The Ming Dynasty set up a post of teacher at the county level, in charge of the county-level Confucian examination courses, and in charge of teaching Haichuan students, which is equivalent to the current director of the Education Bureau.

Zhou Mo was taken to the new house, and after Cai Zhixian told Lin Si about the killing, he also emphasized that Meng Tianchu was in charge of this case, and asked Zhou Mo to answer truthfully.

Meng Tianchu asked Zhou Mo to talk about his experience of going to the banquet last night, especially the activities of the third watch.

Zhou Mo was a shriveled old man, stroked his white beard, and said, "After Lord Cai and Master Meng left, the contemptible people originally wanted to leave, but seeing that Zhuo Xin's expression was wrong, he was a little worried, so he stayed. ”

Meng Tian Chuqi said: "Why is Sect Zhou so concerned about this Zhuo Xin? ”

Zhou Mo sighed: "Zhuo Xin's deceased father and contemptible people are classmates and friends, and the son of the deceased should be taken care of." Seeing that he was in love, he continued to drink violently after making a big fuss about the new house, worried that he would mess up after drinking, and as soon as he disturbed the joy of Lord Yuan, he came to cut off his future, so he stayed to take care of him. ”

"Did Mr. Zhou leave the banquet last night?"

"Contemptible people are not good at drinking, which Yuan Zhubo and others know, so they don't discourage drinking, and only let contemptible people pour themselves drink. In the meantime, Zhuo Xin went to the toilet twice, and the contemptible people followed him from afar, the first time he came back quickly, and the second time, he stood by a tree next to the path leading to the new house for a long time, until Zhang Xiancheng and Li Wormer came back, and then Lin Tianhu also came back, and he returned to the banquet with Lin Tianhu. ”

This is a very important circumstantial evidence, proving that Zhang Xiancheng, Li Worm and Lin Tianhu did have a new house, and at the same time, it also proves that Zhuo Xin left the thatched house at the banquet twice, which proves that he did not go to the new house later, which can be consistent with what Zhuo Xin said.

Although the statements of the previous three people were confirmed, this kind of corroboration made Meng Tianchu distressed, because the suspicion of killing Lin Si by the seven suspects (plus Yuan Tiehe, a total of eight) was ruled out, and even Li Worm, who was most likely to commit the crime, did not find dandruff in the fingernails, and his blood type was different, so there was no evidence to prove that he killed Lin Si.

None of the eight people are murderers, so who is the murderer?

Seeing Meng Tianchu's distressed face, Cai Zhixian was also a reasonable person, and said with relief: "Sir, don't worry, we have dug out the two criminals who tried to ** Lin Si, Zhang Chi and Li Worm, and it can be regarded as a small gain, as for the real murderer, let's slowly look for clues, and we can always investigate and deal with the clues of the murderer."

Murong Jiongxue, who was making a record on the side, saw Meng Tianchu's sad face, and also comforted him from the bottom of her heart, but knowing that the county lord was on the side, she didn't dare to say more.

Meng Tianchu was still very frustrated, the scope of the suspect was so small, he still couldn't find the real murderer, although he dug up the case within the case, it was not a solved case. He arched his hand and said: "I'm ashamed, I will think about it again when I go back and see what the problem is." ”

Cai Zhixian, Meng Tianchu, and Murong Zhenxue left the Yuan family and returned to the inner yamen of the yamen.

As soon as Xia Fengyi saw Meng Tianchu's expression, she knew that the case must have encountered difficulties. Now that it was almost noon, lunch had already been prepared, and seeing that Meng Tianchu was back, he specially asked the kitchen to make a few dishes that Meng Tianchu liked to eat.

Although the food was fragrant, Meng Tianchu had no appetite. While eating, I was thinking about the case, what went wrong, how to finish the investigation, but I didn't find the real culprit, did I find anything wrong with my previous investigation? Or maybe something slipped through the net? Or is the real culprit a servant of the Yuan family? Is it necessary to conduct a detailed investigation of all the people in the Yuan family?

Seeing that Meng Tianchu was thinking about the problem, Xia Fengyi and Feiyan didn't dare to speak casually, for fear of disrupting his train of thought.

After thinking about it for a long time, I still can't think of what went wrong. I just don't want to think about it and bury my head in eating. On this day, Meng Tianchu handed over all his official duties to Murong Zhenxue, and he sat in the courtyard in a daze, but no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't find what went wrong with the case.

At night, before going to bed, Xia Fengyi said to Meng Tianchu: "Husband, the weather has been fine these days, and tomorrow the concubine will take Feiyan to Tianzhu Temple in Tianzhu Mountain outside the city to offer incense." ”

Meng Tianchu nodded: "Then you guys, take Lao Hetou with you, do you want to ask the yamen to go with you?" ”

"No, it's not too far anyway, I'll come back after the incense."

Feiyan said on the side: "Otherwise, young master, you can also go with us, it's been so long since we came to Hangzhou, and we haven't gone for a walk together." ”

Meng Tianchu was in no mood to travel around the mountains and rivers at the moment, but the investigation of the case was at an impasse, and Murong Yuxue was dealing with the criminal name matter, so there was nothing to do for a while, so it was good to go out and relax. These things are like this, the more you think about it, the more you can't think of it, but you suddenly open up unconsciously. Put this matter aside for the time being, go out for a walk, and maybe you can find something wrong. Thinking of this, Meng Tianchu nodded and said, "Okay, I'll accompany you tomorrow." ”

"Great!" Feiyan clapped her hands and said happily.

