Twelve Mirrors

Yuan Ming took Xie Ting and swaggered to the Hualou in Fangshi.

The name of Hualou is Hualou. The best place for young ladies in Kyoto is Chrysanthemum Appreciation Pavilion, and the best place for girls is Hualou.

When Yuan Ming heard that he was going to handle the case in Hualou, his eyes lit up excitedly, and he dragged Xie Ting to the Hualou.

On weekdays, there are many hawkers selling all kinds of novelties downstairs, but today there are no idlers downstairs, only a bunch of policemen sent by Shuntian Mansion are left to guard Hualou.

People outside can't get in, and people inside can't get out.

A lonely look appeared on Yuan Ming's face.

Seeing him like this, Xie Ting wished he could wake him up with a slap, but due to the crowd, he could only grab a small piece of Yuan Ming's skin and pinch it fiercely.

Yuan Ming woke up immediately.

General Xu died in a room on the second floor of Hualou.

Before the two of them entered the room, they smelled a strong smell of blood. Xie Ting took out his waist badge and showed it to the catcher, and then went in.

As soon as he entered, Xie Ting ran out, laying on the fence on the second floor and vomiting.

Seeing his appearance, the head catcher handed over a pot of cold boiled water and said, "My lord, what's wrong with this, please bear with it and take a good look before vomiting."

Xie Ting drank a few mouthfuls of water, collected himself, and went in to check again.

When he came in just now, he just saw bloodstains all over the place. When he collected his mind and went in to look again, he found that General Xu Min was completely broken on the bed, except for the head of course.

The corpses were broken into pieces, and they were still neatly arranged on the bed according to the shape of the human body.

The blood in the body has probably been emptied, soaked the quilt, and then slowly seeped out from the bed, and finally condensed into a dark red thing on the ground.

Because it was early summer, many mosquitoes and flies had already been attracted, and a few catchers chased them around with bats.

Xie Ting stared intently for a while, and finally crawled out again and vomited in the dark.

Yuan Ming thoughtfully took out a handkerchief embroidered with blue birds from his sleeve and handed it to Xie Ting, "Wipe it, your appearance is really ugly."

Xie Ting raised his eyes to look at Yuan Ming, but Yuan Ming's expression remained the same, he even said that he caressed his back thoughtfully, and asked him if he wanted to drink some more water.

Seeing that Xie Ting had recovered better, Yuan Ming turned around and asked, "Who is going to report the case?"

The head catcher replied: "It's Hongxiu, the girl in the flower building. It is said that she found out that General Xu looked like this when she woke up in the morning and wanted to wake General Xu up, and then her mother called someone to report the crime."

Yuan Ming heard about this and asked, "Where is the red embroidered man?"

The catcher replied: "It's locked up. Last night General Xu asked her to serve her by name, so the biggest possibility is that she killed someone last night, and today she acted innocent again."

Yuan Ming widened his eyes and said, "Stupid idiot, is Hongxiu a genius? Make a big man look like this, eh? I think you read too many ghost novels."

The head catcher said embarrassedly: "My lord's words are indeed good. I've been reading a strange novel recently, and that's what it's about. Let me analyze it for you, my lord..."

Xie Ting heard their nonsense, interrupted: "Let's talk about these things in private, take me to see Hongxiu."

Hongxiu is a beautiful woman, the beauty of Cuixiang is reserved, while the beauty of Hongxiu is public.

Even at this time, Hongxiu was very indifferent, she sat in the room, when she saw Xie Ting and Yuan Ming, she got up and straightened her clothes and saluted.

Seeing that Xie Ting had been staring at Hongxiu, Yuan Ming coughed in dissatisfaction.

Xie Ting came back to his senses and said: "Go and ask outside for some pens, ink, paper and inkstone. Miss Hongxiu, I'm Xie Ting. I have some things I want to ask, and I hope the girl knows. Just tell me the truth."

Hongxiu glanced at Xie Ting and said: "I will tell you what I know, but I'm afraid I can't tell you about the privacy of the guests."

Yuan Ming said unhappily: "This old Xu has been broken into pieces like this. His heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys have been seen clean. What's the matter with privacy?"

Hongxiu: "Oh"

The room fell into a rare silence.Yuan Ming stared at Hongxiu, who stared back without any weakness.

In the end, Yuan Ming lost his temper and said, "That's all, I don't want to get angry with Hua Niang."

Then he went out to find pens, inks, papers and inkstones for Xie Ting.

"General Xu came here yesterday afternoon, and brought a barbarian over." Hong Xiu watched Xie Ting sharpen the ink with cold eyes, and said.

Dasheng's folk customs are open, and people from outside Xinjiang often come to Kyoto to do business, and some even settle here.

General Xu came over yesterday afternoon near dusk. He brought a barbarian by his side and called Hongxiu to serve him. He drove Hongxiu out halfway through the meal.

Xie Ting's pen paused, and asked: "Did you be kicked out for no reason?"

Hongxiu took out a box of rouge from her sleeve, carefully smeared it on her mouth and said, "No, just let me go out to get wine, and when I come back, that barbarian will be gone."

"In our line of business, the most important thing is to observe words and expressions. If there is anything the guests don't want us to see and hear, we can just leave." Hongxiu said.

Yuan Ming said: "I can't tell, your professional ethics are quite high."

Hongxiu rolled up her sleeves and said, "That's natural."

Xie Ting supported his forehead and said, "Can you finish the business first."

"General Xu asked to go upstairs to rest after he had had enough wine. After I helped him upstairs, he asked me to leave, and I left. When I called him up the next morning, I found that he had become like this " Hongxiu's tone was as if she saw a bird when she got up in the morning.

