"Use poison?" Li Qingcheng asked in surprise, "I'm afraid the poisonous person is a big hit, but in the Central Plains martial arts world, there has never been a master of poisoning."

Xiao Jinyan thought to himself, but unfortunately, the poisonous saint Xue Pipi was not there, otherwise, with his experience, he would definitely be able to tell the origin of this strange poison.

The coroner suddenly exclaimed.

Xiao Jinyan lowered his head and cut the cutter of Li Laosan's body. It suddenly turned black and then broke into iron filings. Xiao Jinyan threw the handle of the knife to the ground and said in surprise, "What a powerful poison."

The coroner was so scared that he was expressionless and kept saying he was lucky. If he had acted rashly, he might have been the same as Li Laosan. Even so, he would not be afraid.

Xiao Jinyan looked around and the grocery store was filled with rare things from all over the world, including objects from Western Chu, Northern Zhou, Persia and other places, including shells of tortoises, pearls, agate gems, etc., and Linglang looked around, but there were also many valuable things.

The most conspicuous place in the store is a pair of Thangkas. The Thangkas are exquisitely crafted, but due to their age, they are covered with dust and are painted like a sacrificial scene. Looking at the surrounding buildings, they are not objects from the Central Plains. The Thangkas are written in Chinese with the eight characters "The Pilgrimage Picture of the Great Master's Thirty Years of Pilgrimage".

Xiao Jinyan wondered: "My Ming Dynasty was founded for three hundred years, and it seems that there is no such year name as Dade. Could it be an object from the previous dynasty?"

Li Qingcheng had no idea either. After looking for a while, he said, "Let's go to the Tianma Escort Agency first."

The coroner asked: "What should I do if the corpse?"

Xiao Jinyan said: "Burn it, dig a deep pit, bury the residue, put some quicklime, and it will be fine if it rains a few times."

...

Suzhou City has eight land gates and eight water gates, which means Bagua. Loumen is one of the eight land gates. It is located in the northeast of the city, close to the moat. The water level here is deeper. Many merchant ships and cargo ships from the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal dock here. Follow this road to Zhenjiang, and can go west along the Yangtze River. It is an important transportation hub in Suzhou City. Gangs such as the Cao Gang, Tianma Escort Agency, and Jiangliu Gang that mainly engage in freight transportation are all gathered here.

The two of them came to the Tianma Escort Agency, and Su Zhengyuan had already been here. Because Jiangsu Governor Zhao Jinlian was about to inspect here, this kind of incident should not have alarmed Zhao Jinlian, but now it is an extraordinary period. He served as the governor of Suzhou, and murder cases occurred in his jurisdiction. If he pursued the matter at the top, he would not be able to escape the blame.

When Su Zhengyuan saw the two of them, he hurried over and said, "Have you been to the grocery store? Are there any clues? Who is the murderer?"

Xiao Jinyan said angrily, "We are from the world, not the constable. How can we solve the case by taking a look? If we take a step back, if we can really solve the case, wouldn't it seem that your six doors are too incompetent to do things?"

This sentence is a bit ugly, but Su Zhengyuan asked him for help but was not angry.

The Tianma Escort Agency is the yard of Sanjin. With Ling Tiannan's status in the world, their water and land business is excellent. There are more than ten wademen and escorts living in the front yard, which is also a place to rob and escort. The second yard is the escort agency's martial arts training ground, and Ling Tiannan's study room, etc. The third yard is the family and servants living in it.

When asked, I learned that last night, when 13 deaths occurred in the backyard of Tianma Escort Agency, the people in the front yard did not hear any movement, and there was no sound of fighting, which showed that the person who took action was very fast.

When he arrived at the backyard, there were several corpses lying on the floor of the hall. The coroner handed the corpse to Su Zhengyuan. Su Zhengyuan didn't even look at it, and handed it over to Xiao Jinyan.

The eight words "Murder and repay your life, and repay your debts" are written on the wall in vermilion. The entire backyard, jewelry and silver boxes have been emptied.

Li Qingcheng frowned, "Strange, the grocery store has not lost anything, why did their family be emptied? Could it be a dispute of interest?"

Su Zhengyuan hesitated and wanted to speak but stopped.

Xiao Jinyan felt something was strange, "Did you hide something from us?"

Su Zhengyuan retreated left and right, took a deep breath, and said with shame, "It's still Brother Xiao's eyes." He pointed to the eight words on the wall and said, "It's true that these eight words were written by me this morning."

