Seeing that Zi Shi was half an hour away, Zhan Yang didn't dare to relax.
Qin Ye said casually, "Don't worry Zhan Butou, with so many people guarding him, the murderer will never dare to come."
Zhan Yang shook his head, "Although there are more people this time than before, the murderer is more familiar with these places than we are, and he probably knows some trails that we didn't guard. We also sent people two days ago I kept it, but it was still useless, so I had to worry."
Qin Ye had also heard about this series of cases, so he asked, "Why is this murderer so powerful?"
Zhan Yang shook his head and laughed, "This man knows martial arts, and his martial arts are not too weak. He knows the movements of the government, so he is also on guard. So we are in the open and he is in the dark. Naturally, it is easy to act."
Qin Ye frowned, and was about to speak, when suddenly there was a commotion not far away.
This is the junction of the south of the city and the west of the city. Zhang Daoshi calculated that this and the alley next door are the places where the murderer might attack tonight. However, this street is a long street full of brothels and prostitutes. When it was almost Zishi, this long street was still busy. The other two places were in the south of the city, one was in the folk square, and the other was in the market in the south of the city. By comparison, Zhan Yang felt that this place was the most mixed. Once chaos arises, the murderer had better strike, so he and Qin Ye stayed here tonight.
Because the patrol battalion came to guard, many people and guests who came to drink and browse brothels felt very strange. At first, they watched for a long time. The patrol battalion was responsible for the daily patrol and guard of the capital, and it was not surprising that they occasionally guarded certain places. , At the moment, everyone only thought that there was a commotion happening around here, or that some important person was coming. At night, people were getting drunk and having fun, but no one came out to watch. What is the reason for the sudden noise?
Zhan Yang and Qin Ye raised their swords and walked towards the noisy place.
As soon as they came to the front, Zhan Yang and Qin Ye saw a familiar face——
"Feng Shizi, people who enter and leave this street tonight cannot carry weapons. Please ask your guards to remove the knife."
Hearing the words of the Deputy Captain of the Patrol Battalion, Feng Zhang rode on his horse and dropped his whip, "You can see clearly with your long eyes, who are you talking to?! Whose bodyguard are you letting the knife come down!"
The horsewhip mercilessly lashed at the deputy lieutenant of the patrol battalion, no matter how annoyed he was, the lieutenant didn't dare to say anything, and at the moment of the stalemate, Qin Ye and Zhan Yang came over.
As soon as he saw Qin Ye, Feng Zhang thought of what happened before the last time he was at the Ranmo Painting Gallery.
That incident caused him to be reprimanded by concubine Feng Guifei again. Even Cheng Wang didn't want to see Cheng Wang's mansion anymore. His younger sister Feng Chenbi was going to marry into Cheng Wang's mansion soon, because this also came to blame him. It was a very small matter. Unfortunately, everyone in the world thinks that he has committed a heinous crime. Duke Zhong locked him up at home for half a month, and he had no entertainment at all. It was only these two days that he relaxed a little bit. After this relaxation, he naturally wanted to come and have a good time. Have some fun.
Feng Zhang narrowed his eyes, seeing Zhan Yang and Qin Ye coming forward to salute, he said, "What are you doing here?"
Qin Ye said, "His Royal Highness, this area may be dangerous tonight. Anyone who enters these two streets must not carry weapons. I also hope that His Royal Highness will cooperate with us."
Feng Zhang frowned and sneered, "It's dangerous, so I want the guards to carry weapons, otherwise, how will we deal with the danger?!"
Having said that, we still don't know who the murderer is. Especially tonight, the murderer is going to saw hell with knives. These long knives and short knives are the most dangerous, and maybe they will be used by the murderer.
Qin Ye and Zhan Yang looked at each other, and Zhan Yang said, "His Royal Highness, if there is danger inside, the person with the weapon is the first to be suspicious. You and your attendants may be suspected by the government at that time?"
Feng Zhang smiled, "If I want to do something, it must be done in a fair manner. What do you need to doubt? Let's put it this way, even your Master Zheng may not be able to kill me, let alone you?"
Zhan Yang frowned, and had to say more, Qin Ye pulled him, Qin Ye said, "In this case, Your Highness, please..."
Seeing that Qin Ye didn't intend to stop Feng Zhang, Zhan Yang immediately disagreed, and Qin Ye gave Zhan Yang another hand, "The hour is coming, don't delay it because of him."
After saying this, Zhan Yang gave up, Feng Zhang snorted, and rode his horse into it arrogantly.
Laughing with Feng Zhang's attendants, one of them said in a low voice, "These people really don't give a damn. You've been looking forward to this night for a long time, and they almost spoiled your interest!"
Feng Zhang snorted, "I'll see Yunxiu later, but I'll have to do my best to get rid of the bad luck."
