Chapter 116: Jade Butterfly Revealed (Please Order)

There is a stack of silver notes on the table. They are all from Shengyuan Bank, the largest bank in the county. They can be exchanged at any time. They are real hard currency.

In addition, there were several golden tickets, which were the rewards for eliminating the bandits this time, especially when Kong heard that these bandits were actually planning to attack his family.

Thanks to Zhao Ya's timely action, his whole family was spared. He was frightened and showed his gratitude, so he paid Zhao Ya an extra reward out of his own pocket.

This is Zhao Ya's entire net worth.

The silver that Zhao Ya brought from Wuxiang City has long been used up. These were all earned by Zhao Ya during this period of hard work.

Although it's not much, it solves an urgent need.

In addition, Zhao Ya also found some scattered silver taels from the bandits, but the total amount was only more than a hundred taels.

This is not surprising. For these bandits who make a living on the edge of a knife, they have no idea whether they will see the sun tomorrow, so after they have money, they will squander it and will not save money at all.

"call!"

Zhao Ya let out a long breath, rubbed his swollen brows, and thought silently in his mind.

Seven hundred and thirteen taels of silver and eighty-four taels of gold.

If you use this money to buy dried meat from exotic animals in the market, you can probably buy more than thirty taels of dried gold-spotted blood eel.

The golden-spotted black eel jerky was the exotic animal meat that Zhao Ya selected after researching for a long time based on his own situation.

Although it is not as powerful as the seven-star dried eel provided by Dingtai Martial Arts School, it is cheaper in price and can be purchased for only five taels of gold.

Although the price still makes Zhao Ya feel heartache, there is nothing he can do about it. High-grade exotic animal jerky is always in hard currency no matter where it goes. It is a pure seller's market. If you want it, you can only pay for it. There is basically no other way.

And this is pretty good. For example, exotic animal meat of this level such as the seven-star dried eel provided by Dingtai Martial Arts School is generally only provided to some big forces, and ordinary people cannot buy it even if they want to spend money.

Zhao Ya set aside money to buy dried meat tomorrow, and then put the remaining dozens of taels of silver notes on him.

"Have you packed it up?" Zhao Ya asked.

"Right away!" Zui'er's voice came from the bedroom next to him.

Zhao Ya didn't urge him any more.

Tonight he will treat three senior brothers and Meng Shiwen to dinner.

This is something Zhao Ya has wanted to do for a long time.

After all, after several months of joining, Shen Dao, Miao Shaocheng and others often invited me, but I never even responded to the invitation.

This is somewhat unjustifiable both emotionally and rationally.

Now that the affairs of Xiu Shuifang have been settled, although the money earned is not much, it is still enough to treat him to a meal.

So Zhao Ya booked a table at Feixianju in the afternoon.

At this time, Zui'er had also packed up, walked out of the bedroom and said to Zhao Ya: "Let's go, Brother Xiaoya!"

I said tidying up, but in fact I just changed my clothes and combed my hair.

But I couldn't resist Zui'er's natural beauty, so even if she didn't apply any makeup, she would still be beautiful and refined.

Even Zhao Ya couldn't help but take a second look.

Zui'er was a little confused, "What's wrong with Brother Xiaoya? Is there something on my face?"

"No, I just think it looks good!" Zhao Ya replied honestly.

Zui'er was stunned for a moment, then his face became visibly flushed, but his eyes were filled with joy.

What girl doesn't want to hear compliments from the person she likes?

Just as Zhao Ya was about to go out with Zui'er, Miao Shaocheng came.

"Hahaha, I heard that my junior brother is going to treat me tonight, but I didn't even eat lunch, so I'm just waiting for the meal in the evening." Miao Shaocheng said with a smile.

Then he saw Zui'er who was following Zhao Ya, and couldn't help but praise: "Miss Zui'er is so beautiful today!"

Zui'er lowered his head shyly and said nothing.

"Where's Senior Brother Xu?" Zhao Ya asked.

"He has gone back to his family in advance. Before he left, he told me that he would go directly to Feixianju later, so there was no need to wait for him."

"Well, let's go then."

Just as he was about to set off for Feixianju, an unexpected figure suddenly appeared.

I saw Meng Shiwen wearing an elegant white dress and walking closer.

"Sister... senior sister?" Miao Shaocheng was extremely surprised.

Meng Shiwen paused slightly, then said to Zhao Ya: "Are you going to Feixianju?"

"yes!"

"Okay, let's go together!"

Unknowingly, Meng Shiwen and Zui'er walked in front, and the two seemed to be chatting well. At least a smile appeared on Meng Shiwen's face from time to time.

Miao Shaocheng slowed down, approached Zhao Ya and asked, "When did you invite Senior Sister?"

"I just invited you along with me when I invited you!"

