Chapter 232 Daughter Ye Zhuchan?
After leaving Murong's house, Jiang Shouzhong came to the small courtyard where Li Nanshuang lived again.
In the courtyard, Mr. Wen was humming a tune leisurely, lying on a rocking chair and holding a birdcage to pass the time as usual.
Like a retired old man.
Jiang Shouzhong suddenly had some doubts about whether Li Nanshuang's sloppy life was inherited from his second uncle.
"Come into the house, someone is waiting for you."
Seeing Jiang Shouzhong appear, Mr. Wen pointed at the house, and then hummed a little tune again.
Is anyone waiting for me?
Jiang Shou moved slightly in his center and pushed open the closed door.
As the light poured into the slightly dim room, a familiar cyan figure came into view.
The woman looked much thinner than usual.
“Jiang Mo!”
Ran Qingchen looked excited and his eyes were a little red.
Like Li Nanshuang, she has not slept a wink these past few days.
While secretly asking Xia He to go out to look for Jiang Shouzhong, he worked hard to investigate the death case of Murong Shuo, hoping to clear his husband's innocence.
Unfortunately, little was gained.
Now that she sees her husband is safe and sound, the woman is relieved.
Next to her, Li Nanshuang looked at the two of them, and suddenly felt a dull feeling in her heart, as if fine sand had been mixed into the vinegar, which was unbearably sour, and the five flavors were mixed for a while.
Inexplicably, the girl felt a little redundant.
Recalling what his second uncle said before, Li Nanshuang became entangled in her heart.
"I'm fine, why have you lost weight?"
Looking at the woman's thin face, Jiang Shouzhong asked softly.
The man unconsciously reached out to touch the other person's cheek, but suddenly realized that the action was inappropriate, so he touched his nose instead.
Ran Qingchen said with a smile: "I've been a little busy recently. Sister Li has already told me that I also believe that you did not kill anyone. I have been trying to find evidence to overturn the case for you, but unfortunately I couldn't find it. In fact..."< br>
The woman bit her lower lip and stared straight at Jiang Shouzhong, "Actually, even if you kill me, I will still think you are right."
Jiang Shouzhong didn't know how to respond for a while.
Why do I feel that my wife is a bit of a nymphomaniac?
However, Ran Qingchen did not ask where he had been these past few days, which showed that the woman also understood that the man had something to hide.
A woman with a delicate mind is always lovable.
"How is the investigation of Murong's family going?" Li Nanshuang interjected and asked.
Jiang Shouzhong came back to his senses and said seriously: "I found some clues. First of all, what Murong Shuo saw that night... was indeed me. To be precise, someone disguised myself as me and killed him."
The two girls were shocked when they heard this.
“Who?”
Ran Qingchen’s face looked ugly.
You are so brave, even my husband dares to pretend to be my husband, this man has a way to die!
Li Nanshuang was also very angry.
My braised noodles are unique in the world, how dare someone pretend to be so? When you find it, you have to chop it with a knife.
Jiang Shouzhong shook his head and said: "It's not clear who it is yet, but there is a high probability that he has seen me, and this person is missing the little finger on his right hand. Starting with this clue, it will be easier to find him."
The two women looked at each other and started thinking.
It is indeed easy to identify if a finger is missing on the hand, but it is difficult to find if a toe is missing on the foot.
Ran Qingchen said: "I will send someone to pay attention."
Jiang Shouzhong hummed, and suddenly remembered something doubtful, and asked: "Is it difficult to make something like a disguise mask? Difficult?"
"It depends on the level of detail."
Ran Qingchen patiently explained, "For example, if you are not particularly familiar with it, it is difficult to tell that it is of the highest quality. It will take at least three to five months to polish it. If it is a medium-grade one, it will take one or two months. If it is a low-grade one, it will take about ten days.
In addition, it will take about ten days. It is more difficult to imitate the shape of a person's face, which requires careful observation. Moreover, the skill of the craftsman also determines the quality of the mask and the production schedule.
A powerful craftsman, even if he makes a medium-grade disguise mask, it only takes about ten days..."
Listening to Ran Qingchen's explanation, Jiang Shou probably had an idea in his mind.
The other party chose to meet Murong Shuo in the dark, and even wore black clothes, which meant that he was afraid that Murong Shuo would see that he was disguised, which proved that the disguise mask on his face was not subtle.
Especially since he and Murong Shuo only met once.
