Chapter 362 Come back and see?
Yang Yiyi was clumsy and didn't know how to persuade people, so she could only say a few words of comfort in a hurry. When Qingliu's mood seemed to stabilize, she left a little worried.
Compared with the murder case, Yang Yiyi was more concerned about the outcome of the two fateful couple, and wondered if it would be better to ask Tang Lianyu to come forward.
But Tang Lianyu is the young lady of Tang Feng Company, so she is a bit too lenient in taking care of other people's housework.
There was no good way to ask Li Chengqi for help. At most, he would be like Yang Yiyi. At worst, he would elope with someone and find a way to settle him down.
Yang Yiyi, who was very concerned about this matter, was thinking about countermeasures and didn't even know how to walk back.
Qin Yan was a little surprised, but she didn't pay too much attention to it. She already felt that Yang Yiyi couldn't help at all in this matter, so she could just ask her to take action when a fight was needed.
There was nothing to explore in the Qing Mansion, so the two quickly chose to leave. After leaving the Qing family mansion, Qin Yan found a deserted alley, picked up the clay figurine and knocked it against the wall.
Qin Yan is a snitch, and for a snitch, his skill is the most important thing.
As soon as she weighed it, she knew whether there was something hidden inside the clay figurine. Similar to Li Chengqi's judgment, she thought it was a clue left by the deceased, so she proposed to take it away.
The clay figurine was not a pottery figurine, so I couldn't help but knock it, and it was smashed into pieces within a few blows.
Two of the clay figurines contained some broken silver, which must have been secretly saved by the deceased, while one clay figurine contained a small gourd.
What's even weirder is that this gourd does not have one end open like a gourd used to hold things, but has a clip on the side that can be opened. After opening, the gourd is in two halves, like a gourd, or in other words This thing is just a gourd-shaped box.
There is a kind of soft clay in the box, which looks wet and has never dried.
This thing is similar to ink pad. What is added is not water, but antler glue, so it can maintain its softness.
On the soft clay, you can see a mark, shaped like a key.
"This is a clay mold used to steal keys."
Qin Yan recognized this thing at a glance because it was very common in the Sixteenth Village.
Just stealing things is not a big thief. You have to steal things without anyone noticing. This is where you are invisible.
Thieves in Sixteen Villages who wanted to steal from wealthy households would usually sneak in, use a clay mold to imprint the key to the warehouse, and then cast a key based on the imprint when they went back, so that they could open the warehouse without damaging the lock.
But now there is a new problem.
The deceased left this thing as a talisman. Which lock is it?
Given the identity of the deceased’s servant, the clay mold must be from Qingfu, but it is obviously impossible to determine which lock it is with just one seal.
Moreover, what’s the point of using this thing as a life-saving charm?
Unable to understand, Qin Yan once again thought of letting go. Rather than investigating this matter, it would obviously be easier for Qin Yan to go and rob Wen Qing's family.
I can't get any clue at all. After all, this is not Qin Yan's specialty.
"Go back to Miss Tang. We can't do this."
"But I want to go back to Wen's house first."
"Why?"
"Maybe there are some new discoveries?"
"Obviously I'm asking you, why do you answer me with questions..."
Qin Yan didn't understand. She felt that Yang Yiyi seemed to be a little sure, but not more, just a little bit.
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Due to Yang Yiyi's strong request, Qin Yan couldn't resist and had to follow her and the two of them back to Wen's house.
As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw a carriage stop, and Tang Lianyu was helped out of the carriage by a maid.
Seeing the two people coming, she waved and said:
"Have you two heroines found anything?"
"It's just some superficial and scattered clues. This matter is not easy to handle." Qin Yan said this with the intention of dismissing the matter with the next sentence.
But before she could say anything, Yang Yiyi answered first: "We found a clay mold that looks like a key to the Qing family, but we don't know which lock it opens."
Tang Lianyu took the gourd, looked at it, and said to the maid next to her:
"Go to a locksmith and use this to make a key."
Then he asked:
“Are there any others?”
"There must be someone secretly trying to instigate conflict between the Wen and Qing families, and the deceased members of both families were killed by the martial arts left by their respective ancestors. I think it was probably the Thousand-Faced Phoenix, but I can't figure out why."
Yang Yiyi also added: "Moreover, the attitude of the government is also very strange. Not only did the two families bury the deceased, but more than ten days have passed and there is no more news."
Qin Yan glanced at Yang Yiyi strangely, thinking that she still remembered such details.
Weren't you just looking left and right at the scene?
After hearing this, Tang Lianyu pondered for a moment and said:
"These are indeed just superficial clues. Is there any conclusive evidence?"
"If we had evidence, we wouldn't go back to Wen's house again."
Yang Yiyi interrupted again: "Miss Tang, I have something to ask you."
Then she told the story about Wen Yun and Qingliu.
"The two love each other but can't be together. Is there anything Miss Tang can do?"
"There is nothing I can do. This is a family matter."
This answer is quite expected. No matter how prestigious your Tang Feng firm is in the business world, you don't care who your daughter marries.
"But speaking of Mr. Liu, I have heard of him a bit."
Tang Lianyu said:
"This Mr. Liu is the son of the salt transport envoy of the capital. His father is in a high position. It is said that when he was a poor scholar in his youth, he was supported by the master of the Qing family, Qing Lin Hong."
"Salt transport envoy? The one responsible for transporting salt?"
Yang Yiyi obviously didn't know much about officials. She only knew that the third rank must be a senior official, but she didn't know anything else.
Qin Yan couldn't help but hold her forehead:
"The salt transport envoy is a fat man. He is in charge of salt affairs, but he also works part-time to purchase tributes for the palace."
The salt business is already very fat, and with the responsibility of purchasing, it is even more fattening.
When Yang Yiyi heard this, she wondered whether she should write to Li Yingluo and ask them to help.
Wuzhou is also part of the Liuzhou Kingdom, and the so-called capital city is Pingkang City. The daughter of a first-rank official has spoken, and there may be room for change in this matter.
Again, Yang Yiyi simplified things again.
Even if they are both officials in the capital, Li Yingluo's father is Situ, and Zheng Yinping's father is a general. Neither of them has any relationship with the Salt Transport Envoy.
Besides, even if you can establish a relationship, are you being too lenient about who your son marries as his wife?
But no matter what, there is definitely nothing Tang Lianyu can do about this matter.
"When the two heroines returned to Wen Mansion, did they remember any clues?"
"Ask her, she suggested coming back."
Yang Yiyi was still thinking about the success rate of writing a letter to Li Yingluo. Hearing this, she was stunned for a moment: "Ah? Oh, this is it. I think there may be something missing, so I came back to take a look?"
I’ve already said it, it’s you who suggested coming back, so why are you still answering with questions...
(End of chapter)