It's just a small inn, and there's no secret to hide, and after a while, the news of the dead people spreads, and somewhere a murderer is hidden, and the people who live here begin to sit still.

Lu Jue and Yao Minghao came to the scene of the crime with the night breeze, and when they came to the backyard, they learned that the first person was found, and they had gone back to rest because they were too frightened. Knowing the situation, Lu Jue instructed Yefeng to ask the first discoverer about the situation when he first arrived at the scene, and he himself began to look around to see the suspicious places, the crime scene was in the utility room in the backyard of the inn, the door was open at this time, and at a glance you could see that Liu Fuling was already there, at this time he did not rush to ask him about the results of the autopsy, but walked around to see if there were any valuable clues, but this backyard was originally piled up with debris, and the place where the coachman and pawn lived were full of people, and there should be few valuable clues.

Yao Minghao, who was suspected of being the murderer, had to explain his best to explain what happened, Lu Jue took a step and he followed him closely, and kept chattering behind him: "Brother, you have to believe me, I really just hit him a few times, kicked him a few times, and didn't use much force at all, I'm not a three-year-old child who is sure, you have to believe me, I didn't kill him、、、、、、" Who knew that Lu Jue turned around and stared at him with angry eyes, he picked the corner of his mouth and asked: "What's wrong." ”

Lu Jue pointed to the snow that was already full of his footprints and said: "You are walking around here, now this place is full of your footprints, even if there are suspect's footprints, now they are covered by your footprints, how can you let me help you?" ”

"Ah" Hearing this, Yao Minghao lowered his head and looked, densely packed with his footprints. Self-defeating Yao Minghao was a little at a loss, and asked dumbfounded: "Then what should I do!" You have to believe me, I really don't have that heavy hands. Seeing that Lu Jue's gaze was still suspicious, he actually complained: "You must know that I don't meddle too much in this way!" ”

The utility room is close to the backyard and people come and go, even if there are no footprints made by Yao Minghao, it is difficult to find clues. I wanted to remind him to be less impulsive and do bad things, but he didn't expect to complain. Lu Jue was not in the mood to explain, so he glanced at him and went to the utility room.

Originally, I thought that Lu Jue could comfort himself with a few words, but I didn't expect people to leave without saying a word. At that moment, Yao Minghao couldn't hold back anymore, shouted and chased in. As soon as he entered the house and saw the miserable deceased, he couldn't help but scream: "Oh, my mother, it's really miserable, how many 、、、、、、 have you suffered" Seeing Lu Jue's glaring gaze, he covered his mouth and obediently closed his mouth.

This utility room is not big, and it is full of old tables and chairs, as well as things that are not needed, and the inside is already narrow because of the stacking of things. The corpse was naked, head facing west, half-covered with a quilt, lying on an old pear wooden couch, its clothes disheveled aside, and a few bloody handkerchiefs on the side of its clothes. Looking at the naked upper body covered in bruises, and the side of his forehead was scarred by something that had been struck, and thinking of the bloody handkerchief on the side, it was almost certain that the deceased might still be alive at that time.

After examining the corpse, Liu Lingling saw Lu Jue coming in, and hurriedly took off the cloth gloves on her hand and handed them to the people on the side, took the corpse and got up and walked to him and handed it over and said: "You can rule out poisoning and disease to death, it was he who killed it."

Lu Jue looked at the corpse, glanced at the corpse again, and said, "It says that the injury on the side of the forehead is not fatal, could it be because of the injuries on the body that were beaten." The injury on his forehead was not enough to die, and he was a little suspicious that it was caused by Yao Minghao's heavy attack.

