The Zhang family’s old house.
In the small courtyard.
Li Hao is still sweating and terrified.
Li Hao has gained a lot from his one-year career in the Inspection Department. If it were during his time in Yincheng Ancient Courtyard, Li Hao might not be able to perform as well as he does today. Play, hide the truth from the sky.
"Look for it quickly, we have to leave immediately to prevent the other party from retaliate!"
"Black Panther!"
Li Hao looked at the Black Panther and said: He was familiar with the Zhang family's old house, but the more familiar he became, the less likely he was to find what he was looking for.
Bringing the black panther this time actually means using the black panther.
The Black Panther looked up at Li Hao.
Li Hao looked around, lowered his voice, and pointed to the jade sword on his chest, "Look, there should be something similar to this here. If you have a good nose, search for it."< /p>
Yes, the Black Panther may be found.
Black Panther was very attracted to Li Hao's jade sword when he saw it.
And Li Hao wondered if the Black Panther might have been attracted by the jade sword when it wandered to his doorstep?
Of course, Li Hao never took out the jade sword before, so Black Panther had no chance to lick it.
Only today did the Black Panthers seize the opportunity.
In this case, can the Black Panther smell the stone knife?
The Zhang family has always lived here. Li Hao felt that if the stone knife was really still there, it should be in the house and would not be taken away. No one would go out with nothing to do and carry a stone with them. .
Anything else?
The Black Panther understands!
At this moment, I felt energetic.
As for the smell, the black panther didn't smell it, and it could only smell it if it got very close.
I don’t know, maybe I missed it.
But now that he knew it, the black panther was instantly interested. His nose began to twitch, his forelimbs lay down, his nose was on the ground, and he smelled bit by bit.
If Li Hao finds another one, maybe this dog can also benefit from it.
The Black Panther was searching hard, and Li Hao was not idle either and began to search in the courtyard.
The corner, the ground...
The Hongying side must have looked for these places, but Li Hao judged that these people didn't know what the stone knife looked like, and maybe they didn't know the Zhang family at all. The knife will be a stone.
Just like Li Hao, if he told others that the cross he wore on his chest was the sword of the Li family in the slang, probably no one would believe it.
Cognitive barriers!
The swords of the Li family and the swords of the Zhang family. Just listening to the slang, I am afraid that these swords are treasures that can be sharpened like clay. Not to mention the shining light, they must be fierce and domineering.
But in fact, the Li family's sword is just a small jade pendant, and the Zhang family's sword is an inconspicuous stone.
……
Ten minutes, twenty minutes...
Li Hao was a little anxious and couldn't find it.
Is it gone?
Did Hong Ying find it, or did the Zhang family really lose it? Not only did he not find it, Black Panther sniffed around but couldn't find it either.
If the black panther is close, you should be able to smell something, right?
"No!"
Li Hao can't stay here forever. Just because he scared the other party away, it doesn't mean that the other party won't come back. Besides, he can't keep looking here. Sooner or later, someone will discover that he has ulterior motives.
He stood in the center of the courtyard, looked at the main room and the second bedroom, and thought, if he were Zhang's father, where would he put this stone?
Perhaps only by assuming the role of Zhang’s father can we judge.
"At first, Uncle Zhang didn't care at all and just threw it away casually. Later I came again and didn't care whether there was that stone knife on the ground. But then I came to Zhang's house many times and didn't seem to see it. , If it is still there, I should have seen it after so many years."
"Uncle Zhang most likely wouldn't have kept it, otherwise he wouldn't have had that attitude at the time and it would have been too casual to throw it away. ."
He quickly recalled everything that happened back then, although the memory was a little blurry.
But now that I think about it, I can still vaguely remember it.
"Xiaoyuan was beaten up. It seemed that he didn't go out to play with me for two or three days. After that, I came again... Maybe several days have passed. Is the stone knife there? During this period, it was taken away by Uncle Zhang?"
"What would he do if he took away a stone?"
"It is possible that the stone knife disappeared during that period, otherwise it would be like this. I will definitely see it again in many years."
Li Hao slapped his head.
He was so young at that time that he really can’t remember it.
What happened in the intervening days? Or did Uncle Zhang think the stone was in the way and just threw it away?
If it is really lost...then there is no way to find it.
A piece of stone has been swept away for more than ten years. I don’t know where it has been swept away.
