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Chapter 40 Take Over
When Fan Yuan returned home, he saw Zhou Nan and Lin Xu already waiting in the hall.

The two scholars thought that Qiao Ju had left the restaurant, but now they learned that he was buried in the sea of ​​fire, and they were deeply saddened.

Fan Yuan asked about everything that happened in detail while drinking wine and eating side dishes.

From time to time, he had to blow his nose and throw it out, making the whole nose red. With that face and thinning hair, he was shockingly ugly.

But when he sat there, occasionally the light in his eyes turned when he raised his head, and he seemed to be extraordinary again.

"White-haired fisherman and woodcutter on Jiangzhu, used to watching the autumn moon and spring breeze... Ha, do you know where Yang Shen and Yang Yongxiu live in Yuanjiang?"

Zhou Nandao: "He seems to have said that he lives in the Yayuan Inn in the city."

Fan Yuan nodded and said, "Let's bury the brochure in these two days."

"Is it too urgent? Don't stop the coffin?"

"After the burial, I have to go to Yingzhou to finish the unfinished assignment for Jianzhang."

Zhou Nan asked again: "The murderer..."

"I will investigate." Fan Yuan said: "You don't have to be sad. If you die, you will die, and no one will die. An Dao, should you go to the brothel or go, and Yuan Jiang, don't show your face in front of the children when you go home. Don't be sad, The brochures are also easy to go.”

After all, he smiled.

Zhou Nan and Lin Xu were speechless, said goodbye and left.

Fan Yuan sipped a glass of wine, raised his head, twitched his sparse beard, and muttered, "Yang Shen... Tuotuo... I'm sure..."

His deputy named Ding Quan asked, "Fan Jing, do you suspect that Yang Shen killed Qiao Ju?"

Fan Yuandao: "According to what Yang Shen said, I heard Qiao Ju talk about 'China' with people before he died, hehe, the Mongols do things straightforwardly, and killing people is just a one-shot thing, so it's not that troublesome. Even if what Yang Shen said is true Really, it should be Qiao Ju who was looking for someone to assassinate Chi Na, but why did Qiao Ju die?"

Ding Quan said: "Is it possible that Qiao Ju invited the killer to meet him and he didn't fall in love?"

"This is not Qiao Ju's style. With his meticulousness, it is impossible for outsiders to hear it. Therefore, 'Yang Shen' must be lying. I can almost confirm that this is what he did."

In fact, Ding Quan still didn't fully understand how Fan Yuan made his judgment, but he couldn't ask him to explain in more detail. He asked, "Yang Shen is the murderer, why didn't he tell Zhou Nan and Lin Xu?"

"They haven't entered official positions yet, so what's the point of telling them, it's just to make them blame themselves. Send someone to watch them. If Yang Shen dares to approach them again, he will take them down."

"Do you want to go to the Yayuan Inn to catch someone?"

Fan Yuan said: "Go and have a look, but in my opinion... you can't catch it."

"In case he is still there, this man is very bold."

"Ha, if someone has the ability to do these things, can you be caught so easily?"

"That?"

Fan Yuan looked thoughtful, and said slowly: "He came to kill Qiao Ju, which just shows that Qiao Ju's judgment is right...they are going to Yingzhou, and the details of contacting them are hidden in the Yingzhou mansion. This is the business, we You don't have to be led away by him, because some minor details mess up the root."

"How do we do it?"

"After I take over Qiao Ju's affairs and bury him, I will continue to Yingzhou in three days."

"But... Yang Shen won't be caught?"

"What is the most important thing in careful work? Identity. Only with identity can they get things done. This is the key." Fan Yuan said: "We know where they are going, and we also know that stopping what they want to do is more important than avenging Qiao Ju , why run after them?"

Ding Quandao: "But I think it's still necessary to search. It's the same as usual."

"You can search if you want, it's good if you can find it, but don't startle the snake..."

~~
The next day, Lin Zi stood outside the door of Yayuan Inn and watched for a while.

His appearance was really ordinary, and he didn't attract the attention of others, so he boldly went into the inn again and ordered a breakfast.

After breakfast, Lin Zi went out of the city all the way and returned to the Liufu Inn outside the city.

Li Xia just finished exercising, scrubbed her body and put on her clothes.

