Chapter 161: The First Case in Life
Yang Xuanting sat upright and said to Sima Jiu: "The Holy Lord has made a will, and the Dongcheng Vampire Demon Case is fully responsible for Brother Wei. ”
"Dali Temple is always clear, and his temperament is lonely, even if he is dissatisfied with you entering Dali Temple, he will not make a stumbling block, and the virtuous brother can rest assured."
"The reason why this case is difficult to solve is nothing more than the word proportion, virtuous brother, you must remember that you only catch the murderer, and don't ask the reason."
"Only when you keep these eight characters in your heart can you advance and retreat freely." Yang Xuanting was like a brother and instructed.
In Sima Jiu's heart, he thought that Yang Xuanting was just a martial artist who was dressed up and rushed into battle.
However, to his surprise, Yang Xuanting was actually thoughtful.
Yang Xuanting said these words to him, of course, for the sake of the Yang family, but it also reminded him to pay attention to proportions and protect himself.
Sima Jiu was grateful in his heart and nodded slightly.
Then, Yang Xuan stood up, picked up the topic, and said: "The imperial capital is spectacular and prosperous, back then, my father supervised the construction of this city, and because of the progress, he was scolded by the emperor several times. ”
"There was a great sage who surveyed the feng shui of this place, and it is said that there are four evil places. The foolish people in the city did not know what to do, and they used false rumors to see the four evils as four people. While ridiculous, there is also merit. Yang Xuanting smiled coldly.
"Haha, in the eyes of Brother Xuan Ting, the four evils must be children's frolicking things. The sixteen guards of the empire guard the imperial capital, how can there be a charm and a ghost who can survive at the feet of the Son of Heaven! Sima Jiu joked with a smile.
However, Yang Xuangan looked solemn and shook his head again and again.
"These four evils have a great origin. Even touching it for my brother is a headache. Anyway, if you are a brother, you can listen to it, and you will know it. ”
"The four evils are not four people, but a man and a woman, a group of children, and a house."
"Oh?" Sima Jiu had a curious look on his face.
"The Yuwen old mansion in Guangdefang, the Dugu Shengli of the Dugu family, the Young Heavenly Mansion of Tang Guogong, and the Yang Qi Yang Jishan of my Yang family."
"Among the four evils in the imperial capital, some people have a house, and the virtuous brothers should keep it in mind, if they can not provoke them, they will not be provoked."
Sima Jiu nodded heavily, and had silently written down this mansion, a group of children, and two men and women in his heart.
At this time, the secretary of Dali Temple sent a set of official uniforms of Dali Temple.
Since the Sui Dynasty, the color of officials' clothing has been conspicuous to their grade.
Sima Jiu took up the post of Sizhi from Liupin Dali Temple, and what he got was a set of dark green official clothes embroidered with a few small flowers, and a pitch-black hat.
"Brother Xian, the secretary will take you to the division's room, and there are other things for my brother, so I won't go to you anymore." Yang Xuanting pointed to the little official who sent the official uniform.
"My lord, you are busy first, and your subordinates will retire." Sima Jiu bowed solemnly.
Subsequently, Sima Jiu accompanied the secretary and took Xia Ruohan to his direct room.
The room is divided into two rooms, the outer room is the office, and the inner room is the private place of the company.
After a short time, he changed into his official uniform in the inner room and returned to the outer room.
"My lord's official uniform fits perfectly." Xia Ruohan couldn't help but admire when he saw Sima Jiu wearing an official uniform.
Obviously, Yang Xuan, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, had already paid attention to his body size.
Sima Jiu was already handsome, and after putting on the official uniform, he faintly exuded a majestic temperament.
"Your official uniform is also good, it looks like the whole person is more energetic." Sima Jiu inquired about Xia Ruohan, who was dressed in a light cyan official uniform.
Xia Ruohan entered Dali Temple as a postdoctoral fellow, swept away the previous loss, the spirit was wonderful, and he had the posture of doing a grand cause.
"Don't say much, get to work. Let's go, go to the East Side, and handle the case. "Becoming a civil servant in the Sui Dynasty, Sima Jiu can be regarded as realizing a wish, a wish to live an official addiction in his previous life.
"Yes, sir." Xia Ruohan followed behind Sima Jiu.
He picked up a pile of files from the desk, his face full of excitement, as if he had found something.
The Sui law strictly controlled riding in the imperial capital, and only officials or nobles were eligible to travel on horseback.
Today, Sima Jiu is already an official of the empire.
He can go out on horseback to solve cases.
The handymen of Dali Temple have already prepared horses for them.
The two rode out of Dali Temple and went straight to Dongcheng.
"Lord Si Zhi, my subordinates have found some suspicious points in the file." As soon as the two of them came out of Dali Temple, Xia Ruohan told Sima Jiu.
"Yes, it's really yours, stay in a suitable place, and you can talk to me again." Sima Jiu praised Xia Ruohan.
To be honest, he really didn't expect Xia Ruohan to be so attentive, and in a short period of time, he found some suspicious points.
"Yes."
Then, the two of them headed towards the Zuotunwei Mansion where the wheat iron rod was located.
The vampire demon case is not trivial, and Sima Jiu doesn't want to go to investigate the case without an escort.
