The night is dark and the dew is cool, and the swallows are light on the beams.
The sound of tiny tiles grinding against each other was carried by the wind, and the people surrounded by the firelight in the empty courtyard did not notice it.
People greedily reach out to the warm light in front of them, wanting to embrace it, but they are afraid of getting hurt.
Small stones suddenly exploded in the fire, and sparks scattered in all directions. Everyone was startled, and then burst into laughter.
The scattered sparks fell into silence, and Yu Qiansi also landed lightly in the house.
Sporadic chatter and laughter from the night watchmen could still be heard outside. She held her breath and stood against the wall. After getting used to the darkness in front of her, she could clearly see the general outlines of the various places in the house.
The wooden elevated shelves are placed in line with the beams, and there are things of different sizes on each shelf. From here, only the outline can be seen.
Yu Qiansi walked over lightly and touched them one by one.
These are common medicines.
Think carefully about the pharmacopoeia you have memorized.
That thing easily absorbs moisture and becomes moldy, and it also likes to attract insects. Longyuan is humid and full of insects. Naturally, it would not be placed here haphazardly.
Her eyes were attracted by the rows of boxes in the middle of the elevated shelf.
There was a lot of light-colored powder scattered outside a row of boxes. She used the firelight outside the window to distinguish them for a while.
It's dry to the touch and feels greasy and slightly burnt when wet.
It's quicklime.
Finding the copper wire hidden in her hair, she knocked open the lock neatly and touched a long cylindrical object with an uneven surface, which seemed to have obvious scale-like protrusions. When she touched it in circles, the scales seemed to be arranged in a spiral.
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Yu Qiansi's heart was pounding and she let out a sigh of relief. In the past, when investigating cases, she always put evidence first and never dared to make more assumptions.
Appearances are most likely to captivate the eyes and confuse people's minds.
But this time, there are too few clues.
What the Lan family did in the imperial mausoleum was always difficult for her to ignore. Time was limited, so she only made bold assumptions. If this matter could be confirmed, everything would be fine.
But if I guess wrong, then within ten days...
Thinking of Boyi's back, Yu Qiansi shook her head and returned her gaze to the cage in front of her.
"What good luck."
She made the right bet.
She touched her heart and felt the prescription hidden in her arms.
It records the medicinal materials that Zhang Yu found in short supply in Longyuan recently.
Add this and you will be sure of success.
Although she still didn't know why the Lan family did what they did, as long as the evidence was put in front of them one by one, they would always make it clear.
Without further ado, Yu Qiansi took out the cotton bundle he had prepared in advance, picked a small box and wrapped it in the cotton cloth.
Suddenly, everything around him became dark, and even the different outlines in the room could not be distinguished clearly.
Yu Qiansi turned around and looked over. The fire outside the window was extinguished, and the darkness swallowed up the laughter of the night watchmen.
She turned around and leaned against the shelf, frowning as she tried her best to identify the direction of the door. She put her right hand around her waist and held the handle of the dagger.
Pay full attention.
Feeling a slight breeze on the back of her neck, she turned around sternly, and without thinking, she drew out her dagger and started to block it.
She didn't realize at all that someone had been hiding here!
The crisp sound of weapons connecting was especially clear in the cold night.
The opponent came menacingly, and kept slashing at Yu Qiansi's face across a row of shelves.
Yu Qiansi turned around and leaned the medicinal materials on the shelf towards the man with his left hand. When the other person was dodging, he switched the dagger to his left hand and drew out the long sword with his right hand.
When the opponent stabs again, the sword and dagger intersect to hold the opponent's weapon, and then send force downward to jam the opponent's weapon on the shelf.
Then he drew out the dagger with his left hand, and when the man wanted to take the knife back with his backhand, he struck the blade hard and then moved away.
The man was trying to pull out the knife with all his strength. In order to hold the knife, he was hit with a huge shock force and his mouth was numb.
But in an instant, Yu Qiansi was one step ahead of him, left the wooden frame, blocked his way, and trapped him between two rows of narrow wooden frames.
The situation suddenly reversed.
