However, it was said that Liang Wenzhen and his entourage guessed the riddle carefully prepared by the inn, and the shopkeeper had to be willing to lose the bet and be exempted from the order. The crowd was full of food and drink, and went back to rest. Go out at dusk and watch the lantern festival, each of which is prosperous and breathtaking. Everyone dispersed, and Liang Wenzhen walked with his daughter, Xu Fan, and Zhao Min. Inadvertently, the group came to the place where the county order offered a reward to solve the riddle, and Liang Wenzhen was pushed to the forefront by Xu Fan because of a joke.

"This great official," said the fat-headed and big-eared county magistrate, politely, "since you have guessed the riddle, please tell me quickly, there are a hundred taels of silver here, and if you are right, this silver is yours." ”

When he said this, an official took out a wooden plate, and the county order lifted the red cloth, and everyone's eyes were straight, and sure enough, it was white silver, and there were bursts of tsk and exclamation.

Where can Liang Wenzhen take care of the silver, he is in a dilemma, and at this time, he is working hard to think of the answer to the riddle. Liang Wenzhen is already very smart, and he has received modern higher education, plus he has memorized many Tang poems and Song poems when he was a child, and he has been exposed to many Song Dynasty cultural customs for more than a year, so this question is not very difficult for him. But because of his nervousness and anxiety, the mystery seemed to be hidden and sought with him, faintly, and it was about to come out but not real.

"This official is Dongmingzhi County, you say this big official." The county magistrate's face was full of anxiety, and he was the only life-saving straw. The spectators were also nervous, as if Liang Wenzhen had answered correctly that the silver belonged to him. The group of people who were invited to crack it even put down the Tang and Song poetry collections in their hands one after another and came to join in the fun.

"Haha," Liang Wenzhen laughed, with a flash of inspiration, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, "This simple, the mystery is crutches and temples. "This," the county order was not clear, and said, "You should come and listen to it, and I will wait to comment on whether it is reasonable." ”

Some of the visitors understood and were happy as if they had guessed it; Some don't know why, looking forward to Liang Wenzhen revealing the mystery.

Liang Wenzhen smiled and said, "The riddle is 'Zimei autumn wind sighs and leans, and Lotte April peach blossoms'." In fact, it is very simple, Zimei is Du Fu's word, and Lotte is Bai Juyi's word. There is a sentence in Du Fu's "Song of the Thatched House Broken by the Autumn Wind": 'Come back and sigh by leaning on the stick'. Bai Juyi's "Peach Blossoms of Dalin Temple" has clouds: the world is full of fragrant flowers in April, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are in full bloom. There is nowhere to find the spring of long-hate, and I don't know how to turn into this. ”

There was a burst of applause, and the invited Xiucai and county school elites, as well as the poetry and book squires, the think tank they formed, all of them were impressed, and the spectators also applauded, applause one after another. Dongming County Ling smiled and said: "This official is really smart, this hundred taels is yours." When he spoke, he took a hundred taels of silver, put it in a bag, and handed it to Liang Wenzhen.

Liang Wenzhen breathed a sigh of relief, and sweat was still oozing from the corners of his forehead. After thanking the county order, Liang Wenzhen handed the bag to Xu Fan to hold. A few yacha who came from Yanggu came together, their eyes lit up, and they stepped forward to congratulate, sharing the joy of rewarding a hundred taels of silver, looking at Liang Wenzhen with envious and eager eyes, regretting that they didn't study well at the beginning, and they got a lot of silver so easily, and their eyes were hot. The crowd cheered and turned back in the direction of the inn. Passers-by saw their excitement, listened to the rumors and solved the riddle, and also stopped, looking enviously at the lucky group.

The words are boring. Zhixian thinks about it, the Shili Pavilion of Dongming County is near, there is indeed a temple, another nunnery, on the side of the mountain in the west of the city. Since there is a temple in the mystery, it should be related to the temple. After thinking about it, he passed down the order, and took a group of officials to open a path from the crowd and rush out. When they arrived at the yamen, the county ordered the yamen to send them back to the yamen and bring some torches -- the duty of the yamen was to ensure that the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and it was inevitable that they would need to move at night.

