The sound of the wind whistled in his ears, and Cui Hanzhang on horseback was thinking about Ru Jingxiu's killing of Sima Rui. Although Ru Jingxiu is a good man on weekdays, his character is not bad, and he will never beat his classmates, and the top priority is to see him first.

hurried to Dashunzhai, and saw Bai Yanqiu and Huo Guangchu Jiakang waiting for him with embarrassed faces,

"Is Brother Xiu injured?" Cui Hanzhang ran out of breath, poured a sip of tea and asked.

"Brother Cui, don't worry, Jingxiu is fine, but he was punched and kicked, and his face was swollen like a pig's head."

"Jingxiu is now being taken away and detained by the officials of Taikang Mansion Yin, Brother Bai has already taken care of it, let's go to visit him quietly during the second watch." Huo Guang and Chu Jiakang had the best time with Brother Xiu, and after hearing that he had killed someone, they immediately went to Taiyuan to inquire about the news.

Cui Hanzhang heard that Brother Xiu was fine, and his hanging heart was put down.

"The one who died was Sima Rui, the second son of the Qing family of Dali Temple, and the Sima family called the sky and the earth to sue the criminal department! I feel suspicious about this, Brother Xiu was frightened, and I can't say why, we have to help sum it up. Bai Yanqiu kneaded his temples and said helplessly.

Chu Jiakang didn't wear any shoes at the time, and ran all the way to the scene of the dormitory, and heard a lot of discussion in the crowd, "It was said that there were two students at the scene who pointed out that Jingxiu killed Sima Rui." ”

"The murder case in Taikang City, everyone was taken away by the Fu Yin Yamen, how did the Sima family go to the Criminal Department to complain? This has not yet been sentenced, and only the final death penalty review will be handed to the Criminal Department. ”

"Where are the two identified students at this time?"

"And where is Sima Rui's body?"

Cui Hanzhang felt more and more strange, and threw three questions in a row at Chu Jiakang and Huo Guang.

Chu Jiakang tried hard to recall the situation at that time, and said with great certainty:

"The two students were sent home after hearing that they were questioned, and Sima Rui's body was also taken away by the Sima family, saying that he was born as a person of the Sima family, and died as a ghost of the Sima family, and the body was to be buried in the ancestral grave of the clan."

Bai Yanqiu was familiar with the laws of this dynasty, and his mind turned quickly, so he immediately grasped the key point in Cui Hanzhang's words, and immediately said: "Jiakang and Xiaoguang, you each take a few people to find out the residence of the two witnesses, keep an eye on them, don't let people get away." ”

Chu Jiakang and Huo Guang listened to the arrangement and were just about to go out when they were stopped by Cui Hanzhang: "Wait! It's not enough to rely on a few of you, take my token to Xiaolian Village to find Xu Qingfeng, and ask him to dispatch two teams to you in the ghost hand camp, ambush near the residence of those two people day and night, and directly control people first when necessary. ”

Bai Yanqiu nodded and said: "It's still cautious enough, you must not let those two escape, let alone let others take the lead, and if you have the opportunity, you will take someone and hide in the Zhuangzi outside the city." ”

After the instructions, he turned his head and explained to Cui Hanzhang:

"The Criminal Department and Dali Temple have always been a nostril out, which will go directly to the Criminal Department to complain, is it to make a big deal and stab directly in front of the emperor?"

Cui Hanzhang's face was solemn, and he said while thinking:

"I can't rule out this possibility, I have to inform Ru Shangshu to deal with it, but I think the top priority is to do a careful and complete autopsy."

"It is estimated that the Yamen did a simple autopsy at the scene at that time, and the credibility of this kind of autopsy conclusion is not high."

Bai Yanqiu agreed with what he said, it was very important to figure out the cause and time of Sima Rui's death, but it would be difficult to get the body back. Said a little helplessly:

"I'm afraid the Sima family won't hand over the body."

Cui Hanzhang shook his head and said:

"A son died suddenly, do you think Master Sima can endure it?"

"Let's go to Taikang Mansion Yin first, and he has to do it by him."

