Chapter 75 [Ten thousand words, make up three more] Puteng… (1)

The more the emperor thought about it, the more worried he became. In order to be safe, he issued another decree, saying that the case was of great importance, and all the judges in Beijing should fully cooperate with the Dali Temple in solving the case.

At the same time, it was decreed to block the land and water roads from Chang’an to other cities. Anyone with short stature who intends to pass through will be detained first.

Following the promulgation of these two imperial decrees, Chang’an and the suburbs of Beijing quickly entered a state of martial law.

When Lin Chengyou left the palace, he put his uncle’s hand letter into his arms, and carefully stroked the whole plan to arrest the murderer in his mind.

All the yamen are rubbing their beards, and the Dayin Temple and the Daoguan Temple are also in full swing. The pregnant women in the city have been touched all over the city, and even the women who secretly went to the pharmacy to buy abortion pills were not missed. As for the outside of the city, my uncle had already ordered the generals of Xiying to immediately go door-to-door and search for people in the villages on the outskirts of the city.

No matter how capable the murderer is, it is impossible for him to find the next pregnant woman faster than him, so the murderer’s attempt to use the power of endurance to overturn the earth has failed.

But before the murderer was caught, he had to do three things: go back to Dali Temple to find the portraits of the two disciples of Qiankun Sanren, figure out all the doubts about the third case of Xiao Jiang, and find the whereabouts of the resistance as soon as possible.

Thinking like this, he drove his horse towards Dali Temple.

On the way, he received a report from the generals guarding the city at Anhuamen, saying that Shu Wenliang left the city from Anhuamen for half an hour. In addition to his wife and daughter, the calf had a lot of luggage, and it seemed that he was going to travel far.

After receiving a message from Lin Chengyou, the guards of the city have already sent a large number of troops to chase them out along the road. In addition, all the major gates out of Chang’an have now entered a state of martial law, so Shu Wenliang can’t fly.

Lin Chengyou replied that he knew it, and after thinking about it, he sent a letter to the Sihu in Jingzhao Mansion and Wannian County, asking the officials of these two places to immediately check that Shu Wenliang had been out of Chang’an last month, and send him the investigation results as soon as possible. .

After arranging all this, he continued to rush to Dali Temple.

Yan Sizhi has already found all the relevant files of the evil party case. Although the case has passed for many years, because the Department of Serious Cases has a special person to guard all the year round, the files are kept extremely complete, especially this case is still under the supervision of the saint himself. Yes, Dali Temple does not dare to take it lightly.

The two portraits are placed at the top of the pile of volumes. When you open them, one is a picture of a young man in his twenties. The front of the volume reads Wen Qing Sanren. His appearance is quite decent, but his eyebrows and eyes are a bit fierce. , is also surprisingly small.

The other painting is of a female Taoist priest. The front of the scroll reads Haoyue Sanren, who is only in her early twenties. Haoyue’s loose figure is petite, with a smile on his face. Although he is wearing robes and shoes, he has a graceful air of his own.

Lin Chengyou looked at the portrait for a while, making sure that he had never seen these two people. However, this is not surprising. Based on their sorcery cultivation, they must have changed their appearances long ago, and the change was extremely successful. They escaped for so many years without being noticed by the court.

Yan Sizhi found out the portrait of Qiankun Sanren again and handed it to Lin Chengyou: “This is the head of Wujimen. Who would have thought that such a good skin could do so many things that hurt the world and reason.”

Indeed, he looks handsome. From the portrait, Qiankun Sanren was in his thirties, not much older than the eldest disciples under his command.

This case was jointly tried by the three divisions of Dali Temple, Censor Terrace, and Jingzhao Mansion. The whole process was supervised by the saint. The whole process of handling the case was clear and rigorous, and there was no ambiguity. After verification, Qiankun Sanren committed eleven serious crimes. The evidence is conclusive, and it can be said that the crime cannot be punished. The three divisions have no objection to the results of the case. They soon sentenced Qiankun Sanren to hang.

After watching the trial process that year, Lin Chengyou turned his eyes back to the two portraits.

This time it was the hands of the two of them.

Although Wenqing Sanren is short in stature, his palms are huge. These two points are completely in line with the description of the owner of Jinyun Waterfall.

Haoyue Sanren’s hand was much smaller, and at first glance it looked like a woman’s hand.

