Su Wuming had already taken over the murder case of Huizhen Temple, and after Ling Hu Gu's encouragement, he asked Su Wuming and Pei Xiu to investigate, and because this case was not suitable for publicity, Ling Hu Gu did not assign any subordinates to them, only said that when necessary, they could come and apply for personnel transfer, and if the situation allowed, he Ling Hu Gu would never refuse.

Su Wuming didn't have any opinion on this, and now they don't know much about the Huizhen Temple murder case, if they led a large team of tens of millions of people from the beginning, they would inevitably be misunderstood.

After leaving Dali Temple with Pei Xiu, Su Wuming smiled at Pei Xiu and said: "Master Pei is the young Yin of the government, and his status is second only to that of the Fu Yin, how can he come forward to investigate the murder case?" ”

Pei Xiu is about forty years old, slightly chubby, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, after listening to Su Wuming's words, he smiled indifferently and said: "There are many capable people in the government, but there are fewer people who know a little about solving the case, the official is not talented, he knows a little bit about the way to solve the case, and the official believes in Buddhism, the murder happened in Huizhen Temple, although the temple has been dilapidated, but after all, it is still a holy place of Buddhism, so the official reported that he went bravely, Lord Su was already a straight person in Dali Temple at a young age, and the ability to solve the case was heard of a long time ago, and now there is Lord Su to help, This case will be solved! ”

After Pei Xiu finished speaking, he stroked his beard indifferently, Su Wuming smiled lightly, and then walked towards Huizhen Temple side by side.

Huizhen Temple is a very inconspicuous temple in Chang'an City, after years of wind and rain, it has long been mottled into shape, there are only two wandering monks living in it, and the two wandering monks are over fifty years old, Buddhism is not profound, but after looking at the two of them, they can immediately understand that the reason why they no longer travel around must be because they are old and can't walk.

It was two monks who seemed to be about to enter the earth, and when Su Wuming and Pei Xiu entered Huizhen Temple, the two monks were surrounded by a group of soldiers, and outside the soldiers, there were two men, one man was about fifty years old, burly, his cheeks were slightly red, and he was cursing angrily at this time, the man on the side was about twenty years old, handsome, slender, he stood aside silently, but his face was full of coldness, and there was a trace of sadness in the coldness.

Pei Xiu has been in the court for many years, and his knowledge is far from being comparable to Su Wuming, who has just entered Chang'an, and the two have just entered Huizhen Temple, so Pei Xiu immediately bowed and saluted: "Xiaguan Pei Xiu, meet Lord Cao." ”

Su Wuming hurriedly followed and saluted, but before Su Wuming could speak, Cao Man suddenly scolded: "What are you doing in Chang'an Mansion and Dali Temple, my daughter has been dead for so long, and the person who reported the case has gone for some time, why are you only here now?" ”

A father, his daughter was killed, grief and anger can be imagined, Pei Xiu and Su Wuming were silent for a while, and then said in unison to ask Lord Cao for forgiveness, when Cao Man was angry, if he said that he would prevaricate, he was afraid that it would only anger Cao Man even more.

Seeing that the two of them had such an attitude, Cao Man snorted coldly and said, "Okay, hurry up and investigate the murder, no matter what, the murderer must be found, if you can't find it, my country's uncle wants the two of you to accompany each other with your lives." ”

Fame and fortune are really accompanied by danger, Pei Xiu broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead, and after greeting him again and again, he went to the scene of the murder with Su Wuming.

Although this Cao Man is grief-stricken, he is also an official of the imperial court, so he also knows a little about solving the case, and knows that the scene of the murder cannot be solved casually, so although he wants to collect his daughter's body as soon as possible, he still waited for someone to investigate.

The scene of the murder is in the lobby of the temple, the lobby is very clean, it can almost be said to be spotless, although the Huizhen Temple is dilapidated, and there is no incense, but the two monks still clean it every day as if it were home.

There is a Buddha statue in the middle of the hall, the body of the Buddha statue has begun to peel off, revealing the ugly stone color inside, not far from the Buddha statue lying two corpses, the two corpses are not very far apart, the two hands are opposite, it seems that lovers are reluctant to give up when they are separated.

After Su Wuming examined the two bodies, he found that the two deceased did not have any external injuries on their bodies, but their lips were purple, their nostrils were bleeding, and their cheeks were black, which was obviously a sign of poisoning.

Why did two people with very different identities die of the same poison?

On the deceased's body, Su Wuming didn't find anything related to poison, and Cao Ying's clothes were very complete, not like being humiliated, but an eldest lady like her, Su Wuming didn't find a penny on her.

The beggar-like man was a little rickety, not very tall, and there was a lot of dirt on his face, and after Su Wuming found something to gently wipe the dirt off his face, he found that he was actually a good-looking man.

Of course, it can only be said that he looks good, and he is by no means handsome, but he can also look good.