"Don't worry, Miss Yunxiu has already explained to you!"
Hearing these words, Zhan Yang frowned, his face was cold and serious, Qin Ye shook his head, and pulled Zhan Yang back to the place just now, "Don't you know Feng Zhang? We can't stop him, if because of this When things started to fight and make trouble, they missed the business."
Zhan Yang nodded, "The Fourth Young Master is still thoughtful."
Qin Ye smiled and said nothing, and turned to look in the direction where Feng Zhang was leaving. The famous Second Patriarch in the capital is still doing well despite all the messy things he did, thanks to Concubine Feng Gui and King Cheng! With this kind of person, head-to-head encounters are not good, especially if the status and status of myself and Zhan Yang are not enough...
It was not long before midnight, but the long street was still brightly lit, and the brothels and brothels were doing night business. Looking at the bustle, Qin Ye's heart was silent.
The place Feng Zhang went to was the most famous Zuiyun Building on this street.
The girl here, Yunxiu, and the four leading names in Fengqi Tower are all famous prostitutes in the capital. Fengqi Tower is in the west of the city, and its location is much better than that of Zuiyun Tower. Feng Zhang feels that going to Fengqi Tower is too ostentatious I just came to Zuiyun Tower.
As soon as he arrived under Zuiyun Tower, the steward inside came out to welcome him. When the steward saw Feng Zhang, he respectfully invited Feng Zhang inside. Feng Zhang felt refreshed when he came to this familiar place. When they arrived in front of Yunxiu's room, they felt even more comfortable. As soon as the door opened, Yunxiu's warm, fragrant and soft jade greeted her. Feng Zhang hugged Yunxiu and went to the bed without saying a word.
Yunxiu patted Feng Zhang's chest coquettishly, "Your Majesty hasn't come for a long time, and when he comes, he rolls on the bed, what does he look like? It's a festival, and today the girls in the building are going to put lanterns upstairs , won't Master Shizi put a lantern on for Yunxiu?"
The so-called putting up lanterns is to ask for rewards in different ways. A lantern costs at least ten taels of silver. Feng Zhang knows this best. If he wanted to be courteous to him, what could he not cooperate with
Feng Zhang sucked Yunxiu's face hard, carried Yunxiu in his arms and went to the roof of Zuiyun Building.
Yunxiu's room was originally on the third floor. After going out the door and walking along the corridor to the end, there was a ladder to the terrace on the top floor. Yunxiu was hugged by Feng Zhang, and smiled as she walked, "My lord, There is no one upstairs right now, my concubine Shicai has already ordered someone to prepare drinks on the roof, and the flower hall on the roof has also asked someone to replace the cushions."
Feng Zhang's eyes lit up when he heard this, the flower hall on the roof of Zuiyun Building will not open until summer, the flower hall costs a hundred taels of silver a night, because it is connected to the terrace, the couch can be moved out, and when the time comes Beauty, Merry Moonlight, extremely happy!
By saying this, Yunxiu planned to spend the night with him in the flower hall tonight.
Feng Zhang only felt that Yunxiu was extremely considerate, and he quickened his pace upstairs by two points.
Going up to the top of the building, the servants and servants are all there. The top of the building is a big terrace, only in the middle is a flower hall with windows on all sides. At the moment, there are two rows of lamp racks on the terrace, and there are lamps on each rack. The lanterns are bright and bright, and the paintings on the lanterns are all beautiful stories of gifted scholars and beauties. Xiuyun delicately pointed to two of his favorites. Feng Zhang carried Xiuyun to the side of the lamp stand to pick up the lanterns. Xiuyun pointed to a very tall lantern. Zhang put her down first before reaching for the two lanterns. Xiuyun smiled coquettishly and praised Feng Zhang for his tall figure, but just as he was speaking, a gust of evil wind suddenly blew up...
No matter how tall Feng Zhang was, he couldn't help the height of the shelf. Feng Zhang propped his feet, but the lantern swayed by the evil wind, dazzled his eyes. At this moment, a cold light flashed in Feng Zhang's eyes, He saw that in addition to the lantern, there was a sharp knife tied to the lamp stand. Just when Feng Zhang felt his back chilled by the sharp knife, the lantern stand in front of him suddenly fell towards him. Xiuyun screamed, Feng Zhang's hair stood on end, he pushed Xiuyun away, and his whole body was knocked to the ground by the lamp stand, while the sharp knife rubbed against his arm and stabbed it down.
Feng Zhang felt a sudden pain in his arm, and before he could react, his clothes were ignited by sparks splashed out. In an instant, the terrace was in chaos.
