Because he wanted to curry favor with the governor, He Yuan did not ask people to search the crime scene too carefully before Lu Zhen and them arrived, but other places in the mansion still sent people to conduct a careful search. This time, the official of the government was also dedicated, and he actually found some clues on the west wall not far from the dormitory, and quickly sent someone to report the news.

Hearing this, Lu Zhen and the others temporarily left the scene where nothing seemed to be found, and came to the wall. After arriving at the ground, Tang Lian stepped forward and carefully examined the wall that was obviously trampled and damaged after being climbed.

This wall is one and a half people high, and it is really difficult for idle people to climb it. But this is naturally difficult to stop this brocade guard, he only stepped on the wall, and with a slight borrowing, the person had already turned over to the top steadily, so that the traces were even more clearly imprinted in his eyes.

After a while, his gaze opened again, revealing a deep contemplative look before he jumped down. And Lu Zhen hurriedly asked, "How is it, have you found anything?" ”

"The stampede on this wall is indeed man-made, and it is very new, and it should have appeared in the past two days." Tang Lian carefully reported with rhetoric.

As soon as he heard this, Huang Jiaoyu couldn't help it: "In this way, this matter is still the work of a murderer outside my school?" As he spoke, he glanced at Lu Zhen with some suspicion.

He Yuan's face was full of embarrassment, he didn't expect that his subordinates were rarely diligent and careful, but they brought trouble to Lord Futai, how can this be good?

It was Lu Jin, although he was suspicious, he didn't see any anger, he just looked at Tang Lian and said, "If you go on, you should have something unspoken, right?" ”

"Your Excellency, this matter is indeed a little strange." Tang Lian nodded and said, "Just now, I took a look outside and found that outside the wall was a clearing full of weeds, and there was no one around, so it was indeed a good place to sneak in and out." However, at first glance, the grass that came out of the wall was not damaged at all, which is quite strange. ”

"If the murderer had trampled on the wall and then climbed out, he would have trampled on the trees. It's only been a few hours since last night, and the damaged grass and trees must be able to be seen, and now that the grass and trees are undamaged, there are only two possibilities-" Lu Zhen followed knowingly, and motioned to the other party to continue.

Tang Lian's mind in this regard is also quite agile, and he immediately said: "One is that the murderer has the ability to fly away from the sky, and he can fly away from the wall without hurting the grass and trees outside. But in this way, it is impossible for him to leave these traces. The second is that he didn't flip out of the wall after he got on the wall, but jumped back again. ”

Lu Zhen nodded: "If it's really the latter, this matter is even more weird, why does he toss back and forth so much?" ”

"There is only one way to say it, and that is that he is only doing this to give people the illusion that he has turned it out of here, so as to cover up the fact that he is still in the school!" Tang Lian immediately made his inference.

Under the inference of the two singing and harmonizing, things do seem to be much clearer. Whether it is He Yuan or Peng Dingzhen, or even those few scholars, they have to admit that this inference is extremely reasonable.

However, for the sake of prudence, Peng Dingzhen still asked the government to send someone outside to carefully investigate to see if Tang Lian had made a mistake and missed something when he was sitting above just now. Of course, he was also a little worried that Tang Lian would lie and cover up, but it was difficult to say it clearly.

In this regard, Lu Zhen naturally will not stop it, the clean person is self-purifying, and he also believes in Tang Lian's ability. During this time, Tang Lian searched carefully near the fence to see if the murderer would leave any clues here. And after this search, I really found it again.

"This is ......" Tang Lian, who was bending down and searching along the root of the wall little by little, suddenly found something from among the dead branches and grass in that place, and then bent down as much as he could, carefully examining a piece of grass in front of him.

His action immediately attracted the attention of the others, and everyone subconsciously looked over. It's just that everyone, including Lu Jin, can't see anything worth taking a closer look at this withered yellow grass, and the only thing that can be said may be that there seem to be traces of someone stepping on it.

However, not to mention that many people in the government just now searched back and forth, which would cause these traces, and none of the people present now dared to confirm that they had not stepped on the grass.

Under the gaze of everyone's somewhat puzzled eyes, Tang Lian stretched out his hand and carefully picked up an object in the grass, looking at his posture, as if it was a treasure worth 10,000 gold, and it must be taken care of, but it was just a piece of dry grass. But then, when everyone looked closely, they showed surprise again, because they had seen clearly what kind of dead grass it was, and it was actually a half-cut dead corpse of a cricket!

