After Ye Hu and Shen Changge took a short rest, they rushed to the teahouse where Qingxuan was.
At this moment, everyone in the teahouse was swarming out, while the crowd watching the excitement outside was filling the teahouse with water. There were cries of women and children, but they were quickly covered up by the noise around them. Several government officials in government uniforms were trying their best to maintain order, but it seemed to have little effect.
Ye Hu and Shen Changge looked at each other, but their hearts tightened. Is something going to happen to Qingxuan? He hurriedly squeezed into the teahouse. Seeing such a chaotic situation, the yamen officer at the door shouted that someone wanted to squeeze in and make trouble, so he shouted: "Back off, back off, the yamen is handling the case, and the rest of the people are waiting to leave quickly."
After saying that, he and his companion each held a long knife in their hands, crossing each other to block the middle of the teahouse.
Upon seeing this, Ye Hu became impatient and turned to look at the crowd one by one, but Qingxuan was nowhere to be seen.
Seeing this, Shen Changge took a step forward, took out his token, showed it to the doorman, and then whispered a few words.
The two government officials were immediately shocked. They hurriedly knelt on the ground, folded their hands and worshiped: "I didn't know that General Shen was here. I am assigned to patrol Ma Zhao in Yongzhou. Zhang Zhuo paid homage to General Shen!"
At this time, the crowd of onlookers saw that the yamen officer who had been arrogant and domineering just now was actually kneeling on the ground like a mouse or a cat. They all looked at Shen Changge curiously. At this glance, all kinds of admiration burst out.
"This man is so young and handsome, he is actually a general!"
"General Shen, is he Shen Changge, the eldest son of General Shen He?"
"He is so handsome and graceful!"
"Is the man next to him also a general? He looks even more majestic!"
Immediately, a woman said crazy.
Shen Changge was speechless for a while, and thought to himself, these two government officials were so disrespectful regardless of the occasion, so he glared at them and said, "Why don't you get up quickly and evacuate the crowd!"
Ma Zhao and Zhang Zhuo stood up immediately after hearing this, saying yes again and again, but when they looked at the even more chaotic crowd, they suddenly became confused again. Seeing this, Shen Changge sighed: "These government officials usually have nothing to do with their bodies, but they are so unaware of any emergencies." I'm so overwhelmed, I'm really ashamed to serve the imperial court."
Then he stood helplessly in the middle, facing the crowd that was getting more and more crowded, and said loudly: "The government office is handling the case, and those who deliberately destroy the scene will be punished with the same crime. Anyone who is not involved should retreat quickly. Anyone who dares to come around and influence the case handler will be arrested and taken to Yongzhou Mansion." Ask the prisoner for questioning."
After saying that, he held the sword in both hands and faced the crowd with sharp eyes.
Ye Hu, who was beside him, also raised the long sword in his hand high in time, stood under Shen Changge, and glared at the crowd of people who were only watching the excitement, feeling very angry in his heart!
The general was angry, and all the troops were frightened, not to mention that they were just a group of bored spectators. The crowd quickly dispersed like birds and beasts, and the people in the teahouse who were blocked inside were now able to rush out in a swarm. In a moment, Li San, who had been surrounded just now, The teahouse three floors outside has returned to calm.
Ma Zhao and Zhang Zhuo were filled with admiration when they saw this. This general was a general, and the murderous aura in his body was really not something ordinary people could bear. They were about to flatter them, but they saw Shen Changge asking them: "The new arrester of the Yongzhou Patrol Room" Where is the head Yang Yi?"
"Yes, yes, the boss is doing an autopsy with me in the back room right now." Zhang Zhuo was the first to react and answered hurriedly.
"There has been a murder!" Ye Hu and Shen Changge were shocked when they heard this. They looked carefully at the crowd that had just dispersed, but did not see Qing Xuan.
"Is the deceased a man or a woman?"
They both asked at the same time again, clenching their fists nervously.
"General, he's a gangster. He's about thirty years old. His throat was pierced by a sword!" Ma Zhao answered first this time.
Both of them let out a long sigh after hearing this.
"Who is making the noise outside?"
Yang Yi, the head of the patrol room of Yongzhou Prefecture, heard that the noisy crowd outside suddenly became quiet, so he came out to check. He happened to hear Ye Hu and Shen Changge questioning him, and he was shocked. Who dared to inquire about the Yamen's handling of the case
As soon as he walked out, he met Shen Changge's eyes and was immediately overjoyed: "Changge!"
Ye Hu looked at the person in surprise. He was eight feet tall, muscular, dark-skinned, with angry eyebrows and a majestic look!
At this time, Yang Yi realized that he had made a mistake, so he clasped his fists again and saluted: "General Shen!"
Shen Changge couldn't help but smile heartily when he saw his old friend again, clasped his fists and returned the greeting as an old friend: "I learned that Brother Yang has taken up the new position, and I haven't come to visit you yet. Is everything going well with Brother Yang?"
"Oh, it's hard to put it into words!"
Yang Yijian Changge is still the same as when he was in the Wangcheng garrison camp. He doesn't care about the difference in status. He has a straightforward personality and no longer is pretentious.
"Who is this?"
Yang Yi looked at Ye Hu who was still staring at him intently and asked, thinking that he could be with Chang Ge and look so mighty and domineering, and he could tell at a glance that he was not an ordinary person.
"This is General Ye Hu, who is also a close friend of mine." Shen Changge replied.
