didn't wait for Qin Lin to ask about the Yuhuatai murder case, but Xu Xinyi rushed to ask about the investigation of the Caoyin theft case along the way.

When Qin Lin said that when he handed back the silver with Jin Yingji and Wufeng Maritime Merchant, Miss Xu's teeth were chattering, and she couldn't wait to give birth to wings and fly to the sea and bite the demonic woman to death.

Qin Lin was puzzled and blinked: "Yes, Miss Xu, you seem to have some prejudices against Jin Yingji?" ”

"It's nothing, it's nothing," Xu Xinyi snorted, his cheeks twitched twice, and he gritted his teeth: "How can I have a prejudice against her?" This is cunning, despicable, and filthy...... I don't know her! ”

The monstrous killing intent rushed straight into the sky from behind Miss Xu, the wind and clouds changed color, and the grass and trees were full of sorrow - this is still called no prejudice? It's a grudge that is deeper than the East China Sea!

Qin Lin shook his head, and made up his mind never to let Jin Yingji and Xu Xinyi meet, and the next time he saw Jin Yingji, he would ask her how she offended Miss Xu.

After leaving the Jubaomen and about to arrive at Yuhuatai, Xu Xinyi remembered today's topic and told the facts of the case she knew.

The eldest lady of the Wei State Mansion likes to do the most is hunting, jousting, horse racing and solving cases, among which solving cases is also at the top. The Duke of Wei is rich in Jinling, and he is favored by his father and brother, Xu Xinyi has money, so he bought off the arrest of Shangyuan, Jiangning and Yingtianfu, no matter where a big case or a strange case occurs, someone rushes to tell her, so when a serious case occurs inside and outside Nanjing, she always gets the news before others.

This time, there was a serious case of annihilation and murder in Yuhuatai, and the official was in a hurry to come to Xu Xinyi to receive the reward, but he only said that a naked female corpse was found by the woods in Yuhuatai, and he didn't know the rest of the things.

"When we get to the scene, everything will be clear!" Xu Xinyi smiled heartily, lifted the reins, and ran away with a long hissing of the jade lion in the night.

When Qin Lin returned to Nanjing, he sat on the snow-stepping black horse, "Ha, dare to overtake?" He also galloped and caught up.

Xu Xinyi turned around and grimaced, laughing and whipping again and again.

Xu Xinyi, who was dressed in white and red, was in front, and Qin Lin, who was riding a black horse and wearing a bright yellow flying fish suit, was behind, and the two horses galloped towards Yuhuatai like chasing the wind and lightning, and passers-by were all dazzled when they saw it.

Yin Wang Shizhen of Kaifeng Mansion is lining up people and horses along the official road to Yuhuatai, the front official sounded the gong to open the road, the Zhuang class carried the quiet, evasive tiger head card and the eight-sided official title brand, four sedan chair men carried the green sedan chair stride meteor flying, Wang Shizhen still in the sedan chair and kept urging him.

Compared with Wang Bengu, Geng Xiangxiang and those gossip officials, Wang Shizhen, the leader of the literary circle, is much more pragmatic, has been in the officialdom for a long time, and has rich experience as an official from the center to the locality, not to mention anything else, every time there is a murder case in the jurisdiction, he runs extremely fast, and can always arrive as soon as possible.

But this time he had to settle for second place.

The sound of horses' hooves tapping and tapping behind, and the sound of jingling bells from a string of golden bells under the neck of the jade lion in the night were unique, and the team of officials of Ying Tianfu hurriedly let go to both sides of the official road - when they heard this unique golden bell, they knew that it was Miss Xu who came.

Wang Shizhen lifted the curtain of the green sedan chair, poked her head out and wanted to take a look, but suddenly there was a flower in front of her eyes and her head was cold. A gust of wind blew over, and Xu Xinyi, who was dressed in red and white, had already run to the front.

The jade lion ran extremely fast, and the wind that blew took advantage of the momentum of the northwest wind to blow Wang Shizhen's black gauze hat to the ground.

Seeing the old man's bareheaded, blowing his beard and staring at him, the officials wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, and an older official hurriedly offered his courtesy, picked it up for him and put it back on his head.

"Only villains and women are difficult to raise......" Wang Shizhen muttered in her mouth, with a black face, helpless.

Suddenly, there was another flower in front of him, the yellow-clothed black horse stopped in front of the sedan chair, and then looked at the rider on horseback who else could it be if it was not Qin Lin?