"Tsk tsk, you're a bit good here." Lin Zi opened the door and came in, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Li Xia sat down, cut the lamb chops with a dagger, ate slowly, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Someone is searching." Lin Zi reminded: "By the way, your dagger killed someone yesterday, right?"

"I roasted it with fire, rubbed it with strong wine, and sterilized it."

Only then did Lin Zi sit down and began to chatter.

"Sure enough, someone came to the room of Yayuan Inn to search for us. Besides, didn't we put a bag in the room of Yayuan Inn? The other party thought we would go back to get it, and even sent someone to watch over there. Hehe, If I recognized it, I was a stalker. Have you counted all these? Use that burden to test whether we have revealed our truth."

"Where is Zhou Nan's academy?"

"There are also people staring at it. It seems that they know that you killed Qiao Ju. How the hell did you know? Then it seems that our identities have been exposed. What should we do next? Go to Yingzhou to meet my brother ?"

"It's still early, the investigation in Shouzhou hasn't relaxed so quickly, they haven't come out yet."

Lin Zi asked again: "Then we won't run away? Will we not be caught?"

"As long as you don't panic, you won't be caught." Li Xia thought for a while and asked, "Is the search in Bozhou City strict?"

"It doesn't seem very strict, but obviously someone is looking for us."

"Not very strict?"

Li Xia groaned, his eyes revealing contemplation.

"What's wrong? What are you thinking?"

Li Xia said: "I was thinking... someone can lock Yang Shen so quickly, he is very smart, too smart. Let's call him 'Qiao Ju No. [-]', what will he do next..."

"Why?" Lin Zi was taken aback, and asked, "Are you going to kill him again?"

"Qiao Ju told me that superstitious assassination can't solve the problem..."

"what?"

"Drawing the bottom of the pot...it turns out that there are two 'salaries' at the bottom of the pot, one was taken away, and the other..."

"what?"

"Shh."

Li Xia stood up and paced back and forth in thought.

Only then did Lin Zi shut up, not disturbing his train of thought anymore.

Turning his head, he saw that Li Xia had finished eating the lamb chops on the table. He picked up the bones and saw that they were still hot. He still had time to roast them again. .

Just this little thing shows that he is meticulous, steady, and elegant in his work.

"Tsk, pay attention to people... don't even give me bones..."

After a long while, Li Xia finally turned around and said, "Go again and go to Qiao Ju's house to express your condolences."

"what?"

"When you go to Qiao Ju's house, you tell him that you have received favors from him. When you hear that he is getting married, you want to send him some souvenirs. Unexpectedly, he left."

Lin Zi was shocked and shouted: "No, how dare I go? You are not afraid that I will be arrested?!"

"It's impossible for them to catch you. Go there boldly. There, you will definitely be able to find out what they are going to do. Just listen to his subordinates chatting and hear where they are going next. It's very simple..."

~~
On this day, Lin Zi didn't come back until the evening, and saw Li Xia practicing horse riding in the open space behind the inn.

He obviously practiced very seriously and improved a lot. When Lin Zi came back, he asked several questions about riding skills, and all of them got to the point.

"Do you know that equestrian sports are the only major events where men and women can compete together." Li Xia whispered to himself.

"I said, aren't you worried that I won't come back?"

"Aren't you back now?" Li Xia responded casually, while patiently feeding the horse with fodder and gently stroking the horse's back.

He likes horses very much, just like he liked cars...and airplanes in his previous life.

Lin Zi was helpless and said, "Let's go, go back and talk."

"Well, I ordered a meal at the inn, and I have rib soup."

"..."

After Lin Zi explained in detail what he had seen and heard at Qiao Ju's house, Li Xia put down the soup bowl and said slowly, "This is going to Yingzhou to catch us. It's a good experience, wind and rain, he will not move. "

"Then we're not busy in vain?"

"Who said that?" Li Xia thought for a while and said, "Although superstitious assassination cannot solve the fundamental problem, using the method of assassination well can solve many problems."

"How do we do it?"

"Rest early, let's go to the city together tomorrow to have a look."

Lin Zi was taken aback, and asked, "Do you still dare to enter the city?"

"Of course I dare. They searched for a day and couldn't find me. They probably thought I had escaped."

"But your appearance is already known!"

"In such a big city, only Zhou Nan and Lin Xu have seen me, don't be afraid..."

(End of this chapter)