18. The water is out

Listening to the assassination of Xue Ge Qingqi on the first night, he died on the bed of the first benefactor in his life, not an inch is missing, enough for the people to talk about it, and the aftertaste is endless.

However, there is another topic that is more intriguing than this one.

"That benefactor is Huiguo's public happiness and no habitat, let him be retributed for his indulgence!"

"The Heavenly Evil Lone Star is really unprovoked! Yesterday, I grabbed the hydrangea and I stood within a foot of him, I have to quickly ask a Taoist priest to get rid of bad luck! ”

"Now that dog official is miserable, not to mention whether General Duanmu will let him go, the court official is openly prostituted, and he is also involved in a life lawsuit, see how he escapes the royal law!"

……

Early in the morning, I was woken up by the screams of Xiang Xuelan's exclusive girl. According to her, she shouted outside the door for half an hour, and there was no movement in the room, before she broke down the door. This is a green building, and she has seen a lot of men and women sleeping naked and embracing each other, and she is also mentally prepared for some bloody scenes caused by some perverts to increase her taste, but it is the first time that a woman has a bloody dagger on her chest, which is not within the scope of fun, right? is worthy of being in the Qinglou, a scream scared the chickens and dogs, and woke me up when the thunder couldn't move.

Jingzhao Yin Yao Zheng had just come down from the court to see the head catcher coming to report, and he went straight to Tingxue Pavilion without eating, accompanied by Duan Mulan, and Wang Ze, the squire of the military department who had discussed something with Duanmulan, also came.

I was still sitting on the bed in a daze when the officials came in, caught up in the "Who am I?" Where am I? What am I doing? "Life is confused.

"Humph! No matter how long she stays, she won't warm up, why don't you hurry up and get dressed and get out of bed? ”

Duan Mulan's voice was as quiet as an abyss, and in an instant I was clear, and I hurriedly got dressed, regardless of how the clothes were tied messily.

"Madame, I ......"

Duan Mulan didn't listen to my explanation, but just said to Yao Zheng: "Lord Yao, Ben Jiang is just a family member of the suspect today, you must handle the case impartially and not bend the law for personal gain." ”

Yao Zheng bowed and returned: "General rest assured, the subordinate officials will definitely enforce the law impartially and will never wronged the grandfather of the country." ”

The tone was clear that I couldn't have been wronged!

Yao Zheng stood up and only bowed his hand to me slightly, and said, "Grandpa Guo, I'm sorry!" ”

The two catchers stepped forward with a pair of shackles.

I hid behind Duanmulan and begged: "Lord Yao, the general's martial arts are strong, are you still afraid that I will not be able to escape?" Can't you trust the general, thinking that our husband and wife will be embarrassed? ”

If he insists on shackling me, he suspects Duan Mulan of being complicit with me, I really admire my wit, hahaha!

Yao Zheng was a little embarrassed, and Wang Ze on the side interjected: "The general and Lord Yao just said that they want to handle the case impartially, how can they not shackle the suspect?" ”

Wang Ze knew that I stole the waist card of his subordinates, and suspected that I had discovered his secret, so I was planning to strike first? I have handed over the evidence of his collusion with Le Mang in selling weapons to the emperor, he is already a grasshopper after the autumn, and he can't be polite to him for a few days, and I said bluntly: "Lord Wang, the criminal case is the business of the Three Law Divisions, what does it matter to your military department?" Shouldn't you rely on your rank to be above Lord Yao and take overstep, right? ”

The soldier's squire is the third product, and Jing Zhaoyin is the fourth product.

"Grandpa Guo's words are serious, this official originally had a military discussion with the general, but when he heard that Grandpa Guo had an accident, this official came with the general, and he had no intention of interfering in Lord Yao's case."

Does this mean that my wife has abolished her husband because of private affairs? He also said that I had caused trouble to my wife and delayed their discussion of military affairs.

Outrageous!

"Lord Wang is in the Ministry of War, I'm afraid he is still a layman for investigating the case, I believe that Lord Yao can find out the truth and return my innocence, and it doesn't hurt for me to take this shackle for the time being."

Duan Mulan never spoke, Yao Zheng pondered what she meant and said: "This official believes in the people of the grandfather and the general, and this shackle is forgotten." Xu Zhutou, let's start investigating, this official has a few questions to ask Grandpa Guo. ”

We retreated outside the door, and a group of trappers swarmed in to begin the autopsy.

The next room was temporarily requisitioned, and we sat around the table. Yao Zheng said: "Please also ask Grandpa Guo to tell me about last night's events one by one, the more detailed the better." ”

The more detailed, the better? Duanmulan is sitting next to me, isn't it looking for death if you say it carefully?

"Yesterday I was upset, went out for a walk, I heard that there was a girl in the snow pavilion throwing hydrangea, so I came to join in the fun, who knew that I was accidentally hit by the hydrangea...... Because I have been insomnia and dreamy for the past few days, I have not been energetic, and I went to bed early last night. In the middle of the night, Xiang Xuelan seemed to have fed me a glass of wine, this is the rule of listening to the Snow Pavilion, the girl made the same as getting married on the first night. After I slept very deeply, did not hear any movement, slept until dawn, early in the morning there was a maid to call, heard her say that she called for half an hour, but I did not hear at all, now think about it, it is possible to be under the * incense category, this matter also asked Lord Yao to investigate thoroughly. ”

Wang Ze scoffed at my words: "Grandpa Guo is really good at avoiding the important and light, and he can fall asleep early when he sees the beauty sincerely." ”

If you can lie, you must be able to lie, I hurriedly quibbled: "That's why I suspect that I was drugged!" ”

"Master, tell them to focus on inspecting the incense burner and wine in the room."

