Today's discovery is likely to alarm the murderer, so as soon as he left the Heavenly Prison, Wei Qian sent two martial arts masters to keep an eye on it, so as not to clear the evidence that had not yet been discovered.

After getting the names of all the officials and apprentices of the Hun Tian Prison, Wei Qian took Cui Ning to the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Officials, and took the construction drawings of the stargazing platform and the identities of all the people in the Hun Tian Prison for archiving.

"The household registration of all the people in the Heavenly Prison is here. The official took the two of them into the stall room, and ordered someone to drag out two large boxes from the corner, "Since Si Yanling has started, no one has fallen, you can carry it away." ”

"Thank you. Wei Qian arched his hand and said, "The disciples of the Heavenly Prison are not among them, right?"

The official Langzhong replied, "Naturally, Hun Tianjian has always recruited candidates and apprentices alone, and they are not officials, so naturally there can't be. All the household registration information has always been in the hands of the Hun Tianjian, and after the test is over, they will report it to us for archiving if they think they are qualified to be officials. ”

Wei Qian knew that the officials of the Hun Tian Prison were selected from among the apprentices, and after rounds of elimination, only those who remained in the end would be assigned official positions, and the others would be sent back to their hometowns, or they would directly take their household registration and find their own way. After a round, there are so many fewer people, and it will not attract attention at all. If the murderer can be prosecuted, it will be very light enough to make a disciple disappear without leaving a trace.

The two left the ministry and got into the carriage.

Wei Qian will build a picture booth.

Cui Ning didn't understand it very well, so she asked directly, "Isn't there a secret passage?"

"Not on the map. Wei Qian said while looking at the picture, "But if you want to leave a secret passage in it, you must be very proficient in civil engineering, and it is impossible to hide it from the air." ”

Cui Ning nodded, opened the curtain and glanced out. "Where are we going?"

"Go to the house of Lord Zuo, who is in charge of building the stargazing platform. Wei Qian saw her suspicious eyes and explained, "Zuo Rin, twenty years ago, was in the Hubu Langzhong, but the construction of civil engineering was under his jurisdiction, and he lived in Jinchangfang after Zhishi five years ago. We're going to visit him. ”

"Fifth brother. You know so much. Cui Ning was sincerely admired.

Every time she compliments others, she uses "you...... Ahh......h Ah", very bluntly. Ever since she said the sentence "You are so white", Wei Qian couldn't bear her to say this, he felt that he should have gotten used to it, but in fact, every time he heard this kind of words, he couldn't help but have hot ears.

He cleared his throat. "Next time you praise someone, be tactful. ”

"How can you be tactful?" Cui Ning couldn't understand, and she didn't like to listen to bad words. How can I not be happy to listen to good words.

Wei Qianqian was speechless, and he couldn't explain it to her for a while, so he had to say, "Don't praise me in the future." ”

"Why?" Cui Ning became more and more puzzled.

Wei Qiandao. "I'm not used to it. ”

"Then I'll tell you more about it, and you'll get used to it. Cui Ning said.

“……”

Cui Ning looked at him with a look of displeasure, and finally compromised, "Okay." Then I'll try to hold back in the future. ”

Wei Qian snorted, lowering his eyes and thinking about this case quietly.

He felt. Si Yanling's death must have something to do with Si's slaughter, and if you want to solve that case, it's easier to start from here.

This time, the surviving concubine of the Si family avenged her grievances with death, and took great pains to get the key to climb up the closed stargazing tower, cinnabar white practice, but there was no clear writing of the murderer on it, but it was said that the Chen family was the most suspicious, so she didn't know who the real murderer was in Tuzhuang.

In this case, what forced her to stay in the Huntian Prison and to die to avenge her grievances? What is the reason why she thinks that Chen is the murderer behind the scenes? Is it really because of the old unjust case, or is she threatened by Chen Changshou?

Si was slaughtered, more than 20 of them are missing, and now that Si's daughter has appeared, are there any other survivors of Si in the world?

If you figure out these problems, you may be able to find the culprit who slaughtered the Si clan back then.

Wei Qianqian pondered deeply, and suddenly felt his shoulders sink, and turned his head to see Cui Ning falling on top of him in his sleep.

It was so close that his mouth touched her hair, and he couldn't help but rub it against the fluffy and slippery touch, and there was a very faint fragrance on her body, as if an orchid fell into a stream, and the breeze passed through the bamboo forest, making him slowly relax.

Cui Ning hurried away, returned home and went to Hun Tianjian non-stop, ran to the Supervision Department, followed Wei Qian to the Ministry of Industry to get the map, and then went to the Ministry of Officials to get the household registration file...... She was so tired that she could sleep anytime and anywhere.

I don't know how long she slept, she felt that she was gently pushed, she sat up in a daze and rubbed her eyes, "Fifth brother, have you arrived?"

"Hmm. Wei Qian said.

Cui Ning yawned, stretched, and shook his head to sober himself up.

Wei Qian had already gotten out of the car, she lazily climbed to the door of the car and jumped down.

It's getting late outside, and the cool breeze is refreshing.

Wei Qian knocked on the door and told the porter about the situation, and the two were taken into the porter to wait.

After a cup of tea, the housekeeper came over, "Lord Wei, Lord Cui, I'm sorry, I made you two wait for a long time." ”

"It's our surprise visit, please forgive me. Wei Qian arched his hand.