Meng Tianchu glanced at Feiyan, thinking that the last time he heard Song Temple catch ghosts, he scared this little girl half to death, and then after he cried a lot, the whole person seemed to have changed, and he was no longer as fierce as before, he was really like a little maid and served with all his heart, but he was a little closer than ordinary little maids, and he treated himself like a master. Child! Netplay publishing

That night, Lao He was notified to prepare some things to eat and drink, and Cai Zhixian specially deserved a special carriage for Master Meng. Early the next morning, Meng Tianchu and Cai Zhixian took leave, and then the family got into a carriage and set off for Tianzhu Mountain.

After walking for almost two hours, I arrived at the foot of Tianzhu Mountain. The carriage could no longer move forward, so it could only get off and not go up the hill along the sheep intestine path.

The Tianzhu Peak of Tianzhu Mountain, is the highest peak near Hangzhou, there are three temple groups on the mountain, which become the upper, middle and lower Tianzhu Temple, also called "Tianzhu Three Temples", all of which are not far from each other.

Meng Tianchu walked with a folding fan, looking at the beautiful scenery of the mountains all the way, the weather was very good, the sound was sunny, the mountain breeze was blowing slowly, it was very refreshing.

When he came up the mountain, Meng Tianchu didn't believe in Buddhism, so when Xia Fengyi and Feiyan were incense, he asked Lao He Tou to accompany his children, and he walked around the temple with great interest, and went to the side of the mountain to see the scenery, and then slowly shook the folding fan back to the front of the main hall. The children had already finished the incense, donated some incense money, sat under an ancient pine in front of the temple to enjoy the shade, and when they saw Meng Tianchu coming back, they also asked him to sit down and rest and enjoy the coolness.

Meng Tianchu looked at the main peak of Tianzhu, which was not too high but very steep, and said, "Let's just go to the mountain and go to the top of the mountain to have a look, how about it?" ”

Xia Fengyi looked at the sky, the hour was still early, but she was not in a hurry, the main peak was not very high, it would take about half an hour to climb to the top, it was rare for Meng Tianchu to get excited from this, so he nodded and said, "Okay!" ”

The four of them walked all the way and stopped, and when they reached the top of the mountain, they saw a tree and a mountain full of flowers on the cliff not far from the roadside, and they didn't know what kind of flower it was, and it was really beautiful. Xia Fengyi and Feiyan couldn't help but stop and admire, and praised repeatedly.

Seeing that the two of them were in high spirits, Meng Tianchu was also interested, and said, "Let's go pick a few branches, take them back and put them in a vase, okay?" ”

"Okay!" The children rejoiced.

Lao He said on the side: "Young master, the mountains here are steep and dangerous, so let the old slave pick them." ”

Meng Tianchu said with a smile: "You yourself are called old slaves, we are all younger than you, and our hands and feet are neat, you still help us sweep the formation in the back." Walk! After that, when he got off the path, Xia Fengyi and Feiyan followed him.

Outside the path are wild grasses, shrubs and thorns, Meng Tianchu forced away the thorns, and slowly walked to the edge of the cliff, from a close distance, this tree and wildflowers are even more beautiful, but they grow relatively tall and can't reach them.

Meng Tianchu said: "Where to find a hook now, I'll climb up and pick it up, and you guys will wait for me below." "Then you have to go up the tree.

Feiyan hurriedly said: "Young master, your body is too heavy, this branch is so thin, if you step on it, it will be dangerous." ”

Meng Tianchu looked at the bottom of the cliff and gasped - this Tianzhu Peak is full of lush mountain forests, but the steep cliff under the wildflower tree is bare and small gravel, occasionally with some shrubs and thorns, it seems that there has been a landslide here, although this cliff is not a cliff, but it is still relatively steep, this is going to fall, I am afraid that it will fall all the way to the bottom, it is indeed more dangerous.

Xia Fengyi looked at the wild flowers with infinite nostalgia, and said helplessly: "Forget it, don't take risks, let's go." ”

Feiyan saw that the young grandmother Xia Fengyi liked this wild flower so much, and she herself liked it too, so she said: "Otherwise, I'll go up to the tree to pick it, and I can get it by stepping on the branch, I'm light, it's no problem." He turned his head to Meng Tianchu and said, "Young Master, please hold me to the branch like you did last time, okay?" ”

Speaking of this, Feiyan remembered the events of that night, remembered Meng Tianchu's broad and strong chest, and the scene when he lifted himself up the tree, and couldn't help but blush her cheeks, and hurriedly turned her head to look at the wild flowers on the tree.

Listening to Feiyan mention the last time, Meng Tianchu remembered the scene when he held Feiyan's ass and pushed him up the tree that night, to be honest, at that time, he didn't mean to take advantage of her, but there was no other way to push him up the tree except to support his ass, but now the branches of this small tree are not so high, and there is no need to support her ass.