The brocade guards who were arrogant and unscrupulous, and didn't take themselves in their eyes at all, all stood honestly in the courtyard one by one, drenched in the rain, but they didn't even dare to move.

And next to them, there were also a few men with gloomy faces and fierce appearances, which were obviously what made them so honest. This situation made Xia Zhixian even more curious about who the big man who suddenly came to Lijin County today could make these tiger-wolf-like brocade guards so well-behaved.

Thinking in his heart, his steps were a little faster than before, and he quickly turned to his public house, and at this time, there were already a few capable men in the same outfit standing at the door, and after looking at him with his eyes and confirming his identity, he let Xia Weiqiu enter the door.

Although the other party's approach was a bit rude, because this was his county order public house, Xia Weiqiu's face did not dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction, but instead knocked on the door of the half-hidden room with some restraint, and said: "Xiaguan Lijin County ordered Xia Weiqiu to meet the ...... of the adult."

"Come in." A slightly young voice came from inside, and after Xia Zhixian was stunned, he still pushed the door and walked in. Then, I saw that behind the bookcase where I was sitting on weekdays, a young man with a handsome appearance and bright eyes was smiling at him.

Seeing that the other party couldn't be thirty years old, Xia Weiqiu couldn't help but wonder in his heart, what is this identity? If it was really a high-ranking official, how could he deliberately come to a poor and remote place like Lijin County? Could it be that they are also here for the murder of the brocade guard?

"I don't know where the adults live now, how do you call them?" After Xia Weiqiu was stunned for a moment, he decided to ask the other party's identity directly, otherwise he would be a little uncomfortable in his heart.

"The official's name is Lu Jin......"

Lu Zhen had just reported his name, Xia Weiqiu's body was shocked, first with a look of disbelief, and then he hurriedly shook his head to the ground, and said with a deep salute: "It turned out that the Lord Futai was coming, and the lower officials were disappointed and hoped to forgive their sins!" He was already familiar with the name of the new governor of Shandong. And as far as the rumors say, it is indeed such a young man who is less than thirty years old.

If Lu Zhen only appeared in front of the other party with a few entourages, Xia Weiqiu might still have some suspicions, but with the fact that Yang Zhen scared Ma Baihu just now, then he would not have any suspicions at all. Only the Governor of Lu, who is a Qincha, can make these high-flying and domineering brocade guards obedient.

Immediately, another thought came to his heart: The governor has a noble status, how could he suddenly appear here? Did he come for the murder, or did he have other plans, such as opening a port here in Lizin? The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the latter was more likely, after all, although such a murder case was quite big, it was impossible to attract a provincial magistrate to such a small place, right?

Seeing that his face changed several times, Lu Zhen only said that he was frightened, so he smiled and reassured: "Xia County Ling doesn't have to be nervous, and sit down and talk first." Just looking at his dark and thin appearance, you can see that this county magistrate is a willing and practical person, and he walks around the people a lot on weekdays. Coupled with the fact that he dared to argue with the people of Jinyiwei just now, Lu Jin's impression of this county order is still good.

Xia Weiqiu came to his senses and hurriedly thanked him, then he chose a chair for the next head, and sat down only halfway there. In other words, he has never sat down in his public house.

Seeing that even if the other party sat down according to his words, the whole person was still tense, and Lu Zhen could only smile helplessly. No way, the gap between the two sides is really big, even if you are kind enough, you can still put enough pressure on the other party.

Looking at Lu Jin's smile and finding that he was indeed quite easy to deal with, Xia Xian Ling calmed down a little, and then thanked again: "Thank you, Lord for stopping the misdeeds of those Jinyi guards, otherwise things will be difficult to clean up." ”

"These Jinyi guards are indeed reckless, and after returning to Jinan, this official will let Qu Qianhu rectify them. However, it is understandable that they are doing this, after all, there are indeed Jinyi guards who died in your Lijin County. Lu Jin said slowly.

Xia Weiqiu snorted: "However, as soon as they came, they wantonly arrested people, and took the opportunity to blackmail, and even tortured innocent scholars, it is really lawless, and I hope that the adults will make decisions for the people in my county." As he spoke, he got up and bowed his hand again.

"Sit down." Lu Zhen pressed his hand and motioned for him to sit down, before he said: "It is precisely because I know that Jinyiwei will make trouble when he comes to investigate this case, that this official will come here." However, if you can find clues that are enough to convince them, you will not give them an excuse to make trouble. ”

"What the lord said is that the lower officials are ineffective, and I ask the adults to punish them." Although he said that, Xia Weiqiu was very unimpressed, after all, it had only been a few days since the body was found, how could he find a substantive clue immediately?

