Volume 1 Crossing the rivers and lakes and involving temples Chapter 9 Unsolved Cases

In the Annan Provincial War Barracks, Wang Kaitai, the general of the Dragon and Tiger Army, was resting in the camp tent, and a personal soldier's voice came from outside the camp tent: "General, there is something to report." ”

Wang Kaitai didn't look like he was awake, got up slowly, and said impatiently: "Come in and say." ”

Then, the pro-soldier walked in, leaned over and hugged his fists and said, "General Yu, Xu Jing's people are here." ”

Wang Kaitai immediately sat up straight, frowned and asked, "Did anyone say anything?" ”

The soldier bowed his head and continued: "Someone came to say that Xu Jing was arrested. ”

Wang Kaitai stood up a few times and asked, "Where are the people?" Take me to him. ”

The soldier said: "That man was arranged by me in the villain's tent, and he has been guarded, and no one has seen him come in." ”

Wang Kaitai soothed his emotions and said, "Well, go now." With that, they walked out, and the two of them went straight to the camp of the soldiers.

The Annan Provincial War Battalion is divided into three armies, the Longjia Army, which is led by Lin Zhijiang; the Long Wu Army, commanded by He Lijun; The Dragon and Tiger Army, led by Wang Kaitai. The entire Annam Provincial War Barracks was under the command of Li Haijiang, a powerful general of Sanpin, and the three armies were stationed in the suburbs of the south of the city except for the city defense soldiers.

In the camp tent, Wang Kaitai looked at the middle-aged man in front of him and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

When the man saw Wang Kaitai, it was like seeing his father, he knelt on the ground with a bang, gave Wang Kaitai a big salute, and then replied: "Returning to the general, the villain's name is Zhang San, and he is following Boss Xu to do things." This morning, a group of soldiers came to the casino, and we took Boss Xu and a kind of brother to the government prison. Boss Xu asked me to come over and report to the general, and the boss said, please rest assured, the general is tight-mouthed. ”

Wang Kaitai pointed at the man and scolded: "A group of waste, you can't catch a woman who has no power to catch a chicken, what's the use of you, get out." ”

When the middle-aged man heard this, he quickly knelt down and crawled out, and just when he arrived at the door of the tent, he heard Wang Kaitai shouting in a low voice: "Come back!" ”

Then the man climbed back again, lowered his head and trembled, and said, "General, what else do you have to tell the little one?" ”

Wang Kaitai asked: "Do you see who led the team?" ”

The middle-aged man replied: "It's Lin Wu, the pro-soldier general of the Dragon Armor Army, but there are still two gangsters." ”

Wang Kaitai asked suspiciously: "What little gangster?" Which gang's? ”

"The little one has never seen those two, and they shouldn't be locals." The man replied.

Wang Kaitai's eyebrows furrowed even deeper, and he looked at his own soldiers and said, "You send him out of the camp, and others will let him see him." ”

The soldier snorted and went out with the middle-aged man. Wang Kaitai returned to his camp tent, called Wang Kui, the pro-soldier team, into the camp tent and ordered: "Two things, first, send a few trustworthy brothers to the Black Snake Gang tonight, so that the few wastes who participated in the kidnapping of Lin Yanyan will disappear; Second, you go to the government prison tonight and try to inform our people that you are Xu Jing, and the means are smart, and it is best to commit suicide in fear of crime. ”

Wang Kui responded, and Wang Kaitai said again: "Do it secretly." ”

Wang Kui bowed his head again, turned around and walked out of the tent.

In the prison of the mansion, Lin Wu looked at the boss of the Black Snake Gang in front of him, and asked with a serious face: "Say, why did you kidnap General Lin's daughter Lin Yanyan?" ”

That Xu Jing looked like an old oilman, smiled flatteringly, and said: "My lord, I really don't know what you mean, and I don't know who Lin He Yan is in your mouth, what do you want me to recruit?" ”

Lin Wu slapped the table and stood up, stepped forward and kicked him, kicking Xu Jing sat on the ground, holding his stomach and screaming loudly.

