The arresting yamen has blocked the streets around Hongpai Twelve Square and does not allow anyone to enter or exit. This has attracted many people to watch and speculate whether it is related to last night's murder.
Tang Xiaohao hid in a corner, shaking off the dust from being beaten, and observing if there was any chance of slipping in. Although the patrolmen would let him go if he stepped forward, he did not want to be seen, because of this incident
He wanted to resolve the matter quietly, for no other reason than that it involved Little Bell.
No matter how much Tang Xiaohao deceives himself, he can't really hide the fact that he likes Xiao Lingdang in his heart.
After thinking about it, Tang Xiaohao thought of the secret passage that could lead to the Twelve Squares. The reason why he knew the secret passage was because Hanshuang told him about it.
Of course, it was the real Han Shuang, not the Bai Ruhong who disguised herself as Han Shuang.
At that time, Tang Xiaohao had just started to hang out in Twelve Squares. Because of his careless words, he offended a wealthy businessman from Xiyuan. The wealthy businessman did not know Tang Xiaohao's identity, and Tang Xiaohao did not want to cause trouble, so he tried to minimize the big problem and took the best approach.
Who would have known that the wealthy businessman from Xiyuan did not find Tang Xiaohao in Twelfth Square, so he led his group of Xiyuan warriors to guard the flower bridge leading in and out of Twelfth Square.
At that time, Tang Xiaohao and Hanshuang were familiar with each other, and Hanshuang also knew that Tang Xiaohao was not a real evil person and fell in love with him, so he informed Tang Xiaohao about the existence of the secret passage. Although the secret passage was in a dirty and smelly toilet
, but it’s better than falling directly into the hands of that wealthy businessman.
Why did Hanshuang know that there was a secret passage in Twelve Squares? This was not accidental, but because Hanshuang was originally the daughter of the former boss of Twelve Squares.
Because the former boss of Twelve Square offended a retainer of the Nanrong family, the Nanrong family found an unfounded crime and ransacked the house. Not to mention all the family's wealth was confiscated, the men were exiled, and the women were either reduced to slaves or maids.
She became a sinful girl and was sent directly to a fireworks place like Twelfth Square to be a Yiyunxian.
In fact, Hanshuang's father was not a good person. When he was building Twelve Squares, he discovered the existence of underground tunnels, so he changed part of the tunnels into dungeons to imprison girls from good families lured from all over Jiuyuan.
If those women accept their fate, they will be assigned to various halls according to their beauty level. If they do not accept their fate, they will be imprisoned until death.
Because of this, Hanshuang learned the secrets of Twelve Squares underground. This is why she worked hard to become an oiran after she was reduced to a sinner and came to Twelve Squares. As long as she becomes an oiran, she has a choice.
She had the power of the room, so she finally chose a room that could lead to the dungeon, hoping that one day she would save enough money to leave, go far away, and live a normal life incognito.
Although the dungeon was originally integrated with the tunnel, Hanshuang's father sealed the connection with a brick wall in order to imprison those poor women, leaving only another secret door in the toilet. Even the entrance and exit were originally designed for him.
He secretly sent people to kill all the workers just to be prepared. Who knows, even if he was prepared to retreat, it would not be of any use in the end. Instead, it would give his daughter the last hope.
Later, after Bai Ruhong replaced Han Shuang, although he found the entrance to the dungeon while searching the room, he thought it was just an old dungeon and did not know the existence of the secret passage, let alone that the secret passage was connected to the dungeon. Therefore, Liao Yanqi asked Liao Yanqi to
The monster created from the ashes of Guijia is hidden in it.
Tang Xiaohao came to a well in a residential house in Nan City. When others were not paying attention, he slid down the well rope, then drilled through the hole in the well wall, and then came to the tunnel.
When Hanshuang told Tang Xiaohao about this tunnel in the early years, Tang Xiaohao thought that it was built privately by her father. However, after entering the tunnel, judging from the traces left in it, it should be left by the previous dynasty. After all, almost all the tunnels were built by
In times of war, it is not unusual for such tunnels to be built in Shendu City to hide ambushes.
After entering the tunnel, Tang Xiaohao first found a place to put away the food box containing the fire talisman gun, and then prepared to move forward. Who knew that he heard a strange sound coming from the left side of the T-shaped intersection of the tunnel just a few steps away?
, the sound was like the howl of some kind of monster, it was terrifying.
What was that thing screaming? Tang Xiaohao, who was about to move to the right, stopped and looked to the left. At this moment, the sound came again. This time he heard clearly that it was indeed the sound of something.
Tang Xiaohao, who was curious, slowly walked towards the left. After walking less than ten meters, he was blocked by a brick wall, and the strange sounds came from the opposite side of the brick wall.
