Please follow the script of cultivating immortals

City Lord Qi listened to Shi Qingjue's analysis and looked at him for a long time before asking again.

"How do you know so much about these things?"

"My father is also a policeman, and I learned a few things from him."

"It would be a shame if you didn't become a police officer. After this case, are you interested in coming to work for me?"

Facing the city lord's invitation, Shi Qingjue smiled and shook his head.

"I also want to go to the martial arts competition with some of my companions. We finally had the money to buy a carriage."

“People like you are still short of money?”

"Not rich anyway."

Shi Qingjue smiled bitterly.

Later, City Lord Qi proposed to visit that house. They couldn't refuse, so they took the City Lord there.

Also following him were two detectives.

When he arrived at the private house, Jiang Li entered the house first, then took out the pile of gold bricks from the storage space and pretended to hide them in the house.

City Lord Qi took a look and found that these gold bricks seemed to have been melted and then shaped into bricks. There was no mark on them, so he didn't know their origin.

He Qingfeng and Yu Zhulin also came out at this time and looked at the people coming into the yard.

He Qingfeng asked Jiang Li in a low voice.

"Is this city lord reliable?"

"So far, it seems quite reliable."

At the very least, this city lord doesn't look like someone who is blind to money. When he saw the money, there was no excitement on his face, which could be seen on the faces of the two detectives.

After reading it, City Lord Qi said again.

"Those two people were sentenced to three thousand miles of exile before, but the year before last when the new emperor ascended the throne and granted amnesty to the world, I'm afraid those two people have come back."

"Everything that follows is based on the fact that those two people were the ones who jumped into the well yesterday. Counting the time, they should have come not long after we lived here. They saw someone, so they acted at night, thinking The gold was fished out and it was discovered.”

Shi Qingjue and City Lord Qi discussed the case.

If it were other thieves who came yesterday, for example, they just accidentally discovered that there was gold here, or if it was really a ghost, then all their guesses would be wrong. But for now, this is the most likely possibility.

"Then are they eavesdropping on us now?"

Yu Zhulin asked.

This is a good question. Who can guarantee that they are not eavesdropping during the day?

Jiang Li asked Yu Zhulin for a magic weapon to improve his eyesight. He climbed up the wall in two steps, then walked around Wuli Alley and returned to the courtyard.

There are nine houses in Wuli Lane, and they were originally relatively wealthy. However, after this haunted house appeared, other people quickly sold their properties. Not counting Jiang Li and the others, there are still three houses that are occupied by people, while the others are all empty.

After returning the magic weapon to Yuzhu Lin, Jiang Li said to Shi Qingjue and City Lord Qi.

"I've checked all eight houses, and there's nothing abnormal. There's no sign of a fire or habitation, and there's no sense of being occupied anywhere. Even if there is a den, it's definitely not here."

"Do you have such good Qing Gong?"

City Lord Qi admired and looked Jiang Li up and down.

Jiang Li was used to hearing this kind of words, but he was still very happy.

City Lord Qi thought for a moment and then said.

"If you want to find out where they are hiding, I'm afraid you have to search all the places, which is impossible."

"Then let's lure them out."

Shi Qingjue said so.

To deal with those in the dark, we must let them come into the sun.

Jiang Li clapped his hands.

"Then make a trap. Put gold bricks in the middle of the yard, and then put a big net on top. When people come to get the gold, we will close the net."

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Jiang Li, speechless.

Yu Zhulin pulled Jiang Li back, while Shi Qingjue explained to the city lord.

"She... sometimes has unique ideas."

"I'm serious, I've hunted like this."

While Jiang Li was still talking, Yu Zhulin simply covered Jiang Li's mouth.

He Qingfeng also came over.

"But the idea is right. If it's a trap, I can make it so that they can't come back. But, can we ensure that they will come? They already went down the well yesterday, and they should already know that there is no gold in the well. ”

"But we are here. Even if we didn't take it, they will think we did. No matter what, they will do it again in the next two days."

Shi Qingjue said this, and City Lord Qi also agreed.

City Lord Qi looked at He Qingfeng again.

"You know how to make a trap?"

"I'm a master. They won't be able to detect the trap I made, and they can still catch it."

"Don't talk nonsense."

"I can say anything, but I won't use big words."

He Qingfeng opened the fan and said proudly.

City Lord Qi also smiled, walked over to look at the carriage, and turned back to Shi Qingjue.

"Is this the carriage you said you finally had enough money to buy to take you to the martial arts conference?"

