The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion

Chapter 6: The Ultimate Fruit Tracking Process

"Here it is!"

Ruan Rong pointed to a grocery store not far ahead and said, "Only their family sells white berries!"

When the word ”white berry” was mentioned, she wore her shoulders down and her eyebrows frowned. She looked as if she had no strength.

But the one who reacted more strongly was Feng Xin. On his horse, the color of his old face turned black and green. He swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, but he still couldn't hold down the vomit in his stomach. Then, with a loud burp, he started retching.

There was no other way. After Sun Shaozong observed for a long time, he could only confirm that Ruan Rong's vomit and the fruit residue he had were 70 to 80 percent similar. Finally, to be safe, he had to adopt the most original analysis method, which was cheating Feng Xin to eat it and distinguish it by tasting it!

After some indescribable tests, Sun Shaozong finally determined that the assassins ate a fruit called ”white berry," which was a specialty of the neighboring city of the state. Because of the inconvenient transportation, there were only two merchants in the city.

One of them was a restaurant. White berries have always been used only for entertaining VIPs and have never been sold out. Considering that the assassins were unlikely to go to the restaurant in groups before taking action, this grocery store in the north of the city should be the source of the ”white berry residue!”

In addition, Ruan Rong also provided a message. As the heroic duo of the six countries in southern Xinjiang, the city of the neighboring state and the state of Qian Xiang have been mortal enemies of each other for hundreds of years. In recent years, the state of Qian Xiang, backed by the Great Zhou Dynasty, has faintly threatened to annex the city of the neighboring state to dominate Southern Xinjiang. This has caused great panic among the government and the people in the city of the neighboring state.

Therefore, the ”Paladins” of the city of the neighboring state came to assassinate the special envoy of Zhou to provoke the relationship between the two countries. It can be said that it was a reasonable inference that he had made a heroic journey with the unique food and fruit of his hometown before he started!

—Dividing Line—

They said that they ran to the grocery store in the north of the city. Sun Shaozong ordered Feng Xin and others to wait in the street. Then they got off their horses and walked side by side with Ruan Rong.

The grocery store was a three-story attic, which covered a large area. After entering the door, the shelves can be seen everywhere. Not only do they have the specialties of the six countries in southern Xinjiang, but they have also opened up a special area for the Great Zhou and western regions, just like an ancient version of an international supermarket.

Before Sun Shaozong looked at it carefully, a waiter came forward with a smile on his face and said, "Please come inside, my guest! I wonder if you are interested in seeing what the trumpet has, or have you got something to be desired? Things here are a little miscellaneous. If you have something to be desired, just let me know. I will be able to help you lead the way."

This guy has a sweet mouth.

Sun Shaozong pretended to be careless and asked, "I heard you sell white berries here? They are the kind of fruit that is a specialty of the state of Zhen."

"Yes, the two of you, please come with me!"

The waiter led the way, and the two men followed closely. They came to a cellar shortly after. He bent down to hold a red rope, took a rattan basket from the cellar, handed it to them, and said, "Look, my guest, there are so many goods that have just been replenished this morning."

Sun Shaozong looked down but saw that the bottom of the basket was scattered with only 20 table tennis-like-sized fruits. The red fruits were still cool. They looked very pleasant.

Although there is the word ”berry” in the name of this thing, it looks like a lychee, with a hard shell on the outside and a small nucleus inside.

"Yes, it is!"

Ruan Rong cried with joy, and then asked, "Waiter, during the period from yesterday to today, did someone buy a lot of white berries at once? At least enough for more than a dozen people!"

"This..."

She was so eager to ask that the waiter became vigilant. He looked at them suspiciously and said perfunctorily, "My guest, we don't know how many things we need to sell in the store all day. I really can't remember..."

At the end of the sentence, the waiter suddenly stared at Sun Shaozong's palm. To be exact, he stared at the silver coins in his palm!

Sun Shaozong threw the silver money forward. The waiter hurriedly held it in his hands and gently bumped it. He found that there were at least four or two chunks of silver money. His face suddenly seemed to be smiling like a chrysanthemum.

Sun Shaozong asked with a smile, "So, do you remember now?"

"Yes yes, I remember!"

The waiter nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice and said with a smile, "A rich guest came this morning. Without saying a word, he bought a whole basket of white berries, which cost a huge sum of dollars!"

”Bought a basket? That's probably not wrong!”

Sun Shaozong was also excited and asked, "Do you remember what he looked like? How did he dress? Was he a servant or a host? What direction did he go when he left? Was he taking a carriage or walking?!"

He asked the question like a fireball and made the waiter confused. However, for the sake of the handful pouch of silver money, he tried to recall, "The man looked nothing special. He should be a servant of a large family. He drove a carriage when he left, as if he were heading north."

"Heading north?!"

Sun Shaozong was overjoyed. The grocery store was in the north of the city. If you want to search in the north, the scope will be much smaller!

After getting a positive answer from the shop assistant, he reached out to grab two ”white berries” from the rattan basket and pulled Ruan Rong out of the door without looking back.

On the street, without a word, Sun Shaozong peeled one and put it in his mouth. He chewed the pulp and spit the core onto his palm.

The guards were puzzled when they saw him throw the peel and core. Reaching up high in front of himself, he said loudly, "Brothers, listen to me carefully! Later, we will act separately and carefully search all the storage yards north of the grocery store for me. If you find a similar peel and core like this, report to me immediately!"

The so-called ”storage yard” is an ancient garbage dump.

It has been at least seven or eight hours since the morning. Normal people should not leave this garbage at home. Therefore, as long as they can find these peels and core in the yard, they can find the hiding place of the assassin!

Of course, if the assassins were cautious enough that they didn't even dispose of the garbage, Sun Shaozong would have to report the situation to the Qianxiang court and let them do a thorough search.

But in this way, it's hard to say whether the credit they have made is enough to make up for their mistakes.