Attack Jade (攻玉) - Chapter 166

[Chapter 126]

January later, Chang’an.

On the evening of this day, in a remote alley in Tonghuafang, the rustling footsteps sounded coldly.

Absolute Saint Renzhi looked around as he walked, Chinese New Year’s Eve and Shangyuan Festival came one after another, but the weather did not improve. The old snow has not subsided, and new snow has been added, no matter which corner of Chang’an City they walk, they can always see a refreshing white.

It snowed again last night, and when I got up this morning, it was as if the heavens and the earth were frozen. However, the two did not feel cold at all, and before the New Year, Shi Gong added several sets of new clothes to them, including felt hats and felt boots, as well as thick jacketed robes, with this outfit, the day was not afraid of cold. Only in this way they look fatter, and when walking on the street, they are always quipped, “Qingyunguan’s food is not particularly good, look, those two little Taoists are rolling like two small meat balls.” It was

getting late, and they had come to look for the master.

Today is not a festival day, but in the evening there will be a family banquet in the palace, and Princess Cheng’s brother Qu Ziyu has returned from Yizhou, and he has returned to Chang’an with Princess Cheng’s sister-in-law and grandmother. The letter originally said that the day after tomorrow would arrive, but the Qu family’s carriage and horse entered the Chunming Gate at noon today.

The prince and the princess were overjoyed, and rushed to the Chunming Gate to greet them, and the master was also very happy, put down the work in the temple and rushed to the palace to meet, the relatives were reunited for a long time, there were endless words, the saint and the queen said that it was rare for a family to be so complete, it was better to hold a family banquet in the palace tonight.

Then again, since beating his brother blind, the palace hadn’t been so happy for a long time. Unfortunately, at that time, the master and brother went to Dali Temple, and just happened to miss this lively scene.

After asking Kuan Nu, he learned that there was a very evil case in Tonghua Fang, and the officials of Dali Temple, fearing that the murderer had escaped, specially took the case file to the Chengwang Mansion to find Lin Chengyou.

After Lin Chengyou listened to the case, he left without saying a word. Kuan Nu wanted to follow, but Lin Chengyou did not allow it, Dali Temple officials have never brought a precedent of servants when handling cases outside, he can’t see with his eyes, but the five senses and internal strength are not damaged, not to mention that there are servants to accompany him, and there is no need to worry about getting lost outside.

However, in order to reassure the grandmother, Lin Chengyou still took the little leopard Junnu before going out.

Seeing that it was almost dark, Lin Chengyou had not yet returned.

Kuan Nu and Absolute Saint Ren zhi went to look for each other separately, one to Dali Temple, and the other to Magpie Lane where the murder occurred.

Magpie Lane is extremely poor, and there are not many residents, but at a glance, you can still feel the festive atmosphere left over from the New Year, and there are carp flags hanging in front of the house, and bright peach charms are newly changed outside the door (Note).

Unfortunately, just a few days ago, a seventy-year-old man was killed here.

This Weng surname Liu, many years ago has been widowed, there is a daughter under the knee, more than ten years ago has been married, unfortunately the daughter died of illness not long after marriage, leaving the old man living alone, time is long, Liu Weng has more and more money, in order to maintain his livelihood, he has to not drag the sick body out to sell charcoal.

Liu Weng died in a different place, the slightly valuable things in the family were missing, it happened that there were several theft cases in Tonghuafang a while ago, and the thief had just been arrested, Fa Cao and Li Zheng summarized Liu Weng’s case as a theft case, as long as the case was completed, the case was solved.

At this time, Chang’an County was haunted.

At night, there was a headless wild ghost carrying his head and wandering at the entrance of the county gate, and the officials in the gate recognized that it was Liu Weng, and one by one they were frightened and scattered, and Liu Weng wandered night and night, and it was clear that there were grievances that were difficult to reach.

The county magistrate reported to Dali Temple overnight, and the officials of Dali Temple rushed to the scene to investigate, only to hate that the clues in Liu Weng’s home had long been destroyed, and that the case involved the wronged souls, so they had to go to Lin Chengyou for help.

Absolute Saint and Renzhi followed the guidance of their neighbors and went inside, the alley turned around, the more they got to the front, the narrower and uglier, in the blink of an eye, the sky was already dark, there were mansions on both sides, and I didn’t know which one was Liu Weng’s burrow before he died.

