Capture the Jade:

Lin Chengyou took the two younger sisters to the queen, and after the ceremony, he sat down with his robe lifted, and said with a smile: "It's not that my nephew refuses to help with the selection, but my nephew is afraid that the selection will not be good."

The queen picked up a few coral beads, leaned over and gestured on the heads of Changyi and Azhi: "This is what the Weaving and Dyeing Department 1 just made this year. It seems that there are not many outstanding ones. It’s hard enough for these skilled craftsmen, no matter how ingenious they are, they can’t bring forth new ones every year. You are an older brother, and you happened to come here, and you can help your younger sister choose a few, and they will be very happy. Auntie plans to use the rest to reward this year The family members of this group of meritorious ministers."

Azhi pointed to a string of precious chains in front of him, and said to Lin Chengyou: "Here, sister chose this one."

Then held up a crystal-clear jasper crown: "I have chosen this one, brother, please help me wear it."

Lin Chengyou patiently helped Azhi put the crown on her head.

Azhi tilted her head and asked, "Are you wearing it?"

Lin Chengyou tilted his head back a few inches, and looked at it carefully, then pinched Azhi's fat face, and said with a bright smile, "Our Azhi looks so good wearing this."

A Zhi giggled, she was very happy, Chang Yi asked with concern: "Brother Ah, have you been busy with cases these days? Why are there always so many cases to be solved in Dali Temple? "

The empress nodded her daughter's face affectionately: "Silly boy, what is this called? There are always cases, because there are always people in this world who commit crimes for profit."

Lin Chengyou helped the two younger sisters choose a few items, and couldn't help but stare at the pearl on the table. The light in the tunnel was dim at noon yesterday, but the underground palace on the second floor was still bright. If he remembers correctly, Teng Yuyi There is a pair of pearl walkers hanging from the temples, so she lost the walkers?

Yesterday, she was in a hurry to ask Mrs. Jingchen about this matter. She probably valued it very much. Unfortunately, he was a little far away at that time, and Teng Yuyi's voice was low. He could only vaguely hear the word "Aniang". Didn't understand at all.

Thinking like this, he picked up the walking stick, twirled it casually on his fingertips, and asked casually, "Auntie, isn't this kind of pearl walking stick very common?"

Empress Liu Bingyu was stunned, and hurriedly shifted her gaze to Lin Chengyou, looked calmly for several times, and asked patiently, "Why do you ask about this?"

Lin Chengyou snorted: "A witness in a recent case lost such a walking swing. I heard it was very expensive, so my nephew wanted to ask how much it was worth."

Liu Bingyu saw that his expression was as usual, and he was full of surprise and turned into faint disappointment: "Whether it is expensive or cheap, it mainly depends on the quality of the beads. If it is similar to the pair on the table, a pair is about tens of thousands." Money."

Lin Chengyou thought about it for a while, the beads on Teng Yuyi's pair of step shakers were not as big, so it can be seen that the price will not be very expensive. With ten thousand dollars, how could he put a pair of ordinary jewelry in his eyes.

She would feel so sorry for this step, could it be because it is A Niang's relic? He thought of the teardrops on her eyelashes last night, and felt that there was a possibility, if it was really a relic left by A Niang, it would be a pity to lose it in the underground palace.

It's a pity that they were only concerned about running for their lives at the time, and Teng Yuyi was too busy avoiding the disaster afterwards and had no chance to go back to find it. Besides, the layout of the underground palace is ever-changing, and even Mrs. Jingchen may not be able to find it if she goes down in person.

However, no matter how difficult this matter is, it may not be difficult for him. Since Teng Yuyi is worried about him all day long, how about he help her go back to the underground palace to find it?

Liu Bingyu is picking things up with the two children on the surface, but she has been secretly paying attention to Lin Chengyou, as long as the child asks her for the pair of Bu Yao, or puts the Bu Yao into her arms calmly, she immediately calls Fei The slave sent a letter to Qinyao and Lin Xiao.

