That evening, He Xiaonan, an employee of the Palace Museum, got off work. He came out of Donghua Gate humming a tune and walked north along the outer wall of the Forbidden City. He saw a figure approaching from a distance. When he got closer, he saw
It was the Nanyang general who injured the little brother of the Liu family yesterday. He Xiaonan didn't like him very much, so he pretended not to know him and passed him by.
Yang An actually came over with a smile: "Hello, Miss He~~"
He Xiaonan pursed his lips and said angrily: "Hello, General Yang."
"Where are you going, Miss He?"
He Xiaonan frowned: "General Yang, we are not familiar with each other."
Yang An turned around and stopped in front of He Xiaonan. He Xiaonan was a little annoyed and was about to taunt him a few words. Then he saw Yang An wink at her and was slightly startled. Yang An raised a few paper boxes in his hand and looked at them.
It looked like a snack. "Ms. He didn't seem very happy. I'll treat you to a snack, and you'll feel better after eating it." He couldn't help but put the paper box into He Xiaonan's hand. He Xiaonan was about to return it when he suddenly felt the paper
The weight of the box was wrong: ordinary snacks would never be so heavy. Just as he was guessing what was going on, Yang An had already withdrawn and turned his back to He Xiaonan, waving, "Maybe we can see you again in the future, Miss He~~I
He is really not a scoundrel." He Xiaonan was puzzled and turned around to look at him for a long time. Yang An strode along the wall and entered the Donghua Gate after a while.
The cardboard box was so heavy that He Xiaonan's hands hurt, so she just hugged it in her arms. Her home was not far from here, and she ran back all the way. The aunt next door saw her holding something and said with a smile: "Why did you buy it today?"
So many snacks?" He Xiaonan was not in the mood to answer, so he just turned around and smiled.
Entering the room and placing the paper box gently on the table, she shivered inexplicably. She opened the boxes carefully. The first box contained walnut cakes. The second box contained mung bean cakes. The third box was the first thing she saw when she opened it.
He picked up some broken snacks, but they couldn't hide what was hidden underneath: a small musket the size of a palm. He Xiaonan took a few deep breaths and opened it again. There were eight boxes of snacks in total, with two small muskets and a dagger hidden inside.
There were bullets stuffed in the empty spaces of the box. There were no snacks in the dagger or the other musket box. He Xiaonan picked up the dagger and tried it, and it was sharpened like iron. After staying for a while, she rushed to the yard and looked around.
Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, so she hurriedly ran back to the house. After thinking for a moment, she carefully hid these three items on her body, tied up the remaining five boxes of snacks again, held them in her hands and walked out of the house. The girl stood alone in the courtyard for a while.
, suddenly rushed to the door, opened a crack in the door and looked outside - there was nothing strange outside. Then she smiled at the door panel a few times, opened the door and went out.
The neighbor's aunt shouted again: "Xiaonan, do you want to go out?"
He Xiaonan said crisply: "I'm going to play at a friend's house tonight."
The aunt said: "It's hot now, so come back early."
"I know~~Thank you, auntie." He Xiaonan suddenly stopped panicking, walked to the intersection with a smile, carried snacks, and waved for a carriage.
Not long after, the carriage arrived at the door of Liu Xianglian's house. He Xiaonan felt much more at ease, jumped out of the car and waved to the door. The doormen of the Liu family recognized her, and they all smiled and called "Miss He." He Xiaonan asked: "Is our Director Qin home?
?" "Here it is." He Xiaonan jumped in like a rabbit.
Qin Keqing and his wife were both in his son's room. Liu Tong was quite a hero yesterday, but now he is as wilted as a dried eggplant. Qin Keqing is extremely distressed and cannot break his bones for him. But now He He
Xiaonan came in and ran to Qin Keqing in a few steps: "Director! I just met the Nanyang general, and he gave me eight boxes of snacks."
Qin Keqing was thinking about how to slap Yang An to death. When he heard this, he immediately thought it was Yang An asking He Xiaonan to send him an apology, and blurted out: "Throw it away! Who wants his snacks!"
He Xiaonan continued: "But there are only five boxes of snacks inside, and the other three boxes contain daggers and muskets!"
Qin Keqing was stunned and immediately raised his eyes to see Liu Xianglian. Liu Xianglian asked quickly: "Where are the daggers and guns?"
"Here they are." He Xiaonan took out the three items from his arms and placed them on the small coffee table next to Liu Xianglian.
Liu Xianglian looked at the gun and said, "This is the latest revolver." She picked up the dagger, looked at it, and praised, "Good stuff!"
Qin Keqing also came over to take a look. Liu Tong shouted on the kang: "Show me, show me!" No one paid any attention to him.
The couple looked at the three things carefully, and Qin Keqing asked: "Xiaonan, what's going on?"
