novelsite Chapter 962: Classmate Lin, what do you think?
Chapter 962: Classmate Lin, what do you think?
Chapter 962: Classmate Lin, what do you think?
In the alley, Lin Baici leaned against the wall, listening to the old man introduce the missing beauties. His eyes swept across the alley from time to time to make sure no one was coming.
"My dear, I have told you everything I know. Will you let me go?"
The old man bowed and begged for mercy.
"Why do you know so much?"
Lin Baici narrowed his eyes and looked at the old man, wondering if he was a valuable NPC and whether he could extract more information from him.
"I don't have any other hobbies, I just like going to teahouses and listening to books. The more I go there, the more I know!"
The old man took out a purse from his bosom and originally planned to give Lin Baici a few taels of silver, but after thinking about it, he handed it all to Lin Baici.
"My dear, I have never done anything evil in my life. I have paid all the farmhands in my house enough wages and I am willing to work like a donkey. If you kill me, several families who depend on me for a living will be destroyed!"
The old man plays the emotional card.
Lin Baici originally had no intention of taking the purse, but after hearing this and knowing that this was a wealthy man, he was not polite and grabbed the purse.
"If you dare to report the case or tell anyone what happened today, I will kill your entire family!"
Lin Baici threatened.
no way,
If he didn't threaten her, he would have to kill her to silence her. Although she was just an NPC, Lin Baici was too embarrassed to do anything cruel.
"Good man, I..."
Before the old man could finish his words, Lin Baici slashed him on the neck with a knife. His eyes rolled back and he fainted.
Lin Baici quickly left the alley.
A quarter of an hour later, Lin Baici entered a teahouse. From the gossips of the diners, he quickly found out the recent major event in Shuntian Prefecture: those beautiful girls who were presented to the emperor were preparing to go north on a boat, but were all burned to death.
"Rule pollution must have something to do with this!"
Lin Baici is now considered an experienced veteran.
Among those beauties, the most famous one is the daughter of Shen Caishen. She is beautiful, has a clean background, and has a very famous father, so she is naturally a household name.
Lin Baici’s first stop was the Shen family.
In fact, it would be better to find the official in charge of the case, but Lin Baici was just a commoner. In ancient times, wanting to see a high-ranking official was as difficult as climbing to heaven.
As can be seen from his nickname Shen Caishen, he is definitely a well-known figure in the surrounding area.
Lin Baici randomly found a street pancake vendor, asked for directions, and found out where Shen Caishen's home was.
Half an hour later, Lin Baici found the Shen family.
Because he had no valid identity, Lin Baici could not visit directly, so he simply walked to the back alley and climbed over the wall to enter.
Perhaps it was because the eldest lady had died, Lin Baici saw that the servants all had serious faces. They were probably afraid that they might accidentally anger Master Shen and be punished by him for some excuse.
This is a Jiangnan garden-style building, quite large, and Lin Baici was actually a little lost.
And to be honest, it's a bit difficult to find someone you haven't met in such a big place.
But a quarter of an hour later, Lin Baici actually heard a familiar voice.
"Red medicine?"
Lin Baici followed the sound and saw Xia Hongyao and Gu Qingqiu talking to a middle-aged man with a goatee in a main hall.
"..."
Lin Baici was a little surprised. Gao Ponytail and Gu Qingqiu were actually wearing black official uniforms. They looked like constables?
By the way, aren't you guys developing a little too fast?
Lin Baici felt that he was already moving quickly now that he had found Shen Wansan's house, but these two had even put on their detective uniforms.
This is obviously a door-to-door inspection.
Lin Baici was no longer in a hurry. With Gu Qingqiu's intelligence, he didn't have to worry about her missing some details if she came forward in person.
Because of Gu Qingqiu's poor health in his early years, his big brother is actually not very big and has a rather slim figure. After putting on the constable's uniform, he has a kind of neutral beauty with red lips and white teeth.
Xia Hongyao is different. Her Xiong Da is too eye-catching. She doesn’t wear the official uniform in a dignified way at all. Instead, it looks like a COS game between lovers.
Lin Baici looked at it for a while, and after making sure there was no problem, he quietly retreated.
……
Mr. Shen served tea and saw the guests off.
Not only did he ask the housekeeper to send Gu Qingqiu and Xia Hongyao out, but he was also very considerate and gave each of them a silver note worth one hundred taels.
"Do you think he has anything to do with the arson?"
Xia Hongyao stood on the street, looking at the gate of the Shen family, with her arms folded across her chest, carefully recalling every detail since entering his house.
"His answer was flawless. Moreover, as a self-made man, he has a strong mind and excellent acting skills. Don't even think about finding any flaws in his emotions!"
