On the way home, Wen Qiran was silent all the way, and his mind seemed to be thinking about Fang Cai's case, and Wen Jing was also thinking about the case.

"Qi Niang, what is in your hand?" Wen Qiran seemed to have just discovered the gift box in Wen Jing's hand.

"Oh, this is a gift from Mrs. Fang Cai Wang to her daughter." Wen Jing said, hearing her father say this, she also remembered this box.

"Open it and take a look." Wen Qiran said.

Wen Jing opened the box and saw that there was a jade Buddha inside, the jade body was warm and transparent, and the face was lifelike, and it became more and more crystal clear against the background of silk.

"This Jade Guanyin is worth a lot of money." Wen Qiran said with a sad face.

Wen Jing knew her father's thoughts, she didn't expect it to be such a valuable thing, I don't know what the other two boxes contained, if they are all as valuable things as this Jade Buddha, then the old lady is too "generous", but for the old lady Wang, the life of the scholar Wang is more valuable than anything, so from her point of view, these things are nothing.

"It's your own." Wen Qiran said, since it has been received, it must be inappropriate to return it.

Wen Jing nodded, and put the Jade Buddha back into the box.

After getting out of the carriage, Mrs. Wen and Mrs. Heping were already waiting at the door.

"Master, you're back, why are you getting later than usual today?" Mrs. Wen greeted her, glanced at the brocade box in Wen Jing's hand, her eyes were slightly hot, and she regained her calm.

"Something happened today, and it's too late."

"Let's go to dinner." After Mrs. Wen finished speaking, she turned to Mother He and said, "Tell the kitchen to heat up the dishes." ”

He Ma responded to the call.

"What is this in Qi Niang's hands?" Mrs. Ping asked.

"This is a reward from the wife of the royal scholar."

Mrs. Wen's eyes moved, the Wang family was a hot Zhumen family in the capital, not to mention that the Wang family was in a high position. As far as the Wang family is one of the four major families in Jinling, there are many people who want to marry their daughters. She never expected that the marriage between Qi Niang and Ji Changge would be disturbed. This is another Wang family that is not equal, in terms of financial resources, I am afraid that the Wang family is slightly better, if it weren't for Ji Changge's mother being the eldest princess, this Ningguo Mansion would not be comparable to the Wang family.

Wen Jing glanced at Mrs. Wen's slightly changing face, and knew that she must have thought too much about it.

Looking at Wen Jiuniang again, she was quite pleased, she only thought about Ji Changge, if Qi Niang married the Wang family, she would have one less rival in love. Even if she can't eat this grape, as long as it's not Qi Niang, others will feel better if they eat her, from childhood to adulthood, she has been compared to Qi Niang, Qi Niang is sad, she is happy, Qi Niang is happy, Qi Niang is happy, she is troubled

Following.

Wen Qiran hurried out early in the morning. In fact, he probably didn't sleep much all night, and went out with two mouthfuls of a pair of dark circles under his eyes.

Also with dark circles under his eyes is Ji Changge, he didn't sleep at all, and the emperor issued a holy decree. Within two days to solve the case, he transferred all the guards of Dali Temple and turned the carp garden upside down overnight. Only a dagger was found in the pond, and the shape matched the wound on Zou Ming's corpse. It was supposed to be the murder weapon, but there was nothing special about the dagger. asked all the candidates, and no one saw them, Ji Changge interrogated Zou Guangqi and Wang Jue again overnight, and there was still no progress, both of them claimed that they were in the room and did not go out, and both of them also had witnesses, which can prove that Zou Ming stayed in the room during the time when he was killed, is the murderer not one of these candidates?

"Master Ji, can you make progress?" Wen Qiran hurried to the palace and asked.

Ji Changge shook his head and told Wen Qiran about the progress of the case, but judging from Wen Qiran's expression, he was also at a loss.

"My lord, Lord Liang asked you to go to the Tongfu Inn immediately." One of the guards ran over and said.

Ji Changge's eyes lit up: "What happened?" ”

"Another person died in the Tongfu Inn." The guard said.

