Master Bao and the Grand Master told everyone about the case of the consecutive murders of oirans more than ten years ago. Although it happened more than ten years ago, it still has a strange feeling when listening to it now.

The murderer's method of committing the crime was quite cruel. At the same time, this case reminded Zhan Zhao of the ghost car case before the late emperor ascended the throne.

Although the two cases span a long distance, and the methods are completely different, they are both so coincidental. They happened on the eve of the handover of the throne, and the suspects rumored in the public are all future emperors... At the same time, the cases also follow the new emperor.

's ascension to the throne came to an abrupt end.

After listening, everyone dispersed and went about their own business.

Zhan Zhao was a little concerned, especially the oiran case that happened more than ten years ago. The grand master explained it in detail, and those female corpses frozen in the cold wind appeared in Zhan Zhao's mind again and again, and he couldn't get rid of it.

.So far, no one has given them justice, and the brutal murderer is still at large, which Zhan Zhao cannot accept at this time.

Lin Yehuo was also very angry, "No wonder there are so few people wearing red clothes in Kaifeng, and they can't do beauty pageants anymore, it's simply unreasonable!"

Bai Yutang felt that he might be able to find "experts" to inquire about the Oiran case.

"I'll make an appointment with Ximen Yao for dinner later." Fifth Master said, "Mrs. Yue Lian should be here recently. I can ask her about it."

Zhan Zhao thought it was good, and Lin Yehuo poked them both, pointed at himself, and said - Count me in, I'm going too!

After dinner, it was getting dark.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao were going to visit Ximen Yaofu. They originally thought they would just bring Lin Yehuo with them, but the news spread somehow. Before going out, Lin Yehuo also brought Zou Liang, Gongsun and Zhao Pu with him.

I'm going to go with my little four.

The fourth son still remembered Shen Yuelian and said he wanted to visit his aunt.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were both curious - so has anyone explained to Tuanzi what an oiran is?

Gongsun smiled and rubbed his son's fat face, took his two little hands, imitated Yaoyao, imitated the big fat goose, and waddled forward.

Everyone walked through Nantian Street, and when passing by Huofengtang, Miao Bacai and Li Yan happened to have dinner and go for a walk. When they saw Zhao Pu and Zou Liang, they followed them.

Fire Phoenix Hall is next door to Zou Mansion. When passing by Zou Mansion, there was a lot of excitement inside. Sexiao happened to run out with Ye Ming on his head. He thought there was some fun to join in, so he followed.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao silently looked back at the group of people behind them. It didn't matter if they brought their families with them. Do they even have to bring their pets with them?! Besides, these are not their family members...

When I arrived at Ximen Mansion, I found that it was even busier inside.

Shen Yuelian has a hospitable character. It happens to be the Chinese New Year, so she likes to be lively and lively. Today she prepared good wine and food and asked Lin Xiao to call all the classmates from Taixue. They just had dinner and were playing in the garden.

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Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang went in and took a look. Good guys - Bao Yan, Pang Yu and his group were all there, including several talented women from Taixue, including Yi Yi and Zhao Lan of course.

Lin Yehuo folded his arms and looked at the girl dressed in black, and sighed again. He bought a bunch of floral skirts at home, but he had never seen her wear them before, so he just liked wearing black.

"Sister Li Yan! Sister Caicai!"

A group of talented women were even more excited when they saw Li Yan and Miao Bacai than when they saw the fourth son. They surrounded them, held hands and went to the side to chat.

Ximen Yao had heard that Bai Yutang had brought a letter, saying that he wanted to inquire about something, so he thought he and Zhan Zhao were the only ones here. Who knew there were so many people coming, and he was also very confused - who is this person with the crow on his head?

Ah...the eyes look like the black and white dogs raised at home...

Ximen Yao's family does have a very beautiful big dog, which is as big as a bear. It has long black, white and gray hair, and there are two white spots on its forehead, which looks like it has two white eyebrows.

It's the same as being happy with others, but you just don't listen very well, and you start to chirp.

Lin Yehuo, Zou Liang and Sexiao were immediately lured away and gathered around to play with the dogs.

After everyone exchanged pleasantries, they sat down together to drink tea and chat.

The red plum blossoms in the yard are also in bloom, and there is a faint cold fragrance in the air.

Ximen Yao asked Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang what they wanted to inquire about.

The two of them briefly discussed the Oiran case that year.

On the side, students from Taixue were all attracted. Pang Yu said that he seemed to have heard about this incident. Indeed... there are no beauty pageants in Kaifeng, and the girls in the building rarely wear red.

Ximen Yao was barely a few years older than Bai Yutang, and he was still young when the crime occurred. Yuelian Pavilion had also been doing business by painting boats, and they had no business in Kaifeng Mansion at that time.

Shen Yuelian smiled and said, "The Kaifeng Coliseum... that is an exclusive business. If other buildings enter Kaifeng, they can only live in Huafang, and they will leave after a period of time. No one can compete with the Coliseum for business anyway."

"So there is indeed someone in the court?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Shen Yuelian nodded, "Besides... about the murder case of the courtesan in Kaifeng City, Yue Lian Pavilion's ship was probably not in Kaifeng but in Hangzhou at that time, so I only heard about it. Yun Bao'er was also a gorgeous beauty back then.

