Daozu is Cthulhu

Chapter 438 Mystery
Li Fan knocked on the door,
"Hi, Master Wen, are you busy?"

"...Li, Lord Li? Why... such a coincidence?"

"Hehe, I happened to pass by your mansion, and I happened to have something to do, I want to ask you to know about it in private, is it convenient now?"

"Ah... look here, it's convenient to be an official... so it's not very convenient, why don't you go to the Yamen another day..."

"Hey, it's inconvenient for the people in the government office to gossip. I think it's more convenient here. There is no one watching this kind of place, right? It's all right, you continue to make things convenient, I don't mind."

"Ah, but I... oh... yes, yes, you say, you say..."

Wen Zhang also has a big head, this damn six-door is really not particular about it, if he came to block people in the toilet, he had to squat in the pit aggrieved and agreed.

Hearing that he had compromised, Li Fan who was separated by the door also nodded and said,

"Okay, then I'll just say it straight. In the past two days, Mr. Wen must have heard about the closure of Hepingfang by the Mozhushan Discipline Academy?"

"Yes, yes, I heard about it."

"Okay, Mr. Wen has been sitting in the capital for many years. Presumably the situation in Hepingfang can't be hidden from your eyes? Hehe, you don't care about that kind of thing. You know who is behind the scenes. Bar?
Don't be nervous, I'm not blaming you, I just want to ask, what do you think about the person in the Taiping Temple who secretly colluded with the Demonic Dao and supported the Black Lotus Sect? "

Wen Zhang squatted at the door for a while, then said softly,
"I don't know which side Mr. Li is helping?"

Li Fan smiled, knowing that these smart people don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles, so he took out a piece of suet jade from his bosom, and stuffed it under the door for the other party to have a look.

"Do you know?"

"This! Hiss...you are really from Sanyuan..."

Huh?You guys actually know the token given by the Taifu?That's terrible, to be honest, did you dream of going to Yuntai Peak when you were young?
But now is not the time to interrupt, Li Fan accepted the jade formula and said,
"Of course, didn't I tell my lord when I came up. I was sent by Sanyuan to capture the fairy thief. Tingwei is on the run and wants to offend the Nangong seven thieves! Your lord is in charge of Gyeonggi, you should have heard of it?
Do you know that the servant Cen Hun in the Taiping Temple, the white-browed eunuch is actually a remnant of the Nangong rebels!The Taiping Temple even dared to take in this kind of rebel, it was clearly plotting to rebel!The Nine Clans should be implicated!Confiscate the house and kill the head!Abandon the city! "

Li Fan heard that Wen Zhang peed in fright, and said in a slower tone,

"However, these are the internal affairs of Liguo, and have nothing to do with me, a policeman of six doors. And this time, thanks to Mr. Wen's guidance, I was able to catch the heels of these remnants of the rebels and fight them a few times , It is a pity that these thieves escaped.

So it’s not, I’m here to ask you to show me where to go to catch these fairy thieves? "

Li Fan was bluffing, but he really came to ask for advice sincerely.After all, those guys escaped too decisively and swiftly, obviously they already had a retreat plan.The pharmacy in Hepingfang was cleaned up, not to mention the corpses, the Discipline Academy didn't even search for medical waste...

And the line of the Taiping Temple was naturally broken too, the white-browed eunuch, sixteen, 'Cen Hun', no matter who he was, who showed his identity this time, naturally he has disappeared, and probably won't show up with that face again.

Even if Li Fan hacked into the Taiping Temple, took all the steamed dumplings, shrimp dumplings, etc., interrogated them one by one, dug the ground three feet, searched the bottom of the sky, it would probably be difficult to find reliable clues to the group of fairy thieves.Li Fan is still hesitating whether to put a long line to catch big fish, or go directly to search for the soul, for fear that he will not be able to catch any clues if he tries to scare the snake.

