Song of Peach Blossoms: Alluring Princess

Chapter 51
The New Year's Eve is approaching, and the streets are full of people, those who carry the burden to sell goods, and those who buy goods with bamboo baskets, come and go.They were all huddling together in the same street, and the heat from their breath made white air float above their heads, as if they were flying through the clouds.

"Quietly dodge, get out of the way, get out of the way, everyone out of the way." Hurray, two teams of black-clothed and red-belt guards carrying spears separated from the crowd and ran out of the city.

Hoo hoo, a layer of ash was thrown up by the guards who ran past, and the crowd gathered again and began to discuss, "You know, two dead people jumped out of the field in front of the old mountain pass outside the city early in the morning. Bacheng of Jingzhao Yin’s yamen went there.”

"Tch, where do dead people jump out, are you talking about ghost stories?"

"Hey, don't believe it, it really popped out!"

The two were arguing, and the people around laughed and forgot, and they all dispersed and continued to buy and sell goods.

At this time, many people surrounded a large piece of wasteland in front of the old mountain pass, and the guards who came behind pulled cloth strips to separate the onlookers.

A big pit appeared in the middle of the wasteland, and there were two corpses lying on the side of the pit, with bones exposed on their pale faces, because it was winter, but there was no stench.

"My lord, Caomin came to herd cattle today, and the two Shiba dogs I raised also came together. At first, they were digging holes here, and Caomin didn't pay attention. Later, when I was about to go home, I found them in the pit. I will report to the police immediately.” The old man who reported the incident shrank his shoulders, his face was terrified, and his dog didn’t know where he went now.

After asking and asking, it was all these words, and the policeman in charge quickly let the old man go back, but he had to be there at any time, and the old man drove the cow away with gratitude.

"Boss, I found this on the two of them." A guard came over with two badges.

"Ruyifang?" The policeman knocked on the sign quickly, "Why did you die here?"

Ruyifang, also called Ruyi stall, is the largest and most complete gambling shop in the capital, as long as you have money and enter the door, you will be a master.Regardless of whether you spend a lot of money or spend a lot of money, it doesn't count as money there, after all, it will come back after all the money is gone.

If this Ruyifang is an ordinary gambling place, it's fine, at most the lives of these two people are the gamblers seeking revenge.But Ruyifang's surname is Xiao, and it is still the Xiao family in the imperial city, so it will be a lot of trouble.

"Then let's take the body back and find him for an autopsy, and then go to the gambling house and ask if the two have any enemies?" the guard asked cautiously.

"Let's do this first. Take the owner of this land back to the yamen for questioning." The policeman turned his head and glanced at the two corpses, who were chewed beyond recognition by the dogs.Alas, it's Chinese New Year's Eve, how come this unlucky job happened again!

The body was brought back to Jing Zhaoyin, and Wu made an examination and came to the conclusion that he was murdered, that is, buried alive.

"Are there any obvious features on the body? Can someone recognize the corpse immediately?"

Wu Zuo put down the two pieces of paper and went back to the autopsy room. The policeman thought about it with the paper and decided to go to Ruyifang to try his luck.

The big signboard of Ruyifang can be seen from a long distance, and a big house that occupies almost half of the street stands in front of it.Before entering the door, a gust of hot air blew out from the opening of the cloth curtain, which made people feel a little dizzy.

The policeman quickly entered the house, first turned around and listened to the gamblers yelling, and finally found a young man to ask if there were two people with Ruyi tattoos on their necks.

The guy looked at him suspiciously, and pulled down his collar to reveal the tattoo on the back of his neck, wishing well.

"Our guys here will tattoo a Ruyi on their necks to represent their identity when they come in. I don't know who the master is looking for?"

The catcher laughed dryly and said he was fine, and was about to ask more questions when a yamen came and remembered that the guard whispered something in his ear, and they looked at each other and left.

"I said, you're embarrassing me, right? In Ruyifang, from the croupier to the handyman, everyone has Ruyi tattoos on their necks."

"That's why I asked someone to call you back. Look." Wu Zuo took a piece of sackcloth and dipped some water poured out of the bottle, and rubbed it on the necks of the two of them, and the tattoos disappeared.

fake! "Then why do they have the Ruyifang brand?"

"It's up to you to check it yourself." Wu Zuo said calmly, and the catcher frowned worriedly.

He always felt that it was not easy here. It was obvious that these two people pretended to be the croupiers of Ruyifang and sneaked into Ruyifang. Would they be discovered because they stole some secrets, and they would be killed in the end?
The policeman thought about it and decided to discuss it with the governor. As soon as he reached the gate of the yamen, the guards came to report, and the governor came to him.When I arrived at the study, I found that there was not only Mr. Fu Yin, but also another person, wearing a black robe, sitting peacefully on the upper chair, leaning on the back of the chair and looking at the policeman who was entering the door.

"Song Butou, I haven't seen Mr. Shen yet."

"I've seen adults."

"Make a record of the information you got about the two corpses. I want to use it." Shen Yu looked at Song Butou's displeased expression and added, "Your lord has agreed to transfer the case to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Take the corpse away, and the follow-up matters will have nothing to do with the Jingzhao Yin Yamen."

"This……"

"Okay, just take the corpse away. Song Butou, just write it here, and hand it over after you finish writing." Fu Yin cut off Song Butou's words.

Song Butou dawdled for a long time and finally produced two records. Shen Yu took the records and carried the body away. Song Butou watched from behind, his teeth itching. Isn't this a robbery case?

"You don't need to be angry. It's not a good thing for Jingzhaoyin Yamen to have such a homicide case around the New Year's Eve. I wish someone would come to take credit for it. Ruyifang is such a tough bone. I'll see how Shen Yu can chew it off. "

"My lord, the owner of that piece of wasteland has been found, do you want to meet him?" An officer ran over to report, Song catcher moved his feet and wanted to go forward.

"What do you see? The case has been transferred to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Take him to the Ministry of Criminal Justice immediately."

ah?The guard looked at the two of them, and finally shrank his neck and walked away under Fu Yin's glaring gaze.

Jingzhao Yin's government office is quiet again, and the servants gather together to patrol the streets, rectify and make small troubles.

Song Butou is holding his ghost knife full of resentment. He knows that Mo Shuo is not even his master's opponent in Ruyifang. Shen Yu's coming to accept the case is equivalent to saving them, but he is just angry, isn't it? Obviously saying that their Jingzhao Yin Yamen is incapable of doing nothing.

At this time, Shen Yu was reading the records written by Song Butou in the conference hall, which not only contained objective factual descriptions, but even some of his conjectures.After reading it, Shen Yu clicked on the names on the paper. This Song Butou is quite talented.

"My lord, the owner of the wasteland at the scene of the crime was sent by Jing Zhaoyin, and he is waiting outside the door right now." The guard on duty at the door came in to report.

"Bring it in." Shen Yu folded the paper on the table, so that he was free at the moment, no matter whether it was necessary to ask or not, it would not delay the matter.

After a while, there were light footsteps coming from the yard. He looked up and saw walking slowly in Tsing Yi under the sky. In the backlight, he saw a green hairpin on her bun.

(End of this chapter)