Nightwatcher

"Then let's analyze it from the beginning. If you were Zhou Min, how would you handle this matter?" Xu Qi'an looked around the crowd and asked.

The chatter started discussing with you and me:

"Using the password to beat the yamen?"

"Didn't you just say that the secret level of this password is not high enough?"

"If it were me, I would hide in a place where no one can find me."

"Nonsense, if no one can find it, what's the point of hiding the evidence?"

At this point, everyone was stunned, and the scene fell into a brief silence.

Xu Qi'an snapped his fingers, looked at the Tonggong who inadvertently revealed the mystery, and said, "That's right, the purpose of Zhou Min's collection of evidence is to be found, to be found by us. Think along the lines of thought."

Governor Zhang clapped his fists and praised him aloud, and said a little excitedly:

"That's the reason. Zhou Min won't hide the evidence in a place where no one can find it. Then the objects that hide the clues won't be expensive, but they will be very conspicuous."

All of a sudden, everyone's minds were opened, and it felt like they had touched the door of a new world. Excited to use my brain.

A few minutes later, the guards looked at each other blankly, "But, these items have been checked. There is no code, and there is nothing that can fit the jade pendant."

The door to the new world closed suddenly, and I began to doubt my life again. So, everyone turned their attention to Xu Qi'an.

There are too few leading clues to find out. However, to investigate a case is to find clues. A good criminal investigation expert is good at deliberating from various angles and looking for clues from details.

But the rookie would only be like a child, full of question marks in his mind. Xu Qi'an turned a blind eye to everyone's gaze, immersed in his own world.

"Do you have any idea?" A silver gong couldn't help asking, but Jiang Lvzhong sealed his mouth without saying a word.

"Don't disturb him." Jiang Lvzhong said in a deep voice.

Governor Zhang also pressed his hand, signaling to everyone to be safe and not to be impatient. He put all his treasures on Xu Qi'an, this young Tongluo proved his worth and ability with his "record".

Governor Zhang couldn't help but wonder if Duke Wei had anticipated the changes in Yunzhou when he sent Xu Qi'an here.

Precisely because he expected the difficulties of the case, he sent Xu Qi'an, a prodigy in solving cases, to help the official. Wei Gong really had foresight and foresight, and the layout was far-reaching.

"Correspondingly, the clever Wei Guild sent Xu Qi'an here to show that he will definitely be able to solve the case." Governor Zhang secretly cheered up, feeling relieved all of a sudden, and no longer so irritable.

He was born as a censor, so it is really difficult for him to solve the case, fortunately there is Xu Ningyan

Xu Qi'an didn't know Governor Zhang's rich inner drama, so he was immersed in his own reasoning:

Are there really clues in these relics? If I were Zhou Min, I would find a way to leave clues for the watchman, but I may not leave them in the relics, because it is too easy to destroy, and it only takes a big fire to be reduced to ashes, but it is impossible to leave no clues, so, The safest way is to operate on two lines and not put all eggs in one basket.

right!

Two-line operation, Yang Yingying is another basket of Zhou Min.

Yang Yingying was an unexpected harvest, not a clue that Zhou Min left for the watchman. Since Zhou Min's relics did not find any clues, why not try to break through from Yang Yingying.

Thinking of this, Xu Qi'an's spirit lifted, and he felt suddenly enlightened.

The silver gongs in the God Realm were keenly aware of Xu Qi'an's emotional changes, and they also lifted their spirits accordingly. They were about to ask questions, but found that Xu Qi'an's eyes darkened again, and he fell into deep thought again.

The reasoning of the famous detective Xu Ningyan encountered a bottleneck again, that is, there were too few clues on Yang Yingying.

"It's still the same problem. There are too few clues. It's just half a jade pendant. At most, it can be guessed that it is some kind of token. Reorganize the clues, exclude Zhou Min's other line, and focus on Yang Yingying's basket.

"If Yang Yingying arrives in Qingzhou, finds Lay Ziyang and presents him with a jade pendant, it will explain why." Xu Qi'an simulated the process in his brain:

"What should Layman Ziyang do? He will also face my current dilemma: lack of clues.

"When you are confused and lack clues, you must find a way to obtain more information, so how to obtain information? Of course, ask the person who brought the jade pendant, right, right, right! It is to ask the person who brought the jade pendant."

"I thought of it, I thought of it!" Xu Qi'an said loudly.

"What did you think of?" Everyone said in unison.

"No hurry," Xu Qi'an ordered, "Call Yang Yingying over here, I have something to ask her."

"Go, go!" Governor Zhang urged.

