Hearing this, Dugu turned to look at Shen Haofeng again, probably because he felt that this servant of Dali Temple seemed not simple.

They went all the way to the fireworks place by the lake.

When he got here, Ling Qianyue swept away the previous depression and his eyes were shining, "Mr. Dugu, we are all men, I understand. Although you have been holding back in prison for a while, we still have to solve the case first..."

Before he finished speaking, a group of young women with heavy makeup from the brothel came towards them. Seeing them, Ling Qianyue immediately changed his words, "Let the case go first, it's fine."

Shen Haofeng: "..."

This guy is also a wonderful person.

The madam, who was following the prostitutes, passed through the crowd and squeezed in front of Shen Haofeng and the others, "You three gentlemen, which girl of ours have you fallen in love with?"

The madam was over forty years old, her figure had already gained weight, and she was no longer attractive.

After listening to her words, Ling Qianyue's eyes circled around the women surrounding them, but before he could speak, Dugu had already said: "Is Miss Ruyue here?"

Ling Qianyue was stunned. He didn't expect that Dugu still had his old friend here.

The madam smiled coquettishly, "Oh, everyone wants to see Ruyue, but Ruyue is an oiran, so of course she is..."

Before she finished speaking, Dugu took out a twenty-tael silver ingot from his arms and handed it to her. As soon as he saw the money, Madam Duan immediately put down his airs and said, "Come on, come on, you three masters, follow me."

What does it mean that money can make all the difference? This is it.

Ling Qianyue was curious about where Dugu, who had just been released from prison, got his money. When he touched his belt, he found that his money was gone. Dugu's ingot of silver belonged to him.

Unlike his concern for money, Shen Haofeng cared about the madam saying that Ru Yue was the oiran.

This oiran was undoubtedly a self-appointed prostitute of her brothel, and it was a gimmick for the brothel to attract customers. Shen Haofeng expressed his understanding. But the only thing he cares about is Yin Ruiji, who won the first prize in the Lantern Festival Hundred Flowers Competition.

"Please come in, three guests."

Although Dugu chose Ruyue, the girls who came out to greet them were still very enthusiastic towards them. The reason is very simple. Although Ruyue has three □, she cannot serve three people at the same time.

Even if she agrees, the madam will not agree.

If this spreads out, will the oiran's identity be lost?

Therefore, in the end, two people still have to choose them as their guests, and they have enough reasons to remain enthusiastic. Make money, not shabby.

The sweet boudoir like the moon.

The polite remarks were omitted.

Sitting in the room, Ruyue burned incense and played the piano, showing off her talents to Dugu and the others. Unlike Dugu and Shen Haofeng who were sitting quietly on the side, Ling Qianyue was standing.

He stood closest to Kisaragi, his eyes never leaving her face for a moment.

It's a pity that even in the room, Ruyue's face is covered with a veil, only revealing a pair of smart eyes. Still half-hiding his face with his pipa in his arms, Ling Qianyue was not an unlovable person, and his coveting for Ruyue was all written on his face.

Only a third of the way through the song, Dugu suddenly stood up, and without noticing Ruyue playing the piano, he reached out and took off the veil from her face.

Ruyue's face was instantly revealed in front of the three people.

Ling Qian was so shocked that his eyes almost fell out of his head, but it was not because of surprise, but because of shock. Because as an oiran, Ruyue probably only had beautiful eyes that were exposed before.

Even though her face is ordinary, her lips are extremely thick, which greatly ruins her beauty. If the face shape is just average, and the facial features are combined together, it is already considered ugly.

"How could this happen?!" Everyone in Ling Qianyue was dumbfounded. This could also be called an oiran. When he realized it, he really felt sorry for his twenty taels of silver.

Ling Qianyue is like some big brothers who watch live broadcasts and reward female anchors, and see them accidentally being banned for their beauty.

It's exactly the same.

Dugu seemed to have expected it, "There must be a secret to growing up like this, right?"

The veil was lifted, and Ruyue subconsciously covered her face with her sleeves. Judging from their expressions, it must have been that they all saw her face clearly at that moment. She simply put her hands down and asked, "Who are you?"

Without answering her question, Dugu said: "You know all kinds of incense. Every time a guest comes, you light some, causing the guest to become confused and hallucinate, thinking that you are a fairy beauty."

As he spoke, Lonely turned the candle on the table upside down and extinguished it, "If I guess correctly, you hid the incense in the candle and played the piano to delay the time, just to wait for the medicine to take effect."

Upon hearing his words, Ling Qianyue hurriedly covered his nose.

