"When~dang~~", the melodious bell came from the Manjushri Temple.

"Bang! Bang! Sharp gunshots rang out in the backyard of the Chincha Xingyuan.

Since he was captured in Zhaojue Temple, the musket has played a big role, and Yang Ling suddenly felt that if he wanted to defend himself, he had to rely on this sharp weapon. He has missed the best period of martial arts, and it is impossible to practice martial arts every day, although he is practicing the superior internal kung fu that many martial arts practitioners dream of, but if it is used to strengthen the body, it is okay to deal with the little petite babies at home, and it will always be a big difference to deal with the real masters who can break into his guard group, and it is better to take shortcuts honestly. Therefore, in addition to practicing internal skills at night and external skills in the morning, he also has to practice marksmanship every day.

"Twenty more steps!" Yang Ling shouted into the distance while skillfully wiping the muzzle of the gun, filling the gunpowder and loading the bullet neatly.

The guards lifted the bench farther away, put small wine jars on the stool, Yang Ling pulled the safety with his thumb, raised one arm, and aimed at another jar, and the big stick mallet hurriedly walked over, seeing that he was aiming, he was standing aside.

"Bang!" A gunshot rang out, porcelain pieces splashed everywhere, and the small jar was shattered.

"Good! Good marksmanship! Dashuai, the king of Jingqing wants to see you, and he is waiting in the study! "The big stick mallet is a straight surname, although I saw that others had a lot of sycophants, and I knew that I should praise at this time, but it was obviously a little perfunctory, and then I turned to business.

"Oh? King of Jingqing County? Yang Ling was stunned, thought for a while, and said: "Serve tea and entertain guests, and I will be there soon."

Yang Ling muttered secretly in his heart: "What did the King of Jingqing come to me for?" Could it be that I went to visit His Royal Highness with the Jinyi Guard last night, and he found out that this was a demonstration against me? It's impossible, no one in the prison knows me, and Jin Yiwei and the second prince will never say it, go and see him."

Yang Ling went to see Zhu Rangjin last night, firstly, because he was a friend, and secondly, since he wanted to save him, he had to meet this person and learn more about the situation, but although Zhu Rangjin was wronged one by one, the useful information he could say was really limited, and the situation he knew from him was not enough to exonerate him.

Since it was a murder due to private feelings, it may be possible to investigate the scene of the crime and learn from the victim's relatives about her ordinary actions and the people she contacts, but unfortunately it is really inconvenient for him to participate in it publicly, so he had to tell Liu Biao to investigate the secret visit and investigate all the circumstances of Zhu Rangjin and Zhu Mengli, hoping to find evidence in his favor.

The king of the county is also a king, with a high status, except for the announcement and self-introduction, according to the rules, the common people cannot speak directly, and they must pass the word through the people around them, even if two people stand face to face, this is the rule of the royal family. Yang Ling is not only an official, but also a high-ranking official, so naturally he is not in this case, but seeing that the king of the county can't wear this martial arts uniform, he hurriedly went back to the room to hurriedly change into the official robe, and then rushed to the study to see the king.

The king of Jingqing is tall and fat, with big ears and thick eyebrows, typical of the Zhu family. He was sitting on the chair, the tea didn't move, and his eyes were distracted, Yang Ling hurriedly walked in.

Now it's not an official visit, Yang Ling can't afford to send a shelf, and is busy with the salute of the lower officials: "Your Majesty Yang Ling, I've seen His Royal Highness the King of Jingqing County!" ”

"Oh?" When the king of Jingqing came back to his senses, he actually got up to greet him, and said with a smile on his face: "Ah! Lord Yang, please get up quickly, this king took the liberty to come to the door early in the morning, disturb, disturb."

"Where, where the prince comes to the door, it is Pengshe. As soon as the lower official got up in the morning, he heard the magpie calling, thinking cough cough, I don't know if the prince is coming, is there something important? ”

Yang Ling was halfway through his words, and he felt a little disgusted, so he quickly changed his words and went straight to the point.

The two sat down separately, and the king of Jingqing County put his hand on his knees, and said in a deep voice: "Lord Yang, yesterday at the banquet of the king of Shu, the little girl was killed by gangsters, the official's heart was as painful as the king of this childless, only two daughters, the eldest daughter married early, and there is such a child under his knees, and now the white-haired person sends the black-haired person, that pain, the king really doesn't want to go out to see anyone."

Yang Ling also sighed and said: "The prince mourns, because the second lady was killed by the annihilation, considering that the prince is grieving at the moment, so the lower officials did not dare to come to the door to condole, the daughter of the county king was openly killed in the palace, this matter is really important, the lower officials believe that the local government will enforce the law impartially, find out the real culprit, and severely punish it, so that the second lady Jiuquan can also be blind!" ”

"Hah! Impartial law enforcement? The king of Jingqing County laughed strangely and said astringently: "The official level crushes people to death." If it was an ordinary murderer, he should be killed at this moment, but the suspect is the son of the prince of Shu, maybe this suspect will continue to be suspected."

A prince and a county king, which are all older than him, there are many tattered things in the old Zhu family, there are princes who have eaten people, and princes who have eaten incest, who dares to talk more? Yang Ling couldn't interject, so he had to listen silently.

The king of Jingqing said coldly, glanced at Yang Ling, and said with difficulty: "Lord Yang should be a product of the dynasty, and the reputation of the mighty marquis spreads all over the world.

Yang Ling's eyebrows jumped, and he was intuitively moved that the king of Jingqing County was so big a sycophant, it must not be a good thing, he must ask for something, a county king begging for someone, can it still be a trivial matter?