Lin Chengyou stared at the delicate hands of the female Taoist priest and looked at it again and again, and the doubt that floated up earlier in his heart slowly sank back. Could it be that he thought too much, the murderer was really Shu Wenliang?

Shu Wenliang and Wenqing Sanren are both men. They are similar in age and stature. In addition, when the murderer committed the crime, he was very afraid of being caught by Shu Liniang’s neighbors. No matter from which point of view, the murderer was Shu Wenliang.

So Shu Wenliang is really likely to be the Wenqing Sanren who escaped back then…

This fake “Shu Wenliang” has been lurking outside for so many years, thinking that the time is almost up, so he returned to the capital in the first two years, and deployed his own plans in the dark: to find evil things, activate the formation, disturb Chang’an, and murder the courtiers And the sage… And the purpose of what he did was to avenge his master, Qiankun Sanren, and his fellow disciples and brothers and sisters who were obedient to the Fa.

Despite this, Lin Chengyou still stared at the beautiful Haoyue Sanren for a long time, and asked Yan Sizhi, “By the way, Brother Yan, have you asked for Shu Wenliang’s portrait?”

Yan Sizhi said: “I asked Shu Wenliang’s colleagues in Jingzhao Mansion to paint, and I don’t know if they are ready. I asked them to ask. This is Shu Wenliang’s life. It has been sorted out. You can take a look first.”

Lin Chengyou took the booklet. Although Shu Wenliang shares the surname “Shu” with Shu Liniang, he is not a cousin. He is actually Shu Liniang’s cousin.

Shu Wenliang is a seven-year-old in his 30s this year. He is a native of Huazhou. His parents died early. He has no siblings and only one cousin in the same village. Because of his poor family background, he was sent to study in a local temple since he was a child. Shu Wenliang is an unforgettable, intelligent and outstanding group. When he grew up, he wanted to go to Beijing to take the exam, but he couldn’t raise money, so he borrowed money from his cousin, but was kicked out of the house by his cousin and cousin.

The mean cousins ​​and sisters-in-law are Shu Liniang’s parents.

Later, Shu Wenliang didn’t know where to get Pantan, but he secretly went to Chang’an to take the exam, and passed the jinshi exam in one fell swoop.

After the election of the official tribe, Shu Wenliang went to Huaixi Road to seek employment. With his status as a jinshi, he quickly found a job under Peng Zhen’s account. , because Shu Wenliang bought an old house in Chonghua Square as soon as he returned to Chang’an. Although the location is very remote and the size of the mansion is not large, it is considered a lot of expenses according to the land price in Beijing (Note 1)

As for Shu Wenliang’s wife, he married when he was working in Huaixi Road. It is said to be the daughter of a local civil servant. After the two got married, they had a daughter. However, according to Shu Wenliang’s colleagues, Mrs. Shu does not seem to be in good health. , On weekdays, he basically does not communicate with the female relatives of his colleagues, and Shu Wenliang himself rarely mentions his wife.

Yan Sizhi said from the side: “Although Shu Wenliang’s wife and daughter are a bit strange, Shu Wenliang’s experience over the years has no flaws, his net worth is innocent, and he has participated in the imperial court’s scientific examinations, and he can even pass the examinations for the jinshi. turn up.”

Lin Chengyou smiled and said: “It’s more than flawless, it can stand up to all aspects of scrutiny. Unfortunately, some things can’t be faked because of the age issue, but some flaws are still revealed accidentally. Brother Yan, look at the year Shu Wenliang came to Beijing to take the exam, it happened to be The time when the evil way escaped from the capital.”

Yan Sizhi compared the two files: “It’s true!”

Lin Chengyou said: “Wenqing Sanren have to hide their identity for a long time, and it is not feasible to flee blindly. If you want to hide from the sky, the best way is to live in the place of someone else’s identity. I want to come to Wenqing Sanren to choose Shu Wenliang on the way to escape. , the reason is not only that the two people are similar in size and age, but also because Shu Wenliang’s family has a simple population. You must know that the most advanced disguising technique in this world cannot withstand the scrutiny of those close to him. Shu Wenliang’s parents died early, and he has no siblings. , Although there are cousins, cousins, and sisters-in-law, the relationship is very bad.

Yan Sizhi was puzzled: “But Shu Wenliang also participated in the imperial court’s scientific examination, and Wenqing Sanren dared to replace him, aren’t you afraid that his words and deeds will be seen as wrong by the same list?”