But Lin Chengyou just took the pearl swing in his hand and looked at it several times, then put it back into the jewelry box again, Liu Bingyu choked, and suddenly showed a headache.

According to Taoist Master Qingxuzi's calculations, the child's fate is approaching. As a result, the old man muttered, "If you don't break it, you can't stand it. This child's own calamity, let this child go away." He ran away without a trace.

Qin Yao and Lin Xiao seem to have also received instructions from Taoist Master Qing Xuzi, and have not shown up in Chang'an City so far. Everyone has no idea what is going on with the so-called "Love Tribulation". Well, this child won't be hurt by this, the saint is worried about this all day long, which makes her also worried.

Arguing that this child's "love disaster" should have come to Chang'an long ago, why is this child still not moving at all? Daoist Priest is an old man, so he must have miscalculated because of his old age.

Suddenly listen to the palace people: "The saint is here."

The emperor strode in and asked as he walked, "Is there any progress in those murder cases?"

Lin Chengyou got up: "This is exactly what my nephew is here for."

Liu Bingyu held the two children in his hands: "Grandfather and Big Brother are in a hurry to solve the case, so let's stop arguing here, they say theirs, you and Auntie go outside to pick flowers."

When the emperor sat down and took a sip of tea, Lin Chengyou told all the clues he had found in the past few days, as well as his speculations.

The emperor listened quietly: "So now you suspect that the murderer may be Shu Liniang's relatives and friends?"

Lin Chengyou said: "My nephew went to the 'Jinyun Waterfall' today to inquire. It turns out that the 17 murderers may have targeted Shu Liniang last month. That being the case, the murderer got his first child in Tongzhou on the fifth day of March, and he can take it right away. The second child, but he didn't kill Shu Liniang until March 25th. Before he did it, he followed him for so long. It can be seen that he has been looking for an opportunity to get the fetus outside. This is also the weirdness of this case. It's more secluded outside, why didn't the murderer take the fetus at her house? Combined with the figure of this person, I guess he was afraid of being caught by Shu Liniang's neighbors when he did it, so it can be seen that Shu Liniang's neighbors have seen this person in the past."

The emperor snorted: "So now you suspect that Shu Wenliang is the murderer, and you are afraid that he will abscond in fear of crime, so you asked someone to seal the city?"

Lin Chengyou nodded: "He and Shu Liniang are cousins, and they have been to Chun'an Lane in the past, and their stature is similar to the murderer seen by witnesses. If Shu Liniang's neighbors bumped into him on the night of the incident, it is very easy to think of him. But if it is really him, there are still a few doubts that need to be clarified.

"First, he is Shu Liniang's cousin. Even if he knows the bad things that Shu Liniang has done, how can he know that Mrs. Jiang is a villain? Killing her and taking her fetus will greatly damage her own cultivation. Just relying on some gossip in the market is not accurate. , but this person set up such a game before killing Xiao Jiang, it shows that he has carefully considered it, and if he dares to do it, he must be sure that he will not kill the wrong person. At present, my nephew only knows that this person was a Jinshi fifteen years ago, and has been serving under Peng Zhen of Huaixi Road since then. When did he come into contact with Taoism and when did he fall into the party of magic? I still can't figure out the clues, and I can only interrogate this person after he is caught."

"Tolerance——" the emperor thought about it, "The last time it was the corpse evil, this time it was the heavy tolerance, so it seems that several cases have involved sorcery..."

Lin Chengyou said: "I heard that my uncle made a decree to clean up the party of sorcery fifteen years ago, and these things that happened in the past few days are exactly the same as the sorcery of that year. My nephew suspects that it has something to do with the residue left over from that year , so I want to ask my uncle what happened back then."