Xiao Jinyan said oh, "It seems that the gold, silver and jewelry in the escort agency, and the silver boxes are all emptied by you?"

Li Qingcheng acted as a force to draw his sword, "Solved the case."

Su Zhengyuan repeatedly shouted for justice, "Don't, the murderer was not me. I took away the silver, but I didn't kill the person."

Xiao Jinyan said, "Aren't you a custodian?"

"You know, I just spent 300,000 taels recently, and I'm a little tight. Anyway, all the thirteen members of the Ling family have died. I don't want these silver coins. Who knew that this incident alarmed Governor Zhao, so I'm looking for you two."

Su Zhengyuan continued, "Brothers, I'm even honest about this matter, right? I'm just trying to solve the case, vent my anger for the superiors, and uphold justice for the Li family!"

Li Qingcheng sneered, "I think you are thinking about your position."

Su Zhengyuan smiled, "Just put it another way."

"I despise you!"

Su Zhengyuan's face turned purple, but said, "Li Daxia is right. Whenever the night is quiet, when I torture my soul in my heart, I also look down on my actions. However, if you promise to help, you can't sit idly by, right?"

Xiao Jinyan also said: "I despise you too!"

Su Zhengyuan said again: "Xiao Daxiao is right. Whenever I examine myself three times, I feel deeply uneasy when I think of the saints teaching gentlemen. However, if you agree to help, you can't ignore it, right?"

At this moment, a sentence came from behind: "I despise you!"

Su Zhengyuan's face drooped, without looking back, and said annoyed, "It's endless, right? This is a serious crime, please wait for the idle people. Why don't you hurry up..."

Before the word "get out" was released, he felt that the man's voice sounded familiar. He suddenly turned around and saw Zhao Jinlian standing at the door, four strong guards standing side by side.

Su Zhengyuan's expression changed suddenly, and he was so scared that he rolled and crawled, and knelt down beside Zhao Jinlian. While slapped himself, he said: "Mr. Zhao is right. As a court official, I have an unshirkable responsibility for such murders in my jurisdiction. But don't worry, as long as I, Su Zhengyuan, is in Suzhou one day, I will bring the murderer to justice, eliminate harm for the people, and promote justice!"

When Zhao Jinlian came in, he didn't hear the conversation before, but just said something casually. At this moment, he saw Su Zhengyuan kneeling in front of him, kowtowing like pounding garlic, and was not angry. He snorted coldly and walked towards the inner hall.

Su Zhengyuan got up, brought a chair in person, wiped the dust with his sleeves, "Sir, please sit down."

As an important official of the court, Zhao Jinlian Sao was the governor of the emperor and was very good at raising qi. He didn't even look at Xiao, and Li and said as if nothing had happened, "Su Zhengyuan, how is the case investigated?"

Su Zhengyuan said respectfully: "Sir, I have hired a capable helper to help solve the case. I have mastered some clues, and there are three suspicious points. First..." Zhao Jinlian waved his hand, "Don't tell me stories, what I want is the result. Three days, I will give you three days. If the case cannot be solved, get out of wherever you come!"

Su Zhengyuan cried with a sad face, "Sir, aren't there five days left?"

Zhao Jinlian said angrily, "After Zhou Xiao's affairs, the court sent another imperial envoy to investigate. He will arrive in Suzhou in three days. Five days? If the case cannot be solved, you will throw your head into Taihu Lake to feed the turtle!"

Xiao Jinyan whispered to Li Qingcheng, "I heard that there is a Taihu residence by Taihu Lake, and the turtle banquet inside is really good."

Su Zhengyuan was shocked. Zhao Jinlian was very arrogant and was a common subordinate to discuss matters. If he spoke, others would not even dare to speak up. Xiao Jinyan was still interested in making fun of him and couldn't help but sweat.

This sentence came to Zhao Jinlian's ears, "Who are you?"

Zhao Jinlian's words were displeased. He was a third-rank official. Not to mention ordinary people, even the prefect and others would kneel down and salute him when they saw him. The two of them did not kneel down before, which made him very unhappy.

Xiao Jinyan is a man from the world and is not very tempted by the imperial court. Moreover, when he was admitted to the Wenyuan, although Li Chuntie had no rank, his status was very high, and even the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet was very polite. Xiao Jinyan and Li Chuntie were very casual on weekdays, and of course they didn't take it seriously when they saw Zhao Jinlian.

As for Li Qingcheng, the Li family was powerful and powerful in Jiangnan. His cousin Li Zhiyuan was the Minister of Revenue in Nanjing. There were no less than dozens of officials in the family in the court, and Zhao Jinlian was not seen in the eyes.

