but don't alert others..."
~~
The next day, Lin Zi stood outside the door of Yayuan Inn and watched for a while.
His appearance was really ordinary, so he didn't attract anyone's attention, so he boldly entered the inn and ordered breakfast.
After breakfast, Lin Zi went all the way out of the city and returned to the Liufu Inn outside the city.
Li Xia had just finished exercising, washed her body and put on clothes.
"Tsk, tsk, you're pretty good at this." Lin Zi opened the door and came in. His eyes lit up and he couldn't help but sigh.
Li Xia sat down, cut the mutton chops with a dagger, ate slowly, and asked, "How's it going?"
"Someone is searching." Lin Zi reminded: "By the way, this dagger of yours was used to kill someone yesterday, right?"
"I've roasted it with fire, rubbed it with strong liquor, and sterilized it."
Lin Zi then sat down and started talking.
"Sure enough, someone came to the room of Yayuan Inn to search for us. Moreover, didn't we leave a baggage in the room of Yayuan Inn? The other party thought that we would go back to get it, and sent people to keep an eye on it. Hehe,
He was recognized by me and is being followed. Have you considered all of this? Use that baggage to test whether we have exposed our secrets."
"Where is Zhou Nan's academy?"
"There are also people watching. It seems that they know that you are the one who killed Qiao Ju. How the hell did they know? It seems that our identities have been exposed. What should we do next? Go to Yingzhou to meet up with my brother.
?"
"It's still early. The interrogation in Shouzhou didn't relax so quickly. They haven't come out yet."
Lin Zi asked again: "Then we won't run away? Will we not be caught?"
"As long as you don't panic, you won't be caught." Li Xia thought for a while and asked, "Is the search in Bozhou City strict?"
"It doesn't seem very strict, but someone is obviously looking for us."
"Not very strict?"
Li Xia pondered, his eyes showing deep thought.
"What's wrong? What are you thinking about?"
Li Xia said: "I was thinking... someone could lock Yang Shen so quickly. He is very smart, too smart. Let's call him 'Qiao Ju No. 2'. What will he do next..."
"What?" Lin Zi was stunned and asked, "Are you going to kill him again?"
"Qiao Ju told me that superstitious assassination cannot solve the problem..."
"What?"
"Taking out the salary from the bottom of the cauldron... It turns out there are two 'salaries' at the bottom of the cauldron. One was taken out, and there was still one..."
"What?"
"Shh."
Li Xia stood up and walked around in deep thought.
Lin Zi then shut up and stopped disrupting his train of thought.
When he turned around, he saw that Li Ju had already finished the lamb chops on the table. He picked up the bones and saw that they were still hot. He actually had time to roast them again and picked them clean with a dagger while eating.
.
Just this little thing shows that he is meticulous, steady and elegant in his work.
"Tsk, you're so particular about people...you won't even give me a bone..."
After a while, Li Xia finally turned around and said, "You go one more time and worship at Qiao Ju's house."
"What?"
"When you go to Qiao Ju's house to worship, say that you have received favors from him, and you heard that he is getting married, so give him some local products."
Lin Zi was shocked and shouted: "No, aren't you afraid that I will be arrested?!"
"It's impossible for them to catch you. Go there with confidence. You will definitely be able to find out what they are going to do next."
~~
That day, Lin Zi didn't come back until evening, and saw Li Xia practicing horseback riding in the open space behind the inn.
He obviously practiced very seriously and improved a lot. When Lin Zi came back, he asked several questions about riding skills, and all of them got the point right.
"You know, equestrian is the only major event in which men and women can compete on the same field." Li Xia whispered to himself.
"I said, aren't you worried about me not coming back?"
"You're back, aren't you?" Li Xia responded casually, patiently feeding the horse with fodder and gently stroking the horse's back.
He likes horses very much, just like he liked cars... and airplanes in his previous life.
Lin Zi had no choice but to say: "Let's go and talk when we get back."
"Well, I ordered a meal at the inn, and there's pork rib soup."
"..."
After Lin Zi explained in detail what he saw at Qiao Ju's house, Li Xia put down the soup bowl and said slowly: "We are going to Yingzhou to catch us. What a great experience for Fan, he remained unmoved despite wind and rain.
"
"Then we're not busy in vain?"
"Who said that?" Li Xia thought for a moment and said, "Although superstitious assassination cannot solve the fundamental problem, using assassination well can solve many problems."
"How do we do that?"
"Go to rest early and let's go to the city together tomorrow."
Lin Zi was stunned and asked: "You still dare to enter the city?"
"Of course I dare. They searched for me for a whole day and couldn't find me. They probably thought I had escaped."
"But your appearance is known!"
"In such a big city, only Zhou Nan and Lin Xu have seen me and are not afraid..."