Bai Yanqiu pressed his body and said, "Don't worry, wait until we see Jingxiu and then go to Fu Yin, I have already arranged this matter." ”

"You eat, let's go to Ru Mansion tonight, Ru Shangshu is probably also in a mess."

The classmates fought and beat each other to death, this incident was the first case in the century-old history of Taiyuan, and the news spread all over Taikang in an instant. Some say that it is love killing, jealousy and anger for red face; It is said that it was a vendetta, and the feud of the ten-mile peach forest knot in Yimao Peak fought after returning to the dormitory; There are also conspiracy theories that are cursed, in short, there are versions of what are circulated, and the more they spread, the more evil they become.

Ru Jingxiu's scholar stumbled back to the house to report the news, and the eldest lady of the Ru family fainted with heartache after hearing this, and the frightened family members were in a hurry. A group of people went to invite Langzhong, and a group of people tried to go to the palace to send a letter to let the master return home.

The white-haired man sent the black-haired man, and the Sima family cried up and down. The slave and maid are even more crying, recruiting cats and dogs to provoke life, it is indispensable to help in the house, although Sima Rui is gentle, but he has always been generous and bold to his subordinates, without such a second young master, their life must not be better. When Sima Li, who was known for his deep city, received the news at the banquet, he was stunned at first, and then his tears flowed uncontrollably.

"The brother of a mother's compatriots, suddenly an inexplicable person died, Brother Sima is true feelings, the wine table is understandable, let's go burn a paper another day to mourn." The matter spread quickly, Sima Li had just left, and the guests at the table behind him had also received the news.

"The world is impermanent, the day before yesterday I was fighting dogs with Sima Rui in the South Lane. I tell you, then he was full of anger and loud voice, more fierce than my dog's barking, and he won me ten meals of wine, and now it seems that the wine money is saving. ”

"Who's to say it isn't! Have you heard that Sima Rui and the others went to fight Ru Jingxiu, but they were killed by a counterattack, which is also a waste. ”

There are many good deeds among the drinkers, although they are embarrassed, but most of them are ridiculous. Regardless of the matter, Sima Rui's death was mostly regarded as a joke among these sons.

"Death is great, let's accumulate virtue in your mouth." A son, who was good friends with Sima Li, was dissatisfied with everyone's ridicule, said angrily, got up and brushed his sleeves away.

At the time of the first watch, Ru Yu, a scholar and secretary of the Ministry of Scholars, took Yin Teng Ruhai of Taikang Mansion to Sima Mansion in person. When Teng Ruhai received the report, he fell from the Taishi chair in fright, and said with a sad old face: "People sit at home, and disaster comes from heaven." ”

It must be known that there are many relatives of the emperor in Taikang City, and the important ministers of various ministries and yamen gather, and if you say something ugly, you can throw a stone into the alley and hit the person, five out of ten are officials, and the other five unrelated beauties are also family slaves. is the so-called seven-rank official in front of the prime minister, although the rank is low, but the power is much better than his Taikang Mansion Yin from the fifth grade. In his own words, a mere Taikang Mansion Yin fart is not counted. Now that he is sandwiched between two important ministers, no one dares to offend, so he can only be angry at both ends, and his every move is trembling.

Scholar Ru took Taikang Mansion Yin to ask for the corpse is Bai Yanqiu's attention, and the matter that happened on the street of Taikang must be under the jurisdiction of Taikang Mansion Yin, as long as the case is not transferred for a day, Taikang Mansion Yin must have the right to conduct an autopsy again. In this way, the teacher is famous, and he will not be passive when negotiating with the Sima family.

It must be known that Taikang Mansion Yin was only a second-class Tongjinshi back then, and he should have been an official in a foreign place, but he didn't know how to climb the relationship with Lingwu Hou Bai Juque, so he was able to stay in the capital, but life was also difficult. Today, Lingwu Marquis Bai Yanqiu found him, and only moved him with the words "wealth and danger are sought", so he had the courage to follow the university scholar Ru Yu to Sima Mansion to ask for the corpse.

