Chapter 42 Chapter Seventeen

Di Gong and Yao Tai drove back to the Yamen in an official sedan chair. ——On the way, Mr. Di frowned tightly and remained silent.Yao Taikai felt like sitting on pins and needles, fifteen buckets in his heart were up and down.Returning to the yamen of the governor's mansion, Mr. Di got off his sedan chair and hurried to the study in the west hall.Yao Tai was happy to have a ghost, so he followed closely behind. Di Gong ordered Yao Tai to sit across from the desk.Taking a sip of tea slowly, he asked, "How did Mr. Yao know that blind girl selling crickets?" Yao Taikai was startled suddenly, coughed a few times and said: "Master Di, this matter is not unusual. I used to love to play cricket fighting, and she sold me crickets several times. They are all famous species and the price is low, so I know each other."

"Where does this blind girl live?" "I heard that I live in the Lion House. However, I have never been to her place. She came to see me." "what is her name?" "She calls herself Lanli, but I don't know what her last name is?" Di Gong said sternly: "This blind girl is indeed involved in the conspiracy to kill Mrs. Bao Xingzhi. She has a strange origin and a mysterious whereabouts. I will immediately send orders to hunt her down and bring her to the case.——When I catch her—I will review what you just said At this moment, you will write out the names of the girls in Kaiyanju, the maidservants, and the age of the year—to prepare for the official inspection." He said, throwing a stack of plain paper and a tube of pens.

Yao Tai opened the inkstone box and began to write carefully.Di Gong turned out of the study and ordered the Patrol Academy to say: "Mr. Yao, when he goes out of the yamen, you must follow him closely, and don't let him get away. He is going to the other building of Faxing Temple, and he is here to report. If he goes to another place to have a private meeting with a blind girl, he will be arrested and brought to the yamen immediately. In short, he will not be loosely followed, and he will not be noticed. If there is any abnormal behavior, come back and report to me immediately."

When he walked into the study, Yao Taikai had just finished writing.Di Gong read it hastily, and expressed his satisfaction.Said: "Mr. Yao can go back now. If something happens, I will send someone to inform you." After Di Gong finished his evening meal, Tao Gan and Qiao Tai also returned to the Yamen, and the three walked back to the study. Di Gong first expressed his views on this series of events. "That blind girl, Lan Li, is clearly a joint character. She seems to be single-handedly pursuing something. She must have been present when Master Liu died, but she doesn't know the details of the murder of Master Liu. She only suspects that it happened in the Huata Temple area—— The criminals also noticed this, so they followed her secretly and wanted to put her to death. The mistaken killing of Mrs. Bao is a clear proof. The murderer may be a hired waterman, because the method of killing is the unique silk scarf of the waterman.— —The blind girl is in danger at the moment, we must quickly find out her whereabouts and rescue her. Her behavior is clearly to assist us."

Qiaotai asked: "Is this murder plot related to Manser sending someone to kill me? There may be a secret agreement between the pilgrims and the people on the water." "I also don't understand this point. How did Manser know that you were going to Ni's Mansion? I just thought of it on the spur of the moment. Besides, even if those two people secretly followed you to Ni's Mansion, how could they have time to go back and ask Manser for advice? , and then sneaked into the dome hall to ambush." Qiao Tai gritted his teeth and said, "I have to arrest that thief Manser myself. This chicken-sized lump on my head is just a grudge, and I promise to keep it forever. ——I plan to go for a walk with Brother Tao at night, and by the way Look for that blind girl, Brother Tao knows her appearance."

Duke Di promised: "Whether you have harvested or not, you must come here before midnight. I am afraid that the imperial court has sent a secret decree to send it to the post."