Dotted with stars, a group of people marched all the way with torches. When the road is wide, the sparks gather together, and when the road is narrow, they are lined up in a long line, gathering and scattering, and they are changeable. In less than half an hour, they finally came to the temple near Shili Pavilion, which was the place where Liang Wenzhen and his party visited yesterday. Because the night is already deep, it is really inappropriate to disturb the purity of the Buddha at this time. The magistrate stopped outside the temple gate, hesitated for a long time, and finally realized that it was important to arrest the murderer and solve the unsolved case. The monk opened the door, the county knew the meaning of the road, the monk bowed to the abbot, and got permission, and everyone went in to search.

The magistrate walked around the temple, but he didn't see anything unusual, and he came to report that the search was unfounded, and he was disappointed and troubled. So he led a messenger, held a torch, and walked around the perimeter of the temple, intending to find clues. "Look, sir!" When he walked to the back of the temple, he pointed to the outer wall, and when the magistrate looked at it, sure enough, on the wall, a walking stick was hung. The magistrate took it in his hand and examined it carefully. The crutch is made of an old rattan and the handrail is carved into a dragon head. The magistrate wondered, what does this crutch have to do with the murder case. When I got closer to the torch, I saw a dark attachment on the end of the cane, which was clearly a stain of dried blood.

The magistrate was overjoyed, turned back to the temple gate, ordered the team to be collected, and returned to the yamen.

On the second day, the magistrate was in good spirits, and as long as he found the owner of the crutches, he could solve the murder in one fell swoop. So early in the morning, he ordered the government to bring a cane figure and looked around to find the owner of the crutches.

The magistrate pondered the case in the study, waited for the results of the search, and fidgeted, as if a century had passed. Until noon, a head catcher came to pay tribute, and the owner of the crutch was found, a lame middle-aged man, and the case was arrested.

It turned out that a bloody case occurred in Shiliting a month ago, and a middle-aged man fell to the ground with no other injuries, but his left eyeball was gone, revealing a black hollow, gloomy and miserable.

Based on this, the prefectural decree speculated that the deceased must have been killed by a cane from the temple that was inserted into his left eye, injuring his brain. The headhunter launched an investigation and found that the lame man had partnered with the deceased to do business there. Under interrogation, the lame man confessed to the murder.

According to the suspect's confession, the two were originally business partners, and they returned to Dongming from other places to negotiate in Shili Pavilion. Unexpectedly, it was inserted into the opponent's left eye and went straight into the brain, and the blood flowed like an injection on the spot, and he couldn't move. In a hurry, he fled, saw blood on his crutches, and threw him down the ravine.

An unsolved case has finally come to light, but it cannot be closed because there is no other circumstantial evidence. At that time, the magistrate was the parent official of a county, in charge of administration, justice, border defense, and public security. If the chain of evidence is not complete, although the case can be adjudicated, it cannot be handled as an ironclad case. When it is reported to Dali Temple, it may be returned for retrial, and there will be a lot of tricks and feet.

Dongming County ordered Ben to see that the unsolved case was solved, and he was complacent, but because there was no circumstantial evidence, it was difficult to close the case. Only then did he frown and go back to his heart, and he had a headache, and he didn't know what to do. suddenly thought that Liang Wenzhen was witty and extraordinary that day, so he pinned his hopes on Liang Wenzhen, hoping that Liang Wenzhen could help solve the case.

The sentence is out of bounds, and the words are divided into two ends. However, it was said that on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Liang Wenzhen and his entourage were exempted for lunch because they guessed the riddle, and they went to the lantern festival at night and made a windfall. Full of wine and food, hearty, all of them were paralyzed, and they didn't get up until almost noon on the second day.

As soon as I got up, everyone panicked. I planned to leave early in the morning, but now I am afraid that it will be difficult to get my wish, Liang Wenzhen gathered everyone, discussed it, and decided to clean up immediately, and leave immediately after lunch.

After a while, Liang Wenzhen booked a room with everyone, ordered some dishes, asked for a little wine, and ate up. was having a good meal, but a catcher came with a few messengers, Liang Wenzhen's heart tightened, thinking that something bad had happened, and everyone couldn't help but get nervous.

