Chapter 117 Clues, Secret Investigation

This sounds ridiculous.

After all, how could a flower-stealing thief who could sneak into thousands of houses at night be a crippled person with limited mobility?

But Zhao Ya did not think it was impossible.

In fact, the more physically disabled a person is, the more paranoid he is.

Having difficulty walking and walking can make people practice Qinggong hard, thus reaching a height that ordinary people cannot reach.

At this time, Zhao Ya finally understood why no one had caught the Jade Butterfly for three years.

Because people may not have thought that the Jade Butterfly could be a disabled person.

"Did you find anything?" Miao Shaocheng asked with concern.

Zhao Ya stood up and pointed to the window.

"I only see that the Jade Butterfly should have come in from this window, and other clues have not been found yet."

Zhao Ya did not mention that the Jade Butterfly might be a crippled person.

It was not that he wanted to keep it secret, but it was better to let as few people know about this kind of thing as possible before it was proven.

Miao Shaocheng and Xu De hurried to the window after hearing this, and after a careful inspection, both of them looked a little ugly.

Because they also saw the cleverness of this method.

But the more so, the more difficult it will be to catch the Jade Butterfly.

While the government officials had not arrived yet, Zhao Ya checked the bodies of Xue Dagu and others.

Then Shi Qingqing put clothes on Xue Dagu with tears.

After all, for a woman, it is too ugly to die naked.

After all this, the government officials finally arrived.

After recording the scene, a coroner collected the bodies of Xue Dagu and others and took them back to the government office for processing.

It stands to reason that Zhao Ya and others should go to the government office to record a confession.

But Shen Dao, Zhao Ya and the other four are all apprentices of Lu Dingtai, and Shi Qingqing is the courtesan of Zuihuafang.

Such identities must be treated with caution even by the government office.

Therefore, they just asked politely at the scene and let it go.

After asking, the captain named Du Hu exchanged a few words with everyone, and then turned to leave.

At this moment, Zhao Ya suddenly called him.

"Captain Du, please stay."

Du Hu stopped and looked at Zhao Ya with some surprise.

After the previous questioning, he already knew that this young boy was actually Lu Dingtai's new disciple.

And Lu Dingtai was a well-known top warrior in the entire county city. Even the county governor had to look up to him, so he was very polite when facing Zhao Ya.

"What else, young man Zhao?"

"Can I take another look at the remaining jade butterfly?"

After the government officials arrived, Shen Dao handed over the jade butterfly, and now it is in Du Hu's hands.

Du Hu didn't know what Zhao Ya wanted to do, but he didn't refuse. He reached out and took out the jade butterfly from his arms.

"Young man, please look!"

Zhao Ya took it and looked at it carefully.

Everyone couldn't help but feel a little confused when they saw him like this.

Du Hu guessed something and couldn't help but sigh.

"This young man Zhao must want to start with this jade butterfly to track down the whereabouts of the thief. To be honest, we have tried this method."

"But the jade used for this jade butterfly is ordinary. It is produced in the nearby mountains and rivers. One or two silver coins can buy a large piece on the market. The carving is also average, without any obvious characteristics, so it is very difficult to track it down."

Zhao Ya didn't say anything. After looking at it over and over again, he handed it back to Du Hu.

"Did you find anything?" Miao Shaocheng asked.

Zhao Ya shook his head.

Miao Shaocheng looked disappointed.

Du Hu had expected this and couldn't help but laugh in his heart.

He had seen many young men like Zhao Ya. Relying on the fact that he had a good master and learned some skills, he felt that there was nothing in the world that could stump him.

If this jade butterfly was so easy to catch, why would the government spend such a high price to offer a reward?

Although he laughed secretly in his heart, Du Hu did not show it on the surface. Instead, he pretended to comfort her and then left.

After he left, everyone left Xue Dagu's house.

At this time, the neighbors around were already alarmed.

After all, so many constables had just arrived, and it was hard not to attract people's attention with such a big commotion.

These neighbors stood on the street and pointed at Xue Dagu's house, whispering about something.

"I heard that it was Yu Hudie who committed the crime. The woman died miserably, with many cuts on her body!"

"Tsk tsk, Xue Dagu was only in her thirties and heard that she was quite rich. In the end, she died like this. What a pity."

"If you ask me, it's what she deserves. This woman used to be a prostitute in a brothel. She was hanging out with men of questionable character all day long. It was only a matter of time before something happened to her."

