Hua Lang and the others are preparing to leave Linxi City, and where they are going is still uncertain.

Tong Zhuo saw that Hua Lang and the others were leaving, and he was very reluctant, so he begged Hua Lang to stay for a few more days, Tong Zhuo meant Hua Lang was very clear, he just wanted to help him solve a few big cases, and then report to the court to discuss meritorious deeds.

However, although he understood Tong Zhuo's thoughts, Hua Lang still accepted it, after all, before they thought about where to go, it was not bad to stay in Linxi City for the time being.

And just a few days after Hua Lang and the others returned to Linxi City, an urgent report came from the border pass, saying that the Liao Emperor Liao Xingzong Yeluzong really saw that the Western Xia was beaten by the Great Song Dynasty, so he took the opportunity to raise troops to visit and fight with the Western Xia.

The Western Xia soldiers were insulted on the side of the Great Song Dynasty, but they didn't expect the Liao State to come to take advantage of the fire to rob, so they were angry and resisted to the death, and the strength of the two sides was almost the same, and finally they couldn't fight it.

This news is good news for the Great Song Dynasty, as far as Hua Lang knows, today's Liao State can be described as very corrupt, and Liao Xingzong Yelu Zong is really a person who likes luxury and foreign soldiers, the people of Liao are miserable, but this Liao Xingzong is not caring at all, he only thinks about his own happiness.

Thinking of this, Hua Lang smiled faintly, every country has its own problems, and they can't solve them by yearning for war.

After sighing, he didn't care much about these news, after all, the current Great Song Dynasty had completely shocked the Western Xia, and at this time, the Western Xia was at war with the Liao State, and the Great Song Dynasty could be said to be completely worry-free.

Then he Hualang can also rest in Linxi City for a few days, and when he thinks about it, he will set off immediately.

But in the few days that Hua Lang was resting in Linxi City, an important case happened in Linxi City.

It was the height of summer, although Linxi City was on the border, but it was slowly becoming hotter, and in normal times, the pedestrians on the street were already scarce, and only around the evening would it be lively.

And that day, in the Xiyue Tower in the West City, a person died, a benefactor who was looking for joy in the Xiyue Tower.

At this time in the Song Dynasty, almost every place was a green house, and the oldest industry, which was to sell jokes, could be seen everywhere; Linxi City is also the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, so there are also Qinglou here, and the Qinglou here does not have to be the Qinglou in the interior of the capital, the Qinglou here is a place for men to vent their yuwang, they don't pay attention to qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, they just need the girls here to be beautiful.

There are not many women in the border area, so the Qinglou is very important, in this place of Linxi City, there are at least 20 Qinglou, and most of the women in it are the family members of officials who have broken the law in the court.

The women here may have been the wives and concubines of a certain big official before, or they may be the daughters of those officials, but once their husbands and fathers are investigated, their fate will plummet, and it is good to be sent to the frontier to be dusty women, and some will be killed directly.

In ancient times, women sometimes valued chastity very much, but sometimes they were very sparing about their lives, so even if their status plummeted, they still preferred to live.

Xiyue Tower is such a green building, the bustard here is under the management of the yamen, and most of the girls here are also the daughters or wives of the criminals who are allocated, and most of the profits from the Xiyue Building are also handed over to the yamen.

Now that there is a murder in Xiyue Tower, the matter is not small, therefore, as soon as he got the news of the report, Tong Zhuo hurriedly came to ask Hua Lang to investigate.

Hua Lang is also very familiar with the Qinglou, of course, it is not that he often visits the Qinglou, but he has solved many cases in the Qinglou, and he understands some of the rules of the Qinglou more or less.

Xiyue Tower is very large, it is said that there are more than fifty rooms here, and they are full every day, and from this situation, it is not difficult to see how hungry and thirsty the men at the border are.

When Hua Lang and Tong Zhuo came to the Xiyue Tower, the Xiyue Tower was very noisy, and all the benefactors were controlled, and if they wanted to leave, they had to ask the official for the knife in his hand.

The body was lying on the stairs, and it was said that the deceased was entangled with a person, and suddenly died on the stairs.

Hua Lang stepped forward to examine the corpse, and found that the corpse's lips were purple, Yin Tang was black, and black blood was flowing from the seven orifices, but other than that, there was no external injury on the whole body.

It is clear that the deceased died of poisoning.

Just looking at this poison, it seems to be an acute poison, as long as the deceased is poisoned, it will be poisoned in a moment.

After this examination, Hua Lang looked at the old bustard of Xiyue Tower and asked, "Do you know the name of the deceased?" ”

"Back to the playboy, this guest seems to be coming to our Xiyue Tower for the second time, and there are so many people coming and going in our Xiyue Tower every day, I really don't know what his name is."

Hua Lang frowned slightly: "Since he has been to Xiyue Tower before, he wants to have a private meeting with the girl you here, that girl should know his name." ”

The old bustard replied again and again, "Yes, I'll investigate it right away and see who the girl he came to accompany him last time was." ”

After the bustard finished speaking, he was about to leave, but at this time, Hua Lang stopped him and said, "Don't worry, I'll ask you after answering the question, I'll ask you, when the deceased was entangled with someone, did he just come or was he ready to leave?" ”

"When he first came, he just entered our Xiyue Tower, and when he went up the stairs, he bumped shoulders with several soldiers, and as a result, he quarreled, and when he was arguing, he died suddenly."

"When they quarrel, are passers-by passing by them?"

"No, no, absolutely not, they were arguing so much at the time, everyone was hiding, only I stepped forward to persuade the fight, but as soon as I started to persuade, this person fell to the ground and died." At this time, the old bustard did not seem to realize that he would have unintended consequences for himself by saying this.

Hua Lang nodded: "After calling those soldiers, you can go and investigate who accompanied the deceased last time." ”

The old bustard nodded, pointed to the two men standing below, and then trotted up to the second floor, and at this time, the two men were very nervous to walk towards Hua Lang, their bodies were very strong, and they felt like they had been soldiers between actions.

Hua Lang glanced at the two of them, then frowned slightly, and asked, "Are you soldiers?" ”

"Back to the playboy, we are soldiers, today I was ordered to come to Xicheng to do business, because I haven't touched a woman for a long time, so I came to this Xiyue Tower, but who would have thought that I was just about to leave, and I met this man who didn't have long eyes, we just quarreled with him twice, and he died, playboy, our brothers are wronged!"