Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 493 Portrait of the Suspect

The Yicheng family poured egg whites. After all, the old Yicheng was old, and after all the tossing, he still couldn't make it through and fell into a coma.

Yicheng's son and daughter-in-law didn't know whether they drank less or were younger and stronger. After spitting out the poisoned wine, they slowly opened their eyes.

After Yicheng's son woke up, he immediately got up and looked at his father.

When he saw that his father still had his eyes closed and his breathing was weak, it seemed that he was about to die.

The son threw himself on his father and shouted, "Grandfather!"

Hearing the heart-piercing cries of the man, although the players present couldn't bear it, Shan Tao still asked:

"Tell me, who sent this poisonous wine!"

My old father was murdered, so my son naturally wouldn't hide anything, only heard the son of Yicheng tell the truth in every detail.

This Lingshui station is on the edge of Lingshui, and it is the main road to and from Chang'an. The father and son guarded this station and made a lot of money.

According to the regulations of Tang Liudian, all post stations belong to the government, and only officials and people with government orders can use them.

However, in order to make money, Ma Yicheng and his son also specially vacated a few guest rooms next to the stables for people without official status to live in.

The post stations are all built on the side of the official road, and they are the property of the government, so ordinary thieves dare not attack them.

Therefore, the businessmen passing by are also willing to spend some money to stay in the post.

Originally, the father and son were doing this business safely without telling the government, but they didn't expect two strange guests to stay five days ago.

The two guests were masked, they didn't carry any big bags or small bags, they only had a small bag of luggage, and they wanted to stay in the Lingshui post.

At first, Ma Yicheng sternly refused, but after the two men took out a small piece of silver cake, Ma Yicheng couldn't move his eyes any more.

The two of them only rode two horses, and they only needed one stable to house them, unlike caravans that needed to house so many animals.

Moreover, two people and two horses, living in the station are not conspicuous at all, and will not attract the attention of other guests.

This deal was too cost-effective, Ma Yicheng took them to a room specially for merchants, and told them not to come out of the room casually.

This is because Ma Yicheng was afraid that he would be found out if he rented out the room to people without official status, and the two guests did as well.

But on the second day, the two guests refused to leave, and took out a silver cake to Ma Yicheng, saying that they would stay with the three of them again, and promised that they would never come out of the room casually.

Seeing how honest the two were and how generous they were, Ma Yicheng let them continue to live.

In the next few days, these two strange guests did not leave the room every day, and the meals were delivered to the door by Ma Yicheng's daughter-in-law.

But every day they will give Ma Yicheng a silver cake, the only requirement is to let Ma Yicheng take good care of their horses.

Ma Yicheng naturally did so, and after they stayed in the inn for four consecutive days, Wei Yuan and a group of people entered the inn.

Originally, the players did not expect to be intercepted and killed, so the convoy lived in Lingshui Station with great fanfare under the banner of the King of Yue.

However, after King Yue's mission moved into Lingshui Station, one of the two mysterious guests took Ma Lianye and left the station that night.

But the other customer continued to live in the inn. Although Ma Yicheng felt strange, he didn't ask around.

Not long after Wei Yuan and the others set off the next day, the remaining guest knocked on Ma Yicheng's door and said:
"Old man, I'll trouble you to take care of it these few days. This pot of Shazhou roast will be a thank you gift for the two of us brothers."

"Didn't the two of you pay for the accommodation? Why are you being so polite?"

Ma Yicheng is addicted to alcohol. He has long heard that Shazhou Shao is popular in Chang'an City. It is said to be a fairy wine that can make people forget all worries and sorrows.

Ma Yicheng heard from businessmen in the past that a pot of authentic Shazhou roast was very expensive, and it was monopolized by the dignitaries in Chang'an City.

When the mysterious guest opened the lid of the jug, Ma Yicheng couldn't bear the melodious and strong aroma of the wine, and when the other party gave it to him, he happily accepted it.

The mysterious guest settled the rent for the day, packed his luggage and left the post on horseback.

Shan Tao basically guessed what happened after that.

Ma Yicheng got the fine wine and couldn't help but want to taste it at noon.

However, Ma Yicheng felt sorry for his son, so he didn't taste it alone, but called his son and daughter-in-law to taste the famous Chang'an Shazhou Burn together.

Everyone knows what happened next. The poisonous arsenic was mixed in the Shazhou burning, and Ma Yicheng drank the most, and he was unconscious.

Ma Yicheng's son and daughter-in-law had to work in the afternoon and drank less, so after pouring egg whites and spitting out the residual wine, their health was much better.

But Ma Yicheng was old and drank the most poisoned wine. According to Song Ya's analysis, this Ma Yicheng would not survive.