"What?!"

Wen Qiran and Ji Changge said in unison, both of them were shocked, and one died?!

The group rushed to the Tongfu Inn.

There were a lot of onlookers gathered in the inn, and everyone was talking.

Ji Changge saw Lord Liang of Dali Temple at a glance, and even Lord Liang personally dispatched.

"Lord Liang." Wen Qiran said a thousand ways.

"Lord Wen is also here, this time we are really burning our eyebrows." Lord Liang smiled bitterly.

Ji Changge walked into the room where the crime occurred and found that the door bolt was kicked and broken, and there was also a middle-aged man lying on the table inside, his eyes were still open, unlike the previous case, there was no blood in this room at all, and there were no injuries on the man's body.

Wen Qiran and Ji Changge glanced at each other, could it be that they died of a sudden illness?

"Who first found out?" Ji Changge asked.

"It's a villain." The shopkeeper Li Laifu said.

"Tell me."

"After the guest officer moved in, he never saw him come out, and instructed me to send him something every time it was time to eat, and the villain knocked on the door when he delivered breakfast this morning, and found that no one answered, and yesterday's bowl was not put at the door, and the door was locked from the inside, and the villain was worried that something had happened to the guest officer, so he went to tell the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper kicked the door open, and found that the guest officer was lying on the table, so he asked the villain to see if he was dead, and the villain touched his body cold, and ran out in fright."

"Maybe it's just a sudden illness." Liang Daren.

"It's possible, but it seems a bit too coincidental, let's wait until the autopsy is done." Ji Chang sang.

"It's okay, come on, carry the body back first." Liang Daren

"Lord Liang, this corpse does not have any wounds on its body, it should have died of a sudden illness." Zhong Sun Yan frowned and said.

"That's it." Lord Liang breathed a sigh of relief and said, if it is sick and dead, then it will be easy to explain.

Ji Changge frowned slightly, and his intuition told him that this case was probably not so simple, but there was no evidence to show how this case was related to the previous Liyuan case. Looking at Lord Liang's appearance again, it is obvious that more things are better than less things. Obviously, in Liyuan's case, the emperor put a lot of pressure on him.

Ji Changge and Wen Qiran walked out together. Ji Changge returned to Liyuan, and Wen Qiran returned to the Ministry of Rites.

"Lord Wen, what do you think of this case?" Ji Changge asked.

Wen Qiran glanced at Ji Changge, and knew in his heart that he should be similar to what he thought, people who died of illness usually had yellow faces and thin bodies, or bleeding from the seven orifices, and blue and black nails, and the person was white and fat. It's not like he died of illness, there is no bleeding from his eyes, ears, mouth and nose, but there are no wounds on his body, and his death is quite strange, but since Lord Liang has recognized the term "sick and died", it is even more difficult for him to say anything as an outsider, after all, investigating the case is the scope of responsibility of Dali Temple.

"With all due respect, I am afraid that this case is not so simple, although it was judged to be a death of illness. Lord Ji might as well check this person's background again and see if there are any clues. ”

Ji Changge opened his mouth, as if he didn't know how to speak.

Wen Qiran saw that he was hesitant, so he asked, "What is Lord Ji's opinion?" Let's put it bluntly. ”

Ji Changge glanced at Wen Qiran thoughtfully, paused and said, "Lord Wen, when I was in Hanjiang County last time. You also saw it, if it weren't for Qi Niang, I'm afraid we wouldn't have solved the case so quickly. Qi Niang's talent in autopsy, I'm afraid the whole country can be compared to her on one hand. ”

Wen Qiran was stunned. He didn't expect Ji Changge to say that he wanted to ask Qi Niang for help, maybe he didn't want Qi Niang to have anything to do with such a lowly business from the bottom of his heart.

"This case, you have also seen, the Ministry of Rites and our Dali Temple are under great pressure, two days is too urgent, if you can't solve the case within two days, have you thought about the consequences?" Ji Changge continued.

