Chapter 962: Alumni Lin, What Do You Think?

In the alley, Lin Baici leaned against the wall, listening to the old man introducing the missing beautiful women. His eyes scanned both sides of the alley from time to time to make sure no one was coming.

"Hero, I've told you everything I know. Just let me go, right?"

The old man begged for mercy.

"Why do you know so much?"

Lin Baici squinted his eyes and looked at the old man, wondering if he was a valuable NPC and could he squeeze out more information?

"I don't have any other hobbies. I just like going to teahouses and listening to books. The more I go there, the more I will know!"

The old man took out a money bag from his arms. He originally planned to give Lin Baici a few taels of silver as a gift, but after thinking about it, he handed it to Lin Baici.

"A good man, I have never done any evil in my life. The long-term workers in my family have paid me enough wages, and they are not willing to give up and work like a donkey. If you kill me, several families who work with me to make a living will be ruined!"

The old man is playing the emotional card.

Lin Baici had no intention of asking for the money bag. After hearing this and knowing that this was a rich man, he was not polite and took the money bag.

"If you dare to report the crime or tell anyone about what happened today, I will kill your whole family!"

Lin Baici threatened.

no way,

If he didn't threaten, he would have no choice but to kill and silence him. Although this was just an NPC, Lin Baici was too embarrassed to be cruel.

"Hero, I..."

Before the old man could finish his words, Lin Baici struck him on the neck with a knife. He immediately rolled his eyes and fainted.

Lin Baici quickly left the alley.

A quarter of an hour later, Lin Bai resigned and entered a teahouse. Among the gossips of the diners, he quickly figured out the recent major events in Shuntian Mansion, that is, those beautiful women dedicated to the emperor took a boat to go north, but they were all burned to death. .

"Rules pollution must have something to do with this!"

Lin Baici is now considered an experienced veteran.

Among those beautiful girls, the most famous one is the daughter of Shen Caishen's family. She is beautiful, has an innocent background, and has a very famous father, so she is naturally a household name.

Lin Baici's first stop was the Shen family.

In fact, it is better to find the official in charge of the case, but Lin Baici is a commoner. In ancient times, wanting to meet a high-ranking official was like going to heaven.

It can also be seen from the nickname Shen Caishen that he is definitely a famous person from all over the world.

Lin Baici randomly found a street vendor selling cooking cakes, asked for directions, and found out where Shen Caishen's home was.

Half an hour later, Lin Baici found the Shen family.

Because he did not have a valid identity, Lin Baici could not visit directly, so he simply walked to the back alley and climbed over the wall.

Perhaps it was because the eldest lady was dead. When Lin Baici saw the servants, they all had solemn expressions on their faces. He must have been afraid that he might accidentally offend Master Shen and have him find an excuse to punish him.

This is a Jiangnan garden-style building, quite big, and Lin Baici was actually a little lost.

And to be honest, it’s a bit difficult to find someone you’ve never met before in such a big place.

But a quarter of an hour later, Lin Baici heard a familiar voice.

"Red medicine?"

Lin Baici followed the voice and saw Xia Hongyao and Gu Qingqiu talking to a middle-aged man with a goatee in a main hall.

"..."

Lin Baici was a little surprised. Gao Ponytail and Gu Qingqiu were actually wearing black official uniforms. They looked like they were police officers?

By the way, aren't you guys growing a little fast?

Lin Baici felt that now that he had found Shen Wansan's family, his actions were no longer slow, but these two men were even wearing detective clothes.

This is obviously a door-to-door inspection.

Lin Baici didn't have to worry anymore. With Gu Qingqiu's IQ, he came forward in person. He didn't have to worry about her missing some details.

Due to Gu Qingqiu's poor health in his early years, Big Bear Brother is actually not big and has a slim figure. After putting on the police uniform, he has a kind of androgynous beauty with red lips and white teeth.

Xia Hongyao is different. Her bear is really eye-catching. She doesn't wear the official uniform in a majestic way at all, but it looks like a COS game between lovers.

Lin Baici looked at it for a while, and after confirming that there was no problem, quietly retreated.

…

Mr. Shen served tea to see off the guests.

Not only did he ask the housekeeper to send Gu Qingqiu and Xia Hongyao out, he also went ahead and gave each of them a one hundred tael silver note.

"Do you think the arson case was related to him?"

Xia Hongyao stood on the street, looking at the door of Shen's house, folding her arms and carefully recalling every detail after entering his house.

"His answers are impeccable, and a self-made man like this has a very tough mind and top-notch acting skills. You can't even think of seeing any flaws in his emotions!"