Yu Qiansi drew his bow from left to right and stood firmly in the open space at the end of the wooden frame, preventing him from using his long sword at full strength.
The two were in a stalemate for a while.
The moon has no light at night, and even half a ray of light is too lazy to give alms.
Yu Qiansi couldn't see anything, so he could only hold his breath and concentrate, waiting for him to counterattack.
But suddenly I heard a series of huge crashes from the wooden frame on the left.
She quickly took a step back, and the heavy dust wind blew towards her face. She covered her mouth and nose, and the sound of breaking wood could not be heard.
The man didn't know what he did and hit the wooden frame on one side. After the row of wooden frames fell down, a series of wooden frames were knocked down one after another.
The whole room was filled with dust and dust, adding a thick layer of stagnant ink to the room where it was difficult to distinguish the five fingers.
The last sound of the wooden frame collapsing was the sound of falling.
The evidence just now has now been hidden under the wooden frame.
There was such a big movement just now, but there was no reaction at all from outside.
It seems that this is indeed a trap.
Yesterday during the day, she heard all the medicinal material dealers in the city discussing that a Taoist priest was buying the stone at a high price for use in elixir making.
Now that Buddhism is flourishing, Taoist temples have long been unable to make ends meet. How could a Taoist priest have the spare money to buy so many stones and make elixirs, and still make it known to everyone?
She felt something was wrong at the time.
Therefore, she deliberately asked Zhang Yu to inquire about Yaren and grab various medicines from all the medicine shops in Longyuan. Those medicine prescriptions contained some 礜石.
On the one hand, it is to confirm his guess, and on the other hand, it is to alert others.
Those people couldn't find any trace of themselves, so naturally they could only come up with this method of dropping the bait and waiting for the rabbit.
She put the dagger back on her waist, reached out and took out the fire stick, and blew it gently.
A few sparks flashed across her face, and the person opposite seemed to notice her thoughts.
In the light and darkness of a few stars of fire, the knife moved with the shadow and headed towards her left hand.
Yu Qiansi dodged back and took the blow with the sword in his right hand.
As soon as the other party saw the fire extinguished, they distanced themselves again.
An idea suddenly occurred to Yu Qiansi, and she quickly shook the fire fold in her left hand again.
Sure enough, the other party attacked her again.
This time, she took advantage of the trick and pretended to be defeated.
Sure enough, after seeing the Huozhezi fall to the ground, the man followed closely with Daofeng and chopped the Huozhezi into several pieces. He saw that it could no longer be used.
Afraid of fire?
Or are you afraid that she can see him?
The moment the light suddenly came on, it was obvious that the man had his face covered, so he must not be afraid of recognizing him.
Yu Qiansi tilted his head in the darkness and raised a smile that no one could see.
It's the inner ghost.
She is the mole who knows that she can intercept the opponent by observing her moves.
"Your Excellency, it seems that we are acquaintances." Yu Qiansi faced the darkness and asked with a cold smile.
The person opposite did not answer or take any action.
He only takes action when Yu Qiansi wants to leave or tries to see clearly the environment inside the house.
It seems that he wants to trap her here and delay time.
"If you are unwilling to tell the truth, I will take action."
She raised her left hand again, holding something in her hand, and wanted to throw it out the window.
The man seemed to be afraid of Yu Qiansi's action, so he immediately took action to intercept what Yu Qiansi threw.
Yu Qiansi took the opportunity to dodge, took out the dagger from his waist with his left hand, and used his strength to slash his arm, injuring his arm.
The man groaned and distanced himself again.
"Do you think that because I can't see your moves, there's nothing you can do about it?"
As long as he is a traitor, he will naturally be afraid that she will throw out the smoke and attract more people. Once he stops her, that will be the immediate end.
"Master Jade, it's really amazing," the man in black deliberately lowered his voice and laughed deeply: "It's just a pity."
There was a little firelight outside the window, high up, as if a large group of people were approaching.
"Don't worry, Lord Jade, I will let them spare your life."
Yu Qiansi looked out the window, frowning and saying nothing.