"The black panther can't even smell... is it too far away, or is the sense of smell disturbed?"
"It goes without saying that the distance is too far, if the sense of smell is disturbed ..."
Li Hao's eyes suddenly moved.
There are two places where the sense of smell is most likely to be disturbed.
First, the kitchen.
Second, the pit!
This kind of old house used to have a latrine when I was a child, not a toilet.
Of course, it’s best not to be like this.
"By the way...it seems that the pit and kitchen of Xiaoyuan's house were repaired when I was a child. A stone...won't be filled in, right?"
Li Thinking of this, Hao had some guesses and some uncertainties.
This is the greatest possibility!
If these two places are not present, then it is reallyCan't find it.
"After Uncle Zhang beat Xiao Yuan, did he repair the kitchen first or the latrine first?"
I don't remember!
But at this moment, Li Hao judged that if the stone knife was still in the Zhang family, it would most likely be in these two places.
Without hesitation, he immediately walked towards the kitchen.
As for the latrine... Unless he can't find it in the kitchen, he won't go there. And if the stone knife is really in the latrine... Li Hao won't want to soak it in water in the future. It's almost like giving it to the black panther.
Anyway, he has the Starry Sky Sword!
"Hope is in the kitchen!"
"Black Panther, follow me!"
Li Hao shouted quickly, and Black Panther hurriedly followed in .
The kitchen has not been used for many years. When you push the door open, you will see that there is still a large pot stove in the kitchen. The iron pot on it has long been rusty and the lid has become somewhat rotten.
"Smell and see!"
Li Hao pointed to the stove: "Black Panther, don't be disturbed by the smell!"
The kitchen has not been used for many years. However, due to long-term use, there is still a faint smell of fireworks. This smell may have disturbed the Black Panther, and it is also mixed with some lingering oil smoke smell.
The Black Panther was indeed a little dizzy in the kitchen, mainly because there was a strong musty smell in the kitchen.
The black panther also came in and smelled it before, but found nothing.
At this time, I heard from Li Hao that the black panther moved quickly and jumped on the stove, smelling it bit by bit.
Soon, the nose was stained with a layer of black wood ash.
And Li Hao was not idle either. In the kitchen, there was no need to look at the places that had been repaired later. The main thing was to look at the places that had been repaired more than ten years ago. Stone knives were probably used in those places.
The forces behind Hongying may not be willing to look at such a place.
This is where the Zhang family would hide the Zhang family’s knife?
Of course, Li Hao took a brief look around and found that Hongying and the forces behind him probably really took it seriously. There were signs of stirring in the kitchen, and even the ashes under the stove had been stirred.
The ashes that have been dormant for many years are not what they are now. They may have been turned over.
"Sure enough, the other party is also looking for it, even the furnace is not spared. They are quite dedicated!"
Will the Zhang family's heirloom be hidden in the ashes?
If it were Li Hao, he probably wouldn't think so, but the other party still searched, which shows that he is still quite rigorous.
After waiting for a while, the Black Panther still found nothing.
Li Hao was a little disappointed. Was he really in a pit?
That’s so disgusting!
While thinking about it, Li Hao's eyes moved slightly and suddenly looked at the big chimney on the stove. Kitchens in old houses like this are all equipped with a brick chimney. If there is no chimney, I can't stay in the kitchen while cooking.
"Um...chimney?"
Li Hao suddenly remembered something. Is this chimney the same one?Was it built after Uncle Zhang beat Xiao Yuan?
He seemed vaguely impressed!
The black panther is not big and tall. It is always smelling on the stove, but it cannot climb up the chimney that is as tall as a person.
"Is it here?"
Li Hao moved instantly, and with quick movements, he jumped onto the stove, grabbed the black panther with one hand, and whispered: "Smell it. !”
He carried the panther and used it as a detector.
As for the black panther, the eyes of the two dogs were full of helplessness.
My nose twitched and I smelled all the way up Li Hao’s arm.
More than one meter up the stove, suddenly, the Black Panther's nose twitched, and a somewhat familiar smell gradually filled the tip of his nose.
"Woof woof!"
The black panther's eyes suddenly lit up.
And Li Hao also has sharp eyes!
Discovered?
It’s really here!
The chimney... This is probably something that the forces behind Hongying could not have imagined. Who would have thought that the Zhang family would build the ancestral sword into the chimney.
They may have even searched along the chimney!