“So Shu Wenliang left Chang’an as soon as he lost the election. Instead of returning to his hometown of Huazhou, he went to Huaixi Road, a place he didn’t know well. The more unfamiliar the place, the less he had to worry about being recognized. The entanglement of the Beijing exam was given by Wenqing Sanren. When Shu Wenliang successfully achieved fame, Wenqing Sanren killed him, and then he disguised himself as Shu Wenliang and went to Huaixi Road to take up a post.

“It’s been ten years since I’ve been there, and that’s enough time for a person’s appearance to change. When this ‘Shu Wenliang’ returns to Chang’an, even if the examiner and the same list of scholars meet, they may not be able to see the difference, so Wen Qing It is logical for the scattered people to serve in the imperial court as Shu Wenliang, and it is still the hub of Gyeonggi – Jingzhao House.”

Speaking of this, a white light flashed in Lin Chengyou’s mind.

The person who recommended Shu Wenliang to enter Jingzhao Mansion was—

He was shocked for a moment, and his face quickly returned to calm, but he thought quietly, this speculation is very involved, as long as he expresses his suspicion, it will definitely cause a shock, unless more obvious evidence emerges, absolutely Don’t act rashly.

Yan Sizhi added: “Speaking of Shu Liniang, this is the transcript I made when I went to Chun’an Lane in the morning to interrogate the servants of the Shu residence. Because I was busy in the East Market, I didn’t have time to elaborate. Shu Liniang’s husband died in May last year. Yes, the cause of death was a sudden death from illness. In July, Shu Liniang went to Chang’an to join Shu Wenliang, but Shu Wenliang took her in without saying a word. Shu Liniang only stayed in Shu Mansion for a month, because she met Zheng Pu. She moved to Chun’an Lane. After moving into this house, Zheng Pushe went to find Shu Liniang every three or five minutes. The servant said that Shu Changshi also visited Shu Liniang twice, but he hasn’t come back in recent months. ”

“Several maids said that they had been serving Shu Liniang for half a year, and she had never heard of her mentioning her in-laws and her former husband, but since she became pregnant, Shu Liniang became a little suspicious, and she always had nightmares at night, sometimes shouting in her dreams. After waking up, he was also in shock, as if he was afraid of something, so he also said that he would go to the temple to offer incense, which is a bit like the little Jiang family.”

Lin Chengyou paused and hurriedly brought the little Jiang’s itinerary and compared them one by one with the places Shu Liniang had been to in the past two months.

Looking at it, the faint doubts that had been before resurfaced in my heart.

But no, the person he thought of had an important characteristic that did not match the murderer.

After thinking about it and wanting to ask questions, a yamen came running.

“Yan Sizhi, Lin Pingshi, Shu Wenliang did leave Chang’an last month!”

Yan Si came directly to take a look. Due to the hail disaster in Dengzhou and other places in the twelfth lunar month, the imperial court was worried that the local millet grain would be seriously damaged in the coming year, so it specially arranged for Jingzhao Prefecture to deliver grain to the local people. Look, I happened to pass through the same state on the way.

From the middle of the twelfth lunar month to the seventh day of March, the tolerance went for a total of fifty days.

The public inspection was issued by Jingzhao Prefecture. Shu Wenliang’s departure and arrival in Japan, and which prefectures he passed through on the way, were all written clearly.

The original plan was to return on the 30th, but Shu Wenliang did not return to Chang’an until the seventh day of March because the weather was severe and the food delivery was blocked several times.

Lin Chengyou touched his chin: “The extra ten or so days are enough for this extraordinary ‘Shu Wenliang’ to go to Tongzhou to kill and get a baby.”

Yan Sizhi breathed a sigh of relief: “Even the itinerary is correct. It seems that the perpetrator is this Shu Wenliang. As long as he is caught, the whole case will probably be solved.”

Lin Chengyou urged the yamen, “Go and see if Shu Wenliang’s portrait is ready.”

This waited for another half an hour. Although the colleagues in Jingzhao Mansion were dealing with Shu Wenliang every day, they did not have the habit of staring at a male colleague. Several people drew while thinking about it, sometimes stopping to discuss a few words, so they painted very slowly.