A gong immediately went upstairs and invited out the plump young woman who stayed in the room after dinner and did not go out.

Yang Yingying was still in the coarse cloth dress when they first met, and saluted gracefully: "Why did your lord call the women down the stairs?"

Xu Qi'an asked: "When Zhou Min handed the jade pendant to you that night, what else did he say?"

Yang Yingying shook her head: "Apart from what the mistress said earlier, Mrs. Zhou didn't explain anything else. Otherwise, the mistress wouldn't forget."

She called Zhou Min her husband all of a sudden, and Mr. Zhou all of a sudden, which was an expression of extreme lack of confidence. In my heart, I believe that Zhou Min is the husband, but I also feel that I have no status, and my name is not worthy of my name. So the name changes repeatedly.

Xu Qi'an stroked the teacup, there must be something to explain, otherwise Layman Ziyang would be helpless even if he was a god. Zhou Min is a senior dark man with an absolutely online IQ. Well, Yang Yingying doesn't know, maybe she didn't notice it.

"Retell what Zhou Min said to you that night."

"This" Yang Yingying wondered: "Where do women still remember?"

"You don't need to be verbatim, just give a general idea." Xu Qi'an comforted, and at the same time her heart sank slightly. The reason why Yang Yingying didn't remember was that what the two of them said that night was probably some parents' short words.

Just like when you walk on the street and see all kinds of people, you don’t remember their appearance, even the color of their clothes.

The more ordinary, the less you will remember it in your heart.

"Master Zhou came to see the women that night, and he brought me some rouge powder and small gifts, as well as a jug of wine and a few catties of pig's head meat as before.

"During the dinner, he chatted with me about official affairs and the banditry in Yunzhou as usual.

"But because folk women are women, they don't like to hear these things, so Mr. Zhou didn't say much. Then it's word puzzles

"After dinner, when the women were serving him, he told me about that incident and gave me half of the jade pendant."

Xu Qi'an asked her to focus on "officialdom" and "banditry", but found that it was just Zhou Min's complaint.

"What about the crossword puzzles? Are there any crossword puzzles?"

Yang Yingying thought for a while, then said softly, "Ten mouths and one heart."

As soon as Xu Qi'an thought about it, Governor Zhang rushed to answer: "Think!"

"That's right." Yang Yingying continued, "If you lose one in a thousand miles, you lose one in a hundred miles."

Governor Zhang: "Uncle."

Yang Yingying nodded, and said again: "Eat the ox's tail in one bite."

Governor Zhang: "Report."

"Your Excellency Governor is amazing." The watchman and Huben Wei cast admiring gazes.

I don't know why, Governor Zhang actually felt a sense of elation, that kind of feeling is not useless after all, and this official is also a dragon and phoenix among people, how can Xu Ningyan stand out from the crowd, and the sense of refreshment arises spontaneously.

Guessing crossword puzzles is completely commonplace for scholars.

Xu Qi'an was dissatisfied that Governor Zhang always interrupted his thoughts, knocked on the table, and said in a deep voice:

"Master Governor, I also have an anagram, which has troubled me for a long time."

Governor Zhang nodded slightly, signaling him to ask a question.

Xu Qi'an said: "Miss Wen is married."

Governor Zhang frowned slightly at first, then frowned, then his face became stiff, and finally he was completely dazed, standing there blankly.

Xu Qi'an nodded in satisfaction, looked at Yang Yingying, and asked her to continue talking.

"The last two crossword puzzles are: 'Baiyu Wuxia' and 'Sun and Moon Same Sky'. The former is the character for 'Huang' and the latter is for 'Ming'."

Xu Qi'an ordered his colleagues to find a pen and paper, spread it out on the table, and write down: Si, Bo, Gao, Huang, Ming.

Five characters.

Jiang Lvzhong read it many times, "What do these five characters mean?"

Five words cannot be connected in series, each word is independent, what does Zhou Min want to express? Or, really just a crossword puzzle?

Xu Qi'an turned to look at Governor Zhang, the governor was immersed in his own world

Forget it, these five words are obviously not anagrams, so the role of the governor is gone, let him compete with Miss Wen.

Afterwards, Xu Qi'an was also immersed in his own world: "If this is the clue that Zhou Min wants to reveal to Layman Ziyang, then it will not be too deep and obscure, and it must be easily discovered by people who come to Yunzhou for the first time.

"What things are newcomers and can be easily found? Another way of thinking, what are the needs of people who are new to Yunzhou?"

I got it!

Xu Qi'an let out a long breath: "I have solved the mystery."