This deputy Qianhu of the Jinyi guard was not as cold as ice during the trial, but smiled and bowed to Wang Shizhen: "The disagreement between the lower officials and Miss Xu is racing here, which shocked Mr. Wang, guilty, guilty!" ”

People give face, Wang Shizhen is also extremely knowledgeable, and he said that he didn't dare to dare, and smiled and asked Qin Lin to go first.

When Qin Lin rode away on the snow and black horse, Wang Shizhen stroked his goatee and bowed his head again and again, smiling and talking to himself: "This person is a young man, it is rare that he does not have half of the arrogance, his heart is like the abyss of the sea and accommodates hundreds of rivers, and his breath is like a mountain and stands for a thousand people, and he will become a great weapon in the future!" ”

Yuhuatai has a long history, since the Warring States period Yue Wang Goujian built "Yuecheng", Yuhuatai area has become a good place to climb the high Range Rover in the south of the Yangtze River. During the Three Kingdoms, because the post was full of colorful stones, it was also called Shizigang, Agate Gang, and Jubao Mountain. Legend has it that during the period of Emperor Wu of Liang in the Southern Dynasty, Buddhism prevailed, and there was a high monk Yunguang Master who set up an altar here to preach the scriptures, moved the heavens, fell flowers like rain, and Yuhuatai got its name from this.

Xu Xinyi and Qin Lin arrived at Yuhuatai one after another, and Qin Lin saw that there were indeed many colorful Yuhua stones on the ground here, reflecting the sunlight and creating brilliant colors - this was something that later generations of tourists could not see, because it was dug up by the end of the Qing Dynasty.

After going around half a circle clockwise to the grove behind, I saw that Bai Hao, the chief catcher of Ying Tianfu, was already waiting here with a few officials, and a few other gentlemen who were not civil, military, military, official, business, or businessmen, seemed to be the local township covenant and land protection.

Two pale feet stretched out from under the reed mat next to him, presumably corpses; There were also more than 20 villagers with hoes and flat burdens, and four or five people were surrounded in the middle, and the crowd was crowded, and it was difficult to see the appearance clearly.

"Brother Qin, Aunt Xu, you are here!" Someone pulled the broken gong and jumped and screamed, like a cow's roar: "This group of thieves and birds is not the one I killed, but is it not wronged?" Hurry up, Brother Qin will argue for me! ”

Qin Lin fixed his eyes and took a closer look, this guy who was jumping on his feet was actually the little marquis Chang Yinxu!

I saw the famous dumb overlord in Nanjing, wearing a black robe with a large group of golden flowers, a fox fur jacket on the outside, a mink hat on his head, and fur boots under his feet.

Just now, Chang Yinxu opened his strange eyes, blushed and had a thick neck, pointing fingers and arguing with the villagers, he was still carrying a nine-ring thick-backed chopping knife on his waist, and several generals were guarding him, all with weapons, all of them were strong men, and the fierce spirit in his eyes looked like he had rolled in the pile of dead people on the battlefield.

Seeing this, Qin Lin nodded, and said in his heart that although this little marquis was a little rude and domineering, he didn't fight with the villagers, and he was not a gentleman who blindly oppressed the people.

When the villagers saw that there was a brocade-clothed guard official coming, out of instinctive awe of the Tiqi, they scattered the circle a little, but when they heard that Chang Yinxu and Qin Lin knew each other, they scratched again.

Xu Xinyi gloated, pointed at Chang Yinxu's nose with a horsewhip, and smiled heartlessly: "Haha, Xiao Chang, you also have today!" Don't worry, if you do a case, Miss Ben will definitely arrest you and go back to jail and kill your head! ”

When the villagers heard this, it turned out that Miss Xu and Chang Xiaohou did not deal with each other, so it would not be possible to help him, but they were also relieved, and praised Miss Xu for judging the case impartially, which is really an out-and-out female Qingtian.

Xu Xinyi was happy, Chang Yinxu cried and mourned, patted his thigh and complained: "I am dignified, the surname is blood, Aunt Xu, you don't look at it, where do I look like a flower thief?" ”

Xu Xinyi jumped off the horse and looked at Chang Yinxu around, from head to toe, from foot to head, and finally nodded again and again: "Like, you are a flower thief!" It's still the kind of vulgar and obscene, shameless and filthy! ”

But seeing the little marquis Chang Yinxu Heijinjin's oily face, his two small eyes squinted and he always felt that he had some bad idea, his body was thick and short, he was powerful, he was dressed and really lacked taste, and he still had a funny nine-ring thick-backed mountain chopping knife hanging from his waist - in short, this guy was a thief who was wrongly born, and he still loved to rob other people's families to be the kind of lady of the village!

