Under the trees in the backyard, the corpses were frozen. Twilight cleared the snow from the corpse, and saw that the corpse's torso and limbs had been completely frozen, and it was kneeling towards the northwest, the blood in the cavity had been frozen into ice slag, and he was wearing the official robe of a second-class university scholar, and the brocade on the back of the official robe was worn out.

Twilight wandered around the yard and saw that the backyard was not large, and the human room, kitchen, and firewood room were all in this courtyard. She brought a small shovel from the firewood room and went to the second-floor window to slowly clear the snow from the ground.

It had snowed all night last night, and the wall was almost two fingers thick at the base of the wall, and she almost lost her boots, so she squatted under the window and shoveled the snow away layer by layer, finding large pools of blood on the ground and in the snow layer above the ground. She looked up at the headless snow corpse kneeling under the tree, and went down from the window to the tree and began to clean up.

In a moment's time, a path to remove corpses appeared.

"Someone!" Twilight called out to the lobby of the inn.

The two catchers quickly entered the backyard, and the curtain was beaten, and they all stopped when they saw the situation in the backyard. I saw a large pool of blood under the window, dragged all the way to the tree, the blood stains were clearly visible, and the snow corpse under the tree had seen its true face, kneeling to the northwest in an official robe, without a head.

Yuan Xiu came in after the two catchers, and when Dusk Qing saw that the two catchers were stunned, she directly handed the small shovel in her hand to Yuan Xiu and instructed: "There is a ladder in the firewood room, move it under the window, don't step on this road." ”

Yuan Xiu naturally took it, jumped to the door of the firewood room, and carried the ladder out when he entered.

How dare the two catchers let Yuan Xiu move the ladder, so they hurriedly wanted to enter the backyard, and Twilight Qing saw it and said, "Don't come in, there are too many people to add to the chaos." ”

The two catchers subconsciously stopped, and at this time, Yuan Xiu had already lifted the ladder over, put it under the window according to Twilight's words, and took it to the window on the second floor. Twilight Qing got on the ladder without saying a word, Yuan Xiu told her to slow down, and the two of them were dumbfounded, they had never seen a dignified first-grade general give a fifth-grade general a call at the moment.

Twilight climbed up from the back of the ladder and looked carefully at the wall, the walls of the house were painted with red paint, and it took some eyesight to find bloodstains, but Fengxian is a small county, and the Fushun Inn is old, and the house is a little peeling for a long time.

After finding it, Twilight nodded and descended the ladder.

"Let's go into the lobby." Twilight said to Yuan Xiu, and the two of them went to the lobby, and when they reached the curtain, Twilight said to the two of them, "Bring in the corpses under the tree, the corpses are already frozen, don't try to break your legs and feet, just carry them in." Also, don't step on the path of moving corpses. ”

The county yali should be caught quickly, the dead have seen it, but the work of carrying the corpse was done in the past, and the yamen tolerance is unlucky, if you can not touch it, you don't touch it, there is the one who carries the corpse, why do you want to come by yourself? But today, Twilight named the two of them to carry the corpses, and the two of them couldn't afford to offend, so they had to go down the tree in despair.

In the lobby, when the Chinese officer heard that the body was going to move in, his face showed a little panic.

The murderer came for the sake of peace, and killed Lord Li for the sake of the northwest soldiers, and the murderer did not know whether he was in the personal soldiers of General Yuan, but obviously the matter was not over, maybe the murderer wanted to kill the peace envoys of the court and the central government to vent his anger.

Master Li is dead, and they will be next!

"Your Majesty, the matter of returning to the dynasty...... Along the way, the will of the state capital to take over the car has been set early, the day of returning to Beijing has been set, the court has prepared a palace banquet to welcome the holy driver and my northwest soldiers, this is a major event, can not be delayed, the minister thought that it was better to let General Yingrui stay to investigate the case, His Majesty Xià and the general and Wuhu to discuss and the mission to return to Beijing first. At this time, a three-rank court official played.

