Chapter three hundred and eighty seventh tea house
Hundreds of households from the Dongshui Guardhouse lifted up the white cloth and said, "This is it."
Lu Bai lowered his head and took a look. The corpse was tied with ropes and had many talismans attached to it. Even so, the water ghost was still struggling, making a deep roar in its throat.
"It is estimated that these corpses have not been dead for a long time, only about two, and they have not been transformed into water ghosts for a long time." Baihu explained beside him.
The reason why I'm still struggling now is because it's raining, so I don't have to endure the scorching sun and turn it into ashes.
Another thing is, "The talisman of Peach Blossom Temple is getting more and more deceptive now, and such a young water ghost can't control it."
Lu Bai ignored his complaints.
He lowered his head, put on his silk gloves and picked up the water ghost. The water ghost was still struggling at first, but after Lu Bai's hand was handed over, it immediately stopped moving. The rotten half of the cheek was filled with
Sen Bai's teeth were still chattering.
Baihu watched with great admiration.
These water ghosts just act according to their nature and have no command at all, but Lu Bai can make this thing afraid, which shows his high level.
The corpse of this water ghost revealed many white bones. Judging from the marks on them, they were not rotten, but gnawed by fish and insects.
Also relying on this, Lu Bai was able to find some pieces of cloth on the corpse, which was enough to prove that the owner of the corpse was Jin Yiwei.
There is no need to investigate the cause of death of the owners of these two corpses. They must have drowned. Only drowned people are qualified to be water ghosts, and nothing else.
But the strange thing is that there are no traces of binding on this body. In other words, this Jin Yiwei fell into the water without any restraints and drowned.
This is strange.
Lu Bai stood up and asked Fang Qianhu, "The Jin Yiwei in the capital haven't fallen to the point of being ignorant, right?"
Fang Qianhu shook his head hastily, "Master Lu, are you kidding? No matter how hard Jin Yiwei behaves, there is no way he can't swim."
After all, the capital city is in a place with developed water system. If you don't know how to use water, you can still be a royal guard and catch monsters and criminals.
It can be said that swimming is the basic skill of Jin Yiwei.
Not only the Jinyiwei, but also the Southern Dynasty, because it was located in the south of the Yangtze River, the water network was developed, and there were not many ordinary people who knew how to use water.
"That's weird." Lu Bai squatted down and continued to check, but couldn't find any traces of restraints at all. "Did he fall into the river and drown while drunk?"
Fang Qianhu thinks this is very possible.
Lu Bai asked someone to remove the white cloth from the corpse next to him. This water ghost was different.
The white bones exposed on his body are similar to those of the Jinyiwei water ghost, but on the chest——
Lu Bai took off his clothes and saw a dent on his chest, which didn't look like it was caused in the water.
He reached out and touched it, and felt that the sternum was broken.
Lu Bai stood up and asked Fang Qianhu to search for the things on the body. He also took off the clothes on the body and said, "Give it to the wife of the Customs and Supervision Bureau so that they can verify the identity."
Fang Qianhu agreed.
He kept busy and said: "Sir, if it were really two of them, this case would be very troublesome."
It's too confusing.
There were wounds on this body, and the other body was dead without any trace. If they were really together, it would not be as simple as dying drunk.
In order to prove that he would successfully inherit the position of Lu Baizhen's governor, Fang Qianhu used his brain and asked: "Could it be that Jin Yiwei wanted to kick this man into the water, and then the man fell into the water while holding Jin Yiwei's feet?
Here, they drowned together."
"Genius, you just said that Jin Yiwei has good water skills." Lu Bai said.
"Maybe this grandson's water quality is not good." Fang Qianhu said plausibly.
"Okay, what you said makes sense." Lu Bai said.
Just as he was talking, Fang Qianhu took out a small bamboo sign from the inner pocket of the corpse's chest, with a line of words written on it. Because it was soaked in water, he couldn't see it clearly now.
Fang Qianhu put the bamboo sign into Lu Bai's hand seriously, "Boss, do you have any clues?"
"What is this?" Lu Bai wondered.
"This is the Bamboo Shadow Card." Fang Qianhu knew very well about this thing. "This is the token of Bamboo Shadow Hall. Generally speaking, those who have this thing are either people from Bamboo Shadow Hall, or they are related to Bamboo Shadow Hall."
Dealing with business."
"Bamboo Shadow Hall?"
Lu Bai has never heard of this organization. Is this some kind of hidden sect?
Fang Qianhu finally had a chance to show off. He told Lu Bai that Zhuyingtang was a Jianghu gang in the capital.
"Sir, please don't underestimate this Jianghu gang." Fang Qianhu said seriously. This Bamboo Shadow Hall has almost monopolized all the businesses in the capital that are not on the market. Even if the business is on the market, it still depends on Bamboo Shadow.
Tang's face said, "Let me tell you this, almost everyone who does business cannot avoid Zhuyingtang."
"Oh?" Lu Bai frowned.