The emperor's eyes became serious, "The cause of this incident has to start with a massacre in Chang'an City fifteen years ago. At that time, there was a Taoist sect called Wujimen, and there was a Taoist named Qiankun." A Taoist priest of Sanren, he thinks that Taoism is outstanding, and he has studied all kinds of sorcery since he was young. After years, he not only searched the world for ancient books that recorded Taoist sorcery, but also wrote a book based on it. The ultimate "Soul Sutra". One year, in order to fight another Taoist priest, Qiankun Sanren used the sorcery in the "Soul Sutra" to draw away the souls of the family in Anyifang, causing the whole family to die.

"The Qiankun Sanren are strangers to this family. According to him, he chose them as his targets only because they live nearby and cast spells more easily.

"Uncle and your aunt were shocked when they heard about this. 'Tao is respected, virtue is precious'. The vein of 'Tao' always needs to be in company with 'virtue'. Anyone who cultivates the Tao will not He regards morality and virtue as his own thought, but this person disregards human life in order to fight, and he has clearly regarded Taoism as a toy for his desire. If such evil heretics don't put more pressure on them, I don't know how many Taoist children will go astray in the future , the Taoist school will also become filthy because of the abuse of these scum.

"Uncle then issued an edict on the spot: Qiankun Sanren and all his disciples will be handed over to Dali Temple for trial immediately. Anyone who uses cruel Taoist methods to kill lives will be hanged, and the rest of the sects must also abolish martial arts on the spot. Migration, never pardoning crimes for life, and confiscating related magic cheats hidden by Qiankun Sanren and his party members, thus shocking the world."

Speaking of this, the emperor looked at Lin Chengyou and said, "You should remember those sorcery cheats that your master hid in the temple: "Soul Sutra", "Shamantra"...including the one you practiced by mistake when you were young "Unfeeling Gu" are all the secret books that were confiscated during the cleanup fifteen years ago. Your master didn't burn these secret books back then, because he was afraid that the remnants of the party would come back in the future. Keep these remnants so that you can understand these evil ways in time How do you mess up and harm people."

Lin Chengyou nodded. He read the "Soul Book" a few years ago, and he recognized in time that Peng Yugui tortured the Tian couple's ghosts with the famous Qimang Luyin.

The emperor said again: "In addition, my uncle is afraid that the scattered people of the universe will leave behind the remnants of evil, and ordered your master to lead people to carry out detailed investigations in Chang'an Street Quxiangmo, major states and counties. Anyone who is involved in the practice of magic must be punished without exception. Those who use sorcery to commit crimes must be severely punished. Once verified, they will all be sent to prison; It took four or five years to investigate, but it was precisely because of the imperial court's strong pressure that in the next ten years or so, sorcery has almost disappeared in Chang'an and other prefectures and counties."

After listening to these words, Lin Chengyou remembered his doubts for the past few days.

"Uncle, do you remember that tree demon?"

"Why do you ask that?"

Lin Chengyou: "This demon appeared in the bamboo forest next to the Ziyun Tower on the night of Shangsi Festival. Because of holding Jinshi Banquet, the court will gather the newly selected talents from all over the world on the night of Shangsi Festival. This tree demon was turned into a demon not long ago. If someone deliberately lured it there that night, its ability is enough to kill a person. Helping the ministers of the court, if it succeeds, the court will inevitably suffer a catastrophe.

"Now that my nephew thinks about it, the dryad appeared so coincidentally that night, maybe it wasn't just for the beauty's skin, its real target might be the uncle and the ministers in the court. It's a pity that this monster was unlucky and happened to pass by first Mrs. Teng slashed her claws with a divine sword, causing her mana to be seriously injured, and then she was beaten back to its original form by her nephew on the spot. This conspiracy disappeared without a trace before it was officially launched."

The emperor's face gradually became serious.

"As for the second monsters in the Caifeng Tower, they were already broken up tomorrow, but because someone carefully covered them up, they haven't overflowed with a trace of evil spirit in this month. When the power of the two monsters has almost recovered, using the power of the two monsters to stir up a **** storm in Chang'an, if it can hurt the uncle and the courtiers, maybe it will be more suitable for the people behind the scenes. Unfortunately, this carefully designed game was still given by the nephew. Stirred.