But it is not easy to successfully deceive a senior official of the Ministry of Justice who has been dealing with cases for many years.
It can be seen from this that the mask worn by the other party is not of low quality.
That is a mid-grade disguise mask.
To create a mid-grade mask, it would take an ordinary craftsman one or two months, but an experienced master would only need ten days.
It can be inferred from here that the mysterious man had planned to frame him at least ten days ago.
At that time, he had just defeated Murong Nan.
"Help me investigate one more thing."
Jiang Shouzhong had a general direction and said to Ran Qingchen, "Investigate the craftsmen who make disguise masks in Qingzhou, especially the masters."
“Okay.”
Ran Qingchen nodded lightly.
In fact, it is very difficult for Ran Qingchen to investigate this kind of thing.
First of all, this is not the capital, and it is difficult for officials from the capital to influence local officials.
In the past two days, she hoped that the government government would cooperate with the investigation of the case, but there was also a lot of resistance.
Fortunately, the six-door Shan Dongchuan and the others were very cooperative.
Secondly, after all, she is only the head of the new academy, and has not yet established enough prestige and her own direct followers.
If Yuan Anjiang hadn't helped Zhou Xuan, things would have been even more difficult.
But even if there are 10,000 difficulties at the moment, as long as she can help her husband, she will do it without hesitation.
The worst case scenario is that I won’t take any rest and will investigate in person day and night.
After all, Jiang Shouzhong has a delicate mind. When he saw the woman's tired appearance, he understood the difficulty of the other party and said softly: "You still have to rest when you should. If a woman stays up late, she will gradually become ugly. ”
“Yes, I will.”
Ran Qingchen’s face turned red, she raised her little finger and hooked a lock of black hair hanging down behind her ear, and straightened her hair. .
She thought to herself that she probably looked ugly now.
When she heard Li Nanshuang say Jiang Mo was here, she hurried over without even bothering to fix her makeup. She obviously didn't look good.
......
After Ran Qingchen left, Jiang Shouzhong said to Li Nanshuang: "Next, I am going to the Xu family to take a look at the weapon called the 'Ba Dao'."
“I will accompany you this time.”
"No need." Jiang Shouzhong knew that the girl was concerned about him, and pointed to the big knife on the other person's back, "Besides, Mrs. You's knife is easy to recognize, and others can easily guess that it is me who is following you."
"Then I won't bring it."
Li Nanshuang took off the tomb knife that he always carried on his back, threw it in the house, and asked, "Do you have a woman's disguise mask?"
“No.”
Jiang Shouzhong shook his head.
The girl thought for a moment and said crisply: "Then I'll just put on makeup myself. Don't worry, my identity will never be revealed. No one can recognize me."
"Boss, there's really no need..." "
"That's it, you go out first, I'll put on makeup, and change my hairstyle and clothes."
Li Nanshuang pushed the man out of the room.
As soon as she closed the door, she opened it suddenly and stuck out her little head, and warned fiercely: "I told you to make noodles, and you are not allowed to leave secretly, otherwise I will ignore you for the rest of my life!"
Bang!
The door closed again.
Jiang Shouzhong was speechless and shook his head helplessly.
Second Master Wen, who was playing tricks on the birds in the courtyard, smiled happily and said, "This girl finally got her idea."
After a while, the door opened.
Jiang Shouzhong, who was chatting with Second Master Wen, looked up and suddenly looked strange.
The girl changed into a light green skirt, and her hair changed from a high single ponytail to a double ponytail, but the one in front and one behind was not symmetrical.
But it looks lively and lively.
But the other party’s so-called makeup made Jiang Shouzhong unable to complain.
The originally clean and beautiful round face was painted with two dollops of blush, the eyebrows were thick, the mouth was smeared with heavy makeup, and even eyeliner was painted, crookedly...
Jiang Shouzhong gritted his teeth hard, tried his best to make his facial expression look calm and natural, and suppressed his smile.
We are professionally trained and will never laugh.
Master Wen turned his head and was stunned.
“Since when did my family raise a ghost?”
“Raise your uncle’s ghost!”
Maybe the girl also feels that her makeup is too rough and looks coy.
But I can’t blame the girl for being clumsy, because her mother died early, and she had a naughty personality since childhood, so she always had short hair. Afterwards, she went to Huoyun Mountain, where her master's wife helped her dress up.
After going down the mountain, she didn't bother to take care of her hair. She basically kept her hair in a simple high ponytail.
