That night, Yao Zhen followed the man who presented the painting on the bridge. The first place he followed was the Zhiyu Waterside Pavilion, which is across the lake from Wenhe Building.
Zhiyu Waterside Pavilion was heavily guarded, and the surrounding area was guarded by the Yan army left behind by Shen Lie. These people did not dare to approach, so they used paper and pen to draw the lights of Zhiyu Waterside Pavilion and describe the architecture of Zhiyu Waterside Pavilion from all sides and angles.
After finishing the painting, they went to Feishuang Pavilion, which had been controlled, and stayed near Feishuang Pavilion for a long time. Finally, they went to the south of the city and knocked on the door of a wealthy family.
Yao Zhen was hiding under the shade of a tree from a distance, and when he saw them talking to the people coming out of the gate with pleasant faces, the attendant standing behind, who was the one who had frequently sent letters to Zhuo Changzong, suddenly pulled out a dagger and stepped forward to stab him. The servant who came out of the gate died.
Then, these people broke into the mansion and started killing. Because the moon was dark and the wind was high, everyone in the mansion was sleeping, so there was no sound.
When the killing was over, they left with a few heads.
The door of the mansion was gently closed by the leading man, and everything returned to silence.
These people did not stay in Hengxiang City, but headed south. They left the city at night, and Yao Zhen followed them all the way.
It wasn't until dawn that he followed them in Xizhu Village.
The villagers in Xizhu Village were all talking about the Chen family in the village. The soldiers guarding the gate of the Chen family happened to be evacuated early that morning.
Yao Zhen followed the villagers to watch the excitement. The structure of the mansion aroused his curiosity, so he slipped in when no one was paying attention.
The Chen family's residence was almost emptied out by the mayor and others and moved to Hengxiang Yamen, but Yao Zhen still found many familiar things there.
He thought about it for a long time, and finally realized where he was familiar with. It was Mr. Youjian, no, to be precise, it was Mr. Youjian's sister, Mrs. Chen.
All the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls have been removed, but the New Year pictures stuck with strong rice glue in the lobby are still there.
When he painted the woman's eyebrows and jewelry that year, he could find a sense of familiarity with Mrs. Chen.
Yao Zhen suddenly remembered a banquet conversation a long time ago. Hao Weifeng accidentally mentioned that he thought Mrs. Chen's white hair and wrinkles looked strange. The color of her white hair was often different, and the position of her wrinkles seemed to have changed.
At that time, no one took it seriously, they were all laughing and joking, and even after Hao Weifeng mentioned it, he didn't take it to heart.
When Yao Zhen recalled these things, he began to think more and more about the strangeness of Mrs. Chen, and then thought about Mr. Youjian, as well as Zhuo Changzong's daily life with Mr. Youjian before his death.
Finally, relying on the location of his hometown mentioned by Mr. Youjian, he inquired all the way to find out where there was any hometown. No one in Linbi Township knew Chen Youjian.
He took out the drawing paper traced from the New Year paintings and continued to inquire in Linbi Township, but someone actually saw Mrs. Chen and pointed him to a house in a neighboring village.
After entering the village, Yao Zhen continued to inquire at the entrance of the village. An old farmer in the village told him that the house's surname was Chen. He had only bought it five years ago. There were not many people in the house and he had little interaction with the neighbors.
When Yao Zhen heard that "there were not many people", he became bolder. At night, he came out of the inn where he was staying and entered the Chen family mansion.
There were indeed not many people in the house, so he searched one by one, and finally entered a study room. On a cypress bookcase, he found the pattern that the craftsmen said that Zhuo Changzong came to inquire about it with the money.
He has never seen what the pattern looks like, but this is what the craftsmen said.
Like the symmetrical Begonia Ruyi pattern, it looks simple but is extremely complex and well-organized. If you look closely at the long branches of the pattern, it turns out to be a double-linked unicorn pattern.
In addition to the text hidden in the book, he also found a large number of words written by Mr. Youjian.
Seeing that the husband's handwriting was really easy to read, Yao Zhen looked at them one by one and found that they were looking for three people, one named Tang Xiangsi, one named Meng Gong, and one named Zhang, who only had the character Zhang and no given name.
The entire cypress wood bookcase contains no books on classics and teachings. They are all filled with weird and bizarre heresies, Qimen Dunjia, and Xuanmen Ksitigarbha.
There are also a large number of maps, including the secret passage of Hengxiang Mansion. One of the maps shows densely packed corpses, like ancient sacrifices.
Also, they dug graves everywhere.
Yao Zhen took out some pieces of paper and handed them to Xia Zhaoyi: "General Ali, take a look."
Xia Zhaoyi took it, lowered his head to look at it, and said, "You asked someone to send this piece back to Hengxiang, and asked your classmates to keep it for you."
Yao Zhen nodded: "Yes, exactly."
"A few days ago, I sent Dong Yanjiang to the streets to find the craftsmen you mentioned. A craftsman with a slightly better memory and skillful hands painted a new painting for Dong Yanjiang. Dong Yanjiang brought others
The craftsmen looked at it and confirmed that it is the one that Zhuo Changzong asked about."
It is also exactly the same as the pattern on the swordsman's scabbard.
"Great," Yao Zhen said happily, "General Ali, can we now confirm that Yuan Yi's death after falling from the building was related to Mr. Youjian? General Ali must seek justice for Yuan Yi!"
Xia Zhaoyi raised her eyes to look at him, and suddenly felt something in her heart, and said kindly: "Thank you for your hard work these days."
"Actually, I still regret that I failed to keep up with those people and let them get lost."
The reason why he went to Nanwupi again was to inquire about those people again, but found nothing. Moreover, because he inquired about the husband again in Linbi Township, or was targeted by those from the Chen family, yesterday, he was targeted by many people.
After chasing and escaping, he did not dare to stay outside anymore, so he thought of a way to get himself injured, and then hired someone with a high salary to send him back to Hengxiang Mansion.
"There is also a portrait," Yao Zhen looked at the paper in Xia Zhaoyi's hand, "Miss Ah Li, the portrait is below."
Under the scabbard pattern, in addition to the New Year paintings on the old house of Chen Mansion in Xizhu Village, there is also a portrait of the attendant who delivered a letter to Zhuo Changzong.
"Because of my angle, it's difficult to see the man's face clearly and I can't draw a rough outline of it."
"There's no rush," Xia Zhaoyi said, "Since Mr. Chen Wuyou from Lianfeng Academy is familiar with him, it won't be difficult for him to paint."
"Well! Mr. Chen will not stop painting if General Ali comes forward!"
"Second Miss," Xia Junnan said, "I just sent people to the house in the south of the city, but these days, the Yamen has not received any reports related to the family extermination. There should be a stench in the past few days.
"
"Maybe it was taken away," Xia Zhaoyi said, "Those people have been operating in Hengxiang for many years, and they have people everywhere."
"General Ali, I heard and saw that Mr. You is outside at the moment?" Yao Zhen asked.
"Well, he is also courageous. He stayed at Dongping Academy knowing that what happened, knowing that I had already targeted him, yet he dared to come here tonight."
Yao Zhen thought for a while and said: "This is no different from coming to pick a fight. He is confident and has no idea how powerful he is. Dongping Academy alone cannot give him such confidence. General Ali, now, you have to... deal with it
him?"
Xia Zhaoyi asked back: "What do you think, has the time come?" This chapter has been completed!
