Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 101 Suspension silk puppet (1)
Standing in front of the dead body, Feng Shen fell into deep thought.After weighing again and again, he wiped off the blood on the corpse and covered up the long needle.

After coming out of the mortuary, Feng Shen didn't show his face, turned to Xisi torture room, and found Lu Bantou.

Seeing Feng Shen approaching, Lu Ban wondered, "The inspection is over so soon? What's the clue?"

"It's still the same," Feng Shen avoided telling the truth, "Head Lu Ban, where are those two evil slaves now? I want to interrogate them first."

"It's easy to say," Lu Ban called his men, "bring those two bastards here!"

The yamen servant was ordered to do it.In the midst of a sigh, he brought the two slaves here.The second slave's face was bruised and purple, and his body was also short and hairless. It seemed that he had been beaten a lot.

Before the yamen servant gave orders, the two slaves both knelt down, stroking their buttocks and holding their feet, servilely.That pair of wagging tails and begging faces made people want to vomit.

Feng Shen frowned, and said to the second slave: "Report your name."

The evil slave bowed down and promised again and again, "The little one is called Gangtou, he is Shuanzi..."

Feng Shen said again: "Since the two of you are Du Kuishao's long-term follower, you must know some inside information. Does Du Kuishhao have any enemies?"

"Probably...not," said Gangtou, "Sixth Lord, he..."

"What nonsense sixth master!" Lu Ban yelled, "Du Lao Liu!"

"Yes, yes", Gangtou quickly changed his words, "Du... Du Laoliu is rich and powerful, he is the only one who bullies others, how can others dare to seek revenge from him?"

"That's the truth," Feng Shen snorted coldly, and said, "Du Kuishao has committed crimes, and you two have helped the evildoers, right?"

"It's all forced," Shuanzi also said, "We are the current people, the master has spoken, how dare we not listen?"

"Don't talk about gossip!" Feng Shen scolded, "Du Kuishao acted recklessly, has he ever hurt anyone?"

Gangtou and Shuanzi looked at each other, and said without confidence: "At most, they were beaten to death...not killed..."

"You still dare to lie?" Lu Ban yelled angrily, "Come here! Drag the two of them down, and get on the road first!"

"Don't, don't, don't!" Hearing that torture was going to happen, the evil slave was terrified. "Let's tell the truth! Tell the truth!"

"Speak quickly!" Lu Ban gritted his teeth and shouted sharply, "If there is even half a lie, I will not spare you!"

"Don't dare to dare", wiped cold sweat on the head of the bar, and said timidly, "It is true that a woman was killed...but it was all done by Du Kuishao! It's really not our business!"

"What are you talking about!?" Lu Ban slapped his head on the table, "Go ahead!"

"Yes, yes," Gangtou continued, "That happened last year... That day, Shuanzi and I followed Du Kuishao to hunt hares. When we came back, we passed the Stone Stele Shop in the suburbs of Beijing. We wanted to use the fire to roast some rabbit meat in the broken straw hut. Who would have thought that there was only a beautiful little lady in the hut. When Du Kuishao saw her, he became lustful. Let us take care of the wind, If I dragged that little lady by force, I will strip her clothes and rape her..."

"You should be killed!" Feng Shen said angrily, "What happened next?"

Gangtou hurriedly said: "The little lady was quite bloody, she fought desperately, she would rather die than submit. Later, during the tearing, the little lady bit Du Kuishao. Du Kuishao got angry and strangled the little lady to death."

"His grandma's!" Lu Ban was so angry that his head was smoking, and he was about to walk out with a knife. "I chop up his stinky corpse to pieces!"

"Squad leader calm down!" Feng Shen and all the yamen guards hurriedly stopped them, and after a long time of persuasion, Lu Ban finally gave up.

Feng Shen glanced at the bar head, "After the murder, what did you do?"

"At that time, Shuanzi and I were in a panic," Gangtou said again, "Look at the young lady's dress, she looks like a wanderer. Du Kuishao said, this kind of person has a low life, and no one will know if he dies in the forest. So , he lit the corpse together with the broken shed, and led us back to the capital..."

Feng Shen asked: "Is there no one else in that shed except that woman?"

"It should be gone," Gangtou said, "Why did I think so much at the time? I ran away in a hurry after lighting the fire."

Lu Bantou suddenly shouted: "I know who killed Du Kuishao!"

Everyone was startled and hurriedly looked at Lu Ban's head.

"Do you still need to ask? It must be the murdered woman!" Lu Ban nodded, "The woman was unwilling to be reconciled after she died, and turned into a ghost to kill Du Kuishao. Didn't those fans also see it? Feng Jing, you said Woolen cloth?"

Feng Shen smiled indifferently, noncommittal.He waved his hand and asked the Yamen servant to take the second slave down again.

Taking advantage of no one, Feng Shen went to the case in the torture room, wrote a note, sealed it, and handed it to Chief Lu Ban.

Looking at the sealed letter, Lu Ban asked, "What's written here?"

"This is a secret letter to Lord Su," Feng Shen said, "Please trouble the team leader, and deliver it to Lord Su personally!"

Lu Ban was taken aback, "For King Su?"

Feng Shen nodded, and said seriously: "This matter is of great importance, the team leader should pay more attention to it."

Lu Ban scratched his head, wondering why: "Prince Su is a relative of the emperor and an important minister in the court. I rushed in rashly, let alone seeing King Su, and I was probably stopped at the door."