Sure enough, I only heard the king of Jingqing County say: "Lord Yang is the emperor's important minister, and this king will not hide it from you, the little girl has been indignant for an autopsy, and she is already pregnant."

"What?" Yang Ling said yesterday that he had learned what had happened from Zhu Rangjin, but he had to be shocked and said in surprise: "There is such a thing here? ”

The old king of Jingqing County blushed and said embarrassedly: "The family is unfortunate!" There was such a thing, this king was also wondering, Zhu Rangjin and this Wang family are close to each other, they are both cousins and cousins, he and Mengli have always been close, what kind of hatred can there be, unexpectedly."

He slapped his thigh heavily and said: "Reverse the rebellion, the Ming royal family is ashamed!" ”

He originally insisted on asking Zhu Rang Jinming to be punished and pay for his beloved daughter's life, but when he went to ask the King of Shu for his guilt in a menacing manner, he heard such a scandal, and his own daughter was not angry, and made such a scandal, and his arrogance disappeared immediately.

Unexpectedly, the daughter of Xiaojinchuan Tusi Tuoba Yu came to the door in the middle of the night and told him bluntly that she already knew about Zhu Mengli's pregnancy, but she didn't believe that Zhu Rangjin did it, and told him to make less crooked ideas, she would stare at this case until the truth was revealed to the world, if he and the King of Shu dared to sacrifice Zhu Rangjin to cover up her shame, she would make the matter public, so that everyone in the world would know.

This time, the king of Jingqing County was dumbfounded, don't look at him as a prince, he really can't afford to offend Tuoba Yanran. There are fifteen Tusi in Shu, and the boundaries of each other have never been so clear, and there are often fights and vendettas between the Tusi in various places for the division of boundaries and the inheritance of local positions.

The size of Jinchuan is close to Chengdu, far away from Tibet, is the throat of the mainland to Tibetan Province, Qinghai, Gansu and other places, plus that area is mostly Tibetans, and the Tibetans outside the territory communicate with each other, so the power is big in the fifteen Tusi, it can be said that Tuoba Yu stomped his feet, the king of Shu will also be nervous for a long time, he, the county king with Lu no power, his own territory is under the nose of Tuoba Yu, to a large extent, he has to rely on the snort of the soil emperor, how dare he use power to seal people's mouths?

This time, the king of Jingqing County couldn't sleep, so he hurriedly entered the palace to meet the king of Shu and discuss the matter with him. This royal scandal is naturally known to the least people as much as possible, and the lower the level, the less appropriate it is for them to know. The officials of Shu are all under the rule of the King of Shu, let these subordinates deal with the affairs of the royal family, and the number of officials who know can only be more and more, where will the faces of these princes be placed?

Moreover, the king of Jingqing County still has a selfish heart, and he is not so righteous now, if the officials look at the king of Shu and bend the law for themselves, and then find some excuses to exonerate Zhu Rangjin, then his daughter is not dead in vain? The selection of the investigators has become a big problem.

The two of them had their own intentions, studied and studied, and involuntarily thought of Yang Ling. His status is transcendent, he is not afraid that he is afraid of the face of the King of Shu, and he is a Beijing official, and he will leave afterwards, there will be no embarrassment of meeting often, and he is a celebrity in front of the emperor, and he must also know the proportions.

So the two hit it off and decided to ask Yang Qin to come forward to verify the case, and the two had already decided that Zhu Rangjin was the murderer, and the so-called investigation was just a formality and a confession, and the matter was over as soon as possible.

The king of Jingqing County came to see Yang Ling early in the morning, just to entrust him, and the case fell into the hands of the inner factory, but it was turned over for clouds and rain, but Yang Ling could not take the opportunity to sell the King of Shu a face, and intended to exonerate Zhu Rangjin.

The king of Jingqing County said the request of the two princes to join forces to ask Yang Ling to come forward to inquire about the case, and then praised and praised it, and secretly promised benefits, and finally said with a threatening voice: "Lord Yang, this case happened in front of the public, and everyone knows that the king's daughter was killed by someone, and it is impossible to think about this matter well." This is a big case between the royal family of the Ming Dynasty, this king thinks about it, and only Lord Yang can really judge impartially, and the news will not spread to the market, so please ask Lord Yang for this matter."

He snorted heavily, and said with a pun: "Although this king is not as good as the king of Shu, he is also the prince of the Ming royal family genealogy, Lord Yang does not need to scruple about this, although he can do it with confidence, if someone wants to use his power for personal gain and interfere with the adult's case, my prince will go to Beijing to sue the emperor, even if he is the dignified king of Shu, I will tell him to go around without eating!" ”

Yang Ling glanced at him and said in his heart: "What you said is like the truth, why don't you just give me the words?" If I dare to help the King of Shu, you will go to Beijing to sue my royal family members of your old Zhu family. But this is a good opportunity, I can intervene in this case in a straightforward manner, find out what he is, and help Zhu Rangjin clear his name, don't miss it. ”

Thinking of this, Yang Ling got up and said solemnly to the king of Jingqing County: "Don't worry, the two princes are so entrusted, how can the lower officials refuse?" Besides, it involves the dignity of the royal family, and the subordinate officials are in charge of the inner factory, so it is not too much to meddle. The lower officials must investigate this case clearly and report the real evidence to the two princes in person! ”

King Jingqing nodded and said sharply: "This case is not good, this king will not leave Chengdu for half a step!" The daughter of this king is insulting, even if she deserves to die, it has to be this king to enforce the family law, and the death is so unclear that this king can't swallow this breath! Please ask Lord Yang for this matter, and I will leave."

