"That man is the White Dragon Zhong Wanchou of the Twin Dragons of Chizhou," Xu Zhutao said.”
"Young Hero Xu, do you know that person?" He Kangbai asked.”
"I don't know him. I've only heard of his name, but I did injure Black Dragon Zhong Tianchou a few days ago."”
"Young hero, your martial arts are very strong. I admire you!" He Kangbai said.”
"Let's not talk about this first. It's more important to let Young Master Zhu ask about the case."”
"Hero He, I heard that you obtained the Thunder Zither from a cave deep in the mountains. Was there anyone living in that cave at that time?" Zhu Xuan asked. Is that Lei Qin an item with an owner?"
He Kangbai was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat and replied,"That cave seems to have been abandoned for a long time. There is a small stone table inside, covered with a red cloth. The red cloth has faded and turned white. There are also weeds growing in the cave.”
"When did your daughter go missing yesterday?" asked Zhu Xuan. Also, what did she do yesterday? Can you tell me?”
Xiao Lan replied,"Miss woke up at dawn yesterday and had breakfast at dawn. Then she went back to her room to read." After lunch, he went back to his room to sleep. When he woke up, he practiced martial arts. After dinner, he played with me in the inner courtyard. At noon, he played the piano in the pavilion. Miss disappeared at midnight. Sigh, I also have some martial arts. I actually didn't know that someone had entered the house to kidnap someone. I slept too deeply.”
Zhu Xuan continued," You may not be right when you say that your Miss disappeared at midnight. That's when you found out that she was missing." Did you see anyone or hear anything strange last night?”
Mrs. He said," I was the one who noticed my daughter's disappearance first. Last night, I heard something fall to the ground and thought my daughter wasn't asleep. I put on my clothes and wanted to see what she was doing. When I reached her door, I saw that the door was open, but she wasn't in the room. Could it be that the evil people could kidnap her in such a short time? I was the one who woke Xiaolan up when I realized that my daughter was missing.”
Zhu Xuan said," It might not be the Jianghu pervert who kidnapped your daughter. The pervert's target is a person. It's already inconvenient to take one person away, so why would he bring Lei Qin? Now that the person and Lei Qin have disappeared, maybe this Qin is the target of the pervert." By the way, has Chief Arrester Wang been here before?”
After listening to Zhu Xuan's analysis, He Kangbai and his wife finally heaved a sigh of relief. At least their daughter's innocence could be preserved.
"Chief Arrester Wang came over early in the morning and asked some questions. He also went to my daughter's boudoir to take a look, but he didn't find any clues."”
Zhu Xuan led everyone to the inner courtyard. She lowered her head and walked around the ground, looking in detail at the places with grass, hoping to find some clues, but she was disappointed. She stopped at the hexagonal pavilion between the west wing room and the west wing room for a long time. She returned to the hexagonal pavilion and looked in detail for a while. Finally, she found a faint fingerprint on the pillar near the wall of the pavilion. She called He Kangbai over and asked him to put his hand on the pillar to compare. She said,"This is a fingerprint left behind by a villain. So the reason why we couldn't find any footprints on the ground was because he climbed onto this pillar to enter the courtyard.”As she spoke, she jumped onto the courtyard wall and saw that the east wing was directly adjacent to another house. On the left side of the west wing was a narrow muddy alley that could only accommodate one person. There were some weeds growing on the ground of the narrow alley, and one could see more obvious footprints. Moreover, there were footprints on the walls of the left and right houses in the narrow alley. She said,"There are footprints here. It seems that this villain's martial arts are not very high. At least he can't jump twenty feet in such a narrow alley.”She jumped down from the courtyard wall and everyone went to take a look. As expected, they found something.
"Please take us to your daughter's boudoir."”
Zhu Xuan and the others went to the boudoir of the Jade Maiden of Mount Hua. When they entered, they saw a frame bed draped in pink gauze. In front of the bed was a round table with four small round stools. In front of the window was a crescent table with a pot of flowers placed on it. In the corner was a wardrobe. On the right side of the bed, a roll tank frame fell to the ground, and a few scrolls fell to the ground. Zhu Xuan walked to the window and found that the paper was new and there were no holes. She opened the window and looked at the windowsill, then at the flower pot, then at the bed. She shook the quilt, turned the pillow, and went to the right side of the bed to look at the pot frame. She stood up and looked at it. She opened the few paintings and saw that they were very good paintings of flowers and birds. She praised,"Your daughter is really talented. These paintings are very good! I also want to see Xiaolan's room." She then asked Xiao Lan to show her the room. She paid special attention to the windows and found that there was not a single hole in the window paper. He came back and said," I'm guessing that the criminal must have used something like knockout powder, and the effect of the drug took effect very quickly. However, the drug wasn't thrown out of the window, but was used under the door after entering the house." This case is hard to solve. Hero He, please tell Chief Arrester Wang about my discovery today and let him inspect the crime scene again.”
Mrs. He had heard that the criminal who entered the house was a man, and now that she heard that the case was difficult to solve, she was so sad that she cried and said,"Young Master Zhu, you must help. Fu 'er has been very obedient since she was young. She has never harmed anyone. Why did that murderous criminal come to our house?”Everyone hurriedly comforted her.