The mixed voices of regret, shock, and gloating made Shi Qingqing, who was already heartbroken, even more sad.

Shen Dao saw this and sent her back first.

Zhao Ya, Miao Shaocheng and Xu De slowly walked towards Feixianju.

"Damn it, I don't believe that this Jade Butterfly is so powerful that no one can catch him!" Miao Shaocheng muttered, obviously a little angry.

Xu De sighed and said, "The key is that no one has seen this Jade Butterfly until now, or everyone who has seen him is dead. There is not even a clue. How to find him?"

"Then let him go unpunished like this?" Miao Shaocheng was very angry.

Xu De did not argue with him anymore, but just sighed slightly, and then stopped talking.

Soon the three of them returned to Feixianju.

It was late at night, and Feixianju was about to close.

Fortunately, the shopkeeper knew the identities of Zhao Ya and others, and did not dare to urge them, so he just waited.

After seeing them come back, Meng Shiwen couldn't help asking, "How is it?"

Miao Shaocheng told the story indignantly.

Meng Shiwen didn't say anything after listening, but Zui'er beside her was a little pale.

A murderous demon who specializes in harming women, this sounds scary.

Zhao Ya saw her fear, so he gently held her hand on the way back.

"Don't be afraid, it won't take long for me to catch this guy." Zhao Ya said softly.

"Yeah!" Zui'er nodded vigorously, without any doubt.

In her mind, Brother Xiao Ya is omnipotent.

So she believes everything Zhao Ya says.

After returning home, Zui'er fell asleep, but Zhao Ya did not. Instead, he sat in the yard and thought about the clues he had found.

Now one thing that can be confirmed is that this Jade Butterfly is most likely a disabled person with inconvenient legs and feet.

This narrowed down the scope a lot.

But this alone is far from enough.

After all, the county city has a large population, and there are many people with inconvenient legs and feet. It is not easy to find the hidden devil among so many people.

But Zhao Ya was not discouraged at all.

Because he found a very important clue, but he still needs to investigate secretly.

The next day, Zhao Ya came to the exotic meat trading market located in the east of the county city.

There are big shops with luxurious facades on the street, and there are also small vendors setting up stalls.

The exotic meat sold is even more varied, and there are all kinds of them.

From tigers and leopards in the mountains to grasshoppers in the bushes, there are all kinds of them.

The reason why many novices who don't know the tricks are deceived is that they often think that the meat of tigers and leopards must be strong, but they find that they have been deceived after buying it back.

In fact, there is only one standard to measure the quality of exotic beast meat, that is, how much blood and qi it contains, and whether there are impurities.

And these are only related to the meat field.

If you can find a high-quality meat field, the cultivated exotic beast grasshopper can also be sold at a high price.

And if the meat field is rubbish, even elephant meat is useless.

Of course, this does not mean that the meat of tigers, leopards, black bears and other beasts is not good, but because if this level of beasts mutates, their strength will be extremely terrifying.

Zhao Ya heard that there are powerful exotic beasts equivalent to the fifth realm or even above the fifth realm in the depths of Wanshou Mountain in Wanshou County.

How many people can defeat such powerful exotic beasts and dig meat fields from them?

In particular, the more powerful the exotic beast, the lower the chance of obtaining meat fields.

If you take great pains to kill a powerful exotic beast, but get nothing in the end, wouldn’t you lose everything?

So after comprehensive consideration, exotic beast meat such as earthworms, snakes, and fish and turtles are so popular.

This is because not only is it relatively easy to obtain their meat fields, but the cost of breeding is surprisingly low compared to tigers, leopards and other beasts.

In fact, many of the tiger, leopard and black bear meat sold in the market are not even exotic beasts. They are made by crushing low-level earthworm meat and stuffing it into the meat.

Zhao Ya has been in the Song family for so long that he naturally knows the tricks here, so he didn't listen to the temptation of the street vendors and walked straight into a shop called Tianlan Jerky.

This was recommended to him by Xu De before, saying that the quality of the meat here is good and never fake.

As soon as Zhao Ya came in, he attracted the attention of the waitress in the store.

After all, with the growth of strength, Zhao Ya's temperament has also undergone earth-shaking changes.

Sometimes just a simple action can give people a strong sense of oppression.

This proves that he is a warrior with amazing strength.