Twilight and Yuan Xiu came in, and when they heard this, they said, "There's no need, the murderer will be found out soon." ”

The official of the court was the left deputy governor of the Imperial Palace, named Liu Huai, and when he heard this, he couldn't help asking: "Why is the general so sure?" ”

"With all of you here, the murderer will commit the crime again, and there will naturally be more clues, and he can always be caught." Twilight said expressionlessly.

Liu Huai's face suddenly turned green, and the other court officials were also shocked, and they exploded in an instant.

"This, this ......"

"General Yingrui means to use us as bait?"

"Ridiculous!"

"Reckless of the lives of his comrades, what a cold-blooded person!"

Twilight Qing was born as a puppet, and her rumors were heard at the border, but several court officials did not take them to heart. In ancient times, the civil and military affairs were light, and Du Qing was born in a lowly background, not even a child of the Shu clan, and the official rank was only five grades, and the rank and grade were all below them, who knew that she was not at all respectful, and she was so bold and reckless!

"I give it back to all of you! Lord Li is an official of the same dynasty as you, and he is also a comrade, and I hope that you will not be so cold-blooded when you read the feelings of your comrades, and you don't want to catch the murderer, you just want to escape. Twilight sneered.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate originally belonged directly to the emperor, and the imperial history was a speech official, and Liu Huai and others were sent to negotiate peace, and they must be people from the Yuan faction. Yushi should have been a clear stream in the court, but he participated in the party struggle, and he was not righteous, so how could he inspect the court officials?

Dusk Qing didn't like Liu Huai and others, and every sentence was like a knife, cutting Liu Huai and others' faces were blue and red.

"The general's words are ridiculous! We are waiting for the imperial court to eat and eat, and we must put Your Majesty first, and state affairs first! Now that His Majesty and the Wuhu Council and the embassy are all in Fengxian, if the murderer injures the holy driver or injures the Hu envoy, can General Yingrui afford it? Besides, this official has also invited the saint, leaving the general here to investigate the murderer, and the saint driving back to Beijing first, so that the safety of the holy driver is taken care of, and the murder of Lord Li will not be abandoned, isn't it the best of both worlds? Why did the official say that he didn't care about his comrades? "Liu Huai is worthy of being a speech official, he is eloquent, and he is righteous in his words.

"Well, it's not just two, it's just four." Twilight nodded in approval.

Liu Huai was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know how Duqing praised him again, but he felt that the four perfections must not be a good thing, so he didn't ask what the other two were about, but only arched his hand and said coldly: "Don't dare to be." ”

"Those who dare to speak up are big husbands, and those who dare not speak up are villains." Twilight Road.

"You!" Liu Huai trembled with anger and asked angrily, "What does General Yingrui mean?" ”

It means that Lord Liu's request is all about the safety of the holy driver, the second is the love of comrades, the third is his own life, and the fourth is the murderer's life. If the murderer is among us, and the holy car is gone, will he not let the murderer go? ”

"You...... The official ...... "Liu Huai was choked up for a while, and he couldn't speak.

Bu Xihuan drank tea and watched the play, with a heavy smile in her eyes, her mouth was invincible to the imperial history.

Yuan Xiu turned around and coughed, Li Ben is dead, the Northwest Army is the most suspicious, this matter is pressed in his heart, it is a heavy matter, but for some reason he wants to laugh. These civil officials in the court, he has long seen them as unpleasant.

At this time, a royal guard outside the lobby came in and said, "Qi Xià, King Di, please see you!" ”

Everyone in the lobby was stunned, and said lightly: "It's fast to see the excitement." ”

Yuan Xiu pondered for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, when I was in Qingzhou Mountain, King Di killed my three new soldiers, and the methods were cruel, and the murderer in Lord Li's case was just as cruel, so it is better to let King Di come in and see it." ”

"Hmm." Bu Xihuan lazily responded, put the teacup, "Xuan." ”

The royal guard led the order out, and after a while, he saw Hu Yanhao striding over, entered the lobby and glanced at the second floor, and when he heard the bloody gas, he took a few more sips with affection, which made Liu Huai and the others frown.

"His Majesty the Emperor of Daxing!" Hu Yanhao said hello to Bu Xihuan, someone moved a chair and put it in front of the kneeling Fengxian magistrate and others, and he sat down.