Wen Qiran was silent, of course he thought about the pros and cons, but he had already "forced" Qi Niang to promise not to conduct an autopsy in the future last time, how could he go back on his word?

Ji Changge looked at Wen Qiran's appearance that had begun to waver: "If Lord Wen is worried about Qi Niang's reputation in the future, I can promise her an official position, so that her participation in solving the case will be justified, and outsiders will not make irresponsible remarks, do you think it's good?" ”

Wen Qiran looked at Ji Changge in surprise, female officials were only quite popular in the Tang Dynasty, and because the empress was in power at that time, there were no female officials in the current dynasty, only female officials in the palace, in charge of palace affairs, Ji Changge's proposal really made him feel incredible.

"Lord Wen, there are many talented and virtuous people among women, there are Shangguan Wan'er and Xie Yaohuan in the past, not only are they not worse than men, but they are better than some officials, they are better than a hundred times and a thousand times, Wen Qiniang is very talented, if she can make good use of her strengths, she will definitely be able to pass it on as a good story in the future." Ji Chang sang.

Although he didn't want to admit it, Wen Qiran was indeed a little tempted, and now the question is, how is he going to tell Qi Niang, could it be that daughter, my father wants you to go to the autopsy again, it has only been a month since the last time he asked Qi Niang not to do the autopsy with a cold face, and he regretted it, where did he put his old face?

Seeing that Wen Qiran's face was red and white for a while, Ji Changge couldn't guess what he was thinking.

"Lord Wen, think about it, time waits for no one." After Ji Changge finished speaking, he went in the direction of the palace.

Watching Ji Changge disappear around the corner, Wen Qiran stopped for a long time, turned his head and walked home.

Wen Jing and Banniang were in the courtyard, and when they looked up, they saw Wen Qiran suddenly coming back, and Banniang asked first, "Father, why are you back now?" ”

"I have something to say to Qi Niang." Wen Qiran said.

"Oh." Banniang gagged and walked away.

"What does Father have to say to Qi Niang?" Wen Jing said.

"That's it" Wen Qiran's face was slightly red, and he was stunned for a long time, not at all like before.

Wen Jinghu looked at her father suspiciously, what was the matter, did she want her to go on a blind date?

"It's for my father, I want you to continue to go to the autopsy." Wen Qiran sighed after speaking, the tall image established in the past was ruined today.

Autopsy? Wen Jing was stunned, she thought that she would not need that set of dissection tools in her life, but she didn't expect Wen Qiran to "beg" her to go to the autopsy by herself, what happened in it?

"I'm sorry, father, but my daughter has promised you no more autopsies." Wen Jing said quietly, and couldn't help complaining in his heart, it was you who didn't let me do the autopsy at the beginning, and it was only a month later, and you asked me to go for the autopsy again, and you regretted not letting me go for the autopsy when you turned around.

Wen Qiran's intestines immediately repented when she heard this, this is all self-inflicted, because this matter was also selfish, first, I want this case to be solved as soon as possible, and second, if my daughter can have an official position, her reputation in the capital can be better, and she can choose a good husband in the future, and the Wen family can also be blessed.

"Qi Niang, it was my father's last time, and the autopsy is not a shameful thing, and my father will not hinder you in the future." Wen Qiran squeezed out a smile and said.

"Really? Are you sure you won't be obstructing it in the future? ”

"That's naturally true, but this time, when did my father break his promise and gain weight?" Wen Qiran said confidently.

"That's what the father said, and the daughter agreed." Wen Jing smiled.

Wen Qiran thought about it, good guy, it turns out that this girl is not unwilling, but wants me to promise that I will not regret it in the future, I didn't expect this old fox to let the little fox deceive, this girl has grown up and has more eyes, and sure enough, the girl is not in the middle.

"Then you clean up, and we'll go over later, Master Ji is still waiting for us."

It must be the ghost of that Ji Changge again, but this time I want Xie Lu to thank him, Wen Jing said. (To be continued......)

PS: The title of the book is "A Good Wife and a Good Husband", ISBN: 3047768

Introduction: It's just intrigue, why add some strange varieties~