Missing things (IV)

As soon as he arrived at the yamen, he found that his old partner Wu Qing was already there, and Wu Qing was also a captain, but what was different from others was that he was a family of arresting soldiers. Since Emperor Taizong went to his family, he had been arresting soldiers in Jinling. So much so that when Wu Qing was still a child, others called him a captain.

He was sent to lead Bu Kuaiban, Zaoban, Zhuangban, and a servant to Jinling City to find the young master of the Wang family. However, after almost searching through Jinling City, he did not see this person, and even the portrait of the maid Zhuzhi was not recognized by anyone.

Li Wushi was stunned when he heard his words and rushed out: "Can the girl fly?"

Wu Qing sighed: "We are still searching now. The prefect has ordered the yamen to dispatch all the people to the yamen. Be sure to find the young master."

Li Wushi scratched his head and said, "I have no idea. This bamboo branch was bought into Banshan Garden during the Chinese New Year last year. Both of her parents are dead. Her identity is unknown, so she can't find out her origin."

Wu Qing said: "This is not a solution. Let's first clarify this matter."

Li Wushi slowly analyzed: "The grandson of Mr. Wang was born in April and he lost his father and mother as soon as he was born, so he was always taken care of by his wet nurse He, and there were four maids of the second wife of the old husband's daughter-in-law, namely plum blossoms, orchids, bamboo branches and chrysanthemum leaves. In the past few months, he has been safe and sound.

He was the daughter-in-law of He Jian from the He family on Jiangshan. He Jian used to be a personal guard for Wang Xianggong. Later, Wang Lao Gong moved to Jinling, and He Jian followed him with his wife and had always had close relationships with Wang Xianggong's family. So the housekeeper Wang invited He as the wet nurse of the young master.

Mei Xiang and Orchid are two sisters, the surname is Xie, and they are also from Jinling. Their parents are still there, and they have been following the second wife since Wang Xianggong came to Jinling. I have sent someone to investigate.

Juye is from Kaifeng, which means that the second wife is accompanied by her family. She has always been loyal to the second wife and has nothing to pay attention to.

It was this Zhuzhi. Her identity was unclear, but this girl was sweet and sensible, so she was particularly fond of the second wife and often regarded her as a sister. This time, He gave her the child so easily, because this book was nothing. Zhuzhi had hugged the child many times before, and there was nothing wrong with it, so it was natural to hug the child today.

But she actually put the child in the basket, then paniced and said she would buy vegetables, and then she disappeared after walking out of the Mid-mountain Garden."

Wu Qing pondered: "So, it was the latest thing that Zhuzhi decided to take the young master out. Why did she take out a child? Moreover, this child has a valuable status. If she found out, she will be a death sentence. Why would she take such a big risk?"

Li Wushi shook his head violently and said, "Thinking like this is not a solution. I will take Liu Si and Maqi to find clues."

Wu Qing said: "Okay, go and find out who Zhuzhi has had recently dated. You can find places where she often goes: dyeing workshops, cloth shops, and ask carefully about the guards, servants, chefs, doormen, labourers, women, maids, and other people will know about them."

Li Wushi laughed and said, "I know, don't be idle either. Go and ask the city guards if there are any unusual people coming to the city recently. I have a premonition that this is not simple."

It was indeed not simple. After Wu Qing visited the city guards, he found that many strange people had entered the city in recent days. After investigation, their pass certificates were foreign monks in the Western Regions, but they looked very similar to barbarians in the north. The city guards suspected that they were Khitan spies, so they carefully investigated and found nothing.

But what is extremely puzzling is that these people did not leave the city, but it is really puzzling that the people from the government office did not see them in the entire Jinling search.

Wu Qing immediately associated this and the disappearance of the maid Zhuzhi. Is there anything related to Zhuzhi and these monks?

He returned to the government office for some reason. As soon as he sat down, he heard a quick voice from an arrestee: "Report! Head, a female corpse was found outside the city river, suspected to be the maid in the Wang Xianggong's mansion!"

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The moat in Jinling was dug in the Zhou Dynasty and has been used as a water for residents to continue to this day. The rivers were renovated in the Qin, Later Han and Tang dynasties, connecting it to a branch of the Qinhuai River and becoming a real moat.

Wu Qing and several arresters were inspecting the corpse that had just been salvaged. The corpse was already a little smelly. Wu Qing gently flipped it over and said to the arrester: "Take the corpse away first and let the coroner perform a post-mortem."

Everyone put it on a slab with all their hands and feet, and then covered their bodies with white cloth.

Wu Qingyi concentrated his mind, as if he saw something strange, and shouted: "Wait!", and then he picked out a piece of thing from the hand of the corpse.

This is a piece of crystal jade. The back of the jade is flat and flawless, with a faint scale pattern on the front. The word "Xian" written in the middle is written in Lishu.

