Chapter 23 Red sedan, red shoes
When Lu Yi was looking around the coffin shop, Lu Tianxing was enjoying a feast with wine and meat.
This is the innermost part of Zhenglong Hutong, a house with white walls, black tiles and lush gardens, named "Yutangchun".
In the exquisite warm room, there were a dog meat pot and a mutton pot on the stove, and a dozen plates filled with various delicacies from land and sea were placed on the side.
On the warm kang, a middle-aged man wearing a bright red robe with eight dazzling blood-red spots on his chest and back sat cross-legged. He held chopsticks in his right hand and a wine bowl in his left hand, eating meat and drinking wine in big mouthfuls. He was sweating profusely and eating with great enjoyment.
Lu Tianxing was accompanying him. Beside him and the middle-aged man, there was a beautiful young woman with a plump figure who looked 70% similar to him. They were obviously a pair of sisters.
The two women smiled sweetly, poured wine for the two men, heated up dishes for them, and spoke softly from time to time, serving them very well.
The breeze was blowing outside. Lu Tianxing scooped a fragrant egg from the dog meat pot and carefully put it into the small bowl in front of the middle-aged man. He said with a smile, "Brother-in-law, I was a little scared at first. I was afraid that this matter would not end well. Now that you are here with your people, I feel relieved."
The middle-aged man had a head as big as a basket and a short stature, but extremely strong arms, a pair of palms as dark blue as iron, and blue veins on the backs of his hands and fingers. He looked faintly cold under the light. He was not afraid of the heat. He picked up the egg, put it into his mouth, chewed it twice, and swallowed it down with a "gulp".
Picking up the wine bowl and taking a big sip with satisfaction, the middle-aged man put down the bowl and touched the big beard on his chin.
With a cold gleam in his hawk-like eyes, the middle-aged man said sternly, "Xiao Xing, you really didn't do a good job this time. You lost so many of your men, but you didn't even catch the enemy's tail. Someone above wanted to punish you severely according to the family rules, but I helped you stop it."
A few beads of cold sweat broke out on Lu Tianxing's forehead.
The middle-aged man waved his hand and said coldly: "But the warden is wise."
The middle-aged man and Lu Tianxing both bowed in the direction of the imperial city. The middle-aged man snorted coldly and said softly, "These days, the main force of the prison staff has been focused on monitoring the civil and military officials in the court, as well as those cultural and educational disciples. There are not many people who are actually used to investigate the case."
"Don't be afraid of no movement. Movement is a good thing."
"It's okay for your three subordinates who were killed first. Their swordsmanship was inherited from the largest family in East Shenzhou... This matter must involve those bastards It's hard to take action for the time being."
"But as for the injuries on the bodies of the other fifteen men who were killed, the Imperial Guard personally went out two days ago and invited several old masters from the palace who had been retired for many years to identify the injuries on their bodies."
Lu Tianxing's eyes lit up: "Have you found the suspect?"
The middle-aged man smacked his lips, picked up a piece of sheep's trotter with chopsticks, and said solemnly: "It was just confirmed yesterday. Otherwise, why would I take the initiative to volunteer to support you today? This group of bastards has disappeared for nearly 70 years. I'm afraid that few people in the palace guards remember them now."
"Hmph, Nine Yin Sect, have you heard of it?" The middle-aged man looked at Lu Tianxing sideways.
Lu Tianxing frowned: "It seems that I have heard of it before. Tsk, or have I seen it in a case file?"
"Then what about the Ghost Mother Worship Cult? You must be familiar with this name. This name is hung in the main hall of the Shougong Prison, but it ranks first in the iron record of 'high treason' for treason and evil."
Lu Tianxing was so frightened that his whole body trembled. He suddenly jumped up and stood on the warm kang and exclaimed: "The Nine Yin Sect, yes, it's them, they are the Ghost Worship Sect, they have a base in my territory? No wonder they acted so cruelly, several of my brothers were almost beaten into meat patties!"
"Calm down, calm down, it's not a big deal." The middle-aged man raised his head with great confidence: "I'm not afraid of a strong enemy, I'm afraid of not knowing who the enemy is. No matter how brutal the Ghost Mother Cult is, as long as they show their traces, how can they be our opponent?"
"The Lord Inspector has personally ordered that I have mobilized all the available personnel this time. One thousand five hundred lieutenants and guards directly under my command, plus the underground ghosts they have summoned, more than ten thousand troops have surrounded your two streets and one alley. All of them are equipped with fine armor, long spears and halberds from the arsenal, and even more powerful bows and crossbows."
The middle-aged man stuffed the sheep's trotter into his mouth and spat out the bones in a few seconds.
"This time, you lost some men, but you also smelled the scent of those guys, hehe." The middle-aged man pointed the chopsticks in his hand at Lu Tianxing, who had a look of horror on his face, and said leisurely: "This time, I plan to give all the credit to you. You have been working as a strongman for so many years, it's time to change your clothes."