The housekeeper smiled, "Lord Wei is polite, please come with me." ”

The two followed the housekeeper through the courtyard and arrived at a small courtyard, where the surrounding lanterns had been lit, and an ancient old man sat under the maple tree in the courtyard to make tea, wearing a Molan robe, his hair was like snow, and the red maple was fluttering in the wind, which was quite Zen.

He saw Wei Qian and Cui Ning saluting him, and without waiting for the two to speak, he smiled and said, "Come over and drink tea, there is no need to be formal." ”

The two are as good as a stream.

After sitting down, Wei Qian put the construction map on the table, "Lord Zuo, we came here rashly because of this." ”

Zuo Rin put down the teacup, opened a corner, and only glanced at it, "If you are old and confused, this is the stargazing platform, right?"

"Exactly. Wei Qian said.

"My adult has such a good memory!" Cui Ning blurted out in admiration.

Zuo Rin was very useful, and said with a smile, "Sweet-mouthed girl." ”

He pushed the tea in front of the two of them and said slowly, "On the day of the accident in the Stargazing Tower, the old man waited for someone to come and ask, who expected that the wait would be months." ”

"So, do you know what's going on?" Wei Qian asked.

Zuo Rin sighed. He turned his head and told the servant to go to the house and get something.

"Which inside story are you referring to?" asked Zuo Rin.

Wei Qian said, "Si Yanling, Si Shi." ”

"I don't know about Si's affairs, but if you ask Si Yanling, I can say a thing or two. Zuo Rin held the teacup and recalled that time, "The old man and he are old friends." ”

The servant took a box and put it on the table.

Zuo Rin put the cup aside and opened the wooden box. Take out a stack of letters from inside. After looking at it, he handed it to Wei Qian, "This is something that was given to me the day before he died, and I suspect that it was because of this that he was killed." ”

Wei Qian casually took out a letter and read it. However, it was evidence of an official's bribery, and I looked through several letters, all of which were evidence of different officials accepting bribes, as well as buying and selling official positions, collecting money to do things, and so on. "How could he have all this?"

"I haven't figured it out for years, if you figure it out. Then sue me. Zuo Rin said.

"Si Yanling handed this thing over to you, maybe he wanted you to denounce them? Why didn't you take it out when the case was investigated?" Cui Ning didn't know that Zuo Rin Zhishi was a former official to the Ministry of Industry. It is entirely possible to present the evidence directly to the Holy One.

Wei Qian was clear.

Zuo Rin was silent for a moment and said, "This is where I am ashamed of him." ”

"Because it's your wife's family. He'll give it to you. Wei Qian said.

Zuo Rin closed his eyes and sighed.

Long. He spoke again, his voice trembling slightly, "He is only familiar with me in Chang'an, and he treats me as a close friend, but I ...... Over the years, I have become more and more guilty, I wanted to hand over this thing before it was put into the ground, maybe God couldn't stand it, and the stargazing platform caused another human life. ”

"I've secretly checked how he got his hands on this box of letters, but I found nothing, maybe it was just by chance, or maybe his innate prescience allowed him to get it. ”

Wei Qian didn't condemn him, and directly changed the topic, "In that case, then can you talk about the stargazing platform?"

"If it hadn't been remodeled, there would have been no tunnels. Zuo Rin unfolded the construction map, "But this is not the original drawing. At the beginning, Emperor Taizong planned to build the stargazing tower, Hun Tian supervised the location, a total of four, when the construction began, the bones were dug up in one of the positions, Hun Tian ordered that the stargazing tower must be located to the Qing to the sun will not affect the results of stargazing, so he gave up this place and the corresponding location, and instead built two stargazing towers, but the total height of these two stargazing towers needs to be equal to the total height of the four stargazing towers. At such a height, after the completion of the two buildings, it is bound to be able to overlook the entire Daming Palace, the Ministry of Rites wrote to advise, plus such a tall building is really rare, and the Ministry of Engineering has never built it, so under the discussion, it was changed to build a stargazing platform, and only two corridors were left, blocked by a heavy iron door, and each door had only one key, so as to ensure that only a few people could climb the stargazing platform. ”

"At that time, the four stargazing towers broke ground one after another, with a difference of more than five months, and when the skeletons were dug there, the foundation had been laid here, and the first floor had already taken shape. After a two-month shutdown, the Ministry of Works drew up a map of the construction of the observatory, and then built the observatory on its foundation. The observatory is made of a mixture of stone and earth, and because the amount of soil is quite large, complex drainage channels are built underneath to ensure that the observatory does not accumulate water. ”

The soil in the stargazing tower is processed, mixed with glutinous rice and other things, which has a certain adhesive effect, and relatively speaking, it is also relatively strong, but it cannot be soaked in water for a long time.

"I understand!" Wei Qian smiled slightly, "Thank you, Lord Zuo, do you still have a diagram of the drainage channel?"

Zuo Rin smiled and pointed to his head, and then instructed the little servant to get a pen and paper.

After getting the drainage channel map, the two took their leave.

Come out of Zuofu.

Cui Ning hurriedly asked, "Fifth brother, what do you know?"

"Know how the murderer hid the body. Wei Qian said.

"Hiding in the drainage channel?" Cui Ning immediately denied again, "Can't! Won't the chopped corpse be brought out during the rainy season?"

Wei Qian looked at her with a smile, "Moved away by rats?"

"Just those few mice, whether they can move a large piece of broken corpse from the ground to a height of seven or eight feet, I really can't say. Cui Ning didn't hear that he was joking, and said seriously, "If I were that nest of rats, it would be easy to just run to a place close to the corpse and dig a nest." (To be continued) R655