Perhaps Hong Ying has simply searched. Hong Ying is invisible and has no quality. Li Hao doesn’t know if the other party can escape through the wall, but the other party should have searched both the wall and the ground, but their target may be What cracks, mezzanines, boxes, treasure boxes, etc.
They will not think that the knife they care about is just a stone.
Li Hao's eyes were bright and he stared at a slightly raised spot on the chimney. Is the stone knife on it?
The mottled plaster walls have fallen off.
Some bricks inside the chimney are exposed.
Li Hao reached out and touched it, and some of the lime exterior walls fell off again. The next moment, a piece of earthy gray stone was revealed on the chimney. It was not completely exposed, but seeing the incomplete shape, Li Hao Hao's eyes completely lit up!
"That's it!"
Li Hao's heart was beating, and it was this. Although it was not completely exposed, a vague appearance appeared in Li Hao's memory, like a knife. The stone is not too big, just a little bigger than a fist.
"Uncle Zhang... you really respect your ancestors!"
Li Hao suddenly felt dumbfounded. He had beaten his son for this stone.
Good guy, when I renovated the kitchen at home, I built in the stones left by my ancestors. You don’t respect your ancestors as much as you do!
If your Zhang family ancestors were still alive, they would probably be angry to death.
Among the eight families, Li Hao doesn’t know what the others are like. Anyway, the Li family’s sword has been passed down as a heirloom. Li Hao feels that it is not easy for the Zhang family to pass down this stone. !
Maybe it didn’t look like a stone back then?
It was just that he gradually turned to stone later, and by Zhang’s generation, had he completely turned into stone?
No time to think about it, no inclination to think about itThinking about it, Li Hao looked at the stone embedded in the chimney in front of him and frowned slightly.
Found it!
However, it’s not easy to take!
It’s not that it can’t be taken away. The key point is that after taking away the stone knife, the marks on the chimney are very obvious.
Having been in the Inspection Department for a year, Li Hao still has experience. Once you move this place, Hong Ying and the people behind him come back, and they will definitely check and see what Li Hao's What is the purpose.
There is a stone missing from the chimney, maybe the other party will react soon!
If Li Hao was still a student of the ancient academy at that time, he would have taken away the stone knife immediately. When Hong Ying came back, he would probably have immediately thought that the Zhang family's knife might be this. A stone was taken away, and then Li Hao was in big trouble!
At that time, Hongying will know that if the stone knife is in Li Hao's hands, it will cause him a lot of trouble.
It can even be judged that Li Hao has guessed something, and even knows the affairs of the Eight Families, and can reveal all the secrets at once!
"What should I do?"
Li Hao thought quickly. Since he saw it, he couldn't ignore it, so he put the stone knife here. He felt that the Zhang family's knife was not only a treasure, but also a treasure. And there must be other effects.
The Hongying side attaches great importance to this, otherwise it would not be possible for them to risk their lives and keep surveillance here a year later.
Li Hao frowned, took away the stone knife, and filled it with another stone?
But the other party found it, and there was no more than three hundred taels of silver here!
The old and new traces are still different.
"The only way is to completely destroy the corpses and destroy the evidence so that the other party can't investigate. The best way is to destroy the chimney... But wouldn't that be too deliberate?"
"Find the same stone, preferably a stone with a similar appearance...and then destroy the chimney. Even if the other party restores it afterwards, there will be no missing stone, and something will be discovered..."
As an inspector, Li Hao has mastered the basic professional skills. How to destroy evidence, how to create false evidence, and confuse the other party. This is what he has learned and seen in the past year.
If it was simply destroyed and the Red Shadow party secretly restored it afterwards, it would be possible to restore the original chimney appearance and find that a stone was missing.
After deciding what he wanted to do, Li Hao did not take away the stone knife immediately.
It has been here for many years, but no one cares about it and is not in a hurry.
Thinking of this, Li Hao let out a breath, just find it and wait a while, but this time he has to trouble the teacher.
......
After walking out of the kitchen, Li Hao directly dialed the teacher's communication.
Soon, almost immediately after the fight, Yuan Shuo's voice came: "Are you okay?"
"Teacher, it's okay!"