The two were discussing whether to light the fire, when there was some slight movement in the house in front of them, and the Absolute Saint and renunciation of wisdom were overjoyed and rushed forward: “Brother Master.” When he

lit the lantern, he saw two figures, one tall and one short, sitting on the threshold of a dilapidated house.

They sat in the darkness, as if they were trembling, as if they were waiting for something.

It was Lin Seung-woo and Junnu.

Abandoning wisdom and thinking more delicate than absolute saints, at a glance you can see that the master brother’s look is not quite right, the master brother’s face is slightly lowered and “looking” at his feet, it seems that he has been sitting here for a long time, and the abandoned wisdom lantern glanced behind the master brother: “Master brother, is the case investigated?” Before

he could finish speaking, two groups of light and shadow approached the house, and two servants came out of the house carrying lanterns.

“Comment on the matter.” One of the servants wiped his sweat and said, “I searched again, but I really didn’t find any suspicious clues.” Another

servant said embarrassedly, “Lowly positions are not meant to be lazy. It is just that this kind of futile search continues, and it may not be necessary to gain anything until dawn, such a major case is sloppy, or will you immediately go to the temple secretary to ask another chief to come and help? The lowly officials are too careless, and when searching for evidence, they cannot do without the guidance of the chief, and Lin comments on your eyes…”

The implication is that Lin Chengyou did not help much this afternoon.

Absolute Saint and Renunciation Secretly looked at Lin Chengyou.

Lin Chengyou was very calm: “You go back to Dali Temple first, I am waiting for you here to return, as for whether to return this case to Chen Sizhi, tomorrow it will be decided by Zhang Siqing.” The

two servants breathed a sigh of relief, “Well, the lowly official will return to the temple secretary immediately.”

Shunshi looked at the little master and disciple in front of Lin Chengyou, and the two left with confidence.

After Ya Gong left, Lin Chengyou sat down in the same place.

Absolute Saint and Renunciation’s chest was blocked in panic. In the past, when the master brother investigated the case, he was alert as a god, and when he was treated as a burden.

“Brother Master.” Absolute Saint said sullenly, “My eyes and Ren Zhi’s eyes are better than those two big brothers, and we will help you search for evidence.” Lin Chengyou remained

silent.

After a moment, Xu was trying to comfort his disciple, or to feel that the case was foggy, he let go of his brow and regained his spirits: “Or, go in and try it.” He

said and tied Junnu to the door, and entered with the Absolute Saint and the Renunciation.

In order to take care of Lin Chengyou, the Absolute Saint and Renunciation Of Wisdom walked very slowly, and every few steps he took, Lin Chengyou would stop and listen.

“Look under the grass and the branches.”

“Don’t miss the stone crevices and corners.”

“Is there a strange mark on the wall of the water tank?”

It took me half an hour to find it.

Liu Weng was murdered in the back room, and when the crime occurred, the four walls of the room were splashed with blood, and the three people were careful enough when they entered the house, but Ren Zhi suddenly issued an exclamation: “Absolute saint, be careful.” The

Absolute Saint was too frightened to move, and used the lantern to take a picture, it turned out that his sleeve almost brushed the door frame, there was a bloody handprint on the door frame, although it had dried up, but it might be accidentally rubbed, the Absolute Saint happily withdrew his hand, and when he turned back, he almost shouted out again, and saw Lin Chengyou stepping on a strange seal, that seal only had a shallow residue, and he could not see it carefully without a lantern, and he was a little far away, and he did not care to remind Lin Chengyou.

The two held their breath, the master brother was unconscious, just standing in place waiting for their next step of guidance, they are now the eyes of the master brother, the master brother trusts them completely, but even if they are cautious and careful, there will be something that cannot be taken care ofPlace.

Before, they were still dissatisfied with the two elder brothers, but now they finally understood why they would rather offend the master brother and go back to the Dali Temple to ask for someone. A blind man, the slightest carelessness will destroy the scene.

“What’s wrong?” Lin Chengyou sensed something different.

Absolute Saint Renzhi felt even more uncomfortable in his heart: “Brother Master… You have a mark under your feet.

