Chapter 79 Dream Building Lotus Fans [asking for monthly tickets! ]

After leaving Zhang's house and reaching a safe distance, the two slowed down their pace.

Wei Ping'er said: "I need to spend some time to check what the golden beetle detected. I will inform you as soon as there is a result."

"Thank you, Miss Wei Jiu." Liang Yue thanked her immediately: "You have worked so hard on this trip. I don't know how to thank you."

"You have helped the Zhuxie Division a lot, so I should help you once." Wei Ping'er said with her head down, "You don't have to send me off, I can go back by myself."

"It's dark and the road is long, and you're afraid of people, so I'd better send you back to the Zhuxie Yamen." Liang Yue said with a little concern.

This Miss Wei really doesn't look like she can walk on her own.

"It's okay." Wei Ping'er shook her head, "Actually, I..."

She paused for a moment, then whispered, "I'm not afraid of others, but because I've been practicing alchemy since I was young, and every time I see something, I habitually wonder... how can it be refined into an elixir, and what will it look like after it's made?"

Liang Yue: “?”

"I can't help but think like this when I see people, but I also think that the thought is terrible, so I want to control myself and not look at it again..." Wei Ping'er's tone was still soft and weak, but her image in Liang Yue's heart was instantly overturned.

I originally thought she was the kind of person who was socially anxious, but it turned out that she was the kind of person who made the whole society feel afraid.

She was not afraid of others. What she was afraid of was that when she looked at others, she could not suppress the urge to make elixirs for living people.

Oh my god.

A chill rose up, and Liang Yue smiled awkwardly, "In that case... I won't worry about you going back alone."

Wei Ping'er seemed to see through his guilty conscience and quickly said, "Don't be afraid. Although you do smell better than others, and your elixir may be of higher quality and more spiritual, I won't really do that. I'm not a bad person..."

"Ahaha." Liang Yue smiled even more tearfully after hearing this comfort. "Miss Wei Jiu is a disciple of the Xuanmen Danding sect. Of course she wouldn't do that kind of thing. I know that. I remember my mother asked me to go home early for a midnight snack today. After the midnight snack, I have to dry the quilt. So I'll leave first."

After a quick farewell, he hurried back to Ping'an Alley.

When he got home, he found that the light in his mother's room was still on. Liang Yue exclaimed softly, thinking that she would have gone to bed so late at night.

He walked over and knocked on the door, "Mom? Why aren't you asleep yet?"

"Alas." Li Caiyun came out and opened the door, saying with a sad face, "We are about to move, so I will pool all our savings to see what kind of house we can rent."

The Ministry of Works' recall notice has already been issued. Although some trouble had occurred before, the Ministry of Works only removed those clerks and did not intend to change the major policy.

The hundreds of neighbors in Fukangfang could not really rebel, so they could only move out within the next two or three months.

The subsidies from the imperial court were stripped down layer by layer, and what they got was not enough to buy the same new house. It was not easy for Li Caiyun to raise three children by herself over the years, and it was impossible for her to have much savings.

So she was considering renting a room to live in temporarily.

Anyway, my children are all promising, and after a few years, I will be able to live a comfortable life.

"Mom, don't worry." Liang Yue smiled and said, "I have some savings myself, we can buy another small courtyard nearby."

"Hehe, how long have you been on duty? How much savings can you have?" Li Caiyun smiled.

Liang Yue raised two fingers and whispered as if offering a treasure: "Two hundred taels."

"So many?" Li Caiyun looked at him in surprise, "You broke the law, didn't you?"

For a family like theirs, this is undoubtedly a huge sum of money that is difficult to obtain through normal means.

"Hi." Liang Yue said quickly: "This is the reward I received for my previous meritorious service. I wanted to keep it for myself, but now that it is useful, I'll take it out first."

"With such a large sum of money, it's enough to buy a small courtyard in the south of the city." Li Caiyun was immediately overjoyed and thought, "Or maybe we can rent a house first, and then you can save up some money in two years, and then we can buy a bigger one."

"That's right." Liang Yue agreed, "Just look around these few days and find one you like."

At the same time, he was also thinking that after joining the Zhuxie Division, the monthly salary for a walking post would definitely be much higher than that of a regular guard, and he would have more money to consider buying a house then.

It seems that I still need to hurry up and get promoted.

We still need more subsidies for household expenses.

"Okay!" Li Caiyun stretched out her hand, "Give me the money first."

"Uh..." Liang Yue touched his chest and said reluctantly, "Do you want it now?"

"Mom will keep it for you." Li Caiyun urged.

Liang Yue couldn't help but look sad when he heard these familiar words.

But his mother had given the order, so he had no choice but to hand the two hundred taels of silver to Li Caiyun.

When I lie down in bed at night, I feel empty in my chest and no longer so warm.

……

The next morning, when Lu Guanxu, the grandson of the Minister of Works, woke up, he found himself back in his big bed at home. Zhao Chen, the attendant who always guarded him, looked over and asked, "Are you awake?"

Lu Guanxu touched the back of his aching head, his eyes dull, and asked woodenly: "Why am I here?"

Zhao Chen is the eldest disciple of Naihe Sect in Jingzhou. He works for the Lu family, the Minister of Works, with his master Naihe Dao Hu Po Jia. It's fine for his master to follow Lu Yuanwang, but he is really unwilling to protect the playboy Lu Guanxu.

But since my master has given the order, I dare not disobey.

