Chapter 15: Clues

An Yi's first thought was to go to Jiang Ruyue first, and when he left the camp, he flew to Jiangjia Village, and Jiang Ruyue was preparing for the imperial examination in the study at this time.

Although for both the mountain and the mountain, the past two days have indeed been tense and a lot of things have happened, but for the people of Huayang County and its surrounding villages, the scientific expedition soon after is a major event that changes the trajectory of fate, and Jiang Ruyue is naturally not exempt from vulgarity.

Seeing An Yi coming, Jiang Ruyue got up to greet her, and An Yi told Jiang Ruyue about the things in the room.

"Brother An, do you think Lin Muzhi's words are completely credible?"

Jiang Ruyue, like An Yi, also expressed doubts about Lin Muzhi. He felt that what Lin Mu did later might be to promote things in the direction of Zhao'an, but this did not mean that the "empty granary" incident he said before was true, and it was very likely that it was just a statement made up to prevent the autumn queen from settling accounts.

An Yi said: "At first, I was skeptical of what Lin Muzhi said, after all, Lin Muzhi is also a bandit. But the man in black who attacked us that night made me think something was wrong. No matter what happened back then, it is not beneficial for Lin Muzhi to send someone to assassinate us, it will only lead to the three-day deadline and then the army of the King of Shu will attack the mountain, so isn't he still a dead end? So it's certain that the black clothes are not from the mountain, and since that's the case, then it's very likely that they came from the bottom of the mountain. ”

Jiang Ruyue said: "We have no way to start with the man in black, even if we know that it is Taketori's person, there is no conclusive evidence. I think the first breakthrough point now is whether the granary was empty back then, in order to prove what Lin Muzhi said. Brother An, I have a solution. ”

"Brother Jiang, please speak!"

"My father used to be a county governor in Huayang County, and the county office will definitely record the material transfer in Huayang County in any period for inspection by the higher-level government officials. According to what Lin Muzhi said, they trade through the wine jar, so why don't we check the records of the county government's wine purchase, under normal circumstances, the county government will not buy too much wine every month. In the month when Taketori and Yamagami trade, the amount of sake is bound to increase significantly. Jiang Ruyue said:

An Yi thinks this is a good way, presumably Lin Muzhi should also have a record, as long as the time is right, it means that there is really a big problem with Taketori!

Jiang Ruyue smiled comfortably and mysteriously, "When I was a child, I often went to Huayang County with my father to play, and my father often used the account book to teach me to read. It's just that Brother An needs to find a way to take me in. ”

"It's not difficult, when the time comes, I'll go to Uncle Zhou, you pretend to be a night watchman, and you can go in with him." It's just that where is this account room so close, it should be locked inside and outside, right? ”

Locking ..... Lock.... An Yi's mind flashed, "There you have it!" This agitation of his frightened Jiang Ruyue next to him,

"Brother An, what's wrong?"

"Ruyue, let's split up tonight, I'll find someone to bring you into the county office, and you can write down the numbers on the account and bring them out. I'll go to Jiulong Mountain for a walk and meet Lin Muzhi. An Yi says:

Jiang Ruyue said worriedly: "Brother An, is this Lin Muzhi still willing to see you?" ”

"Try your luck!"

An Yi then asked, "By the way, Brother Jiang, do you know where my father and An Xin are?" ”

Jiang Ruyue remembered that An Xin had left Jiangjia Village the day before yesterday, saying that she had gone to find her father in the barracks, and the father and daughter must have been in the camp, so she replied, "Uncle and Xin'er should still be in the barracks." ”

"Xin'er?" An Yi keenly captured the "keyword" in Jiang Ruyue's words, and he looked at Jiang Ruyue with a wicked smile that was about to tell me what was going on.

Jiang Ruyue was speechless for a while, "Uh.... That uh.... I'm just saying it's fast. I haven't... That one. His face turned red at once,

An Yi laughed when he saw Jiang Ruyue's appearance, "What's this?" My Fair Lady, Gentleman, if you like it, just say it! ”

"I admire her very much, but I don't have the courage to tell Miss An yet." As soon as Jiang Ruyue mentioned An Xin, she completely lost the spirit of directing the country, and she was like a shy child.

"Brother Jiang seems to be a bit of a scholar only when he mentions my sister, hahaha. Don't worry, when this matter is over, I'll ask for you! With that, An Yi smiled and walked out of the yard.

Jiang Ruyue felt as if she had eaten honey when she heard this, arched her hand at the comfortable back, and said softly: "Okay, then thank you." ”

After An Yi left the Jiang family's house, he returned to the camp on horseback, and asked where An Zhiyuan's camp was located, so he rushed straight over.

As soon as I entered the tent, I saw An Zhiyuan sitting in the tent, holding his forehead with his hand, as if he was resting. Next to An Xin, behind An Zhiyuan, she obediently beat her father's shoulder.

