Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang left the hospital together and began the investigation of the "West Lake Floating Corpse Case" that occurred four years ago.

The murderer stopped committing crimes almost three years ago. The case has been pending for several years, and most of the victims have no relatives. It must not be easy to investigate.

Zhan Zhao sighed as he walked - if the Lin'an prefect is an unreliable and confused official, then there may be more to investigate. The key is that Qin Rui is extremely smart. The few police officers I saw just now are all veterans in handling cases...

It feels like there's no place to start.

But if the investigation fails for a long time, it will embarrass the Kaifeng Prefecture.

"Well..." Zhan Zhao frowned and looked at Bai Yutang beside him.

The Fifth Master was amused by him, "If you can't find out, take Tuanzi for a walk around the streets. Otherwise, let the Demon King help you tell your fortune. There will always be a way."

Zhan Zhao was a little disgusted, "This is cheating!"

"Why did you cheat?" The fifth master shook his head, "The dumpling is our own dumpling, and the demon king is also our own demon king. This is called an abundance of talents."

Zhan Zhao squinted his eyes and looked at Bai Yutang, "Are you very eloquent today?"

The fifth master smiled slightly and seemed to be in a good mood.

Zhan Zhao was very curious, looked around, and asked, "Is there anything happy?"

Master Wu raised his eyebrows - No.

Zhan Zhao didn't believe it and stared at him.

Bai Yutang pointed to a very impressive restaurant by the West Lake not far away and asked, "Is it that one?"

Zhan Zhao raised his eyes and looked at the signboard, "Xianju Building, that's right! That's the one!"

After saying that, he picked up Bai Yutang and ran away.

Is Mr. Wu in a good mood? It is indeed good, because there is no family behind him today, it is just him and Zhan Zhao, and they have to "play" together all day.

"Cat, after dinner later, should we go to Lingyin Temple to investigate the case first?" Fifth Master asked.

"Let's investigate the case first and then go say goodbye, otherwise we will take a long detour."

While talking, the two of them arrived at the door of the restaurant.

It was a little early for dinner now, and the restaurant was not too crowded, not too many, not too little. The waiter greeted the two people inside enthusiastically.

The Fifth Master said he wanted a private seat on the top floor.

"Okay, we have two seats on the top floor." The waiter led the two of them upstairs.

The Xianju Building is very high, with a total of four floors. The top floor has windows on all sides, giving it a first-class view of the West Lake.

The waiter chose a table by the window for the two of them and enthusiastically introduced the signature dishes of their restaurant.

When we arrived at the West Lake, it was natural to eat fresh food from the lake. Zhan Zhao sat down and asked if there was any vinegar fish in the West Lake.

The waiter said this is a must order when visiting our Xianju Restaurant, and asked the two of them if they wanted to pick fish.

This is familiar. Many restaurants near lakes and seas have this habit. There are water tanks and fishing nets in the lake outside the building. Some fish are picked directly from the water tank, while some are directly caught in a net. The prices of the two are different.

, no matter how many pieces you pick up, they will be sold according to the price of the entire network.

When Master Wu saw several full nets outside, he said, "Let's catch them."

"Okay, which network do you want?" the guy asked.

Fifth Master said, "Catch them all and pick the best one for us."

Zhan Zhao narrowed his eyes - Oops, Xiao Baitang started to play with money again.

The waiter was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Okay, I'll let the shopkeeper take care of me. Please wait a moment."

The waiter happily went downstairs to call the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper went upstairs in person and asked the waiter to set up the net.

In a big restaurant like this, there are a lot of customers coming and going on weekdays, and there are some rules. Generally, the guests who are particularly generous have other orders. Most of them are asking about things, and the waiters will run to call the shopkeeper.

Come and serve in person. Restaurants are all the same. They charge money to do things. As long as you give enough money, you will answer all your questions and even help you find out information.

Zhan Zhao held his chin and sighed again as he watched the guys downstairs busy playing with the Internet.

Bai Yutang looked at him - why "Alas" again? Shouldn't eating fish mean "meowing"?

Zhan Zhao folded his arms and reflected for a moment. In addition to relying on Tuanzi and Demon King, Master Mao also relied on Xiaobaitang to spend a lot of money. He felt that he had not made any achievements in investigating the case...