My son, it’s such a pity that he was killed at such a young age.”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other. Mrs. Shen's words seemed to mean that she didn't know the case in Kaifeng City, but she knew about it elsewhere...

Zhao Pu also heard it and asked, "Has this case happened in other places besides Kaifeng?"

Shen Yuelian nodded, "Not bad!"

Everyone was surprised, "When did it come out?"

"It's earlier than the case in the Coliseum!" Shen Yuelian said, "This murder should have occurred in Dali at the earliest."

"Dali?!" Everyone was surprised. Is it so far away?

Zhao Pu also touched his chin - this was something he never expected.

Zhan Zhao asked his wife to elaborate.

Shen Yuelian said, "I heard from a friend that the climate in Dali is hot and humid, and there are more exotic flowers and herbs. My friend's surname is Xu, and he sells medicinal materials. He specializes in treating women's diseases. My son's medical skills are also the same.

I learned it from him."

Everyone nodded - that's it...

"For a while, a case happened in Hangzhou. Some guests got into a fight out of jealousy and ended up killing someone. At the time of the incident, Lao Xu and I happened to be drinking tea in a nearby teahouse, and we heard everyone in the building talking about it.

Mr. Xu sighed and said that the risk of this business was too great. When he was in Dali, he encountered even worse things. At that time, three courtesans died in Shanchan Mansion, each of them was injured.

After several stabbings, he died tragically, and it is said that all the blood was drained."

After listening to Mrs. Shen's introduction, everyone felt that although the two places were thousands of miles apart, the methods of committing crimes were very similar.

"Did the deceased also wear red clothes?" Huo Feng asked.

Shen Yuelian shook her head, "Mr. Xu was quite detailed at that time, but he didn't mention red clothes and jewelry. Furthermore, the climate in Dali is very different from here. It's hot and humid over there, even in winter. It's not snowing either, so there's no chance of bodies freezing or anything like that."

Everyone nodded.

"But after that, I heard about some similar cases one after another."

Everyone was surprised, "Besides Dali and Kaifeng Mansion, has it happened anywhere else?"

"Yes!" Mrs. Shen nodded, "At that time, after the Coliseum case came out, although the government kept it strictly confidential and the Holy Emperor ascended the throne, the limelight was overshadowed, but the collapse of the Coliseum was a big deal in the industry. Big deal! There were indeed a lot of rumors at that time, but I heard from several customers that there might be a very vicious person who specializes in killing brothel girls. The killing methods are similar, including stabbing several times, draining the blood, and abandoning the body. The corpse was kneeling at that time."

Zhan Zhao frowned when he heard it - the more he listened, the more similar it became.

"Did these happen before or after the Hong Kong Coliseum case?" Zhao Pu asked the time.

"It was all before!" Shen Yuelian thought for a while and said with certainty, "After the collapse of the Coliseum, I heard some people talking about similar things that happened before, but there has been no similar case since then. !Anyway, I’ve never heard of it again.”

"Why is this person's whereabouts so weird?" Gongsun wondered, "First in Dali, then in the Imperial City, and then disappeared?"

Zhao Pu also frowned. Dali is located in the southwest. Could it be related to the big bat that appeared in the ghost car case before?

"Later I also heard some legends, saying that the murderer missed his last attack and was beaten to death." Mrs. Shen said.

Zhan Zhao thought that was quite good, so he asked, "Is there any basis for this rumor?"

Mrs. Shen spread her hands and said, "Just... this kind of murder case has indeed never happened again."

"But apart from the murder case in the Hong Kong Coliseum, there is no point about wearing red clothes, right?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Mrs. Shen nodded.

"Could it be that only the dead in the Hong Kong Coliseum wear red?" Bai Yutang asked, "Because all the oirans in the Hong Kong Coliseum wear red?"

Everyone thinks this is possible.

"But what about wearing gold and silver jewelry?" Gongsun wondered, could the murderer be very rich?

"This is indeed quite strange." Mrs. Shen said, "I heard rumors that the gold and silver jewelry that the murderer wore on the dead body were rare treasures that ordinary people can't get."

Several people looked at each other - no wonder there were rumors and suspicions that it was Zhao Zhen.

"Besides the murderer being beaten to death, are there any other rumors about the murderer stopping committing crimes?" Zhao Pu asked Shen Yuelian.

Shen Yuelian covered her mouth and smiled, "Then I don't dare to say nonsense. It's unfounded."

The fourth son tugged on Shen Yuelian's sleeves, turned his head and pointed at his ears, what he meant - tell me quietly!

Shen Yuelian smiled and leaned over to whisper to him.

After listening to this, the fourth son imitated Zhao Zhen's usual flat-mouthed expression.

Everyone couldn't help but laugh - they looked really similar.

…

In the palace, Zhao Zhen, who was walking with his daughter to eat after dinner, felt his nose itchy, tilted his head and sneered.

Behind her, Concubine Pang, who was patting her little glutinous rice balls to put her child to sleep, looked up.

Zhao Zhen sniffed, came to the table, looked at his son, and asked Concubine Pang seriously, "How old will the child be when he ascends the throne? How about three years old?"
To be continued...