"Daddy!"

"Brother!"

An Xin looked up and saw An Yi, and flew over excitedly, threw herself into An Yi's arms, and threw An Yi straight back.

"Brother, you're back, we all thought you were ....."

Saying that, tears fell on An Xin's little face, and then the little beauty plunged into An Yi's arms and cried whining.

"What's the matter, sister, isn't my brother back? What are you crying about? ”

An Yi patted An Xin's back while comforting.

"Yi'er!"

When Old Man An saw his son coming back, he also hurriedly stepped forward, his eyes full of love and tenderness from his parents.

He hurriedly helped the old man to sit down, saw An Zhiyuan's red eyes, knew that he must be worried about him, and hurriedly comforted the father and daughter, "Dad, don't worry, I'm safe, what happened in the past few days, I will tell you about it in the future, you listen to me go back to the house now, the conditions in this military camp are poor, where can I rest." ”

After An Zhiyuan saw that his son was safe and sound, he seemed to have suddenly become an obedient good gentleman, and he promised loudly.

"Xin'er, I need your help with something." As he spoke, he took a branch and drew a sketch of Jinzhu Village on the ground, then pointed to the map on the ground and said, "Sister, I want to bother you to run, this place is called Jinzhu Village, you take Ding Jiaotou to ride over." Let's go now, we can arrive at night, you go to Jin Mingyin, and ask him to come to Huayang County with the militia and his crossbow. The most important thing is to ask him to bring Liu Er to me. ”

An Xin heard it in a fog, and she didn't know why, so she could only remember it one by one in her heart.

An Yi continued: "Also, help me go and see if Ying Shu is awake." ”

"Shadow? Is it the daughter of the King of Shu who was kidnapped by the mountain bandits with you? An Xin asked very innocently: "Then what should I call her, county lord?" ”

An Yi winked at her sister mysteriously and said, "Call sister-in-law." ”

An Xin's clever temperament can not understand, and said coquettishly, "It's a shame that my father and I are so worried about you, you can be happy, hum~" After speaking, he turned around and walked out of the tent.

"This damn girl, no big or small!"

"Yi'er, this Jin Mingyin was in Chengdu County back then...."An Zhiyuan seemed to remember something and asked An Yi.

An Yi continued: "Yes, Dad, it is the son of Uncle Jin Deju back then, this Jinzhu Village was built by him." ”

An Zhiyuan smiled when he heard this, but he didn't spare anyone, "This guy hasn't given me the purple robe jade inkstone that took me!" ”

An Yi said in his heart that these two old men are really a temper, no wonder they can become brothers.

After instructing the coachman Uncle Zhao to send Old Man An back to the house, An Yi rode a horse to Huayang County to find the head catcher Zhou Yunlong.

It just so happened that this week, Yunlong was patrolling the street with two catchers, and when he saw An Yi Pegasus coming, he greeted him from afar.

"Uncle Zhou, take a step to speak." An Yi turned over and dismounted, pulled Zhou Yunlong's sleeve and went to the alley next to him,

Zhou Yunlong was confused and asked, "Childe, what is so mysterious?" ”

An Yi said: "Uncle Zhou, I don't have time to elaborate, I asked you about something, do you know how Song Zhong we captured died that day?" ”

Zhou Yunlong said: "The statement given by the county jail is self-hanging, what's the matter? Childe is suspicious? ”

"Uncle Zhou, don't you doubt it? Song Zhong hurried to come the next day, he hanged himself to death, and last night the shopkeeper escaped from prison again. Originally, the mountain bandits who had already negotiated Jiulong Mountain recruited An to go down the mountain, but because of this matter, the two sides are now tense again. ”

Zhou Yunlong has always been very puzzled about this matter, but what he doubts is that on the day Song Zhong hanged himself, the two jailers of the original county jail were expelled home on the charge of dereliction of duty after being beaten by one person for thirty boards, and I heard that they were found drinking alcohol by Zhuzhi County. Now listening to An Yi's words, he felt that this matter was very strange, so he told An Yi the doubts in his heart.

"Uncle Zhou, can you take me to find that servant?" An Yi felt that since it was a corpse, he should know something.