So he was always indifferent to Lawrence Lu, and just said coldly: "Last night you asked me to stop someone for you in the front yard of Zhang's house, and then you were carried out, saying that you fell and broke your head, so I sent you back." "Yes." Lawrence Lu recalled at this time, "I went to Zhang's house, and then...ah!"

He didn't know what he remembered all of a sudden, and suddenly he buried himself in the quilt, looking nervous and as if he was possessed by an evil spirit.

"What's wrong with you?" Zhao Chen asked.

Lu Guanxu poked his head out from under the quilt like an ostrich, and asked in horror: "Old Zhao, I was hit by a ghost... No, I was hit by a ghost!"

……

On Liang Yue's side, he also waited for the result sent by Wei Ping'er.

Analyzing the conversation between Lu Guanxu and Mrs. Zhang overheard last night, part of Bai Zhishan's previous statement was confirmed.

Zhang Xingkai did secretly collect important evidence that was unfavorable to the Lu family, and the Lu family was indeed looking for it, but from that conversation, it was impossible to determine whether it was Mrs. Zhang who committed the murder.

However, judging from Bai Zhishan's behavior, Mrs. Zhang's remarks were partially confirmed.

That is, the Longya Gang was indeed at odds with the Ministry of Industry. Not only did they not participate in their actions, they also secretly leaked intelligence to him.

The statements made by both parties have not been false so far, it just depends on who killed the person.

In the Zhuxie Yamen, Wei Ping'er cut open the tiny golden beetle from last night and examined the ingredients it had taken out of Zhang Xingkai's body.

"It's the Dream Building Lotus Powder." She whispered, "Once inhaled, it will cause hallucinations, and all five senses will be lost, making it difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood."

"It's this thing." Liang Yue was a little surprised.

He had actually heard of this thing.

The Dream-Building Lotus is also one of the ten great immortal species, ranking thirteenth on the Immortal Objects List.

It is said that when its flowers are in full bloom, they are the most beautiful in the world, but any living creature who takes one look at them will fall into an eternal dream and never wake up again.

The Dream Building Lotus should now be in the Paradise Palace of the South Sea, as the treasure of the palace. Every year, the Paradise Palace will sell a small amount of pollen and fallen petals, which are all very effective fairy items after refining.

In this case, it is not surprising that Zhang Xingkai, a Confucian cultivator, was burned to death in the fire. He must have fallen into an illusion.

But the question is... who did it?

Liang Yue thought for a moment and said, "Miss Wei Jiu, I still have to trouble you to come with me again."

Before going to Zhang's house this time, he changed his route and went to the Ministry of Justice.

General Ling Yuanbao really had nothing to do. He just stared at a tall, pure black dog. The big black dog had a ferocious face and looked really vicious when he glared at it.

Liang Yue went in and said, "Captain Ling, gather all the men and horses, bring the spirit dog, and follow me to catch the murderer!"

"Have you found the murderer in Zhen Chang's case?" Ling Yuanbao said in surprise, but did not stand up. Instead, he continued to stare at the black dog.

"It's not that case, it's another murder case." Liang Yue said, and asked in confusion: "What are you doing?"

"I'm competing with Bai Xue to see who can blink first, and I'm about to win." Ling Yuanbao said.

"Who is Bai Xue?" Liang Yue was stunned.

"Of course it's it." Ling Yuanbao pointed at the big black dog opposite.

Perhaps it was because I dazzled its eyes, the black dog blinked and immediately started barking unwillingly, "Woo woo woo."

The voice was very thin, with a hint of coquettishness. From the meaning, it seemed that she was saying that Ling Yuanbao was cheating.

Liang Yue: “…”

This smart dog looks tall and ferocious, as if it chews the iron chain when it has nothing to do. Its bark is quite delicate, no wonder it is called Snow White.

Soon all the men were gathered. Liang Yue, along with Wei Ping'er and Ling Yuanbao, a team of detectives from the Ministry of Justice, and a terrifying black spirit dog, came to the warehouse of Yueyang Trading Company in a mighty procession.

The warehouse guard did not dare to stop him and immediately went to inform Mrs. Zhang.

Soon, Madam Zhang came over with a large group of people from Yueyang Trading Company. She looked at Liang Yue, then at the people behind him, and asked, "What does Liang Duwei want to do now?"

Liang Yue smiled and said, "After some investigation into President Zhang's case, I think it should still be classified as a murder case. This is Ling Yuanbao, the captain of the Criminal Department, who is here specifically to arrest the criminal."

"Murder?" Mrs. Zhang said calmly, "So you found the murderer?"

"We don't know yet, but we'll know soon." Liang Yue looked around and said, "Madam, please call all the staff of the company here."

Mrs. Zhang looked at him deeply, did not refute, and ordered her men to call someone.

In a short while, more than a hundred people from Yueyang Company were called over and gathered outside the dilapidated warehouse in the center. When Liang Yue saw that most of the people had arrived, he stood on a wooden box and said loudly: "After our inspection of President Zhang's body, we found that he did not commit suicide or die accidentally in the warehouse, but was poisoned by the Dream Building Lotus Powder before he died!"

As soon as these words came out, people around started talking about it.

Everyone in the company knew that Zhang Xingkai could not have died in an accident, but this was the first time they had heard of the way he died.

Then, his next sentence ignited the atmosphere even more.

"And according to my speculation..." Liang Yue raised his hand and pointed, "The murderer is among you!"

　Good morning.

　
(End of this chapter)