Lu Tianxing's expression changed suddenly. He hurriedly sat down, picked up the wine pot, and filled the middle-aged man's bowl with good wine.
"Brother-in-law, it's all thanks to your support, hehe."
The middle-aged man smiled, picked up the wine bowl and clinked it with Lu Tianxing's, then drank the whole bowl of wine. Then he patted his forehead vigorously and said, "By the way, there is one more thing you should keep in mind. Is there a young man named Lu Yi who just joined your team?"
Lu Tianxing looked at his brother-in-law in surprise: "Yes, he is a pretty boy with delicate skin and tender flesh, but at such a young age, he has reached the Tuomai realm. He must be from a wealthy family."
"Among the major Lu clans in Haojing, there are only the lineage of Duke Lai and the lineage of Marquis Tian'en of the Jingyang Lu clan. This kid should be from those two families, right?" Lu Tianxing blinked.
The middle-aged man smiled and said leisurely, "Before I led my men out today, the warden sent someone to deliver a letter asking you to take good care of him."
The middle-aged man smiled and lowered his voice, "This kid has a bright future. He just joined the Guardian Prison, and he has been recorded as having made three great achievements by the Prisoner. Don't you think he's amazing?"
Lu Tianxing was shocked: "What? He didn't do anything, but he was awarded three great merits?"
The middle-aged man glanced at Lu Tianxing and said, "You don't understand. He didn't do nothing. He made Bai Changkong vomit blood in the street. He asked the General's Mansion to mobilize manpower to spread rumors about Bai Changkong all over the street, causing the disciples of the Cultural and Educational Department to be at odds with the General's Mansion. This is a great achievement!"
On Youlouzi Street, Lu Yi caught up with Lao He in just a few steps.
With his hands tucked into his sleeves, Lu Yi whispered to Lao He, "Call the people. Shopkeeper An has recognized you, brother. Well, just send people to raid those two coffin shops. We will definitely not make the wrong arrest."
Lao He looked at Lu Yi in surprise and joy: "Are you sure? How do you know there is something wrong with them?"
Lu Yi pointed at his own eyes and said to Lao He sincerely, "My eyes are naturally able to see some details that ordinary people cannot see. I can see the evil spirits of the shopkeepers and children of the two coffin shops from three miles away."
"There is definitely something wrong with them. Even if they were not the ones who killed those 18 brothers, they are definitely not decent people. It will be right to arrest them."
A flash of green light flashed in Lu Yi's eyes.
He said leisurely: "Besides, is the palace guard afraid of arresting the wrong person?"
Old He blinked his eyes.
Lu Yi continued, "Also, who lives in Sijifang Qi Fangyuan? Let the brothers find out as well."
"It was New Year's Day, and three girls aged fifteen or sixteen died. Moreover, they wanted the cheapest thin-skinned coffins. It was obvious that the deceased were of humble status, perhaps maids or servants."
"Don't you think this routine is familiar?"
Lu Yi said coldly: "I guess our Young Master Liu has been behaving himself for a few days, but now he's back to his old ways and is up to no good again."
Lao He's eyes were as big as cow's. He looked at Lu Yi as if he had seen a ghost and said dryly: "Lu Yi, I say, are you lucky? Or, or..."
In Lu Yi's mind, the lotus-seed-shaped spiritual light was rippling like water waves.
He smiled innocently at Lao He and said, "Of course I'm lucky. But, as the saying goes, there must be a certainty in coincidence. If you want to say whether I'm lucky or not, we can discuss it slowly, but now, we don't have much time."
The two of them walked quickly and had already walked across half of Youlouzi Street.
There is a gold shop in front of us. The door is half closed, and light shines through the half-open door. Laughter .
"Why!"
The laughter stopped abruptly, and a faint sigh was heard.
"Such exquisite, lovely jewelry."
"This workmanship is worthy of a 600-year-old shop. Even the palace often uses their products."
"When I was a girl, I often chose jewelry from his house."
"Afterwards, when she entered the palace, she used many of his family's treasures."
"But no man is good forever, and no flower is red forever... What happened next..."
The faint sigh was filled with a bone-chilling chill. Lu Yi's hair stood on end for some unknown reason and he quickly quickened his pace and walked past the gold shop.
Several red silk lanterns in front of the gold shop suddenly lit up brightly, and the blood-like light dyed a nearby street dozens of feet long into blood.
A light mist floated out from the main door of the gold shop. The half-open door opened silently, and a red phoenix sedan chair, like a paper kite, floated out of the gold shop half a foot off the ground and stood right in front of Lu Yi and Lao He.
Lu Yu and Lao He's expressions suddenly changed.
The curtain of the phoenix sedan moved, and a pair of blood-red embroidered shoes gently appeared from under the curtain.
A sad and desolate voice sounded faintly: "Since I am the flesh and blood of my parents, why did you send me to a place without sunlight to suffer?"
"My two husbands, how about we play together?"
The fog quickly spread to both sides of the street, and soon the street dozens of feet long was shrouded in fog.
