Before dawn, Ling Shu took the earliest train to Hangzhou.
The railway from Shanghai to Hangzhou was built in the late Qing Dynasty and is still in use today, with a one-way trip of about five hours.
When Ling Shu arrived in Hangzhou, it was almost noon. Instead of going to lunch, he went to a bookstore first.
The bookstore is located on the edge of the West Lake, and on both sides are the mansions and courtyards of former Qing officials.
Times have changed, and after the fall of the former Qing Dynasty, the domestic situation has been turbulent. It is impossible for rich people to be rich forever. The house has changed hands several times, and one of them has been converted into a bookstore.
At noon, there were not many people, so Ling Shu took a small bench and sat down in front of the bookshelf, took out a book, and started to read.
There are not many people who can afford books these days. There are countless young people like him who spend time in bookstores reading books. The owner is obviously used to it, so he will not come to rush customers. If Ling Shu can buy a book before he leaves Two books are kind.
"and many more."
Yue Dingtang raised his hand to interrupt him.
"Then the bookstore is the one that Chen Youhua haunted?"
Ling Shu: "Yes, I want to wait there and see if I can wait until Chen Youhua."
Among the two assassination lists He Youan handed over to Jiang He, one was tailor Xiao Jun and the other was newspaper employee Chen Youhua.
The former is already dead, but the latter escaped pursuit and disappeared mysteriously.
The first reaction of a person who just escaped from birth must be to run far away, the farther the better, but Chen Youhua appeared in a bookstore in Hangzhou. .
Too much coincidence is not a coincidence.
Follow the vine, if you find Chen Youhua, maybe you will be able to pull out He Youan and find out He Youan's weirdness.
But the focus of Yue Dingtang's attention is not this, but—
"How did you know that bookstore?"
Ling Shu blinked innocently.
"I asked Cheng Si to investigate."
Yue Dingtang: "Cheng Si is a small policeman in Jiangwan District, can he go to Hangzhou Police Station?"
Ling Shu: "I remember wrong, I asked my brother-in-law to check."
Yue Dingtang hugged his chest and watched him continue talking nonsense.
After Chen Youhua disappeared, he was already a dead person, and it was impossible to walk as Chen Youhua, so relying on Bai Dao's power would definitely not work.
"Jiang He found it for you."
Ling Shu snorted: "It seems that it is really him. I have asked a lot of people for help, but I don't even remember who it was!"
Yue Dingtang: "Do you think your life is too long and want to try to make it shorter?"
Ling Shu: "Old Yue, you can't blame me for this. Jiang He sent someone to send the news to Mingde Bookstore. He knew that I was investigating He You'an. As far as I was concerned, he also wanted to know, where is He Youan? What role do you play in these matters. So Jiang He is not only helping me, but also helping himself.”
Yue Dingtang: "If Lu Tongcang wants to kill him, he will pay attention to everyone around him. You saved his life, and now you have entered Lu Tongcang's eyes. If you hang out with him again, you will only make Lu Tongcang suffer. Canglian, you solve it together."
Ling Shu smiled apologetically: "Don't worry, I won't take the initiative to find him anymore, I'll just hang out with you, is that all right?"
The old butler came over with the fruit plate, just looking at Yue Dingtang's tense aura, he couldn't help but add a warm voice.
"Speak slowly if you have something to say, don't scare the children."
Yue Dingtang: …
Uncle Zhou is afraid that he forgot, this person is a classmate with him
Ling Shu took the fruit plate with both hands.
"Thank you Uncle Zhou!"
The old housekeeper: "You have a cold, so don't be too greedy. I'll bring you a cup of medicinal tea before going to bed. Be sure to drink it before going to bed."
Ling Shu is clever and should be.
Yue Dingtang was full of powerlessness and secretly sighed.
If Uncle Zhou saw the decisiveness and ruthlessness of this man when he shot and killed, I don't know how he would feel.
The old butler who was a guest star quickly left the stage, and Yue Dingtang was no longer in the mood to question him.
"Go ahead and talk."
Ling Shu snorted: "Where did I just say?"
Yue Dingtang: "...you wait for Chen Youhua in that bookstore."
Ling Shu patted his thigh.
"Yes! That bookstore is called Mingde Bookstore. The decoration is quite good, and it is antique. I read the book there for a long time, thinking that I should eat the owner's eyes, so I took a slightly cheaper one and paid the bill. The owner was so happy that he even gave me a pot of tea to drink. By the way, that book can be reimbursed to the public account, right? Okay, I know, I'm making up for myself, don't look at me like that!"
"I've already thought about it. If I can't wait today, I'll keep an eye on the neighborhood tomorrow. Anyway, I can always wait for Chen Youhua. I didn't expect such good luck. Chen Youhua appeared around 3 o'clock in the afternoon."
"When Jiang He took the assignment, he naturally had a portrait, and he gave me the portrait, but the Chen Youhua I saw was quite different from the portrait, only the body description and the eyes were similar, I wasn't immediately sure it was him. ."
"After this man walked around the bookstore, he went straight to the back door. I walked around the front door, followed behind him, watched him go to the West Lake, sat by the lake for a long time, and then went to the building outside the building. Have a meal."
Hearing this, Yue Dingtang just asked a question.
"Just for dinner?"
Ling Shu: "Just eat."
Yue Dingtang: "Three o'clock in the afternoon is not lunch time."
Ling Shu: "But he really ordered a table."
Yue Dingtang: "Have you finished eating?"