Zhu Xuan said," Madam, don't be too sad. It's not like there are no clues to investigate. Now, there are two clues that can be investigated. One is the White Dragon Bell Wanchou, and the other is to start with the zither and the sound of the zither. If you encounter someone playing the zither or hear the sound of the zither, you have to pay attention. We will also help you pay more attention to the martial world. If we have disturbed you this time, we will take our leave!”
The three of them walked back to the restaurant. From afar, they saw a group of people dressed in uniforms galloping to the left of Yuebin Restaurant at the end of the street. The horses were all black and they wore black straw hats.
"Eh? Those people seem to have seen…" Xu Zhutao muttered.
"That's right," Zhao Yu said, frowning."These people seem to be the first batch of people that passed by before we were robbed in Shanyang."”
"Brother Xu, is there anything wrong?" Zhu Xuan asked.”
Xu Zhutao said," It's nothing. These people passed by that day, but they weren't here to rob the escorts. I'm just a little curious as to why they would appear here again."”
When he returned to the restaurant, he saw Zhang Hongwu waiting anxiously at the door. Xu Zhutao asked him,"Brother Zhang, do you know who those people were?”
" I'm ashamed," Zhang Hongwu said." Speaking of Jianghu people, I might know even less than you. I don't know where those people came from either."”
It was already noon. When they entered the lobby, they saw that there were many people sitting in the lobby. The four of them found an empty table and sat down, ordering some food and wine. "Old Ma, do you know who those people are?"”Xu Zhutao was smart and listened carefully. Then, he heard the old horse say proudly,"Of course I know. They are from the Purgatory Valley. I know what they are here for!”
"How strange," said the man who had asked the question earlier. I heard that the people of Purgatory Valley rarely appear in Jianghu. Tell me, what are they here for?”
"Zhang Yi, you should have heard of Fairy Yunmeng, right?"”
"The twelve peaks of the Misty Cloud Mist," Zhang Yi said,"The fairies of the Divine Palace are hard to find. Who in the pugilistic world doesn't know about the three fairies of the Goddess Palace? Are you saying that they are here for Fairy Yunmeng?”After saying that, he seemed to be very surprised.
Xu Zhutao looked over and saw that it was the two middle-aged men who were sitting at the table on the right. Zhao Yu pulled her sleeve, signaling him to listen quietly.
As expected, he heard Old Ma say," When Yunmeng Fairy was traveling in Jianghu, she found an artist in Jiangnan to draw a portrait. That's where the problem lies." The painter didn't hand it over to Yunmeng Fairy immediately after he finished painting. He told her to collect it the next day, saying that he still needed to spend some time to polish it. After Yunmeng Fairy left, the scholar copied another painting. Later, the painter brought a servant to the mountains to paint and met the old devil Gong Ao. They had some conflict, and the old devil killed the two of them. He found a painting in the painter's luggage. When the old devil saw the woman in the painting, he was shocked and swore to get her. It turned out that the painter was also very fond of Fairy Clouddream. When he went out, he would bring the copied painting with him.”
"A femme fatale, ah, a femme fatale!" Zhang Yi sighed. Then why did the people of the Purgatory Valley come here instead of going to Mount Wu?”
Old Ma lowered his voice and said," That Yunmeng Fairy is already married. She is married to the Third Manor Master of Sunset Horse Farm. Very few people in Jianghu know about this. I only found out by accident."”
At this time, the waiter brought the food and wine. Zhu Xuan didn't eat, but waited for Zhang Hongwu to taste everything before eating. Zhao Yumei did the same.
Zhu Xuan said angrily," How preposterous. A man is lustful but he calls a woman a disaster!"”
Zhang Hongwu stood up and pressed his hand on the hilt of his saber. His cold gaze fell on Old Ma and Zhang Yi. The two of them were also looking over. Seeing his murderous gaze, they quickly lowered their heads and ate without saying anything else.
Suddenly, someone slammed the table and said,""This young master is right. A man is lustful but he calls a woman a disaster. How preposterous!”
Everyone looked to the left corner and saw two young women sitting there. One of them was wearing a black tight-fitting dress with scars on her face, and the other was wearing a purple gauze dress with a pretty face. The one who spoke was the woman in black.
Zhu Xuan raised her cup and stood up." The flag of surrender has been raised on the city wall of the king. How could I know about it from the depths of the palace?" she said. 140,000 Xie Jia, not a single man among them. King Zhou of the Shang Dynasty, Fu Chai, Tang Xuanzong, Meng Chang, which of these monarchs didn't play hard and neglect the government, leading to the subjugation of the country? Especially that Meng Chang, who was fatuous and incompetent, humph!”
Then, he turned to the girl in black and said,"I'll toast you."”He raised his head and did it. The girl also hurriedly poured a glass of wine and drank it, but she did not stand up.
The few of them ate some more wine and food. Xu Zhutao raised his glass and said,"Young Master Zhu, my cousin and I have something to say. I'll drink with you again when we meet. Here, to you.”
Hearing that someone was looking for trouble with Su Qianxue, Xu Zhutao couldn't sit still any longer. He wanted to rush to Sunset Horse Farm with Zhao Yumei as soon as possible.
"I'll be returning to Huguang in a few days," Zhu Xuan said."Brother Xu, please keep an eye out for the Jade Maiden of Huashan in Jianghu." Brother Xu's martial arts are strong. I'll definitely ask for more help when we meet again in the future!”
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