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard the waiter downstairs shout, "Sir! Is this okay?"

Zhan Zhao looked out the window and saw the waiter holding up a fish.

Zhan Zhao ran to the window and nodded downstairs, "That's it, and another Longjing shrimp!"

"okay!"

The waiter took the fish and ran to the kitchen.

"Hahaha."

At this time, the restaurant manager had already come up and said with a smile that the two of you are gourmets and that the West Lake Fish in Vinegar and Longjing Shrimp at Xianju Restaurant are the best in Hangzhou!

The shopkeeper is in his forties, looks quite respectable, and looks like a big business shopkeeper.

Seeing that Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were both carrying weapons, the shopkeeper smiled and asked, "Are the two young heroes also here to participate in the Heroes Conference?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang blinked.

After looking at each other in silence for a while, the two of them asked the shopkeeper speechlessly, "Heroes Conference?"

Looking at the expressions of the two of them, the shopkeeper guessed that they were not here to attend the Heroes Conference, so he smiled and asked, "Are the two of you here to swim in the lake?"

Zhan Zhao waved his hand, "Why don't we talk about this Heroes Conference first..."

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Oh, this month there is a hero conference sponsored by the ten major sects in the south of the Yangtze River. It is said that a Jiangnan martial arts alliance will be established. One chief and three lieutenants will be selected, and four leaders will come out."

The shopkeeper waved his hands as he spoke, "I just heard the guests talk about it, so I don't know the details."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang couldn't help but shake their heads - these Jianghu people are really... unconvinced!

While we were talking, the waiter came up with the best Yuqian Longjing.

The shopkeeper poured tea for the two of them himself.

Zhan Zhao took the tea and took a sip. He thought it was good, so he asked, "Shopkeeper, did you have a man named Wang Dafu here?"

After Zhan Zhao said a word, the shopkeeper's hand holding the teapot paused slightly, and then looked at the two of them with some doubts, and asked in confusion, "You two young heroes, do you know Dafu?"

Even the waiter who had just come to serve tea looked at the two of them curiously.

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly and said, "I want to ask about it."

The shopkeeper nodded, "What do you two want to ask about Dafu?"

Before Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang came, they had already seen the records of the Yamen's inquiries about the shopkeeper and other people in the restaurant. The detectives actually asked very detailed questions, and the shopkeeper didn't know any important clues.

"Does Wang Damao have any hobbies?" Zhan Zhao had to try his best to think of something to ask.

The shopkeeper shook his head.

The waiter on the side said, "Da Mao is a very ordinary person. He also has a naive temper."

"Looking at how old he is, why haven't he gotten married yet?" Zhan Zhao was curious.

"This is indeed quite strange." The shopkeeper said, "Da Mao actually looks good and is a very decent person. Someone tried to arrange a marriage for him before, but he didn't even want to hear it, so he just said he didn't want to.

Start a family."

When Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang arrived just now, they were discussing the common points of these deceased people.

These people are all alone, but most of them are in their twenties, which is actually a bit suspicious. It is impossible to say that all the deceased in their twenties are married and even one is single, but none of them are married and all are single.

That's a bit strange. Although the murderer may have deliberately selected singles as his targets, it is not easy to find thirteen people who are missing one finger and are still single and have no relatives.

Are there many people missing a finger?

"By the way." Zhan Zhao then asked, "Isn't Wang Dafu missing a finger?"

The waiter and the shopkeeper both nodded.

"Did he ever say why it didn't happen?"

The man said, "He said he didn't have it since he was a child. We used to joke about whether he had a lot of money from bad gambling and came here to hide from the debt. But the scar on his injury has long since grown, and it looks like it was done a long time ago."

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The shopkeeper also nodded, "Yes, we also suspected whether he had done something bad in the past, but he said that his finger was cut off by a sickle while working in the fields when he was very young."

Bai Yutang looked at the shopkeeper's expression and asked, "Don't you believe this?"

The shopkeeper was stunned.

Zhan Zhao also looked up at the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper hesitated for a moment and looked at the waiter beside him.

The waiter said, "What the hell... Dafu doesn't seem to have a background in farm work. He can't even tell the difference between leeks and garlic leaves."

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang - Do you know the difference between leeks and garlic leaves?
To be continued...