"Correct."

"Then do you have enough travel expenses?"

"There are always a few hundred taels."

Shi Qingjue said this, and City Lord Qi nodded.

The trap was laid that same day.

He Qingfeng commanded two agents, mainly stationed around the room and at the entrance of the well.

If those two people discovered that there was no gold in the well, they would definitely take action against them, and the way of doing so would not be to attract attention like setting fire to it. If they hadn't discovered that there was no gold in the well, they would have gone down again.

Everything will be easy to handle by then.

On the same day, Shi Qingjue and Jiang Li went to have dinner with City Lord Qi, and the rest of the people were in the house to prevent any accidents.

The place they went to was naturally the same inn where they stayed before.

"Why are you coming to the inn? Why don't you go to the restaurant?"

While waiting for the food, City Lord Qi asked them.

At first, City Lord Qi guessed that there was something special about this place, but the dishes he ordered were all ordinary.

Shi Qingjue said with a smile.

"This inn was kind to us before. We said that if we have money, we must come and patronize them."

"You all have good tempers and are highly capable. I admire you very much."

Jiang Li asked City Lord Qi again at this time.

"Lord City Lord, are you saying that the gold this time will be given to Sun Baozhen's family?"

"What? You don't believe it? You can supervise it yourself, or you can go with the escort agency."

"No, I was thinking before that I had never heard that Sun Baozhen had a child before. I didn't see it in the file. So is his child... biological?"

"Your sense is really keen on this kind of thing."

Shi Qingjue praised Jiang Li.

After hearing this, City Lord Qi explained.

"That guy Sun Baozhen, I don't know if he did anything to end his family. He and his wife have been married for more than ten years and have never had children. But just after he died, his wife told me that she just had a baby a few days ago. , I also told Sun Baozhen. I didn’t expect that something like this would happen now. Later, because the case was not solved and I was afraid that they would be in any danger, I asked his wife to return to her parents’ home with the money. In the past few years, they had been in trouble in business. , I have been running a small business for two or three years, and my life is indeed a lot worse. I have also sent money, but they said they didn’t want it, so I could only talk to the officials and ask the city lord over there to treat them better. .”

After listening to the gossip, Jiang Li felt very satisfied.

After eating, they followed the plan. City Lord Qi and a few detectives laid an ambush in the house next door, waiting for someone to come.

On the first night, nothing happened, everything was calm.

Except for their horses.

That night, Jiang Li and the others didn't sleep, but no one paid attention to the horse. When they heard the horse braying, they went to check on it and found that the horse had been poisoned to death.

Died on a poison dart.

He Qingfeng pulled the poison dart off the horse, looked at it, and smelled it.

Jiang Li asked from the side.

"Can you find out what genre of poison it is?" "Poison? Didn't I tell you that I don't know how to poison?"

"...I always thought that what you said was incompetence and modesty."

"...I can practice hidden weapons secretly. I study how to poison myself. I'm not looking for death."

He Qingfeng said this, and then said to Jiang Li.

"But as for the darts, they seem to be of average quality and not very good iron. It's not tempered enough, so it's okay for practice, but it's much worse when used as a serious concealed weapon. I guess any school can buy it. As for skill, it depends. The angle and depth of the darts are average.”

"When I interrogated those two people eleven years ago, I could tell that they were only a little bit good at punching and kicking. But what happened in these years, I don't know."

City Lord Qi also said it next to him.

No matter what, judging from this dart, he is someone they can handle.

"But be careful about the poison. Everyone will be wearing full armor tonight. I've got some for you too."

After City Lord Qi said this to his men, he then said this to Shi Qingjue and the others.

The five pieces of armor were quickly delivered, and Tieniu regained some of his strength and put them on.

"Come on tonight, the poor monk will protect you silently."

Tieniu lay on the bed and said this to everyone.

Several people agreed nonchalantly.

"That's really hard on you."

After putting it on, City Lord Qi looked at the four people and nodded with satisfaction.

"How about it? Our Macheng's armor is pretty good, right?"

"It is possible."

Jiang Li said so.

The armors were all men's, not women's, and both she and Yu Zhulin looked a little awkward wearing them.

Night came quickly, and several people stayed up late again, waiting for the two thieves to come.

This time they deliberately dug a hole in the ground and pretended something was buried there.

While waiting, Yu Zhulin asked Shi Qingjue.

"Boss, if they don't come here tonight, will we have to stay up all night tomorrow?"

