Nie Xiaoman nodded, so he walked slowly around the corridor. As soon as I entered the bedroom, I saw that the lights inside were dazzling, and the room was bright, but the doors and windows were closed tightly. As soon as everyone walked in from the open space outside, they immediately felt that their breathing was a little uncomfortable, and Nie Xiaoman's reaction was the most serious, and he let out a heavy snort.

Nie Xiaoman said while breathing hard: "Why are the doors and windows closed so tightly? The air inside is so cloudy that it makes people feel a little dizzy. ”

Li Wenchang hurriedly explained: "Master Nie, don't blame, this is because the insider is sick and unwell, and he is afraid of the wind. ”

Nie Xiaoman said strangely: "Mrs. Zun is unwell, fresh air should be circulated indoors, it is not good to close it tightly, Mrs. Zun is uncomfortable because of fright, if there is fresh air, the brain and muscles are clear, and the sick body may be completely cured." ”

Li Wenchang didn't seem to fully agree with what Nie Xiaoman said, but he still reluctantly opened a window. In fact, usually when someone is sick, there is often an old custom of sheltering from the wind, but in fact, this kind of air is not accessible, and sometimes it is harmful and unhelpful, making the patient drowsy and difficult to recover.

Jing Mo paid attention to the environment and saw that the bedroom was rectangular, with a delicate and elegant layout. The bed was made entirely of mahogany, close to the wall, facing north and south, and there was a tent hanging around the bed, so that no one could be seen for a while, but the sound of gentle breathing could be heard inside. To the right of the bed were stacked two chests, the locks on which had been broken. Three of the boxes were lying flat on the floor, all of them had been pried open, and clothes and other items were discarded in a mess.

Li Wenchang said: "This is the state after the snitch stole it, I have never touched it, and I have not moved." He pointed to a chest on the ground: "This is the chest for treasures." The box was originally placed on the cabinet near the bed, and the second one on the east side has now been looted by the opal agate and other items inside. ”

Nie Xiaoman asked: "This is the box for collecting opal jewelry, so isn't there any other box for jewelry?" ”

"No, it's just this one box, and the rest is clothes."

"And how much of the clothes were stolen?"

"The clothes were not stolen, only jewelry and opals were stolen."

"I see a lot of boxes have been pried here, why is that?" Nie Xiaoman checked the lock on the box, and then opened the bottom box hard, and observed carefully.

Jing Mo analyzed on the side: "After the snitch obtained the pearl jade, he was insatiable, so every box was broken, hoping for more gold and silver jewelry, and he didn't care about clothes and leather goods. ”

Li Wenchang nodded and agreed: "I also speculated that the clothes were too tired and inconvenient to pick up, so the thieves gave up the clothes and took the jewelry." Wen Chang led everyone to the back of the bed, and moved the lamp to illuminate the wall, and said, "My lord, please look, this is the name left by the snitch!" ”

When Jing Mo looked up, he saw that there were three words on the whitewashed wall, "Plug in the sky", the glyph was square, about three inches in length and width, and it was very scribbled.

Nie Xiaoman took the candle and made the wax light shine on the wall, carefully examined it, and said after a while: "This is written in charcoal, and the person who writes it has a very weak wrist strength. ”

Li Wenchang said: "This thief's font is very strange, but it is not common, and he is about to stay in a hurry, so naturally he can't talk about kung fu." ”

Nie Xiaoman didn't say anything about this, and walked out from the back of the bed, before he said to Li Wenchang: "Okay, now let's go and check the snitch's footprints." ”

Li Wenchang raised the candle flame for Xiaoman on the ground, the footprints on the ground seemed to be too much, starting from the cabinet near the bed, you can clearly see the footprints in and out, the footprints are wide in front and very distinct, and the heel is slightly narrower, and it is more blurred. Nie Xiaoman took a pen and paper and sketched it out as it was, while measuring the distance between the two footprints with his hands.

After a long time, Nie Xiaoman said slowly: "The footprint is six inches long, like it was printed by a new leather satin shoe, and it can be seen that it has been worn. Judging by the footprints, the man was short. Recently, there has been a long drought and no rain, but the footprints are like those left after the rain, which is really strange! ”

Jing Mo completely agreed with Xiaoman's statement in his heart, the ground was dry and could leave such footprints, which made people a little confused by the second monk. Wen Chang walked in front with a lamp, Nie Xiaoman bent his waist and bent his back to follow behind, and walked to the door according to the arrangement of underground footprints, which was about two zhang away from the main gate and facing east.