When the candle was lit, I took a sip. Now that the candle is out, is there any use in covering my nose?

Seeing that Dugu had fully pointed out her methods, Ruyue looked a little ugly and asked again: "Who are you?"

"I want to ask you for a favor." Dugu finally said his purpose and took out the incense ashes that Ling Qianyue had previously packed. "Please help me smell it, girl, what kind of fragrance is there."

Being caught, Ruyue could only agree.

She filled a cup with half a cup of water, then used a copper spoon to dig out some incense ash and poured it into the cup. She shook it slightly, put it under her nose and sniffed twice.

"This should be a datura poison produced in Nanyang." Ruyue put down the cup and said slowly.

A connoisseur would know if something was there as soon as he took action. She dealt with incense all day long, and with a simple sniff, she could smell the mystery in the ashes.

Dugu didn't have any doubts about this, and he asked: "Is it a hallucinogenic drug?"

"It is not an ordinary hallucinogenic drug. After people inhale it, they will be induced to see what others want them to see." Ruyue said eloquently, "Some shameless people use this drug on young girls who have just begun to have sex. Then he imitates his sweetheart’s words, deeds, and clothes, so that the girl mistakenly thinks she is seeing her lover, and is deceived into losing her body.”

The more she spoke, the more confident she became.

This shows that no matter who they are, they always have a lot of experience when it comes to their areas of expertise.

She said it in such detail, how could Dugu and Ling Qianyue not understand what this datura poison was. Well, it does not include Shen Haofeng.

Shen Haofeng, who had watched the movie, already knew what Datura poison was, and this powder was also on his list of those he was interested in.

What a useful powder.

Dugu asked again, "Where can I buy it in Chang'an?"

"Shiyifang, there is a room behind its spice shop that specializes in selling various banned drugs. I saw it when I went there to buy intoxicants." Ruyue replied.

But Dugu didn't believe her answer at all. Dugu stood up and took off the money bag from Ling Qianyue. He put it on the table and stared at Ruyue coldly. "According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, what is the penalty for concealing banned drugs?"

Ling Qianyue is the supervisory censor of Si Tianjian, so he should not know the law. Shen Haofeng also knows that Dugu is asking him this question, but where does he know where to go?

There was no other way, Shen Haofeng could only look at his eyes and nose, and his nose and heart, pretending that he didn't hear anything.

"Brother Shen, what should we do?" Ling Qianyue asked Shen Haofeng again.

Shen Haofeng: "..."

Fortunately, Dugu did not continue to wait for Shen Haofeng's answer, but looked at Ruyue and said directly: "I will be sentenced to death with a stick." After saying this, he stared into Ruyue's eyes, "Think clearly, where did you buy it?"

He didn't ask Ru Yue for the answer, but Shen Haofeng knew that he bought it from the night market.

During this investigation, Shen Haofeng was most interested in the Queen Ye who was "in charge" of the night market. Even in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, she was plump and her clothes were cool enough to catch people's attention.

"It's the night market." Faced with Dugu's aggressive eyes, Ruyue finally compromised and told the place.

Dugu patted the money bag on the table and said, "Thank you."

Inquiring for information and then paying money made Ruyue feel a little relieved. It seemed that they were not going to expose the secret that she had obtained the identity of the oiran through the incense.

But now that someone had found out, Ruyue also thought about stopping. She often walked by the river and it was inevitable that her shoes would get wet. In the end, if I make a few more dollars, I can guarantee that I will have no worries about food and clothing after my death, so I will stop immediately.

Shen Haofeng didn't know what she was thinking, otherwise he would definitely advise her not to set up any flags, as it would be unlucky.

Although he was extremely dissatisfied with Dugu using his money bag to pay the bill, Dugu discovered the datura poison from the incense ash found at the crime scene and through Ruyue, and also learned that the poison was bought from the night market, and let Ling Qian The bigger he was, the more he admired him and felt that the money spent was worth it.

"Mr. Dugu, you are so awesome." After praising Dugu, Ling Qianyue came to Shen Haofeng's side again, "Isn't this case-solving efficiency much better than that of Dali Temple?"

Shen Haofeng turned to look at him, "I'm not very good at reasoning. Why don't I go back and report to Lord Yuchi and let him talk to you?"

"No, no, I just think it's too boring. It's just a joke. It's just a joke." Ling Qianyue waved his hands awkwardly. After talking to Shen Haofeng, Ling Qianyue turned his attention to Dugu again, "Mr. Dugu, where are we going now? Is it to the night market?"

But he heard Dugu wave his hand, "The night market is closed today, there's no point in going there. Gao Shengyao asked you to monitor me, where will I sleep at night?"