"The endurance this time is even more extraordinary. As long as its yin power is fully recovered, neither the court nor the people of Chang'an can escape. My nephew has thought about these cases several times. I feel that the people behind the scenes carefully arranged these big situations, in addition to wanting to disturb the world and disrupt Chang'an, there is also an inexplicable hatred."

"Hate?" The emperor was startled, and after thinking about it with lowered eyes, he gradually understood.

Lin Chengyou said seriously: "I hate my uncle and the court. Looking back on these evil disasters, except for the slightly lower mana of the tree demon, the rest of the evil things are all big things that are not tolerated by the world. This person is evil. No matter how strong the skills are, when manipulating these evil things in the dark, they will face the risk of being swallowed by the other party at any time, but this person still takes the risk to do so, which makes my nephew feel... that this person has a kind of obsession Thinking, as if he would risk his own life to achieve his goal, and the people behind the scenes are so proficient in magic—"

The emperor said clearly: "You suspect that the people behind the scenes are because the court swept up the evil party fifteen years ago, and then they hated the court and uncle?"

Lin Chengyou hummed: "So my nephew would like to ask my uncle, the evil sect fifteen years ago, especially the Qiankun Sanren who initiated the evil, whether there are any relatives left in the world, or if there were disciples who escaped the court back then Hunting?"

The emperor frowned and thought for a long time, when he suddenly remembered something.

"Uncle remembers that Qiankun Sanren is very good at winning people's hearts, and has raised many disciples under his sect, all of whom are devoted to him. In order to make the magic of this school flourish, Qiankun Sanren especially treats several senior disciples with great trust. After the incident, Qiankun Sanren intended to preserve the lineage of Wuji Sect, so he desperately sent away his eldest disciple that night. The imperial court went to various states and counties to hunt them down, but only some of them were captured. Two disciples have never been heard from since. Easy to remember, one is called Haoyue Sanren, and the other is called Wenqing Sanren."

Lin Chengyou sighed: "Uncle, do you still remember the appearance and age of these two male disciples?"

"Male disciple?" The emperor waved his hand, "Wenqing Sanren is a male disciple, but Haoyue Sanren is a female disciple."

"Female disciple?" Lin Chengyou looked thoughtful.

"Uncle asked someone to draw their portraits back then, and it is estimated that they are still in the Serious Case Division of your Dali Temple at this moment, but after all, fifteen years have passed since this case, so it may take some time to find them."

Lin Chengyou pondered for a moment, then nodded with a smile: "I think I have a clue about this case, but before returning to Dali Temple, my nephew still has a few things to ask my uncle."

"Let's talk and listen."

"Speaking of the recent abortion case, let's not talk about the first two cases, the third victim, Xiao Jiang, seemed to have too many coincidences when the accident happened. For example, on the day she was killed, she went to the spice shop to buy things on a whim , Tired of shopping, and decided to go to the quiet room downstairs to rest as usual... If there is a change in one link that day, the murderer's carefully designed game will fail.

"But Xiao Jiang took the bait every step of the way according to the murderer's plan. It is precisely because of this series of coincidences that the murderer was given the opportunity to kill and make arrangements. So my nephew always felt that this case Different from the previous two cases, in addition to the murderer's careful design, there must be someone secretly helping to promote it... And this person must be extremely trusted by Xiao Jiang. Of course, all these are just suspicions, and my nephew can't find this person for the time being Evidence of participating in the crime, so I want to ask my uncle, if a man really loves his wife, would he be willing to let gossip slander her?"

The emperor was stunned for a moment, and smiled kindly: "You just need to look at your grandpa. Would your grandpa be willing to let your grandma be slandered by others? When a man has a woman he loves, he will take care of her." I take everything in my heart, and I will never let her be wronged."

When Lin Chengyou heard the first sentence, his eyes lit up, but when he heard the latter sentence, someone suddenly appeared in his mind at an inappropriate time.

He felt puzzled, shook the figure away from his mind, and stood up with a smile: "Nephew understands."