"It's quite unexpected." He Xiaonan then told Yang An to give her some snacks and told her in detail. At the end, he said, "I look at him...it doesn't look like anything is wrong. But this musket..."
Liu Xianglian weighed the gun a few times: "The first musket was sprinkled with some candies, but the second one was gone?" He Xiaonan nodded.
Qin Keqing thought: "Is it too late?"
"It's possible, but I can't guarantee that it's just laziness." Liu Xianglian said, "These things are all confidence. What did he do to Xiaonan?" He stood up and asked He Xiaonan, "Did you see him enter Donghua Gate?
"
"yes."
"I'll go over and take a look." Liu Xianglian said, "The Forbidden City is only that big of an idea."
Qin Keqing said: "Do you want to tell Prime Minister Lin?"
Liu Xianglian thought for a while: "Send someone over first to ask. Doesn't he live in the Lin family?"
Qin Keqing then sent a reliable person to inquire about the Lin family. The man left in less than a cup of tea, so she simply sent He Xiaonan there too.
When He Xiaonan arrived at the Lin Mansion, he asked, but Yang An had not come back! He had gone out in the morning and said he wanted to hang out, but no one was seen until this point. He was not a child, and he had been used to bloody storms since he was a child. Lin Daiyu and his wife were not
He didn't take it to heart. He was shocked when he heard about it. He picked up the musket and dagger that Yang An had hidden in the snack box and saw that it was indeed his self-defense.
Lin Daiyu frowned: "What do you want to do? Don't want it at all?"
He Xiaonan said: "It will be dark by then and we are all off work. Why is he going to the palace for that?"
Jarvis, on the other hand, said: "Since he still had time to arrange these things, and he didn't warn you, nor did he leave any secret messages in the box, I think he has his own ideas. This kid has been on his own in Malay at a young age.
"Don't worry about him, let him play. He will be back in a few days."
Lin Daiyu heard that it made sense and said with a smile: "Yes, he has fought more battles than the two of us. He is quite calm in his arrangement."
The two of them were full of confidence, and He Xiaonan couldn't argue with him, so he had to go back to the Liu Mansion. By chance, Liu Xianglian sent someone back, saying that Yang An had indeed entered through the Donghua Gate, and he had not been seen leaving any gate in the Forbidden City.
, someone asked inside, but they didn’t know where he was. When Qin Keqing heard that Mr. Lin said it was okay, he asked Liu Xianglian to go home.
Unexpectedly, Yang An disappeared like this. He was not seen for several days. Until his uncle Yang Song returned to Beijing, there was still no trace. The elders were a little anxious. There was almost no trace of the Forbidden City. They searched everywhere. They immediately took him.
I searched all over the capital for his photos and found them everywhere he walked on the day he disappeared. First I went to the powder shop opened by the little saint. The clerk still remembered him and said he bought some of the most expensive cosmetics. When checking out, the clerk asked him
But as a gift for his lover, he said he wanted to thank the hostess who was temporarily staying at the house. The waiter advised him that this was not appropriate and that he might as well give some snacks. Then he had lunch. After lunch, he asked the restaurant waiter about the nearest flower house, and the waiter pointed out the shopping mall.
Pavilion.
The investigators chased them to Huancai Pavilion. When they entered the door, they heard a burst of cheers: "The official officers are here! The official officers are here!" The investigators were Zhan Qiao's men, who pretended to be detectives for the sake of convenience. Hearing this, his brows moved.
I saw two fans coming up to me: "The official messenger came so quickly!"
The policeman asked, "What happened?"
A fan said: "Didn't the person who reported the crime explain clearly? Our mother and two sisters just died suddenly!"
The policeman was shocked: "Where is the body?"
"They're in the house, please come with me!" Fan Tou turned around and suddenly said "Ouch", "I don't dare to go!"
A turtle man came out from behind and said, "Please come with me and the villain." The policeman followed the turtle man upstairs.
At first glance, the three women died in their own houses. Two were killed by sleeve arrows, and one was killed by darts. There were holes in the three windows. The policeman was a veteran. After examining the bodies, he found that all three of them had died not long ago.
I went out to ask the people in Huancai Pavilion, and they all saw the old bustard an hour ago.
The policeman thought for a moment and took out Yang An's photo from his arms for everyone to identify. After a while, a piano girl recognized it and said "ah": "It's the military master from Nanyang!"
"That's right." said the detective, "do you recognize him?"
Qin Niang said: "I came here more than ten days ago." She suddenly remembered something and her voice trembled slightly, "It was Jiao Yun Kexing who served him that day..."
The detective's brows jumped: "Jiao Yun Ke Xing is the two girls who were missing just now?"
Qin Niang nodded: "The military master said that he wanted two fresh-faced ones without heavy makeup." She looked at the others and said, "I wasn't here when this person came in. I heard this from someone later."
The policeman looked at the other fans and recognized one of them: "Yes, that's what he said. He said he wanted a cool room to escape the heat."