But he thought about it carefully, although the clue of 'Cen Hun' was broken, the other nine immortal thieves who didn't show their faces were not sure.Since they have been carrying out aboveboard activities in Changsi City in the past few years and conducting drug experiments on the poor, they must have a clear identity and official records to facilitate their work.

And now Wen Zhang, who is in charge of the security of Changsi City, is not just a fool, so he must have found out some behind-the-scenes information by himself, so he will know how deep the water is, and let these people go.

So Li Fan seized the opportunity of the cruel official to get up at night and caught him.

But don't tell me, everyone in Wen's mansion, from the doorkeeper's servants to the guard's servants, has a divine body.The defense is much stricter than that of Sili Xiaowei's yamen. It seems that this guy also raised a large number of dead soldiers in order to secure his current position.Although in Li Fan's view, this strength is really useless except to bully ordinary people.

Probably when people are forced to a poor place, they will have quick wits, and Wen Zhang didn't want the headline on the front page of Changsi City the next day to be, 'Mad!Three seats in Gyeonggi!Sit alone at home!Pot from the sky!Slipped into the toilet and drowned! ' and other scary titles, so he really quickly thought of some useful information.

"White eyebrows... ah! Yes, yes, yes! Xianyiguan outside Changsi City, there is a female crown who has become a monk, named Xuanji layman!"

Li Fan raised his eyebrows curiously, "Xianyiguan? Layman Xuanji? I haven't heard of it. Is it from Mozhushan? What realm? Why are her eyebrows also white?"

Wen Zhang swallowed his saliva and said, "This person is a well-known talented woman in Gyeonggi. He won the first prize in the exam, but was picked by a powerful family to marry him.

Although she considered her husband's future and committed herself to being a concubine, she was envied by the royal family because of her talent and beauty, so she was framed by them and almost lynched to death.

Because her soft-hearted father-in-law is afraid of the royal family, and dare not offend the family, he only thinks that she is dead. People, talented people with eloquence, those who win her appreciation and admiration will not only be able to drink tea and light wine to soothe their throats, but if they are lucky, they can also spend love with her. "

Li Fan couldn't help laughing at him, "Master Wen is so clear, could it be that you have shown your talents a few times?"

Wen Zhang, "cough cough cough! Don't be joking, Lord Li. If you want to be the guest of this Xuanji Layman, you must not only be a talented scholar with real talent and learning, or a dignitary with a reputation for talent.

Those who can go to her Xianyi temple to drink tea and write poems are all cultural people in the capital circle, and the atmosphere is noble and elegant, not as vulgar as those in Xishi.It's not something you can go if you want to. "

Li Fan understands, it's a private club.

"I know, I know, anyway, she is a celebrity in the literary and art circles. Why, what is this person involved with the Taiping Temple? Could it be because of overlapping business?"

Wen Zhang said, "The people in Xianyiguan's circle, the highest are scattered officials like ministers, after all, they can't be compared with Taipingguan. The lower officials didn't find out that there was any powerful backer behind her. At first, I thought it was because of this. At best, women are nothing more than celebrities in the small circle of literati.

So in the past two years, someone reported that Layman Xuanji lynched and killed his servants and servants, and hid their corpses in the temple.Alas, to be honest, the police did not find the body.But this matter, it was actually arranged and entrusted by the principal room.She probably heard that Layman Xuanji was expelled from the capital, and she was still alive and well, and she wanted her to die, so although she couldn't find the body, she found the bloody clothes of the deceased, as well as the testimony of other witnesses, and finally suspected She probably used some kind of mysterious method to destroy the body and wipe out the traces.Therefore, the official intends to deal with it according to the law and send Xuanji to prison for interrogation, just to make a warning to others.

But when you mentioned the white-browed waiter Cen Hun, the officer will remember this incident.

At that time, it was Cen Hun from the Taiping Temple who came forward and took layman Xuanji away from the prison, saving his life.Not only that, Cen Hun also helped her dismiss the case, and Xuanji Layman's husband's family also issued a divorce letter, which can be regarded as the settlement of the previous debts with her, and there is no more grievances.

