At first glance, there may be nothing wrong with the wooden board, but if you look closely, you can find that the wooden board is not flat, and the feeling when you step on it is different from the surrounding wooden boards.

Ning Yao knelt down, took out a dagger and pried up the board. A jade earring was lying there quietly. He picked up the earring with the dagger and put it into the handkerchief that Cai Ming hurriedly took out.

He put away the dagger in his hand.

The workers who built the embassy were all men, but no woman had ever entered Yang Zhen's room. Ning Yao had no pierced ears and never wore earrings. So, where did this earring come from?

"The material of this earring is average, not worth much, and it's a few years old, but it's well preserved, so it seems to be of great significance," Cai Ming analyzed.

"Why is there a pattern on the back of this board?" Wang Youzhong was about to put the board back when he saw the pattern on the back and showed it to everyone. After just one glance, Ning Yao's eyes flashed with surprise, and then

It disappeared, but her breathing was still a little faster and her face became a little darker.

"Why do I feel that this pattern looks familiar?" Wang Youzhong frowned, looking a little painful and lost in thought, "It's like a flower."

"What flower?"

Ning Yao's tone was as indifferent as ever, but if you look carefully, you will find that her voice is actually trembling. It is the trembling of suppressed anger and infinite hatred.

"It's too blurry to tell, but it must be a flower." Wang Youzhong handed the wooden plaque to Ning Yao. For some reason, he always felt that Ning Yao cared about this pattern.

How could she not care? This was the third time Ning Yao had seen this pattern. The third time. The moment she saw this pattern, she was very sure that the other party was coming for her and killed the envoy from the South Kingdom.

The ministers have led all the contradictions to her. They just want to get rid of themselves. If it were not the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, I am afraid that she will not be able to escape the blame now. If she is the one who wants to get rid of herself, now someone is blocking her way...

"Cai Ming, can you ride a horse?"

"meeting."

Cai Mingsui didn't understand why Ning Yao asked like this, but he still answered truthfully. Ning Yao took off the token from his waist and handed it to him, his face a little ugly.

"You quickly go to Zhennan Army to find Zhao Ming. Give him the token and ask him to pick a few people and lead them to Gu Quan. You must protect his life. Go quickly!"

Hearing this, Cai Ming understood immediately, turned pale, and hurriedly took the token from Ning Yao and hurried out of the house. Not long after, Xiao He hurried into the house with a book and saw Ning Yao,

He handed the book to her hand. Not many people went to Dayunjing Temple to offer incense this month, so Xiao He copied the list back word for word. Ning Yao took the list and read it one by one with an indifferent expression.

"Zhang Silang's wife, Lin, is a Buddhist and goes there every now and then."

"Not only that, every time the right minister's wife goes to worship Buddha, the right minister will go with her." Xiao He took off the water bag from his waist and took a sip of water. "I specifically confirmed it with the sweeping monk of Dayun Jing Temple. Every time the wife

When worshiping Buddha in the lobby, the Prime Minister would stay in the side room for a long time, and they would not return home together until the wife finished worshiping Buddha."

"I really can't tell that the right minister, who is usually so serious, cares so much about his wife." Wang Youzhong glanced at his mouth disapprovingly, chewing on the melon seeds he bought at some point with relish, "Actually,

No wonder, I’ve heard that Mr. Right and his wife are childhood sweethearts, so it’s normal for them to have a good relationship.”

After hearing what he said, Ning Yao closed the book and asked Wang Youzhong to ask around to see if anyone had disappeared in recent days. After confirming that there were no other clues, he returned to the Criminal Department.

Ning Yao went straight to the autopsy room and carefully observed the wound of the deceased again. This time, Ning Yao found a piece of sawdust in the hair of the deceased. It was fine golden nanmu sawdust, but she remembered that the entire embassy

There is no place made of golden nanmu at all.

Golden nanmu was found where there was no golden nanmu. In other words, the embassy was not the first crime scene at all!

"Dong! Dong! Dong!" It was the time teller from the Ministry of Punishment who rang the clock. It was already noon.

Ning Yao glanced at the sun outside the autopsy room, put away the tools in her hands, and ordered someone to add a few pieces of ice to the body. Then she went to the archives room to check the files. Just as she was checking the places in Chang'an City,

When there were golden nanmu in several places, Cai Ming found her out of breath.

"What's wrong?"

Ning Yao frowned when she smelled the bloody smell emanating from his body. After confirming that it was not Cai Ming's blood, her brows relaxed.

"General, Gu Shangshu has been assassinated!" Cai Ming's robe was stained with blood, his hair was messy, and he was in a terrible state. "I followed your instructions and went to Zhennan Army to find General Zhao. He brought fifteen people with him.

They came with me to find Gu Shangshu, but as soon as we arrived at the Ministry of Justice, they told me that Gu Shangshu had a clue and went to Jingzhao Mansion. We hurriedly chased him. As soon as we entered Deguangfang, we saw Gu Shangshu was assassinated."

"How are people?"

"General Zhao was very skilled and killed most of the assassins. Gu Shangshu was hit in the abdomen with a sword, but he avoided the vital point. When the thieves saw what had happened, they all raised their swords to commit suicide." Cai Ming looked disappointed, "Our clue is broken

.”

Cai Ming presented the token to Ning Yao. Ning Yao took the token, lowered his eyes and glanced at Cai Ming, then hung the token on his waist again.

"I understand. Go change your clothes and tidy up. After half an hour, you can follow me to a place."

Cai Ming accepted the order and stepped back. Ning Yao touched the token with unpredictable eyes. After a long time, she smiled meaningfully. Things seemed to be getting more and more interesting, and she suddenly looked forward to the truth of this murder case.

Already.