Wu Qing was stunned for a moment, his heart was surging, but he didn't show anything. He pressed the ground with his toes and knocked gently.

He looked at a person beside him. This man was named Jin Jishou, who was the manager of the moat, and this female corpse was discovered by him.

When Jin Jishou saw this Captain Wu asking him, he said without waiting for him to ask: "It was when Shin Shih was patrolling the city river as usual today. It was only half an hour away."

Wu Qing nodded and said, "Did you have anything else when you found this corpse?"

Jin Ji shook his head and said, "There is nothing left. I'm confused. The corpse can tell at a glance that it has been dead for several days. Why haven't it been discovered in the past? It's so strange!"

Wu Qing said in surprise: "How many days did you say she died?"

Jin Jishou said in a daze: "Yes, I have been helping Hu Zihua before. Her skin is blue, her ecchymns, and her smell is odor. She must have been dead for two or three days."

Wu Qing paused his head and immediately returned to the yamen. He saw that there were already several people inside, including Li Wushi, Hu Corps, Zhang and others sitting opposite each other, saying something. Wu Qing walked in quickly and heard Li Wushi say, "I heard that Zhuzhi had jumped into the river and committed suicide?"

Wu Qing shook his head, said what he knew, and then sighed: "This is really strange. Fifty, do you go and ask what the result is?"

Li Wushi nodded and said, "I went to ask Juye, the maid who had the best relationship with Zhuzhi. She said Zhuzhi was indeed very strange. She often chanted to the flames and didn't know what to say. At first glance, she was undoubtedly with ordinary people, but after being with her for a long time, she found that there was mystery everywhere."

Wu Qing said in confusion: "Mysterious?"

Li Wushi's eyes glanced slightly to everyone: "Once Juye was sick and had a headache and could not sleep peacefully at night. When he was in the middle of the night, he suddenly heard someone whispering in Zhuzhi's room. It sounded like two people were arguing, and the voice was very small. Juye vaguely heard what he said, "The leader is gone," "Don't worry about these things." Juye was confused and thought of going to take a look next door, but just wanted to get up but fainted.

The other thing about Zhuzhi is that she only eats vegetarian food. People originally thought she was devout Buddhists and had to quit meat, but the maids said she did not respect the Buddha statue at all. When she went to Xiuding Temple to burn incense, she did not kowtow to the Buddha Lord.

There is also a small jewelry store where Zhuzhi often buys some things from there, and we also found these things in Zhuzhi's house, which are the kind of jewelry I hold in my hand."

He raised the things in his hand. This was a relatively inferior piece of green jade, engraved with a man sitting cross-legged, his hands hanging naturally. His whole body was surrounded by fire, as if in the fire. There were several Chinese characters next to it: "The Venerable of the Ming Dynasty".

Wu Qing and Hu Guozui both said in confusion: "What is this?"

The judge Zhang who had been sitting there without speaking said, "You know that there is a sect called Mani, which is the ornament of Manicheism."

Wu Qing pondered for a few words: "Manichi, Manichi, I have never heard of it."

Judge Zhang smiled and said, "This Manichaeism was passed down from the Western Regions during the Tang Dynasty and was developed many times since then. It is said that this religion has always recognized 'purity, light, great strength, and wisdom', and believes that all things are born from fire. We should pursue light and abandon sins, so we are also called the Ming Cult.

The Manichaeism religion has a wide range of people, mainly distributed on Liangzhe Road and Fujian Road, and is highly sought after by some officials, farmers, and people from the green forest. However, their whereabouts were strange and they gathered at the third update, so the Fujianese were preached to the Demon Cult."

Wu Qing said "Oh" and said, "It turns out it is the Ming Sect, I have indeed heard of it. It is said that they can absorb the brain marrow when practicing evil skills!"

Judge Zhang sneered: "These rumors are all lies. How can there be evil demons in the world! But they are indeed mysterious. I really didn't expect that these people had penetrated into Jiangnan."

Li Wushi coughed and said, "Now, let's not talk about this Manichi for now, let's talk about bamboo branches first."

Hu Zhuzuo said at this time: "The death of Zhuzhi is indeed a bit strange. I checked it and found that she had been dead for two days. And she did not drown, but was thrown into the water after being killed."

Wu Qing said suspiciously: "You mean Zhuzhi was killed? How is this possible? Then who took the young master away today?"

Li Wushi shook his head and said, "The coroner should be right. It seems that the case is becoming more and more complicated, but I don't care about these things. The most important thing is the whereabouts of the young master!"

Wu Qing was suddenly stunned and took out a jade pendant from his arms and said, "By the way, I found it in Zhuzhi's hand when I was catching the body."

Li Wushi took it and took a closer look. His expression changed from surprise to nervousness and excitement. His voice trembled a little: "Can it be..."

Everyone in the yamen kept silent, and the sunset outside the room was shining with light and silence.
Chapter completed!