Coupled with the flawless facial features, it is naturally eye-catching.

"Young man, may I ask if you want to buy some exotic meat?" A tall woman came up quickly and greeted enthusiastically.

Zhao Ya nodded.

"Then let me introduce you to dozens of exotic meats of high, medium and low grades in our store. I..."

"How much is the golden-spotted black eel?" Zhao Ya asked directly without listening to her nagging.

"Uh..." The woman was caught off guard by Zhao Ya's directness.

"Golden-spotted black eel is considered a high-end meat here. It is usually sold for five taels and three qian of gold..."

"Five taels, if it's okay, I'll take thirty taels, if not, I'll go to another store." Zhao Ya interrupted the woman again.

The woman was a little upset.

How can you buy things like this? Don't you have to look first and then slowly bargain?

Why is this young man like he is in a war, not even willing to say a word?

"Uh... I have to go inside and ask the shopkeeper for this price. Why don't you wait here?"

"Okay!"

Zhao Ya sat on the chair specially provided for guests to rest, picked up the fruit on the table and ate it without paying attention to others.

He was sure that the other party would be able to accept this price, after all, the public price of dried golden-spotted black eel was five taels of gold.

For this kind of shop, buying thirty taels at a time is considered a big customer, so there is naturally a discount.

As expected.

The woman came back soon.

"Young hero, our shopkeeper has agreed. You want to do it now..."

Zhao Ya took out the gold ticket that he had exchanged in advance and put it on the table.

"Click and if there's no problem, give me the jerky."

After counting the number and packing thirty taels of dry golden-spotted black eel, Zhao Ya picked it up and turned around to leave.

From entering the door to making the purchase and leaving, the whole process only took less than ten minutes, which was extremely clean and tidy.

It wasn't until Zhao Ya left that the woman remembered that she didn't ask Zhao Ya for his name and address.

In a store of Tianlan's size, customers who purchase more than 10 taels of dried meat at a time will be recorded in order to establish a relationship and develop into regular customers.

Not to mention the remorseful woman, Zhao Ya took one of the dried meats and ate one after returning home.

The last Jade Snake Dried Jade Snake had been eaten three days ago, and it would take another two days to receive the King Kong Dali Pill, so Zhao Ya had been inactive for several days.

Now with this golden-spotted black eel in his stomach, Zhao Ya felt that his stomach and intestines were getting excited.

After grinding and absorbing it, Zhao Ya felt that his whole body was full of energy and blood.

In terms of the richness of Qi and blood, it is only slightly inferior to the Jade Brocade Snake Gan.

However, because of the characteristics of Qi and blood, it is very suitable for the needs of practicing the Diamond Fist.

After practicing the exercises, Zhao Ya was satisfied to see that he had improved in all the martial arts he had mastered.

In particular, my own skin has a faint glow. Although it is still far from the completion of dermabrasion, at least I can see the dawn.

Zhao Ya put away the remaining dried meat, packed all the medicine, lime bags and other practical items. He also put the meteorite knife on his waist, then put on a large piece of clothing and took it with him. A common bamboo hat on the street, covering myself tightly.

After making all preparations, Zhao Ya said hello to Zui'er and then went out.

Zhao Ya did not go to other places, but specifically chose places adjacent to brothels and brothels to wander around.

For example, the area near Zuihuafang is better and can be considered a wealthy area, but some underground kilns are simply built in the most dilapidated slum areas.

A visit only costs about fifty daizi, which is equivalent to less than a penny.

But even among these fifty rich people, there are still many people who can't afford it.

Because the people living here are all men who make a living by working hard, or small traders who do small business, the money they earn every day can only be said to be a hand-to-mouth existence, and there is no spare money for consumption.

Most people rarely set foot here, but Zhao Ya seems to be very familiar with it.

Because when he was in Dancing Elephant City, he lived in a slum similar to this.

The difference is that the security in the slums here may be slightly better than that in Wuxiang City. After all, the government here still has some control.

Zhao Ya walked slowly.

There were many people dressed like him on the street, so he didn't attract much attention.

Some roving orioles who couldn't even get into a local kiln and could only rely on the streets to attract customers did not miss any opportunity.

"Uncle, are you kidding? Thirty men, plus ten more can give you a bowl of noodles." A woman who was nearly forty years old and even the skin on her body was sagging shouted to Zhao Ya.