Ling Shu: "I didn't finish eating, I ate half of it and left halfway."
Yue Dingtang: "Prevent tracking and hide people's eyes and ears."
Ling Shu nodded: "In order to dispel the suspicions of others, if I hadn't identified him as Chen Youhua, I would have given up at that time and would never have followed. As a result, I followed all the way to Guanyin Pond, and witnessed a shocking secret in the foreword. Guess what I saw?"
Yue Dingtang: "Don't sell off."
Ling Shu: "I saw someone trying to kill him."
Yue Dingtang: "People from Jiang He?"
Ling Shu: "It shouldn't be. After Jiang He failed a mission, he has already returned the part of the money. The deal between him and Shen Shiqi is over. He doesn't like being used by others, so he shouldn't be involved in this matter. Lied to me."
Yue Dingtang said lightly, "You know him well."
Ling Shu: "Is this a compliment?"
Yue Dingtang: "What do you think?"
Ling Shu: "I definitely think so, isn't it in vain that you asked me?"
Yue Dingtang gave up bickering with him.
"With your temperament, you must have gone up to stop it."
Ling Shu: "No, Chen Youhua is very vigilant. The first few times he went around in circles, just to prevent tracking, I didn't dare to follow too close, so when he had an accident, he couldn't rush to rescue. Chen Youhua walked in a dark alley, and the other party also It was in the dark alley, and he was killed with a knife. There was almost no room for resistance. I saw the murderer seize a newspaper from Chen Youhua's body. "
Yue Ding and Tang Zheng wanted to ask Ling Shu if he was catching up, when he heard the other party say in a calm and steady tone of eating and drinking soup—
"Then I chased after him, brought the murderer down, and got the newspaper in his hand."
Yue Dingtang: ? ?
He had a premonition that Ling Shu would be in trouble again, but since he reunited with Ling Shu, the incidents that followed seemed to have made him used to this kind of fright, just like someone was scared when he was in a deep sleep. When I wake up, once or twice, my heart may not be able to take it. Over time, I have exercised inertia.
Thinking of this, Yue Ding Tang frowned: "What do you mean by down?"
Ling Shu: "Naturally, it means literally, is it possible for a benevolent person like me to kill someone?"
Yue Dingtang: "...I'd rather you keep your mouth shut. If this person can kill Chen Youhua, he will naturally not let you go."
Ling Shu waved his hand: "Don't worry, I promise not to let him see the real face, and since this person killed Chen Youhua and was brought down, when he wakes up, will he suspect others? Can we use this to investigate? The truth?"
Yue Dingtang: "What do you want to do?"
Ling Shu: "Try to let He Youan know about the existence of the newspaper. If she really has contact with Chen Youhua, she will definitely go to that bookstore; and when the murderer wakes up, he will definitely do something. This newspaper is just a bait. , causing the carp from all sides to jump out of the water one by one."
After he said that, he put the document bag at hand on the table.
"This is the newspaper."
Yue Dingtang opened the file bag and took out the newspaper from it.
A very ordinary "Lin'an Daily".
The newspaper is not thick and the content is very limited. It can be seen that this newspaper must be underfunded and barely maintained.
However, the above news, novel serialization, advertisements, etc. are all available. If the price is cheap, maybe many local teahouses in Hangzhou will order a copy and read it to the tea customers.
Looking for a mystery in a newspaper is easier than finding a needle in a haystack, but it is not easy.
"I can't see the mystery, and I don't understand why the murderer wanted to kill Chen Youhua for this newspaper. It's up to Professor Yue Da to decipher it." Ling Shu yawned. .
Although he mentioned that when he brought down the murderer, how can someone who can kill Chen Youhua cleanly be so easy to deal with
This person can't live without tossing for a day.
Yue Dingtang thought that even if he lost his life one day, he wouldn't be surprised.
However, Yue Chunxiao liked him very much.
Yue Dingtang could see that his third sister really regarded Ling Shu as his own younger brother. He sent a special package from Nanjing and did not forget to bring a copy to Ling Shu. You must know that Yue Chunxiao did not actually see a person. be so good to him.
It can only be said that Ling Shu really cast the eyes of the third sister.
There is also the old housekeeper Zhou Shu, the top and bottom of the Yue family.
These people didn't say anything, but their expressions and actions already revealed their tendencies.
Before Lingshu appeared, Yue Dingtang's own life was regular and boring.
Going back and forth between the school and Yue's house every day, although stable, it is boring.
Until Ling Shu appeared.
He took himself directly into the ups and downs of the case, and sometimes even the thrilling was too much, and he almost lost his life.
From the case of the wealthy family in Yuan Mansion to the personal threat of female stars, the latter seems to be small, but it also involves a deeper and larger conspiracy step by step.
Yue Dingtang felt that if he had known that the water behind He Youan was so deep, he would never have agreed with Ling Shu to step on the thunder.
"This looks like an ordinary newspaper, unless—"
Yue Ding paused for a while.
"Um?"
Ling Shu was sleepy, and reluctantly responded.
He heard Yue Ding Tang say, "There is a corresponding codebook."
"Um… "
Ling Shu felt soft all over, and just wanted to fall asleep.
Yue Dingtang's voice fluctuated far and near, more like a lullaby.
"Send the newspaper to He Youan, if she is really related to Chen Youhua, the codebook may be there..."
He vaguely remembered that he seemed to say such a sentence, and seemed to be muttering to himself.
There was a hint of coldness on his forehead, and then Ling Shu didn't know anything.