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When it was midnight, no suspicious person was found at the intersection guarded by the soldiers of the various patrol battalions. Just when Zhan Yang thought that this time the murderer was really afraid that the guards of the yamen and the patrol battalion did not come, the movement of the Zuiyun Building alarmed the surrounding area. Soon, someone came over and reported to Zhan Yang.
"Zhanbutou, something happened at Zuiyun Building."
Zhan Yang frowned when he heard this, "What's the matter?" He asked, but he had already forgotten the direction of Zui Yun Lou.
The soldier hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Chief Zhan, no one is dead, it's just that someone was injured."
Zhan Yang nodded, and hurriedly went to Zuiyun Tower with Qin Ye. When they arrived at Zuiyun Tower, there was already chaos in the upper and lower floors of Zuiyun Tower. Zhan Yang directly ordered people to guard the door of Zuiyun Tower, and went upstairs with Qin Ye , the manager did not dare to stop Zhan Yang and Qin Ye, not to mention that the injured person was Feng Zhang, and he hoped that the government would intervene to investigate clearly so that Zuiyunlou would not suffer.
"Captain, it's on the roof, the accident happened on the roof!"
After pointing out the way, Qin Ye and Zhan Yang rushed up to the roof. When they reached the roof, they saw the chaos on the roof and Feng Zhang, who was lying on the couch at the entrance of the flower hall, groaning constantly.
Qin Ye and Zhan Yang looked at each other, so it was Feng Zhang who was injured? !
Seeing that the injured person was Feng Zhang, and the manager said it was an accident, Zhan Yang suddenly didn't want to take care of the case, and at this moment, Feng Zhang also saw them, Feng Zhang immediately said, "It's just in time for you to come! Are you guarding here? Why would anyone want to harm you! Call me your steward, it hurts me to death, it’s so good, how can the lantern stand fall down?! You guys! Tell me clearly one by one, And you, you are the government's head catcher, you must investigate this matter thoroughly for me, someone must have harmed me!"
Xiu Yun kept crying in front of Feng Zhang, Zhan Yang was displeased when he heard Feng Zhang's bossy words, but when he turned his eyes, Zhan Yang saw something extra on the lantern stand.
Zhan Yang walked over a few steps, pushed the lantern away, and saw the short knife tied to the shelf at a glance.
Looking carefully, there is more than one short knife. The lantern stand is already full of lanterns. Compared with the lanterns, these short knives are much smaller. When it fell down, the lantern was smashed, but the knife was about to penetrate into the person's body.
"Fourth son! Come and see!"
Zhan Yang yelled, and Qin Ye immediately walked to the end of the lantern frame. Seeing this, his brows were also frowned. Zhan Yang had told him about this case, and most of the people who died tonight would die by sawing.
Thinking of this, Qin Ye looked at Feng Zhang, "Feng Shizi, what happened just now?"
Feng Zhang himself was also dizzy, and when he was holding a lantern properly, the shelf fell down. Even if the shelf fell down, there was a sharp knife tied to the shelf, and the sharp knife was shining brightly. This could never be an accident!
Feng Zhang briefly described the scene just now, and Qin Ye and Zhan Yang looked at each other again.
Zhan Yang said, "If you can play tricks here, the murderer must have sneaked into the Zuiyun Building." Then he ordered the servants beside him, "Go down and guard the gate, and don't let anyone leave—"
While talking, the steward went to the balcony and said, "My lord, the doctor will be here soon, please wait a moment!"
Feng Zhang scolded the steward when he opened his mouth, and said that someone in Zuiyunlou was going to kill him. The steward shouted his injustice, and looked at Zhan Yang and Qin Ye as if asking for help. They were in chaos, and suddenly a yamen servant came up to report, "Boss , Someone jumped out of the window!"
Zhan Yang frowned, "Who jumped out of the window?!"
The yamen servant hurriedly said, "A boy, who didn't see his face clearly, saw that we were guarding the gate to prevent people from leaving, and was about to investigate one by one. The boy jumped out of the window on the second floor and ran to the back street."
Having said that, Feng Zhang suddenly looked at the balcony, and immediately said, "There was a servant here just now! It's gone now!"
Xiuyun said in surprise, "I didn't arrange for the servant to come up..."
As soon as Zhan Yang heard it, he knew that the person just now was probably the murderer, and immediately went downstairs to chase after him in the back street. Qin Ye naturally followed, seeing the two go without hesitation and no one cared about him, Feng Zhang was very upset for a while. Scold!
Zhan Yang chased him quickly, and as soon as he arrived at the back street, he saw a figure flash past at the corner of the street.
Zhan Yang and Qin Ye hurriedly chased after him, and when they passed the corner, they saw the shadow in front of them running into another alley. Both Zhan Yang and Qin Ye had martial arts, so their speed was naturally much faster than the others , but when they chased to that alley, they saw that the alley was a dead end, and there were a total of six back doors in that alley. At this moment, the doors were closed and there was no light in the courtyard. Shen Mou.