"His Royal Highness the King of the County walks slowly!" Yang Ling sent out of the gate, bowed down, and the eight sedan chairs of the king of Jingqing County walked away.

Since living in Qincha here, half of the street has been painted as a forbidden area, but because there are many people who go to the temple to offer incense, the street has not been closed in front of the palace, and Yang Ling can't go too far. Therefore, after Wu Hanchao arranged a heavy number of guards, half of the street opposite was still allowed to pass.

At this moment, there is a small sedan chair is fanning leisurely on the opposite side, the sedan chair in front of the sedan car is followed by four small houses, as if it is the daughter of the big family who came back from the incense, the sedan chair of the king of Jingqing County just left, the small sedan chair turned, and went directly to the door.

Immediately, eight guards came up, the steel knife was half unsheathed, and shouted: "This is the Qin Mission, go back!" ”

Wu Hanchao, Liu Dabang and others also quickly surrounded Yang Ling in the middle, Liu Dabang was tall, like a giant bear, horizontal in front of Yang Ling, blocking his whole person tightly, Yang Ling tilted his head to see the situation outside, and he couldn't see it.

The sedan chair stopped, and a small guy in front of him flashed his sleeves, raised a tooth card, and said loudly: "His Royal Highness the county lord wants to see Lord Yang, please come forward and answer."

The guards checked the sign, it was indeed a token of the Shu Palace, and they couldn't help but turn around and say, "My lord."

Yang Ling also heard their conversation, he took Liu's big stick mallet aside, looked forward, and saw that the small sedan car curtain was suddenly lifted, and a little angry face poked out from it, and his apricot eyes were round, as if he was about to open his mouth to scold, but when he saw him, he shrank back again, brushed the ground, and the sedan curtain was torn down.

As soon as she went in and out, Yang Ling saw her appearance clearly, and sure enough, it was the little county lord Zhu Xiang'er, and he hurriedly said: "Hurry up and invite the county lord into the courtyard, hurry up."

The sedan chair entered the courtyard, and Yang Ling waved again: "Xiaguan Yang Ling, I have seen His Royal Highness the county lord."

The little county lord jumped out of the sedan chair and said with a pretty face: "Where is your study?" ”

"County Lord, please follow me", Yang Ling made a gesture of please, and his eyes involuntarily aimed at the little county lord's boots.

Zhu Xiang'er's face flushed, reached out and pulled her skirt to cover the exposed foot, and then gouged out his eyes hatefully.

Yang Ling hurriedly turned around and led the way, Zhu Xiang'er didn't speak along the way, the two entered the study, Yang Ling said loudly: "Come on, up."

"No need! I'll leave when I'm done! Zhu Xiang'er interrupted, and saw that there was still a tea cup on one table, so she sat on the chair on the other side.

Yang Ling walked across from her, sat down gently, and said, "The first two days were just a gangster, how dare the county lord take such a few people, how dare he go to the street, it's too unsafe."

Zhu Xiang'er glared at him and said angrily, "It's not you who is a broom?" This girl slipped into the street with a little maidservant, and nothing happened to her, huh! ”

Yang Ling laughed dryly twice and said, "His Royal Highness the county lord should avoid me, I don't know what happened when I came to the door today?" ”

Zhu Xiang'er frowned, and said distressedly: "I really want to avoid you, I'll listen", she suddenly pulled two skirts and covered the top of her feet again, Yang Ling couldn't help but look away.

He didn't have the heart to look at other girls' feet, but a pair of men and women bit each other's boots, and a few people have encountered such a thing, not to mention that the other party is a lovely-looking little girl. Sitting there, his eyes unconsciously slipped to Zhu Xiang'er's feet.

Zhu Xiang'er blushed and covered her feet, her thin and tender lips pursed, and she seemed to be a little angry, but although she was young, she also knew that the girl's feet were really not suitable for being touched, not to mention that in such a shameful way, she was hot when she thought about it, so she naturally didn't want to mention it again.

She is wearing a goose-yellow fragrant shirt today, with narrow sleeves and short underpants, a placket on the front chest, a goose-yellow skirt underneath, and a pair of pink embroidered boots at her feet. The goose yellow was originally lined with a tender face, and her thin lips were more clear like freshly peeled lychee, only shallow with ruddy, and the whole person was delicate and clean, and the taste made people want to swallow it in one bite.

Yang Ling didn't dare to look at her feet again, and he didn't dare to look at her, his eyes only looked at her lips opening a mouthful, and sometimes there was a slight arc of his teeth, which made Zhu Xiang'er even more embarrassed. But what she was going to say today was too important for her, and she didn't want to make extraneous branches, so she had to acquiesce to Yang Ling's 'presumptuousness'.

"I heard my father say that the second brother's case should be entrusted to Lord Yang to investigate?"

"Yes, the lower officials have just heard that the prince and the prosecutor have not yet sent the news, and when they have the quasi-letter, the lower officials will go to the prosecutor to receive the prisoners and case files and intervene in the investigation."

"Humph! What did the king of Jingqing do just now? ”

"It seems that there is no need for this subordinate to confess to His Royal Highness the county lord."

"You!" Zhu Xiang'er rushed up angrily, and just wanted to get angry, he suddenly remembered that he had come with a request, so he suppressed his anger, and said with a small mouth: "If you don't say it, I know it."

"Oh?" Yang Ling raised his eyebrows and asked, "What does the county lord know?" ”

"I know why the king of Jingqing is here."

"Then why did His Royal Highness the County Lord come?"