Ye Chen said unhurriedly on the side: "Are you waiting for someone?" ”

Xu Jing stopped screaming, looked at Ye Chen and said, "What are you talking about, why can't I understand?" ”

Ye Chen was not in a hurry, walked in front of him and squatted down, and said with a smile: "Don't wait, just now our people have caught the person you sent out to report the news, and he has recruited them all." If you don't recruit now, you will be dealt with as the main culprit. After speaking, he looked back at Lin Wu and asked, "General Lin, according to the laws of our country, what should be done with the relatives of the important ministers of the DPRK who are suspected of kidnapping?" ”

Lin Wu reacted and said: "The main offender should be beheaded, and the accomplice with minor circumstances will be assigned to the frontier to fill the army." ”

Xu Jing was stunned for a moment, then relieved again, and replied with a smile: "My lord, I really don't know what you're talking about. Yes, although my Black Snake Gang can't be on the stage, we haven't done anything bad, so please let me go! ”

Lin Wu and Ye Chen saw that Xu Jing did not enter the oil and salt, and the two of them made a look, and then they were out of prison.

Lin Wu said to Ye Chen and Chen Bing: "Brother Ye, Brother Chen, I will go and inform Lord Wenyan of Chengyan Jing of Annan Dao and Lord Fu Zhili Fu of Daofu, otherwise they should say that General Lin's soldiers do not understand the rules and etiquette, you go back to the mansion to report to the general, and I will go back." After saying that, he clasped his fists at the two and left.

After Ye Chen and Chen Bing returned to the Lin Mansion, they were so hungry that they didn't eat at noon, but they had to go to Lin Zhijiang to report the situation first, so they could only endure hunger and go to Lin Zhijiang. On the way back, the two were stopped by Lin Yanyan, who was coming on, and asked this and that, Ye Chen was afraid that Lin Yanyan would make some trouble again, so he didn't dare to say more, and ran to the kitchen.

Early the next morning, Ye Chen was still running and boxing in the yard as usual. The housekeeper Lin Bo trotted into the yard, and when he saw Ye Chen, he said anxiously: "Brother Xiao Ye, the master asked you to go to the study to find him now, Lin Wu is also there, you go quickly." ”

Ye Chen was very anxious when he saw him, and he didn't care about calling Chen Bing, so he ran directly to Lin Zhijiang's study. When he was discharged from the hospital, he turned back to Lin Bo and said, "Lin Bo, please call Chen Bing and ask him to wait for me outside General Lin's study after breakfast." ”

Lin Zhijiang sat in the study, his face was solemn, and Lin Wu on the side was like a frosted eggplant. Ye Chen opened his mouth and asked, "General Lin, is something wrong?" ”

Lin Wu, who was standing on the side, replied: "Early this morning, Lord Dao Chengyan sent someone to inform the general, saying that Xu Jing committed suicide in the middle of the night last night. ”

Ye Chen was stunned, thinking, it seems that this time the matter is not simple!

Lin Wu and Ye Chen exited the study and walked towards the gate of the Lin Mansion, just when they met Chen Bing still holding a meat bun in his hand and biting it, Ye Chen said: "Eat quickly, come with us to the government prison to have a look." ”

Chen Bing smiled: "What's the matter, that kid has been recruited?" ”

Lin Wu looked at him listlessly and said, "It's dead, it's a suicide." ”

Chen Bing almost choked himself with a mouthful of buns, so he hurriedly put the rest of the buns in his mouth, and followed the two of them on their horses and ran in the direction of the government prison. Fortunately, the two of them practiced horseback riding in Nameless Town, otherwise they really don't know how long the two legs will run.

In the government prison, Dao Cheng Yan Jingwen said to Lin Wu: "Lin Wu, the official saw him hanging on the beam of the big cell when he was delivering food this morning, using strips of cloth torn from his own clothes. As he spoke, he also pointed to the strip of cloth used by Xu Jing to commit suicide hanging on the beam of the house, and Xu Jing had been placed flat on the ground by the official at this time.