On weekdays, I also look plain.
For asking her to put on makeup or something, it would be better to chop her with a knife.
Jiang Shouzhong raised his thumb seriously, "I think it's very good and has a lot of personality. But boss, instead of spending time on makeup, it's easier to just wear a hat or a veil."
"Yes."
Li Nanshuang's eyes lit up, he turned around and ran back to the house.
Soon the girl washed off the makeup on her face and found a black veil from the house to cover her face.
“Yes, she looks like a female bandit who robbed homes and homes.”
Second Master Wen muttered.
“My family is still smart at making noodles.”
Li Nanshuang patted Jiang Shouzhong’s shoulder and waved his hand, “Let’s go and make noodles. I will reluctantly be your guard. Or a maid or something, I will be at your disposal."
Jiang Shouzhong smiled, said goodbye to Mr. Wen, and left with Li Nanshuang.
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When the two arrived at Xu's house, it was already dark.
Under the light of the lights, the villa looks even more quaint and secluded. There are occasional calls of night birds, which are clearer and longer, harmonizing with the distant gurgling stream.
Jiang Shouzhong originally planned to visit under a pseudonym first, but when he thought that if the murderer framed him with Ba Dao, visiting now would arouse the other party's suspicion, and finally sneaked into the villa secretly with Li Nanshuang.
Compared with the publicity of the Su Family Villa, the Xu Family is much more low-key.
There are no disciples patrolling the village.
The red lantern swayed, illuminating the winding stone path.
Li Nanshuang touched the bamboo hat and asked in a low voice: "How to check? Go from house to house?"
Jiang Shouzhong, whose face was covered with black cloth, saw the corridor in the distance. A maid carrying a fruit plate walked slowly over and said with a smile: "Of course I have to find someone to ask, and I have to ask politely."
As soon as he finished speaking, the man floated over like a ghost.
Before the maid could react, a black shadow suddenly rushed in front of her eyes, and her slender neck was immediately pinched.
"Girl, if you don't want to die, just listen to me."
Jiang Shouzhong deliberately lowered his voice.
The maidservant looked pale and nodded repeatedly.
Jiang Shouzhong asked: "Has anyone come to the villa to borrow a sword recently?"
The delicate-looking maid shed tears and shook her head vigorously, "I...I don't know."
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"Is Ba Dao still at the Villa?"
"Should...should still be at the Villa."
Should?
Jiang Shouzhong frowned.
It seems that this maid has not seen Ba Dao recently, otherwise her tone would not be so uncertain. "Does your village owner always carry a tyrant sword with him?" Jiang Shouzhong asked again.
The maid shook her head, "No...the owner of the village was ill in bed a month ago. I have never seen him holding a knife."
Sick a month ago?
What a coincidence?
Jiang Shouzhong glanced at Li Nanshuang and asked the maid again, "Where is the tyrant sword? In the owner's room?"
"In...in the lady's room..."
The maid said tremblingly.
Hearing this, Jiang Shouzhong got two pieces of information.
First, the relationship between Xu Wenqing, the owner of Xujiazhuang, and his wife is not good.
Second, the two of them sleep in separate rooms.
"Where is Madam's room?" Jiang Shouzhong asked.
The maidservant's delicate body was trembling, and just as she was about to speak, Jiang Shouzhong smiled and said: "To prevent you from deceiving us, you should take us there yourself. Don't worry, as long as you are obedient, I will not hurt you. But if you dare What tricks are you playing..."
"Okay, I'll take you there."
The maid was about to cry when she felt the cold breath coming towards her face.
Li Nanshuang watched with great joy.
This guy, Stewed Noodles, still has the potential to be a bad guy.
Through the corridor, we came to a remote small house with only one room and a vegetable garden in the yard.
"Madam is resting inside."
The maid said.
Seeing the darkness of the cabin, Jiang Shouzhong was surprised, "Have you rested so early?"
The maid replied: "Madam always goes to bed early."
Jiang Shouzhong glanced at Li Nanshuang.
The latter walked lightly to the window of the hut and used his internal strength to gently open the window.
Just when Li Nanshuang pushed the window open a small gap, the girl suddenly became frightened, her body was as fast as lightning, and she jumped back suddenly.
A black shadow suddenly jumped out of the darkness.
If you look closely, you can see that it is a small snake with a slender body and extremely fast speed.
“Boss!”
Jiang Shouzhong spoke subconsciously.