The head catcher walked to Liang Wenzhen and said, "This is the big official who guessed the lantern riddle correctly last night and received the government's reward, right?" Liang Wenzhen nodded: "It's just below, what do you have to do?" ”

The head catcher said: "Big official, we know that the county master has been invited, and the big official will trouble him to go with us." Liang Wenzhen was embarrassed: "We were planning to go on the road after lunch and go to Tokyo, I don't know if the official brother can make it convenient and go back to inform the adults, Liang really has no time to doppelganger." ”

The head catcher scratched the back of his head and said, "Don't be embarrassed by the big officials." This case has been bothering us adults for a long time, but yesterday the officials casually guessed, and sure enough, there was progress. But the evidence is insufficient, and the case cannot be closed, so I hope that the officials will come with us and help the magistrate end this trouble. ”

Liang Wenzhen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. With a sweep of his eyes, everyone smiled and nodded, signaling him to go if he wanted. Lu Junyi saw him hesitating and said, "Brother Liang, don't worry." I don't have anything important to do, so it's okay to delay for a few days. I really can't do it, I'll go first. Liang Wenzhen nodded, got up and said, "Everyone, I'll go with the eldest brother." Everyone saluted in return, and the yacha stepped forward to open the way, and Liang Wenzhen followed.

The magistrate was waiting in the room, and the fire was blazing. When I heard the yacha shouting from afar: "Liang Daguan brought it." Then he got up to greet him, walked out of the door, and said, "Ouch, big official, you have finally arrived, I have waited for you so hard." ”

Liang Wenzhen returned the salute and said with a smile: "Thanks to the adult's promotion, what does the adult command, Liang must do his best." The magistrate personally opened the way and led Liang Wenzhen in. The two sat opposite each other, the servants served tea, and the government sent out to wait.

The magistrate of the county will be the murder case of Shili Pavilion, in great detail, and he will tell Liang Wenzhen one by one. The case has been solved, but it is not complete, and the officials of Wangliang will help Yunyun. After listening to this, Liang Wenzhen thought for a while, and said: "The clue is still on the riddle." It is impossible for the suspect or accomplice to dig their own graves, make the lanterns, and come up with puzzles to illustrate the clues to solve the case. Zhixian nodded frequently.

In this way, the person who wrote the riddle should be an eyewitness to the murder. Just find him. Although Liang Wenzhen is inferred, he is nine out of ten. The county magistrate frowned and asked, "Then how can we find this person?" ”

Liang Wenzhen scratched the back of his head and pondered. "Oh," Liang Wenzhen had a flash of inspiration and said, "This person uses poetry as a mystery, most likely he is a scholar, and on the day of the crime, he must have appeared near Shili Pavilion." Just look for it among the people who haunt the Ten Mile Pavilion. "However, when I found out how to determine this person, he was reluctant to testify in court since he informed the clues with lanterns. If he dies and refuses to admit it, will we not be guilty of him? ”

"No, no." Liang Wenzhen smiled and said, "Although the lantern is exquisite and meticulously made, the materials used are rough and simple, and the family background of the person who makes the lantern is not very good." Therefore, the leftover materials used to make lanterns will not be discarded arbitrarily. After finding him, search his house and find the remainder. If it is verified that the material and shape of the lamp match, it can be inferred that he is the lamp maker, which is difficult for him to deny. ”

When the county order heard it, he clapped his hands and praised, saying, "Wonderful, wonderful." Liang Daguan is really clever, but inference is always inference. I'll find someone to send the officials back, and ask the officials to stay longer, and if I don't know, I should ask the officials for advice. ”

Although Liang Wenzhen was confident in his guess, he was also very curious, because he said: "You don't have to send me, I am willing to work with adults to find out the facts of the case and comfort the soul of the deceased in heaven." ”

When the county order heard it, he was overjoyed and said, "This is very good! After finishing speaking, he immediately arranged for a group of people to visit with Liang Wenzhen. Worried that Liang Wenzhen's companion was worried, he specially instructed a messenger to go to the inn to explain.

Liang Wenzhen guessed whether it could be confirmed, whether the murder case could be successfully concluded, and listen to the next breakdown.

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