Tang Xiaohao stretched out his hand to touch the brick wall and found that it was already covered with cracks. Coupled with the strong moisture in the ground, it felt like it was already crumbling. But what on earth was that thing making the strange noise on the other side?
Tang Xiaohao was just about to listen when the sound came again, as if the thing on the opposite side had discovered Tang Xiaohao here. Not only did it roar, but it also knocked the brick wall shaking, causing the two bricks above it to shake.
It fell down.
Tang Xiaohao was frightened and immediately put away his curiosity. Being so novel would not only kill cats, but also people. So, he turned around and ran towards the entrance and exit of the Twelve Squares Secret Passage.
At this time, in Twelve Square, the chief arrest officer of the arrest yamen had easily found out the problem and found that most of the girls' licenses had expired. Using this as an excuse, he gathered all the people in Twelve Square in the lobby.
Prepare to be questioned one by one.
The Leopard Girl, who didn't know what was going on, was anxious. She gathered around the chief catcher and said nice things, and kept asking the chief catcher to lend her a step to speak, preparing to use some money to settle the matter.
Naturally, the chief catcher also knew that there was money to be made in this trip, but how much he could make was not something he could decide. He had to wait for the horse bracelet to decide. Therefore, the chief catcher pretended to be upright and pretended not to understand Leopard Girl.
hints.
When Ma Zhuo, who had arrived late, entered the twelfth square, Lady Bao immediately greeted her: "I didn't know that Mr. Li Si is coming here, so I missed my welcome from afar. Please forgive me."
Ma Zhuo ignored Bao Niang and just asked the chief catcher: "Everyone is here?"
The chief catcher looked at the crowds of people in the lobby and said, "The girls are all here. The guests are in the side hall. I have sent people to verify their identities."
Ma Zhuo nodded and sat down directly: "Let's question these girls first."
Ma Biao had two purposes for doing this. One was to find the murderer, and the other was to use the legitimate reason of finding the murderer to blackmail a sum of money from Twelve Squares.
After the accident of the previous boss of Twelve Square, the retainers of the Nanrong family originally wanted to take over the business here, but were stopped by Nanrong Qufeng, because once this place became the property of the Nanrong family, it would be tantamount to telling the emperor that God was
There is a stronghold of the Nanrong family in the capital, and the threat level will increase. Therefore, we simply reported to the court to list the twelve squares as public property, and this place became a fireworks place owned by the court. This is why those dignitaries are willing to
Reasons to come here to have fun.
Since it is the official property of the imperial court, most of the profits must be liquidated by the Ministry of Household Affairs and handed over to the state treasury. The Ministry of Punishment, which was handling the case of the former boss of Twelve Squares, naturally knew about the oil and water involved, so he arranged for his own people to go to Twelve Squares.
The Second Fang will take care of it, and the Bao Niang who is in charge on weekdays is from the Punishment Department.
However, the Leopard Lady cannot openly contact the people of the arresting yamen, and the arresting yamen cannot cleverly create names, so what should we do? We can only let the arresting yamen find suitable reasons to find trouble every now and then to make money.
It has been three months since the last time he came to Twelve Square to make money. Ma Zhuo has never thought of a suitable reason. Last night's murder just gave him a perfect reason. Therefore, regardless of whether the murderer is from Twelve Square or not, he
The investigation must focus on the Twelve Squares.
After Tang Xiaohao got out of the secret passage in the toilet, he carefully went to the corner of the second floor, hid there and looked at the people in the lobby below, listening to Ma Bracelet scolding the Leopard Lady: "It is written clearly in the law, the girl here
You need to renew your license every month. If you delay, you may be jailed."
Hearing this, the Leopard Lady immediately asked in a low voice: "What will happen in the worst case?"
Ma Zhuo glanced at Leopard Girl and lowered his voice: "Pay the bonded fee per head."
The so-called bond is the amount of money paid to ensure that someone does not get into trouble and does not escape. Although it does not seem to be much for a single person, if every girl here pays a bond, the amount will be staggering. In this way, the horse bracelet will make a profit.
The task can be considered completed.
Leopard Girl immediately said: "Then just do as the adults say, I will go and make preparations right away."
Tang Xiaohao, who was hiding in the corner of the second floor, was dumbfounded: "These bastards still extort money in such an old-fashioned way."
Afterwards, Tang Xiaohao walked towards the room where the girls in Yu Linglong Hall lived. He knew that extortion was one aspect, and Ma Biao would definitely still investigate the case. As long as the case was investigated, they would have to interrogate them one by one. After so many people interrogated them, don't say anything.