The master standing behind Yao Zheng took the order and left.

Not long after, the master came back with a catcher and a wine glass.

"My lord, this cup contains a large amount of sweat medicine, which was applied to the wall of the cup by someone, not mixed with the wine."

"Okay, you go, if you find anything in time!"

Wang Ze picked up the cup and sniffed it, and said in a weird manner: "Grandpa of Menghan Medicine failed to notice such a large dose? ”

"The smell of medicine is masked by the smell of wine in the cup, I'm afraid that only the dog's nose can smell it!"

Wang Ze slammed the cup on the table.

"You scolded the official for being a dog?"

"Why didn't I hear that? I'm afraid that only dog ears will hear me scolding you for being a dog. ”

"This official is an official of the same dynasty as Ling Zun, and he is also your elder, today I will teach you a lesson for your father and mother!"

He got up and raised his hand, and I dodged to the door.

"What a dog meddling with a mouse!"

"Le Wuqi, you shut up for me!"

Duan Mulan snorted, I shut up obediently, and Wang Ze didn't want to have another seizure.

Hearing that it was the first time that so many officials came openly in the Snow Pavilion, he didn't dare to slack off, and invited us to a luxurious lunch, I had just seen such a bloody scene, only Duan Mulan could eat without changing her face.

At sunset, Xu Zhutou and Qi Zuo finally came back to their lives.

The head catcher said: "The room looks neat, the doors and windows are closed, and there are still traces of a third person breaking in." First of all, although Grandpa Guo received the hydrangea yesterday, there are still many people who pity her beauty and send her love gifts to set her second and third nights...... Her personal girl said that she received a lot of treasures yesterday, all of which were stored in a treasure chest of Xiang Xuelan, but now the treasure chest is gone; Secondly, the subordinates found a severed finger of the man under the bed, which was handed over to the servant for examination. ”

I hurriedly stretched out my hands to prove to everyone that my hands were whole!

The head catcher continued: "The subordinates also asked a few girls, and they said that the deceased seemed to have a mysterious lover, and the two had a private meeting in a temple on the outskirts of the city, and the other party seemed to be a man from the rivers and lakes. The deceased was originally only an artist, but a few days ago he suddenly wanted to betray himself on the first night, they suspected that the deceased and the lover had a conflict, the lover did not show up these days, the deceased was always alone at the white pigeon she raised, the white pigeon seemed to be the carrier pigeon she corresponded with the lover. ”

Yao Zheng was suspicious: "Listen to Xue Ge so leniently, allowing the girls to communicate with their lovers in private with carrier pigeons? ”

The head catcher was complacent, because he also thought of this suspicion, and said smugly: "The subordinates asked the bustard about this, and the bustard said that Xiang Xuelan was not sold in, it is equivalent to an external geisha, Tingxue Pavilion provides her with a platform, and the money she earns is divided into twenty-eight points with Tingxue Pavilion, although it is harsh, Tingxue Pavilion can protect her innocence and do not interfere in her private life." So although the commission is large, Tingxue Pavilion has also attracted a lot of geisha like Xiang Xuelan. ”

Yao Zheng nodded: "Since no one forced her to suddenly take the initiative to sell herself, there must be something strange in it, what can you test?"

The gray-bearded man replied calmly: "When the truncated finger was out of the body last night, it belonged to the small thumb of the left hand, and there was a thick callus on the finger belly, it should be a person who practiced martial arts, and he was a left-hander." As for the deceased......"

He looked at Duan Mulan, swallowed his saliva and lowered his head and said: "The deceased broke his virgin body last night, and there were a lot of traces of love on his body, according to the judgment of his subordinates, it would be like this for at least three hours to have sex with people......

For three hours, the thief will definitely not stay here for three hours, and in the case of a third party, he will do things with Xiang Xuelan for three hours.

Isn't that a slap in the face?

Wang Ze gloated and said, "Grandpa Guo, this is still called lack of energy? If you have enough energy, I'm afraid that the deceased will be tossed to death by you without a knife, right? ”

"You're really a dragon and a tiger!" Duan Mulan pointed out.

"Madam, that night was an accident, I made a mistake by being demented for a while......"

"Was last night an accident too?"

I was speechless.

Yao Zheng asked calmly, "Is there anything else?" ”

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and continued: "Although the deceased is covered with ...... all over his body"

He sensed that if he talked nonsense, I would strangle him to death, and when the words came to his mouth, he changed his words stiffly: "...... Bruises, but there is one difference, it is caused by a hard object bump, the marks match the corner of the table, the subordinates checked at the table, and found that the scene of the murder was at the table, and there were a lot of dried blood stains on the vermilion carpet, because the color was similar, we did not notice it when we entered the door. ”

As soon as Yao Zheng investigated the case, he fell into his own reasoning, not noticing the tense atmosphere around him, and he muttered to himself: "Xiang Xuelan and her lover had a conflict and sold themselves on the first night. The lover came and found that Xiang Xuelan had cooked rice with Grandpa Guo, annoyed and angry, and had a dispute with the deceased, the deceased accidentally cut off the little finger of the lover, the lover was angry, killed the deceased, and blamed Grandpa Guo, in order to prevent Grandpa Guo from waking up and escaping, Lover fed him a large amount of sweat medicine, and fled with the deceased's treasure chest...... Or maybe the thief was not the lover, but he was interested in seeing the lust, seeing the money, and wanted to stun the two of them, but was discovered by Xiang Xuelan and had a dispute......"

What the truth is, only if you catch Xiang Xuelan Lover, you will know.

"Xu Zhutou, release the carrier pigeon, you bring a few good skills to keep up with it. Master Song, find a painter to draw the lover's appearance according to the description of the witness, and the whole city is wanted. ”