Longevity starts with strengthening the internal organs

There is a stack of silver notes on the table. They are all from Shengyuan Bank, the largest bank in the county. They can be exchanged at any time. They are real hard currency.

In addition, there were several golden tickets, which were the rewards for eliminating the bandits this time, especially when Kong heard that these bandits were actually planning to attack his family.

Thanks to Zhao Ya's timely action, his whole family was spared. He was frightened and showed his gratitude, so he paid Zhao Ya an extra reward out of his own pocket.

This is Zhao Ya's entire net worth.

The silver that Zhao Ya brought from Wuxiang City has long been used up. These were all Zhao Ya's hard earned during this period.

Although it's not much, it solves an urgent need.

In addition, Zhao Ya also found some scattered silver taels from the bandits, but the total amount was only more than a hundred taels.

This is not surprising. For these bandits who make a living on the edge of a knife, they have no idea whether they will see the sun tomorrow, so after they have money, they will squander it and will not save money at all.

"call!"

Zhao Ya let out a long breath, rubbed his swollen eyebrows, and thought silently in his mind.

Seven hundred and thirteen taels of silver and eighty-four taels of gold.

If you use this money to buy dried meat from exotic animals in the market, you can probably buy more than thirty taels of dried gold-spotted blood eel.

The golden-spotted black eel dried meat is the exotic animal meat that Zhao Ya selected after researching for a long time based on his own situation.

Although it is not as powerful as the seven-star dried eel provided by Dingtai Martial Arts School, it is cheaper in price and can be purchased for only five taels of gold.

Although the price still makes Zhao Ya feel heartache, there is nothing he can do about it. High-grade exotic animal jerky is always in hard currency no matter where it goes. It is a pure seller's market. If you want it, you can only pay for it. There is basically no other way.

And this is pretty good. For example, exotic animal meat of this level such as the seven-star dried eel provided by Dingtai Martial Arts School is generally only provided to some big forces, and ordinary people can't buy it even if they want to spend money.

Zhao Ya set aside money to buy dried meat tomorrow, and then put the remaining dozens of taels of silver notes on him.

"Have you packed it up?" Zhao Ya asked.

"Right away!" Zui'er's voice came from the bedroom next to him.

Zhao Ya didn't urge him any further.

Tonight he will treat three senior brothers and Meng Shiwen to dinner.

This is something Zhao Ya has wanted to do for a long time.

After all, after several months of joining, Shen Dao, Miao Shaocheng and others often invited me, but I never even responded to the invitation.

This is somewhat unjustifiable both emotionally and rationally.

Now that the affairs of Xiu Shuifang have been settled, although the money earned is not much, it is still enough to treat him to a meal.

So Zhao Ya booked a table at Feixianju in the afternoon.

At this time, Zui'er had also packed up, walked out of the bedroom and said to Zhao Ya: "Let's go, Brother Xiaoya!"

I said tidying up, but in fact I just changed my clothes and combed my hair.

But I couldn't resist Zui'er's natural beauty, so even if she didn't apply any makeup, she would still be beautiful and refined.

Even Zhao Ya couldn't help but take a second look.

Zui'er was a little confused, "What's wrong with Brother Xiaoya? Is there something on my face?"

"No, I just think it looks good!" Zhao Ya replied honestly.

Zui'er was stunned for a moment, then his face became visibly flushed, but his eyes were filled with joy.

What girl doesn't want to hear compliments from the person she likes?

Just as Zhao Ya was about to go out with Zui'er, Miao Shaocheng came.

"Hahaha, I heard that my junior brother is going to treat me tonight, but I didn't even eat lunch, so I'm just waiting for the meal in the evening." Miao Shaocheng said with a smile.

Then he saw Zui'er following Zhao Ya and couldn't help but praise: "Miss Zui'er is so beautiful today!"

Zui'er lowered his head shyly and said nothing.

"Where's Senior Brother Xu?" Zhao Ya asked.

"He has gone back to his family in advance. Before he left, he told me that he would go directly to Feixianju later, so there was no need to wait for him."

"Well, let's go then."

Just as he was about to set off for Feixianju, an unexpected figure suddenly appeared.

I saw Meng Shiwen wearing an elegant white dress and walking closer.

"Sister... senior sister?" Miao Shaocheng was extremely surprised.

Meng Shiwen paused slightly, then said to Zhao Ya: "Are you going to Feixianju?"

"yes!"

"Okay, let's go together!"

Unknowingly, Meng Shiwen and Zui'er walked in front, and the two seemed to be chatting well. At least a smile appeared on Meng Shiwen's face from time to time.

Miao Shaocheng slowed down, approached Zhao Ya and asked, "When did you invite Senior Sister?"

"I just invited you along with me when I invited you!"

