Criminal investigation in ancient times

It was almost the end of autumn, and the bleak north wind whizzed a few broken leaves past the door. It just rained last night, and several pots of autumn chrysanthemums in the courtyard were beaten to pieces.Zhang Rui squatted at the door, holding his arms and shivering.After a daze, I remembered that I had been in this strange place for more than half a year.

"Don't move! You are already surrounded!" Zhang Rui held the pistol against the waist of the drug lord, and then a sharp pain spread in his chest. Zhang Rui turned his head in disbelief, and saw his most proud apprentice actually opened fire behind him. One shot.Then the vision became more and more blurred, and finally the drug lord and his apprentice both escaped.

He thought he was going to die for sure, because the bullet passed through the third rib, hurting his heart and lungs. He probably couldn't save Da Luo Jinxian. It's just that the familiar world is no longer in front of me!

"Damn it! The enemy actually broke into the interior!" Zhang Rui couldn't help muttering.

When the cold wind blew, the memory was blown away bit by bit, and some inexplicable memories filled my mind.

"Ruirui, go! Follow Uncle Han!" A beautiful woman pushed him, pulled a jade hairpin from his head, and stuffed it into his hand, "Take this and go to the capital to find your uncle! Be obedient, hurry up..."

"Mother...Mother, I won't go, I won't go!" Uncle Han reached out to pick him up, put him under his arm and hurried away.

"..."

Zhang Rui raised his forehead, this is probably the memory of this body.

It's a coincidence that the original owner of this body is also called Zhang Rui, who has the same name and surname as him, but the difference is that this young man named Zhang Rui seems to have a very hard life.Before he was born, both his father and grandfather died in battle, and he became a posthumous child. His mother dragged him to the age of 12 with great difficulty, and unexpectedly encountered gangsters during a Buddha worship. The servant rescued him.

There is no one in charge of the family, and the family property changed its name and surname overnight, but Uncle Han had no choice but to take the young master around the city.

Because there was no entanglement on the road, the original owner of the body fell ill on the way in shock and anger. Although Uncle Han took care of him for a moment, the child was reunited with his family, and Zhang Rui woke up after the high fever subsided.Sighing, looking at the dilapidated doors and windows, stroking his gurgling stomach.

"Master, Master, I'm back."

At the door, a man wearing a patchwork came in.

Zhang Rui's eyes lit up, "Uncle Han."

Lao Han smiled and handed him the two steamed buns in his hand.

"Young master, I'm lucky today. I just ran into an errand runner when I went out. I made a full [-] Wen from this trip, and I have enough food for tomorrow."

Lao Han's full name is Han Baozhu. He is in his early thirties, has a square face with thick eyebrows, and smile lines around his eyes when he smiles.It is said that it was picked up by Zhang Rui's grandfather when he was a child. Although he is a servant, he is also like the old man's son-in-law. He grew up in Zhang's family, so Uncle Han is absolutely loyal to Zhang Rui.

"Master, are you feeling better? Standing at the door in such thin clothes, be careful to catch the wind and cold again."

Zhang Rui smiled: "Uncle Han, don't call me Young Master, just call me Ah Rui when you're out."

Uncle Han: "How can I do that? The young master and I have different identities, how can I call the young master by his first name?"

Zhang Rui gnawed on the steamed bun and sighed secretly, the ancients were indeed old-fashioned.

This dynasty does not match any dynasty that Zhang Rui is familiar with. Although it is also called the Zhou Dynasty, this week is not the other. The dynasty is slightly similar to the Song Dynasty. There are disasters inside the country and tigers and wolves outside, so it can be said that the country is in danger.

If not, his cheap father and grandfather would not be able to go out and die, and it is estimated that he would have died in vain if he was shot.

"Young master, we're almost done with our money. I found out that in three days' time, there will be a caravan going north. We can carry us with five taels of silver each. Although it's windy and rough, it's much safer than going on the road by ourselves. "

"Well, Uncle Han, you can arrange it. If the money is not enough, I still have a piece of jade pendant to pawn it to make money."

Uncle Han hurriedly said: "Don't dare to take it! It was left to you by the old man when he was alive. This is the jade pendant passed down from our Zhang family. If I pawn this jade, I will have no face to see the old man in the future!"

Zhang Rui hurriedly comforted him: "Okay, Uncle Han, I'm just talking about the money..."

Uncle Han sighed: "Enough is enough, I have to earn some rations on the road. It takes about two months to travel from Xuzhou to the capital. I'm afraid it will be hard for the young master..."

Zhang Rui shook his head, thinking secretly, going to the capital, which is probably near the modern Beijing, and now it is the end of autumn, from this road to the capital... Looking at his thin single clothes, Uncle Han seems to have forgotten something important.

Uncle Han watched Zhang Rui get up and leave after eating the steamed buns. He also had to help a cloth shop in the afternoon, and he would not come back until midnight every day.