But the matter is important, and Shan Tao did not rule out the suspicion of Ma Yicheng and his son easily, but pointed to Tian Jianzhong and other players and asked:
"In that case, why don't you father and son let us enter the station to investigate?"

Ma Yicheng's son said with a mournful face: "You are not allowed to go in to investigate. Firstly, I am afraid that you will disturb the guests. Second, I am afraid that you will find out that Lingshui Station has illegally accommodated merchants. That's why my father refused to let them in."

After listening to the description of Ma Yicheng's son, it seems that Yicheng and his son were used by the enemy.

The other party is so cunning that even the father and son of Yi Cheng will be killed with poisoned wine. This time the opponent is a thoughtful guy.

These two mysterious guests came for King Yue's mission.

Lingshuiyi is the last inn west of Chang'an, only half a day's journey away from Chang'an city.

If the mission arrives at Lingshui Post in the afternoon, they will stay overnight at the post.

And one of the two guests left the inn after staying with the Yue King's mission. This must have been to inform others.

The other guest also left the post station immediately after the mission left the next day. It was obvious that he had come to follow the surveillance mission.

Shan Tao frowned. Now the case has come to a dead end. Yicheng and his son don't know the identities of these two people. How can they find so many people in Chang'an?
Tian Jianzhong came over and said, "Boss Shan, what should we do now?"

Shan Tao also made a mistake. The other party did too cleanly. The two deliberately pretended to be merchants staying overnight without leaving any clues. How to investigate this?
At this moment, Song Ya said, "Are there any players who can draw?"

Song Ya continued: "Ask if there are any players who can draw. In our criminal investigation, there is a technology that can draw the appearance of the murderer based on the description of the person involved. If there is a player in Chang'an who can draw portraits, I can teach him how to draw this picture." a portrait."

Shan Tao's eyes lit up, and he quickly shouted in the Chang'an player channel:
"Chang'an players, may I ask if there are any players who can draw portraits! Please come to the Lingshui station in the north of Chang'an city quickly!"

Following Shan Tao's voice, a player immediately replied in private chat: "Boss Shan, I will!"

Shi Sui is a merchant player, but in reality he is a student of the Academy of Fine Arts.

Shi Sui is considered that kind of gifted student, and his reason for entering the game is also very simple - to make money!
Shi Sui took a fancy to Datang Fengyun's ability to make money, and wanted to raise money for an art exhibition in the game.

So he chose the merchant player, which is the only profession that can make a fortune.

Players have criticized the "currency" system of "Datang Fengyun", but they are full of praise for Datang Fengyun's "economy" system.

Due to the chaotic monetary system of the Tang Dynasty, copper coins, silk, gold, and silver can all be used as currency, and various precious metals of different purity and silk of different years of fineness have caused the entire currency exchange system to be very chaotic.

If you want to use money in the Tang Dynasty, you first need to be able to identify the year and fineness of silk, and you must also have research on metal coins, and you can identify the purity of gold, silver and copper through simple methods.

This also makes the players who run the business miserable. Such a currency system is a disaster for players who are used to electronic payments.

But Datang Fengyun's "economic" system is very perfect.

Take food prices as an example. The price of food in a place is affected by many factors, and the best-selling goods in various places will also have reasonable changes. Such a sophisticated and complex economic system is not available in any business game. Business game lovers are addicted.

And merchants get experience points depending on how much money they can earn, so merchant players rarely have careers that can make them rich overnight.

Shi Sui is in the paint business in the game, and his workshop produces all kinds of bright paints, which are very popular in Longyou.

They brought a batch of goods from Longyou to Chang'an, but this batch of pigments was not approved by the scholars in Chang'an.

These scholars feel that Longyou's paint is too vulgar, not as elegant as traditional Danqing, and until now Shi Sui's goods have not been sold.

When Shi Sui was worried, he suddenly saw Shan Tao's shouting on the local channel.

Shan Tao is a player of the first echelon in Chang'an area, Shi Sui immediately contacted Shan Tao.

After giving the location, Shi Sui quickly rode to Lingshui Station.

"Have you brought any drawing tools?"

"Bring it!"

Shan Tao pointed to Yicheng's son and said, "It's because he has seen the murderer. I asked Song Ya to send you the skills of drawing a portrait of the murderer. Can you draw it?"

Shi Sui is a major in portrait painting. When he saw the message from Song Ya, he nodded and said, "No problem! It's not much different from what I learned before."

After finishing speaking, Shi Sui took out a drawing board, and then took out a pencil made by himself, and began to ask the son of Yicheng about the appearance of the two suspects who had lodged in the house.

He asked while drawing, and after drawing a facial feature, he gave it to the son of the post office for comparison and revision. After a long time, a lifelike portrait appeared on the paper!
(End of this chapter)