Zhan Zhao successfully saw through the "fake case" reported by Li Chengfeng, and successfully found another frost knife and the stolen items, which were all hidden in the darkroom of the warehouse.

Li Chengfeng had no choice but to take the stolen goods to the Yamen together with the housekeeper.

Lin'an Prefect was quite angry. He was already extremely busy. He had just dispatched a large number of government officials to investigate the theft case. Not only was this a waste of public funds, but it would also delay the progress of other cases and disrupt the direction of the investigation. It was simply unreasonable.

Zhan Zhao asked Li Chengfeng what his purpose was.

Li Chengfeng confessed that these two knives were indeed handed down from his ancestors, and the specific origins were unclear. However, these two knives were somewhat "weird", which would confuse people. His family had ancestral training, saying that these two knives

The knife was for the house, but it couldn't see the light, let alone be used. As a result, Li Chengde not only showed it out but also lent it to people in the Jianghu community, which almost killed someone.

Li Chengfeng has always been cautious in doing things. On the one hand, he was afraid of getting into lawsuits because of this knife, and on the other hand, he was afraid of being remembered by people in the world, so he simply went to guard the house and let the housekeeper and servants put on a show, and reported the theft to the Yamen.

Yes, that’s it.

Zhan Zhao asked him why he put the blame on Mo Muyu.

Li Chengfeng said that Sui Bian found someone to put the blame on, because he injured his hand during a martial arts competition, and his characteristics were relatively obvious. In addition, the blame was put on the Jianghu people, and it would be better to let the Jianghu people fight for it themselves.

Li Chengfeng's rhetoric simply couldn't convince Zhan Zhao. Do you think he is a three-year-old child? On the one hand, he said that he did not want to offend the Jianghu talents and pretended that the knife was stolen, but on the other hand, he maliciously blamed the Jianghu sect. Aren't you afraid of people coming to take revenge?

However, Li Chengfeng's words were just like this. The housekeeper and his subordinates did whatever he told them to do, and they didn't know anything about it.

The prefect of Lin'an tried hard to interrogate him, but Li Chengfeng refused to give in. He would rather be found guilty and go to jail than say anything else.

Everyone frowned. The more he concealed it, the more he indicated that he was involved in the matter. Perhaps the penalty for reporting a false case was much lighter than the penalty for the case he was actually involved in, so he avoided the serious and took the easy... The case was once again entangled.

deadlock.

At the same time, Zhan Zhao had another idea. The housekeeper's words seemed untrustworthy, so his previous explanation about Boss Qian and Xiaolou would not be accurate.

After leaving the Yamen, Zhan Zhao hurriedly pulled Bai Yutang and ran out.

Fifth Master wondered if he was hungry or something...

As a result, Zhan Zhao went to Li's house again, but it was not Li Chengfeng's house, but Li Chengde's house.

Li Chengde must have heard that his cousin had been arrested, and his face was beaming with joy. When he saw Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang coming, he was not too polite and said that he would cooperate with the investigation.

Zhan Zhao wants to find the person who used to run the bathhouse in his family. Anyway, it’s everyone who has met Boss Qian.

Li Chengde asked the housekeeper to look for them, and soon they found about ten people.

Zhan Zhao took these ten people to the Yamen together with Li Chengde, divided them into three groups, and then asked the three Yamen masters to draw a portrait of Boss Qian based on their descriptions of what they remembered.

After a while, the three portraits were drawn and put together for comparison.

Because they were written orally, the drawings cannot be exactly the same, but they are all somewhat similar.

Gongsun adjusted it based on the three portraits and everyone's oral descriptions, and finally drew one portrait.

Looking at the portrait, Gongsun was so angry that he kicked the table leg, "I was cheated!"

Zhan Zhao frowned.

Bai Yutang and Zhao Pu both asked Gongsun, "Have you been cheated?"

Gongsun nodded, "If the person in this portrait is Boss Qian, then the person who starved to death in the cupboard of the small building in Li's house is not Boss Qian at all!"

Both Master Wu and Zhao Pu were stunned.

Lin Yehuo thought for a while and nodded, "That's true. Based on the butler's identification, we determined that the deceased belonged to Boss Qian, and it was the butler who deceived him!"

"I just said that he recognized the boss Qian just by looking at the mummy, and he clearly said that he was not familiar with the tenant." Gongsun was angry.

Zhan Zhao brought the housekeeper to ask again.

When the housekeeper saw the portrait Zhan Zhao gave him, he started to pretend to be confused, saying that he couldn't remember clearly. It seemed to be somewhat similar, or it might be the mummy. He might have seen it wrong. After all, it happened a long time ago, and he and that person were not the same.

Well, I was so scared when I saw a mummy for the first time...

All in all, it’s just a lot of excuses.

Everyone frowned - it seemed that everyone on Li Chengfeng's side was not sure what they were saying. What on earth were these people hiding?

The prefect of Lin'an issued an order to seal Li Chengfeng's house, interrogate everyone, and search his old house and several properties.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, together with a large number of government officials, plus Lin Yehuo Zou Liang and the Imperial City Army who came to help, conducted a detailed search of the Li family's huge mansion and various permanent properties.