"What didn't she say?"

"No, just nodded."

"Hiss!" Miao Shaocheng patted Zhao Ya on the shoulder and gave him a thumbs up.

"To be honest, Senior Sister has really given you enough face today. Do you know how many people have wanted to invite Senior Sister to dinner before, but she has never used pretense."

Zhao Ya didn't think about this either.

To be honest, he had no intention of inviting Meng Shiwen.

But then I thought about it and decided to mention it.

After all, they were in the same sect, so even if she had prejudices against him, she had to at least get along with her in terms of face.

Unexpectedly, Meng Shiwen agreed readily.

Now from what Miao Shaocheng said, it seems that this kind of situation is rare?

At this time, the group came to Feixianju, which was still the private room by the window on the third floor.

And not long after they arrived, Xu De also came.

When he saw that Meng Shiwen was there, Xu De also had a look of surprise on his face, but he still quickly bowed his hands and saluted.

"Sister!"

"Well, hasn't Shen Dao come yet?" Meng Shiwen asked.

"Second Senior Brother should be arriving soon."

As he was talking, a hearty laugh came from outside the door, "Senior sister is actually here today, what an unexpected surprise."

Following the words, Shen Dao walked into the private room, still looking free and uninhibited.

Meng Shiwen didn't say anything, but just nodded as a greeting.

Everyone has arrived, and the food and wine are served like flowing water.

Although at the beginning, everyone was a little restrained because of Meng Shiwen's presence and were not allowed to let go.

But after a few glasses of wine, when people saw that although Meng Shiwen was still cold, she didn't say anything, and even chatted happily with Zui'er beside her, they all let go.

At this time, Miao Shaocheng smiled and said: "Second Senior Brother, why haven't I seen you bringing everyone here today?"

Shen Dao smiled and said, "She was delayed by something today, but she should be here later."

"Seriously, Second Senior Brother, if you lead everyone around all day long, doesn't the owner of Zuihuafang have any objections?" Xu De asked.

"Of course I have opinions, but I have to hold them in. Miss Qingqing is now her cash cow."

Shi Qingqing is the biggest courtesan in Zuihuafang, and many rich and young people spend a lot of money just to meet her.

In this way, Shi Qingqing's status in Zuihuafang is very transcendent.

Even the boss didn't dare to offend.

"Oh, but the more this happens, the harder it will be for you and Mr. Shi to be together!" Xu De sighed.

Naturally, the owner of Zuihuafang will not let go of such a money tree easily.

This is also the reason why Shen Dao has been with him for so long but still failed to redeem him.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Junior brother is treating us today. Let's talk about something fun." Miao Shaocheng quickly smoothed things over.

Xu De also consciously made a mistake and quickly raised his glass to liven up the atmosphere.

But at this moment, there was a burst of panicked footsteps outside the door, and then the door of the private room was knocked open.

The visitor turned out to be a little maid.

As soon as she saw Shen Dao sitting in the room, she felt like she had found a life-saving straw.

"Mr. Shen, hurry up, something happened over there, Miss!"

After hearing this, Shen Dao suddenly stood up, and his always smiling expression now became extremely cold and solemn.

"where?"

"Aunt Xue's house in Yonglefang!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Dao opened the window and flew out.

At this time, everyone in the room also reacted.

Miao Shaocheng recognized that this little maid was Xi'er beside Shi Qingqing, and quickly asked: "What's going on? What's wrong with everyone Shi?"

"Xue...Aunt Xue's family is all dead!" Xi'er seemed to be frightened, and she just muttered incoherently when faced with Miao Shaocheng's questions.

When everyone saw this scene, they naturally couldn't drink the wine anymore.

"Let's go take a look too. What if something happens to Second Senior Brother?" Xu De said.

Although Shen Dao is considered the strongest among the five, it is difficult for him to defeat four people with two fists. What if there are too many people on the opposite side?

So Zhao Ya left his meal money and asked Meng Shiwen to take care of Zui'er and the maid Xi'er, and then followed Miao Shaocheng and Xu De to Yongle Fang.

Yonglefang is not close to Feixianju, but the three of them all have great skills, and they arrived with just a cup of tea under their full strength.

Xu De once followed Shen Dao and Shi Qingqing to Aunt Xue's house, so he knew the way.

He led Zhao Ya and Miao Shaocheng to a house in Yongle Fang soon.

At this time, the courtyard door opened wide, and a woman's cry could be heard faintly from inside.

The three of them looked at each other, got ready, and then stepped inside.

Zhao Ya frowned as soon as he entered the hospital.

Because he smelled an extremely strong smell of blood.

Miao Shaocheng and Xu De naturally smelled it, and their expressions changed.

After hurriedly arriving at the main room, he saw Shen Dao standing in the room with a pale face, and sitting next to him was Shi Qingqing.