It would take an hour, and he could use this hour to search the rooms of the oirans to determine who was Sister Hong.
Last night, Tang Xiaohao could see clearly that Sister Hong was wearing night clothes and a veil. She would not hide such things elsewhere, but in her own room. As long as she found the night clothes, she could confirm her identity and then come back.
Just knock on the mountain and shake the tiger.
Tang Xiaohao's purpose was to cut off the line that controlled Sister Hong's little bell. However, even though he was flexible and knowledgeable, he had never experienced real danger and thought of the whole thing too simply.
Tang Xiaohao searched one by one, looking carefully, but he also knew that if there was a hidden grid, he would not be able to find it easily, but this was the only way at the moment, and the only thing that was not listed last night was Ji Chun Niang, so,
He focused on searching Ji Chunniang's room.
Although Tang Xiaohao tested Ji Chunniang last night and judged that she was not Sister Hong, he was still worried. However, he did not find night clothes in the room. After searching around, Tang Xiaohao found nothing, but at this moment,
He suddenly thought of a person, Han Shuang.
Why did he think of Hanshuang? The reason was that Tang Xiaohao had never suspected Hanshuang at all, so he simply skipped the previous search. However, no one else found anything in the room, and only Hanshuang was left.
Thinking of this, Tang Xiaohao suddenly broke into a cold sweat. Could it be that it was really Han Shuang?
However, Hanshuang was picking up guests last night, shouldn't she? Tang Xiaohao then thought about it, even if she was picking up guests, she could also find a way to make the guests temporarily drunk or unconscious, and it was not even ruled out that the guests were her accomplices.
Tang Xiaohao turned around and went to Hanshuang's room. At the same time, he compared the figures and heights of Hanshuang and Sister Hong, as well as their eyes. Although Sister Hong was masked, her eyes were exposed. The more he recalled,
The more I feel that Sister Hong is very similar to Hanshuang's eyes.
However, Tang Xiaohao didn't find anything in Hanshuang's room. After thinking for a while, he remembered that Hanshuang told him that there was a dungeon in the room, so he immediately groped on the ground, and then found the Xiyuan carpet.
A secret door was discovered.
Tang Xiaohao did not rush to open the secret door, but lay there and observed. First he looked at the side of the carpet facing the floor and found that the dust on it was not very thick, and there was not much dust falling above the secret door. This meant that the carpet had been frequently used recently.
I opened it because there was so little dust.
Tang Xiaohao was not in a hurry to go down, but left the room first to observe the lobby.
In the lobby, Ma Zhuo was still questioning the girls one by one, and Han Shuang was ranked last. Tang Xiaohao made a rough calculation and found that it would take two or three quarters to finish questioning Han Shuang, so he should be in time.
After Tang Xiaohao returned to the room, he opened the secret door and walked slowly down the stairs. After taking only two steps, he saw flints and torches placed on the stone platform next to him through the light from above.
Tang Xiaohao lit the torch with a flint, and also realized that the presence of these things here meant that Hanshuang often went to the dungeon. Although Hanshuang had told Tang Xiaohao that one day she would save enough money, she would escape from here, but she was completely
There is no need to just go to the dungeon for nothing, but prepare flints and torches, right?
With full of doubts, Tang Xiaohao continued to descend. When he came to the dungeon, he found a box. When he opened the box, he saw the night clothes, veil, bell hairpin and the female sword inside.
The evidence is conclusive, there is no doubt that Hanshuang is Sister Hong who was followed by Tang Xiaohao, and is the person who controls Xiaolingdang.
Tang Xiaohao still doesn't understand who Hanshuang is? But he does know that Hanshuang is the daughter of the former boss of Twelve Squares. This is a fact, but when did she learn martial arts?
When he met Hanshuang in his early years, Tang Xiaohao knew that she was a weak woman with no strength and absolutely no martial arts skills. Slowly, Tang Xiaohao recalled that Hanshuang's temperament seemed a little different from about a year ago.
It’s different.
But, how could a person suddenly undergo such a big change? Could it be that she was infected by Guijia? No, no, if she is infected by Guijia, she will become weak if she does not absorb people's energy for a long time, but if she wants to
If it absorbs people's energy, it will definitely kill people. Once it kills people, it will definitely alert the arresting yamen.
Could it be that Han Shuang today is not the Han Shuang he knew in his early years, but another person who just disguised himself as Han Shuang?
Tang Xiaohao had also heard about the art of disguise for a long time, but it was just regarded as folklore.
At this moment, the piercing howls came from the end of the dungeon. Tang Xiaohao trembled when he heard the sound, and subconsciously held up a torch and looked over. This chapter has been completed!