Then he turned around and pointed at Yang Yi and introduced to Ye Hu: "This is Yang Yi, who I had a good relationship with when we were at the Wangcheng garrison camp. He has just been transferred to the head of the Yongzhou patrol room recently."
"General Ye!"
"Yang Captou!"
The two of them also clasped their hands and bowed to each other. They did not pay homage to each other based on their official positions.
"Why are the two generals here, and Chang Ge? What's the matter with the blood on your clothes? Are you injured?"
Only then did Yang Yi notice the blood stains on Shen Changge's clothes.
"It's just a minor injury, it doesn't matter."
Shen Changge then briefly told Yang Yi about the market incident just now.
Yang Yi was shocked and said: "The sky is clear and the sun is shining brightly, how can something like this happen?"
After saying that, he felt ashamed. He was the head of the Yongzhou patrol room. The security of Yongzhou City was so chaotic, and he had an unshirkable responsibility.
But he was also quite helpless. He had just arrived, and everything was tied up. Yongzhou Prefecture Mu Lin Qingmu only liked to write and write all day long, and all his affairs were handed over to the evidence officer Chen Yun. This Chen Yun was already in his sixties and had been in officialdom for a long time. , tactful accidents, everything is handled to the end, and passed gently.
When solving problems, often either of you are reasonable, or both sides play a different role. What's even worse is that they often push four, five, six, and ask Mr. Lin to make a decision, but Mr. Lin pushes it to him again. Repeatedly pushing the blame, what? Nothing can be resolved substantively.
Most of the government servants below do not seek merit, but seek no fault. It is really difficult for him alone to survive.
Seeing that Yang Yi was distracted, Ye Hu was a little worried about Qingxuan's whereabouts, and hurriedly asked: "Has Mr. Yang ever seen a woman in white, beautiful in appearance, about this tall?"
Ye Hu pointed his hand at his shoulder.
"When we arrived here, all the tea guests in the tea house were driven to the backyard. Only a male body was found in the front hall, and no one else was seen. General Ye's friends must have taken advantage of the chaos and left!" Yang Yi replied.
"I hope so!"
Ye Hu said, but based on his understanding of Qingxuan, she should at least be waiting for him nearby and would never leave alone easily.
"Are there any other casualties in this teahouse?" Shen Changge asked.
"No, only a male corpse was found. The police are still inspecting it at the moment. Why don't you go in and see if you can find any traces of General Ye's friends." Yang Yi suggested.
"That's fine!" the two replied.
After saying that, the three of them entered the teahouse. At this moment, there were only a few government servants and a widower in the teahouse. In the middle lay a corpse of a man dressed in white. At this time, the white clothes were stained red with blood, and there was still blood under his body. Blood flowed freely, filling the whole hall with blood. The male corpse's eyes were wide open, as if he was unwilling to die.
"How was the test?" Yang Yi asked the man.
The old man stood up hurriedly, bowed and replied: "Reporting to Yang Captou, this man should be a martial artist and is accustomed to using swords. It can be seen from the calluses on his hands. In addition, this man has seventeen old and new sword scars on his body. Here, it can be seen that he was a desperado who licked blood from his knife. This time, he was killed by a sword piercing his throat. No specific identification credentials were left on his body. From the surface, there were no signs of poisoning. The cause of death should be the sword. He was injured, but no murder weapon was found at the scene.”
"Captain Yang, I found this baggage on the second floor. There are some personal items in the baggage. I'm afraid it belongs to this person." A yamen officer took out a baggage and said to Yang Yi.
Yang Yi took the bag and took a look. There were several pieces of men's clothes and a bag of broken silver, as well as an exquisite jade hairpin wrapped in it.
"This jade hairpin is called Tongxin Hairpin, and it's worth a lot at first glance. I'm afraid it was given to his wife or sweetheart by this man!" Shen Changge said.
"He probably stayed here to wait for this sweetheart, but instead of waiting for the killer, he died here. The waiter said that this person arrived at the teahouse early in the morning, only ordered a pot of tea, and then stayed by the window on the second floor. Waiting and watching, as if waiting for someone." Yang Yi continued.
"A man who licked blood from his knife was waiting for his sweetheart in a teahouse but a killer came. What about the person he was waiting for? Maybe she knows something." Ye Hu said.
"I'm afraid she won't come. If we made an appointment to meet here early in the morning, I'm afraid she won't be late for such an important thing for no reason. It's already noon, and the person he's waiting for should have arrived long ago, and now this man has already He died here, but no one came to identify his body. I boldly assume that it was a man and woman who could not help but make an appointment to elope. In the end, the woman suddenly changed her mind, or even betrayed the man, which led to this man. He was killed here." Shen Changge analyzed.
"What kind of Jianghu gang can't help themselves, and will lose their lives if they leave?" Ye Hu asked.
"There are quite a few gangs like this. They are usually killers, spies and the like. Because they know too many secrets, once they are found out, they will be silenced by the organization." Yang Yi said.
"That makes it simple and clear. He was probably a member of a gang like a killer agent. He fell in love with a woman and wanted to quit. He wanted to elope with his sweetheart, but was eventually discovered or betrayed and was silenced." Shen Chang Song concluded.
"If it were so simple, you would know by checking the recent changes in this kind of organization, but I'm afraid it will be in vain. Generally, such gangs have the backing of big figures. If you kill an internal traitor, they will be suppressed quickly. From the fact that these people killed people openly and didn't even clean up the scene, we can see how confident they are. I'm afraid it will be treated as an unsolved case again!" Yang Yi sighed helplessly.
The three of them were silent for a moment.