She ordered her servant Li Er to follow her to help her sell some food. Ning Yao entered the study room that the Ministry of Justice temporarily arranged for her. The temporary study room was inevitably a bit messy, but it did not prevent Ning Yao from handling things.

The several places I just found were marked on the map of Chang'an. I unexpectedly found that those places were all near the Dayun Jing Temple, including the Dayun Jing Temple. They were scattered in four directions with it as the center.

The Four Symbols Array... something flashed through Ning Yao's mind, but when he thought about it, he couldn't find it again.

There was a knock on the door. It was Li Er who had helped him sell some food. Ning Yao called him in and saw Li Er opening the food box and bringing out a bowl of haggis soup and a piece of cake. Seeing this, Ning Yao was silent.

He sighed, took the baguette, tore it into small pieces and put it into a bowl, with a helpless tone.

"Why not do it as usual?"

"I just met the lady. She said you like to eat this."

Li Er answered seriously. After Ning Yao listened, she paused and continued to tear the naan cakes in her hands. After a long while, until Ning Yao finished tearing the naan cakes in her hands, she picked up the spoon and started stirring the haggis soup.

.Her eyes were filled with mist from the heat of the haggis soup, making it difficult to see her emotions. Only at this moment did Li Er feel that Ning Yao's mask-like face would reveal a bit of human emotion.

"Azhen, is she... okay?"

"The lady said everything is fine with her, please don't read it."

Hearing this, Ning Yao nodded and started to eat the bowl of haggis soup. When she stood up, all the emotions on her face disappeared. It seemed that the emotion just now was just an illusion. Li put away the things quickly and looked at the time.

Early in the morning, he retreated out so that Ning Yao could rest.

Half an hour passed in a blink of an eye. When Ning Yao opened the door to the study, Cai Ming had already been waiting for a long time.

"General, where are we going?"

"Looking for clues."

"General, does he have an idea?"

"I found sawdust of golden nanmu in the deceased's hair."

At this point, Ning Yao's meaning was already very obvious. Cai Ming knew the seriousness of the matter and said nothing. Ning Yao ordered people to prepare horses, and the two rode to Dayun Jing Temple. They saw Ning Yao arriving at Dayun Temple again.

Passing through the gate of the temple, Cai Ming frowned slightly but said nothing. After tying the horse, he followed Ning Yao into the temple.

After walking around the entire Dayunjing Temple, Cai Ming, before he could catch his breath, followed her to Juxianfang, Taixianfang, Yanshoufang and Yanfufang, looking at several places carefully.

After a while, it was already the last three moments when I was free.

"The nanmu in these places are all damaged, so it's really hard to judge." Cai Ming was a little disappointed. It seemed that the clues he had finally found were about to be broken again.

"But there is a new addition, and it was cut open with a knife." Ning Yao's expression finally softened a little, "The house in Yanfufang."

"He Yu?" Cai Ming was a little confused. After all, no matter how you look at it, a civil servant like He Yu doesn't look like the murderer in this case.

"Does he believe in Buddhism?"

"I don't believe it." Cai Ming frowned and shook his head, "But his wife Zhou believes in Buddhism."

Hearing this, Ning Yao waved his hand to summon the secret guards, and ordered them to find out the details of He Yu. Then he wanted to return to the Criminal Department, but met everyone in the West City who also wanted to return to the Criminal Department. After seeing Ning Yao, they all stepped forward and began to report the situation.

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Xiao He and Lao Yang found the person who was responsible for pulling swill in Xinghuafang this morning. They guessed well that the man did pull a corpse out of the city. The person who pulled swill was called Fu San, and the identity of the deceased was unknown. Because Fu San

He happened to be caught by Xiao He and the others while disposing of the corpse, and was forced to tell the truth.

Fu San has been responsible for collecting swill in Xinghuafang. Yesterday, someone found him and asked him to go to the embassy to transport a corpse out of the city at Mao today, and asked him to bury it under the willow tree beside the Shili Pavilion outside Yanping Gate. Fu San

At first he refused, but the other party paid him ten taels of gold as a deposit and said he would be grateful once the deal was done. When he paid thirty-one, he became obsessed with money and agreed.

He arrived as scheduled today, only to see a dead body lying in an empty room. Without saying a word, he pretended to be a drunk man and carried the body downstairs and hid it in an alley. Then he hurriedly pulled the body into the bucket.

He hid the body in the car and was about to leave Xinghuafang when he happened to meet Mr. Yang and others who were coming.

In other words, as soon as Fu San left, someone put Yang Zhen's body in the room. Who was that person? Who was the person who wanted Fu San to transport his body? Who was Fu San's corpse? What's more?

When Gu Quan was assassinated, Ning Yao felt that the fog in front of him was getting thicker and thicker.

Wang Youzhong was ordered by Ning Yao to search for missing persons. He ran all over Chang'an City but found nothing. He was tired and complained that his feet had blisters but he could not find any useful clues.

With all this coming and going, the time has come.

"Where is the body that was taken away now?" Ning Yao asked.

"In the autopsy room." Old Yangtou answered truthfully.

Hearing this, Ning Yao nodded slightly and asked Lao Yangtou to take him to see the body. In order to preserve the body, a lot of ice was placed in the autopsy room, which was very cold. Now that the sun is setting in the west, the temperature has dropped a lot.

It was so cold that Wang Youzhong shivered.

Ning Yao was silent for a long time when she saw the deceased. The deceased's name was Mo Dadao, he was a killer and he was an acquaintance of hers.

"General, do you know him?" Wang Youzhong asked involuntarily when he saw that Ning Yao's face was not very good.

"An acquaintance." Ning Yao did not raise his head, but looked at the wound on Mo Dadao's neck, "We have cooperated several times."
To be continued...