Liu Fuling has been with him for so long, and she understands what he means. looked at Yao Minghao, who was behind him, and replied: "What the little general hit was only a skin injury, and the injuries on his body were new and old, and the force was different, and it was not caused by one person at all. This is the reason for his real death. He took a coffin nail from the tray next to him and handed it over, "This coffin nail was found on top of his head." He picked up a bronze lampstand and said, "The deceased drank a lot of wine and was so drunk that he had no ability to fight back." It should be said that he watched the murderer drive this iron nail into it. ”

"It's really ruthless, what 、、、、、、" looked at Lu Jue's face, and swallowed back the next words

Retracting his gaze, Lu Jue bent down and brushed away the corpse's hair, and saw a wound the size of a little thumb on the top of his head. ”

Before Liu Fuling could speak, Yao Minghao took the first step to ask: "Brother, why was it nailed, but there was no blood around?" ”

Lu Jue straightened up, put the nail on the tray and explained: "If the nail is burned red and then nailed into the top of the head, not a drop of blood will be shed." ”

"Oh, it's so complicated to kill someone! Kill directly to relieve hatred! He pouted and looked at the corpse, and tweeted twice, how much hatred this person had to be to suffer such a great crime.

Seeing that Yao Minghao was no longer speaking, Liu Fuling continued: "When the little general finished teaching him, it was just a moment after the unitary hour, and the time when the body was found was just now, and the time of his death was within this hour. And" He handed something to Lu Jue and said: "I found these suspicious things in the corpse and at the scene, you can see if it will help solve the case." ”

Lu Jue took it and looked at it carefully, there was a bloody broken vase, a woman's earring, a simple head flower, and then a men's hairband and a man's shoes, other things are just ordinary things, this is a utility room I am not sure that there is a purpose, only when I see the suspect and ask about the situation can I make a decision.

After watching the scene carefully, Lu Jue came out of it, just arrived at the door with a cold wind blowing, he couldn't help but shiver, raised his head to look at the fluttering snowflakes, his mind began to drift away, began to miss his wife, I don't know if she is good in Hangzhou now, he raised his hand to catch the falling snowflakes, hoping to send a piece of acacia and snowflakes can fall into his wife's hands.

"Master, everyone has been gathered together, and the master can ask questions." The sound of the night wind pulled his thoughts back.

Lu Jue came back to his senses, withdrew his arm tightly and nodded his cloak, "Okay, let's go, let's ask." "Return to the hall with the night breeze.

After the first step of the night wind's questioning, there are only a few suspects confirmed, namely: Lu Si, the owner of this shop, then Yuexiu, and a couple, and then a person who came with the deceased, and a white scholar about twenty years old, and finally the little girl Xing'er next to the Yuexiu girl, several people all looked solemn and no one spoke to anyone, and the whole hall condensed a heavy atmosphere.

yes, there's a dead person here, and no one's expression is going to be much better.

Lu Jue and Night Wind walked to the door and stopped, and swept away everyone: "Let's make a brief introduction first." ”

"Yes" Yefeng looked at everyone and made a brief introduction: "The boss here and the girl Yuexiu we know don't need to introduce them in the end, the slave first briefly introduces the other people to the master, the man leaning on the pillar is called Lu Dapeng who came with Lu Zhong, he said that he was alone in the room at the hour of the crime, because he was the only one living with the deceased in that room, and no one else could prove that he was in the room; The scholar who sat next to Hu Dapeng was called Lu Yin, a candidate for the Qiu Yu exam, he said that he was also studying in the room at that hour, but he also said that when he was tired of reading, when he walked to the window to blow the cold wind to wake up his spirit, he saw a person who had been to the scene at that hour, because there was no light in the backyard, he couldn't see his appearance clearly, but he could see that it was a woman from his figure; The man and woman who sat together were husband and wife, the man's name was Lu Chen, a merchant, and his wife Lu Feng's maiden name was Jiao Niang, Lu Chen said that he was in the hall together at that time, but the guards who waited during the period saw that they both had left alone; Standing next to the Yuexiu girl is her maid called Xing'er, maybe because she has never seen the world or because she is still young, she has been hesitant to ask me when I ask; Next is the boss and the girl Yuexiu, the boss said that the two of them were in the same room at that time, discussing the repertoire of the night performance, but because of the relationship between the two, the subordinates also put the two into the list of suspicious. ”

After hearing this, Lu Jue nodded, looked around at the expressions of several people who debated them, and said what he found suspicious: "Have you found that they have one thing in common." ”