This was their problem. Even if today's investigation came to an end, Shen Haofeng said goodbye to them, agreed on a meeting place tomorrow, and left without looking back.

There really wasn't a single girl that he liked in that brothel just now. Otherwise, Shen Haofeng wouldn't have anywhere to go during the long night.

It's quite close to walk back from here.

He felt bored, but the Thousand-Headed Demon appeared again. It was not enough for this demon to kill Luo He. It actually broke into his house and killed his concubine and several servants in the house.

He also took the head of Luo He's concubine, which seemed to be a sign of great hatred towards Luo He.

Fortunately for Dali Temple or Gao Shengyao, the incident happened at Luohe Mansion at night and did not cause the same panic as when praying for rain.

Otherwise, Gao Shengyao would be really worried that he would not be able to save his head.

the next day.

The trio of investigators arrived at Luofu again.

The death of Luo He, his concubine, and the servants of the mansion were tragic deaths, and the murderers were all thousand-headed demons. Yuchi Zhenjin waved his hand, but Dali Temple still did not participate.

Oh, it’s not that they didn’t participate. Didn’t Dali Temple send a clever servant to help them solve the case?

With Shen Haofeng's presence, Yuchi Zhenjin and others' understanding of the case is no worse than Ling Qianyue's. Why not talk about Dugu? It's because Dugu obviously had some clues in his heart, but he didn't say it out loud.

He didn't say anything, so Shen Haofeng naturally couldn't report to Ji Duodao, and Ji Duodao couldn't report it to Zhang Xun and Yuchi Zhenjin.

Los House.

As soon as he stepped into the mansion, Ling Qianyue couldn't help but complain, "We just found some clues, and the Thousand-headed Demon committed another crime. Isn't this Chi Guoguo's provocation?"

Dugu glanced at him but didn't respond.

"I was passing by at watch last night and heard the screams in the courtyard, so I looked through the crack in the door." These Dugu and the others didn't know, but they were clues found in Dali Temple early in the morning. Shen Haofeng said: "I told the people on the day of praying for rain. Just like before, he also saw a thousand-headed demon attached to a human face and took off the head. Obviously there was only a mask left at the scene, but why did everyone say they saw a demon?"

Ling Qianyue leaned over and asked, "Brother Shen, what else did you find in Dali Temple?"

"Dali Temple just received a report and asked questions as usual. Since the case has been handed over to Mr. Dugu for investigation, Dali Temple will not interfere randomly." Shen Haofeng replied.

In other words, Dali Temple found no clues.

Dugu stared at the scene for a while, then suddenly said, "Shen Haofeng, where is Luo He's body?"

"It should be in the mourning hall."

As soon as Shen Haofeng finished speaking, Ling Qianyue suddenly said: "There seems to be someone in the mourning hall."

There was indeed someone in the mourning hall. Even if he had not seen the movie, Shen Haofeng had already discovered it. However, because he had seen the movie and knew that the person inside was Luo He's sister-in-law Hualei, he did not say anything.

Unexpectedly, what he discovered was not Luo He, but Ling Qianyue.

This may be because Dugu focused most of his attention on observing the crime scene. In the movie, his skills are much stronger than Ling Qianyue.

Upon hearing Ling Qianyue's words, the three of them rushed towards the mourning hall.

As soon as they arrived, Hualei heard the sound and wanted to rush out, but Dugu, who had quick eyes and quick hands, stretched out his hand to block the way and blocked him in the mourning hall.

"Who are you?" Dugu asked Hualei who was stopped.

Seeing that there were three of them, completely blocking the door, especially when Dugu showed his strong hand just now, Hualei gave up the idea of ​​forcing his way out and explained: "My sister Xiangye is Lord Luo's concubine. My name is Hualei, and I live in Liang Zhouzhou. I heard that my brother-in-law was killed a few days ago, so I rushed here to express my condolences. I didn’t expect that such a thing would happen.

"Sister and brother-in-law have a deep relationship. My sister will be alone every day to keep vigil for her brother-in-law. Unexpectedly..." Probably thinking of her sister's tragic death, she couldn't go on.

Seeing that there was another corpse covered with cloth in the mourning hall, it seemed to be Luohe's concubine Xiangye, Dugu quickly walked over and lifted up the white cloth covering the corpse.

The body had no head.

After seeing the corpse clearly, Dugu turned to Hualei and asked, "How are you sure this is your sister?"

"The clothes she is wearing were made for her personally." Hua Lei replied immediately without thinking. (End of chapter)

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