After examining the corpse, Su Wuming said the results of the examination, and after he finished speaking, a cold-faced man standing aside suddenly spoke: "Who killed my sister?" ”

Su Wuming was shocked, the man in front of him turned out to be Cao Man's son, and as far as Su Wuming knew, Cao Man had two daughters and a son, the son was the second oldest in the family, he was smart since he was a child, he had the ability to never forget, and he was strong in martial arts, he was a rare all-round talent in civil and military affairs, his name was Cao Chong.

Asked by Cao Chong like this, Su Wuming's face showed a trace of helplessness, and said: "Master Cao, I only know this for the time being, and if I want to know who the murderer is, I am afraid that I will continue to investigate." ”

Cao Chong's eyes showed a hint of murderous intent, and he said coldly: "Give you five days, be sure to find the murderer, otherwise, you will bear the consequences." ”

Seeing that Cao Chong was so domineering, Pei Xiu immediately stood up and said: "Master Cao, the matter of solving the case is too unknown, how can you set the time at will, besides, Master Su and I are both officials of the imperial court, although your father and son are very powerful, you can't threaten me like this." ”

Cao Man heard this, and frowned slightly, but just as he was about to open his mouth to reprimand Pei Xiu, Su Wuming suddenly said: "Okay, five days is five days, but since Gongzi Cao gave us five days, then this official also has a request." ”

"What requirements?"

"I'm afraid that this request will only have to be agreed to by Cao Guozhang!"

Cao Chong's face changed slightly, Su Wuming's words clearly looked down on him.

At this time, Cao Man suppressed the anger in his heart and asked, "What conditions?" ”

"Full responsibility, if the lower officials and Master Pei have any needs, please also ask Cao Guozhang and others to cooperate."

Cao Man's eyes widened, as if he was not ready to agree to this condition, after all, he was the ruler of the country, he would answer whatever Su Wuming asked, if this matter was known to outsiders, where would his face be?

"If Cao Guozhang refuses to agree, it doesn't matter, since the people related to the murder refuse to cooperate, the five-day time limit is just nonsense, and if the lower officials and Master Pei do not find out the murderer after five days, we will have to report the matter to the emperor in detail."

Although Cao Man is the ruler of the country, he has to be afraid, after all, the emperor hates his relatives, and other parties in the DPRK and China are also eyeing them and preparing to eat them, if someone takes the opportunity to impeach, it is not a joke.

There is really no need to take this risk with Su Wuming for this, after thinking about it clearly, Cao Man snorted coldly: "Okay, what Lord Ben promised you is, okay, let's investigate, I only need the result in five days." ”

After saying this, Cao Man was ready to let his subordinates take Cao Ying's body away, and at this time, Su Wuming arched his hand and said: "Cao Guozhang, Ling Yan's status is noble, how could he come here to break the temple last night?" ”

Cao was full of anger, but he couldn't sprinkle it on Su Wuming, and after snorting coldly, he asked, "Is this related to the murder?" ”

This is a very mentally retarded question, so Su Wuming didn't answer, just stood aside, waiting for Cao Man's answer with a very respectful and expectant face.

Cao Man's eyes widened, he didn't expect a small Dali Temple Si Zhi to ignore himself many times, but soon, Cao Man regained his calm expression, just now he agreed to Su Wuming's request, if he regrets it now, how will people think of him?

"It's not a secret, the official told his daughter about a family matter, but she actually objected, and ran out last night while it was raining, are you satisfied with this answer?"

Su Wuming nodded, and then continued to ask, "Does Ling Yan have a sweetheart?" ”

"How is this possible, I discipline her very strictly, how can she have contact with other men?"

The women of big families are indeed not out of the door, but there are many stories of talented and beautiful women throughout the ages, and that beauty is not everyone's beauty, but they still have contact with the men outside?

"I don't know who the husband Lord Cao is looking for Ling Yan is?"

"What this official is looking for, naturally he has to be worthy of my daughter, he is Chai Yunzhong, the son of Lord Chai Qichai, the head of the household department, this Chai Yunzhong is both civil and military, his appearance and morality are first-class, and he is suitable for my daughter."

When Cao Man said this, there was a hint of pity in his tone, but Su Wuming knew very well that what he regretted was not that his daughter couldn't marry that Chai Yunzhong, but that he couldn't get benefits from Chai Qi, the head of the household, by marrying his daughter.

From the very beginning, when he married his daughter, it was full of political and interest purposes, and so did the fake eldest daughter Cao Yun and the second daughter Cao Ying.

Su Wuming sighed secretly in his heart, and then said to Cao Man: "Please also ask Lord Cao to ask the people in the mansion after he goes back, and see who Ling Yanke has been in contact with, which is very important to solve the case." ”

Cao Man snorted coldly, seeing that Su Wuming didn't mean to continue asking, he ordered someone to lift Cao Ying's body and strode out of Huizhen Temple, when Cao Man and his men left, only Su Wuming, Pei Xiu and the two wandering monks in Huizhen Temple were left in the entire Huizhen Temple.