Kaifeng Cat and Mouse Detective Manuscript

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows, touched his chin with one hand, put his hand on his waist, and followed Zhan Zhao to look at the entrance of the courtyard, wondering who the witness Elder Li said was.

"Elder, people have brought."

Two attendants in black walked out of the courtyard, carrying an old man and a man in his 40s and [-]s with each hand.

The old man was wearing a Confucian scarf, a long gown, and a wooden medicine box on his shoulders. He should have been directly grabbed by Elder Li.The man next to him, Bai Yutang, had a little impression that he was the watchman he saw last night.

"Mao'er, the man next to him is the one who notified the nursing home in the manor last night."Bai Yutang tilted his head slightly, seeing that Yu Shaotian and the three elders were all focused on the audience, he quietly covered his mouth and nose with his hands and said.

Zhan Zhao nodded.

"Come forward, both of you, and tell Lord Zhan what you saw yesterday. Don't be afraid, just tell the truth." Elder Li said harshly, staring at the two people in the audience, the old man backed away in fright, and fell to the ground.

"Afraid of us?" Bai Yutang laughed, pointing at himself and then at Zhan Zhao, "I think he's afraid of you, he looks vicious, and he scares people to the ground after saying a word."

"You! You are slick!" Elder Li put his hands behind his back, and he didn't dare to get angry at Bai Yutang directly, so he said to the following, "Say it soon."

"Yes……"

The two people in the audience glanced at each other and stepped forward tremblingly. The old man spoke first, "Master Qi Zhan, the villain is the doctor who treated Elder Xu yesterday. When Elder Xu came back from the mountain, he vomited blood continuously. When the villain took his pulse, he found that the organs were damaged, and then..."

As he said that, while he was not paying attention, he sneaked a glance at Yu Shaotian. Zhan Zhao had been staring at him from the side. He was keenly aware of that gaze, so he pretended to talk to Bai Yutang, and looked sideways at Yu Shaotian who was standing behind him. When the old man looked at him, he nodded.

"Afterwards, the old man prescribed the medicine, and planned to go for a reexamination early this morning. Who knows, the old man was arrested by Elder Li just after leaving the house this morning, and thus learned of Elder Xu's death."

"What is the cause of death?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"The old man checked Elder Xu before he entered the coffin. One part was injured by internal force, and the other part was stabbed in the chest by a sword."

"Full of nonsense!" Bai Yutang heard and said, staring at the old man, "Zhan Zhao and Yu Shaotian were both in the courtyard yesterday, I only used the sword, how could the organs be damaged?!"

"This...Although the old man doesn't know martial arts, he knows medical skills. Elder Xu's organs are indeed damaged. If you don't believe me, you can ask him to check it."

"Bai Yutang, are you still trying to quibble?! That watchman, come forward and tell Mr. Zhan what you saw last night?" Elder Li snorted coldly.

"Yes...it's like this!" Seeing that the atmosphere in the courtyard was not good, the watchman was afraid that if he was not careful, Elder Li and the others would vent their anger on themselves, stuttering and trembling when speaking.

"Last night in the middle of the night, the villain went to the Elder Xu's courtyard to check as usual, but found a sound of beating in the room. The villain thought it was a thief. After turning around and calling someone over, the nursing home went inside to check. After a while, I saw a man in white flying out of the window."

"The night is dark and the wind is high, how do you know that that man is Bai Yutang?" Zhan Zhao squatted in front of the watchman and asked carefully, raising one hand back to signal Bai Yutang not to speak.

"The villain did not see the man clearly, but he did see the sword he used." The watchman collapsed on the ground, lowering his head and not daring to look at Zhan Zhao.

"Sword? Can you elaborate?"

The watchman thought for a few seconds, and then said, "... At that time, I was holding a lantern, and the man flew past me, and just illuminated the sword. It was about two feet away. It looked very sharp, with a gray stripe falling down. Jian Sui is very conspicuous."

"Bai Yutang, what else do you have to say now?" Elder Li said, sternly confirming that Bai Yutang was the murderer.

"Elder Li, speak carefully!"

Zhan Zhao lifted his clothes and stood up, walked to Bai Yutang's side step by step, looked at the crowd in the stands, and then turned his gaze to Elder Li, "Zhan said that if Bai Yutang did what he did, he will definitely pay in blood. But now, based on the words of these two people, Elder Li believes that it is Bai Yutang. Is it too arbitrary? Zhan has followed Mr. Bao for many years, and has never seen such a case. What is the final decision? Where do you set up the court? Where is the official house?"

"Don't dare," Elder Li didn't dare to refute, took a few breaths, and said, "My fourth brother was murdered and died, and I couldn't help being emotional. I hope Master Zhan will forgive me."

"Since Elder Li is relieved to leave this matter to Zhan, then Zhan will handle it impartially. Elder Xu is just like what the doctor said, so let's open the coffin for an autopsy."

"It's inevitable to open the coffin for an autopsy, but," Elder Li looked at Bai Yutang, "Why don't you see your accompanying sword? I heard that the Chinchilla Zhanlu never leaves his hand. Why? Is there a ghost in my heart that dare not bring it out?"

"Your grandpa Bai came out to sneak around and still carry a sword?"