Lin Chengyou was delayed.

After a while, he reluctantly opened his mouth: “Expand the shape of the seal, let’s go.” When

he came out, there was a suffocating sense of depression in the air.

It happened that the two servants came with Chen Sizhi, and Chen Sizhi approached cautiously: “There is a Comment on The Lawrence, it is late, and there are many inconveniences in handling the case of the Lin Commentary, so let’s leave it to us for the time being.” Zhang Siqing was anxiously waiting for Chen to write a case submission, and if Chen found anything, he would definitely go to the Chengwang Mansion another day to consult Shizi.

Lin Chengyou groped and bent down, without saying a word, he pulled up Junnu’s necklace rope, and smiled when he got up: “Yes, find out what to look for me again.” Saying

that, he crossed a few people and walked straight out of the alley, his steps fast and large, and he never looked back.

Absolute Saint Renunciation Looked at the back of his brother, it was an extremely lonely state, and it was sad just a few feet away.

Listening to Kuan Nu, as soon as the brother heard that there was a tricky case, he rushed out of the door, so full of spirit, indicating that he was still full of confidence in his ability to handle the case, but he was not only unable to help, but also by his colleagues –

after tonight’s events, they experienced how embarrassing the blind situation was. Without eyes, Master Brother is like a goshawk whose wings have been broken by life…

At this time, Lin Chengyou accidentally stumbled because he was too anxious to step.

Absolute Saint Renzhi was very sad, and rushed forward to help, suddenly realizing that there was a ghost shadow passing by the alley, Lin Chengyou used his arm to block the hand of the Absolute Saint, and listened to it.

Abandoning Wisdom hurriedly pinched the Burning Charm: “It’s like a wronged soul.” “It

seems that there is more than one victim.” After a moment of silence, Lin Chengyou said, “The murderer is brutal and abnormal, Liu Weng’s head has not been found so far, come and go, we are still around.” The

Absolute Saint abandoned his wisdom and his eyes were red, and he did not dare to go back to destroy the evidence, but he still could not put down the case.

As the three of them were about to walk forward, they overheard the strange sound of jingle bells coming from the dark corner.

Absolute Saint Renzhi was stunned, how this sound was like that –

no, this is absolutely impossible, Xuanyin Bell can only be worn by a living person, when Teng Niangzi returned to “death”, The Xuanyin Bell Theory fell off her wrist.

Lin Chengyou seemed to hear a thunderclap, and his face changed suddenly.

In the corner ahead stood a figure. The bell sounded from the man.

She carried a lantern, and should have been standing in the same place for a while, and the scene of the talent must have been in full view. It was so cold that the man’s body trembled slightly, as if he were crying.

Seeing each other’s faces, Absolute Saint and Ren Zhi showed a look of ecstasy, but perhaps they were happy and confused, and the three words “Teng Niangzi” were stuck in their throats.

Teng Yuyi was wearing a snow-white fur coat, as if he had traveled thousands of miles, his nose was frozen red, and his makeup and hair were also a little messy.

Teng Yuyi’s nose fluttered, tearfully looking at the scarlet cloth belt on Lin Chengyou’s eyes, looking at it, she couldn’t help but walk towards Lin Chengyou, the snow was slippery, she accidentally fell to the ground, but she didn’t say a word, got up and continued to walk. She walked faster and faster, faster and faster, and at the end, she sped up without hesitation.

Lin Chengyou stood frozen in place, motionless, desperately listening to the movements in front of him.

The author has something to say: Note: According to historical data, the Tang Dynasty people would hang a banner with a carp pattern on the door on the first day, which means to pray for blessings and long lives, and the door will change peach charms, stickers and spring unions. Peach charms, a pair of wood chips cut from the branches of peach trees, painted red and hung on both sides of the gate, are said to have the effect of warding off evil spirits. The written materials unearthed in Dunhuang prove that as early as the first year of Tang Xuanzong’s reign, there were dual couplets pasted on both sides of the gate.

Today my father had a birthday, last year he lived in the old man’s home twice, a gallstone surgery, a facial paralysis, this time decided to help his old man have a birthday, after work has been busy with the family, fortunately yesterday yard a change.

Not tomorrow, the next one is the night after tomorrow.

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