When the portrait was delivered, it made people’s eyes shine. The officials of Jingzhao Mansion are quite good at Danqing, and the people on the paintings are vividly drawn. If they are used as wanted portraits, the custodian will not admit their mistakes.

Judging from the portrait, Shu Wenliang is indeed ugly. The bones on the left side of his face seem to have been injured, the entire cheek is sunken, his lips and teeth are not aligned, and he looks crooked. In terms of appearance, he is completely the same as the Wen Qing Sanren back then. Not like.

The most similar thing between the two is their stature, because they are both shorter than ordinary men.

The key point is that Shu Wenliang’s hands are also very large, which once again matches the appearance of the murderer.

Lin Chengyou thought to the portrait, so far, apart from not knowing how Shu Wenliang learned about Xiao Jiang’s crime, all the rest are covered.

It seems to be this person without a doubt.

So he suppressed the doubts in his heart for a while, and said to Yan Sizhi: “The culprit has almost been found out, but there are still a lot of doubts about the case of the little Jiang family. Please ask Yan Si to go directly to Rong Anbo Mansion to verify two things: Shu Wenliang is obviously from the same hometown as the big and small Jiang family, and in the past two years, Shu Wenliang has been in contact with Rong An Bo Mansion. The second is to find Rong An Bo Mansion The nursing mother who specializes in taking care of the big man and the aunt, check one thing with the nursing mother.”

After listening to the last few sentences, Yan Sizhi looked surprised, but quickly nodded, picked up the notebook and said, “Okay, I will cross-examine carefully.”

***

After Lin Chengyou came out of Dali Temple, he didn’t go straight to Fu’an Lane, but went to the Zuowei Imperial Army first.

After asking about one thing, he then rushed to the Nianzi Building in Fu’an Lane.

Chen Sangu said that the little Jiang family likes to eat the fried fish made by this restaurant. In the month before the accident, the little Jiang family had eaten the fried fish four times.

As soon as Lin Chengyou entered the store, he called out the owner and all the staff, and asked, “Have you seen a very short pooch in the past two months?”

The host and his buddies were uneasy because Lin Chengyou came to them for some reason. Hearing these words, he said with a “噫”: “Jingshi also knows that there is such a person?”

“That’s it. How many times has this person appeared? What does he look like?”

The guys scrambled to say: “Dirty, nondescript, wearing short brown on the body, but wearing a muddy hat on his head, came here about three or four times, sometimes walking around the door, sometimes in the back alley. Staring at the shuishui, the young people suspected that he wanted to steal the shuishui, and every time he showed up, they drove him away.”

Lin Chengyou raised his long eyebrows, so many people had seen it.

“Have you seen his hands, are they big or small?”

The master and the clerk were dumbfounded at the same time, thinking that they did not pay attention to a rude hand.

Lin Chengyou reminded them: “This person is so short, don’t you think it’s strange if he has a pair of big hands?”

As soon as these words came out, two of the guys really had a reaction: “The little guy remembered it. The comment is right, this sloppy has a pair of big hands, because after he came back, he leaned against the lice in the back alley and caught it. The lice are put in their mouths again, and the younger ones feel disgusting, but they are right to look at the comments a few more times for this reason.”

Lin Chengyou fell into contemplation, no matter how clever the disguise technique is, it is impossible to temporarily take over the bones. It seems that the murderer really has a pair of big hands. This is not only seen by the owner of Jinyun Waterfall, but also confirmed by the guys in Nianzilou.

Looking at it this way, it seems that the person he suspects can be completely ruled out…

After leaving the Nianzi Building, he hurried to the West City again.

The Fandie Building in the West City has been closed recently because of a murder case.

Lin Chengyou saw that the people were almost here, and asked directly: “Did Mrs. Rong Anbo said that day why she went to the store to buy spices? Did she make an appointment with someone? Who did she say she was waiting for?”

The guys looked at each other in dismay: “I didn’t hear that Mrs. Shizi went directly to the second floor to formulate the recipe every time she came back. Hunu made the maid in a pompous manner, but I never saw her dating a female companion, and that day was no exception.”

Lin Chengyou snorted: “Did Song Shizi accompany his wife to the store?”

The master shook his head blankly: “No.”

As soon as he spoke, the man handed over the hot tea, and Lin Chengyou pushed the tea cup away: “Your store has been opened in the West Market for many years. In the past, you can see that Prince Rong An Bo came here to buy things.”

