"Who asked you to bring it to me?" Doctor Xu was full of doubts.

The man in yellow clothes did not have any feelings: "A friend. He said that as long as you have seen the Blood Peony, you will understand."

"Blood Peony?" Doctor Xu looked up and down at the handkerchief, recalling information about Blood Peony in his head, as if he had heard of it.

"Peony Killer!" The handkerchief in Xu's hand suddenly fell to the ground.

His face was pale, and his wrinkled corners were full of fear: "The Blood Peony Handkerchief is the token of the Peony Killer. Receiving the Blood Peony Handkerchief is equivalent to receiving the life-seeking letter from the underworld. The Peony Killer will definitely come to ask for his life."

The man in yellow still had a faint smile on his face, and his smile was very kind: "You finally know the Peony Killer."

But Doctor Xu's pupils were shrinking: "My killer and I have no grudges or grudges, why did he kill me?"

The man in yellow smiled and said, "Have you ever heard a saying that every man is innocent, but he is guilty of possessing a treasure?"

"If the Peony Killer falls in love with something from the pharmacy, let him take it away and don't kill me." After saying that, Doctor Xu looked at the man in yellow-shirted with a floating expression, he suddenly realized, "You, you are the Peony Killer!"

The man in yellow just smiled slightly and didn't comment.

Doctor Xu said in a trembling voice: "What do you want? What precious things in this pharmacy are there to take this trip by the famous Peony Killer?"

"This is a very precious thing." The man in yellow said meaningfully, "I'm afraid you won't give it to me."

Xu Langzhong said: "Give you everything you want, just take it."

"I want your life!" There was a silver-white dagger on the right hand of the man in yellow. The man in yellow jumped up with a short sword in his hand and stabbed Xu Langzhong's throat with a sword.

This attack was not fast, but it was as stable as Mount Tai and as powerful as a thousand pounds.

Doctor Xu threw away the ancient book in his hand in horror, turned around and walked away, and the short sword passed through the ancient book, and the yellow pages of the ancient book flew around. The man in yellow clothes kept his steps, and the sword light kept stopping. In an instant, the green light flowed, and a phantom flashed in the dim room.

Doctor Xu was forced to the corner of the room, and there was no way out in front of him. He could only turn back in horror: "Why..."

The man in yellow had followed behind him. He stabbed through the air. After a sound, the green sword light disappeared. There was a sword hilt on Doctor Xu's chest. Doctor Xu let out a dull cry and fell to the ground.

The moonlight outside the window was bright and the fragrance of flowers was faint. The room was quiet again, and the silence was like death.

After a while, the man in yellow dress quietly put his sword back into the sheath, and quietly placed the blood peony handkerchief on Xu's cold chest: "A man is innocent, and he is guilty of possessing a treasure. You have no grudges and grudges with me, but what you have is my confidant."

The man in yellow sighed coldly: "All threats are about to disappear, like the wind!"

...

"Son-in-law!" Uncle Hai appeared in front of Lu Xiaoxian with an antique wooden box.

"What's wrong, Uncle Hai?"

"Someone has sent this!" Uncle Hai handed the wooden box to Lu Xiaoxian.

Lu Xiaoxian opened the wooden box and saw a white cloth bag inside the wooden box.

Lu Xiaoxian said curiously: "Who sent this wooden box?"

Uncle Hai shook his head and said, "It was discovered by the janitor, and it was placed outside the mansion. The person who put the wooden box had long disappeared without a trace."

General Lu Xiaoxian

The yellow cloth bag slowly unfolded, and then made a surprise sound. I saw a piece of finger in the white cloth bag, with fingers bent and black.

Uncle Hai frowned and said, "Who did this? He actually sent a piece of finger cutter?"

Lu Xiaoxian sighed and said, "I recognize this finger. It is the finger of Doctor Xu of Anrentang. His fingers are black because they have been sorting medicinal materials for a long time."

Uncle Hai was shocked and said, "Dr. Xu has been attacked by someone!"

Lu Xiaoxian said: "It is obvious that Doctor Xu died because of us, and someone wants to stop us from looking for clues."

Continuing to unfold the cloth bag, Lu Xiaoxian saw a peony embroidered on the cloth bag. It turned out that the broken finger was a handkerchief.

Uncle Hai was surprised and said, "Blood Peony! Peony Killer!"

Obviously, Uncle Hai also knows the name of Peony Killer.

Lu Xiaoxian asked in confusion: "Who is the Peony Killer?"

Uncle Hai said: "The Peony Killer is a bounty killer. He kills people for money and commits crimes. He has great martial arts skills and acts strangely. He has never failed to assassinate people. For several years, not only has the government not arrested him, but no one even knows his true face. He is frightened to mention this name."

There is also a note under the box with a line of blood words on it: On the ninth day of the ninth month, Zhujian Villa.

Lu Xiaoxian nodded and said, "It must be the person behind the mysterious power who instructed the Mudan Killer to assassinate Doctor Xu, but what is the purpose of sending this note after the Mudan Killer assassination?"

Uncle Hai said angrily: "This is an arrogant provocation. The Peony Killer is not afraid of telling us his whereabouts, because we can't catch him at all, and he is laughing at us."

"Provocation?" Lu Xiaoxian frowned and thought, "The Peony Killer has never revealed his true face. He should be a cautious person. He should try his best to cover up his whereabouts. Why should he provoke us? This is a foolish behavior, which seems to be very inconsistent with his usual behavior."

