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Chapter Twenty-Three: Blurred

Bao Zheng pondered for a moment and said, "Although the fake third son of Lin said that he had nothing to do with Hu Yanqing and his gang, his words were not credible. As long as there was a slight possibility, we could not let it go. My father-in-law could send people to search the whole city. As long as he could catch Hu Yanqing, he would be very likely to find a bigger secret behind the scenes."

Zhang Yao and Liu Tong both nodded. Zhang Yao called a confidant and asked him to order all the yamen runners in the magistrate's yamen to search and arrest Hu Yanqing. At this moment, a coroner came out of the charity village. Liu Tongming stepped forward and asked, "Why coroner, can you find any clues?"

He Zhuo shook his head and said, "There is nothing else on the murderer's body that has the value of the case. However, I have saved all the clothes and things of the deceased one by one in cloth bags for the adults to check it at any time. The murderer has a very strange charm. I have already drawn a copy as usual, so please check it out." He Zhuo took out a piece of white paper from his sleeve, Zhang Yao reached out to take it over, and opened it and saw a strange totem on the paper, which depicts a monster with a bull head and a spherical body.

Zhang Yao frowned and asked, "Prime Minister Liu Tong, Bao Zheng, have you two seen this pattern?"

Liu Tongzong said, "Although I have seen many strange books and paintings, this is the first time I have seen this pattern. Perhaps it is the evolution of a certain kind of god in the Shanhai Jing."

Bao Zheng took the white paper into his hand, looked at it carefully for a while, remembered every detail of the pattern in his mind, and then handed the white paper back to Zhang Yao and said: "My father-in-law, although we don't know what this Peugeot actually represents, we have found a crucial clue. In the future, as long as the person with this tattoo logo on his body, he will definitely be a member of the same group of friends with the fake Lin Laosan. As for that dagger, I think it is also an identity token of that group of people."

As soon as Bao Zheng finished speaking, a yamen runner was already riding a horse and rushed over from a distance. The yamen runner turned over and got off the horse, knelt down and panted, saying, "Master General! The young and old in the third son of Lin's family were nowhere to be seen. The neighbors had not seen their family members for a long time."

Bao Zheng frowned at this time and said, "Lin Lao San's family is gone, why is there no report from Li Zheng?"

The yamen runner replied, "We have asked Li Zheng. Although the neighbors did not see Lin Laosan's family, they could see Lin Laosan every day. Lin Laosan himself said that his family had gone to visit relatives in the distance, so there was no abnormality around them."

Seeing that there were no valuable clues, Zhang Yao waved his sleeves and asked the yamen runners to retreat. Bao Zheng sighed: "Now all the clues have almost been cut off, and this case has almost become a headless case."

Liu Tongzong frowned at this time and said, "There is a written statement from the top, and we have to solve the case within ten days, otherwise we will be afraid that we will be implicated."

Zhang Yao's expression was also extremely ugly at this time, and he was filled with sorrow.

Bao Zheng turned his smile and comforted him: "My father-in-law, there is no need to worry at all. As the saying goes, the law is vast and unobstructed. As long as the murderer is still trying to do bad things, he will always show his fox's tail. Yu Xi and I said goodbye first and want to go back to Master He to tell him about the missing scholar's body. After all, he is also involved." Bao Zheng winked at Zhang Yao while saying that. Zhang Yao had already understood and knew that Bao Zheng must have gone back to the academy to implement the plan of catching turtles in the jar. At that moment, Zhang Yao did not show any leakage on his face, but just nodded slightly to express his permission to leave.

Bao Zheng pulled Zhang Yuxi into a carriage and rushed straight to the academy. He walked through the streets and alleys of Luzhou City. From time to time, he heard some people chatting about the murder case of Luzhou Academy. Every now and then, there were scholars who looked like yelling on the street at the top of their throats, saying that Master He from the academy had already mastered important physical evidence and could soon be cleared of the charges, and the real murderer would be found out immediately. Bao Zheng did not expect that Master He's reputation was so effective. In just a few hours, he mobilized so many disciples to spread news in the city. It seemed that the news would definitely spread throughout the city without tomorrow.

Bao Zheng instructed the coachman to speed up, and then returned to the carriage and stared at Zhang Yuxi, as if he wanted to say something, but it was difficult to speak.

Zhang Yuxi lowered her head at this time, her voice was a little sluggish, and she said politely: "Mr., I know you want to talk about seeing Dong Xianxian tonight. Now we are rushing to Luzhou Academy. In fact, Xianxian will definitely go back to the academy as soon as possible when she comes back. I am afraid that she will meet Xianxian later. You don't have to worry too much, just go to see her. After all, she is sincere to you, and she will not harm you no matter what. On the contrary, you should also think carefully about your words and remember not to hurt Xian'er's heart. She is my best sister, and we are not willing to make her sad."

After hearing Zhang Yuxi's words, Bao Zheng couldn't help but scratch his scalp. He couldn't say anything to hurt Dong Xianxian. Should he do something to do to sorry Yuxi? This is simply a contradictory issue, which made Bao Zheng really embarrassed. Bao Zheng simply didn't think about it at this time and began to think about the case.

The carriage arrived at the academy soon after. The officers and soldiers at the door had already recognized Bao Zheng and no longer investigated. Bao Zheng and Zhang Yuxi rushed directly to Master He's mansion. As soon as they stepped into the yard, they only saw a few servants. Bao Zheng arrested a servant and asked him and found out that Master He, Gongsun Ce and others had gone to the house next to the murder scene.

When Bao Zheng found Mr. He and others, they had already arranged a courtyard, and the murder scene was next door. Gongsun Ce, Lin Yan and Mr. He were on the attic in the courtyard, observing all the situation in the next courtyard.

When Xiaoyun and Sun Ling'er saw that Zhang Yuxi was back, they both came over to talk to Zhang Yuxi. Bao Zheng climbed into the attic and asked about the results of the observation.

Gongsun Ce said, "It's daytime now, even if the murderer is brave, he dare not come to steal things at this time. By the way! Bao Zheng, you have any clues to discover when you go to the charity village?" Gongsun Ce asked Bao Zheng instead.

Bao Zheng had long expected that he would have such a question, and he said it from beginning to end what was about to happen in the charity village. Gongsun Ce and Lin Yan were stunned for a while after hearing Bao Zheng's remarks. The case became more and more complicated, and it had reached a level of confusion.

When Master He heard Bao Zheng finally say Dong Xianxian's name, he was extremely excited and burst into tears. Master He was very well-educated and calm, but at this time he asked anxiously: "Bao Zheng, do you say Xian'er is back? Then why haven't she come to see my grandfather yet? It's so great. The girl Xian'er actually came back alive. I'm really happy from the bottom of my heart."

Mr. He was inexplicably excited and couldn't help laughing, laughing happily, but his face was covered with tears. He was really crying with joy.

Bao Zheng and the other two comforted Mr. He. Mr. He gradually calmed down and knew that Xian'er had returned to Luzhou City. So it would be a matter of time to see his grandfather. According to Bao Zheng's statement, Xian'er's kung fu was superb at this time, and obviously he didn't have to worry about her safety. Although Mr. He was happy, he no longer worried about the matter of Xian's affairs. When Bao Zheng spoke, he deliberately concealed the fact that he would meet Dong Xian's tonight. Since Dong Xian's in a hurry to meet Mr. He, there must be her reason. Bao Zheng did not want Mr. He to know too much, but instead made him worry.


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