"Yes."

"Then I hope they come here soon."

"I'm not worried about that."

He Qingfeng said this, and Jiang Li looked at him.

"Are you also worried about the city lord?"

"Ah."

Seeing that the other three people seemed to be worried about the city lord, Yu Zhulin was a little confused and asked Jiang Li.

Jiang Li explained.

"The city lord really wanted us to stay in Macheng. When he first met Boss Shi, he asked Boss Shi if he wanted to be a detective here, and now he specially showed us the armor. In the past two days, He even deliberately revealed how good his treatment was."

"But we are going to the martial arts competition, there is no way we can stay."

"That's the problem. I suspect he was the one who killed our horse."

He Qingfeng also said the same to Yuzhulin.

No matter how you think about it, it is impossible for two people who are interested in gold to attack a horse. It's understandable that he missed the target, but just brought a dart?

He Qingfeng couldn't do it, and neither Jiang Li nor Shi Qingjue believed it.

After listening, Yu Zhulin was a little panicked.

"Then what should we do next?"

"We will show off at the drop of a hat. Nothing can stop us from going to the martial arts conference."

Jiang Li said with a sneer.

She really hates those plots, hates others putting her into the plan, hates herself becoming a pawn, but such things always happen.

But Jiang Li would never accept this.

At this point, the same goes for these people.

Shi Qingjue said.

"I believe he won't be really cruel, but if something happens, we will definitely go to the martial arts conference."

Do you have such a strong obsession with martial arts competitions? No, there are always things more important than martial arts tournaments, such as partners.

At this time, Shi Qingjue also remembered that Jiang Li said before that he would sometimes be rebellious for the sake of rebellion, and laughed.

At this time, something suddenly sounded outside.

The four people immediately stopped talking and laughing, not moving, just waiting for something to happen.

Then, He Qingfeng reminded several people in a low voice.

"It's fragrant."

Relying on the enhanced senses of the magic weapon, He Qingfeng was able to sense part of the changes in the airflow. He can naturally feel it when Mi Xiang is like this.

Several people held their breath, waiting for He Qingfeng's prompt.

Yu Zhulin opened his eyes slightly, looked towards the window, and saw a thin tube inserted into the window paper.

Once you develop your internal strength to a certain level, you can hold your breath for a long time. But Jiang Li and He Qingfeng, who have never seen internal energy at all, are far behind.

But Jiang Li is much stronger than He Qingfeng, so she can endure it.

He Qingfeng just held his breath, and then he couldn't hold it any longer. He finally breathed and fell asleep.

Jiang Li and the others listened carefully to what was going on outside until they heard the commotion outside.

The trap is activated.

Shi Qingjue and others immediately jumped out of the window. They really needed the outside air.

At this time, they also saw two people by the well.

One person was wearing white clothes, which was what they saw in the well that day, and the other person was also wearing black clothes, which was really difficult to spot at night.

At this time, a big net had been caught on those two people.

Jiang Li said excitedly to the other two people.

"You see, I'm just saying that hunting like this is completely feasible."

As soon as he finished speaking, the two people inside the net took out a knife from their waists and cut the net open.

Shi Qingjue looked at Jiang Li again, but Jiang Li said nothing.

At the same time, seven or eight more people jumped down from outside the wall, also holding torches in their hands. City Lord Qi was also in front of this group of people, looking at two people, one black and one white.

"Just go ahead and capture him."

All arrests will have this sentence, hoping that the other party will just be arrested, and everyone will save trouble.

But that never happens.

These two people have experienced a lot in these years, and their kung fu is much higher now, especially since City Lord Qi and Shi Qingjue want to catch them alive, and asking some questions will make the arrest more difficult.

When He Qingfeng woke up again, the man had been captured.

He rubbed his eyes and asked Shi Qingjue.

"Are you sure it's those two people? Looking for gold?"

"Ah."

"That's good."

Shi Qingjue said this, and then looked at the ruins in front of him.

Burn that one clean.

He Qingfeng suddenly woke up completely and hurriedly asked Shi Qingjue.

"What's going on? Where's our house?"

"When we were arresting people, the torch was hit on the fodder for the horses, and it burned immediately. It's important to arrest people, so I will ask Yuzhulin to bring you and Tieniu out quickly, but the only way to put out the fire is through that well. He couldn’t be saved.”

Shi Qingjue looked at the ruins again, and also saw Jiang Li shouting while looking at the ruins.

"I just tidied up the house..."

(End of this chapter)