Xiao Jinyan laughed, and before he could kneel down, he bowed and sang a promise, saying, "I am the hero Xiao Jinyan!"

Zhao Jinlian frowned. He was from the imperial examination and was very repulsive to the people of the martial arts world and sneered: "Hero? With you, you dare to call yourself a hero?"

Xiao Jinyan smiled, "I'm used to it!"

"The hero violated the ban with martial arts. You people in the martial arts world are afraid that they are burning, killing and robbing everywhere in the name of a hero. They are doing a business of killing and robbing people, right?"

When Li Qingcheng heard his insults and scolded the chivalrous, he said coldly: "Sir, if you remember correctly, the previous sentence should be a conspiracy of the law by Confucianism, right?"

Zhao Jinlian asked, "Who are you?"

Li Qingcheng said: "The hero Li Qingcheng."

When Li Qingcheng introduced himself, he always said his name directly. Today, when he saw Zhao Jinlian ridicule Xiao Jinyan, he couldn't help but use the word "hero".

Zhao Jinlian smiled, "The two heroes are rude." After that, he bowed his hand without raising his head and asked Su Zhengyuan, "Is this the hero you invited?"

Su Zhengyuan was so scared that he dared not speak out.

Zhao Jinlian laughed, "Okay, three days later, I'll wait for you to finish." He sneered a few more times, turned around and said before leaving, "I'm afraid I won't throw my life in Suzhou City."

The last sentence is obviously what Xiao Jinyan and Li Qingcheng said.

After Zhao Jinlian left, Xiao Jinyan was amazed, "What a great story!"

Su Zhengyuan said, "He is the direct confidant of Lord Yuwen, so we can't afford to offend him. Let's talk about the case first."

Xiao Jinyan asked, "Have the Tianma Escort Agency recently provoked powerful enemies or had disputes with other business opponents?"

Su Zhengyuan said: "According to the inquiry from me, they have recently fought with the Cao Gang for the right to transport a dock at Loumen Wharf. Half a month ago, Ling Tiannan and the leader of the Cao Gang, Chen Changping, fought. Chen Changping lost and gave up the dock. Chen Changping also threatened to take revenge on Ling Tiannan. Could it be him?"

Li Qingcheng shook his head, "It's unlikely."

"Why?"

"You may not understand the rules of the world. If you compete to determine the outcome, if you lose, you will lose. Unless you challenge openly and take revenge in private, you will not be able to gain a foothold in the world in the future."

Xiao Jinyan said, "That may not be necessary. I think we should start with the people in the city. Brother Li, this may have to rely on the power of the Li family in Suzhou."

Li Qingcheng said: "Now that the leader of the Zuo Alliance has arrived in Suzhou, he lives in Tianxiang Building under the Zhengyi Hall. Why don't you go to find him? After all, he was your old subordinate back then."

Xiao Jinyan said it wasn't good, right?

Li Qingcheng smiled slightly and teased, "How come, are you still afraid of him?"

"It's not that I'm afraid of him. As soon as I took office, Zostein overturned all the rules I set in the martial arts alliance, which made it very unpleasant. I asked me to ask him for help. Humph, I'm afraid I can't help but beat him."

Li Qingcheng said, "But I heard that he accused you of abusing the funds of the Martial Arts Alliance and making friends with evil and heretics."

"You mean the thief in Luobei, who was nicknamed "Sai'an Frost"?"

Li Qingcheng said: "That's right."

Xiao Jinyan laughed, "Li Menghan has a bad reputation in the world, but he is open-minded and honest, and is a man. He just fell in love with someone he shouldn't like, and then he ended up being disgraceful. I have dealt with him, but he is a wonderful person. If you see him, you will definitely get the same thing."

Li Qingcheng said proudly, "I don't want to join him."

Xiao Jinyan said: "You are preconceived and have made an empiricist mistake. If you want to talk about Li Menghan, he can't finish talking about the topic for three days and three nights. Once..."

Su Zhengyuan shouted repeatedly, "Stop. Lord Zhao will give you three days. If you want to talk here for three days and three nights, I'm afraid I'll go to Taihu to feed the turtle."

Xiao Jinyan said that the turtle tastes really good.

Su Zhengyuan said, "Brother, I am feeding the turtle, not eating the turtle!"

Xiao Jinyan said it was a joke, let's go.

Su Zhengyuan asked, “Where to go?”
To be continued...