After eating the steamed buns brought back by Uncle Han and drinking some hot water from the stove, Zhang Rui thought for a while, then walked out of the gate holding the jade pendant.

Although the weather is cold, there are still many pedestrians on the street, all kinds of cries one after another, filling his ears, which made him stunned, as if he had stepped into an ancient costume TV, but this is different from TV, here Everyone is alive, and I am in it, just like them, living in this dynasty.

Walking along the street, the shops on both sides of the street are next to each other. Because of the perennial war, the ratio of men to women in this dynasty was seriously unbalanced, so many women showed their faces to run things to support their families, and there was nothing inconvenient about it.

Walking to a pawnshop on the corner of the street, Zhang Rui has been inquiring about this pawnshop for several days. In addition to its good reputation, the shopkeeper is also a real person. He never cheats and lowers the price.

As soon as Zhang Rui entered the shop, he was greeted with warmth, and he couldn't help shivering. Looking around, there were actually two stoves in the house.

A young man hurried over to greet the guests.

"Brother, are you here to pawn or fetch?"

Zhang Rui smiled and said, "I'm here to be an object."

The waiter said: "The little brother wait a moment, I will call the shopkeeper to drill the eye."

Because the money of the goods is different, the guys generally can't make the decision, and the shopkeeper will make eye discounts.

Not long after the clerk left, a middle-aged man came out from the backyard. He was in his early forties, with a fair face and a three-pointed smile.

"But this little brother wants to be a thing?"

Zhang Rui nodded, took out the jade pendant from his pocket and handed it to the shopkeeper.This jade pendant was always worn by the original owner. From a modern point of view, it is worth at least several hundred thousand. I don't know how much it could be sold for in ancient times.

The shopkeeper took the jade pendant with both hands and looked at it carefully, then looked at Zhang Rui and said, "Is this jade pendant worth death or life?"

Zhang Rui: "What do you say when you die? What do you say when you live?"

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "If you are dead, you will be treated as 300 taels of silver. After that, you can no longer withdraw it. If you are alive, you will be treated as 200 taels of silver. If you want to redeem it within the five-year period, you can redeem it with an additional 50 taels of silver. After five years, this jade pendant will be dealt with as death."

Zhang Rui: "Then let's do it."

The shopkeeper: "Okay, brother, wait for a moment, and I will write you a pawn ticket when I go down. Do you want cash or bank notes?"

Zhang Rui: "I want 150 taels of silver, 50 taels of cash."

After a while, the shopkeeper handed Zhang Rui a bundle.After checking it was correct, Zhang Rui thanked the shopkeeper, turned around and left the pawn shop.

As soon as he walked out of the pawn shop, with the professionalism of a criminal policeman, he found two people who were following him.Zhang Rui frowned slightly. He was really not afraid of thieves stealing, but he was afraid of thieves thinking about it. It seemed that these two people used old and weak women and children from pawnshops to follow and rob them.

Just... Stretching out his hand and looking at his thin and thin arms, Zhang Rui smiled wryly. If this is in modern times, with his 1.8-meter height, strong body, and the foundation of three-time military and police fighting competition champions, he would pack three or five of them. It's not a problem, but the current body is picky eaters and malnourished when I was a child, and I also suffered from a serious illness a few days ago, so let alone two people... even a strong woman can hold him down.

Walking through the street corner, the two people behind followed more and more blatantly. Zhang Rui quickened his pace, and the people behind also walked faster and faster. When they finally reached the alley, they blocked him.

"Stinky boy, do you still want to run?" One of the men in rags grabbed Zhang Rui's arm and threw him to the ground.

"Grand... please forgive me, little one, little one has nothing." Zhang Rui held the package with tears in his eyes, trembling like a rabbit in fright.

"Give it to me!" The other man with a yellowish complexion reached out and snatched the package, and opened it for a look.

There are only a few pieces of silk clothes inside, and the material looks good, but they are not worth much.

"Fuck! I thought it was something good, but it turned out to be a bag of ragged clothes!" The other became a little annoyed and kicked Zhang Rui's chest. Zhang Rui turned slightly to avoid the vital organs of his body, "Hey Yo" lay on the ground without moving.

When the two saw each other, they were a little frightened. Although they robbed each other from time to time, they had never done anything that killed anyone. Seeing Zhang Rui lying motionless on the ground, his clothes were ignored, and he ran away.

After the two of them ran far away, Zhang Rui slowly got up from the ground. How could there be any fear in his eyes?In fact, he knew early on that so much money was not something a half-grown kid like him could keep.

So before going out, he hid the banknotes in his shoes.He spent another three taels of silver to redeem the clothes that had been pawned a while ago. All he wanted was broken silver. He kept them in his bosom, cuffs, and trouser pockets, so they were not found by those two people just now. .Rubbing his swollen chest from being kicked, Zhang Rui picked up the package on the ground and turned into the yard.