Judging from this, Zhuyingtang is a big gangster around the capital. If that's the case, why haven't I heard of it?
Lu Bai was very puzzled.
Fang Qianhu smiled and said, "Mr. Lu, at your level, what kind of gangs do you still have contact with? The gangs are all avoiding you."
Furthermore, this Zhuyingtang has the rules of the martial arts world and is not a gangster gang that kills people at every turn, so people at Lu Bai's level are almost inaccessible.
Lu Bai turned over the Bamboo Shadow Plate in his hand and heard Fang Qianhu say that the Bamboo Shadow Plate was equivalent to a status. Anyone who had business dealings with Bamboo Shadow Hall would receive such a plate.
"Sir, don't look at this sign as inconspicuous, but it is actually a treasure. Wherever you go, just show this sign and you will save a lot of trouble." Fang Qianhu said next to him.
Lu Bai nodded.
He asked people to go to the Guan Supervisory Bureau and Jinyiwei's house to check their identities, and then ordered Fang Qianhu to take him to see the Bamboo Shadow Hall.
"That will have to wait until night, and we have to inform you in advance." Fang Qianhu said.
Lu Bai put down the bamboo sign and laughed softly: "You're pretty big on airs."
Fang Qianhu felt that Lu Bai had wronged Zhuyingtang.
Bamboo Shadow Hall is only active at night, and its whereabouts are unpredictable, so you must make an appointment before you can see their people.
"Okay." Lu Bai threw the bamboo sign to Fang Qianhu, "Since you know so clearly, then you can go and do this. I hope to see the people from Bamboo Shadow Hall tonight."
Fang Qianhu took the small wooden sign and reassured Lu Bai that he would handle this matter properly.
Lu Bai took out a few talismans from his arms and stuck them on the water ghosts, and then asked people from hundreds of households to put their bodies away.
This body still has uses, so it cannot be destroyed now.
Baihu hurriedly agreed.
Lu Bai raised his feet and was about to leave when a question suddenly occurred to him. He turned around and asked Baihu of Dongshui Gate, "This case involves Jin Yiwei. It should be investigated by Jin Yiwei from Nanzhen Fusi. Why are you here?"
Baihu was stunned.
The Nanzhen Fusi of their Baihu Office was just a decoration, almost useless. Although he knew that Lu Bai was reforming recently, this trend had not spread outside the capital, so they still followed the old routine.
Lu Bai patted Baihu on the shoulder, "You know that the assessment of Jinyiwei is now in the hands of Nanzhen Fusi, right?"
Baihu nodded hesitantly.
"Don't let me give you a bad review then." Lu Bai said the next sentence and left.
His current manpower is still stretched thin, so Nanzhen Fusi's stall has not even opened outside the capital. This makes Lu Bai feel that comrades still need to work hard.
Lu Bai was thinking about working hard, and as soon as he returned to Nanzhen Fusi, he asked the disciples of the wine shop to invite him back.
"Hong Tailang and Erha captured the shopkeeper of Meiji Buzhuang and are now imprisoning him in the firewood shed. Mr. Gu asked Master to go back and resolve the matter." The disciple said in a low voice.
"What, arrested?" Lu Bai was startled.
He didn't expect Erha and Hong Tailang to be so fierce, but just catch them. Lu Bai is really not afraid of the Shen family now.
The Shen family and the Shi family have been fighting for the secular power of Jianzhai, so they would not offend Lu Bai. The reason why Lu Bai was hesitant to take action was not because he didn't want to take action, but because the shopkeeper of Meiji Buzhuang had gone to the store the previous time.
After checking, I hid outside the next day and never came back.
Lu Bai didn't expect that he would dare to come back and be caught by Hong Tailang and Erha.
Lu Bai hurried back to his house. As soon as he entered the door, he heard someone crying, "You, what do you want to do? I, I tell you, I am a person with status."
"It's the same as saying someone has no identity. If he doesn't have an identity, wouldn't he be a gangster?" Lu Bai walked in with a light smile.
When the shopkeeper of Meiji Buzhuang saw Lu Bai, he immediately closed his eyes and said, "You, don't kill me. I haven't seen anything. As long as you let me go, I, I will give you money. I have a lot of money."
silver."
Lu Bai moved a chair and sat in front of him, "You can come and see me. My name is Lu Bai, and I am the commander-in-chief of Nanzhen Fushi."
The shopkeeper of Meiji Buzhuang closed his eyes and shook his head, "If you don't listen, don't stop. You bastard is chanting sutras. You don't want me to listen and then silence me."
Lu Bai was happy.
"Okay, I came here to ask you one thing." Lu Bai straightened his clothes, "Do you know Lian'er?"
The shopkeeper of Meiji Cloth Shop shook his head, "Lian'er, what Lian'er, I don't know."
"This is the girl who asked you about the Double Lion Snow Globe Brocade in Yongle City, and then came to the capital by boat with you."