The host blinked his eyes in confusion, as if he didn’t understand why Lin Chengyou asked such a question, but he still thought about it seriously, and pointed to the shop opposite: “The prince knows the restaurant opposite, the hump fried is delicious. The lady in front of Shizi Song loves to eat, Shizi Song used to bring the lady in front of him, and the villain often saw Rong Anbo’s car parked in front of the store.”

The master said, and pointed to another jewelry shop diagonally opposite: “And the star-picking building, Song Shizi also accompanied the previous lady.”

Lin Chengyou abruptly got up, took two steps in the hall with his hands behind his back, and suddenly said, “When I first got married last year, Song Shizi didn’t accompany Mrs. Xin to Dongshi?”

“No, the villain remembers it.” The master looked back at the guy behind him, “Have you seen it?”

The guys all shook their heads.

Lin Chengyou’s expression darkened, it seemed that something happened earlier than he expected.

***

After leaving the Fandie Building, Lin Chengyou went to the shops opposite to inquire, and after confirming a few things, he left the West Market on his horse.

After rushing back to Dali Temple, Yan Sizhi just happened to return from Rong Anbo Mansion. Before the two of them could enter, a team of generals guarding the city from Nancheng came hurriedly to look for Lin Chengyou.

“Prince! Found Shu Wenliang!”

Lin Chengyou sighed: “Where?”

“In a deserted house in the southern suburbs.” The leading general was called Zhang Gu, and he said bitterly, “After chasing for more than an hour, I managed to block Shu Wenliang in the house, but this man knows sorcery very well, A lot of weird paper figurines resisted at the door. Those paper figurines were surprisingly powerful, and they hurt a lot of soldiers on our side. Fortunately, we brought two Taoist priests with us in advance and broke the formation and broke in, but it was a step late. Shu Wenliang has committed suicide by taking poison with his wife and daughter.”

died? ! Lin Chengyou’s heart sank suddenly.

“Where is the body? Lead the way.”

***

The mansion was located at the midpoint between Chang’an and Wangchuan. It seemed that it had been abandoned for many years, and the gates were completely dilapidated.

Lin Chengyou rushed to the deserted house, and sure enough, he saw a lot of paper figures lying down outside the door.

He recognized at a glance that this was a kind of soul-controlling magic spell recorded in the Book of Souls. It did not attract living souls, but the nearby ghosts and ghosts. This spell is extremely demanding on the cultivation of the exorcists. Gao, it takes at least ten years of mana, because a little careless, the caster will be entangled by these evil ghosts, and a special talisman is needed when summoning the soul. , called “scattering beans into soldiers”.

After Lin Chengyou checked the situation outside the door, he quickly stepped into the house. The soldiers did not dare to move the corpse, and Shu Wenliang and his wife and daughter were still lying in the middle hall.

The three were neatly dressed and their faces were calm, as if their long-cherished wish had been fulfilled, so they went to death calmly.

Lin Chengyou and Yan Sizhi had only seen Shu Wenliang’s portrait before they came, so they recognized at a glance that the man lying outside was Shu Wenliang.

Lin Chengyou squatted beside Shu Wenliang’s corpse, stretched out his arm to probe, and soon found a lot of talismans in Shu Wenliang’s arms.

Lin Chengyou took these talismans into his arms, and then grabbed Shu Wenliang’s hand and looked closely. Although Shu Wenliang was short, he had a pair of big hands, and the right fingertips of the corpse clearly showed traces of talisman fire burning, which was obvious at a glance. Just used spells.

Lin Chengyou watched calmly for a while, then touched Shu Wenliang’s front again. This time, he bumped into a hard object. When he took it out, it turned out to be a strangely shaped mirror.

This mirror is hook-shaped, one side is red, the other side is black, the mirror surface is gray, as if it has not been wiped for a long time.

New Moon Mirror? ! Lin Chengyou slightly showed a strange color. Before he died, Shu Wenliang didn’t use a spell to wake up the monster in the mirror, otherwise the mirror wouldn’t be so dim.

Everyone was surprised: “What is this?”

“Don’t come here.” Lin Chengyou quickly glanced left and right, saw some scattered clothes on the ground, he tore off a piece of fabric and covered the mirror, “This thing is very evil.”

