Chapter 390
The aggressive questioning of Fan and Zhao almost made Qin Xing collapse.
He shouted loudly: "I didn't kill A Lian, how could I kill her! Nonsense, impossible things! These are just your guesses!"
Fan Xiaodao decided to give him a last blow: "Catcher Qin, where is your waist card?"
"What waist brand?"
"Where is your Liushuo Guardian's waist card now?"
Qin Xing said, "Half a month ago, I lost my waist card. I originally wanted to re-operate it in the yamen. I suddenly had an accident at home and was busy investigating the cat demon murder case, so I have not handled it again. Why are you asking this?"
Fan Xiaodao took out a waist sign from his arms, "Look at it, is this one?"
All the waist signs of the Changping Prefecture yamen are uniformly produced and distributed by Shuntian Prefecture. They are the identity certificates of the captain when handling the case. The front is the character "王" in seal script, and the name of the constable is written on the back, the yamen affiliated with, and the yamen distributed.
However, when you go to the local area, many constables basically rely on their faces to do things. The waist-baring brand is not very useful. Generally, they will not be able to use it if they don’t leave the government office.
This waist plate is made of brass and is black all over. It is obviously a trace of burning. It is engraved with Qin Xing's name, which can be vaguely distinguished.
Qin Xing asked: "How come you have my waist card?"
Fan Xiaodao said: "If you guessed correctly, after you killed someone that day, you were covered in blood. You chose to burn your blood clothes. But you were too panic and accidentally put your waist card into a bucket to burn it. Later, you poured it into the dry well outside your yard. Unexpectedly, we found it!"
Immediately, he sternly said, "Qin Xing, the net of heaven is vast and sparse, you killed your sister with your own hands, and you still use such cruel methods to do evil to her. People and gods are angry with each other. Will your parents, your sister A Lian's spirit in heaven forgive you? Can you still sleep at night?"
This sentence directly defeated Qin Xing's heart's defense.
He sat dejectedly on the ground and cried bitterly, "I didn't want to kill her, it was her who ruined the Qin family's family and was responsible for it!"
At this time, Yu Hailong arrived when he heard the news. When he saw this scene, he shook his head and sighed secretly. Qin Xing was originally a right-hand assistant in his yamen. With his assistance, Changping Mansion has been among the best in public security in recent years. Unexpectedly, this happened, so he ordered everyone to lock him up, put him in prison, and be tried at a date.
After dealing with these, Yu Hailong said: "Thanks to the two captains, if you hadn't solved this case, we wouldn't have been able to give the people an explanation."
The two of them were modest, "Everything is the responsibility, so don't be polite!"
On that day, Yu Hailong held a banquet to entertain the two of them. Compared with the frowning faces a few days ago, the cat demon was given the head. Qin Lian was also found in the murder case. Yu Hailong's face was much better. However, at this moment, such a vicious case occurred in Shuntian Prefecture and would inevitably be held accountable by the superiors in the future.
The case has been completed, and the two have completed their mission in Changping Prefecture. In the afternoon of the same day, they stood up and returned to Beijing to report their lives.
Yu Hailong ordered people to prepare two cars of local specialties, but they refused on the grounds that they had something important to be inconvenient to carry. Yu Hailong said, "Since that's the case, I will go to the capital next month for a birthday, and I will visit you again!"
After some politeness, Yu Hailong sent the two out of Changping Mansion.
After the two left the city, they did not return to the capital. After walking for a few miles, they turned their horse head and went straight toward Xiaotangshan.
The two decided to investigate Xiao Tangguan.
The cause of the cat demon murder case was because of the kiwi fruit of Xiaotang Temple. This Xiaotang Temple has a close connection with the Taiping Taoist Temple. The owner of Xiaotang Temple, Wuya Taoist, is most likely the night king Zhu Dian of that year. If they don’t find out what’s wrong, the two of them will be worried.
