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After three days of walking, Lin Shen and his group arrived at Yangzhou City. They found that the city gates were heavily guarded, and only entry was allowed, not exit. Zhao Linger asked, "What happened?"

Li Xiaoyao saw a notice board, so he and the others walked over. The notice clearly stated: By order of the Yangzhou prefect, thugs have been rampant in the city recently. In order to track down the suspect, all of you are only allowed to enter the city and not leave.

Anu looked at the notice and said, "Brother Li, Brother Anos, what's going on?"

Lin Shen said, "It's very simple. The city has been in turmoil recently. No one is allowed to enter or leave."

Zhao Linger said, "Ah! Then shall we go in?"

Li Xiaoyao said, "When I see injustice, I will draw my sword to help. Since there are villains causing trouble, how can I sit idly by? Let's go in and take a look."

Lin Shen rolled his eyes at Li Xiaoyao and said, "You've recovered quite quickly."

Li Xiaoyao said, "Can we just sit back and do nothing?"

Lin Shen thought: I chose to come along this time because I was afraid that Li Xiaoyao would fall again. Besides, Ji Sanniang is not a good person either. Let the four of them go first, and I will clean up their mess.

Lin Shen said, "Let's go in and take a look. They are just a bunch of rats and will never amount to anything."

The five men walked to the city gate. There were five yamen runners and a patrol officer at the gate. They asked for a long time, "Who are you?"

Li Xiaoyao said, "Brother Patrolman, we are just guests passing by."

The policeman said, "There are thieves in the city right now. You'd better take a detour."

Lin Shen said, "Thank you for your kindness, but we still need to go in and take a look."

The police officer said, "For the purpose of screening suspects, you can go in, but you are not allowed to leave the city."

After that, the police officer let them go. After the five of them passed through the city wall, they saw that except for the shops, all other doors in the city were closed. Apart from the patrolling police officers and vendors, there were few people on the streets. Even if there were people, they would look around, looking at everyone like a thief.

Anu said, "It's only a certain time now, there aren't many people on the road."

Lin Shen said, "There's nothing we can do. There are thieves in the city, and the government can't solve the problem. So, we have to leave it this way. We should go out less often, and if we do go out, we should be more careful."

Anu said, "They are just a few petty thieves, how can they not be solved?"

Lin Shen continued, "On the one hand, it's possible that those people were quick and efficient after finishing their work and would clean up the scene.

Another factor is related to current investigative methods. I don't think they even know what fingerprints are."

Zhao Linger said, "It's hard for the people here."

Lin Yueru said, "They are all those scoundrels. I will give them a good beating after I catch them."

Li Xiaoyao heard a key point and asked, "Anos, what are the fingerprints you are talking about?"

Lin Shen said, "Just take a look at your ten fingers and you will understand."

Li Xiaoyao and the other three were looking at their hands and said, "What can our hands be called?"

Lin Shen sighed and said, "It's hard to explain it simply. When we check into the inn, we can find some ink and paper and it will become clear."

Anu said, "Anos always knows some weird things." Lin Shen smiled bitterly and did not respond.

Li Xiaoyao said, "Why don't we book an inn and have a place to stay first."

So a few people asked around about the inns in Yangzhou City, but because people were not allowed to leave the city, many inns were full.

After many twists and turns, I finally found Yangji Inn. After entering, I was told that there was still one guest room.

Lin Shen thought to himself: Oh my God, five people squeezed into one guest room, what was he thinking?

Lin Yueru said, "Are there no other rooms? Five people in one room, with both men and women. Do you think it's suitable?"

The innkeeper said helplessly, "Miss, I also feel it is inappropriate, but now the government has issued an order that you can only enter but not leave.

So the other inns are basically full, and it's already difficult to get a room. You can't let guests sleep on the beams."

Zhao Linger said, "The situation is special now, let's deal with it."

Lin Yueru said, "That's the only way."

The innkeeper said, "Go upstairs, room number five. Please register."

So a few people registered their names and went to the room. The room was about the same size as a double room in an ordinary hotel, but there was only one bed and an area separated by a screen with a bathtub inside.

Lin Yueru said, "Five people, one bed, how can we sleep like this?"

Li Xiaoyao said, "You three girls, squeeze in together. I'll just lie on the table."

Zhao Linger said, "What about Anos?"

Lin Yueru said, "You forgot, he rarely sleeps. He can keep watch for us."

Lin Shen said, "Do you want me to get a gong and drumsticks, so I can bang them as I walk, and then shout 'The weather is dry, be careful of fire'?"

Everyone burst into laughter. Lin Yueru said, "Now you can joke around. You used to be very closed."

Lin Shen said, "Who made me suffer from you ancestors?"

Anu said, "By the way, Brother Anos, what are the fingerprints you just mentioned? You said you would explain it to us when we get to the inn."

Lin Shen said, "You have a strong thirst for knowledge and still remember this. Okay, one of you can ask the innkeeper for some ink and paper."

Li Xiaoyao went out, and after a while he came back with ink and paper.

Lin Shen didn't say anything, but just dipped the five fingers of his left hand into the ink, and then gently tapped the paper one by one.

Lin Shen showed the paper with his left hand's fingerprint to everyone and said, "Actually, the so-called fingerprints are the lines on the fingers.

Because the lines are too small, they may be difficult to see with the naked eye, so they need to be printed on paper using ink or something similar.

You can see that the lines on the five fingers are completely different."

Li Xiaoyao and the other three took a closer look, and Anu said, "It's true. The fingerprints of the five fingers are completely different."

Lin Shen said, "Not only the fingers of the same person, but also the fingers of different people will be different. If you don't believe it, you can use this method to see."

Lin Yueru volunteered to print her left hand fingerprint on the paper with ink. After comparing the two, she found that it was indeed different from Lin Shen's.

Zhao Linger said, "It's true. Sister Yueru's fingerprints are completely different from Brother Anos's."

Lin Shen said, "So when we were investigating the scene, there were people who specialized in collecting fingerprints left by suspects as physical evidence, but we don't have such professional equipment here.

Some people have estimated that the probability of two people having exactly the same fingerprint is one in 150 billion.

Li Xiaoyao, Zhao Linger, Lin Yueru, and Anu all said in unison, "Is the possibility so low?!"

Lin Shen nodded. At this moment, a "Gu~" sound was heard, and Zhao Linger blushed.

Lin Shen said, "Uh~ Let's find a place to get something to eat."

Lin Yueru said, "Okay, it's a good opportunity to see what delicious food and fun things there are in Yangzhou."

Lin Shen whispered, "Eat until old age, play until old age."

After saying that, she laughed softly and a tear flowed from the corner of her eye, but Li Xiaoyao and the others didn't notice.

So a few people left the inn, and not many street food stalls were closed because of the thefts in the city.

As they walked, Lin Yueru said, "I don't know what delicious food there is in Yangzhou."

Lin Shen said, "I only know about Yangzhou fried rice. I don't know if it's available now."

Lin Yueru said, "Then let's go look for it and try what the Yangzhou fried rice is like." So the five of them started looking for a place that sells fried rice.

(Chapter 75 End)