Immediately, someone else recognized Yang An. Several people talked about what happened that day. Since Qin Niang was with her in the house, the police took her into the house alone and asked her carefully. She thought for a long time.
Slowly tell what Yang An and the two fans said. "After Mr. Yang fell asleep, her mother waved to Ke Xing and went out to talk for a while. But when Ke Xing came back, she pulled Jiao Yun and bit her ears for a long time."
The detective's face changed slightly: "This is extremely important. Go on and tell it in detail." Qin Niang thought for a while, and gradually told everything she saw that day. This detective's book is also a detailed work, and she heard it immediately.
The two fans were talking about Yang An's words. Yang An's comments about Liu Tong were probably meant to be heard by others. After listening to them, he thought for a moment and said to Qin Niang, "Don't say these words to others again."
Qin Niang turned pale with fright: "Master Cha... I don't know what mom said to Ke Xing!"
The policeman said: "You are still alive probably because you don't know." Qin Niang screamed.
After the fake agent finished asking questions and left Huancai Pavilion, he saw a turtle leader leading two agents from the Five Cities Army and Horses Division. He was anxious to go back to report the news, jumped on his horse and hurried away.
Thinking that something was fishy, the man hurried back to the Yamen and reported the matter to Zhan Qiao. After hearing this, the old man thought about it and ordered someone to invite Yang Song to come over. He asked the man to say it again. Yang Song heard that Huancai Pavilion
Three people had been silenced, and his brows immediately knitted together. Yang Song said: "Don't worry. Since Qin Niang is still alive, we know that the other party is not a skilled person. How can a more experienced witness let go of such a witness who has heard everything?"
Yang Song frowned: "I think someone asked the old madam and the fan to inquire about An'er's fight with the Liu family boy at the Ancestral Temple the day before. That matter was fair and aboveboard, so you can just ask at will. Do you need to ask two fans?"
Zhan Qiao said: "My people naturally inquire at will. Where can I ask outside? Ask Qin Keqing? Can Qin Keqing not be suspicious? None of her people are stupid."
"Who knows where to go outside?" Yang Song said, "There has to be some news, right? Tong'er was injured and it didn't appear in the newspapers. It was just a few words from the staff and eunuchs in the Forbidden City. Besides, An'er hasn't returned to the capital for many years.
, who recognizes him?"
Zhan Qiao stroked his beard: "In this case, unless it is someone who saw him that day. The eunuch at the gate, the eunuch hospital and the museum."
Yang Song thought for a while: "Forget it. An'er is a decent person and won't mess around. Besides, he became a pirate at the age of five or six, and his martial arts skills are not bad. Maybe he discovered something and went to have fun."
Zhan Qiao said: "We still have to investigate. We will make a decision after we find out." Yang Song nodded.
We started with the eunuchs first. Not long after, one of the eunuchs guarding the Taimiao remembered something. "At that time, there was a man who said he was serving the Empress Dowager and was not very familiar with the roads. He asked us how to get back."
His investigative eyes flickered: "You who serve the Empress Dowager don't know the way?"
"He said he hadn't been to the Ancestral Temple for several years. He also asked how the Ancestral Temple was doing."
"How did you answer?"
"I said it was well maintained and there were tourists every day. He clicked his tongue twice and said that there are really a lot of rich people. I said, eight thousand taels of silver can see the palace, and I would do the same. He also looked inside the door.
I looked around for a while." The eunuch said, "It happened that the Nanyang man was fighting with Brother Liu."
"Did he happen to see a Nanyang man fighting with Brother Liu?"
"Exactly. He also said what those two were doing, and Brother Liu was injured in the blink of an eye."
The investigator nodded and asked, "Did you know that the Nanyang man was later beaten in the Tai Hospital?"
"I know!" the eunuch said with a smile, "Mr. Zhao Qingyun's brother-in-law, I heard, is a royal guard. He is fair and fair. Barbarians from Nanyang can only bully children. When they meet a royal guard, don't they fight and lose every time?"
Investigatively, he said with a smile: "Every one of our Imperial Guardsmen in Yan State is talented, and others cannot compare with them. By the way, what does that person look like, do you remember? Come and make a shadow with me."
The eunuch then went to draw the portrait of the eunuch who asked about the road. Several people passed it around to take a look. The first person pretending to be a policeman recognized it at a glance: "Isn't this the guy from the little saint's powder shop?"
Zhan Qiao frowned: "The little saint doesn't know anything, he is worse than an ordinary young man. He definitely has no ambition. He is only afraid of being hijacked and used."
Yang Song also said: "The Empress Dowager is even less capable." He picked up the portrait and looked at it again.
Just as he was about to send someone to the powder shop to check, someone came in to report: a eunuch beside the little saint ran to Rongguo Mansion to find Jia Cong, saying that their master was missing.