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Chapter 453
"The youngest daughter of the Liu family in Shanxi heard that she had contracted a strange disease half a year ago, and she has never appeared in front of people since then. Within three months of the Liu family's youngest daughter becoming ill, all the maidservants and servants in the Liu family's youngest courtyard were punished. That's it, there's not one left."

"Miss Wu of the Dong family in Kaifeng was also said to have a predestined relationship with Buddhism half a year ago, and was taken away by someone who has attained the Tao to practice Buddhism," Lin Yan said here, and paused, "Same with Liu's Yao girl's courtyard. The situation is similar, all the maids and servants have been sold. Oh, yes, a sewing maid from Miss Dong's courtyard was sold to Jiangnan Road. I have already asked me to find it, and it will be brought to Yancheng in two days. "

Ji Chongyan nodded, looked at the last file in Lin Yan's hand, and asked, "Who was the last one to find out?"

Lin Yan glanced at him: "The youngest daughter of the Liu family in Chang'an, the one who disappeared a year ago, do you still have any memory?"

When the Liu family's youngest daughter disappeared, the two of them had not yet traveled to Jiangnan.Originally, he and Chongyan would not have much impression of an ordinary girl's disappearance, but the case of the Liu family's youngest daughter's disappearance was different. At that time, everyone in Chang'an City knew about it.

To make such a big commotion in Chang'an City, this would not be an ordinary disappearance case.

The Liu family in Chang'an has been rich and prosperous in Chang'an since the Great Jing of the previous dynasty. Although the power is not great, the wealth and honor are the top ones in the Chang'an city.

There is no other reason, the Liu family has been an imperial merchant since the previous dynasty.

Although he is just a "shang", but with the word "emperor", he is not an ordinary "shang".

Compared with ordinary merchants, the Liu family is unusual in that there have been concubines in the family for three generations.

Most of the rich and powerful families in Chang'an City have experienced such a thing as a concubine in the palace, but the merchant represented by the Liu family is the only one among the merchants in the world who can produce such a concubine.

Although the two generations of the Liu family did not have any more concubines, the business of the Liu family is still booming and stable.Insufficient compared to the top is more than the bottom, the Liu family in Chang'an city is not obvious, but it is also very stable.

"I met people from the Liu family when I was working on a case," Lin Yan said, "Although the masters of the Liu family are not particularly outstanding, they are not ignorant either. They act very prudently..."

Of course, if you are not stable, you will not stay in Chang'an City for so many years.

"In short, he seeks stability in his work style, and rarely seeks to advance aggressively. The left and right Liu families are not short of money, and the loss has nothing to do with them." Lin Yan said, "When I deal with them, I still feel that the current Liu family is much less than their ancestors. Uninhibited."

"When you create a foundation, you can't avoid the risk of wealth and wealth. When the foundation is stable, if future generations don't have enough skills, don't rush forward. If you can keep the foundation, it's already good." Ji Chongyan said lightly, "The Liu family did nothing wrong."

Lin Yan glanced at him when he heard the words, didn't refute, just paused, and then said: "Those from the Liu family are smooth and stable in their affairs, they would rather suffer a loss than offend others, it is really strange that they will provoke the hatred of the family."

Ordinary cases of missing girls would never go to Dali Temple. Generally speaking, the Chang'an government office took over first.

The Liu family does not have the authority to leapfrog, so when Lin Yan received the news from the Liu family, it was not because of the disappearance of the Liu family's youngest daughter, but another major case.

"At the end of last year, the Liu family was wiped out." Although Ji Chongyan was not from Dali Temple, the incident caused a great commotion in Chang'an City at that time. No one survived. Early the next morning, someone passed by the door of Liu’s house and smelled a strong smell of blood inside. Curiously, he opened the door and took a look. He almost fainted from fright, and then reported to Dali Temple.”

Lin Yan said "hmm", such a big massacre is the focus of Dali Temple. As the young minister of Dali Temple, Lin Yan has solved countless cases, so naturally he will not miss this case.

"Most of them died from knife wounds. Judging from the traces of the knife skills, there were at least seven or eight perpetrators, and they were all good martial artists." Lin Yan said, "Those seven or eight people broke into Liu's house, and killed Liu's house overnight. Slaughter up and down."

With this method, one can already outline the situation at that time by closing his eyes.

Seven or eight burly men dressed in strong clothes broke into Liu's house, with swords in their hands, except for a few guards who struggled, almost everyone was killed with one blow, which shows his extraordinary martial arts skills.