Then, his heart moved again, as if he understood something, and asked tentatively: "My lord is really here for this murder this time?" ”

"Exactly. Why else do you think I'm here? Lu Zhen glanced at the other party in confusion and asked rhetorically.

"This ......" Xia Zhixian couldn't say anything, so he could only smile bitterly: "Xia Guan thinks that adults are busy with official business, so it is impossible to deliberately come to Lijin County for such a small case." ”

"Is there a lot of opportunity?" Lu Zhen laughed, he shouldn't be too idle now, he has almost nothing to do. Then he said: "And this case is not small, Jinyiwei is an unusual person, he was killed, maybe there is something hidden behind this." ”

"This ...... I beg your pardon for disagreeing. In fact, in the past two days, the people from the county government have also checked, but they haven't seen anything unusual, it should be no different from ordinary homicides. After hesitating for a moment, Xia Weiqiu still expressed his opinion.

"Let's not jump to conclusions, let's make a judgment after we have examined the body. By the way, is the body still in the yamen? Lu Zhen had his own insistence, looked at the other party and asked.

"Yes, in the mortuary next to it." If it was just an ordinary accident or death that was collected by the government, it would naturally be sent to Yizhuang, and if no one claimed it for a period of time, it would be buried in a mass grave outside the city. But because this person was murdered, and he also had the identity of Jinyiwei, the county government didn't dare to make indiscriminate claims, so he could only put the person in the mortuary first, and wait for the boss Yamen to send someone to deal with it.

When Lu Jin heard this, he stood up: "Since this is the case, then let's go and see the corpse first." ”

"Your Excellency is going too?" Xia Weiqiu asked a little strangely. In his mind, even if he came as the governor of Lu Jin, he would be in charge of the role, how could he personally inspect the corpse?

But as a result, Lu Zhen nodded and said, "Yes, otherwise I will always be unsure." Let's go, and ask Xia County to let you lead the way. ”

"Yes!" There was something strange in his heart, but Xia Weiqiu still led Lu Zhen and the two brocade guards in front of the door through the courtyard and came to a slightly gloomy house in the northwest corner of the second hall. This house is isolated there, and there is no room adjacent to it, which is the mortuary used to house the corpses.

Originally, there should have been a servant in the mortuary, but because of the arrival of the Jinyi guard, the officials in the yamen were all driven out, so at this time it was empty, black, and particularly gloomy.

Xia Xianling felt a little nervous every time he came here, so his movements were a little sluggish. But the two brocade guards did not take this feeling seriously, and first pushed the door open, and then skillfully blew out the fire fold, and as soon as they shone it, they found the oil lamp that was placed in the house, and quickly lit it.

It was only at this time that the atmosphere in the mortuary eased slightly, but Xia Zhixian's face was still a little pale. However, Lu Jin, who was still standing there with a comfortable expression, glanced at one of the brocade guards: "Old Tang, it depends on your means." ”

The man nodded in agreement, and walked with his companion to the corpse, and then expertly unwrapped its clothes and examined it carefully.

Whether in the present or in later generations, when people mention Jinyiwei, they will associate them with illegal activities such as doing evil things, spying on officials and people, as if they would only do these bad things.

But in fact, the ingredients in Jinyiwei are much more complex than people think. Not to mention those Han generals who guard the palace and serve as honor guards are one of the Jinyi Guards, just in the Zhenfu Division, there are also many Jinyi Guards with special talents and missions.

Among them, some of them are good at finding out the news, and can go to the north for the imperial court to explore the various movements of the Mongols, and some are good at handling cases...... It was only because of the notoriety, coupled with the fact that the chief officer of the Jinyi Guard had always had no scruples, that these talents were completely buried.

And the Jinyi Wei General Banner named Tang Lian in front of him is a good hand at examining corpses. He can often see some hidden doorways from an ordinary corpse, so as to find out the cause of his death, even the murderer.

It is precisely because there are such people around him who can be sent that Lu Zhen will make this trip. Otherwise, with his ability, he really doesn't dare to say that he can find out this strange case.

Just relying on the light of a bean, after touching his eyes with his hand and looking at the ground for more than half an hour, Tang Lian finally straightened up and said with a solemn expression: "My lord, this person was indeed deliberately assassinated, and the perpetrator himself also has a good martial arts!" ”