Gu Qingqiu recalled the conversation between the two parties: "But just because it was so perfect, it gave me the feeling that he must know some hidden secrets!"

"It's a pity that Xiao Linzi is not here, otherwise he might be able to see something?"

Xia Hongyao turned around and looked around: "Where should we go next?"

"Continue the investigation?"

"No!"

Gu Qingqiu walked to the street: "Wait for the alumni to come!"

With Lin Baici's IQ, he would find this place soon.

Gu Qingqiu and Xia Hongyao crossed the threshold. When their vision returned, they saw a policeman hanging himself. After rescuing him, they learned about the death of a beautiful girl from his mouth.

Then Gu Qingqiu proposed to help him solve the case.

The policeman was overjoyed, because if he couldn't solve the case, losing his official position would be a minor matter, and he would be sent to prison, so he was grasping at straws and asked Gu Qingqiu to help.

call! call!

Lin Baici whistled several times.

Xia Hongyao's ears twitched and she looked overjoyed: "Xiao Linzi is here!"

"Walk!"

Three minutes later, the two sides met in an alley.

"Where are Xiaoyu and Yingzhen?"

Lin Baici was worried.

"have no idea!"

When Xia Hongyao heard this, she became nervous.

Hua Yueyu and the others are too weak. If they act on their own, the risk of death is high.

“You can find a group of beggars and put up notices, or you can hold up a wooden sign and walk around the streets, shouting to gather somewhere!

Gu Qingqiu immediately came up with an idea and comforted Lin Baici: "Don't worry, they are not stupid, they should hide now!"

"Um!"

Finding someone is actually not difficult, but Lin Baici is even more worried about another thing: "The biggest question now is, did this rule pollution break out accidentally, or did someone attack the Kowloon Club?"

"Or are those people targeting me and Hongyao?"

Lin Baici and Gao Ponytail should be a thorn in the eyes of some people, or prey. They usually live in Haijing. If others want to touch them, they have no chance. Now that they have gone abroad, when the opportunity comes, they naturally want to do something. ticket.

"I hope it's the latter, that would be interesting!"

Gu Qingqiu didn't panic at all.

“Shall we purify the pollution in front of us first?”

Xia Hongyao thought seriously: "What to do next? Go to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion to investigate?"

"Alumni, what do you think?"

Gu Qingqiu looked at Lin Baici.

"Tie up Shen Caishen and torture him!"

Lin Baici's voice was cold.

"ah?"

Xia Hongyao was stunned: "No, is it okay to do this?"

"Why not?"

Lin Baici asked back.

"According to the plot in detective novels, we should investigate the places where the show girls live, the people they usually come in contact with, collect clues, and then peel off the cocoons to find the truth of the case!"

Xia Hongyao has not forgotten her detective game.

"That's a work for people to read, and the main selling point is reasoning. You solved the problem through violence, what else do readers want to read?"

Gu Qingqiu smiled slightly, her plan was actually the same as Lin Baici's.

"Yes!"

Xia Hongyao pouted.

"Let's look for Xiaoyu and Yingzhen first, and then we'll look for Yudanlao and Taimei as well!"

Gu Qingqiu said as he walked out.

"These two hundred taels should be enough!"

Xia Hongyao played with the banknote in his hand.

"Alumni, do you know what I want to say?"

Gu Qingqiu held the handle of the knife with his left hand.

"Or is it better to purify this kind of rule pollution, because it can be lawless?"

Lin Baici guessed.

"Um!"

Gu Qingqiu's eyes narrowed slightly, and his mouth smiled, like a tabby cat that had eaten saury.

As expected of my schoolmate, he really understands my thoughts.

This is not reality. There are not so many legal and moral constraints. Of course, all means must be used.

Xia Hong Yaoxiong was too big, which made her very conspicuous when walking on the street. Lin Baici was also tall, and she also stood out from the crowd and attracted attention.

There was no other way, Gu Qingqiu could only go up by himself.

Instead of going to the beggar herself, she set her sights on a fortune teller.

After some inquiries with the waiter at a nearby restaurant, Gu Qingqiu found out that the fortune teller was a local, a down-and-out scholar who failed to pass the exam and had switched from painting and writing couplets to telling fortunes.

Gu Qingqiu found the other party, gave him fifty taels of silver, and asked him to find some beggars. Then he asked the beggars to line up in groups of five and hold a piece of paper that read 'West City Gate, Dragon Wings Appear! ’ white paper, shouting while walking around on the street.

After the thing is done, give me another fifty taels.

This is a big sum of money. After the fortune teller received the deposit, he went to do it immediately.

"I'll wait at the west gate. I'll leave the kidnapping to you!"

