This is a murder case in a closed room.

Guo Li has a headache. The task assigned by the emperor has not been completed, and there is another murder case here, fortunately it happened in Wanxian County, which is under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Mansion. Thinking about the previous Siqing and now serving as the Yin of Jingzhao Mansion, ten years of experience in solving cases, I am afraid that this small secret room murder case will not be difficult for that seventy-year-old man.

Sun Ti picked up the book, "Zhuangzi", and after flipping through a few pages, he was shocked: "Why are there still notices?" He flipped through a few more pages and exclaimed, "And broken sentences? Wonderful, wonderful. ”

Guo Li took it and saw that it was the book printed by Kangyi Bookstore. When he turned to the title page and the last few pages, Guo Li couldn't help but be happy. The boy from the fifth valley had two full pages of notices interspersed after the title page, one by one, and there were almost fifty notices on these two pages. The last few pages of the book, too, are advertisements.

Since it was rumored that Kang Yi's study provided Jingzhao Mansion Yin with a copy of "Zhuangzi" for only ten yuan, even Li Longji knew about it. Such an obvious loss-making deal, with a few notices in the book, seems to be understandable.

"Lord Guo, take a look." Sun Li handed the book to Guo Li. Guo Li only cared about where the book came from, and at present there are three prices for the Zhuangzi in the market, 300 copies of 10 texts for Jingzhao Prefecture, 150 copies for other prefectures and counties, and 200 copies for circulation in the market. Guo Li saw the price, 200 wen, the books in circulation in the market. It seems that this county magistrate usually likes to read books very much, and as far as Guo Li knows, this book has not been on the market for long.

He was inspecting the body, and Guo Li casually looked at the layout of the study. On each side is a large bookcase against the wall, which is filled with books. The Four Books and Five Classics are always available, as well as various books in the subset of the classics and history, and Guo Li saw a copy of the "Yellow Emperor's Inner Classics". This county order even has this kind of lonely book, which shows how much I like to read. To be honest, Guo Li wanted to move all these books to Kangyi Study.

When the prefectural magistrate's wife heard that the prefectural magistrate had died, she ran in and cried and was heartbroken. Listening to Mu Xiancheng's introduction of Guo Li as Dali Siqing, the woman knelt down directly and said: "Lord Guo, we must find out the truth, arrest the murderer, and Zhaoxue for Master Liu." ”

Guo Li heard the woman's words, "How do you know that Liu Xianling was killed by someone?" ”

The woman cried: "My lord has always been in good health, and he has always had the habit of reading at night. ”

Guo Li didn't suspect that the woman had a motive to kill, but just asked casually. I also saw a huge incense burner on the table, and according to the ashes, I could see that yesterday's county order actually lit seven incense sticks. Guo Li carefully looked for the remaining incense, and didn't know where the Liu County Order had gone. There is a set of tea sets on the desk, and a cup and teapot are missing. After looking at it for a long time, there were no valuable clues.

After a while, someone from Jingzhao Mansion came to investigate the case. Wannian County Order died, and according to the regulations, Mu County reported to Jingzhao Mansion.

After the examination was completed, Liu Xianling died of fainting, which is sudden death in modern terms. Such a result is not only dissatisfied with Liu Xianling's wife, but even Guo Li thinks that sudden death is unlikely.

Guo Li originally wanted to find out the smuggling of grain and grass, but he didn't expect to meet two dead people one after another. After inspecting the scene, he heard that there was a case of floating corpses at the dock, and went to the scene to check the corpses. Wannian County Commander died, and the case was temporarily handled by Jingzhao Mansion.

Out of the county office, Guo Li asked, "What do Shaoqing and Brother Meng think?" ”

"The county order has no external injuries, and it is possible that he died of fainting. There are few guests in the study room, and the possibility of someone entering the study to kill people is ruled out. Sun Ti analyzed.

"Liuxian Ling believed in Taoism and died by him." Meng Haoran concluded.

Guo Lishang was confused, he didn't expect that the two around him had already deduced so many things. Without waiting for Guo Li to ask, Meng Haoran had already solved his doubts.

Shaoqing deduced that there are few guests in the study, and there are two bases: first, there is a set of tea sets on the table, and Liu Xianling only takes out a teacup and a teapot, indicating that this study rarely accepts guests. Second, Liu Xian Ling died, and his wife didn't know all night, so it can be seen that Liu Xian Ling often stayed in the study to read, and when he was tired of reading, he slept directly in the study. Habit has become natural, so Liu Xianling's wife only learned that her husband was dead today. Regarding the county order channel, I still ask Shaoqing to solve Ziyi's doubts. ”

"Brother Meng is polite, there are ashes of seven incense sticks left in the incense burner, indicating that seven incense sticks were ordered by Liuxian County yesterday. There is no obvious difference between Buddhism and Taoism in lighting incense, the techniques are different, and then there are numbers. The seven roots of incense are taken from the meaning of the Seven Stars Beidou, and only Taoism has the saying of seven incense sticks. ”

Sun Ti didn't think that Meng Haoran took this opportunity to take the school exam, and seriously said the basis.

My good boy, it's really amazing. It seems that you have to learn how to reason in the future, otherwise you will be like a fool in front of these two people.

"Where is this going?" Guo Li saw that the two of them were walking north at the same time.

"Investigate the case." The two of them said in unison.

Guo Li wanted to ask why he had to go north to investigate the case, and once he asked, he was afraid that he would have four eyes looking at him at the same time, just like looking at an idiot. Guo Li thought about it or didn't ask, it was right to follow.

The place where the two went turned out to be Kornhill Bookstore. Li Sui happened to be there, and when he saw Guo Li, he smiled and said, "Why did Lord Guo have the heart to come to the study today, I heard that the adult has been promoted." Guo Li saw that the two of them had the same destination, so he roughly came to these two to do something, and asked first: "Liuxian Ling of Wannian County died in the study last night, holding a copy of "Zhuangzi" before he died, is there a record here when it was sold?" ”

"It turns out that Lord Guo came here today to investigate the case, and there is no record of Liuxian ordering the purchase of books, but an old gentleman who bought two books at once."

Sun Ti asked: "Dare to ask Shopkeeper Li, who is the author of the broken sentences in "Zhuangzi"? The official wanted to see this person. ”

Li Sui smiled and said: "Far away in the sky, close in front of you, it is this Lord Guo." ”

Since cooperating with Guo Li, Kang Yi Study can be described as a daily gold fight, this shopkeeper Li is in a good mood, his smile is often on his face, and even the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes are a lot more.

Sun Ti looked at Guo Li, his gaze changed. I have heard of Guo Lixianda's article for a long time, but I didn't expect to come up with such a wonderful way to solve the problem of broken sentences.

"I thought of it occasionally when I read "Guiguzi". Guo Li accidentally leaked the secret of heaven, and sure enough......

"Guiguzi?" Meng Haoran and Sun Ti asked at the same time.

Guo Li did not hide it, and told the two poets about the story of the book. It turned out to be a congratulatory gift, and when I heard that Wang Lao Liu was a descendant of Guiguzi, I was even more amazed.

"Does this old gentleman have any impressions? Where are the people? Sun Ti asked.

"The old gentleman believes in Taoism and lives in Lizhengfang in the south of the city. It is said that the old gentleman is working in the Cao Gang. ”

Sun Ti's eyes lit up.