Li Hao said quickly with some gratitude and without much greeting: "Teacher, there is nothing found in Zhang Yuan's home.But I found that someone seems to be staring at Zhang Yuan's house, and Zhang Yuan's house seems to have been disturbed. Do you think the murderer is looking for something? "
Yuan Shuo listened and understood the meaning, and said thoughtfully: "Then what are your thoughts? "
"I was wondering if I could lure the snake out of its hole? "
Li Hao quickly said: "Now that the other party has come to Zhang Yuan's house, what else are you looking for? Didn't you find it? But I'm a soft-spoken person and can't talk to the Inspection Department. Why don't you bother the teacher and ask the Inspection Department to send someone to make a loud noise and demolish some of the Zhang family's buildings to alert the snake and see if we can lead out Zhang Yuan's murderer? . ”
Demolish the home?
Is this necessary?
Of course, Zhang Yuan’s home was not the scene of the crime, and the demolition of this area had already started. It was really demolished. It's nothing.
Yuan Shuo just guessed, did Li Hao discover something?
So he wanted to get something through this method, or could he really find out what was behind it? < /p>
At this time, Li Hao also knew that demolishing the house would probably attract the attention of Hongying's party, but it didn't matter. The more publicity the better, and the better if there was an insider in the inspection department < /p>
It would be more in line with Li Hao's wishes to tell the other party the situation in detail.
He only needs to do one thing, replace the stone knife with the same stone. Even if the other party restores everything afterwards, it doesn't matter.
At that time, Hongying would only guess whether Li Hao had noticed something, but would not confirm what Li Hao had really taken away. p>At most, I think Li Hao has strong reasoning ability and has discovered some clues.
What Li Hao wants to do is to make the other party suspicious, but not sure, delaying the matter, and gradually causing the matter to escalate. The night watchman is better.
"Bringing dark things to the public eye... Neither the night watchman nor the red shadow seem to be willing to appear in front of the public or make trouble. The uproar! "
"As for me, as an ordinary person, I need more attention, and I can also take myself out, leaving both parties with me as a smart person, but an ordinary person who really doesn't know the inside story. Impression! "
"In order to avenge my friend, I chose to make the matter bigger... to attract greater attention, which is also in line with my identity! "
"..."
Weighing the pros and cons, Li Hao finally made this decision and choice.
Maybe in this way, night patrols can be triggered in advance People pay attention and can even get close to each other. Li Hao can even report to the superiors that he found some clues, such as the people who were watching outside before.
As for Hong Ying, he naturally didn't find it, but outside. It's a human being!
Li Hao even found a footprint on the outer wall, which is the best evidence. The other party obviously didn't pay much attention to leaving footprints.
He was quick-thinking. After determining the possible consequences, Li Hao stillChosen to magnify things a bit.
On the other side of the communication, Yuan Shuo asked a few questions to confirm his choice as a student.
Yuan Shuo knew that Li Hao was very smart and would not do this for no reason.
Since this is not a big deal, then just support some.
"Okay, I'll call the Inspection Department right away! And Zhang Yuan is a student of the Ancient Academy. If it is really a murder, the Ancient Academy will not let it go! You evacuate there first, at most In an hour, the Guyuan will send someone there, and the Inspection Department will also go there..."
"Thank you, teacher!"
Li Hao quickly thanked him, as a teacher, he is still very nervous sometimes. Interesting enough.
Because of this, Li Hao was even more reluctant to tell the teacher about Hongying.
No matter how authoritative he is, Yuan Shuo is just an ordinary person.
Li Hao did not want to involve the teacher.
"Why are you so polite!"
Yuan Shuo didn't care much about this. He said a few more words and chose to hang up the communication.
……
Yincheng Ancient Courtyard.
Deep in the ancient courtyard, in a large classical mansion, Yuan Shuo is over seventy years old, still full of energy and sharp eyes.
The body is also quite strong, looking more like a soldier than the top professor in Yincheng.
At this moment, Yuan Shuo also had a file in front of him.
Documents on six cases of self-immolation!
"The Inspection Department... is really a sieve!"
Yuan Shuo hung up the call, rubbed his temples, and cursed in a low voice, the Inspection Department has become more and more corrupt in recent years. It's getting more and more useless. This case file was leaked so easily. If you want to pay attention now, many people in Yincheng can get this file.
"As a student... I am really careless. I dare to investigate this matter secretly. Forget it, I actually dare to report it directly to the inspection department. I can tell it is unusual at a glance!"
p>Sigh lightly, young man, you are really inexperienced. The Inspection Department is a big sieve, don’t you know?
