However, when Xia Zhaoyi saw the Su family brothers and sisters sitting together and discussing, she accidentally heard them mention it and knew that this was a jade article.
They couldn't take it away, so they imitated it and made a wooden sculpture.
Xia Zhaoyi never asked in detail what it was, where it came from, and what it was used for.
Now, Xia Zhaoyi looked at these small wooden carvings. For the first time, he took a closer look. The Su brothers and sisters' micro-carving skills may not be exquisite enough, but the design style of these small objects is quite high-level and artistic.
Xia Zhaoyi raised his hand, intending to pick it up and look at it carefully.
By chance, a slender hand came to pick it up.
The two hands moved back and forth. If Shen Lie's hand was faster, Xia Zhaoyi almost covered the back of his hand.
Fortunately, it's just a small movement.
Xia Zhaoyi retracted his hand extremely calmly and looked at Shen Lie extremely calmly.
Shen Lie also took his hand back and said extremely calmly: "I feel a bit familiar."
"have you seen?"
"Remembering."
He picked it up again, and found that the small item was only half the size of his finger.
Xia Zhaoyi also picked up another one, but when she looked closely, she didn't feel familiar at all.
The more Shen Lie looked at it, the more familiar it seemed. The small object was gently turning on his finger, and his black eyes traced the lines, one by one, with twists and turns. All the lines were drawn out and laid out on the paper, and they became vivid in an instant.
"I remembered," Shen Lie said in a deep voice, "the letters that Shen Shu sent to me have exactly the same pattern if they are erected in the shape of this object."
Xia Zhaoyi turned to Su Yumei: "Miss Su, where did you see these little things of yours?"
"It's a mechanism axis on a jade article," Su Yumei said. "An old friend of the teacher invited us to Ningsi and took us to several places."
"Northwest?" Shen Lie said.
"Well, we left Ningsi and came back through Wanshan Pass, where we met Miss Ali."
"I would like to ask, can I know where he took you?" Xia Zhaoyi said.
Su Yumei looked embarrassed: "Miss Ah Li, I promised you not to say anything."
"But Miss Su," Shi Guoxin said, "not to mention whether the gangster who attacked you was related to the murder of the two waiters at Sihai Teahouse, even if he committed indiscriminate murder on the street today, he deserves to die. Your clues must be very important. .”
"No," Xia Zhaoyi said, "there are other ways to find this person. It's not yet necessary to embarrass Miss Su."
"Yes." Shi Guoxin lowered his head and held his hands.
At this time Zhan Ning, Chen Dingshan and others heard the sound and came.
Su Heng followed behind.
Su Yumei turned to look at her brother, thought for a moment, and said to Xia Zhaoyi: "Miss Ali, I'll go find my brother to discuss it."
"Um."
The hut is still placed on the stone table.
On the side is the letter Xia Zhaoyi brought back from Sihai Tea House.
Shi Guoxin's voice was very soft: "Actually, Miss Su's stabbing may not necessarily be related to these little things."
Shen Lie put the object back in his hand and said in a deep voice: "Since this object involves her secrets, she will not tell us easily. Now that she has opened her mouth, she feels that the gangster's attack on her is related to this object. It can be seen that this matter has happened frequently. She confirmed it."
"Well, Miss Su is a rigorous person." Xia Zhaoyi said.
"Ah Li," Shen Lie looked at the girl, "I'll go to the place where the accident happened first."
"Okay." Xia Zhaoyi nodded.
When Shen Lie stood up, he looked at the letters on the table, paused, and then said: "You have many things to do, so leave this to me. I will find those people. You don't need to worry about it. You can reply to the letters at home today." .”
Xia Zhaoyi felt warm in her heart and smiled: "Yeah."
Seeing Shen Lie walking down the water pavilion, Xia Zhaoyi thought of something and shouted: "Shen Lie."
Shen Lie turned back silently, looking into her eyes with a pair of bright black eyes.
The gentle breeze passed through the water pavilion, and Xia Zhaoyi's white clothes fluttered slowly in the water pavilion.
She looked at Shen Lie's handsome face and said with a smile: "Do you still remember that you wanted to treat me to rice dumplings?"
Shen Lie couldn't help but laugh: "I'll pick you up when you finish your work."
"Um."
Shen Lie turned around and left in no hurry, his white clothes catching the wind like snow flying in the wind. He looked at her for a while again, the smile on his lips grew stronger and stronger, and then he left.
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The Sihai Teahouse was surrounded by water and it was difficult to enter from the front, so we chose the rooftop route.
But along with him, there was also a coffin that shopkeeper Li had asked someone to buy, and several porters carrying burdens were carrying the coffin in.
Zhili then stopped at the second floor window and quietly watched the movement below, planning to wait until the coffin bearers left before going down.
Since it is a coffin, the price will be doubled.
Shopkeeper Li paid the money, a waiter sent the porters out, and then closed the door.
Only then did I go down.
Just when he was going down the stairs in an orderly manner, the backyard suddenly became chaotic.
A waiter who was opening the coffin screamed and hurriedly hid behind him.
A man with a long sword quickly jumped out of the coffin and stabbed the waiter in the face with the sharp blade.
Fortunately, Dai Yu was nearby and reacted quickly. He picked up the bench next to him and patted him away.
The waiter narrowly escaped and ran towards Shopkeeper Li: "It's the shopkeeper!"
At this moment, the lid of the other coffin was pushed open from the inside.
But just as he was about to push away, a clear young man's voice came from above: "You are quite strong, but with my hundreds of pounds, what will you do?"
The man in the coffin was shocked and quickly drew his weapon and stabbed the coffin.
Zhili put his hands on his chest and stood high on the coffin board. The man in the coffin stabbed him several times. Zhili moved nimbly and dodged quickly.
The person in the coffin was furious and increased his strength. Suddenly, a long bench under the coffin suddenly slid and the entire coffin fell over.
Zhi Li kicked off the coffin lid and jumped into the air. When the person in the coffin climbed out, Zhi Li raised his hand, and a hidden weapon nailed the person's arm to the coffin.
The person in the coffin let out a muffled roar and raised his hand to pull it out. Unexpectedly, pulling out the hidden weapon was easier than driving it in.
Rows of barbs pulled out strings of his flesh.
The man in the coffin raised his head and cried out in pain, tears rolling out uncontrollably.
He raised his weapon and charged towards Zhili.
But he saw the young man who was already ten steps away raised his hand, holding the same hidden weapon again.
The man who climbed out of the coffin was furious and raised his hand to wave away the hidden weapon that had hurt him.
It seems that threats are ineffective.
With a cold look on his face, he immediately called him away.
Two hidden weapons attack each other.
The scattered steps flashed and he was easily avoided.
The other party screamed again and fell back into the coffin.
At the same time, Dai Yu also successfully subdued the assassin.
The waiter in the teahouse, the cook in the backyard, and the woman washing dishes found two large lengths of thick hemp rope.
Several people tied up the two men and sent them to the previous miscellaneous room.
Zhili raised his feet and went in, looked at them angrily in the dark light, and said in a cold voice: "I will not be soft this time, I will make it impossible for you to survive, and you will not be able to die!"