"Of course it's for my second brother's business", Zhu Xiang'er said confidently: "It's impossible for my second brother to kill people, he and Sister Mengli have always been good, and they have no grudges against each other, how can they kill people?" There is no reason at all, just because Sister Mengli is holding a piece of jade pendant from her second brother? My second brother has a lot of jade, there are twenty or thirty pieces of jade, and it is not easy to be touched by someone? ”

Yang Ling spread his hands and said, "That's it? Can the lower official release the Second Highness with this reason? ”

"Can't!"

Zhu Xiang'er cross-examined: "Then can you use this reason to cure my second brother's crime?" ”

"Can't!"

Zhu Xiang'er smiled proudly, and Yang Ling said again: "But if you can't find other people as suspects, then this only piece of evidence will become ironclad evidence, and no one will be able to save Your Second Highness at that time."

"So what then?" The little county lord asked pitifully.

Yang Ling said slowly: "Either find out the second murderer, or, find out the evidence that the second highness is not the murderer."

Yang Ling pondered while perfunctory: "Regarding Zhu Mengli's pregnancy, it seems that the King of Shu really blocked the news, and even the little county lord didn't know about it. Zhu Mengli is a weak girl, it is impossible to be involved in any other incidents, this case is nothing more than fornication between men and women, murder and extermination. Men and women will not be without a trace to be found, starting from this, you can always find some clues, as soon as the news of the King of Shu arrives, I have to rush to check the residence of the deceased and the suspected murderer and the servants who are waiting, assuming that Zhu Rangjin is not the murderer, then Zhu Rangxu and Tang Jiashan are also seriously suspected, but speaking of these three people, in terms of reputation, the second prince who is indeed in the name of this merry man is the most suspicious Zhu Xianger does not believe that the second brother will kill, as soon as he heard that his father handed over the case to Yang Ling for trial, he couldn't wait to come, In fact, it's just a child's temper, and she came to assure him that the second brother couldn't do such a thing, and if she really wanted her to say, she wouldn't be able to show any evidence.

She saw that Yang Ling was distracted as she spoke, and she looked like she didn't answer, and she couldn't hold back the fire that had been suppressed for a long time, and slapped the table suddenly: "What do you want?" Let me tell you, broom, I came today to tell you that my second brother is very innocent, if you try a confused case and harm my second brother, don't think that the county king's mansion can support you, our Shu Wangfu will not let you go, even if you return to Beijing, the county lord."

She raised her eyebrows and said, "No, then it will be this princess, and she will follow Jing, haunting you and making your broom uneasy!" ”

The little county lord who wanted to pretend to be a lady when he entered the door finally made a big move, and threatened Yang Ling for a long time, but when he saw that Yang Ling was just listening, he didn't refute it, and he was scared of him, so he left satisfied.

Yang Ling sent the little evil star away, and when he looked back, he felt funny, and couldn't help humming the words of "Xu Jiujing's Promotion to Official": I thought that I was an official in charge of the official when I was a Qin mission, and who knew that I was still pressed on the head of the big official, and the king of Shu of the county sued the official, and they wanted me, the small official, to judge the big official, they were originally the official of the official, the county king scared me, the county lord pressed me, and I became a deflated official caught in the cracks of the stone."

The big mallet pursed his lips from a distance, and said to a guard next to him: "Isn't it just a yellow-haired girl with a very stinky temper?" No matter how handsome you are, you can't compare to the three ladies, Lord Cheng and Miss Adney, you see that adults are happy, this is all sung. ”

The people of the King of Shu came very quickly, and the great eunuch of the King of Shu's Mansion and the envoy Lu came together to visit, bringing the will of the King of Shu. Yang Ling had already prepared, and readily agreed, as soon as he agreed, he immediately ordered someone to follow Lord Lu to receive the files and evidence according to the Inspectorate Division, and he took someone to return to the palace with the eunuch with the palm print to investigate the scene, so that Lu Zheng and the others once again appreciated the vigorous and resolute style of this Lord Qincha.

"How many jade pendants are there?"

"Lord Hui, twenty-three jade pendants, and some waist ornaments of other materials, are being registered, and they are being compared with the books of the palace one by one, except for the one left at the scene of the murder, the others are all there." The fan next to him replied, the table was full of dazzling, full of all kinds of jade, turtle-shaped, jade-shaped, Buddha-shaped, and so on.

"As I said, the second brother wears a lot of ornaments, including those given by my father, Mrs. Liu, and the eldest brother and me."

The little county lord also stood in Zhu Rangjin's room, picked up a piece and said: "This is a cow bone, Xiao Jinchuan Tuoba sister gave it to the second brother, most of these strange ornaments were given to him by the second brother's good friends in various tribes, the second brother likes to travel in the mountains and rivers, where the scenery is beautiful, or there are historical sites and famous places, they will go to enjoy it, because the style of the toast is very different from the Han family, the second brother especially likes to play, and the relationship with the various toasts is very good." ”

She proudly showed off: "It's a pity that the second brother hates political affairs, and my father is unwilling to hand it over to him, otherwise with the second brother's connections, if he goes to negotiate with Du Zhangman, maybe there won't be so much chaos."

Yang Ling is looking at all kinds of poems and paintings on the wall, most of them are made by Zhu Rangjin himself, line calligraphy, cursive script, big seal, small seal, plum blossom seal, landscape painting, etc., and many are gifts from friends, and the works of Yang Shen and Qingcheng madmen are also impressive.

Hearing the words of the little county lord, Yang Ling's heart suddenly moved, and he said quietly: "It turns out that the Second Highness is not only talented and learned, but also has such a high reputation among the various clans in the land of Bashu?" ”

"Yes, my eldest brother is also knowledgeable and talented, but he is more wooden, more like his father, and the officials say that the eldest brother has the style of a father, but although the second brother doesn't care about things, he is a very popular figure among the people and other tribes."