"What should I do, can I search?!"
If the murderer really infiltrated into these houses, if the search was carried out with great fanfare, I'm afraid there will be other casualties. In this case, Zhan Yang immediately said, "Wrap these two streets, even if the murderer enters these houses, He will definitely not stay in his house forever, we just wait for him to come out."
Qin Ye immediately went to recruit people, and Zhan Yang frowned as he looked at these back doors.
There are already so many people guarding them, but the murderer still dares to come, and the target to be killed is still Feng Zhang!
Feng Zhang had a bad reputation for a long time, he was messed around in the brothels, playing all kinds of tricks, I heard that he once killed people in the brothels, such evil deeds are well known, it is not surprising that the murderer took him, but the murderer When did you dress up as a servant from Zuiyunlou and sneak in? ! When was that knife tied up
Zhan Yang couldn't figure it out, but the murderer was obviously unwilling to give up this opportunity and take the risk.
It's already past midnight, and it's already the middle of the night, these families are all in darkness, they must have fallen asleep, and Zhan Yang knows that the murderer will definitely escape before dawn.
Qin Ye came back half an hour later, "Could the murderer have already left?"
Zhan Yang shook his head, "Impossible, unless he walked off the roofs of several houses, but he wasn't that fast, there were all our people around, and it was very likely that we would be exposed, the only way is to hide first, but Our numbers will only increase."
Qin Ye nodded, agreeing with Zhan Yang's statement, and followed Zhan Yang to stand in front of these houses. This dark alley is very narrow, and the main entrances of these six houses face two streets on the left and right. The murderer wanted to quietly It is really difficult to escape without a sound.
However, the night became thicker little by little, and there was no abnormality in the surroundings at the darkest time before dawn. When the sky turned pale, there was no movement from several households. After a while, servants from five households got up one after another, except for one There was no sound in the yard. When the sky was bright and there were more pedestrians on the street, but still no suspicious person came out of the house, Zhan Yang sent people to ask each household, and each household said that they had heard about it last night. The house is calm.
Zhan Yang had no idea, so he had to send someone to knock on the door of the remaining courtyard, but no one answered after knocking a few times, when Zhan Yang was worried and planned to break in, the courtyard door opened from the inside. Open, a familiar figure stood inside the door.
Looking at the familiar face in front of him, Zhan Yang never expected to see Wu Yu here.
Wu Yu didn't expect to see Zhan Yang here, and asked slightly surprised, "Why is Zhan Butou here?"
Zhan Yang looked at Wu Yu with a half-smile, "I still want to ask why the third son is here..."
Wu Yu was a little helpless, "This... is my own house, I'm here, why not?"
Wu Yu's tone was somewhat unnatural, and he raised his jaw, "The third son rests in the Weiyuan uncle's house every day, why did he rest here last night? Did the third son meet someone here? Or something else?" thing?"
Wu Yu smiled, "I didn't see anyone, and I didn't have anything else to do. I just lived at home for a long time, and occasionally came to live in my own small yard. What's wrong with Zhanbutou? Could it be that I live in my own yard? wrong?"
Zhan Yang sneered, "Last night we hunted down a murderer and chased him to the back alley of your house, and then he disappeared. We asked about all the other houses, and they all said that last night was calm, but we didn't ask about the third son. "
Wu Yu wasn't surprised. After all, that's what Zhan Yang did. "So, I slept soundly last night, and I didn't hear anything. Zhan catches the head, that person must have run away."
"The surrounding area is guarded by people from our yamen and the patrol camp. There is no way that person can escape quietly. Third son, I wonder if we can go into the yard to search? If that person is hiding here with you alright."
Wu Yu seemed to be in a bit of trouble, but she quickly nodded, "That's fine."
With a wave of Zhan Yang's hand, he led the servants into the courtyard. This is a courtyard with two entrances. It's not too big, and the layout is very simple. Many houses seem to be unoccupied. Such a simple house , Wu Yu came to live here for nothing
After searching around, Zhan Yang did not find anyone, and in this house, there are only three upper rooms where people can live, and the other rooms are covered with dust, one can tell from a glance that the owner has no intention of using this house as a permanent residence.
Wu Yu followed Zhan Yang and said, "It seems that the murderer is not hiding here—"
Zhan Yang looked at Wu Yu's three upper rooms, "There are still three young masters' residences that have not been searched."
Wu Yu smiled wryly, "That's where I got up. Naturally, I know if there is anyone there. Zhan Butou, it's so late, I'd better go search elsewhere, so as not to delay the opportunity, I have to go to the yamen to do something."
Zhan Yang looked at Wu Yu, "I see, the third son should go with me first."