Capture the Jade:

Lin Chengyou: "Is this worth telling me too?"

Juesheng wiped the sweat from his brow, and was about to talk to Lin Chengyou in detail when Jiantian and Jianxi barged in, both of them were unhappy: "Little son, you can't come to Dali Temple as soon as you have a case." Find us in Dongming Temple, you can't let the old Taoists rest for a few days."

Seeing the corpse in the room, the conversation stopped abruptly. They looked at the corpse of Mrs. Rong Amber in the back room, and said in amazement: "This—this is?"

Lin Chengyou got up and said: "From the fifth day of March to now, three pregnant women have been victimized. The younger generation feels that there are many unclear points in this case, so I have to invite the two seniors here."

Jiantian and Jianxi were shocked: "Three pregnant women were victimized?"

Someone came again from the corridor outside, this time it was Yan Sizhi and a group of Yamen servants from Dali Temple, Wu Zuo re-examined the corpse, and led the Yamen servants to carry the body out, while Yan Sizhi stayed in the room to examine For investigation, Lin Chengyou asked Juesheng and Qizhi to take the two Taoist priests to the next door to the wine shop, and interrogated the people at the scene of the crime one by one.

Juesheng and Qizhi found a table in the restaurant next door, and invited Teng Yuyi, master and servant, and Jiantian Jianxi to sit down.

The people waiting in the restaurant were called one after another to ask questions, and in less than a cup of tea, there was only Teng Yuyi and his table left in the restaurant.

Teng Yuyi took a sip of wine to calm down her shock, then raised her eyes to Jiantian and Jianxi: "You two masters, please come and be safe."

Only then did Jiantian and Jianxi recognize the yellow-faced boy as Teng Yuyi, and they couldn't help being taken aback: "My lord, why did you paint your face like that?"

Surprised, the two of them didn't have the patience to listen to Teng Yuyi's explanation. After all, everyone's thoughts were on the conspiracy just now.

"The murderer is the man in the room? The crown prince caught him so quickly? Why is the prince also in the room? What's going on?" The two old Taoist priests asked a series of questions, which was simply overwhelming.

The sage and wisdom gave a general account of today's events.

Jiantian was puzzled: "According to this, the prince caught the murderer named Zhuang Mu on the spot, but even so, he couldn't find the fetus?"

Teng Yuyi hummed: "The murderer also tore off a piece of the victim's skirt to wrap the fetus. That piece of fabric has been in the hands of the murderer, but the fetus has disappeared."

Jianxi said in horror: "How many months is this woman pregnant?"

Teng Yuyi recalled seeing Mrs. Rong Anbo on the second floor, and compared them accordingly: "The woman's belly is about this big."

Jiantian: "The belly is so big, at least it has been six or seven months. In such a short time, where can the murderer hide such a big fetus?"

Teng Yuyi looked at the yamen servants coming and going outside the store, yes, so many people were looking for it together, it should have been found long ago.

Suddenly there was the sound of wailing outside, and it seemed that many people came to the spice shop next door.

Juesheng and Qizhi ran out to have a look, and came back and said: "The people from Rong'anbo Mansion are here."

Because of curiosity, Teng Yuyi also went to the door to have a look, and saw many old women and gentlemen coming to the door of the spice shop, and when they came, they surrounded the corpse covered in white cloth and wailed.

Wu Zuo and the yamen servants carried Mrs. Shizi's body and couldn't pass through the crowd, so they were blocked at the entrance of the spice shop.

Among the crowd, a man in his thirties was particularly eye-catching. This man was undressed and blue-shirted, with a handsome face. He squatted halfway in front of the corpse, his eyes full of sorrow.

Teng Yuyi thought to himself, this should be the son of Rong Anbo.

If someone comforted the man: "My son's condolences."

Rong Anbo's son remained motionless, Juesheng and Qizhi sighed, the lives of the mother and the child were gone, no matter how much comfort others said, it would be futile.

After a while, Yan Sizhi came out of the store, parted the crowd, leaned over and said a few words to Rong Anbo Shizi, Rong Anbo Shizi finally responded, nodded dumbly, got up and followed Yan Sizhi When he left the spice shop, the group of servants also stepped aside.