Zhou Yunlong was just about to turn around and take him, but he was pulled by An Yi again, "No, Uncle Zhou, let's go over like this, how can we tell the truth?" ”

He thought for a moment and said, "In this way, we will go back later, I will wait for a 'Lord Qincha'!" ”

He doesn't know what medicine is sold in the Comfort Gourd,

An Yi then asked, "Do you know where the two jailers who were kicked home live?" ”

Zhou Yunlong nodded, he walked out of the alley with An Yi, and waved at the two catchers waiting at the entrance of the alley, "You two come here." ”

The two catchers came in response, and Zhou Yunlong asked them, "Do you know where the two cell heads are from the county jail?" ”

"The little one knows: one of them is called Hu San, the little one is the same township as him, in Hujiawei outside Huayang County, the first one under the big banyan tree is his house, and the other one doesn't know." One of them, tall and thin, replied:

When An Yi heard this, he said: "Then go find this Hu San first, and bother Zhou Zhutou to go with me, you are a person from the yamen, it is easier to talk." ”

"Good!" After speaking, he turned around and arranged for two catchers to continue patrolling the street, he followed An Yi back to Anfu, found a horse, and then the two of them rode towards Hujiawei.

About fifty miles of Huayang County in Hujiawei, the two of them rode about a stick of incense, and according to what the catcher said, they found the home of one of the jailers under the big banyan tree.

It was a very dilapidated house, with yellow earthen walls on all sides, and blackened wooden doors.

The two turned over and dismounted, Zhou Yunlong opened his throat and shouted inside: "Is there anyone living inside?" ”

No one answered, and it looked as if no one was living.

"Hu San can be inside?"

Still no one answered, An Yi stepped forward, pushed the door in,

"Squeak~"

The structure of the house is very simple, enter a hall, and there are several huts next to it. An Yi walked into the hall, and he found that on the table on the right side of the hall, there were several plates, and there were leftovers on the plates.

So he tried it with his hands, and it was hot!

"Uncle Zhou, the dish is hot." An Yi turned his head and rushed to Zhou Yunlong, who came in, and said: Then this shows that there were people in this house before they came, but what about people?

"Childe, come and see!" An Yi was thinking about it, Zhou Yunlong's shout came from a room next to him, he hurriedly followed the sound, and as soon as he entered, the scene in the house surprised An Yi.

There were two people lying on the old wooden table next to the wall, no, it should be two corpses, and the blood was still dripping to the ground along the edge of the table, motionless, and it seemed that there was no breath.

Zhou Yunlong stepped forward quickly, and smashed the faces of the two people with his hand to see that it was the two expelled jailers! One of them was stabbed head-on, and the other was touched in the neck.

"Coincidentally, these two actually got together, but we were late." 周云龙 says:

An Yi was thinking in his heart not whether it was too late or not, but that this scene seemed to be a time lag between them and their coming here, how did the killer know that they were coming here? Who notified the killer?

Thinking about it, An Yi glanced at Zhou Yunlong, who was examining the corpse, Uncle Zhou? Impossible, I entered Anfu since I was a child, followed my comfortable grandfather as a nurse and a housekeeper, and watched the two brothers and sisters grow up since childhood. It can be said that Zhou Yunlong's head catcher is the first in Anfu, and the second is the imperial court, so as for the others, they are not ranked. That's those two catchers?

Thinking of this, An Yi asked, "Uncle Zhou, are those two fast catchers?" ”

Zhou Yunlong understood what comfort meant, he thought for a while, "No, those two cubs were brought out by me, and both of them are heartless masters, not to mention, we have come all the way and have not stopped, unless the killer flies over and is here to attack." I think they thought of it with us, and they happened to be one step ahead of us. ”

An Yi was very depressed, and with this kind of strength, it was not easy to find the two who knew the inside story, and they were killed.

"Childe, look!" Hearing the voice, he looked at the place pointed by Zhou Yunlong, and one of the corpses actually held a knife in his hand! When I first entered the house, my eyes were focused on this corpse, and I was negligent.

Zhou Yunlong looked at the knife in his hand, there were still blood stains on the blade, he ran to the position of the corpse on the left and gestured, and then he looked at the palm of the corpse, pointed to the corpse and said to An Yi:

"Childe, this knife should be his. I just looked at his palm, and I guess this killer probably didn't expect that the jailer in this county jail was actually a practitioner, so there should be a fight between them. ”

As he spoke, he took a closer look at the ground, and in addition to the two corpses, there were a few drops of blood on the ground, which extended to the outside of this room.

"The blood on the ground and on this knife must have been the killer's, and the killer slashed him in the face, and he slashed back with his backhand. If there is blood on the blade but not on the tip of the blade, the action must be a slash rather than a stab. In this case, the killer's knife wound must be on the third road, and the knife wound is not fatal, and the knife wound that is not fatal on the third road should be in the shoulder. ”

Zhou Yunlong observed and analyzed at the same time,

An Yi listened to Zhou Yunlong's analysis, and praised him, "I said Uncle Zhou, you are really good now, our brother and sister are still playful children, you are no longer the honest uncle who took us to fish." ”

Zhou Yunlong was praised by him like this, his old face turned red, and he did not respond, and continued: "It seems that our scope has been narrowed, this killer, as long as he comes to the county office, I will definitely be able to catch him!" ”