"She didn't say anything?"

"No, just nodded."

"Hiss!" Miao Shaocheng patted Zhao Ya on the shoulder and gave him a thumbs up.

"To be honest, Senior Sister really gave you a lot of face today. Do you know how many people wanted to invite Senior Sister to dinner before, but she never used pretense."

Zhao Ya didn't think about this either.

To be honest, he had no intention of inviting Meng Shiwen.

But then I thought about it and decided to mention it.

After all, they were in the same sect, so even if she had prejudices against her, she had to at least get along with her in terms of face.

Unexpectedly, Meng Shiwen agreed readily.

Now listening to Miao Shaocheng, it seems that this situation is rare?

At this time, the group came to Feixianju, which was still the private room by the window on the third floor.

And not long after they arrived, Xu De also came.

When he saw Meng Shiwen there, Xu De also had a look of surprise on his face, but he still quickly bowed his hands and saluted.

"Senior sister!"

"Well, hasn't Shen Dao come yet?" Meng Shiwen asked.

"Second Senior Brother should be arriving soon."

As he was talking, a hearty laugh came from outside the door, "Senior sister is actually here today, what an unexpected surprise."

Following the words, Shen Dao walked into the private room, still looking free and uninhibited.

Meng Shiwen didn't say anything, but just nodded as a greeting.

Everyone has arrived, and the food and wine are served like flowing water.

Although at the beginning, everyone was a little restrained because of Meng Shiwen's presence and were not allowed to let go.

But after a few glasses of wine, when people saw that although Meng Shiwen was still cold, she didn't say anything, and even chatted happily with Zui'er beside her, they all let go.

At this time, Miao Shaocheng smiled and said: "Second Senior Brother, why haven't I seen you leading everyone here today?"

Shen Dao smiled and said, "She was delayed by something today, but she should be here later."

"Seriously, Second Senior Brother, if you lead everyone around all day long, doesn't the owner of Zuihuafang have any objections?" Xu De asked.

"Of course I have opinions, but I have to hold them in. Miss Qingqing is now her cash cow."

Shi Qingqing is the biggest courtesan in Zuihuafang, and many rich and young people spend a lot of money just to meet her.

In this way, Shi Qingqing's status in Zuihuafang is very transcendent.

Even the boss didn't dare to offend.

"Oh, but the more this happens, the harder it will be for you and Mr. Shi to be together!" Xu De sighed.

Naturally, the owner of Zuihuafang will not let go of such a money tree easily.

This is also the reason why Shen Dao has been with him for so long but still failed to redeem him.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Junior brother is treating us today. Let's talk about something fun." Miao Shaocheng quickly smoothed things over.

Xu De also consciously made a mistake and quickly raised his glass to liven up the atmosphere.

But at this moment, there was a burst of panicked footsteps outside the door, and then the door of the private room was knocked open.

The visitor turned out to be a little maid.

As soon as she saw Shen Dao sitting in the room, she felt like she had found a life-saving straw.

"Mr. Shen, hurry up, something happened over there, Miss!"

After hearing this, Shen Dao suddenly stood up, and his always smiling expression now became extremely cold and solemn.

"where?"

"Aunt Xue's house in Yonglefang!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Dao opened the window and flew out.

At this time, everyone in the room also reacted.

Miao Shaocheng recognized that this little maid was Xi'er beside Shi Qingqing, and quickly asked: "What's going on? What's wrong with everyone Shi?"

"Xue... Aunt Xue's family is dead!" Xi'er seemed to be frightened, and she just muttered incoherently when faced with Miao Shaocheng's questions.

When everyone saw this scene, they naturally couldn't drink the wine anymore.

"Let's go take a look too. What if something happens to Second Senior Brother?" Xu De said.

Although Shen Dao is considered the strongest among the five, it is difficult for him to defeat four people with two fists. What if there are too many people on the opposite side?

So Zhao Ya left his meal money and asked Meng Shiwen to take care of Zui'er and the maid Xi'er, and then followed Miao Shaocheng and Xu De to Yongle Fang.

Yonglefang is not close to Feixianju, but the three of them all have great skills, and they arrived with just a cup of tea under their full strength.

Xu De once followed Shen Dao and Shi Qingqing to Aunt Xue's house, so he knew the way.

He led Zhao Ya and Miao Shaocheng to a house in Yongle Fang soon.

At this time, the courtyard door opened wide, and a woman's cry could be heard faintly from inside.

The three of them looked at each other, got ready, and then stepped inside.

Zhao Ya frowned as soon as he entered the hospital.

Because he smelled an extremely strong smell of blood.

Miao Shaocheng and Xu De naturally smelled it, and their expressions changed.

After hurriedly arriving at the main room, he saw Shen Dao standing in the room with a pale face, and sitting next to him was Shi Qingqing.