As soon as the door was scattered, Teng Yuyi had no choice but to go back to the store, and Juesheng Qizhi asked a few familiar yamen servants for a few words, and came back and said: "The fetus has not been found yet."

Jianxi was surprised and said: "How is it possible?! How can a fetus at such a young age hide it if it says so."

Jiantian suddenly said: "I see, will the murderer kill the fetus on the spot-"

He wrinkled his old face, as if he felt a little disgusted, and suddenly refused to continue.

Jianxi immediately understood what the senior brother wanted to say, and nodded with a livid face: "That's right, if you eat it in your belly on the spot, you won't be able to find it. No, I have to remind you."

Teng Yuyi stopped him: "When Lin Chengyou brought Zhuang Mu over, Zhuang Mu's mouth was stuffed with a lot of cloth strips. Lin Chengyou must have checked his mouth as soon as he caught him. Take the fetus—Lin Chengyou will find it on the spot, and there is no need to look around afterwards.”

Jianxi let out a sigh of relief: "That's right."

Teng Yuyi was stunned for a while, and couldn't help but ask: "The two Taoist priests have seen this kind of monster of killing people before?"

"I haven't seen it with my own eyes, but I have seen it in Guanli's Yizhilu. This kind of thing is not too much, because for the goblins in Yangjian, if they want to improve their skills, the effect of an unformed fetus It is far inferior to young men. Instead of looking for pregnant women, it is better to directly hunt and kill young people who can be seen everywhere. For Yin Sha and Gui Sha, this kind of thing is hard to say-"

"Oh, how do you say that?"

"One foot of the fetus is in the sun, but the other foot is still in the underworld. Before seeing the sun, it can only rely on the umbilical cord to obtain nourishment from the mother's body. Although it is a dark dream, there is an obsession to reincarnate as early as the moment of conception. If it is interrupted midway, resentment will arise spontaneously, and reincarnation to the fetal spirit with strong intentions will even turn into a resentful spirit on the spot. In the "Demon Classic", there is a collective name for this kind of resentful infant spirit, called "Yueshuo Tongjun", because they died tragically in their womb when they were short of months, just like the crescent moon on the first day of the new year, they will never wait for the full moon That day is over."

"Yueshu Tongjun?" Teng Yuyi listened very carefully.

"Yes." Jian Tian stroked his long beard, "Except for Tongjun Yueshuo, these women who died in vain are also very troublesome. Let them spontaneously develop a strong desire to protect. Anyone who dares to hurt her child will kill her. Pindao is not very clear about the details of these cases. Forget it, if you watch your child being stolen while you are dying, you will know how deep the fear and resentment will be."

Teng Yuyi's face suddenly turned ugly: "I think they should have been taken out while they were still alive."

The four people on the table looked at each other: "How does Mr. Wang know?"

"I listened to what the prince said." Teng Yuyi settled down.

It was only after seeing Juesheng and Qizhi today that she knew that the female ghost who broke into her courtyard last night was the second woman victim. The unwilling appearance is most likely to find her lost fetus.

But if you say this, you will have to tell the whole story of last night again, then Lin Chengyou will be forced to come here to drive away the evil spirits, and then you will not be able to hide the fact that you stayed in the Teng Mansion for most of the night.

She is frank and frank, but after all, Grandpa was not in the mansion last night, and Jiantian and Jianxi always like to chatter, so it would be bad if any rumors spread.

Fortunately, Jianxi didn't think much about it, and just said in astonishment: "If the murderer took the fetus before the pregnant woman died, the case would be complicated. In this case, the dead woman is full of obsessions. She will soon turn into a ghost to look for her fetus, but the fetus has already been lost, so how can she find it? The more she can't find it, the heavier the female ghost's resentment will be. As the saying goes, mother and child are connected to one another. The strength will also be greatly enhanced, and it's hard to say what will happen in the end. No wonder the prince is in a hurry to find us. He sees that things are extremely unusual, and he wants Dongmingguan to help find the whereabouts of the three fetuses as soon as possible. .”

