blue shirt oath

Chapter 255: Hunting down the little thief

Thinking of this, Gu Yi got up suddenly, came to the desk, took a pen and paper, and wrote vigorously.

He is drawing a map of Kaifeng.

Seeing this, Zhu Lingyi understood: "Young master disappeared for an entire hour last night. Calculated as one round trip, Ghost Fan Tower is at most half an hour's walk away from Fan Tower. You only need to search for half an hour around Fan Tower. Within hours, you can find the location of Ghost Fan Tower, right?"

"Having said that, the range is too big." Gu Yi drew a large circle on the map, frowned, and patted his head irritably, "This plan doesn't work."

The two were racking their brains, when the bartender in Fanlou came to report: "Young Master Gu, someone is looking for you outside."

Gu Yi came out to take a look, but it was Du Qingshan and Xiaochen, Li Cui and Du Qi, who never liked to go out, also followed.

Gu Yi expected that since he hadn't returned from last night to this night, Brother Du and the others must be in a hurry.

So he said apologetically, "Brother Du, Xiaochen."

Du Qingshan and the two already knew about Fan Lou's murder. Seeing that Gu Yi was safe and sound, they both felt relieved. Du Qingshan asked, "Brother Gu, what happened last night? I heard that there was a headless dead body in Fan Lou." ?”

"I'm still confused about this matter." Gu Yi told the two of them the whole story, and introduced each other to Zhu Lingyi, and smiled helplessly, "Kaifeng Mansion is very busy these days."

In fact, he was the one who was busy.

Both Du Qingshan and Xiaochen knew this fact.

"By the way, why did Brother Du come here?"

"Speaking of this." Du Qingshan took out a bag of things and said to Gu Yi, "You didn't return late last night. I went out to look for it and met a little thief. This is the stolen goods she stole."

"Ah!" Zhu Lingyi said in surprise, "This is exactly what the guests on the second floor lost last night. Master Gongsun of Kaifeng Mansion brought the owner to ask for compensation this morning. The man gave 20 taels of silver and sent it away."

She took the cloth bag and cupped her fists at Du Qingshan: "Thank you, strong man!"

Strong man?

The corner of Du Qingshan's mouth twitched.

Song Guichen was also amused.

Zhu Lingyi threw the cloth bag to the maid at the side, and confessed: "You go, return these lost items to their original owners, but if there is something missing, go back and forth immediately."

"Yes."

After the maid went down, Du Qingshan said to Gu Yi again: "I saw that Brother Gu was sleeping soundly last night, so I didn't wake him up. I never thought that after I left, Brother Gu would encounter such a shocking thing."

"You said you saw me sleeping soundly last night?" Gu Yi was overjoyed, "I don't know if Brother Du can remember, when did you see me last night?"

"What time?" Du Qingshan recalled, "Last night, it was snowing heavily, and it was hard to tell. I was drinking a cup of cold tea in Brother Gu's room, and suddenly I saw a figure sneaking around. I didn't have time to think about it, so I chased him out. At that time, the watchman in the street was beating the fourth watch drum."

Gu Yi was greatly disappointed, the time when Brother Du saw him in the room was before the time when the night watchmen in Fanlou saw him.

This does not shorten the time for him to leave Fanlou.

"By the way, Brother Du, you have always been well-informed, but have you ever heard of the name Ghost Fan Tower?"

"Ghost Fan Tower?" Du Qingshan heard the words, "Isn't this the so-called Wuyou Cave in the capital?"

"Brother Du knows where it is?"

Du Qingshan explained with a smile: "The ditch in the capital is very deep and wide, and most of the desperadoes hide in it, calling themselves 'Worriless Cave'; Ghost Fanlou'."

"It can be said that as vast as the capital, the Ghost Fan Tower is as big as it is. It extends in all directions, like an underground city. My father once sent someone to clear up the murderer, but the murderer had hidden in the Ghost Fan Tower for many years. "If the enemy comes, I will run, if the enemy retreats, I will return," so my father has gained nothing for many years."

　Lu You's "Notes on Laoxue'an": "The ditch in the capital is very deep and wide, and many people hide in it, and they call themselves 'Worriless Cave'; what's more, they steal and hide women, which is also called 'Ghost Fan Tower'. From the beginning of the country to Bingxing , often, even though you are talented, you can't stop it."

　　
　
(End of this chapter)