He remembered what Zhuang Mu said that day. Zhuang Mu was instructed to find this extremely sinister Moon Moon Mirror, but was repeatedly escaped by the murderer. Now even this thing is hidden on Shu Wenliang’s body, it seems that he is the murderer.

Looking at the icy body in front of him, he still felt a little weird in his heart, that Wen Qing Sanren, who followed his master to do evil, actually committed suicide like this? But judging from Shu Wenliang’s corpse, there was no sign of injury on his body.

So he probed Shu Wenliang’s clothes again, and this time he found a letter, the letter was written in a rush.

The first line of the letter is:

“My long-cherished wish has been fulfilled, and now I am willing to die, and I will bring disaster to Chang’an in a few days, and the emperor and his people will not escape—”

In the letter, he scolded “Hunjun”, and the words were full of bitter hatred, saying that he had been dormant for fifteen years as the replacement for “Shu Wenliang”, just to avenge Master Qiankun Sanren.

In the letter, I mentioned the Shuanghuan Bureau carefully laid out a few days ago.

“Shu Wenliang” claimed that he did this, not only to frame Zhuang Mu, but also to make Dali Temple mistakenly think that he had caught the real murderer. Only by letting the government take it lightly can he successfully seek the next Yueshuo Tongjun in the city.

How could he know that Dali Temple was not fooled by him, and not only began to investigate pregnant women all over the city overnight, but also began to investigate the details of the three pregnant women who were victimized.

He couldn’t understand which part of the game went wrong, but such a move by the government would undoubtedly bring him a lot of trouble.

First of all, he can no longer murder the next pregnant woman, and because one of the victims is Shu Liniang, the government may find him soon. Apart from these two points, the arrest of Zhuang Mu will also alarm the master behind Zhuang Mu. At home, the government saw through his strategy of “moving the water eastward”. Zhuang Mu’s master family has both hands and eyes, and the two forces combined to deal with him, and there was only one death waiting for him.

So he decided to escape from Chang’an as soon as possible before the matter was completely exposed. He could escape as far as he could, and before he escaped, he released his tolerance.

This thing can summon all the ghosts and ghosts in the underworld, and soon Chang’an City will fall into the Asura Hell. Even if all the monks and Taoists are dispatched, they will not be able to prevent a catastrophe.

Although he didn’t finish everything he wanted to do, he could at least bring him a big trouble.

How could he know that before they escaped from Chang’an, the officers and soldiers came after him. There were many gates in front and a large number of chasing soldiers in the back. He had no choice but to take his wife and daughter to his death.

The letter also mentioned that his wife was Haoyue Sanren back then. The husband and wife kept their names incognito for so many years. It was for this day that they were able to do so many things before they died. The husband and wife had made their wish and had no regrets.

The inscription office calls itself “Wenqing Sanren”.

The officers and soldiers gathered around Lin Chengyou and silently looked at the letter. Lin Chengyou read the letter over and over several times, but never said a word.

Although the letter is not very long, it will explain clearly in the future.

The murderer, the evidence, the motive, everything was clear, and even the most important weapon in the whole case, the Moon Moon Mirror, was placed in front of them.

The two key criminals who had been absconding for many years, Haoyue Sanren and Wen Qing Sanren, also have their whereabouts.

Everything seemed beyond doubt.

The case was solved unexpectedly smoothly.

The next step is to find the resistance and suppress it before its Yin force recovers. This murder case that shocked Chang’an will be settled.

***

Lin Chengyou brought the criminal’s corpse back to the city, and his brows never loosened along the way.

These three cases are not that simple, not to mention Shu Wenliang’s own flaws, there are many doubts about the several victims.

He thought that Shu Wenliang would be a breakthrough, but now he has miscalculated even this step. Even if he knew that there was something wrong with the person, the evidence he had found so far would not be enough to convict him. It is impossible to stop here, but how easy is it to find a breakthrough?

Unless…unless the military is a dangerous move.

He thought of Zhuang Mu in the prison. This chess piece has been kept for so long, and it is time to move. If his game of chess is designed cleverly enough, he might be able to make the opponent show his feet.

The question is, with the opponent being so cunning, how should he arrange it so that he can move the men and horses on both sides.

Lin Chengyou pondered for a long time with his brows fixed, and a thought suddenly popped into his mind, Tongzhou! The birthplace of this case is the same state. Moon Moon Mirror first appeared in the same state, and the first victim couple also died in the same state.

