Dali Temple Conspiracy Records

Chapter 22
Bai Sanxiu smelled the fishy smell of water in the monster fog, and Li Quan quickly thought of a record.The next day, he came to Chang'an County to borrow the dossier, and Bai Sanxiu came over to read it together.

"Is this the case that Si Zhi was talking about last night?"

"Ah."

"You remember all of this."

"This season, there are fewer drownings."

Li Quan suspected that the incident related to Yaowu was eight days ago when an orchid Kuiniang who lived in Yiningfang fell into a small river ditch behind the street and drowned.Based on the on-site investigation and the testimonies of relevant witnesses, Chang'an County judged that she committed suicide by drowning herself.Judging from the file records, there are no obvious doubts, but the closing statement only stated that she was trapped by love, but she was vague about the object of the emotional entanglement.

Bai Sanxiu didn't understand what Li Yan cared about, "Since it's suicide, do you still need to write such details?"

"This kind of expression generally means that it is inconvenient to disclose the identity of the man."

Bai Sanxiu was stunned for a moment before she understood, it meant that the man had some connections, so in order to save trouble, the county government would hide relevant information when dealing with such incidents.

"Yiningfang Qixiang Building, let's go and have a look."

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"Si Zhi, this can't be..."

"It's a brothel."

Bai Sanxiu thought it was a restaurant at first, but when he got there, he felt that the atmosphere was not right. "Isn't the Fireworks Lane in Chang'an in Beili?" She asked curiously.

"Orchids are rarely listed in Beili, and most of them are in small restaurants in Xishi, Yiningfang, Judefang, etc."

The old bustard was very surprised at the guest who came to the door with his maid during the day. Hearing that Li Guan claimed to be an alchemist and came to ask about Kuiniang, his old face immediately collapsed, but after he gave the reward, his business attitude immediately corrected again.

"Guest officer, please come inside, please come inside."

Because it was still daytime, there were no guests in Qixiang Building, so it was very quiet.Li Quan found a seat in the corner of the lobby, and asked straight to the point, "Why do you think Kui Niang committed suicide?"

"Oh, it's obvious! She can't enter Du's house, so depressed!"

"The Du family? Who is her benefactor?"

"It's Wai Lang, member of the Ministry of Treasury, Master Du Yuan. Master Du is very kind to her, but his wife, tsk... can't offend her. Kui Niang went to Du's residence once, and I heard that she was beaten out Yes. Recently, I saw that she was in poor spirits, and Mrs. Du didn’t come anymore, so I found out it was broken after I asked. Then I thought about it, and she committed suicide if she couldn’t think about it.”

"I heard that Kui Niang is from the Western Regions?"

The old bustard answered truthfully: "Yes. But we don't know where she is from. She said she came to the Central Plains with her parents to do a small business, but both parents died. She was lonely and helpless, so she came here to ask for help Food. She does have a bit of beauty, but she is born with a strange fragrance, which many guests are not used to, but fortunately, Mrs. Du likes it."

"Strange fragrance?" Bai Sanxiu couldn't help muttering, "So that strange smell is body fragrance. No wonder the smell of powder is so strong."

Li Quan asked, "Can we see her house?"

"Ok, Ok."

The old bustard brought the three of them to Guiniang's boudoir, and Li Yan looked around, "Has this room been cleaned?"

"It's just that the servant girl tidied up the things briefly, I haven't had time to clean them up yet."

"Hmm." He rummaged around, as if he found something from the cabinet, "This is... Guanyin Soil?"

"Yes. Hey, why is there only so little left? I remember she asked the maid to buy two catties."

"When did you buy it?"

"It's the time of the twelfth lunar month. This thing is not worth a lot of money, but it's hard to find. The servant girl came back and complained to me."

Bai Sanxiu wondered, "Why do you buy so much Avalokiteshvara?"

"Kui Niang said that she often has diarrhea recently, so she prepared some to stop the diarrhea. I asked her to get some medicine, but she refused, saying that she only took this in her hometown, and it worked."

The bustard didn't ask any more clues, and the two left the Qixiang Tower. Bai Sanxiu thought that Li Quan was going to that Yuanwailang's house, but Li Quan said, "I'll take you back first. I'm going to Yushitai .”

"what?"

"Recently something happened in the treasury department. Du Yuan should be at Yushitai these days."

"Oh! Then you go directly to Yushitai, and I'll ask around for you, how about it?"

"it is good."

(End of this chapter)