Juesheng and Qizhi couldn't sit still anymore, and they planned to go to help their senior brother, when there were voices outside the door, Lin Chengyou and Yan Sizhi came in.

Yan Sizhi said as he walked: "The guests in the ten or so shops here have basically finished interrogating, and there are still a dozen or so people in the ink studio opposite—"

Seeing Tian and the others were tense, and hurriedly wanted to ask if the fetus was found, but Lin Chengyou sat down opposite him with his robe lifted, took out two **** from his bosom, and pushed one of them to Teng Yuyi: "Mr. Smell this."

It is a dark sandalwood-colored spice. Teng Yuyi held it in his hand in bewilderment, and frowned when he heard it.

Lin Chengyou stared at Teng Yuyi: "Did you smell it?"

"Tianshui Shiluo?" Teng Yuyi likes to study spices since she was a child. Although this kind of spices is not common, she has played with these things as early as when she was in Yangzhou.

Lin Chengyou: "When you broke into the quiet room just now, did you smell this fragrance?"

Teng Yuyi sniffed the spices carefully. She was very sensitive to the smell. Although the room was filled with a strong smell of blood at that time, Tianshui Shiluo had a unique smell of spicy oil. Anyone who had been in contact with it could easily distinguish it. I smelled it when I entered the quiet room, but I didn't notice it when I was nervous. Now that I calm down, I can easily recall it.

She nodded: "Yes."

Yan Sizhi couldn't help but ask: "Can you be sure, Mr. Wang? This is very important physical evidence."

Teng Yuyi turned her bright eyes to look at Yan Sizhi.

Lin Chengyou smiled: "She won't remember wrongly."

Yan Sizhi was startled.

"Prince Wang has a lot of research on spices, and his memory is also very good." Lin Chengyou picked up the spice and played with it, "Since the prince smells it, this matter will be easy to handle. Change it to someone who has never smelled this kind of spice. Yes, even if you smell it, you won't pay attention to it, and the smoke of this spice dissipates as soon as you touch it, so it's hard to find out afterwards. , with the testimony of Prince Wang, at least we know that it is two different kinds of drugs that stun the maidservant and Mrs. Shizi.”

Jiantian and Jianxi hurriedly asked: "My lord, what is the difference between these two drugs?"

"One is the common fragrance 'Wen Feng Dao', which can instantly make people fall asleep, and the other is the drug 'Zui Li Xiang' compounded with Tianshui Shiluo, which can paralyze a person's limbs and throat, A person who is fascinated can't move his body, and can't shout out his throat, but his consciousness remains clear."

Teng Yuyi shivered: "Your Majesty, you mean that Mrs. Rong Anbo was sober when she was killed?"

Lin Chengyou hummed, and when he put down the spices, his face was a bit serious.

Juesheng and Qizhi were shocked: "Isn't that just watching me being cut open? Just now when the two priests talked about 'Yueshuo Tongjun', the murderer deliberately used 'Zuilixiang' on Mrs. Rong Anbo ', could it be related to this?"

Lin Chengyou was surprised: "The two seniors have already mentioned Yueshu Tongjun? Well, then I will make a long story short. The murderer used two kinds of spices separately, nothing more than to paralyze the government. 'Zui Lixiang' has no The traces can be found, but the 'smelling wind' is still lingering. As long as the maids wake up and describe it, it is easy to find out that this kind of incense was used on the spot. When the two are combined, the government will logically think that Mrs. Shizi was also treated by the same I was stunned by drugs, but in fact, the murderer used 'Zui Li Xiang' for Mrs. Rong Anbo. As for why the murderer did this, it was to push the victim's resentment to the extreme. I guess the previous two cases, The murderer also used the same method."

Teng Yuyi nodded in surprise: "No wonder when I went to check, the door of the quiet room was closed from the inside. I think the murderer was afraid that the scent from the corridor would float into the room, so Mrs. Rong Anbo would not be able to keep her head clear. Already."