If you enter through the main entrance, you will see a box with a bed on the right and a window on the left. On the wall hang two small calligraphy and paintings, one is a picture of Koike Zhaohui and the other is a picture of a lady, in which the woman is dressed in dignified clothes, looks good, is about twenty-six or seventeen years old, and has a table in front of the window, which is full of paper and ink books.

Nie Xiaoman glanced at it, then pulled out the latch and opened the door. Xiao Man asked, "Was this door bolted last night?" ”

Li Wenchang replied: "Naturally, there is no latch, because the insiders are waiting for me to return at night." ”

Nie Xiaoman didn't answer, and walked out with the footprints, which passed through the courtyard to the door below the corridor.

Nie Xiaoman inspected the door again, and then said, "There are traces of digging and prying on the door, but the bolt is not strong, and it is easy to pry open. ”

After that, I walked through this gate, which was the back garden, and there was a small room outside the door.

Nie Xiaoman stopped and asked, "Is there anyone living in this house?" ”

Li Wenchang replied: "Originally, it was a gardener and a horse leper who lived, but it has been empty recently. ”

"Has the gardener gone somewhere else?"

"No, because the horse leper likes to play with money the most, I have repeatedly admonished him, but he will not change, so I have to quit him. This was ten days ago. ”

Nie Xiaoman asked a little strangely, "Is this gardener Ma Leper literate?" ”

Li Wenchang said: "I recognize a few words." All the servants in the mansion, except for the old mother, everyone knows some words, of course, they don't know much. ”

Nie Xiaoman continued to walk forward, using candlelight to the ground, following the footprints to the back door. I saw that the footprints were separated by a deep and a shallow space, and I could see it very clearly. The footprints that go in are deep, and the footprints that come out are shallow, and they twist and go until the back. The back gate seems to have been rebuilt, not like a door, and this new fan is also newly installed with a "Shaoxing lock" produced in Shaoxing. This gate is very thick and strong, dark red, and there is a large stone behind the door, estimated to weigh about a hundred catties, which should be used to block the gate.

Nie Xiaoman said in surprise: "I see that the lock of this door is very strong, it must have been broken by a sharp awl." The large stone behind the door had been moved six or seven inches. It seems that the snitch broke the door lock, and then pushed the door hard, and the stone behind the door could move, which is not easy, only people with natural divine power can do it. Oh yes, how many keys are there on the door? ”

Li Wenchang replied: "There is only one, and I will manage it alone." ”

After Li Wenchang finished speaking, he took out the key, Nie Xiaoman nodded, and reached out to open the door. Because the stone pressed against the door, it could only be pulled open by six or seven inches, allowing only one person to walk out sideways. Everyone had to squeeze out, only to see that the weeds were overgrown outside, and the footprints were very disordered.

There is an old temple on the opposite door, and when you look at the plaque, it is a square temple. There are two large flagpoles standing in front, and the carved wooden bucket on it is still intact, and there is a pair of stone lions squatting on the left and right, keeping vigil for the clay idols in the temple. Other than that, there is no other trace.

According to legend, Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor traveled around Jiuyuan, and he didn't expect that the ancestor of the Yuan Concubine died on the road, so the Yellow Emperor ordered the second concubine and his mother to take care of him, and arranged Fang Xiang to prevent the night, which is the origin of Fang Xiang.

The common name of this phase is also called the God of the Dangerous Dao, also known as the General Qianmo, and the one called the God of the Open Road. The statue is often more than a foot long, the head is three feet wide, the length is three feet five inches, the face is blue, the head wears a golden crown, the red robe is worn, the feet are wearing soap leather boots, the left hand holds the jade seal, and the right hand holds the Fang Tian painting halberd. Walking in front when leaving the coffin can suppress all kinds of evil spirits.

Li Wenchang pointed to the temple and said to Nie Xiaoman: "Originally, there was a person guarding the temple, his name was Li Weisan, and he was too old to bend over and hunchback. After the robbery occurred in my house last night, he was also arrested and quickly arrested in the yamen, saying that he wanted to ask him for clues. Now the temple is dark and dark, and I am afraid that people have not been released yet. After saying that, he sighed, a little sighing that the servants were stupid and affected innocent people.