It was already evening when I arrived at Xiaotang Temple.
Since the two of them had no official duties, they decided to wait until nightfall and sneak into Xiaotang Temple to find out.
The back mountain of Xiaotangguan is a mountain of medicine. There are a large number of medicinal herbs planted in it, including rare herbs. Because it supplies royal medicinal materials, there are fences on the periphery, and the words "Royal royals, please do not enter" are written. There are more than a hundred people in the entire Xiaotangguan. Except for the ritual temple, most of them are engaged in medicinal cultivation. The two of them investigated around. At night, they took advantage of the night to turn over and cross the fence and enter Xiaotangguan from the back mountain.
There are hot springs here, and the geothermal heat is sufficient, so there is always a cloud of clouds and mist in the mountains.
As soon as I entered Yaoshan, I could smell various medicinal odors.
Zhao Xingdao: "Five-fractured yellow lotus, Magnolia officinalis, Asparagus, Fritillaria, I didn't expect that the famous medicines here would be so complete."
"You know this too?"
Zhao Xingdao: "I'm not very normal for me to remember everything, but I'm sensitive to the taste and identifying herbs?"
"Okay, you are the saint of medicine! Okay!" Fan Xiaodao said: "Isn't this mountain herb worth a lot of money?"
Zhao Xing said lightly: "Some medicinal materials are not something you can buy with money."
Several Taoist priests were picking tide leaves. Seeing this, they avoided everyone and came to a small courtyard on the top of the mountain. There was a large open space in the center of the courtyard, with a tree more than ten feet tall, heart-shaped leaves, surrounded by a low wall, covered with caltrops, and two more locks were placed on it.
Fan Xiaodao asked in a low voice, "Medical Saint, what's the way this is?"
Zhao Xingdao, "I'm afraid it's the kiwi fruit tree mentioned by the sacred master."
Kiwi fruits take root in five years, branches in five years, bloom in five years, bear fruit in five years, bear twenty fruits in twenty years. Just looking at the appearance, there is nothing special, but both of them have a strange feeling in their hearts, as if this tree has a magic power that attracts people to get close to it.
At this time, footsteps came from outside the door.
Taoist Master Wuya walked in with three or four Taoist priests and accompanied an official dressed up person.
The official said: "I just looked at it. Your speed is still too slow. In less than a month, it will be the birthday of Your Majesty. If you delay the use of medicine in the palace, you will not be able to bear this responsibility!"
Taoist Master Wuya smiled and said, "Governor Ye, in the past few days, we have ordered people to collect herbs overnight. It is expected that tomorrow, we can prepare all the herbs needed in the palace and deliver them to the capital in three days. Please rest assured that our Xiaotang Temple will never delay the important work."
The two of them flashed into the inner hall, jumped to the beam of the room, held their breath and adjusted their breathing to the lowest point.
The Taoist Wuyao is the Night King Zhu Dian. This elder of the Demon Sect who was comparable to Song Jingang and Yizhihua twenty years ago has great martial arts skills. If you are not careful, you will easily find them. Fortunately, the two of them have greatly increased their cultivation and can hide their breath. Otherwise, they would have been noticed after they approached half a year ago.
According to the itinerary of Your Majesty's birthday, after the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the sky, Taiping Taoist Temple will present the immortality pill to the emperor. Then the emperor will invite the ministers to accept blessings, and reward the ministers. Some of them are elixirs presented by Taiping Taoist Temple. Fan Xiaodao thought to himself, if Taiping Taoist Temple wants to use some tricks in the elixir, wouldn't the world be in chaos?
But then again, before these pills are presented, countless people will definitely try the pills in advance, and some of them will try them personally. It is not easy to take advantage of the situation.
The official surnamed Ye said, "I just want to mention you. Over the years, the inner court has collected a lot of elixirs from you and you have made a lot of money. I am still at ease when you do your business."