Lin Chengyou: "No, the murderer didn't close the door because he was afraid that the fragrance would float into the corridor, because although the 'Zui Li Xiang' can only be lit and used, 'Wen Feng Dao' can be used in tea. Yan Sizhi and I have already After checking, the edges of the teacups drunk by those servants have traces of 'smelling the wind', and in order to confuse the government, the murderer even smeared the cup of Mrs. Rong Anbo in the room."

"This--" Juesheng scratched his head, "The murderer is too thoughtful. But brother, isn't the murderer afraid that others will come to the aisle when he commits the crime? People passing by will inevitably see these servants dozing off. Be suspicious."

Lin Chengyou: "Maybe on weekdays, but never today. The lady of the world will rest in the quiet room every time she comes back to the spice shop to buy things. During the rest, the servants are kept outside the door, and the shop assistants are not allowed to go to disturb I asked these maids just now, since Mrs. Shizi was pregnant, they were often called up at night to bring tea and water, because they were too tired, and when they came out during the day, they would doze off whenever they found a chance, and they often came to this shop Everyone knows that the murderer dared to do something at the spice shop, which means that he has already grasped Mrs. Rong Anbo's temper. I won’t go over to check.”

Teng Yuyi paused: "Before I entered the house, I asked the maid outside what happened. The murderer should have heard my voice in the house..."

Jianxi was surprised: "Then why didn't the murderer escape in time?"

Lin Chengyou said: "Isn't this simple? He must have important things to do at the time. Prince, think about it again. When you saw the murderer, where was he hiding in the house?" Is it standing or lying down, or lying on the ground? What was in your hand when you jumped out of the window and escaped?"

Teng Yuyi thought for a while: "The murderer seems to have been hiding under the window. When I found someone in the room, he straightened up and jumped out of the window. I only saw him wearing short brown clothes, but I didn't see his formal clothes." However, when the murderer jumped out of the window and escaped, he used his right arm to support the window sill, and his left arm was folded in front of his chest, as if he was holding something."

Lin Chengyou pondered: "But when I caught Zhuang Mu in the back alley of the spice shop, he didn't have anything in his hand... In such a short time, he had no chance to chat with his accomplices, and he couldn't get in front of my eyes." Swallow the fetus into the abdomen under the child, where did the fetus go?”

He looked at Teng Yuyi thoughtfully.

Teng Yuyi naturally knew what he wanted to ask, so she quickly put down the teacup and said, "Because I didn't see the murderer's face, I can't guarantee that it's the same person, but just now in the quiet room, I took Zhuang Muzai carefully." After looking at it several times, I'm sure that the murderer is very similar to him, and the color of their clothes is also tan."

Jiantian and Jianxi said beside him: "It's rare to see an adult man as short and thin as Zhuang Mu, and he's wearing the same clothes, so the chances of admitting mistakes shouldn't be too high. Besides, if this case is related to Zhuang Mu It doesn't matter, why did he just appear at the place where the incident happened?"

Yan Si said straightly: "You can change clothes, and it's not hard to find people with similar stature—"

Teng Yuyi was startled suddenly, she finally knew what she had missed.

Lin Chengyou's eyes moved slightly: "Did you remember something?"

"Although I only had a quick glance when the murderer jumped out of the window, because the murderer's left arm was folded too high, the left elbow was exposed. It was very dark in the room, but the sun was shining brightly outside. When I hit the window, I saw a big hole in his clothes, and that hole was about... as big." She compared her thumb and index finger in front of Lin Chengyou.

Lin Chengyou was taken aback, and suddenly got up: "Yan Sizhi, let's go."

Yan Sizhi was quite excited: "Now we should be able to know whether the murderer is Zhuang Mu or not."

The people in the shop had been dismissed by Lin Chengyou long ago. Once the two left, only one table was left staring at each other.

Fortunately, Lin Chengyou and Yan Sizhi came back soon, and Jianxi hurriedly asked, "How is it?"

Lin Chengyou lifted his robe and sat down: "There is no hole in Zhuang Mu's clothes."

Teng Yuyi's ears exploded, which means——

"The murderer Wang Gongzi saw in the room was someone else."

