Da Song Private Investigator

Chapter 552 is missing alone.

Due to time constraints, Bao Zheng, Duan Suxing, Hua Lang and others rushed to the capital Dali overnight.

The night at the end of spring is quiet, and the wind is soft. It is also very good to drive in such a night.

When the group of them came to Dali, the city gate was already closed, but because Duan Suxing was the crown prince, the guards still opened the gate. Seeing the state of Dali, Bao Zheng couldn't help but sigh. This is absolutely not allowed.

In fact, Bao Zheng didn't know that the so-called disallowance of Song Dynasty was only on the surface, and secretly the rich, powerful and powerful people could still enter the city even if the city gate was closed.

They entered the capital city and went directly to the shop where Xu Yun's travel notes were printed. At this time, there were soldiers guarding outside the shop, and the shop owner was detained inside. After Duan Suxing led the people in, the soldiers inside were handed over.

After everyone sat down in the bright daylight room, Duan Suxing had someone bring the shop owner here. The boss here is a middle-aged man in his 40s. Although he has a bit of a scholarly temperament, it seems that this temperament has disappeared at this time. Exhausted, after all, if a scholar starts a business, the temperament of a scholar will disappear sooner or later.

At this moment, the shop owner didn't seem to know what crime he had committed. He knelt down and kept begging for mercy, but Duan Suxing ignored him at all. Duan Suxing glanced at Hwarang, saying you asked, and Hwarang understood, so he asked : "I heard that your store published a travel notebook today?"

The shop owner nodded repeatedly, and said: "It hasn't been published yet, and publishing is extremely time-consuming. We just developed a sample this afternoon, and I was arrested by you as soon as I got it to the store for customers to appreciate. "

When the shop owner said this, Hwarang immediately felt that it was reasonable. It was such an easy thing to print there. It was only two days since Xu Yun was killed. Within two days, even the typesetting might be a problem.

Knowing this, Hwarang nodded slightly, and then asked, "Who gave you that travel note?"

The shop owner shook his head: "I don't know. This morning, a stranger came to my shop and showed me this. I saw that the travel notes are extremely detailed and the writing is good. I thought publishing might make money, so I put the copyright on it." It was sold, and it cost me 100 taels of silver. The man took the money and left without saying who wrote the book, but it doesn’t matter. Since he didn’t say anything, I can just use a pseudonym. Nope."

"Can you remember the person who sent the letter?"

"Remember, that man has a fair face, a beard, and hair on his forehead, which almost covers half of his face."

After hearing what the shop owner said, the interest of Hwarang and the others was immediately dampened, because this matter couldn't be more obvious. The person who dressed up like this must have put on makeup. If you search for that person according to this appearance, I'm afraid I can't.

At this time, a soldier brought a sample of Xu Yun's travel notes from the shop. After taking it, Hwarang read it carefully, and found that the places recorded on it were indeed worth visiting, and the writing used to describe the beautiful scenery was also excellent. , This is indeed a very good travel book, but when Hwarang turned to the end, he didn't find any records related to Butterfly Spring and Giethoorn Village.

After discovering this problem, Hwarang looked at the shop owner and asked: "Xu Yun's travel notes only record these, you didn't delete it without authorization?"

The shop owner shook his head again and again: "I have never been to many of the places above, and I dare to delete them without authorization. These are all typeset and printed according to the samples sent by that person."

"Is the sample still there?"

"Yes, yes, I'll bring it to you."

Not long after, the shop owner came with a letter. Hwarang took the letter and looked at it carefully, but finally found the traces of being torn. When Hualang found this, he handed the letter to Bao Zheng. , Bao Zheng read it and handed it to Duan Suxing. After everyone read it, Duan Suxing asked: "It's just a few pages torn out, so there should be nothing wrong with it. Maybe the murderer felt that the last few pages were not well written. If You might not get a good price if you bring it on.”

But Hwarang did not agree with what Duan Suxing said, he shook his head and said: "His Royal Highness, I am afraid that the matter is not that simple, Xu Yun was killed in Yangjiao Village, his last few pages of records must be about Yangjiao Village and Butterfly Spring , a place as beautiful as Butterfly Spring with stories and legends, I think Xu Yun must have added a lot of pen and ink, but the murderer tore up those few pages, so I think Xu Yun's killing may not be simple Publishing travel notes makes money, but Xu Yun's last few pages of records, there is some secret that threatens the murderer, and the murderer has no choice but to kill Xu Yun for his own safety."

Hwarang's explanation makes some sense, but everyone doesn't understand, what kind of secrets can there be in places like Butterfly Spring and Giethoorn Village, and although Xu Yun has been there several times, he probably doesn't know many people there Well, who knew there were secrets in what he recorded?

It was late at night, after everyone came out of the shop, they went straight to Prince Duan Suxing's Huating to rest, so there was nothing to say all night.

Everyone got up the next day, and there was still no news from the soldiers looking for the assassin, which made Duan Suxing very angry. He hated the assassin, but two days had passed, and these soldiers had not found the assassin yet.

Duan Suxing looked at the soldiers and asked, "Have you checked everything?"

The soldier looked distressed, and said: "I have checked other places, but the Xiangguo Mansion and the Imperial Palace have not sent anyone to check."

After hearing this, Duan Suxing suddenly gave the soldier a kick, and said: "Imperial Palace, no matter how courageous the assassin is, he would not dare to go to the Imperial Palace. Fortunately, you can figure it out, why didn't the Xiangguo Mansion go to search?"

The soldier fell to the ground and quickly got up again. He didn't dare to blame him, and replied repeatedly: "It's not that His Royal Highness doesn't know. If there is no order from the emperor, who would dare to search Xiangguo's mansion!"

Duan Suxing snorted coldly, and said: "A mere Xiangguo is so bold, come here, give me a team, and follow me to the Xiangguo's mansion to search."

After the soldier took the order, he immediately went down to gather the troops. At this time, Hualang said, "If the murderer is really in the Xiangguo's mansion, then we may only force Xiangguo Gao Zhisheng to kill the assassin to silence him, so I think it's better to have a long-term plan."

Duan Suxing suddenly turned to look at Hualang, and asked a little angrily: "I am a dignified prince and I am afraid of a Xiangguo. What are we doing at this time? My army will surround the Xiangguo's mansion. The assassins can't escape even if they want to. In Xiangguo Mansion, Gao Zhisheng is irrefutable."