Qin Lin couldn't help but laugh: "Master Chang Xiaohou, there are flower thieves who deceive the boudoir girl with sweet words, those who use sweat medicine, and those who overlord make a bow, your brother is not only like a flower thief, but also like the last one!" ”

Chang Yinxu opened his eyes, his cheeks were like a big toad, and he had nothing to say to Qin Lin and Xu Xinyi.

However, when Xu Xinyi heard Qin Lin say the words "Overlord is the bow", Fang Xin's heart suddenly jumped, and he secretly thought to himself: Didn't he already know? Jin Yingji's stinky girl, she won't tell him about that night, right?

Observing carefully, there was no abnormality on Qin Lin's face, and the poor and heroic and glorious Miss Xu had no clue to guess, and finally bit her silver teeth, and her heart was ruthless: Hmph, if this guy knows and dares to deliberately pretend to be stupid, Miss Ben will definitely ...... him Tie up and spank!

Imagining Qin Lin being tied up and spanked, and repeatedly saying "Eldest Miss spare her life", Xu Xinyi laughed again.

Nymphomaniac? Qin Lin stretched out his palm and shook it in front of her eyes.

Suddenly returned from imagination to reality, his appearance fell into Qin Lin's eyes, and he didn't know if he knew what happened that night...... Xu Xinyi's honey-colored face suddenly flushed with a charming flush, and he quickly jumped off the horse, not daring to look at Qin Lin again in a panic.

Bai Hao, the chief catcher, walked up and saluted Qin Lin and Xu Xinyi with fists.

Xu Xinyi often comes to the scene of the case, Ying Tianfu's arrests have long been accustomed to it, sometimes arrest snitches and robbers, if Tianfu lacks manpower, it is convenient to directly ask her to help transfer troops to help fight, so he does not resent her coming.

When asked about the case, Bai Hao introduced it to 1510.

This Yuhuatai is an extremely famous resort outside Jinling City, from the beginning of spring to the beginning of autumn, visitors are weaving, when the weather is good, I am afraid that there are not tens of thousands of people to come to the green.

However, it is now the end of the year in the middle of winter, and this year is particularly cold, and the wind on Jubao Mountain is so strong that it can freeze people to death, so there are no tourists on the Yuhua platform, and even the ghost shadow can not be seen.

The person who found the body was called Gou Lingzi, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, black and thin, with two eyes full of panic, Qin Lin and Xu Xinyi were almost speechless with fright when they interrogated, and Bai Hao even deceived and frightened before he told the situation again.

It turned out that the uncle's family opened an inn in Nanchenggang under Jubao Mountain, he helped to do some chores in the inn, last night a few guests who stayed in the hotel said that there was an excellent Yuhua stone outside the Yuhuatai, and now the weather is cold and I don't want to go up to pick it up, if there is a good sale, I want to buy some.

The speaker has no intention of listening, and the dog is poor, so he wants to pick up a few good-looking rain stones and sell them for money.

There are no rain stones in Yuhuatai, and the good stones are found a little farther away, so the dog will run to the edge of the grove and be ready to find it.

At the edge of the woods, he saw two unshoed feet sticking out of the haystack, and he was immediately frightened half to death, and he didn't dare to look closely, so he stumbled back and shouted for help.

The simple villagers hurriedly went up the mountain to check, and met Chang Yinxu and his party walking down the road, and immediately stopped them from leaving, and then went up to see, hey, the strange woman in the grass has already died thoroughly!

The villagers immediately sent people to inform the township covenant and the mayor, and rushed to the city to report to the officials, and at the same time watched Chang Yinxu and others, until Bai Hao, Xu Xinyi and Qin Lin, the chief catchers of Tianfu, arrived one after another.

After the introduction of the case, Qin Lin immediately asked the most important question: "Didn't anyone else find anyone else on Jubao Mountain?" ”

The villagers looked at each other and recommended a man in his thirties with a simple face to come out, Bai Hao introduced that his name was Dong Boss, and he was a hunter here, and he was very appealing among the people.

Boss Dong replied respectfully: "Back to the master's words, the dog went down the mountain to report the news, and we were afraid that something would happen and affect the villagers, so we called the descendants of the whole village to live on the mountain roads, and we didn't find anyone else." ”

Qin Lin nodded, this is indeed true, the Ming Dynasty is not like the later generations, once there is a life lawsuit, the neighbors and witnesses will be arrested and interrogated by the officials, and the state and county trials will be fine, and the provinces will be judged according to the inspection department, and even the Beijing control, these unlucky people will have to accompany them into the provincial capital and the capital to fight lawsuits, and lose money and time.