Besides, now, he is from the Liupin Dali Temple, and he investigates the case alone, which seems to be inconsistent with his identity.
The first case of the vampire demon case in Dongcheng occurred a few days before the new emperor Yang Guang ascended the throne, and it was unfortunate that the place of the crime was in the Xiao Jing Mansion rented by Sima Jiu.
Sima Jiu received 20 guards from the Zuotunwei Mansion of Mai Tiecane, and then led the troops all the way back to Xinchangfang, where his home was located, during which he also ordered several guards to go to Xicheng and ask Xiao Jing to come to ask about the case.
As soon as Sima Jiu entered the door, he saw that not far away, his sister Sima Ruohua was explaining something to several servants in the compound.
"Ahem!" Sima Jiu walked into the courtyard and coughed deliberately.
"Huh, brother?" Sima Ruohua turned around and saw his brother in a brand-new official uniform, and his eyes lit up.
The atmosphere of the Sui Dynasty was far less restrained than that of later generations, and Sima Ruohua did not avoid Xia Ruohan, stepped forward to grab his brother Sima Jiu, and carefully looked at the embroidery on his clothes.
"No wonder the sisters-in-law in the village used to compete for their daughters to marry you, really, my brother dressed up, just like a woman, beautiful." Sima Ruohua smiled and joked with his brother.
Sima Jiu's face was full of embarrassment, but Xia Ruohan turned his head and snickered.
"Uh-huh! My brother is now an official, and he will come back today...... But get down to business! Sima Jiu said aura.
"Hey, I'm still an official, and the big officials all wear gold and silver, are you ......" Sima Ruohua made a disgusted expression.
Sima Jiu said with a smile without showing weakness. "Brother, I'll do it sooner or later."
"Come on, my lord, you are busy first, and the little girl will go." Then Sima Ruohua led the servant woman to leave.
"Let's go, go to my little courtyard."
"Good!" Xia Ruohan glanced at a house with a closed courtyard door not far away, and couldn't help but shudder.
Take a seat and make tea.
Xia Ruohan said: "Back then, the first emperor abolished the crown prince Yang Yong, Yang Yong saw that the general situation was not good, so he hibernated in this mansion, waiting for the first emperor to change his mind, but until the first emperor died, the first emperor did not summon Yang Yong. ”
Subsequently, he unfolded a file he brought, and said word by word: "The elders of the court, especially the nobles of Guanzhong, almost no one supports Yang Yong, only Gao Xi misses the old feelings and sends the dead to guard this place." ”
"Half a month before the death of the emperor, Yang Yong's residence was attacked by an unknown person, and it was recorded in the file that the heavenly punishment fell on the Yang Mansion, and the Yang family's daughters were small, and seven or eight out of ten died in one night, and the house was full of corpses, but the dead bodies did not shed a drop of blood."
"Not a drop of blood?" Sima Jiu was suspicious.
Xia Ruohan showed a frightened expression, nodded, and continued: "During this period, Yang Yong escaped under the desperate protection of the Gao Gong dead soldiers, and by the time the twelve guards arrived, Yang Yong and the people in the mansion were already half crazy. ”
Later, there were more rumors. Yang Yong was deposed, lost his mind, summoned demons in the mansion, and suffered from them, which caused disaster to his family. ”
"After the first emperor heard about it, he didn't like Yang Yong even more, so he didn't plan to see him again, until Yang Yong was transferred to Hedong by the then crown prince Yang Guang, he didn't see the first emperor again."
"Since this tragedy, every full moon night, similar bloodsucking tragedies have occurred in the neighborhood near Xinchangfang, and there are no clues or suspects. Although the scale of the subsequent tragedy was not as large as Yang Yong's mansion, the victims' deaths were exactly the same. ”
"The victims were first stabbed in the throat with a sharp weapon, and the blood was sucked dry all over their bodies." As he spoke, Xia Ruohan swallowed deeply.
Sima Jiu recalled the records of the history books of his previous life, Yang Yong was lenient and frank, and after being deposed, he was rude and shouted the name of the first emperor because he repeatedly asked to see the first emperor.
The bloodsucking tragedy happened before the death of the first emperor, and it was accompanied by the night of the full moon, could it be that there was an exorcism of the Yin and Yang family?
But if the throne is inherited, there must be a lot of inside information, and Sima Jiuyi has not straightened it out for a while, so he asked the Kyushu staff group for a solution.
"Group leader Sima Jiu: Everyone, Brother Xia Ruohan, are you listening, what the hell is a vampire demon?"
"Cao Mengde, who never lived up to the people: Oh, the group leader has finally embarked on a career in office, congratulations, Si Zhi doesn't know if it's an eight-rank or a ninth-grade official?"
"Group leader Sima Jiu: From the sixth-grade official, there is a blessing of the fish talisman, such as a fake exchange."
"General Wang Meng: The leader of the group is mighty, haha, he used to be an official in Qianqin, but the old man really rarely saw such a low-level petty official."
"Group leader Sima Jiu: Hehe......"
"I only love one person Diao Chan: Don't listen to them, little brother, well, I see that you are dressed very handsomely in this official uniform, from the sixth grade, the starting point is not bad."
"Group leader Sima Jiu: It seems that you have taken a distance from the topic."