"I don't know this!"

Lu Xiaoxian asked, "Where is Zhujian Villa?"

Uncle Hai said: "The sword-making villa is on Zhongnan Mountain, and the owner Duan Lianting is famous in the rivers and lakes. The sword-making villa has cast weapons for the palace for generations and has been highly praised. When Duan Lianting inherited his family business, he even carried forward his sword-making skills and was named the world's number one sword-making master, and was famous all over the world."

After saying that, Uncle Hai was puzzled and said, "I really can't figure out how a person like Peony Killer has something to do with the world-famous Sword Casting Villa?"

Lu Xiaoxian smiled bitterly and said, "That's why I think this note is very incredible."

Lu Xiaoxian grabbed his head and thought hard, then slapped his head and said proudly: "Don't worry about him, you'll know when you go."

Uncle Hai said cautiously: "Son-in-law, this may be a trap."

After thinking about it, Lu Xiaoxian said, "Maybe this is also an opportunity. We should meet the Peony Killer for a while and see who can trap who!"

...

Lu Xiaoxian and Wei Xianyun were analyzing the situation in front of him in the study, but saw Uncle Hai sneaking into the room and saying, "Son-in-law! Gu'er is here!"

"Let him come in!"

Yan Gu came into the house and said to Lu Xiaoxian: "Brother Xiaoxian, I have found some clues, so let me tell me!"

"What clue?"

"You arranged for me to secretly monitor the residence of the court officials, and we finally found some clues. Last night, a masked woman sneaked into the house of three officials late at night. Each time she entered only one incense stick, and these three officials respectfully carried the woman away from the house.

Delivered from the back door!”

Wei Xianyun's eyes flashed and he looked at Lu Xiaoxian: "Will these three people be like Qian Song be..."

Lu Xiaoxian nodded: "It's very likely!"

Lu Xiaoxian asked again: "Who are these three officials?"

"Han Qi, the left censor, Chen Qianli, the Zhongshu Sheik, and Xu Jizu, the chief clerk of the military weapon supervisor!"

Wei Xianyun tentatively said: "Xiao Xian, do you think we should open the gap from these three people?"

Lu Xiaoxian shook his head: "The official positions of these three people are not too high, and I don't know too much. Don't disturb them for the time being!"

Speaking of this, Lu Xiaoxian asked Yan Gu: "Who is the masked woman? Have you found out clearly?"

Yan Gu shook his head and said, "That night, I sent two subordinates to follow the woman secretly, but the two of them never came back. They only found their bodies this morning."

"I was discovered by that woman to silence me?" Lu Xiaoxian asked with a frown.

Yan Gu nodded.

"Where was the body found?"

"Da Xiaozhuang, the northern suburbs of Chang'an!" Yan Gu replied.

"Da Xiaozhuang?" Lu Xiaoxian raised his eyebrows.

Wei Xianyun introduced: "Daxiaozhuang was given to Xiao Yu by Emperor Taizong at that time. Xiao Yu was not greedy for money and profit. When he was a minister of the Sui Dynasty, he had a lot of land and houses. Later, these land and houses were distributed to the heroes by Emperor Gaozu. After returning to the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan returned the land and houses to him, but he left only one farm and set up a Xiao family temple in the farm for sacrifice. This farm is Daxiaozhuang."

Lu Xiaoxian seemed to think: "Xiao Yu? Is Xiao Yu, one of the twenty-four heroes in Lingyan Pavilion?"

Wei Xianyun nodded and said, "That's right, Xiao Yu ranks ninth among the twenty-four heroes."

Lu Xiaoxian turned to Yan Gu: "Gu'er, you've done a good job and continue to monitor the three officials. The two subordinates who died in the line of duty must reward the grand funeral, and their families must be properly placed. They cannot disappoint other subordinates! They need money to be collected from Brother Cen at any time."

"Don't worry, Brother Xiaoxian! I know what to do!" Yan Gu nodded.

"You go!" Lu Xiaoxian reminded again, "Gu'er, you should be careful!"

"I understand, Brother Xiaoxian!" Yan Gu nodded and turned around and left.

After seeing off Yan Gu, Lu Xiaoxian said solemnly to Wei Xianyun: "It will be some time to go to Zhujian Villa, and I want to go to Daxiao Village to explore the bottom first."

"Is it too dangerous?" Wei Xianyun said worriedly.

"With my father-in-law and Uncle Hai following me, there will be no problem! I will ask you for your affairs in Chang'an City!"

Wei Xianyun nodded: "Leave it to me, don't worry!"

At this moment, Uncle Hai entered the study again: "Son-in-law, Gongyuan Director Zhong Shaojing asked for a meeting."

"Mingyuan Director Zhong Shaojing?" Lu Xiaoxian looked at Wei Xianyun in confusion.

"I know this Zhong Shaojing!" Wei Xianyun said, "When he was young, he was poor and humble. He relied on his own talents to enter the Chang'an Prefecture, Kyoto. He was the first to serve as a farmer in the court. Although his official position was humble, his calligraphy art was outstanding. Because he was good at calligraphy, he was recommended by Pei Xingjian, the Minister of War, and promoted to the "Zhifeng Pavilion" position by Pei Xingjian, the Minister of War. He is currently the director of the palace affairs, and handles palace affairs. The door lists, plaques, couplets, etc. in the palace are all his handwritings."

Wei Xianyun told Zhong Shaojing's situation one by one as he knew it.
Chapter completed!