This kind of Lijia mutual insurance system is the most effective means of maintaining the comprehensive management of social security under the low technical level, which is equivalent to the mass prevention and control of the future generations, the common people are afraid of being implicated, not only do not dare to harbor criminals, as soon as they find out the case, they will quickly go to the official government to report the first case, and the initiative surname is really stronger than the later generations I don't know how many times.

Like Dong Boss and others who learned that a murder case had occurred, they immediately reported to the officials and organized people to block the mountain road, which is the most ordinary and normal reaction of the people of Daming after encountering this kind of thing.

But in this way, Chang Yinxu's suspicion has skyrocketed.

Qin Lin looked at him and asked, "It's freezing, why did you come to Yuhuatai?" ”

Chang Yinxu rubbed his hands embarrassedly, "I heard that I can find a red concentric pattern of rain flower stones, and that marriage can be ...... Hehe, so I'm in a hurry to go up the mountain to find out if I can send a block to Miss Gao. ”

It's another one who came to find Yuhua Stone! Qin Lin muttered a little in his heart.

"Then why didn't the dog see you when he came?" Xu Xinyi asked businessfully, and suddenly his apricot eyes lit up, and the halberd pointed out: "Could it be that you were here at that time, committing murder?!" ”

Chang Yinxu took a step back, clapped his hands and complained: "My aunt, don't wronged people!" I'm picking up stones on the rain flower platform, how do I know about this woodside? ”

Burst! Qin Lin squirted out, you are picking up stones on the rain flower platform, you are creative! Is that what you call stealing stones? Just because there are too many people on your side, there will be no rain stones left all over the ground.

As he spoke, Xu Xinyi's female soldiers, Wang Shizhen, Ying Tianfu Ya Servant, Lu Fatzi and other Jinyi captains arrived one after another.

Qin Lin didn't get any effective clues from the interrogation, so he had to enter the procedure of examining the corpse.

Ying Tianfu's servants went up to uncover the straw mat, and people couldn't help but let out a low exclamation, because the female corpse was naked all over her body!

She is about eighteen years old, with a melon seed face, a beautiful nose bridge, black hair, a beautiful face, a well-proportioned and graceful figure, and a thin foot entangled.

It's a pity that now her bloodless skin is gray and pale like death, her lips that were originally as soft and ruddy as flowers have turned into a terrible pale blue-white, her open eyes have lost their vitality and become hollow and frightening, and her stiff body also reminds people that she is long gone, and her skin is covered with bruises and pinching marks, as if telling the misfortune she suffered in her life...... What's even more terrifying is that her face, which was originally called beautiful, appeared with a weird and inexplicable smile!

Hiss - people gasped, what happened to this poor woman in her life to become bruised? In the moment of death, did she feel the relief she couldn't ask for, and thus the last smile appeared?

On a cold winter day, the life that should have bloomed like flowers withered, who was the culprit who destroyed her?

"Does anyone know the deceased?" Qin Lin asked.

No one answered.

Qin Lin frowned, in this era, unmarried women from large families are not very willing to go out, Zhang Juzheng is so contemptuous of etiquette, he refuses to go home during the mourning period of his parents, Zhang Zixuan wears men's clothes when he goes out, and from time to time he paints his face yellow and brushes his eyebrows so that others can't recognize him, Qingdai can't go out a few times a year except to accompany Li Shizhen to the mountain to collect medicine, and he is happy to go out for a walk during the Dragon Boat Festival.

I'm afraid that only a monster like Xu Xinyi, who is not afraid of heaven and earth and is connived at by his parents, will run around the streets!

So, a single woman who no one knows suddenly died naked [***] in the wild, it is too unbelievable...... "Something is wrong," Lu Fat Man rubbed his fat face, and the question mark in his head: "This woman died naked on the ground, what about her clothes?" How cold it is now, I'm afraid I won't be able to live for half a day without clothes. ”

Xu Xinyi also attached to Qin Lin's ear and said in a low voice: "I'm afraid there is a problem!" Qin Lin, you said, even if you are killed by others, why don't you have any clothes? Who kills someone and strips off their clothes? ”

Qin Lin smiled, there are everyone in this world, maybe it is really a psychopathic criminal who committed the crime, this is not for sure.

He narrowed his eyes and gave an order in a fierce voice: "Han Feilian, Niu Dali, you take the brothers to cooperate with the officials and brothers of Ying Tianfu, and go to the back grove to search and see if you can find her clothes - this is directly related to whether this place is the first scene!" ”

(To be continued)