And after that, layman Xuanji did not go to Taiping Temple, instead he still practiced in Xianyi Temple outside the city, continued to make friends with officials and scholars, and as usual, his reputation became much bigger.

Because at that time, many of her ministers came to me to intercede, so the world only thought that some adult came forward to persuade me, but no one knew that she was able to escape because of the Taiping Temple. relationship, so if you want to hunt down the remnants of the immortal thief, maybe you can start with this person. "

When Li Fan heard it, he couldn't help but feel a little strange, "You say that, this person is really suspected of colluding with immortals and thieves. There are a lot of steamed dumplings in Taiping Temple, ahem, and there are a lot of female crowns, and the eunuch is not interested Which one, but it doesn't look like she just wants to form a good relationship and pull her into the group...

Mr. Wen, you might as well speak more clearly, so as not to make another mistake this time, let the thief escape again, waste a clue, and come back to trouble you again, I can't bear it. "

Wen Zhang sighed, but thinking about it, he was silently blocked in the latrine, could he still escape?So I had to explain it all.

"Master Li, do you know where to start when looking for someone?"

"Hey? Are you still testing me?" Li Fan became a little impatient, and his voice rose an octave.

"No, no, what I mean is that if you want to find a person or investigate a case, you must first find his money."

Wen Zhang didn't dare to whet people's appetite any more, so he quickly confide,
"The prosperity of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. When I first investigated the case, I found that there was a difference in the output and input items in the Xianyi Temple, the daily expenses were wrong, and those in the temple The refreshment utensils, food and clothing are extremely luxurious, and they are all top-tier royal relatives. But in fact, there are not so many real money, gold and silver, you are not surprised."

Li Fan couldn't help interrupting, "What's the matter? Isn't the tone of the high-end clubs normal? She is also the number one Internet celebrity in Liguo's literary and art circles, so she must be rewarded by a gold master. Maybe she can make money in a day." He has 200 million coins!"

Wen Zhang sighed, "Master Li, who is going to ask for incense and fulfill his vows, and bring so much gold and silver with him, and even donate it for a million guan? Then Xianyi Temple is not a serious practice sect, and there is no such thing as layman Xuanji." Expert protection, if you have so much money in your hands, aren't you afraid of being targeted by villains? What's more, is it necessary to spend so much money just for a woman?"

That's not necessarily the case, there are all kinds of wonders in the world.

"Then you mean..."

Wen Zhang couldn't help but enter the case-solving mode again, "According to my observation and inference, those literati, high-ranking officials and dignitaries come and go to Xianyi Temple, in fact, they don't just go to have a tryst with Xuanji Layman, they mainly go to recite poems and paint pictures. "

Li Fan, "...ah? Did you say it the other way around?"

"Exactly! I also think it's very strange. If it's just a woman with some talent and good looks, it's normal to have a small gathering every three or five days if it's just a woman with some talent and good looks. But at night, there will be a lot of traffic , The stream is endless! Could it be that Layman Xuanji is so powerful, he still plays and sings all night long, day and night? This is too outrageous!
Therefore, through the investigation of the case, I also found out that many literary and romantic scholars were deliberately courted by Xuanji Layman, admiring their talents and learning, and she could also chat with her, so she was more and more regarded as Confidante, she can't stop, and every time they get together, they talk about poems and songs, most of them are poems and paintings, and they will be happy when the love is deep and they can't extricate themselves.

And those honorable lords, on the contrary, didn't necessarily go for Xuanji Layman, but bought those poems and paintings from her at a high price.

When I found out here, I thought she was working as a broker, helping those scholars, and getting into the officialdom through the rich and powerful, but it didn't look like it later.Because there are no humble scholars, it seems that those who get promoted are really just to accompany her confidante, occasionally help her become famous, and brag about her poems and paintings.

Therefore, if my guess is correct, someone should have purposely mixed up among dignitaries and scholars, and transferred large sums of money from Xianyi Temple by buying and selling paintings and calligraphy..."