"It's not that he bought murder, or that person must have many guards with such extraordinary martial arts skills. At that time, Mr. Ji thought that this case was a vendetta!" Speaking of the case, Lin Yan was eloquent, "Although several members of the Liu family's generation They are all steady and cautious people, and they seldom have any grudges with others. However, a rich family like the Liu family must have some old grievances. In addition, the Liu family has been rooted in Chang'an City for many years, so it is very troublesome to investigate. Chang'an City and the surrounding area may have had old grievances with the Liu family. I checked, but found nothing. I visited the surrounding neighbors and did not see any suspicious people before, and there was no movement that night. Afterwards, we The drug was found."

The drug addict and the murderer have extraordinary martial arts skills, so he can naturally not alarm the neighbors.

"The massacre of the Liu family has not yet been resolved. When I left Beijing, Mr. Ji was still sorting out the past of the Liu family." Having said that, Lin Yan paused and looked at Ji Chongyan, "Because of the massacre of the Liu family, we naturally I want to sort out the past of the Liu family, so I found out about Miss Liu's disappearance not long before the incident."

"Because the two incidents took place less than a month ago, my Master Tong Ji guessed that the enemy first tied up Miss Liu's family to threaten Liu's family, but the Liu family refused to comply, and that's when the misfortune happened. In this speculation, Miss Liu's family She must die earlier than the whole Liu family." Lin Yan said, "However, Miss Liu lived longer than the whole Liu family."

Miss Liu's family died at that time like those girls in the cave.

Although the identities of all the women in the cave have not been found out at this time, judging from the few women who know their identities, a common point has surfaced at this time.

"The Liu family in Chang'an, the Dong family in Kaifeng, the Liu family in Shanxi, and the Wang family in Luoyang are all merchants." Lin Yan said, "And they are all rich and well-known merchants in the local area."

"If it's for money, it's obviously more useful to tie up these men in charge of the family business, and it can be used to extort ransom." Lin Yan began to analyze, "Besides, how can ordinary people who seek money have such a great ability to do this?"

"So, these people can't be ordinary robbers." Ji Chongyan opened his mouth, flipping through the file in his hand, "It's time to check the past of people like Liu's family and Dong's family. There may be secrets in them that we don't know."

……

For the time being, the matters of the Liu family and the Dong family are still too far away from Jiang Shaoyan and others, but it is not completely unaffected.

When Jiang Shaoyan jumped out of the carriage, Xiangli poked her head out of the carriage, carefully took out a dagger and handed it over: "Miss, bring a knife!"

Jiang Shaoyan turned her head to look at the dagger that Xiangli took out from her arms: If she remembered correctly, it was bought by Xiangli for self-defense when An Guogong was wearing armor in Yuhang.

The dagger is not bad, it is a good dagger, but she has her own dagger, so she doesn't need this.

But before she could speak in the future, Xiangli said worriedly: "Miss, do you still remember those women in the cave near Yancheng? There is such a thief who arrests women and kills them outside, so you can't rest assured that Miss is acting alone as a slave!"

Although Miss always takes her and Xiao Wu with her when she goes out, but from time to time Miss always leaves to do something alone, how can people feel at ease?
Seeing Xiangli's worried look, Jiang Shaoyan smiled, thought for a while, put away her dagger, told Xiaowu and Xiangli to wait for her here, and then walked to the Taniguchi station not far ahead.

But the girl didn't go into the station, but went around to the village next to the Taniguchi station.

……

As the sun sets, near dusk, wisps of cooking smoke rise from the chimneys above the village houses, mixed with the smell of food, which is quite a bit like a folk painting.

"Miss Fang San." The woman wrapped in a headscarf came out of the room, and greeted Fang Zhixiu who was staring at the "Fireworks in the World" in a daze, and said, "It's time to eat."

Fang Zhixiu let out a "hmm", turned around and followed the woman.

They are from the village here at the Taniguchi post station that they arrived two days ago, and then the woman asked her to wait.

Fang Zhixiu waited. After waiting for two days, there was still no movement near the Taniguchi Station, and no so-called court personnel appeared.

"When will they come?" She asked this question more than a dozen times in just two days. Of course she knew that she was rambling, but she couldn't control herself.

It's not that she doesn't know that everyone is helping her meet Zhou Fang, but no one knows how the plan will end. She is at a loss for the way ahead, and she is naturally afraid.

The woman wrapped in a turban held a sweet potato in her mouth, thought for a while, and was about to take the sweet potato out of her mouth and open her mouth, but at this moment her eyes lit up.

A voice came from outside the door: "If you count the days, you will be able to arrive at the station tomorrow morning."

This voice is very familiar. Although she can count the words she said with one hand, but because the process of going from the city to the outside of the city that day was so frightening to her, she still can't sleep at night. I will dream about the frightening situation at that time.