Jiantian and Jianxi were shocked for a moment, and hurriedly said: "If the murderer is not Zhuang Mu, why is he wearing **** clothes? Where did you get so much blood?"

Lin Chengyou said: "When I saw Zhuang Mu in the alley, his expression was not right at all. He looked very surprised when he looked at the skirt of Mrs. Rong Anbo's wife in his hand. Now that I think about it, he should He was plotted against by someone. Someone tried to lure him to the back alley, and made him covered in blood in some way. The location happened to be in the back alley where the accident happened, and the time between them was too short. As soon as I saw his appearance, I was shocked. It is logical to think that he is the murderer."

Qizhi asked curiously: "Then why did senior brother suspect that he was not the murderer after that?"

Lin Chengyou knocked on Qizhi's head: "I haven't practiced for a few days, I think you are stupid again. The fact that you can't find the fetus at the scene is enough to make you suspicious. So many people can't find it. It means that Zhuang Mu either gave the fetus to someone else early in the morning, or hid the fetus in another place. No matter what the reason is, it means that he had a chance to escape from the alley at that time, but he stayed where he was waiting to be caught. I guess he is just a scapegoat, the real murderer has already escaped with the fetus, and the testimony of Prince Wang just proved my guess."

Jiantian and Jianxi slapped their thighs: "No, so what if the planting is successful this time, as long as the murderer commits another crime, the government will still know that the real murderer is someone else. After painstaking efforts, only three fetuses have been obtained now, maybe they will kill again."

Looking at the teacup in his hand, Lin Chengyou thought for a while and said, "The murderer didn't just plant Zhuang Mu once."

Everyone was shocked.

"Don't forget, when Shu Liniang, a pregnant woman who was victimized last time, had an accident, Shu Liniang's neighbor had seen Zhuang Mu in Chun'an Lane. If we hadn't found this clue, we wouldn't have found Xishi in advance today, and happened to run into him Zhuang Mu's 'killing', all this happened so coincidentally, as if someone deliberately arranged it. I checked Zhuang Mu, his origin is unknown, his hands may not be clean, and the two framings were done seamlessly, even if he knew that he was plotted against I can't justify myself."

Teng Yuyi was stunned: "My lord, when did the case in Tongzhou happen?"

Lin Chengyou paused: "The fifth day of March."

"I remembered. When I asked Cheng Bo to investigate Zhuang Mu, Cheng Bo's people found that Zhuang Mu might not have been in Chang'an for nearly a month. Since the first case, I planned to blame Zhuang Mu."

Lin Chengyou's complexion changed slightly.

After pondering for a long time, he smiled: "Okay. When the Bai family in Tongzhou was killed in the first case, Zhuang Mu was not in Chang'an for some reason. If it is investigated afterwards, he will not be able to produce evidence that he was not in Tongzhou. When the second case of Shu Liniang happened, someone saw Zhuang Mu appearing in Chun'an Lane, which just happened to attract us to West Market. The third case about Mrs. Rong Anbo's son, Zhuang Mu happened to be on the scene. If it weren't for Wang The young master just happened to break into the quiet room, and the gods can't clear him of the crime."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, speechless for a moment in shock.

Teng Yuyi was stunned for a long time, and said puzzledly: "But as far as I know, Zhuang Mu is just a rascal, why did the murderer go out of his way to deal with him?"

Lin Chengyou turned his eyes to look at Teng Yuyi, and suddenly said: "My lord, take a step to speak."

Teng Yuyi vaguely guessed what Lin Chengyou was going to ask her, and was busy thinking about how to answer her.

The two walked aside, Lin Chengyou looked back to make sure no one could hear them, and said, "I was about to ask you, why did you come to Xishi to follow Zhuang Mu today?

Teng Yuyi said seriously: "Actually, when the accident happened in the afternoon, I wanted to tell Shizi. I asked He Mingsheng where the silver silk came from that night in Caifenglou. Zhuang Mu's rogue gave it to him, I wanted to know the origin of the silver thread, and also wanted to get one for self-defense, that's why I went to West Market today to keep an eye on Zhuang Mu."

Lin Chengyou listened patiently: "Is it for this?"