"Come here," Zhan Zhao interrupted the conversation between the two, and waved for a maid, "Go to my room and bring Juque and Zhanlu out."

"Since Elder Li wants to see the sword, he has to look carefully at that moment." Zhan Zhao said calmly, "Although Zhan is only a guard of the Kaifeng Mansion, he is well aware of the laws of the Song Dynasty, and he will be jailed for malicious framing."

"It's natural."

Not long after, two servant girls came over with a long sword in their arms.

"You can see clearly, you saw that sword last night?"

Zhan Zhao stepped forward, picked up a handful in one hand, and handed it to the watchman.Juque and Zhanlu are similar in length and blade shape, the only difference is that Zhanlu's scabbard is silver-white, while Juque is close to black.But it just so happened that neither Zhan Zhao nor Bai Yutang went out with their scabbards last night, and now only the tassels on the two swords are recognizable.

"This... this!"

The watchman only glanced at Jiansui, and pointed to the giant que with a gray tassel on his left hand.

"Really?" Zhan Zhao asked again.

"It's this one, I recognize this Jiansui! It's definitely gray!" The watchman nodded again for confirmation.

"Okay, Elder Li still has questions? Do you need to ask the nurse who was there last night to check?" Zhan Zhao turned around and showed the sword to Elder Li to check.

"I wasn't there at the time, how could I recognize it? Now that the watchman has confirmed it, what else do you have to say, Bai Yutang?"

"Elder Li, do you mean Master Zhan is the murderer?" Bai Yutang took the giant que with the gray sword tassels from Zhan Zhao's hand without haste, and played with it.

"What do you mean?"

"Because this sword is Mr. Zhan's giant sword. If you don't believe me, look at it." With a movement of Bai Yutang's finger, the blade came out of the sheath. Under the handle, the word "juque" was engraved brightly.

"How come!?" Elder Li was shocked, picked up the watchman's collar, and pulled him up from the ground, "Did you read wrong last night?"

"No villain! It's the gray sword spike!" The watchman struggled in fright, "Master Zhan doesn't care about my business! I did see the gray sword spike!"

"Elder Li, let go." Zhan Zhao raised his hand to grab his arm, seeing that he was still holding on tightly, he couldn't help but press hard with his palm.

"Zhan has offended me." As soon as the words fell, Elder Li yelled "Ah", and the hand that was holding the watchman fell limply like a broken bone.

"Zhan Zhao...you! Maybe you killed your fourth brother!" Elder Li became angry with embarrassment, and his face turned pale because of the severe pain in his palm, and he couldn't choose what to say.

"Elder Li!" Yu Shaotian, who had been standing in the mourning hall, finally came down, "Elder Li, as the guard of the Kaifeng Mansion, how could Lord Zhan kill people? I'm afraid there is a misunderstanding."

"Misunderstanding? The young leader said it nicely. This sword belonged to Zhan Zhao, and the court has never been used to us Jianghu sects. Even if he kills one or two, Bao Zheng will be punished?"

"That's right," the other two elders came over to agree.

"Needless to say, let's open the coffin for an autopsy." Zhan Zhao didn't want to say too much. Today's incident was originally someone digging a hole, waiting for Bai Yutang to jump, but now he disrupted it by himself, and he doesn't know how Yu Shaotian will end up.

"Master Zhan, Elder Li is in a hurry for a while, please don't take his words to heart." Yu Shaotian saw the anger on the faces of the three elders, but Zhan Zhao's expressionless face, so he had to intervene in the middle to be a peacemaker.

"Young leader is joking." Before Zhan Zhao could speak, Bai Yutang stepped forward and separated Zhan Lu between Zhan Zhao and Yu Shaotian, "Your Elder Li insisted that I killed someone at first, but now he says it was Zhan Zhao. I have a question, maybe Xu Donghai's death was deliberately framed?"

"This... Shaoxia Bai is too much to worry about." Yu Shaotian was immediately embarrassed. Seeing that neither of them spoke, he had no choice but to turn the conversation to the coffin again, "Then Master Zhan, please look at Elder Xu's body first. Come here, open the coffin."

The attendants around the coffin glanced at Elder Li, and after receiving a signal, they slowly pushed half of the coffin's cover open.

Zhan Zhao stepped forward with his sword in hand, and looked in with his head. Before he could see clearly, he felt a palm wind coming from his back. Kong was on the coffin, leaving a mark, which shows the great strength.

"Cat!"

Bai Yutang was standing on the right side of Zhan Zhao, when the entourage was about to flee, he flew in front of him, kicked him with his right foot and knocked him to the ground, he rolled a few times on the ground, and ran out of the courtyard.

"how?"

Zhan Zhao clutched his arm, the upper crutch of his arm was numb from the shock, and he almost couldn't hold Ju Que first.

"Nothing", Zhan Zhao shook his head.

"catch him!"

Yu Shaotian waited for the others to run far away before opening their mouths. Everyone chased after them as if they had come to their senses. The three elders were stunned by the sudden change just now. After hearing Yu Shaotian's shout, they immediately asked their followers to follow.

"Who was that person just now?"

Zhan Zhao's attention was always on Xu Donghai, he only knew that he was one of the people surrounding the coffin at that time.