Chapter 258

The death of Mrs. Yang's predecessor is too coincidental no matter how you look at it.

Among the cases Wei Qian handled in the past, there were not a few homicides caused by the competition for women. With Yang Ling's status in Suzhou, it can be said that it is easy to kill a small businessman.

Yang Ling has few women in his family, not because he is affectionate or not beautiful, but because he spends almost all his energy on official affairs and is not very enthusiastic about other aspects. As far as Wei Qian's current understanding of Yang Purlin is concerned, he rarely refuses to throw a beautiful woman into his arms when he usually goes out to socialize, and there are two Qingqi'er raised in the Chu Pavilion of Qinlou, but he doesn't easily receive it in his own backyard.

"Fifth brother, do you remember another case? That is, the one where the official died in the middle of the night on the way home. Cui Ning asked.

Wei Qian raised his eyebrows, the two cases were one in Chang'an and the other in Jiangnan, and they were separated by a long time, except that both officials were assassinated in the middle of the night on the way home, so I couldn't see anything else related, I don't know why she suddenly mentioned it.

Cui Ning sneered, "It may be that I have little knowledge, but I think it is quite similar, so I wonder if it is related." ”

She has been studying with Wei Qian for so long, but she still can't reason according to clues in everything, and she often can't control her imagination.

The Criminal Department was in charge of that case.

Even though Wei Qian is a person who likes to pursue the truth, he has not reached the point where he does not let go of every case, and after the criminal department took over the case, he did not pay much attention to it, but later heard that the case was solved, and the murderer bought the murder because of personal grudges.

It is the Criminal Department that is really in charge of the world's criminal prisons, and there are many more talents in this area than the Supervision Department, compared to the Supervision Department, which plays more of a supervisory role, Wei Qian never doubted the ability of the Criminal Department, and it is impossible for the entire center of Datang to control the criminal prison not even solve a homicide case.

It is unlikely that the outcome of this case will go wrong. Now that the murderer has been punished, it is almost impossible for the two cases to have any connection between them.

However, before the case is solved, Wei Qian will not easily deny any possibility, "It's good that you have this kind of idea, but don't be swayed by it, you still have to start with the clues in front of you." ”

"My lord, the meal has been prepared, do you want to eat?" asked the waiter outside the door.

The two of them were dressed decently, Wei Qian casually helped Cui condense his hair, and said, "Bring it up." ”

The waiter answered yes.

Before long, the meal was already on the table.

It was probably Cheng Tingshi who specially explained that the meal in front of him was no worse than the best restaurant in Chang'an.

Although Wei Qian tried his best to take care of Cui Ning along the way, after all, he was in a hurry, and Cui Ning's appetite had not been very good because he was worried about the affairs of his master, and he hadn't eaten seriously for a long time. finally ate a meal peacefully, Wei Qian kept putting vegetables for her, she was a person who didn't like to waste, and she couldn't sit down after a meal.

It was still raining outside, so Cui Ning had to walk around the house to eat.

"My lord, Peng Zuo asks to see you. ”

Cui Ning stopped, glanced at Wei Qian, who was closing his eyes and recuperating, and said in his heart that this Peng You wouldn't have been waiting outside, they hadn't been in the yamen for an hour until now.

However, thinking of the friendship between him and Yang Ling, he can also understand.

"Ask him to go to the side hall. Wei Qian opened his eyes, his voice slightly hoarse.

Cui Ning suddenly noticed that there was a faint blue under his eyes, and he couldn't help but feel a little sour in his heart. These days, her heart is full of hatred from her master, she can't think of anything else in her mind, and she can't see anything else in her eyes, but the person around her is hard work, and she has never been willing to let her suffer a little.

"Fifth brother, rest for a while, I'll go see him. Cui Ning didn't know if she could do such a big thing well, but it should be her business, she had to do it herself, and she couldn't always live under her wings.

At the beginning, she was holding on to Wei Qian, she really wanted to ask for some help, but she never thought of leaving her own affairs to others to fight. The murderer of the exterminator has not yet been found, but she is obviously an extremely powerful person, if she does not become strong as soon as possible, even if she finds the murderer immediately, she can only be helpless with hatred.

Wei Qian originally wanted to refuse, but seeing the girl's determined gaze, he swallowed back the words and only asked, "Do you know what you will face?"

Cui Ning nodded.

At this time, Peng You was like a beast that would lose his mind at any time, he regarded Wei Qian as his only hope, if he knew that the person who was mainly responsible for the case was handed over to a girl who had not yet reached the end of the case, he would not necessarily do anything.

"Go ahead. Wei Qian looked at her, Shen Yuan's eyes were full of encouragement, "I won't go." ”

As long as Wei Qian is present, no one will look at Cui Ning in his eyes, if he is fully responsible for this case, even if Cui Ning takes over again, officials large and small in Suzhou will default to him being responsible for taking over the Suzhou file, so that Cui Ning is just an official position from beginning to end.

Cui Ning is young and a woman, it is not easy to be an official, even if he does not take care of things openly, there are still people who say behind her back that she depends on the family and him to be the official, if he really does it this time, it is to give people a handle, I am afraid it will be even more difficult for her to establish her prestige.

So even if Wei Qian knew that she might face Peng You's anger when she went out, he had to let her deal with it alone, so that people would know that this time the Suzhou patrol envoy was Cui Ning, even if he followed, it was only because she was young and did her first errand, and he was guiding her on the side.