Xie Ting was silent, and finally couldn't help but said: "Miss Hongxiu, aren't you afraid?"

Hongxiu calmly said: "If I say I'm not afraid, will you suspect that I'm the perpetrator?"

Xie Ting pondered: "It is true that this possibility cannot be ruled out."

Hongxiu lowered her head, and when she raised her head again, her eyes were red.She sobbed: "My lord, I really don't know anything, I really don't know anything, I'm just a weak woman who came out to earn money."

Yuan Ming: "..."

The air in the room was a bit frozen, but fortunately, the head-hunting came down and knocked on the door at this time: "Young Lord, thank you sir. The mortician is here, saying that he has discovered something and wants to report it to you."

Xie Ting pushed open the door, and there was a thin young man standing behind the head catcher, with blood stains on his overcoat.

"What do you want to report to me?"

"My lord, there is nothing lacking in General Xu, except that he lacks human heart."

Confused, Xie Ting turned his head away in doubt, just in time to meet Yuan Ming's eyes.

Yuan Ming's eyes were a little erratic, and when he looked at the young man, his face was a little surprised, but mixed with some joy.

You two know each other? "Xie Shi looked at Yuan Ming and then at that person.

"I don't know you." Yuan Ming put away the expression on his face, still calm and authentic.

"The name of the grassroots is Qingyao, no surname, and a villager. Naturally, I have never seen such a noble person as the young master." Qingyao stepped forward and replied.

Qing Yao continued to reply: "General Xu has only one fatal wound, and that is in the abdomen, which is about three inches long. The body is intact, but the heart is missing."

When Qing Yu said this, she probably emphasized the last word.

Xie Ting remembered how General Xu's body was broken into pieces, and Qing Yao could still tell where was where, so he couldn't help but praise: "Mr. worked hard."

He asked again: "Are General Xu's family members here?"

The head catcher said: "Here we are, everyone is here, weeping and shouting down below to see their master, saying that we will strip that flower girl alive."

After hearing this, Hong Xiu pushed the door open and said, "I want to see who wants to skin me alive."

After finishing speaking, he went down with his pomegranate skirt, to meet General Xu's family head-on.The two policemen didn't stop her, Xie Ting was afraid of causing trouble, so he hurriedly followed her down.

The people who came to General Xu's house were all female relatives, many of whom were young and beautiful women, and even a few orchids with high noses and deep eyes.

Orchid.

Xie Ting grabbed Hongxiu who rolled up his sleeves and was about to fight with others, and said: "Miss Hongxiu, do you still remember the life of the person who drank with General Xu last night?"

Hongxiu turned her head impatiently, and casually pointed to a sixteen or seventeen-year-old orchid inside, and said, "She looks like her, with a big beard on her face, let me go, I'm going to scratch the flower their faces."

"They are making such a fuss, can I still do business in the future?"

Xie Ting's heart skipped a beat, and he turned his head to Yuan Ming and said in a low voice, "Have the surrounding small countries offered beauties in recent years, especially the side of Xijiang?"

Yuan Ming said: "No, the emperor is getting old, and they haven't presented beauties for decades."

"Besides, the emperor is not good at women."

Xie Ting looked at Yuan Ming seriously, and suddenly said a word: "Young Master, next time you have a case to deal with, please find someone else, and don't drag me around."

"You are really a broom star."

Yuan Ming smiled without saying a word.

Finally forced out the truth from this piece of wood.

Xie Ting shook his sleeves, and said to Yuan Ming: "Stop laughing, Young Master, please take me into the palace to meet the Holy Spirit, and please find someone to detain Hongxiu, I have something to ask her when I come back."

This time he entered the palace during the day, and when he entered the palace, he also met Yuan Zhou.

Yuan Zhou walked on the long palace road, followed by two little eunuchs, who followed Yuan Zhou with a memorial more than a foot high in their hands.

Yuan Zhou saw Yuan Ming and said with a smile: "The Twelfth Uncle is here, Grandpa Huang is in a good mood today, if there is anything you can go back quickly."

After speaking, he took the little eunuch and ran away in a hurry.

Yuan Ming laughed and said, "You're still like a child, no wonder the emperor is still worried."

Xie Ting looked at Yuan Zhou who was going away and said, "How old is Your Highness this year?"

"Eighteen, not as good as the weak crown." Yuan Ming put his face in front of Xie Ting and said, "Brother Xie Ting, look at how old I seem to be."

Xie Ting made a look of thinking hard and said: "You, you look like you are in your twenties, but your mind is like that of an eight-year-old child. People really can't guess how old you are."

Yuan Ming followed closely behind Xie Ting and said, "I'm already 21, only one year younger than you."

Xie Ting ignored him, followed Gong'e, and arrived at the Emperor's Hall of Thoughts in a short while.

Mostly all the memorials were carried away by Yuan Zhou, and Emperor Gongsu rarely sat leisurely on a chair to play with the birds, and seemed to be in a very good mood.

"Yuan Ming is here, sit down." Emperor Gongsu narrowed his eyes, looking at the two people in front of him.

"What's the matter with this old Xu? I heard that why did he die in Hualou?"

Yuan Ming replied: "That's true? The corpses are all broken into pieces, and all the concubines at home are talking about demolishing the flower building. Your Majesty, you didn't see that there are a few orchids inside. It's really beautiful."

Xie Ting turned his eyes around, staring at Yuan Ming's red lips, his brows gradually furrowed.

Is this young master really stupid or fake.

Why do you want to mention Orchid here.

The emperor seemed to grasp the point, and asked: "Orchids? I remember that foreign countries have not offered orchids in these years, who shamelessly imported them without authorization."

"Beauties mislead the country, don't you know this truth?"