Celebrities are erudite, talented, and sociable, and are a minority of outliers like Lu Shijie, a madman in Qingcheng, but Shu has a characteristic, that is, there are too many ethnic groups living here, and many of them are not at ease, to be the ruler here, you must be deeply respected, both loved and supported by the Han people, and have a good relationship with other ethnic groups, if you look at it from this aspect, it is obvious that the second highness Zhu Rangjin has done better than the prince.

If he is in charge of government affairs and does it intentionally, then his achievements can even shake the prestige and power of the King of Shu. The current King of Shu is his father, so naturally he will not be afraid of these, what if it is his brother who is the King of Shu? The decree is not even as good as a brother's words Yang Ling suddenly remembered that Ji Panwasi, the son of Tusi of the Yi nationality, and Zhu Rangjin were commensurate with the brothers, and the daughter of Tuoba Yu, the most powerful, seemed to be in love with him, Yang Ling's heart beat rapidly, and a thought that did not dare to come out of his mind could not be driven away.

Among the three most suspicious people, the least suspicious is Shizi. First, even if he is the one who has an indecent love with his cousin, with his wisdom, he can always distinguish the priorities, there is no need to fall out with Zhu Mengli at the important moment when he is about to become the king of Shu, or even strangle her to death, and stir up his own big things. Second, he is the son of the world, no one can threaten his status, even if he kills, there is no need to frame a harmless brother, and if you can't find a suspect, it is far more difficult to solve the case than to have a suspect.

What Yang Ling really suspected in his heart was originally the Wu Dezuo cavalry captain Tang Jiashan who had nothing to do with Zhu Mengli because of the disparity in identity. Identity, status, only these officials and scholars will regard them as insurmountable mountains.

A young woman who often lives in the Shu Wangfu, but is not the young master of the Shu Wangfu, must be very lonely and boring. The king of Shu is sick and seeks medical treatment everywhere, the son of the world acts on behalf of his father, running around, the second hall is playing in the mountains and rivers, not often in the house, the male surname of the family is not always there, and the relationship between the little county lord and her is obviously not very close, it can be seen from Zhu Xiang'er's performance, the others are elders, so this girl can really get close to the only maid around her.

Young men and women, it is the time when they are thirsty for affection, judging from Yang Ling's understanding, that Tang Cavalry Captain is handsome, has extraordinary martial arts, and is the chief of the palace guard, and the harem is often patrolled during the day, he and this Miss Zhu Mengli have a lot of opportunities to contact, once a bored girl has love for a certain male surname, how can she care about his status? Otherwise, there wouldn't have been so many cheating in "Three Words and Two Shots".

But Zhu Xiang'er inadvertently said a word, and Zhu Rangxu, who was originally ignored by him, also became an important suspect. is the most ruthless emperor's family, Zhu Rangxu has been in contact with government affairs very early, and his enthusiasm for power is obviously far greater than that of his brothers.

If he was the one who had a relationship with Zhu Mengli, but this woman was going to threaten him when he was about to ascend the throne of Shu because of the affairs of men and women, he would have a motive to kill. If he had another brother with outstanding talents, and Guang Mo even overshadowed him, would he take the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone?

As long as things succeed, he can establish the same prestige and power as his father, and all obstacles that hinder his unique position in Bashu are all removed.

Yang Ling fell into deep thought: Zhu Mengli was pregnant, and the Zhu brothers and Tang Jiashan were suspicious. But with the addition of blame, then Zhu Rangxu is obviously more motivated than Tang Jiashan, but although he has little contact with Zhu Rangxu, from his own observations, especially the comments of the officials he collects, this prince does not seem to be a person who is jealous of his ability and even does unethical and ugly things.

If he is said to be a great annihilator, then his absolute trust in Zhu Rangjin will also be greatly reduced, who knows if this second highness is also pretending?

I remember when I met with the King of Shu in Qingyang Palace, the performance of the three children of the King of Shu in front of the prince was very different from their usual behavior outside.

Asking the case is really much more difficult than fighting in officialdom and fighting in a war, that is to find a way to defeat the opponent, but now it is trying to find out the opponent, what a headache!

The fans searched Zhu Rangjin's residence inside and out, and in the eyes of these connoisseurs, nothing can really be hidden, but Zhu Rangjin's residence is very simple, except for poems and songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and several large shelves of a wide variety of books, there is almost nothing special.

"My lord, look", a few Fanzi who were looking through the books on the shelves one by one found something abnormal, and hurriedly presented it to Yang Ling, Yang Ling took it and didn't open it, but a small head poked over next to him, staring at the thick thread-bound book.

She looked at it for a long time, and then saw the three big words 'Leshanji' on the book cover, Yang Ling never opened the book, and couldn't help but raise her head strangely to look at Yang Ling, this time she looked up, and saw Yang Ling staring at her directly, Zhu Xiang'er couldn't help but be angry: "Bold, rude, what do you see me doing?" ”

Yang Ling coughed, and said slowly: "His Royal Highness the County Lord, the lower officials have searched the residence of His Royal Highness, please come over, just see it clearly, don't lose something and it will be unclear when the time comes, but if there is anything suspicious, this girl who is a suspect seems to be."

"Humph!" Xiao Nizi raised her chin, her nostrils were facing the sky, she turned around, raised her head with her chest straight, and took a few big steps.

