Nie Xiaoman nodded, as if thinking that the situation that needed to be understood had come to an end, so he slowly stood up. He turned around and said a few words in Ji Shaoquan's ear, and Ji Shaoquan also stood up and asked Tian Youyu.

Ji Shaoquan said: "Now I'm going to go and see Nephew Ling first." And where is your maid's sister a maid? DID YOU KNOW? ”

Tian Youyu thought for a while and said, "She said it, but I can't remember." ”

Mrs. Tian, who had not spoken, suddenly opened her mouth and said, "I remember." At No. 6 Babaoqian Street, Sanmao Palace, a family surnamed Song.

Ji Shaoquan wrote it down and asked, "What's the name of the servant?" ”

The woman said: "Her surname is Shen, and we all call her Shen's mother."

Nie Xiaoman seemed to feel that the room was very stuffy, and stood up to go out, and Jing Mo also stood up. Before leaving, Xiao Man turned around and comforted Tian Youyu.

Nie Xiaoman said: "In my opinion, if this matter is traced in time, there should be hope for recovering the lost property." You have to be patient. We will let you know as soon as we get the news, and you should report any situation to us in time. ”

A smile appeared on Tian Youyu's fat face, and he saluted again and again, saying, "I hope so." Please also take some effort, if you can chase the treasure back home, I will be grateful. ”

Nie Xiaoman said politely, and said goodbye with Ji Shaoquan and Su Jingmo. When the three of them were going down the stairs, Xiao Man asked Ji Shaoquan.

"What were you interrogating in the accounts just now?"

"I asked if I knew that at three o'clock last night, a thief was really caught downstairs, and it did cause a stir for a while.

Nie Xiaoman listened but didn't answer, and didn't say to Ji Shaoquan again until he walked out of the door of the inn.

"Let's go to Wen Kai's clue first. Please let me know what the results are. I don't think this case will be too difficult to handle, and it will be closed in about two days. ”

After speaking, Xiaoman nodded to Ji Shaoquan, and pulled Jing Mo back to walk. The two walked a few steps side by side, and Nie Xiaoman looked at Ji Shaoquan and said to Jing Mo.

"Jingmo, if you are fine, you might as well go to my house for lunch. Yesterday's strange case of Yan Dachuan has taken a new turn. If you will hear it, let us go back to the house and talk about it in detail. ”

The matter of Yan Dachuan's secret symbol has always been entrenched in Jing Mo's brain, and Jing Mo is suffering from a lot of mystery and can't break it. This morning, the case of this missing bead broke out again, and the attention was diverted, and Jing Mo had no chance to inquire.

Now that Xiaoman said that there has been a new development in this matter, Jing Mo is of course willing to know. So as soon as the two returned to the gluttonous cat study, Jing Mo couldn't help but ask. Xiaoman smiled and said: "Jingmo, you are anxious, no matter how anxious you are, you always have to eat, don't you?" ”

It seems that Xiaoman has obviously been prepared, and Wei Pu must have prepared all the ingredients in advance.

I saw that Xiaoman first used a small bowl of rose water, soaked our three coins, added a little salt, and took the method for later use. Tie a lamb's heart with a vein with an iron skewer, roast it over the fire, and slowly apply the spare wefran juice to the sheep's heart after repeated roasting, so as to use up the wefran juice and the sheep's heart is roasted.

The rabbits were also opened, the fur and internal organs were removed, cooked, the large bones were removed, and they were cut into small pieces for later use. and two turnips, cut into slices, and one sheep's tail (meat), cut into slices; Add two fine ingredients, an appropriate amount of chopped green onions and salt to the pot, and add an appropriate amount of boiled rabbit broth. When the lamb's tail meat slices and radish slices are cooked, add the spare free meat pieces and cooked noodles in two taels, and put them on a plate.

Then take a leg of lamb cooked in advance, remove the bones, cut into long pieces, and cut the lamb ribs into long pieces. Use a pound of soybean flour, a pound of white flour, two coins of our flan and five coins of gardenia, some materials and salt, mix well, add water, and make a batter. After the batter is rubbed on the sliced lamb tendons and lamb chop strips, they are fried in vegetable oil.

After a short period of effort, the three-course dish of roasted sheep's heart, plate rabbit, and turmeric tendon was ready. As soon as the dish was served, Jing Mo was not busy moving the chopsticks, but asked, "Xiaoman, what is the development you said after all?" ”

Nie Xiaoman took a bite of the sheep's heart and replied, "This matter is really strange! The symbol was certainly not drawn there by accident. I guess someone is going to paint it secretly at night. The person Yan Dachuan saw wandering at his door on the night of the sixteenth was probably the one who drew symbols. When Yan Dachuan saw him, the symbol of the second time must have been drawn, so although the person fled in a hurry, the symbol was still found from the aesthetic point of view yesterday morning. ”

Jing Mo sandwiched a piece of rabbit meat and listened to Xiaoman continue while chewing.

"But why this person drew this symbol, and what his purpose was, I really can't guess. Therefore, only by trying to find out the traces of the person who drew the symbol can it be possible to solve the mystery. That man had been connected for two nights, and there was no guarantee that he would not go back for the third night. I guess the nine characters and the cross behind the symbol should be the time to hint at something. Therefore, I arranged for Wei Pu last night to wait outside the house of Puti Geyan Dachuan. ”

"Well, your reasoning is sound. The result? ”

After Wei Pu went, he kept watch until the end of the hour, and he really saw a man walking to Yan Dachuan's house and standing up to look at the window. At that time, the shadow of a woman was reflected in the window of the building. The man went back and forth at the door twice, as if trying to figure out what to do. Then he suddenly walked up to the edge of the stairs and bent over as if he were going to push the door in. At this moment, the man at the door, as if he had heard something inside, turned back and stepped down the stairs, still hurrying in the direction from which he came. Wei Pu was about to follow up, but he saw the oil lamp upstairs extinguished, and the front door downstairs suddenly opened, and a middle-aged man stood on the steps, looked left and right, and then retreated again. This person is probably Yan Dachuan. At that time, Wei Pu was taken aback by this situation, and when he turned to chase after him, the man had turned around and disappeared. ”

Jingmo's chopsticks hung in the air, and he said in surprise: "Didn't he catch up in the end?" ”

Nie Xiaoman took a piece of rabbit meat and stared at the chopsticks, and said: "The situation at that time, of course, it is no wonder that Wei Pu, after all, he is not sensitive after all." When he came to the corner, he saw two or three carriages moving one south and one north. He didn't know which one to be good with, so he missed the opportunity. ”

"Alas, alas! Isn't this a wasted effort and empty joy? ”

"No problem. According to my guess, this person didn't know that he was being targeted by Wei Pu, and he probably had to come. I think this play has just begun, so you have to be a little patient and wait to see it. ”

Jing Mo thought for a moment and took advantage of the situation to ask, "Then what do you think about the case of the beads being stolen this morning?" Do you think that since these two cases are happening at the same time, you will have time to proceed separately? ”

Nie Xiaoman said: "Today's case is very usual. After we finish eating, we can wait for Ji Shaoquan to report, and then we can point him out. I think he alone is enough to solve the case, and as I have already said, the range of suspicious people in this case is relatively small. What I am paying attention to now is in the case of Yan Dachuan. There is indeed some mystery in this that deserves our attention, and—one"

Xiaoman's voice did not fall, but he was interrupted by someone who came.