Taoist Master Wuya smiled, "My lord is so rude, we are just serving the adults and earn some hard money." After that, he took out a silver note from his arms and said, "This is the money for this month. Please accept it with a smile. In addition, I have prepared a gift for the adults."
Governor Ye smiled and said, "Oh? There is such a good thing, I wonder what gift it is?"
"Sir, wait for a moment."
Taoist Wuya came to the inner hall, and their hearts were raised to their throats. If he discovered it, it would be in trouble. However, Wuya seemed to be not at the two of them, but came to a statue of Lu Zu, and turned it gently, and the creaking sound was heard. The niche suddenly moved away, revealing a secret square.
Wuya took out a key from his arms, opened the secret compartment, took out an ebony box, locked the secret compartment, returned to his seat, walked out, and said, "A little gift is not a respect."
Hearing Governor Ye exclaimed: "How can you make such a valuable gift?"
Wuya Taoist said: "Over the years, the adults have taken great care of my observations. I am deeply grateful. There are only three kiwi fruits left. This one I left for the adults is worth it!"
The two of them suddenly realized that Wuya gave this governor Ye a kiwi fruit.
"Since that's the case, I thank Bumin for thanking you!"
The Taoist Wuyao said again: "Although the kiwi fruit has the effect of flesh and bones, living dead people, and prolonging life, the core contains the Viagra poison. Be careful when taking it. After drying it, crush it into powder and take it with water. If there is any discomfort, stop it in time. There is a prescription here, please take it together."
The two chatted for a while, mostly about purchasing medicinal materials in the inner court, and they didn't want to listen.
After the two left, Fan and Zhao jumped off the beam of the room.
Looking around, there was a futon for meditation next to it. Both walls were filled with bookshelf and pharmacopoeia such as Shennong's herbs. There was nothing special about it. If it weren't for the fact that there was something tricky in the niche just now, the two of them would have been afraid that it would be difficult to find anything valuable.
Under the main hall, there is a book case.
There are some experiences in refining elixirs and nourishing medicines on the corner of the table, but a piece of white paper was placed on the corner of the table that attracted the attention of the two.
This is a bill of lading.
Zhao Xing received the words "Caobang Pickup Bill" on it. The contents of the goods are recorded, including the client, consignee, and the entrustor: 100 kilograms of white angelica, 100 kilograms of white thorns, 100 kilograms of white thorn silkworms, 100 kilograms of white mustard seeds, 100 kilograms of Caobang Express, pick-up of goods by order, 3 pairs of one-piece, etc.
Fan Xiaodao said: "It's all white goods!"
I took a look at the signature and on April 17th, the Caobang Wharf of Jinling City was out of warehouse.
Fan Xiaodao recalled that the Cao Gang had an accident at the end of April and was swallowed up by Chen Bao by the river. This batch of goods was sent on April 17, which means that this may be the last batch of goods sent to the capital by the Cao Gang Express. Now the goods are still there, but the Cao Gang has long disappeared from the world.
The thief does not leave.
Although the two of them were not thieves, they took a risk to visit Xiaotang Temple. Wouldn't it be too unreasonable if they didn't take away something?
Fan Xiaodao placed his eyes on the niche.
Zhao Xing also understood what he meant, turned the statue of Lu Zu, opened the secret wall again, and glanced at Fan Xiaodao, "There is no key."
Fan Xiaodao pointed to Jinghong Jian, "With this, what other key do you need?"
Fan Xiaodao secretly gathered his internal force, and a sword aura radiated from the Jinghong Sword. The sword aura was the most powerful thing in the world. He gently stroked the dark grid, and heard a click, and the dark grid was cut open. In the hole one foot square, there were two ebony boxes.
Fan Xiaodao opened one of them, and a strange fragrance came.
There was a red, oval fruit lying inside, full of raised small thorns, emitting an attractive luster. Fan Xiaodao said in a daze: "Is this a kiwi fruit?"
Chapter completed!