Arranged by Gu Qingqiu.

"It's not safe for you to be alone, right?"

Lin Baici was worried: "Let Hong Yao accompany you and tie someone up, I am enough!"

"I'm not that weak!"

Gu Qingqiu was happy: "Aren't you afraid that Shen Caishen is a monster?"

"ah?"

Xia Hongyao was startled: "Isn't this just solving a crime? Why does it also have supernatural and thriller elements?"

"I'm just afraid that there are still ghosts!"

Gu Qingqiu scares Gao Ponytail.

"You two come together, I'll do it tonight!"

The phone didn't work anymore and he couldn't tell the time. Lin Baici looked at the position of the sun. It should be afternoon now: "Let's go find a house near the West City Gate to be our home base first!"

…

It's evening.

More than two hours have passed since the beggars paraded through the streets, but there is still no trace of Jin Yingzhen and the others at the West City Gate.

Seeing the sky getting dark and the moon rising above the willow branches, Lin Baici didn't wait any longer and took action directly.

Lin Baici, who had already walked through the planned route in the afternoon, successfully sneaked into Shen Caishen's home.

In this day and age, wealthy families also have a lot of entertainment activities, such as listening to plays, going to the Goulan, playing horse cranes...

Because his daughter had just died, Shen Caishen was in a low mood and hid in the study after eating every day.

When Lin Baici sneaked into the study, he saw the God of Wealth painting.

The painting is a picture of a happy life!

The painting is of a village, where an old man is enjoying his grandson.

As the saying goes, children and grandchildren run at their knees, and people are prosperous.

When Shen Caishen noticed something was wrong, Lin Baici was already behind him, looking at the painting for three minutes.

"Who are you?"

Shen Caishen was still courageous. He didn't yell. He calmed down after being startled because he knew that doing so would definitely make the other party do something extreme: "Hero, if you are inconvenient when traveling around the world, I have ten thousand taels of silver to give you!"

"Just want to make friends!"

Lin Baici glanced at Shen Caishen: "You are a good painter!"

"Hero, you are joking!"

Shen Caishen looked bitter: "I just lost my daughter, so I can only paint to comfort myself."

"I don't think so?"

Lin Baici questioned: "You look very relaxed when you paint, and I think you may almost hum a little song!"

Would someone with a dead daughter be in the mood to paint a painting with this theme?

"..."

Shen Caishen was still thinking of an excuse, and Lin Baici had already chopped his neck with a knife.

Shen Caishen fainted immediately.

This guy is generous and fat, weighing more than 140 pounds. If it were an ordinary person, he would not be able to carry him, but with Lin Baici's physique, he threw him on his shoulders and climbed over the wall easily.

When Lin Baici returned to the house agreed in the afternoon, Xia Hongyao and Gu Qingqiu had already returned, and Jin Yingzhen, Hua Yueyu, and even Li Yintong were there.

"Xiaobai!"

"Oppa!"

"Brother Lin!"

The three girls immediately came forward.

"Are you okay?"

Lin Baici saw that except for Li Yintong who looked haggard, Hua Yueyu and Jin Yingzhen had no external injuries.

"It's okay!"

Hua Yueyu explained: "I actually heard the beggars shouting during the day, but I was worried that it would be too conspicuous to act during the day, so I waited until night!"

"Me too!"

Jin Yingzhen knew that the six words meant that Lin Longyi was waiting for you at the West Gate.

"What about you? What's the situation?"

Lin Baici put Shen Caishen down and asked the girl.

"Uncle Yu has a hobby, which is to collect antiques. This time he got a Chinese painting, and then I don't know how, the pollution broke out!"

Li Yintong was depressed: "I stayed in the guild hall and planned to welcome you tomorrow, but I was affected!"

"Where is Brother Yu?"

Lin Baici asked.

"He went to find clues!"

Li Yintong explained: "He said you will come tomorrow, and if you are polluted by the rules, you should appear in the city, so he asked me to wait in the city!"

Before, Taimei was very nervous, and worried about such a big city. Even if Lin Baici came, how could she find them?

So she waited at the place where she and Yudan Lao were teleported.

Unexpectedly, a day later, she saw a group of beggars parading.

"Brother Lin, you are so smart!"

Li Yintong was completely relaxed at this moment.

There is no need to panic.

This pollution of rules,

is stable!

"Okay, all the members are here, let's start the interrogation!"

Gu Qingqiu put a prepared linen hood on Shen Caishen's head, and then asked Xia Hongyao to splash him with cool well water to wake him up.

"Please spare my life, my good men!"

As soon as Shen Caishen woke up, he began to beg for mercy.