The most ferocious sword of the Imperial City Division

Gu Shinwei nodded, walked towards the weapon rack in the study, glanced around and selected a mace.

Wu Jiang ordered two Kaifeng Prefecture officers to guard Li Zhenxian's body, excitedly pushed the housekeeper to lead the way, and marched toward the small Buddhist hall with great pride.

Han Shiyan looked at Gu Shinwei's appearance of being knocked down by the wind, then looked at the ferocious big club on her shoulder, and silently chose to shut up.

A threesome, both of them are masters who can fight!
The small Buddhist hall is located to the south of the backyard of Li's house. It is not far away after passing through the second arched door.

As soon as we arrived at the door, the scent of sandalwood hit our face. What we saw was a wooden altar. On the top of the altar stood a half-person-high Buddha statue. It was carved out of wood and was lifelike. It was extraordinary at first sight. .

On the ground under the altar, there were two futons and a dustpan of Buddha beans placed randomly, but nothing else.

"Gu family, if we smash this Buddha statue, will we be unlucky for the rest of our lives?" Wu Jiang looked at the majesty of the Buddha statue and said with sadness.

Gu Shiwei glanced at him and threw it at the altar without hesitation, "How could we be so unlucky?"

Wu Jiang was stunned and realized!

One of them is an official who died on duty in Kaifeng Mansion, and the other is a butcher from the Imperial City Division who crawled out of a mass grave. There is no room for further misfortune!
He thought and glanced at Han Shiyan again, and suddenly felt that the smell of this Buddhist temple was fresh!
"Brother Shi Yan, don't be disappointed! You have overthrown the wife clan three times in a row, and there are no taboos! The three of us are sworn friends to Jinlan!"

When Gu Shiwei heard this, his hand shook and he almost hit the wrong place, hitting the mace on Han Shiyan's forehead.

She controlled herself slightly, and the mace fell heavily on the altar, making a loud bang. The wooden shell outside the altar exploded, and sawdust flew everywhere, revealing the golden light inside!

Wu Jiang looked at it and became excited for a moment, "Taking care of family affairs! Sir! Taking care of family members! Let me do it! I'm especially good at taking things apart!"

He spoke like a mad dog that had just been released from the cage and went up to take pictures. In almost a moment, he had torn down the altar and the wooden shell outside the statue.

An entire altar made of gold bricks, along with the golden body of the Buddha, was displayed in front of everyone.

Gu Shinwei looked at it and couldn't help but take a breath...

A good guy really is a good guy!How much money did Li Zhenxian have to spend to build such a huge mountain of gold in his home?
I was not shocked when I saw a few gold bricks before, but now I am shocked when I look at the gold that reaches the ceiling and occupies almost half of the Buddhist hall!

"How... how is it possible! Old lady! How come there is so much gold in the house?"

There was silence in the room, but Li Mao, the housekeeper who was supporting Mrs. Li, was the first to break the silence.

After a long time, Mrs. Li's expression became much calmer, and her whole body seemed to be evacuated from anger. After listening for a while, she finally let out a long sigh and said, "Why ask even though you already know?"

As she spoke, she walked up to the golden Buddha statue, straightened the incense burner that had fallen on the ground, then took three more incense sticks and bowed earnestly.

"There are all ordinary people in this world. Who is not tempted by money, fame and fortune? Isn't Guan Zhengqing, the cleanest man in the Yong Dynasty, lying in a coffin now?"

Mrs. Li said and looked at Gu Shinwei, "In this court, whose family has more than a few taels of gold, and whose family does not cultivate virtue and raises an outside wife, who is better than your Imperial City Secretary? The government knows better? If the government doesn’t want to investigate, then it’s just a muddled account. If the government wants to investigate, it’s just a blink of an eye.”

"From the moment my son moved the gold and silver back, I knew that one day he would be discovered. But I never expected that he would die a violent death."

"Why hide the gold bricks in the lantern?" Gu Shiwei asked curiously.

This is very against the law. It would be fine if the gold and silver were hidden in the Buddhist hall, as it would be out of sight of others.But those six eye-catching large lanterns will be noticed by anyone entering or passing by the study.

Mrs. Li listened with a complicated look on her face. She hesitated for a moment with a mocking look on her face. "My son almost died an accident earlier. If he hadn't been saved by Li Mao, he would have perished long ago. He asked Master Zhilin of Wuyun Temple for approval. He had insufficient gold energy in the five elements, so the master asked him to cast a golden body with the Buddha. And a large formation was set up with gold bricks suspended from the ceiling."

"It's a strange thing to say. Since setting up the formation, my son has indeed been improving steadily and has no illness or disaster."

"It's not that I didn't advise him, saying that the lantern was too eye-catching and he should be careful about being stared at. But he went in and out of the left ear and didn't listen to it in his heart. He believed deeply in the formation and spent every day as long as he was in the mansion. , I must sit in the study for at least half an hour."

"Later, he invited Wang Xi, the censor, to come to his home to have fun. When he saw Wang Xi, he didn't notice anything and couldn't listen to a word anymore. He took this as a boast."

"I can't be his master, so I can only stay in this Buddhist hall every day, praying to the Bodhisattva that he will have a good death, at least not to interrupt my poor grandson's path to the imperial examination."

Madam Li said, gritting her teeth, "If I had known this, he might as well have died."

The housekeeper Li Mao shed tears when he heard this. He stepped forward to support Mrs. Li and said, "Sir, he...he is a good person. What the old lady said made Li Mao feel ashamed."

Gu Shiwei listened and glanced at him lightly.

Tonight is wonderful, one corpse and two cases.

The murder of Li Zhenxian was the first case, and his stealing a house full of gold and silver was the second case. Both the Kaifeng Mansion and the Yushitai were very busy.

Gu Shiwei thought as he walked towards the door of the small Buddhist hall. In the thick night, Zhang Yan's figure was revealed.

He glanced at the "Golden Mountain" and was slightly surprised, but still lowered his voice and said, "We were a step late. After Chen Chao left the house today, he immediately got on the carriage and left Bian with his wife and children. Beijing."

"I arranged for someone to chase him, but I don't know when he will be back. We inquired in detail and found out that Chen Chao once made a Zhuge Liannu for someone."

As Zhang Yan spoke, he took off the big baggage he was carrying on his back and handed it to Gu Shinwei with both hands respectfully, "Sir, we got it together. This is the crossbow. Chen Chao gave it to his neighbor Wu Hai. , Wu Hai is a hunter, so he needs to use it."

"Wu Hai said that he had heard Chen Chao mention earlier that he would return to his hometown to pay homage to his ancestors and hang out during the Qingming Festival. Last night, he served him a drink to see him off. At that time, he did not hear that he said that he would come to the Li Mansion before leaving."

"When we catch Chen Chao, we will take him to see your Excellency as soon as possible."

Gu Shiwei glanced at Zhang Yan in surprise, but he looked calm and allowed Gu Shiwei to look at him generously.

After thinking for a moment, she understood why Zhang Yan was doing something completely different from before.He was not her subordinate before and could handle things naturally, but now he needs to show his credit.

She thought and nodded, "Very good."

Zhang Yan was neither happy nor sad, nodded, and disappeared into the night.

Gu Shiwei opened the bag and found an exquisite crossbow inside. Her eyes fell on a mark engraved on the crossbow.

It was a Melaleuca chrysanthemum in full bloom, with distinct petals and roots that were clearly visible.

"It turns out that the Qianji Chen family still has descendants still alive in the world."

Gu Shinwei turned around to look, Han Shiyan knelt down and reached out to touch the mark on the crossbow.