Yang Ling smiled slightly, and then opened the book cover, and suddenly found that the inside was hollowed out, and it was pasted on all sides, and it was actually a hidden box with some letterheads inside. Yang Ling hurriedly turned around, put it on the table, blocked the little county lord's sight with his body, and took out the letterhead to inspect it.

The handwriting of the first letter was twisted and crooked, and the content seemed to say that the chief of the neighboring clan had a fight between the two sides in order to rob a village and population that belonged to him, and injured many of his people. I saw that Luo Qian was the leader of a small Miao tribe in Baoning, and it was another tribe inside that had a fight with him.

I read two more letters, it was a correspondence between Zhu Rangjin and his friends, the last stack was tied with silk threads alone, Yang Ling flipped through it slightly, the handwriting was beautiful, it was the pen of the female surname, and it was obviously the pen of the same person, Yang Ling hurriedly opened a treasure like a treasure, and it was indeed a love letter between men and women. Yang Ling's heart was pounding, and his eyes moved to the bottom of the place where everything could be exposed, but he found that it was empty, and the payment was blank. Yang Ling hurriedly opened a few more letters, and the payment was all empty. He tied it up as it was, and now he had to take it back and look at it carefully, and find out the identity of this woman between the lines, hoping that this woman was not her.

Yang Ling closed the box, made a look and asked Fanzi to take it, turned around and walked towards Zhu Xiang'er, and said with a smile: "County Lord, I have already checked all the items, except for the box and the book to take away just now, there is nothing else to take, let's go to Miss Mengli's residence and take a look."

He swept his eyes and saw a painting hanging on the wall, which depicted three children fishing by the river, and a young man wearing a bamboo hat, sitting on a rock, staring very carefully at the surface of the water in the upper reaches of the river, and a fishing line hanging into the water. A few paces away from the rocks down the river, sat a young man, slightly older than the child on the rock, holding a fishing rod in one hand and a fat fish in the other, and putting it in a bamboo basket, he looked at the boy on the rock, and seemed to be smiling and saying something.

The third, a chubby little girl with a comb, threw her fishing rod by the river, but she went into the grass to catch butterflies. Although the brush is simple, it is full of childlike fun, and the demeanor and manners of the three children, as well as the rivers and trees, are lifelike.

Yang Ling saw the little girl who was rolling up her trouser legs, revealing a pair of chubby and short calves, and was pounced on the butterfly with great interest, and then compared with the other two teenagers, she couldn't help but think of the story of 'kitten fishing', and he smiled "poof" and said: "One fish in hand, one fishes hard, but it seems that this little guy who is not doing business is the cutest."

Zhu Xiang'er listened, glanced back at him, and said coquettishly: "Why don't I do my job?" Is fishing a good job? ”

"Huh? This painting", Yang Ling looked at it again, and suddenly realized: "The painting is the prince, the second highness and the county lord?" He looked at it again, and saw a poem next to the painting: 'If you want to help without a boat, you will be ashamed of the saint.' Sitting and watching the anglers, there is nothing to envy the fish'.

The poems and paintings are not too harmonious, but this painting is quite old, it should be their childhood work, and it is not bad to be able to use this poem with the painting, but the strange place is that the painting is written in four pen styles. Yang Ling looked at it carefully for a long time, and said curiously: "Who wrote this poem on it, and how can there be a font from four people?" ”

Zhu Xiang'er obviously liked this painting very much, and even gave him a rare smile, saying: "The painting was painted by the second brother, and he wrote a poem in the style of the three of us and my father."

"Wonderful, very wonderful", Yang Ling praised: "The first two sentences are solemn and cautious, it should be the pen style of the prince of Shu and the prince, but the third sentence of the second highness can learn the pen style of others, why is his own pen body so ugly?" Oh, that's not yet finalized, look at the calligraphy of His Royal Highness now."

The smile on Zhu Xiang'er's face disappeared, and she said word by word in a very flat tone: "The first sentence is to imitate my father, the second sentence is my eldest brother, the third sentence is me, and the last sentence is my second brother's own."

She flicked her sleeves and walked to the door angrily, only to turn back unconvinced: "Lord Yang's eyes, I was only four and a half years old at that time, what kind of pen can I have?" ”

Yang Ling touched his nose and saw that the fans next to him were all smiling with their heads down, that is, the few maids who were standing in the corner and waiting were all laughing, so he coughed dryly: "Okay, okay, everything is put back in its place, now go to Miss Mengli to check it out, hurry up and clean it up!" ”

When he walked to the door, he suddenly had a strange taste in his heart, turned his head and looked at the painting again, a picture of a happy childish fishing and butterfly fluttering, full of family fun, and he couldn't think of anything wrong.

If it was indeed the prince who framed His Second Highness, Yang Ling sighed softly: "Look at them when they were young, there was no estrangement, no scheming, only love for each other. People, as soon as they grow up, power, fame, status, and money are also full of market customs. If my guess is true, when Zhu Rangjin was released from prison, when he saw this painting, he remembered the close relationship between his brothers and sisters when he was a child, what kind of state of mind would it be: "I have three wives, but I don't know that women have so many verbose things, so weird, what is this for?" Yang Ling looked straight at the inexplicable things that the fans kept turning out.

The little county lord blushed, snatched things from the hands of the fans from time to time and stuffed them back, and scolded them in a low voice, which made a group of fans tremble, if they found some small cloth heads, before anyone saw them, they took the initiative to put them back.

The rouge gouache eyebrow pencil oil has also been turned out, and the things under the dresser are the most messy, and many are afraid of knocking over and breaking, so they have to look through and check them one by one, so they have searched elsewhere, and they haven't finished checking here.