If you want to attract the other party to dispatch, do you have to start from the same state?

It was the beginning of the Xu era when they returned to Dali Temple, and the officials welcomed them out. Only then did they get the news that the three tragedies that shocked the imperial court were finally solved.

“Lin Pingshi and Yan Sizhi, congratulations, congratulations, you two are really hardworking, and in just a few days, they have solved a strange case! Especially Lin Pingshi, they are simply geniuses.”

“Who would have thought that an inconspicuous little official would have such great ability.”

“Hey, you and I have worked in Dali Temple for so many years, don’t you understand the truth of ‘people can’t look good’?”

“Lin Pingshi, Yan Sizhi, you should be hungry after a busy day. Let’s have dinner before writing the case.”

The crowd gathered around the two to congratulate them, and the front of the Dali Temple was extremely lively.

Yan Sizhi has always been humble and upright. Facing the enthusiastic boasting of his colleagues, he felt a little helpless. He was busy saying that all this was due to Lin Chengyou, but when he turned his head, he saw that Lin Chengyou was still standing in front of the horse, thinking, as if he didn’t know what to do at all. Hear the surrounding noise.

“Lin comment.”

After calling many times, Lin Chengyou turned to look at everyone. That’s right, even if you want to arrange the layout, don’t rush it at this time, you’re hungry after a busy day, why don’t you have dinner first and then go to the prison to find Zhuang Mu, he smiled: “When the seniors said, I’m really hungry. Well, well, why don’t you go to dinner first.”

While talking, he threw the reins to the yamen and stepped up the steps.

Suddenly someone came over from the corner, walked up to him, and said slowly, “Lin Pingshi.”

Lin Chengyou was busy going in to eat, so he didn’t have time to pay attention to this person, but he listened to the person: “Lin Ping, there is a prince who is looking for you in a hurry.”

Lin Chengyou’s footsteps slammed for a moment, and he turned his head to look. It wasn’t Duanfu, but he had seen this man following Teng Yuyi last time in the West City. He thought it was one of Teng Yuyi’s guards, so he hurriedly went down the steps and led the man to him. aside.

“Is she looking for me?” Lin Chengyou coughed with a calm face.

The man said: “The prince asked the villain to give Lin Pingshi a sentence: said that a lady in the temple was suspicious, and she didn’t stay in the bedroom in the middle of the night last night, and ran to the pine forest behind the north wall, hiding her face with a big cloak. , as if going to see someone, the prince suspected that there was something strange about this matter, and tested it today. It turned out that the person was Mrs. Duan Qingying. The lady said that the abbot Yuanjue did not let Mrs. Duan live in the temple that day. It was Madam Duan who insisted on staying in, and because of what happened last night, Madam Duan suspected that something was wrong with Madam Duan, so she specially asked the villain to send a message to Lin Pingshi.”

Lin Chengyou’s eyes flashed with surprise, he thought for a moment, then nodded and said, “Got it.”

The man withdrew.

Lin Chengyou thought about returning to the gate, Duan Qingying? That day, she suddenly ran to him to inquire whether the murderer was arrested, claiming to be inquiring for her cousin, so it seemed that things were not that simple.

Duan Qingying lives in the temple now. If she really has a problem, the people in the temple will suffer first.

Teng Yuyi has been so unlucky recently. If there is any trouble, she will be the first to be unlucky.

Thinking of this, he stopped and turned to look at the guard’s back: “Please stay.”

The guard came over again: “What is the prince’s order?”

Lin Chengyou thought for a while. After being busy for the past two days, he almost forgot something. That day, Teng Yuyi bumped into Little Jiang’s head-on at the spice shop. With Teng Yuyi’s memory, he might be able to remember something.

Since we are going to Dali Temple, why not ask Teng Yuyi in person? After all, Shu Wenliang is dead, so the meeting between Teng Yuyi and the little Jiang family might be a breakthrough in this case.

He said sternly: “I’ll go to the Dayin Temple to investigate immediately, and there is another very important thing to ask your son, it’s about solving the case, it’s inconvenient to spread the word twice, I’ll go to Libaixuan later. Hey, I told you young masters to leave without preparing food and drinks, just ask a few words.”