"What about Yongle City? I've never been to Yongle City. Our Meiji Cloth Village does not do business in the southwest..."
Lu Bai interrupted him and warned: "You'd better tell the truth. You know, I'm from Jin Yiwei, and I'm the best at making people tell the truth."
The shopkeeper of Meiji Cloth Shop shivered and carefully reminded Lu Bai, "I, I'm from the Shen family."
Lu Bai smiled and said, "What you did to Yiqiu Villa has offended me. Do you think I will take it seriously about a mere Shen family?"
The shopkeeper of Meiji Cloth Shop murmured again, hesitated for a moment and then said: "Okay, I'm doing this to keep people's secrets. Since you ask that, I'll just tell you."
He opened his eyes, looked at Lu Bai and said, "Miss Lian'er left the capital for Yaozhou three months ago."
"Yaozhou, why is she going to Yaozhou?" Lu Bai frowned slightly.
Yaozhou also belongs to the Southern Dynasties, but the difference is that the place has high mountains and dense forests, and there are many monsters, making it difficult for ordinary people to live there, hence the name Yaozhou.
The shopkeeper of Meiji Buzhuang recalled: "Miss Lian'er found out that her father was executed by the former Supreme Emperor, so she decided to go to the Demon State to become the Demon King or the Demon King's wife, and then rebel against his mother."
"Well--"
Lu Bai thought this reason was ridiculous.
However, Erha and Hong Tailang felt that Lian'er might be able to do this.
"Whose family did he find out and was executed by the Supreme Emperor?" Lu Bai asked.
"Gu Wannian." The shopkeeper of Meiji Buzhuang blurted out. Seeing Lu Bai's confusion, he added: "Gu Wannian was the number one scholar in the new subject that year. His article was deeply loved by the emperor, so he was given the Snowflake Ball Brocade with Two Lions. However,
, in the murder case of the fruit seller, due to various reasons, the Supreme Emperor made up his mind to punish the fruit seller with death, but the real murderer was the son of the deceased, and the evidence is conclusive."
Gu Wannian was the presiding judge of this case at the time. He argued hard, but in the end he accidentally exposed the scars of the emperor at that time - it was true to kill chickens to scare monkeys, and it was false to uphold national laws. Then he offended the emperor and was executed by the whole family.
"This ancient man happens to be from Yongle City." said the shopkeeper of Meiji Cloth Shop.
"This -" Lu Bai asked him to wait while he went out to ask Gu Qinghuan.
The fruit seller's case back then was obviously the emperor's case against the Gu family. Gu Qinghuan should know whether this case involved Gu Wannian.
Gu Qinghuan quickly gave a very clear answer, "It was true that he was beheaded for thousands of years. As for whether the emperor gave him the Snowflake Ball Brocade with Two Lions, I don't know."
After receiving the news, Lu Bai returned to the woodshed and said, "Damn, there is such a person."
The shopkeeper of Meiji Cloth Shop breathed a sigh of relief, "Now you can believe me."
Lu Bai didn't know whether to believe it or not.
He looked at Erha and Hong Tailang, "Do you believe it?"
Erha and Hong Tailang looked at each other, and they were equally noncommittal. They were suddenly taken to Yaozhou, and there was really no way to verify it.
But they were unwilling to let the shopkeeper of Meiji Clothing Store go. "It will be difficult to catch this guy again," Erha said.
They had been lying in wait around Meiji Cloth Village for several days before catching this guy.
"I, I was in a hurry, not to hide from you." The shopkeeper of Meiji Cloth Shop quickly explained.
He smiled at Lu Baigan and said: "Master Lu must also know that the Shen family and the Shi family have been fighting for the secular power of the Sword Village for more than a day or two."
Now is the critical moment, and the key to becoming the secular sect of Jianzhai is whether it can obtain the silver, medicinal materials and treasures that Jianzhai is satisfied with.
"I have been busy with this matter for the past few months," said the shopkeeper of Meiji Clothing Store.
This is true.
As a newly rising family, the Shen family has always lacked a stable backer. The sect behind him was originally a tea house, but due to various reasons in recent years, the tea house was not included in the eight major sects. The current eight major sects are "Qinqi, calligraphy and painting"
,Poetry and Foil Sword".
The Shen family intends to defect to Jianzhai and change their family.
However, they have the Shi family as a competitor. The Shi family somehow has connections in Jianzhai. Therefore, even if Master Shi Qi is dead now, the Shi family still has a favorable position. In order to seize this golden opportunity of the rise of the Shen family, the Shen family
I have been busy these past few years.
Jiangnan is now converting rice into mulberry, and they are promoting it. All this is just to plant mulberry leaves, raise silkworms, weave cloth, and earn money.
Lu Bai thought for a while and decided to let Shopkeeper Shen of Meiji Clothing Store go, "I hope you didn't lie to me, otherwise you will die miserably."
Shopkeeper Shen of Meiji Clothing Store reassured them, "You still have the handle on my smuggling. How dare I lie to others?"