Gu Qingqiu recalled the conversation between the two parties: "But, precisely because it was so perfect, I felt that he must know some hidden secrets!"
"It's a pity that Xiao Linzi is not here, otherwise he might be able to see something."
Xia Hongyao turned her head and looked around: "Where are we going next?"
"Continue investigating?"
"No!"
Gu Qingqiu walked to the street: "Wait for the alumni to come!"
With Lin Baici's intelligence, he will find this place soon.
Gu Qingqiu and Xia Hongyao stepped over the threshold, and when their vision recovered, they saw a constable hanging himself. After rescuing him, they learned about the death of the concubine from him.
Then Gu Qingqiu suggested helping him solve the case.
The constable was overjoyed, because if he couldn't solve the case, losing his job would be the lightest punishment and he would be thrown into prison, so he asked Gu Qingqiu for help as if he was grasping at a life-saving straw.
call!call!
Lin Baici whistled a few times.
Xia Hongyao's ears twitched, and she looked overjoyed: "Xiao Linzi is here!"
"go!"
Three minutes later, the two sides met in an alley.
"Where are Xiaoyu and Yingzhen?"
Lin Baici was worried.
"do not know!"
When Xia Hongyao heard this, she also started to get nervous.
Hua Yueyu and the others are too weak, and if they act on their own, the risk of death is very high.
“You can find a group of beggars, post notices, or hold up a wooden sign, walk around the streets, and shout to gather at a certain place!
Gu Qingqiu immediately came up with an idea and comforted Lin Baici: "Don't worry, they are not stupid, they should hide now!"
"Ok!"
It’s not difficult to find someone. Lin Baici is more worried about another thing: “The biggest question now is, is this rule pollution an accidental outbreak, or did someone attack the Kowloon Club?”
"Or maybe those people's target is me and Hongyao?"
Lin Baici and Gao Mawei should be the thorns in the eyes or prey of some people. They usually live in Haijing. Others want to touch them, but they have no chance. Now that they see them going abroad, the opportunity has come, and naturally they have to take action.
"I hope it's the latter, that would be interesting!"
Gu Qingqiu was not panicked at all.
"Let's purify the pollution in front of us first?"
Xia Hongyao thought seriously: "What should we do next? Go to Xiaoxiang Pavilion to investigate?"
"Alumni, what do you think?"
Gu Qingqiu looked at Lin Baici.
"Tie up that God of Wealth Shen and torture him!"
Lin Baici's voice was cold.
"what?"
Xia Hongyao was stunned: "No, is it okay to do this?"
"why not?"
Lin Baici asked back.
"According to the plot in the detective novel, we should investigate the places where those concubines live and the people they usually come into contact with, collect clues, and then unravel the mystery to find the truth of the case!"
Xia Hongyao hasn't forgotten her detective game.
"That's a work for people to read, and the main selling point is reasoning. If you solve the problem with violence, what else will readers read?"
Gu Qingqiu smiled slightly. Her plan was actually the same as Lin Baici's.
"Yes!"
Xia Hongyao pouted.
"Let's find Xiaoyu and Yingzhen first, and then find Yudan Lao and Taimei!"
Gu Qingqiu said as he walked out.
"These two hundred taels should be enough!"
Xia Hongyao played with the silver note in her hand.
“Alumni, you know what I want to say?”
Gu Qingqiu held the hilt of the knife with his left hand.
"Is it better to purify this kind of rule pollution, because you can do whatever you want?"
Lin Baici guessed.
"Ok!"
Gu Qingqiu's eyes narrowed slightly, with a smile on his lips, like a tabby cat that had eaten saury.
As expected of my schoolmate, he understands my thoughts so well.
This is not reality. There are not so many legal and moral constraints. Of course, any means will be used.
Xia Hongyao's bear is so big that she stands out when she walks on the street. Lin Baici is also tall, and he also stands out from the crowd and attracts attention.
There was no other choice, Gu Qingqiu could only go by himself.
Instead of looking for beggars herself, she set her sights on a fortune teller.
After asking the waiter at a nearby restaurant, Gu Qingqiu learned that the fortune teller was a local, a down-and-out scholar who had failed to pass the imperial examination and turned to fortune-telling instead of drawing pictures and writing couplets for others.
Gu Qingqiu approached the man, offered him fifty taels of silver, and asked him to find some beggars. Then he asked the beggars to line up in groups of five, holding a piece of white paper with the words "West City Gate, Dragon Wings Appear!" written on it, and walk around the street while shouting.
After the matter is done, I will give you another fifty taels.
This is a large sum of money, so the fortune teller went to do it immediately after receiving the deposit.
"I'll go wait at the west city gate. I'll leave the kidnapping to you!"