At this time, Master Shi, who was famous for his beauty and beauty, was holding a corpse in his arms and crying non-stop.

Seeing this corpse, not only Zhao Ya, but also Miao Shaocheng and Xu De could not help but frown.

Because this is a naked female corpse, and the death condition is extremely miserable, with knife marks of varying depths all over the body.

Xu De recognized the female corpse as that of Aunt Xue.

You must know that Aunt Xue is just a nickname. In fact, she is only about thirty years old.

She was also a girl from Zuihuafang at first. Later, as she got older and earned enough redemption money, she redeemed herself and moved to Yonglefang.

Back in Zuihuafang, Aunt Xue had the best relationship with Shi Qingqing.

Especially because Shi Qingqian was still young at the time, Aunt Xue helped her with many things.

So when she later redeemed herself and moved to Yonglefang, Shi Qingqing still came to see her often.

Unexpectedly, Aunt Xue died tragically at home today, and it seemed that she had suffered extremely cruel abuse before she was born.

"Second Senior Brother, what's going on?" Miao Shaocheng asked.

Shen Dao didn't say anything, just silently stretched out his hand, and in the palm of his hand was a butterfly made of jade.

"Jade butterfly!"

The three of them exclaimed in unison.

Shen Dao nodded, "Yes, it's the Jade Butterfly."

Then after Shen Dao's narration, the three of them knew what was going on.

It turns out that today is Aunt Xue's birthday, so Shi Qingqing did not follow Shen Dao to the banquet.

She prepared gifts and took her maid to Aunt Xue's house, but no matter how hard she called, the door couldn't be opened.

At that time, Shi Qingqing had a premonition that something was not going to happen, so he simply asked the maid Xi'er to bring a ladder, climbed the wall and opened the courtyard door from the inside.

As soon as he entered the door, Shi Qingqing almost collapsed at the tragic scene in front of him.

Aunt Xue, who had a close relationship with her, died tragically in the living room.

In the next room, all seven members of Aunt Xue's family were killed, including the old woman who was sweeping the courtyard.

This kind of tragedy made Shi Qingqing grief-stricken, but she still managed to maintain a sense of consciousness, so she ordered her maid Xi'er to go to Feixianju to find Shen Dao.

As for why not go to the government first...

If we count on those group of detectives to come over, it will probably be daybreak.

When Shen Dao arrived, he was also shocked by this scene, but he quickly calmed down, carefully surveyed the scene, and then discovered the jade butterfly.

Now the situation has become clear. Apparently, Jade Butterfly, who had been silent for more than two years, took action again and killed Aunt Xue's family.

Everyone looked extremely ugly.

Miao Shaocheng was even more angry and cursed.

"Damn it, this son of a bitch Jade Butterfly is really crazy. He raped first and then killed him. He tortured people like this. Don't let me catch him. I will peel off all his skin after I catch him."

"There are many people who want to skin him, but the key is that no one knows who this Jade Butterfly is." Xu De said helplessly.

Zhao Ya said nothing.

At this time, he was carefully examining the scene.

According to Shi Qingqing, the courtyard door was locked when they came, so this jade butterfly must have flown into the house.

This is not surprising. He has been able to commit so many major crimes, and several of them were committed in the heavily guarded compound. This shows that the jade butterfly's lightness skills are quite impressive.

The key is the doors and windows inside.

Zhao Ya observed carefully and finally found traces of lock picking on a window.

This kind of window is fixed with bolts on the inside. At this time, the bolts inside have been broken, but there are no signs of damage to the wood outside.

Zhao Ya frowned.

This method, which is similar to beating an ox across a mountain, is a clever use of force.

And to be able to do this, the strength of this Jade Butterfly is by no means ordinary.

It can now be concluded that he came in through this window.

It just happened that it had rained in the county in the past two days.

So Zhao Ya looked for clues very carefully.

Seeing Zhao Ya searching for something on the ground without saying a word, Miao Shaocheng just wanted to come over.

Zhao Ya suddenly said: "Don't come over."

Miao Shaocheng stopped in his tracks.

The footprints on the ground were very messy, but Aunt Xue's family were all women, and it was Shi Qingqing who discovered the scene immediately, which gave Zhao Ya a lot of convenience.

As long as those women's footprints are eliminated, the rest will be suspicious.

really.

After searching for a long time, Zhao Ya finally found a suspicious footprint in the corner.

The footprints were covered with fresh soil, and they had obviously only appeared in the past two days.

But the most important thing is not this. Zhao Ya found that the pair of footprints, one deep and one shallow, was very strange.

Could it be that…….

Zhao Ya's heart was moved. Could it be that Jade Butterfly, who had committed countless major crimes, was actually a cripple?