Li Fan didn't understand for a while, "Wait a minute, you just said that if you spend a lot of money, you will attract the attention of bad people?"

Wen Zhang chuckled, "Wealth in this world is more than just gold and silver. I heard that in recent years, Taiping Temple has also snapped up a lot of land deeds. If it is true to my reasoning, someone may have exchanged cash for land deeds." , These title deeds are just like the Immortal Tickets in Mozhu Mountain today. They are the hard currency that keeps rising in value when private money is flooding! By transferring these title deeds, you can easily exchange a large amount of food, population and land……"

Li Fan understood Wen Zhang's meaning, "You mean, it's not the Taiping Temple colluding with the Nangong fairy thieves, but those fairy thieves are transferring the property saved by the Taiping Temple?"

Wen Zhang sighed, "I'm not trying to excuse Princess Li, but the princess has run the Taiping Temple for the clan for many years, and has accumulated a lot of money for Li's domestic funds. If she hadn't been assassinated suddenly and couldn't come forward for many years, maybe Liguo's state affairs should not be corrupted to the point where it is today by those eunuchs who deceived the lord, right?
It's a pity that the lower official's ability is limited, and his position is humble and his words are light, so he can only use severe punishments to maintain the superficial prestige of the court and block it for a while.But sooner or later, someone will see through that the roots of this big Liguo tree are all rotten, and the building is about to collapse..."

Hmph, it's only at this time that the sorrow of the rabbit's death and the fox's death begins, but who let you moths grab too much and cut off their roots?

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Wen, for your reminder. I understand. It's convenient not to disturb you!"

Li Fan was too lazy to sigh with Wen Zhang in the latrine, and as soon as he heard the truth, he immediately left Wen's mansion and set off for Xianyi Temple.

Sure enough, when Li Fan arrived, the place was already empty.

Not only was there no trace of the layman Xuanji, there were no maids, Taoist priests or visitors, not even a single mouse.

Obviously, these fairy thieves will not forget to clean up all the people involved in the transfer of assets!

But it doesn't matter!

I am most afraid of not knowing, but once I know, I am not afraid!

Now that we know that the running water passes through the Xianyiguan line, we can definitely trace its whereabouts!
No matter how thoroughly the hands and ends of those immortal thieves are cleaned up, even if the layman Xuanji is the head, and everyone who is involved in this matter is killed, it is impossible to completely clean up the traces.

Because of the funds of Taiping Temple, the title deed of Changsi City, and Xianyi Guan calligraphy and painting, the link of this causal transaction has already been generated, so it will definitely be able to be checked and divined!

Even if Li Fan can't figure it out, can't the temple master still figure it out?Could it be that Xuantian still can't figure it out?

Calculate!Let me count!
Those fairy thieves can escape to the ends of the earth, but they have done so many things, and the money and assets they have acquired cannot escape.

As long as they take out the land deeds for trading, they will definitely show their traces and catch them all!

Of course, just to be on the safe side, Li Fan still had to rummage through the box and box and search it again.

So he casually took out Sinan...Huh?Is there really something that hasn't been taken away?
Following Si Nan's directions, Li Fan found a flower bed in the inner courtyard of Xianyi Temple.

Li Fan could vaguely see that the soil color of this flower bed was different from the surrounding ones.So he stretched out his hand to dig the soil, dug for a while, and dug out a wooden box with a scroll inside.

Is it a picture scroll for trading?What the hell is it that can be worth a few houses in the capital... an erotic palace or something?
So Li Fan opened the picture scroll and took a look, suddenly felt a little uncomfortable...

In the picture scroll is a half rotten woman, the other half has grown into willow, and there are huge blowflies flying around, which looks particularly stinky...

Then Li Fan touched his nose and found that the nosebleeds had gushed out and wet his clothes.

Fuck it.

It is "Yuanzhi".

Probably, all the 'picture scrolls' that have been handed down are all "Yuan Zhi"!
(End of this chapter)