After all, this is not the usual place to search the house of the criminal, you can have no scruples, seeing that everyone is waiting for him, the fan is more and more anxious, but he still doesn't dare to move, and finally hollows it out, and finally pulls out a booklet from under the lowest one grid of some women's private belongings, Fanzi does not dare to open it, and hurriedly presents it to Yang Ling.

Yang Ling opened it and took a look, there were some poems, short fu, and some fragmentary texts, like things like words, Yang Ling was like a treasure, and he was busy asking people to accept it in front of Zhu Xiang'er, as for other things, he really couldn't see anything different, so he put them back.

"Tonight, it seems that I have to take a good look at these things", Yang Ling thought, and politely bowed his hand to Zhu Xiang'er: "Thank you Your Highness for your assistance, the lower official has already finished the investigation, presumably my people have also taken back the interrogation records of the relevant people and the relevant evidence from the judge, and the lower official is busy with official business, so he will not stay long, so he will leave and go home!" ”

"Well, no one keeps you!" Zhu Xiang'er hummed a sentence from her nose, sounding as if she was lazy and didn't wake up, although it was rude, it made people feel a little soft and charming.

Yang Ling didn't think much of it, and bowed his hand to Zhu Xiang'er again, turned around and left.

After Zhu Rangjin became an adult, he lived in the front palace, anyway, the house of the king of Shu was big, and one-fifth of Chengdu City was encircled in their house, and it took half a day to go around. However, Zhu Rangjin likes friends, so he doesn't live in a pavilion with a single courtyard, but lives in a single building near the concierge building where guests and distinguished guests are entertained.

Tuoba Yanran's people ran around, trying to find some evidence in favor of Zhu Rangjin, but her people couldn't get to the core of the case, so they could only go around the periphery, and by noon, there was nothing to use for the news that had been reported, Tuoba Yanran was upset, and walked around outside the concierge building alone for a while, and then walked towards the bamboo forest.

Although she and Zhu Rangjin said that they were in love with each other, and even had the reality of husband and wife, but after all, the matter was not made public, although she had been here before, in order to avoid suspicion, most of them went with the little county lord, Mengli, or Yang Shen, Lu Shijie and others, and it was the first time for me to go to his residence alone.

Tuoba Yanran walked alone, thinking about Zhu Rangjin in her heart, and when she looked up in a trance, she found that she had passed through the bamboo forest and came to the front of the building, the building was still there, but the people were empty, what to see?

Tuoba Yanran flicked her long sleeves lightly, sighed leisurely, and was about to turn around and leave, when she suddenly saw four maids coming out of the building with sprinkler tools. The old fool of the King of Shu is about to kill his son to cover his ugliness, do you still remember to clean his residence? It can't be that Zhu Rangjin is not dead yet, and he plans to use the house for other purposes, right?

Tuoba Yanran's heart was on fire, and she said coldly to the four maids who approached: "Stop, how can you clean the room at this hour?" ”

The four maids all knew this barbarian princess, and they also knew that even the king of Shu respected her for three points, so they hurriedly saluted and said: "Back to the girl, Fang Cai sent Lord Yang to bring someone to check the house, and those who were rough and rough made a mess, so the chief manager asked the servants to come and clean up."

"Yang Qincha? Yang Ling? What house did he come to investigate? Tuoba Yanran said in amazement.

"Back to the girl, the case of the second lady's murder has been handed over to Lord Qincha for trial, so Lord Yang brought someone to search and said that it was to be taken."

Another clever maid hurriedly said, "I said I was here to collect evidence!" ”

"Shhhh What evidence did he take? Dog fights people! Tuoba Yanran sneered, walked two steps with his sleeves brushed, rolled his eyes, and suddenly stopped: "The case will be transferred to Qincha for trial?" It seems that my words have worked, and the foolish prince does not dare to let Hibiscus move again, and he is unwilling to let his subordinates know more about the ugly things at home, so they will hand it over to outsiders."

Although she is a moody surname, sometimes even paranoid and unreasonable, but her surname is coquettish and arrogant, but her mind is very smart, and she immediately guessed the intentions of the king of Shu and the king of Jingqing.

Jean Jin said that this surname Yang was his friend. Every time he mentions this surnamed Yang, Jean Jin admires his affectionate appearance very much, and Jean admires him so much, even if he is stupid, he should not be stupid. Maybe he can really help get Hibiscus to clear his name. ”

She turned around and asked, "My lord surnamed Yang, did you find any evidence?" ”

A few maids saw her walk away, just relieved, and when they saw her turn back, they hurriedly said cautiously: "The maidservants stood on the wall and waited, but they didn't see what they found, but later they found a box from the bookshelf, as if they had put a few letters, and Lord Yang looked at it for a while, and then took them all."

"Letter? Could it be that I exchanged letters with Jean Jin, and the one surnamed Yang took them all? Tuoba Yanran was ashamed and annoyed, and her face was hot.

She paused, and was about to chase out, but suddenly felt that something was wrong, even with his identity, there was no reason to obstruct the official to handle the case and force evidence, and besides, this Shiyou** surnamed Yang was Jean Jin's helper, and he couldn't be too rude to him. She thought for a while and said hurriedly: "I know, you guys are busy, I'll go to the second highness's room to have a look."

A few maids didn't dare to stop her, and when they saw her enter the house, several people hurriedly slipped away with their things.

Tuoba Yanran entered Zhu Rangjin's study, and there were three shelves of books in it, and she hadn't read them carefully. When she returned to Xiaojinchuan, she didn't know where Zhu Rangjin put it, but now she heard that something was found on the shelf, and she couldn't help but be concerned.