"It doesn't matter," Feng Shen said with a smile, "Just ask the concierge to report. I'll teach you three words. After hearing this, Lord Su, I'm sure you'll come out to see the team leader right away!"

"It's so clever?" Lu Ban asked doubtfully, "Which three words are they?"

Feng Shen said: "The person in the painting!"

"The person in the painting?" Lu Ban wondered, "I've been confused by you, what kind of riddle is this?"

"Don't ask so many questions first, Lord Su knows it well anyway," Feng Shen said again, "For the letter, please ask the boss. I'll go back to the planting flower house and go find out the news."

"Alright then," Lu Ban buried the letter in his arms, "I'll go find King Su in a while."

"Thank you," Feng Shen said goodbye to Lu Bantou.

On the way back to the Planting Flower Pavilion, Feng Shen thought while walking.Before I knew it, I arrived at the Xikua courtyard.

When he came to Xiuniang's room and saw the door was wide open, Feng Shen was shocked, secretly thinking that something was wrong.After stepping into the house, the embroidered lady was nowhere to be seen.

Seeing Xianggua squatting on the chair with her head down, Feng Shen hurriedly asked: "Xianggua! Where's Mrs. Xiu!?"

"She's gone out," Xianggua grinned, and took something out from under the chair. "Brother Feng...do you think this is fun?"

Hearing that Xiuniang had left, how could Feng Shen care about other things?He grabbed the melon and asked loudly, "Where did she go!?"

"She said she wanted to urinate," Xianggua said, "At first I wanted to follow, but she felt embarrassed...and said that her gold and silver are all here, and there are government officials guarding the door outside, so there is no need for her to run. I thought about it, so I let her go...Brother Feng, I think she is quite a nice person, and she even taught me how to make dolls."

As he said that, with one stroke of the melon's palm, he pulled out a jointed wooden figurine with a thread.Hook your fingers on the corresponding line, and the wooden man's hands and feet can turn around a few times, stretching his arms and kicking his legs, moving freely.

Feng Shen was so anxious that he had no time to take a closer look. "Stop playing now! How long has Xiu Niang been out!?"

"Huh? It's been a long time," Xianggua glanced out, "Why hasn't she come back yet?"

"You!" Feng Shen turned and ran out of the room angrily.

As soon as he left the house, Feng Shen summoned the servants who guarded the planting flower house.After questioning, the yamen servants all said that they didn't see anyone going out.Feng Shen ordered the yamen servants to search in the hall, but after searching every corner, he still couldn't find Xiuniang.The wall of the planting flower hall is nearly one foot high.Without the aid of the ladder rope, a woman should not be able to climb out.

Just at this time, a yamen servant came to report that a strange steel frame had been found on the wall of the backyard.Feng Shen heard this and hurried to the backyard.

When I came to the backyard, there was indeed a steel frame hanging on the ridge of the wall.Feng Shen took it down for a try and found it was very light.The steel frame is hollow, and the joints are cut and screwed with threads.The entire steel frame can be disassembled and buckled, and with a little combination, it can be freely assembled into the desired shape.

Right now, the steel frame is obviously being connected into a ladder.With its help, even children can easily climb over the wall.

"Brothers," Feng Shen said to the yamen servants, "it should be the embroidered lady who escaped, you should quickly find her. Oh, if you find her, don't beat or scold her, don't scare her!"

"Yes!" All the yamen servants responded in unison, and went out of the hall to look for people.

After the yamen servant left, Feng Shen felt ashamed and hated.If you can find your embroidered mother, then it's fine.But if you can't find it, King Su will arrive in a while, how should you explain to him?The only blame is to blame myself for not thinking carefully about things, and trusting inhumane people.

While blaming himself, Feng Shen went back to Xiuniang's room depressed.Seeing Feng Shen frowning, Xianggua also knew that she had stabbed someone, so she hurriedly hid the string puppet behind her back, lowering her head and not daring to make a sound.

Seeing the little wooden figure, Feng Shen's heart suddenly touched. "Cantaloupe, give me that doll!"

"Brother Feng..." Xianggua made a bitter face, and took two steps back. "I know I was wrong, don't let me fall..."

"I won't throw it for you!" Feng Shen urged, "Hurry up and let me have a look!"

"Oh..." Xianggua unfastened the clasp between his fingers, and carefully handed the wooden figure to Feng Shen.

Feng Shen picked it up and tugged at the few strings, as if he had realized something.After fiddling for a long time, Feng Shen raised his head subconsciously.When the purlins on the roof came into view, Feng Shen couldn't help but suddenly realized. "So it is!"

"What kind?" Cantaloupe asked curiously.

Feng Shen waved his hand to signal her to keep silent.After measuring his steps according to the beams of the house, he looked at the kite lying on the table.Walking to the front of the zither, Feng Shen used his two fingers to gently pull out a pair of tail nails that fixed the strings.After untying the nails, I found that there are clasps on both ends of the string that can be snapped together.

"No wonder the zither strings are loose..." Feng Shen put down the zither strings and said to Xianggua, "When Xiu Niang left, did you bring anything with you?"

"No," Xianggua said, "I remember she went out empty-handed."

Feng Shen sighed, and asked again: "Is this puppet given to you by Xiu Niang?"

(End of this chapter)