Suddenly, Jiang Shouzhong noticed that the hand holding the maid was shaken away by an internal force. He thought to himself that it was not good, and quickly slapped the maid with his palm, but the latter ran out like a loach and jumped to In front of the hut.
Click!
Along with the sound of the machine, fishing nets appeared all around the small courtyard, with fine blades on the fishing nets.
And the blade is mixed with poison.
It can be described as a dragnet.
Li Nanshuang subconsciously grabbed the little snake that rushed in front of him. Jiang Shouzhong shouted: "It's poisonous, don't touch it!"
The girl passed sideways, picked up a stone on the ground with her foot, and kicked it on the small snake. On the snake.
The little snake was smashed to the ground and turned into a pool of corrosive blood.
“Not bad, I have some brains.”
The maid standing outside the net stared at Jiang Shouzhong with a smile.
Jiang Shouzhong pulled Li Nanshuang to stand beside him, looked at the pretty woman in front of the door, and said calmly: "Madam is so scheming, you have deceived me."
"Madam? What madam? ?”
The woman asked with a smile.
Jiang Shouzhong smiled, "Naturally, a maid would not have such good skills, and a maid would not be familiar with the mechanisms in this courtyard. And this courtyard must belong to Mrs. Xu. So, you She is the wife of Master Xu.”
Li Nanshuang was quite surprised.
It turns out that this woman is the mistress of Xu Family Villa.
It turned out to be quite similar along the way.
"Tell me, who sent you here, and what are you doing in Xujia Villa?"
The woman was too lazy to be verbose and went straight to the point.
Jiang Shouzhong cupped his fists and said, "I'm sorry for offending my wife so much before. I came to Xu's house today to ask if anyone has borrowed the 'Ba Dao' recently and whether the 'Ba Dao' is still at home. ?”
Mrs. Xu narrowed her eyes, “So you are here to snatch the Ba Dao.”
Jiang Shouzhong shook his head, “It’s not a robbery, I just came to see it with my own eyes. , that would be even better.”
Mrs. Xu sneered and said: "Do you think I believe it?"
Jiang Shouzhong was about to speak, but Mrs. Xu said indifferently:
"Well, I have a dog here who is probably hungry. I Look at that girl, she is very smart, she must have tender skin and tender flesh. I asked her to leave an arm for my dog. Maybe I am in a good mood, so I will show you the sword? "
Jiang Shouzhong's face darkened. "Madam, do you really think you can trap us?"
"Puppy, come out to dine."
Mrs. Xu shouted.
“Woof woof~~”
Along with the barking of dogs, a black shadow crawled out of the darkness.
The other party ran through the fishing net unscathed and stood in front of Jiang Shouzhong.
After seeing the "puppy" in front of them clearly, the two of them were shocked and speechless - the other person was actually a man.
A naked man.
Wrap the crotch only with rags.
The man had dark skin, his hands and feet were lying on the ground, his hair was messy, his dirty facial features were quite three-dimensional, and he stared at them coldly.
If he could tidy up and stand up, he would be considered a stalwart man.
“Wow~~”
The man called out twice, sniffed his nose, and stared at Li Nanshuang with his yellow eyes.
Although Li Nanshuang was usually carefree and fearless, at this moment, he also had goosebumps all over his body, as if in the other person's eyes, he was just a plate of delicacies on the dining table.
“Such delicious food, why don’t you hurry up and enjoy it?”
The woman giggled.
Whoosh!
The man jumped up and rushed towards Li Nanshuang.
Jiang Shouzhong was about to stand in front of Li Nanshuang, but the girl took the lead, turning her delicate hands into fists, and struck straight away like a dragon.
But just when the ferocious fist was about to collide with the man, the man disappeared in an instant.
To be precise, he moved his body.
At a sudden glance, the fast and unscrupulous man changed his target and went straight to Jiang Shouzhong, with a soft sword in his hand.
So fast!
Jiang Shouzhong's pupils contracted.
In the blink of an eye, the tip of the sword was approaching, and even the skin could feel the chill from the tip of the sword, which was almost bone-chilling.
At the critical moment, Jiang Shouzhong pulled out the Lingshui Sword from his waist and used the greedy sword technique to avoid the long sword that was originally impossible to dodge and put some distance between him and the opponent.
“Woof woof!”
The man's eyes flashed with sharpness, and he swung his sword to attack again. The shadow of the sword was extremely fast and dazzling, and the air around him seemed to be cut, with endless sharp sounds.