Yang Shen is erudite and miscellaneous, and what the second highness Zhu Rangjin has learned is also extremely complex, and the subset of scriptures and histories on the bookshelf is all-encompassing, Tuoba Yan has no patience to take a closer look, and after scanning his eyes, he found nothing, so he lost his interest in searching carefully, and decided to go to Yang Ling to explore the style.

She was about to turn around and leave, and suddenly found that there was a book on the shelf above the desk near the desk that had not been plugged in, so she helped press it back, and then noticed that there was no writing on the side, and she took it and opened it to see, there were many strange symbols recorded in it, as if she had seen the ancient characters in the barren mountain stone carvings, the strokes were simple, and there were very few changes, and it was about those words that were turned over and over, but there were many differences when you looked closely.

Tuoba Yanran was surprised to "huh", hurriedly flipped through it, and there were many small characters densely written between the cracks of the book, as if they were annotations for writing, but they used the same language, the ink in front was heavier, and the ink on the last few pages was shiny, as if it had just been written a few days ago.

Tuoba Yanran's face sank, and he threw the book on the table unhappily: "There should be no secrets and no reservations between lovers, and I have never hidden anything from him, when did he learn a kind of remote writing, but he never told me." ”

She walked to the door angrily, thought about it, and picked up the book again, and then walked away.

Yang Ling returned to Xingyuan with a big stick and mallet, and said to Wu Hanchao: "According to the judge's files, have all the files been transferred back?" I'm going to take a closer look tonight."

Wu Hanchao said: "Everything has been retrieved, including the evidence of the relevant personnel and the jade pendant found on the spot." However, the current weather is really not suitable for parking the corpse for a long time, Miss Zhu's corpse has already been examined, and Master Liu brought the criminal officer and the convict of Jinyiwei, and re-examined it, and there were no other clues on the corpse. The king of Jingqing County also sent people to post it, hoping to get the body back as soon as possible and put it into the ground. What do you see, my lord? ”

"The corpses were also here?" Yang Ling was stunned: "Lu Zheng, this old fox, but I can't wait to throw this hot potato to others, and push it cleanly."

He nodded and said: "This official is not angry, since the prosecutor and the Jinyi guard have all been inspected, don't keep the corpse, notify the king of Jingqing County to collect the corpse."

"Hey, wait", Yang Ling thought for a while and said, "Death first, go, take me to worship this Mengli girl."

The corpse was parked in Qincha's unlucky journey, and the backyard was where Yang Ling practiced and shot targets, so Wu Hanchao placed her in the residence of the wolf soldiers on the side. There was a dead corpse parked in the room next to it, and these wolf soldiers were actually peaceful, going in and out, laughing and laughing, not caring at all.

It wasn't until they saw Wu Hanchao coming with Lord Qincha that these people became solemn. It turned out that they were just fighting bravely, but now that they have been with Yang Ling for so long, most of the wolf soldiers also know military discipline and military etiquette, so they hurriedly saluted Yang Ling and stood aside obediently.

There were two soldiers standing in front of the door of the morgue, Yang Ling entered the house, only to see that the room was empty, only a coffin was parked, a stool was placed in front of the coffin, and a small incense burner was placed on it.

Let you be a prince and princess, a talented and beautiful woman, and after death, it will be just a piece of loess. A twenty-eight-year-old woman, who is also the heir of the prince of the county and the lady of the sky, was strangled to death like this, with one corpse and two lives!

Yang Ling originally didn't care about it, he just calmly wanted to deal with this case, and now he couldn't help but feel extremely disgusted and hated for the murderer who exterminated people's surnames. He lightened his steps, walked to the coffin, clasped his palms together, and said softly: "Miss Zhu Mengli, now that this official has taken over your case, I will definitely find out the real culprit and avenge you." Miss Zhu has a spirit under the spring, please bless Yang to arrest the murderer smoothly and severely punish the murderer."

Yang Ling bowed silently three times, straightened his waist, Wu Hanchao walked to the coffin, stretched out his hand and gently pushed, the coffin slid open, he pressed the coffin lid and said: "My lord, this is the murdered Miss Zhu."

Qingtian Lord, who wants to handle the case, how can there be a reason not to even look at the victim, although Yang Ling is a little resistant to looking at the dead in his heart, he can't help but walk over with a hard skin. He couldn't help but be a little scared when he saw the lid of the coffin opened, and there was white smoke floating out of it, but he looked up at Wu Hanchao with a calm expression, knowing that there must be a reason, so he mustered up the courage to walk over.

He looked into the coffin, and it was crystal clear, and it was full of ice, and the girl's body was all piled up, even on the top of her head, no wonder there was white gas.

Zhu Chongba is dignified and extremely handsome, and this is a good foundation. His children and grandchildren are all married to beauties of the first rank, so it is not easy to find an ugly child after giving birth. The girl was indeed beautiful, with a goose egg face, a delicate nose, thin lips, long eyelashes covered finely on the eyelids, and a serene expression. It's just that the face and lips are snow-white, and there is not the slightest blood in sight.

Yang Ling sighed regretfully, and wanted to turn his head a little unbearably, the corner of his eye swept over the girl's face, and he suddenly felt a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere. Yang Ling was stunned, looked at the girl carefully, then took a half step back, tilted the angle of his gaze, looked at it carefully, and then screamed "ah".

Wu Hanchao held the coffin without the slightest fear, Yang Ling's scream frightened him, his body jumped up and down, and then he looked around nervously with his hand on the hilt of the sword, to see if there was any movement, and then said in confusion: "My lord? ”

When he asked, he saw Yang Ling standing there stunned, and his face turned snow-white and snow-white

(To be continued)