It is said that the first emperor Xuande Zhu Zhanji is a master who likes to play crickets, for this preference, he was not only ridiculed by the courtiers at that time, but also scandalized by a firm supporter of a certain pigtail dynasty hundreds of years later, and wrote an article to promote weaving to be passed on to future generations, which is also quite sad.

However, as an emperor, he likes to fight crickets, so naturally many courtiers have followed suit. Even though it has been more than ten years since his death, people in the officialdom are still interested in crickets, and the officials here naturally recognize this half-cut insect corpse as a cricket at a glance.

"Tang Zongqi, you took the corpse of this cricket for ......" He Yuan asked with some puzzlement.

Tang Lian had a solemn face: "My lord, don't underestimate the corpse of this bug, maybe it is the key to solving this case." ”

"What do you mean by that?" This time, even Lu Jin couldn't keep up with the other party's rhythm.

"If the subordinates expected it to be good, this should have been trampled to death by the murderer last night." Tang Lian said amazingly: "So as long as you find the other half of the insect corpse that is likely to stick to the sole of the murderer's shoe, the murderer will have nothing to hide." ”

He Yuan subconsciously shook his head: "General Qi's words are too absolute. There are so many people back and forth here today, it's hard to guarantee that it is not one of the insects that stepped on to death, how can this be used as evidence to find the murderer? Or maybe it was someone who was trampled to death and left here earlier......"

"It can't be!" Tang Lian immediately denied: "Ladies and gentlemen, please see, this insect corpse has not completely dried up, and there is even some residual juice, which is the proof that it has only been dead for a few hours." Moreover, crickets are yin-loving, and they will not come out at will during the day, not to mention that there are people coming and going here in the morning, so it will only hide in its own nest, how can it be trampled to death? Only last night, when he came out to forage for food, because he couldn't dodge, he was stepped on by the murderer and broken in two. ”

After saying this, He Yuan really couldn't refute it, and as for the other scholars, they didn't study it, so naturally they couldn't put forward other opinions. At this time, Lu Jin opened his mouth: "Whether it is or not, this is a way to find the murderer." Now that those students are not in their own rooms, we can have people search their rooms first, as long as the other party does not dispose of the shoes, then the case can be solved! ”

In the face of such clear and convincing evidence, Patten naturally did not want to defend those students, so they could only agree and let the people from the government go to search. However, their faces were very unsightly, after all, judging from the current situation, it seemed that it was more likely that someone from inside the Fuxue was plotting to kill Su Mu, which made them very uncomfortable.

Just when they felt that it was time to go back and talk to those students, an errand officer rushed over with some eagerness: "A few adults, no, those students have made a fuss, saying that they want to seek revenge from the adults!" They also kept saying that it was the governor...... Su Mu, who was sent by the governor to kill, hopes that several adults can administer justice for them! ”

"What? It's nonsense! As soon as Peng Dingzhen heard that those students were making trouble again, his face sank, and then he subconsciously glanced at Lu Jin.

Lu Zhen smiled bitterly. It seems that not only these officials, but also those talents, the first person to suspect is themselves.

But it's no wonder, who let himself have a dispute with Su Mu yesterday, and he was killed that night? The motive for this murder is too great.

However, with a clear conscience, he did not panic or be angry because of this, but said lightly: "Actually, even if they don't make trouble, the official wants to meet them." Ladies and gentlemen, shall we get over here? Of course, what is more important is that they already have a lot of evidence at this time, and they are only one step away from catching the murderer.

Seeing him say this, several officials could only smile bitterly back, and then followed him all the way to a school in the second hall of the Fuxue, where all the people who stayed here last night had gathered after the people from the government came just now.

Before a few people arrived at the front of the hall, they heard a fierce voice from inside: "This matter must have been done by Lu Jin, because he hated Ziyan for not being able to get off the stage yesterday, so he sent someone to commit murder." If they are allowed to continue to be officials in Shandong, they will be miserable for the people! ”

"What Brother Confucius said is that we saint disciples must not allow such treacherous people to do evil here, we must invite the adults of this province to expose their faces. If the adults in this province have doubts, we will go to Beijing, beat the drum of Nadengwen, and ask the Son of Heaven to come forward and eliminate harm for the people! ”

"Well said! We scholars should have this responsibility, and we must not sit idly by and watch the evil and steal from a high position and harm my native township! ”

These scholars have already aroused the bookish spirit in a few words, and it seems that they are about to rush out of the hall. And the scholars who heard these words were all gloomy, and they didn't know what to say......