She froze and looked back.

A figure appeared outside the door

There was a bit of a smile on the girl's face. Seeing her looking back, she nodded to her with a smile and said, "Miss Fang San, Mrs. Ge."

The woman with the sweet potato in her mouth gave a vague "um", her eyes were bent, but she didn't take the sweet potato from her mouth, but started to eat it seriously.

God is sorry, food must not be wasted.

Fang Zhixiu subconsciously got up and looked at the person coming.

At first, I had no time to look and think in the carriage, and I was in a hurry to avoid and escape, and it was only at this time that I had the time to take a serious look at the girl in front of me.

The girl stood by the door, looking this way, Fang Zhixiu raised her head subconsciously, and compared the two of them, she was already half a head taller than herself, and she seemed to be growing taller Some, she will definitely be a very tall girl in the future.

"Ever since Second Sister got to know you, eight out of ten sentences in the letter have mentioned you." Fang Zhixiu looked at the girl in front of her and said, "In the beginning when she provoked you to be imprisoned, she wrote that she hated you. When I came out, I became liking and being close, and I have been liking and being close until now.”

Jiang Shaoyan sneered: "Second Miss Fang is a very interesting girl."

"Few people would describe her as funny. It doesn't mean that she is obnoxious because of her straightforwardness, or that she is stupid." Fang Zhixiu looked at the girl's brows and eyes, which became softer and tighter due to her slight movements. The tip of the eyebrows relaxed, and said, "She said that you are Zhuge, a female middle school, no worse than the eldest sister. Miss Jiang Si may not know, but this evaluation is very high...Although she has always disobeyed the eldest sister since she was a child, she respects the eldest sister the most. With such a relationship, she said that you are no worse than Big Sister, which shows that she even thinks that you are better than Big Sister in her own heart."

When it came to Miss Fang Er, Fang Zhixiu said a little more.

Jiang Shaoyan smiled, and then said a few words about Fang Zhihui. After the atmosphere warmed up for a while, Fang Zhixiu hesitated and finally couldn't help but speak: "Miss Jiang Si, did you just say that they will go to the Taniguchi station tomorrow? Then...then how can I meet Zhou Fang?"

"I've already made arrangements, so don't worry! I'll take you to see Zhou Fang after nightfall tomorrow." The girl paused for a while before saying, "Just in time, I also have something to tell Zhou Fang square."

Kill for life.Zhou Fang has been in the trap ever since he killed Chen Wanyan with his own hands. If he is guilty of murder, if he doesn't want to die, he can only hide and hide all day long, living in fear.Zhou Fang is obviously not the kind of person who is willing to hide.Therefore, if you want to not die and hide, there is only another way.

There is no free food in this world, and this method is not easy to do.

Naturally, she couldn't let Zhou Fang rush into such an important matter without telling him.

……

……

Taniguchi station.

Zhou Fang, who was in shackles, stood on the spot and looked at the flags fluttering at the gate of the post station, with a slightly dazed expression.

20 years ago, when their army passed by here, they also stayed here. At that time, everyone was there. He was the commander of the army, and Mr. Jiang was the military commander full of talent and resourcefulness. Even the little general was famous. The star of the world...

"What are you doing in a daze? Don't you need to rest?" A voice sounded behind him, interrupting his sad memory.

The military official with a tired face glanced at him, locked the shackles that locked him with himself, and said: "Go in and rest for a night, and then go on the road tomorrow morning."

The attitude is neither bad nor bad, full of businesslike meaning.

The military officials are all ordinary people, and they don't have the habit of teasing prisoners, not to mention that the prisoner in front of him is obviously special, so special that Mr. Yang took such special care of him.

Regardless of whether Mr. Yang wants to protect or kill such prisoners, it is Mr. Yang's own business and has nothing to do with them.

Zhou Fang lowered his eyelids, and followed the military officials into the station.

The two little officials in the post station were dozing off on the table. They yawned and raised their heads when they heard the movement at the door. The moment they saw the military officials, they quickly got up and greeted them with a smile.

"My lord, I'm back after finishing my work!"

Seven or eight days ago, this group of military officials passed by the Tanikou post station and stayed for a day. They were familiar with the two small officials in the post station.

"It's still the same, prepare enough fodder and water for the horses, and prepare some dry food for me to take away tomorrow morning. As for eating, hot soup and pasta will be fine!"

The little official responded quickly, and went down to prepare to go.

The group of people never looked at Zhou Fang behind them from the beginning to the end, and they didn't notice the shock on Zhou Fang's face when he saw the two servants.

(End of this chapter)