"Of course, the silver thread is light and thin. I have never seen a concealed weapon lighter than this one. I asked people to follow Zhuang Mu just to know where I could get it. By the way, He Mingsheng The source of the sorcery is strange, since he got the silver thread from Zhuang Mu, maybe Zhuang Mu's sorcery also came from the same source, the prince can definitely check it out."

Lin Chengyou smiled and nodded: "Okay, I know about this."

Teng Yuyi breathed a sigh of relief, but Lin Chengyou glanced at the guards of the Teng mansion outside the store, and suddenly changed the subject: "I counted for you, today you brought eight guards out of the mansion in addition to Duan Fu, You made such a big battle just to find a rogue to find out about the origin of the silver thread?"

Teng Yuyi's heart skipped a beat: "That silver thread can kill people, and I don't know the details of this rascal, so why not be more cautious?"

Lin Chengyou smiled: "Since you are so cautious, why did you go to the spice shop alone? You didn't bring a guard with you, and you almost lost your life. Also, you painted your face like this, didn't you?" Afraid of being recognized by someone?"

Teng Yuyi whispered: "I saw an old friend in the spice shop, and I wanted to go over to confirm it temporarily, my son, it seems that this has nothing to do with the case."

Lin Chengyou: "Okay, then I'll ask about the case. Last night, Shu Liniang went to look for you as soon as she turned into a ghost. You said it was Lu Zhaoan who attracted you, but my subordinates reported that Lu Zhaoan had been in the mansion last night. Don’t you think it’s a coincidence that a man-made specter, instead of looking for the murderer, went looking for you?”

This incident just happened to hit Teng Yuyi's heart disease. She was at a loss for words for a moment, and she simply turned on the defensive: "So the son doubts me?"

Lin Chengyou said with a smile: "If someone else investigates the case, I would have suspected you for a long time. Don't forget, today Rong Anbo's wife was killed, and you were the first person on the scene."

Teng Yuyi snorted: "If your son doubts me, you can start to investigate me."

Lin Chengyou thought, I never suspected that you were harmful, but Teng Yuyi, don't you think you have too many secrets?

He coughed: "Why did the corpse evil and those ghosts come to you, you know the reason, right?"

His voice was so low that only the two of them could hear it, Teng Yuyi was so guilty that she gave him a light glance: "Anyway, I told Shizi everything I know, Shizi loves it or not."

After speaking, she turned around and left. In order to cooperate with the investigation, she took the initiative to tell him the whole story, but because she was afraid of hurting the person who borrowed her life, she concealed the matter of borrowing life and reliving.

It's almost a confession, what else do you want from her?

She can't say: I should have died a long time ago, only because someone used magic to survive.

After hearing this, Lin Chengyou might regard her as a monster. Just thinking about the scene of him forcing her to return her life, she shuddered. If she used talismans and formations to deal with her, wouldn't it make her look like a monster. Apart from this, she was more worried about implicating the person who used sorcery to save her life.

Lin Chengyou looked at Teng Yuyi's back from behind, and after asking a few words, she exploded like this. The so-called "guilty heart" was vividly interpreted by Teng Yuyi.

But if he doesn't interrogate her carefully, he won't be able to pass his own test first. It is suspicious enough why Shu Liniang's ghost went to her.

Besides, Zhuang Mu was stalked on her front foot, and something happened to Zhuang Mu on her back foot. Although she took the initiative to tell the relationship between Zhuang Mu and that silver thread, he vaguely felt that these things were not that simple.

I remember that when he first dealt with Teng Yuyi, her shady hidden weapons were eye-opening. A pampered lady seemed to be afraid of being killed all the time. People are curious about her secrets.

Of course, he is not interested in her at all, but isn't this already involved in two cases? I wanted to take the opportunity to get her to tell the truth, but I turned into annoyed when I asked.

He thought in his heart, okay, you keep it from you, anyway, I just want to find out the truth, as long as the investigation of this case continues, I can always figure out the reason.

One of the two had a guilty conscience, and the other was full of doubts. When they returned to the table, their faces were a little strange.