"Humph! My son is now a mortuary here, does Lord Fu Yin want him to die without turning a blind eye? Sima Rufeng, the secretary of Dali Temple, slapped the table, pointed to the corpse of Sima Rui lying in the center of the hall, and shouted angrily.

Frightened, Teng Ruhai hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, "Lord Sima forgives his sins, something is wrong." Xiaguan, Xiaguan just wanted to find out the cause of Ling Lang's death and find out the real culprit. ”

"You killed a thousand knives, my son was beaten to death, the real murderer has been arrested on the spot and taken to prison, you still want to move his corpse, what else is there to investigate?" At this time, suddenly a woman outside the door howled and cried and rushed in, scratching and scolding the kneeling Teng Ruhai, it turned out that Mrs. Sima of the inner house heard that someone was coming to ask for a corpse, and came out to fight with Scholar Ru and Taikang Mansion Yin.

Poor vine Ruhai Tangtang Taikang Mansion Yin was beaten, scolded and scratched by the women of the inner house, and there were several blood grooves on his face in an instant, and the blood stains were so miserable that he didn't dare to have a seizure so he had to dodge around, and suddenly the hall was not lively. Scholar Ru was very annoyed when he saw this scene, you are also the chief official in charge of the criminal name code, how can you allow a woman to mess around here and beat the court officials, and he couldn't help coughing heavily.

Although Sima Rufeng hated Ru Jingxiu who killed his son in his heart, he still had to refrain from facing Ru Yu, a scholar and a scholar of the Ministry of Officials, at least he had some doubts in his own heart, but now that the family was in chaos, he didn't have time to take care of it.

"Pull people down, don't be embarrassed here." Sima Rufeng drank and ordered his subordinates to help the eldest lady down.

Who knew that the eldest lady had a hot temperament, and as soon as she broke free from the slave who was supported, she pointed at Sima Rufeng's nose and scolded: "If you let them move Rui'er, the old lady will not be finished with you." ”

After scolding her husband Sima Rufeng, she turned around and pointed at the university scholar Ru Yu: "It is natural for a murderer to pay for his life, and the Sima family will not let go of the murderer." ”

Sima Rufeng's face was blue and white when she was scolded by the eldest lady, and when she saw her pointing at the university scholar Ru Ju in front of her, she shouted again: "Da Lang, hurry up and help your mother down, she is sad and overly cranky." ”

After Sima Li stepped forward to salute, he hurriedly led someone to help his crying mother go down.

The university scholar Ru Yu knew that he couldn't delay it any longer, so he got up and clasped his fists and saluted: "Brother Sima, it's a pity that Ling Lang died violently, no matter what, I, Ru, will try my best to compensate." It's just that this matter is weird everywhere, and it is common for classmates to quarrel and fight, and they will definitely not kill people lightly or severely? According to the statements of witnesses at the scene, there were no wounds or blood stains on Ling Lang's body, and the cause of death was unknown. ”

"Only the parties concerned know the severity of the attack, it is a fact that my son was killed, and the witnesses are also there. Moreover, Lord Ru also saw that the child's mother was already overly sad and crazy, and if you let you touch Rui'er's body again, it is hard to guarantee that she will do something. Sima Rufeng's speech was impenetrable, and one or two sentences blocked their mouths.

Hearing him speak like this, the scholar's face became more and more solemn, thinking that with the presence of Teng Ruhai, there were some inconvenient things to say. If the body can't be taken away and the cause of death is found, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Xiu'er to turn over. After thinking for a moment and making up his mind, he stepped forward and whispered:

"Can Master Sima move?"

Sima Rufeng couldn't guess what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of this Shulanxuan University scholar and official in front of him, and thought about listening to what he had to say.

Teng Ruhai was very interested at this time, and he had already hid far away, watching the two ministers who had the revenge of killing their sons go into the inner room to discuss things, and thought: "It's best for the two of you to negotiate a reconciliation plan to settle things." Otherwise, the more trouble will be, it will inevitably set off a storm all over the city, and it is not small fish and shrimp like me who will suffer. ”