Night Wind nodded and said, "The subordinates also found out, they are all surnamed Lu, and they are all from the same clan. There is an even more strange Boss Lu who said that Yuexiu is his brother's daughter, but Yuexiu is surnamed Wu, and the slave asked Lu Si's brother and did not get involved. The others were secretive, but no matter what they tried to hide, our guards replied that they all went to the utility room in the backyard. ”

Lu Jue replied, stepped forward with some scheming in his heart, sat on the chair pulled out by the night breeze, and arched his hand and said: "You don't have to discuss or panic, the matter of tracking down the murderer will be dealt with in the next meeting, but I hope you will answer all questions during this time." ”

Lu Dapeng, who was leaning on the pillar, glanced at him contemptuously, and said unceremoniously: "Who do you think you are, there are dead people here, you think it's a child's house, we are not you rich people who don't have so much leisure, please." He turned around and walked out.

Lu Jue glanced at Lu Dapeng, and hinted at the night wind, the night wind nodded and waved his hand, several guards stepped forward to block Lu Dapeng's way, and Lu Dapeng, who was blocked from the way, suddenly became angry, turned his head and scolded: "Little white face, don't think that you can do whatever you want if you have money, even if I am a murderer, only the official family can manage it, how old are you!" ”

Lu Jue stood up with a smile and looked sideways at the scholar sitting on the side of the pillar, and that gaze was telling anyone that the two knew each other. "I forgot to introduce myself, others may not know me, but this benevolent brother must have heard of me." Walked up to the scholar and knocked on the table with his fingers and continued: "I am one of the main exams for this year's autumn exam, Brother Lu should not forget it!"

The person in charge of the examination is like a teacher to the candidate, but the scholar's reaction is not as moving as seeing the teacher, I saw his body shake and his expression changed slightly, and he immediately got up and saluted after a moment of relaxation: "Student Lu Yin has seen an adult, and the student recognized the adult early on, but I am afraid that someone will say that the student has never seen the student and the phoenix, and the rude is still expected to be the adult." ”

Lu Jue smiled and said: "Where, I'm just one of the main exams, if you go to high school in the next day, maybe you will be above me, and maybe you will have to rely on Brother Lu at that time." ”

Lu Jue's reputation in the capital has long been like thunder, how can he not know where he is, he is young and second-class, and his future is immeasurable, how dare Lu Yin be arrogant when he says this, and immediately bent over and saluted: "The adult is really tormenting the student, the student does not know the etiquette and neglects the adult, I hope the adult will forgive the sin." ”

Lu Jue's eyes swept towards Lu Yin like a sharp blade, and said: "You know in your heart what my official position is, why I have a prophet with you, I must be convinced of you, because I believe that in the capital, I would rather lose the opportunity to refer to it than those who are in the same stream with others, and I will hide it from my teacher at this time." I will not wronged a good person, nor will I let go of a wicked person, I have to be honest about right and wrong. ”

Lu Yin shook and said in a trembling voice: "The words of the teacher Jin Shi, the students understand. ”

Lu Jue smiled mildly and said, "This is the best 、、、、、、"

Who knew that the two were talking, and that Lu Chen couldn't help but interject: "Don't bully us as ordinary people, the examiner is an invigilator, and if he is not in his position, he will not seek his own government, so it is not your turn to take care of this murderer!" "The more you talk, the more angry you become, and there is inevitably a lot of disrespect in your words.

Lu Jue glanced back, and immediately said with a cold face: "This Brother Lu is too unheard, haven't you heard that there is a Dali Temple with an official residence above the court." I might as well tell you, I am the second product of the Dali Temple, and I am in charge of the adjudication of all the criminals in the world. Stretched out his hand to take the official seal handed over by the night breeze on the side, and placed it on the table smoothly in front of everyone.

At this moment, everyone in the hall was shocked, their faces obviously began to change, and they didn't know what to start thinking about.

Lu Jue swept the expressions of several people one by one, sat down in the original seat and said: "The deceased died between the moment and the hour, if you want to get rid of suspicion, I hope you will try to be as frank as possible." ”