At this time, Master Shi, who was famous for his beauty and beauty, was holding a corpse in his arms and crying non-stop.

Seeing this corpse, not only Zhao Ya, but also Miao Shaocheng and Xu De could not help but frown.

Because this was a naked female corpse, and her death condition was extremely miserable, with knife marks of varying depths all over her body.

Xu De recognized the female corpse as that of Aunt Xue.

You must know that Aunt Xue is just a nickname. In fact, she is only about thirty years old.

She was also a girl from Zuihuafang at first. Later, as she got older and earned enough redemption money, she redeemed herself and moved to Yonglefang.

Back in Zuihuafang, Aunt Xue had the best relationship with Shi Qingqing.

Especially because Shi Qingqian was still young at the time, Aunt Xue helped her with many things.

So when she later redeemed herself and moved to Yonglefang, Shi Qingqing still came to see her often.

Unexpectedly, Aunt Xue died tragically at home today, and it seemed that she had suffered extremely cruel abuse before she was born.

"Second Senior Brother, what's going on?" Miao Shaocheng asked.

Shen Dao didn't say anything, just silently stretched out his hand, and in the palm of his hand was a butterfly made of jade.

"Jade butterfly!"

The three of them exclaimed in unison.

Shen Dao nodded, "Yes, it's the Jade Butterfly."

Then after Shen Dao's narration, the three of them knew what was going on.

It turned out that today was Aunt Xue’s birthday, so Shi Qingqing didn’t go to the banquet with Shen Dao.

She prepared gifts and brought her maid to Aunt Xue’s house, but no matter how she knocked, the door wouldn’t open.

At that time, Shi Qingqing had a bad feeling, so she simply asked her maid Xier to bring a ladder, climbed over the wall and opened the courtyard door from the inside.

As soon as she entered the door, the tragic scene in front of her almost made Shi Qingqing collapse.

Aunt Xue, who had a close relationship with her, had died tragically in the living room.

In the next room, including the old woman who swept the courtyard, all seven people in Aunt Xue’s family were killed.

This tragedy made Shi Qingqing heartbroken, but she was still sober, so she ordered her maid Xier to go to Feixianju to find Shen Dao.

As for why she didn’t find the government first...

If she expected the group of detectives to come, it would probably be dawn.

When Shen Dao arrived, he was also shocked by this scene, but he quickly calmed down, carefully inspected the scene, and then found the Jade Butterfly.

Now the situation is clear. It is obvious that the Jade Butterfly, which has been silent for more than two years, has made another move and killed Aunt Xue's family.

Everyone's faces were extremely ugly.

Miao Shaocheng was even more angry and cursed.

"Damn it, this bitch Jade Butterfly is really crazy. Not only did he rape and kill, but he also tortured people like this. Don't let me catch him. I will definitely peel off his skin after catching him."

"There are so many people who want to peel off his skin, but the key is that no one knows who this Jade Butterfly is." Xu De said helplessly.

Zhao Ya did not speak.

At this time, he was carefully examining the scene.

According to Shi Qingqing, the courtyard door was locked when they came, which shows that the Jade Butterfly should have flown into the house.

This is not surprising. She was able to commit so many major crimes, and some of them were committed in the heavily guarded deep courtyard. It can be seen that the Jade Butterfly's Qinggong is quite amazing.

The key is the doors and windows inside.

Zhao Ya carefully observed and finally found traces of picking the lock on a window.

This kind of window is fixed with bolts inside. At this time, the bolts inside have been broken, but there is no sign of damage to the wood outside.

Zhao Ya frowned.

This method, similar to hitting the bull from behind the mountain, is a high-level skill in using strength.

And to be able to do this, the strength of this Jade Butterfly is extraordinary.

Now it can be concluded that he came in from this window.

It happened that the county city had just rained these two days.

So Zhao Ya carefully looked for clues.

Seeing Zhao Ya looking for something on the ground without saying a word, Miao Shaocheng was about to come over.

Zhao Ya suddenly said, "Don't come over."

Miao Shaocheng stopped embarrassedly.

The footprints on the ground were very messy, but all of Xue Dagu's family members were women, and Shi Qingqing was the first to discover the scene, which gave Zhao Ya a lot of convenience.

As long as the footprints of those women were excluded, the rest were suspicious.

Sure enough.

After searching for a long time, Zhao Ya finally found a suspicious footprint in the corner of the wall.

The footprints were covered with fresh soil, and it was obvious that they had only appeared in the past two days.

But the most important thing was not this. Zhao Ya found that the pair of footprints were one deep and one shallow, which was very strange.

Could it be....

Zhao Ya's heart moved, could it be that the Jade Butterfly who committed countless major crimes was actually a cripple?