***

Yuyi holds a volume of “Qin Jue” in her hand, leaning against the Langan to read the book, next to the Langan is the pear tree in the yard, its branches stretch out into the corridor, the wind blows, the petals blow down one after another, and fall on the pages of the book in her hand , on a jet-black bun.

Teng Yuyi took off the petals and rubbed them casually with her fingertips. When A-Niang was still alive, she would take her to make flower cakes every mid-spring season. If A-Niang saw this scene, she would definitely make people put away these petals for later use.

It’s a pity that she is busy trying to avoid disasters, so she doesn’t have the heart to play with it. Why don’t she put it away first, and make wine later.

She took off the towel from the crook of her arm, swept the petals from her head down and pocketed it, then stretched the towel flat, and grafted the petals that fell from the head. After a while, she received a small pocket in the towel. .

While she was busy, she heard the call of a partridge from outside the courtyard. She knew that Duanfu was back, and she was busy rolling the bag of petals in her hand, and said in her mouth, “Come in.”

When Duanfu came in, Teng Yuyi asked, “Is Chang Geng back?”

“I’m back. The words have been brought to the Prince Cheng. The Prince Cheng said that he would come to investigate immediately, and also said that he had something to ask the lady, and he might come to Libaixuan later.”

When Teng Yuyi heard the first sentence, she nodded with satisfaction, and knew that Lin Chengyou was careful and would never miss a suspicious point.

“It’s related to solving the case, so we must ask him face to face.” Duanfu said with a straight face, “The prince also said that he wouldn’t stay for a long time, so he left after asking a few questions, so that the prince doesn’t have to prepare wine and food.”

“Understood.” Lin Chengyou never thought of her, it was very important to think about it.

Duanfu said again: “By the way, I heard that the real murderer has been caught.”

Teng Yuyi was taken aback.

“Chang Geng heard it?” After thinking about it, he waved his hand, “Is that Zhuang Mu? That’s fake.

“This time it should be true, because the officials of Dali Temple were talking about this just now, and I heard that Prince Cheng caught it with his own hands.”

Teng Yuyi’s heart was pounding, she was so fast. She had dealt with the murderer, who was calm and cunning, and seemed to be involved in a lot of behind the scenes. Unexpectedly, such a powerful character was caught by Lin Chengyou so quickly.

Excited and curious, she got up and walked around the steps several times before saying happily, “Quickly prepare the wine and food.”

Lin Chengyou is very good, and her heart that has been hanging on for a few days finally fell to the ground. When she meets Lin Chengyou, she must ask what is going on. I hope he will not be impatient by then, so it is necessary to prepare wine and food.

After waiting for more than an hour, Lin Chengyou did not appear.

Teng Yuyi practiced a set of swordsmanship with Duanfu. Seeing that the night was getting darker and darker, she guessed that Lin Chengyou would not come. She was somewhat disappointed. It fell back to the ground in the middle of the vertical, and the second time it made a little progress, but it only increased a few inches.

Finally, with the help of Duanfu’s internal strength, he was able to reach the beam of the roof. As soon as he stood firm, he heard a rattling of tiles. Someone swept in from outside the wall. , there was almost no sound, but he seemed to have not expected Teng Yuyi to be above him, and was a little surprised: “Why are you on the beam?”

Teng Yuyi was even more surprised: “Sir.” He thought that Lin Chengyou would not come.

“I’m practicing.” He immediately restrained his surprise and said with a smile, “Sir, let’s go down and talk.”

Lin Chengyou glanced at the stone table in the yard, and said not to let her prepare the wine and food, which became more arrogant.

Thinking of his heartless Gu, he felt that he should cut off Teng Yuyi’s love for her as soon as possible.

“No need, just say it on the beam.”

Teng Yuyi was busy for a while, and had long forgotten the food and drink under the tree, so she nodded: “Alright, what do you want to ask me about, the prince?”

Lin Chengyou sat on the beam and said, “I may go to Tongzhou tomorrow. Don’t send someone to Dali Temple to deliver me a letter, I can’t receive it.”

As soon as he sat down, Teng Yuyi secretly felt that she was not respectful for standing and talking, so she had to sit aside and listen to Lin Chengyou, she was stunned for a while, ah, Duan Qingying has already been told to Lin Chengyou, and then she did not I plan to entrust another person to deliver the letter to Lin Chengyou.

But she still nodded and said: “Okay, if I find something in the temple, I will give it to the prince in two days.