Arranged by Gu Qingqiu.
"Are you a little unsafe on your own?"
Lin Baici was worried: "Let Hongyao accompany you, and kidnap someone, I am enough!"
"I'm not that weak!"
Gu Qingqiu was amused: "Aren't you afraid that Shen Caishen is a monster?"
"what?"
Xia Hongyao was stunned: "Isn't this just solving a case? Why does it have supernatural and horror elements?"
"I'm just afraid there might be ghosts out there!"
Gu Qingqiu frightened Gao Ponytail.
"You two come together, I'll do it tonight!"
The phone was not working, so he couldn't check the time. Lin Baici looked at the position of the sun and realized it should be afternoon now. "Let's go find a house near the West City Gate to use as our base!"
……
It's evening.
More than two hours had passed since the beggars had been paraded through the streets, but there was still no sign of Jin Yingzhen and her companions at the west city gate.
As the sky darkened and the moon rose above the willows, Lin Baici did not wait any longer and set out directly.
Lin Baici, who had already walked the planned route in the afternoon, successfully sneaked into Shen Caishen's home.
Nowadays, wealthy families have many entertainment activities, such as listening to operas, visiting brothels, and playing mahjong...
Because his daughter had just died, Shen Caishen was in a depressed mood and hid in his study after dinner every day.
When Lin Baici sneaked into the study, he saw the God of Wealth painting.
The painting is a picture of enjoying a long and peaceful life!
The painting shows a village where an old man is playing with his grandchildren.
As the saying goes, if you have children and grandchildren around you, your family will be prosperous.
When Shen Caishen realized something was wrong, Lin Baici was already behind him, looking at the painting for three minutes.
"who are you?"
Shen Caishen was still courageous. He did not shout or scream. He calmed down after being startled because he knew that if he did so, the other party would definitely do something extreme. "My dear hero, if you are inconvenienced while traveling in the martial arts world, I have ten thousand taels of silver to give you!"
"Just want to make friends!"
Lin Baici glanced at Shen Caishen and said, "You draw well!"
"You are joking, hero!"
Shen Caishen looked bitter: "I just lost my daughter, so I can only paint to comfort myself."
"I can't see, can I?"
Lin Baici questioned: "You look very relaxed when you're painting, and I think you're almost humming a little tune!"
Would someone whose daughter had died be in the mood to paint a picture on this subject?
"..."
While Shen Caishen was still thinking of an excuse, Lin Baici had already chopped his neck with a knife.
Shen Caishen fainted immediately.
This guy is kind-hearted and fat, weighing more than 140 pounds. An ordinary person would not be able to carry him, but with Lin Baici's physique, he can throw him on his shoulders and easily climb over the wall.
When Lin Baici returned to the house they had agreed to meet in the afternoon, Xia Hongyao and Gu Qingqiu had already returned, and Jin Yingzhen, Hua Yueyu, and even Li Yintong were there too.
"noob!"
"Oppa!"
"Brother Lin!"
Three girls came up immediately.
"Are you okay?"
Lin Baici saw that apart from Li Yintong who looked rather haggard, Hua Yueyu and Jin Yingzhen had no external injuries.
"fine!"
Hua Yueyu explained: "I actually heard the beggars' cries during the day, but I was worried that it would be too conspicuous to act during the day, so I waited until night!"
"Me too!"
Jin Yingzhen knew that what those six words meant was that Lin Longyi was waiting for them at the west gate.
"What about you? What's going on?"
Lin Baici put Shen Caishen down and asked Taimei.
"Uncle Yu has a hobby, which is collecting antiques. This time he got a Chinese painting, and then somehow, pollution broke out!"
Li Yintong was depressed: "I stayed in the clubhouse, planning to welcome you tomorrow, but I got affected!"
"Where's Brother Yu?"
Lin Baici asked.
"Let's go find clues!"
Li Yintong explained: "He said that you will come tomorrow, and if you are contaminated by the rules, you should appear in the city, so he asked me to wait in the city!"
The girl was very nervous before, and was worried that in such a big city, even if Lin Baici came, how would she find them?
So she waited at the place where she and Yudan Lao were teleported from.
Unexpectedly, one day later, she saw a group of beggars parading on the street.
"Brother Lin, you are so smart!"
Li Yintong was completely relaxed at this moment.
There's no need to panic.
This is a pollution of rules.
Steady!
"Alright, now that all the members are here, let's begin the interrogation!"
Gu Qingqiu put a prepared linen hood on Shen Caishen's head, and then asked Xia Hongyao to splash him with cool well water to wake him up.
"Please spare my life, my good men!"
As soon as Shen Caishen woke up, he began to beg for mercy.
(End of this chapter)