Lin Wu looked at the squatting on the ground and asked, "How long have you been dead?" ”

He replied: "It has been about two hours, and the villain has carefully examined him, and there are no other wounds on his body, and there is no sign of poisoning, and the villain speculates that the deceased should have died of suffocation." ”

Lin Wu nodded and said, "Lord Yan, it is about General Lin's daughter, and I suggest notifying the Annan Provincial Inspectorate Department." ”

Yan Jingwen nodded and said, "I have just sent someone to inform the Inspector Division Qianhu Qin Xiaoqin, and it should be there soon." ”

After a while, Qin Xiaoqin, the inspector of the Thousand Households, arrived. Lin Wu briefly introduced the situation, and Qin Xiaoqin stepped forward and squatted down and began to inspect the corpse. After half a pillar of incense, Qin Xiaoqin got up and said: "He should have been strangled to death with a murder weapon such as a very thin rope first, and then hung strips of clothes and cloth on the beams of the house to create the illusion of suicide." ”

Qin Xiaoqin picked up the strip of cloth made of clothes and observed it carefully for a while, then continued: "The texture of this silk is quite good, and ordinary people will not tear it easily. It is unlikely that a person who commits suicide in fear of sin will tear his clothes into strips of cloth of such uniform thickness before committing suicide. ”

Ye Chen and Lin Wu stepped forward to take a look, and sure enough, as he said, the cloth strip ports were neat, and the thickness was about the same, more like a sharp weapon.

Lin Wu clasped his fists at Qin Xiaoqin and said, "Lord Xie Qin, remind us, if you don't say it, we haven't noticed." ”

Qin Xiaoqin replied with a smile: "Since the matter is related to General Lin's daughter, our Inspectorate naturally has the duty to investigate clearly, but then again, if you dare to do something in the Annam Provincial Government Prison, the other party is also a little bolder, and the origin is definitely not small." ”

After speaking, Qin Xiaoqin looked around and asked, "Which official was worthy of the class last night, and was there anything unusual about it?" ”

Hearing this, everyone reacted, and Yan Jingwen said to the official beside him: "Let the official on duty last night come over, I have something to ask him." ”

The official said with a bitter face: "Lord Hui, it was Xiao Liuzi who was on duty last night, and he said that he was uncomfortable this morning, and he went out to see Lang Zhong." ”

Ye Chen and Lin Wu's faces changed greatly, and at this time Qin Xiaoqin said: "Don't look for it, most of them have been wiped out, and most of these hard-working little characters won't live long." ”

Chen Bing listened to it in a fog on the side, thinking to himself, what is this, it is better to go back and continue to eat the meat buns in the morning, I have never eaten such delicious meat buns when I am so old.

After a stick of incense, a servant ran in and leaned over to Yan Jingwen and hugged his fist and said, "My lord, Xiao Liuzi is dead, and someone found his body in the alley near the gate of Dongcheng." ”

Yan Jingwen's face was getting worse and worse, and such a thing happened in his jurisdiction, making him, Lord Dao Cheng, have no face to speak of.

Subsequently, several people came to Yan Jingwen's yamen lobby, and Qin Xiaoqin spoke: "Everyone is an adult, I think there must be someone behind this matter, and this person should be no stranger to the yamen, and he still has a certain status and means." A big gang like the Black Snake Gang can help him do things, except for Xu Jing, who is still silent afterwards, there should be a lot of articles here. ”

Yan Jingwen nodded and said, "Please worry about Lord Qin." ”

Qin Xiaoqin got up and hugged his fists and said: "Lord Yan, don't worry, I will definitely investigate to the end, no matter who it is, as long as our inspectorate finds it, we will deal with it strictly." After speaking, he hugged his fists and left one by one.

Ye Chen and Lin Wu on the side were also very distressed, and the cooked duck flew. As soon as Xu Jing died, all the clues on the bright side were broken, and the big guy was busy yesterday.