However, Jiang Shouzhong was calm and used Greedy Sword Technique to resolve them one by one.
“Wait a minute!”
Suddenly, the woman shouted sharply.
The man, who was enjoying his killing spree and was in a state of excitement, did not hear the woman's cry. As the sword shadow flickered, it seemed as if thousands of troops were galloping towards Jiang Shouzhong, attacking dozens of large acupuncture points all over Jiang Shouzhong's body.
"I told you to stop!"
The woman's face was livid and she yelled.
The man still didn't hear it.
However, no matter how fast the man drew his sword and how exquisite his sword skills were, he still could not reach Jiang Shouzhong.
In a gap, Jiang Shou stabbed him in the arm.
Poof——
Taking advantage of the man's delay, Jiang Shouzhong struck the eighth-level Burning Sky Fist, sending the man flying away.
The man spurted blood and several ribs were broken.
Just as he was about to get up and continue fighting, he saw Mrs. Xu covered with frost and snow, staring at him coldly, her eyes were like ice that had been frozen for thousands of years, without any warmth.
The man was startled and lay on the ground barking.
In order to please the other party, he even rubbed his cheek against Mrs. Xu's leg, but was kicked away by the other party.
"Who are you, Yan Changqing?"
Mrs. Xu looked directly at Jiang Shouzhong and asked.
Jiang Shouzhong didn't say a word, feeling a little regretful about using the Greedy Sword Technique. Unexpectedly, this woman saw it.
At this time, Li Nanshuang thought of something, slapped his head suddenly, and whispered in Jiang Shouzhong's ear: "This woman's name is Wu Yinxin, she was the second wife of Senior Yan."
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What! ?
Jiang Shouzhong was shocked.
The woman in front of me is actually the master’s ex-wife?
As for Yan Changqing’s relationship history, he had heard Meng Niang tell it before.
Yan Changqing once had two wives. The eldest wife died after giving birth to a child. Later, the child was kidnapped by horse bandits. Yan Changqing was determined to practice martial arts.
But because he was too cowardly and was ridiculed by the world, the second wife disliked him for being a coward, so she left him angrily and passed it on to someone else.
Unexpectedly, the person the other party married was Xu Wenqing, the domineering swordsman.
"He can actually accept a disciple..."
No need for Jiang Shouzhong to explain, the woman was sure that he was Yan Changqing's disciple.
She knew her ex-husband very well and had no other aspirations except finding her daughter. His swordsmanship is never spread to others.
Seeing that the other party saw through it, Jiang Shouzhong could only admit, "Yes, Yan Changqing is indeed my master."
At this moment, Wu Yinxin's eyes were particularly complicated.
She said coldly: "Come into the house with me."
The woman removed the fishing net, turned around and entered the house.
And the man pretending to be a dog disappeared into the shadows.
Looking at the open door, Jiang Shouzhong turned to Li Nanshuang and said helplessly, "Boss, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"I just remembered it now." Li Nanshuang said aggrievedly.
Jiang Shouzhong sighed and pulled the other person into the house.
A woman's boudoir is extremely simple. Apart from some simple flower and plant murals, there are no other overly extravagant things.
"Yan Changqing asked you to come?" Wu Yinxin asked.
Jiang Shouzhong shook his head, "Master is still in the capital. I came here to do something. If I had known that Madam was... Master's ex-wife, I would have paid a visit directly. There would be no need for such trouble."
Wu Yinxin laughed at herself. Said: "If you had known that I was Yan Changqing's ex-wife, you would never have visited me."
Jiang Shouzhong did not deny it.
After learning about Master’s past, he had no good impression of this kind of woman.
The woman was silent for a while, then asked softly: "Is he okay?"
Jiang Shouzhong nodded, "It's okay."
"Have you found it?"
Jiang Shouzhong understood that the other party was asking about Yan Changqing's daughter, and shook his head and said: "Looking at the situation at the moment, there seems to be nothing Clues.”
Wu Yinxin was stunned, as if she had lost her soul.
"Madam, can you take out the sword and let me have a look." Jiang Shouzhong returned to the topic.
Wu Yinxin came back to her senses, but did not respond to Jiang Shouzhong, but said quietly:
"If you meet your master, tell him that it is possible that his daughter...I just said that there is some possibility, she is a woman named Ye Zhuchan .”
(End of this chapter)