…

On the other side, in another courtyard.

When the Silver Demon King came back from dinner with Yin Hou Tianzun and Master Daoyuan, he saw bright lights lit in the yard and a big bucket placed in the middle of the yard.

Several shadow guards were pouring water into the bucket under Gongsun's command. The fourth son was standing on a small bench, holding a large jar in his hand, and was pouring potion into the bucket.

Gongsun was holding a long stick, stirring the potion in the bucket, asking the fourth son to stop, and then pouring...

Using the light, I could see steam rising from the bucket. In addition to the white mist, there was also a layer of green fluorescence.

Several old men shook their heads. Daoyuan had never seen this scene before, and was curious about what Gongsun was doing, making wine? He leaned over and took a look.

After taking a look, the master was so frightened that he took two steps back and saw a skeleton soaking in Gongsun's bucket.

Yin Hou asked Zhao Pu, who was standing by and shaking his head, "What are you doing again?"

The Ninth Prince was helpless, "Didn't Zhan Zhao say that the housekeeper was dishonest, but it turned out that the person who died was not Boss Qian at all?"

"So?" Tianzun was curious.

"The bookworm said that the eyes were soaked in the potion for several years and did not rot. Maybe the starved skeleton was dead for more than three or four years."

Tianzun and Yin Hou tilted their heads, as if they didn't understand.

The Silver Demon King touched his chin, but he understood, "Oh... what the little miracle doctor means is that if the body has been soaked in potion after death, and was taken out and put in the cabinet three or four years ago... it will cause

An illusion that just died three or four years ago?”

Zhao Pu snapped his fingers and pointed at the Demon King - that's what the old man meant!

"What is the young gentleman going to do now?" Dao Yuan asked.

Zhao Pu sighed, "Isn't that a mummy?"

Everyone nodded.

"The bookworm said that the humidity in the Jiangnan area is probably because the corpses were soaked in antiseptic liquid and then left outside to form mummies."

Everyone thinks it makes sense, otherwise it would be rotten!

"So the nerd said, soak the dried corpse in the same potion and let the dried corpse absorb water..."

After the Ninth Prince finished speaking, the four old men all had looks of disgust on their faces - it sounded a bit disgusting.

"In short, it's the same principle as dried bamboo shoots and shiitake mushrooms. Let's soak it and see what it looks like!" Zhao Pu spread his hands.

The four old men said "Oh..." and understood.

"How long will it take to soak?" Tianzun was quite curious.

"I started soaking it in the afternoon, and I changed the potion three times. It said it will be almost ready in about two hours." Zhao Pu crossed his arms and looked up at the sky - it is estimated that the brew will be ready before midnight, and it will feel like soaking a bird's nest.

Ha, soak it for four hours before cooking...

Thinking of this, Zhao Pu tilted his head - why would I know that soaking bird's nests takes four hours?

Just as I was thinking about it, a voice came from behind, "Oh, it's almost like soaking in a bird's nest, four hours."

Everyone turned around and saw Zhao Zhen, who had finished eating, walking over with his daughter in his arms. Nangong tried his best to block Xiangxiang's sight from looking into the bucket, but Xiangxiang pressed her father's shoulders with both hands and stretched her neck.

Look at what the fourth child is pouring into the bucket. His curious look is exactly the same as when her father Huanghuang was watching the fun.

…

On the other side, Zhan Zhao was extremely busy.

I searched Li's house from top to bottom, but didn't find anything special or any special clues.

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang suspected that given Li Chengfeng's level of caution, he might have other properties, and he would not do anything bad or hide anything at home.

All the family members and servants working at home have asked, but they have not been able to find out if Li Chengfeng owns any other properties.

But according to family members, Li Chengfeng would go out every three or four days, with only his housekeeper by his side. Every time he went out at noon, he would not come back until the afternoon. No one knew exactly what he was doing.

Bai Yutang was speechless, "What the hell is this guy doing?"

Zhan Zhao couldn't figure it out either.

Lin Yehuo and Zou Liang came back after checking around and said that Li Chengfeng was a bit interesting. He had almost no friends. He was so rich and had no romantic partners. He also had no bad habits. In comparison, Li Chengde was full of all five evils.

All the famous prostitutes in the city have a good relationship with him, and they are all friends with pigs and dogs.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang checked in the middle of the night and were confused by the family. They felt that there was something wrong with both brothers.

It was already midnight when we returned to the Yamen. As soon as we entered the courtyard, we saw a group of people sitting at a stone table drinking tea and chatting. Gongsun and Xiaosi were guarding a big bucket, wondering what was being cooked.

Zhan Zhao moved forward out of curiosity and saw Gongsun holding a picket and fishing out a human head from the bucket.

Zhan Zhao was startled and took half a step back. Bai Yutang was quite foresighted and chose the table farthest away from Gongsun as soon as he entered the door and sat down to drink tea.

Lin Yehuo also ran over with a cup in hand and saw the head spitting out a mouthful of water.

This is the human head found in the cabinet of the small building. It has been "soaked". Although the color is slightly weird, the "texture" is still quite real, just like an ordinary human head.
To be continued...