Chapter 43 Chapter Thirteen

Shen Bai and Lu Yuanqing's eyes glanced over the names that suddenly became familiar to them in the past few days, Zhu Donglou, Jia Yanwu, Zhang Zhao, Wang Zuo... Finally, their eyes fell on the unranked man named Chen Yan. On the candidate's name, Suzhou people? Shen Bai pointed to Chen Yan's name, "Yuan Qing, do you think this Suzhou candidate Chen Yan is the young master of Suzhou that Zhu Donglou brought back to the mansion?" But I saw Lu Yuanqing muttering something in his mouth: "Zhang Zhao, Wang Zuo, Zhu Donglou, Xiao Changfu...all the people in the second group who have won the tribute... Zhang Zhao and Wang Zuo are dead, Zhu Donglou is obviously inseparable from this matter, so let's go Could one be this Xiao Changfu?"

Shen Bai frowned slightly, "Why does Yuan Qing think that the murderer's next target will not be Zeng Yuliang, Tanaka Kui or Xiao Pei?" Lu Yuanqing shook his head, "The Spring Examination will be held in February, and it is now the end of April. The candidates who failed to pass the Gongshi examination should have left the capital and returned to their hometowns. How could they stay in the capital for so long? Murderer The target was almost concentrated in Biancheng. We still don’t know why, but it must be related to Zhu Donglou. Zhu Donglou was from Biancheng, and the deceased Jia Yanwu was the only one who was killed without a Chinese tribute. I think the reason is only because he is a native of Biancheng. The other candidates for Zhonggongshi will not be far away from the capital because they will soon take part in the imperial examination held by the emperor himself. Biancheng is not far from the capital. You can go back and forth in two days..."

Shen Bai interjected: "Zhu Donglou not only likes to bring beautiful women into the mansion, but also likes to show off this beauty in front of his friends, so with Zhu Donglou's temperament, how could he not be a few other people who are expected to make a fortune after the palace examination?" To make friends in advance? In this way, Wang Zuo, Zhang Zhao or Xiao Changfu may be invited by Zhu Donglou to stay in the mansion for a while, waiting for the emperor's palace examination..." Lu Yuanqing shook his head, "Then why did Zhu Donglou act so surprised by the death of Wang Zuo and Zhang Zhao just now, as if he didn't know anything? If he lived in his house, how could he not know?"

Shen Bai smiled slightly, "The answer to the mystery is still with Zhu Donglou. I have sent Shao Ying to follow Zhu Donglou secretly. I just told him the murder case that happened before so suggestively. Can't sleep peacefully, follow him when he walks at night, there will be gains!" There was a firm light in Shen Bai's eyes, Lu Yuanqing looked at his black and white pupils, and nodded. It was night, at the hour of Zhengxu, a small sedan chair was quietly carried out of the small gate of the Zhu Mansion, besides the bearer who carried the sedan chair, there was also a person following the sedan chair, who asked in a low voice to the occupants of the sedan chair, " Young master, it's so late, you..."

"Shut up! What do you know! I'm restless, and I feel like something's going to happen!" The man in the sedan chair couldn't hide his arrogance in the repressed whisper. This person was Zhu Donglou, but his voice was a little terrified and tired. Weary. The night was a little thick, like fog.Shao Ying followed them from a distance, but there was a trace of coldness on the corner of his mouth, "I want to see what tricks you fools are up to!" In the dead of night, there were hardly any pedestrians on the road.The sedan chair was going in a hurry and almost bumped into a girl at a turn, only to hear the girl let out a low "Oops" before returning to calm.

The young woman was dressed in a black dress, holding a paper umbrella in her hand, walking in small steps.Because she was dressed in black and walked silently, and the dark paper umbrella covered her face, the bearers didn't notice her at all, and only hurriedly avoided each other when they got close. Although the woman moved slowly, she narrowly avoided the sedan chair that was about to knock her down, and slipped aside without a sound, but Zhu Donglou in the sedan chair was irritated by the sudden jolt, and he was already in a bad mood. Jia, now he is even more furious, "You bastard! Are you going to throw your father to death?!" He angrily ordered the sedan chair to stop as he spoke, and angrily rushed out of the sedan chair and shouted: "You don't have eyes! ..." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly saw that there was another woman in front of him, so he couldn't help restraining his attitude, the image of a swinger is still necessary.

"So there's a girl," he said while smiling pretentiously, and kicked the bearer behind him, "It's not a good thing if something with no eyes hurts this girl!" The girl was quiet, and the hand holding the paper umbrella didn't move at all, Zhu Donglou couldn't help but feel a little itchy about the girl's appearance, but when he looked carefully, Zhu Donglou felt a slight sense of weirdness surfaced .At night, a woman dressed in black, holding an umbrella even though it wasn't raining, walked alone on the deserted road, was almost bumped into but didn't say a word...Zhu Donglou took a step back calmly , He remembered the purpose of this night trip, and when he saw this strange woman in front of him, he couldn't help feeling a little cold in his heart... The night in Biancheng became particularly disturbing because of the weird case before...

The woman moved... Zhu Donglou could only feel her heart rising in her throat, but the woman in black just walked past Zhu Donglou sideways in silence, her hand holding the umbrella still blocked her face... For some reason, Zhu Donglou felt a little familiar from the back of the woman walking with a paper umbrella in her hand... That's right, Mr. Zhu has a lot of beauties, and it can be confusing to see. Zhu Donglou returned to the sedan chair and continued on his way. He was going to the Chunjin Inn to meet someone. The big red lanterns at the entrance of Chunjin Inn shone dimly in the night, and the bright signboard looked very majestic under the red light.The sedan chair stopped steadily at the door of Chunjin Inn, and Zhu Donglou ordered Zhu Sheng, the housekeeper beside him, to call the door.

The Spring Brocade Inn was about to close. Seeing another guest, the shopkeeper rushed forward to say hello, "Master, do you want to stay at the inn?" Zhu Donglou said impatiently: "I want to see the guest in Tianzi No. 2 room, I am his friend." The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "The customer is probably already resting..." Zhu Donglou glared at him, "Lead the way ahead!" The Tianzi room is on the third floor. It was late at night, and almost all the guests staying in the hotel were asleep.The shopkeeper, holding a small lamp, stopped at the door of Tianzi No. 2 room together with Zhu Donglou.

The shopkeeper tapped on the door panel, "Master Xiao, are you asleep? A Mr. Zhu came to you and said he was your friend." After calling several times but no one answered the door, the shopkeeper looked at Zhu Donglou in embarrassment, "Master Xiao, I'm afraid he's asleep." But I saw Zhu Donglou grabbed the front of the shopkeeper, "Hurry up and find a way to open the door for me, I have something important to do, you are delayed, I only ask you."