As soon as Hu Yanhao stirred up the situation like this, Liu Huai's feelings eased up, and he no longer argued with Du Qing, but only asked: "How long will it take for General Yingrui to catch the murderer?" There is no joke in front of the king, the general, as a military general, has received this case, and there should always be a time limit. ”

He wanted to lure the twilight Qingjun to swear an oath, now that the New Year is approaching, the Empress Dowager and Xiangguo are waiting in Beijing for the general to return for the New Year. This matter has already been decided, and the Holy Driver will not be delayed for too long because of this matter, if the time limit for Duqing to solve the case is too long, delaying the Holy Driver's return to Beijing, the Empress Dowager and Xiangguo will not be able to spare her. If the time limit she gives is too short and she fails to catch the murderer, she is guilty of deception and deserves death.

Bu Xihuan raised his eyes lightly, glanced at Liu Huai, leaned on the side of the chair, smiled lazily, and his eyes were cold.

Hu Yanhao smiled playfully, and the scar on the left side of his face suddenly became hideous.

Yuan Xiu's brows furrowed, he laughed angrily, and was about to speak, but Twilight Qing had already answered.

"If you only care about framing like Lord Liu, the murderer will naturally not be caught." Twilight Qing didn't fall for Liu Huai, but sneered and said, "There are too many suspicious points and clues in this case, so if you cooperate, it will not be difficult to catch the murderer." ”

Doubt? Clue?

Everyone was stunned, when Li Ben's body was found in the morning, the scene was terrifying, no one looked closely, how could they know where the clues were suspicious?

"Is there a work in the yamen?" Twilight turned around and asked the magistrate of Fengxian County.

The magistrate was still kneeling, and the second-rank senior member of the court died under his own rule, and he was worried that the official hat of the saint would not be protected, and when he heard that Du Qing was sent, he hurriedly said: "Yes! Yes! There was an old servant in the county office, and because the lowly servants did not dare to defile the holy eyes, the lower officials ordered them to wait outside. ”

Hearing this, Twilight's eyes were slightly cold, and the county knew that he didn't know it, so he glanced at the county behind him, and the county man knelt down and retreated to the door, looking for a job.

After a while, an old man who was nearly sixty years old came in, with a hunched back, trembling and kneeling, and he couldn't say anything.

"Lord Li was assassinated, the murderer is extremely vicious, the Holy Lord personally supervised the trial of this case, and the autopsy must be careful!" The magistrate looked down on the old man, secretly glanced at him, and even patted the horse and instructed intimidatingly.

"No need, I've already examined the body, and I'm just looking for help." Twilight Road.

Na Zhixian stared at Du Qing, not knowing why she was a military general, why she would conduct an autopsy.

At this time, Bu Xihuan had pardoned the old man and stood up, and Twilight Qing helped the person and said, "I am also a servant, and the old man is not afraid." ”

Twilight Qing was dressed in a five-grade robe, and the old man looked at it, thinking that he was dazzled.

"Hundred, ......" Zhixian was dumbfounded, almost biting his tongue, and regretting it in his heart.

This little general was originally a fake?

It's over, he didn't want to see her like that, didn't he annoy her?

Twilight ignored Nazhi County and asked into the backyard, "Has the body moved?" Bring it in! ”

The two servants had already moved the corpse over, and when they heard the arguing in the lobby, they didn't dare to come in and disturb it, so they left the corpse outside and waited.

The corpse was frozen hard, still in a kneeling position, and Dusk Qing ordered someone to carry the corpse to the middle of the hall, and the bloody cavity was not good for the holy driver, so he deliberately turned around and put it towards Liu Huai and the others. Liu Huai and the others turned pale, turned around and wanted to vomit, but they couldn't help it.

Twilight Qing took the old man upstairs, and after a while the two of them came downstairs with Li Ben's head, two tea cups with tea and tongue, and two bloody characters.

Off topic -

Today, I went out to buy milk powder for Yuanbao, the north wind is level six, and after two years, I have experienced the power of a wind knife, and after a while, my face is actually frozen and swollen, what a pit! I haven't been back for two years, and I can't adapt to the climate.