It's that he can't be relieved, not that she's useless.

Wei Qian watched the figure on the verandah walk farther and farther away, until he turned the corner and could no longer see it.

After a long pause, he took the door with his backhand, avoided the guards and climbed over the verandah, and quietly approached the main hall.

Cui Ning stepped into the house with one foot, and Peng You immediately got up, and when he saw her alone, he couldn't help but be stunned, and he didn't react until Cui Ning sat down.

"Envoy Pengzuo, please take a seat. Cui Ning clasped her hands and put them on her lap.

Peng You thought that Wei Qian was delayed, so he sat down.

"Peng Zuo came over, but what did you find?" Cui Ning asked.

In Peng You's eyes, although Cui Ning is only a nominal inspector, there is Wei Qian and the Cui family behind her, since she took the initiative to ask, there is no need for him to hide it, "I have already found the adult's little servant, but I can't speak." ”

"Dead?"

"Yes. Peng You obviously didn't intend to elaborate.

Cui Ning paused for a moment, knowing that if she didn't find out, Peng You might keep giving her such a perfunctory answer, it was just a waste of time, "Peng Zuo, I am the inspector, and I am responsible for all the files and cases in Suzhou, if there is anything found, I can say it." ”

Peng You understood the meaning of her words, and was immediately furious, "Human life is at stake, how can it be child's play!" I just took over the case in front of Lord Wei of the Yang Mansion in front of Cheng Tingshi, but at this time I don't care about anything else, but don't drive your life is not a stepping stone for you to become an official and become a knight!"

"I'll take care of it. Cui Ning said coldly.

"Be responsible! What are you responsible for!" Peng You's eyes were bloodshot, and he stared at her deadly, and the armrest of the chair under him was pinched with a slight cracking sound.

Yang Purlin has always been the only direction in his life, and now revenge is all he has, and such an important thing is so lightly handed over to a girl who has not yet reached the end of the day?!

Bang!

The chairs under the seat were scattered with a palm, and Peng You's previous restrained emotions suddenly burst the embankment, and he swung his fist at Cui Ning like crazy.

He can't wait to strangle to death such a child's play Yang Ling's life and death now.

Cui Ning was ready to be attacked when he looked at each other angrily, and at this time, in the face of the cold fist wind, she didn't avoid it, and actually took the next punch with her palm.

She has been practicing martial arts since she was a toddler, and even if she is lazy, she has not practiced any realm so far, but she has not been beaten down by this punch.

The palms unloaded the force, and immediately flipped over, like a snake, along Peng You's arm to the armpit.

Peng You swung out his left hand violently, but the right half of his body suddenly softened, and as Cui Ning leaned back, his punch did not hit anyone, but because he lost his balance, the whole person fell to the ground.

Cui Ning stepped on his shoulder and neck and shouted, "Don't move!"

It was close to early winter, and the damp cold on the stone floor seeped into his skin, and the ice made him feel a little clearer.

Cui Ning saw that he really didn't move after struggling a few times, so he withdrew his feet, slowly sat back on the chair, and said angrily, "Fight! Fight again! What does it matter to me if Yang Ling is dead, and what can I not afford to spend? If you dare to continue to go crazy, I will dare to accompany Cui to the end!"

Her roar seemed to echo in the empty room, and Peng You's anger seemed to be dissipated with the punch he had just thrown, and all that was left was sadness and exhaustion.

Cui Ning's hands were shaking, and when she took the punch, there was a momentary sharp pain in both arms, accompanied by a terrible numbness, she roared refreshmently, but she didn't have the strength to fight again.

She lowered her eyes to look at the man lying on the ground, and remembered the madness of this man, as if she saw another self trapped somewhere in her heart.

When watching the senior brothers fall one by one, when the second senior brother's white lies were exposed, she was very calm, not dominated by hatred, not despairing, as if she was living a very energetic life, but at this moment, she suddenly felt extremely uncomfortable, and the emotions that were usually well hidden suddenly poured out, full of heart, but she didn't know why she couldn't vent it like Peng You, she just felt as if she could be overwhelmed and suffocated by it in the next moment.

Cui Ning breathed hard like a drowning man struggling to survive. The numbness in her arm had faded and had been replaced by a fine ache, and in a few moments, a thin layer of sweat had broken out on her head.

I don't know how long it took, but she said in a slightly hoarse voice, "You still have the face to dislike me now, no matter what, I'm ten thousand times stronger than someone like you who can only swing your fists." I advise Peng Zuo to think carefully about whether to continue to argue with me or seriously assist in solving the case!"

After a long time, Peng You slowly got up, didn't get up, just sat on the ground and looked up at Cui Ning.

The girl in front of him had not completely lost her baby fat, but her gaze was so cold and restrained that she made him look like a fool who was rolling around.

No more tension in the house.

Wei Qian, who was standing quietly behind the house, raised the corners of his mouth.

Yusi dyed his black hair a layer of frost white, but he didn't realize it, and only stared at a tiger hoof plum not far from the courtyard for a long time.

There are a few buds on the tiger hoof plum tree, which are golden and round hanging on the branches, and they are about to open in the face of the heavier and heavier rain, which looks cute and stubborn, like Cui Ning.

In retrospect, her round roll in the snow ran towards him, as if it was a few days ago, but today she was able to control the scene alone, which made him both proud and distressed.