As soon as this case file comes out, anyone with a discerning eye can actually see some problems.
"The Li family's sword, the Zhang family's knife, the Zhao family's fists, the Liu family's legs..."
After humming Yincheng slang for a while, Yuan Shuo made a quick judgment. After thinking about it for a while, does this have something to do with myself as a student?
"Six people died, I wonder if it is related to this tune."
As an old Yincheng native, he knows this tune, and he is a well-known scholar, so he should watch it The moment he arrived at the file, he actually connected with this piece of music, because these surnames together were somewhat special.
After judging for a while, Yuan Shuo took out the communication and quickly dialed a number.
After waiting for a while, Yuan Shuo spoke in a majestic tone, even with some anger: "I am Yuan Shuo! Don't talk nonsense to me. My students are in danger now. The self-immolation that happened in Guyuan a year ago The case may be a homicide, but your inspection department doesn’t have any information?”
"..."
"I don't care about that. Li Hao is my student. He entered my school as soon as he entered the Ancient Academy. Do you know why? He is a genius. The top explorer, the future of the Department of Ancient Civilization Exploration, had to withdraw from the Ancient Academy because of your negligence. How much damage have you caused to the Ancient Academy?"
"..."
"Li Hao has discovered something now, but your inspection department is like a sieve, exposing him all at once. He is now in danger and may die at any time! Now he is at the home of Zhang Yuan, the deceased student in Guyuan, No matter what I do, even if you clear that street, you still have to rescue Li Hao and catch all the ghosts and monsters in the dark!"
"..."
" Stop talking nonsense. You must send someone over immediately. I don’t care if the movement is big or not. I will immediately surround that street and push forward bit by bit to surround the possible murderer in the dark. I have only one request: Li Hao must come back intact! "
"..."
"That's it, if you can't do it, I will go directly to the night watchman to deal with it! Six cases of self-immolation, do you think I, Yuan Shuo, are blind? Don’t you see the possible problem? You, the Yincheng Inspection Department, don’t want the night watchmen to get involved, but if my student dies, I will have to take down your Yincheng Inspection Department!”
"Mr. Yuan, calm down and deal with it immediately. Don't worry, Mr. Yuan!"
On the other side of the communication, the director of the Yincheng Inspection Department had a headache.
Although this old guy has no real power, he knows a lot of people. He has been a professor in the ancient academy for forty or fifty years, and some of the students he has brought out are now big shots.
The trouble is really big, and the Yincheng Inspection Department will also feel uncomfortable.
"Don't worry, there will be people from the Ancient Academy. If that doesn't work, I'll go there myself! I want to see who in the world of Yincheng is so bold as to kill my students from the Ancient Academy! It's not enough to kill one, but I, Yuan Shuo, have to kill my closed disciples. Are you going to eat the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard?"
Yuan Shuo is like a furious tiger.
Since Li Hao wants to make a big fuss, it seems to be to draw out something... then he should make a big fuss!
Yuan Shuo doesn’t think it’s a big deal!
If there is such a big fuss... If there is real trouble, it is also other people's trouble.
As for myself, all parties need me now and will not do anything to me. As for Li Hao, it is simple. If you give this guy an assistant status, those people will not dare to touch you, and naturally they will not do anything to you. Can move Li Hao.
After hanging up the communication, Yuan Shuo lost his anger just now and just looked outside the room, sighing softly.
Boy, ordinary people, it’s better not to get involved.
Even if there is really any problem with Zhang Yuan's matter, you have done enough now and can no longer get involved.
"What a pity!"
An inaudible word of regret came slowly from his mouth.
Unfortunately, I can't really introduce mystery, otherwise... how could it be sotrouble.
If I could introduce mystical energy and use my Wuqinxinshu attainments, I might be able to produce three liters a day. At that time, all ghosts and monsters would be false!
"Huh!"
A low hum came out again. The night watchers may not want to enter the mysterious realm. Otherwise, why should I cooperate with them?
Over the years, I have been talking about finding a way, but there is no way at all. Do you really think you are stupid?
"Li Hao..."
"The sword of the Li family?"
Muttered, Yuan Shuo closed his eyes and stopped thinking about that guy. It's better to just go back to the ancient courtyard and work as my assistant. Now that he's getting older, he really needs to train a successor.
PS: I have written almost 7,000 words, more than 10,000 words every day. If I keep writing like this, my new book issue will be finished!